Syrian Health Ministry says ‘dozens of bodies’ discovered at hospital in Suwayda
Syrian Health Ministry says ‘dozens of bodies’ discovered at hospital in Suwayda
Syrian Health Minister Musaab al-Ali told the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that a convoy of 15 ambulances was unable to enter the province of Suwayda, impeded by Israeli aircraftTASS
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Hey CM, just so you know, this is why we consider you one of the dumbest, most useless motherfuckers alive. You accuse me of not reading TASS critically regularly, but here you are unable to distinguish between the following
- my statement about what I heard re: Druze hospital massacre
- TASS reiterating the statement of the new ISIS government which allegedly committed the massacre
- TASS statements about the event themselves
How does it feel to be so obsessed with making your stupid little comments that you can't even read? Maybe consider doing something with your life. Any mental image I form of your behaviors makes me ill. I can't even pity you
Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein 'MAGA Rebellion'
Inside Trump's Failing Mission to Crush the MAGA Revolt Over Epstein
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
Three people killed, 34 injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus — Syrian Health Ministry
Three people killed, 34 injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus — Syrian Health Ministry
Earlier, Israel launched several airstrikes on DamascusTASS
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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse
Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.
Originally published on The Lever, but that one asks you to sign up.
How Google Ruined Your Phone
Google has sabotaged its phones’ open-source technology in order to stamp out its competitors and intensify surveillance of its customers.The Lever
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feat: Traffic data
### What problem would this feature help solve? There is currently no traffic data in the map download, making travel time estimates inaccurate when there is traffic, which makes it not possible to rely on the app for arrival time.Codeberg.org
Are there donation platforms that can accept Monero donations?
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Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries
Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries
Across 24 countries, more people have a positive view of the United States than of China.Beshay (Pew Research Center)
EFF and 80 Organizations Call on EU Policymakers to Preserve Net Neutrality in the Digital Networks Act
EFF and 80 Organizations Call on EU Policymakers to Preserve Net Neutrality in the Digital Networks Act
As the European Commission prepares an upcoming proposal for a Digital Networks Act (DNA), a growing network of groups are raising serious concerns about the resurgence of “fair share” proposals from major telecom operators.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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macOS/iOS Kernel bug
Write up of a simple trigger for kernel panic in latest iOS and macOS
Case Study: Kernel Bug in latest Apple Software involving VM_PROT_NONE and Named Entries
Panicking macOS 15.5 and iOS 18.5 with two system callssubstack.com
3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought | 404 Media
3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought
Early studies show that 3D printers may leave behind similar toolmarks on repeated prints.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
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How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
Google is quietly rolling out its Gemini AI tool as the default assistant on Android, even on devices where users never explicitly enabled it. In many cases, Gemini replaces Google Assistant by default, making it increasingly challenging to disable fully.
This deep integration means Gemini can still be active in the background, accessing your apps, system features, and personal info.
Here's what Gemini can access:
Gmail
Google Calendar
Google Drive & Docs
Maps, Keep, Tasks
Messages, Phone, and even WhatsAppEven more concerning:
Your data is used to train Google’s AI.
Human reviewers may see your chats.
Data can be shared with 3rd parties.
As of July 2025, Gemini stays connected to apps even when activity tracking is turned off.🛑 You can’t fully disable Gemini, but you can limit it:
How to limit Gemini on Android:
Turn off activity tracking
Revoke permissions
Uninstall it (if possible)Further options, if you’re privacy-conscious:
Reduce your reliance on Google services or fully de-Google
Consider a privacy-first OS like GrapheneOS or CalyxOS⚠️ Google is making Gemini the default assistant for all Android devices by the end of 2025.
Choose privacy over AI surveillance.
If you want tools that respect your data, ensure you use encrypted email, a private calendar, and a secure cloud, with no AI training or human review.
