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Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers: no evidence of a sizeable negative impact of AI on workers’ well-being and mental health.


We find no evidence of a sizeable negative impact of AI on workers’ well-being and mental health. If anything, there is evidence of an improvement in health status and health satisfaction, which may be explained by the decline in job physical intensity. Overall, our results are consistent with the lack of negative effects of AI on the labor markets.


Sorella di Perfezione - Giuseppe Iannozzi - LFA Publisher - La poesia che fa emozionare


"Sorella di Perfezione" di Giuseppe Iannozzi è disponibile in tutti gli store online e nelle migliori librerie. La poesia che fa emozionare.

Il nuovissimo booktrailer sul mio canale YouTube:

**youtube.com/shorts/2iVN0u1BeHs…

Ulteriori dettagli sono disponibili sul mio blog:

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Sorella di Perfezione - Giuseppe Iannozzi - LFA Publisher - La poesia che fa emozionare


"Sorella di Perfezione" di Giuseppe Iannozzi è disponibile in tutti gli store online e nelle migliori librerie. La poesia che fa emozionare.

Il nuovissimo booktrailer sul mio canale YouTube:

youtube.com/shorts/2iVN0u1BeHs

Ulteriori dettagli sono disponibili sul mio blog:

iannozzigiuseppe.wordpress.com…



First Tesla Robotaxi Ride


Oops incoming traffic At 7:10
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in reply to Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]

I protected them in so many ways, cared for them as if they were my own children. But to this day, is there a single statue of me on Bajor?


Musk, AI and the weaponization of "administrative error"


"LLMs are not just text generators but pretext generators"



How to stop entire VSCodium/VSCode window from being OOM killed in Fedora when it's better to kill the command in the integrated terminal that's the cause of high memory usage?


It's acting as if memory.oom.group is set to 1, even though it's not:
dullbananas:~$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-gnome-codium-158608.scope/memory.oom.group 
0
dullbananas:~$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/memory.oom.group 
0
dullbananas:~$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/memory.oom.group 
0
dullbananas:~$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/memory.oom.group 
0
dullbananas:~$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/memory.oom.group 
0
dullbananas:~$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.oom.group 
cat: /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.oom.group: No such file or directory
in reply to dullbananas (Joseph Silva)

How little ram and swap do you have that this is a problem?

You might just use ulimit: unix.stackexchange.com/a/74676…

I feel like there's a better way to do this, unless you're intentionally trying to run out of RAM.



CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees


As artificial intelligence becomes the corporate buzzword du jour, executives are finding more and more ways to shoehorn the trendy tech into their everyday business operations.

That has a lot of workers anxious about automation, income inequality, and increased workloads — something c-suite bigwigs are all too happy to take advantage of.

Though AI — really just a fun name for large language models (LLMs), or predictive chatbots — in its current state isn't likely to bring a labor revolution anytime soon, CEOs find that the threat of AI automation works just as well.


Archive : archive.ph/KJ1tN

#tech



Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers


  • Hours after the US airstrike on Iranian territory, Iranian-backed hackers took down US President Donald Trump’s social media platform.
  • Users were struggling to access Truth Social in the early morning following the alleged hack.
  • As the US continues to insert itself into the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, the US government believes more cyberattacks could happen.

https://htxt.co.za/2025/06/trump-social-media-site-brought-down-by-iran-hackers/



Republican lawmaker nearly died amid new Florida abortion laws – but blames the left


Kat Cammack recounts emergency room ordeal but claims ‘fearmongering’ by Democrats and pro-choice activists sowing confusion among medical professionals

Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack has revealed that she almost died last year as a result of her state’s six-week abortion ban, which left hospital staff reluctant to treat her ectopic pregnancy for fear of criminal prosecution.

Cammack was only five weeks pregnant at the time, the embryo had no heartbeat and her own safety was in jeopardy, but nevertheless the congresswoman found herself forced to pull up the letter of the law on her phone to argue the case and even put in a call to Governor Ron DeSantis, without being able to reach him, before staff relented and came to her aid.

