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Main Topic: The increasing integration of Big Tech companies with the US government and military, specifically focusing on the commissioning of tech executives into the Army Reserve.

Key Points:

• Tech Execs Joining the Army: Executives from Meta, OpenAI, and Palantir are joining the US Army Reserve as part of a new "Innovation Corps" (Detachment 2011) to bring tech upgrades to the military.
• Motivations: The tech executives cite patriotism and a desire to equip the military for conflicts with high-tech adversaries like China. The speaker suggests the tech sector will also profit from this arrangement.
• Fascism Analogy: The speaker draws a parallel to fascism, where there is no separation between the public and private sectors, and corporations and the government work together for the same goals.
• Debunking the "Aversion" Myth: The speaker refutes the idea that Silicon Valley was previously averse to working with the military, citing examples like the Snowden revelations and existing contracts between tech companies and intelligence agencies (CIA, NSA).
• Historical Context: The speaker references John Poindexter and Palantir's origins, highlighting the long-standing relationship between Silicon Valley and the intelligence community.
• Alarming Language: The speaker finds the language used by the tech executives about uniting American innovation with the military's mission to be alarming, echoing the core tenet of fascism.
• Eisenhower's Warning: The speaker invokes Dwight Eisenhower's warning about the militarization of American life, suggesting that this integration is a realization of that warning on a grander scale.

Highlights:

• The commissioning of tech executives into the Army Reserve is presented as a significant development, symbolizing the deepening ties between Big Tech and the US military.
• The speaker emphasizes the potential dangers of this integration, drawing parallels to fascism and raising concerns about the erosion of the separation between corporate and state power.
• The historical context provided challenges the narrative of a recent shift in Silicon Valley's relationship with the military, revealing a long history of cooperation.

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Nature walk, 3.2 mi loop
406 ft
Hiked 6/5/25

An extremely popular lake in Yoho National Park, this nature walk can be done as a full loop or shortened to near nothing and still be enjoyable. Named for its vibrant color, Emerald lake is surrounded on all sides by stunning views of the local mountains, and serves as an access to several great larger hikes such as Yoho Pass/Yoho Lake.

Looking south across Emerald lake towards Mount Burgess which is reflected in the rippled water.

The view from the south side of Emerald lake showing the avalanche zone of Emerald peak, which was still closed due to avalanche risk at the time.

Looking north from Emerald lake shows the vast avalanche field and flood plains that feeds the lake. Carmar peak, Mt Marpole, and the ridge leading up to the President sit in the background.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/kilmar-abrego-garcia-salvadoran-prison-account-00438153

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Around half also believe Big Tech companies are more powerful than the EU

Large majority of French, German and Spanish public back tough EU stance on Big Tech, despite risk to Trump relations - People vs. Big Tech

Around half also believe Big Tech companies are more powerful than the EU Brussels, Belgium (3rd July 2025) - According to a new survey conducted by

^{Vanessa (People vs. Big Tech)}

Around half also believe Big Tech companies are more powerful than the EU

Large majority of French, German and Spanish public back tough EU stance on Big Tech, despite risk to Trump relations - People vs. Big Tech

Around half also believe Big Tech companies are more powerful than the EU Brussels, Belgium (3rd July 2025) - According to a new survey conducted by

^{Vanessa (People vs. Big Tech)}

• At the charging stations, daily concentrations of dangerous air particles, known as PM2.5, ranged from 7.3 to 39.0 micrograms per cubic meter.
• Urban sites without fast-charging stations had concentrations of PM2.5 ranging from only 3.6 to 12.4 micrograms per cubic meter.
• The tiny particles likely come from particle resuspension around Direct Current Fast Charging power cabinets. Cooling fans designed to prevent the electronics from overheating can also stir up dust and particles from internal surfaces.

UCLA team finds high levels of particulates in air near electric vehicle fast charging stations

The study was conducted across Los Angeles County.

