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in reply to silence7

the federal government told agencies they aren’t required to use the essay questions for hiring or promotions


I was gonna say, they can ask all they want but the person doing the hiring doesn't have to give a shit. In fact, I'd put ass kissers on the bottom of the list. This will be a big deal when at some point the top is filled with MAGA.


in reply to silence7

It shouldn't be a shock to investors that the investigation said they were burning wood from trees cut down specifically for burning instead of solely offcuts that would have been left to rot and become CO2 anyway. It's been well-documented for years that Drax were lying.



Gavin Newsom tops Kamala Harris in 2028 presidential poll of California Democrats


In a battle between two Californians considering Democratic runs for president in 2028, Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a slight edge over former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted by Politico and The Citrin Center public opinion firm, found Newsom is the top choice of 25% of California's Democratic voters in the 2028 Democratic primary, leading all prospective candidates including Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, who is supported by 19% of the state's Democrats.

The two high-profile Californians are followed in the poll by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (13%), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (10%), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (4%) and New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (4%).



Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study



in reply to silence7

We can only wish that some people can get what he's trying to convey with his song.

However we had a band here that made a song about climate change 18 years ago and people just sing along without much more action. They also made popular songs about inequalities and social issues. Some of the songs became very popular and were played repeatedly in the media. The band is supposedly a big part of our culture.

But after all those years, it's just that. Songs. They are sad pieces of warning, and people just treat them like anything else; a commodity to be used, and eventually replaced by a newer thing.



chiavina terminifera che non fa più uai fai (Netvip chiavetta WiFi morta a caso)


Poco fa era appena tarda mattina e, come si suol dire, se non bestemmio guarda… la giornata non comincia in maniera ufficiale. A quanto pare, la chiavettina WiFi che in questi ultimi giorni stavo usando temporaneamente sul PC fisso ha deciso di morire per sempre stamattina, o qualcosa del genere, semplicemente dal nulla (e quando […]

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chiavina terminifera che non fa più uai fai (Netvip chiavetta WiFi morta a caso)


Poco fa era appena tarda mattina e, come si suol dire, se non bestemmio guarda… la giornata non comincia in maniera ufficiale. A quanto pare, la chiavettina WiFi che in questi ultimi giorni stavo usando temporaneamente sul PC fisso ha deciso di morire per sempre stamattina, o qualcosa del genere, semplicemente dal nulla (e quando mai le mie cose si rompono con cognizione di causa…), quindi eccomi a lamentarmene inutilmente. 😾
Chiavetta smontata in 3 pezzi: la scheda e la plastica
È una chiavetta merdosissima che comprai quando assemblai il PC fisso (nell’era del gran Covid!!!), perché mettere una scheda WiFi interna avrebbe significato avere una ricezione terribile (oltre al fatto che, se ricordo bene, avrei dovuto spendere di più; lasciamo stare il fatto che, col senno di poi, a furia della tirchiaggine sono finita per spendere ancora di più per vari prodotti schifosi), mentre la chiavetta potevo portarla in un punto buono usando una prolunga… Fatto sta che è sempre stata merda fumante, relativamente instabile su Windows e completamente instabile su Linux, e quindi alla fine dovetti comprare il bridge Ethernet TP-Link che ancora adesso uso, anche se pure quello a modo suo è terrificante. 😩

Beh, in questi giorni stavamo facendo lavori in casa, quindi per un paio di giorni mi sono dovuta spostare col PC fisso in un’altra stanza e, per comodità, ho riesumato quella chiavetta… Che, in realtà, su Windows e a distanza più ravvicinata col router, funzionava pure quasi bene, superando addirittura i 200 mbps in upload e download (che è ben più di quanto il TP-Link sciordiaco fa in camera mia)… pur se ho dovuto sclerarci un quarto d’ora buono, perché (col driver automatico di Windows) per qualche motivo non riusciva a mantenere la connessione con il router configurando la rete normalmente… ma appena ho usato un IP statico al posto del DHCP ha deciso di collaborare… 🥱

