This study on the impact of AI on perceived developer productivity is making the rounds. I find @simon, Quentin Anthony, and @gergelyorosz’s take the most interesting.
My personal theory is that getting a significant productivity boost from LLM assistance and AI tools has a much steeper learning curve than most people expect.news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
It’s super easy to get distracted in the downtime while LLMs are generating. The social media attention economy is brutal, and I think people spend 30 mins scrolling while “waiting” for their 30-second generation.
I cannot stay in the zone when using a time-saving AI coding tool; I need to do something else while code is being generated, so context switches are forced, and each one slows me down. It’s a distraction.
I can confirm the danger of getting distracted when working with AI. I’ve learnt and continue to learn how to best leverage Cursor in my daily work. I know its impact on my productivity is very different depending on the projects I work on. I know I must use Cursor differently depending on the codebase I work with. I know I’m not as productive as I would like with some project types, because I haven’t found the best way to organize my work yet.
But I think the same was true when I worked without the help of AI.
Cursor makes developers less effective?
A study into the workflows of experienced developers found that devs who use Cursor for bugfixes are around 19% slower than devs who use no AI tools at all. One possible takeaway is that AI tools can be harder work than we’re led to believe.Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
French PM says EU-U.S. trade deal an act of ‘submission’ and a dark day for Europe
French PM says EU-U.S. trade deal an act of ‘submission’ and a dark day for Europe
France called a framework trade deal between the United States and European Union a “dark day” for Europe, saying the bloc had caved in to U.S.Reuters Staff (CTVNews)
UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage
UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage
“If visibility of r/IsraelCrimes is being restricted under the Online Safety Act, it’s only because the state fears accountability,” moderators say.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Sealed Chain of Deception: Actors leveraging Node.JS to Launch JSCeal
Sealed Chain of Deception: Actors leveraging Node.JS to Launch JSCeal - Check Point Research
Campaign JSCEAL executes compiled Javascript files to target crypto app userssamanthar@checkpoint.com (Check Point Research)
Will your job survive AI?
Will your job survive AI?
Expert on future of work says it’s a little early for dire predictions, but there are signs significant change may be comingChristina Pazzanese (Harvard Gazette)
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Antidepressant of the masses
Incensole acetate, an incense component, elicits psychoactivity by activating TRPV3 channels in the brain - PMC
Burning of Boswellia resin as incense has been part of religious and cultural ceremonies for millennia and is believed to contribute to the spiritual exaltation associated with such events. Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 3 is an ion ..pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
The 2025 Developer Survey is the definitive report on the state of software development. In its fifteenth year, Stack Overflow received over 49,000+ responses from 177 countries across 62 questions focused on 314 different technologies, including new…survey.stackoverflow.co
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The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech
Let me catch you up. On July 15th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent Whoop a letter. In it, the FDA declared that Whoop — maker of a niche fitness tracker favored by elite athletes — had crossed a line. Its new Blood Pressure Insights feature, the regulator said, was being marketed to customers without undergoing the proper clearance process.In response, Whoop pulled out the W word: wellness.
In the world of health and wearable tech, “wellness” is sort of like a “get out of jail free” card. Some advanced health features, like EKGs and atrial fibrillation notifications, require regulatory clearance before consumers can use them. These features could be interpreted as diagnostic in nature or prompt a person to make a medical decision. Others, like step tracking and blood oxygen measurements, don’t require FDA oversight at all. They’re simply meant to make living a healthy life easier by helping you visualize certain measurable markers. Those features fall under the wellness umbrella. They’re “just for fun.”
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The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech
Whoop is saying its latest blood pressure insights feature is wellness tech. The FDA disagrees, saying it has clear medical and diagnostic implications.Victoria Song (The Verge)
My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now, using GLM-4.5 Air and MLX
It’s interesting how almost every model released in 2025 has specifically targeting coding. That focus has clearly been paying off: these coding models are getting really good now.
I still contend that this sort of task is uniquely positioned to show off LLMs. The idea that they'll turn into agents that can do real-world tasks remains a fantasy. Despite how impressive this is, they're losing money and have no real path to profitability.
Look up Ed Zitron's newsletter and podcast for more info on why the industry is a bubble. I'm genuinely impressed with this specific example, but our economy is gonna suffer when the bubble bursts.
