Green Party demands ban on Israeli military as terror group and Balfour apology
The Green Party has voted for the Israeli military to be banned as a terrorist organisation and for Britain to apologise for the Balfour Declaration.
Members voted for the motion at the Green Party's annual conference in Bournemouth on Sunday, making it party policy.
The motion called for the Israeli military to be proscribed, which would make membership of the Israeli military or even glorifying it a terrorist offence under British counterterror legislation.
It's clear nobody likes Starmer. Understood. But do you think the government not sucking it from the US would be helpful? You're going to what....? Rejoin the EU? πππ. Good one.
The UK is fucked without US investment. That's the bottom line. Starmer has to open wide and like it. In the words of trump, "you don't have the cards". Look how similar the government is with stances against China (arguably also committing genocide, and spying in Parliament), and India (who are quite happy to buy Russian oil and gas to fuel the war in Ukraine). They are desperate for their trade too.
Being in government is a lot harder than shit posting online.
Thank you for this rational reply. It's a breath of fresh air on this platform where everyone thinks politicians should act like they're making friends or breaking up relationships like they're in high school.
Yes, Trump is a cunt, yes Starmer is a wet paper bag, but ultimately both are temporary but the deals he makes with the US will benefit the UK and outlast both leaders. The leaders are temporary but the nations will be around a lot longer.
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Chinaβs Red Eye Over Ukraine: What Are The Middle Kingdomβs Satellites Observing?
China's Red Eye Over Ukraine: What Are The Middle Kingdom's Satellites Observing?
On 5 October, several Ukrainian news agencies reported an increase in the number of Chinese reconnaissance satellites flying over the Lviv region during a major air strike. At least three such satellites were recorded flying overhead.Anonymous834 (South Front)
World leaders rebel against US & Israel: to save Gaza, they demand international intervention
World leaders rebel against US & Israel: to save Gaza, they demand international intervention
Leaders from many countries condemned the USA and Israel at the UN General Assembly, demanding intervention to save Gaza. Diplomats walked out to protest Netanyahu. Latin America led the resistance.Ben Norton (Geopolitical Economy Report)
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Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping β video
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Human rights and climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken publicly for the first time after her kidnapping, detention, and abuse at the hands of the Israeli government:thecanary.co/wp-content/uploadβ¦
Greta Thunberg released
As the Canary previously reported, on Saturday 4 October the Israeli occupation authorities deported 137 of the kidnapped international solidarity activists who participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the humanitarian siege on Gaza, in the second deportation operation in a matter of days, after returning four Italians to their country on Friday 3 October.One of the deported activists who arrived at Istanbul airport on Saturday recounted shocking details of what he described as βbrutal assaultsβ on some activists during their detention, telling reporters:
They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair in front of our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her as a warning to others.Sheβs still a little kid. They made her suffer.
Separately, the Guardian reported that an email to Swedish authorities said Greta Thunberg was suffering from:
dehydration. She has received insufficient amounts of both water and food. She also stated that she had developed rashes which she suspects were caused by bedbugs. She spoke of harsh treatment and said she had been sitting for long periods on hard surfaces.Meanwhile, other released activists spoke of similar degrading treatment.
Turkish activist Samanur Sonmaz Yaman, a member of the flotilla, recounts details of the occupationβs oppression and abuse of veiled women from the boats:
Occupation soldiers ripped off our headscarves during our arrest and took them from us, and our non-veiled friends gave us their shirts to cover our heads.
Ongoing Israeli violence
Adalah, the legal centre that monitors the cases of detainees, said that detention conditions at Ketziot prison in the Negev desert are βdeteriorating alarmingly,β amid reports of ill-treatment and violence against some detainees.A spokesperson for the organisation said that it is difficult at this stage to provide a comprehensive assessment, but confirmed that the mistreatment primarily affects non-European detainees, especially those whose countries do not have diplomatic missions in Israel.
This incident is the latest chapter in the confrontation between Israel and the international solidarity flotillas that recently set sail in an attempt to break the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than 18 years, amid growing international warnings about targeting solidarity activists and civil society activists, and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Strip, which is suffering from famine and shortages of medicine and fuel.
Israel intercepted 40 ships in the Global Solidarity Flotilla that set sail to reach Gaza to break the blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing war of extermination on Gaza, which is now entering its third year.
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Greta Thunberg: βWe Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimumβ
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Journalist on Gaza Flotilla Describes βTorturous Conditionsβ in Israeli Custody
Journalist on Gaza Flotilla Describes βTorturous Conditionsβ in Israeli Custody
βThey were throwing peopleβs medicine in the bin in front of them and laughing in their faces,β says Kieran Andrieu.Amy Goodman (Truthout)
Lawmakers Demand Information About Potential Use of Paragon Spyware by ICE
Lawmakers Demand Information About Potential Use of Paragon Spyware by ICE
The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware βthreatens Americansβ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.ββ¦Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (Truthout)
Greta Thunberg: βWe Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimumβ
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Huawei Zurich Labβs New Open-Source Tech Lets LLMs Run on Consumer GPUs
Huawei Zurich Labβs New Open-Source Tech Lets LLMs Run on Consumer GPUs
Huaweiβs Zurich Computing Systems Laboratory has released SINQ (Sinkhorn Normalization Quantization), an open-source quantization method that reduces theTechNode Feed (TechNode)
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That's rather odd they don't share any source links. Anyway here they are
SINQ: Sinkhorn-Normalized Quantization for Calibration-Free Low-Precision LLM Weights
SINQ: Sinkhorn-Normalized Quantization for Calibration-Free Low-Precision LLM Weights
Post-training quantization has emerged as the most widely used strategy for deploying large language models at low precision.arXiv.org
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I've never seen a mainstream tech news site link to the source code.
It's like how mainstream science news sites never link to the actual paper.
What Extreme Heat Is Doing to Your Body
Kevin Miller can get a person to the brink of heat stroke in 30 minutes.
In a chamber with a temperature of around 100 degrees, he starts them out on the treadmill, switching off between three minutes of walking and two minutes at an all-out sprint. Soon, theyβre breathing faster, their blood vessels are dilating and their heart is working overtime to pump much more blood than usual through their body, fighting to get oxygen to their muscles and organs.
