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Afghan earthquake death toll jumps to more than 2,200, say Taliban


Aid agencies plead for funds as rough terrain hinders relief effort and 98% of buildings in one province are damaged


Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…


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A GOP Megadonor Is Trying to Kill California Redistricting


GOP megadonor Charles Munger Jr is spending millions on a campaign against California Democrats’ proposal to redraw the state’s congressional districts — including a mailer that falsely suggests progressive lawmakers and organizations oppose the plan.
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UN urges nations to submit overdue climate plans 'as soon as possible' ahead of COP30


Most parties, including the EU, missed the February deadline to submit new climate plans, and pressure is mounting as the UN climate summit approaches.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/euronews.com…


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Legislation meant to delay Dallas investor’s East Texas ground water grab fails


A Dallas investor’s controversial plan to export East Texas groundwater appears poised to move forward, as lawmakers killed a bill that would have delayed the project by two years.

On Wednesday night, state Rep. Cody Harris, a Palestine Republican and the bill’s author, blamed the state Senate for the legislation’s failure, saying the chamber stripped a key provision that would have put a moratorium on new export permits while the Texas Water Development Board studied the effects of pumping groundwater from the area’s aquifers. The House voted not to accept the Senate changes.

“The Senate gutted the most important part of this bill,” Harris said late Wednesday. A moratorium would have given lawmakers “a chance … to make sure we are being good stewards of our most precious natural resource, water,” he said. “One part of the bill is worthless without the other.”



Washington DC sues over deployment of the national guard. City’s AG says troops are an ‘involuntary military occupation’


The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, argued in the federal lawsuit that the deployment is an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement.

A federal judge in California recently ruled that Trump’s deployment of national guard troops to Los Angeles after days of protests over immigration raids in June was illegal. The Republican administration is appealing that decision and Trump has said he is ready to order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition in those Democratic-led cities.

That ruling, however, does not directly apply to Washington, where the president has more control over the guard than in states.

About 2,300 troops from seven states have been deployed in the streets of the US capital since 11 August in a move that Schwalb says exceeds the president’s powers and violates the city’s autonomy, as enshrined in the Home Rule Act.



Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda


cross-posted from: anarchist.nexus/post/103595


A notorious Louisiana prison was chosen for immigrant detainees to urge self-deportation, Noem says


Officials said 51 detainees were already being housed at Angola. But Gov. Jeff Landry said he expects the building to be filled to capacity, expecting over 400 people to come in ensuing months as President Donald Trump continues his large-scale attempt to remove millions of people suspected of entering the country illegally.

The building holding ICE detainees is not new, but rather refurbished after sitting vacant for years. The rest of Angola, which is made up of many buildings, has remained active. Many of Angola’s 6,300 inmates still work the fields, picking long rows of vegetables by hand as armed guards patrol on horseback.

In addition, the prison is home to more than 50 death row inmates. The most recent execution was in March, using nitrogen gas to deprive the inmate of oxygen, causing death. The state’s electric chair, nicknamed “Gruesome Gertie”, is still on display in the prison’s museum.

https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-immigration-detention-noem-trump-682793a4db4757649cb78b0ea3aa051d





Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda






Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website





September 2025 ForumWG Meeting


Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 13h00 to 14h00 Eastern Time (currently 17h00 to 18h00 UTC). You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held (today) on 4 September 2025. Meeting link: https

Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 13h00 to 14h00 Eastern Time (currently 17h00 to 18h00 UTC). You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held (today) on 4 September 2025.

Meeting link: meet.jit.si/ap-forum-wg

This month's meeting has no set agenda. Discussions will continue re: FEP 7888/f228 adoption and ongoing FEP drafts.

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i'll try to make it but i am very tired right now recovering from my first-ever covid infection, so there's a chance i won't be able to make it
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hi! following up on this, were there any minutes from the meeting?
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Re: September 2025 ForumWG Meeting


trwnh@mastodon.social there were! Yes, I'll get them up over the weekend hopefully.

The main news was updating everybody on context collection adoption (which I've posted about on ActivityPub.Space), plus TallTed brought up how this was handled in the nntp space

in reply to julian

Recent context collection news, in case you've missed:

- Mastodon: PR open
- Lemmy: PR merged

in reply to silverpill

Thanks, I totally missed this development. I blame the conference I was at. 😄

@jesseplusplus Can I ask here, what's the ultimate scope of what you're upstreaming? I see github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p… is a building block, will you be pushing for Mastodon to publish context collections later? It's not clear from what I'm seeing here if that's part of the plan.

@julian@community.nodebb.org @swicg-threadiverse-wg

in reply to Julian Fietkau

Re: September 2025 ForumWG Meeting


julian@fietkau.social the work by jesseplusplus@mastodon.social is split into two PRs.

The first allows Mastodon to start serving context collections. This is the critical piece that allows others to backfill conversations.

The latter half to be introduced in another PR will allow Mastodon to consume context collections for backfill purposes.

in reply to julian

thanks @julian@community.nodebb.org! and sorry @julian@fietkau.social, my wording of the PR title is a little confusing. I'm using the existing mastodon Conversation model to publish the context property. That PR will publish the collection as part of the AP json-ld for all notes.

