Pope Leo looks to MAGA megadonors to shore up Church finances
Wealthy American conservatives hint they’re ready to cough up again to rescue the scandal-ridden Church from going broke.
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US | Trump considers forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked Iran report
President dismisses leaked assessment suggesting strikes only temporarily disrupted Iran’s nuclear development
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Biker squilibrato "viene buttato nel fiume"
Biker squilibrato butta la bici di un altro biker nel fiume | MTB Mag
Siamo abituati a vedere queste scene isteriche nel traffico di una città, ma guardate cosa è successo a Whistler, in Canada, quando tre ragazzi hanno incontrato uno squilibrato di 48 anni su un ponte.Staff (MTB Mag)
Baidu plans to open-source its Ernie LLM on June 30; some say this could cement China's AI leadership, while others doubt it will be a “DeepSeek moment”
China's biggest public AI drop since DeepSeek, Baidu's open source Ernie, is about to hit the market
Chinese internet search giant Baidu will open source its Ernie gen AI large language model as soon as this week, with uncertain consequences for the market.Kevin Williams (CNBC)
Zoomcar discloses security breach impacting 8.4 million users
Zoomcar Holdings (Zoomcar) has disclosed that unauthorized accessed its system led to a data breach impacting 8.4 million users.
Washington Post's email system hacked, journalists' accounts compromised
Email accounts of several Washington Post journalists were compromised in a cyberattack believed to have been carried out by a foreign government.
Hacker steals 1 million Cock.li user records in webmail data breach
Email hosting provider Cock.li has confirmed it suffered a data breach after threat actors exploited flaws in its now-retired Roundcube webmail platform to steal over a million user records.
Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans
A profound relational revolution is underway, not orchestrated by tech developers but driven by users themselves. Many of the 400 million weekly users of ChatGPT are seeking more than just assistance with emails or information on food safety; they are looking for emotional support.
“Therapy and companionship” have emerged as two of the most frequent applications for generative AI globally, according to the Harvard Business Review. This trend marks a significant, unplanned pivot in how people interact with technology.
Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans
Men are turning to AI for mental health support, finding digital confidants where traditional therapy falls short.Luna Awomi (AI Indexes)
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Wine-Based Hangover Project Drops QEMU In Favor Of FEX & Box64 For Emulation
Wine-Based Hangover Project Drops QEMU In Favor Of FEX & Box64 For Emulation
Building off Friday's release of Wine 10.11 for running Windows games and applications on Linux is now Hangover 10.11 for this Wine-based software used for running Windows games/applications cross-architecture such as on AArch64/ARM64 systems.www.phoronix.com
Anthem Demo - Napster plus Distributed Machine Learning
In its finished state, the software is supposed to work like this:
- Users start NapsterML, which act as a peer in the network
- Once they have found other peers, they connect to a master node, which coordinates the training
- All peers then train a model with their uploaded songs
- Then they generate songs from their local models
- Each user can now listen to and generate their own AI songs
Would love to hear some feedback from you guys 😀
Anthem Demo - Napster plus Distributed Machine Learning
Output from the video: https://github.com/bluebbberry/NapsterML/tree/develop/example_output/generated_songs Repo: https://github.com/bluebbberry/NapsterML/tree/develop The app works like this: User...MakerTube
UK govt condemns 'death to the IDF' chants at Glastonbury
Glastonbury (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A British punk-rap group faced growing criticism on Sunday for making anti-Israel remarks at the Glastonbury music festival that have sparked a police inquiry.Bob Vylan led crowds in chants of "Death, death to the IDF", a reference to the acronym for the Israeli military, during their set on Saturday.
British police officers are also examining comments by the Irish rap trio Kneecap, whose members have likewise been highly critical of Israel and its military campaign against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
One of Kneecap's members wore a T-shirt dedicated to the Palestine Action Group, which is about to be banned under UK terror laws.
The UK government has "strongly condemned" Bob Vylan's chants, which festival organisers said had "very much crossed a line".
"We are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence," the festival said in a statement.
Avon and Somerset police said Saturday that video evidence would be assessed by officers "to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation".
The chants about Israel's military, condemned by the Israeli embassy in London, were led by Bob Vylan's frontman Bobby Vylan.
