Maxwell argues she was unfairly charged in New York, citing Epstein’s notorious non-prosecution agreement in Florida that said, in part, that “the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.”
Her lawyers present the issue as one that requires the justices to resolve a split among the nation’s appellate courts regarding whether a promise on behalf of the “United States” or the “Government” that’s made by a U.S. attorney in one district binds federal prosecutors in other districts.
As a general matter, one of the reasons the justices will take an appeal is when there’s a so-called circuit split to resolve, which is why Maxwell’s lawyers have presented her appeal in this way.
The convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate’s appeal is one of many scheduled for consideration in the justices' so-called long conference Monday. Most get denied.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken one of its agents off the streets after he was caught on video throwing a distraught mother to the floor of a New York City courthouse in front of her two children on Thursday.
It wasn’t the first time videos have captured scenes of immigration agents using violent force to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. But the videos of this incident — one of which I filmed for ProPublica — seemed to stir something different. In a rare move, the government publicly reprimanded an officer for such conduct.
I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
On Thursday evening, around the same time the Justice Department overruled career prosecutors in order to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. The new legal actions signify a ramping up of the Trump administration’s voter-suppression agenda in the wake of similar lawsuits the department filed last week against Maine and Oregon.
Explanation in article:
In particular, the DOJ appears eager to share state voter data with the Department of Homeland Security, in order to comb through federal immigration databases to search for cases of ineligible voting or noncitizens on the voter rolls. Such databases are not designed for those purposes and will likely produce inaccurate results, especially because such fraud is also exceedingly rare. Nonetheless, this will give them an opportunity to trumpet fake claims of fraud in order to advance Trump’s lies about the voting process.
“My guess is they want the voter files to be able to say we have the voter files and we know there are x or y fraudulent people on it,” says Justin Levitt, who served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division under President Obama. “It will be fiction, but now they’ll say it because they have them. Even if they find an infinitesimal number of wrong people on the rolls, they will lie about the numbers. This administration cannot be trusted. They have an enormous problem with credibility and an even bigger problem with data.”
For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...
F-Droid is different. It distributes apps that have been validated to work for the user’s interests, rather than for the interests of the app’s distributors. The way F-Droid works is simple: when a developer creates an app and hosts the source code publicly somewhere, the F-Droid team reviews it, inspecting it to ensure that it is completely open source and contains no undocumented anti-features such as advertisements or trackers. Once it passes inspection, the F-Droid build service compiles and packages the app to make it ready for distribution. The package is then signed either with F-Droid’s cryptographic key, or, if the build is reproducible, enables distribution using the original developer’s private key. In this way, users can trust that any app distributed through F-Droid is the one that was built from the specified source code and has not been tampered with.
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If it were to be put into effect, the developer registration decree will end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app distribution sources as we know them today, and the world will be deprived of the safety and security of the catalog of thousands of apps that can be trusted and verified by any and all.
When reviewing apps to accept, F-Droid takes the user’s point of view, firstand foremost. We start with strict acceptancecriteria based on the principles of...
This is pretty serious, the EU might be our only hope here. I'm also following the development of Linux for phones, but that is still very much in its infancy.
Americans can't keep letting their corporations run amok, especially when attempts at regulation from the EU are now seen as hostile acts in the White House (well, more than before). The EU can't be the only one standing up to this foul behaviour.
Unfortunately our corporations run our government so good luck. Any attempt to fight back by the EU will be met with them threatening to stop selling them phones or tariffs or other forms of stupidity. I hate this timeline
I hope these evil arsehole moves will span new mobile-phone companies who see the economic benefit of taking side with the users. A little like it happened with Framework and laptops.
My mobile is dying; when it's dead it'll be GrapheneOS – and fuck you Google.
The best way to honor Charlie’s memory,” Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared, “is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse.”
Kirk’s approach, wrote the editors of Politico’s Playbook, “was to persuade, to use charm and charisma and provocation and the power of argument to convince people of the righteousness of his cause.”
There is no doubt that Kirk was influential, no doubt that he had millions of devoted fans. But it is difficult to square this idealized portrait of Kirk as model citizen with the man as he was.
Few if any of them have seen fit to mention the fact that Kirk’s first act on the national stage was to create a McCarthyite watchlist...
The best way to honor Charlie’s memory,” Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared, “is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse.”
Kirk’s approach, wrote the editors of Politico’s Playbook, “was to persuade, to use charm and charisma and provocation and the power of argument to convince people of the righteousness of his cause.”
There is no doubt that Kirk was influential, no doubt that he had millions of devoted fans. But it is difficult to square this idealized portrait of Kirk as model citizen with the man as he was.
Few if any of them have seen fit to mention the fact that Kirk’s first act on the national stage was to create a McCarthyite watchlist...
The motion, seen by Middle East Eye, notes that on 16 September, the "United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry found a risk of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza".
In fact, the UN report went further, and concluded that Israel has committed genocide and is still committing genocide in Gaza. Despite this inaccuracy, Falconer's support for the motion citing the UN report indicates an acceptance that Israel has committed human rights abuses in Gaza that justify the designation of "genocide".
Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said on Monday morning: "I am absolutely horrified that Hamish Falconer and the Labour leadership is seeking to deliberately mislead Labour members and affiliated trade unions." "The UN Commission of Inquiry report was unequivocal: it said Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza," McDonnell added.
Britain's Middle East minister has apparently accepted that there is a "risk" of genocide in Gaza, but has been accused of mislesading Labour Party members over the contents of a major UN report.
The motion, seen by Middle East Eye, notes that on 16 September, the "United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry found a risk of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza".
In fact, the UN report went further, and concluded that Israel has committed genocide and is still committing genocide in Gaza. Despite this inaccuracy, Falconer's support for the motion citing the UN report indicates an acceptance that Israel has committed human rights abuses in Gaza that justify the designation of "genocide".
Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said on Monday morning: "I am absolutely horrified that Hamish Falconer and the Labour leadership is seeking to deliberately mislead Labour members and affiliated trade unions." "The UN Commission of Inquiry report was unequivocal: it said Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza," McDonnell added.
Britain's Middle East minister has apparently accepted that there is a "risk" of genocide in Gaza, but has been accused of mislesading Labour Party members over the contents of a major UN report.
Unmounting does not mean the device gets invisible. You could still mount it again by e.g. clicking it. Still it is unmounted and safe to be removed. Disconnecting the device from the system makes it disappear but that is not required for unplugging/ejecting.
Meta is trialing a Reels-first experience on Instagram for a limited audience in India. If it's successful, don't be surprised if it expands to a phone near you.
Israel is reportedly preparing to take control of ships belonging to the the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) which is expected to reach the coast of Gaza within four days, according to the official Israeli channel Kan.
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Demonstrators in Madagascar's capital Antananaivon flouted a ban from authorities to protest against the nation's water and electricity outages on September 25. Our Observers who attended the protests described the security forces' response as violent and disproportionate: tear gas being deployed at close proximity and vehicles ploughing into the crowd, resulting in multiple injuries and generalised chaos. At least five people died in the unrest, a hospital source reported.
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I don't understand how someone concludes that working for them translates to being a fascist. I understand not wanting to support it but calling them a fascist seems dumb.