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should | Proton
Learn how to turn off Gemini on Android, what the Google AI can see, its privacy risks, and how to limit its reach across your device.Proton
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The problem I have with disabling or turning off permissions is that it assumes that Google respects you enough to honour your requests and actually disable them.
And I have absolutely zero faith in Google to do that.
Remember when google track users even airplane mode is on? Pepperidge farm remember.
Fuck google.
thesun.co.uk/tech/7811918/goog…
Google is tracking you even with Airplane Mode turned ON...
GOOGLE is tracking the movements and activities of Android smartphone users, even when they have their phones set to Flight Mode. Its tracking technology logs the times at which users move from one…Simon Chandler (The Sun)
Borse di studio univeritarie 2025/2026: Lazio, Toscana ed Emilia‑Romagna aprono i bandi. Tutte le scadenze da non perdere
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Borse di studio univeritarie 2025/2026: Lazio, Toscana ed Emilia‑Romagna aprono i bandi. Tutte le scadenze da non perdere
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corriereuniv.it/borse-di-studi…Anche per l’anno accademico 2025/2026 le Regioni italiane garantiscono il diritto allo studio universitario con bandi regionali che offrono borse di studio, posti alloggio, accesso agevolato alla
Borse di studio univeritarie 2025/2026: Lazio, Toscana ed Emilia‑Romagna aprono i bandi. Tutte le scadenze da non perdere
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corriereuniv.it/borse-di-studi…Anche per l’anno accademico 2025/2026 le Regioni italiane garantiscono il diritto allo studio universitario con bandi regionali che offrono borse di studio, posti alloggio, accesso agevolato alla
Borse di studio univeritarie 2025/2026: Lazio, Toscana ed Emilia‑Romagna aprono i bandi. Tutte le scadenze da non perdere
Bandi regionali 2025/2026 per le borse di studio: ecco scadenze e requisiti per Lazio, Toscana ed Emilia-Romagna.Redazione Roma (CorriereUniv)
L'esercito che si autodistrusse per errore dopo aver vinto una battaglia
L'esercito che si autodistrusse per errore dopo aver vinto una battaglia
Non sempre è necessario un nemico per perdere una guerra. A volte bastano la paura, una notte troppo buia e un segnale male interpretato .Abel G.M. (National Geographic Storica)
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
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Are being a puppet and getting tricked mutually exclusive to you? Intelligence assets rarely have the full picture of what their handlers plans for them or their target are. Most of them think or are made to think that they are indispensable to the their masters.
Really hard to think that al-Julani consciously accepted to shake hands with western high level politicians and made the new free Syrian leader one day and the next Israeli media is making him the next Osama bin laden, while he has to flee Damascus because Israeli bombs.
Really hard to think that al-Julani consciously accepted to shake hands with western high level politicians and made the new free Syrian leader one day and the next Israeli media is making him the next Osama bin laden, while he has to flee Damascus because Israeli bombs
It's just like Abass and the PA we all know that he's real purpose is to protect israel and the security of the settler terrorists. It didn't stop israel to talk badly about him
Groscavallo Mountain Festival: un mese di eventi dal 19 luglio al 18 agosto 2025 in Val di Lanzo
Dal 19 luglio al 18 agosto torna il Groscavallo Mountain Festival (GMF), giunto alla sua settima edizione. Il festival, che si svolge a Groscavallo, il comune più alto della Val Grande di Lanzo, propone un ricco calendario di iniziative legate alla montagna.
Il Palafestival in frazione Pialpetta sarà il fulcro della manifestazione, affiancato da eventi all'aria aperta e in altre frazioni. Il programma include musica, teatro, gite guidate, attività per bambini, incontri culturali, feste, tradizioni locali e degustazioni enogastronomiche.
Tra gli eventi che animeranno il festival ci saranno appuntamenti di musica e teatro, momenti sportivi con le Valliadi, la tradizionale Festa dell’Agricoltura di Montagna il 9 e 10 agosto, incontri culturali, esposizioni, presentazioni di libri e appuntamenti letterari.
