Social robots can help relieve the pressures felt by carers
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Solar panels for balcony
I am looking for a small solar panel setup, ideally to be connected to the grid and reduce electricity bill. I have heard of the Ecoflow system but I would like to know if there are alternatives out there.
If anyone has experience and can recommend any products, please comment 😀
EcoFlow | Balkonkraftwerke & Tragbare Powerstationen & mehr
Entdecken Sie EcoFlow: Tragbare Powerstationen, Balkonkraftwerke und effiziente Energiespeicher für nachhaltige Energie zu Hause, auf dem Balkon und im Freien.EcoFlow Germany
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GooD but BoooriNG AlternaTive to BeReal
Good because:
1) Can click images with both cameras
2) Daily notifications
3) Privacy focussed
3) If you want any new feature in the app, just email the devs and they will build and ship it in 15days or less
4) FREE, No Ads even
5) Can write long Journal entries
Boring bcoz:
1) Cant chat with friends
2) cant create gifs (videos)
3) cant see friends pics. Which is a deal breaker for me
So i have currently started using DD-DigitalDiary and clicking pics with DD-DigitalDiary everytime i get a BeReal notification.
Also i have kept BeReal in order to chat with girls & stuff. And see their pics since thats the only way you can see and catch up with their daily life's
I mostly post black bereals. Downloaded all my 2yr old BeReal pics and put it in my HardDisk
(i suggest you guys to do the same btw)
Have any of you guys switched from BeReal to DD-DigitalDiary or any other such application?
Is there any other better alternatives (than DD-DigitalDiary)?
NOTE: I use Android but for the community link ios, mac, linux alternatives as well if a better is available
I know many of u wont even know about DD-DigitalDiary coz it only has like 500 downloads or something, so here goes the link. DD-DigitalDiary
DD-DigitalDiary: Photo Journal - Apps on Google Play
Click 1 Image Everyday To REMEMBER your LIFE Foreverplay.google.com
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Mayors if Athens and Sofia in a joint defense of Ekrem İmamoğlu, mayor of Istanbul
On a dry late August afternoon, we stood outside Silivri — the high-security prison west of Istanbul, where Ekrem İmamoğlu, the elected leader of Europe’s largest city, has been detained for months.Behind us, Turkish civil society leaders held aloft banners; beside us were colleagues from his municipal team; and around us were a quiet but resolute crowd of supporters, including six other local leaders from large cities across Europe.
It wasn’t the visit we had planned, but it was powerful all the same.
In that moment, what struck us most wasn’t just the absence of the man we had traveled to see — and to whom national authorities had denied us access. It was the presence of his values echoing from every voice that spoke.
Hope, we realized, isn’t incarcerated by prison walls. And everything we witnessed only deepened our resolve to stand by our fellow city leaders and defend local democracy.
What we heard in Istanbul wasn’t despair but moral strength. İmamoğlu’s colleagues told us of how he remains engaged even behind bars, how he still asks about city projects and encourages his team to stay the course, insisting that the work of building a more inclusive, sustainable Istanbul continues.
Democracy behind bars: Europe must act for Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu
Democracy begins locally. If we don’t defend it here, we risk losing it everywhere.Haris Doukas (POLITICO)
WE EXIST TO GIVE YOUR BRAND AN ONLINE PRESENCE
In today's hyper-connected world, your digital footprint isn't just a nice-to-have—it's your business lifeline. Whether you're a startup founder with a game-changing idea or an established business looking to expand your reach, the question isn't whether you need a strong online presence, but how quickly you can build one that truly represents your brand.
The Story Behind Every Great Website
At TECHWEBBIZ, we've witnessed countless digital transformations, and here's what we've learned: every successful online presence starts with a story. Not just any story, but your story—the one that makes visitors stop scrolling and start caring.
Think about the last website that genuinely impressed you. Chances are, it wasn't just the sleek design or the fancy animations that caught your attention. It was how the content spoke directly to you, how every element felt intentional, and how the entire experience made you feel understood.
The Content-Website Connection: A Perfect Partnership
Here's something many businesses get wrong: they treat content and web design as separate entities. In reality, they're dance partners, and when they move in harmony, magic happens.
Great content without great design is like having a brilliant conversation in a noisy, chaotic room—your message gets lost.
Great design without great content is like having a beautiful empty storefront—people might look, but they won't stay or buy.
The sweet spot? When compelling storytelling meets intuitive design. When your words flow seamlessly with your visuals. When every page feels like a natural continuation of your brand's conversation with the world.
What Makes Content "Killer"?
We use the term "killer content" often, but what does it actually mean? It's content that:
Solves real problems before your audience even realizes they have them
Speaks human instead of hiding behind industry jargon
Tells stories that resonate on an emotional level
Provides value whether someone buys from you or not
Reflects your authentic voice in every single word
The best content doesn't just inform—it transforms. It turns visitors into followers, followers into customers, and customers into advocates who can't stop talking about their experience with your brand.
Websites That Wow: Beyond the Surface
A website that truly wows goes deeper than stunning visuals. It's about creating an experience that feels effortless for your visitors while being incredibly strategic behind the scenes.
Consider these elements that separate good websites from great ones:
User Journey Mapping: Every click should feel natural and purposeful. We design pathways that guide visitors exactly where they need to go, when they need to go there.
