Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu
Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu
International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more negative than positive.Beshay (Pew Research Center)
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Trump's tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says
AP burying the lede here...
"President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the purchasing power of households overall, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office."
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Are you asking wether you heard an explosion from Tehran, all the way in western Germany?
'cause if so, no. You wouldn' t hear a nuke that far away
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Gaza now worse than hell on earth, humanitarian chief tells BBC
Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has told the BBC.
In an interview at the ICRC's headquarters in Geneva, the organisation's president Mirjana Spoljaric said "humanity is failing" as it watched the horrors of the Gaza war.
Speaking in a room close to a case displaying the ICRC's three Nobel Peace Prizes, I asked Ms Spoljaric about remarks she made in April, that Gaza was "hell on earth", and if anything had happened since to change her mind.
"It has become worse… We cannot continue to watch what is happening. It's surpassing any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard. The level of destruction, the level of suffering.
Gaza now worse than hell on earth, humanitarian chief tells BBC
The situation in Gaza surpasses "any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard", the ICRC tells BBC's Jeremy Bowen.Jeremy Bowen (BBC News)
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I've read Dante's Inferno. Two things are true:
- In envisioning Hell, this is beyond even him.
Though, the ninth circle — betrayal — is where many politicians, pundits, and the president of Israel belong. Frozen in the ice at the center of Hell.
- Many people deserve to be sent to Hell for this. Perhaps all of us who did not do more to stop it.
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Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week.
Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership.
The motion was said to have been put forward by the far-right defence minister, Israel Katz, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, which is considered illegal under international law.
Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’Lorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
House votes to claw back $9.4bn in spending including from NPR and PBS
Republicans target public broadcasters in rarely used gambit while also slashing global health programs
The House narrowly voted on Thursday to cut about $9.4bn in spending already approved by Congress as Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work by the so-called “department of government efficiency” when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
The package targets foreign aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides money for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, as well as thousands of public radio and television stations around the country. The vote was 214-212.
Republicans are characterizing the spending as wasteful and unnecessary, but Democrats say the rescissions are hurting the United States’ standing in the world and will lead to needless deaths.
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Israel signed a record $14 billion in defense deals last year despite Gaza war criticism
cross-posted from: metawire.eu/post/136167
Israel says it signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record
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A big reason Israel exists is to launder military aid and spending into the bank accounts of western allies.
The F-35 has it's very own Israeli special edition dedicated to meeting the demands of the IDF.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians | Rune Lykkeberg
In Denmark, we like to think of ourselves as being in the vanguard of freedom of expression. We were the first country in the world to legalise pornography. We insisted on the right to publish caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Rather than marginalise so-called rightwing populists in parliament, we invited them in to political cooperation. We pride ourselves on being unafraid of controversy and we’re good at making authorities who try to tell us what to do – and especially what not to do – look ridiculous.
Danes also like to think of our country as a role model for democracy. As such, the national elections for children aged 13 to 16 are a cherished tradition, considered a part of civic education and a preparation for democratic participation. All schools are invited to take part in the exercise, which is held every other year. Students debate 20 issues for three weeks before casting votes for the parties that are also eligible to stand in real general elections.
Over the past few weeks, however, the national school elections have been dragged into controversy after the decision to ban one theme from the list of issues for the 2026 vote: the question of Palestine.
Should Denmark recognise Palestine as a sovereign state? This specific question is arguably a defining issue of our time and one that mobilises political engagement among young voters. Excluding it is a remarkable act, which has been attacked from the left and right of the political spectrum. This is the opposite of properly preparing young people for Danish democracy, critics say, and goes against what we as a nation stand for.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians
In banning a schools debate on Palestinian sovereignty, our leaders have revealed the nation we’re becoming, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper InformationRune Lykkeberg (The Guardian)
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Moreover, it risked giving pupils a bad experience of democracy; this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Sorry voter, this topic is too complicated for a democratic vote on it. We’ll decide what’s best for you.
Coming soon to a “Democracy” near you.
I abhor when politicians treat voters like idiots. We're not fucking stupid and many of us can see right through their subterfuge.
They can go on thinking that way tho 'and when we come for their heads they won't understand why.
this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Yeah, might as well stop talking about Colonialism, Slavery, Nazism and all the other topics in history, that are "too complex to relate" by the idea of interested groups.