Il Groscavallo Mountain Festival è realizzato dal Comune di Groscavallo in collaborazione con la Pro Loco e il Comitato per il recupero dei beni storici e religiosi, con il contributo dell’Unione Montana Alpi Graie e il patrocinio di Regione Piemonte, Consiglio regionale del Piemonte, Città metropolitana di Torino e GAL Valli di Lanzo, Ceronda e Casternone.
L’inaugurazione è prevista sabato 19 luglio alle 17 in frazione Richiardi di Groscavallo, nel parco di Villa Pastrone. Per la Città metropolitana di Torino sarà presente Sonia Cambursano, consigliera delegata al turismo.
Il programma integrale e aggiornato su www.facebook.com/groscavallomountainfestivalGMF
Groscavallo Mountain Festival: un mese di eventi dal 19 luglio al 18 agosto 2025 in Val di Lanzo - ViaggieMiraggi
Groscavallo Mountain Festival: un mese di eventi in Val di Lanzo Dal 19 luglio al 18 agosto torna il Groscavallo Mountain Festival (GMF), giunto alla sua settima edizione. Il festival, che si svolge a Groscavallo, il comune più alto della...Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
[Rumor] Alleged copy of Epstein files
joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-… (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80
Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.
joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.us… (verified court documents)
Original post full post: lemmy.today/comment/17730589
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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
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Estate 2025 a Cumiana (To) con il Cinema sotto le Stelle
L'estate 2025 a Cumiana accende lo schermo del Cinema sotto le Stelle, rassegna cinematografica all'aperto che quest'anno amplia la sua offerta, proponendo tre appuntamenti imperdibili, in un connubio perfetto tra la bellezza delle serate estive, i panorami mozzafiato, la magia del bosco e il fascino del grande cinema.
Grazie alla preziosa collaborazione delle associazioni Noi Pieve, Vivere la Montagna, il CAI di Cumiana, dell'ANPI sezione di Cumiana e con il patrocinio della Città metropolitana di Torino, la rassegna propone un programma diversificato e coinvolgente per tutti gli amanti del cinema e della natura.
L'edizione 2025 si svolge in due incantevoli luoghi, ognuno con la sua atmosfera unica. Si inizierà sabato 19 luglio con un classico intramontabile del cinema fantasy: “La storia infinita”. La proiezione avrà luogo alle 21 nei pressi della panchina gigante in borgata Bastianoni, un luogo suggestivo che offre una vista panoramica mozzafiato. La serata sarà arricchita, a partire dalle 18, da una passeggiata lungo il Sentiero degli Gnomi: un'occasione perfetta per immergersi nella natura e scoprire le meraviglie nascoste del territorio. A seguire, sarà possibile organizzare un picnic al sacco, un momento conviviale per godere appieno della tranquillità del paesaggio prima dell'inizio del film.
Il viaggio cinematografico proseguirà venerdì 1 agosto con un altro capolavoro che ha segnato la storia del cinema, portando grandi emozioni sul grande schermo: “E.T. l'extra-terrestre”. Anche questa proiezione si terrà alle 21 nei pressi della panchina gigante in borgata Bastianoni, preceduta, anche in questa occasione dalla passeggiata sul Sentiero degli Gnomi e la possibilità di un picnic sotto le stelle.
Per il gran finale, venerdì 29 agosto, Cinema sotto le Stelle si sposterà nella pittoresca borgata Pieve, dove verrà proiettato alle 21 “Frankenstein Junior”, in una serata all'insegna delle risate e dell'ironia.
Tutti gli eventi sono a ingresso libero. Per maggiori informazioni è possibile contattare il numero telefonico 334-7950075.
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Cinema sotto le Stelle a Cumiana L’estate 2025 a Cumiana accende lo schermo del Cinema sotto le Stelle, rassegna cinematografica all’aperto che quest’anno amplia la sua offerta, proponendo tre appuntamenti imperdibili, in un connubio perfetto tra la …Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
The Prison Pie, Breakdown of the Confined Population of the US
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025
The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and whywww.prisonpolicy.org
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The Hunt For The Perfect Laptop Continues
This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about the dearth of truly great PC laptops out there, and I suspect it won’t be the last.