They were broadcast live on the BBC, which airs coverage of Britain's most popular music festival.
"I thought it's appalling, to be honest," Wes Streeting, the Labour's government's health secretary, said of the chants, adding that "all life is sacred".
"I think the BBC and Glastonbury have got questions to answer about how we saw such a spectacle on our screens," he told Sky News.
The Israel embassy said in a statement late Saturday that "it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".
But Streeting also took aim at the embassy, telling it to "get your own house in order".
"I think there's a serious point there by the Israeli embassy. I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said, citing Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.
A spokesperson for the BBC said Vylan's comments were "deeply offensive" and the broadcaster had "no plans" to make the performance available on its on-demand service.
Festival-goer Joe McCabe, 31, told AFP that while he did not necessarily agree with Vylan's statement, "I certainly think the message of questioning what's going on there (in Gaza) is right."
UK PM condemns 'death to the IDF' chants at Glastonbury Festival
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday added his voice to those condemning a British punk-rap group for anti-Israel remarks at the Glastonbury music festival, an incident that has already sparked a police inquiry.RFI
Perché non combatterei mai per difendere il mio paese
C'è guerra e guerra. La tormentata scelta di combattere
Odiavano la violenza, ma hanno combattuto per estirpare il germe della sopraffazione. Camus, Weil e gli europei di oggiIl Foglio
Scusami ma non credo che sia la comunità adatta.
Non si tratta di una recensione o di un'analisi del libro, non serve a presentarlo in nessun modo ma si limita a usare alcuni estratti per fare propaganda politica.
Magari esiste una comunità più adatta, ma qui si parla di libri e l'articolo ne parla ben poco (il fatto che tratti marginalmente di scrittorз e intellettualз non è molto rilevante in quanto il focus è sempre politico e incentrato sul tema guerra/riarmo)
Meglio su feddit.it/c/politica direi.
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La UK en 2026 okazos en Aŭstrio
Dum longa tempo oni atendis informon pri la loko de la venontjara Universala Kongreso. Kutime la kongresurbo estas konata du jarojn anticipe, sed la decido pri la venontjara kongreso venis tre malfrue. La 29-an de junio UEA fine informis, ke la UK en 2026 okazos en Graz en Aŭstrio. Ni publikigas la tekston de la gazetara komuniko senŝanĝe.
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Quante copie vendono i libri dei politici - Il Post
Quante copie vendono i libri dei politici
L'autobiografia di Giorgia Meloni – appena uscita negli Stati Uniti – parecchio, ma è un po' un'eccezioneIl Post
The Untold Story of AI: From Ancient Dreams to Today’s Breakthroughs
What is AI? Types, History & Real-World Examples
Explore AI fundamentals through expert quotes, real use cases, and global statistics. Understand types, history, myths, and the future of Artificial Intelligence in one deep dive.Eli Grid (GazeOn)
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Sinaloa cartel hacked security cameras to track and kill FBI informants, US says
Sinaloa cartel hacked security cameras to track and kill FBI informants, US says
Hacker working for cartel run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was also able to access phone records of an FBI legal attaché at the US embassy in Mexico CityGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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There is a potential BYTECODE virus in the "OPEN SOURCE" Microsoft products MAASGRAVE activator. Here is how the virus is hidden and created AT RUN TIME!
There is a potential BYTECODE virus in the "OPEN SOURCE" Microsoft products MAASGRAVE activator. Here is how the virus is hidden and created AT RUN TIME!
github.com/massgravel/Microsof…
I ran the MASSGRAVE "open source" activator on a virtual machine using VMware Workstation.
The "open source" code actually also contains "BYTECODE" sections. WHEN YOU RUN THE "HARMLESS LOOKING open source" script, IT basically constructs several virus exe files during runtime FROM THE BYTECODE SECTION !!
TSforge_Activation.exe"
TSforgeCLI.exe
LibTSforge.dll
These exe files are what does the activation.
It also installs backdoors, and potential malware !!
Can some other developer verify this on a virtual machine?
Please spread this message to more advanced Software engineers who understand "BYTECODE" HIDING and exe construction IN OPENSOURCE SCRIPTS AND HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT!
