Dems Demand Access to ICE Facility as Standoff Between DHS and Congressional Oversight Intensifies
Dems Demand Access to ICE Facility as Standoff Between DHS and Congressional Oversight Intensifies
"What are you hiding?" asks a letter sent by several Democratic lawmakers from New York to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Monday.eloise-goldsmith (Common Dreams)
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Copilot+ PCs have flopped so far
Microsoft's Copilot+ gamble is a bust. But AI PCs still feel inevitable
One year after PC makers began shipping Copilot+ PCs, they remain a tiny, tiny fraction of all PCs sold. Let's explore the reasons why.Mark Hachman (PCWorld)
Are Voice Assistants Becoming Family Members?
The use of voice assistants (VAs) in family homes is growing, likely due to their usefulness in navigating the complexities of family life. Given previously observed tendencies to anthropomorphize VAs, an investigation of the relationship that family members form with these devices is warranted—particularly considering the long-term use of such devices in the private environment of the family home. In a large-scale, longitudinal online study, 128 parents with at least one child and one voice assistant at home were surveyed every 6 months over 2.5 years. To measure relationship development, the dependent variable usage frequency was chosen as a behavior-based indicator of ongoing interaction and the dependent variable connectedness as a perception-based indicator. Parents evaluated their own and their children’s usage frequency, connectedness, and potentially influencing variables (divided into the categories social feelings, utility, and anthropomorphization). Social feelings that fulfill a hedonistic-utilitarian purpose (enjoyment and sadness when gone) were found to positively influence usage frequency. Social feelings that suggest that the VA takes over an intimate social role (of a friend) had no significant influence and were rather low. Parents appear to rather view and appreciate the VA as a useful and enjoyable tool; viewing a VA as a friend appears to be met with resistance. This emphasizes the necessity to distinguish between social feelings that are driven by hedonistic-utilitarian motives and those that imply the satisfaction of social needs.
Are Voice Assistants Becoming Family Members? A 2.5-Year Study of Families’ Evolving Relationships With Their Voice Assistants
Volume 6, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000168Technology, Mind, and Behavior
Are Voice Assistants Becoming Family Members?
The use of voice assistants (VAs) in family homes is growing, likely due to their usefulness in navigating the complexities of family life. Given previously observed tendencies to anthropomorphize VAs, an investigation of the relationship that family members form with these devices is warranted—particularly considering the long-term use of such devices in the private environment of the family home. In a large-scale, longitudinal online study, 128 parents with at least one child and one voice assistant at home were surveyed every 6 months over 2.5 years. To measure relationship development, the dependent variable usage frequency was chosen as a behavior-based indicator of ongoing interaction and the dependent variable connectedness as a perception-based indicator. Parents evaluated their own and their children’s usage frequency, connectedness, and potentially influencing variables (divided into the categories social feelings, utility, and anthropomorphization). Social feelings that fulfill a hedonistic-utilitarian purpose (enjoyment and sadness when gone) were found to positively influence usage frequency. Social feelings that suggest that the VA takes over an intimate social role (of a friend) had no significant influence and were rather low. Parents appear to rather view and appreciate the VA as a useful and enjoyable tool; viewing a VA as a friend appears to be met with resistance. This emphasizes the necessity to distinguish between social feelings that are driven by hedonistic-utilitarian motives and those that imply the satisfaction of social needs.
Are Voice Assistants Becoming Family Members? A 2.5-Year Study of Families’ Evolving Relationships With Their Voice Assistants
Volume 6, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000168Technology, Mind, and Behavior
China provides a powerful counterexample to the moral rot and immiseration of the capitalist imperial core
China provides a powerful counterexample to the moral rot and immiseration of the capitalist imperial core - Friends of Socialist China
The recent Friends of Socialist China delegation to China contributed to a parallel session of the Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilisations, organised by Schwarzman Scholars of Tsinghua University, on the theme of Youth power in …Friends of Socialist China
A Porto Recanati (MC) è Brodetto Show!, domenica 29 giugno 2025
Domenica 29 giugno, a partire dalle 18:30, l’elegante Piazza Brancondi di Porto Recanati ospita il Brodetto Show, evento imperdibile del Grand Tour delle Marche. Un appuntamento atteso da appassionati di cucina, turisti e curiosi, dedicato al Brodetto alla portorecanatese De.Co., piatto simbolo della città.