In Millerβs lab, these participants are safe: He brings them close to the heat-stroke threshold of a 105-degree core body temperature in the name of science, to test the efficacy of different treatments.
Heat is the No. 1 weather-related cause of death worldwide and in the United States. Miller is one of the many researchers globally who are expanding our understanding of what heat does to the body and how to counteract its effects. Recently, his Texas State University lab has had success cooling participants using a body bag full of iceβa tactic that is affordable and transportable for emergency responders. Rapid cooling is life-saving medicine.
But heatβs impacts arenβt limited to these obvious moments of emergency. It has a bearing on nearly every aspect of human health, from our skin down to our DNA.
That means long-term exposure to high temperaturesβincreasingly common as the Earth warmsβis causing cumulative harm to our bodies and minds.
What Extreme Heat Is Doing to Your Body - Inside Climate News
As climate change intensifies, heat health risks from accelerated aging to bad decision-making grow worldwide. Hereβs what you need to know.Inside Climate News
Xbox x/s or PS5 emulators for PC
What are my options for emulating Xbox or PS5 games on PC, preferably Linux, if there are any good?
My next problem would be acquiring NHL25 rom or whatever itβs called these days. Iβve been out of the piracy loop for a few years, but a relative wants to play that specific game and doesnβt feel like shelling out cash for a console.
Searching has given me some ideas, but some first hand experience or pointers would be appreciated, thanks in advance
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Like the fact that someone can get shot for offering to get their neighbour high,
while companies can litteraly operate like crime syndicates with minimal repercussion
might be a cause for people thinking the law is just opression instead of a guideline that can be actually used
Modelo de Termos de Uiso e PolΓtica de Privacidade
OlΓ‘ pessoal. Uma das questΓ΅es importantes que temos percebido entre as pessoas que iniciam suas instΓ’ncias, sΓ£o as dΓΊvidas sobre modelos de termos de uso e polΓticas de privacidade. Mesmo que plataformas como o Mastodon disponibilize um modelo, o conteΓΊdo nΓ£o estΓ‘ totalmente de acordo com a legislação brasileira. Por esse motivo, sistematizamos um texto voltado para a LGPD para a avaliação e uso da comunidade:
TERMOS DE USO E POLΓTICA DE PRIVACIDADE - PLATAFORMA XXX
Γltima atualização: \[Data\]
1. ACEITAΓΓO DOS TERMOSEste Termo estabelece as condiçáes para utilização da plataforma XXX e as responsabilidades relativas ao conteΓΊdo publicado. Ao criar uma conta ou utilizar a plataforma, vocΓͺ declara ser maior de 18 anos e concorda com estes termos e com o tratamento de dados conforme a Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (Lei 13.709/2018).
2. TERMOS IMPORTANTESEstes termos incluem disposiçáes que afetam seus direitos e responsabilidades, incluindo isenção de responsabilidade, limites de obrigaçáes da XXX, sua responsabilidade por custos decorrentes de mÑ utilização da plataforma.
3. SUA PERMISSΓO PARA USAR A PLATAFORMASujeito a estes termos, a XXX concede permissΓ£o para usar a plataforma. Γ necessΓ‘rio aceitΓ‘-los para utilizΓ‘-la.
4. CONDIΓΓES DE USOSua permissΓ£o para usar a plataforma estΓ‘ sujeita Γ s seguintes condiçáes:
- VocΓͺ precisa ter pelo menos 18 anos de idade
- VocΓͺ nΓ£o poderΓ‘ mais usar a plataforma se a XXX revogar sua permissΓ£o
- VocΓͺ deverΓ‘ usar a plataforma de acordo com Uso AceitΓ‘vel e PadrΓ΅es de ConteΓΊdo
5. USO ACEITΓVELVocΓͺ nΓ£o poderΓ‘:
- Infringir leis atravΓ©s da plataforma
- Usar ou tentar usar a conta de outro usuΓ‘rio sem consentimento
- Comercializar identificadores de outros usuΓ‘rios
- Enviar spam ou coletar dados para listas comerciais
- Automatizar o acesso à plataforma, exceto para indexação por mecanismos de busca
- Usar a plataforma para envio de listas de distribuição
- Sugerir falsa afiliação com a XXX
- Criar hyperlinks para imagens ou outros conteΓΊdos nΓ£o textuais
- Remover marcas de propriedade de materiais baixados
- Burlar medidas de segurança ou restriçáes de acesso
- Sobrecarregar a infraestrutura com solicitaçáes excessivas
- Praticar falsa identidade
- Incentivar terceiros a violar estes termos
6. PADRΓES DE CONTEΓDOVocΓͺ nΓ£o pode enviar conteΓΊdo:
- Ilegal, ofensivo, abusivo, de Γ³dio ou assΓ©dio
- Que viole leis, direitos de propriedade intelectual ou privacidade
- Com cΓ³digo malicioso (vΓrus, spyware)
- Para reservar endereços, nomes de usuÑrio ou identificadores
- Que revele informaçáes confidenciais de terceiros
7. APLICAΓΓOA XXX pode investigar e processar violaçáes destes termos utilizando todas as medidas legais aplicΓ‘veis, notificando e cooperando com autoridades quando necessΓ‘rio.
8. SUA CONTAPara acessar certos recursos, vocΓͺ deve criar uma conta com informaçáes vΓ‘lidas, incluindo e-mail atualizado. VocΓͺ Γ© responsΓ‘vel por todas as açáes em sua conta atΓ© seu encerramento ou notificação de comprometimento. VocΓͺ deve notificar a XXX imediatamente em caso de suspeita e manter uma senha segura. A XXX pode restringir, suspender ou encerrar sua conta por violação destes termos.
9. SEU CONTEΓDOO conteΓΊdo enviado pertence a vocΓͺ, e vocΓͺ decide quais permissΓ΅es conceder. VocΓͺ concede Γ XXX licenΓ§a para copiar, publicar e analisar seu conteΓΊdo na plataforma. Esta licenΓ§a expira quando o conteΓΊdo Γ© removido e eliminado dos sistemas da XXX.
10. SUA RESPONSABILIDADEVocΓͺ concorda em indenizar a XXX por açáes judiciais relacionadas a violaçáes destes termos por vocΓͺ ou atravΓ©s de sua conta.