But surprisingly, given her ordeal, the representative does not feel the law itself is at fault and instead blames Democrats for scaring medical professionals into confusion over their responsibilities.



Cybercriminals use fake GitHub Minecraft mods to target young players




Republican senators’ proposed Medicaid cuts threaten to send red states ‘backwards’


Advocates fear Senate’s version of Trump’s budget bill could leave millions without healthcare and boost corporations

Advocates are urging Senate Republicans to reject a proposal to cut billions from American healthcare to extend tax breaks that primarily benefit the wealthy and corporations.

The proposal would make historic cuts to Medicaid, the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled people that covers 71 million Americans, and is the Senate version of the “big beautiful bill” act, which contains most of Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

“With the text released earlier this week, somehow the Senate made the House’s ‘big, bad budget bill’ worse in many ways,” said Anthony Wright, the executive director of Families USA, a consumer healthcare advocacy group, in a press call.




An AI video ad is making a splash. Is it the future of advertising?


In just 30 seconds, the video sprints from one unlikely scenario to another: a pot-bellied partier cradles a Chihuahua; a bride flees police on a golf cart; a farmer luxuriates in a pool full of eggs. Oddball details fill the screen, like a sign reading "Fresh Manatee."

"Kalshi hired me to make the most unhinged NBA Finals commercial possible," the video's creator, P.J. Accetturo, said on X.

The Kalshi ad had a high-profile debut, appearing in the YouTube TV stream of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 11. That placement, and the over-the-top content, might suggest weeks of work by a team of ad agency creatives, film crews and actors at far-flung locations. But Accetturo says he used AI tools instead, taking just two days to create an ad whose tone flits between internet memes and Grand Theft Auto.

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An AI video ad is making a splash. Is it the future of advertising?


In just 30 seconds, the video sprints from one unlikely scenario to another: a pot-bellied partier cradles a Chihuahua; a bride flees police on a golf cart; a farmer luxuriates in a pool full of eggs. Oddball details fill the screen, like a sign reading "Fresh Manatee."

"Kalshi hired me to make the most unhinged NBA Finals commercial possible," the video's creator, P.J. Accetturo, said on X.

The Kalshi ad had a high-profile debut, appearing in the YouTube TV stream of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 11. That placement, and the over-the-top content, might suggest weeks of work by a team of ad agency creatives, film crews and actors at far-flung locations. But Accetturo says he used AI tools instead, taking just two days to create an ad whose tone flits between internet memes and Grand Theft Auto.

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Israel threatened to kill wives and children of Iranian generals if they refused to leave Iran


People working for Israel’s security services who speak Persian, Iran’s primary language, called senior Iranian officials on their cellphones and warned them that they, too, would die unless they ceased supporting the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, according to the three people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss clandestine operations. One of them estimated that more than 20 Iranians in positions of power were contacted.

The Washington Post obtained an audio recording and transcript of one such call, which took place the same day, June 13, that Israel began its bombardment of Iran.

“I can advise you now, you have 12 hours to escape with your wife and child. Otherwise, you’re on our list right now,” an Israeli intelligence operative told a senior Iranian general close to the country’s rulers, according to the audio recording. The operative then suggested that Israel could train weapons on the general and his family at any moment. “We’re closer to you than your own neck vein. Put this in your head. May God protect you,” he said.

https://archive.is/OwAg9

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.....okay Iran absolutely must not end their attacks on Israel; Iran needs to engage in regime change of their own on Israel.


Could Windows and installed apps upload all my personal files?


Could Windows and installed apps upload all my personal files?

Dear all

I have deleted Onedrive and disabled File system access in Privacy.

  1. I would like to know, which other ways that my personal files could be uploaded in a non-malicious non-hacker way?
  2. Just by using Windows, Microsoft could upload all my personal files to themselves if they would?
  3. Does every installed App / software have full access to my whole drive? How can I found out, how much access it has?

Thank you for your interest and reply

Best regards


@Rikudou_Sage@lemmy.world

Yes, every application has access to everything. The only exception are those weird apps that use the universal framework or whatever that thing is called, those need to ask for permissions. But most of the apps on your PC have full access to everything.