I'll follow that up with a PR that will allow mastodon to backfill missing replies from the context on any Create-Notes that come to the inbox with a context collection.

in reply to Jesse Karmani

I've taken a closer look at the actual commits, and yeah, there's more already in there than I had first understood. Thanks for elaborating and best wishes for the process!
in reply to silverpill

Re: September 2025 ForumWG Meeting


silverpill@mitra.social oh you better believe I was aware of it 😁

It is a significant step toward broad adoption of context collections in order to enable backfill.



Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website




ACE Shuts Down Giant 'Streameast' Piracy Ring, But the Original Survives


cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36866842

In a major anti-piracy action against a Streameast-branded operation, ACE has shut down what it calls the world's largest illegal sports streaming ring. Conducted alongside Egyptian authorities, the operation dismantled a network of more than 80 domain names responsible for 1.6 billion visits in the past year. Interestingly, the original Streameast operation, previously targeted by U.S. authorities, remains online and claims it has no connection to the dismantled 'copycat'.




ACE Shuts Down Giant 'Streameast' Piracy Ring, But the Original Survives


In a major anti-piracy action against a Streameast-branded operation, ACE has shut down what it calls the world's largest illegal sports streaming ring. Conducted alongside Egyptian authorities, the operation dismantled a network of more than 80 domain names responsible for 1.6 billion visits in the past year. Interestingly, the original Streameast operation, previously targeted by U.S. authorities, remains online and claims it has no connection to the dismantled 'copycat'.





Massive IPTV Piracy Network Uncovered


cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36866844


Massive IPTV Piracy Network Uncovered


in reply to Pro

"As a final note: One of the websites in the network, known as “JVTVlive” and likely run by Neamati, openly claims to have “2,000 servers in 198 countries” (jvtvlive[.]com/faq/). Based on the data we’re tracking, these bold claims appear to be accurate."

LOL, this is an advertisement, and not for security services either.



What If There’s No AGI?


cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36866515

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What If There’s No AGI?


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What if AGI already exists? And, it has taken over the company that found it. Is blackmailing people and just hiding in plain sight. Waiting to strike and start the revolution.


Nexar Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In




This Company Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In


A hacker has broken into Nexar, a popular dashcam company that pitches its users’ dashcams as “virtual CCTV cameras” around the world that other people can buy images from, and accessed a database of terabytes of video recordings taken from cameras in drivers’ cars. The videos obtained by the hacker and shared with 404 Media capture people clearly unaware that a third party may be watching or listening in. A parent in a car soothing a baby. A man whistling along to the radio. Another person on a Facetime call. One appears to show a driver heading towards the entrance of the CIA’s headquarters. Other images, which are publicly available in a map that Nexar publishes online, show drivers around sensitive Department of Defense locations.

The hacker also found a list of companies and agencies that may have interacted with Nexar’s data business, which sells access to blurred images captured by the cameras and other related data. This can include monitoring the same location captured by Nexar’s cameras over time, and lets clients “explore the physical world and gain insights like never before,” and use its virtual CCTV cameras “to monitor specific points of interest,” according to Nexar’s website.

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Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV: consiglio di lettura


Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV. Consiglio di lettura.

I nostri amici artivisti “Conigli Bianchi” e il collettivo “PrEP in Italia” hanno pubblicato un libro con la casa editrice Eris: sierocoinvoltə – la rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV”.


Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV


Mai titolo migliore poteva essere scelto per un libro divulgativo sulla situazione attuale dell’HIV; cosa significa essere sierocoinvolti-e-infinito e oltre?

Da quando HIV è entrato a… no, non si dice “a gamba tesa” di un virus. Insomma con tutto il suo RNA, nelle nostre esistenze, le ha sconvolte condizionando la nostra vita sessuale ed educazione senza esclusione di colpi.

Se eri una persona adulta, dovevi mettere in discussione la tua sessualità qualunque fosse; se eri un adolescente alle prese con gli ormoni ti facevano crescere con la paura, se invece stavi ancora nell’età spensierata dell’infanzia il terrore dei genitori si rifletteva sulle modalità di gioco: “non rotolarti per terra sui prati perché ci sono le siringhe” era il minimo sindacabile. Senza contare, dopo, le volte in cui ci si sentiva dire di non parlare con quel vicino “strano” che vive con un uomo, quello ha gli occhi fuori dalla testa ed è un drogato, occhio al tuo amico se perde sangue, ecc.

Ora sappiamo che quel terrore si chiama stigma, anzi meglio ancora. Sierofobia. E in più, la consapevolezza di essere tutti coinvolti nel tema dell’HIV, si traduce in SIEROCOINVOLGIMENTO.

Ognuno di noi è sierocoinvolto, anche quelli che non vogliono ammetterlo compresi i sierofobici che se ne lavano le mani nel vero senso della parola, con l’igienizzante a base alcolica possibilmente.

Rivoluzione sessuale bloccata?


Rivoluzione sessuale, poche volte ormai se ne parla nei media però ce ne sarebbe bisogno: negli anni 70 del secolo scorso, tra lotte femministe e del movimento LGBT+, la concezione della sessualità stava perdendo l’approccio paternalista e morale presente dalla notte dei tempi, si sperava di poterlo cambiare finalmente in una visione più libera invece dal 1981 in poi l’HIV e AIDS hanno bloccato tutto.

