Trump administration to cancel $645 million worth of grants for climate-related projects in Minnesota
Trump administration to cancel $645 million worth of grants for climate-related projects in Minnesota
In the hours after the federal government shut down on Wednesday, the Trump administration announced it would cancel nearly $8 billion in climate projects in more than a dozen states, including Minnesota.Caroline Cummings (CBS Minnesota)
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik-1, humanity's first artificial satellite.
Its simple yet proud “beep-beep” sound stood as mankind’s first signal reaching beyond Earth.
Sputnik-1 was a spherical aluminum spacecraft, 58 cm in diameter and weighing 83.6 kg. Its hermetically sealed body protected the equipment inside from external conditions. Onboard were two radio transmitters operating at 20.005 and 40.002 MHz frequencies, broadcasting the legendary signals, which were picked up by radio enthusiasts around the world.
Four external antennas, 2.4 to 2.9 meters long, ensured stable transmission. The satellite had no propulsion system and moved in orbit solely by the impulse received at launch.
To deliver Sputnik-1 into orbit, a two-stage R-7 launch vehicle was used, developed under the guidance of the great Soviet engineer Sergey Korolev. The satellite reached the orbit in 314.5 seconds (just over 5 minutes) after liftoff. Its apogee was 947 km, perigee 228 km, and it orbited Earth every 96 minutes.
In total, Sputnik-1 spent 92 days in space, completing 1,440 orbits and covering more than 60 million kilometers. The last signal was received on January 4, 1958, after which the satellite re-entered the atmosphere and burned up.
The launch of Sputnik-1 was not only a groundbreaking technological achievement, but also a symbol of a new era – the beginning of humanity’s space age.
Since then, dozens of countries have launched thousands of satellites, transforming science, communications, navigation, and our daily lives.
Yet no matter how many follow, Sputnik-1 will forever be the First!
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials, from their respective app stores, 404 Media has found. The move comes after Apple removed ICEBlock, a much more prominent app, from its App Store on Thursday following direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials. Google told 404 Media it removed apps because they shared the location of what it describes as a vulnerable group that recently faced a violent act connected to these sorts of ICE-spotting apps—a veiled reference to ICE officials.The move signals a broader crackdown on apps that are designed to keep communities safe by crowdsourcing the location of ICE officials. Authorities have claimed that Joshua Jahn, the suspected shooter of an ICE facility in September and who killed a detainee, searched his phone for various tracking apps. A long-running immigration support group on the ground in Chicago, where ICE is currently focused, told 404 Media some of its members use Red Dot.
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Do you know anything else about these apps and their removal? Do you work at Google, Apple, or ICE? 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.“Ready to Protect Your Community?” the website for Red Dot reads. “Download Red Dot and help build a stronger protection network.”
The site provides links to the app’s page on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. As of at least Friday, both of those links return errors. “This app is currently not available in your country or region,” says the Apple one, and “We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server,” says the Google one.
The app allows people to report ICE presence or activity, along with details such as the location and time, according to Red Dot’s website. The app then notifies nearby community members, and users can receive alerts about ICE activity in their area, the website says.
Google confirmed to 404 Media that it removed Red Dot. Google said it did not receive any outreach from the Department of Justice about this issue and that it bans apps with a high risk of abuse. Without talking about the shooting at the ICE facility specifically, the company said it removed apps that share the location of what it describes as a vulnerable group after a recent violent act against them connected to this sort of app. Google said apps that have user generated content must also conduct content moderation.
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Google added in a statement that “ICEBlock was never available on Google Play, but we removed similar apps for violations of our policies.”Google’s Play Store policies say the platform does not allow apps that “promote violence” against “groups based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, caste, immigration status, or any other characteristic that is associated with systemic discrimination or marginalization,” but its published policies do not include information about how it defines what types of groups are protected.
Red Dot did not respond to a request for comment.
On Thursday Apple told 404 Media it removed multiple ICE-spotting apps, but did not name Red Dot. Apple did not respond to another request for comment on Friday.
On Thursday Joshua Aaron, the developer of ICEBlock, told 404 Media “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” referring to Apple removing his own app. ICEBlock rose to prominence in June when CNN covered the app. That app was only available on iOS, while Red Dot was available on both iOS and Android.
“ICEBlock is no different from crowd sourcing speed traps, which every notable mapping application, including Apple's own Maps app, implements as part of its core services. This is protected speech under the first amendment of the United States Constitution,” Aaron continued. “We are determined to fight this with everything we have. Our mission has always been to protect our neighbors from the terror this administration continues to reign down on the people of this nation. We will not be deterred. We will not stop. #resist.”
That move from Apple came after pressure from Department of Justice officials on behalf of Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to Fox. “ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed. This Department of Justice will continue making every effort to protect our brave federal law enforcement officers, who risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe,” Bondi told Fox. The Department of Justice declined to comment beyond Bondi's earlier comments.
The current flashpoint for ICE’s mass deportation effort is Chicago. This week ICE raided an apartment building and removed everyone from the building only to ask questions later, according to local media reports. “They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," one neighbor, Eboni Watson, told ABC7. “That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.’”
