New York Gov. Kathy Hochul became the top official in the state to endorse Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani for New York City for mayor on Sunday, marking a shift for a strident defender of Israel as mainstream Democrats grapple with surging public support for Mamdani’s criticism of the Israeli regime over its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Hochul wrote that she and Mamdani shared priorities like making the city more affordable and ensuring strong leadership of the New York Police Department. She also took an oblique shot at Mamdani’s two main competitors: current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who President Donald Trump’s team has reportedly pushed to drop out of the race, and Andrew Cuomo, who would have a better shot at winning if Adams did so. The former governor lost the Democratic primary by just under 13 percentage pointsto Mamdani in June.

“In light of the abhorrent and destructive policies coming out of Washington every day, I needed to know the next mayor will not be someone who would surrender one inch to President Trump,” Hochul wrote. Trump, apparently displeased with the endorsement, called it “a rather shocking development.”

Hochul’s support for Mamdani followed nearly three months of hand-wringing from the de facto leader of New York’s Democratic Party, who has expressed skepticism of Mamdani’s policy proposals that would require tax hikes on the wealthy and more public spending. Now, Hochul’s endorsement sets her apart from the top two Democrats in Congress — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — who have both declined to weigh in on the most heated race in New York City.

As a result, New York’s Democratic establishment remains split over whether they should rally behind Mamdani, Cuomo, or — seemingly – no one.

Nearly three months after the primary, only four members of the Democratic congressional delegation representing New York City districts have endorsed Mamdani: Reps. Nydia Velázquez, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerry Nadler, and Adriano Espaillat. Only Velázquez and Ocasio-Cortez backed Mamdani before his primary win.

“We have a Democratic nominee,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters earlier this month. “Are we a party that rallies behind their nominee, or not?”

Many members of New York City’s financial elite, set on edge by Mamdani’s promises of a freeze on stabilized rents and othermeasures to lower the city’s cost of living, have been plotting to keep him from securing the mayor’s seat in November.

Democratic Reps. George Latimer, Ritchie Torres, Gregory Meeks, and Tom Suozzi have endorsed Cuomo. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Reps. Dan Goldman, Grace Meng, and Yvette Clarke have not made endorsements in the race.

Urging her fellow New York Democrats to back Mamdani, Ocasio-Cortez has pointed to her support of President Joe Biden during the 2024 presidential election even though he was not her preferred candidate.

“We use our primaries to settle our differences and once we have a nominee, we rally behind that nominee. I am very concerned by the example that is being set by anybody in our party,” Ocasio-Cortez said earlier this month. “If an individual doesn’t want to support the party’s nominee now, it complicates their ability to ask voters to support any nominee later.”

Outside the city, Rep. Pat Ryan, a Democrat who represents a swing district in the Hudson Valley, endorsed Mamdani last week. Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen, a moderate from Long Island, was the first Democrat to publicly denounce Mamdani’s campaign after his win but has not endorsed a candidate in the race.

Reached for comment, a spokesperson for Jeffries pointed to a statement he made to reporters last week: “I certainly will have more to say about the New York City mayor’s race in short order.”

Offices for Schumer, Gillibrand, Goldman, Meng, and Clarke did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Nadler, who announced this month he will retire at the end of the current congressional session, addressed his change of heart toward Mamdani during an interview with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer on September 5. During the primary, Nadler said he would not back Mamdani because of his criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and what Nadler called Mamdani’s lack of experience. Nadler told Lehrer his decision to endorse Mamdani after he won the primary was a no-brainer.

“First, he was the Democratic nominee,” Nadler said. “Second, what are the alternatives? You have the mayor, who’s a crook, and you had Andrew Cuomo, whom I had said should resign from the governorship because he was a repeat sexual predator.”

Goldman, whose Manhattan district Mamdani won in June, endorsed state Sen. Zellnor Myrie before the primary and has said he has spoken with Mamdani but won’t endorse him without “concrete steps” to assuage fears from Jewish New Yorkers about hate crimes in the city. It’s not clear what further steps Goldman wants to see — Mamdani has he takes concerns about antisemitism seriously and that he would take steps to protect all of his constituents — Jewish and otherwise.