11. ISENΓΓO DE RESPONSABILIDADEVocΓͺ aceita os riscos de usar a plataforma e seu conteΓΊdo. Conforme a lei, a plataforma Γ© fornecida "no estado em que se encontra", sem garantias.
12. LIMITES DE OBRIGAΓΓOA XXX e seus fornecedores nΓ£o terΓ£o obrigação por danos nΓ£o previstos quando vocΓͺ aceitou estes termos.
13. ENCERRAMENTOVocΓͺ ou a XXX podem encerrar este acordo a qualquer momento, cessando entΓ£o sua permissΓ£o de uso.
14. LITΓGIOSDisputas relativas a estes termos serΓ£o resolvidas em tribunais \[especificar foro\].
POLΓTICA DE PRIVACIDADE
15. INFORMAΓΓES COLETADAS
Informaçáes bÑsicas da conta: Se se registar neste servidor, poderÑ ser solicitado que introduza um nome de utilizador, um endereço de e-mail e uma palavra-passe. Pode também introduzir informaçáes adicionais de perfil, como um nome de exibição e uma biografia, e carregar uma imagem de perfil e uma imagem de cabeçalho. O nome de utilizador, nome de exibição, biografia, imagem de perfil e imagem de cabeçalho são sempre listados publicamente.
Publicaçáes, seguidores e outras informaçáes pΓΊblicas: A lista de pessoas que segue Γ© listada publicamente, o mesmo se aplica aos seus seguidores. Quando submete uma mensagem, a data e a hora sΓ£o armazenadas, bem como a aplicação a partir da qual a submeteu. As mensagens podem conter ficheiros anexos de media, como imagens e vΓdeos. As publicaçáes pΓΊblicas e nΓ£o listadas estΓ£o disponΓveis publicamente. Quando destaca uma publicação no seu perfil, essa informação tambΓ©m fica publicamente disponΓvel. As suas publicaçáes sΓ£o entregues aos seus seguidores; em alguns casos, isso significa que sΓ£o entregues em servidores diferentes e cΓ³pias sΓ£o lΓ‘ armazenadas. Quando elimina publicaçáes, esta ação Γ© igualmente entregue aos seus seguidores. A ação de republicar ou favoritar outra publicação Γ© sempre pΓΊblica.
Publicaçáes diretas e apenas para seguidores: Todas as publicaçáes sΓ£o armazenadas e processadas no servidor. As publicaçáes apenas para seguidores sΓ£o entregues aos seus seguidores e aos utilizadores mencionados nelas, e as publicaçáes diretas sΓ£o entregues apenas aos utilizadores mencionados nelas. Em alguns casos, isso significa que sΓ£o entregues a servidores diferentes e cΓ³pias sΓ£o lΓ‘ armazenadas. Fazemos um esforΓ§o de boa fΓ© para limitar o acesso a essas publicaçáes apenas a pessoas autorizadas, mas outros servidores podem nΓ£o o fazer. Por isso, Γ© importante rever os servidores a que pertencem os seus seguidores. Pode ativar uma opção para aprovar e rejeitar novos seguidores manualmente nas definiçáes. Por favor, tenha em mente que os operadores do servidor e de qualquer servidor recetor podem visualizar tais mensagens, e que os destinatΓ‘rios podem capturar ecrΓ£, copiar ou partilhΓ‘-las de outra forma. NΓ£o partilhe informaçáes sensΓveis atravΓ©s da plataforma.
IPs e outros metadados: Quando inicia sessΓ£o, registamos o endereΓ§o IP a partir do qual acede, bem como o nome da sua aplicação de navegador. Todas as sessΓ΅es iniciadas estΓ£o disponΓveis para sua revisΓ£o e revogação nas definiçáes. O ΓΊltimo endereΓ§o IP utilizado Γ© armazenado por atΓ© 12 meses. TambΓ©m podemos reter registos (logs) do servidor que incluem o endereΓ§o IP de todos os pedidos feitos ao nosso servidor.
16. FINALIDADES DO TRATAMENTOQualquer uma das informaçáes que recolhemos de si pode ser usada das seguintes formas:
- Para fornecer a funcionalidade central da plataforma. SΓ³ pode interagir com o conteΓΊdo de outras pessoas e publicar o seu prΓ³prio conteΓΊdo quando tem a sessΓ£o iniciada.
- Para auxiliar na moderação da comunidade, por exemplo, comparando o seu endereço IP com outros conhecidos para determinar evasão de banimento ou outras violaçáes.
- O endereço de e-mail que fornece pode ser usado para enviar informaçáes, notificaçáes sobre outras pessoas a interagirem com o seu conteúdo ou a enviarem-lhe mensagens, e para responder a perguntas e/ou outros pedidos.
17. MEDIDAS DE SEGURANΓAImplementamos uma variedade de medidas de seguranΓ§a para manter a seguranΓ§a das suas informaçáes pessoais quando as introduz, submete ou acede. Entre outras coisas, a sua sessΓ£o do navegador, bem como o trΓ‘fego entre as suas aplicaçáes e a API, sΓ£o protegidos com SSL, e a sua palavra-passe Γ© codificada (hashed) usando um algoritmo forte unidirecional. Pode ativar a autenticação de dois fatores para proteger ainda mais o acesso Γ sua conta.
18. RETENΓΓO DE DADOSFaremos um esforΓ§o de boa fΓ© para:
- Reter os registos (logs) do servidor contendo o endereço IP de todos os pedidos para este servidor, na medida em que tais registos sejam mantidos, por não mais de 90 dias.
- Reter os endereços IP associados a utilizadores registados por não mais de 12 meses.
- Pode solicitar e transferir um arquivo do seu conteúdo, incluindo as suas publicaçáes, ficheiros de media anexos, imagem de perfil e imagem de cabeçalho.
- Pode eliminar a sua conta de forma irreversΓvel a qualquer momento.
19. COOKIESSim. Os cookies sΓ£o pequenos ficheiros que um site ou seu prestador de serviΓ§os transfere para o disco rΓgido do seu computador atravΓ©s do seu navegador da Web (se permitir). Estes cookies permitem que o site reconheΓ§a o seu navegador e, se tiver uma conta registada, associe-o Γ sua conta registada. Utilizamos cookies para compreender e guardar as suas preferΓͺncias para visitas futuras.