Brandon Lee, communications lead at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, told 404 Media some of the organization’s teams have used Red Dot and similar apps as a way of taking tips. But the organization recommends people call its hotline to report ICE activity. That hotline has been around since 2011, Lee said. “The thing that takes time is the infrastructure of trust and training that goes into follow-up, confirmation, and legal and community support for impacted families, which we in Illinois have been building up over time,” he added.
“But I will say that at the end of the day it's important for all people of conscience to use their skills to shine some light on ICE's operations, given the agency's lack of transparency and overall lack of accountability,” he said, referring to ICE-spotting apps.
In ICEBlock’s case, people who already downloaded the app will be able to continue using but will be unable to re-download it from the Apple App Store, according to an email from Apple Aaron shared with 404 Media. Because Red Dot is available on Android, users can likely sideload the app—that is, install it themselves by downloading the APK file rather than from the Play Store.
The last message to Red Dot’s Facebook page was on September 24 announcing a new update that fixed various bugs.
Update: this piece has been updated to include a response from the Department of Justice.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
Anti-ICE protesters marched up Michigan Avenue on Tuesday evening.Cate Cauguiran (ABC7 Chicago)
syncspirit v0.4.3 release!
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I'm glad to announce v0.4.3 release!Syncspirit is independent BEP protocol implementation. Like
syncthing is continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization tool.raw.githubusercontent.com/basi…
You can download ready-to-use binaries for Linux x86_64 (AppImage),
Windows 32 bit (WindowsXP is supported),
Windows 64 bit
and Mac OS X (Apple silicon).Notable changes:
- [core] fix compatibility with syncthing v2.0 (i.e. tolerate directory with non-zero size and without blocks)
- [core] allow to specify root certificate authority to use in all tls/ssl connections, see faq, mostly actual for Windows XP with expired system certificates
- [core] allow to load huge databses and interrupt loading porgress
- [core] reduce memory consumption by model (~ 44%)
- [core] use in-depth scan order instead of in-breadth
- [core, win32] fix negative serial number in generated ssl-certificates
- [core, fltk] more correctly display file scanning progress
- [core, bugfix] make successful upnp port unmapping upon shutdown
- [fltk] deactivate currently selected log level button
Syncspirit is a syncthing-compatible is written from the scratch software in C++ as classical desktop application.
Syncspirt source code uses GPLv3 license.
Any feedback is welcome!
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Release v0.4.3 · basiliscos/syncspirit
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OpenAI's New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says
OpenAI's New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says
OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
Anonym and Snap partner to unlock increased performance for advertisers | The Mozilla Blog
An ads milestone in marketing reach without data risk. The ad industry is shifting, and with it comes a clear need for advertisers to use data responsibly
Anonym and Snap partner to unlock increased performance for advertisers
With Snapchat campaigns, advertisers can now bring first-party data that’s typically been inaccessible into play and understand how ads on the platform drive real-world actions.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
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Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser
Opera Neon is a new browser that puts AI in control of your tabs and browsing activities, but it'll cost $19.90 per month.
Opera renegotiates its $1.2B sale down to $600M for its browsers, privacy apps, Chinese JV | TechCrunch
Some more developments over at Opera, the browser company based out of Norway. The company announced that an offer to acquire the company for $1.2Ingrid Lunden (TechCrunch)
I had no idea they were reusing the name. Apparently they had a different prototype under this name in 2017.
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Meet Opera Neon, Opera's radical vision for the future of web browsers
After launching versions of its browser with integrated VPN and ad blocking, Opera's tried something different: a "concept browser," Opera Neon.Mark Hachman (PCWorld)
Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser
Opera Neon is a new browser that puts AI in control of your tabs and browsing activities, but it'll cost $19.90 per month.
Renault and Dacia UK warn of data breach impacting customers
Customers of Renault and Dacia in the United Kingdom have been notified that sensitive information they shared with the car maker was compromised following a data breach at a third-party provider.
ShinyHunters launches Salesforce data leak site to extort 39 victims
An extortion group has launched a new data leak site to publicly extort dozens of companies impacted by a wave of Salesforce breaches, leaking samples of data stolen in the attacks.
Giuseppe Vita D
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- Recensione del libro “D” di Giuseppe Vita
- La trama Storica dietro al Thirller
- Un po’ di curiosità storiche prima della recensione
- Il presente oscuro
- Suspense e introspezione
- Una lettura da non perdere
- Trama
- Biografia
Un thriller noir che vi farà rimanere senza fiato
Giuseppe Vita
”D”
Thriller noir
stampato a giugno 2025
pp 210
Recensione del libro “D” di Giuseppe Vita
Un thriller che intreccia storia, mistero e indagine psicologica
La trama Storica dietro al Thirller
Il borgo di Castroantico diventa il cuore pulsante di un intreccio che attraversa i secoli. Nel 1548, l’invasione turca sconvolge la vita di una comunità apparentemente tranquilla. Pochi anni dopo, nel 1552, un nuovo attacco viene respinto da misteriosi monaci, custodi di un segreto che rimane sospeso nel tempo.
Un po’ di curiosità storiche prima della recensione
La narrazione di Giuseppe Vita trae spunto da fatti realmente accaduti. Nella metà del Cinquecento, il Cilento fu più volte minacciato dalle incursioni ottomane. Nel 1548, flotte turche colpirono le coste pugliesi seminando distruzione, saccheggi e deportazioni. Questi eventi generarono un clima di paura diffuso, che spinse molte comunità a rafforzare mura, torri costiere e sistemi difensivi.