The hunt for a perfect laptop continues
This is a bit of a rant; feel free to skip it if you’re here for the KDE content. This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about the dearth of truly great PC laptops out there, and …Adventures in Linux and KDE
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Well I say it's no wonder people gravitate towards it but I don't actually like it myself.
It sucks that they make it basically impossible to upgrade snything. And that there storage and RAM upgrades cost several times more than they should.
I have a Macbool air (not by choice) and I installed asahi linux a couple of weeks ago. Main take away is that it's really good except for software support. I've had a bit of trouble finding programs that work well on arm even open source projects often don't compile there programs to work on arm.
Pam Bondi is breaking the DOJ
“If confirmed, I will work to restore confidence and integrity to the Department of Justice — and each of its components,” Pam Bondi vowed during her confirmation hearing in January. “Under my watch, the partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end. America must have one tier of justice for all.”But since her confirmation on February 4, Attorney General Pam Bondi has done exactly the opposite, weaponizing the DOJ against Trump’s political enemies and withdrawing criminal investigations of his allies. The tone was set on her first full day, when she fired off an all-staff memo threatening to fire anyone who raised ethical or legal objections to advancing frivolous arguments in court.
Pam Bondi is breaking the DOJ
And will take generations to put it back together.Liz Dye (Public Notice)
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Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax'
President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration’s handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, which Trump now calls a “Hoax.”“Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this “bull——,” hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote Wednesday on his Truth Social site, using an expletive in his post. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.”
“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he went on.
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Not everyone is just spewing talking points, there's a LOT of maga folks who actually do give a shit about this. This is his biggest betrayal by far.
The #1 thing that unites (most of) the left and right is our shared hatred for the rich and powerful. Trump is outright saying he's breaking his promise specifically to protect the rich and powerful.
Only 3 Percent of Americans Say They’re Satisfied With Trump Admin’s Transparency on Epstein Files
For years, Trump benefited politically from conspiracy theories regarding the disgraced financier.
'It's Very MAGA!' Inflation Ticks Up as Trump Tariffs Push Consumer Prices Higher
"Today's inflation report confirms what we already knew: Trump's tariffs are a tax on working-class Americans and additional tariffs would hurt them even more."
'It's Very MAGA!' Inflation Ticks Up as Trump Tariffs Push Consumer Prices Higher
"Today's inflation report confirms what we already knew: Trump's tariffs are a tax on working-class Americans and additional tariffs would hurt them even more."jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal
Cloudflare has become the first intermediary to join the UK's pirate site blocking program. It's a shift that may surprise VPN users too.
KDE's Android TV alternative, Plasma Bigscreen, rises from the dead with a better UI
Another KDE project, Plasma Bigscreen, is back from the dead with a much better UI spread across the entire shell.
'Unconstitutional. Unethical. Authoritarian.' ICE Bars Millions of Immigrants From Bond Hearings
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons has declared that immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally are no longer eligible for bond hearings and should be detained throughout their deportation proceedings, drawing swift rebuke.
'Unconstitutional. Unethical. Authoritarian.' ICE Bars Millions of Immigrants From Bond Hearings
One watchdog said the new policy "seems like a blatant attempt to stop them from exercising their right to due process."jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
NoName057(16): Russia’s Digital Spoiler Force in Ukraine and Beyond
NoName057(16): Russia’s Digital Spoiler Force in Ukraine and Beyond
In the shadowy world of Russian cyber warfare, one name has emerged with increasing frequency since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022: NoName057(16).Matthew Parish (www.lvivherald.com)
Jazz e Pizza a Vasanello 🍕 🎺
Nella pizzeria da Antonio a Vasanello, jazz e pizza 🍕 🎺
Evento su Facebook: facebook.com/100078138243319/p…
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Third Largest Airport In Iraq Reopens
Mosul International Airport, which was previously destroyed by ISIS terrorists, is the third most important airport in Iraq, following Baghdad International Airport and Basra International Airport.The airport became a key military site after it was overrun by the terrorist organization ISIS in June 2014. They held it until the Iraqi army took it back on February 23, 2017.
