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I Tested PerfectEssayWriterAI for a Week in October—impressed!
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RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak
RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak
The RIAA has submitted its latest overview of "notorious markets" to the U.S. Government, flagging Telegram & Discord for pre-release piracy.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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They didn't just let it happen, what the picture shows is all the cars Israel says Hamas burned, but Hamas does not have the means to inflict that damage, they simply do not have weapons capable of doing that. Israel mowed down their own people with apache helicopters to blame Hamas and justify the genocide.
They've been looking for an answer to the Palestinian question for 75 years, and this was just what they needed.
The thing is, none of this is new, we've had the evidence (and testimony) that they killed their own people since day one, not to mention the genocidal intent expressed nonstop and the acting on it. No one has the credibility to say they didn't know, no one can say they didn't know the extent of the genocide, no less anyone in a position of power. Just pure evil, and everyone who preached at us about human rights is still to this day celebrating and congratulating Israeli leaders. Nazis, the lot of them.
Israel mowed down their own people with apache helicopters
I'm all for shitting on Israel but what event is this referring to? All I could find were debunked stories about the IDF somehow shooting Israelis on October 7th without any Israelis noticing
It's a common IOF practice known as the Hannibal Directive.
They don't have to avoid "any Israelis noticing" when their impunity is the rule rather than the exception.
Debunked?
web.archive.org/web/2025092703…
Edit: it was an answer for @glimse@lemmy.world comment.
IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captive
'There was crazy hysteria, and decisions started being made without verified information': Documents and testimonies obtained by Haaretz reveal the Hannibal operational order, which directs the use of force to prevent soldiers being taken into captiv…Yaniv Kubovich (Haaretz)
You mean all Google gave you as a first result is an Israeli funded propaganda article saying it's all debunked?
electronicintifada.net/blogs/a…
haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-0…
twz.com/air/israeli-ah-64-apac…
There's plenty more, if you want to dig deeper.
Make some contextual analysis here. Hannibal directive + Apaches flying for hours dumping their ammo and reloading, hundreds of cars destroyed by advanced weapons Hamas does not have access to, and Israel announcing 1,500 victims before revising it down several times as they started sorting through everyone they killed and found Hamas fighters amongst them.
Israeli AH-64 Apache Commanders Describe Brutal Reality Of October 7 Missions
Taken entirely by surprise, Israeli AH-64 crews raced to respond to the attack by Hamas but with mixed results. Taken entirely by surprise, Israeli AH-64 crews raced to respond to the attack by Hamas but with mixed results.Thomas Newdick (The War Zone)
Thanks, that's a different wording than I was using. I thought you were implying something different and I was mostly seeing substack blogs.
I have been pro-palestine since before all this, for what it's worth.
Uh... RPG attacks don't stop cars on mass like that
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This is the sort of thing advanced military aircraft with machine guns and bombs do, and I don't think Hamas has that, when they strike in October 7.
The implication is that the Zionist Entity's military won't allow any of the Israelis to be captured and would rather commit Hannibal Doctrine, which includes the possibility of killing any potential captives, than let it be the former
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Context, these are cars that contained both Palestinian and Israeli people, that were destroyed by Israel due to the Hannibal Directive.
the IDF fired on Israeli civilian hostages while they were being driven by Hamas militants into Gaza
The IDF confirmed this to be true, stating
it would not be morally sound to investigate these incidents [due to the complexity of the situation]
TLDR: Israel felt it better to kill their own citizens than to let them be taken hostage.
Ombudsman backs ABC over 7.30 segment with Hasan Piker
Ombudsman backs ABC over 7.30 segment with Hasan Piker - TV Blackbox
An internal investigation has exonerated the ABC’s 7.30 program following claims it gave an unfair platform to US activist Hasan Piker.Kevin Perry (TV Blackbox)
If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories?
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I’m an amnesiac and one of the first things I learned is that memories don’t really matter. The past is over, what matters is what you choose to do and not what you did. Obviously people do terrible and sometimes unforgivable things. I can sympathize with people who can’t let stuff go, but I personally just can’t be bothered by it anymore though. I have and will offer support to even my abusers.
To me, a person is how they act and what they want in the present. Lived experience affects everything a person does, the parts of a person’s past that are relevant reveal themselves in the present through how a person is.
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California’s national guard on the streets of Portland, Oregon, late on Sunday, the state’s Republican party welcomed the planned deployment in celebratory posts on social media.