Also the first method makes you trust a their website! You don't know what you are downloading from them!
I tried to post this Redit, but Redit is blocking this!
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GitHub - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts: Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.
Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting. - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-ScriptsGitHub
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IT basically constructs several virus exe files during runtime FROM THE BYTECODE SECTION !!
what kind of viruses? what do they do? did you notice anything objectively bad that they do? or something fishy other than creating executables?
These exe files are what does the activation.
It also installs backdoors, and potential malware !!
could you provide a little more details on what kind of backdoors does it install? and what malware?
this could be a big deal, but you didn't provide anything that could be verified.
QR code parking scam linked to global crime network: A sprawling fraud operation, a Dubai-based millionaire – and a £4bn company looking the other way
QR code parking scam linked to global crime network
Sprawling fraud operation took £50m a year while payment giant Worldline looked the other waySimon Lock (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
Sant’Elpidio a Mare (FM): il mondo vino in festa con Enosophia nel week end 4-7 luglio 2025
Dal 4 al 6 luglio il Grand Tour delle Marche, promosso da Tipicità e ANCI Marche, arriva nel Fermano con un weekend ricco di eventi a Sant’Elpidio a Mare, dove spicca Enosophia, manifestazione dedicata alla cultura del vino.
Venerdì 4 luglio, alle 16:30, il Teatro Comunale Cicconi ospita il “salotto buono” del mondo enologico. A cura di Assoenologi Marche, Abruzzo e Molise, l’incontro sarà dedicato all’enologia del futuro: “Comprendere ed agire”. Dopo i saluti istituzionali del sindaco Gionata Calcinari e del direttore di Tipicità Angelo Serri, interverranno esperti del panorama vitivinicolo nazionale. Le conclusioni saranno affidate a Riccardo Cotarella, presidente nazionale Assoenologi. A seguire, una degustazione tecnica in collaborazione con AIS Marche.
La manifestazione rende omaggio al celebre cittadino elpidiense Andrea Bacci, medico e scienziato del Rinascimento, autore del trattato De naturali vinorum historia, ancora oggi punto di riferimento nel rapporto tra vino e salute.
Sabato 5 e domenica 6 luglio Enosophia si sposta nelle piazze con iniziative per tutti i gusti curate dall’associazione “Di Arte in Vino”. Sabato, alle 21:00, incontro a tema “Impariamo il vino”, dedicato ai vini dolci, con le aziende vinicole e AIS Marche.
Domenica 6 è la giornata clou. Si parte con la presentazione del libro Guida poetica dei vini marchigiani e con la consegna del Premio Andrea Bacci. Alle 17:00, nella sede della contrada Sant’Elpidio, degustazioni di tipicità locali e vini marchigiani. In serata, gran finale in piazza Matteotti con musica sotto le stelle.
Il calendario si chiuderà venerdì 11 luglio con la cena enoitinerante, in collaborazione con i ristoranti della città, sempre a cura dell’associazione Di Arte in Vino.
Tutte le info su: www.tipicita.it
Sant’Elpidio a Mare (FM): il mondo vino in festa con Enosophia nel week end 4-7 luglio 2025 - ViaggieMiraggi
Con una tappa dedicata ad Andrea Bacci, il Grand Tour delle Marche approda nel Fermano A Sant’Elpidio a Mare, il mondo vino in festa con Enosophia Il 4 luglio approfondimenti professionali nel salotto buono della città. Nel resto del weekend...Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in a fully autonomous 3-on-3 football game powered entirely by artificial intelligence in Beijing on Saturday night.
Touted as China's first 3-on-3 football game between humanoid robots, the event served as a preview for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games, set to take place in the Chinese capital this August.According to the organizers, a key highlight of the competition was that all participating robots operated fully autonomously using AI-driven strategies – without any human intervention or supervision.
Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field. They were also designed to stand up on their own after falling.
During the game, however, several still had to be carried off the field on stretchers by staff.
Tsinghua University wins China's first humanoid robot 3-on-3 football event
Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in a fully autonomous 3-on-3 football game powered entirely by artificial intelligence in Beijing on Saturday night.CGTN
Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in a fully autonomous 3-on-3 football game powered entirely by artificial intelligence in Beijing on Saturday night.