20. COMPARTILHAMENTO COM TERCEIROSNΓ£o vendemos, negociamos ou transferimos de outra forma para terceiros externos a sua informação de identificação pessoal. Isto nΓ£o inclui terceiros de confianΓ§a que nos auxiliam a operar o nosso site, a conduzir os nossos negΓ³cios ou a prestar-lhe serviΓ§o, desde que essas partes concordem em manter esta informação confidencial. TambΓ©m podemos divulgar as suas informaçáes quando acreditamos que a divulgação Γ© apropriada para cumprir a lei, fazer cumprir as polΓticas do nosso site ou proteger os nossos ou os direitos, propriedade ou seguranΓ§a de outros.
O seu conteúdo público pode ser transferido (descarregado) por outros servidores da rede. As suas publicaçáes públicas e apenas para seguidores são entregues aos servidores onde residem os seus seguidores, e as mensagens diretas são entregue aos servidores dos destinatÑrios, na medida em que esses seguidores ou destinatÑrios residam num servidor diferente deste.
Quando autoriza uma aplicação a usar a sua conta, dependendo do Òmbito das permissáes que aprovar, ela pode aceder às informaçáes do seu perfil público, à sua lista de seguidores, aos seus seguidores, às suas listas, a todas as suas publicaçáes e aos seus favoritos. As aplicaçáes nunca podem aceder ao seu endereço de e-mail ou palavra-passe.
21. SEUS DIREITOS LGPDNos termos da Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), vocΓͺ tem direito a:
- Acessar e corrigir seus dados pessoais
- Solicitar a eliminação de dados desnecessÑrios
- Revogar consentimentos a qualquer momento
- Obter informaçáes sobre compartilhamento com terceiros
- Solicitar a portabilidade de dados
Para exercer estes direitos, entre em contato atravΓ©s do e-mail: \[e-mail de privacidade\]
22. ENCARREGADO PELA PROTEΓΓO DE DADOSPara questΓ΅es sobre proteção de dados, contate nosso Encarregado: E-mail: \[e-mail do DPO\] EndereΓ§o: \[endereΓ§o fΓsico da organização\]
23. ALTERAΓΓESEstes termos foram atualizados pela ΓΊltima vez em XX de XXX de 2025 e poderΓ£o ser atualizados novamente. Publicaremos todas as atualizaçáes na plataforma. Para atualizaçáes com alteraçáes considerΓ‘veis, enviaremos notificação por e-mail se vocΓͺ tiver criado uma conta e fornecido um endereΓ§o vΓ‘lido.
24. CONTATOVocΓͺ poderΓ‘ notificar a empresa sobre estes termos, alΓ©m de enviar perguntas, em \[e-mail da organização\].
A XXX poderÑ notificar sob estes termos através do endereço de e-mail da sua conta, ou através de mensagem na pÑgina inicial da plataforma ou na pÑgina da sua conta.
Modelo de Regras de InstΓ’ncia
Com a mesma proposta de alinhamento e colaboração do modelo de termos de uso e polΓtica de privacidade, reunimos neste texto algumas regras comuns utilizadas nas instΓ’ncias brasileiras para quem estiver comeΓ§ando e gostaria de um ponto de partida:
REGRAS
Marco Civil da Internet, e LGPDA \[nome da instΓ’ncia\] respeita e estΓ‘ sujeita ao Marco Civil da Internet, Γ LGPD e Γ s leis contra crimes digitais.
VocΓͺ deve ter 18 anos completos ou mais.Ao se cadastrar na \[nome da instΓ’ncia\], vocΓͺ declara ser maior de idade. Contas de menores de 18 anos serΓ£o suspensas.
Proibição de ConteΓΊdo IlΓcito ou AbusivoΓ proibido compartilhar pornografia nΓ£o consensual e Deepfakes maliciosos.
Proibição de Discurso de ΓdioMachismo, misoginia, racismo, xenofobia, transfobia, homofobia, Apologia a qualquer forma de opressΓ£o, exploração ou humilhação, defesa de governos autoritΓ‘rios, nazismo, fascismo ou nacionalismo extremista.
Proibição de DoxxingA publicação de conteúdo privado sem consentimento (doxxing) resultarÑ em suspensão imediata.
Sobre ConteΓΊdo Violento ou Chocante Sempre use aviso de conteΓΊdo (CW). Imagens sensΓveis devem ser marcadas adequadamente.
Contas Fake ou de ParΓ³diaContas falsas (incluindo marcas ou celebridades) devem ser sinalizadas como parΓ³dia.
AcessibilidadeDescreva imagens e vΓdeos (use ALT TEXT) sempre que possΓvel.
ConteΓΊdo Gerado por IAIdentifique imagens criadas por IA com a tag #aiart. Inclua o nome da ferramenta (ex.: #midjourney). Adicione o prompt no texto alternativo (ALT).
Apresente-seAo criar a conta, sugerimos que faça uma apresentação sua e inclua a tag #Apresentação.
Furloughs hit federal employees exempt from shutdown, laid-off staff told to keep working
The General Services Administration is furloughing employees who are typically βexemptβ from a government shutdown, because much of the agency isnβt funded through congressional appropriations.
GSA employees told Federal News Network these furloughs are happening contrary to the agencyβs recent messages to staff, and run contrary to the agencyβs longstanding practices during a shutdown.
Meanwhile, GSA has inadvertently sent notices to employees it laid off months ago, telling them that they are exempt and should continue working during the shutdown. A similar situation occurred in at least one other agency.
A GSA employee said the agencyβs Federal Acquisition Service has furloughed staff who are funded through the Acquisition Services Fund, a revolving fund that includes revenue GSA receives for the services to provides to other agencies.
Furloughs hit federal employees exempt from shutdown, laid-off staff told to keep working
GSAβs Federal Acquisition Service and Public Buildings Service were βgiven a number to hit,β in terms of furloughs, according to an employee.Jory Heckman (Federal News Network)
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library using $70M Bank of North Dakota line of credit β’ North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota lawmakers in 2023 first established the line of credit through the state-owned bank to allow construction on the $450 million library in Medora to continue if donations have been pledged but not yet received by the library foundation. The loan did not get used in the 2023-25 budget cycle.