Nel 1552, un nuovo assalto mise nuovamente alla prova i borghi della zona. La tradizione locale tramanda storie di resistenza e di interventi “provvidenziali”, spesso attribuiti a figure religiose o monastiche, come nel caso di Castroantico. È su questa suggestiva commistione di storia e leggenda che si innesta il romanzo “D”.
Il presente oscuro
Nel 2024, Castroantico è di nuovo avvolto dall’oscurità: sette giovani scompaiono e la Chiesa affida le indagini all’ispettore Franco. Uomo tormentato, Franco dovrà affrontare non solo un caso complesso, ma anche le ombre del suo passato. Le sparizioni e le antiche invasioni sembrano intrecciarsi in un unico filo che lega epoche lontane.
Suspense e introspezione
“D” è un thriller/noir dal ritmo serrato, in cui il lettore è costantemente tenuto con il fiato sospeso. La scrittura di Giuseppe Vita alterna colpi di scena, atmosfere cupe e passaggi introspettivi, in cui emerge un interrogativo centrale: fino a che punto il passato condiziona il presente?
Una lettura da non perdere
Con “D”, Giuseppe Vita offre un’opera che unisce intrigo storico, suspense contemporanea e riflessione personale. Un romanzo che si legge in pochi giorni e che accompagna il lettore in un viaggio tra luce e ombra, fede e mistero, vita e memoria.
Trama
In un piccolo borgo del Sud Italia nel XVI secolo orde di corsari distruggono e saccheggiano la costa. Ai giorni nostri la tranquillità dello stesso paese viene sconvolta da 7 misteriose sparizioni. Un ispettore tormentato dal suo recente passato,originario del posto, viene richiamato da un cardinale che si rivela essere il suo padre spirituale. A lui viene affiancato un prete, appartenente ad un ordine sacro, uomo fidato del Cardinale. Entrambi sono chiamati a risolvere il mistero di queste sparizioni. I due protagonisti, opposti ma complementari, saranno affiancati da altri personaggi tutti vicini al Cardinale. La situazione degenera, alcuni spariti vengono trovati morti, in modi atroci quasi spettacolari. È una corsa contro il tempo nella speranza di salvare almeno gli altri ragazzi, ma nulla è scontato. C’è un filo conduttore in tutta la storia è la lettera D. Dietro di essa è celato il mistero.
Biografia
Mi chiamo Giuseppe Vita ed ho 41 anni, sono sposato da 13 anni ed ho un bambino di 5 anni. I miei hobby sono lo sport, ho sempre praticato la canoa fluviale anche come agonista e sono tuttora dirigente societario e delegato per la discesa fluviale per il comitato regionale Campania e Basilicata, amatorialmente ho praticato pugilato e sono un appassionato di boxe. Mi piace anche il calcio e sono un simpatizzante dell’Inter ma guardo con piacere tutti gli sport. Mi piace leggere molto tutti i generi, spaziando dai libri tecnici soprattutto economici ai romanzi ed ai gialli. Sono un estimatore in particolare di Donato Carrisi e Ken Follett, ma ho una vasta libreria. Mi piace molto la musica dal cantautorato classico italiano (De André, De Gregori, Dalla ecc..) ma ho una passione particolare per il rock, sono un grande estimatore dei Guns n’ roses, dei queen, dei Led Zeppelin, della Premiata Forneria Marconi, dei Deep Purple, dei Dream theater ed altri e mi piace molto la chitarra come strumento, ne posseggo due ed ogni tanto “strimpello” con amici. Ho una grande passione per i cani in particolar modo per il pastore tedesco. Ne ho uno che ho voluto inserire sia all’interno del libro “D” come personaggio che sulla quarta di copertina in foto con me. Sono molto attivo in politica per passione, sia nel paese dove sono nato che a livello di partito avendo ricoperto la carica di segretario di circolo per diversi anni. Ho anche questa passione per la scrittura ed a oggi ho pubblicato 2 libri il primo “la questione settentrionale, disparità e disuguaglianze nell’Italia che cambia” Edizioni Kappa 2023 ed ora “D” Una libro giallo Scarenz Editore 2025. Ho difficoltà a stare senza far nulla. Naturalmente tutto questo nel tempo extra lavorativo. Sono impiegato nel settore nautico e turistico.
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Buckle up, tech just kicked in yo! For car video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/@ziptiptuningYouTube
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Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
An AI-generated government “minister” made its debut with an address in the Albanian parliament on Thursday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama presenting the bot as a symbol of his government’s push for transparency and innovation.The Associated Press (CTVNews)
Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
An AI-generated government “minister” made its debut with an address in the Albanian parliament on Thursday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama presenting the bot as a symbol of his government’s push for transparency and innovation.The Associated Press (CTVNews)
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How should I make system snapshots in OpenSuse Leap 16?
I’ve been reading you should use Snapper. I looked before I updated from 15.6 to 16, but didn’t seem to have it installed even then, though I did have something that looked like it in YaST.
Now in 16, I also can’t find Snapper and I don’t seem to have the general interface of YaST anymore either. Just some separate tools, but not the snapshot one.
