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in reply to bubblybubbles

I don’t understand why Liberals have such a hard time contending with the idea of Ukraine harbouring a ton of Nazis.
in reply to dogbert

It is fascists vs corrupt oligarchy, which makes it simpler to do mental gymnastics.


Intervision-2025: A Triumph of Humanity Amidst the West's Snarling Rage


in reply to bubblybubbles

TIL : The first edition was in 1965 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interv…
We promised a higher growth than the evil commies had if they followed our advices(, and i love Jeffrey Sachs but it's quite certainly multifactorial and we can raise Poland, Israel or South Korea if we want to), yet on the contrary post-u.s.s.r. countries economy was destroyed after following our advices on (perestroïka and )shock therapy.
We(sterners) never perceive it that way, yet it seems factual to state that we betrayed their trust/good-will.

The eleventh edition is already programmed, and it'll be in Riyadh. Great.

Ukrainians, and perhaps even western ukrainians one day, will regret not to have joined crimeans and the Donbass. They were sure that they chose the winning side, and the "only" thing necessary to convince (most of )them to join their historical ally instead is if they change their mind, and see the East as the future.

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Egypt Pardons Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah; British MP Jeremy Corbyn Responds to "Amazing News"


in reply to geneva_convenience

For those out of the loop, his mother did a massive hunger strike in the UK to internationally pressure Egypt to release him and Corbyn was a big part of it.


L’obligation de prouver son âge sur les réseaux sociaux : une fausse bonne idée


Deux projets en Suisse veulent imposer une vérification obligatoire de l’âge sur les réseaux sociaux. L’intention affichée est légitime : protéger les jeunes face aux risques liés à l’usage intensif des plateformes numériques. Mais la solution proposée es

Deux projets en Suisse veulent imposer une vérification obligatoire de l’âge sur les réseaux sociaux : la pétition déposée à la confédération intitulée “Schützt unsere Kinder – Social Media erst ab 16” et le projet de loi LPnum porté par les Verts. L’intention affichée est légitime : protéger les jeunes face aux risques liés à l’usage intensif des plateformes numériques. Mais la solution proposée est dangereuse, disproportionnée et inefficace.

HTTPS, anciennement Parti Pirate Vaudois, défend les libertés numériques, la vie privée et un Internet ouvert. Pour nous, ces projets sont une mauvaise réponse à un vrai problème.

Une mesure intrusive qui menace nos droits fondamentaux


Vérifier l’âge peut sembler anodin au premier abord, mais dans la pratique, c’est une mesure intrusive qui remet en cause plusieurs droits essentiels. Elle porte atteinte à la vie privée, car toute vérification impose de fournir des documents d’identité, des données biométriques ou de passer par un tiers de confiance. Dès lors se posent les questions fondamentales : qui stockera ces données, qui y aura accès et quelles garanties existeront contre les fuites et les abus ?

Cette obligation signe aussi la fin du pseudonymat en ligne. Or, de nombreux utilisateurs — journalistes, militants, victimes de violence de tous âges — dépendent de la possibilité de s’exprimer sous un nom d’emprunt pour se protéger. Imposer une preuve d’identité reviendrait à supprimer cette protection essentielle.

Les risques de censure sont également importants. Les catégories de contenus interdits aux mineurs sont souvent définies de manière vague, et l’expérience montre que cela aboutit à restreindre l’accès à des informations légitimes. Des ressources éducatives sur la santé, la sexualité, l’éducation ou encore les droits humains se sont déjà retrouvées bloquées au nom d’une protection mal définie.

L’exemple de ciao.ch, une plateforme suisse de prévention et de dialogue destinée aux jeunes, illustre parfaitement ce danger. Bien que ce site ait pour objectif de soutenir les adolescents et de répondre à leurs questions sensibles, il pourrait être considéré comme un “réseau social” et se voir interdit ou fortement limité par ce type de législation. Il serait particulièrement contre-productif que des projets censés protéger la jeunesse restreignent l’accès à un outil pensé justement pour l’accompagner.

Enfin, une telle mesure accentuerait l’exclusion numérique. Tout le monde n’a pas un accès facile à des papiers d’identité reconnus, à un système de vérification numérique ou aux compétences pour les utiliser. Les personnes sans-papiers, migrantes, âgées ou en situation précaire risqueraient de se voir exclues d’une partie de l’espace numérique. Ces personnes seraient alors privées des contacts avec leurs proches ou leur communauté.