Lawmakers voted earlier this year to continue that line of credit. Unlike a traditional loan, a line of credit allows the borrower to access the funds only as needed, saving money on interest, said Kelvin Hullet, chief business development officer for the Bank of North Dakota.
The library foundation began accessing the funds for the first time in July, with the balance now at $53 million, Hullet said Friday.
Chitarrista degli Oasis malato: Paul βBoneheadβ Arthurs lascia il reunion tour, rientro atteso per le date sudamericane di novembre
Scossone nel reunion tour degli Oasis: Paul βBoneheadβ Arthurs annuncia lβassenza temporanea per curare un cancro alla prostata. Il chitarrista, tra i fondatori della band di Manchester, rassicura perΓ² i fan: lβobiettivo Γ¨ tornare sul palco a novembre per i concerti in Sud America.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI: Chitarrista degli Oasis malato: Paul βBoneheadβ Arthurs lascia il reunion tour, rientro atteso per le date sudamericane di novembre
Oasis, il chitarrista Bonehead lascia il reunion tour per curarsi dal cancro
Paul βBoneheadβ Arthurs si ferma per curare un cancro alla prostata: salta le date asiatiche e australiane del reunion tour degli Oasis.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke: The White House aide equates opposition to Trumpβs agenda with terrorismβand pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.
Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke
The White House aide equates opposition to Trumpβs agenda with terrorismβand pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.Jonathan Chait (The Atlantic)
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Libraries Canβt Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trumpβs Tariffs
The Trump administrationβs tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation.
βThere are libraries that have our books that we've lent to them before all of this happened, and now they can't ship them back to us because their carrier either is flat out refusing to ship anything to the U.S., or they're citing not being able to handle the tariff situation,β Jessica Bower Relevo, associate director of resource sharing and reserves at Yale University Library, told me.
After Trumpβs executive order ended the de minimis exemption, which allowed people to buy things internationally without paying tariffs if the items cost less than $800, weβve written several stories about how the decision caused chaos over a wide variety of hobbies that rely on people buying things overseas, especially on Ebay, where many of those transactions take place.
Libraries that share their materials internationally are in a similar mess, partly because some countriesβ mail services stopped shipments to and from the U.S. entirely, but the situation for them is arguably even more complicated because theyβre not selling anythingβtheyβre just lending books.
βIt's not necessarily too expensive. It's that they don't have a mechanism in place to deal with the tariffs and how they're going to be applied,β Relevo said. βAnd I think that's true of U.S. shipping carriers as well. Thereβs a lot of confusion about how to handle this situation.β
βThe tariffs have impacted interlibrary loans in various ways for different libraries,β Heather Evans, a librarian at RMIT University in Australia, told me in an email. βIt has largely depended on their different procedures as to how much they have been affected. Some who use AusPost [Australiaβs postal service] to post internationally have been more impacted and I've seen many libraries put a halt on borrowing to or from the US at all.β (AusPost suspended all shipments to the United States but plans to renew them on October 7).
Relevo told me that in some cases books are held up in customs indefinitely, or are βlost in warehousesβ where they are held for no clear reason.
As Relevo explains it, libraries often provide people in foreign institutions books in their collections by giving them access to digitized materials, but some books are still only available in physical copies. These are not necessarily super rare or valuable books, but books that are only in print in certain countries. For example, a university library might have a specialized collection on a niche subject because itβs the focus area of a faculty member, a French university will obviously have a deeper collection of French literature, and some textbooks might only be published in some languages.
A librarianβs job is to give their community access to information, and international interlibrary loans extend that mission to other countries by having libraries work together. In the past, if an academic in the U.S. wanted access to a French universityβs deep collection of French literature, theyβd have to travel there. Today, academics can often ask that library to ship them the books they want. Relevo said this type of lending has always been useful, but became especially popular and important during COVID lockdowns, when many libraries were closed and international travel was limited.
βInterlibrary loans has been something that libraries have been able to do for a really long time, even back in the early 1900s,β Relevo said. βIf we can't do that anymore and we're limiting what our users can access, because maybe they're only limited to what we have in our collection, then ultimately could hinder academic progress. Scholars have enjoyed for decades now the ability to basically get whatever they need for their research, to be very comprehensive in their literature reviews or the references that they need, or past research that's been done on that topic, because most libraries, especially academic libraries, do offer this service [...] If we can't do that anymore, or at least there's a barrier to doing that internationally, then researchers have to go back to old ways of doing things.β
The Trump administration upended this system of knowledge sharing and cooperation, making life even harder for academics in the U.S., who are already fleeing to foreign universities because they fear the government will censor their research.
The American Library Association (ALA) has a group dedicated to international interlibrary lending, called the International Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Committee, which is nested in the Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Since Trumpβs executive order and tariffs regime, the RUSA STARS International ILL Committee has produced a site dedicated to helping librarians navigate the new, unpredictable landscape.
In addition to explaining the basic facts of the tariffs and de minimis, the site also shares resources and βTips & Tricks in Uncertain Times,β which encourages librarians to talk to partner libraries before lending or borrowing books, and to βbe transparent and set realistic expectations with patrons.β The page also links to an online form that asks librarians to share any information they have about how different libraries are handling the elimination of de minimis in an attempt to crowd source a better understanding of the new international landscape.
βLet's say this library in Germany wanted to ship something to us,β Relevo said. βIt sounds like the postal carriers just don't know how to even do that. They donβt know how to pass that tariff on to the library that's getting the material, there's just so much confusion on what you would even do if you even wanted to. So they're just saying, βNo, we're not shipping to the U.S.ββ
Relevo told me that one thing the resource sharing community has talked about a lot is how to label packages so customs agents know they are not [selling] goods to another country. Relevo said that some libraries have marked the value of books theyβre lending as $0. Others have used specific codes to indicate the package isnβt a good thatβs being bought or sold. But thereβs not one method that has worked consistently across the board.
βIt does technically have value, because it's a tangible item, and pretty much any tangible item is going to have some sort of value, but we're not selling it,β she said. βWe're just letting that library borrow it and then we're going to get it back. But the way customs and tariffs work, it's more to do with buying and selling goods and library stuff isn't really factored into those laws [...] it's kind of a weird concept, especially when you live in a highly capitalized country.β
Relevo said that the last 10-15 years have been a very tumultuous time for libraries, not just because of tariffs, but because AI-generated content, the pandemic, and conservative organizations pressuring libraries to remove certain books from their collections.