My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now, using GLM-4.5 Air and MLX
I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday—new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such …Simon Willison’s Weblog
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West seeks to divide and conquer Africa: Liberation Movements Summit
West seeks to divide and conquer Africa: Liberation Movements Summit
Liberation movements meet in Johannesburg to resist neo-colonialism and Western interference and reaffirm African unity and sovereignty.Al Mayadeen English (West seeks to divide and conquer Africa: Liberation Movements Summit)
West seeks to divide and conquer Africa: Liberation Movements Summit
West seeks to divide and conquer Africa: Liberation Movements Summit
Liberation movements meet in Johannesburg to resist neo-colonialism and Western interference and reaffirm African unity and sovereignty.Al Mayadeen English (West seeks to divide and conquer Africa: Liberation Movements Summit)
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control
By Natan Odenheimer
Reporting from Jerusalem
July 26, 2025 Updated 1:34 p.m. ET
More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents.Israel has largely brushed off the criticism.
David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html
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No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33714981
Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of controlBy Natan Odenheimer
Reporting from Jerusalem
July 26, 2025 Updated 1:34 p.m. ET
More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents.Israel has largely brushed off the criticism.
David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of controlBy Natan Odenheimer
Reporting from Jerusalem
July 26, 2025 Updated 1:34 p.m. ETMore than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents.Israel has largely brushed off the criticism.
David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html
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Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say
Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say
Venezuelans back home under Maduro-Trump deal tell of isolation, beatings and dirty water – ‘a living nightmare’Maanvi Singh (The Guardian)
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AfD or not, serving in a foreign army is a felony in German criminal law.
I'm unaware of any law prohibiting that. IIRC, it's illegal to be a mercenary. But serving in a foreign military under the same terms as their own professional soldiers is legal.
This article from the beginning of the war said so as well: lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/f…
Internationale Legion: Ist Kämpfen für die Ukraine strafbar?
Nach einem Aufruf Selenskyis schließen sich Freiwillige aus aller Welt in einer 'Internationalen Legion' dem Krieg an. Was droht ihnen bei Gefangenschaft?Legal Tribune Online
Orkney carved stone head could be more than 900 years old - BBC News
How SpaceX's rocket diplomacy backfired in the Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas, July 29 (Reuters) - When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon 9 rocket boosters to land within the island nation's territory, Elon Musk's company offered a sweetener: complimentary Starlink internet terminals for the country's defense vessels, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The rocket landing deal, unlocking a more efficient path to space for SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9, was then signed in February last year by Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, who bypassed consultation with several other key government ministers, one of the sources and another person familiar with the talks said.
Reuters found no evidence that Cooper broke any laws or regulations in striking the deal with SpaceX, but the people said the quick approval created tension within the Bahamian government.
https://www.reuters.com/science/how-spacexs-rocket-diplomacy-backfired-bahamas-2025-07-29/
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SpaceX's deal with the Bahamas, also included a $1 million donation to a University, where the company pledged to conduct quarterly seminars on space and engineering topics. The company must pay a $100,000 fee per landing, pursuant to the country's space regulations it enacted in preparation for the SpaceX activities.
musk makes more than that in single morning and this relatively tiny price tags reeks of corruption.
Video friendly communities for news, etc.?
OP seems to be talking about posting videos which I imagine are links instead of uploading videos.
Wouldn't that solve the whole storage issue?
At Eleventh Hour, Enablers of Israel's Mass Starvation of Gaza Do 'Reputational Damage Control'
As Common Dreams reported this week, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has said that 85% of people in Gaza are now in Phase 5 of famine, defined at "an extreme deprivation of food."Organizer and attorney Aaron Regunberg said that instead of simply doing "reputational damage control by speaking up in these very last moments," powerful political leaders must "shut shit down."
”You want history books to not record you as an evil genocide supporter?" said Regunberg. "One speech now—after countless speeches condemning those who have been speaking out—ain't gonna cut it... You need to go to Gaza. You need to actually make an impact, NOW."
At Eleventh Hour, Enablers of Israel's Mass Starvation of Gaza Do 'Reputational Damage Control'
"You want history books to not record you as an evil genocide supporter?" said one organizer. "You need to actually make an impact, NOW."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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Clinton didn't mention the Israeli blockade that has kept food from reaching Palestinians, more than 120 of whom have now died of starvation, or the at least $12.5 billion in military aid the U.S. has provided to Israel since the blockade first began in October 2023—in violation of U.S. laws prohibiting the government from giving military aid to countries that block humanitarian aid.
Well, yeah...
Neoliberals only pick the ethically right side when they're powerless to do anything.