New #nixos board observer candidate (github.com/NixOS/foundation/pu…), working for a US autonomous weapon company and paid by Thiel dollars, casually complaining that a proposal empowers minorities too much.
Moving forward, I would also like to participate in these discussions.
NixOS has been (and still is) a big part of my life, and would like to see both the technology and community succeed.
About me...
Thank you very much for bringing this up. This kind of direct confirmation from Anduril loses them plausible and implausible deniability. They do want to exert control over community, and everyone suggesting otherwise is factually wrong.
We have a lack of words used in the English language that specifies graduations and grades of arseholes.
Just like some languages have one word for snow, and others have dozens
Edit: I noticed several people disagreed. But did not explain: is it because they think there are enough words, or they like the word fascist and think it’s appropriate in current usages?
Or option C: there's a discussion going on about an open source project, and you're starting a discussion about the semantics of the word fascist/asshole, without taking a clear stance on what you mean. I didn't downvote you, but I also have no idea what you were going for with that statement. It seems unrelated.
I didn't downvote you, but it's unclear what you meant by stating that.
Depending on how one interprets it, it can be seen as a justification for using "fascist" (since there isn't a more accurate word) or simply a way to emphasize that the term is inaccurate and shouldn't be used.
So I'm not surprised if you get up/down votes from both sides in either direction, specially in a polarizing discussion. Not because of what you said being wrong/right, but because of what they might read between lines.
For the past half hour I tried to read into what's happened, and who the supposed fascists are, and these are the facts I managed to uncover. I hope it will serve anyone who reads this well:
Communities are gonna drama.
Moderating is hard and (paraphrasing Douglas Adams) anyone who wants to do it, shouldn't be allowed to.
I really don't care enough to waste more time on this.
What that user pointed out is, that it has "ties to a fascist company". But in my opinion;
A government can have ties to a communist leader or organization, and still not be a communist government.
A project can have ties to an anarchist and that still won't make the project be anarchist.
But if a project has ties to a fascist company the project itself turns fascist?
Pd. I asked for more info because if ties to a company make you fascist, at least the user who commented that should have very good arguments to dictate if NixOS is fascist based on what they know.
That's like saying, "A community in lemmy has lots of users that come from X anarchist instance, so that Community must now be anarchist!"
Fascist don't invade spaces, more so, the thing I'm seeing commonly are angry people calling normal people "fascists", so then can kick them out of projects or groups because "screw them, they're fascists! so we fuck them over until they are no longer involved or present!, because we are good and they are bad"
Again, fuck TRUE fascists, but I'm still waiting for arguments on what makes NixOS a Fascist Project
From what I can tell the steering committee (project leadership) wanted to modify the mod team, the mod team wants to be independent of the leadership of the project, and one member of the certain committee works or did work for a genuinely shitty company in some capacity.
Sorry dont really have time to get into it, tldr its a us defense company (which makes it already fascist) but also pro-trump (so its openly fascist) read more in this thread as well: lemmy.ml/post/36786640
Also quite the gall to assert that "not everything that you dislike = fascism" when you don't even know the main reason why people are calling it fascist
Anduril’s autonomous surveillance towers have been used on the U.S.–Mexico border to detect and track migrants, as part of DHS programs. This has drawn criticism from immigrant rights groups and academics who argue such systems dehumanize migrants and enable policies that align with authoritarian nationalism.
Anduril is privately funded (by VC firms like Founders Fund) but markets and sells directly to governments and military agencies, without the typical government R&D cycle. It builds weapons and surveillance systems first, then offers them to the state. This “build first, ask later” model can lead to unchecked corporate influence over the military-industrial complex, which some critics argue is a step toward a techno-authoritarian fascist regime.
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey was ousted from Oculus after it was revealed he funded a pro-Trump meme organization (Nimble America) known for spreading far-right content during the 2016 election. While this doesn’t make the company fascist, it raises concerns for critics about the political leanings of its leadership and how those ideologies could influence product deployment.
Anduril is deeply involved in developing autonomous weapon systems, like the ALTIUS-600M loitering munition. Critics warn that the use of AI to identify and kill targets without human input could lead to violations of international law and facilitate mass violence or authoritarian control. Anduril’s heavy investment in such systems leads some to see it as advancing a dystopian militarized fascist future.
Linux Distribution "NixOS" drama: Moderation Team resigns in protest over Interference of Leadership; Elected Leader works for US Military Company, fearing alignment with US fascistic development
Short Summary of the Community Drama of the Linux Distribution "NixOS", so that you can get the big picture and form your own opinion with the provided sources.
Clarification of the "Steering Comittee" as Project Leadership
We resign, effective immediately, in protest of the Steering Committee’s ongoing pattern of attempting to interfere with moderation team operation, membership and specific moderation decisions.
No it's not. It is currently facing fascism. But the story is being written as we speak. Is it going to succumb to it? Or fight and prevail? We don't know... Stay tuned for the next episode, we're going to find out in about 2 months.
Edit: Leadership is now going to make the decision whether they like the arms industry or not. And that's going to be reflected in the vote in a few weeks.
Eh, I do not think it is fascist yet. It sure has a lot of issues though.
This may be the Weimar Republic stage of the project, and it's not too late to save it.
I say if you are an eligible voter, you should vote. Given the voter base is small, your vote really counts. Read the candidates' profiles carefully. Make sure that no people associated with or supportive of the US MIC are on your ballot.
So far I count djacu and tomberek as the list of people to not vote for. But make sure to check for yourself, there will be more candidates.
On the contrary, put the people who are explicitly against MIC meddling first in your ballot. Currently they are cafkafk and leona-ya. Put everyone else on your ballot too, to reduce the chance of an MIC-related person getting on. But again, make sure to check candidate's answers before voting.
It is the least you can do and if enough people do it, we might come out with a more antifascist SC. I doubt it will help with any technical issues we're facing, like the lack of Nix maintenance power, but it could save the project from becoming right-wing.
XLibre claiming to be apolitical is hilarious when their readme sounds like it's written by a MAGAt. Never touching that project that's for sure.
Also pretty sure that stuff about the founder is bs, unless you can back that up with a source. From my understanding he ended up stepping down because he was already putting more attention into determinate nix, which was causing friction.
Practically speaking all open source software is communist, insofar as the capital, which in the case of software would be the source code and the means to build and deploy it, is available to anyone with the wherewithal to use it.
I mean I would not contribute due to the mit license if anything. Many people feel the concerns are overblown but given things can be forked its not like you would loose the contributed code. Still if Im going to give my time I will go copyleft.
‘Con ago e filo. Un manuale per rammendare abiti, abitudini e cuori’ di Sonya e Nina Montenegro. Ed. quinto quarto.
Lo condivido per la praticità d’uso, per le ricche illustrazioni e per l’uso critico dei materiali. Consigliato come prima lettura.
‘Con ago e filo. Un manuale per rammendare abiti, abitudini e cuori’ di Sonya e Nina Montenegro. Ed. quinto quarto.
Lo condivido per la praticità d’uso, per le ricche illustrazioni e per l’uso critico dei materiali. Consigliato come prima lettura.
reparierenistliebe.com/ Questa ragazza (lingua madre: tedesco) l’ho seguita a lungo su IG, prima di toglierlo. Tutto il suo sapere è ben organizzato in un suo eBook, disponibile anche in inglese, sul suo sito.
