Major oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit
A US complaint against oil and gas giants including BP and Shell claims they fueled the extreme heat that killed a woman in Seattle. Can the first death by 'climate disaster' claim succeed?
Case file: climateintegrity.org/uploads/m…
Scammers Use Google Ads To Inject Phony Help Lines On Apple, Microsoft Sites
Tech support scammers have devised a method to inject their fake phone numbers into webpages when a target's web browser visits official sites for Apple, PayPal, Netflix, and other companies. The ruse, outlined in a post on Wednesday from security firm Malwarebytes, threatens to trick users into calling the malicious numbers even when they think they're taking measures to prevent falling for such scams. One of the more common pieces of security advice is to carefully scrutinize the address bar of a browser to ensure it's pointing to an organization's official website. The ongoing scam is able to bypass such checks.
Scammers Use Google Ads To Inject Phony Help Lines On Apple, Microsoft Sites - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Tech support scammers have devised a method to inject their fake phone numbers into webpages when a target's web browser visits official sites for Apple, PayPal, Netflix, and other companies.tech.slashdot.org
India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups
There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guards
Archived version: archive.is/20250620005837/theg…
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US | Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
"Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don't want to go to war with Iran," said the advocacy group Demand Progress.
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Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
"Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don't want to go to war with Iran," said the advocacy group Demand Progress.jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
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After Obliterating Gaza's Healthcare System, Israeli Leaders Call Iran Hospital Attack a 'War Crime'
"Do you really think we haven't been watching the last 20 months in Gaza?" one critic asked Israeli officials.
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After Obliterating Gaza's Healthcare System, Israeli Leaders Call Iran Hospital Attack a 'War Crime'
"Do you really think we haven't been watching the last 20 months in Gaza?" one critic asked Israeli officials.jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
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Has anyone used Preveil? How is it? Is there any other services similar to it?
Recently, I came across Preveil, which is a service that can provide end-to-end encryption to either your Outlook, Gmail, or Apple Mail email accounts. It’s free, but if you want more storage, obviously, you will need to pay.
It looks very interesting as this could get others to use end-to-end encryption for the emails without having to move to another provider. However, I haven’t really seen any reviews (besides this one from PC Mag) or others expressing their experience with Preveil, so I am unsure if it’s a good service to use or recommend.
Has anyone used it or is familiar with Preveil? Does anyone know if there are similar services to Preveil, preferably those that are open source?
Encrypted Email and File Sharing for CMMC Compliance | PreVeil
The leading CMMC, NIST, and ITAR compliance solution for SMEs. End-to-end encrypted email and file sharing.PreVeil
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ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits
The policy says that ICE field offices are not subject to a federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”
In short, ICE policy is to illegally use the threat of shooting to keep elected Democrats from being able to make inspections they're legally allowed to make
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Democrats want new leaders, focus on pocketbook issues, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Democrats want new leaders, focus on pocketbook issues, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Kamala Harris’ November loss to Donald Trump has left the party rudderless and sparked a round of soul-searching about the path forward.James Oliphant and Jason Lange, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
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According to the WSJ, Trump privately approved plans for an assault on Iran pending a final decision.
According to the WSJ, Trump privately approved plans for an assault on Iran pending a final decision. |
Trump privately approved plans for an assault on Iran US President Donald Trump informed senior officials late on Tuesday that he had approved plans for an attack on IranW. Graceman (Stipples ng)
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Scammers hijack real support pages to show fake phone numbers
Scammers hijack real support pages to show fake phone numbers
Many people likely understand that they should verify URLs when visiting sites for banks, tech companies, and other critical services to avoid fraudulent links. While steering clear...Daniel Sims (TechSpot)
JD Vance gets suspended from Bluesky 'just 12 minutes after first post': reports
JD Vance gets suspended from Bluesky 'just 12 minutes after first post': reports
U.S. Vice President JD Vance decided to join Bluesky, only to be abruptly suspended, according to news reports.Vance made a big deal about his decision to get an account on what has become known as a more liberal competitor to Elon Musk's X network.David McAfee (Raw Story)
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"His account was suspended briefly until bs verified him."
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The bio in the profile says "Christian, husband, dad" first, and then "Vice President".
Just like every replyguy on Twitter with a "Christian, husband, dad" bio. They always put that info first, and in that order.
JD Vance gets suspended from Bluesky 'just 12 minutes after first post': reports
JD Vance gets suspended from Bluesky 'just 12 minutes after first post': reports
U.S. Vice President JD Vance decided to join Bluesky, only to be abruptly suspended, according to news reports.Vance made a big deal about his decision to get an account on what has become known as a more liberal competitor to Elon Musk's X network.David McAfee (Raw Story)
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Panther Falls, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, AB
A short hike made slightly more difficult by the remaining snow in the trail on 5/15, mile long out and back descends from where the parking lot to the falls along a steep ridgeline. Views of bridal veil falls may be seen across the valley, and later in the year a path to them may be accessible.