βAt the end of the day, us librarians just want to help people, so we're just trying to find the best ways to do that right now with the resources we have,β she said.
βWhat I would like the public to know about the situation is that their librarians as a group are very committed to doing the best we can for them and to finding the best options and ways to fulfill their requests and access needs. Please continue to ask us for what you need,β Evans said. βAt the moment we would ask for a little extra patience, and perhaps understanding that we might not be able to get things as urgently for them if it involves the U.S., but we will do as we have always done and search for the fastest and most helpful way to obtain access to what they require.β
International ILL
A portal for current issues surrounding international interlibrary loan related to the U.S. Below this description are 6 clickable images that link to key resources.sites.google.com
Libraries Canβt Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trumpβs Tariffs
The Trump administrationβs tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation.βThere are libraries that have our books that we've lent to them before all of this happened, and now they can't ship them back to us because their carrier either is flat out refusing to ship anything to the U.S., or they're citing not being able to handle the tariff situation,β Jessica Bower Relevo, associate director of resource sharing and reserves at Yale University Library, told me.
After Trumpβs executive order ended the de minimis exemption, which allowed people to buy things internationally without paying tariffs if the items cost less than $800, weβve written several stories about how the decision caused chaos over a wide variety of hobbies that rely on people buying things overseas, especially on Ebay, where many of those transactions take place.
Libraries that share their materials internationally are in a similar mess, partly because some countriesβ mail services stopped shipments to and from the U.S. entirely, but the situation for them is arguably even more complicated because theyβre not selling anythingβtheyβre just lending books.
βIt's not necessarily too expensive. It's that they don't have a mechanism in place to deal with the tariffs and how they're going to be applied,β Relevo said. βAnd I think that's true of U.S. shipping carriers as well. Thereβs a lot of confusion about how to handle this situation.β
βThe tariffs have impacted interlibrary loans in various ways for different libraries,β Heather Evans, a librarian at RMIT University in Australia, told me in an email. βIt has largely depended on their different procedures as to how much they have been affected. Some who use AusPost [Australiaβs postal service] to post internationally have been more impacted and I've seen many libraries put a halt on borrowing to or from the US at all.β (AusPost suspended all shipments to the United States but plans to renew them on October 7).
Relevo told me that in some cases books are held up in customs indefinitely, or are βlost in warehousesβ where they are held for no clear reason.
As Relevo explains it, libraries often provide people in foreign institutions books in their collections by giving them access to digitized materials, but some books are still only available in physical copies. These are not necessarily super rare or valuable books, but books that are only in print in certain countries. For example, a university library might have a specialized collection on a niche subject because itβs the focus area of a faculty member, a French university will obviously have a deeper collection of French literature, and some textbooks might only be published in some languages.
A librarianβs job is to give their community access to information, and international interlibrary loans extend that mission to other countries by having libraries work together. In the past, if an academic in the U.S. wanted access to a French universityβs deep collection of French literature, theyβd have to travel there. Today, academics can often ask that library to ship them the books they want. Relevo said this type of lending has always been useful, but became especially popular and important during COVID lockdowns, when many libraries were closed and international travel was limited.
βInterlibrary loans has been something that libraries have been able to do for a really long time, even back in the early 1900s,β Relevo said. βIf we can't do that anymore and we're limiting what our users can access, because maybe they're only limited to what we have in our collection, then ultimately could hinder academic progress. Scholars have enjoyed for decades now the ability to basically get whatever they need for their research, to be very comprehensive in their literature reviews or the references that they need, or past research that's been done on that topic, because most libraries, especially academic libraries, do offer this service [...] If we can't do that anymore, or at least there's a barrier to doing that internationally, then researchers have to go back to old ways of doing things.β
The Trump administration upended this system of knowledge sharing and cooperation, making life even harder for academics in the U.S., who are already fleeing to foreign universities because they fear the government will censor their research.
The American Library Association (ALA) has a group dedicated to international interlibrary lending, called the International Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Committee, which is nested in the Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Since Trumpβs executive order and tariffs regime, the RUSA STARS International ILL Committee has produced a site dedicated to helping librarians navigate the new, unpredictable landscape.
In addition to explaining the basic facts of the tariffs and de minimis, the site also shares resources and βTips & Tricks in Uncertain Times,β which encourages librarians to talk to partner libraries before lending or borrowing books, and to βbe transparent and set realistic expectations with patrons.β The page also links to an online form that asks librarians to share any information they have about how different libraries are handling the elimination of de minimis in an attempt to crowd source a better understanding of the new international landscape.
βLet's say this library in Germany wanted to ship something to us,β Relevo said. βIt sounds like the postal carriers just don't know how to even do that. They donβt know how to pass that tariff on to the library that's getting the material, there's just so much confusion on what you would even do if you even wanted to. So they're just saying, βNo, we're not shipping to the U.S.ββ
Relevo told me that one thing the resource sharing community has talked about a lot is how to label packages so customs agents know they are not [selling] goods to another country. Relevo said that some libraries have marked the value of books theyβre lending as $0. Others have used specific codes to indicate the package isnβt a good thatβs being bought or sold. But thereβs not one method that has worked consistently across the board.
βIt does technically have value, because it's a tangible item, and pretty much any tangible item is going to have some sort of value, but we're not selling it,β she said. βWe're just letting that library borrow it and then we're going to get it back. But the way customs and tariffs work, it's more to do with buying and selling goods and library stuff isn't really factored into those laws [...] it's kind of a weird concept, especially when you live in a highly capitalized country.β
Relevo said that the last 10-15 years have been a very tumultuous time for libraries, not just because of tariffs, but because AI-generated content, the pandemic, and conservative organizations pressuring libraries to remove certain books from their collections.
βAt the end of the day, us librarians just want to help people, so we're just trying to find the best ways to do that right now with the resources we have,β she said.
βWhat I would like the public to know about the situation is that their librarians as a group are very committed to doing the best we can for them and to finding the best options and ways to fulfill their requests and access needs. Please continue to ask us for what you need,β Evans said. βAt the moment we would ask for a little extra patience, and perhaps understanding that we might not be able to get things as urgently for them if it involves the U.S., but we will do as we have always done and search for the fastest and most helpful way to obtain access to what they require.β
Police Bodycam Shows Sheriff Hunting for 'Obscene' Books at Library
Body camera footage from Idaho reveals a sheriff hunting for a YA book he could use for a political stunt.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
The Global Sumud Flotilla Was a Huge Political Success
After arriving back at Heathrow Airport, Novara Mediaβs Kieran Andrieu shared his experience and explained why he thinks their mission was a huge political success.