Is Snapper something you can download? I previously installed Timeshift because I went to OpenSuse 15.6 from Mint. I didn’t know there was already something installed that could do this, and as Timeshift is what’s used in Mint, I just downloaded that. Can I just use Timeshift?
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It is setup out of the box, run snapper list as root and you should see the your current snapshots. But you do not need to do anything as snapper is configured to take snapshots before and after a transaction.
The docs have not been updated for 16 so ignore all mentions or commands referencing yast.
And remember that this is not a backup solutions in the taditional sense, so please make proper backups of your important data.
System recovery and snapshot management with Snapper |…
Snapper allows creating and managing file system snapshots. File system snapshots allow keeping a copy of the state of a file system at a certain point of time…doc.opensuse.org
Ah, alright then. I thought I could use YaST’s GUI, but then I just need to do it using the terminal.
Isn’t it possible to make a manual snapshot?
How safe is stoat ?
What do you think of stoat ? I didn't find any comparison with other safe messaging service.
I understand that legally, it's under the GDPR but it's depand of the UK, famously imply in the 5 eyes States.
3 parties services are used, which may imply metadata leaks' and I didn't saw any mention of end-to-end encryption, OSR or other safety feature.
Stoat sell itself as safety focus. Do you think it's still an interesting app, compare to other chat service like mattermost, or do you think it's a safe-scam like Theema or proton ?
As far as privacy goes, they're stuck at no end-to-end encryption github.com/revoltchat/revolt/i… otherwise, they are probably (I don't know this for sure, because just being open source isn't enough for this kind of service) slightly better than Discord
End-to-end Encryption
need to write out requirements here TODO: write an RFC (https://github.com/revoltchat/rfcs) MVP List: OMEMO-style secret chats OpenMLS instead? key verification (verify users through trusted channe...insertish (GitHub)
Having trouble upgrading Fedora from 41 to 42, plus WiFi problems.
I had installed Fedora KDE for an older relative on his old Dell laptop. I had already upgraded it from 40 to 41 before, but this time it seemingly refuses to upgrade at all.
I tried upgrading through the "KDE Discover" program at first, no success. I would click the "Upgrade to Fedora 42" button and nothing would happen.
Then I tried upgrading manually using the instructions given by the fedora wiki, and I get the errors from the attached image. (Image below is the continued output)
On top of that, to make things worse, WiFi literally disappears at a whim sometimes. I mean all GUI options for WiFi disappear. I have to restart to make it work again. This is frustrating, can anyone give some insight? Should I just wipe and reinstall something else?
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That rpmfusion package looks like trouble, can you uninstall it or all of rpmfusion before upgrading? I also see internet problems here also so you might be better off fixing that first.
Upgrade Error with vlc-plugins-freeworld
Users may experience issues during dnf upgrades with the vlc-plugins-freeworld package.Madomado (Cats on a Keyboard)
I'd remove rpmfusion and it's packages, upgrade, and reinstall them.
No idea what's the particular issue with the 404, could be old mirrorlist, transient issues, but in general if you asked Fedora they'd tell you they only support upgrading with official repos on.
Which is fine really. You're not losing anything.
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, and has suspended an agent who refused to participate in the plan, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Ray refused to participate in this plan, believing it would be inappropriate and highly unusual for a white-collar defendant like Comey, according to the source. He was then suspended for insubordination.
The FBI is now actively working to put together a team to arrest Comey between now and his court appearance on Thursday, but other FBI supervisors have also refused to cooperate, said a source knowledgeable about the conversions and a law enforcement source familiar with the situation. The expectation is that the FBI will eventually find somebody.
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.Daniel Klaidman (CBS News)
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È morto Remo Girone: addio al “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra, aveva 76 anni
Il mondo dello spettacolo italiano piange Remo Girone, morto improvvisamente all’età di 76 anni nella sua casa di Montecarlo. L’attore, indissolubilmente legato al volto di Tano Cariddi nella serie La Piovra, lascia un’eredità artistica che ha attraversato cinema, televisione e teatro, oltre a un rapporto speciale con il pubblico.
LEGGI L'ARTICOLO COMPLETO: È morto Remo Girone: addio al “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra, aveva 76 anni
È morto Remo Girone, addio al “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra
È morto a 76 anni Remo Girone, il “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra. Nato ad Asmara, ha lavorato tra cinema, TV e teatro.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
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China launches a new visa to attract tech talent, but locals aren't happy
When China first announced a new visa targeting foreign professionals in science and technology in August it largely went unnoticed.
But the K visa, which went into effect on Wednesday, was thrust into the public spotlight last week, when an Indian outlet referred to it as "China's H-1B" - a reference to the US visa for skilled workers which was, last month, targeted by an executive order by Donald Trump. Indians dominate the H-1B programme, making up more than 70% of the recipients in recent years.
The Indian media report was picked up widely in China, stoking concern - and even fears - amongst the public over whether benefits extended to foreigners would increase competition in a sluggish job market - and in a country that has traditionally not been a major immigration destination for foreign professionals.
And although it is still unclear whether the visa will actually allow foreigners to work in China or whether it just allows them easier access into the country, it didn't stop tens of thousands of users on Chinese social media from criticising the programme.
"We have so many bachelor's degree holders, not to mention even more with master's and doctoral degrees. We already have a surplus of domestic talent - and now you're bringing in foreign college graduates?" read one comment.
