Tulsi Gabbard did not alert White House before revoking 37 security clearances
Exclusive: White House only realized afterwards that clearances at the CIA and in Congress had been rescinded
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, did not inform the White House that her office was revoking the security clearances of 37 people – including top deputies to the CIA director, John Ratcliffe – before it happened last month, according to three people familiar with matter.
The move caused consternation because it resulted in the White House not having an opportunity to closely vet the list before it became public and there appeared to be no paper trail from the president directing the effort, the people said.
As a result, officials only realized after the fact that Gabbard had managed to pull the security clearances of career CIA officials, at least one of whom was a top adviser to Ratcliffe and had worked on some of the US’s most sensitive military operations, the people said.
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Embrace hope, reject assisted suicide
Legalising assisted suicide would open a Pandora’s Box of horrors
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Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact
Arrangement follows big tech tie-ins claiming to offer £31B investment
Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact
: Arrangement follows big tech tie-ins claiming to offer £31B investmentLindsay Clark (The Register)
Chatbot site depicting child sexual abuse images raises fears over misuse of AI
Child safety watchdog calls for child protection guidelines to be built into AI models from the outset
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Angry Man Arrested Over Allegiant's $5 Boarding Pass Printing Fee
An Allegiant Air passenger got arrested after getting angry over the carrier's $5 fee for printing a boarding pass at the airport.
Ted Cruz says FCC chair sounded like a mafia boss in threats against ABC over Jimmy Kimmel
Cruz is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which has oversight jurisdiction over the FCC.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sounded like an organized crime boss threatening the ABC network’s broadcasting licenses over comments by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
The Texas Republican also emphasized how much he hates what Kimmel said about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — and how much he likes and works closely with Carr.
Having high-ranking federal officials threaten a network in such a way, however, is “dangerous as hell” because it presents a slippery slope that could end with conservatives facing government censorship down the road, Cruz said.
Ted Cruz says FCC chair sounded like a mafia boss in threats against ABC over Jimmy Kimmel
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC chairman Brendan Carr sounded more like an organized crime boss than a federal regulator when he threatened to yank ABC’s license...Joseph Morton (The Dallas Morning News)
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Italvolley-Argentina 3-0: Italia ai quarti di finale dei Mondiali di pallavolo 2025
L’Italvolley di Ferdinando De Giorgi rialza la testa e vola ai quarti di finale dei Mondiali di pallavolo 2025 nelle Filippine. Dopo la sconfitta con il Belgio che aveva fatto tremare le certezze degli azzurri, la nazionale italiana ha battuto l’Argentina con un netto 3-0. Una prestazione di carattere, trascinata dal talento di Alessandro Michieletto, dall’esperienza di Simone Giannelli e dalla concretezza di Yuri Romanò.
CRONACA DELLA PARTITA: Italvolley-Argentina 3-0: Italia ai quarti di finale dei Mondiali di pallavolo 2025
Italvolley-Argentina 3-0: Italia ai quarti di finale dei Mondiali di pallavolo 2025
L’Italia batte l’Argentina 3-0 e vola ai quarti dei Mondiali di volley 2025. Michieletto, Giannelli e Romanò protagonisti della vittoria.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
The new iPhone is an emblem of our miserable minimalist era
There’s a new iPhone. Again. Improbably, we are on the 17th iteration (give or take) of the product that single-handedly ruins our lives every day with incessant vibrations alerting us to some horrifying calamity, plus every song in the Bruce Springsteen back catalog. Coming up with new features for the never-ending information machines we all keep in our pockets isn’t easy, but this time, Apple managed to develop a big (or should I say small) one. There’s now a thinner iPhone Air, which is being marketed as the thinnest iPhone ever. These gadgets have never exactly been gargantuan, so it’s kind of like identifying the tiniest grain of sand in the desert. Still, people around the world are fascinated by the sheer lack of phone here.Technology, design, and art are all trending toward a certain scarcity model, prepping us for a lack of bells and whistles, as though both your parents are unemployed and they want you to expect fewer trips to Disneyland. Life on Earth feels more and more like the experience of entering a Sweetgreen – beige, spartan and unobtrusive. Sure, iPhones haven’t gotten cheaper, but they have certainly gotten … lesser. The iPhone Air is so small, I feel like I’ll sit on it and it will slide seamlessly up my rectum, never to be seen again. For some, I’m sure losing your device inside your bowels might be a feature, but I think it’s a rather uncomfortable bug.
The new iPhone is an emblem of our miserable minimalist era
The barely there iPhone Air is in line with trends in tech, design and art – unsullied by thought, risk or humorDave Schilling (The Guardian)
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Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face finesRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
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Ti hanno sempre detto che la Vitamina E serviva solo per combattere la sterilità?