^{UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (UCLA)}

Non avevo troppo idea che guidare negli Stati Uniti fosse così… crazy… (e ormai questo è l’unico aggettivo che so usare per porre enfasi positiva, un po’ come i redditor che usano sempre e solo la parola “wholesome”, ma lasciamo stare…) ma a quanto pare quelli lì hanno fatto anche cose… non direi buone, però […]

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minioctt

2025-07-04 00:43:03

“Guidare in America”

youtube.com/watch?v=LxLw120wrq…

Non avevo troppo idea che guidare negli Stati Uniti fosse così… crazy… (e ormai questo è l’unico aggettivo che so usare per porre enfasi positiva, un po’ come i redditor che usano sempre e solo la parola “wholesome”, ma lasciamo stare…) ma a quanto pare quelli lì hanno fatto anche cose… non direi buone, però ecco, la proverbiale medaglia che da un lato è schifosa marcia dall’altro lato è evidentemente quasi scintillante.

Si parla ovviamente di guidare veicoli personali a motore, e quindi nel 99% dei casi automobili… mostri gargantueschi che ricordano automobili, si intende, ma da nazionalista europea giustamente sto già digressando. Gli autobus lì nell’isolotto oltreoceanico sono rari come miraggi, i treni quasi letteralmente non sanno cosa siano, e le distanze di tutti i giorni sono talmente grosse che parlare di monopattini (un saluto al nostro caro e sempre sul pezzo Salvini, a tal proposito) e bici elettriche sarebbe completamente fuori contesto… però, guardando tutta la cosa dalla prospettiva di un ipotetico guidatore, anziché pedone e cittadino (magari europeo…) con il desiderio di vivere in ambienti a misura umana, davvero bisogna dire che lì se la passano bene, alla grande, al top, al SUV, al…

Che lì il carburante costi in media poco (anche se non in tutti gli stati è economico quanto in Florida; o costoso quanto in Florida, suppongo) lo si sapeva già… anche se, da gran tirchia e abituata alla gratuità del camminare (e della bici non elettrica, appena me la prendo), pure 50 dollari per ~60 litri di benzina a me fanno male al cuore… ma altre cose mi colgono un po’ di sorpresa, invece. Tipo, non avevo mai pensato al fatto che le loro strade fossero sensibilmente più larghe delle nostre… suppongo che in video e film a caso non si noti e bisogna provare di persona per accorgersene, però, quindi ok. Così come (al di fuori dei vari scherzi) ignoravo che lì siano tutti relativamente imbranati a guidare… perché qui in Italia la gente non mi sembra chissà quanto competente, e perché non immaginavo che lì avessero automobili così avanzate da arrivare letteralmente a guidarsi da sole (anche quelle non fighette-Tesla “full self driving”, e che evidentemente li rendono più incapaci).

Insomma, roba da pazzi questa America, e quindi forse un po’ riesco a capire innanzitutto come mai il sogno americano non sia morto tra chi vive lì, e poi in che modo i loro bimbi siano capaci di imparare a guidare a soli 8 anni solo grazie a YouTube. E questo per non parlare di come sono assolutamente implosa quando Francescone ha detto che lì per prendere la patente si spendono appena 50 dollari (e il web mi conferma che la media in tutti gli USA è tra 50 e 100 dollari)… altro che il latrocinio non solo italiano, ma europeo! Qui io devo stare sveglia la notte per architettare come dovrei fare a prendermi la patente senza troppa sbatta e riuscendo ancora a scroccarla ai miei genitori — giusto per tenerla nel cassetto per le emergenze, proprio giusto a prendere polvere, perché invece di guidare in Italia non c’ho sbatta e preferisco farmi le strade provinciali in pattini a rotelle — e invece loro stanno beati nella Land of The Free… (la stessa dove è molto pericoloso criticare il presidente, ma intanto…)

#America #car #DaCostaACosta #driving #FrancescoCosta #guidare #USA

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A federal judge Wednesday ruled as unlawful an executive order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum by claiming an “invasion” at the southern border and the need to protect states.

“The President cannot adopt an alternative immigration system, which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted,” District of Columbia U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss wrote in his opinion.

“Here, nothing in the (Immigration and Nationality Act) or the Constitution grants the President or his delegees the sweeping authority asserted in the Proclamation and implementing guidance,” continued Moss, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama.

The order from Moss also prevents the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from enforcing the executive order.

He also agreed to certify a class for potential asylum-seekers, which comes after last week’s Supreme Court ruling that curtailed nationwide injunctions from lower courts. Certifying a class was suggested by the court to give judges an avenue to make an order broader.

https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/07/02/repub/trump-dealt-loss-as-judge-rejects-executive-order-claiming-invasion-at-the-border/

For the past several years, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for potential foreign corruption violations related to its activities in China and Mexico, according to the company’s financial filings.