A parte la bellezza dei suoi lavori, le sue capacità comunicative facilitano la comprensione di alcune tecniche di rammendo.
Lo consiglio specialmente a chi ripara lana, lana/seta e che desidera inoltre usare le tecniche di ricamo per rammendare.
Lerne Löcher in deiner Kleidung zu reparieren und sie mit Stickereien zu verschönern. Zubehör wie Hitzestifte, Stickfolien, Stickrahmen oder Webernadeln.
did you just drop the full index into the config, like the 'how to use' image shows in the repo's 'readme'? take that out, it's all 10,000+ 'channels'. go into the repo's 'streams' directory and find one or a few for your country and add those instead (load the 'raw' url for each in the browser, then copy the resulting address from your browser address bar into the config).
But I went through the same thing with iptv-org. It seems many of the listed channels are largely dead. I manually scrubbed the english list by checking the channels but it was pretty brutal. I think like 200-400 channels were working out of 2000+.
There are also online m3u checkers if you search like "m3u checker". I've used some web-based apps. They're somewhat slow but ok. There's also an m3u checker that you can install locally. I haven't tried it yet but I'm wondering if it might be faster.
I try not to bother with obviously pirated channels because they usually go down pretty quick. I'm much more interested in legit channels that will stay up.
Lastly I also have all the Pluto channels with EPG. I used this app for the channels and EPG.
I also wrote some scripts to download/merge channels and EPGs. TBH it's kind of a PITA but it's like a hobby.
(edit: One last thing... I noticed that some channels worked with VLC but not Kodi. I had to adjust some settings in Kodi to make them work. In particular I had to change my user agent to OKHTTP for Pluto channels.)
Tanoa Sasraku has been collecting – and creating her own – gaudy paperweights with a drop of crude oil encased within. All you need to know about global power games, the artist explains, is right there
A Motegi Bagnaia ritrova il feeling e domina il weekend, ma tra sospetti di soluzioni “datate”, test di Misano e consigli di Stoner, il ritorno al successo Ducati sembra avere retroscena tutti da chiarire.
Jerusalem (AFP) – Facing increasing isolation abroad and mounting pressure at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will defend his intention to "finish the job" in Gaza when he meets US President Donald Trump on Monday.
The meeting comes days after Trump unveiled a 21-point plan aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory during discussions with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
On Sunday, Trump hinted at "something special" to come in Middle East talks, adding in a post on his Truth Social platform: "WE WILL GET IT DONE!!!"
On Friday, Trump had told reporters in Washington "I think we have a deal" on Gaza, even as Netanyahu, speaking at the UN, vowed to "finish the job" in Israel's war against Hamas.
But experts told AFP that Netanyahu appeared to be cornered, facing growing international and domestic calls to end the war.
"He has no other choice but to accept" Trump's plan for a ceasefire, said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on US-Israel relations at Israel's Bar-Ilan University.
"Simply because the United States and Trump have remained almost his only ally in the international community."
In Israel, tens of thousands of protesters have pressured Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire, and on Saturday they urged Trump to use his influence.
"The only thing that can stop the slide into the abyss is a full, comprehensive agreement that ends the war and brings all the hostages and the soldiers home," said Lishay Miran-Lavi, wife of Omri Miran, who remains captive in Gaza.
Directly addressing Trump, she urged: "Use your influence with Prime Minister Netanyahu."
Israel's international isolation has deepened in recent days, with countries including the UK, France, Canada and Australia officially recognising Palestinian statehood, breaking with longstanding US-led diplomatic protocols.
Trump's 21-point plan, according to a diplomatic source, envisions a permanent ceasefire, the release of hostages, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a major influx of humanitarian aid.
Arab and Muslim leaders welcomed the proposal, but have also called for an immediate halt to Israel's military operations and any occupation of Gaza.
Other elements of the plan will prove hard for Netanyahu to swallow, and could even lead to the collapse of his right-wing government coalition.
Among the most controversial is the involvement of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) in the future governance of Gaza.
The PA ruled the territory until Hamas seized control in 2007, and its potential restoration represents a red line for Netanyahu's hardline coalition partners.
While the US proposal conditions the PA's return on implementing reform programmes, these changes "could take years" to materialise, Gilboa warned.
Several far-right ministers in Netanyahu's coalition have threatened to collapse the government if he agrees to the PA's return, or if he ends the war without defeating Hamas.
However, opposition leader Yair Lapid has offered a parliamentary "safety net", promising his centrist Yesh Atid party would support a ceasefire and hostage-release deal -- but it is not clear whether other opposition parties would follow suit.
"This kind of broad plan would need a broad consensus," said Ksenia Svetlova, a former Knesset member who now heads the regional cooperation NGO ROPES.
Svetlova predicted Netanyahu would only accept parts of the deal, while trying to negotiate or postpone decisions on other elements "seem difficult in this moment".
Another contentious point in the US proposal is who would guarantee security in the Gaza Strip once the Israeli army pulls out and Hamas is disarmed.
The proposal envisions an international security force comprising Palestinian personnel alongside troops from Arab and Muslim nations.
However, critical details about command structure and operational control remain unclear.
"This plan is internationalising the Gaza conflict in an unprecedented way," Svetlova said, "but without a clear plan on who will be the guiding star, what the end goals are, who will see it through."
"The unpredictability factor runs wild here, really."
Prima una intuizione, oltretutto nota fin dai tempi di Ippocrate, poi un impiego in medicina, alla fine, un presidio lasciato per lo più in un dimenticatoio. Stiamo parlando di ipertermia oncologica realizzata con l'impiego di sofisticatissime apparecchiature che potrebbero opporsi al tumore. Ma in quanti sono a conoscenza di questa tecnica? Chi la pratica, perchè deve utilizzarla limitatamente e al riparo dai rigidissimi standard previsti? L'idea è che il tumore renda tantissimo a pochissimi e non certo a chi si occupa di ipertermia oncologica
Russia using 'shadow fleet' tankers to launch drones towards European cities -- Russia using shadow fleet tankers to launch drones towards European cities -- Ukrainian HIMARS reportedly strike thermal power plant in Russia's Belgorod Oblast -- [vlog] Puti
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A general view shows destroyed residential buildings during a Russian air attack in Kyiv, on September 28, 2025. An overnight Russian barrage on Kyiv killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl. (Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images)
Russia using ‘shadow fleet’ tankers tolaunch dronestowards European cities, Zelensky says. Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers are being used to “launch and control” Russian drones over European cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 28, citing intelligence reports.
Polish Embassyin Kyiv struck in Russia’s large-scale overnight attack. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pawel Wronski told Polish outlet RMF24 that “a missile element or a small-caliber rocket” fell on the roof of the embassy, piercing through the ceiling. The debris landed in the kitchen of the embassy with Wronski adding that the damage was “not large,” with no casualties reported.
Lavrov claims upcomingUS-Russia talksto be held in fall. Lavrov claimed that the upcoming meeting with Rubio is intended to eliminate what he claimed were “irritants” in Washington-Moscow relations.
UkrainianHIMARSreportedly strike thermal power plant in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. Power outages were reported across Belgorod Oblast following the attack that struck one of the substations, Russian media reported.