And Windows does collect and upload a lot of personal information and they could easily upload everything on your system. The same of course applies for the apps as well, they have access to everything except privileged folders (those usually don’t contain your personal data, but system files).

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in reply to Holeheadou92984

Yes, in theory any program, including Windows itself, could upload data to the Internet if not blocked.

Windows can be restricted by a network firewall. Programs can be restricted by filesystem permissions and the OS firewall, and not running them as admin.

But is this happening? Unlikely, unless you have malware. You can inspect your traffic.

in reply to catloaf

Programs can be restricted by filesystem permissions and the OS firewall, and not running them as admin


can you explain how to do this?

steam games for example are nearly impossible to run without admin, can I restrict filesystem permissions for these software?

in reply to Holeheadou92984

As for restricting access to files you could run them under a separate user account. User A shouldn't have access to User B's home folder. Although if its something that would need granted admin access I think it would have access to other users files again.
in reply to reddeadhead

thanks

does this mean software with admin privilege only have access to user folder not root folder of C drive?

in reply to Holeheadou92984

Things with admin privilege have access to everything. If it is only user-privileged, it only has access to what that user was granted access to.
in reply to Holeheadou92984

steam games for example are nearly impossible to run without admin


What steam game requires admin permissions? I'm not aware of any games that require admin permissions.

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in reply to DeathByBigSad

Well, that is fair. Those anti-cheats are in user-land on not-windows. Don't think I have given admin permissions to any game, including those with Easy Anti-Cheat, etc.

I'm still surprised Microsoft allows those to exist. Particularly for something as mundane as games.

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VixSrc Brings Piracy-as-a-Service to Italy


Recently, StreamingCommunity, which manages arguably one of the biggest cinematographic piracy websites in Italy, sent an interesting post in their

stuff.octt.eu.org/2025/06/vixs…



firefox browser extension that disable the web connection of other extensions


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/31889138

Please see the cross-post as it is updated.

Is there a firefox extension that disable the web connection of other extensions?


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/31889138

Please see the cross-post as it is updated.



Serbia announces halt of weapons exports to zionist enemy


You were exporting weapons to the Zionist entity? 😐


How can I make LUKS show me the number of characters I'm entering when unlocking my drive?


It's kind of buggy where I'll enter characters but they won't register. I can verify this because when booting, sometimes my num and caps lock keys will have a delay after pressing before their light changes.

This is very annoying when trying to unlock the computer, because I essentially have to wait an arbitrary amount of time before I think inputs will register properly. This wouldn't be as much of an issue if I could, you know, get some feedback that they keys I'm entering are actually being entered.

Is there a way to change this to suit my needs better?

in reply to kayky

In whatever centos uses for a prompt, it says "press tab for echo", and it works. You'll need to provide more info about your environment if you don't have that option.
in reply to kayky

By default, Fedora shows the per-character dots. It's probably something in plymouth.


Since I started my role as Head of Communications at Mastodon, I’ve been finding my surroundings becoming more and more… purple.

Our brand palette is a set of purple / indigo hues, and of course, I want to represent the organisation appropriately! 😄

I now have a couple of pairs of glasses with varieties of purple frames. Naturally, I also got a purple (sort of) watch band as well.

[side note – I am now a big fan of IOLLA, a Scottish brand, who made one of the pairs I’m now wearing regularly – they have brilliantly-designed clip-on sunglasses too]

I’ve also taken advantage of Framework’s new translucent purple laptop accessories, and have added a bezel and a couple of USB-C expansion modules in that colourway.

Working on being fully on-brand – new transparent purple bezel for my #FrameworkLaptop (and some transparent purple expansions too, not visible from this angle).

— Andy Piper (@andypiper) 2025-06-15T12:10:52.315Z


Oh, and I made a GNOME Shell user theme that uses the brand colours, with a little SVG Fediverse logo for the app menu, configured using the ArcMenu extension).