Clarke endorsed New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams before the primary. Meng, who did not make an endorsement prior to the primary, congratulated Mamdani on his win in June and a campaign that she said “built coalitions & mobilized underrepresented New Yorkers!” But she stopped short of endorsing Mamdani.

Gustavo Gordillo, co-chair of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, which supports Mamdani’s campaign, condemned the party establishment for neglecting to rally behind Mamdani.

“Establishment Democrats have no plan to support the workers targeted by Trump’s agenda,” Gordillo said. “If establishment Democrats refuse to get behind Zohran, they’re not just rejecting the vision of an affordable NYC — they’re rejecting the 500,000 voters and counting who are behind Zohran.”

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/35973449

Archive article: archive.is/a602u

The platforms “are all facing this problem where the right wing has been on them repeatedly about content moderation and how they [shouldn’t] control any content,” said a lobbyist for Meta, who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak for the company. “And now the tables are turned in some fashion, and people are all over them, saying you can’t allow this kind of content and that kind of content.”

Redditsux

2025-09-15 21:46:16

Republicans put tech firms in a vise on Kirk social-media posts

Archive article: archive.is/a602u

The platforms “are all facing this problem where the right wing has been on them repeatedly about content moderation and how they [shouldn’t] control any content,” said a lobbyist for Meta, who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak for the company. “And now the tables are turned in some fashion, and people are all over them, saying you can’t allow this kind of content and that kind of content.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/kirk-social-media-gop-trump-tiktok-meta-x-censorship-00564655

Archive article: archive.is/a602u

The platforms “are all facing this problem where the right wing has been on them repeatedly about content moderation and how they [shouldn’t] control any content,” said a lobbyist for Meta, who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak for the company. “And now the tables are turned in some fashion, and people are all over them, saying you can’t allow this kind of content and that kind of content.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/kirk-social-media-gop-trump-tiktok-meta-x-censorship-00564655

Ieri, volendo resettare il salvataggio di Animali Crostini Nuovi Orizzonti, ho scoperto di averci dovuto perdere svariati minuti, perché non è esattamente ovvio il come… e un pochino mi sento stupida. Certamente ho pensato di dover andare sul menu impostazioni semi-nascosto di avvio del gioco (tasto MINUS), e non di continuare normalmente come se volessi […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…

minioctt

2025-09-15 21:43:02

su Animal Crossing, nuovi orizzonti e brutali abbandoni… (cancellazione isola)

Ieri, volendo resettare il salvataggio di Animali Crostini Nuovi Orizzonti, ho scoperto di averci dovuto perdere svariati minuti, perché non è esattamente ovvio il come… e un pochino mi sento stupida. Certamente ho pensato di dover andare sul menu impostazioni semi-nascosto di avvio del gioco (tasto MINUS), e non di continuare normalmente come se volessi giocare, ma… in realtà, a parte che è tutto mezzo criptico lì e ho dovuto perdere qualche minuto solo per beccare il tasto giusto di 5, ho scoperto che è comunque tutta una presa in giro: Tom Nook rigira la frittata e dice di andare nelle impostazioni della console, per compiere il lavoro, che questa roba della formattazione non è mestiere suo ormai! 🤯

E, un po’, la cosa è triste. Cancellare la città (ai tempi di prima dell’isola, appunto) era a suo modo un’esperienza mistica nella sua brutalità, perché l’entità di turno si prendeva in carico la cosa, ma prestava molto impegno a fare un discorso dissuadente, ansiogeno, per certi versi con un valore filosofico palpabile, pur di soltanto posticipare l’inevitabile, con qualche ulteriore paragrafo di dialogo ed una tripla conferma… Chi mai sarà il mortale giocatore per pretendere l’eliminazione nel nulla, una condanna per certi versi peggiore della semplice distruzione, di un intero villaggio con tutti i suoi esseri viventi al seguito, come se questi non fossero mai esistiti in primo luogo, e ciò nonostante dall’altra parte i tali esseri non possono fare altro che obbedire, sotto il peso del codice macchina che li definisce? 🙀

Insomma, mi fa quasi strano che Tom Nook non mi dica sostanzialmente niente di ché, dopo avergli rivelato di voler commettere il crimine. E così, dalle sterili impostazioni di sistema, compiere l’operazione è stato stranamente indolore, fin troppo leggero rispetto all’abitudine… anche perché, ovviamente, un ulteriore backup (…che credo sia l’unico attualmente, perché i precedenti non li trovo più) l’ho fatto prima, ma non è solo quello. Cancellare tutto per mezzo di un menu asettico, senza i suoni di animaletti terrorizzati in sottofondo, non da il giusto rispetto alla cosa. 🤥

