Malaysia hosts forum on regional Asean Strategic Plan plenglish.com/news/2025/08/19/…

Cancelling the Ethnic Cleansers: Australia Revokes Simcha Rothman’s Visa
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"It is a curious feeling to see a government, let alone any politician, suddenly find their banished backbones and retired principles. The spine, on being discovered, adds a certain structural integrity to arguments otherwise lacking force and credibility. The recent spat between Israel and Australia

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I've played Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4, and it feels like the sequel to the original that RTS fans always wanted

The last time I wrote a full review of a Dawn of War game I started throwing around terms like "a prima facie truth". Admittedly I was trying to be ironic - it was about how fun it is to smash big mechs into each other! - but also admittedly, there is something about this series that just makes me get a bit ...

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I played the shit outta Kirby Air Ride as a kid, and honestly Air Riders looks sick. Still not gonna buy a Switch 2 for it, but it's clear the developers looked at what would have been early Mario Kart World development and said what we all said as soon as we saw the trailers: "Yeahhhh no that sucks, we're not doing that."

Sakurai also doing a good job at presenting the new game. Gotta respect anyone who can calmly and thoroughly explain game mechanics as they're happening, while playing the (honestly frantic) game itself. He's also throwing so much low-key shade at Mario Kart World throughout and I'm kinda here for it.

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Hamas accepts Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal to end war on Gaza #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/08/hamas-a…

I propose replacing calories with watt-hours.

- Almost same value (1 kilocalorie / Calorie is ~1.1 watt-hours)
- more intuitive for people who use electricity
- never the confusion between calories (science), Calories (food, which is technically kilocalories), kilocalories, and 'kilo Calories' (which is technically megacalories)
- you get to feel more like a robot with your 2.5kwh power consumption a day which may feel like validation to some creatures on this fediverse
- become powered by cake

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TL;DR: I WILL RETURN TO STREAMING BY THE END OF THE YEAR IF POSSIBLE.

My streaming was slowing down because of health issues caused by high stress that nearly killed me. After leaving the mountains and moving in with family I had to stop streaming because it was causing problems since they disagreed with my views.

I am currently working to get a place of my own in my hometown and start making a living working fulltime and streaming regularly again. I have plenty of stories to share from the craziness that has happened over the time I was gone and want to share that all with all of you.

Streaming has been incredibly fun and rewarding and has allowed me to meet a lot of people I'm proud to call friend. Both them and the chat have helped me through the toughest time of my life, and I sincerely say thank you and appreciate that from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for all your support and everything you've helped me to accomplish.

I hope to start making you all laugh again soon.

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Have Dutch police arrested Israelis for war crimes?
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/08/20/have-dutch-police-arrested-israelis-for-war-crimes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Spanish NGO @civio recent investigation reveals the case of #QuantusSkin, an AI system for early detection of skin cancer. The Basque Health Service, Osakidetza, plans to roll it out in 2025, promising faster diagnoses.

But the reality is alarming: Quantus Skin misses nearly 1 in 3 melanoma cases, and was trained almost entirely on images of white patients. For people with darker skin, that means even less accuracy, delayed treatment, and a higher risk of deadly outcomes.

in reply to AlgorithmWatch

Read the full story here: civio.es/sanidad/2025/07/03/mo…

Would you agree that #ArtificialIntelligence should not discriminate? The case of #QuantusSkin shows that it can be deadly when systems fail to work for all people. To prevent this from happening, we need better education, more research, and clear rules for the use of algorithms.

Do you suspect an algorithm has treated you unfairly? Or are you uncertain? You can use our reporting form to share your experience: algorithmwatch.org/en/report-a…

Today in Labor History August 19, 1909: The first edition of the IWW’s The Little Red Songbook was published in Spokane, WA. The book’s subtitle is “Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent.” Between 1909 and 1995, the Wobblies printed 36 editions. The songbook always includes songs by Joe Hill, Ralph Chaplin, T-Bone Slim, and Haywire Mac. Most editions contained many of the best-known labor songs, like "The Internationale," "The Preacher and the Slave," and "Solidarity Forever." Haywire Mac, composer of the “Big Rock Candy Mountain” and “Hallelujah I’m a Bum,” was one of the original members of the IWW band, in Spokane, in 1907. Mac later participated in the anarchist Magonista Revolution in Baja California, helping to capture and occupy Tijuana. He eventually settled down in San Francisco, where he hosted working-class radio and television programs.

You can read my bio of Haywire Mac here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/03/…

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #littleredsongbook #folkmusic #union #HaywireMac #JoeHill #internationale #wobblies #solidarity

Cómo me ha alegrado ver a este youtuber que sigo hablar de la propuesta de #ChatControl de la #UE, en un vídeo corto y directo, pero que explica de forma sencilla los peligros de esta ley contra la privacidad disfrazada de "es que nadie piensa en los niños!?".

Os dejo el video y el enlace a la web que comenta para escribir a los eurodiputados exigiéndoles que no la apoyen:

youtu.be/h5d8kRjlxD0

fightchatcontrol.eu/

#Privacidad #Internet