Quand les experts sonnent l’alarme


L’Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), organisation internationale de défense des libertés numériques, a documenté les effets pervers de ces mesures. Elle montre que la vérification d’âge produit un effet dissuasif même sur les adultes, qui hésitent à consulter certains contenus par crainte d’être surveillés. Cet effet a déjà des conséquences concrètes observables, puisque de nombreux créateurs de contenue pratiquent une autocensure avérée lorsqu’il s’agit de parler de sujets historiques ou de santé, cela pour se conformer à l’opinion ou aux allégeances politiques des propriétaires des réseaux sociaux, qui constituent leur moyen d’expression publique principal. Sur Youtube, les vulgarisateurs doivent aujourd’hui user de périphrases ridicules lorsqu’ils produisent du contenu sur l’histoire du milieu du XXe siècle ; il en va de même pour les associations de prévention contre le viol ou l’inceste. Cela crée un dangereux effet de minimisation du propos et nuit gravement à des messages d’intérêt public majeur.

Elle alerte aussi sur les dérives vers une surveillance généralisée, où l’identité deviendrait une condition préalable à chaque action en ligne. Enfin, elle démontre que ces dispositifs restreignent souvent l’accès à des contenus éducatifs ou communautaires, en particulier pour les jeunes LGBTQ+.

Des alternatives plus sûres et plus efficaces


Protéger les enfants et les adolescents est une nécessité. Mais cette mission ne doit pas justifier la mise en place d’un système de contrôle généralisé. D’autres solutions existent et devraient être privilégiées. L’éducation numérique, par exemple, permet de donner aux jeunes les outils pour comprendre et gérer les risques en ligne. Les familles peuvent être accompagnées avec des outils de contrôle parental qui leur permettent de réguler l’usage des écrans sans imposer de restrictions à l’ensemble de la société.

La transparence des plateformes doit aussi être exigée : il est temps que les réseaux sociaux rendent publics leurs algorithmes, leurs pratiques de modération et leurs effets sur la santé des jeunes. Enfin, des réglementations ciblées, comme l’interdiction des publicités abusives ou la limitation des fonctionnalités addictives, seraient bien plus efficaces que l’imposition d’une vérification d’identité pour tous. L’interopérabilité et la portabilité entre les plateformes permettra aussi de s’en extirper sans perdre les contacts que l’on s’y est fait en passant d’une plateforme à l’autre. Cela limiterait la dépendance aux plateformes existantes et offrirait l’opportunité à de nouvelles plateformes de voir le jour sur des paradigmes différents.

Conclusion : protéger les enfants sans sacrifier nos libertés


L’obligation de prouver son âge sur les réseaux sociaux semble protectrice, mais elle est en réalité dangereuse et contre-productive. Elle ouvrirait la porte à un Internet surveillé, centralisé et inégalitaire, sans garantir une véritable protection des jeunes.

La meilleure façon de protéger les enfants n’est pas de contrôler toute la population, mais de renforcer l’éducation, la responsabilité et la transparence des plateformes.

Le Parti HTTPS-VD s’oppose donc clairement à ces projets. C’est uniquement en garantissant en premier lieu la protection de la vie privée, de la liberté d’expression et de l’accès à la connaissance que nous pourront garantir la protection de nos enfants et de leur avenir.

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The search for anti-gravity propulsion




Carrefour Exits Bahrain and Kuwait After Boycott Pressure, BDS says


According to a BDS statement, Carrefour operations in both countries—run by the Emirati Majid Al Futtaim Group—were shut down after suffering “heavy financial losses” and reputational damage linked to the company’s complicity in Israeli actions against Palestinians.

The global boycott campaign against Carrefour was launched in December 2022, after revelations that Carrefour Israel had provided food baskets and gift packages to Israeli soldiers and organized fundraising drives on their behalf. The group also accused the chain of forging partnerships with Israeli banks and tech companies implicated in human rights violations.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250923-carrefour-exits-bahrain-and-kuwait-after-boycott-pressure-bds-says/

in reply to geneva_convenience

Nothing Ever Happens folks, I'd like you to meet the Something Always Happens people.



Danish police investigate after drones flew over Copenhagen Airport for hours


A skilled drone pilot flew two to three large unidentified drones over Copenhagen Airport on Monday night, shutting down the airspace for hours as the unknown perpetrator appeared to be showing off their capabilities over Scandinavia’s largest airport, police said Tuesday.


NodeBB e i fogli di stile


NodeBB è un a gran figata. Nelle opzioni di configurazione della piattaforma è possibile definire un foglio di stile personalizzato e divertirsi a ridefinire il comportamento dei tag html tramite la sintassi CSS. In questo modo, sapendo cosa modificare, l
NodeBB è un a gran figata. Nelle opzioni di configurazione della piattaforma è possibile definire un foglio di stile personalizzato e divertirsi a ridefinire il comportamento dei tag html tramite la sintassi CSS. In questo modo, sapendo cosa modificare, la grafica del sito può essere cambiata e ridefinita. Non è ancora al livello della flessibilità di MovableType, ma si avvicina molto. E' anche possibile inserire javascript in un form che verà eseguito dopo il caricamento della pagina principale.