Ukraine’s military intelligence claims killingRussian drone operatorsin occupied Melitopol. HUR claimed that an explosion rocked a guarded military base on the airfield in occupied Melitopol, destroying a Soviet-era UAZ-452 van and at least four operators who were allegedly inside the vehicle.
Bryansk Oblast factory thatsupplies Russia’s militaryreportedly burns following drone strike. The Karachev electrical components plant in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast is reportedly burning following a drone attack overnight on Sept. 29, local media reported.
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Ukraine war latest: Mass Russian missile and drone strike kills at least 4, injures over 70 in Kyiv, its surrounding region, Zaporizhzhia
At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed and over 70 were injured in the latest overnight mass Russian missile and drone attack, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on Sept. 28.
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‘Insidious tactics‘ — Mass Russian missile and drone strike kills at least 4, injures over 70 in Kyiv, its surrounding region, Zaporizhzhia. In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian missile struck a high-rise building. At least 38 people in the city have been injured, including three children. In Kyiv, four victims have been hospitalized.
General Staff: Russia has lost1,108,510 troopsin Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.
The number includes 1,110 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Trump to make ‘final determination‘ on supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles as Russia ‘refuses’ peace talks, Vance says. U.S. Vice President JD Vance confirmed on Sept. 28 that the U.S. is “looking at” providing Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles, as Moscow continues to refuse bilateral and trilateral peace talks brokered by President Donald Trump.
Danish Armed Forces reportdetecting more dronesover military facilities. The new sightings come after several media outlets reported unidentified drones being detected in the airspace of Denmark, Lithuania, and Finland on Sept. 27.
Hungary, Slovakiapush backagainst EU plan to phase out Russian energy. Speaking at the 130th anniversary of the Maria Valeria Bridge, which links Sturovo, Slovakia, and Esztergom, Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said: “No one should tell us where to buy oil and gas from.”
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‘Moldova is in danger‘ — Moldova’s President urges citizens to vote on election day. All eyes in the EU, Ukraine, and Russia are on Chisinau today as Moldova began parliamentary elections that could leave the landlocked country U-turning from its path to join the bloc one day and build closer ties with Moscow.
Pro-EU party leadsMoldova election with 98% of votes counted. The EU has warned that Moldova is enduring “an unprecedented campaign of disinformation” from Russia ahead of the election.
Moldovacasts blame on Russiafor attempts to disrupt pivotal parliamentary elections. Bomb threats were also reported at polling stations for the Moldovan diaspora in Belgium, Italy, Romania, Spain, and the U.S., Moldova’s Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 28, in what officials described as “the Russian Federation’s assault on the electoral process in the Republic of Moldova.”
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Con tutte le rogne che mi porto appreso, mi era proprio sfuggito di mente un fatto eppure non insignificante, cioè che è arrivato l’autismo. (Anche detto autunno.) Le ore di Sole sono già molte di meno, si, ma questo si è avviato da qualche mese… l’autismo, che è arrivato di botto e si è fatto […]
autunniaco autismo portato all’eccesso congelante (l’autunno ha portato freddo dal niente)
Con tutte le rogne che mi porto appreso, mi era proprio sfuggito di mente un fatto eppure non insignificante, cioè che è arrivato l’autismo. (Anche detto autunno.) Le ore di Sole sono già molte di meno, si, ma questo si è avviato da qualche mese… l’autismo, che è arrivato di botto e si è fatto sentire bello prepotente, ha portato altro: un freddo di cui è impossibile capacitarsi (e non solo per me, ma per tutti coloro da cui ho sentito un parere a riguardo), e per giunta venuto dalla sera alla mattina dopo; senza esagerazioni! (Anche se non dal 20 al 21, o dal 21 al 22… è più dal 24 al 25, ma credo questo sia per colpa del normale offset delle stagioni.) E pensare che l’autunno, almeno a livello iperuranico, dovrebbe trasmettere solo sensazioni di calore e goduria... bah! 🥶
La cosa è anche un po’ un colmo perché, come solito in questa era post-moderna rovinata dagli orrori della rivoluzione industriale e delle varie rivoluzioni economiche, ho osservato il classico controsenso.Martedì, quando ho iniziato i corsi, complice il fatto che ci fosse allerta meteo e stesse infatti anche piovendo (perché ovviamente non può non piovere il primo giorno del semestre mio e di tanta altra gente, ci mancherebbe, poi si rischia di cadere nella trappola dell’ottimismo!), pensavo sarebbe stato freddino… ma invece si stava bene, a posto. E anche il giorno dopo, un po’ faceva brutto tempo, con qualche gocciolina, ma non si stava male. E quindi chiaramente, giovedì, che il tempo è tornato sereno, ha dovuto iniziare a fare un freddo dei pazzi che, alle 9 di mattina, mi ha presa completamente alla sprovvista. Un po’ sarà stata colpa dell’aula, che fa schifo, è fin troppo esposta all’aria, e le finestre si trovano sempre aperte, quindi si può immaginare che ricircolo polare artico-mortale ci fosse, con tutto che i condizionatori stanno ancora su freddo… e vabbé, oggi e venerdì dunque ho dovuto cacciare fuori la felpa, pazienza. 😐 C’è chi dice che l’autismo è come il sale: usarne un po’ migliora i sapori, ma quando è troppo esce tutto una schifezza… ecco, mi sa che è corretto. Quindi, se la promessa dell'”autunno stile ragazza autistica -core” sembra di per sé una benedizione — e oso dire che lo sarebbe, se non ci fosse questo problema qui — con questo troppo ha sinceramente stroppiato; cioè, ragà, il freddo già lo fa, ma le foglie nemmeno hanno avuto il tempo di marronizzarsi e cadere dagli alberi, e comunque non fa ancora abbastanza freddo per inglobarsi in copertine e avere scuse per non faticare…che schifo e che noia. Tuttavia, io ancora non ho acquisito il potere di controllare le stagioni, men che meno il meteo, e dei babbani figurarsi, quindi… pure di questa cosa, bisogna farsene una ragione; siamo nati per soffrire, e sono nata per ricondividere al mondo questa sofferenza. 🍂
President Donald Trump's budget director came into office with a "radical" agenda to give the executive branch more power — but Elon Musk's efforts to cut government spending clashed with his vision, according to a report.
For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...
For all I care, the year of the Linux desktop was years ago. People can keep moving the goalpost, I'll be enjoying my PC as the Flying Spaghetti Monster intended
Elisa Rovesta, Fashion outsider — Illustrazioni di Roberta Cassisa. Pagine 108, 15 euro — OLIGO, dal 10 ottobre in libreria La Moda come Rivoluzione: "Fashion Outsider""Fashion Outsider" non è un semplice libro, ma un viaggio affascinante nelle vite di ch
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Elisa Rovesta, Fashion outsider — Illustrazioni di Roberta Cassisa. Pagine 108, 15 euro — OLIGO, dal 10 ottobre in libreria
[strong]La Moda come Rivoluzione: “Fashion Outsider”[/strong] “Fashion Outsider” non è un semplice libro, ma un viaggio affascinante nelle vite di chi ha fatto della moda una vera e propria rivoluzione. Il volume esplora come icone culturali del calibro di Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalì, Coco Chanel e Madonna abbiano trasformato il loro stile personale in una dichiarazione di intenti, riscrivendo le regole del fashion system e lasciando un segno indelebile.