Questa particolare versione del brodetto si distingue per l’uso esclusivo di pesce locale freschissimo, l’assenza di pomodoro e la presenza dello zafferano, che dona un colore dorato e un gusto raffinato. Una ricetta antica, nata dalla tradizione marinara e oggi simbolo dell’identità gastronomica della città.
L’edizione 2025 propone un format vivace e interattivo. A guidare la serata la giornalista e cittadina onoraria Sara Santacchi, affiancata da Marco Ardemagni, voce brillante del programma “Paparazzi” in onda su Rai Italia. Insieme coinvolgeranno il pubblico in un gioco di curiosità, domande e risate, tra racconto e spettacolo.
Protagonisti anche gli chef dell’Accademia del Brodetto, che offriranno assaggi della famosa specialità dorata, accompagnati da un piatto-sorpresa della tradizione locale. Un’occasione per vivere un doppio viaggio nel gusto, valorizzando le eccellenze del territorio.
L’evento è organizzato dal Comune di Porto Recanati con il cofinanziamento della Regione Marche (programma FEAMPA), in collaborazione con Tipicità e ANCI Marche.
La partecipazione con degustazione ha un costo di 10 euro, con prenotazione obbligatoria su www.tipicita.it.
Info: 0737 685623.
A Porto Recanati (MC) è Brodetto Show!, domenica 29 giugno 2025 - ViaggieMiraggi
L’imperdibile evento apre l’estate nella città balneare marchigiana A Porto Recanati, Brodetto Show Dedicato all’esclusivo piatto De.Co.Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
Flathub has passed 3 billion downloads
Statistics | Flathub
Overview of the usage and distribution of apps available on the platform.Flathub
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Domenica 29 giugno a Sestriere raduno delle FIAT 500 storiche “Il Cinquino nelle Montagne Olimpiche”
Domenica 29 giugno gli appassionati delle FIAT 500 storiche, quelle prodotte tra il 1957 e il 1977, si ritrovano a Sestriere per la nona edizione del raduno “Il Cinquino nelle Montagne Olimpiche”, organizzato dal Coordinamento della Valle di Susa e con il patrocinio del FIAT 500 Club Italia e della Città metropolitana di Torino.
Il ritrovo dei partecipanti è fissato a partire dalle 8,30 in piazza Agnelli, per la registrazione, la consegna delle welcome bag, il caffè di benvenuto e la foto-ricordo della giornata. Le vetture saranno esposte sulla piazza per essere ammirate dal pubblico. A completare il programma della giornata saranno i saluti ufficiali delle autorità alle 10,15, il giro turistico “Il Colle e non solo”, l’aperitivo all’agriturismo Le Brusà in Valle Argentera, la sosta in via Roma a Cesana Torinese e il pranzo alle 13 all’Osteria del Conte a Sestriere.
Alle 16,30 sono in programma le premiazioni dei partecipanti e i saluti finali. Per maggiori informazioni e prenotazioni è possibile contattare il fiduciario del Coordinamento Valle Susa del FIAT 500 Club Italia, Renato Breusa, al numero telefonico 340-1802006 o agli indirizzi e-mail r.breusa@libero.it e r.breusa@500clubitalia.it
Domenica 29 giugno a Sestriere raduno delle FIAT 500 storiche “Il Cinquino nelle Montagne Olimpiche” - ViaggieMiraggi
DOMENICA 29 GIUGNO 2025 LE MITICHE FIAT 500 SALGONO A SESTRIERE PER IL RADUNO “IL CINQUINO NELLE MONTAGNE OLIMPICHE” Domenica 29 giugno gli appassionati delle FIAT 500 storiche, quelle prodotte tra il 1957 e il 1977, si ritrovano a Sestriere...Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
url.town: a a catalog of interesting and useful links
Web directories are as old as the web. They were an early (and for a while, the only) solution to the challenge of collecting and discovering interesting and useful links. Before search engines, this was how we found cool stuff online.Time passed, and this approach to finding things faded. But at this particular point in time, with a rising interest in cultivating a truly open and social web, the mighty web directory may once again see some relevance and usefulness. Spaces where people are in full control over what is shared (and how it’s shared) are exceptionally important now, and this aims to be one of them.
url.town doesn’t have any specific goals or ambitions. We’re not trying to fully recreate any of the web directotries of yore (like Yahoo! or DMOZ). We’re not aiming for a vast number of links. This is just one space on the web, tied to a community that loves to share. Quality matters much more than quantity. There’s no need to share everything just for the shake of sharing it; it’s much better to share things that are useful or interesting.