The Global Sumud Flotilla Was a Huge Political Success | Novara Media
After arriving back at Heathrow Airport, Novara Media's Kieran Andrieu shared his experience and explained why he thinks their mission was a huge political success.β¦Novara Media
How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
Meet balkonkraftwerk, the simple technology putting solar power in the hands of renters and nudging Germany toward its clean energy goals.Akielly Hu (Grist)
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Regulations limit each system to just 800 watts, enough to power a small fridge or charge a laptop
What kind of clueless person wrote this. Whoever wrote this clearly has no idea how much 800W is in practice. Our fridge with an attached freezer (full size, 60cm wide, normal to large in Europe) never uses more than 70-90W, duty cycle is around 40%. So on average it uses 30W or so.
My gaming laptop is limited to 180W. Normally it uses much much less (50ish when actively used). My gaming desktop PC with 3 monitors uses 800W under full load, but that's with everything (monitors, amp/speaker, ...). Even with multiple PCs in normal (non gaming) use in the house, seeing over 800W isn't common. Or 10 laptops, not "a small laptop".
800W is enough to power our whole house unless we're cooking or taking a shower. I would argue in general, it will nullify noon-peak loads of an entire household, and whatever is left over gets added to the grid.
Or running HVAC or an air pump for heating.
That said 800w will be the nominal amount under near perfect conditions, 80%- 90% of the time it won't be anywhere near that.
We (m and f couple) lived of grid for 10 years on a 2kW solar system and batteries with ease no generator for backup but a gas oven, 1 * induction cook top, 2x pedestal fans and 1 x celing fans, toaster, kettle, microwave and a no electrical boost solar system. Mid size diesel truck we used minimamilay (lived way out in the bush growing our own stuff etc) We're naturally energy thrifty though. At S30Β° latitide, awesome for solar.
We've since moved to S41Β°, terrible for solar in winter (short days and thats the wet season). We have 8kW solar but are on grid (feed excess solar into the grid) and charge our mid sized e-truck (use minimially) off solar, and have a heat pump for heating, so we use more electrons but no fossil fuel.
As I'd replied to a sister comment of yours, I didn't even consider that the author could be talking about actually available power, so that's on me. I did go re-read it and I really don't think that's how it is meant though. I do think they are just ignorant on this point.
That being said, "balcony solar" isn't limited to 800 W in panels. It's limited to an 800 W inverter, but 2 kW for the panels. So you can have quite a bit more capacity in solar compared to the inverter, which also means that worse weather impacts you less. When you got a full sunny day, you can have the full 800 W for much longer, if not most of the day, as it'll essentially be limited further down the chain. On the other hand I do think the most common size actually installed is much closer to also only have 800-900 Wp (basically 2 panels), which is the most commonly offerend (and presumably sold) kit size.
We also have roughly 8 kWp installed, and obviously on cloudy or dark winter days we're an order of magnitude away from that number. There are days where we break 40 kWh in production, and there are days where we barely make it to 1 kWh. That low is very rare, even in winter or on dense, cloudy days, so I'd consider 4 kWh a more realistic minimum value. We have relatively detailed monitoring of most (relevant) consumers, which is why I have a somewhat good idea of how much our house consumes in practice. Before this full size installation, we had a 2 panel balcony solar "test setup" for quite a while. It was actually quite a (positive) surprise on how many days we essentially covered the majority of our daylight usage with these panels. Obviously not for the big-ticket consumers, but even a washer/dryer will be mostly covered.
What kind of clueless person wrote this. Whoever wrote this clearly has no idea how much 800W is in practice.
Average available power < installed power
Sorry but the first part is just incorrect. They are indeed simple, which is why they do feed back into the grid. Not feeding back would take effort and additional hardware. But you're not being paid for what is fed back into the grid, making it free energy for the electricity provider (see my last paragraph below).
To explain it a bit: electrically, the external grid and the grid in your home are simply connected (assuming the breakers are closed). If you use more than you produce, whatever is missing "flows in". If you produce more than what you're currently consuming, whatever is left over just flows out into the grid. Even if this if obviously simplified, this "just happens" with no effort required, but the amount that flows in or out is easy enough to measure (which is what the electricity meter does that sits between the big grid and the one in your house). If you want to actually make sure you don't feed back into the grid, you would constantly need to monitor if anything is flowing in our out, and compensate with reduced (or increased) production. Even full size solar installations can't do this with perfect precision, even if you tell them to: you can only react to the flow you see coming in/out, if you turn a large heater quickly on and off and on and off, it won't have time to react quickly enough.
For the longest time (until early 2023 I think), you had to ask permission from your electricity network operator (is that the correct term? "Netzbetreiber"), because they would only allow you to install it if you had at least a semi-modern electricity meter that won't turn backwards. Because balcony solar always feeds into the grid, you'd effectively be paid the same per kWh as what you're paying yourself. You would effectively use the grid as a infinitely large battery.
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Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
The First Nation plans to formalize its partnership with the Fort Peck Sioux Tribes, in Montana, next week by signing a memorandum of understanding to advance the trade corridor and its infrastructure development.
The corridor intends to use traditional routes traversing Dakota territories in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and into the United States, reviving the historic Oceti Sakowin trade network, a historic alliance of seven Dakota, Lakota and Nakota Indigenous groups united by kinship, language and spiritual beliefs. The shared trade routes historically facilitated economic and military ties across their territories. βWe have a lot of history, and even to this day, ties linking us to our relatives,β said Rodger Redman, chief of the nation.
Redman said this corridor is not symbolic, but rather an economic engine for the countries. Standing Buffalo is located in a region rich with critical minerals vital to global industries including renewable energy and technology. By owning the corridor, Indigenous nations can control the movement of these resources and expand economic opportunities for their communities.
Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
βWeβre not begging for crumbs anymore. Weβre demanding whatβs rightly ours."Mother Jones
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Arizona βVPNβ searches surge amid Pornhub ban in state
Arizonans frantically Googling βVPNβ after Pornhub ban
Pornhub cut off access to Arizona last week. You can get around it with a VPN, as many are learning for the first time.Morgan Fischer (Phoenix New Times)
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Almost 500 anti-genocide activists arrested as Starmer government moves to ban protests outright
Londonβs Metropolitan Police arrested another 492 people over the weekend after a protest Saturday in Trafalgar Square, as the Starmer government accelerated its crackdown on opposition to the Gaza genocide.
The entirely peaceful protest was held to oppose the proscription of Palestine Action. It was organised by Defend Our Juries and attended by over 1,000 people. Of the arrests, 488 were for holding up signs declaring, βI oppose genocide. I support Palestine Actionβ.
Almost 500 anti-genocide activists arrested as Starmer government moves to ban protests outright
Asked if this was a βdark stepβ to limit the fundamental right to protest, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood replied that that having a freedom βdoesnβt mean you have to use it at every moment of every dayβ.World Socialist Web Site
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Apple and Samsung users in UK may be due share of Β£480m payout - BBC News
Apple and Samsung users in UK may be due share of Β£480m payout
Consumer group Which? is taking tech giant Qualcomm to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London on Monday.Zoe Kleinman (BBC News)
Test Batch Setup with Wet Hops
My test batch setup is nearly complete (please also appreciate the "beautiful" tiles) and I tested it with a wet hop beer. As you can see, those were clearly at the upper end of their ripeness scale, but it was the only time I could manage to pick some at all due family & kids.
In they went in for a ~20 minutes 80 ΛC hop stand, during which my kitchen smelled a troubling lot of garlic and onions. By removing the bag with the hops, I stirred up the already settled trub, so I had to pour all hop debris & hot break into the minikeg along with the wort. Let's see what that does to the beer. I've overshot my OG quite a bit with the setup in the pictures, with a lot higher efficiency than predicted, only by stirring every now and then, so we're looking at an OG of 1.051 instead of 1.046.
Yesterday, after a week of fermentation under rising pressure, it was time for a gravity sample. It's fully attenuated already, and except a hint of some sharpness, I'm happy to report that we're apparently free of off-flavours. π It came down do 1.008 (vs 1.010 predicted) , which leaves me with a 5.6 % ABV beer instead of 4.2 % with a lot less residual sweetness (US-05, you monster). Next time, I'll certainly mash hotter, and check the temperature with an external thermometer as well. I also wonder what a Kveik yeast would do to the result.
Here is the base recipe I intend to use for ongoing experiments with malts, yeasts & hops.
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Those beautoful cones! I wish I got some, but my vines did not flower this year at all.
Is that sous videt device? How simple is it to clean actually?
Totally forgot got mention it: These are actually wild hops! Foraged next to a rural road with not zero, but little traffic.
And yes, it's a sous vide stick. The one by Inkbird, which I got relatively cheaply. It sits in a hop tube so no grains can get into it.
After use, I instantly rinse it, then put it in a jar with clean water and let it sit there until I'm cleaning up everything. Then, I rinse it again. As it doesn't have to be sterile, I'm fine with this regime for the time being.
Formation juridique avancΓ©e
Parce qu'il n'y a rien de plus fun que du jargon juridique, on vous propose une formation juridique avancΓ©e ? Ca sera le 16 octobre dans le 19Γ¨me arrondissement de Paris, de 19h Γ 20h30
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Verizon Announces CEO Transition
Verizon Announces CEO Transition
Verizon Communications Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Independent Lead Director and former Chief Executive Officer of PayPal Holdings Inc. Dan Schulman as CEO.www.verizon.com
ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering $2,500 Payment for Deportation
ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering $2,500 Payment for Deportation
ICE confirmed its plan to pay unaccompanied immigrant children in exchange for their agreement to be deported.Jonah Valdez (The Intercept)
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It is better. First of all you don't have to connect your phone number or an email.
this is an automatic victory
Its on a torified network.
It's encrypted
And if you choose basically every chat is a burner account. So once deleted it's gone.
I've noticed that signal is actually NOT secure at all and may actually be a gov project
I use it, and its pretty decent. Looks good and works.
Pros:
-No user ID needed.
-Can self host the server that passes on your messages.
-Has the option to use Flux.
-Works out of the box.
Cons:
-Battery drain is a thing. Either toggle the periodic check, or turn it off and open it yourself to check messages.
-Using one account accross multiple devices can be a pain. Since u can't keep using your phone account at the same time as it is connected to your pc. Can be circumvented by having mutiple accounts in the same group chat; but yea it's a pain the ass.
Neutral:
-Convincing people to use it hahahh. But this is a universal probem vs mainstream messenger apps.
Final verdict: 4/5.
Very good if privacy and anonymity is your number 1 priority. It's less of hassle to set up than some other options, and relatively easy to get people into it. Sent invite, they download the app, make profile and are good to go.
Batterydrain and same use account across multiple devices could and should be better for mainstream adoption. On the other hand if u toggle the periodic checks then I find the drain tolerable. And how many of us are in places that don't have a wallsocket available to charge your phone π
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On an unrelated topic I found a comment in a YouTube video about Sonichu Medaillion being cursed. It peaked my interest. Truly cursed. Then I found a shop selling these and scrolled down, and it recommended me more curse.
I don't know what else to say, other than the recommendation was right.
DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters
DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters
Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters.David Edwards (Raw Story)
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Judge blocks Trumpβs bid to deploy national guard to Oregon
a federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would sue the president over the planned deployment of his stateβs troops.
Both states sought the temporary restraining order after the president sent guard members from California to Oregon earlier in the day. On Saturday, the same judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying Oregonβs national guard troops to Portland.
The ruling by US District Judge Karin Immergut said there was no evidence that recent protests necessitated the presence of national guard troops, no matter where they came from.
Judge blocks Trumpβs bid to deploy national guard to Oregon β US politics live
Ruling by US District Judge Karin Immergut blocks any deployment to Portland for two weeks as legal wrangling continuesTom Ambrose (The Guardian)
Yup. I'm using piefed on the voyager app and I have the votes displayed separately right now. But you have to enable that option in settings as the default is "total" not "separately".
I use the web version of the voyager app but they have the actual app in most app stores.
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