Panther Falls drops down while the creeksides remain partially snowbound. This fall may create a good snowcone structure in winter based on some of the snow chunks I saw laying around.
The trail passes under a fallen log amid some boulders while bridal veil falls may be seen through a gap in the trees across the valley.
Same view of the falls as the main image, but this time with me being blinded by the blazing sun in the foregound.
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Can Israel's economy withstand multiple conflicts?
Can Israel's economy withstand multiple conflicts?
With Israel fighting on at least two fronts, the country's finances and economy are strained. The government hopes higher taxes can cover some of the bills while its high-tech industry remains a safe investment.Timothy Rooks (Deutsche Welle)
Sorella di Perfezione di Giuseppe Iannozzi torna in libreria. La poesia trionfa!
"Sorella di Perfezione" di Giuseppe Iannozzi è nuovamente disponibile in tutti gli store online e nelle librerie. Grazie a Tutte/i. E non posso non ringraziare LFA Publisher che ha subito provveduto a ristampare il mio libro. I Love You.
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.youtube.com
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Instance PeerTube généraliste, une bonne alternative à YouTube et autres plateformes de streaming contrôlées par des géants du WEB. General PeerTube instance, a good alternative to YouTube and other streaming platforms controlled by WEB giants.Mes Numériques
Muslim Brotherhood rallies around Iran, calls for Islamic unity against Israel
The Muslim Brotherhood, one of the most powerful political entities in the Middle East, has rallied around Iran in the wake of Israel’s devastating strikes on the country and urged disparate Muslim groups to unite and “confront the Zionist entity”.
In a letter addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday, the acting head of the movement, Salah Abdel Haq, said his group expressed “full support” for the Islamic Republic as Israel’s assault stretched into a second week.
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The old fascist playbook.
Use violence against the out group. If the out group protests peaceful, falsely claim it’s violence to increase your own violence. If the out group fights back, use it as an excuse to bring all the violence you have to bear while painting your attack as an act of “defense”.
SWF at the IGF 2025
This month, the Social Web Foundation is joining the UN’s 20th annual conference on the internet, the Internet Governance Forum. Held in Oslo, Norway, IGF 2025 brings together policymakers, technologists, activists, and academics to address the most pressing questions about digital governance. From AI regulation to connectivity in underserved regions, the agenda reflects how internet governance is now inseparable from broader social, economic, and political concerns.
Mallory Knodel, Executive Director of the Social Web Foundation and founder of this newsletter, will be moderating a workshop on “Privacy-Preserving Interoperability and the Fediverse”, a session that speaks directly to the Social Web Foundation’s mission: growing, healthy, sustainable and multi-polar Fediverse.
The session will examine a practical tension: interoperability allows people to move fluidly across platforms—whether it’s Mastodon, PeerTube, or other services in the Fediverse. Yet this fluidity exposes new privacy risks. For example, a user’s profile photo or contact list might unintentionally follow them from one service to another without explicit consent. To ensure the social web continues to grow in a responsible way, we need thoughtful policy, smart technical design, and cross-sector collaboration.
To tackle this, Mallory will be posing three concrete questions to a diverse panel featuring voices from academia, civil society, and the private sector:
- User agency: How can we design cross-platform data flows so that individuals—not servers—decide what travels with them?
- Legal alignment: What does real compliance with the GDPR look like for a decentralised network, and how might the Digital Markets Act nudge the large incumbents toward meaningful interoperability?
- Technical safeguards: Which standards or privacy-enhancing tools could make federation safer by default?
By grounding the discussion in technical and legal constraints, this workshop aims to develop practical, actionable recommendations that platforms, developers, and policymakers can adopt. We’ll refine these into a summary document outlining key takeaways and next steps, which we’ll share in a future edition of this newsletter.
This conversation also comes at a critical time. The momentum behind decentralized platforms is growing, but regulatory clarity and technical safeguards lag behind. Without coordination, we risk repeating the mistakes of Web2: centralisation of power, opaque data practices, and exclusionary design.
Attending the IGF is free! Whether you’re joining us in Oslo or tuning in online, we encourage you to participate. Your questions, insights, and lived experiences help shape the conversation. We’ll be taking audience questions during the session, and they’ll feed directly into the discussion.
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China’s MiniMax LLM costs about 200x less to train than OpenAI’s GPT-4, says company
China’s MiniMax debuts M1 AI model that it says costs 200x less to train than OpenAI’s GPT-4
MiniMax’s claims about M1 may spook investors in OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia.Alexandra Sternlicht (Fortune)
PSA for openSUSE Tumbleweed users wondering why Proton doesn't launch properly on a fresh install
ausearch -c 'steam' --raw | audit2allow -a -M my-steam
to create the permissions file and semodule -X 300 -i my-steam.pp
to apply it. Hopefully this saves someone else from the wild goose chase I went on earlier.
Privacy-focused handwriting-to-text on android
Is there a privacy-focused accurate handwriting-to-text option for android? Ideally it would run locally on device with no required connection to the internet.