Also the notion behind it is even more infuriating. Because saying the issue would be "too complex" means there is some higher justification to crimes against humanity and war crimes, killing tens of thousands of people and making the home of millions of people unlivable while massacring them as they scramble for the little food you give them. "Too complex" means that any crime and any injustice can be justified and when you see injustice you should not challenge it, but rather trust blindly that your leaders can justify what they do.
this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Wouldn’t want schools getting involved there at all…
FTA:
"Catch up quick: Jean-Pierre became the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ+ person to become the White House press secretary after Jen Psaki left the post."
I think it's safe to say she's not sucking up to Republicans, but crazier things have happened!
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Trump Announces Russia Will Strike Back at Ukraine After ‘Good Conversation’ With Putin
Trump Announces Russia Will Strike Back at Ukraine After ‘Good Conversation’ With Putin
Trump announced that Russia would "respond" to the recent Ukrainian attack on Russian airfields while reflecting on his "good conversation" with Vladimir Putin.Isaac Schorr (Mediaite)
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...yeah? I mean, they're at war, no? That's kind of how wars work.
Boxer receives double jab and uppercut. Announces he will strike back.
He's a certifiable Benjamin Button.
He becomes more of a pathetic crying toddler the older he gets.
Brain-computer interfaces: Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years.
Brain-computer interfaces
Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years.wip-admin (Works in Progress Magazine)
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Brain-computer interfaces: Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years.
Brain-computer interfaces
Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years.wip-admin (Works in Progress Magazine)
Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/30795942
Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life
Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life
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Taco Trump Whines That He Can’t Figure Out How to Do a Deal With China
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/45433502
Archive link: archive.ph/YQ9qo
Taco Trump Whines That He Can’t Figure Out How to Do a Deal With China
Archive link: archive.ph/YQ9qoTaco Trump Whines That He Can’t Figure Out How to Do a Deal With China
President Xi Jinping has reportedly been avoiding a one-on-one call with Trump.Janna Brancolini (The Daily Beast)
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Taco Trump Whines That He Can’t Figure Out How to Do a Deal With China
Taco Trump Whines That He Can’t Figure Out How to Do a Deal With China
President Xi Jinping has reportedly been avoiding a one-on-one call with Trump.Janna Brancolini (The Daily Beast)
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China thinks long term and their government doesn't have to worry about elections.
There's no reason for them to grovel for short term concessions like democracies have to, they can just wait trump out.
Even better, companies from other countries that used to buy Chinese goods from American resellers, are now just buying direct from China to avoid tareifs nonsense.
Long after this is really over, American resellers can't compete with buying direct.
Like, I wonder why trump thought all these billion dollars global corporations kept bending the knee to China in the first place....
Like, I wonder why trump thought all these billion dollars global corporations kept bending the knee to China in the first place…
I don't expect his thinking got as far as that question.
Good idea to steer clear of TACO man then.
Chinese diplomats tend to avoid putting their leader in unpredictable and potentially embarrassing situations.
FediForum brings together the leading thinkers and doers who build this new Open Social Web.
Oh. So not lazy end users like me. Well, I wish them the best!
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US Senator Slammed to the Ground and Handcuffed at Noem Event in L.A.
Video footage released by Padilla’s office shows the Democratic Senator approaching the podium during Noem’s remarks: “I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary,” he said before several men, including officers wearing FBI insignia, physically pushed him back. Moments later, Padilla was shoved to the floor face-down in a hallway outside the briefing room, handcuffed, and temporarily detained in an adjoining room.
“Sir! Sir! Hands off!” Padilla shouted during the scuffle, which unfolded in front of reporters and staff in a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where protests have raged for nearly a week over a Trump-ordered crackdown involving ICE, National Guard troops, and U.S. Marines.
Senator Slammed to the Ground and Handcuffed at Noem Event in L.A.
Padilla was shoved face-down in a hallway, handcuffed, and temporarily detained.TIME
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Voyager changed the default instance to lemmy.zip
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/3785704…
chore: set default instance to lemmy.zip, remove lemm.eeThank you for all your work!
Release 2.35.1 · aeharding/voyager
📝 Other Changes chore: set default instance to lemmy.zip, remove lemm.ee PR: #2034 Due to lemm.ee shutting down on June 30th, 2025, if you have an account on lemm.ee, I recommend to export you...GitHub
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Speculatively, but it would assume prior research, which many people simply won’t do. If a de-facto app (say Voyager on iOS) offers a default option that’s unavailable for a selection of its potential users, it’s another hurdle within onboarding that is already the biggest barrier to entry. If we want to grow as a platform (more users equals more content), putting up a default wall saying “your kind aren’t welcome” to entire countries seems obtuse.