On a more technical side, I also made some small tools to create LibreOffice and macOS colour palettes out of lists of colours in text files. One hundred percent connected to the fact that I wanted to use the right colour scheme in documents and presentations 👍

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#100DaysToOffload #brand #colour #glasses #GNOME #mastodon #theme


Working on being fully on-brand - new transparent purple bezel for my #FrameworkLaptop (and some transparent purple expansions too, not visible from this angle).
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Chameleon vs JShelter


What is the difference between Chameleon and JShelter?
- Chameleon – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox Android (en-US)
- Chameleon is a WebExtension port of the popular Firefox addon Random Agent Spoofer.
- JShelter – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox Android (en-US)
- JShelter is a browser extension to give back control over what your browser is doing. A JavaScript-enabled web page can access much of the browser's functionality, with little control over this process available to the user: malicious websites can uniquely identify you through fingerprinting and use other tactics for tracking your activity. JShelter aims to improve the privacy and security of your web browsing.
- Like a firewall that controls network connections, JShelter controls the APIs provided by the browser, restricting the data that they gather and send out to websites. JShelter adds a safety layer that allows the user to choose if a certain action should be forbidden on a site, or if it should be allowed with restrictions, such as reducing the precision of geolocation to the city area. This layer can also aid as a countermeasure against attacks targeting the browser, operating system or hardware.

JShelter seems to spoof info by controls the APIs provided by the browser? and Chameleon spoofs user agent and many other information.

To me both seems to serves the same purpose of spoofing. Is Chameleon spoofing without interfering with js and JShelter spoofing with interfering with js the main difference between them? In addition JShelter seems to be able to block malicious js

How JShelter and Chameleon achieves spoofing differently?

in reply to Holeheadou92984

I haven't used Chameleon, but it seems to do some stuff like change the user agent that JShelter doesn't do. I'd assume it's more useful to get around a site designed for a specific browser or operating system.


Supreme Court allows Trump to resume 3rd-country removals without court-ordered due process requirements


The Supreme Court handed Trump a major win by allowing officials to resume deportation of migrants to third countries without additional due process requirements.


Case file: supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd…



Israel hits Iranian government targets, including Evin Prison in Tehran as Iran launches more attacks on Israel




[Video] Watch The Moment Bernie Sanders Finds Out Trump Launched Strikes On Iran Live During His Rally


#USA
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Kids who grew up with this must be in high demand by job agencies rn
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The Cold Warmth Of The Pavement


I love the pavement. The average individual will never in their lifetime be able to grasp the meaning of this sentiment, grounded in both facts and

stuff.octt.eu.org/2025/06/the-…



Vapes threaten to undo gains in tackling dangers of tobacco, health leaders warn


WHO calls for higher cigarette taxes, plus graphic warnings on vapes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches


Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…


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.


in reply to Holeheadou92984

Can someone use their words to explain the distaste for the addon that the downvotes on this and crossposted communities seem to represent? Is there something bad about the extension?
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in reply to Schwim Dandy

I edited my comment here, but the privacy concern with Chameleon stems from its ability to access and modify data on all websites. This access is necessary for the extension to function, as it needs to alter the user agent and other browser settings. Obviously not great when on secure websites.


Monday, June 23, 2025


Russia’s mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 5, injures 13 — Ukraine’s deep strikes cost Russia over $10 billion this year — Russia preparing military operations in Europe — Amid its war against Ukraine, Russia condemns US strikes on Iran as ‘violati

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Russia’s war against Ukraine

Standing with workers before they install a new flag pole on the South Lawn, U.S. President Donald Trump talks with journalists outside the White House on June 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
A firefighter extinguishes burning debris in the aftermath of a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on June 23, 2025. (Ukraine’s State Emergency Service/Telegram)

Russia’s mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 5, injures 13. Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding region overnight on June 23.

Russia seeks to advance along almost entire eastern front, Ukraine holding ground in Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says. As of mid-June, Ukrainian defenders are fighting close to 695,000 Russian troops in Ukraine across a 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) front, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

Ukraine’s deep strikes cost Russia over $10 billion this year, Syrskyi says. This includes $1.3 billion in direct damage. The estimated cost-to-result ratio of Ukrainian deep strikes is 1:15, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi told journalists on June 21.

