Zelenskyy renews calls for Washington to sell Patriot missile systems to Kyiv after Kremlin strikes Ukraine with 537 missiles and drones.

Archived version: archive.is/20250629221425/poli…

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Russia hits Ukraine with biggest attack of the war; F-16 pilot is killed

^{Veronika Melkozerova (POLITICO)}

For many long months, the Gaza Strip has been groaning under the weight of a devastating war; one that has left no stone unturned, no heart untouched by sorrow, and no home untainted by the scent of death. Hunger was never a passing guest in this besieged land, but in this war, it has become the dominant force, creeping into exhausted bodies and gripping the hearts of mothers who find nothing to feed their children. In this corner of the earth, famine has become an undeniable reality.

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The famine in Gaza: When a nibble of food is stolen from the hungry

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^{Middle East Monitor}

The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new analysis, adding to the challenges for Republicans as they try to muscle the bill to passage.

https://apnews.com/article/cbo-trump-tax-bill-republicans-senate-5f591bea21bd95eec45ba90c93c50687

Meet JUPITER, the supercomputer that's changing how we visualize Earth's atmospheric conditions and weather patterns.

Europe’s First Exascale Supercomputer Powers Up

Debuting at No. 4 on the TOP500, JUPITER could open vast scientific vistas

^{Michael Dumiak (IEEE Spectrum)}

Turkish authorities have detained over 50 people during Istanbul Pride on Sunday, continuing a decade-long crackdown on the event

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Turkish police detain over 50 people in crackdown on Istanbul Pride march

^{Via AP news wire (The Independent)}

By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST

"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.

"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.

Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC

Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grav…

^{Elis Gjevori (Middle East Eye)}

Founded as a paramilitary Zionist organization in 1923, Betar Worldwide has a prominent far-right chapter in the US that has aided the Trump administration’s deportation efforts by doxxing and agitating against pro-Palestine organizers.

The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas: to protest at mosques, burn Qurans to provoke confrontations, and coordinate buying pepper spray, lasers, and other illicit devices to confront pro-Palestine protests in New York City.

In that same chat, others shared that they are collecting information on pro-Palestine activists to forward to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

https://apnews.com/article/california-budget-deficit-medicaid-immigrant-84c1b09713cd973935788943703697bd

Sanya Mansoor
June 27 2025, 10:05 a.m

"For months, environmental researcher Yaakov Garb has been using satellite data to analyze the design, location, and expansion of these facilities. Garb, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found in an analysis published earlier this month on Harvard Dataverse that most of Gaza’s population cannot access these centers in a safe and practical way. Doing so requires crossing the dangerous Netzarim Corridor, entering a buffer zone from which Israel has banned them from entering, or a long walk across a barren rubble field, while carrying a heavy box of food."

Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month

The U.S.-backed system for food aid in Gaza is a “tactical intervention in humanitarian wrapping,” per an Israeli professor.

^{Sanya Mansoor (The Intercept)}

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/politics/andrew-cuomo-new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani

Sanya Mansoor
June 27 2025, 10:05 a.m

"For months, environmental researcher Yaakov Garb has been using satellite data to analyze the design, location, and expansion of these facilities. Garb, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found in an analysis published earlier this month on Harvard Dataverse that most of Gaza’s population cannot access these centers in a safe and practical way. Doing so requires crossing the dangerous Netzarim Corridor, entering a buffer zone from which Israel has banned them from entering, or a long walk across a barren rubble field, while carrying a heavy box of food."

Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month

The U.S.-backed system for food aid in Gaza is a “tactical intervention in humanitarian wrapping,” per an Israeli professor.

^{Sanya Mansoor (The Intercept)}

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idk, not exactly news but not gossip either

tweet linky

Source (Bluesky)

It has sound.

In which we once more delve into the world of user interface design.

Autumn 2023

Three years ago, I wrote a rant about the problems of our current UI paradigm. The complaints I voiced were hardly new or unique, neither was the text what I'd consider my best writing. It was, honestly, mostly a way to blow off steam. It seems I struck a nerve, though, because it's proven to be one of the most popular texts I've published here. For some time, I've thought about writing a follow-up, and a recent resurgence in the text's popularity prompted me to finally do so.

[…]

What were we talking about?

Usability, as defined by Wikipedia, is "the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience." Its relation to software is further specified: "In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a software can be used by specified consumers to achieve quantified objectives with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a quantified context of use." […]

In short, usability is the ease with which a predetermined task can be accomplished. Consequently, "It looks fresh" isn't usability; it's aesthetics. Likewise, the lack of a specific program feature isn't the same as being able to use it as easily, efficiently and safely as possible. […]

[…]

https://datagubbe.se/usab2/

Sorella di Perfezione di Giuseppe Iannozzi - Aggiornamento importante:

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"**Sorella di Perfezione" di Giuseppe Iannozzi, LFA Publisher - Aggiornamento importante, nuovi punti vendita dove è possibile reperire il mio libro. **

"Sorella di Perfezione" è la mia ultima opera. La poesia è come la magia: sorprende il lettore, lo emoziona, gli fa palpitare il cuore. La poesia è la forma più nobile di letteratura. Con questo non voglio assolutamente dire di essere un profeta. Ho scritto un libro di circa 230 pagine. Ho impiegato ben quattro anni per scrivere le poesie che sono nell'antologia “Sorella di perfezione” (LFA Publisher). Perché dovreste leggere le mie poesie? Una risposta non ce l'ho, e non intendo stupirvi con effetti speciali e paroloni.
"Sorella di Perfezione" accoglie tante poesie, circa duecento. Ogni lirica affronta uno o più temi e tutti di grande attualità: amore, vita, morte, povertà, malattia, guerra, etc. Sostanzialmente parlo degli ultimi e dei penultimi, parlo di persone che dalla vita hanno ottenuto poco o niente. - Giuseppe Iannozzi

Potete leggere e votare il mio articolo su Fai.informazione.

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Sorella di Perfezione di Giuseppe Iannozzi (LFA Publisher). La poesia è come la magia

Sorella di Perfezione è la mia ultima opera. La poesia è come la magia : sorprende il lettore, lo emoziona, gli fa palpitare il cuore. La poesia è la forma più nobile di letteratura. Con questo non voglio assolutamente dire di essere un profeta .

^{Giuseppe Iannozzi (Fai Informazione - Social News)}

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-meta-leadership-talent-rivalry/

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)}

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

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

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!
::: spoiler spoiler

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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-Scripts

^GitHub

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)}

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

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

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

If you want this to change, it means calling your rep and senators — especially if they're Republicans.

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)}

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.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/climate/gop-bill-adds-surprise-tax-that-could-cripple-wind-and-solar-power.html