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Is he the guy from Facebook or Palantir given a commission for paying for the parade ?
Or is he one of the non-mega-wealthy guys that got their commission through that "service" stuff?
BBC drops film about Gaza doctors after delaying its broadcast for months
Britain's public broadcaster said it would broadcast Gaza: Medics Under Fire after the review into the earlier documentary was concluded. But on Friday, the BBC announced it would not air the film.
"We have come to the conclusion that broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality that would not meet the high standards that the public rightly expect of the BBC," the broadcaster said in a statement.
BBC drops film about Gaza doctors after delaying its broadcast for months
The BBC has announced it has dropped a film about doctors working in Gaza after delaying its broadcast for months.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
To avoid admitting ignorance, Meta AI says man’s number is a company helpline
To avoid admitting ignorance, Meta AI says man’s number is a company helpline
AI may compound the burden of having a similar phone number to a popular business.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
This Week In Security: That Time I Caused A 9.5 CVE, IOS Spyware, And The Day The Internet Went Down
This Week In Security: That Time I Caused A 9.5 CVE, IOS Spyware, And The Day The Internet Went Down
Meshtastic just released an eye-watering 9.5 CVSS CVE, warning about public/private keys being re-used among devices. And I’m the one that wrote the code. Not to mention, I triaged and fixed …Hackaday
Amazon improves Kindle accessibility with new text spacing adjustments
Amazon improves Kindle accessibility with new text spacing adjustments
Amazon has updated recent generation Kindle models with more objects for adjust the appearance of text.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
Canadians are ‘leading’ in LGBTQ2 support amid global declines: Ipsos - National
Canadians are ‘leading’ in LGBTQ2 support amid global declines: Ipsos
Data released Friday by Ipsos in its annual Pride Report showed Canada was among the few nations where support has gone up among 26 countries surveyed.Sean Boynton (Global News)
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2SLGBTQI+ terminology – Glossary and common acronyms - Canada.ca
LGBTQ2 terminology is continuously evolving. As a result, it is important to note that this list is not exhaustive and these definitions are a starting point to understanding LGBTQ2 identities and issues.www.canada.ca
Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers
Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers - EXPOSEDbyCMD
In a move that aligns with his own stance on science, the health secretary fires all 17 experts on an advisory panel in order to appoint fringe ideologues.Walker Bragman (EXPOSEDbyCMD)
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Unicef warns children could die of thirst in Gaza amid collapse of water systems
The collapse of water systems in Gaza is threatening the territory with devastating drought as well as hunger, Unicef has warned, amid fresh reports of casualties among desperate Palestinians seeking aid.
On Friday at least 25 people awaiting aid trucks were killed by Israeli fire south of Netzarim in central Gaza, according to local health authorities.
More than 100 Palestinians have died in recent days while trying either to reach aid distribution points managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a secretive US- and Israel- backed organisation that recently started to hand out food in the territory, or to offload the limited number of UN and commercial vehicles carrying flour and some other basics.
Unicef warns children could die of thirst in Gaza amid collapse of water systems
Fears grow of drought as well as hunger, while there are fresh reports of casualties among people seeking aidJason Burke (The Guardian)
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Maersk temporarily halts operations at Israel's Haifa port after Iran strikes
Danish shipping and logistics behemoth Maersk has temporarily halted operations at Israel's Haifa port, amid the country's escalating conflict with Iran.
In a statement released on Friday, Maersk said it decided to suspend operations after “careful analysis of threat risk reports in the context of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, specifically regarding the potential risks of calling Israeli ports and the ensuing implications for the safety of our vessel crews”.
Maersk said it was in close contact with customers "impacted by this decision and are working to provide alternative transport solutions to minimise disruption".