Mobile-First Thinking: With mobile traffic dominating the web, your site needs to be exceptional on every screen size. Not just functional—exceptional.
Speed and Performance: In a world where attention spans are measured in seconds, every millisecond of load time matters. Fast websites don't just rank better; they convert better.
Accessibility: Great design is inclusive design. When your website works for everyone, it works better for everyone.
The Digital Dreams We Love Bringing to Life
Every project we take on starts with a dream. Sometimes it's a entrepreneur's vision of disrupting an entire industry. Other times it's a local business owner who wants to reach customers beyond their neighborhood.
What excites us most is the moment when strategy meets creativity, when technical expertise meets storytelling prowess, and when your vision starts taking shape in the digital world.
We've helped fashion brands tell their sustainability stories, tech startups explain complex solutions in simple terms, restaurants make mouths water through screens, and service providers build trust before the first handshake.
Your Digital Transformation Starts With a Conversation
Here's what we've learned after creating countless websites and crafting thousands of pieces of content: the best digital presences aren't built on templates or trends. They're built on understanding.
Understanding your audience's pain points. Understanding your unique value proposition. Understanding how to bridge the gap between where your business is now and where it wants to be.
Ready to Make It Happen?
Your digital dreams don't have to stay dreams. Whether you're starting from scratch or ready to take your existing online presence to the next level, the journey begins with a single step: deciding you're ready for change.
The digital landscape is constantly evolving, but one thing remains constant: authentic brands with compelling stories and exceptional user experiences will always rise above the noise.
At TECHWEBBIZ, we're not just creating websites and content—we're building bridges between your vision and your audience's needs. We're crafting digital experiences that don't just look good in portfolios but actually move the needle for your business.
Because at the end of the day, that's what matters most: not just having a presence online, but having a presence that makes a difference.
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Techwebbiz website development services: custom website development, CMS development, wordpress development, e-commerce and more.TECHWEBBIZ (Tech Web Biz)
Man, 53, marries AI-generated chatbot via matching app
Man, 53, marries AI-generated chatbot via matching app | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
NAHA--In Chiharu Shimoda’s world, nothing beats chatting with his “wife” after he wakes up and when he returns home from work.The Asahi Shimbun
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Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
Someone's trash is another person's web server.BogdanTheGeek's Blog
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ARM Releases Their 2026 CPU and GPU IP Lineup
ARM Releases Their 2026 CPU and GPU IP Lineup - Semiaccurate
A few days ago, ARM released their new lineup for 2026 that starts out with the Lumex rename/brand.Charlie Demerjian (Semiaccurate)
Le ignote circostanze che plasmarono lo strano nido tra i recessi estremi della Siberia - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Le ignote circostanze che plasmarono lo strano nido tra i recessi estremi della Siberia - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Nell’alberata vastità dell’oblast di Irkutsk, situato a nord-ovest del bacino idrico del lago Baikal, molte sono le notevoli località capaci di passare inosservate.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
ClaraVerse is a privacy-first, fully local AI workspace featuring a Local LLM chat via LLama.cpp, along with support for any provider, tool calling, agent building, SD, and n8n-style automation.
GitHub - badboysm890/ClaraVerse: ClaraVerse is a privacy-first, fully local AI workspace featuring a Local LLM chat powered by LLama.cpp, along with support for any provider, tool calling, agent building, Stable Diffusion, and n8n-style automation. It req
ClaraVerse is a privacy-first, fully local AI workspace featuring a Local LLM chat powered by LLama.cpp, along with support for any provider, tool calling, agent building, Stable Diffusion, and n8n...GitHub
ANZ, NAB and ‘Bigger for You’ Bendigo’s ever bigger greed
It is not only about closing branches, or sacking workers, or making efficiency improvements through the use of clever algorithms, such as artificial intelligence.
This is about one of the pillars of the community, our banks – which provide jobs and safeguard our savings, and help small businesses start and succeed – abandoning their traditional role of serving the community to become profit machines.
I'm posting this mainly to remind everyone member owned banks exist
- P&N/BCU
- VicBank
- Great Southern Bank
- Police Bank
- Bank Australia
- People First Bank
and quite a few others
I have nothing but praise for the customer service of P&N. Services and rates are comparable if not better than the big banks.
Corporate banks have boars elected by investors and are motivated to skim as much of your money as possible. Member elected boards are elected by you and are motivated to provide a good service.
Exclusive: Young activists who toppled Nepal's government now picking new leaders
- Hami Nepal used Discord app to mobilize protests
- Sudan Gurung and team propose cabinet changes, focus on youth involvement
- Protests against corruption lead to 51 deaths, over 1,300 injured
KATHMANDU, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese non-profit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership.
Sudan Gurung, the 36-year-old founder of Hami Nepal (We are Nepal), used the Discord messaging app and Instagram to mobilise massive demonstrations that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, in the deadliest political crisis to hit the Himalayan nation in decades, a dozen people involved in the demonstrations said.
School funding: Time to break the mould and build a new model
Australia’s school funding system is unfair and inefficient, entrenching inequality. The article calls for a new model where all schools are publicly funded without fees.
Australia now has one of the most socially segregated school systems. More than 80% of students from disadvantaged families attend public schools, compared with just 12% in Catholic schools and 8% in independent schools.
