Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York state assemblyman, shocked the political world last month with a primary win over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned his position in 2021 after several women accused him of sexual harassment.

The Times noted that on the campaign trail, Mamdani touted his Muslim faith and South Asian ancestry. He was born in Uganda in 1991 and moved with his parents to South Africa five years later. Two years later, the family moved to New York.

::: spoiler The Times report cited a figure who goes by the name Crémieux on X and Substack:

• Last month’s cyberattack appears to have been carried out in order to see if Columbia was still using race-conscious affirmative action in its admission policies after the Supreme Court effectively barred the practice in 2023.
• While Mr. Mamdani was not a target of the hack, the information about him was included in a database of millions of student applications to Columbia going back decades. The data was shared with The Times by an intermediary who goes by the name Crémieux on Substack and X. He provided the data under condition of anonymity, although his identity has been made public elsewhere. He is an academic who opposes affirmative action and writes often about I.Q. and race.
  :::

One of the speakers at the conference is billed under a social media alias, Cremieux, but the Guardian has corroborated that the account is apparently run by Jordan Lasker, a long-time proponent of eugenics.

::: spoiler The @cremieuxrecueil X account has been boosted or engaged with dozens of times by that platform’s proprietor, Elon Musk, often on the topic of falling birthrates.

• On 27 November, Musk reposted a Cremieux comment on falling birthrates, adding: “With rare exception, all countries are trending towards population collapse.”
• On 29 April, Cremieux posted: “Only about a third of the world even meets replacement rate fertility. This is the biggest problem of our time.” Musk responded: “Yes.”
• Musk has also boosted or responded favorably to Cremieux posts on other rightwing hobby horses such as crime in Portland, Oregon, and allegations that Democrats had created loopholes in the asylum system.
• Away from X, Cremieux runs a Substack also featuring posts on the supposed relationships between race and IQ. A prominently featured post there seeks to defend the argument that average national IQs vary by up to 40 points, with countries in Europe, North America, and East Asia at the high end and countries in the global south at the low end, and several African countries purportedly having average national IQs at a level that experts associate with mental impairment.
  :::

New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece

The paper granted the source of the hacked documents anonymity. That person is a known enthusiast of race science.

^{Michael Luciano (Mediaite)}

https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/

Some key insights from the article:

Basically, what they did was to look at how much batteries would be needed in a given area to provide constant power supply at least 97% of the time, and the calculate the costs of that solar+battery setup compared to coal and nuclear.

Words matter.

Always use simple direct language.

• Help the poor
• Healthcare for everyone
• Good treatment at work.

Don't use complex words.

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/5457337

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US security contractors for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) say they are firing live ammunition, stun grenades, and pepper spray against Palestinian civilians attempting to collect food in Gaza, according to testimonies and video evidence reviewed by AP.

“There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly,” one contractor said, describing unqualified, unvetted, and heavily armed guards hired to manage crowd control at US-funded aid distribution sites.

Speaking anonymously due to fears of retaliation, two contractors said lethal force is used routinely, even when no threat is present. “Bullets were fired in all directions – in the air, into the ground and at times toward the Palestinians,” one said, recalling at least one instance where a person was likely hit.

US authorities pledged $30 million to support the aid scheme's operations in May, bypassing UN mechanisms. Journalists have been barred from accessing the sites, located inside Israeli military-controlled zones.

US mercenaries confirm using live ammo on Palestinians at GHF sites

The US-funded aid group employs unvetted armed contractors who operate with impunity inside Israeli-controlled zones

^thecradle.co

Il nuovo film di Paolo Sorrentino, La Grazia, aprirà in prima mondiale la 82/a Mostra del cinema di Venezia. Il film sarà presentato in prima mondiale mercoledì 27 agosto 2025 nella Sala Grande del Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), nella serata di apertura dell’82. Biennale Cinema. Il protagonista è Toni Servillo, alla sua settima collaborazione con il regista Premio Oscar. Nel cast anche Anna Ferzetti.

“Sono molto felice che ad aprire l’82. Mostra d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia sia il nuovo, attesissimo film di Paolo Sorrentino – dichiara Alberto Barbera – Mi piace ricordare che uno dei più importanti e apprezzati autori italiani a livello internazionale esordì proprio alla Biennale di Venezia nel 2001 con il suo primo film, L’uomo in più, nei miei primi anni da Direttore artistico. Un legame con la Mostra consolidato nel corso degli anni con la presentazione fuori concorso dei primi episodi della serie The Young Pope (prima e seconda stagione) e, soprattutto, con È stata la mano di Dio che, nel 2021, si meritò il Leone d’argento-Gran Premio della Giuria. Il ritorno in concorso di Paolo Sorrentino avviene con un film destinato a lasciare il segno per la sua grande originalità e forte sintonia con il presente, che il pubblico della Mostra avrà il piacere di scoprire nella serata d’apertura”.

repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinem…

Mostra del cinema di Venezia, il film d’apertura sarà “La grazia” di Paolo Sorrentino

Protagonista Toni Servillo. La proiezione il 27 agosto

^{a cura della redazione Spettacoli (la Repubblica)}

In quest'epoca caratterizzata dalla straordinaria crescita dell'intelligenza artificiale, emerge una profonda dimensione etica che esige la nostra attenzione.
Questo libro rappresenta un'aggiunta significativa e attuale al dibattito in corso che esplora le implicazioni etiche del potere trasformativo dell'intelligenza artificiale in generale e delle nuove e rivoluzionarie tecnologie di intelligenza artificiale, come l'intelligenza artificiale generativa.