L’autrice, forte della sua esperienza nel mondo del branding e delle tendenze, ci guida attraverso storie di ribellione, innovazione e audacia estetica. Scopriamo come queste figure, con i loro abiti, accessori e persino il loro portamento, abbiano sfidato le convenzioni sociali e artistiche, diventando fonte di ispirazione globale. La moda non è più vista come una semplice scelta di stile, ma come un potente strumento di emancipazione personale e culturale.
Hai detto profumo? Come lo vuoi? Molecolare, senza alcool, con olii naturali e ciliegie ghiacciate dell ’Himalaya… dove si trovano queste ciliegie poi? Profumi di nicchia, commerciali, con mille materie prime. Ma un profumo non è solo ciò che percepiamo con l ’olfatto. A volte è ciò che si sente nel cuore, che ci racconta storie, ci evoca epoche, amicizie, luoghi lontani. Ad esempio, un profumo può raccontarci una delle storie più affascinanti del XX secolo: l’amicizia tra Misia Sert e Coco Chanel. Due donne di mondi diversi, unite nella Parigi dorata dell’inizio del secolo, dove arte emoda intrecciavano le vite di personaggi straordinari. La loro amicizia divenne il fondamento di un’intesa unica, e di un supporto reciproco forse raro, ma prezioso.
Elisa Rovesta è esperta di mode e costumi della società. Specialista in brand, stile e tendenze, ha pubblicato una trilogia dedicata alla contemporaneità e alle dinamiche umane, raccontando con ironia, stile e profondità i piccoli e grandi movimenti del nostro tempo (Fatti di umani, Umanistili e una ballerina sulla luna, Umane–stelle, NFC). Per Panorama.it cura la rubrica Stili Umani. Scrive per il corner Contemporanea attitude di Prometeoliberato.com in cui osserva con intelligenza e leggerezza le trasformazioni della società. www.elisarovesta.it
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained by POLITICO.
The words on the DOE list are at the heart of EERE’s mission: It is the government’s largest investor in technologies that help reduce heat-trapping emissions that cause climate change as well as the hazardous pollution from fossil fuels. It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay the realities of climate change.
“Please ensure that every member of your team is aware that this is the latest list of words to avoid — and continue to be conscientious about avoiding any terminology that you know to be misaligned with the Administration’s perspectives and priorities,” the directive from acting director of external affairs Rachel Overbey said.
In this episode of the Fediverse Flows series, host Matthias Pfefferle sits down with pioneer technologist Dave Winer. The inventor of blogging, podcasting, RSS, and text casting. Together, they unpack the evolution of the open web, discussing why true interoperability and openness matter more than ever in an age of restrictive social media platforms.
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.
An Israeli parliamentary committee has advanced a bill to allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners.
Under the bill, judges would be able to impose the death penalty on Palestinians who kill Israelis based on so-called “nationalistic” motives. The law would not apply to Israelis who kill Palestinians under similar circumstances.
The bill - introduced by Limor Son Har-Melech, a lawmaker from Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party - was approved on Sunday by the Knesset’s National Security Committee, with four lawmakers voting in favour and one against.
An Israeli parliamentary committee has advanced a bill to allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners.
Under the bill, judges would be able to impose the death penalty on Palestinians who kill Israelis based on so-called “nationalistic” motives.
The vast majority of places where you can find the kinds of sedimentary rocks that allow carbon dioxide to be stored underground sit in higher risk zones or in areas like the Arctic that are potentially off-limits for practical or political reasons, the study found.
That has big implications for the energy transition, since once carbon dioxide is put into storage, it’s supposed to stay there for as long as possible. Any storage sites we use today can’t be expected to be available for future generations — not just the children and grandchildren of people alive today but “more than ten generations into the future,” the study notes.
The study concludes that nearly 90 percent of that storage capacity is in less-than-desirable locations.
Google’s new developer registration requirements could make it impossible for independent Android app stores like F-Droid to survive, the group behind the open-source repository has warned in a new blog post
However, since Google's update to the battery, my phone is discharging very fast (talking about one percent per minute).
I have looked at changing the battery myself, however it seems to be a bit over my skill level. So, I am in the market for a new phone. (And quite pissed off at Google, especially since they announced the changes to signing, apks, the issues with graphene,...
This time, I would like : - maybe try Linux? - a headphone Jack
I have been looking at postmarket OS, however every supported device is quite old, and I'm not sure if/ how much they are usable today.
I looked at fairphone, but FP5&6 don't support postmarket OS and don't have a headphone Jack.
Currently, I am looking at the Jolla Phone (running SailfishOS), as it has a Jack, and runs Linux.
Do you know of other options, what would you recommend?
Do you know if that’s still a viable plan to avoid Google’s recent side-loading bullshit?
Google's new EEE tactics should not in theory impact custom ROMs such as Graphene, especially considering Graphene goes out of its way to avoid using any G stuff unless sandboxed.
From what OP said it sounds like Google is kinda closing that door but your comment leads me to suspect OP is mistaken?
So, unless i'm mistaken, google's updates shouldn't impact graphene phones...
My SO also has graphene on a pixel 6a and it's chugging along nicely, like it always has. She doesn't even charge it every night, so that's 24+ hours of use per charge. Please look into your battery, something might be wrong.
Fairphone 4. Ubuntu Touch is supported at a manufacturer level, it supports Postmarket OS, easy user serviceable, SD card slot (which apparently is rare now). No headphone jack but that's about the only downside. I'm running one with Calyx and while it is a little older of a phone - it's perfectly fine.
I have a Fairphone 5 with eOS, and I'm happy. Their service is painfully slow, but otherwise professional and reliable. You can run into headaches when flashing eOS if you are not super-cautious (dm mefor details if you like), but the instructions are good, and you can also buy various phones direct from Murena with eOS already installed.
Fairphone4 user here. Fairphone is the kind of environment you go into knowing there are tradeoffs (e.g. the camera sucks) but for me, what you gain in terms of privacy and the downright respect they have for you as a customer are worth those tradeoffs.
I also looked into Jolla SailfishOS. I tested it back then with the XA2, now I would go with the Xperia 10 V or VI (when it is supported). Because of better performance. docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Su…
FWIW, I took the plunge with a iFixit kit to replace my Pixel7 spicy pillow battery. I'm reasonably handy but had never done a glued phone before. I sprung for a clampy, watched the video and it all went extremely smooth, ~ 1 hour.
Tentatively wanting to press the buy button for a Fairphone 6. Currently using a Sony Xperia phone with headphone jack and 1Tb microSD card (it's one of my backups), BUT on factory OS and still on a privacy learning journey. Considered the move to Pixel with Graphene, but have always had my lifetime collection of FLAC music locally. Phone = music player. Can live without headphone jack since discovering USB adaptor DAC / amps.
And honestly? I mostly agree with them? Like this:
ABC ordered to pay Antoinette Lattouf another $150,000 for unlawful termination over Gaza Instagram post.
But a company faced with enormous threats wielded by fascist officials who demand that certain views be suppressed will treat such penalties as the normal cost of sucking up.