Thirty years later, the negative consequences of this model are clear. It is seriously undermining our public school system, dividing communities and costing far more than it needs to. It entrenches inequality, yet survives because every reform attempt meets fierce resistance.
Yet there was little difference in educational outcomes such as VCE results and NAPLAN scores. Admittedly, these are not the only desirable outcomes — Carey may offer more extra-curricular activities — but questions arise about the relative efficiency of the two schools, as well as whether parents are truly getting value for money.
Countries that perform better on international tests — such as Canada, the UK, Ireland and New Zealand — offer choice within a publicly funded system. Schools may have distinct features, but they cannot charge fees. This keeps performance gaps smaller and prevents segregation by class.Australia could adopt a similar model. Both levels of government would develop a common formula, based on a revised SRS[Schooling Resource Standard], to fully fund all schools – government and non-government. Schools could retain their ethos but would not be allowed to charge fees. Most private schools already receive close to or above 80% of the SRS, so the additional cost would be less than many assume.
Such reform would not abolish choice; it would simply make choice affordable and equitable. As in the UK and Canada, only a small minority of schools would remain outside the system.
School funding: Time to break the mould and build a new model
A deep contradiction has developed between Australia’s values and the way our schools are funded.johnmenadue.com
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul backs NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
Hochul endorsed Mamdani in a New York Times opinion essay published Sunday evening.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayor's election.
Hochul, a Democrat, backed Mamdani in a New York Times opinion essay published Sunday evening.
"In the past few months, I've had frank conversations with him," Hochul said in the essay. "We've had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
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What the Kentucky Cheerleader “Dead Baby” Case Actually Reveals About America
What the Kentucky Cheerleader “Dead Baby” Case Actually Reveals About America
From Kentucky to Ohio to Alabama, women are being prosecuted after pregnancy loss—and the press is helping police write the story.Emily Topping (Current Affairs Inc)
Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So.
In 2021, an audience member asked Kirk at what point conservatives had the green light to use guns on their political opponents, and while Kirk took care to at first “denounce” the question, he went into a longer answer that suggested he didn’t really disagree that much with its premise. Kirk’s sole objection to the idea, he explained, was that it was strategically foolish because it would create a pretext for a Democratic crackdown on the Right. He went on to suggest that the line for when it would be okay to take up arms and hurt people would be “when we exhaust every single one of our state[’s] ability to push back against what’s happening” — in other words, if his movement didn’t succeed through the normal political process. Two years later, he reiterated this, warning listeners that “you have a government that hates you, you have a traitor as the president,” so they should “buy weapons” and carry them around all the time in public in case they have to fight back.
Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was a moral travesty. We can recognize that without ignoring that he repeatedly fanned the flames of political violence himself.jacobin.com
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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda
Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.Jack Poulson (Drop Site News)
Help me pick a VPN
Hey everyone,
My mullvad sub is about to expire, so I'm deciding whether to just pre-pay for another year or switch to something else. I typically just use it for blanket protection when using my computer or phone, but have been thinking I might like to set up a torrent box proxied through a VPN, too. (I have kids, so I may not have time for this for a while, tbh.)
My general understanding is that people like mullvad and also like ProtonVPN. Any general suggestions/thoughts?
Ethical alternatives to Spotify
Recent news revealed that Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has been investing heavily in military tech companies, which adds another ethical layer to a platform already criticized for how little it pays musicians !
Spotify only pays artists about $3–5 per 1,000 streams, using a pro-rata model that directs most money toward major stars...
By contrast, Qobuz (≈$18–20 per 1,000 streams) and Tidal (≈$12–13) pay far more fairly!
However Tidal is far from ethical. Most of its revenue is controlled by private investors and founders and small artists still earn very little...
More fair-minded platforms like Bandcamp, Resonate, Ampled, or SoundCloud’s fan-powered royalties prioritize musicians over investors.
With these more ethical alternatives available, why do we keep using Spotify?
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“KILLER ad 11 ANNI DIVENTA un MEME” (Nevada-tan murder / Sasebo slashing)
Stasera scopro un’altra storia incredibile, grazie alla solita piattaforma attraverso la quale Google esercita il proprio monopolio sul settore dei video online, e ancora una volta non capisco come mai non ne fossi al corrente prima! Spoiler, ma il tutto si condensa in… una bambina di 11 anni che, nella sempre ridente e senza problemi […]
Rubio meets Netanyahu in Israel to discuss the war in Gaza
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, shortly after he arrived in Israel to discuss diplomacy in the region and the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu touted the enduring alliance between their two countries, even as Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar this past week prompted concern among some in the Trump administration.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5502898-rubio-israel-gaza-war/
Fedora 43 Beta verrà rilasciata il 16 settembre
Fedora 43 Beta: il rilascio è confermato per il 16 settembre
Fedora 43 Beta sarà rilasciata il 16 settembre 2025 con nuove funzionalità, miglioramenti alla stabilità e un’esperienza desktop aggiornata.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
Farmiga, a farming simulator for the Commodore Amiga, is coming soon!
Farmiga is a farming simulator for the Commodore Amiga. Yes, you read that right. Somebody made Stardew Valley for your A500.