Poland to reopen border crossings with Belarus, PM says


WARSAW - Border crossings between Poland and Belarus will be reopened on midnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimes…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.



Third KLM Strike In A Month: Amsterdam Ground Staff To Walk Out For 6 Hours Tomorrow


The Dutch flag carrier has provisionally canceled more than 100 flights tomorrow as it prepares to face disruption as a result of the strike.





The search for anti-gravity propulsion


in reply to kennedy

Without clicking on it, on a scale of 1 to Deepak, how much crank bullshit is this?

If it cites Tesla, I'm out. That one is a very reliable crank physics red flag.

in reply to Frezik

It's a very interesting excursus of all the research, patents and theories that history has seen.

It is probably the opposite of what you think it is.

I recommend it.




🌍 I built a web app to watch live TV from any country


Ever wondered what’s playing on TV in Tokyo, Rio, or Cairo — right now?
I built this: worldtv.onrender.com/
(Heads up: may show “Ошибка загрузки” — just click “Повторить”)

Built for curiosity. Code open. Feedback welcome.
Sometimes it’s news. Sometimes — a jungle cam 🐒



404 Media are suing ICE over $2 million spyware contract


404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

On Monday 404 Media filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the agency publish its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware that can remotely break into mobile phones without the target even clicking a link. The sale of the spyware to ICE has activists and lawmakers deeply concerned about what the agency, which continues to push the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort, may use the technology for. The contract and related documents 404 Media is suing for may provide more information on what ICE intends to do with the spyware.

“404 Media has asked ICE to disclose agency records relating to its contract with a company known for its powerful spyware tool whose potential use in the agency’s ongoing mass-deportation campaign has prompted lawmakers, civil liberties organizations, and immigration groups to express deep concerns over potential civil rights abuses,” the lawsuit says.

404 Media first filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with ICE for documents related to its Paragon purchase in September 2024. Under the law, agencies are required to provide a response within 20 days, or provide an explanation of why they need more time. ICE acknowledged receipt of the request in September 2024, but has not since replied to any follow up inquiries. 404 Media then filed the lawsuit.



We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract


On Monday 404 Media filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the agency publish its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware that can remotely break into mobile phones without the target even clicking a link. The sale of the spyware to ICE has activists and lawmakers deeply concerned about what the agency, which continues to push the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort, may use the technology for. The contract and related documents 404 Media is suing for may provide more information on what ICE intends to do with the spyware.

“404 Media has asked ICE to disclose agency records relating to its contract with a company known for its powerful spyware tool whose potential use in the agency’s ongoing mass-deportation campaign has prompted lawmakers, civil liberties organizations, and immigration groups to express deep concerns over potential civil rights abuses,” the lawsuit says.

404 Media first filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with ICE for documents related to its Paragon purchase in September 2024. Under the law, agencies are required to provide a response within 20 days, or provide an explanation of why they need more time. ICE acknowledged receipt of the request in September 2024, but has not since replied to any follow up inquiries. 404 Media then filed the lawsuit.

ICE signed the contract with Paragon’s U.S. subsidiary in September 2024. Soon after, the then Biden White House put a freeze on the deal as it investigated whether it clashed with a Biden executive order restricting the government’s use of spyware, WIRED reported. At the end of August with Trump in power, ICE reactivated the contract, independent journalist Jack Poulson reported.

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Do you know anything else about Paragon, this contract, or any others? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.

The contract itself is for “a fully configured proprietary solution including license, hardware, warranty, maintenance, and training,” according to a description included in a public U.S. procurement database. The funding office for the purchase is listed as a division of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). It is not clear if the ICE deal is for a custom-made tool or for some version of Paragon’s flagship “Graphite” software.

Graphite is capable of letting police remotely break into messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook Messenger, and Gmail according to a 2021 report from Forbes. While other government spyware tries to take over an entire device allowing all sorts of other capabilities, Paragon sets itself apart by promising to access just the messaging applications, according to Forbes.

Still, that is an exceptionally powerful capability which can skirt the protections offered by end-to-end encrypted apps, and one that is likely very attractive to law enforcement or some intelligence agencies. In March researchers from Citizen Lab, an academic group that investigates the government spyware industry, said they identified suspected Paragon deployments in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore. Separately the New York Times reported that the DEA has used Graphite.

Citizen Labs’ researchers said they shared their analysis with Meta, which in turn discovered an active Paragon zero-click exploit for WhatsApp. It involved the attacker adding a target to a WhatApp group and sending them a PDF which automatically infected the device. This meant Paragon’s software could hack into a target phone through its WhatsApp client without any target interaction. Later WhatsApp notified more than 90 people it believed had been targeted with Paragon’s exploit.
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Some of those targets were in Italy, including prominent Italian and other European journalists, and activists who rescue refugees at sea. Those revelations have since ballooned into a full-scale political crisis, with parliamentary inquiries and The Guardian reporting that Paragon cancelled its contract with Italy.