…Comunque… Nel caso qualcuno voglia vedere altre cose tristi di New Horizon, forse, è possibile attraverso la stufoctt… con il post-diario che ho scritto stasera giocando, avendo creato l’isola nuova: stuff.octt.eu.org/2025/09/rico…! 🙏 (E, come ho detto proprio lì, non ho idea di se questa cosa possa reggere a lungo… e per lungo non intendo anni, ma anche solo almeno una settimana… ma intanto ho già 1 pagina, che è più di 0, quindi pure se andrà male sarà andata bene, credo.)

#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #pensieri

Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Charlie Kirk’s podcast, guest-hosted by Vice President JD Vance, to lay out their plans.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-show.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE8.GwF-.17xHrPKXSEKT

• Throughout mid-2025, X-Force observed several Toneshell and Pubload malware variants in weaponized archives mostly uploaded from Singapore and Thailand.
• One of the variants evading VirusTotal detections is the latest update "Toneshell9". It supports command and control (C2) communication through locally configured proxies to blend in with enterprise network traffic and facilitates two reverse shells in parallel.
• X-Force analyzed a new USB worm, SnakeDisk, which only executes on devices located in Thailand, based on their IP address. The worm displays code overlaps with Tonedisk and is able to detect new and existing USB devices, which it weaponizes as a means of propagation.
• The analyzed SnakeDisk sample drops the Yokai backdoor on infected devices, which sets up a reverse shell allowing operators to execute arbitrary commands. Yokai was previously tied to campaigns targeting Thai officials in December 2024.

Hive0154, aka Mustang Panda, drops updated Toneshell backdoor and novel SnakeDisk USB worm

Hive0154 wreaks havoc on Singapore and Thailand using a new Toneshell backdoor and SnakeDisk USB worm.

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Hey there! So I'm currently studying CS & IT and I'd like to know more about how developers & computer nerds alike are reflecting the values of solarpunk into their work.

Are solarpunk values part of your thinking process when you decide which software you are going to be making (for personal projects for example), or which company you will be working at? Are they part of the production process (like which tools or technologies you're using)? How much? And, maybe in a broader sense, is hoping to work on projects aligned with solarpunk values realistic?

Oggi mi sono sentita un po' pazza, e ho così deciso, di punto in bianco, di fare un nuovo esperimento... Dare una seconda possibilità ad

stuff.octt.eu.org/2025/09/rico…

cross-posted from: mtgzone.com/post/2335149

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Albanese says Papua New Guinea is choosing ‘it’s own interest, going forward, and it’s sovereignty’

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

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Australia to ‘totally integrate’ armed forces with Papua New Guinea amid growing concerns over China

^{Arpan Rai (The Independent)}

The pair were sentenced to two years in prison after being found with charms, including a chameleon.

Archived version: archive.is/20250915143924/bbc.…

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Hakainde Hichilema: Two men sentenced in Zambia for attempting to bewitch and kill president

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The proposal includes approximately €430 million for air defences, rocket artillery, combat vehicles and new warships

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Cybercriminals steal details of potentially millions of people in attack on labels’ parent company Kering

Hackers steal private data of Gucci, Balenciaga and McQueen customers

^{Robert Booth (The Guardian)}

Revelation relating to then Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, a ‘matter of grave concern’

Archived version: archive.is/20250915174346/theg…

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MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist

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The network icon in the system tray's context menu and the Wi-Fi quick settings page in Windows 11 are getting buttons to let you quickly run a network speed test. (Takes you to Bing to do the speed test.)

Source: phantomofearth

Delocalizzazione Shein:

non un vero e proprio esubero, il colosso dell'ultra fast fashion si sposta da Stradella (PV) alla Polonia.

Non indolore: 311 licenziamenti

Acquisti da Shein? Conosci il suo modello di business?