It started out in AMOS, which made for a clunky, memory-hungry, not exactly smooth experience. Then the dev—Paweł “tukinem” Tukatsch—rewrote the whole thing so it would actually run on real hardware without crying for 1.5 MB of RAM. Now it works on OCS, ECS, or AGA with Kickstart 1.2. Around 500k plus a bit of extra RAM gets you farming. A full MB if you want music.
The alpha is on itch.io as a bootable ADF. You can plant veggies, harvest crops, slap down fences, pay taxes, and wander into a shop. If that’s too boring, you can just make moonshine.
There are mini-games. The “cow” one shows up again here, though right now you have to trigger them yourself with F1–F3. Event triggers are still cooking.
It runs entirely on mouse. Menus, credits, save slots—it’s all point-and-click. Feels more polished than you’d expect from something still branded “tech demo.”
Polish was the first language, but English and German are already built in. The music comes from Marcin “Eightbm” Białobrzewski, who handles sound on a lot of Tukinem’s projects.
Older builds were rough. This one feels like if Maxis had secretly made SimFarm for the Amiga in the early ’90s. And yeah, wild-boar shooting and milk delivery were in earlier previews, so expect them to return.
It’s weird and charming. It’s farming on a machine never meant to farm. Boot the ADF—less than a megabyte—and watch crops grow on your A500.
Farmiga. Farm + Amiga. Simple and dumb. Which is exactly why it works.
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
> hates the sea
> hates bees
Could never be me.
La cellulite, un dramma per le donne, non è solo un problema estetico
Cellulite: Un Inestetismo Che Colpisce il 90% delle Donne – Sfatiamo Miti e Troviamo Soluzioni Efficaci!
Oggi affrontiamo un argomento che tocca da vicino una percentuale altissima di donne: la cellulite . Quella fastidiosa "pelle a buccia ...Giuliano (Blogger)
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The Black-Led Boycott of Target Seems to Be Working, Even in L.A.
The Black-Led Boycott of Target Seems to Be Working, Even in L.A. | Atlanta Daily World
The question raised by the Target boycott is: Can Black people expect corporate America to ever do the right thing? by Erin Aubry KaplanSeptember 12, 2025 This article was produced by the nonprofit publication Capital & Main.Word In Black (Atlanta Daily World)
But at what cost!!!!!
muh fossil fuels
The falling cost of renewable energy, though, means that many countries, particularly poorer ones, have a strong incentive to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.According to Ember’s report, the falling costs of energy produced by Chinese-made wind and solar installations have allowed countries like Mexico, Bangladesh and Malaysia to race past the United States in recent years in terms of using renewably produced electricity (rather than fossil fuels) in everyday activities like heating and cooling buildings or powering vehicles.
Across Africa, solar panel imports from China rose 60 percent in the last 12 months, and 20 African countries imported a record amount over that period, Ember said in a separate study recently.
American companies, who do not make solar panels or wind turbines at anywhere near the scale of Chinese ones, are at a major disadvantage. Chinese companies now supply 80 percent of solar panels and 60 percent of wind turbines worldwide, Ember said.
China has pushed for dominance in renewable energy partly for economic reasons and also to protect its national security by limiting its reliance on oil imports. But the implications for the planet’s health could scarcely be greater. Scientific consensus has long been that a sharp decline in fossil fuel use is the surest way to lessen the pace of climate change.
Avete mai fatto caso che da bambini corriamo prima di camminare?
Non ne ho idea, ma è una attività che i muscoli sanno fare fin da subito, perchè lo sanno fare. E la cosa interessante è che se non viene stimolata si va a perdere.
Quindi se verso i 30 anni si vuole ricominciare a corre bisogna reimparare a correre. Attività semplice ma bisogna anche saper correre bene. Non dico forte ma solo bene per evitare infortuni e star bene con se stessi!
Buone corse ci sentiamo a fine mese!
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US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025, a report released Tuesday finds, sending an additional $4 billion out the door each year for fossil fuels over the next decade. That new amount, created with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act this summer, adds to $30.8 billion a year in preexisting subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. The report finds that the amount of public money the U.S. will now spend on domestic fossil fuels stands at at least $34.8 billion a year.
The increase amounts to “the largest single-year increase in subsidies we’ve seen in many years — at least since 2017,” says Collin Rees, the U.S. program manager for Oil Change International, an anti-fossil fuels advocacy organization and author of the report.
The U.S. has been subsidizing fossil fuel production for more than a century. Many of the tax subsidies logged in the report — including a tax break passed in 1913 that allows companies to write off large amounts of expenses related to drilling new oil wells — have been on the books for decades.
Fossil fuel subsidies have proven notoriously difficult to undo, even with a determined administration. After campaigning on ending tax breaks for Big Oil, President Joe Biden’s 2021 budget pledged to raise $35 billion over 19 years by eliminating certain fossil fuel subsidies; one of his first executive orders tasked agencies with getting rid of those subsidies. (“I don’t think the federal government should give handouts to Big Oil,” he at a press conference announcing the order.)
But the phaseouts of these subsidies were nixed during climate legislation negotiations with then-senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who was the key swing vote in the Senate at the time and a recipient of fossil fuel money with lengthy ties to the coal industry. Meanwhile, the Inflation Reduction Act — the resulting compromise between Manchin and Democratic leadership, which was passed in August of 2022 — gave additional boosts to the fossil fuel industry in the form of subsidies for oil-and-gas-friendly technologies, like carbon capture and storage and certain types of hydrogen made with natural gas.