Yes, those potential new UK users can get around it by picking another instance, but the question is how many will give up if they can’t get over the first hurdle.
The suggestion of changing the default instance by region, where those instances prohibit specific regions seems logical enough to me.
Video curto em versão dublada e legendada apresenta o FediVerso
Com duração de 4 minutos, a produção — licenciada em Creative Commons — apresenta uma explicação clara e acessível sobre o que é o Fediverso, destacando suas principais vantagens, como a interoperabilidade entre plataformas, a ausência de anúncios e a independência em relação às Big Techs.
As legendas do vídeo foram criadas de forma colaborativa por ativistas de diversas partes do mundo, em idiomas como espanhol, holandês, francês, coreano — e também em português brasileiro, com tradução realizada por Tarcísio Surdi. A versão dublada a seguir foi realizada pela equipe da Produtora Colaborativa.PE
O vídeo integra a introdução às redes federadas do Observatório do Fediverso (alquimidia.org/fediverso), uma iniciativa da Associação Alquimídia, que também compartilhou em plataformas comerciais, como parte da campanha #VemProFediverso.
Apoie essa iniciativa: compartilhe e ajude a espalhar a ideia de uma internet mais livre e descentralizada!
VemProFediverso #Fediverse #Fediverso
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New York could be Shangri-la and MAGA would still hate it. Facts and figures about crime and health don't enter into it. It's only tribalism, and always will be.
Sidenote: living in a different US city that's heavily car-dependent, I envy New York City's public transit.
How ‘supergenes’ help fish evolve into new species
How ‘supergenes’ help fish evolve into new species
Researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionaryUniversity of Cambridge
Is the Plastic in Your Kitchen Harmful?
Is the Plastic in Your Kitchen Harmful?
Plastics in the kitchen may pose a risk, but their true health impact remains unclear. Researchers stress the need for more studies to understand how everyday plastic use affects our bodies.URMC Newsroom
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BBC rejects White House claim it removed Gaza story
BBC rejects White House claim it removed Gaza story
As Trump press secretary says BBC takes ‘word of Hamas with total truth’, corporation accuses Karoline Leavitt of political point-scoringMichael Savage (The Guardian)
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It said the White House had conflated that incident with a “completely separate” report by BBC Verify, the corporation’s factchecking team, which found a viral video posted on social media was not linked to the aid distribution centre it claimed to show. “This video did not run on BBC news channels and had not informed our reporting,” it said. “Conflating these two stories is simply misleading.”
BBC is misunderstanding this. They didn't conflate the two separate things intentionally.
I fully believe they did it out of sheer incompetence and ignorance, and when they realised the mistake, they did what they always do and doubled down on it. The dimwits who elect them will get confused otherwise.
The BBC seems to annoy the extremea of folk in the UK. The left claim it to be a Tory mouthpiece; the right claim it to push left agenda.
If you've got the opposing ends moaning like fuck then I figure they're doing something right.
(edit: BBC, not NBC, no idea why my phone's gone full American)
What could have caused the fatal Air India crash? An airplane engineer weighs in
Footage of the crash circulating in the aftermath clearly suggests an issue with the plane’s flaps. Ahmed Busnaina, a university distinguished professor, says the engine might have been the problem.
What could have caused the fatal Air India crash? An airplane engineer weighs in
Engine failure is one possibility, according to Ahmed Busnaina, an airplane engineer who studied the design of jet engines.Tanner Stening (Northeastern Global News)
Trump Administration Seeks Nuclear Arms Budget Hike as Science Funds Are Cut
The Trump administration has submitted a budget proposal to Congress, calling for an increase in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s annual spending on weapons activities from $19 billion allocated this year to $30 billion by fiscal year 2026.
The Trump administration’s request comes amid efforts to cut budgets at other science-focused agencies, including NASA, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Science Foundation.
The White House’s budget plan proposes reducing the National Science Foundation’s funding from $8.8 billion in 2025 to $3.9 billion the following year.
In a statement, a Trump administration official said, “The President’s budget strengthens U.S. leadership in research and development by ensuring federal funding goes toward legitimate research rather than wasteful spending.”