The company said it was continuing to operate at Ashdod and that it had not experienced any other issues in its other operations in the region.
Maersk temporarily halts operations at Israel's Haifa port after Iran strikes
Danish shipping and logistics behemoth Maersk has temporarily halted operations at Israel's Haifa port, amid the country's escalating conflict with Iran.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Swiss police raid on financial blogger reignites criticism of 'gag law' restricting reporting on banks
Swiss police raid on financial blogger reignites criticism of 'gag law' restricting reporting on banks
The Zurich prosecutor ordered a search of the home of the editor of the financial blog Inside Paradeplatz.Serge Enderlin (Le Monde)
Gov. Greg Abbott considers calling a special Legislative session to redraw US congressional maps in Texas to balance Democratic gains elsewhere
“Without a doubt, this is the best session I’ve ever had,” Abbott said during an interview with me last week.
After all, he finally got the private school vouchers and the bail reform he has long advocated for through the Legislature. And more property tax cuts passed are on their way — the issue he forced lawmakers into two special sessions over back in 2023.
And the wild card may be the White House. As we reported last week, Texas members of Congress, at the behest of the Trump White House, have been meeting to discuss the possibility of redrawing all of the state’s Congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections to help the GOP pick up another seat or two to balance off expected Democratic gains elsewhere.
Gov. Greg Abbott considers calling a special Legislative session
Abbott hinted a special session may be needed because the Legislature didn’t pass a ban on local governments hiring lobbyists with taxpayer dollars.Jeremy Wallace (Houston Chronicle)
UK Parliament backs assisted dying bill in historic vote
Lawmakers in Britain have taken a historic step toward allowing assisted dying. The change would see England and Wales join other countries that allow terminally ill adults to choose to end their lives.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/dw.com/en/uk…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
EU review indicates Israel breached human rights in Gaza
A review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement has found "indications" that Israel breached its human rights obligations with actions in Gaza
Archived version: archive.is/newest/euronews.com…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
EU review indicates Israel breached human rights in Gaza
A review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement has found "indications" that Israel breached its human rights obligations with actions in Gaza.Jorge Liboreiro (Euronews.com)
Video: New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander released from federal custody (speaks at podium)
New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander released from federal custody – video
Lander, who is among the Democratic candidates seeking to replace the current mayor Eric Adams, was released after New York's Democratic governor Kathy Hochul went to the courthouse.Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rules
The conservative-dominated supreme court voted by seven to two to back a challenge by oil and gas companies, along with 17 Republican-led states, to a waiver that California has received periodically from the federal government since 1967 that allows it to set tougher standards than national rules limiting pollution from cars. The state has separately stipulated that only zero-emission cars will be able to sold there by 2035.
Although states are typically not allowed to set their own standards aside from the federal Clean Air Act, California has been given unique authority to do so via a waiver that has seen it become a pioneer in pushing for cleaner cars. Other states are allowed to copy California’s stricter standard, too.
But oil and gas companies, as well as Republican politicians, have complained about the waiver, arguing that it caused financial harm. The waiver was removed during Donald Trump’s first term but then reinstated by Joe Biden’s administration.
Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rules
Court votes to back challenge to state waiver that allows it to set tougher car emission standards than federal limitsOliver Milman (The Guardian)
Left-wing "Starlink" election conspiracy theory spreads online
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.This Will Hold
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Trump White House Considers Dropping Nukes on Iran
Fox News reports that Donald Trump may consider using nuclear weapons to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility
The U.S. military has reservations regarding the success of using a bunker-buster bomb, a non nuclear weapon, to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, buried deep in a mountain. Two defense officials were reportedly briefed that only a tactical nuclear weapon could reach the facility.
Trump White House Considers Dropping Nukes on Iran
Fox News reports that Donald Trump may consider using nuclear weapons to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility.The New Republic
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Trump says: “nothing is off the table”
Fox News: Perfect Clickbait lets claim considering nukes
The New Republic for some reason: Yes lets repost fox news clickbait
European Union Ecodesign Requirements for Smartphones Now in Effect: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Today, the European Union’s Ecodesign requirements for smartphones & tablets take effect. And they’re… fine. While the new rules do improve things, they are ultimately watered down by compromise and loopholes.