Following its liberation, Mosul International Airport underwent renovations. By November 2019, demining activities were finished, and plans for a thorough reconstruction were initiated.
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-pm-inaugurates-mosul-international-airport/
Rayhunter in Canada
I am trying to get rayhunter, but I am confused about a few things. What kind of hardware may be used? The Orbic RC400L advertises itself as being for Verizon network only, which I am not going to use. Does the rayhunter software allow it to work on arbitrary networks?
Furthermore, I don't see a good way to acquire such a device. They aren't sold locally as far as I can tell. On amazon they are available, though expensive. However, that would mean losing any form of privacy. I don't need it to be completely anonymous—someone looking at the location could probably see home and work easily enough—but better than amazon would be much preferred.
Are there any alternate devices that are known to work well in Canada? I will be keeping the device powered off most of the time anyways, (so as to hide my location) but it must be reliable when I need it.
EDIT: eSIM support is a plus, but not required
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To save some googling for other people: Rayhunter is an initiative to identify when simulated cell towers are being used for surveillance.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet…
I would be surprised if there are other devices for it. I think you'll want to look at what network bands Verizon uses and see what that corresponds to in Canada. But I really don't know.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Can i move the bookmarks bar?
I have my bookmarks bar set to only display on a new tab, and my tabs to display vertically in a collapsed sidebar. This is fine except when i open a new tab and the bookmark bar shifts all my tabs down. Is there a way to move the bookmark bar over so it starts next to the sidebar rather than above?
Here's how it looks now and how i'd like it to look.
Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development
To paraphrase Mean Girls, "stop trying to make hydrogen happen."For some years now, detractors of battery electric vehicles have held up hydrogen as a clean fuel panacea. That sometimes refers to hydrogen combustion engines, but more often, it's hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles' exhausts. It's just that hydrogen actually kinda sucks as a fuel, and automaker Stellantis announced today that it is ending the development of its light-, medium- and heavy-duty FCEVs, which were meant to go into production later this year.
Hydrogen's main selling point is that it's faster to fill a tank with the stuff than it is to recharge a lithium-ion battery. So it's a seductive alternative that suggests a driver can keep all the convenience of their gasoline engine with none of the climate change-causing side effects.
But in reality, that's pretty far from true.
Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development
Fast filling times are seductive, but they don’t compensate for H2’s many drawbacks.Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
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First rack at home
Setup:
- 2x HPE ProLiant DL380 g7
- 1x Cisco 3750
- 1x Random PC as NAS
- 1x Edgeswitch POE (for security cameras and AP)
- 1x UniFi AC LR
- 1x Netgear something (not in use, only use it to hold the monitor)
- 1x Senstar A10D Thinclient (Not really in use)
- 1x Raspberry Pi as Unifi controller (not for long as I am upgrading from a USG to a UDM Pro)
- 1x Raspberry Pi with Flightradar24 stuff
- 1x Ripe Atlas Probe
- 1x Deltaco power meter
Software:
- Running Proxmox on both servers, Truenas Scale on my "NAS"
Usage:
- Jellyfin
- Frigate
- Docker -> Websites, discord bots, fediverse bots, Nginx Proxy Manager (gonna change this to traefik soon), Portainer
- VPN (Wireguard)
- Immich
- Development stuff as I am a developer
- I will install LibreNMS soon and PiHole
Network:
- UniFi Security Gateway (changing to a Dream Machine Pro)
- UniFi AC LR
- UniFi AC Pro
- Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 8P
- Rasperry Pi running UniFi controller
- 1 dumb switch due to one port not working on the router and I didn't have any managed available
- Cisco 3750
- No VLAN due to that one dumb switch, fixing it soon
Rack cost: 20 security cameras and 2 hours of my time
Issues:
- Hard drives on one of the servers are a bit sketchy so that server is currently offline until I get new ones (they also cause the fans to go to 78%)
- Need to mount the AP, had a mount but due to bad placement of stuff it got warm air and my 3d printed one didn't like it and became soft and warped......