But that appears to have changed after the Trump administration tapped Pam Bondi — previously an outside legal counsel for Pfizer — to lead the Justice department as attorney general.

In the company’s most recent annual report, filed three weeks after Bondi took office in early February, there was no longer any reference to the Justice Department investigations into the company’s potential violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act. A quarterly report in May also contains no reference to these investigations.

The Federal Communications Commission will no longer enforce a rule capping the price of prison phone calls, according to an announcement made Monday by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

The move suspends a 2024 FCC decision that capped the price of in-state phone calls at 6 cents minute for prisons and large jails and 7 cents per minute for medium-sized jails. Before the decision, a 15-minute phone call could cost as much as $11.35 at large jails in some states. Under the 2024 rules, those same phone calls would cost 90 cents.

Trump’s FCC scraps ban on prison phone price gouging, a gift to some of his big donors

And another steep tax on some of America's poorest families.

^{Mother Jones}

Australian-based renewable energy and storage investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners says its new 373 MW Cleve Hill Solar Park – the biggest in the UK – has begun commercial operations.

The Cleve Hill solar park, situated in Kent in England’s south, consists of over 550,000 solar panels and is expected to provide clean electricity equivalent to the needs of 102,000 homes, and is being hailed as a landmark on multiple fronts.

It is four times the size of the next largest operational UK solar project, and will also feature a 150 MW co-located battery energy storage system (BESS), making it also the largest co-located solar plus storage project ever constructed in the UK power market.

Cleve Hill was also the first solar and battery storage project to be consented as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) by the UK government, and secured the first solar contract for difference (CfD) by the UK Government-backed Low Carbon Contracts Company.

"Not an easy project to build:" Australian developer switches on the biggest solar farm in the UK | RenewEconomy

New solar farm in Kent is four times bigger than the next biggest solar farm in the UK, and was built despite strong objections from local councils.

^{Joshua S Hill (RenewEconomy)}

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/will-eu-delay-enforcing-its-ai-act-2025-07-03/

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/will-eu-delay-enforcing-its-ai-act-2025-07-03/

According to new court documents filed on Wednesday as part of a lawsuit his wife brought against the Trump administration, Mr Ábrego García and 20 other detainees were repeatedly beaten when they arrived at El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Centre, or Cecot.

Once there, according to the documents, Mr Ábrego García and 20 other deported inmates "were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation".

Mr Ábrego García has also alleged that he and the other prisoners were "forced to kneel" from 9 PM to 6 AM, "with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion".

At one point, guards allegedly threatened to confine him with gang members who would "tear" him apart.

His mistreatment led to him losing 30lbs (14kg) within the first two weeks of his incarceration in El Salvador, according to the complaint.

Kilmar Ábrego García alleges torture and abuse in El Salvador mega-jail

The 29-year-old is now detained in Tennessee after being returned to the US and is awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.

^{Bernd Debusmann Jr (BBC News)}

The Department of Homeland Security's intelligence arm plans to cut nearly three-quarters of its full-time employees, shaving its Office of Intelligence & Analysis down from about 1,000 staff to just 275, according to four sources briefed on the matter.

The exact timing of the cuts remains unclear; sources tell CBS News the staff reductions have been in the works for months but were temporarily on hold because of rising tensions overseas after the recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The decision has raised concerns among the nation's police and intelligence gathering agencies, as the U.S. reckons with a heightened threat environment.

DHS' Office of Intelligence & Analysis — created after the September 11 terrorist attacks — is the only member of the U.S. intelligence community tasked with sharing threat information to state, local, tribal and territorial governments across the country.

DHS to cut 75% of staff in its intelligence office amid heightened threat environment

DHS plans to reduce its Office of Intelligence & Analysis to just 275 personnel, four sources said.

^{Nicole Sganga (CBS News)}

Ecco un’altra bella cosa che ho visto in Windows appena stasera… e che non avrei voluto veramente vedere, perché che cazzo, prodotto miliardario dell’azienda miliardaria eppure è tutto rotto. Nell’applet Opzioni Internet del Pannello di Controllo (inetcpl.cpl), la scheda Privacy mi sembra un pochino, come dire… vuota. Vedo tutto questo bianco al centro, dove sia […]

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minioctt

2025-07-03 22:16:53

windowsiche opzioni che mancano su internet!