Ecodesign for Smartphones: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Today, the European Union’s Ecodesign requirements for smartphones & tablets take effect. And they’re… fine. While the new rules do improve things…Manuel Haeussermann (iFixit)
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libxml2 Maintainer Ends Embargoed Vulnerability Reports, Citing Unsustainable Burden
Libxml2’s solo maintainer drops embargoed security fixes, highlighting the burden on unpaid volunteers who keep critical open source software secure.
https://socket.dev/blog/libxml2-maintainer-ends-embargoed-vulnerability-reports
Do you remember Windows 95? How about Windows 96?
That’s not a typo. Windows 96 promised to build on the success of Windows 95, yet it never materialized as originally intended.
I only learned about this a few months ago. To me, this was an incredibly fascinating discovery and wanted to write about & share it.
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Mastodon: New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content
New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content
Summary Since it first opened, mastodon.social has operated without any sort of explicit IP grant from the users to the service, which is unusual for a social networking service. Today Mastodon ann...mcclure (GitHub)
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BBC Pulls Gaza Medics Documentary Due to Impartiality Concerns
BBC pulls Gaza medics documentary due to impartiality concerns
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was due to air in February, was made by an independent company.Steven McIntosh (BBC News)
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Mastodon: New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content
New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content
Summary Since it first opened, mastodon.social has operated without any sort of explicit IP grant from the users to the service, which is unusual for a social networking service. Today Mastodon ann...mcclure (GitHub)
Meta unveils $399+ Oakley smart glasses with all of the Ray-Ban glasses' features, plus 3K video recording, IPX4 water resistance, and double the battery life
Meta announces Oakley smart glasses
Meta is releasing a new line of AI glasses with Oakley, starting with a $499 limited-edition gold accent frame that shoots 3K video.Alex Heath (The Verge)
Tax-Dodging Billionaires Promise to Leave NYC If Mamdani Wins
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/41814981
NYC billionaires threaten to leave if progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral primary. But is their fear of losing wealth justified, or just a desperate attempt to maintain power and privilege?
Tax-Dodging Billionaires Promise to Leave NYC If Mamdani Wins
NYC billionaires threaten to leave if progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral primary. But is their fear of losing wealth justified, or just a desperate attempt to maintain power and privilege?
Tax-Dodging Billionaires Promise to Leave NYC If Mamdani Wins
Rich New Yorkers' threats to flee the city to avoid paying higher taxes served only as a "description of the status quo" that Mamdani hopes to change, said one observer.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
BBC threatens Perplexity with legal action over content scraping
The UK’s public broadcaster, BBC, has written a letter to Perplexity, the AI search startup, asking it to stop scraping articles from its websites, delete existing copies of content, and propose some sort of financial compensation if it would like to carry on scraping data. If the demands are not met, BBC may seek an injunction against the startup citing alleged misuse of its intellectual property.BBC is probably responding in this way because it has seen other news organizations cement deals with firms like OpenAI and Mistral. The income stream allows news organizations to raise more funds and also cover the costs of the extra load on their servers caused by AI scraping.
In a statement to the Financial Times, Perplexity labeled the BBC’s claims as "manipulative and opportunistic". The startup accused the broadcaster of having “a fundamental misunderstanding of technology, the internet and intellectual property law.”
This is not the first time Perplexity has had a run-in with the media. Forbes and Wired accused it of plagiarizing content from their websites and The New York Times sent the company a cease and desist notice to stop using its content for AI purposes.
BBC threatens Perplexity with legal action over content scraping
The BBC is the latest news publisher to take issue with Perplexity scraping its content for free. It has outlined several options that Perplexity can take.Paul Hill (Neowin)
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Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book
The research could have big implications for generative AI copyright lawsuits.
Quando Lincoln chiese a Garibaldi di comandare un'armata unionista, da Storia che Passione
Quando Lincoln chiese a Garibaldi di comandare un'armata unionista
Chicca storica: Abraham Lincoln nel 1861 chiese a Giuseppe Garibaldi di comandare un'armata unionista durante la guerra di secessioneAlessandro Marinucci (Storia Che Passione)
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Di scuse per attaccare l' #Iran, #Israele ne ha a iosa.