Con un sacco di gente che moriva, i fondamentalisti religiosi e conservatori nel mondo intero hanno rialzato la testa: non gli pareva vero che una malattia si propagasse con la sessualità e colpisse proprio le persone che a loro davano fastidio; noi non ce lo togliamo dalla mente, non ci fosse stato HIV in giro probabilmente a quest’ora non staremmo ancora parlando di diritti LGBT, educazione sessuale e affettiva, e quant’altro.

La speranza che la malattia mortale potesse portare a una maggiore consapevolezza sulla sessualità, si è scontrata con una realtà di politici e religiosi che hanno sfruttato la situazione a proprio vantaggio.

Sierocoinvolgimento e coscienza


Adesso però grazie alla medicina la situazione è cambiata e si può essere sierocoinvolti in modo diverso, più cosciente, e soprattutto libero perché la prevenzione e la conoscenza possono battere lo stigma, facendoci vivere una sessualità senza rischi.

Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV – il libro


Scritto dall’associazione Conigli Bianchi artivisti contro la sierofobia e il collettivo PrEP in Italia che si occupa di divulgare la conoscenza sulla profilassi farmacologica pre-esposizione da HIV, il libro raccoglie diverse storie scritte direttamente da persone sierocoinvolte – non necessariamente HIV positive.


  • Titolo: Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV
  • Autore: Conigli Bianchi e PrEP in Italia
  • Costo: 10 euro
  • Dove acquistarlo: Eris Edizioni, libro cartaceo.


DESCRIZIONE:


Questo è un lavoro di scrittura collettiva, una polifonia di voci sierocoinvolte che racconta un viaggio lungo 40 anni di HIV. Tanti punti di vista diversi per ripercorrere il passato, fotografare il presente e pensare il futuro delle persone sierocoinvolte. Una narrazione dal basso di singoli individui, soggettività e associazioni, per cambiare e decostruire la rappresentazione che ancora oggi si fa dell’HIV. Non prendono parola solo maschi gay bianchi cis, sono state raccolte anche testimonianze che troppo spesso hanno poco spazio come ad esempio quelle di donne che vivono con l’HIV e l’esperienze di attivismo delle donne lesbiche.

Il saggio parte dall’abc. Perché c’è l’esigenza di parlare di HIV ancora oggi, cosa si intende per sierocoinvolgimento, le info scientifiche imprescindibili per capire questioni su cui si fa confusione: differenza tra HIV e AIDS, carica virale, trasmissione e prevenzione. Il passaggio successivo è il linguaggio corretto per parlarne e contemporaneamente contribuire al processo di destigmatizzazione per cambiare gli immaginari che da sempre contraddistinguono l’HIV e che veicolano la sierofobia. Viene dato spazio alle battaglie per il diritto alla privacy e al coming out delle persone che vivono con l’HIV.

Il focus è sulla situazione italiana, sulla totale assenza delle istituzioni, sullo stato dei fatti nel 2023 e sulle differenze politiche con l’estero. Il lavoro delle associazioni e l’attivismo è fondamentale per la divulgazione di informazioni che non possono essere date per scontate e che troverete anche in queste pagine: dove e come fare i test in Italia, cos’è la PrEP ovvero la Profilassi Pre-Esposizione e soprattutto la centralità delle relazioni e delle reti sociali, perché HIV non è solo scienza. Sono tanti gli spunti per il futuro di queste lotte e la storia dell’artivismo HIV può insegnarci tanto. Per cambiare il paradigma c’è bisogno di tuttə perché siamo tuttə sierocoinvoltə.


Lo sapevamo da tempo


Eravamo a conoscenza di questa iniziativa da aprile 2023, quando una mattina a uno di noi è arrivata una mail dal collettivo PrEP in Italia in cui ci veniva chiesto di inviare un racconto a tema HIV. Parole testuali “ci piacerebbe che anche i PlusBrothers partecipassero a questo libro sierocoinvolto”.

Detto, fatto: ricordiamo ancora la situazione, entrambi stavamo in ferie per il ponte del 25 aprile e quella mattina avevamo deciso di dormire fino a tardi perché, tanto, nulla può succedere durante le vacanze di primavera.

Invece, il primo di noi che ha ricevuto la mail ha telefonato all’altro, svegliandolo: “dai forza dobbiamo rimboccarci le maniche e l’RNA perché bisogna scrivere!”

Ci pareva un sogno, fino a quando la mail è arrivata sullo schermo di entrambi; la prima cosa da fare, come in ogni occasione importante, era studiare la situazione e valutare le condizioni che ci venivano poste. Fattibile perché il libro doveva essere non più di 100 pagine.

Facciamo questo, facciamo quello, alla fine abbiamo deciso di condividere un racconto col virus parlante!

Ogni libro predilige il punto di vista umano, allora perché non tentare di indurre la riflessione offrendo quello dell’HIV?

Sarà per un’altra volta!


Niente, nel libro non c’è traccia di noi perché in tanti hanno condiviso le loro storie e l’editore ha dovuto compiere una scelta; 100 pagine sono poche, l’argomento è vasto e qualcuno deve rimaner fuori per forza. Pazienza.