Fonti:

🔗 Milanotoday

🔗Il Giorno

Shein chiude a Stradella e licenzia oltre 300 lavoratori: il colosso del fast fashion sposta la sede in Polonia

Il gigante cinese chiuderà il centro logistico nell'Oltrepò Pavese entro fine anno. Persi oltre 460 posti di lavoro (coi contratti a termine non rinnovati): previsti solo 60 ricollocamenti

^{Redazione Pavia (Il Giorno)}

A federal judge in San Francisco found the Office of Personnel Management unlawfully directed agencies to fire probationary federal employees en masse.

U.S District Court Judge William Alsup ruled late Friday that OPM “exceeded its own powers,” and “directed agencies to fire under false pretense,” telling probationary employees that they were being terminated for poor performance.

The ruling doesn’t reinstate any of the 25,000 probationary federal employees fired around mid-February, but it does direct many agencies to update their personnel records to specify that these employees were not fired for poor performance or misconduct. Agencies must also send letters to impacted employees starting they were not fired for performance.

The ruling, in a lawsuit led by federal employee unions, applies to the departments of Commerce, Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, Treasury, Transportation and Agriculture. OPM, NASA, the State Department and the Office of Management and Budget are exempt from the ruling.

Court finds OPM unlawfully directed mass firings, tells agencies to update personnel files

The ruling directs many agencies to update their personnel records to specify that probationary employees were not fired for poor performance or misconduct.

^{Jory Heckman (Federal News Network)}

Siccome qui su NodeBB mi sembra di stare su un altro pianeta, stavo pensando se aprire una categoria dedicata al self-hosting casalingo, dove scrivere le mie esperienze. In casa ho già tre mini-pc collegati al modem ADSL.

Il mio modem/router adsl ha la porta DMZ (zona demilitarizzata) abilitata su un mini-pc che mi fa da Proxy. Lo so, probabilmente per alcuni i termini dmz e proxy suonano arabo. Non lo so, forse ho già spaventato qualcuno con quelle due terminologie. Al posto del DMZ si può usare il port forwarding del modem/router.

Ecco il port forwarding è un'altra terminologia tecnica da spaventapasseri. Quando parlo di queste cose con amici e familiari mi sento a disagio perché so già che tanti non capiscono la terminologia tecnica e me lo dicono in faccia già loro: parli difficile, non ti seguo. Sebbene in casa tutti abbiamo un modem/router se vogliamo essere collegati a Internet, basta aprire il manuale istruzioni di questi dispositivi o scaricarli da Internet per trovare la spiegazione dettagliata di queste terminologie.

Tuttavia alla maggioranza delle persone evidentemente non interessano i dettagli tecnici dei modem e dei router. Per loro basta che il modem funzioni, si agganci alla rete, fa tutto il DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) e via. Eppure se si vuole fare selfhosting casalingo è importante capire quella terminologia, altrimenti non si va da nessuna parte.

Judge Britney Horton kept the Kilfoils’ lawyer from deposing a Citizens adjuster, siding with the company after it argued it had already made another employee available and produced “all non-privileged facts.” The ruling deprived them of a fair opportunity to investigate the denial, according to their attorney. On at least 20 other occasions, DOAH judges have issued similar rulings during a dispute’s fact-finding phase.

In addition, some DOAH judges have denied motions requesting that they disclose any potential conflicts they might have as arbitrators. Some plaintiff’s attorneys say that has made it difficult to trust in the impartiality of their decisions.

And the forum’s rules make it impossible for homeowners to drop their lawsuit without Citizens’ approval, unless they withdraw their claim, a move that can lead to court costs and attorney’s fees if not filed early in the process. Some have felt forced to go to final hearings where they lost and ended up owing thousands to Citizens.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Wins Most of Its Claim Disputes in Mandatory Arbitration

State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for recourse when their claims were denied.

^ProPublica

Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tensions between the two nations escalated after U.S. President Donald Trump in August ordered the deployment of warships in the Caribbean, off the coast of the South American country, citing the fight against Latin American drug cartels.

While reading a statement on Saturday, Foreign Minister Yván Gil told journalists the Venezuelan tuna boat was “illegally and hostilely boarded by a United States Navy destroyer” and 18 armed personnel who remained on the vessel for eight hours, preventing communication and the fishermen’s normal activities. They were then released under escort by the Venezuelan navy.