Ecco un’altra bella cosa che ho visto in Windows appena stasera… e che non avrei voluto veramente vedere, perché che cazzo, prodotto miliardario dell’azienda miliardaria eppure è tutto rotto. Nell’applet Opzioni Internet del Pannello di Controllo (inetcpl.cpl), la scheda Privacy mi sembra un pochino, come dire… vuota. Vedo tutto questo bianco al centro, dove sia a memoria che a logica dovrebbe esserci qualcosa…

Giustamente, ho cercato la stessa schermata informazioni sul Windows vecchio più recente che avevo ad immediata disposizione… ossia Windows 2000, perché si emula per bene nel browser, quindi è a portata di link… e si, mettendola affianco alla mia la differenza è abbastanza lampante. Lì dovrebbe esserci uno slider (in stile vecchio…) per il grado di privacy, eppure sul mio beneamatissimissimo Windows 10 22H2 qualcuno (forse il drago di Mozilla, che vuole ostacolare Internet Explorer?) si è mangiato i pezzi (e a niente serve chiudere e riaprire). Per fortuna non credo mi servisse, però porca miseria, come si fa… 😩

#glitch #inetcpl #InternetExplorer #legacy #Windows #Windows10

https://www.btselem.org/video/20250630_undercover_border_police_executed_a_palestinian_raising_his_hands_in_surrender_in_the_city_of_nablus#full

A new Associated Press (AP) report detailing how American contractors guarding aid distribution sites used live ammunition, stun grenades and pepper spray against starving Palestinians seeking food has sparked fierce criticism online.

Video of US contractors cheering after firing at Gaza civilians ignites fury online

A new Associated Press (AP) report detailing how American contractors guarding aid distribution sites used live ammunition, stun grenades and pepper spray against starving Palestinians seeking food has sparked fierce criticism online.

^{Imene Guiza (Middle East Eye)}

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Under this plan, SpaceX’s satellites would play a big role in the Space Force’s kill chain.

BrikoX

2025-07-02 04:27:11

US | Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

Under this plan, SpaceX’s satellites would play a big role in the Space Force’s kill chain.

Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

^{Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)}

It takes from the poorest and gives to the richest—among other things.

Republicans just passed “the worst bill in modern American history”

^{Mother Jones}

Vanessa Sulpizi ha letto e recensito la mia opera poetica. Grazie ancora, Vanessa.
La recensione di Vanessa Sulpizi al link indicato:

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Un ringraziamento speciale a tutti coloro che voteranno la recensione.

Sorella di Perfezione di Giuseppe Iannozzi. Recensione di Vanessa Sulpizi

Poesia che ti attraversa l’anima, che si fa graffio e si fa carezza. La penna scorre, intrisa di un inchiostro che odora di tumulto e di visione. Ogni passo è una ferita che non si scusa. Scuote e rapisce tatuandosi sulle ossa, prima dell’abbandono.

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

Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border.

https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-wants-new-tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/

Zuckerberg and company talked up another supposed tech revolution four short years ago.

Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”

^{Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)}

E Ink’s screen technology continues to find new places to be useful.

E Ink is turning the laptop touchpad into an e-reader for AI apps

There’s no timeline on when it will show up in laptops, but E Ink’s new ePaper touchpad could give you a dedicated place to use AI tools.

^{Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)}

Samsung needs chip buyers for it to start running its Texas chip fab.

Samsung delays $44 billion Texas chip fab — sources say completion halted because 'there are no customers'

^{Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)}

Nintendo has intentionally implemented measures to restrict third-party accessories, including docks, hubs, and other accessories, from working with the new Switch 2. According to two accessory manufacturers who spoke to The Verge, the console maker is making use of a new encryption method as well as an encryption chip. Previously, a similar report by GamesRadar suggested that the change in power requirements (20V) on the Switch 2 has restricted accessory makers like Jsaux, from making docks for the new handheld hybrid console. However, it seems that the real reason is that Nintendo has made changes to the USB-C protocols, which now require “re-adaptation for both power delivery and video output."