Certo è che la popolazione sotto il regime non se ne gioverà più di tanto.
Ma a #Netanyahu non interessa.
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Intro.Più passano i giorni, più gli #USA e #Trump nicchiano, più le cose si ingarbugliano, più appare chiaro che l’attacco di Israele all’Iran ha solo nominalmente lo scopo di distruggere una ipotetica potenza nucleare. E’ tutt’altro. E, sicuramente, non sarà questa guerra a distruggere un regime teocratico sanguinario e opprimente. Anzi, forse riuscirà a renderlo più determinato nella sua opera di annichilimento dei diritti civili ed umani. Tutte cose che a #Netanyahu non interessano. A lui serve la poltrona e serve il sangue dei mussulmani, che si sa che a Occidente plaudono a chi si fa carico, finalmente, di queste cose (chissà le risate di Powell…).
Il recente attacco israeliano all’Iran – definito “Operation Rising Lion” – non può essere interpretato come un’operazione umanitaria finalizzata alla liberazione degli iraniani da un regime inumano, bensì come una mossa strategica di Benjamin Netanyahu per ampliare l’influenza e lo spazio geopolitico di Israele nella regione. Numerosi analisti evidenziano come l’obiettivo di Tel Aviv non sia la democratizzazione dell’Iran, ma piuttosto una forma di espansionismo politico-militare. Il “Financial Times” ha chiarito che, pur annichilendo elementi dell’apparato militare iraniano, l’azione di Israele non compromette il regime in sé, che acquisisce semmai una narrazione di resistenza e legittimità interna. In un articolo comparso su The Guardian, si sottolinea che l’offensiva “crudele ma strategica” può al contrario rafforzare l’unità nazionale iraniana e consolidare la leadership, invece di disgregarla.
Ma è l’analisi geopolitica a offrire chiavi interpretative più nette: secondo l’ISPI, l’operazione fornisce a Netanyahu strumenti politici interni ed esterni per consolidare il consenso e sfruttare la narrativa della sicurezza nazionale. In una analisi dell’Habtoor Research Centre, si legge che Tel Aviv ha orchestrato l’attenzione dei media e dei governi occidentali per ottenere sostegno diplomatico e militare, mentre la minaccia iraniana serve a distogliere l’attenzione dalle criticità domestiche.
“New Yorker” fa notare come l’attacco non sia frutto di un’escalation incontrollata: Netanyahu lo avrebbe voluto da tempo, per perseguire ambizioni ben precise, agendo appena Washington è apparsa debole o distratta. In realtà, mentre la narrazione ufficiale descrive queste operazioni come risposte a minacce imminenti – in particolare al rischio nucleare – molti commentatori ricordano come l’Iran non stesse effettivamente per ottenere la bomba, secondo agenzie internazionali quali AIEA e CIA, dando la misura del pretesto retorico usato da Tel Aviv.
Il rischio politico interno è lampante: fissando Netanyahu come “uomo della sicurezza”, le operazioni militari all’estero possono distogliere l’elettorato dai dossier interni e blindare la sua leadership qualora emergano scandali o critiche. Lo rivelano commentatori israeliani citati dal Guardian, che affermano come tali attacchi “frutto di un Netanyahu che capitalizza su un regime che sta perdendo legittimità e consenso”. Le prove emerse delineano un quadro nitido: l’operazione contro l’Iran non risponde all’urgente esigenza della popolazione iraniana, ma rappresenta per Netanyahu una straordinaria occasione politica di potenziamento internazionale e consolidamento interno. In gioco non vi è affatto un progetto di liberazione, bensì una manovra di influenza, territorio e consenso.
In conclusione.E se avesse delle fialette con del plutonio arricchito da scuotere, “Bibì” avrebbe finito il quadro.
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White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021Tom Perkins (The Guardian)
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L' atomica del vicino è sempre più...
Di scuse per attaccare l' #Iran, #Israele ne ha a iosa.
Certo è che la popolazione sotto il regime non se ne gioverà più di tanto.
Ma a #Netanyahu non interessa.