Touted as China's first 3-on-3 football game between humanoid robots, the event served as a preview for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games, set to take place in the Chinese capital this August.According to the organizers, a key highlight of the competition was that all participating robots operated fully autonomously using AI-driven strategies – without any human intervention or supervision.
Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field. They were also designed to stand up on their own after falling.
During the game, however, several still had to be carried off the field on stretchers by staff.
Tsinghua University wins China's first humanoid robot 3-on-3 football event
Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in a fully autonomous 3-on-3 football game powered entirely by artificial intelligence in Beijing on Saturday night.CGTN
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
Murtaza Hussain and talia jane
Jun 29, 2025"Far-right activists, including members of Betar—a pro-Israel extremist group known for racist violence—have been running a constellation of WhatsApp group chats to plan counterprotests against pro-Palestine demonstrations and commit potential hate crimes against Muslims in New York City.
The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas...
Betar US also appears to have had some coordination with local government, with one member stating that they were forwarding information to a local state assemblyman."
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)
G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
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Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
Murtaza Hussain and talia jane
Jun 29, 2025
"Far-right activists, including members of Betar—a pro-Israel extremist group known for racist violence—have been running a constellation of WhatsApp group chats to plan counterprotests against pro-Palestine demonstrations and commit potential hate crimes against Muslims in New York City.
The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas...
Betar US also appears to have had some coordination with local government, with one member stating that they were forwarding information to a local state assemblyman."
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)
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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base
Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post last week that Windows powers over a billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but according to ZDNET, the Microsoft annual report for 2022 said that more than 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or 11. Given that these documents contain material information and have allegedly been pored over by the tech giant’s lawyers, we can safely assume that Windows’ user base has been quietly shrinking in the past three years, shedding around 400 million users.This is probably why Microsoft has been aggressively pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11 after the previous version of the OS loses support — so that its users would install the latest version of Windows on their current system (or get a new PC if their system is incapable of running the latest version). Although macOS is a threat to Windows, especially with the launch of Apple Silicon, we cannot say that those 400 million users all went and bought a MacBook. That’s because, as far back as 2023, Mac sales have also been dropping, with Statista reporting the computer line, once holding more than 85% of the company revenue, now making up just 7.7%.
Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base
Our mobile-first world is slowly killing the ubiquitous operating system.Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)
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G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry.The tax provision, tucked inside the 940-page bill that the Senate made public just after midnight on Friday, stunned observers.
“This is how you kill an industry,” said Bob Keefe, executive director of E2, a nonpartisan group of business leaders and investors. “And at a time when electricity prices and demand are soaring.”
The bill would rapidly phase out existing federal tax subsidies for wind and solar power by 2027. Doing so, many companies say, could derail hundreds of projects under development and could jeopardize billions of dollars in manufacturing facilities that had been planned around the country with the subsidies in mind.
Well, that's not good.
G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says
Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.
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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base
Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base
Our mobile-first world is slowly killing the ubiquitous operating system.Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)
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‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered
After years of promising investors that millions of Tesla robotaxis would soon fill the streets, Elon Musk debuted his driverless car service in a limited public rollout in Austin, Texas. It did not go smoothly.The 22 June launch initially appeared successful enough, with a flood of videos from pro-Tesla social media influencers praising the service and sharing footage of their rides. Musk celebrated it as a triumph, and the following day, Tesla’s stock rose nearly 10%.
What quickly became apparent, however, was that the same influencer videos Musk promoted also depicted the self-driving cars appearing to break traffic laws or struggle to properly function. By Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had opened an investigation into the service and requested information from Tesla on the incidents.
Let me tell you how thrilled we all are to have a new hazard added to Austin streets.
‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered
The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well aheadNick Robins-Early (The Guardian)
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Tutorial per Non Fare Niente
In questo nostro mondo moderno, dominato dalle idee di massima produttività sempre e di impegno giornaliero costante, il semplice e puro atto di non...
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De som arbetar för fri och öppen programvara - Svenssons Nyheter
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De som arbetar för fri och öppen programvara. Internet och IT-branschen är på många sätt odemokratiska och diktatoritska. Stora företag baserade i USA dominerar det mesta. De största företagen omsöttningsmässigt är Amazon, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Samsung, Foxconn (Hon Hai), Microsoft, Jingdong, Alibaba, AT&T och Meta (Facebook). Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft och Meta brukar kallas de fem stora och de dominerar nätjänster, operativsystem såväl som sociala medier.