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Norway to invest $400 million in Ukraine’s drone, air defense missile production. Norway will invest $400 million in Ukraine’s defense industry to support drone production, President Zelensky said on June 22. The two countries also agreed to jointly produce air defense missiles.

Russia preparing military operations in Europe, Zelensky says. “We are observing a continued intellectual decline within the Russian leadership and have evidence that they are preparing new military operations on European territory,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Ukraine destroys 80% of Russian drones despite air defense missile shortage, Syrskyi says. Ukraine needs to have many times more surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft missile systems to ensure reliable defense of cities and critical infrastructure facilities, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

Amid its war against Ukraine, Russia condemns US strikes on Iran as ‘violating international law.’ Moscow condemned on June 22 the recent U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, calling them a violation of international law and Iran’s sovereignty, a statement in stark contrast to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week.

Human cost of Russia’s war


Former Ukrainian POW dies month after being released from Russian captivity. Serhii Dobrovolskyi, a Ukrainian soldier who had been in Russian captivity since 2023, has died just a month after his release at the end of May as part of a 1000-for-1000 prisoner swap, an official from the soldier’s home region announced on June 21.

3 killed, 14 wounded as Russia strikes Ukrainian military training facility. “Unfortunately, there are some dead and wounded,” the statement read. The Ground Forces said that greater personnel losses were avoided thanks to the timely security measures taken when the air raid alert was issued.

Russian attacks kill 7, injure 23 in Ukraine over past day. Russia launched two Iskander-M or North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, an S-300 anti-aircraft missile, and 47 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, primarily targeting Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

International response


Iran’s top diplomat to meet Putin in Moscow after US air strikes on nuclear sites. “We enjoy a strategic partnership and we always consult with each other and coordinate our positions,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said with reference to Russia.

Ukraine calls for an end to Iran’s nuclear program in wake of US strikes. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said on June 22 that Iran’s nuclear program must be dismantled to prevent it from threatening the Middle East or the wider world, following U.S. air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Ukraine evacuates 176 citizens, foreigners from Israel ahead of US strikes on Iran, Zelensky says. The foreign nationals evacuated by Ukraine included citizens of the U.S., Moldova, Latvia, Azerbaijan, and Estonia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Trump could free all Belarus’s political prisoners ‘with a single word,’ released oppositionist Tsikhanouski says. “President Trump now has the power and opportunity to free all political prisoners in Belarus with a single word. And I ask him to do so, to say that word,” Siarhei Tsikhanouski said in his first press conference after his release.

Zelensky expected to speak at Council of Europe parliamentary session next week. President Zelensky is expected to address the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on June 26 during its summer session in Strasbourg, though his attendance has not been confirmed. The session agenda includes discussions on Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.

In other news


Over 450 draft officers, staff transferred in response to reported abuses, Ukraine’s military chief says. The Ukrainian military leadership aims to overhaul the draft office system amid numerous reports of abuses since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi told journalists on June 21.

Zelensky slaps new sanctions over business activities in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the sanctions are targeting “those who cooperate with the (Russian) occupier on our land,” as they “help justify the aggression, consider it normal to make money in the occupation, and pay taxes” to Russia.

Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko released after four years of Russian detention. Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on June 22 after more than four years in Russian imprisonment, and has left Russian-occupied Crimea.

Deputy PM Chernyshov returns to Ukraine as questions mount amid corruption probe. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov returned to Ukraine on June 22 following his official trip abroad amid media speculations connecting Chernyshov’s absence to an ongoing corruption investigation.

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Bezos' Lavish Venice Wedding Spurs Demand for Global Billionaire Tax


Activists are protesting billionaire Jeff Bezos's wedding in Venice with calls for a global billionaire tax.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/commondreams…


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.



Sunday question: What do you say about Berlin abolishing the 30 km/h speed limit because the air has improved thanks to the 30 km/h speed limit?