She couldn't say anything while Biden was in office, especially the first two years, because Dems had the numbers to stop it. Even when Biden went around Congress to provide arms to Israel.
Because there was no one else to blame it on.
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Maybe a hot take but I think the people who say history will judge anyone are the same people who don't think/realize the United States committed genocide against the Indigenous population.
The good guys always win because the good guys dictate how the story is told
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Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC.
He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.www.bbc.com
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“avete visto come la gente sblocca i bootloader Xiaomi adesso”
C’è una notizia divertente dal fronte smarfonico che per ora è caduta un po’ in sordina… forse perché quelli che si fermano alle ricerche superficiali non riescono a risalire alla vera fonte (perché cercando solo in inglese non si arriva all’originale), e a quanto pare nemmeno a verificare se le premesse sono corrette… almeno, questo […]
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“avete visto come la gente sblocca i bootloader Xiaomi adesso”
C’è una notizia divertente dal fronte smarfonico che per ora è caduta un po’ in sordina… forse perché quelli che si fermano alle ricerche superficiali non riescono a risalire alla vera fonte (perché cercando solo in inglese non si arriva all’originale che, sottinteso, è cinese), e a quanto pare nemmeno a verificare se le premesse sono corrette… almeno, questo accade su Reddit e sulla sua controparte federata, dove puntualmente le discussioni sembrano approfondite ma i contenuti stanno a zero. Ma, io ho trovato qualcosa di più (ovviamente, e sennò che esisto a fare). 😈
Ecco, nel 2025 la situazione con i telefoni (e suppongo i tablet) Xiaomi è così terribile per quanto riguarda lo sblocco del bootloader — questione che non è il caso di approfondire ora, pena il perdere in un lampo completamente fiducia nell’intera industria dei personal computer tascabili (oltre che in #Xiaomi in particolare, ovviamente; -50 crediti sociali) — che un tizio evidentemente disperato ha diffuso un nuovo META: chiedere ad un negozio ufficiale di fare un downgrade del firmware, processo per cui ti devono temporaneamente sbloccare il bootloader, quindi scippare il tuo stesso dispositivo all’impiegato al momento giusto! 😤
- People found new ways to unlock xiaomi bootloader and its hilarious😂 — old.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/co… — old.reddit.com/r/IndiaTech/com…
- lemmy.world/post/33551940
- t.me/techcrimes/14378 — t.me/techcrimes/14378?comment=…
- imgur.com/P4n0pcI — imgur.com/8UWg5hv
Dai vari repost giustamente sono stati sollevati diversi dubbi su se le premesse fossero davvero queste, ma, cercando meglio, pare proprio di si. Grazie ai watermark nei video, sono riuscita a risalire all’utente di Internet che ha per l’appunto creato questa nuova moda, o almeno il suo canale su Bilibili, dove ha pubblicato a dire il vero svariati video a riguardo della storia… ce ne sono ben 4 tra remix del suo atto originale (che, se guardate bene dalla data in sovraimpressione, è del marzo di quest’anno, quindi nonostante la storia si stia diffondendo solo negli ultimi giorni in realtà risale a prima) e la messa in scena di altri che hanno gradito l’idea (che poi, la cosa strana è che sono tutti filmati di videosorveglianza, quindi non capisco da dove minchia escono… da qualche telegiornale, o li hanno condivisi gli impiegati del negozio esasperati?):
- Quello che dovrebbe essere il video originale, che però è sparito dal canale Bilibili: facebook.com/groups/1357432617…
- L’intero processo di sblocco del telefono cellulare Xiaomi BL da parte del servizio post-vendita della persona divina: bilibili.com/video/BV1Y8bQzRE8…
- (File supplementare) Seguito dello sblocco del metodo di fuga post-vendita Xiaomi: bilibili.com/video/BV1jA8szpEJ…
- Casi di successo e fallimento dello sblocco post-vendita Xiaomi: bilibili.com/video/BV1vg84zxEv…
- Il metodo di esecuzione post-vendita Xiaomi Marathon sblocca la famosa raccolta di scene BL: bilibili.com/video/BV1Wv87z7ED…
- Esame di sblocco per reclutamento speciale Xiaomi Sports: bilibili.com/video/BV1Qp8gzGEU… (remix/compilation da un altro canale)
Una curiosità: per quanto mi è concesso comprendere attraverso i traduttori, la pratica ha subito preso l’appellativo informale di “小米马拉松” o “小米馬拉松”, cioè “MARATONA XIAOMI“… non ce la posso fare!!! E data questa denominazione, giustamente, è partito il meme dell'”esame fisico di ammissione al college sportivo di Xiaomi“… perché giustamente devi prendere rapidamente il dispositivo e scappare, immediatamente. Anche se non capisco in realtà come mai si debba scappare, visto che non si sta commettendo un furto (come sarebbe facile pensare a primo impatto); ci si sta semplicemente riprendendo il proprio dispositivo affidato in assistenza prima che il lavoro sia compiuto… Boh. Certamente comunque il tempismo è importante, e per completare la missione con successo devi aiutarti guardando in qualche modo cosa accade sul computer dell’impiegato… se stacchi e porti via l’affare troppo presto rischi che ancora non sia sbloccato, mentre se lo fai troppo tardi potrebbe già essere iniziato il flash del firmware, e quindi il rischio brick è dietro l’angolo. Statv’ accort. 😳