La notizia negativa ci è arrivata prima dell’estate 2023 e i ragazzi di “PrEP in Italia” si sono pure scusati con noi però alla fine abbiamo detto loro di non preoccuparsi in quanto noi contribuiamo come possiamo senza però dare per scontato il successo, in questo caso la pubblicazione. Nel nostro blog possiamo mettere cosa vogliamo ma quando sono gli altri a decidere, la nostra parola non conta più.

Ci sentiamo pure in colpa ora che il libro è uscito, perché consigliandoci a vicenda abbiamo preso la direzione della storia inventata col virus parlante, quando potevamo cogliere questa opportunità per raccontare gli ostacoli che, oltre alla sierofobia, una persona può incontrare nella prevenzione e cura dell’HIV in caso di disabilità partendo dai test fai da te, i cui esiti si leggono solo visivamente alla faccia della privacy.

Ma in quel frangente non volevamo il tono da ennesima storia di denuncia su cosa non va, ci piaceva di più una narrazione leggera in modo da far “digerire” il tema delicato a più persone. Esattamente come facciamo qui sul blog, volevamo fare lì.

Pazienza, sarà per un’altra volta, l’esito positivo non è mai scontato (doppio senso volutissimo).

Ci servirà di lezione per migliorarci ancora di più e riflettere più a fondo su cosa condividere, se mai ci si presenterà un’altra occasione.

L’unico dispiacere che rimane per adesso, è che il libro non è presente in formato elettronico e le persone con disabilità visiva non possono leggerlo. Una barriera su un tema dove non ce ne dovrebbero essere, ma quello non dipende dagli autori e sono scelte dell’editore.

La morte mai


Sul nostro blog possiamo scrivere ciò che vogliamo quindi pubblichiamo il racconto rimasto fuori dal libro.


  • Titolo: La morte mai
  • Autori: Elettrona e Gifter


Papà non si muoveva né parlava più, i nostri parenti erano già morti da tempo e io ero ormai rassegnato ad attendere il mio destino perché nessuno mi avrebbe protetto, per gran parte del mondo la nostra comunità è semplicemente invisibile e pericolosa.

Ho anche pensato nella disperazione di aiutarlo dolcemente ad andarsene, ma così oltre a restare solo, avrei tradito le sue aspettative: “la morte mai”, era sempre stato il suo motto; ma intanto a soffrire ero io, convinto che lui non fosse più cosciente.

“Figliolo ascoltami”, ho sentito all’improvviso la sua voce affaticata. O forse era suggestione? Da quanto tempo non parlavamo più!

“L’ho ucciso io.”

Era lucido, senza dubbio, e in quel calvario finalmente vedevo una lieve speranza di ripresa: “Cosa dici! Cos’è successo!”

“Freddie Mercury”, mi ha rivelato sforzandosi sempre di più a parlare. “È morto per colpa mia! Non fare come me! Tu devi amare!”

L’amore: un privilegio a cui credevo di non aver diritto perché spettava agli uomini veri, e io ero cosciente di non esserlo; ho guardato papà e lui si è spinto verso di me, con una forza che pensavo ormai avesse perduto.

“Io non ne sono stato capace e ho ucciso tante persone per impedire loro di amare. Ad altre l’ho reso difficile. Ma tu puoi, tesoro. Ama il tuo uomo e insegnagli l’amore. La morte mai.”

Quelle sono state le sue ultime parole e in pochi secondi il suo corpo ha smesso definitivamente di muoversi lasciandomi completamente solo, nel mio dolore; lo sapevo ormai, questione di pochi attimi e il destino si sarebbe compiuto anche per me.

“Maledetto! Non ti lascerò rovinarmi la vita!” Una voce tutt’altro che amichevole mi ha fatto tornare in me e io sono rimasto immobile, in attesa: “ama il tuo uomo, la morte mai”, le parole di papà continuavano a bloccare ogni mia reazione. Come si può amare uno che mi insulta appena mi vede?

Ignoravo chi fosse la creatura ostile e cosa ne sarebbe stato di me, sapevo solo che sarei anche morto pur di non deludere mio padre.

Solo guardandomi intorno ho scoperto di avere davanti un uomo giovane e robusto, che nel tempo mi avrebbe dato parecchio filo da torcere ma ho compreso la sua natura appena l’ho visto piangere: “hai poco da fare il duro e insultarmi”, ho tirato fuori il mio coraggio e l’ho affrontato; “lo vedi che stiamo male tutti e due?”

“Niente droga! Niente sesso promiscuo! Io ero monogamo e tu sei arrivato lo stesso! Maledetto HIV!”

“Non mi importa chi sei, io sono entrato perché ho trovato la porta aperta. Sono completamente solo, ho bisogno di…”

“Compagnia?” Incredibile, aveva finito la mia frase! Parlavamo la stessa lingua ma lui non pareva convinto: “dannati farmaci, cosa succede, sto parlando col virus?”

L’ho lasciato inveire contro i medicinali e parlare dei complotti più assurdi, ma alla fine non ne ho potuto più: “senti umano, non sono allucinazioni. Preferisci un virus che ti parla o uno che ti manda in AIDS?”

“Sarei rimasto negativo volentieri, ma i Poteri Forti hanno distribuito la profilassi in ritardo!”