EDIT: changed article link and title to comply with rules (that I didn't read 😛). The article that is linked now, links to the previous one (this one rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/…), and the title is the google translated of the new article, as close as original German as I can

The absurdity of the proposal is already in the title, and shows how motonormativity is spread all over the world.

Berlin has a very good public transit system, and a few 30 km/h zones cannot be that bad.

I would love to hear opinions from someone who lives there!

crossposted from: mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzione…


Non solo in Italia: a Berlino vogliono togliere le zone 30, perché l'aria è migliorata, grazie alle zone 30.

L'assurdità della proposta è tutta nel titolo, e dimostra quanto la #motonormatività sia diffusa. #Berlino, una città con #trasportoPubblico davvero eccellente, può concedersi tranquillamente zone dove la velocità non la fa da padrone.

#citta30 #zone30 @energia

rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/…


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in reply to lgsp@feddit.it

I think so, if the headline is preserved while machine-translated.
in reply to Aatube

Done.

Reminder for myself: read rules of community before posting, next time 🙂



Bracket of some sort found in music room


This may or may not be associated with music stands or equipment. I can’t remember.

I just emptied and re-did my music/video room, and found this bracket in a small box with no labels or anything. I can’t remember what it’s for. I think it’s either audio or video related, but it doesn’t seem to match any of my mic or equipment stands, though it might be. It’s devoid of any branding or part/serial numbers. No markings of any kind.

It folds like this:

More pics:

There’s a sliding mount screw on the bottom:

Thanks!

(Sorry for poor lighting, MacBook Pro 15” for scale)

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Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You’d need all of North and Central America, study finds


The paper effectively makes the point that it’s financially impossible to offset enough carbon to compensate for future fossil fuel burning, said Daphne Yin, director of land policy at Carbon180, where her team advocates for U.S. policy support for land-based carbon removal. And the idea that companies would be required to account for the downstream emissions from the fossil fuel they extract is a “fantasy,” she said.

https://apnews.com/article/tree-planting-fossil-fuels-carbon-offsets-climate-a0969fbe98905391f53d34780b88256d

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In one week, Lemm.ee will shutdown


If you are still looking for an alternative, lemmy.zip/ is a solid choice. Similar moderation policy than lemm.ee.

Monthly reports: lemmy.zip/post/39959863

Lots of lemm.ee users moving there: lemmy.zip/post/40323214

If you are in the UK (where lemmy.zip is geoblocked due to UK laws), feddit.uk/ is a good option.

You can export your subscriptions, blocks and saves from "Settings - Import/Export settings" and then import them on your new account.

#meta


I love how resource-efficient linux distros are


Let me know what else I can do to trim down the power and RAM usage here.
in reply to Telorand

Check this new 0 W setup! It’s running pretty smoothly as long as you remember to add some oil between the beads from time to time.
in reply to chaosCruiser

Windows doesn’t make you oil the machine. Your move, nerd.


in reply to Dialectical Idealist

Funny how every time the GIOP does something awful we see a lot of BoTh SIdes ArE The SAMe memes.

No actual plans or ideas, but lots of memes telling people not to vote.

in reply to Dagwood222

Is the response for "if was Kamala nothing of this would happen".

"The strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world." would do the same fucking shit

in reply to Dagwood222

The result of not voting sits in the White House. In politics there is no silent majority.
in reply to Zerush

and thats itself the result of neither side helping the working class.
in reply to ☂️-

Billonairs and stupid MAGA workers are the minority and always vote right wings, but they turn to a mayority if the left working class don't vote. Simple Math.
in reply to Zerush

you missed the point. democrats are not leftists and will be just as bad.

don't blame leftists for how fascists coopt an electoral system in their favour.