Funderar på om @konstellationen faktiskt har ett eget serverrack någonstan med egen hårdvara?
Det hade ju vart rätt så trevligt
ping @samuel
vi är på G! 😀
Vi har en lånad fysisk server. Nu är det mest att ta sig tiden att confa upp så vi kan köra VPS:er på den.
Planen är att vi framöver ska köpa en egen och co-hosta på nåt bra ställe. Men i nuläget lånar vi.
A Win for Fair Use Is a Win for Libraries: Recent legal decision has reaffirmed the power of fair use in the digital age, and it’s a big win for libraries and the future of public access to knowledge
Book Talk: Art Above Everything with Stephanie Elizondo Griest (IN-PERSON)
A 10-year global investigation into the sacrifices women make to be artists. Ticket Link Join us for a presentation and discussion with Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest. 5:45 PM: Doors open […]\nblog.archive.org
A Win for Fair Use Is a Win for Libraries: Recent legal decision has reaffirmed the power of fair use in the digital age, and it’s a big win for libraries and the future of public access to knowledge
Book Talk: Art Above Everything with Stephanie Elizondo Griest (IN-PERSON)
A 10-year global investigation into the sacrifices women make to be artists. Ticket Link Join us for a presentation and discussion with Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest. 5:45 PM: Doors open […]\nblog.archive.org
A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill | Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.
In short, having huge numbers of Americans complain to Congress, as with this piece of legislation, can influence laws at the margin.
The rest of the bill is still awful; it imposes new and large taxes on wind and solar while eliminating subsidies for them, funds a the deportation of millions, cuts medicaid sharply (in large part through imposing onerous paperwork on people) and cuts taxes for billionaires while raising them on the poor.
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“Apro la finestra così circola un po’ d’aria”
È da incontabili giorni che non ripubblico memi, ma questo spiega così spaventosamente bene la situazione attuale che non potevo ignorarlo… C’è un drago tipo ad infinite teste (che suppongo sia conservato tutto sotto terra, perché altrimenti lo si vedrebbe in giro), ovviamente piazzato sulla terra (e nello specifico la penisola italica) dalla solita organizzazione […]
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Civilians undergo state program training aimed at preparing the population for national resistance in Kharkiv, Ukraine on June 27, 2025. Participants practiced practical exercises in firearms, tactics, and engineering training monitored by military instructors. (Serhii Masin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ukrainian drone strike on Crimea air base destroys 3 Russian helicopters, SBU claims. The attack destroyed Mi-8, Mi-26 and Mi-28 attack helicopters, and a Pantsyr-S1 self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun system, the Security Service of Ukraine told the Kyiv Independent.
Russia revives obsolete T-62 tanks amid equipment shortages, Ukraine’s intel claims. “The key factors limiting the ability to produce modern armored vehicles in Russia are a lack of industrial capacity and a shortage of imported high-tech components,” Ukraine’s military intelligence said.
Ukrainian drones strike missile, drone arsenal in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) struck on June 28 the 1060th Material-Technical Support Center in the city of Bryansk, Ukraine’s General Staff said. The facilities store a Russian missile and drone arsenal, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a source in HUR.
Ukraine downs new Russian Grom-1 bomb missile near Dnipro city, official says. To date, neither Russian guided aerial bombs nor the Grom-1 bomb missile had previously reached the city of Dnipro.
Poland’s Duda arrives in Kyiv to meet with Zelensky. “Andrzej has been with Ukraine since the first days of the war, always side by side, a reliable ally and a true friend. This is undoubtedly the level of relations we want to preserve and strengthen with Poland,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Russia has amassed 111,000 troops near Pokrovsk, Syrskyi says. Pokrovsk remains the “hottest spot” along the front line but “the situation is under control” and Russia has not crossed the administrative border from Donetsk to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Pro-Ukraine partisans disrupt Russian military logistics in occupied Donetsk Oblast, group claims. The Atesh partisan group set fire to a signal cabinet that helps control traffic on a railway line near the Russian-occupied city of Yasynuvata in Donetsk Oblast, a route used for Russia’s military logistics, the group claimed on Telegram on June 28.