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-united-states-warship-fishermen-e08c3abde034df0f50c1ea66dff7718b

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/ed-tech-provider-chegg-pay-75-million-settle-ftc-allegations-concerning-unlawful-cancellation

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For a couple of years now, I have been collecting disposable vapes from friends and family. Initially, I only salvaged the batteries for “future” projects (It’s not hoarding, I promise), but recently, disposable vapes have gotten more advanced. I wouldn’t want to be the lawyer who one day will have to argue how a device with USB C and a rechargeable battery can be classified as “disposable”. Thankfully, I don’t plan on pursuing law anytime soon.

Last year, I was tearing apart some of these fancier pacifiers for adults when I noticed something that caught my eye, instead of the expected black blob of goo hiding some ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) I see a little integrated circuit inscribed “PUYA”. I don’t blame you if this name doesn’t excite you as much it does me, most people have never heard of them. They are most well known for their flash chips, but I first came across them after reading Jay Carlson’s blog post about the cheapest flash microcontroller you can buy. They are quite capable little ARM Cortex-M0+ micros.

Over the past year I have collected quite a few of these PY32 based vapes, all of them from different models of vape from the same manufacturer. It’s not my place to do free advertising for big tobacco, so I won’t mention the brand I got it from, but if anyone who worked on designing them reads this, thanks for labeling the debug pins!

The cheapest flash microcontroller you can buy is actually an Arm Cortex-M0+

Puya's 10-cent PY32 series is complicating the RISC-V narrative and has me doubting I'll ever reach for an 8-bit part again.

^{Jay Carlson}

Hi pfefferle@mastodon.social, I was just curious why activitypub.blog@activitypub.blog was a user and not a group on NodeBB, so I checked out its AP representation on BrowserStack.

This stood out:

  ...
  "generator": {
    "type": "Application",
    "implements": {
      "href": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9421",
      "name": "RFC-9421: HTTP Message Signatures"
    }
  },
  ...

It looks like it is supposed to be an array, according to FEP 844e.

As an aside, I guess not all WP actors are groups? I feel like we've had this conversation before though hehe.

cc silverpill@mitra.social

Lots of feedback this week about when sharpness matters in choosing a lens, and when it doesn't. It's very easy to focus too much on sharp pixels, when there might actually be more important factors that influence your photography. Welcome to Vlog No. 094.

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• With Bangladesh’s growing economy and city dwellers’ purchasing capacity, the tendency to gather for parties and serve food has also increased in the country.
• With concerns for environmental protections, many of them are choosing biodegradable tableware instead of single-use plastic.
• A few local entrepreneurs are now producing tableware like plates and straws from biodegradable and locally available materials like areca leaves for plates and rice bran and jute for straws.
• However, entrepreneurs are struggling with production costs and are looking forward to the policy support that industries producing environment-friendly products usually receive in Bangladesh.

archived (Wayback Machine)

With areca leaves and rice bran, Bangladesh replaces single-use plastic tableware

Bangladeshi people love to throw a party, as the disposable tableware industry has increasingly seen. They get together or organize social gatherings often, be it to celebrate festivals or go on group trips to touristy attractions.

^{abusiddique (Conservation news)}

Does PieFed have a easy way to upload a video to make a post?

If not what's the easiest way, and will PieFed support that in the future? (Perhaps PeerTube integration)

Translated from the official statement.

Following a preliminary investigation, the State Administration for Market Regulation has determined that NVIDIA Corporation has violated the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China and the Announcement on the Anti-Monopoly Review Decision Regarding the Approval of NVIDIA Corporation's Acquisition of Merlin Technology Co., Ltd. with Restrictive Conditions. The Administration has therefore decided to conduct a further investigation into the matter in accordance with the law.

MeetMeTonight sono giornate in cui la ricerca milanese invita la citadinanza a partecipare nella ricerca scientifica.

Come parte di questo evento con i miei colleghi stiamo organizzando un incontro per giovani (età 13-18 anni) per conoscere la storia della lingua, in questo caso la lingua dei tempi di Shakespeare.
La nostra attività dura un'ora e ci sono sessioni alle 11:00 e 12:00.
Sabato, 27 settembre, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, aula 104.
Accesso gratuito.

Viaggio nella Lingua Inglese: tra Enigmi, Mappe, e Intelligenza Artificiale

Un workshop dedicato alla lingua inglese, rivolto agli adolescenti.

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