Non ricarico qui nel post i video, perché se ne metto uno poi voglio metterli tutti, e sarebbero troppi… però, questo meme piazzato alla fine di uno dei video non potevo assolutamente lasciarlo lì. Questo sblocco del #bootloader è diventato una fottuta missione alla Assassin’s Creed per davvero… ahi ahi…
#bootloader #news #Xiaomi
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Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers in closely watched poll
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Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party
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Jordan fuelling 'internal crisis' with Palestine solidarity crackdown, sources say
Jordan fuelling 'internal crisis' with Palestine solidarity crackdown, sources say
Jordanian authorities are inadvertently fuelling an "internal crisis" with their decision to crack down on Palestine solidarity activists, sources have told Middle East Eye.MEE correspondent (Middle East Eye)
'A distraction': Unrwa says Israeli and GHF claims over UN aid delivery are baseless
'A distraction': Unrwa says Israeli and GHF claims over UN aid delivery are baseless
The United Nations Reliefs and Work Agency (Unrwa) has hit back at a smear campaign launched by Israel and the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) accusing the UN of failing to deliver aid and being responsible for the mass famine underway in Gaza…Syma Mohammed (Middle East Eye)
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Right, cause as we all know, it was the UN that illegally boarded a ship in international waters and pretty much kidnapped it's crew just cause their efforts to get supplies into Gaza was topping the news cycle. Wait, no, that of course was Israel's doing.
Fuckin fascist assholes. I'm referring of course to that mission that Greta joined. But can't let compassion for the indigenous people of the land they are stealing overtake the news cycle cuz that makes it hard to convince people that Israel are the victims.
I cannot comprehend reacting with anger and hatred cause somebody is trying to get food to starving children, let alone the disgusting level of bigotry it takes to intentionally starve an entire population to death.
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Article/ broadcast publications.
I would like to publish the articles given in newspapers(newspapers like New york times, Washington post, USA today) and so on.
Or it can be broadcasting in channels like CNN, NBC, CBS and so on.
I would like to add the following to each publication:
A link to assaf social networks:
linktr.ee/72assaf
A link for donations:
paypal.me/assaf148?country.x=I…
A link to “soul fighters” organization in ISRAEL:
lanefesh.org.il/
A link for the articles: list.ly/l/CdoM
my first language is Hebrew(עברית).
Study Reveals How Mobile Apps Track Users Through WiFi and Bluetooth: 86% of these apps collect at least one type of sensitive data, such as GPS location or unique device identifiers
A study involving IMDEA Networks reveals how mobile apps track users through WiFi and Bluetooth - IMDEA Networks
Researchers from IMDEA Networks, in collaboration with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IMDEA Software Institute, and the University of Calgary, have conducted the first large-scale study — “Your Signal, Their Data: An Empirical Privacy Analysis of …Marta Dorado (IMDEA Networks)
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Yes wifi and Bluetooth are used to track your location. That's why Android requires you to grant location permissions to apps that want to access them.
In other words, if they have this information, it's because you explicitly gave them permission to collect it. Don't do that.
Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago over ‘sanctuary city’ policies
A federal judge on Friday dismissed “in its entirety” the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago over “sanctuary city” policies that the Trump administration has said impede its efforts to crack down on undocumented immigrants.U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division said the Trump administration “lacks standing” to invalidate the state, city and county laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, adding in her ruling that “contrary to the United States’s arguments, the Sanctuary Policies here do not comparably regulate [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations or meddle with the contractual rights of private individuals working with ICE.”
