Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
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Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
Attorney General James Sues 23andMe to Protect New Yorkers’ Genetic Data
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 27 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against 23andMe to protectNew York State Attorney General
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The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
A decades-old tax rule helped build America's tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle itCatherine Baab (Quartz)
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That’s what makes the politics of Section 174 so revealing. For all the rhetoric about bringing jobs back and making things in America, the first Trump administration’s major tax bill arguably helped accomplish the opposite.
What an utterly shocking turn of events. /s
Fucking MAGAt idiots.
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This is why our tax code is broken. There's so many hidden bullshit codes and requirements, that people are fucked unless they can actually spend a fortune on accountants and tax lawyers, two professional that we don't need that many of btw, but our tax code is written to make money and jobs for the rich.
Fuck the feds.
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How can it be broken if it works exactly as intended? Same goes for the tax laws in my shitstain country.
I read an article the other day how taxes are a way - and always have been - to redistribute from the poor to the rich. Sounds about right.
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I don’t have the article but basically when the rich aren’t taxed proportionally, their wealth and therefore power grows, while the lower classes get squeezed harder as they must give up a greater portion of their wealth in order to fund the obligations toward said infrastructure that keeps the whole machine running.
When used inappropriately, they are one piece of the larger system that funnels all the wealth upwards at the expense of everyone and everything else.
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Sure, and that's extremely important context that should be included, because
taxes are a way - and always have been - to redistribute from the poor to the rich. Sounds about right.
Comes off sounding ancap or USA style libertarian.
It's a paywalled article in Dutch, so I used AI to translate it. The dude is from The Netherlands, but he's mainly referring to the situation in Belgium (interview was in a Belgian magazine). So 'De Wever' refers to the Belgian prime minister, let me know if anything else is unclear, as I didn't check the whooole translation 😀
This Dutch tax expert wants to overturn our tax system: “That capital gains tax you have is an excellent idea”
Published: June 10, 2025 · By Peter Casteels
A Dutch tax expert, Reinier Kooiman, wants to completely upend our tax system.
Reinier Kooiman proposes abolishing all taxes and replacing them with a single wealth tax. “Why can’t the government take a small amount from your savings, but it can take 50% from your income?”
Forget the wrangling in the De Wever government about the capital gains tax. During coalition talks, that new tax sparked the toughest debates—but after four months in power, there’s still no compromise.
Compared to total public spending, it’s largely symbolic. In his new book, aptly titled The Strongest Shoulders, Kooiman offers a much more radical, yet well-founded, proposal: eliminate all taxes and replace them with one clear wealth tax. He’ll now try to convince you.
That wasn’t his initial goal. Kooiman—affiliated with the University of Amsterdam and formerly at Deloitte—intended to write an academic history of our tax system. The Strongest Shoulders is partly that. He drew inspiration from medieval Italian city-states.
Kooiman: “My research was purely historical; there was no real history of our taxes. I wanted to trace the principles behind them. Obviously, as a tax expert, I had my own ideas. But only after comparing medieval times to today did I gain new insights.
I had never realized our system redistributes from the poor to the rich. Our taxes vastly increase inequality, while like many, I assumed the opposite. In the Italian city-states, a uniform wealth tax was levied on everyone. Primitive as it sounds, it’s fairer than today’s system.”
How it works
Kooiman explains: everyone pays income tax based on ability, but indirect taxes like VAT, excise, and tariffs are flat. Lower-income people spend a larger share of income on consumption, so proportionally pay more taxes.
In countries like the Netherlands and Belgium, income inequality is moderate, but wealth inequality is extreme. Our tax system causes it: wealth is never taxed, while low- and middle-income people struggle to build wealth because they pay too much income tax.
The wealthy can accumulate more easily. Simply raising income tax rates won’t reduce inequality; the super-rich would own an even greater share of wealth overall.
Lessons from medieval Italy
Kooiman: “City-states only taxed when major expenses arose—like war. If Genoa needed 4,000 libra, and total wealth was 400,000 libra, everyone paid 1% of their wealth. Tax rates varied yearly, but contributions were equal. They measured ability by wealth, not income.”
Modern feasibility
Kooiman admits medieval governments were smaller, less bureaucratic, and more local. Today’s centralized, anonymous systems have moved tax collection far from citizens. Governments now take ~45% of GDP in taxes without public debate over who pays.
Why wealth tax fell out of favor
As city-states grew, taxing wealth became complex. Since the 18th century, economists pushed income-based taxation. With capitalism’s rise, capital needed for investment—like railways—shouldn’t be taxed. Kooiman calls this “elitist rhetoric”: if total tax revenue stays the same, there’s still plenty of capital.
No evidence suggests the wealthy manage their money better than those living off income.
Practicality
Belgium and the Netherlands already have inheritance taxes, meaning declaring estates isn’t too hard. Income tax on labor might be easy, but capital taxes provoke debate—just look at capital gains tax arguments.
Wealth isn’t volatile, so it’s manageable: if someone reports much less, tax authorities can inspect.
The exchange
Freedom and equality guide Kooiman: tax shouldn’t redistribute wealth—redistribution should occur through government spending. People should end up equally rich before and after taxes, achieved by a flat wealth tax. A millionaire pays more in absolute terms but the same percentage—no special targeting.
“A millionaire will pay a lot—but can’t claim they’re being singled out.”
Rate needed
Kooiman estimates around 8.5% for the Netherlands; Belgium would be similar. The system is simpler and cheaper. Millions of families currently pay income tax to get social benefits—without income tax, they might not need those benefits.
Impact by age
Yes, paying 8.5% of assets annually is steep, especially for homeowners. But young people would pay less and have more chance to buy homes; over-50s would pay more. He estimates young people would benefit and older people would see slight drawbacks.
“On average, people under fifty would pay less; after fifty, a bit more.”
He argues that many older people leave large inheritances—money that sits idle. Meanwhile, younger generations bear heavy income tax burdens.
Asset scrutiny concerns
Critics say wealth taxes mean inspecting paintings or wine cellars. Kooiman says no exemptions: otherwise, people hide value. But he believes it’s manageable until inconsistencies arise—then the tax office can investigate.
Resistance
“The opposition is immense: it feels like theft.”
Kooiman responds: “Why take 50% from income but not from savings? In my system, no one can say money is taxed twice [income vs. wealth]. We all believe in rewarding work—but in practice, inheritance or lucky sales reward people most. We disadvantage hard workers.”
Capital flight
Could wealthy flee or hide assets? He says there are two flight types: moving abroad—which is exaggerated as many resist that—and moving capital via corporations. International tax avoidance is tighter, but tax cuts reduce capital flight fears. Countries used to have 70% top rates; now harder to avoid, maybe rates can rise.
“Capital flight concerns are overblown. Many people won't emigrate just for taxes.”
His background
He left Deloitte for law firm Stibbe, and teaches at the University of Amsterdam. He notes fiscal firms both help clients avoid taxes and shape tougher laws. They are not a “trick box”—the system doesn't work like that.
He supports Belgium’s capital gains tax.
Simplification plea
Tax reforms are politically sensitive. Belgium keeps adding complexity instead of simplifying. A standalone wealth tax would be a step, but only if paired by eliminating other taxes. Otherwise, people won’t embrace it.