The [Israeli] army says that HAMAS is using apartment buildings for "surveillance", and has bombed some of those buildings to destroy them. Based on this logic, the army might bomb every tall building in Gaza City with the large bombs that the US is providing
He has some questionable beliefs as well, though for unusual reasons. He accepts non-binary people but refuses to use they/them pronouns because he doesn't like the ambiguity of singular/plural pronouns. So he has invented the neopronouns per/pers to refer to singular non-binary persons. I genuinely think no other person on this planet could hold this opinion.
What pisses me off it that they say they do this for security. It changes absolutely anything.
They really think that malware developers will say "oh no! I need to submit a picture of an id card to sign my malware! It's literally impossible to submit a jpg of a stolen id card, I'm ruined and out of a job!"
What does it change? Waste 20 minutes of some malware developer while they register under a stolen id? They already have a system that scans for known malware and automatically remove it.
Thing is, Play Store is already filled with malware or near-malware from seemingly verified developers. I ran into several scam clone apps just today. It's even snuck in through OEM apps.
Same on iOS, which supposedly verifies devs.
If 'verification' and curation is their idea of security, well... It appears their system is already overloaded, yet they want to expand it?
Both things can be true. It definitely is better for security. It’s pretty much indisputably better for security.
But you know what would be even better for security? Not allowing any third-party code at all (i.e., no apps).
Obviously that’s too shitty and everyone would move off of that platform. There’s a balance that must be struck between user freedom and the general security of a worldwide network of sensitive devices.
Users should be allowed to do insecure things with their devices as long as they are (1) informed of the risks, (2) prevented from doing those things by accident if they are not informed, and (3) as long as their actions do not threaten the rest of the network.
Side-loading is perfectly reasonable under those conditions.
It’s pretty much indisputably better for security.
I dispute this. While adding extra layers of security looks good on paper, flawed security can be worse than no security at all.
Android packages already have to be signed to be valid and those keys already are very effective in practice. In effect these new measures are reinventing the wheel as to what a layperson would think this new system does.
Adding this extra layer in fact has no actual security benefit beyond posturing/"deterrence". Catching a perpetrator is not the same thing as preventing a crime. Worse - catching a thief in meatspace has the potential to recover stolen goods, but not so in digital spaces - either the crime is damage or destruction of data for which no punishment undoes the damage or the crime is sharing private data which in practice would almost certainly have been immediately fenced to multiple data brokers.
And were only getting started with this security theater: - Nothing prevents an organization from hiring a developer for long enough to register before being flushed (or the same effect with a burner account on fiver) - Nothing in this program does anything to get code libraries vetted - many of these developers may accidentally be publishing code from poisoned wells that they have no practical knowledge of. - None of these measures make scams less profitable. - None of this addresses greyware - software that could technically qualify as legal (because the user agreed to terms of service for a service of dubious value) - All of this costs time and resources that will likely inevitably be shouldered on low paid engineers that could have put that effort to better uses. - Metrics and statistics may likely be P-hacked to reflect that the new system as a success (because there's internal pressure to make it look good) this turning-security-into-press-releases would have collateral of making accountability overall worse.
But you know what would be even better for security?
While we're at it we could add the tropes of removing network connectivity, or switch to using clay tablets kept in a wooden box guarded by a vengeful god. Both of those would be more secure, too.
Users should be allowed to do insecure things with their devices
100% agree with you here - it's fundamentally the principle of "Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins". Users should be given the tools and freedom to do as they want with their property - up until it affects another person or their property in an unwanted way.
I think we mostly agree. And I do agree that “flawed security can be worse than no security at all.” I think, though, that this doesn’t make security worse, just that it doesn’t make it that much better.
But even simple filters can make a significant difference: maybe you remember the early-ish Lemmy debacle of turning off captchas for signups by default, ostensibly because captchas are now completely defeated… which led to thousands and thousands of bot accounts being created pretty much immediately across a bunch of instances, and the feature being turned back on by default.
And I also think that there's no way I trust Alphabet (holding company of Google) to be the sole arbiters of who gets to run code - neither in a philosophical sense nor as a gatekeeper to one top five compute platforms used by a substantial chunk of the world population.
It absolutely does not justify creating a policy that would wholesale obliterate F-Droid, arguably one of their larger competitors.
If it's like the play store verification, it's quite simple. The main problem is that once "verified", Google publicly doxxes individual devs by publishing their residential address + private phone number + private Gmail on their dev page, and this is unacceptable for anyone except who used stolen identities
It seems to me that part of the problem is overreliance on phones as computing devices. A lot of things, like banking, are best done on an actual computer. We have become too dependent on phones.
Google’s developer verification will only run on mainstream Android with play services. It’s not supposed won’t be running in standard AOSP so the easiest solution would be to switch to a custom ROM like GrapheneOS.
They are also working to similarly kill custom ROMs. Just recently the GrapheneOS team mentioned that Google is no longer making their hardware drivers Open Source, and so compatibility with new phones means reverse engineering their own drivers - which is a big reason that custom ROMs support such narrow hardware options already and very often come with limitations and/or features that just don't work. At best, they figure out how to make it work, but it takes time and updates can lag significantly behind.
We have a lot of options on the software side for avoiding google (or android), but very limited options on hardware. We need open source mobile hardware support ASAP.
Because Google have been wanting to be closed source for years, which is why nearly all their new features since they released the Pixel have been PixelOS exclusive and not in AOSP.
They don’t care about killing custom roms, that’s just a side effect of them going closed source for their Phone.
It means they can do way more features without giving away precious IP, and it also just reduces their workload. They don’t need to keep giving out their code for free. It makes their job harder.
AOSP projects are not and never have been a threat to Google. They aren’t trying to stifle them - that’s just a byproduct of not giving away their code anymore. Giving it away gives literally zero benefits to them. It might only save them 0.01%, but that’s a lot money.
As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload.
I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition.
I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit.
Like other people have suggested, maybe get a second phone (one of those really cheap ones with play Services) and use that for that stuff, and keep your main personal phone google-free.
Let's hope that the rest of the world, specifically Europe smash this ridiculous proposal apart for what it is. Europe has already sorted out USB-C etc. Its not perfect and they don't get everything right, but certainly big enough to make stuff right.
Yep. The E.U. has allowed itself to be dominated for too long by the US megacorps. It has the talent, ideas, and manufacturing to tell US firms to bugger off ... and the sooner, the better for us all.
they are also going hard on surveillance, private info too, backed by RU of course.i think russell vought is behind the anti-porn verifications in the EU
I think the European leadership has changed and we need to watch our elected officials. However don't think Google was pushed into anything. They're now he company that does the opposite of their original manifesto. They're evil don't need that.
Status of Noble-based Ubuntu Touch (UTNext) Since the last time I made a forum post, the following features has become usable: GPS NFC Phone call & SMS Not...
We had a few good Linux phones back in the day but Nokia / Microsoft killed them trying to compete with iPhone OS and Android: Maemo / Meego were great but did not get a proper chance.
Jolla continued the legacy and Sailfish OS is still something worth checking out if you can find suitable hardware, or idk how complex it is to port it.
Lots of jobs require BYOD today (like, most F500 companies) and they limit to non-rooted OSs. I use Aegis for personal apps but I cannot escape microsoft as long as I want to keep paying my mortgage.
Android is so big because the community let them embrace it. Since the beginning the community should have worked in a true open solution. Now it’s really late to try to make a Linux phone
Linux would suck on a phone. Sorry it is barely usable on a laptop. We get worse battery life hardware less supported. Sure we put up with it but most people just want stuff to work.