Ribadisco che è talmente sgocciolante questo affare che, collegato direttamente alle porte posteriori del PC, dato quanto è minuscolo, prende così tanta interferenza (probabilmente dagli altri dispositivi USB collegati, maremma maiala!) che in tale modo nella stessa stanza farebbe non più di qualche megabit al secondo, e facendo cadere una quantità imbarazzante di pacchetti… Ma comunque, una volta ritrasferitami nella mia stanza l’altro ieri, sul momento non sapevo se poi dovessi spostarmi di nuovo, quindi non ho voluto ricollegarmi subito al TP-Link, mentre ieri mi è passato di mente (nonostante nella mia stanza senza prolunga la chiavetta faccia non più di 20 mbps, maremma cara, ma non dovevo scaricare niente ieri)… e quindi, così si arriva ad oggi. 🙄

Ho acceso il PC prima, e, dopo aver notato di non avere Internet, ho notato che la chiavetta non stava lampeggiando. Non voglio prolungare la miseria più del dovuto a questo punto, quindi, detto in breve: la scollego e ricollego svariate volte, provando tutte le porte libere, inserendola più piano o più veloce, con diversi angoli (visto che si ruppe il pezzo di metallo di sopra dell’USB, quindi ci può pure stare che non faccia subito contatto bene, visto che balla un po’), ma non succede assolutamente niente! Ogni tanto (nemmeno sempre…) esce un messaggio di “dispositivo USB non riconosciuto” di Windows, e basta… e nel frattempo noto che, al tatto, la chiavina diventa sempre caldissima a stare collegata così, nonostante appunto non stia lavorando. 😭

Provo pure qualche altra volta, con in mezzo anche una procorta (una prolunga corta; si, la possiedo, anche se non è USB 3.0), smuovo un po’ la schedina unica minuscola che compone effettivamente l’aggeggio, e niente… se non che ora ogni tanto esce pure un altro messaggio su Windows, “power surge on the USB port“, che semplicemente significa “c’è un cortocircuito”!!! Quindi, ormai, mi sa proprio che è morta oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio… e oh, menomale che lo ha fatto stamattina e non prima. Però certo che ci vuole un coraggio per mettere sul mercato un accessorio così fottutamente fumante (non letteralmente, per fortuna, ci mancava solo che prendesse fuoco…) e chiamarlo “Netvip“… se questo coso è da VIP, allora io sono la dittatrice dell’universo… 🌋

#broken #issues #NETVIP #WiFi




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Google Big Sleep AI Tool Finds Critical Chrome Vulnerability





#Technology continues to reshape the world with groundbreaking #innovations. Recent news highlights advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G networks, and #renewable energy solutions, all driving global progress. AI tools are becoming smarter, improving industries from healthcare to education. Meanwhile, tech giants invest heavily in #quantum computing, aiming to revolutionize data processing. Electric vehicles and clean energy technologies are rapidly expanding, reflecting a shift toward #sustainability. As digital transformation accelerates, #cyber-security also remains a top priority, ensuring safety in an increasingly connected future.

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Nvidia earnings beat Wall Street’s sky-high expectations, but the stock is falling because ‘there were no H20 sales to China-based customers’


Nvidia recorded no China sales revenue for H20 chips and reported revenue that narrowly beat Wall Street targets in the second quarter, as the AI chipmaker reported financial results on Wednesday.

Nvidia has been navigating trade restrictions on H20 shipments to China since April. The U.S. government began issuing licenses for approved buyers in China in July, and Nvidia said a few of its China-based customers had received such licenses. But no H20 chip revenue to China was included in its second-quarter revenue, Nvidia said (It noted that some H20 chip inventory was sold outside of China in the second quarter, adding a $180 million benefit to the topline).

Nvidia said it was not including H20 in its financial forecast for the current quarter, though it estimated that $2 billion to $5 billion worth of H20 chips could be shipped to China if “geopolitical” issues were resolved. The company also repeated its call for the U.S. government to allow it to sell its more advanced “Blackwell” generation of products to China.

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China’s Domestic x86 CPU, the Zhaoxin KX-7000, Debuts in an AI PC by MAXHUB, Positioning It as a Viable Alternative to Intel/AMD Options


Archived ver.: web.archive.org/web/2025082810…

Original source, including in-depth tests and other fancy details of the CPU used in the MAXHUB PC itself (written in Mandarin): news.mydrivers.com/1/1070/1070…

CPU-Z Single-Core Benchmark and specs from the original source:

That's an 8-core, ~3GHz Base Speed, 32MB L3 cache CPU for the number-crunchers around here.