Book: De sterkste schouders, Atlas Contact, 352 pp, €24.99
Bio: Born 1990 in Deventer; tax law at Univ. of Amsterdam; PhD in 2016 on inheritance tax; Deloitte 2009–2025; joining Stibbe; lecturer at UvA.
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Thanks for that. I need to reread it a couple of times and stew on it for a good while. Being from the USA, my perspective is obviously skewed from that perspective. My immediate question arises from generations behind baby boomers who never had the opportunity of home ownership (and related maintenance/tax expenses), who may be able to inherit properties, if not having to be signed over to the state for necessary elder care expenses. In this situation, the beneficiary have wealth, but have to sell the property to pay taxes, then be taxed on savings, and still unable to afford modest housing, rented or bought.
In this example, my immediate thought is in favor of doing away with sales and/or VAT, but having aggressively progressive income taxes, with income under $x being exempted, or even negative tax burden*.
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Taxes can go either way. It depends on how they were written.
The tax code after the Great Depression allowed for massive expansion of public projects in the U.S. It was 63% for the top earners. During WW2 the top tax bracket was at 94%.
When the boomers were all born the tax bracket was above 70% for the top earners. This high tax bracket is what fueled the creation of a large middle class, public infrastructure, schools, research, space exploration, and the massive military buildup and wars. It also acted as an effective anti-minopoly/oligarchy system because the tax system discouraged it.
Then in the 80's Reagan slashed the taxes for the top earners down to 28%. its never gotten above 40% since then. Most high earning companies have so many exeptions today that the real tax rate is often 0%.
Because of it the infrastructure built during the 50's-70's is degrading and falling apart. Public services are declining and the middle class is shrinking as people become more impoverished.
Wow, your post sent me down quite a rabbit hole. I suspected 94% was rather high, this page puts it into clearer perspective:
The “exceedingly high” part of this question most likely refers to the federal income tax’s “confiscatory” top rates coming out of World War II, which the Eisenhower Administration left in place into the 1960s. During the war, the top “marginal rate” was 94%, but 94% of what? Then as now, income tax rates moved up at distinct break points. In this made-up example, consider a 15% rate up to $25,000, 21% from $25,000 to $50,000, and 25% over $50,000. Those making $50,001 or more won’t pay a quarter of their total income, but rather 15% of the first $25,000, 21% of the next $25,000, and 25% of everything above $50K. That’s why the system is called progressive - the percentage rate progresses upward with income, but the higher percentage applies only to new (marginal) income above each break point. In 1944-45, “the most progressive tax years in U.S. history,” the 94% rate applied to any income above $200,000 ($2.4 million in 2009 dollars, given inflation).Very few individuals encountered this top rate, however. The actual proportion of earnings citizens paid as income taxes in 1945 was far lower: for the poorest 20% of Americans, 1.7%; for the next 20%, 6.2%; for the middle quintile, 8.9%, for the upper-middle 20%, 10%; and for the wealthiest quintile, 20.7%.
Still, your point stands, taxes can be an instrument for (more) equality. The article I referred to (see another reply of mine for the full article) also gives an example of how taxes can be fairer, and also gives an example of a time in Italy when they were.
In 2025 it would be anything above 3.6 million. It's a ton of money but here's a list of a few people that hit it.
aflcio.org/paywatch/highest-pa…
Now if they added in a progressive tax rate for corporate taxes as well.... Say anything over 500 million in net profit is taxed at a 90+% rate. That would solve all sorts of issues. Suddenly investors of all these mega corps would be pushing hard to divide up the companies into smaller entities.
Wealth tax in the modern age could be an inheritance tax. Anything over the median life earnings of individuals could be taxed at 100%. So median earnings in my area is $65K * 45 years (20-65k) = $2.93 million.
I can't tell if it's "the true cause" of the massive tech layoffs because I know jackshit of US tax, but it does make more sense than every company realising at the same time that they over-hired or becoming instant believers of AI-driven productivity.
The only part that doesn't make sense to me is why hide this from employees. Countless all-hamds with uncomfortable CTOs spitting badly rehearsed bs about why 20% of their team was suddenly let go or why project Y, top of last year's strategic priorities, was unceremoniously cancelled. Instead of "R&D is no longer deductible so it costs us much more now".
I would not necessarily be happier about being laid off but this would at least be an explanation I feel I'd truly be able to accept
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I found out about this about a year ago while I was laid off. It coincided with when the massive layoffs began. Seems pretty likely to me. Developer salaries aren't low and to lose another 80% on top is a big hit.
Also a lot of my coworkers are really nervous about immigration right now. This is a bad time to be an Indian tech worker in the US. My team of about 10 could wind up reduced to me and one other guy. We'd even lose our manager and every PM. And this team is responsible for critical software at a major company.
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It's not that borrowing money is free, zero interest rates means the government pays zero interest for its loans, not companies. It does put downward pressure on interest rates companies pay but they're still going to have to pay a couple percent apy.
The reason zero interest rates are good for tech is because it forces capital to seek more long-term and risky investments. If I have a lot of money and can get 6% apy from loaning it to the US government, the safest bet on the market, why would I invest in something else? If i can't get any money from loaning to the government (zero interest rates), and i cant get much from loaning it to other institutions because of that downward pressure, then maybe I'll buy some more risky tech stocks because it's possible for that company to grow more then the 1-2% id get from just lending my money. Most of techs financing is done through selling stock, not loans.
So Trump set a time bomb for who he thought would be 46 and then lost his re-election. Now he has to fix the mess he created - and if he does he will be hailed as a corporate hero for fixing the tax problem he created.
If he doesn't fix it he will continue to plunge the future of America into chaos.
Fucking futureless clown people.
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When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the signature legislative achievement of President Donald Trump’s first term, it slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% — a massive revenue loss on paper for the federal government.To make the 2017 bill comply with Senate budget rules, lawmakers needed to offset the cost. So they added future tax hikes that wouldn’t kick in right away, wouldn’t provoke immediate backlash from businesses, and could, in theory, be quietly repealed later.
The delayed change to Section 174 — from immediate expensing of R\&D to mandatory amortization, meaning that companies must spread the deduction out in smaller chunks over five or even 15-year periods — was that kind of provision. It didn’t start affecting the budget until 2022, but it helped the TCJA appear “deficit neutral” over the 10-year window used for legislative scoring.
The delay wasn’t a technical necessity. It was a political tactic. Such moves are common in tax legislation. Phase-ins and delayed provisions let lawmakers game how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) — Congress’ nonpartisan analyst of how bills impact budgets and deficits — scores legislation, pushing costs or revenue losses outside official forecasting windows.
And so, on schedule in 2022, the change to Section 174 went into effect. Companies filed their 2022 tax returns under the new rules in early 2023. And suddenly, R\&D wasn’t a full, immediate write-off anymore. The tax benefits of salaries for engineers, product and project managers, data scientists, and even some user experience and marketing staff — all of which had previously reduced taxable income in year one — now had to be spread out over five- or 15-year periods.
What Is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)?
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a major tax code overhaul that cut taxes for individuals and businesses. Many of its reforms expire in 2025.David Floyd (Investopedia)
The delayed change to Section 174 — from immediate expensing of R&D to mandatory amortization, meaning that companies must spread the deduction out in smaller chunks over five or even 15-year periods — was that kind of provision. It didn’t start affecting the budget until 2022, but it helped the TCJA appear “deficit neutral” over the 10-year window used for legislative scoring.
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Is there any Linux distro for cars?