Il libro affronta diversi temi:

• Rivoluzione tecnologica digitale e intelligenza artificiale;
• Una panoramica dell'IA e dell'IA generativa;
• Il ruolo dell'intelligenza artificiale e dell'intelligenza artificiale generativa nella disinformazione e nella cattiva informazione;
• Intelligenza artificiale e disinibizione online;
• Come può verificarsi un pregiudizio nell'intelligenza artificiale;
• Intelligenza artificiale e spostamento del lavoro;
• Problemi di privacy dell'IA;
• Regolamentazione e politica dell'intelligenza artificiale.

crosspostato da: mastodon.uno/users/informapira…

Addio a Windows 10: l’impatto sulla scuola e le possibili alternative

La fine del supporto a #Windows10 costringe molte scuole a valutare nuove opzioni per evitare di smaltire migliaia di dispositivi ancora funzionanti ma non compatibili con Windows 11. per venire incontro a questo tipo di difficoltà è nato il progetto italiano @ufficiozero

agendadigitale.eu/scuola-digit…

@scuola

Mastodon Uno Social - Italia

Mastodon.Uno è la principale comunità mastodon italiana. Con 77.000 iscritti è il più grande nodo Mastodon italiano: anima ambientalista a supporto della privacy e del mondo Open Source.

^{Mastodon ospitato su mastodon.uno}

informapirata ⁂

2025-07-02 14:40:10

Addio a Windows 10: l’impatto sulla scuola e le possibili alternative

La fine del supporto a #Windows10 costringe molte scuole a valutare nuove opzioni per evitare di smaltire migliaia di dispositivi ancora funzionanti ma non compatibili con Windows 11. per venire incontro a questo tipo di difficoltà è nato il progetto italiano @ufficiozero

agendadigitale.eu/scuola-digit…

@scuola

Addio a Windows 10: l’impatto sulla scuola e le possibili alternative - Agenda Digitale

Scuole italiane verso Linux dopo Windows 10: una svolta educativa sostenibile tra costi, strumenti e libertà digitale.

^{Francesco Macchia (Agenda Digitale)}

Gli investitori europei hanno il primato mondiale per investimenti in fondi ed Etf sull’intelligenza artificiale (AI) e i big data, ma le aziende del settore quotate sulle Borse del Vecchio continente sono poche a fronte di un dominio schiacciante degli Stati Uniti.

Secondo i dati Morningstar, i due terzi dei 31,8 miliardi di dollari di asset globali in strategie sull’AI sono detenuti da investitori europei.
Negli ultimi cinque anni, il patrimonio è quintuplicato, raggiungendo la cifra record di 23,1 miliardi di dollari alla fine del 2024. Tuttavia, l’inizio turbolento del 2025, caratterizzato dal lancio di DeepSeek e dai dazi americani, incluse le restrizioni alla vendita di chip alla Cina, ha generato volatilità sui mercati facendo scendere il livello degli asset a 22,7 miliardi di dollari nei primi cinque mesi del 2025

we-wealth.com/news/etf-fondi-a…

In a recent discussion it was mentioned that the search function in Lemmy is awkward to use and could be improved. As a result I already made two small changes:
- Change community selector to use !community@example.com format (#3218)
- Search field in community sidebar (#3217)

Are there any other UI or UX changes you can think of to improve searching in Lemmy? Im mainly looking for frontend changes, such as reorganizing the input positions, changing default values etc.

Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury has sparked condemnation, but UK guilt for complicity in genocide is driving this hysteria about punk bands

'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Where is the outrage over Israeli crimes in Gaza?

^{Middle East Eye}

https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-bans-uncertified-recalled-power-banks-planes-2025-06-27/

FOIA.

The Justice Department is advancing a radical theory of presidential power, nullifying Congress’s foreign affairs powers whenever the president finds them inconvenient.

These letters provide a legal rationale (if it can be called that) for the Trump administration’s commitment not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACAA), the divestment-or-ban law that the Supreme Court upheld in January. The letters make two central claims, both of which are astonishing in their breadth and implications for executive power.

• Akamai Technologies
• Amazon
• Apple Inc.
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
• Fastly, Inc.
• Google, Inc.
• LG Electronics USA, Inc.
• Microsoft Corporation
• Oracle Corporation
• T-Mobile US, Inc.

SCOTUS Tiktok

^{www.documentcloud.org}

FOIA.

The Justice Department is advancing a radical theory of presidential power, nullifying Congress’s foreign affairs powers whenever the president finds them inconvenient.

These letters provide a legal rationale (if it can be called that) for the Trump administration’s commitment not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACAA), the divestment-or-ban law that the Supreme Court upheld in January. The letters make two central claims, both of which are astonishing in their breadth and implications for executive power.

• Akamai Technologies
• Amazon
• Apple Inc.
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
• Fastly, Inc.
• Google, Inc.
• LG Electronics USA, Inc.
• Microsoft Corporation
• Oracle Corporation
• T-Mobile US, Inc.

SCOTUS Tiktok

^{www.documentcloud.org}

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The “3 by 35” Initiative targets tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks to cut deaths and boost health and development funding

The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxes in a move designed to curb chronic diseases and generate critical public revenue. The “3 by 35” Initiative comes at a time when health systems are under enormous strain from rising noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), shrinking development aid and growing public debt.

The consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks are fueling the NCD epidemic. NCDs, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, account for over 75% of all deaths worldwide. A recent report shows that a one-time 50% price increase on these products could prevent 50 million premature deaths over the next 50 years.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxes, in a move designed to curb chronic diseases and g…

^www.who.int

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

• About This Project.
• Executive Summary.

• About This Project.
• Executive Summary.

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 […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…

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

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^{www.youtube.com}

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/

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 […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…

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