On the surface, this CPU seems like it's best suited for general desktop and office use, to see it adopted to a PC build product geared for "AI workloads" is interesting. If I'm not mistaken, AI performance is heavily dependent on the GPU rather than on the CPU, so I think that's fine:

In terms of performance, the MAXHUB's AI+ desktop computer is claimed to play 1080P 30fps and 4K 30fps high-bitrate online videos with decent CPU utilization numbers, showing that the KX-7000 CPU acts decently with media workload. Of course, when compared against competitors like Intel or AMD, Zhaoxin is behind, but the key motive here to create an ecosystem that relies entirely on in-house products, and this has apparently happened here.


And that's a good thing, lol.

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in reply to Aria

From what I've read so far (not much admittedly, I could be wrong), no, but the N variant (KX-7000N) has it. Seems like a missed opportunity for MAXHUB and their PC..
in reply to uberstar

An actual article on it- chipsandcheese.com/p/zhaoxins-…

Spoiler: It's slower than AMD Bulldozer.

Loongson 3A is infinitely faster if you want a China-domestic-market CPU.



Bing/DuckDuckGo/Qwant actively block southparkuncensored.com


Most other search engines show southparkuncensored.com/ after searching for "south park uncensored" or "southparkuncensored", but Bing doesn't, and therefore DuckDuckGo and Qwant neither.

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Nicknames


ComiCSS#205.
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What does it mean when it says "coded with css"
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Why Tony Blair and Jared Kushner were at the White House to discuss Gaza





Anagramma sui libri.


Titolo: “la sposa era vestita di bianco”.

Anagramma: “satana! Preso il covid a bestia!” #anagrammi #libri

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Campaign to lift Palestine Action ban seeking ways to stop mass arrests of protesters




US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care after far-right campaign


The US state department announced on Saturday that it would stop issuing visas to children from Gaza in desperate need of medical care after an online pressure campaign from Laura Loomer, a far-right influencer close to Donald Trump who has described herself as “a proud Islamophobe”.

"All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,” the state department said in a message posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, from which Loomer was banned before it was purchased by Elon Musk.

In a pair of posts on the social network on Friday, Loomer had shared video of badly injured Palestinian children and their family members arriving in Houston and San Francisco this month, along with false claims that their shouts of joy were “jihadi chants” and that they were “doing the HAMAS terror whistle”.

Loomer also falsely claimed that she had “exclusively obtained” the two video clips she shared. One was copied from a medical aid charity’s public Instagram account and the other was from the Houston Chronicle’s YouTube channel.

in reply to fluxion

I think you need to learn about the “Trolley problem,” and exactly why it’s a difficult choice. It’s not solely about which choice kills less people in the end and if you think the solution is easy (and belittle anyone who says it isn’t) then you don’t really understand the entire problem.
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in reply to SulaymanF

These people would rather vote for a different slave owner than vote to not have slaves. They're basically saying, yes . I want to be a slave but have a different owner. While the rest of us are saying, we shouldn't be slaves.


The crisis is “expasperating”: Long COVID compounds economic hardship in Argentina


cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51686142

Argentina has no dedicated Long COVID clinics, no disability insurance, and no government recognition, leaving patients to diagnose themselves and search for informal care.

Only a couple of Long COVID studies are being conducted in Argentina. One includes over 100 patients and involves analysis of MRI brain scans.

Patients live not only with Long COVID but also the stressful situation of living in a country with high inflation and poverty, while they create their support chat groups to share knowledge, treatments, and information.

in reply to FundMECFS

Whoa now, I've been told by people on this very platform that the libertarian government was the very best thing possible!
in reply to T00l_shed

He's been in power for a year and a half, not everything that's wrong with the country is his fault
in reply to ThrowawayPermanente

Well, if you listened to the people who ignored my concerns about him, he was the messiah who came in and miraculously fixed everything.
in reply to FundMECFS

I'm curious if anyone here has experience with long COVID. My wife and I just caught COVID for the first time.
in reply to shalafi

I'm pretty sure I have it. My physical endurance has taken a huge hit since I got it last year, and the brain fog can be a pain in the ass.
in reply to onslaught545

Have you tried to fight through the endurance issue? That's my plan. I'm scared shitless of the downward spiral so I hope to get my ass out.

Wife and I took a walk last night, and that's the least I usually do. She couldn't tonight even though she's recovering better than I.

in reply to shalafi

I did that. Do not recommend. I ended up bedridden, because every time I pushed it I would get worse.