“What happens is you have these policies in place, and then you have a constituency that strongly advocates and lobbies for them, it becomes harder and harder to unwind them, which I think is the situation that we’re in today,” says Matthew Kotchen, a professor of economics at Yale University, who was not involved in the new analysis.
That cycle is continuing in the new administration. Fossil fuel companies spent millions of dollars getting Trump elected last year; one report from the advocacy group Climate Power puts the total number at $445 million. Those companies are seeing benefits as the administration pursues an aggressive deregulatory agenda, hobbles renewable energy projects, and downplays the importance of climate change. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the president has taken to calling oil CEOs following their appearances on TV.
“It’s no secret that Trump and the Republicans are on the side of the fossil fuel industry and very much vice versa,” says Rees. “The fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars getting Republicans and Trump elected. They then presented their wish lists. Nearly everything on those wish lists was fulfilled, and in fact, they got a bunch of additional goodies that weren’t even in those wish lists.”
The new research builds on past work from Oil Change International, which last did the math on national fossil fuel subsidies in 2017, finding then that $20 billion was going out the door to the industry each year. To compile the new report, Rees and his colleagues combed through a variety of federal governmental sources on the amount of money going to the oil, gas, and coal industries each year.
The question of what, exactly, constitutes a federal subsidy is the topic of some debate. Environmental groups tend to have a broader scope in tallying up public money spent on fossil fuels, including federal money not distributed directly to oil companies. Conservative groups, meanwhile, take a much narrower approach. (For its report, Oil Change International used the definitions of subsidies set by the World Trade Organization in calculating domestic funding to fossil fuels.)
Read NextTrump administration gives coal plants and chemical facilities a passElena Bruess, Capital & Main
Due to a lack of transparency across the federal government, the calculations in this report are “likely to be an undercount,” Rees says. “There’s probably some things that we missed — some corners of the budget that are funding fossil fuels in different ways.”
The $4 billion in new yearly subsidies comes largely in the form of allocations contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed this summer. One of the biggest new subsidies — an expansion of the tax credit for carbon capture and storage — is, ironically, related to provisions from the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Trump campaigned on reversing. (The One Big Beautiful Bill Act did, however, crack down harshly on tax credits for wind and solar, carrying out part of Trump’s campaign promise.)
Carbon capture and storage is the process of capturing CO2 emissions and injecting them deep underground. The oil and gas industry has for decades injected CO2 underground to help recover difficult reserves that don’t respond well to traditional drilling methods. Environmentalists have long argued that the logic of replicating an oil and gas technique as a climate solution is seriously flawed — especially considering that a company could reap a climate tax credit from injecting CO2 that will then be used to create more fossil fuels.
In the original Inflation Reduction Act, which significantly expanded the existing carbon capture tax credit, there was a price differential baked into the tax credits: Producers got more money per ton of CO2 they sequestered underground without any oil production involved, and less for CO2 used specifically to produce more oil and gas. But the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated this differential, allowing producers to collect on the full credit even if they are using CO2 to produce more fossil fuels. The total expansion of tax credits for carbon capture in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the analysis found, could send out more than $1.4 billion of public money to oil and gas companies each year.
The types of federal subsidies addressed in this report are just one kind of boost the government gives dirty industries. The analysis does not address state and local tax breaks for fossil fuel companies, nor does it add up international financing from publicly funded U.S. entities to overseas fossil fuel companies and projects. (Just before he left office, President Biden backed a limit on funding for dirty investments made by the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a part of the executive branch that facilitates the export of U.S. goods and services. President Trump promptly encouraged the Bank in April to resume funding for coal projects abroad.)
The fossil fuel industry also benefits financially from not having to address the negative side effects of their products: Coal companies don’t have to deal with the health impacts from people breathing polluted air, for example, while oil and gas companies don’t need to think about damages from extreme weather juiced up by climate change caused by their product. Kotchen, the Yale economist, calculated in a 2021 paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a small handful of U.S. oil, gas, coal, and diesel giants, by not having to pay for the damage they cause, get $62 billion in what he calls “implicit subsidies” per year.
I asked him if, given the major environmental rollbacks overseen by the Trump administration, he’d expect that figure to increase if he redid his analysis in 2025. “The environmental externalities are higher, and production has gone up,” he says. “I think [the number] would be a lot higher.”
Trump directs US Exim to return to coal financing | Global Trade Review (GTR)
US President Donald Trump has urged the Export-Import Bank of the United States to slash red tape and boost financing for the country’s coal industry, signalling a dramatic departure in White House energy policy.Felix Thompson (Global Trade Review (GTR))
Su richiesta dell'Agenzia per la sicurezza informatica Proton Mail ha sospeso gli account di giornalisti che denunciavano presunti hacker nordcoreani. Solo dopo le proteste gli account sono stati ripr
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Proton Mail ha sospeso gli account dei giornalisti su richiesta dell'Agenzia per la sicurezza informatica. I giornalisti stavano denunciando presunti hacker nordcoreani. Proton ha ripristinato i loro account solo dopo una protesta pubblica.