Further investigation done by Sean Hollister, senior editor at The Verge, reveals more evidence. Traditionally, when a user plugs a dock or hub into a USB-C port on a laptop or tablet, a standardized set of structured instructions is sent out to enable successful communication between the host and the dock. The instructions first deliver the correct amount of power using the PD (Power Delivery) protocol and then enable other features like HDMI or DisplayPort video out, Ethernet, and so on.

Nintendo is restricting the Switch 2's USB-C port — most third-party docks and accessories won't work thanks to proprietary protocols

Third-party docks are locked out

^{Kunal Khullar (Tom's Hardware)}

Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’

Air Force leaders learned that lesson earlier this year when they arrived for a top-secret briefing with Trump in the Oval Office, which according to NBC News was scheduled for them to discuss plans for America’s sixth-generation fighter aircraft, dubbed the F-47 in a nod to Trump’s status as the 47th President of the United States.

As the generals were going over the details of the super-stealthy plane, which Trump has called the most advanced, capable and lethal combat aircraft platform ever built, they were startled by the appearance of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg popping into the Oval Office.

According to NBC, White House officials became concerned that Zuckerberg, one of the wealthiest men in the world, lacked the security clearance required to be present for talks about such a sensitive national security matter.

Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report

^{Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)}

Hello comrades, I recently started to selfhost my own VPN. I thought of using a regular VPN provider but I don't trust the cheap ones and the good ones are too costly for my needs. So I started to rent a cheap one core VPS (DMCA ignored of course) for 2,5€/month. Before that I tried some seedboxes from some cheap providers, but the amount of control you have there was absolutely terrible. If they have SSH access, you have no sudo permission.

One of those providers I tried just deploys docker containers and then using some fancy marketing they make a good amount of cash from something that one can do oneself with a little bit of technical knowledge. And then when something doesn't work; good luck my friend.

So that's why I choose a VPS where you have maximum control. Setting it all up including security measures and a custom OS is very fun.
My distro of choice is Devuan. I'm running a Debian based distro myself and having no systemd not only boosts the startup time, but saves some system resources, which is especially important on a server with 1 GB RAM.

Installing Devuan was quite an adventure. Navigating their website to find the right download is like cruising a wild jungle. After choosing a mirror to downloaded from, one has to check the name of the latest release. After that I selected "installer-iso". In there I grabed the netinstall. From there the real adventure began. Among the "standard stuff" I had to specify the DNS and netmask, nothing wild. I didn't installed a desktop environment of course, just the ssh-server components.

I then followed Wolgangs guide to setup SSH. Managing a computer without a desktop environment is something I never had done before and while on a desktop PC this can be a horrifying experience, it's really fun to operate a remote system via command line.
For enhanced security I activated and configured ufw. Many distros comes preinstalled with gufw, so setting up ufw wasn't a big deal.

Without systemd many Wireguard install script doesn't work, so I installed Wireguard via docker-compose with the help of Christian Lempas wonderful guide. Amazing guy.
I had to enter the DNS servers manually so that the actual DNS addresses of the server are used.

I tried to route IPv6 traffic through the VPN by entering the IPv6 address in brackets into the docker-compose.yaml, adding ::/0 in the AllowedIPs, but it all didn't worked. So I had to deactivate IPv6 on my system and in the network manager. This stopped all IPv6 leaks.

As killswitch I found this easy method. I tested it and it works. No IP-leaks anymore.

To prevent DNS leaks I found these commands: sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j DROP, sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 53 -j DROP.
I tried the ufw equivalent sudo ufw deny out 53/udp, sudo ufw deny out 53/tcp, but it blocks internet access.
I make the iptables persistent with iptables-save since iptables-persistent conflicts with gufw and ufw.

With this setup I started my torrent client and saw that I'm barely seeding. That's not cool. I tried to set up port forwarding with a lot of iptables and routing tables like this one but when checking the port it's always closed.

So what now? My goal is to torrent over the I2P. I see a lot of potential in the I2P. It is basically what people envisioned the internet to be in the 90s. Since the internet is a military technology, freedom was never implicated, so even with a lot of obfuscation and circumvention, there is always some trouble when using clearnet. My intention with the VPN is to port over clearnet torrents to I2P. Thus the reliance on VPNs can be decreased.

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^{Haikel Fazzani}