To support this stance, the official cited the example of the $100 million “Environmental Justice Fund” at the Environmental Protection Agency.
The justification document sent to Congress states that the security agency aims to modernize the nation’s nuclear arsenal and “protect the American people.” It claims the weapons budget supports a “safe, secure, and effective” arsenal, provides nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy, and upgrades nuclear facilities across the research and production complex. It also notes that nuclear weapons funding will go toward six simultaneous warhead modernization programs, including the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile.
But will escalating nuclear weapons truly provide greater security and mutually beneficial cooperation between nations, rather than investing in our social, technological, and scientific development?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/science/nuclear-weapons-budget-nnsa-trump.html
nuovo sito della roboctt — attenzione alle parole inscatolate!
Dopo che i miei tanti — anzi ahimè tantissimi — tentativi di scrittura creativa estremo-alternativa sono malamente falliti, nelle ultime 2 settimane scarse mi era saltata in mente una nuova via che, forse, potrebbe funzionare… o forse no, solo il tempo ce lo dirà. Fino ad ora, però, qualcosa sta effettivamente uscendo fuori, quindi sento […]
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nuovo sito della roboctt — attenzione alle parole inscatolate!
Dopo che i miei tanti — anzi ahimè tantissimi — tentativi di scrittura creativa estremo-alternativa sono malamente falliti, nelle ultime 2 settimane scarse mi era saltata in mente una nuova via che, forse, potrebbe funzionare… o forse no, solo il tempo ce lo dirà. Fino ad ora, però, qualcosa sta effettivamente uscendo fuori, quindi sento che è passato abbastanza tempo da poterlo dire anche qui, senza paura che vada tutto in fumo dopo pochi giorni come ahimè i miei precedenti dettano… 🙏Ero in un pomeriggio così, in cui, visto che non mi andava di programmare o fare altre magie varie, come peraltro ho raccontato nel post introduttivo, ho deciso di provare un piccolo CMS per fare un sitino secondario, in cui raccogliere articoli così su roba più colì. Questo, dal profondo della mia infinita fantasia, giustamente si è chiamato da subito stuffoctt, perché l’idea è che contenga la mia roba… ma in maniera idealmente meno disordinata e meno da consumare al momento, rispetto al mio fritto misto, che nel bene o nel male è molto alla giornata. Quindi eccolo qui, online da tanto: stuff.octt.eu.org. 🕸️
Sembra di per sé un’idea cagosa, senza alcun beneficio se non farmi sprecare la giornata che volevo sprecare, il costruire l’ennesimo sito, visto che ho già il sitoctt fatto alla perfezione… ma purtroppo, riguardo quello inevitabilmente mi continua ad arrivare addosso e non si schioda il problema del troppo attrito dello scrivere lì sopra, essendoci il casino di Git di mezzo — e più di così a riguardo non riesco ad elaborare. Volente o nolente, il mio culo è estremamente pesante, e quindi pretendo un CMS — e che sia performante e senza strani glitch, a differenza di WordPress — altrimenti semplicemente finisco per non scrivere; c’è veramente poco da fare. 🤥
In queste settimane ho dunque già scritto diversi articoli, più o meno lunghi ma comunque tutti abbastanza contenuti e scorrevoli, che ruotano attorno a diversi argomenti, da guide tecniche (ed è bene che io le faccia, perché da ragazza magica è bene che io diffonda il sapere che gli dei mi hanno concesso per il bene dell’umanità mortale) a cose più pazze. Tipo, tra qualche minuto finisco l’articolo recensione di un manga doujinshi che ho letto ieri sera mentre, come detto stamattina, marcivo… e per il resto ho messo altre cose, che vi invito (
vi supplico…) di andare a recuperare. 🥰Non volendo fare l’ennesimo sito duplicato per niente confondendo già più del mio solito la gente, comunque, ho deciso di variare un po’ target rispetto al mio solito: mi sono fatta sopraffare dal demone dell’internazionalizzazione, e quindi ho deciso di scrivere in inglese, sperando che questo possa magari portarmi tutto quel pubblico che fino ad oggi non mi ha cagata di striscio non per qualcosa, ma perché non legge cose scritte in italiano. Se poi mi verrà da usare questo strabenedetto CMS per scrivere anche nella lingua migliore… non lo so, mi inventerò qualcosa; magari uscirà la versione 3 del sitoctt… (Non fatemici pensare, che sennò già mi dispero.) 🎗️
Ad ogni modo, è comunque purtroppo necessario da parte mia rimanere sul chi vive e non pensare di aver appena vinto. Infatti, se a questo punto è difficile che vada tutto in fumo per mano mia (cioè, per tecnicamente sua assenza, per mia inazione) se i motori di ricerca non si spicciano ad indicizzare, o comunque eventuale traffico esterno a venire, questa roba sarà praticamente mezza per niente. Certo, rimane sempre un’ottima distrazione dalla vita, e forse a lunghissimo andare anche materiale riciclabile (anche se, vai a capire come)… boh dai, a parte fare gli articoli devo davvero iniziare a spammare anche questo sito malamente; come il fritto misto, però più in grande, visto che è in inglese. 🧨
#blog #blogging #HTMLy #new #personal #personale #site #sito #web #website
I just migrated a community from Lemmy to Piefed using the migration feature, it worked quite well
Context:
I tried to use the Piefed migration feature to migrate !barcelona@lemm.ee to !barcelona@piefed.social
piefed.social/c/barcelona now exists, with all the existing posts there, as well as the icon and description.