Paragon has positioned itself as a more ethical player in the scandal and abuse-ridden government spyware industry. Tools from other vendors stretching back years, from Hacking Team, to FinFisher, to NSO Group, have all been used at some point to spy on journalists or activists. Like the notorious NSO Group, which also tried to enter the U.S. market, Paragon is based in Israel.

Selling to ICE, an agency that has flaunted due process, accountability, and transparency, may complicate that stance for Paragon. ICE has arrested people who were following the steps necessary for legal immigration; waited outside courtrooms to immediately detain people after their immigration cases were dismissed to rush them out of the country; “de-documented” people who had valid work permits in order to deport them; and continues to pick up people around the country while masking their faces and declining to provide their names.

After ICE reactivated its Paragon contract, Senator Ron Wyden said in a statement to Bloomberg “ICE is already shredding due process and ruining lives in its rush to lock up kids, cooks and firefighters who pose no threat to anyone.”

“I’m extremely concerned about how ICE will use Paragon’s spyware to further trample on the rights of Americans and anyone who Donald Trump labels as an enemy,” he added.

The best way to support 404 Media and fund our ability to sue the Trump administration to release public records is to become a paying subscriber. If you'd like to make a larger, tax deductible donation, please contact us at donate@404media.co.




LinkedIn problems


Most services ask for your email address and/or recovery key to recover your account. LinkedIn, on the other hand, goes full surveillance mode. It wants my actual government ID to give access to my account.

If this was critical banking service, I would have understood. But it is freakin LinkedIn, the most I have got out of that place is actual lunatics.



in reply to IndustryStandard

Every day I am overcome with rage and shame at videos like this. When will the depravity end? What else can I do to make it stop? We got our local city to divest from Israel and that was definitely something, but it just feels like no matter what we do it's never enough. We must live with the resilience and steadfastness that the Palestinian people have shown us time and time again. Anything less than that is turning our backs on them I feel.
in reply to IndustryStandard

Present day concentration camp victims. Nazisrael learned very well from Hitler and friends.


Mass Grave Uncovered in Egypt Implicates Egyptian Authorities in War Crimes


in reply to brachiosaurus

By US law Egypt is ineligible to receive any US aid, which they do, and without the US their military would be about completely useless.

Because they overthrew a democracy elected government when they got tacit Western support because the democratically elected leader was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

For Egypt to be given the chair of this seat is just beyond the pale, it is like getting Saudi Arabia the climate change conference. Nothing matters anymore.

Torture, murder, total lack of due process rights for the accused, kangaroo courts, you name it. We have evidence that Egypt has tortured people because we still have the receipt when the US handed them people to torture for us in extraordinary rendition.



old.programming.dev appear to have disappeared


I used to prefer to go to old.programming.dev/ but this frontend is not working anymore (for a few months I believe). As I get a bad gateway response, hopefully, this is something that could be fixed.

But maybe I was the only user of this frontend, in which case, I think this might not be worth to revive it.

#meta


Pizza funky jazz a Vasanello (VT)


25 settembre 2025 20:30:00 CEST - GMT+2 - Da Antonio, Pizza Gastronomica, 01030, Vasanello, Italy
Set 25
Pizza funky jazz a Vasanello (VT)
Gio 20:30 - 21:30
📅 Elisabetta Fratoni Jazz Quartet
Elisabetta Fratoni e i suoi musicisti accompagneranno a ritmo funky-jazz la pizza gastronomica di Antonio a Vasanello 🍕 🎺
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In this episode of Fediverse Flows, Matthias Pfefferle chats with Dave Winer about the open web's evolution, emphasizing interoperability, linking, and decentralized publishing through WordPress, while discussing challenges faced by contemporary platforms.


quando Android sta zitto, la morte arriva!!! (strano bug di Android per cui la sveglia non suona)


Ultimamente ho scoperto un nuovissimo meme: “immagina che hai la sveglia per prendere l’insulina, perché hai il diabete, ma Android si dimentica e quindi MUORI“… e vabbé, ma neanche a fà così, ho pensato… Però immagina più semplicemente di avere una sveglia perché ti devi svegliare, ma Android si dimentica e quindi ti licenziano a […]

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quando Android sta zitto, la morte arriva!!! (strano bug di Android per cui la sveglia non suona)


Ultimamente ho scoperto un nuovissimo meme: immagina che hai la sveglia per prendere l’insulina, perché hai il diabete, ma Android si dimentica e quindi MUORI“… e vabbé, ma neanche a fà così, ho pensato… Però immagina più semplicemente di avere una sveglia perché ti devi svegliare, ma Android si dimentica e quindi ti licenziano a lavoro, o boh, cose del genere… Se questi scenari non mi facessero sotto sotto ridere malamente, ci sarebbe oggettivamente da piangere, perché la situazione, per quanto ipotetica sembra, in realtà è realissima, e appunto non è buona. 👄