“There have been so many new programmes pushing our university students to compete with each other, but in the end, nothing beats a foreign passport,” another Weibo user wrote.
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Others talked about whether authorities could bring in a high standard of talent, and questioned whether foreigners would be able to adapt to life on the mainland, citing language barriers and China's tightly controlled political system.
Also among the comments were a wave of xenophobic and racist remarks - many of them targeted specifically at Indian nationals.
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China launches a new visa to attract tech talent, but locals aren't happy
China's aim to attract global talent comes as the US is making it harder to bring in foreign workers.Fan Wang (BBC News)
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What do you mean “negative spin”? Those are people unhappy with a decision their government made. And their concerns are valid, too. Stuff like this happens all the time around the world. It should be talked about.
I wouldn’t have read it that way at all if it weren’t for you immediately crying about it. Try not to be upset about things that aren’t 100% positive about your favourite club.
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"Chinese people not happy with windmills ruining their view!"
There you go. Everything has a downside. The BCC decided to make the downside the headline. Which means they agree with Trump who scared off foreign talent.
Try not to be 100% positive about empire news.
You might not have noticed it, but the BBC is intentionally taking a negative angle to something which has both upsides and downsides. So much for their neutral reporting.
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The BCC decided to make the downside the headline. Which means they agree with Trump who scared off foreign talent.
No. The BBC decided to report that Chinese people are unsatisfied with their government's decision and the government doesn't care. Vews contrary to The Party are being censored as usual.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs condannato a quattro anni e due mesi: il giudice Subramanian parla di «offese gravi» e impone multa e libertà vigilata
Sean “Diddy” Combs è stato condannato a 50 mesi di prigione da un tribunale federale di New York per trasporto di persone a fini di prostituzione. Il giudice Arun Subramanian ha definito i fatti «gravi offese di carattere sessuale che hanno irreparabilmente danneggiato due donne», spiegando che una pena significativa è necessaria «per mandare un messaggio» tanto agli autori di abusi quanto alle vittime.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI: Sean “Diddy” Combs condannato a quattro anni e due mesi: il giudice Subramanian parla di «offese gravi» e impone multa e libertà vigilata
Sean Diddy Combs condannato a 50 mesi: multa e 5 anni di libertà vigilata
Sean “Diddy” Combs condannato a 50 mesi per trasporto a fini di prostituzione. Il giudice Subramanian impone anche 500mila $ di multa.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Nothing Essential è il preludio all'estinzione degli smartphone come li conosciamo
Nothing Essential è il preludio all'estinzione degli smartphone come li conosciamo - macitynet.it
Nothing pensa a un sistema operativo basato sull’AI, ma al momento non rinuncia ad Android: si parte con Playground ed EssentialEmiliano Contarino (Casa Editrice Macity Publishing srl)
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Lo leggo perfettamente: si passa dal link, si transita da feddit, si arriva all'articolo.
P.S. @talksina mi ha bloccato, non so perché.
ICE agents dragged naked children out of homes in Chicago: Neighbors
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-dragged-naked-children-out-homes-chicago-raid-10823150
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Chicagoans mobilize to oppose Trump’s threats of military occupation
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Chicago, IL – On September 30, 1500 Chicagoans marched down Magnificent Mile to protest Trump’s threats of using the city as a military training ground. This past week has seen the effects of Operation Blitz in full force, with heavy presence of ICE and other federal agents conducting deportations. Trump’s speech to top U.S. generals the same day showed he intends to escalate the federal occupation with the military.
Ramped up repression means ramped up fight back!
“They are dehumanizing our communities. They are inflicting terror on our families. Separating families. Let’s not forget that when ICE murdered Silverio [Villegas-Gonzalez], the only thing they said was that he was an illegal. They did not say that he was a father, a worker, and a member of our community,” said Gabriela Hernandezm of Casa DuPage, speaking to the crowd in Spanish.
Hernandez also stated, “We are here today, protesting again, to tell this administration that the Mexicano/Latino community are not criminals. It is the time for us to speak firmly and clearly about these things, because if not, they will come to silence all of us.”
Reverend Jonathan Brooks of Live Free Illinois stated, “ICE has been accused of violating a consent decree meant to protect families from warrantless arrests. This disregard for legal protections tears at the very fabric of trust in our democracy.”
Brooks continued, “A federal judge has already ruled that targeting deportations based on political speech is unconstitutional – yet ICE continues to act as if it is above the law. Let’s be clear: this is not about safety. This is about authoritarianism, fear and control. Our communities do not need to be occupied – they need to be respected.”
“We saw over the weekend how ICE agents shamelessly occupied the streets of downtown and detained fellow residents. Over in Broadview, protesters and journalists are being shot at, teargassed, and brutalized. In a raid in South Shore just last night, ICE, FBI and other federal agents ransacked 70 apartments, knocked down doors, threw stuff all over the place, and detained 50 people – including Black U.S. citizens,” said Angel Naranjo of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO).
Naranjo continued, “Trump hates Chicago because he is a racist reactionary who represents the class enemy – the monopoly capitalist class – and this enemy can’t stand us. Trump and his lackeys are mad and ramping up their attacks – and so we’re ramping up our fight back! The masses of our city – and in particular the Black, Chicano/Latino, immigrant and working-class masses – are putting up a just fight against this rotten imperialist system that is tearing apart our families and occupying our neighborhoods! We are building a movement to stop the raids, and our demand is legalization for all undocumented people.”