It even moved some subscribers (there are around 100 now), from what I understand those were Piefed subscribers that got automatically moved.
The one caveat is that from Lemmy instances, the community doesn't have show old posts (see lemm.ee/c/barcelona@piefed.soc…), but if you were restarting a community from scratch you wouldn't have access to your old posts anyway.
This ensure that at least the posts are transferred to a community on an active instance, which is probably the main concern for lemm.ee communities at the moment.
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Disclaimer: I'm not trying to discourage people from moving to or using piefed. I understand the enthusiasm for it and utility of it. This is meant to foster discussion not hate on piefed.
Is it just me or are a lot of people just ignoring the fact that a lot of communities and people are centralizing to pretty much a single point of failure again? Wouldn't it be wise to expand the number of piefed instances to help keep things spread out there too if that's the platform you prefer?
At this moment, 9 out of the 10 most active communities are on LW: lemmyverse.net/communities?ord…
You have to scroll 3 times to see !television@lemm.ee, the first Lemm.ee community.
Lemm.ee was already a decentralization factor from LW, but it was still tiny in terms of communities compared to LW. Moving all of the Lemm.ee communities to Piefed.social (not that it's the case anyway, I've seen communities moving elsewhere) would keep the status quo that we were all living with.
Of course ideally over time more Piefed instances emerge, and we can spread a bit more. Also, thanks to the Piefed migration feature, we'll be able to move communities much smoother (even including subscribers).
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At this moment, 9 out of the 10 most active communities are on LW: lemmyverse.net/communities?ord…You have to scroll 3 times to see !television@lemm.ee, the first Lemm.ee community.
Lemm.ee was already a decentralization factor from LW, but it was still tiny in terms of communities compared to LW. Moving all of the Lemm.ee communities to Piefed.social (not that it's the case anyway, I've seen communities moving elsewhere) would keep the status quo that we were all living with.
Of course ideally over time more Piefed instances emerge, and we can spread a bit more. Also, thanks to the Piefed migration feature, we'll be able to move communities much smoother (even including subscribers).
Right, I've seen pretty much that same reply already.
I think it's a chance to learn a lesson from how and why lemm.ee is shutting down. Right now I think people are risking moving the same problem somewhere else. Sure, in theory the problem gets better with time because the tools to move around are there, but that only matters if there's somewhere to move.
It would be much more encouraging to see dozens of new piefed instances being launched/advertised. I think there's a big push towards something new because it's in the right place at the right time, and I genuinely hope it's a successful project long term. I just hope the people utilizing it are willing to support it as a platform and not just as a flagship instance.
The one constraint we have is time. Lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of the months. Some of the polls will take a few days, then depending on the communities, it will take a few more days for the migrations to happen, but we can't wait for dozens of new instances to pop up.
Using a diverse set of Piefed instances is indeed better, and hopefully that what we'll try to achieve down the line.
I think the urgency is being blown out of proportion as a knee jerk to really crappy news. There is almost a month to move, which should be plenty of time for new instances to launch and communities to disperse. Even after the shutdown the rest of the fediverse will be able to redirect users to the new communities, wherever they are homed.