Ironicamente, visto quante rogne ho di continuo con Android e quindi lo odio, questa è una delle poche cose con cui io non ho mai avuto problemi… sia sullo Ximi, sia sul tablet, sia sul Huawi vecchio (e sull’S5 Mini non so, perché a 11-13 anni non usavo la sveglia, erano altri tempi), la sveglia è sempre suonata… poi io magari non la sento, ma quello è un problema di skill, non di Android. Invece, cercando online si trovano fin troppe segnalazioni di gente che o dice di vedere personalmente la sveglia che non suona (usando intanto altre sveglie, funzionanti, per svegliarsi), o di non ritrovarsi con la classica notifica di sveglia persa la mattina pur non avendola mai spenta… oppure, il colmo definitivo: nelle notifiche appare che la sveglia non è suonata per “motivi ignoti“! (Per chiarezza, sottinteso in tutti questi casi è che si usi la app Orologio di sistema, su ROM stock.) 💀
La pizzeria di Christian, [9/19/25, 10:39 PM][ Forwarded from Dawn ][🖼 Photo]Clock (4)Missed alarm • Wed ...Alarm did not fire due to an unknown reasonLa pizzeria di Christian, [9/19/25, 10:40 PM]Immagina avere la sveglia di prendere l'insulina per il diabete ma ANDROID si dimentica e quindi muori
Quest’ultimo scenario è così assurdo che, se non ci fossero schermate a documentarlo, faticherei a crederci nonostante le tantissime segnalazioni, e penserei piuttosto sia un’allucinazione collettiva, perché sembra così campato per aria… ma, purtroppo è reale, e in realtà non dovrei sorprendermene, visto che c’è lo zampino di Google; perché questo particolare errore sembra in realtà specifico ai loro Pixel (e le recensioni della app su Google Play sono pesantemente negative anche per questo)… E ora non voglio fare il solito discorso per come lì a Mountain View dovrebbero smettere di produrre dei telefoni venduti come top di gamma che in realtà hanno tremila problemi che nessun cinesone Mediatek preso a caso da Amazon ha, e soprattutto come gli scemi dovrebbero smettere di comprarli, però porca miseria, è imbarazzante! Ma è possibile che che rompono il cazzo con l’IA e il cloud e vattelappesca e poi non funziona il fottuto orologio su sti telefoni schifosi??? 😭

La cosa curiosa, però, è che tutte queste lamentele sembrano di tempi piuttosto recenti. A parte queste con i Google Pixel, che sono notizia fresca di mesi, trovo qualcosa riguardo Samsung (ma sempre solo dalla bocca dei redditor e degli youtuber, quindi prenderei con cautela), ma usando i filtri di Google per cercare in anni già precedenti al 2020 si trova pochissima roba, mentre prima del 2015 non si trova quasi niente. Ci sarebbe a questo punto una teoria interessante da fare, cioè che è il doze di Android che rompe tutto, ma quello è stato introdotto solo una decina di anni fa con Marshmallow (…ricordavo Nougat, mi sbagliavo?), quindi non giustifica un’esplosione di problemi negli ultimissimi anni, specialmente perché chi ha problemi con le sveglie è comunque una minoranza dell’intera base di utenti di Android. Certamente, almeno per Samsung il risparmio energetico dell’OEM potrebbe centrare… 😖

Ho raccolto come sempre milioni di link, ordinati dalle discussioni più recenti alle più vecchie… tra cui anche qualcuna di due decenni fa, che però non fa testo, è giusto per sfizio, che in quei tempi Android era ancora un troiaio rotto tra diversi dispositivi… mica come oggi, che funziona sempre! (Ah ah ah!) memos.octt.eu.org/m/nMCrLjban7…. Boh, resta un mistero, perché per alcuni la soluzione è “pulisci la cache dell’orologio” (che è una frase così distopica che mi sento male solo a scriverla, cazzo se ODIO dove ci ha portati la tecnologia!), per altri non ci sta versi, e da quando su Android ci sono tutte le cose di risparmio energetico forzato io nemmeno mi fiderei ad usare app di sveglia terze, perché pure quelle magari non suonano (c’è una API in Android che le app a tempo possono usare per impostare timer di attivazione eh, ma non è che funzioni perfettamente e ovunque, siamo sempre lì, maremma bona)… un disastro. 💥

#alarm #Android #bug #glitch #GooglePixel #problemi #reports


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Ladybird - A browser built for the user


Hello guys, today I wanted to talk about a project I deeply care about and I'm actively contributing to, as I believe its good for everyone, including privacy concerned users