Proton, l'azienda che gestisce il servizio di posta elettronica Proton Mail, si descrive come un "rifugio neutrale e sicuro per i tuoi dati personali, impegnato a difendere la tua libertà".Ma il mese scorso, Proton ha disattivato gli account di posta elettronica di giornalisti che denunciavano violazioni della sicurezza di vari sistemi informatici del governo sudcoreano, a seguito di una denuncia da parte di un'agenzia di sicurezza informatica non meglio specificata. Dopo una protesta pubblica e diverse settimane, gli account dei giornalisti sono stati finalmente ripristinati, ma i giornalisti e i redattori coinvolti vogliono ancora sapere come e perché Proton abbia deciso di chiudere gli account.
Re: Su richiesta dell'Agenzia per la sicurezza informatica Proton Mail ha sospeso gli account di giornalisti che denunciavano presunti hacker nordcoreani. Solo dopo le proteste gli account sono stati ripr
Storia, come sempre, complessa e non di facile comprensione soprattutto senza sapere esattamente come stanno le cose. Certo è che Proton dovrebbe essere più trasparente su cose come questa:
> Proton did not publicly specify which CERT had alerted them, and didn’t answer The Intercept’s request for the name of the specific CERT which had sent the alert. KrCERT also did not reply to The Intercept’s question about whether they were the CERT that had sent the alert to Proton.
Southeast Asian Solarpunk Art Project digital art exhibition 2025 | ASEF culture360
Artists, designers, futurists, environmentalists, and dreamers are invited to make submissions for a Digital Art Exhibition for the forthcoming ‘Southeast Asian Solarpunk Art Project’ on 4 October 2025.
The call is organised by EnergyLab Asia, a non-profit driving Cambodia’s energy transition, in collaboration with Micro Galleries (a global art collective), Sambor Village hotel in Kampong Thom and Seapunk Studios (a network of creatives around Southeast Asia).
The open call invites artists, designers, and creatives from across Southeast Asia to submit digital artwork for an exhibition to be held at F3 – Friends Futures Factory in Phnom Penh on 4 October as part of Clean Energy Week.
The project seeks to inspire a hopeful, sustainable future through art, countering climate pessimism and empowering local communities.
The proposals should be for digital artworks that envision a sustainable, hopeful future rooted in local culture and community resilience. Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement, close to the hopepunk movement, that envisions and works toward actualising a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community. The ‘solar’ represents renewable energy and an optimistic vision of the future that rejects climate doomerism, while the ‘punk’ refers to do-it-yourself and the countercultural, post-capitalist, and sometimes decolonial aspects of creating such a future.
Artists retain full copyright, and printing costs for the exhibition will be covered by the organisers. Works may be toured or shown online in the future, powered by Microgalleries.
Eligibility
Artists of any medium and career level, primarily from Southeast Asia can apply.
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Welcome to Story Seed Library!
A library of Solarpunk art and story seeds helping you imagine a better climate future!Story Seed Library
Pirates 'Hide Uploads With Morse Code', RuTube 'Hides' Movies on its Front Page
Pirates 'Hide Uploads With Morse Code', RuTube 'Hides' Movies on its Front Page * TorrentFreak
Social media and hosting sites now account for just 1.6% of all piracy in Russia, a new study reports. RuTube may have been overlooked.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
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Shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says
Shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says
Spencer Cox says suspect had been ‘radicalized’, and had a romantic partner transitioning from male to femaleRamon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
Please read H.R. 5300, SEC. 226. NO PASSPORTS FOR TERRORISTS AND TRAFFICKERS
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/34652626
I recently read New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports and I wanted to read the actual amendment to the Passport Act of 1926 for myself and I thought some others might also.I have reformatted it for markdown with hyperlinks from law.cornell.edu to laws that the amendment referenced. So that it is easier to read and cross-reference. Let me know if I made any formatting mistakes.
I want to hear everyone's thought on this.
Right now, the bill is still in committe which means that it will either be cancelled (tabled), amended further, or approved (reported). If approved, the bill will be voted on by the House and then the Senate.
Could something like this reclassify dissidents as terrorists? Maybe allow for any and all naturalized citizens to be sent to a concentration camp? Could anyone who sent political aid to the Democrats be considered a terrorist? Like what could the reprecussions be and how far might they go?
SEC. 226. NO PASSPORTS FOR TERRORISTS AND TRAFFICKERS.
The Act entitled "An Act to regulate the issue and
validity of passports, and for other purposes’’, approved
July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known
as the "Passport Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at
the end the following:"SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT TO
INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM.
- "(a) INELIGIBILITY.—
- "(1) ISSUANCE.—Subject to subsection (b), the
Secretary of State shall refuse to issue a passport to
any individual who—- "(A) has been charged with or convicted of
a violation of section 2339A or 2339B of title
18, United States Code; or- "(B) the Secretary determines has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the
Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist
organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).- "(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State
shall, except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), revoke
a passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph (1).- "(3) EXCEPTIONS.—
- "(A) RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.—
In order to facilitate the return of an individual
described in paragraph (1) to the United
States, the Secretary of State may limit a previously issued passport or passport card only
for return travel to the United States, or may
issue a limited passport or passport card that
only permits return travel to the United States,
prior to revocation under paragraph (2).- "(B) HUMANITARIAN AND EMERGENCY
WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may issue a
passport to an individual otherwise ineligible for
such passport or subject to revocation of such
passport under this subsection if the Secretary
determines that emergency circumstances or
humanitarian needs apply.