Again, I'm not against piefed or against people moving somewhere they feel more comfortable or like more. Those are positive things that the fediverse could definitely use. I just don't understand why we can't learn the lesson and move on instead of moving on and hoping it doesn't happen again before more instances pop up.
which should be plenty of time for new instances to launch and communities to disperse.
I mod a few communities, I can tell you I want this to be over as soon as possible. I'm busy in the coming weekends, and if there's something I've learned about the Fediverse, is that usually, if you want something to be done, you do it yourself.
Even after the shutdown the rest of the fediverse will be able to redirect users to the new communities, wherever they are homed.
The Piefed migration feature requires lemm.ee to be up if members want to get all of their communities content (post and comments).
I just don’t understand why we can’t learn the lesson and move on instead of moving on and hoping it doesn’t happen again before more instances pop up.
I've seen quite a few communities move to sopuli (a few communities I mod are voting for that one as well). It's not like everyone is moving to Piefed, some communities are, others aren't.
It's fine mate, I'm not here to crucify people who want to or have moved to piefed for any reason. People should be able to go where they feel comfortable and welcome and be happy about it. Do what you want and what works for you, of course. All I'm saying is that people should take note of what has happened and why, and do what they can to mitigate that problem going forward.
As long as communities are migrated and redirects are up before the last day of lemm.ee the transition will be miles ahead of what we've seen in the past where instances go dark without warning. Communities and users survived then and they will survive now I'm sure.
It's just a bit strange to see all the people saying how they would've helped lemm.ee if they'd known sooner or if more cries would've gone out, and then nobody spins up instances to actually DO the things they say.
It’s just a bit strange to see all the people saying how they would’ve helped lemm.ee if they’d known sooner or if more cries would’ve gone out, and then nobody spins up instances to actually DO the things they say.
I guess there's a difference between joining an existing team and starting a server on your own.
Right wingers love to claim that that judge is being authoritarian, ignoring the facts that:
- He was picked at random to oversee every case related to the coup attempt.
- The whole court is constantly reviewing all of his actions and are yet to find any wrongdoing.
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F-35 jet and Abrams tank costs soar with Trump’s 50% tariffs
F-35 jet and Abrams tank costs soar with Trump’s 50% tariffs
Trump’s 50% steel and aluminum tariffs raise costs for F-35 and Abrams production, impacting U.S. defense. Explore the effects on supply chains and budgets.Boyko Nikolov (BulgarianMilitary.com)
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Migrating communities in the wake of the lemm.ee shutdown
I'm a happy lemm.ee user and a mod of a small community hosted there. I'm also subscribed to a bunch of communities on lemm.ee. Sadly, they have just announced that they will be shutting it down. I understand that I can open an account on another instance and subscribe to the same communities. For my own community, I can probably re-create it on my new instance and DM every subscriber. But how do I find all the communities from lemm.ee in their new places? I'd like some practical advice.
lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month
Hey everyone
We’re really sorry to say this, but lemm.ee will be shutting down on June 30, 2025.What you need to know
As of now:
- New user registrations are disabled
- Creating new communities is disabled
What you should do:
- You can export your settings at lemm.ee/settings to take them with you to another instance.
- If you're moving to another instance, consider adding a note to your lemm.ee profile with your new username. Your old profile will still be visible from other instances even after we go offline.
- Alternatively, if you want to delete your lemm.ee profile, now is the best time to do it, so the deletion can federate out before we go offline.
- If you're one of the folks supporting us with a recurring donation, please remember to cancel it (Ko-Fi donations should have been cancelled automatically already). Our leftover funds are already enough to cover our bills for next month, so we can keep things running without any more support.
Because of how Lemmy is built, everything posted on lemm.ee will still be accessible from other instances, even after we go offline.
Why this is happening
The key reason is that we just don’t have enough people on the admin team to keep the place running. Most of the admin team has stepped down, mostly due to burnout, and finding replacements hasn’t worked out.The sad reality is that while there are a lot of great people on Lemmy, there are also some who use the platform to attack others, stir up conflict, or actively try to undermine the project. Admins are volunteers who deal with the latter group on a constant basis, this takes a mental toll. Please understand why our admins chose to step down, and be kind to the admins on whatever instance you decide to join.
We know this sucks. We're genuinely sorry it’s ending like this. Thank you to everyone who spent time here and helped make it better.