Ladybird Browser


This browser comes from the project "SerenityOS", and has since evolved and separated from it. The founders are Andreas Kling, and Chris Wanstrath. The main goal of this project is to create a browser from scratch, avoiding chromium, gecko, etc. The main keypoints that should be of interest for Privacy Oriented Users are the following:

  • Ladybird lead (Andreas Kling) states "We're not monetizing users, in any way. This is uncharted territory for browsers. So we're not going to do any default search deals. We're not going to do cryptocurrencies or try to monetize user data, just sponsorships and donations"
  • While** Ladybird will implement current web standards including cookie handling and tracking mechanisms for compatibility**, the browser's philosophy puts the user in control of these decisions, not the company. The browser won't have built-in incentives to encourage data collection since it doesn't profit from it.
  • It aims to be "free from advertising's influence" Ladybird, representing a shift away from the current web ecosystem where users like us are the product. This allows the project to implement privacy features without worrying about harming advertising partners or revenue streams.

As of now, the project has hired several developers with money coming from donations, from partners such as FUTO, Shopify, Cloudflare, among many, and is also seeing lots of volunteer activity on github. So well, if you like the web having more diversity and us having another alternative to google, check them out ladybird.org/

in reply to shaytan

There's also !Servo@programming.dev browser engine that is being actively developed.



Swapping GPU


Hi, as you can from see from my previous posts I installed Linux in all my machines. Now I have a PC with an I5 6500 (with Mint on it) and I'm upgrading the GPU. So, do I just open it put the new one and connect the cables? Or do I have to do some thing first? Thank you for all your help.
in reply to utnapishtim

As a double check (or check before buying) you can search for your new GPU on linux-hardware.org/ to see if other users have it working without any issues. The hardware probe is also a handy tool to share your PC's specs if you should ever need to do so!
in reply to utnapishtim

You didn't say which GPU! If it's all AMD, then just replace. That's what I did and everything worked fine. If you're going from AMD to Nvidia, them install the Nvidia drivers first, turn it off, replace, turn back on


Quando il troppo stroppia e attenta alla salute


Ti piace la liquirizia? Sai che fa bene alla salute? Ma se eccedi e magari manco te ne accorgi, attenti e in maniera anche seria alla tua stessa vita, come accaduto a un signore goloso di questa radice naturale e dall'aspetto innocuo

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Striking senior doctors hit back at Health Minister Simeon Brown's message




Esperantistoj partoprenis la protestojn en Nepalo

En Nepalo post tumultaj protestoj komence de septembro la ĉefministro kaj pluraj aliaj ministroj demisiis kaj fuĝis. La protestantoj grandparte estis studentoj kaj aliaj junuloj. Inter ili estis pluraj esperantistoj, rakontas Bharat Kumar Ghimire, prezidanto de Nepala Esperanto-Asocio, kiu ankaŭ mem estis surstrate dum la manifestacioj.

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Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir


cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/46573950

For years, little was known about how Ice uses Palantir’s technology. The company has consistently described itself as a “data processor” and says it does not play an active role in any of its customers’ data collection efforts or what clients do with that information.

Now, a cache of internal Ice documents – including hundreds of pages of emails between Ice and Palantir, as well as training manuals, and reports on the use of Palantir products – offer some of the first real-world examples of how Ice has used Palantir in its investigations and during on-the-ground enforcement operations.

The documents, which were obtained by immigrant legal rights group Just Futures Law through a Freedom of Information Act request and reviewed by the Guardian, largely cover Palantir’s contract with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative arm of Ice that is responsible for stopping the “illegal movement of people, goods, money, contraband, weapons and sensitive technology”.

Palantir recently won a $30m contract to build the government a new platform called ImmigrationOS that will service Ice branches beyond HSI, and aims to “streamline” the identification and deportation of immigrants. While the documents are largely limited to HSI’s operations, it’s easy to see how the tools could be of use to other branches of Ice.

One document showed that agents could use Falcon to search for people’s names, known locations, vehicles or passport information against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal databases like the Enforcement Integrated Database (EID) – a vast database that holds biometric and personal information on anyone who has been encountered or arrested, detained or deported by any DHS agency – on the go.

In addition to collecting and analyzing field interviews, the agents used Falcon for “blueforce tracking”, a military term for tracking someone’s GPS location. Training documents show Ice agents could also use Falcon to track a person’s location, including their “route and movement”, hour by hour using cell phone tower records.





in reply to Shibco

While I agree with the overall premise, it's not a great article. The author just quotes facts while drawing no relevant conclusions or wrong conclusions.

The fact that there is fraud in Estonia, like any other country, is, I imagine, due to people being stupid. In my country most fraud cases are grandmas handing off their pensions to randos to help their grandchild escape prison or to help with a super secret government mission to catch thieves. Similar to the classic Nigerian prince schemes. Not once does the author mention how digital ID's are connected to fraud or how they enabled money laundering.