Vitamina E: Molto più di un Toccasana per la Prole
Quando si parla di vitamine, si tende spesso a semplificare, a ridurle a semplici "pillole magiche" per questo o quell'altro p...Giuliano (Blogger)
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Il ‘Posto per il Dolce’: un Inganno Biologico a Danno della Nostra Salute e a vantaggio del Portafoglio del Ristoratore!
"Il dolce non si rifiuta" e, novantanove volte su cento, anche dopo un pranzo o una cena pantagruelica, dove sembrerebbe che non...Giuliano (Blogger)
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The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing
The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing
Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’J Oliver Conroy (The Guardian)
Domenica In 2025 compie 50 anni: anticipazioni e ospiti della prima puntata del 21 settembre
Oggi, domenica 21 settembre 2025, torna su Rai 1 Domenica In, lo storico contenitore della domenica pomeriggio che quest’anno festeggia i 50 anni. Alla guida resta Mara Venier, affiancata da Tommaso Cerno, Teo Mammucari ed Enzo Miccio, per una formula completamente rinnovata e “corale”.
In onda in diretta dagli Studi Fabrizio Frizzi di Roma, dalle 14:00 alle 17:10, il programma inaugura la nuova stagione con una puntata speciale ricca di ospiti, musica, ricordi e momenti di grande emozione.
Leggi tutti gli ospiti e le novità qui: Domenica In 2025 compie 50 anni: anticipazioni e ospiti della prima puntata del 21 settembre
Domenica In 2025: ospiti e anticipazioni prima puntata per i 50 anni
Domenica In festeggia 50 anni: Mara Venier torna il 21 settembre 2025 su Rai 1 con una puntata speciale ricca di ospiti, musica e omaggi.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
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Ecuador's electoral council approves referendum on foreign military bases
Ecuador's electoral council has approved President Daniel Noboa's request to hold a referendum on constitutional changes.
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FLX1s is Launched
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Mobile phone Debian based
FLX1s is Launched - FuriPhone FLX1s Linux Phone
It is with great excitement that we can now release the FLX1s. Pre-sales are open and the phone is in production which is due to complete end of October 2025. Following that we can start shipping.…wayne (Furi Labs: Planned Permanence)
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Microsoft CEO Concerned AI Will Destroy the Entire Company
Microsoft CEO Concerned AI Will Destroy the Entire Company
The possibility of Microsoft being made obsolete as it races to keep up is something that keeps CEO Satya Nadella up at night.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
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Opinion: Ukraine is becoming a global defence tech powerhouse
Opinion: Ukraine is becoming a global defence tech powerhouse
The full-scale war has reshaped priorities for Ukraine’s tech sector. Innovative military technologies and advanced defence solutions are not only essential for the country’s security ...Stepan Veselovskyi (The Next Web)
La leggenda delle pietre che ancoravano su vette caucasiche le code draconiche della Preistoria - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
La leggenda delle pietre che ancoravano su vette caucasiche le code draconiche della Preistoria - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Il mostro Illuyanka era una creatura della mitologia Ittita con caratteristiche serpentine, la cui storia è conosciuta grazie a tavolette cuneiformi ritrovate presso il sito archeologico di Hattusa e un’incisione parietale molto successiva a Malatya.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
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Promo film for the world’s first home video game console (1972 Odyssey)
In 1972, this must have felt like stepping into the future. TVs had only ever been passive, and suddenly the screen could respond. Families were seeing their living room sets turn into game machines, with paddles controlling little glowing squares.
Now, the overlays look wild. Plastic sheets taped to the glass to turn dots into tennis courts or haunted houses. It’s clumsy. Also brilliant—an early hack to add color and imagination to an otherwise bare signal. You had to supply the magic yourself, which makes it all the more fascinating today.
And the way Magnavox pitched it. What are you going to do when your kids are snowed in? It was sold like a family appliance. Little did they know that this would be revolutionary.
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Protocol handler?
I'm going to register a protocol handler, so links to anywhere on the fedi will be opened in the user's home instance.
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do…
Has anyone already done this and if so what was the prefix you used? We might as well all use the same thing. I'm thinking web+fedi.
Navigator: registerProtocolHandler() method - Web APIs | MDN
The Navigator method registerProtocolHandler() lets websites register their ability to open or handle particular URL schemes (also known as protocols).developer.mozilla.org
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web+ap, which was proposed by Fedilink authors. To my knowledge, it is the most widely adopted proposal
web.archive.org/web/2025040204…
(the main site seems to be offline now)
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Are there implementors of web+ap? I'd be interested in adopting.