I recommend resting and letting your body get better.

in reply to FundMECFS

Thanks! I have "emphysema light" (doctor's words) and if I sit on my ass too long, well, it's not good. I have to constantly move, and move hard, or I go downhill. Hence the question.

I've improved much since I wrote the question. We're hitting the river tomorrow, see how it goes. Manhandling my 10' boat, battery, trolling motor and other gear is going to be a challenge.

in reply to shalafi

Glad to hear your getting better.

Do read this though.

PEM affects a good third of people with LC. And knowing the signs so you know not to push through it is very important because pushing through it can lead to well. Being like me, bedridden since two years.

s4me.info/docs/PEM_Factsheet.p…

in reply to shalafi

I do. I caught it in March 2020, yo-yoed in health for a while, and had some surgeries and a treatable cancer which my doctors suspect were related to Long COVID. I’m pretty well marinated in the info, and am happy to share whatever you want to know.

This page from Yale is a great general orientation, though there’s a lot more LC sufferers would want you to know. This “What to Do When I Have Covid” guide from Clean Air Club will be useful.

The best place I know of on Lemmy for a discussion is !chronicillness@lemmy.world. Mastodon has an active and expansive community of people affected by Long COVID.

Condolences on your illness! I hope you’ll have better luck.

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Oliver Thomas withdraws controversial facial recognition ordinance in New Orleans — for now


cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/44609842

Oliver Thomas withdraws controversial facial recognition ordinance in New Orleans — for now
BY SARAH RAVITS 31 mins ago

New Orleans City Council member and mayoral candidate Oliver Thomas Aug. 21 quietly withdrew, at least for now, a controversial ordinance granting police the authority to use facial recognition technology to spy on people in public.

The decision has drawn cautious optimism from civil rights groups, though Thomas could bring the ordinance up again as soon as Sept. 11.

If passed, the ordinance would authorize the use of facial recognition technology for real-time surveillance by the New Orleans Police Department or a third-party operator. New Orleans would be the first U.S. city to implement this type of program.

Thomas, who co-sponsored the ordinance with Eugene Green, told Gambit he withdrew it from yesterday’s meeting to allow NOPD “to make edits” on the measure.

**But opponents of the ordinance said there are no changes that would resolve their concerns over civil rights and privacy concerns. **

“There are no edits or modifications that could make this proposal safe. It needs to be taken off the table entirely, forever,” said Rachel Taber, an organizer with Union Migrante, a group that supports immigrants’ rights.

Green and Thomas have argued the ordinance would help NOPD stop crime more efficiently and aid in other investigations, particularly focused on violence, sexual assault and illegal drugs.

But opponents of the bill have sounded the alarm over potential civil rights violations, pointing out that a real-time surveillance system of this caliber could easily be used by law enforcement or third parties to target and monitor marginalized communities including immigrants and people of color — regardless of criminal activity.

It could also track LGBTQ activity and monitor people seeking reproductive health care.

While the ordinance does specifically prohibit the NOPD from targeting immigrants, women seeking reproductive health care and LGBTQ people, those restrictions would almost certainly be trumped by state law requiring NOPD to comply with agencies like the Louisiana State Police and federal law enforcement — which, among other things, are currently targeting immigrants for kidnappings and detention.

Taber also pointed to the already-robust private surveillance all over the city that NOPD and other law enforcement agencies can access, if needed.

“If a crime occurs, as is, they can subpoena evidence from nearby cameras,” she said. “No one needs 24/7 access to all faces and license plates all the time, everywhere, without cause.”

https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/politics_elections/oliver-thomas-withdraws-controversial-facial-recognition-ordinance-in-new-orleans-for-now/article_30b1a03d-1b19-4829-ac77-3e2ad4dd9f63.html

in reply to Basic Glitch

Not in the clear for sure but when so much is terrible small pieces of good news can make you feel a little better.


Il Cammino delle Identità in Valtellina : a San Giacomo di Teglio, il Panificio Bresesti


Tutte le volte che i nostri itinerari vagabondi ci hanno portato in Valtellina, non è mai mancata una visita gustosa al Panificio Bresesti di San Giacomo di Teglio.

“Dalla bottega alimentare di nonno Silvio – reduce della campagna di Russia e decorato con la croce al valore – i Bresesti hanno imparato il valore delle tradizioni e l’amore per la cucina tipica della Valtellina. Da oltre quarant’anni il Panificio

Bresesti, aperto da Bruno – figlio di Silvio – lavora con passione, amore e produce, con fatica e dedizione, pane e prodotti tipici del territorio valtellinese, rispettandone le antiche tradizioni.”