I hope that the author is just not that great of a writer and not malicious because throwing in scary statistics and names like Palantir without making any conclusion as to how digital ID's could exarcebate the problem, really feels like fearmongering.

Nevertheless, I quite liked the website design and the extensive quotation of sources.

in reply to machiavellian

Author here, consider exploring more of the work. The text is one chapter of a larger research project around digital identity: newdesigncongress.org/everythi…
in reply to Shibco

Will do. Also rereading my first comment I realised that I was perhaps overly negative which was not at all my intention. Apologies.

While your here, I wanted to ask if I missed anything from the article or is my criticism valid?

in reply to machiavellian

The article is the opening foreword for a larger report on digital identity that we have been publishing for the last few months. We had to pause recently, for reasons beyond our control, but everything in the article is backed up by either chapters already published on the site, or by forthcoming chapters.
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Shibco
I'm not quite sure what you're referring to?


Imprese veloci ma inconsistenti, sempre su New Horizons! (Giorni 7-8)


Ieri sera, tra le mie tante inevitabili paturnie vitali, non ho avuto neanche un po' di tempo per giocare a New Horizons. L'ho comunque

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Hundreds plunge into Chicago River in city’s first open-water swim in nearly a century (results of governmental, environmental clean-up)


Swimming in the river used to be a key facet of Chicago life, but by the 1920s, sewage and industrial runoff had made the river unsafe to swim in. According to event organizers, official swim events in the Chicago River ended in 1926.

Event organizers said the Chicago River is now at its cleanest levels on record, the result of a concerted effort to clean up, improve wastewater management and push for stricter water-quality standards.

Maintaining the health of waterways in urban areas contributes to the public health and wellness of cities, and it reduces extreme heat risks from climate change, said Margaret Frisbie, executive director of Friends of the Chicago River.

The advocacy group, founded in 1979, has long worked to protect and restore the Chicago River, for example pushing for discharge from water treatment plants to be disinfected before being released into the river, Frisbie said.



Oktoberfest!


Brewed a year ago and lagered. Time is coming to brew it again!
in reply to Alexander

I will brew this Friday. After deciding what I will do bit wild experiment with grape juice, cherries and some classic leftover ale. I will add only basic hops so the fruits came out bit stronger (SAAZ for flavour and some leftover bitter ones).

Tbh I never tried intentionally age beer that long usually it is some forgotten bottle found and I am bit surprised if it's good.

in reply to Alexander

Mine is only 20 days old at the time I took the photo on October 3rd, at the beginning of the cold crash, but the sample already tasted really nice!


JUNO completed liquid filling and begins data taking


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New type of detector enables deeper understanding of the universe

The underground “Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)” near Jiangmen city in the Guangdong Province, which was prepared with the participation of researchers from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), has successfully completed the filling of its 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator and begun data taking. After more than a decade of preparation and construction, JUNO is the first of a new generation of very large neutrino experiments to reach this stage. Initial trial operation and data taking show that key performance indicators met or exceeded design expectations, enabling JUNO to tackle one of this decade’s major open questions in particle physics: the ordering of neutrino masses—whether the third mass state (ν₃) is heavier than the second (ν₂).



A Cry for Help from Northern Gaza


Hello, my name is Ihab, speaking to you from northern Gaza. I have lost everything in this war. I no longer have a home or a safe place to protect my family. The bombings continue above our heads, and the sound of the drones terrifies the children. They go to sleep hungry, while I struggle without enough money to move south because of the skyrocketing prices.

With even a small donation, you can help save our lives. Please, I beg you — help us.

https://gofund.me/00439328



Jimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday After Show’s Controversial Suspension


cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/22300167

The ABC late-night host is returning to broadcast on Tuesday following a brief-but-monumental suspension that sparked a national debate over the Trump Administration’s pressure tactics and the modern limits and consequences of free speech.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” ABC parent The Walt Disney Company said in a statement Monday. “It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”


Behind the scenes, sources says Kimmel wasn’t planning to apologize on that night’s show and instead was going to defend his original comments as being taken out of context and “grossly mischaracterized” by MAGA, which Disney brass thought would only inflame the situation. Disney/ABC then announced Jimmy Kimmel Live! was “suspended indefinitely.” On Thursday, a follow-up meeting between Kimmel and Disney execs reportedly ended in a stalemate with Kimmel sticking to his stated plan of unapologetically defending himself.

Despite Kimmel’s return, it is not immediately clear if his show will be available across the entire country. Sinclair, for its part, had said that it would not go back to running Kimmel’s show on its stations until the late night host apologized for his comments, met with Sinclair representatives, and made a donation to Turning Point, the organization that Kirk founded. Sinclair, it should be noted, owns the ABC station in the Washington D.C. metro area, among other markets.