“What we need right now is solidarity. The solidarity that Fred Hampton talked about. The solidarity that Assata Shakur deserved. We need solidarity with federal workers, with day laborers, teachers, nurses, warehouse workers. We need solidarity across unions. All public unions, trade unions, across communities. We need the solidarity of all working people,” said Jill Manrique of Chicago Jobs for Justice.
A member of Students for Justice in Palestine – Chicago (SJP Chicago) ended the program by reminding the crowd, ”The kidnapping of families and workers, and the occupations of our city’s streets is just an escalation of policy that has been standard in this nation since its inception.”
After the program, Chicagoans loudly marched down Magnificent Mile, one of the biggest commercial corridors in the city. Protests ended at the Water Tower, finishing with Assata’s “It is our duty to fight for our freedom” chant.
Enemies from within
“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. Cuz we’re going into Chicago very soon,” said Trump in front of the U.S. top military leaders, stating that there were enemies from within that the military must apprehend.
Trump's deployment of federal forces is an escalation of the ongoing occupation of Black, Chicano/Latino, and working-class communities by the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Trump aims to ramp up this oppression and squash the working and oppressed people who are getting organized to fight back against this. From the 2020 George Floyd rebellion, to the 2025 LA uprising against ICE, working and oppressed are wanting and mobilizing for an end to this terror. The ruling class of this country knows this, and is ramping to continue its grip of oppressed people in this country.
Join the resistance!
This mobilization was called by the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA), a coalition of over 80 organizations building a united front against the reactionary Trump administration. Sign up to get notified when the next mobilization happens at coalitionagainsttrumpagenda.org
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Trinidad Gov’t Gets US Support for Venezuela Joint Natural Gas Project
Trinidad Gov’t Gets US Support for Venezuela Joint Natural Gas Project - Venezuelanalysis
PM Persad-Bissessar expressed confidence in reaching a deal with Caracas despite backing a recent US military deployment in the region.ricardo (Venezuelanalysis)
Police pinned Black man with knee on his back for 86 seconds before his death: report
Police pinned Black man with knee on his back for 86 seconds before his death: report
New, disturbing details have emerged about an incident that got a Kansas sheriff's deputy charged with second-degree murder for the death of a Black man in custody, reported The Guardian on Friday — with the death bearing a striking resemblance to th…Matthew Chapman (Raw Story)
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Conversation with Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal on tech ethics, the rise of surveillance, the power of AI, and what we can do to fight back.
cross-posted from: piefed.zip/post/539098
Filmed on 5/20/2025 with a live audience both in person and on Zoom.About the speakers:
Meredith Whittaker is Signal’s President and a member of the Signal Foundation Board of Directors. She has over 17 years of experience in tech, spanning industry, academia, and government. Before joining Signal as President, she was the Minderoo Research Professor at NYU, and served as the Faculty Director of the AI Now Institute which she co-founded. Her research and scholarly work helped shape global AI policy and shift the public narrative on AI to better recognize the surveillance business practices and concentration of industrial resources that modern AI requires. Prior to NYU, she worked at Google for over a decade, where she led product and engineering teams, founded Google’s Open Research Group, and co-founded M-Lab, a globally distributed network measurement platform that now provides the world’s largest source of open data on internet performance. She also helped lead organizing at Google. She was one of the core organizers pushing back against the company’s insufficient response to concerns about AI and its harms, and was a central organizer of the Google Walkout. She has advised the White House, the FCC, the City of New York, the European Parliament, and many other governments and civil society organizations on privacy, security, artificial intelligence, internet policy, and measurement. She recently completed a term as Senior Advisor on AI to the Chair at the US Federal Trade Commission.
Stéphan-Eloïse Gras is a researcher and entrepreneur specializing in the geoeconomics of AI. An assistant professor at CNAM-Paris, she explores AI technologies through the lens of software & critical data studies. She also serves on the board of Probabl, an AI company built around the popular open-source library scikit-learn. With 15+ years in the digital sector, she has led initiatives at the intersection of innovation, research, education, and emerging markets. As CEO of Digital Africa, she oversaw a €130M initiative supporting African startups. She also co-founded Africa 4 Tech and led OpenClassrooms’ strategic expansion in Africa. Her doctoral research traced the rise of AI through a music recommendation algorithm acquired by Spotify. She teaches at CNAM, Sciences Po, NYU, and Sorbonne and is currently writing a book on the geoeconomics of AI, describing LLMs as “belief-making machines.”
Rachel Donadio, the Library’s Curator of Cultural Programs, is a Paris-based writer, journalist and critic, a contributing writer for the Atlantic, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former European Culture Correspondent and Rome Bureau Chief of the New York Times.
This event was part of Ways of Seeing, a special series exploring the connections between storytelling, creativity, and the visual world.