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in reply to ☂️-

I know that the US voting system is a crap and that there don't exist a real keft party, Democrats there are a conservative neoliberal party and Republicans are direct a Fascist one. But even so between the bad and the worse, voting the worse don't make sensem less if it is done for the second time. Anyway for me as an European it's impossible to understand why this criminal asshole is in the WhiteHouse and not in Jail since tears ago. In the last US election you could hear out of the US worldwide the sound of a violent facepalm.
in reply to Zerush

leftists aren't really voting for trump though. most leftists i know vote for the lesser evil, but with the consciousness it ain't doing much.

it’s impossible to understand why this criminal asshole is in the WhiteHouse and not in Jail since tears ago


the way fascism coopts the masses and capitalism lets it, thats literally fascism running its course. its been documented throughout history.

it comes up when capitalism is in crisis and the people aren't aware of the class war being fought against them. part of that comes from thinking politics is just voting for the lesser evil.

in reply to Zerush

Thank you. You're going to get a lot of nonsense where people keep telling you that voting is meaningless. Don't listen.
in reply to Dagwood222

leftists offer plenty of solutions starting with unionization. and much more depending on which poison you pick.

first things first though you need to notice you won't be able to vote fascism away.

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in reply to ☂️-

You just fucking said you can’t vote away fascism. So if fascism is already here, which it is, you’re saying it can’t be voted away, which HEAVILY implies that one shouldn’t vote cuz it’s pointless; fascism can’t be voted away, so why vote?

Do you need any other explanations, you obtuse jackass pretending not to know how language works?

in reply to mienshao

thats your conclusion. i literally don't care if you bother voting.

i even stated this much, how is that so hard to understand? do you need me to clarify something? why the fuck are you that angry?

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in reply to Dagwood222

Have an upvote. Both sides are not the same. Anyone who can't distinguish between them is seriously not fully operational.
in reply to Dagwood222

Leftists are always telling you to read theory and organize. Here's a Marxist-Leninist intro reading list, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation is a good org to join.


Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism


"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."

It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook

  1. Dialectical and Historical Materialism
  2. Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
  3. Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism

As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!

Section I: Getting Started

What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?

  1. Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook

The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.

  1. Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook

Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.

Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism

Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!

  1. Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook

By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!

  1. Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook

Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.

Section III: Political Economy

That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.

  1. Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook

Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.

  1. Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook

Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.

Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism

Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?

  1. Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook

If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.

  1. Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook

Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.

Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity

The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.

  1. Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)

Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.

  1. Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook

De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.

  1. Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook

Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.

Section VI: Putting it into Practice!

It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!

  1. Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook

Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.

Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!

With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.

  1. Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
  2. Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
  3. Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
  4. Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
  5. Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
  6. Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.

"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."

  • Mao Tse-Tung


in reply to Dialectical Idealist

The alt-left is STILL pulling the “both sides are the same” shit. We will NEVER escape fascism. Like buckle in because the left is not fucking comprehending the massive scale of the difference between corrupt MAGA and corrupt Dems. Yalls are just not fucking getting it. Yalls are still just mad and punishing Dems for their awful, unconscionable Gaza policy (not defending it), but yalls literally put the final nail in American democracy cuz of a single foreign policy issue. Fucked over all LGBTQ people, all disabled folks, women’s rights, immigrant’s right, DEIA programs. As I watch my trans family continue to get targeted and killed, I will NEVER forget the “both sides” leftists who hung us out to dry. Fuck yalls.
in reply to mienshao

Nowhere in this meme does it say that “both sides are the same”. It’s (correctly) showing how both parties don’t give a shit about the working class.

Republicans are horrible but you can’t expect the Democrats to save or help you from them after we have tons of evidence showing they will also break strikes, pass right wing immigration laws, attack protesters, support genocide, and do almost nothing to stop rising fascism.

Also trying to diminish supplying and funding a genocide to just “a single foreign policy issue” is pretty fucked up and not even accurate. Leftists were willing to overlook hundreds of issues we had with Kamala as a candidate if she could just do the bare fucking minimum of not actively funding and supplying a genocide and she couldn’t even do that.

in reply to mienshao

Fascism and liberalism are not distinct ideologies, but the same ideology in different circumstances. Liberalism is the nice mask, fascism is the brutal one, and Capitalism will use whichever the bourgoeisie feels is necessary to maintain control and profits.

Critiquing liberalism is a "left" thing, not an "alt-left" thing, and I don't even know what that means.