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What car sensors are normally accessible to CarPlay and Android Auto, and what are they used for?
My car doesn't expose any car features or sensors to CarPlay at all. I just use the connected display for maps and playing audio.
Could you link the RPi projects that you've seen? Sounds interesting.
Getting started with Crankshaft
Crankshaft: A turnkey GNU/Linux solution that transforms a Raspberry Pi to an Android Auto head unit. - opencardev/crankshaftGitHub
The control system is supposed to be in complete isolation from the media system. The media one is usually a customised Android. If you find instructions online, feel free to do whatever you want with it. The worst case scenario is that you won't be able to listen to music or to navigate.
With that being said, just install anything you like to the media system. Any Linux dostro can be an automobile distro.
Home - Automotive Grade Linux
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is an open source project to accelerate the development of a fully open software platform for automotive applications.Automotive Grade Linux
There is this, but I didn't look into it yet automotivelinux.org/
And then there is stuff for motor controls, but it's not linux (why would it be?) freeems.org/
Home - Automotive Grade Linux
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is an open source project to accelerate the development of a fully open software platform for automotive applications.Automotive Grade Linux
GitHub - speeduino/speeduino: Speeduino - Arduino based engine management
Speeduino - Arduino based engine management. Contribute to speeduino/speeduino development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
This is wrong on so many levels
- you could've posted the result
- use giybf.com/
- don't use google
- dont post screenshots where text is applicable
- don't use chrome
- don't stay logged in when browsing the web
- use a bottom navigation bar
Google Is Your Best Friend
Google Is Your Friend If someone askes you annoying questions, tell him about giybf.com!giybf.com
The screen shot is because they were proving a point.
Your other points are valid. Chrome? Logged in to Google? Google search?
Although, I will say that with as shitty as Google search has become, it returning the answer as the first result only underscores their point.
Oh look, I can get Google search results without using Google. And my privacy and sanity is protected.
TunerStudio MS is a software that works on Linux that let's you tune your Mega Squirt, which is an open source ECU for cars.
If you have an old Rover V8 14CUX engine you can use RoverGauge on Linux to see some basic engine diagnostics.
India's sinister alliance with Israel
The recent escalation followed a deadly attack on 22 April, in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-administered Kashmir. Twenty-six tourists, mostly Hindus, were killed.
The Resistance Front, an insurgent militia, initially claimed responsibility, then retracted the statement, saying that its account on a digital platform had been hacked.
India blamed Pakistan and promised retribution. Pakistan denied involvement in the attack and called for an international investigation. Days later, India launched Operation Sindoor, a wave of air strikes, describing them as “non-escalatory” in nature.
Many of the drones used in the operation were Israeli-made. Among the systems deployed was the Harop, a “suicide drone” developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Designed to hover above a target area before diving for impact, the Harop carries a 10-kilogram warhead and can remain airborne for nearly six hours.
Since acquiring the Harop, India has increasingly relied on it. Oshrit Birvadker, a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, told The Times of Israel that India’s use of Harop drones reflects “Israel’s growing footprint in Indian defense.”
India and Ukraine are the world’s two largest arms importers.
Over recent years, India has become Israel’s most dependable buyer. Between 2001 and 2021, India imported $4.2 billion worth of Israeli arms. India’s support for Israel has also grown during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
In May 2024, Spain denied docking rights to the Marianne Danica ship carrying 27 tonnes of explosives bound for Haifa, a port city in Israel. The cargo had originated in Chennai, India. The incident underlined India’s role not just as a buyer but also as a supplier of arms.
India's sinister alliance with Israel
Weapons made in Hyderabad are fueling the Gaza genocide.The Electronic Intifada
so? what was the point of this post. You just put a bunch of information, and no conclusion
and only the last para has any meaningful information, rest is just nonsense information
and only the last para has any meaningful information, rest is just nonsense information
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where do you suggest India to buy weapons from? what genius alternatives you got?
and first, make a list of allies of India, which helped india in hard times
India is already buying a ton of weapons from the US. They have no need to stoop this low.
Not sure what "hard times" you are talking about. Do you believe Israel is India's best friend or something?
first, you don't sell weapons if you're not close allies with that country(it's not your drug/arms dealer that'll give you weapons in exchange for money, it ain't that simple)
You don't ruin international connections with a country just cause of emotions, politics don't care about emotions. Everything is very strategic.
What solid reason you have that India should cut ties with Israel?
Palestine attacked Israel, they have all the right to eliminate their enemies, if your country is in a war, civilians will face difficulties, it's inevitable.
and if something wrong is happening there, then it's upto the higher authority to decide, like UN, NATO all other great powers of the world, it doesn't fall upon the shoulder of India to take action against it.
Palestine attacked Israel, they have all the right to eliminate their enemies,
And there we go. Hardcore Zionist.
I ask you a simple question:
Did hamas attack Israel with missiles and killed it's civilians?
Yes or No
anything comes after you answer that
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John Hiatt - The Open Road (2010)
Registrato nel suo garage-studio con l’attuale band che lo segue on stage (il chitarrista Doug Lancio, il bassista Patrick O' Hearn e il batterista Kenneth Blevins) il 18esimo disco del 57enne John Hiatt è una mitizzazione della ‘highway’, a ridosso di fratture, di sbilanciamenti, di vertigini... Leggi e ascolta...
John Hiatt - The Open Road (2010)
Registrato nel suo garage-studio con l’attuale band che lo segue on stage (il chitarrista Doug Lancio, il bassista Patrick O' Hearn e il batterista Kenneth Blevins) il 18esimo disco del 57enne John Hiatt è una mitizzazione della ‘highway’, a ridosso di fratture, di sbilanciamenti, di vertigini contenute nelle disperate road songs di The Open Road, consapevole di vivere quella sensazione di alienazione in un immaginario della strada accresciuto tra i ricordi dei Nativi Americani di Homeland: “I call this place my homeland and I claim this land I own / It belongs to another people, they possess it in their bones” incamminandosi verso il Sud, da Memphis intravedendo il Tennessee. Non c’è molto humor in questo nuovo disco, perfette per ballate introspettive ma anche per il rock-blues scelto per descrivere se stesso e la sua famiglia anche attraverso il contributo delle due figlie, Lilly e Georgia, che lo hanno ispirato nella stesura dei brani di The Open Road.
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Monitors
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Viral Video of Rioters Setting Jeep on Fire Predates Recent LA Protests
During the recent unrest in Los Angeles, social media users widely circulated a video claiming to show rioters deliberately setting a Jeep on fire amid the chaos.
An X user posted the clip with the caption, “LA Mostly Peaceful Jihad Summer of Love Protesters Intentionally sets a Jeep on fire.”
Misbar’s team investigated the footage using a reverse image search and found the clip predates the current riots in Los Angeles.
ABC7 originally uploaded the same video on March 12, 2024, showing a man pouring gasoline on a Jeep, including under the hood, before setting it on fire in Hyde Park, Los Angeles.
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Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
More than 300 Foreign Office staff have been told to consider resigning after they wrote a letter over fears the government had become complicit in Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The letter, first reported by Novara Media, said: “In July 2024, staff expressed concern about Israel’s violations of international humanitarian law and potential UK government complicity.
The reply to the letter was sent by the permanent under-secretary, Oliver Robbins, and Nick Dyer, the second most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office. They told the signatories: “If your disagreement with any aspect of government policy or action is profound, your ultimate recourse is to resign from the civil service. This is an honourable course.” The reply did not address the substantive complaints by staff.
Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
Department’s top officials respond to last month’s letter from more than 300 civil servants who raised concernsPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
More than 300 Foreign Office staff have been told to consider resigning after they wrote a letter over fears the government had become complicit in Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The letter, first reported by Novara Media, said: “In July 2024, staff expressed concern about Israel’s violations of international humanitarian law and potential UK government complicity.
The reply to the letter was sent by the permanent under-secretary, Oliver Robbins, and Nick Dyer, the second most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office. They told the signatories: “If your disagreement with any aspect of government policy or action is profound, your ultimate recourse is to resign from the civil service. This is an honourable course.” The reply did not address the substantive complaints by staff.
Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
Department’s top officials respond to last month’s letter from more than 300 civil servants who raised concernsPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria, and made himself an autocrat.Timothy W. Ryback (The Atlantic)
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A crisis which his paramilitary troops had manufactured themselves in the streets. Yeah, it is pretty obvious to everyone what Trump is trying to do here. He attempted it in his previous presidency as well, but only hafl-assedly and late in his term. Everyone knew what he was trying to do back then as well.
This time he is definitely more determined and sure of himself, not least because he got the full support of his backers.
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Okay,,, hear me out...
Mandatory ear-tags (under a government that somehow isn't a fascist nightmare) would actually be super-helpful because my auditory processing is for shit and spoken names simply fall right out of my head. Also for kink reasons. XD
Nah, but seriously. It feels like it's only a matter of days 'til we hear about a Puerto Rican who got extraordinarily renditioned to El Salvador.
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The people that supported that kind of behavior are reveling in this right now.
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Using A Videocard As A Computer Enclosure
Using A Videocard As A Computer Enclosure
In the olden days of the 1990s and early 2000s, PCs were big and videocards were small-ish add-in boards that blended in with other ISA, PCI and AGP cards. These days, however, videocards are big a…Hackaday
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is anyone else getting this warning from gmail? (reposted from reddit because ereaders have lost enough with pocket shutdown lately 🥲)
Does this look like gmail is cracking down on piracy? Extra funny this is just them sending it to their kindle.
Also, Anna's Archive linked me to a site for getting around this for Kindle but I forget + bookmarked on my laptop. Will edit this if I find it
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This has been a thing for years now. While I am sure it might annoy some pirates, it's likely aimed at easily executed malware.
I deal with spam filtering on a daily basis and about 90% of it originates from Gmail. Most of that is just fishing/fraud. It would really suck if my users could easily detonate malware attachments, so this Gmail policy is a good thing for me.
What you can probably do is create an encrypted archive and selecting the checkbox that hides filenames. It's what I usually do in that type of case.
It should prevent gmail from knowing what is in the archive.
Does it link to the Google policy that they say that it violates? Are you certain the archive is clean and doesn't actually contain an executable malware?
If you're not sure, you could upload the book to VirusTotal and have it scanned.
Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers
Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers
The hashtag ‘iOS26 Ugly’ was microblogging app Weibo’s top-trending topic on Tuesday, as thousands of netizens expressed their discontent.Hannah Wang (South China Morning Post)
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I think there was some sort of color support prior to System 7.
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System 6 includes QuickerGraf (originally QuickerDraw), system software used to accelerate the drawing of color images on the Macintosh II.
Hmm. Apparently System 4 had color support, which is earlier than I expected.
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...it wasn't until two years later in 1987 that Apple introduced color with the release of the System 4 & the Macintosh II.
Here's a photo of a IIcx with a color display:
I just checked the Apple website and it doesn’t really look any different to me.
I can see there are changes, but I don’t even know if the average user will really notice it.
Yeah, I used to be a typical Apple fanboy circa 2010, always watching the WWDC like I’m going to church.
Keeping up with Apple over the past several years has been very hit or miss, and watching it yesterday just kind of pissed me off.
Apple: adds blur effects, rounded elements, and color themeing
Homo Sapians: "Wow, another groundbreaking idea from Apple!"
I understand why someone else might like it, but it makes it hard to find what I'm looking for and some of the icon designs are bland and uninspired.
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The whole update being design focused is kinda disappointing. But the Liquid Glass UI does look kinda intriguing. I'm glad to get back a little of the old Skeuomorphism of old.
Though I don't have any Apple stuff at the moment
The platform saw more than 20,000 mainland netizens express their discontent over the new design.
Halt everything!! 20k people saying things on the internet!!
Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design
Apple previewed a new software design, crafted with Liquid Glass, that makes apps and system experiences more expressive and delightful.Apple
Why does bitdefender let me download Brave so easily but not Librewold?
So i downloaded Brave on windows 10 a few months ago and i remember that it was pretty easy without any hiccups but last week when i tried to download librewolf a message poped up saying that it may be harmful for your computer even tho i downloaded it from the official source
Is it just me or is microsoft getting more and more desperate to collect our data?
*Edit: Sorry it wasn't bitdefender it was something like Antimalware service executable or something like that which i think is a microsoft product
don't use Brave.
Yes its a decent piece of software made by some properly smart industry experts but I have zero faith in them on a personal trust level. The CEO (despite his amazing resume and past accomplishments) is an arsehole, a bigot, a crypto-scammer and a science denier.
The Mystery and The Drama of Ferdinando Scianna’s Staircases
The Mystery and The Drama of Ferdinando Scianna’s Staircases
Writer Darran Anderson investigates the meaning of an unexplored recurring motifLaura Havlin (Magnum Photos)
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During the plandemic, my once-proud Texas school district shut down athletics, thus RUINING countless children's opportunities to get TBIs. Even worse, they used the money to feed every student in every school FOR FREE AND SET UP FUCKING FAMILY FOOD PANTRIES!!! These goddamn fascists went TOO FAR and even brainwashed me into volunteering!
Valedictorian? More like valedictator!!!1!ONE!1
(In case y'all don't know @SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world, if he's got a genuinely bad take, it's 98% safe to assume the "/s" is implied)
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I mean... Isn't the LAPD under him...?
Should the LAPD not be backing the protestors if the LAPD report to the local authorities?
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Isn’t the LAPD under him
No—I think the only regular law enforcement under the governor are the highway patrol and state park rangers.
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He was sucking up to MAGA and literally had Steve Bannon on his podcast.
Don't trust him he's an opportunist.
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Sometimes I have to remind myself that a politician pretending to care and doing everything based on optics can still further the progressive agenda. Progress is still progress I guess.
He just better not win the DNC nomination…
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He said something about unfairness in sports due to players that have transitioned being a concern that was worth looking into
Thus, many vocal trans rights advocates have blacklisted him
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Documents reveal why Adrian Orr suddenly quit as Reserve Bank Governor
The Reserve Bank has revealed a dispute over funding was behind Adrian Orr's abrupt resignation as governor.A raft of documents - released by the central bank under the Official Information Act - reveal an "impasse" as Orr argued Finance Minister Nicola Willis was not providing enough funding for the next five years.
In an accompanying statement, an RBNZ spokesperson said it became clear in late February that the board - chaired by Neil Quigley - was willing to agree to a "considerably" smaller sum that Orr thought was needed.
"This caused distress to Mr Orr and the impasse risked damaging necessary working relationships, and led to Mr Orr's personal decision that he had achieved all he could as Governor of the Reserve Bank and could not continue in that role with sufficiently less funding than he thought was viable for the organisation."