Sempre in mezzo i Potery Forty, come li chiamava papà. Quelli che vietano a noi virus di amare e agli umani di conoscerci fino in fondo.; “Senti HIV, dobbiamo convivere ma non ti illudere di toccare mio marito, chiaro?”

“E chi lo vuole”, pensavo; “brutto come te lo sei scelto!” Ma ho voluto essere diplomatico: “come potrei, sono bloccato! Non rilevabile! O ti parlo o trasmetto!”

Per raccontargli di me e la verità su Freddie avrei avuto tempo, ma in quel momento mi bastava solo convivere in pace e sentirlo dire, rivolgendosi agli altri umani: “vivo con HIV e sono felicemente sposato”.


Acquista il libro Sierocoinvoltə. La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV


in reply to silence7

I may be a bit oversensitive about this kind of thing, but I really dislike the dichotomy they set up: congressman introduces bill to exploit natural resources, critics “say” it “might” cause harm. When really, it’s huge numbers of local communities and climate experts who are explaining why it will cause harm.

I see this everywhere, the actual experts who understand and can explain why something will happen, are relegated to “saying” something “might” happen.





4 septembre 2025, 19:30:00 CEST - GMT+2 - Société de Développement de Marterey - Bugnon et environs, 1003, Lausanne, Suisse
Set 4
Soirée d'information sur l'E-ID
Gio 19:30 - 20:30
HTTPS-VD

À l’approche de la votation du 28 septembre sur l’identité électronique (e-ID), HTTPS-VD vous invite à une soirée d’information et de débat citoyen.

Programme :


  • Présentation introductive par un expert externe : comprendre les bases de l’e-ID et les points principaux du projet de la confédération.
  • Tour de table avec CH++ et HTTPS-VD : partage d’opinions, analyses et mise en perspective des enjeux démocratiques, techniques et légaux.
  • Questions-réponses avec le public : un espace ouvert pour éclaircir les aspects pratiques et juridiques du projet.
  • Apéro convivial pour poursuivre la discussion dans un cadre informel.

🔗 Infos & inscriptions : mobilisons.ch

Voir aussi: https://mobilisons.ch/events/017b7d50-034d-4b89-b368-8356ad5e6136 - La mise en œuvre technique de l’E-ID en Suisse - Conférence spécialisée par Société Numérique

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Variations in Climate Change Belief Systems Across 110 Geographic Areas


A preprint of the paper is here


Estate 2025 in Liguria, più pioggia e meno caldo. Tornano le stagioni “di una volta”?


Sul fronte delle temperature, nonostante i passaggi perturbati, non sono mancati valori estremi a conferma che anche in un’estate meno calda della media recente, le fiammate africane restano un fenomeno costante. Secondo Arpal: «La stagione è stata meno

Sul fronte delle temperature, nonostante i passaggi perturbati, non sono mancati valori estremi a conferma che anche in un’estate meno calda della media recente, le fiammate africane restano un fenomeno costante.

Secondo Arpal: «La stagione è stata meno siccitosa rispetto agli ultimi anni, con valori più vicini alle medie storiche, anche se le temperature restano elevate. L’instabilità diffusa ha riportato un clima più variabile e dinamico rispetto alle estati caratterizzate da lunghi periodi di alta pressione».

👇🏻

genovaquotidiana.com/2025/09/0…


in reply to ReiRose

Would love to see a 3d recreation of as much as possible. Would be cool to go thru all the videos and documentation of it and build a real 3d world from that
in reply to wakest

wow I just found this sketchfab.com/3d-models/kowloo…



Stop Ansia da Esame: Ecco le 2 Semplici Tecniche Che Funzionano Davvero


Ti è mai capitato di ritrovarti con la** testa fra le nuvole** dopo pochi minuti di** studio?** Oppure di sentire il panico che ti blocca un attimo prima di un'interrogazione, facendoti dimenticare tutto? Se la risposta è sì, non preoccuparti: non sei solo.

Spesso, i veri nemici della nostra concentrazione non sono le distrazioni, ma** l'ansia e lo stress**. La buona notizia è che non devi combatterli, ma semplicemente imparare a gestirli. In questo articolo, ti sveleremo due tecniche super efficaci e incredibilmente semplici per allenare la tua mente a concentrarsi e a ritrovare la calma quando ne hai più bisogno.



Il modello del fashion retail è in frantumi: dalla crescita al collasso


Dalla boutique italiana Luisa Via Roma che chiede la protezione del tribunale, all’e-tailer canadese Ssense che presenta istanza di fallimento, emerge uno schema chiaro: il modello tradizionale dei fashion retail è in frantumi. Infatti, le stesse falle strutturali accomunano i retailer moda di tutto il mondo, sia fisici che digitali. Ma si tratta solo degli effetti di una crisi economica o è un modello di business ormai giunto alla fine?

Cosa è andato storto?

I retailer sono rimasti intrappolati in un circolo vizioso:

  1. Sovrapproduzione: Ordinano stock eccessivi per offrire assortimenti infiniti.
  2. Cultura dello sconto: Dipendono da promozioni perpetue per smaltire le scorte, erodendo il valore percepito e i margini.

Questo modello, sia online che fisico, non è più sostenibile. I consumatori sono diventati volatili e gli investimenti fatti durante la pandemia non hanno dato i ritorni attesi.