– lemm.ee team
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Lemmy,Mbin, piefed, what even are those?
First of all, how is called this category of programs, instance engine?
Second, why there are 3 different, basically inter-compatible projects out there, what are the benefits of each one over the others? and why does Lemmy prevail all of them.
*i will be using feddit as a umbrella term for all the reddit-like fediverse.
I don't have much of a technical Background to know how this things work under the hood, but I'm quite curious of where all of this is heading.
I see a lot of awesome features locked away in these other projects that would be just nice if it was standard to have them, like piefed's hashtag-like system that allows people to seek things by topic instead of going to a specific community hosted in a specific instance, it would instantly fix the fragmentation problem across feddit, lol.
How the future of feddit will be? will be all be using Lemmy or other specific project, or instances will use whatever project they like and they will be cross compatible enough that it won't be much of a deal what project is running underneath?
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The whole point of federation and open protocols is that you aren't tied to any specific piece of software, or any single provider, or any single set of features. People can experiment and innovate and collaborate and expand to build new things on top without losing access or interfering with people who prefer the old methods. People or software that abuses the system on the other hand, can be blocked or defederated.
A healthy software ecosystem should have many different pieces of software all written by different people with different goals, but all implementing most of the same things. Some will be more popular than others, and the popular ones might not agree with your own personal tastes, but that's just life. The point is that we (and software developers) all have the freedom to choose how we interact with this system without any formal rules or maintainer group deciding what is allowed and what isn't (except within their own software and/or instance).
and they will be cross compatible enough that it won’t be much of a deal what project is running underneath?
They are already cross-compatible enough, they are as cross-compatible as they need to be. It's not clear what more you could ask for. If you want them to all look and work exactly the same then what's the point of having different software at all? You're acting like the different features and choices are a downside when it is in fact a benefit. Pick the one you like the most and use it. If you like Piefed's hashtags, then use Piefed, it's great! There's nothing "locked away" in Piefed, everything in it is available to everybody, as it should be!
Meta Sues Nudify App That Keeps Advertising on Instagram
Meta Sues Nudify App That Keeps Advertising on Instagram
As part of what it claims is a new crackdown, Meta is suing a nudify app and "strengthening" its enforcement.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Google: Android Open Source Project not being ‘discontinued’ amidst Pixel change
Google says Android Open Source Project not being ‘discontinued’ amidst Pixel change impacting custom ROMs
With the launch of Android 16 earlier this week, Google did not release the Pixel hardware repos and device trees...Abner Li (9to5Google)
Trump Gets Snippy Over 1 Embarrassing Claim About His History With Harvard
Trump Gets Snippy Over 1 Embarrassing Claim About His History With Harvard
Author Michael Wolff speculated about what's fueling Trump's "grudge" against the university on "The Daily Beast" podcast.Elyse Wanshel (HuffPost)
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I hate the Trumps as much as the next guy, but I specifically refrain from dumping on Barron Trump, and you should too: the kid hasn't yet said or done anything that indicates he's going to become a dirtbag like his father or his retarted siblings, and he might very well choose to decide to distance himself from his terrible family.
Same reason why I don't dump on the Musk kids: at least one of them is decent, and the others might become good people too and they deserve a chance.
Give Barron Trump a chance too.
PieFed has a mobile app
Well, actually, PieFed.social has enabled it's API which means that the app Interstellar can be used with it. Find out more about the app at interstellar.jwr.one/. iOS users can use the testing version at testflight.apple.com/join/JXRt…
feddit.online, another PF instance, has enabled the API too and I expect others will follow in good time.
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75 Democrats express "gratitude" to ICE in antisemitism vote amid LA riots
75 Democrats Express 'Gratitude' to ICE in Antisemitism Vote Amid LA Riots
Seventy-five House Democrats backed a resolution condemning antisemitism and expressing "gratitude" for ICE.Sonam Sheth (Newsweek)
When an instance like lemm.ee shuts down, what happens to the posts and comments?
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All the images disappear, since they are just links on remote instances.
A copy of all the accounts, comms, posts and comments stay on any instance around to recive them, but they are not fetchable.