Both sides engaged lawyers to negotiate an exit agreement, resulting in an immediate departure and "special leave".
On 5 March, the Reserve Bank revealed Orr's sudden resignation, with three years still to run in his five-year term. At the time, Quigley said it was for "personal reasons" but would not be drawn on any details
Documents reveal why Adrian Orr suddenly quit as Reserve Bank Governor
The Reserve Bank Governor resigned in March after seven years of service.RNZ News (RNZ)
"localhost tracking" by Meta could cost them 32 billion
Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul
: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffinsThomas Claburn (The Register)
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AI Victim Impact Statements Are Here, and They Are Just as Disastrous as You’d Expect
AI Victim Impact Statements Are Here, and They Are Just as Disastrous as You’d Expect | Balls and Strikes
Victim impact statements already lead to harsher sentences for criminal defendants. The use of AI will only make things worse.Balls & Strikes (Balls and Strikes)
Declaring Metapendence – Alternative Social Media Options
Last week, I made the decision to leave all Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. That doesn’t mean I’m leaving social media, just the corporate owned services. I already left Twitter thanks to it becoming a home for fascists, including its owner. Fortunately, there are plenty of options out there, starting with the Fediverse.
As Italian filmmaker and photographer Elena Rossini describes in her video Introducing the Fediverse, the Fediverse features a number of services, including microblogging, photo sharing, reading tracking, and even video hosting (which is how Rossini published this video, in fact). Unlike corporate social media services, which are closed off from one another, Fediverse accounts can “talk” to one another. For example, I can follow a Pixelfed photo sharing account from my Mastodon microblogging account. This allows me to see their posts in my feed and interact with them, which they will see in their feed. Also unlike corporate social media, Fediverse services are decentralized similar to email, with multiple servers across the Internet hosting various services. My Mastodon account, for example, is on a server hosted by the This Week in Tech podcast network (twit.social).
videos.elenarossini.com/videos…
You can find all of my social media accounts, including my Fediverse accounts, by checking my Social Media Links page. Feel free to view and follow me so we can stay in touch.
📺 Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media
A 4 minute video that aims to introduce the Fediverse to people not familiar with itElena Rossini
Ghosting and ‘breadcrumbing’: the psychological impact of our bad behaviour on dating apps
Ghosting and ‘breadcrumbing’: the psychological impact of our bad behaviour on dating apps
When an online match lies or disappears, it can leave us feeling confused and hopeless.The Conversation
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A prototype Porsche Cayenne EV just crushed every gas SUV ever in a race
A prototype Porsche Cayenne EV just crushed every gas SUV ever in a race
Porsche brought its upcoming Cayenne EV to the British Hillclimb Championship and smashed the SUV course record by over 4 seconds.Jameson Dow (Electrek)
GM Says 'Next-Gen Affordable EV' Will Be Made In Kansas
GM Says 'Next-Gen Affordable EV' Will Be Made In Kansas
The automaker said it plans to invest $4 billion over the next two years to beef up its domestic manufacturing capacity.Tim Levin (InsideEVs)
EV prices dipped in May – and Tesla Model Y led the slide
EV prices dipped in May – and Tesla Model Y led the slide
EV prices dipped in May as incentives surged and Tesla’s price cuts led the way, especially for the Model Y, the best-selling EV in the US.Michelle Lewis (Electrek)
Vinfast EV Taxis Now in Manila — Exclusive Updates
Vinfast EV Taxis Now in Manila — Exclusive Updates - CleanTechnica
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was thoroughly updated on Tuesday, June 10, 2024, at 10:53 am EST (10:53 pm Philippine time) after CleanTechnica attended the official launch of the Green GSM taxis.Raymond Tribdino (CleanTechnica)
“Dubai Chocolate” is Regime Propaganda
The viral pistachio-filled candy bar is everywhere—but there’s nothing sweet about the United Arab Emirates and its human rights record.
[Live updates ]Tracking North African "Soumoud" convoy on its journey to Gaza
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[Live updates ]Tracking North African "Soumoud" convoy on its journey to Gaza
Gaza-bound aid convoy crosses into Libya from Tunisia
Tunisians gather ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza (Credit: AFP)Roya News
How far-right ideas in Canada are working their way into mainstream politics
How far-right ideas in Canada are working their way into mainstream politics
Recent developments in the Canadian far-right movements raise concerns about the political implications as the far right moves mainstream.The Conversation
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Do you talk to AI when you’re feeling down? Here’s where chatbots get their therapy advice
Do you talk to AI when you’re feeling down? Here’s where chatbots get their therapy advice
Generative AI models are like auto-complete on steroids. Bots learned to converse by reading text scraped from internet sites – and they’re not always accurate.The Conversation
[Live updates ]Tracking North African "Soumoud" convoy on its journey to Gaza
Gaza-bound aid convoy crosses into Libya from Tunisia
Tunisians gather ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza (Credit: AFP)Roya News
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“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
"Meta devised an ingenious system (“localhost tracking”) that bypassed Android’s sandbox protections to identify you while browsing on your mobile phone — even if you used a VPN, the browser’s incognito mode, and refused or deleted cookies in every session."
“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.Jorge García Herrero (Zero Party Data)
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32 billion still is nothing for these scumbags
JAIL MARC ZUCKERBERG ALREADY. That is still what we do with criminals, is it not?
Its reliant on running a normie phone and OS, and running the native FB, instagram, or other apps in the Meta constellation. These apps create persistent services that internally backchannel sensitive browser data back to them via internal ports. All browser traffic on devices running these apps should be considered compromised.
The solution is to run Graphene or other de-googled OS and avoid Meta apps like the plague.
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The solution is to have stronger privacy laws.
If everyone followed your solution then Graphene will become the normie os and Facebook will start targeting it. Choosing an esoteric system for yourself is a good way for a free people to protect their privacy, but it won't scale.
When we write our new constitution we need to include privacy as a right.
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The solution is to have stronger privacy laws.
Many people have the power to make certain privacy attacks impossible right now. I consider making that change better for those people than adding a law which can't stop the behavior, but just adds a negative incentive.
I wouldn't wait around for the law to prosecute MITM attacks, I would use end to end encryption.
Choosing an esoteric system for yourself is a good way for a free people to protect their privacy, but it won't scale.
If this is referencing using a barely-used system as a privacy or security protection, then I would regard that as bad protection.
Everyone using GrapheneOS would be a net security upgrade. All the protections in place wouldn't just fade away now that Facebook wants to spy on that OS. They're still in place; Facebook's job is still harder than it otherwise would be.
The problem is that GrapheneOS is only available for Pixel devices.
I really wish they would support other manufacturers, because I don't really trust Google to make decent hardware (and to be frank, I don't trust them with anything at all).
Its not exactly Graphene but it works on 8+ old devices of various manifacturers
I am very keen to get a Fairphone with e/os next time I switch devices.
Does it work well with Android Auto? I can't drive much without a map and my music playlist.
did not test that but here is a page how to "google" the "de-googled" os for supporting that
doc.e.foundation/support-topic…
because of that lineage could be a better option
About Fairphone: there is an alternative (Shiftphone) that is more expensive but with the main plus points of having a higher storage option and the mainboard is replaceable, they also have somewhere a cheap (~200€) phone that should work if you really just need a phone
(i mention that as an option, because having choice is always better even if it ends up being the first thing that gets choosen)
grapheneOS isn't security through obscurity, they make efforts to harden the phone's privacy. You're right that, if it was mainstream, Meta would target it directly though.