Dal #Blog. ___
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Intro.Più passano i giorni, più gli #USA e #Trump nicchiano, più le cose si ingarbugliano, più appare chiaro che l’attacco di Israele all’Iran ha solo nominalmente lo scopo di distruggere una ipotetica potenza nucleare. E’ tutt’altro. E, sicuramente, non sarà questa guerra a distruggere un regime teocratico sanguinario e opprimente. Anzi, forse riuscirà a renderlo più determinato nella sua opera di annichilimento dei diritti civili ed umani. Tutte cose che a #Netanyahu non interessano. A lui serve la poltrona e serve il sangue dei mussulmani, che si sa che a Occidente plaudono a chi si fa carico, finalmente, di queste cose (chissà le risate di Powell…).
Il recente attacco israeliano all’Iran – definito “Operation Rising Lion” – non può essere interpretato come un’operazione umanitaria finalizzata alla liberazione degli iraniani da un regime inumano, bensì come una mossa strategica di Benjamin Netanyahu per ampliare l’influenza e lo spazio geopolitico di Israele nella regione. Numerosi analisti evidenziano come l’obiettivo di Tel Aviv non sia la democratizzazione dell’Iran, ma piuttosto una forma di espansionismo politico-militare. Il “Financial Times” ha chiarito che, pur annichilendo elementi dell’apparato militare iraniano, l’azione di Israele non compromette il regime in sé, che acquisisce semmai una narrazione di resistenza e legittimità interna. In un articolo comparso su The Guardian, si sottolinea che l’offensiva “crudele ma strategica” può al contrario rafforzare l’unità nazionale iraniana e consolidare la leadership, invece di disgregarla.
Ma è l’analisi geopolitica a offrire chiavi interpretative più nette: secondo l’ISPI, l’operazione fornisce a Netanyahu strumenti politici interni ed esterni per consolidare il consenso e sfruttare la narrativa della sicurezza nazionale. In una analisi dell’Habtoor Research Centre, si legge che Tel Aviv ha orchestrato l’attenzione dei media e dei governi occidentali per ottenere sostegno diplomatico e militare, mentre la minaccia iraniana serve a distogliere l’attenzione dalle criticità domestiche.
“New Yorker” fa notare come l’attacco non sia frutto di un’escalation incontrollata: Netanyahu lo avrebbe voluto da tempo, per perseguire ambizioni ben precise, agendo appena Washington è apparsa debole o distratta. In realtà, mentre la narrazione ufficiale descrive queste operazioni come risposte a minacce imminenti – in particolare al rischio nucleare – molti commentatori ricordano come l’Iran non stesse effettivamente per ottenere la bomba, secondo agenzie internazionali quali AIEA e CIA, dando la misura del pretesto retorico usato da Tel Aviv.
Il rischio politico interno è lampante: fissando Netanyahu come “uomo della sicurezza”, le operazioni militari all’estero possono distogliere l’elettorato dai dossier interni e blindare la sua leadership qualora emergano scandali o critiche. Lo rivelano commentatori israeliani citati dal Guardian, che affermano come tali attacchi “frutto di un Netanyahu che capitalizza su un regime che sta perdendo legittimità e consenso”. Le prove emerse delineano un quadro nitido: l’operazione contro l’Iran non risponde all’urgente esigenza della popolazione iraniana, ma rappresenta per Netanyahu una straordinaria occasione politica di potenziamento internazionale e consolidamento interno. In gioco non vi è affatto un progetto di liberazione, bensì una manovra di influenza, territorio e consenso.
In conclusione.E se avesse delle fialette con del plutonio arricchito da scuotere, “Bibì” avrebbe finito il quadro.
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WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS COMING IN IRAN | Seymour Hersh
This is a report on what is most likely to happen in Iran, as early as this weekend, according to Israeli insiders and American officials I’ve relied upon for decades. It will entail heavy American bombing. I have vetted this report with a longtime US official in Washington, who told me that all will be “under control” if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “departs.” Just how that might happen, short of his assassination, is not known. There has been a great deal of talk about American firepower and targets inside Iran, but little practical thinking, as far I can tell, about how to remove a revered religious leader with an enormous following.