I assume the fallback behaviour is to just assume https?
Fedilinks website lists 3 MastoAPI clients, but the list is incomplete. I saw Fedilinks being mentioned in changelogs of other clients too.
There was also an Akkoma PR, it was closed by the author: akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma/p…. I don't quite understand the reasoning, perhaps @smitten could clarify.
web+ap protocol handler
This is a pass at implementing a web-based protocol handler which could be used to create URLs that reference remote users or posts, but that open locally at your home server.Akkoma Development
Re: Protocol handler?
The PR comments suggest that making the various changes to the backend were too large to justify, and a front-end only approach would be preferred? smitten@key.portend.place
It raises a good point though, where if you serve web+ap://, it's not understood by clients that are not aware of this scheme. If there were a way a client could communicate whether there is a protocol handler registered, then the server could tailor its response.
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Glad to see more people having this idea! The problems we ran into were in helping the browser understand the address and know where to forward. Each server implements lookup routes differently, so there's not necessarily a generic path that you can trust is available on https on the person's home server, even if you know their home server origin. So in some ways the feature should be offered by your home server software, maybe offering a website that does the handler registration to its known lookup/redirect address.
But that is limiting in a few ways. It's a lot of extra steps for each person to do (browsers' default UI for registering protocols is not obvious or easy). It doesn't carry over to different devices, and if you have more than one home server in some way, you are back dealing with that not-great browser UI to pick which handler you want.
In general people are more accustomed to registering protocols to apps they have installed, especially phone apps. It's much easier to register them there and you don't have to have approval flow UI, but taking that approach moves this whole served handler route out of the backend again, so we have to start thinking more along the lines of web+ap-compatible servers that handler clients know how to call or bounce to.
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Also I want to highlight this excellent comment by Yumechi about fingerprinting and de-anonymization risks.
socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/…
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FEP-07d7: A Custom URL Scheme and Web-Based Protocol Handlers for Linking to ActivityPub Resources
I saw this issue on the Misskey issue board today and I have some concerns over tracking, fingerprinting and de-anonymization.SocialHub
Do you know what is the status of Fedlilinks? Has it been abandoned?
FEP-07d7 was withdrawn, and other proposals have even less support than these two.
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Huawei Ascend 950 to feature in-house HBM in 2026, advancing China's AI memory independence
Huawei Ascend 950 to feature in-house HBM in 2026, advancing China's AI memory independence
Huawei unveiled its next-generation Ascend AI chip roadmap at the 2025 Connect summit, highlighting a milestone for China's semiconductor ambitions.Staff reporter, Taipei; Levi Li, DIGITIMES Asia (DIGITIMES Inc.)
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Large Stealth Flying Wing Appears At Chinese Test Base
Large Stealth Flying Wing Appears At Chinese Test Base
It's the second largest Chinese flying wing drone we have seen and follows a broader trend in the country's stealthy uncrewed aircraft developments.Joseph Trevithick (The War Zone)
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In New Horizons, un po' di niente prima del prossimo tutto (Giorno 6)
Questa storia degli animali crostini per mano mia ancora continua, ma... le questioni di oggi sono davvero poche. Blatero è attualmente fuori gioco,
Gavin Newsom Referred For Secret Service ‘Threat Assessment’ After X Post
post from Newsom, who wrote, “Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today,”
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I Made AI Play UNDERTALE To See If It Would Kill Everyone | @Kris_Roomba
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Memory Integrity Enforcement Changes the Game on iOS
Memory Integrity Enforcement Changes the Game on iOS
New support for ARM's Memory Tagging Extension in iOS is an underrated feature for journalists, activists, and other high-profile figures.Jonah Aragon (Privacy Guides)
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration
Tom Homan investigated for accepting $50,000 from FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash. Trump's DOJ shut down investigation.Carol Leonnig (MSNBC)
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Mark Ruffalo Says Disney Stock Will ‘Go Down a Lot’ if ABC Cancels ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: They Don’t ‘Want to Be the Ones That Broke America’
Mark Ruffalo: Disney Stock Will 'Go Down' if ABC Cancels Jimmy Kimmel
Mark Ruffalo says Disney's stock will 'go down a lot' if ABC cancels 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'Jack Dunn (Variety)
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superpaturnie del sabato senza grossa ispirazione cosmica
Oggi è sabato, e quindi è proprio un momento adattissimo per le riflessioni… Non perché è solo fortuitamente capitato che oggi fosse sabato, E contemporaneamente io sono piena di disperazione, no no… È proprio che il giorno è intrinsecamente ideale per le riflessioni, per motivi cosmici che neanche io sono in grado di decifrare ma […]
Venezuela Announces Capture of Alleged DEA Agent With Massive Drug Shipment
According to Cabello, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking and justify external aggression. "The four detainees are saying they work for the DEA," Cabello told state television, calling the alleged plan a "maneuver for destabilization."Authorities said the boat originated in Colombia's Guajira region and was connected to a trafficking group called "Los Orientales," allegedly led by Gersio Parra Machado. Cabello argued that the operation demonstrated Venezuela's commitment to combating narcotics without resorting to lethal force. "We don't apply the death penalty," he said, drawing a contrast with U.S. military strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean.