The solution is to remove the profit motive from acquiring, selling, and monetizing our data. Laws alone don't stop big corps from doing things.
While this is true, it's worth clarifying that GrapheneOS in particular is able to run apps sandboxed, so they can't communicate with eachother as they can on a stock OS.
Having said that, no one should expect that their right to privacy is given (or fought for), unless they take it first. Yes, laws and all, but user education is the bigger issue.
Users were onboarded onto the Internet before they had an understanding of the differences between cyberspace and meatspace, and how that could affect them. Placing the blame (and solutions) solely on third-parties is a dangerous mistake.
No, it is Meta and these companies fault, but I focus on things I can actually control. Just spewing the party line default Lemmy opinion of "capitalism is the problem, blah" doesn't do anything to solve the problem.
Educating people so they understand how the surveillance works, and explaining that there are alternatives, actually gets us closer to a solution.
The solution is to ~~run Graphene or other de-googled OS and~~ avoid Meta ~~apps~~ like the plague.
FTFY
Doesn't matter what OS you use.
You can Block WebRTC via uBlock.
From my understanding, this, along with setting Meta on fire, may mitigate the issue.
I think this would warrant to get all websites using the facebook pixel on safe browsing lists and AV databases as infected with malware.
Maybe then the pressure on meta would be big enough to stop this shit, if all websites stopped to not use that anymore.
Btw, does anyone know if the localhost tracking is implemented in Whatsapp as well, or just FB and Instagram?
I would bet a ton of money on WhatsApp being a spy machine in a way people don’t know yet. Their bullshit of end to end encryption and privacy while being a free app is undoubtedly some ruse to squeeze data out of people. There isn’t a fucking doubt in my mind.
Facebook is owning and operating a free and private messaging service? To what end? Yeah, nah. Not fuckin buying it.
My guess is that in some form they track contacts and link clicks. I genuinely don't think they're reading messages, but I think they do know eg that Bob is someone that likes to send people links and that there are 5 people that always open those links. So they may have directed model of linked topics between people.
Even if this isn't true though, owning WhatsApp probably gives Meta a lot of culture impact in a similar way to Google and Gmail. The fact that they could create their Meta AI model and put it in front of like a billion people overnight won't be lost on shareholders.
You’re not affected if (and only if)You always used the Brave browser or the DuckDuckGo search engine on mobile
I found that odd, but reading the more technical write up (linked in the article) it seems Brave blocks localhost communication.
The Chrome proposal references a single use case. I've never seen a website that sets up my local devices, but is this a new thing?
Why did localhost not get blocked earlier? This seems like a huge hole browsers have ignored for years.
Also the DuckDuckGo exception doesn't make sense to me. Does DuckDuckGo have Facebook trackers on it to begin with? Whatever site DuckDuckGo sends you to, if they have the trackers, you'll get tracked.
GitHub - explainers-by-googlers/local-network-access: A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network without permission
A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network without permission - explainers-by-googlers/local-network-accessGitHub
I completely forgot that existed! Double checking the technical article they do correctly label it as a browser in their testing matrix/grid.
I just got confused by the clear "Brave browser" call out. When I hear DuckDuckGo I definitely don't think browser.
Good catch!
universitanza spaccoficeranza, la mia mente non è immacolata
Ho realizzato che, tutte queste volte nelle ultime settimane in cui ho dovuto ahimè recarmi all’università di mattina (per ora poche; ed è sia un bene che un male, dati i miei assoluti motivi) per via degli esamini e le cose sconvenienti, succede qualcosa di molto buffo. Per l’ora che torno a casa, è quasi […]
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universitanza spaccoficeranza, la mia mente non è immacolata
Ho realizzato che, tutte queste volte nelle ultime settimane in cui ho dovuto ahimè recarmi all’università di mattina (per ora poche; ed è sia un bene che un male, dati i miei assoluti motivi) per via degli esamini e le cose sconvenienti, succede qualcosa di molto buffo. Per l’ora che torno a casa, è quasi come se non fossi mai dovuta uscire per niente di casa a confrontarmi con le palle; semplicemente, la differenza è che in quel caso, anziché dormire fino alle 11, ho dovuto svegliarmi prima e fare l’avanti e indietro… però poi il mio popò di rotting da sveglia prima di pranzo riesco a farmelo. E quindi, anche se certamente rompo lo slancio del sonno tosto, almeno non piango. 🤯Nonostante questo, però, devo confessare e riconfermare che le vibe non sono buone. Oh, io non pretendo che siano addirittura immacolate, ma quantomeno buone; manco quello mi è concesso. Non lo so, più passa il tempo e più andando all’università mi sento praticamente fuori posto. Vorrei a questo proposito magari dire “da non credere“, ma in realtà è abbastanza credibile… visto da un lato che OK, il periodo degli esami non è mai gioioso — pur ipoteticamente tralasciando le questioni di studio, perché l’atmosfera è comunque sempre definita da una strana mistura di ambienti praticamente fantasma ma un’aria pur sempre affollata e pesante; e ringraziamo il cielo che quantomeno d’estate c’è il bel tempo, che evita che l’umore cada addirittura fino a sotto i piedi — e dall’altro, più passa il tempo e meno riesco a fare e mantenere amicizie, quindi ops (ma non è colpa mia se sono finita all’unica facoltà di informatica al mondo senza frequentanti tecnoschizofrenici, e se io sono la persona instabilmente evanescente che sono). ☠️
Comunque, per quanto le vibe non erano e mai saranno immacolate, perlomeno il drip lo è stato stavolta… È capitato il nero super stile セーラームーン, che un pochino rende il prospetto di questo dei miei impegni meno pesante, in quanto mi ricorda che anche per me la vera sfida è da ritrovarsi in qualche misura nella magia e nel salvare il mondo ormai insalvabile… eccetto che no, perché quella sarebbe in realtà la mia missione divertente, mentre il resto che devo fare non può far altro che indurmi il sonnolino. Un outfit che sarebbe forse meglio usare all’orale questo eh, in quanto probabilmente capace di fare grande colpo col potere delle stelle, però pazienza, mi accontento averlo usarlo allo scritto più facile di tutto il corso. 👍
Smartphones now dominate global web traffic, latest data shows
Smartphones now dominate global web traffic, latest data shows
There have now been eight consecutive quarters of growth. Smartphones are ruling in terms of global web traffic, with a new report today revealing that 64%...Vlad (GSMArena)
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Arizona Democratic Party Moves to Stop Billionaires From Buying Primaries
Arizona Democratic Party Moves to Stop Billionaires From Buying Primaries
"Congratulations to the Arizona Democrats for getting the ball rolling on this enormously important issue," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Other states should follow suit."jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
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"But both parties are the same", they say. "There's no point to voting or supporting Democrats because they will never try to change the status quo."
The key is to organize at the local level. Get into politics and either change your state's party from within, or failing that, challenge them from another party like the DSA, which has made strides across the US.
No Bitch. Dats A Whole New X. Wtf Is You Talkin About | Know Your Meme
No Bitch. Dats A Whole New X. Wtf Is You Talkin About also known as Twitter The Only Place Where X refers to a viral tweet by X (formerly Twitter) user @BrKnow Your Meme
New F-Droid Community
LemDro.id is the instance for all things Android within the threadiverse (Lemmy, Mbin, PieFed and now even NodeBB) and so it's only right that F-Droid finds itself a host on Lemdroid.