"Illinois just beat the Trump Administration in federal court. Their case challenging the bipartisan TRUST Act was dismissed — unlike the President, we follow the law and listen to the courts,” Pritzker wrote in a post on X.
In February, the Trump administration sued Illinois and Chicago for interfering with the federal immigration crackdown, arguing that the city’s Welcoming City ordinance and the Illinois Trust Act reflects “an intentional effort to obstruct the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law and to impede consultation and communication between federal, state, and local law enforcement officials that is necessary for federal officials to carry out federal immigration law and keep Americans safe.”
The lawsuit also named Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, and Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart.
Fuck yeah Illinois and fuck yeah Chicago for standing together and standing up to fascist takeover. And fuck yeah rule of law for reminding us this is still the United States of America (at least in some parts of the country)
"Donald J. Trump in no way knew about any of Jeffry's illicit doings. In fact, he was a model, moral and honorable person - perhaps the most moral and honorable person in the history of the world, except for maybe Jesus. Jeffery used to come to me, tears in his eyes, and say I wish I could be as strong, powerful and moral as Donald. Any mention of him in any files were related to him going to church and praying."
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People in Latin America: "First time?"
Every time I see another fucking CPAC being held in my country I pray for america to just collapse already.
but if you're so much better than America why are:
- your citizens falling for the propaganda
- your politicians succumbing to corruption
your cognitive dissonance is showing. also, fascism isn't an American export. it's a Russian export.
show us Americans how to protest and stop a fascist takeover! don't be weak like us Americans.
Who are you arguing against? Who said "We're just so much better than America"? Seems like a straw man. People say what they don't want the USA to export fascism to their country and some Americans hear "We're better than America" because some Americans react weirdly to criticism of their country.
Fascism is a danger everywhere. The USA is spreading it everywhere. A lot of people understandably don't like this.
sounds like a red herring to me. I'm not arguing against a person, I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of non-Americans on lemmy that say "Americans bad! Europe is better!" Americans aren't the problem, our government is. And even if it was Americans, wouldn't the rest of the world that claims to be better than America not have problems with fascism spreading if they were as good as they claim?
that said, the US is simply a tool being used by Putin through Trump to spread influence everywhere.
Lets dismantle this part by part:
1: The one who came up with these idea that America needs to model itself after other countries is you. I don't care about America. I want America to stop pressuring other governments to model themselves after them. I want American foreign policy to stop intervening with other countries and in particular the country where I live.
2: It is rich that you are saying with a straight face that our citizens are falling to propaganda when your citizens have voted for two terms for a huckster, sex offender mentally challenged, child molester.
3: There is a latent right wing coalition in my country that is home grown, yes we had years of political tumult. We have fascists down here and everyone does! We don't have a secret to subdue them we have a fragile emerging resistance that has won a couple of elections: We just had presidential elections a few years back; and the very unpopular right wing candidate suffered a devastating loss despite all the very suspicious financial and media support they had. Which means that the population hasn't entirely "succumbed to propaganda." For our next elections, the republicans are already grooming a couple of candidates for our country. One of them is a Catholic conservative that has been spotted with Elon Musk and the rest of ghouls more than a couple of times.
Here is one of the weasels Eduardo Verastegui doing the Nazi salute on the American Financed CPAC:
4: My country has very little contact with Russia. The ultra right wing coalition of my country does not meet with Putin, They meet with Conservatives from the USA. Maybe you are trying to impose your own biases on me. Personally I am frustrated that my government cannot do something about this bastards coming here. At least not for now, while they have all the might of American military power and economy backing them.
5: Lastly. I think America is hopeless. Your arguments are a good case study for why I feel you people are hopeless. Even in your failures and aggression there is a deep seated narcissism where It's our turn to "show you the way"; We don't have to show you shit. We don't owe you anything. You have allowed the plutocracy poisoning your country to fester and I believe it is a problem that runs deeper than just Trump. You will keep shifting the blame, acting all high and mighty and fail to address the fact that you don't even have a democracy anymore. And in the spirit of American exceptionalism even as those systemic issues are reaching critical mass you will continue to try and shift the blame. Nobody improves by neglecting self reflection. If Putin is pulling the strings of your right wing grifters, he has been enabled by the mounting of corruption that eliminated any legal checks and balances for your billionaire and political class. America has lost the ability to enforce it's laws on it's Oligarchy and you are surprised that an international web of criminals are eager to make connections with that dangerous emerging power?