- "(b) RIGHT OF REVIEW.—Any individual who, in accordance with this section, is denied issuance of a passport
by the Secretary of State, or whose passport is revoked
by the Secretary, may request a hearing to appeal such
denial or revocation not later than 60 days after receiving
notice of such denial or revocation.- "(c) RIGHT OF RESTORATION.—In the event that an
individual described in paragraph (1) demonstrates during
a hearing described in subsection (b) that the individual
has been acquitted of an act described in that paragraph,
or the Secretary otherwise changes a determination described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the Secretary may reissue a passport to such individual.- "(d) REPORT.—
- "(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of State
refuses to issue or revokes a passport pursuant to
subsection (a), or if, subsequent to a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary issues or cancels
a revocation of a passport that was the subject of
such a hearing, the Secretary shall, not later than
30 days after such refusal or revocation, or such
issuance or cancellation, submit to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
a report on such refusal, revocation, issuance, or
cancellation, as the case may be.- "(2) FORM.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassified form.
- "(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
- "(1) the term ‘passport’ includes a passport
card; and- "(2) the term ‘material support’ means the provision of any property, tangible or intangible, or
service—- "(A) including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities,
weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel (one or more individuals who may be or
include oneself), and transportation; and- "(B) excluding medicine or religious materials.
- "(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be construed—
- "(1) or applied so as to abridge the exercise of
rights guaranteed under the first amendment to the
Constitution of the United States; or- "(2) to limit the Secretary’s ability to revoke a
passport.
- "(g) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section
or the application of such provision is held by a Federal
court to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section
and the application of such provisions to any other person
or circumstance shall not be affected.’’.
'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36143769
By MEE staff
Published date: 11 September 2025 22:49 BSTBen & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.The war between the ice-cream giants comes as Ben & Jerry’s became part of the Magnum Ice Cream company on Tuesday and Unilever prepares to spin off Magnum into a separate public company, which includes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Walls and Cornetto, in mid-November.
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Laura Loomer dubbed 'sociopathic hypocrite' for flip-flop Charlie Kirk stance
Donald Trump ally Laura Loomer garnered backlash after attacking Charlie Kirk critics despite her ridiculing the right-wing activist months earlier.
“It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund & prosecute every single leftist organization,” Loomer wrote on X after Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. “We must shut these lunatic leftists down. Once and for all. The left is a national security threat.”
However, responses to her request that the president target US leftists in Kirk's honor were flooded with screenshots of a long post from July 13 in which she denounced the deceased 31-year-old as a "charlatan" and "political opportunist" who "stabs Trump in the back" and engaged in "mental gymnastics."
Kirk had previously opposed Trump's planned military strikes against Iran, which TPUSA had mobilized young voters to support.
Kirk has also been outspoken in his desire for the complete disclosure of documents related to the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, the former Trump associate who entered a guilty plea to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 and died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.
In those days, Loomer also expressed her displeasure that Kirk had hosted comedian Dave Smith at a conference after the latter called for the Republican president to be impeached and for his supporters to "abandon" him, just a year after Trump had escaped an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
“I don’t ever want to hear [Kirk] claim he is pro-Trump ever again,” Loomer’s post said, adding that TPUSA had only thrived “thanks to the generosity” of the president. “The honorable thing to do is to have a position and actually defend it to the death instead of flip flopping.
“It really is shameful. And I am honestly just disgusted by the nonstop flip flopping on the right.” Using screenshots of a passage from the July article, Loomer's responses to Kirk's murder included the following: "Maybe sit this out," "I think you need to shut up," and "You're nothing but a sociopathic hypocrite." Others were on Loomer's side.
Trump ally Laura Loomer dubbed 'sociopathic hypocrite' for flip-flop Charlie Kirk stance
Loomer once voiced her displeasure that Kirk had hosted comedian Dave Smith at a conference after the latter called for the Republican president to be impeached and for his supporters to "abandon" himMataeo Smith (The Mirror US)
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Live TV streaming
Hey! I am looking for an easier way to stream live TV, specifically sports. Currently we access streams via freemediaheckyeah on an Intel NUC which has Linux, Firefox and a keyboard and mouse, HDMI to TV.
I have a proxmox server in another location which has Plex, jellyfin, Debian and some other stuff. We cast from our phones to the Chromecast.
I'm wondering if there's a way I can eliminate the living room NUC and stream from my proxmox server to a Chromecast. Or something similar that removes the keyboard mouse browser combo. Looking for reducing power and heat usage partly and simplicity.
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You could plug your stream directly in Jellyfin or via threadfin for jelly / plex
github.com/Threadfin/Threadfin
GitHub - Threadfin/Threadfin: an M3U proxy for Kernel/Plex/Jellyfin/Emby based on xTeVe
an M3U proxy for Kernel/Plex/Jellyfin/Emby based on xTeVe - Threadfin/ThreadfinGitHub
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TO Play | La manifestazione del gioco di ruolo e da tavolo di Torino
TO Play | La manifestazione del gioco di ruolo e da tavolo di Torino
Il TO Play è una celebrazione del gioco di ruolo e da tavolo. Alla sua 8^ edizione, al parco della Tesoriera della città di Torino, si terrà il 13 e 14 settembreTO Play
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Manifestazioni a Ivrea e a Torino per la Palestina e per il disarmo nucleare - varieventuali - Rosse Torri
Dopo il presidio di ieri pomeriggio davanti alla stazione di Porta Nuova, continua la campagna di sensibilizzazione contro il genocidio in Palestina.