The amazing team over at Lemdroid were gracious enough to host the F-Droid community. This opens F-Droid discussions to users whose home instance block ML and more users having easier access to content is never a bad thing.
So if you'd like to subscribe to a community dedicated to open source apps via a Google Play Store alternative, please check out !fdroid@lemdro.id
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Hegseth Lays Out a Case for Troop Deployments in 'Any Jurisdiction in the Country'
Hegseth Lays Out a Case for Troop Deployments in 'Any Jurisdiction in the Country'
"The standoff on the streets of Los Angeles," warned critics, "shows how truly eager Trump and his administration are to turn America's vast warmaking powers inward on the president's domestic foes."jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
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Well, back to sleep I guess
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National Guard, Marine deployment in Los Angeles costs $134 million: Pentagon
Well good thing the U.S. economy is rock solid at the moment, and we have excess money to burn.
Otherwise we might start seeing bipartisan anger at a president and administration who have spent $134 million dollars to force a state government to do what the federal government says, while undoing previous federal orders regarding civil rights bc they were an unjust burden to states and a waste of the American tax payer dollar.
National Guard, Marine deployment in Los Angeles costs $134 million: Pentagon
Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
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Where you been?
This is how the military works. How you think they can set a trillion dollars on fire every year just to maintain parity with Russia and China? By being WILDLY overcharged for fuckin' everything that's how. The US Military is the worlds biggest money laundering operation.
Back in 80's an older relative in the military was going to be charged $400 for a missing screwdriver unless he found it. So he went down to a local hardware store and found the screwdriver for $4.
I'm sure the numbers were embellished, but I don't imagine by much.
So DOGE's cuts saved just ~~over $150 million~~ (apparently I can't read), and we've already burned through most of those saving mobilizing the national guard to tear gas people foolish enough to claim Trump isn't king? Fantastic. I am so tired of all this "winning."
Edit: I misread some stuff but the essence of the absurdity I am directing my anger at remains the same. Fuck fascism.
Packaging sostenibile, moda insostenibile: un sistema corotto in una scatola verde
Il packaging sostenibile è la nuova frontiera per i brand di lusso. Un recente report di Bain & Company in collaborazione con Fedrigoni evidenzia come la sostenibilità stia diventando un vero vantaggio competitivo nel packaging di alta gamma.
I numeri sembrano promettenti:
• +30% di packaging sostenibile entro 3 anni
• Materiali avanzati a base carta
• Riduzione volumi imballaggi
La verità scomoda
Il packaging è solo il 5% dell'impatto ambientale del fashion (Ellen MacArthur).
La vera domanda è: queste aziende sono pronte ad affrontare l’elefante nella stanza? Nel caso qualcuno non l’avesse ancora notato, l’elefante è la sovrapproduzione.
La scatola sarà pure verde — ma il contenuto resta il vero problema.
Tu cosa ne pensi?
È greenwashing o vedi speranze concrete?
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Sustainable packaging, unsustainable fashion. Bain & Company’s report exposes fashion’s latest eco-effort—does it go far enough?suite123
Most used encrypted messenger besides Signal, Whatsapp, iMessage, and RCS?
What encrypted messenger do you use most that isn't Zucking Meta's Whatsapp and Signal?
Edit Also, besides iMessage and RCS. Sorry thanks
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Me? XMPP.
Most used? Depends in what circles. Telegram is popular in some. SimpleX and Session in others. XMPP in free software circles. Matrix in others.
Matrix is the only one I actually use other than the rest.
There is also XMPP, SimpleX, Threema, Briar, cwtch, Tox, and Delta Chat.
I use Conversations, a feature rich XMPP client for select stuff.
PSA Help others escape WhatsApp using Watomatic auto reply (and how to write it)
watomatic.appExample
🤖 Automated Reply 💬 I reply faster on example.org ⁉️ WhatsApp is anti-libre software. We do NOT control it. It withholds a libre software license text file, like GPL.
ExplainedI reply faster on
Deleting the only way to reach someone online breaks your influence.example.org
A link and only one link, so (1) they see it's an app, not some random word or typo, (2) they can download it without searching, and (3) they don't have multiple choice–they don't need to do any thinking or research. Remove everything stopping them.anti-libre software.
Never say privacy, they've heard it all before (from you, no doubt). Say something different.We do NOT control it.
Make it simple and direct. Think of the most retarded person you know and break it down in a way they would understand. Think about every angle it could be misunderstood.It withholds
Libre software is normal, default. Anti-libre software is cringe, weird, dangerous. Act like it. Also, humans care less about getting and more about losing stuff.libre software license text file
Show them what to check for, for themselves, easily, obvious. Later, show them how to spread these ideas. Then, show them how to show others how to spread these ideas, make more of you.GPL
A keyword for them to web search for more, with better results than more complex terms like AGPL or misleading terms like 'open source'.Don't waste a word.
Lastly, make yourself someone everyone wants to talk to.
I have tried them all, I just use XMPP through Cheogram (mobile) and Movim (desktop in browser) now. I have had success getting my contacts to switch since I never bugged them about any other messengers before. Plus I am willing to follow through with ultimatums of abandonment and they are well aware of that.
If you have any actually normal friends (no offense) you're going to have to use the regular phone network. XMPP has the best phone network gateway, I've bought like five Soprani.ca numbers. No it doesn't encrypt the regular phone network.
Delta/Arcane Chat is cool but due to everyone basically being an admin-level user in the chat, I strictly use it as a home base for real homies. I mainly use it to run one gajillion bots, check my emails, run Mastodon/Misskey fork accounts in one location, and send stuff/WebXDC apps to myself.
You can't seriously replace the social media monopolies or the phone network yet. I even run some Telegrams (don't make fun of me) and control them with the Delta Chat bot. People just need to get used to "backing up" their social graph with secure options, and not just saying whatever pops into their head outside them
I may not know much about software development & programming itself however, I feel like I did my part here.
+1 for Linux folks.
Combat Windows “Recall” Feature With DRM · Issue #2380 · element-hq/element-desktop
Your use case What would you like to do? Given the privacy & security concerns regarding the Windows Recall feature it may be in Elements best interest to mark Element as a DRM enabled application ...GitHub
Reflections: The ecosystem is moving
At Open Whisper Systems, we’ve been developing open source “consumer-facing” software for the past four years. We want to share some of the things we’ve learned while doing it. As a software developer, I envy writers, musicians, and filmmakers.Signal Messenger
- Requires a phone number
- Depends on Big Tech's servers
- Got founded by the US government
- Seems to absolutely love Big Tech because they hide the APK download page quite well[1]
- It's centralized
I use my own Snikket server to communicate with people using OMEMO (Signal Protocol). No phone number requirements, no centralized server, no Big Tech, just you and the people you write with, with your privacy fully intact. Just like in the good old days (as it should be to this days, greedy f*****s).
[1]: signal.org/download > Android redirects you to Google Play Store. signal.org/download/android > Download for Android redirects you to Google Play Store. signal.org/install redirects you to Google Play Store. You'll search "forever" to find the "download APK file" link until you give up and using a search engine: "signal apk".