Future moves:
- Getting some more switches soon
- Hopefully getting another server soon
- Might be going from a 500/500 line with 1 IPv4 to a 1000/1000 with 2 IPv4 if I can, changing ISP so I can get IPv6
- Fiber going straight into router
- More security cameras
- Setting up Home Assistant and Zigbee
- Mounting my AP to the roof again
So this is my small rack, getting more stuff soon I hope
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Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics
Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics
The type of advanced AI that Isaac Asimov imagined in fiction is finally here. And it's flunking his Three Laws of Robotics.Victor Tangermann and Jon Christian (Futurism)
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[Video] Huge Israeli bombing on Syrian ministry of Defense in Damascus
Tax em baby
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[piefed] blocks propagation quirks to Voyager UI?
Ie.
My voyager blocklist looks empty on my quokk.au piefed account.
But on the pieded web UI i can see I have a long blocklist
Previously were you only blocking via Voyager? If you were maybe it is some kind of sync problem, and now that you blocked via Piefed it forced a sync.
Just a thought
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Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed
Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.
Newly added rule is:
Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers. In particular, certain kinds of adult only content.
Diff of the new terms github.com/SteamDatabase/Steam…
:/ payment processors strike again (slippery slope etc)
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Guests greet the newlyweds Volodymyr and Oleksandra by showering them with grain and candy during their traditional Ukrainian wedding on July 15, 2025 in Ternopil, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Ukraine’s prime minister submits resignation, parliament set to dismiss government on July 16. The parliament is set to dismiss the government on July 16 as Prime Minister Denys Shymhal submitted his resignation.
Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror. In Kharkiv, at least 17 explosions rocked the city in 20 minutes amid a massive Russian drone strike. Explosions, power outages, and mass strikes have been reported in multiple cities.
Trump reportedly asked Zelensky if Ukraine could strike Moscow, White House says he wasn’t ‘encouraging further killing.’ Donald Trump encouraged the strategy so that Russia could “feel the pain” and agree to negotiations, the Financial Times reported, citing its sources.
Zelensky shouldn’t target Moscow, Trump says. Trump responded to questions about his reported remarks by saying Zelensky should not attack the Russian capital. He also said the U.S. was not looking to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles.
Kremlin calls Trump’s tariff warnings ‘quite serious.’ “This statement from the U.S. president is quite serious. Some of what he said appears to be addressed personally to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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Ukrainian cyberattack ‘paralyzes’ major Russian drone supplier, source claims. “The stolen data includes confidential questionnaires of the company’s employees, and most importantly, full technical documentation on the production of drones, which was handed over to the relevant specialists of the Ukrainian Defense Forces,” a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.
Smoke rising near Russian battery plant amid reported Ukrainian drone attack. The facility reportedly manufactures batteries for missile guidance and glider modules, including for the Iskander system and cruise missiles, which Russia has been increasingly using to target Ukrainian cities.
Ukraine passes bill to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The vote passed by 305 deputies, with 40 abstaining, and none voting against.
Russian agent caught ‘red-handed’ planting explosives in Rivne apartment building, Ukraine’s SBU says. According to the SBU, Russian “special services” recruited the 27-year-old Lviv resident who was trying to obtain “easy money” through Telegram channels.
Ukrainian startup says its drones could work on their own by year’s end, thanks to AI. Armed with a fresh round of investment from the West, Ukrainian drone autonomy startup the Fourth Law is showcasing new footage as it aims to become the first to reach the latest holy grail of drone warfare: full autonomy.