Ukraine approves new ‘Murakha’ ground robot for combat use. The Murakha is a tracked robotic platform designed to support front-line units working under challenging conditions, the Defense Ministry said.
Ukraine’s parliament working on bill to organize post-war elections, speaker says. The reason for separate legislation on a post-war election, Stefanchuk said, was due to the fact that Ukraine’s Constitution does not not provide clarity on the details of holding elections following the end of a martial law period.
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Russian mass missile attack targets Ukrainian regions far from front lines
A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack terrorized Ukraine overnight on June 29 as air raid alarms sounded across the country, including in the far-western oblasts.
Photo: Oleh Pereverzev
Human cost of Russia’s war
Married couple killed in Russian drone strike on Odesa high-rise. Russian drones hit a 21-story building, causing a fire on the 7th, 8th, and 9th floors that left residents trapped in their apartments. A couple was killed and 14 others were injured, including three children.
Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 10, injure at least 50 over past day. Ukrainian forces downed 21 out of the 23 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.
Warfare in Ukraine has changed… again.
International response
Pope Leo says Ukraine ‘martyred’ in Russia’s ‘senseless war.’ Pope Leo XIV welcomed Ukrainian Greek Catholic pilgrims to the Vatican on June 28 and offered his blessing to mothers of soldiers killed on the front lines.
Germany reportedly scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian spy plane over Baltic Sea. The incident adds to a series of aerial provocations reported by NATO allies since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 as Moscow is suspected of using the aircraft to spy on the alliance’s positions.
Slovak PM sees ‘no reason’ to meet with Zelensky, claims Ukrainian president ‘hates‘ him, after reportedly blocking Russian sanctions. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on June 28 that he does not intend to meet directly with President Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming that the Ukrainian president “hates” him, as relations between the two countries continue to sour.
McDonald’s to open 10 new restaurants in Ukraine this year, NYT reports. The 10 new locations will bring the total number close to 120 — more than were operating in Ukraine before the war.
In other news
Former Kharkiv deputy mayor charged with embezzling funds allocated for defense fortifications. A former deputy mayor for Kharkiv is facing multiple charges related to creating and leading a scheme that allegedly embezzled 5.4 million hryvnias ($130,000) of budget funds allocated for fortifications, law enforcement agencies announced on June 28.
Russia reviving efforts to expand LNG exports after US sanctions, Bloomberg reports. An LNG ice-class tanker has reportedly docked at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 facility for the first time since October, according to ship-tracking data and satellite images.
Serbian police crack down on protestors at mass anti-government rally in Belgrade. The 100,000-person rally marks the latest mass action in a protest movement that started last fall, with activists calling for an end to corruption and the 12-year rule of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
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China-led study proposes global green-energy network to solve power crisis
China-led study proposes global green-energy network to solve power crisis
Researchers evaluate global solar-wind potential to develop a phased pathway to a fully coordinated system by the 2050s.Victoria Bela (South China Morning Post)
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‘Heads will roll’: BBC reckons with bias accusations over Israel and Palestine coverage
‘Heads will roll’: BBC reckons with bias accusations over Israel and Palestine coverage
As controversy still swirls over Gaza documentaries, corporation braces for further criticism from all sides, including insideMichael Savage (The Guardian)
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Vänsterpartiet Göteborg arrangerar även i år sin populära föreläsningsserie Sommar med Vänstern! Med start veckan efter midsommar och fram till mitten av augusti ges möjligheten att en gång i veckan ta del av intressanta föreläsningar med varierande utgångspunkter. Varje träff är en chans att fördjupa sig, diskutera och träffa kamrater under sommarveckorna.
kingthrillgore
in reply to ByteOnBikes • • •Of course men will go to an AI for their problems, they can't fathom going to a woman for honest advice.
And as a result, they gaslight themselves with a worse version of ELIZA.
NostraDavid
in reply to kingthrillgore • • •Honest advice may not be good advice. I could tell a person "go kill yourself", and be VERY honest about it. Yet it's not good advice, now is it?
kingthrillgore
in reply to NostraDavid • • •