Forse sarà per questa storia, che i giornalisti di Borghi d’Europa si sono ricordati del Panificio Bresesti, quando hanno ricominciato il Cammino delle Identità, il
Percorso di informazione che dal 2014 valorizza e fa conoscere le eccellenze della Valtellina nel progetto L’Europa delle scienze e della cultura, Patrocinato dalla
IAI -Iniziativa adriatico ionica,Forum Intergovernativo.

Il 6 e il 7 settembre una delegazione visiterà a Teglio la Mostra a Palazzo BESTA ( Il senso del vino), per poi incontrare alcune aziende della filiera agroalimentare,

I vini di Giorgio Gianatti, i prodotti del Panificio Bresesti; i salumi del Salumificio Testini.

“Un negozio moderno basato su tradizioni antiche. Da noi il pane si produce e si sforna proprio come veniva prodotto e sfornato nelle vecchie contrade telline, mantenendo gusto e croccantezza.

Utilizzando solo materie prime naturali, senza aggiunta di conservanti e additivi chimici, siamo in grado di proporre prodotti genuini e saporiti, che porteranno sulle vostre tavole il vero gusto valtellinese del mangiare bene e in maniera sana.
Pane di segale, dolci, pizzoccheri, prodotti da forno tipici. Panificio Bresesti offre solo prodotti di qualità, nel rispetto della tradizione.”

Da sempre sosteniamo la necessità di una vera e propria ‘carta del pane’, per abbinare in modo corretto i cibi e i vini.

Luca e Simone Bresesti hanno portato idee e hanno saputo valorizzare ulteriormente un prodotto – il pane di segale valtellinese – che già oggi viene consumato per la sua
capacità di regolarizzare l’intestino e migliorare la circolazione.

Il viaggio del gusto di Borghi d’Europa parte dagli inizi di settembre e si svilupperà fino a dicembre 2026, realizzando una intensa campagna d’informazione grazie al Percorso Internazionale I Mulini del gusto e le Vie del Pane.

La rete Borghi d’Europa ha deciso infatti di un creare un percorso dedicato a questi temi, tra le grandi iniziative di informazione del progetto.

Il circuito organizza e promuove dei percorsi per mettere a confronto idee, progetti, capaci di seguire il filo logico della valorizzazione rispettosa degli equilibri sociali culturali e ambientali dei territori di riferimento.

Sono previsti incontri e stages di informazione nei territori,per raccontare a giornalisti e comunicatori le storie dei borghi e delle loro culture.

Ogni ‘tappa’ tocca i luoghi, le storie, i protagonisti della filiera agroalimentare.

Il progetto era stato presentato nell’aprile del 2019 presso la sede del Parlamento Europeo di Milano.

La degustazione di settembre valorizzerà l’abbinamento del Fiocco della Valtellina e della Slinzega con il pane della famiglia Bresesti e i vini di Giorgio Gianatti.

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When Genocide Denial Is the Norm


Genocide scholar Martin Shaw argues that ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza and isolating Israel on the international stage must become the cause of every country that claims to represent human values.
in reply to technocrit

While I agree; we've moved past that point unless the US stops Israel; and they will not.

The world needs to unite in arms to invade Israel. We do not have time for even a major BDS movement. Children are starving every night. Without direct action all the world is doing is watching and wagging its fingers.

And at this point I can't tell which "scholar" or politician is only doing that to be able to say they did in the future. They are coming to the correct side just late enough to wag their fingers.

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in reply to wheezy

Invade, and every zionism supporter in the west needs to be held to account for aiding and abetting illegal war crimes. When political opinions lead directly to illegal killing, they cease to be protected political opinions anymore. Its time to hold people accountable for crimes. These are criminals. Criminals belong in prisons.
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Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza


Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
August 22 2025, 6:30 a.m.

Help for Gaza is now supposed to fall from the sky. Planes from Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates drop parachuted bundles of food and supplies meant to save lives when all other options are lost. They then crash into streets, rooftops, and tents, turning hope into panic.

Every airdrop shows the cost of survival here, where daily life is threatened not by just hunger or lack of medicine, but also the very help meant to reach starving people.