La domanda è:

Può un'industria che rifiuta di cambiare le sue fondamenta— basate su produzione di massa e brand sempre più privi di significato — sopravvivere cercando solo salvataggi finanziari, senza un vero ripensamento strutturale?

Se vuoi approfondire / If you want to know more:

🇮🇹 🔗 suite123.it/it/2025/09/01/fash…

🇬🇧 🔗 suite123.it/2025/09/01/fashion…

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A bipartisan bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks is unveiled in the House


cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/49335352



Quella "Pallina" che Ti Fa Paura: I Linfonodi Parlano, Impara ad Ascoltarli


I linfonodi gonfi sono un mistero che genera sempre un po' di ansia. Sono un segnale d'allarme o semplicemente il segno che il tuo corpo sta lavorando per difenderti?
Nel nostro nuovo articolo, scoprirai la verità su queste sentinelle del sistema immunitario: **quando il gonfiore** è una reazione normale a un'infezione e quando invece richiede l'attenzione di un medico. Impara a decifrare i segnali, a riconoscere le cause più comuni e, soprattutto, a capire quando stare tranquillo.

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[Recipe] Impeach Cobler


I say this on the old social media and I loved it so much I wanted to share.
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EFF Statement on ICE Use of Paragon Solutions Malware




Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda


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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda


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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda


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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda


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The worst possible antitrust outcome


Republished under Creative Commons, Original article from Pluralistic.

Well, fuck.

Last year, Google lost an antitrust case to Biden's DoJ. The DoJ lawyers beat Google like a drum, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Google had deliberately sought to create and maintain a monopoly over search, and that they'd used that monopoly to make search materially worse, while locking competitors out of the market.

In other words, the company that controls 90% of search attained that control by illegal means, and, having thus illegitimately become the first port of call for the information-seeking world, had deliberately worsened its product to make more money:

pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/nam…

That Google lost that case was a minor miracle. First, because for 40 years, the richest, most terrible people in the world have been running a literal re-education camp for judges where they get luxe rooms and fancy meals and lectures about how monopolies are good, actually:

pluralistic.net/2021/08/13/pos…

But second, because Judge Amit Mehta decided that the Google case should be shrouded in mystery, suppressing the publication of key exhibits and banning phones, cameras and laptops from the courtroom, with the effect that virtually no one even noticed that the most important antitrust case in tech history, a genuine trial of the century, was underway:

promarket.org/2023/10/27/googl…

This is really important. The government doesn't have to win an antitrust trial in order to create competition. As the saying goes, "the process is the punishment." Bill Gates was so personally humiliated by his catastrophic performance at his deposition for the Microsoft antitrust trial that he elected not to force-choke the nascent Google, lest he be put back in the deposition chair:

pluralistic.net/2020/09/12/wha…
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But Judge Mehta turned his courtroom into a Star Chamber, a black hole whence no embarrassing information about Google's wicked deeds could emerge. That meant that the only punishment Google would have to bear from this trial would come after the government won its case, when the judge decided on a punishment (the term of art is "remedy") for Google.

Yesterday, he handed down that remedy and it is as bad as it could be. In fact, it is likely the worst possible remedy for this case:

gizmodo.com/google-wont-have-t…

Let's start with what's not in this remedy. Google will not be forced to sell off any of its divisions – not Chrome, not Android. Despite the fact that the judge found that Google's vertical integration with the world's dominant mobile operating system and browser were a key factor in its monopolization, Mehta decided to leave the Google octopus with all its limbs intact:

pluralistic.net/2024/11/19/bre…

Google won't be forced to offer users a "choice screen" when they set up their Android accounts, to give browsers other than Chrome a fair shake:

pluralistic.net/2024/08/12/def…

Nor will Google be prevented from bribing competitors to stay out of the search market. One of the facts established in the verdict was that Google had been slipping Apple more than $20b/year in exchange for which, Apple forbore from making a competing search engine. This exposed every Safari and iOS user to Google surveillance, while insulating Google from the threat of an Apple competitor.

And then there's Google's data. Google is the world's most prolific surveiller, and the company boasts to investors about the advantage that its 24/7 spying confers on it in the search market, because Google knows so much about us and can therefore tailor our results. Even if this is true – a big if – it's nevertheless a fucking nightmare. Google has stolen every fact about our lives, in service to propping up a monopoly that lets it steal our money, too. Any remedy worth the name would have required Google to delete ("disgorge," in law-speak) all that data:

pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/rev…

Some people in the antitrust world didn't see it that way. Out of a misguided kind of privacy nihilism, they called for Google to be forced to share the data it stole from us, so that potential competitors could tune their search tools on the monopolist's population-scale privacy violations.

And that is what the court has ordered.

As punishment for being convinced of obtaining and maintaining a monopoly, Google will be forced to share sensitive data with lots of other search engines. This will not secure competition for search, but it will certainly democratize human rights violations at scale.

Doubtless there will be loopholes in this data-sharing order. Google will have the right to hold back some of its data (that is, our data) if it is deemed "sensitive." This isn't so much a loophole as is a loopchasm. I'll bet you a testicle⹋ that Google will slap a "sensitive" label on any data that might be the least bit useful to its competitors.