Thanks for any recommendations in advance.
f-droid.org/packages/io.github…
This might be what you're looking for. Some more feature rich options might be available if you did more research ("OCR" or "Tesseract")
The Wall of Death
cross-posted from: mastodon.neatobuilds.com/users…
The Wall of DeathI was able to check out the wall of death at the Handbuilt Moto Show in 2014
#austin #texas #photography #motorcycle #ThrowbackThursday #year2014 #SonyA58
Welcome to the US (Jen Sorensen)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/13908976
By Jen Sorensen.
Welcome to the US | Jen Sorensen
Cartoon about scrutiny of international tourists' social media and blog posts when they visit the USJen Sorensen
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Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and ‘A Better Tomorrow’: AI-Powered Kung Fu Film Plan Debuts in Shanghai
At the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival, the China Film Foundation and partners launched two major AI-driven initiatives under the Kung Fu Film Heritage Project: a large-scale effort to restore 100 classic martial arts films using artificial intelligence, and the unveiling of a brand-new animated feature, “A Better Tomorrow: Cyber Border,” billed as the world’s first fully AI-produced animated feature film.
Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee Headline AI Kung Fu Revival at Shanghai Fest
Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee titles lead China’s AI-driven plan to restore 100 kung fu classics, unveiled with 'A Better Tomorrow' AI reboot at Shanghai.Naman Ramachandran (Variety)
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Mute websites in Vivaldi on Android.
If there’s a website that annoys you by playing media with audio, either automatically or it’s easy to accidentally hit play, you have every right to mute the website. Here are two ways to do it in Vivaldi on Android.
Option 1
- While a video or sound clip is playing on the web page, tap the shield icon on the Address Bar.
- Select Permissions.
- Toggle off “Sound”.
Option 2
- Go to Settings > Content Settings > Site Settings > Content > Sound.
- Tap on “Add site exception”.
- Enter the page’s URL.
- Tap on “Add”.
#android #media #Mute #Permissions #Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #webPages
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Tip #728 - Vivaldi on Android | Vivaldi Browser
How do I mute websites in Vivaldi on Android? Bring peace of mind to your browsing with this tip.Vivaldi Tips (Vivaldi Technologies)
OpenAI walks away from Scale AI — triggering industry-wide rethink of data partnerships
OpenAI walks away from Scale AI — triggering industry-wide rethink of data partnerships
Following Meta’s $14.3B stake in Scale AI, OpenAI exits the long-standing partnership, raising questions about vendor neutrality, talent wars, and the future of AI data governance.Mastufa Ahmed (Computerworld)
Album 'D11-04' Out Now
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#Hysteria
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Album 'A Distant Horizon' Out Now
#Album
#Hysteria
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Album 'Hysteria' Out Now
#Album
#Hysteria
Hysteria by Dimension Wave | Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes | PUSH.fm
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late stage capitalism
You think there are no morons under ANY other regime?? We got this because humanity is absolutely impossibly dumb. We're fucked 6 ways to sunday.
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- This isn’t happening because your average Joe gobbled up anti-vax propaganda. This is happening because the capitalist elite saw an economic slowdown during lockdowns and funded and pushed all sorts of conspiracies. The anti-vaxx, COVID denialist movement didn’t emerge grassroots. It was systematically pushed and promoted by the most powerful people to protect their interests.
Nippon and US Steel complete controversial merger
He gave the official green light to the deal in an executive order on Friday.
Nippon agreed to pay $55 per share and take on the company's debt, a deal worth $14.9bn together.
It said it had also promised the government it would invest $11bn in US Steel by 2028, including a new facility that would be completed after that year.
It also granted the US government a "golden share" in the company, giving the government say over key decisions, including the transfer of jobs or production outside of the US, and certain calls to close or idle factories.
Nippon and US Steel complete controversial merger
Nippon agreed to give a "golden share" to the US government to win approval of the takeover.Natalie Sherman (BBC News)
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions and it is unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Extension.The White House
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Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions and it is unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Extension.The White House
Were the No Kings protests the largest single-day demonstration in American history?
Were the No Kings protests the largest single-day demonstration in American history?
Depending on who you ask, between 4 and 6 million people showed up – and according to one theory, this could be a turning pointAlaina Demopoulos (The Guardian)
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Labour rebellion brewing over welfare changes
It's pulling the headline above but when I tap through it shows
MP once on benefits calls cuts 'brutal' - but colleague says 'moral' case for reform
Labour rebellion brewing over welfare changes
A bill to enact cuts – part of a package aimed at saving £5bn by 2030 – arrives in Parliament on Wednesday.Iain Watson (BBC News)
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“morality” is starving disabled people to death to enrich billionaires, according to the labour leadership.
What an Orwellian late stage capitalism shitshow
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in reply to NocturnalMorning • • •I'm not defending TACOman here, but bombing the middle east is like a normal afternoon for basically any US president since at least Bush the First
Edit. Shit. I agree with you. And it looks like I'm arguing probably. I hate that I am so cynical, but then I just... I mean... look at everything that keeps happening, you know?
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