This is the new reality of aid delivery in Gaza. As Israel’s siege approaches the two-year mark, on-the-ground access to food and other crucial supplies is mostly controlled by the Israel-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose aid sites have become shooting grounds where the Israeli army kills hungry civilians. On July 27, Israel announced the start of airdrops for humanitarian aid, promising “safe corridors” and relief from the crushing blockade.

The aid has itself become a weapon in the literal sense: At least 124 people have been struck by falling aid packages since October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, and 23 of them killed. The Intercept spoke to more than 10 people who were injured by or witnessed injuries from falling aid packages for this story.



Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35055306

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
August 22 2025, 6:30 a.m.
Help for Gaza is now supposed to fall from the sky. Planes from Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates drop parachuted bundles of food and supplies meant to save lives when all other options are lost. They then crash into streets, rooftops, and tents, turning hope into panic.

Every airdrop shows the cost of survival here, where daily life is threatened not by just hunger or lack of medicine, but also the very help meant to reach starving people.

This is the new reality of aid delivery in Gaza. As Israel’s siege approaches the two-year mark, on-the-ground access to food and other crucial supplies is mostly controlled by the Israel-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose aid sites have become shooting grounds where the Israeli army kills hungry civilians. On July 27, Israel announced the start of airdrops for humanitarian aid, promising “safe corridors” and relief from the crushing blockade.

The aid has itself become a weapon in the literal sense: At least 124 people have been struck by falling aid packages since October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, and 23 of them killed. The Intercept spoke to more than 10 people who were injured by or witnessed injuries from falling aid packages for this story.




Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza


Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
August 22 2025, 6:30 a.m.

Help for Gaza is now supposed to fall from the sky. Planes from Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates drop parachuted bundles of food and supplies meant to save lives when all other options are lost. They then crash into streets, rooftops, and tents, turning hope into panic.

Every airdrop shows the cost of survival here, where daily life is threatened not by just hunger or lack of medicine, but also the very help meant to reach starving people.

This is the new reality of aid delivery in Gaza. As Israel’s siege approaches the two-year mark, on-the-ground access to food and other crucial supplies is mostly controlled by the Israel-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose aid sites have become shooting grounds where the Israeli army kills hungry civilians. On July 27, Israel announced the start of airdrops for humanitarian aid, promising “safe corridors” and relief from the crushing blockade.

The aid has itself become a weapon in the literal sense: At least 124 people have been struck by falling aid packages since October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, and 23 of them killed. The Intercept spoke to more than 10 people who were injured by or witnessed injuries from falling aid packages for this story.



in reply to Peter Link

Starvation imposed by the Israelis is killing far more people in Gaza than air drops. And if the Israelis let aid trucks in, there wouldn't be a need for air drops.



Canada absent in multi-nation call to protect Gaza journalists, allow foreign media


in reply to Cows Look Like Maps

What do you expect from the country who did zero action against the Zionists organizations who was selling Palestinian land in synagogues ?


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Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war – DW – 08/22/2025



in reply to cyrano

I don’t get the hype; the American companies (FedEx/UPS) will just keep the profits from now on instead
in reply to dude

And with less competition maybe they will feel free to increase prices and/or give a shittier quality of service ?
in reply to dude

Won't they have the same issues though? It's inherently difficult for large organisations (such as DHL, UPS, FedEx, ...) to change processes to comply with regulations at very short notice. With de minimis exceptions stopped, that should affect all parcels coming into the United States no matter which company carries it.
in reply to cyrano

Due to the new customs regulations under the Executive Order "Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for all Countries," which will take effect on August 29, 2025, there will be temporary restrictions on postal goods shipping to the U.S.


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Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges


Elon Musk’s company, Tesla, should have its application to supply energy to UK homes blocked on national security grounds, Ed Davey has told ministers.

The Liberal Democrat leader argued that giving the electric car manufacturer a foothold in the British energy market would be “a gravely concerning move considering Elon Musk’s repeated interference in UK politics”.

Tesla has a clean energy arm and applied in July for a licence to supply power to British homes.

If the licence is granted by the regulator, Ofgem, the US company could be competing with big UK domestic energy suppliers such as British Gas and Octopus as soon as next year.

in reply to HellsBelle

Agreed, but our government is already handing our health data to Palantir on a plate so I doubt they'll deny other dragons a share of the island.
in reply to HellsBelle

Back in the Roman republic, rich guys would provide public roads, aqueducts, games, etc. this was to get the plebs to see you as their benefactor, not the state. It wasn’t charity, it was name recognition, it was knowing the lower classes were kissing your ass and would protect you.