Nexstar, similarly, could also choose to continue to preempt the show, though of course it wiould still be accessible online across the country after it runs on ABC.




pagina di startaggio fatta dall’ia per risolvere la pigrizia di android e la casa rotta (startpage HTML5 custom creata per webapp su mobile)


Come mi lamentai “qualche tempo fa” (e minchia, è passato già un mese…), dovrei inventarmi qualcosa per ovviare allo strano bug di Android per cui i collegamenti alle webapp e ai siti spariscono dal launcher. E beh, avendo provato varie hack, ma tutte invano, l’unica vera opzione sarebbe farmi un’appina WebView per contenere almeno tutte […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


pagina di startaggio fatta dall’ia per risolvere la pigrizia di android e la casa rotta (startpage HTML5 custom creata per webapp su mobile)


Come mi lamentai “qualche tempo fa” (e minchia, è passato già un mese…), dovrei inventarmi qualcosa per ovviare allo strano bug di Android per cui i collegamenti alle webapp e ai siti spariscono dal launcher. E beh, avendo provato varie hack, ma tutte invano, l’unica vera opzione sarebbe farmi un’appina WebView per contenere almeno tutte le mie appine web… ma la cosa è seccante e quindi, per ora, indovinate un po’, non c’ho avuto voglia. 😩

Beh, non ci ho pensato molto sul subito, perché credevo fosse un’idea decente semplicemente aprire Chromium ogni volta (di modo che ogni volta si apra con la schermata di lancio con i collegamenti rapidi, ovviamente)… ma poi ci ho pensato meglio e no, fa schifo, perché i collegamenti sono pochi e nemmeno viene usato bene lo spazio a schermo per mostrarli. E, ovviamente, il widget dei preferiti di Chromium (e chissà se questo è colpa sua in assoluto, di Mulch, o della MIUI che rompe tutto…) sulla home si rompe, quindi usare quello purtroppo nemmeno mi è possibile. ☠️

Ieri però mi sono seccata (proprio, il mio spirito è evaporato e io sono rimasta secca croccante), e quindi, almeno per apparare (…app-arare?) la situazione un po’ meglio fintanto che non mi decido a fare quella cosa di cui sopra, ho pensato di fare una semplice pagina HTML con i miei collegamenti personali. Tuttavia… visto che il vibe di base comunque era la mancanza di voglia, e non ho trovato online template di pagine iniziali che fossero sia decenti per quello che ora volevo (stile mobile con griglia di icone), sia funzionanti (quanto odio i troiai…)… me la sono fatta fare da DeepSeek la paginetta, evviva la pigrizia! 👍
Schermata della home con l'icona cerchiata, e poi la pagina aperta nel browser Mulch.
Octo Startpage“… fa già ridere così. Le uniche cose che ho fatto sono state togliere una barra di ricerca mezza rotta che lui mi aveva messo (tanto, se proprio mi serve, uso direttamente quella del browser sopra), rendere le icone più grandi (anche perché altrimenti sul mio telefono, con i DPI aumentati, uscivano fin troppo piccole), aggiungere l’uso di caratteri (emoji o lettere) quando un’icona normale manca, e impostare un’icona per la pagina stessa… Così da aver poi potuto aggiungere un collegamento ad essa nel mio launcher (e la bomba PNG di WhatsApp usata così ha indubbiamente il suo perché, comunque). 😳

La UI ha quel tratto tipico del vibe coding, ma ehh, forse anche quella ha un suo perché… è comunque sia certamente guardabile e fa il suo, quindi mi accontento ampiamente, che ora non ho voglia di trastullarmici. Rimane sempre una non-soluzione, perché comunque è solo una pagina web che apre altre pagine web, quindi rimane quel problema per cui mi si riempie di spazzatura la lista delle schede (e per cui si vede l’interfaccia del browser sopra, che spreca un minimo di spazio, ma pensandoci meglio questo aspetto non è un’enorme tragedia con un display da 6.2″ e i DPI aumentati), ma è già meglio di 1 giorno fa. 💣

La pagina sta sul mio server, così che io la possa modificare ed aprire con (suppongo) meno bestemmie, anche se tecnicamente non è ad uso pubblico… ma eh, l’indirizzo si vede nell’immagine, quindi comunque lo riscrivo qui, se qualcuno vuole rubare (è 95% IA, quindi non ne detengo copyright, niente licenza, via): . La cosa figa, però, è che mi è accessibile anche offline, senza aver dovuto impostare service worker o altri rompimentissimi di scatole, semplicemente avendo cliccato il tasto download dentro Chromium, quindi… se un giorno mi esplode il server, posso comunque usare la pagina per aprire quei miei siti che stanno su server diversi da quello esploso! (E l’icona di bomba a quel punto potrebbe rivelarsi ironicamente sensata.) 🕸️

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