Not until then you'll find signal.org/android/apk. And when you visit that page, a link to Google Play Store is listed on top, and below it, in the "danger zone", you'll find the APK download button. Yes, exactly, the Signal team wants you to be on the "safe zone" by downloading the app through Google Play Store.
"focus on privacy" my ass. Close to forcing someone to use Big Tech shitty stuff is NOT focus on privacy.
Sorry, rant is over. Now breakfast time.
how's the chat history with snikket? I had issues with prosody, namely multiple devices coming and going and maintaining the same chat history between all of them, as well when there's a disconnect (device gone forever, new device connects)
just skimmed their confusing web site, it's free for selfhosting, right?
The chat history is there until you change client/device and got a new set of keys. New encryption keys can't decrypt messages and files sent with a previous keys.
Snikket is FOSS, so yes, it's free when self-hosting 😀
If you login to your account on your Snikket server on all the devices you have at home, and you remain logged in for all the time you use your Snikket server, everything will be synced over all these devices.
Let me explain it further. You login to your Snikket server on 3 devices (desktop, laptop, and smartphone) and you use only these 3 with no re-installing the operating system and not factory resetting the smartphone, you will keep getting the history on these 3 devices - synced.
But you decide to try out a new XMPP client, let say monocles chat. Since that client is new for your account, that client will get its own encryption key. Because of this, monocles chat can not read anything you and the contacts you have communicated with. This also applies when you re-installing the OS or do a factory reset.
End-to-end encryption 101.
Let say this would not be the case and monocles chat do see the history of all of your chats, that data must remain on the server and can be decrypted by the new client with maybe a master encryption key of some sort. This is not end-to-end encryption 101. That would be a security breach.
However, letting you export the chat history from the other clients and importing the chat history to monocles chat, that would be much better. Because then it is you who decides if you want to keep the chat history or not. You will be in control over your own data. This is a feature I miss in XMPP clients.
appreciate the effort, but kinda went overboard with the deets 😀 I run several prosody XMPP servers so I'm familiar with the underlying tech. what you describe should be feasible with it as well, but there are constant issues with devices not being able to access history, so I was wondering if things were better on your end.
so, based on this, I'll spin up a snikker docker and try it out for a coupla weeks, see what's what. many thanks.
edit: turns out this snikket thing is conversations (standard XMPP client) and prosody (XMPP server) with different branding.
XMPP is the universal standard when it comes to chat servers. WhatsApp is using it, just to name 1 example.
Conversations is a client for XMPP servers.
aside from the dogshit UX and the uber reliance on Evilcorp's infra, having more than two devices (I know, shocker in this day and age!), the arduous migration process to a new device, the limited chat history (I think it's 40ish days) and many more.
same way Telegram adamantly refuses to implement E2EE, and not only that, it actively prevents 3rd party devs (a number of clients are FOSS) from implementing it on their own.
both PJ Harvey and durov respond the same way when asked about any of them things - smokescreens, FUD, whataboutisms, etc.
any of them things woulda been acceptable in 2015, here's a PoC looking for funding, limited devs and resources; remember TextSecure and RedPhone? nowadays, they are nothing short of malicious.
Concersations.im. It's my backup because it supports OMEMO and OpenPGP.
Besides that, Element (Matrix). I use it for its public rooms.
I see how the website gives that impression, which I assume is an attempt to push non-technical users toward an install method that does not lead to support requests and helps fund the project.
The site also mentions that you can build it from source for free, so it's not technically claiming that it's only available from the Play store. If you follow that link, you'll see that availability on F-Droid is prominently displayed on the README.
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Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
cross-posted from: szmer.info/post/7875329
Investigation by investigative journalism outlet IStories (EN version by OCCRP) shows that Telegram uses a single, FSB-linked company as their infrastructure provider globally.Telegram's MTProto protocol also requires a cleartext identifier to be prepended to all client-server messages.
Combined, these two choices by Telegram make it into a surveillance tool.
I am quoted in the IStories story. I also did packet captures, and I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details on my blog.
Packet captures and MTProto deobfuscation library I wrote linked therein so that others can retrace my steps and check my work.
Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
Investigation by investigative journalism outlet IStories (EN version by OCCRP) shows that Telegram uses a single, FSB-linked company as their infrastructure provider globally.Telegram's MTProto protocol also requires a cleartext identifier to be prepended to all client-server messages.
Combined, these two choices by Telegram make it into a surveillance tool.
I am quoted in the IStories story. I also did packet captures, and I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details on my blog.
Packet captures and MTProto deobfuscation library I wrote linked therein so that others can retrace my steps and check my work.
Как «Телеграм» связан с ФСБ
За инфраструктуру мессенджера отвечают те, кто обслуживает секретные комплексы российских спецслужб, используемые для слежки за гражданамиistories.media
NOAM OFF 2025: Il 12 e 13 giugno due Giorni di Cinema e Talk alla Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana di Faenza (Ra)
Faenza si prepara ad accogliere l'edizione 2025 di NOAM OFF, lo spin-off primaverile del NOAM Faenza Film Festival, dedicato al cinema nordamericano. L'evento si terrà giovedì 12 e venerdì 13 giugno nella suggestiva cornice della Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana, trasformata per l'occasione in un punto di incontro per appassionati di cinema e cultura.
Il tema di questa edizione, "Sub Astra. Cinema sotto le stelle", celebra l'incanto delle arene estive e il fascino delle proiezioni all'aperto. L'inaugurazione, giovedì 12 giugno alle 18:30, darà spazio all'area Bar & Food, permettendo ai partecipanti di godersi un aperitivo tra le mura storiche della biblioteca. Alle 20:00 si aprirà il primo NOAM Talk con Faso, bassista degli Elio e Le Storie Tese e commentatore di baseball per DAZN. Con il suo stile ironico, Faso approfondirà il mondo del baseball insieme al musicista e giocatore Luca Pasotti. A seguire, alle 21:15, la proiezione in anteprima assoluta del film "Eephus" del regista statunitense Carson Lund, introdotto dal giornalista Giulio Sangiorgio, direttore della rivista FilmTv.
La seconda serata, venerdì 13 giugno, prenderà il via ancora una volta alle 18:30 con l'apertura dell'area Bar & Food. Alle 20:00 sarà il turno del secondo NOAM Talk con Marco Manetti, della celebre coppia di registi Manetti Bros, che discuterà di cinema fuori dagli schemi insieme al moderatore Francesco Bentini. Alle 21:15 sarà proiettato "Dìdi", film del regista taiwanese-americano Sean Wang, introdotto dalla content creator Juliet Vampire. La serata si concluderà con il NOAM Party, un dj set che animerà la Biblioteca Comunale, sottolineando il valore storico e culturale del luogo.
NOAM OFF è finanziato nell'ambito del progetto GECO-FA e patrocinato dall’Unione della Romagna Faentina. Gli organizzatori, Andrea Valmori e Gian Marco Magnani, sottolineano come l'iniziativa voglia esplorare nuove modalità di fruizione del cinema e valorizzare la Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana come spazio culturale attivo e partecipato.
NOAM OFF 2025: Il 12 e 13 giugno due Giorni di Cinema e Talk alla Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana di Faenza (Ra) - ViaggieMiraggi
Faenza si prepara ad accogliere l’edizione 2025 di NOAM OFF, lo spin-off primaverile del NOAM Faenza Film Festival, dedicato al cinema nordamericano.Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
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