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‘How would that even work?’ — experts pour scorn on Trump’s ‘severe’ Russian tariffs plan
“I’m afraid this talk about tariffs will remain just talk,” Andrei Movchan, a Russian-born economist and founder of Movchan’s Group, told the Kyiv Independent. “Like the oil price cap or the fight against the shadow fleet — something may be introduced on paper, but in reality, nothing will actually work.”
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‘Russia doesn’t care’ — Trump’s 50-day Ukraine ceasefire deadline dismissed by Moscow pundits
“Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on July 15 following Trump’s ceasefire deadline and tariffs threat. “The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care.”
Photo: David Ramos / Getty Image
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Trump’s big Russia announcement fails to lift spirits in a fatigued Ukraine
Fifty days is a long time in a country that has seen a dramatic and devastating escalation in Russian aerial attacks in recent weeks, not to mention a Kremlin openly stating it intends to capture as much Ukrainian territory as it can in its ongoing summer offensive.
Photo: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Ukraine eyes building its own private military companies
Such a move, supporters say, could serve Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy goals. Those opposed, however, say that creating militarized formations that often operate in a grey area is a potential security threat for everyone involved.
Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Anadolu/Getty Images
Human cost of Russia’s war
5 killed, 53 injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals, residential areas across country. Russian forces killed at least five people and injured at least 53, including four children, across Ukrainian regions over the past day, regional authorities reported on July 15
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,036,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,230 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
International response
Trump says he’s ‘disappointed but not done’ with Putin. U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed a deal with Moscow had been close on four separate occasions.
China pledges deeper support for Russia amid Trump tariff threats. Following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing on July 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that mutual trust between the two countries had “deepened” and called on both sides to “strengthen mutual support on multilateral forums.”
’50 days is a very long time’ — EU welcomes new US action on Ukraine, hesitant on timeline, Kallas says. “On one hand, it is very positive that President Trump is taking on a strong stance on Russia… On the other hand, 50 days is a very long time if we see that they are killing innocent civilians,” EU Special Envoy Kaja Kallas said.
Denmark, Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine. Denmark and Sweden are open to help deliver U.S. weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to Ukraine via NATO, countries’ officials said on July 15.
France warns of war in ‘heart of Europe,’ names Russia ‘most direct threat.’ “In the years to come, and by 2030, the main threat to France and Europeans is the risk of open warfare against the heart of Europe,” France’s new National Strategic Review reads.
EU fails to approve new Russia sanctions as Slovakia holds up vote. “The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Orban urges EU action over Ukraine’s conscription practices. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called upon the EU to take action against Ukraine’s conscription practices in an interview with Origo published on July 15, amid an ongoing dispute with Kyiv over the death of a Ukrainian conscript of Hungarian ethnicity.
Euroclear opposes expanding investment risk for frozen Russian funds amid Ukraine aid push, FT reports. The chief executive of Euroclear told the FT that the EU’s proposal would amount to “expropriation” — forced seizure — because if Russia demands the assets back in the future, they would not be available.
In other news
Kyiv court releases Ukraine’s top anti-corruption activist on recognizance as his lawyer dismisses the charges. Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s (AntAC) executive board and current member of the country’s Armed Forces, was charged on July 11 with evading military service and fraud — an accusation he and his team reject.
US-Ukraine minerals fund looks for manager as critical resources deal advances. The U.S. government’s development finance agency has started looking for a company to manage a joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund, Ukraine’s Economy Ministry said in a July 15 press release.
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Sarcasmo220
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Unknown parent • • •Just wait until they release the list ... it'll have a few holes.
Unfortunately, it's very hard to trust any such list. If he had any sense, he would have also added a few extra names over the years of people who he just didn't like, or those he wanted to manipulate. Scumbags be scumbaggy, whether rich or poor.
That said, all implications and accusations should be thoroughly investigated, and if corroborated by victims and/or witnesses, and then be brought to public trial or just made public if the reasonably accused is dead.
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