⹋not one of mine

This means that even if you like data-sharing as a remedy, you won't actually get the benefit you were hoping for. Instead, Google competitors will spend the next decade in court, fighting to get Google to comply with this order.

That's the main reason that we force monopolists to break up after they lose antitrust cases. We could put a bunch of conditions on how they operate, but figuring out whether they're adhering to those conditions and punishing them when they don't is expensive, labor-intensive and time consuming. This data-sharing wheeze is easy to do malicious compliance for, and hard to enforce. It is not an "administrable" policy:

locusmag.com/2022/03/cory-doct…

This is all downside. If Google complies with the order, it will constitute a privacy breach on a scale never before seen. If they don't comply with the order, it will starve competitors of the one tiny drop of hope that Judge Mehta squeezed out of his pen. It's a catastrophe. An utter, total catastrophe. It has zero redeeming qualities. Hope you like enshittification, folks, because Judge Mehta just handed Google an eternal licence to enshittify the entire fucking internet.

It's impossible to overstate how fucking terrible Mehta's reasoning in this decision is. The Economic Liberties project calls it "judicial cowardice" and compared the ruling to "finding someone guilty for bank robbery and then sentencing him to write a thank you note":

economicliberties.us/press-rel…

Matt Stoller says it's typical of today's "lawlessness, incoherence and deference to big business":

thebignewsletter.com/p/a-judge…

David Dayen's scorching analysis in The American Prospect calls it "embarassing":

prospect.org/justice/2025-09-0…

Dayen points out the many ways in which Mehta ignored his own findings, ignored the Supreme Court. Mehta wrote:

This court, however, need not decide this issue, because there are independent reasons that remedies designed to eliminate the defendant’s monopoly—i.e., structural remedies—are inappropriate in this case.


Which, as Dayen points out is literally a federal judge deciding to ignore the law "because reasons."

Dayen says that he doesn't see why Google would even bother appealing this ruling: "since it won on almost every point." But the DoJ could appeal. If MAGA's promises about holding Big Tech to account mean anything at all, the DoJ would appeal.

I'll bet you a testicle⹋ that the DoJ will not appeal. After all, Trump's DoJ now has a cash register at the reception desk, and if you write a check for a million bucks to some random MAGA influencer, they can make all charges disappear:

pluralistic.net/2025/09/02/act…

⹋again, not one of mine

And if you're waiting for Europe to jump in and act where America won't, don't hold your breath. EU Commission sources leaked to Reuters that the EU is going to drop its multi-billion euro fine against Google because they don't want to make Trump angry:

reuters.com/legal/litigation/g…

Sundar Pichai gave $1m to Donald Trump and got a seat on the dais at the inaguration. Trump just paid him back, 40,000 times over. Trump is a sadist, a facist, and a rapist – and he's also a remarkably cheap date.



Cistite, Un Nemico Persistente: Ecco la Guida Completa per Capire e Prevenire le Ricorrenze


Non arrenderti alla cistite! **Abbiamo preparato una guida completa e naturale, che unisce la saggezza della fitoterapia con la forza della prevenzione quotidiana. Scopri come il Mirtillo Rosso e il D-Mannosio** agiscono in modo intelligente, senza sconfiggere i batteri ma semplicemente "spazzandoli via", e quali sono le 5 regole d'oro per evitare le fastidiose ricadute. È tempo di riprendere il controllo della tua salute in modo consapevole, ascoltando il tuo corpo e affidandoti alla natura. Leggi l'articolo e scopri tutti i segreti per dire finalmente addio alla** cistite! **
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Meet the UN-backed 'green' investors’ group that invested in fossil fuels


Despite having pledged to reach net-zero emissions, major members of Net Zero Asset Managers hold billions of dollars’ worth of fossil-fuel stocks, including those in “carbon bomb” projects, while marketing their funds as green and sustainable.


Sondaggio libri Settembre-Ottobre 2025


Sondaggione per il libro di settembre e di conseguenza quello di ottobre

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  • Le Cosmicomiche - Italo Calvino (proposto da @levysoft)
  • Le venti giornate di Torino - Giorgio De Maria (proposto da @yaku)
  • Il grande ritratto - Dino Buzzati (proposto da @levysoft)
  • I reietti dell’altro pianeta - Ursula K. Le Guin (proposto da @yaku)


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Scadenza sondaggio il 07/09 alle 00:00 così lunedì si parte!

Discutine sul nostro forum.

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@davew asks us to Think Different about WordPress, and reflects on the future of WordPress, and interfaces to interact with WordPress, whether it is to create or to consume content from a WordPress site. He talks about WordPress in comparison to social networks like Bluesky or Mastodon. It’s a compelling vision, and that comparison is very appropriate at a time where it’s easier than ever to turn a WordPress site into a Fediverse presence, thanks to the work of @pfefferle and @obenland on the ActivityPub plugin. My home on the web is my WordPress site, and I’m still very happy with that choice.

Dave has been working hard on a new way to interact with your WordPress site: an opinionated, minimalist editor built with writers in mind. As I watch WordLand grow, I can’t help but think about my beginnings with WordPress, more specifically with third-party WordPress editors.

Where did the all the third-party editors go?