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Can anyone ELI5 the severity of this? Emerging Unity game vulnerability
Unity Security Vulnerability: Developer Remediation Guide
A security vulnerability was identified that affects games and applications built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later for Android, Windows, and macOS operating systems. Download the patching tool here and read on for further instructions.Unity
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Madagascar president refuses to step down as antigov’t protests continue
Madagascar president refuses to step down as antigov’t protests continue
Protesters issue president 24-hour ultimatum to ‘respond favourably’ to demands, threatening ‘all necessary measures’.Al Jazeera
On trillion-dollar tech firms, gold and the evaporating dollar
I wasn't exactly sure where to put this, as after a few hours of sourcing data, applying formulas and being anal about how the charts look, I can't for the life of me figure out what I was attempting to respond to by doing this compilation.
But look! Charts! And tech valuations are involved!
The title art is spot gold Oct. 1 of each year sourced here. All other data come from here. Inflation figures to determine relative values are bog-standard BLS CPI.
My starting point was, "OK, I know these companies are valued so high because each dollar keeps getting worth less," but I wanted some actual numbers, and with gold being on a tear of late, that seemed like a good point of comparison.
1984 was chosen as the baseline because that was the year Apple started trading publicly, with most of the other companies IPOing thereafter. I only went back and added Intel (hence it being missing from the chart titles) because it happened to start trading the same year, and I already had the formulas. What a shitshow that's been.
Anyway, y'all know how to read line graphs, so I'm not going to go into detail. If you have any questions on methodology, please feel free to ask.
Absent inflation, only Apple. Microsoft and Nvidia would ever have been trillion-dollar companies.
And in terms of value against gold, Tech Stocks At All-Time Highs looks pretty damn anemic.
Gold Prices - 100 Year Historical Chart & Data
Gold Prices - Historical chart and current data through 2025.MACROTRENDS
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Having a nightmare time with Jellyfin.
- Edit: I am running CachyOS, and how I downloaded was mixed through AUR and Octopi for dependencies
Anyway, for 1, make sure jellyfin has the rights to see your video and music folders.
For 2, are you trying to do it from the same network or from outside?
FBI cuts ties with civil rights watchdog SPLC after conservative pressure
FBI cuts ties with civil rights watchdog SPLC after conservative pressure
Conservatives like billionaire Elon Musk had criticised the group for its criticism of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA.Farah Najjar (Al Jazeera)
Chicagoans mobilize to oppose Trump’s threats of military occupation
Chicago, IL – On September 30, 1500 Chicagoans marched down Magnificent Mile to protest Trump’s threats of using the city as a military training ground. This past week has seen the effects of Operation Blitz in full force, with heavy presence of ICE and other federal agents conducting deportations. Trump’s speech to top U.S. generals the same day showed he intends to escalate the federal occupation with the military.
Ramped up repression means ramped up fight back!
“They are dehumanizing our communities. They are inflicting terror on our families. Separating families. Let’s not forget that when ICE murdered Silverio [Villegas-Gonzalez], the only thing they said was that he was an illegal. They did not say that he was a father, a worker, and a member of our community,” said Gabriela Hernandezm of Casa DuPage, speaking to the crowd in Spanish.
Hernandez also stated, “We are here today, protesting again, to tell this administration that the Mexicano/Latino community are not criminals. It is the time for us to speak firmly and clearly about these things, because if not, they will come to silence all of us.”
Reverend Jonathan Brooks of Live Free Illinois stated, “ICE has been accused of violating a consent decree meant to protect families from warrantless arrests. This disregard for legal protections tears at the very fabric of trust in our democracy.”
Brooks continued, “A federal judge has already ruled that targeting deportations based on political speech is unconstitutional – yet ICE continues to act as if it is above the law. Let’s be clear: this is not about safety. This is about authoritarianism, fear and control. Our communities do not need to be occupied – they need to be respected.”
“We saw over the weekend how ICE agents shamelessly occupied the streets of downtown and detained fellow residents. Over in Broadview, protesters and journalists are being shot at, teargassed, and brutalized. In a raid in South Shore just last night, ICE, FBI and other federal agents ransacked 70 apartments, knocked down doors, threw stuff all over the place, and detained 50 people – including Black U.S. citizens,” said Angel Naranjo of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO).
Naranjo continued, “Trump hates Chicago because he is a racist reactionary who represents the class enemy – the monopoly capitalist class – and this enemy can’t stand us. Trump and his lackeys are mad and ramping up their attacks – and so we’re ramping up our fight back! The masses of our city – and in particular the Black, Chicano/Latino, immigrant and working-class masses – are putting up a just fight against this rotten imperialist system that is tearing apart our families and occupying our neighborhoods! We are building a movement to stop the raids, and our demand is legalization for all undocumented people.”
“What we need right now is solidarity. The solidarity that Fred Hampton talked about. The solidarity that Assata Shakur deserved. We need solidarity with federal workers, with day laborers, teachers, nurses, warehouse workers. We need solidarity across unions. All public unions, trade unions, across communities. We need the solidarity of all working people,” said Jill Manrique of Chicago Jobs for Justice.
A member of Students for Justice in Palestine – Chicago (SJP Chicago) ended the program by reminding the crowd, ”The kidnapping of families and workers, and the occupations of our city’s streets is just an escalation of policy that has been standard in this nation since its inception.”
After the program, Chicagoans loudly marched down Magnificent Mile, one of the biggest commercial corridors in the city. Protests ended at the Water Tower, finishing with Assata’s “It is our duty to fight for our freedom” chant.
