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Trump-GOP Budget Bill Will Give Top 1% Over $1 Trillion in Tax Breaks: Analysis


The amount set to flow to a "tiny sliver of affluent families" over the next decade is roughly equal to the Medicaid cuts included in the Republican bill, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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Norway Reached 96.9% Market Share for EVs in June


Only 577 new registrations were for vehicles without fully electric drive systems in Norway. Among these were 152 plug-in hybrids and 223 other types of hybrids. Which EV models were the most popular?




US Semiconductor Reindustrialization: Implications for the World




A caccia di difetti topologici nei vetri tridimensionali. Su Nature uno studio sui difetti topologici a cui hanno collaborato l’Università degli Studi di Milano e la Shanghai Jiao Tong University


Geometria e topologia svolgono un ruolo centrale nella fisica moderna, dalla formazione delle stringhe cosmiche nell'universo primordiale agli intricati modelli di crescita di foglie e petali di rosa. Da una prospettiva applicata, i difetti topologici sono fondamentali per comprendere i guasti meccanici nei materiali solidi e per descrivere i fenomeni di fusione nei sistemi bidimensionali.

Definire i difetti, tuttavia, richiede una configurazione di riferimento, tipicamente uno sfondo ordinato idealizzato. Nei cristalli, gli atomi sono disposti in strutture reticolari periodiche, rompendo la simmetria traslazionale continua in un sottogruppo discreto. Questo sfondo ordinato consente una definizione precisa di difetti come dislocazioni e disclinazioni.

Al contrario, i materiali amorfi, come il vetro di una finestra, mancano di ordine a lungo raggio. Le disposizioni atomiche sono disordinate oltre poche distanze interatomiche, rendendo l'identificazione e la classificazione dei difetti particolarmente elusive. Eppure, questa non è solo una sfida accademica: la capacità di prevedere dove e come un vetro potrebbe rompersi sotto stress ha implicazioni dirette per la progettazione, la sicurezza e l'ingegneria dei materiali.

Negli ultimi anni sono stati compiuti progressi significativi nell'identificazione dei difetti topologici nei vetri. Tuttavia, questi sviluppi sono stati in gran parte limitati a modelli bidimensionali semplificati, limitandone la rilevanza per i materiali reali. In una recente pubblicazione su Nature Communications , la Dott.ssa Arabinda Bera e il Professor Alessio Zaccone (Università degli Studi di Milano), in collaborazione con il Professor Matteo Baggioli (SJTU), hanno introdotto, per la prima volta, una definizione robusta dei difetti topologici nei vetri tridimensionali.



Gli studenti dell'UF stanno piegando il metallo con i laser per costruire enormi strutture in orbita


Gli ingegneri dell'UF, sostenuti da DARPA e NASA, stanno perfezionando tecniche di formazione laser che consentono alle lamiere di piegarsi in giganteschi pannelli solari, antenne e persino parti di stazioni spaziali proprio in orbita—, oltrepassando i limiti di dimensione dei razzi e aprendo la strada a una costruzione fuoristrada sostenibile.



L’UE scrive all’Italia: Piracy Shield deve essere migliorato perché non è conforme al Digital Services Act


Dopo le varie sollecitazioni da parte di diverse associazioni, tra quali la CCIA, Computer & Communication Industry Association, la Commissione Europea scrive all’Italia sollevando preoccupazioni per Piracy Shield: non è conforme al Digital Services Act.

dday.it/redazione/53562/lue-sc…

Grazie a @calamarim@mastodon.uno per la segnalazione



Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel


Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/readthemaple…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.



Reddit Claims Anti-Piracy Subpoenas Are a "Publicity Campaign," Seeks $55K in Fees


After successfully fending off three subpoenas from filmmakers seeking user data related to piracy discussions, Reddit is back in federal court. The company is now requesting over $55,000 in legal compensation, suggesting that these repeated requests amount to an "anti-piracy publicity campaign" that chills lawful speech by Reddit’s users.
in reply to Pro

Only 55k? Isn't that peanuts for most companies?
in reply to Scrath

I presume it's based on their legal cost of the three previous cases.

I agree it's very low in terms of cost of business, as legal cost, or seeking damages.

in reply to Kissaki

Article states it's the cost of only the last and third subpoena. Since the first two were struck down in court already, they're arguing making the exact same request again for a third time afterwards is just waste of time for everyone.
in reply to Pro

This is basically Reddit doing marketing. Its the Anti-"Anti-Piracy Publicity Campaign" Campaign.


Annunciando CoMaps, l'alternativa libera e open source ai navigatori proprietari! Naviga con Privacy - Scopri di più sul tuo viaggio!


Notizie entusiasmanti! Siamo entusiasti di annunciare il rilascio di CoMaps su Google Play Store, Apple App Store e F-Droid!

Punti salienti di CoMaps
Ricerca e percorso offline: Pianifica e naviga i tuoi viaggi senza internet

Risparmia batteria: Design efficiente che non scarica la batteria

Privacy-rispettando: nessuna persona identificabile, nessun tracciamento, nessuna raccolta dati

Annunci gratuiti e senza pubblicità: completamente libero, il tuo viaggio è liscio

Cosa rende speciali i CoMaps?
CoMaps è un'app di navigazione open source guidata dalla comunità

· Aperto e trasparente: Tutte le decisioni sono prese in pubblico, con piena trasparenza.