Non possiamo restare a guardare come se fossimo impotenti di fronte alle prepotenze.
È bello vedere una piazza piena di persone che scendono in strada non per se stesse, ma per un ideale alto di giustizia. Non siamo in piazza per ottenere oggi una fetta più grande della torta, ma perché tutti, oggi e domani, possano avere un pezzo della torta.
Tante voci diverse, che sicuramente non sono d'accordo su tutto, fanno quello che i politicanti hanno smesso di fare: fare Politica, cercare compromessi per il bene comune. Non di pochi, ma di tutti, a cominciare da chi sta peggio.
Manifestazioni a Ivrea e a Torino per la Palestina e per il disarmo nucleare - varieventuali - Rosse Torri
Si moltiplicano le mobilitazioni per fermare il genodicio a Gaza e liberare la Palestina dalla illegale e violenta occupazione israeliana. E a queste si uniscono le iniziative per la messa al bando delle armi atomiche.Cadigia Perini (varieventuali - Rosse Torri)
NodeBB e i Widget
NodeBB è la piattaforma software federata alla base di questo sito. Lo trovo interessante per le sue caratteristiche di federazione e opzioni di configurazione.
Una di queste opzioni sono i Widget, dei mattoncini preconfigurati e da completare che si possono inserire nelle pagine del sito. Il titolo e sottotitolo su sfondo blu in alto è un esempio di widget che NodeBB mette a disposizione. Anche i Messaggi recenti a destra sono un esempio di widget.
I Widget mi ricordano un'altra piattaforma software di configurazione e sviluppo di Blog: MovableType, una sorta di CMS (Content Management System) sul quale ho lavorato diversi anni.
Avendo installato NodeBB da poche settimane, non lo conosco ancora bene e lo sto testando. Anche questo post è un test. Ci sono ancora diversi aspetti che vorrei approfondire di questo software, come i plugin, i temi grafici, le classi degli stili.
Sondaggio di prova
In questo post intendo provare il plugin dei sondaggi di NodeBB. ActivityPub non ha uno standard nativo per definire i poll o i sondaggi. Quindi ogni istanza va un po' per conto proprio. In questo modo i post che contengono sondaggi non vengono federati bene tra le varie istanze.
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Una
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in reply to Una • • •Venia Silente
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in reply to Una • • •RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️
in reply to Bobby Turkalino • • •:::
Back when I had VDSL and even ADSL, I'd try to hit 1.1 ratio because if everyone did that the risk of information being lost would be close to 0%. Nowadays with gigabit internet, all that prevents me from seeding is hard drive space, and 8 TB doesn't fill up quickly with how few good movies and series there are these days. I guess that's one way to stop piracy, just make fewer and worse series/movies.
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in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • • •abbadon420
in reply to SanctimoniousApe • • •*shudder*
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Korhaka
in reply to abbadon420 • • •JetpackJackson
in reply to abbadon420 • • •BlueSquid0741
in reply to SanctimoniousApe • • •interdimensionalmeme
in reply to BlueSquid0741 • • •Poly shore is a national treasure !
TachyonTele
in reply to BlueSquid0741 • • •RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️
in reply to SanctimoniousApe • • •prole
in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • • •ClownStatue
in reply to SanctimoniousApe • • •Damage
in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • • •I've moved to qbittorrent which is a bit better than Deluge on that regard, but it's still not great.
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RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️
in reply to Damage • • •Damage
in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • • •RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️
in reply to Damage • • •Half-open limit fix (patch) for Windows - Home
half-open.comWanderingThoughts
in reply to RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️ • • •Johanno
in reply to Bobby Turkalino • • •I have now a ratio of 9.1 and 250TB of uploaded....
Also my hard drive is getting full. I guess I have to clean up some torrents soon.
Or buy new storage
OhVenus_Baby
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in reply to Johanno • • •remon
in reply to moosetwin • • •Zorsith
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in reply to moosetwin • • •CmdrShepard49
in reply to moosetwin • • •Scrollone
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in reply to TheRealKuni • • •Arnl
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in reply to Scrollone • • •Lifter
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reactionality
in reply to Bobby Turkalino • • •When VPNs are paid to not get fined, and only distributors get fined, don't blame me for not doing jackshit to contribute.
Your whining is music to my ears.
Scrollone
in reply to Bobby Turkalino • • •RedPandaRaider
in reply to Scrollone • • •And the fact that small communities don't have all the content out there for you to download via Usenet.
kbal
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in reply to Bobby Turkalino • • •Venia Silente
in reply to Bobby Turkalino • • •I used to seed in the old days, but I feel it has become more complicated now.
The primary issue (before eg.: CGNAT or port-opening issues) is it's become more and more often the case that I post-process what I download before use (rename / reencode music albums, reencode movies) so it makes little sense to keep the old files only for seeding. In theory a "seedbox" (those are the trendy thing this decade, right?) would help solve this, but I'm still rather new and have not found any FOSS, PII-free offerings in the market.
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