In the end this feels like a conversation about wounded national Ego. "Hey man don't talk about my shortcomings, you all have it much worse."
I can't believe I fell for the worst honeypot, a .ml user.
my mistake, carry on with your propaganda shilling.
edit: btw isn't gringo a slur?
edit 2: aww, you removed it before the mods removed it! not fair!
I guess you can teach old lemm.ee new .ml tricks?
Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire
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Collective Shout Claims Responsibility For Steam Game Removals, Previously Targeted Grand Theft Auto 5
Steam will now remove games at the behest of others, and it could be thanks to a group that wanted Detroit: Become Human to be banned.Rhiannon Bevan (TheGamer)
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The problem with leaving it in the hands of corporations...
Is that some are run by pieces of shit with very warped ideas
What they allow might be worse than what they ban
Contact Restored with Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Handala Amid Fears of Israeli Attack
Contact Restored with Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Handala Amid Fears of Israeli Attack - Palestine Chronicle
Communications were restored early on Friday with the Handala, an aid vessel heading for Gaza, after a two-hour interruption.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
“This step is necessary to prove I’m not a bot,” wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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Am I? Or does it think I'm a bot?
I guess it's on brand for Google to try and squeeze more value out of a product by making it worse for users. Just like Prabhakar Raghavan ruined Google search.
Wow, agents built to monitor and reflect human behaviour, accurately model and reproduce human behaviour.
This is what is what shits me off when people complain "Oh this AI isn't real AI" or "This isn't consciousness" The limiting factor is is the training data. Humans have just had a few more million years of training data passed on through genetics. It's replication and fakery all the way down. If this is you, if you fucking need the reassurance that you are better at being fucking conscious compare to a machine fuck the fuck right off and go do something amazing with it then. Compose something. Create something. Feel the wind in your hair and the sand at your feet. Fuck off, we're all dirt.
US Drops Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Allies After Trump Praise
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Gaza running out of specialised food to save malnourished children
Gaza is on the brink of running out of the specialised therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children, United Nations and humanitarian agencies say.”We are now facing a dire situation, that we are running out of therapeutic supplies,” Salim Oweis, a spokesperson for Unicef in Amman, Jordan, told Reuters on Thursday, saying supplies of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), a crucial treatment, would be depleted by mid-August if nothing changed.
”That’s really dangerous for children as they face hunger and malnutrition at the moment,” he added.
Oweis said Unicef had only enough RUTF left to treat 3,000 children. In the first two weeks of July alone, Unicef treated 5,000 children facing acute malnutrition in Gaza.
Nutrient-dense, high-calorie RUTF supplies, such as high-energy biscuits and peanut paste enriched with milk powder, are critical for treating severe malnutrition.
”Most malnutrition treatment supplies have been consumed and what is left at facilities will run out very soon if not replenished,” a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Thursday.
UK, France and Germany call for immediate end to ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza and say Israel must lift aid restrictions – as it happened
Joint statement says: ‘Withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable’Caolán Magee (The Guardian)
What can I do to help? It's absolutely fucked that world governments are just allowing this to happen. The US or France or Germany could literally just roll in with an armed fleet and say that they are there to prevent civilian deaths, any attempts to fire upon, accidentally or on purpose, will be met with such swift and stark retribution that the Devil itself will be jealous of the hellfire achieved that day. Do not fuck with us or you will regret it.
I can only dream. The freedom flotilla tried to sail there to bring food and find a path.
So what can I do?
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Are you American or European? Mailbomb your representative to tell them to stop this Holocaust.
Download Boycat or No Thanks app. Use your consumer power to boycott products that are supporting the genocide and apartheid of Palestinians.
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No evidence Hamas stole Gaza humanitarian aid, USAID report shows
No evidence Hamas stole Gaza humanitarian aid, USAID report shows
An analysis conducted by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) found no evidence that Hamas systematically stole US-funded humanitarian aid in Gaza, Reuters reported Friday.FRANCE 24
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Meanwhile there has been videos of Israeli soldiers eating food they stole from UN shipments.
Every accusation is a confession.
I mean....who cares if Hamas steals some of the food? Are we thinking that the few remaining Hamas members are capable of eating it all, or that the war has been so ineffective that they have a huge military force able to eat enough food to feed hundreds of thousands of people's worth of aid?
It's such an obvious excuse to just starve an entire population that it's a huge shame that every journalist and politician doesn't call them out on it. Israel has become a nation that exists in a constant state of cognitive disorder.
The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight
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