· Empowerment comunitario: Hai voce in capitolo su come si evolve l'app.

· Gratuito e senza scopo di lucro: Il nostro obiettivo è creare valore per la comunità, non generare profitto.

Installa CoMaps oggi stesso
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in reply to Jonat

Re: Annunciando CoMaps, l'alternativa libera e open source ai navigatori proprietari! Naviga con Privacy - Scopri di più sul tuo viaggio!


Jonat appunto proprio perché waze e non solo, non essendo io un programmatore mi chiedevo se è complicato adottare un sistema simile ad esempio in comaps. Oppure non viene adottato per altri motivi?!
in reply to antonej

Re: Annunciando CoMaps, l'alternativa libera e open source ai navigatori proprietari! Naviga con Privacy - Scopri di più sul tuo viaggio!


antonej
La forza di waze è la comunità di utenti che segnalano ciò che vedono sulla strada, inoltre il programma mi pare ben fatto.
Certo, sarebbe bello avere una alternativa, magari europea, ma almeno io non ne vedo, e non so se solo per questioni economiche. Ad esempio here wego è un buon navigatore...


Apple aggiunge il supporto ufficiale di Vision Pro al motore di gioco Godot


Apple ha iniziato a contribuire con il supporto ufficiale per il suo visore Vision Pro al popolare motore di gioco Godot. Ricardo Sanchez-Saez, un ingegnere iOS senior che lavora nel team visionOS di Apple, ha annunciato lo sforzo tramite una richiesta pull (PR) inviata al progetto Godot su GitHub.

Questo primo contributo pone le basi fondamentali per l'esecuzione nativa delle applicazioni Godot sulla piattaforma visionOS.

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Meta said it supports proposals for an EU-wide age of digital adulthood, below which minors would need parental consent to use social media


in reply to TJA!

it would not be a trusted service, but at most legally. just like centralized chat scanning systems.

It doesn't even have to store the verification result, if you don't want to


"if you don't want to" lol. you won't decide whether they will store anything, silly. the control is theirs, cemented, the law is on their side, the political narrative will be on their side (think of the children!!), they'll do whatever the fuck they want.

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in reply to WhyJiffie

It seems there are already systems like this in place in the EU: sh.itjust.works/comment/200212…


EID can be used for anonymous age verification. It doesn't even need to give out your birthday and can attest to any "over the age of X" requirement.

Ref: bfdi.bund.de/DE/Buerger/Inhalt…





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


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.
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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics


The overall message here I think is: action is still necessary, but the reality is that we're too caught up in politics and economics and we missed our chance at mitigation. Now we need to look to how to cope with what's coming.

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

in reply to Damage

Even a warlord would need a whole bunch of people willing to support them.
in reply to hungryphrog

Yeah that's what I meant, unless you plan to be the baddest warlord in order to keep hold of your bunker through terror and violence, good luck


Solar + Battery (covering 97% of demand) is now cheaper than coal and nuclear


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.


in reply to Agent641

My oven keeps flashing 00:00 until you set the time anyway


På sociala medie-plattformarna Instagram (ägt av Meta) och Bluesky har de i beslut daterade 30 juni respektive 1 juli blockerat åtkomsten i Turkiet till Rojavakommittéernas konton. Anledningen är att den turkiska telekommunikationsmyndigheten (ICTA) har lämnat in en rättslig begäran till Instagram-ägaren Meta respektive till Bluesky om att begränsa åtkomsten till Rojavakommittéernas konton. Detta då ICTA anser att publikationerna strider mot turkisk lag.

blog.zaramis.se/2025/07/04/blu…




In eigener Sache: Inhaltswarnungen

Es ist gar nicht so einfach, das Richtige zu tun, weil ich nicht genau weiß, wo mein eigenes Wissen aufhört – und meine Blindheit beginnt. Seit ich damit begonnen habe, Inhaltswarnungen für Filme zu schreiben, die ich bespreche, stolpere ich regelmäßig über diese Grenze. Sie verläuft nicht am Rand irgendeines Lexikons, sondern mitten durch mich hindurch: Was sehe ich – und was nicht? Was halte ich aus, weil ich es gewohnt bin – und was halten andere kaum aus, wenn sie davon getroffen werden?

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[Help Design Lemmy] Search Improvements


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.

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in reply to geneva_convenience

I have taken a bit to realize this before too. Maybe the hamburger button could be highlighted better when the page is in that narrow layout?
in reply to Die4Ever

I think the communities button is especially important because it's mainly how I navigate Lemmy. Create post is handy too. Create community not really.

@Nutomic can we get these buttons back in smaller view?



14 Acts of Palestinian Resistance recorded in West Bank over past 48 hours









'I've been turned into an AI train announcer - and no one told me'


This is pretty disturbing, I hope she gets a massive paycheck for this violation.


Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies


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.
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Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies


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.
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Big Tech Execs Commissioned into the Army [16:52 | JUL 03 2025 | Glenn Greenwald]


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/32434347

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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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La musica e il dilemma: che aspetto avrebbe avuto l'immortale Lady Greensleves? - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri






“Guidare in America”


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/…


“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




Judge rejects executive order claiming ‘invasion’ at the border


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/



Bondi made changes to DOJ policy. Her former client Pfizer might have benefited


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.



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


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.