South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung president - The Korea Herald
cross-posted from: piefed.jeena.net/post/179335
- Voter turnout reaches 79.4 percent, 4th highest since 1987
- Lee's projected victory expected to turn page on political crisis that shook the nation for past 6 months
South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung president - The Korea Herald
Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea has clinched the presidency, turning the page on six months of relentless political upheaval and a leadership vacJi Da-gyum (The Korea Herald)
Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export ban takes hold
German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies, following a similar complaint from an Indian EV maker last weekChina's decision in April to suspend exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets has upended the supply chains central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors around the world.
Diplomats, automakers and other executives from India, Japan and Europe were urgently seeking meetings with Beijing officials to push for faster approval of rare earth magnet exports
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China's decision in April to suspend exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets has upended the supply chains central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors around the world.
We were working on this several years ago.
Extraction:
lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/…
In the Mojave Desert, the rebirth of the only American rare earth mineWith support from the US government, mine operator MP Materials is reviving the Mountain Pass site. The company is taking advantage of the global appetite for magnets for electric motors and wind turbines.
Those MP Materials guys also do processing.
argusmedia.com/en/news-and-ins…
Attempts to establish commercial-scale rare earth separation and processing outside China are growing in number and progressing gradually with a view to ramping up output over the next two years.Mineral resources developers are scrambling to reassess and upgrade their estimates of mineable rare earth element (REE) content as western governments attempt to encourage producers to establish production closer to home. And new efforts to develop high-volume processing capacity outside China — which currently accounts for more than 80pc of global refining — are emerging.
Western countries are well behind China in advancing technical processes to refine REs from raw materials, as they seek alternatives to the highly polluting solvent extraction process. But with China banning the export of RE extraction and separation technologies in December 2023, as well as exports to the US of key electronic metals in December 2024, the impetus is growing to come up with viable Western production.
RE oxides are used in the manufacturing of permanent magnets for electric vehicle (EV) motors, wind turbines and electronics, as well as batteries, lasers, metal alloys, medical devices and military equipment.
Given that latter application, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded more than $439mn in financing since 2020 to support a new domestic supply chain, from the separation and refining of materials mined in the US to downstream production of magnets. In a broader trend towards "friendshoring" of critical material supply, the DoD considers Canada, Australia and the UK as domestic suppliers.
Like the US, European countries are also targeting domestic production in a bid to secure their supply chains.
Projects include the expansion of Nd and NdPr processing capacity at UK-based Less Common Metals (LCM), the addition of NdPr production at Belgian chemical group Solvay at its plant in France in 2025 and French consultancy Carestar's plan to start production in 2026 of RE oxides from mining concentrates and, later, recycled magnets. REEtec in Norway plans to start a commercial NdPr plant in 2025 and Swedish state-owned LKAB plans to start an RE oxide demonstration plant by the end of 2026. These initiatives are in line with plans across Europe to increase EV manufacturing and renewable energy.
Rare earth mining projects in Africa and Australia are largely targeting supply deals or integrated production in Asia or North America. Miners in Brazil, such as Aclara, are also planning integrated production by developing separation plants close to demand in the US and Europe.
Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming - Carbon Brief
A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern Europe, overriding the warming driven by human activity.Cecilia Keating (Carbon Brief)
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Oh please oh please. These heatwaves are killing me.
Let there be a silver lining to the 1% destroying the planet.
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.The Associated Press (Federal News Network)
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Elon wants more money to spend on his shitty companies
Well more than that, musk wants the nail in the coffin for all the government agencies that want to tell him things like, you can't work people to death, you can't tell people cars are self driving when they crash into stuff on their own, you can't commit massive frauds, you can't spew poison gas all over Memphis, etc...
Musk benefit's massively from a huge chunk of what he ordered DOGE to do, even if we only count the destruction of the departments he shut down, and don't factor in the possibility that the money may be re-alocated towards his own companies.
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in reply to IndustryStandard • • •No one in power cares what average people think .... even if it is an overwhelming majority of the population
All these people in power care about is what rich wealthy people think and what corporate leaders and investors think
It's a world run on money ... not on democratic consensus.
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Avid Amoeba
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •Israeli Public Is Increasingly Skeptical About Lasting Peace
Janakee Chavda (Pew Research Center)AnarchoDakosaurus
in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •Zerlyna
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •SinningStromgald
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •There you go DNC. Those mythical Centrist you keep wanting to court don't like Isreal. You now have a green light to actually oppose genocide.
ILikeBoobies
in reply to SinningStromgald • • •Young people don’t vote, unfortunately they don’t show this graph on the article
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