Venezuela Announces Capture of Alleged DEA Agent With Massive Drug Shipment
According to the country's Interior Minister, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug traffickingPedro Camacho (Latin Times)
Just watched Laura Ingraham cheer on ICEgestapo body-slamming a Democrat.
Being violent and cheering it on just comes naturally to them. They are like a fish in water when it comes to their violence - until they think they see a liberal or a Democrat doing it.
Then out come the pearls and there is much clutching.
Computer games you (probably) didn’t know existed!
Love that Metal Jesus is diving deeper into obscure PC games. As a former Sierra employee, he brings a perspective few retro enthusiasts can match.
And honestly, any spotlight on PC gaming history is welcome. It’s a part of retro culture that too often gets pushed aside.
Which blows my mind—because even if you only count DOS and Windows, leaving out Mac, Amiga, and Linux, PC still has the single biggest game library of all time.
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Samsung Embeds Israeli Surveillance App on Phones Across MENA
Rabat_ Social Media Exchange (SMEX)—a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing human rights in digital spaces across MENA [Middle East and North Africa] — is warning that Israeli-linked software secretly embedded in Samsung phones across the Middle East and North Africa region poses a serious surveillance threat.
According to SMEX, Samsung’s A and M series devices either come preloaded with the app “Aura” or install it automatically through system updates, without the user’s consent. The application reportedly collects a wide range of personal and device-specific data, including IP addresses, device fingerprints, hardware details, and network information.
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Democrats rapidly shift on Israel amid Gaza assault, evidence of famine - The Washington Post
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Democrats rapidly shift on Israel amid Gaza assault, evidence of famine - The Washington Post
archive.ph/fNAjQTook them much too long!
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
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ThePrimeTime reviews Zuck's AI glasses demo
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'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Charlie Kirk’s assassination said investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.Allan Smith (NBC News)
Fetterman denies Gaza genocide, claims it’s a “just war”
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania continued the Democrats’ piling on against Palestinians this past Sunday.
Fetterman asserted to CNN’s Manu Raju: “There’s no ethnic cleansing. It’s not a genocide. This is a just war.”
Asked by Raju if Israel was using “starvation as a weapon,” he claimed: “No. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Israel is not deliberately starving people, absolutely.”
He added: “Those conditions are miserable there. And it is hell on earth. Why? Some people blame Israel for that? I blame Hamas and Iran for that thing.”
This continues most Democrats’ failure to recognize the Gaza genocide, even walking back the genocide assertion in the recent case of Congresswoman Katherine Clark, a top leader in the House of Representatives.
Fetterman denies Gaza genocide, claims it's a "just war"
Democratic leaders in US House ignore constituents on Palestinian rights as Trump targets activists for those rights.The Electronic Intifada
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Trump’s Petty-Tyrant Brand of Fascism | The Nation
Trump’s Petty-Tyrant Brand of Fascism | The Nation
The GOP president is both a dire threat to democratic governance and a clownish mob boss.The Nation
Newsom signs climate overhaul, extending cap and trade while boosting oil drilling
Newsom signs climate overhaul, extending cap and trade while boosting oil drilling
A set of laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed today extends California clean-energy programs while taking steps to shore up oil and gas production. It also opens the door to a Western energy grid.CalMatters (LAist)
Michael Hudson: Europe's Stockholm Syndrome
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‘Danger to Democracy’: 500+ Top Scientists Urge EU Governments to Reject ‘Technically Infeasible’ Chat Control
‘Danger to Democracy’: 500+ Top Scientists Urge EU Governments to Reject ‘Technically Infeasible’ Chat Control
Over 500 of the world’s leading cryptographers, security researchers, and scientists from 34 countries have today delivered a devastating verdict on the EU’s proposed "Chat Control" regulation.Patrick Breyer
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Young people are outsmarting period tracking apps
Young people are outsmarting period tracking apps
A craving for knowledge and understanding has made cycle tracking apps very popular.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
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