Enemies from within
“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. Cuz we’re going into Chicago very soon,” said Trump in front of the U.S. top military leaders, stating that there were enemies from within that the military must apprehend.
Trump's deployment of federal forces is an escalation of the ongoing occupation of Black, Chicano/Latino, and working-class communities by the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Trump aims to ramp up this oppression and squash the working and oppressed people who are getting organized to fight back against this. From the 2020 George Floyd rebellion, to the 2025 LA uprising against ICE, working and oppressed are wanting and mobilizing for an end to this terror. The ruling class of this country knows this, and is ramping to continue its grip of oppressed people in this country.
Join the resistance!
This mobilization was called by the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA), a coalition of over 80 organizations building a united front against the reactionary Trump administration. Sign up to get notified when the next mobilization happens at coalitionagainsttrumpagenda.org
Join the resistance! Trump has a long oppressive agenda, and we’re here to defeat all of it.
Polarization rocks U.S. military
New Orleans, LA – On September 30, “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth blew his bugle for the military’s next crusade. The world’s biggest and baddest armed forces folded in Afghanistan and burned in Vietnam. Hegseth and Trump looked at these defeats, and many more, then scratched their chins. At last, they ferreted out Benedict Arnold: DEI.
Top brass from across the globe scrambled to Quantico to hear about it. Hegseth attacked “fat generals,” women, “men in dresses,” “weak men,” and supposed diversity hires. He announced he’d whip troops into shape by prohibiting beards, narrowing hazing protections, and replacing gender-neutral expectations with “male-standard” physical training. Trump followed by parading a $1 trillion 2026 military budget.
Military meeting or MAGA sales pitch?
“All-hands” high-level gatherings are routine, but this one stood out. It was a full court press to build consensus against “wokeness.”
“What made this meeting so notable is that today’s military is buffeted by an atmosphere of extreme partisan polarization,” wrote former National Security Council staffer Peter Feaver.
Commentators saluted the officers for listening with their poker faces on. It’s supposed to be a win for keeping politics out of the military. But many haven’t kept their cards close to their chests.
“Could have been an email,” one officer told Politico. Another described the conference as an “inexcusable strategic risk.”
“I suspect it’s not being taken well,” retired Lt. General Mark Hertling told MSNBC.
These comments expose that polarization hasn’t been staved off; it’s already running deep. It’s come up before, everywhere from shaving rules to the trans ban. The latter was opposed by 56 retired generals and admirals.
Take it to the streets, see who comes out on top
The sharpest flashpoint has been the National Guard’s occupation of major cities. Trump called them “training grounds” for troops. He states plainly that these takeovers, in Black and Chicano urban areas, go fist-in-glove with imperialism abroad.
Trump’s takeovers have escalated deportations and racist arrests. Although the National Guardsmen do not have powers of arrest themselves, they give backup to federal agents to go after people on petty or trumped-up charges. On Fight Back! Radio, a DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression activist described how agents have detained people for legally smoking weed.
But these occupations have prompted a wave of mass resistance. Protests have sprung up in every city that Trump has targeted, and even local politicians are speaking up. “Training grounds” indeed – for the united front against Trump.
The court system is taking notice. The Guardian reported that DC has seen unprecedented lows in indictments by grand juries on charges related to the Trump takeover, even if a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.
Pushed on by the fightback from civilians, soldiers up and down the chain aren’t buying that there’s an “enemy within.” One officer told Politico that these deployments “distract warfighters.” At least eleven former generals criticized the Los Angeles takeover. The Guardian reported that dozens of troops deployed to LA voiced anger about being political pawns. One said the assignment was “shitty.”
“Disoriented, demoralized, and ineffective”
This isn’t to say there’s a revolt within the armed forces. But they face a different kind of problem – disorganization.
In Foreign Affairs, Peter Fever writes: “Over the course of their professional lives, these military officers are likely to serve a large chunk of their time under both parties. If they become identified as partisans of one, they may be viewed as enemies of the other—starting a cycle of partisan purges that leaves the military disoriented, demoralized, and ineffective, as has happened in other purge-prone militaries.”
To complicate things further, this divided force is running up against a fragmented legal system. The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the federal military from participating in general law enforcement without a state’s consent. It’s the basis for the California ruling against the occupation of Los Angeles. Effectively, cities in blue states have this legal avenue against the deployments. States like Louisiana, where Trump crony Governor Jeff Landry requested federal assistance, are a different terrain.
Polarization in the military, like in the rest of the U.S., is a sign of imperialism’s decline. Hegseth admitted to this decline when he compared the aftermath of Vietnam to the U.S.’s position today. In Vietnam, like in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. tried to rally other imperialists under the banner of “spreading democracy.” But out with these ambitious, ideological wars. In with the wars of naked and narrow self-interest. It’s the desperate gambit of an empire losing its grip. Mounting abuses of military power come with the territory. But, after all, Americans have resisted the likes of this since 1776.
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Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say
Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say
No one was hurt when two vessels that were part of a flotilla bound for Gaza mysteriously caught fire last month.James LaPorta (CBS News)
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in reply to silence7 • • •Absolutely despicable. When will this criminal child rapist get the justice he deserves?
I'm talking about him, but also Stephen Miller, Vought, Lutnick, and Kevin Roberts. They need to go.