I have reported from afar on the nuclear and foreign policy of Israel for decades. My 1991 book The Samson Option told the story of the making of the Israeli nuclear bomb and America’s willingness to keep the project secret. The most important unanswered question about the current situation will be the response of the world, including that of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who has been an ally of Iran’s leaders.
The United States remains Israel’s most important ally, although many here and around the world abhor Israel’s continuing murderous war in Gaza. The Trump administration is in full support of Israel’s current plan to rid Iran of any trace of a nuclear weapons program while hoping the ayatollah-led government in Tehran will be overthrown.
I have been told that the White House has signed off on an all-out bombing campaign in Iran, but the ultimate targets, the centrifuges buried at least eighty meters below the surface at Fordow, will, as of this writing, not be struck until the weekend. The delay has come at Trump’s insistence because the president wants the shock of the bombing to be diminished as much as possible by the opening of Wall Street trading on Monday. (Trump took issue on social media this morning with a Wall Street Journal report that said he had decided on the attack on Iran, writing that he had yet to decide on a path forward.)
Fordow is home to the remaining majority of Iran’s most advanced centrifuges that have produced, according to recent reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to which Iran is a signatory, nine hundred pounds of uranium enriched to 60 percent, a short step from weapons-grade levels.
The most recent Israeli bombing attacks on Iran have made no attempts to destroy the centrifuges at Fordow, which are stored at least eighty meters underground. It has been agreed, as of Wednesday, that US bombers carrying bunker bombs capable of penetrating to that depth, will begin attacking the Fordow facility this weekend.
The delay will give US military assets throughout the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean—there are more than two dozen US Air Force bases and Navy ports in the region—a chance to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation. The assumption is that Iran still has some missile and air force capability that will be on US bombing lists. “This is a chance to do away with this regime once and for all,” an informed official told me today, “and so we might as well go big.” He said, however, “that it will not be carpet bombing.”
The planned weekend bombing will also have new targets: the bases of the Republican Guards, which have countered those campaigning against the revolutionary leadership since the violent overthrow of the shah of Iran in early 1979.
The Israeli leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that the bombings will provide “the means of creating an uprising” against Iran’s current regime, which has shown little tolerance for those who defy the religious leadership and its edicts. Iranian police stations will be struck. Government offices that house files on suspected dissenters in Iran will also be attacked.
The Israelis apparently also hope, so I gather, that Khamenei will flee the country and not make a stand until the end. I was told that his personal plane left Tehran airport headed for Oman early Wednesday morning, accompanied by two fighter planes, but it is not known whether he was aboard.
Only two thirds of Iran’s population of 90 million are Persians. The largest minority groups include Azeris, many of whom have long-standing covert ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, Kurds, Arabs, and Baluchis. Jews make up a small minority group there, too. (Azerbaijan is the site of a large secret CIA base for operations in Iran.)
Bringing back the shah’s son, now living in exile in near Washington, has never been considered by the American and Israeli planners, I was told. But there has been talk among the White House planning group that includes Vice President J.D. Vance, of installing a moderate religious leader to run the country if Khamenei is deposed. The Israelis bitterly objected to the idea. “They don’t give a shit on the religious issue, but demand a political puppet to control,” the longtime US official said. “We are split with the Izzies on this. Result would be permanent hostility and future conflict in perpetuity, Bibi desperately trying to draw US in as their ally against all things Muslim, using the plight of the citizens as propaganda bait.”
There is the hope in the American and Israeli intelligence communities, I was told, that elements of the Azeri community will join in a popular revolt against the ruling regime, should one develop during the continued Israeli bombing. There also is the thought that some members of the Revolutionary Guard would join in what I was told might be “a democratic uprising against the ayatollahs”—a long-held aspiration of the US government. The sudden and successful overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was cited as a potential model, although Assad’s demise came after a long civil war.
It is possible that the result of the massive Israeli and US bombing attack could leave Iran in a state of permanent failure, as happened after the Western intervention in Libya in 2011. That revolt resulted in the brutal murder of Muammar Gaddafi, who had kept the disparate tribes there under control. The futures of Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, all victims of repeated outside attacks, are far from settled.
Donald Trump clearly wants an international win he can market. To accomplish that, he and Netanyahu are taking America to places it has never been.
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