This is because the community did not spent too much time optimizing for this goal. This is what I am saying, the open source community should invest more on Linux phone.
It doesn’t need to be Linux though - AOSP is still open source. Companies like graphebe using it just needed to not depend on Google to provide them the hardware and software to keep their OS viable. It’s entirely on them.
Anyone that builds their entire company and/or product around being reliant on a multi-billion/trillion dollar company providing them with their source code for free so you can use it to get around using their services is only setting themselves up for disaster.
If you rely on Google giving you their source code, you need to have a backup plan ready at all times for what to do when Google don’t give you their source code.
It’s because they regularly overstep their bounds and force overseas companies to do things they have no right to make them do, which actively hurt their business. Of course companies are going to do their very best to comply while making it have as little impact as possible!
I genuinely think no other person on this planet could hold this opinion.
Eh, I'm pretty close to this opinion.
A family member came out as non-binary, and I don't like to use they/them (for the same reason as Stallman), but I also think creating my own pronouns is more offensive, so I just use their first name, unless I can't easily avoid it (like this sentence). I'm not trying to be offensive, I just don't like they/them as angular pronouns. I also don't like "you" as both singular and plural, but I'm also not ready to use "y'all", so I refer to second person groups without the pronoun (if feasible).
On a related note, I also think gender is a social construct and not actually "real." Sex exists because it's a biological thing, but it shouldn't be directly tied to your role in society. To change my mind, I need empirical evidence that there's some unique difference between men and women (brain wave patterns?) that aligns groups of non-binary people or aligns trans people with people of the opposite sex. I personally don't think this exists, and gender fluidity is more a symptom of a culture that isn't well equipped to handle people who don't nicely fit into a bucket. I think gender is a useful metaphor for what's going on, and I absolutely support people fighting for using it to get the recognition they need, but I don't think it's an actual, scientifically proven thing.
The only real difference is that I use first names to refer to non-binary people's first names more frequently than to binary people. I hope that doesn't offend anyone, I just really don't like using the same pronoun for both singular and plural.
As a trans person, my gender dysphoria is not something caused entirely by social gender roles. Medical transition has greatly alleviated the majority of it. Anecdotally, within the first week of hormone therapy, my dysphoria improved dramatically while only being out of the closet to 2 people outside of my therapist and the medical professionals who prescribed my hormones. It has continued to improve, although I'm still waiting for the surgery that will resolve the remaining things that hormones can't fix.
Also, there are studies around brain structure differences between men and women, and transgender people tended to have brain structures in line with their gender, not their assigned sex at birth: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes…
Perhaps you should believe people when they tell you who they are, and get past your discomfort drawing arbitrary lines in grammar regarding pronouns, when singular they predates the fall of the Byzantine Empire by 75 years.
“They” as singular was really only made for when you didn’t know the sex of the person you were referring to, not as a pronoun for someone who you do. It had nothing to do with “gender identity” because that wasn’t a thing. Gender and sex were synonyms, 2 words for the same thing.
Eg “can my friend come to the party too?” “Yeah sure, what do they like on their pizza so I can make sure there is one they like?”
Not
“Can John come to the party?” “Yeah sure, what do they like on their pizza?”
In this instance you’d always have used “he” because you know with pretty much absolute certainty that John is male on account of being a male name.
It has only very recently been used as a choice that people tell people they want to be referred to by, because some people now believe in a “gender identity” being a separate thing to sex.
It existing as a singular pronoun doesn’t mean that it was used in the same context as it is now.
I criticized singular they/them for increasing language ambiguity and suggested replacing it with something new like xe/xer multiple times. The reply is usually a shitstorm and downvote tornado. I've given up on that front.
It hasn’t been used for “gender” ambiguity, but sex ambiguity, because the separation of sex and gender is only a recent thing and it’s not even unanimously accepted.
I always found this argument funny because how would you use pronouns for someone whose gender you do not know? They. It's they. E.g. you are given the sentence: Jordan went to the store to buy apples. And you want to ask a followup question regarding how many, you reply: How many apples did they buy? It's not that complicated. They has been used for gender ambiguity in everyone's lives since grammar school. People just have an inherent bias towards trans folks and it's incredibly depressing and sad.
Doesn't feel like you want to have an honest argument when you ask how far we should go back on a proposal about going forward and don't address the single motivator ambiguity.
You don’t get to decide how other people refer to you. I’m sorry but you don’t have that authority. You can dislike people using the “wrong” pronouns, but you cannot compel the usage of the ones you want to be called because of your beliefs. If I say my pronouns are “your majesty” it’s not unacceptable if you don’t use them.
Correct, because there is no argument to be had. Intentionally refusing to use someone's pronouns is unacceptable, every time, with 0 exceptions. If there's a dire need to be explicitly clear you're talking about a single person, you could just use their name in that instance.
I will literally go without a smartphone if Google does this, this is insane I would have bought an iphone if I wanted a junk device I don't actually own.
Owning a phone doesn’t give you control over what the operating system can do. You can so what the OS they give you allows you to do, or you can find a way to put a different os on it - but they don’t need to provide a way for you to do that easily.
Not really sure why this is a hard concept for some people to grasp?
The crazy part is this may make iOS the better alternative when considering the emergence of third-party app stores and Apple's loosening grip on their ecosystem.
LineageOS is still a good option too, for anyone who would prefer to keep the phone they have
iOS would be the better alternative, if it wasn't for the hardware they run on. After all, Apple is infamous for their blatant planned obsolescence on their iPhones since the iPhone 6. Unfortunately, Google seems to be following Apple in this way as well since they launched an update that made the Pixel 6a's battery so much worse than before. Therefore, we must all have a dumb phone + Linux phone set up...or something
Apple, with the longest software support on the market, and planned obsolescence don’t go in the same sentence together. Sorry but they are literally the best in the industry in this regard.
Also I assume you’re talking about the “batterygate” thing with the iPhone 6 where they slowed the device down? That was a giant overreaction - the alternative was the phone crashes and reboots constantly.
It's still Android kernel and drivers :/ but it is private. For Linux you'd need postmarket or one of their derivatives and they are fighting to get cameras and power under control.
prob the best we have at the moment.
edit: to be clear, I'm saying Halium is the best we have at the moment, real linux is trucking along but it's still a long way out.
By “Google’s fuckery” you mean “Google doing all the updates and giving it to them” though, right?
Until these alternative AOSP-derived OS developers stop relying on Google and start doing their own stuff, Google will have the ability to break their OS’s. This isn’t a Google issue, it’s a OS developer issue.
Oh my gosh, you're being pedantic. It has been used for "gender" ambiguity for quite some time. If you choose to be ignorant, then that's your dill, pickle. At the end of the day, you get to choose whether you make someone happy, or sad. Why is that difficult? Why can't you comprehend the concept of providing joy to someone? Why can't you just be nice? That's what this whole thing is about, right? You can either choose to be nice, or not. And I'm so tired of arguing with people to be nicer. Why can't people get it through their thick skulls, that people just want to live and be considerate of each other. That's what we all want, right?
Providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders shall ensure that traders can only use those online platforms to promote messages on or to offer products or services to consumers located in the Union if, prior to the use of their services for those purposes, they have obtained the following information, where applicable to the trader:
(a) the name, address, telephone number and email address of the trader;
(b) a copy of the identification document of the trader or any other electronic identification as defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (40);
Bear in mind that an open source license is a contract and it usually involves some form of reciprocity, like crediting the dev by name. That's in principle not different from a sponsorship deal, where some sports stadium gets the name of a corporation.
The actual definition is even wider, though. I don't see who you get out of that.
::: spoiler Trader defined in the DSA
‘trader’ means any natural person, or any legal person irrespective of whether it is privately or publicly owned, who is acting, including through any person acting in his or her name or on his or her behalf, for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession;
If F-droid ever has more than 50 employees, annual turnover over EUR 10 million, or over EUR 10 million on the balance sheet, then they will have to collect the same information.
Is calling an extremely underweight anorexic person healthy, a good weight, and encouraging them to keep losing weight the right thing to do? Is that good because it’s providing joy to someone?
Are you arguing that using the pronoun, they, is equivalent to someone harming themselves? Friend, you need to argue better. You are arguing like a college dropout. You've re-contextualized the argument in it's entirety. Try again, or don't. But stop coming at me with your weak ass, bullshit talking points. In the illustrious words of our dear leader, SAD!
Well, I guess we're done debating. It's a shame, I hate ending debates in a draw. That's on me, though. I got too emotional, because this is a topic that is deeply personal to me. Oh well, win some, lose some, and draw some. I enjoyed our debate, no matter what it may have seemed like. I really am shameful that I came out the gates smoking. There were much better ways to argue my point and I failed in that regard. Hope you have a great day and rest of your morning!
My job doesn't allow me to use a jailbroken/rooted device
So if/when this goes through I'll be switching to iOS.
Given the choice between two closed platforms, I'll pick the one that ostensibly says they're privacy focused instead of the one actively enshittifying their product.
You should just get a cheap phone to use for work. No reason to have their software on your own device. That will undoubtedly be used for creepy purposes.
That's not really company imposed spyware though. If I thought in any way that my boss was trying to make me install spyware I wouldn't the very least install it in shelter, something that has been disappeared during the Google play store purges. You can still find the apk online atleast until Google kills android soon with their ban on user installable software outside of the play store.
So when this happens, can't fdroid just make a PC side installer that syncs apps to the phone through adb? Sure it sucks that you can't just tap to install now but at least people could still use their 600 dollar phones for as long as they were supposed to by plugging in every now and then when your PC fdroid client tells you there's updates. Heck on the meta quest I used adb only with the quest headset once I got it configured, it was some self hosted adb server and let me do all the sit I needed a computer for in the first place without one, maybe fdroid could change the client to use a "remote adb" solution like that?
Chissà perchè da bambini al mare periodicamente non tutti entravano a fare il bagno, se in questo "tutti" c'era la nostra mamma, la nostra zia, la cugina o la sorella più grande. Quante ingenuità sono sopravvisuti agli anni, mascherati da un inesistente mal di testa. E tu, lo ricordi ancora?
Sarà perchè crediamo che dormire sia solo chiudere gli occhi e magari russare? Sbagliato, il sonno e molto altro e non solo perchè sogniamo, dormire è vita, salute, cura delle malattie, se non lo assecondiamo la salute ci abbandona!
Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week-long shorter term streaming subscriptions that provided an affordable way to watch live television.
These mini-subscriptions, starting at around $5, have already proven to be pretty popular. But, of course, it challenges the traditional cable TV model of getting folks locked into recurring (and expensive) monthly subscriptions. Subscriptions that often mandate that you include sports programming many people simply don’t want to pay for.
So of course Time Warner has now filed a second lawsuit (sealed, 1:25-mc-00381) accusing Dish Network of breach of contract. In the complaint, Warner Bros lawyer David Yohai argues that this kind of convenience simply cannot be allowed:
“The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model by allowing customers to purchase access to the most sought-after programming, such as major sports events, essentially a la carte for a fraction of the cost that the consumer would have had to pay to watch the event on a pay-per-view basis. For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee.”
Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week…
Normally I'd say Sling didn't have a prayer under this administration, but Disney has pissed everybody off - including the Grand Cheeto - so I'm just gonna go stock up on some popcorn...
I pray to no false gods. But I do cherish Jellyfins daddy Emby. I would probably use Jellyfin but I have a lifelong emby paid from donating when they first took over MB.
Edison's lightbulb invention story makes for a really good rugged individual story. Dude keeps trying after 400 failures finally finds the one that worked and becomes rich and famous for it
"For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee."
WOW. The greed is insane! What total pieces of sh*t! They're not even hiding it
"For example, someone could purchase a single sandwich, instead of a loaf of bread, several pounds of meat and cheese, various produce items, and a few jars of condiments."
They're suing over the creation of competition in the market? Certainly an interesting strategy. I hope WB, Disney, and every other scum-sucker that thinks suing is acceptable gets raked across the coals.
They said it without directly saying it. They want to be able to price fix to keep their investors happy and someone is now stepping on the toes of the investors and they want to force sling to raise their price or pay them (mafia tactics) to continue operating.
Any company involved in this lawsuit should be forced to provide their subscription to all current users for free for the next 2-5 years or shutter their streaming service indefinitely.
I know what it's about. Best part is that at an entry fee of $5, Sling aren't even undercutting the market enough to allow an anti-competition lawsuit against them. So long as Sling can afford the lawyer fees, a dismissal and reversal should be a cake walk.
it pretty much depends on what their distribution agreements have in them--there could be something in there that requires monthly or longer terms for subscribers. if there isn't, there sure af will be from now on for streaming services carrying 'cable' channels
Business idea: Get subscriptions to Disney and ESPN streaming services, then let other people buy access to those accounts for one day at a time. You'd log in for them and give them the session cookie, or something like that. Shouldn't be too hard to find a country in which that isn't breaking any laws, although I'm guessing it's probably not the USA.
I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect that you may be overestimating the extent to which every piece of bullshit inserted into a TOS document that nobody reads is universally enforceable.
It's not a legal issue. They'd just shut down any accounts doing this. They already detect and shut down account sharing and this is just a variant of that. No law or government intervention necessary.
One could make it technically somewhat difficult to shut down, but better yet would be to get some timely government intervention, on the side of defending our rights to do such things on the same kind of principle as the well-established doctrine of first sale.
There's maybe a bit of an argument here if Sling is subsidizing their low prices with losses or debt or revenue from other projects. And let's be real here... that's absolutely what they're doing, cause that's what they ALL do. Offer services at unsustainable prices, in the hope of cornering a chunk of the market, and exploiting it for profit, later.
“The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model by allowing customers to purchase access to the most sought-after programming, such as major sports events, essentially a la carte for a fraction of the cost that the consumer would have had to pay to watch the event on a pay-per-view basis. For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee.”
KEK, this sounds like the best add ever for Sling TV.
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in reply to cronenthal • • •The EU can't be the only one standing up to this foul behaviour.
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in reply to vermaterc • • •I hope these evil arsehole moves will span new mobile-phone companies who see the economic benefit of taking side with the users. A little like it happened with Framework and laptops.
My mobile is dying; when it's dead it'll be GrapheneOS – and fuck you Google.