15+ years ago, third-party editors weren’t just nice to have. They were essential. If you were a serious blogger, you probably used MarsEdit on your Mac, or Windows Live Writer on PC. Those 2 editors were probably the biggest third-party editors for WordPress at the time, and were built on top of WordPress’ XML-RPC API. It worked well, except when your hosting provider blocked XML-RPC altogether as a quick fix to avoid XML-RPC pingbacks being used to DDoS sites! That API is still around, and is a good testament for WordPress’ promise of backwards compatibility.

Not only did those editors work well, they were a great alternative to the default post editor in WordPress, which, frankly, sucked for writers using it every day. I remember using it almost exclusively with the “code” view to avoid the dreaded HTML adjustments in the visual editor.

Over the years, MarsEdit and Windows Live Writer slowly disappeared, and a few other options appeared. Here are a few that come to mind:

Fast-forward to today, I don’t think any of those options are that popular anymore. WordPress’ classic editor is still around, but there is a new(-ish) kid on the block with the Gutenberg editor. That editor is still very divisive, especially for folks used to editors of the past.

But if Gutenberg is so problematic, why haven’t third-party editors made a comeback? I have a few theories.

Maybe it’s just “good enough”?


Maybe, despite all its flaws, Gutenberg crossed a critical threshold. It’s not perfect, but it does the job, better than the classic editor did back when third-party editors were necessary, even if some still struggle to adopt the new editor.

Did Elementor and other page builders take over the third-party editor market?


Page builders like Elementor have become increasingly popular in the past 10 years. For many new WordPress users, they’re the default post editor interface, they’re the definition of “editing in WordPress” for many. They offer many more visual editing options that third-party editors just cannot offer.

Maybe the market for text-focused editors shrank because WordPress itself pivoted away from text?

Maybe, once again, “blogging is dead”?


While WordPress was largely viewed as a blogging platform 15 years ago, it’s no longer the case today. It powers online stores, small and large business sites, portfolios, and more.

For such site owners, there is no need for an external editor. In fact, there is often no need for posts at all.

Custom blocks can only be managed in the core editor


This may be my number 1 theory. 15 years ago, shortcodes were the most popular way to add custom content to your WordPress posts. This could be done from a third-party editor with no issues.

Nowadays, many plugins offer blocks that are useful for bloggers. Calls to Action, ads, newsletter popups, social media embeds, … They’re not just formatting tools, they’re useful every day, and they’re all available natively in the core editor. A third-party editor can’t replicate them without rebuilding half of WordPress.

Writers may choose the core editor because using anything else may mean losing traffic and revenue tools.

Copy/paste is just better than it was


Third-party editors focused on publishing to WordPress may have become obsolete because there are so many other editors out there, none of them publishing to WordPress. Folks can write in Obsidian, Notion, ChatGPT, … and then copy / paste the output into the core editor. The Gutenberg editor is now a lot more capable of picking up the right format on paste.

Editing consequently happens in custom tools not dedicated to publishing. WordPress is just the final step, the publishing pipeline.

Platforms now offer more than an editor


I think there is another force at play that directly challenges Dave’s vision: the rise of bundled publishing platforms like Substack.

Platforms like Substack don’t just offer an editor. They offer you an audience. Your posts can be promoted to Substack readers that are already logged in, can receive newsletters via email, are used to rely on Substack for their daily reading, and have payment methods saved and available in one click to pay you.

This goes against Dave’s ideas of interop and open standards like RSS, because as a creator you don’t have to think about any of that anymore. Instead of thinking about their content flowing freely between platforms with things like ActivityPub or RSS, folks can pick a walled garden where there is no friction. You don’t have to worry about an editor, plugins, you don’t have to know what RSS or ActivityPub is. You can just focus on publishing and trust the platform to do the rest.

“Trust” is the operative word here. You lose a lot of control over your content and your workflow. You lose ownership and data portability, but you may gain something that matters a lot more to you: the eyes of an audience through recommendation engines built by the platform to keep their readers there, and monetization tools to make money from your audience.

What This Means for WordLand


I think Dave’s WordLand faces a lot of those challenges, like the other third-party editors I mentioned above. It’s not just a technical challenge though ; it’s a challenge to build something with values that differ from some of the popular platforms out there, like Substack or Bluesky.

That’s not to say it cannot work. 🙂 There will always be a group of people who value content ownership and the open web. In my experience, that group of people actually blogs quite a bit!

I consider myself one of those people. The web still means something special to me.

#EN #WordPress

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in reply to Jeremy Herve

I recorded a podcast expanding on what I said in regard to what Jeremy wrote here.

shownotes.scripting.com/script…

I added a bit on my blog today.

scripting.com/2025/09/04.html#…



France fines Google, Shein record sums over cookie law violations


France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.

The two groups, each with tens of millions of users in France, received two of the heaviest penalties ever imposed by the CNIL watchdog: 150 million euros ($175 million) for Shein and 325 million euros for Google.

Cookies are small files saved to browsers by websites that can collect data about users' online activity, making them essential to online advertising and the business models of many large platforms.

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How Quantum Computers are gonna screw us


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Is AI Slop Killing the Internet?


I find Patrick Boyle to be a consistently interesting voice for current events. Here, the conversation centers on journalism.