Don’t let things end up that way, tell this rich fuck to pay his taxes instead and to fuck off into a volcano already




The Therac-25 Incident




India, Russia agree to boost trade ties after foreign ministers meet in Moscow


cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46878219

Jaishankar said that relations between the two countries had been among the steadiest of major nations in the world since World War Two, referring to a close friendship going back to the days of the Soviet Union.

The two countries reaffirmed their ambition to expand bilateral trade, including by increasing India's exports to Russia, Jaishankar said, according to a statement from India's foreign ministry.


https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-russia-agree-boost-trade-ties-after-foreign-ministers-meet-moscow-2025-08-21/



in reply to mesa

“I don’t want to get rid of a bunch of people right now. I don’t want to get rid of engineers,” Robbins said. “I just want our engineers we have today to innovate faster and be more productive and that gives us a competitive advantage.”

Go fuck yourself. 8% growth and billions of dollars in profit isn't enough for these inhuman CEOs. They deserve the Thompson treatment.

in reply to Assassassin

Wow, his statement sure sounds like a threat to current employees.
in reply to The Velour Fog

Yeah, it's both a thinly veiled threat and an admission that even single digit growth is unacceptable. Late stage capitalism is absolutely moronic.
in reply to Assassassin

Good luck with innovation when your engineers' morale is in the shitter. I honestly don't even believe they want to innovate. They probably want to coast off name recognition and what they have for a while and see how long it takes before they start losing ground. The problem with this is it almost always comes back to kick them in the ass. Here is hoping for just that. Besides screw Cisco, I've only worked for companies that hate them and use everything else that gets the job done just as good for a fraction of the cost and way easier to set up.
in reply to Assassassin

I honestly thought that your quote was some sort of satire. Yeah duh, people being more productive gives a competitive advantage.

Now how to make them innovate faster and be more productive. 4-day week and being a nice place to work in might be a start.

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in reply to mesa

This is a trend that is showing less than zero signs of decelerating.

I desperately need insight/advice on how to reconcile these tragedies with any hope of a worthwhile career. How am I to believe in hopes of things like job security when articles like this are beyond normal?

I sincerely wish to know how we expect to advise our children to pursue seriously needed careers or ambitions of any value when the new rule of our era is to reward career-seekers with endless layoffs to maintain a dwindling, starving work force so as to keep running the profit maximizing machine of the ruling few.



Do we need a crawler to load content from other lemmy instances? How are we supposed to federate without one?


I'm trying to start my own lemmy instance, and reading through the documentation at join-lemmy.org/docs/administra… it looks like we need to manually search for just about everything that can be found on other lemmy instances.

It works. I'm able to search for communities/comments/posts and then my instance will load only that community/comment chain/post and only after I've searched it. No updates.

Is this what we're supposed to be doing? Seems pretty tedious to have someone that's supposed to go to other instances and then search for all of their content on my instance in order to federate with it.

I have a feeling there is an easier way, but I'm legitimately not seeing it.

Right now, it looks like the only way users on my instance will get to see content from other instances is if I manually search for just about everything they'll get to see.

I can write a crawler to automate all of this, but I'd rather not unless it's completely necessary.

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in reply to uhdeuidheuidhed

Piefed has a couple of different ways to populate a new server. Pulling lemmyverse data and subscribing to comms that way, or scanning a remote Lemmy/mbin/pieces server for comms. You can look at that code if you want inspiration.
in reply to uhdeuidheuidhed

That's how federation is supposed to work. If one user searches content, you get it once. If a user of your instance subscribes to a community, you get updates for that community.

The point is to reduce load on your instance by not federating content that nobody on your instance needs.

It's based on a flawed understanding of how communities work, specifically that reddit-style forums only work well when you have huge communities that everyone sibscribes to. So, most instances end up with most content anyway.

Also, keep in mind, all conent that has been federated to your instance is on your srver and thus legally your responsibility. If there's illegal content on there, you are liable if you don't delete it.



Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as global carriers face 'chaos'


cross-posted from: quokk.au/post/207865

Australia Post has temporarily suspended transit shipping to the US ahead of new tariffs due to come into effect next week.

Global postal carriers have described a "chaotic" environment as some European services halt US shipments altogether.

From August 29, low-value parcels imported into the US will attract tariffs or flat fees.

in reply to floofloof

This is going to get bad. Commenting for visibility.