“President Trump on Sunday deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon after a judge ruled that the Oregon National Guard could not be deployed to keep federal facilities and personnel in Portland safe,” Oregon Republicans wrote on their official Facebook, Instagram and X accounts.
On all three platforms, the statement was illustrated with an image that seemed designed to support Trump’s false claim that protests against immigration sweeps in Portland are so out of control that the city is “burning to the ground”. On one side of the image, a line of police officers held riot shields; on the other, a crowd of young men held up flares that lit up a night sky filled with red smoke.
On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart.
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to PortlandRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
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Anime su mangaka: Jun Fukuyama nel cast di Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu; è Masayuki Todo, ex editor di Futami
Nuovo ingresso d’autore per l’anime Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu (Un posto di lavoro stranamente meraviglioso per mangaka): Jun Fukuyama si unisce al cast nel ruolo di Masayuki Todo, ex editor della protagonista Nana Futami. L’aggiunta rafforza un ensemble vocale già ricco e conferma l’attenzione della produzione verso interpreti di primo piano.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI E DOVE VEDERLO IN STREAMING: Anime su mangaka: Jun Fukuyama nel cast di Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu; è Masayuki Todo, ex editor di Futami
Jun Fukuyama nel cast di Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu: sarà Masayuki Todo
Jun Fukuyama si unisce all’anime su mangaka Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu come Masayuki Todo, ex editor di Futami. Dove vederlo in streaming.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
How old are you (roughly) and how long does it take you to recover from illnesses and injuries compared to when you were younger?
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Blanca 3, anticipazioni terza puntata del 13 ottobre 2025: Blanca si riavvicina a Liguori, Eva è gelosa di Domenico
La terza puntata di Blanca 3 andrà in onda lunedì 13 ottobre 2025 in prima serata su Rai 1. L’episodio “Il Delfino” intreccia il caso di puntata con i nodi sentimentali: Blanca e Liguori tornano a indagare fianco a fianco, mentre Eva Faraldi fatica a nascondere la gelosia per il legame tra Blanca e Domenico.
LEGGI LE ANTICIPAZIONI: Blanca 3, anticipazioni terza puntata del 13 ottobre 2025: Blanca si riavvicina a Liguori, Eva è gelosa di Domenico
Blanca 3, anticipazioni terza puntata del 13 ottobre 2025: Blanca si riavvicina a Liguori, Eva è gelosa di Domenico
Blanca 3, anticipazioni 13 ottobre 2025 “Il Delfino”: tentato omicidio al Centro Recupero Animali Marini. Blanca e Liguori di nuovo vicini.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
È in gioco il futuro dell'EU: Lettera aperta contro Chat Control
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/37009566
European SMEs have united to direct a strong open letter to urge ministers of EU member states to oppose Chat Control and to defend privacy and a strong European tech industry.
Dell Latitude Touchpad Deadzone and Fingerprint
I recently got my hands on a Dell Latitude E7470 and installed Fedora Workstation. Even though I enabled two finger scroll (and disabled touchpad edge scroll), the right side of the touchpad still has a dead zone of considerable size. So, when I start a mouse movement too far on the right side, it wont register.
I tried a few things, like adding quirk configs, but the zone is still there. Bios had no option to disable. (I reinstalled with UEFI, prior installation was legacy uefi / bios, so I have to give it a look again).
Does someone have a way to disable the dead zone?
Also, the fingerprint sensor doesn't work. From what I could research, it is a broadcom device with officials drivers for MS and Ubuntu. I tried some stuff to get this thing running, but it didn't work out. I still have to try a bios update after the reinstall. Is there a way to get this thing running under Fedora? It's not a crucial feature, but a nice to have for sure.
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So it looks like the touchpad problem is a known issue with that particular model. A web search turned up an Arch Linux forum post from 2017 with the same issue. Unfortunately, there was no solution posted.
Your touchpad shows up as a PS/2 device, right? I have a ThinkPad A475 with a PS/2 trackpad that won’t function at all in Linux unless I add i8042.reset as a GRUB argument.
Maybe see if that helps?
Your touchpad shows up as a PS/2 device, right?
Yes.
I am not an expert with GRUB at all. For some reason, this sounds very aggressive and with a high chance of side effects. Theres nothing of worth on the device though, so I guess I'll give it a try.
Autoproduzione sementi ortaggi
Qualcuno di voi si autoproduce le sementi per l'orto?
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Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
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Eurovision 2026: All The Countries That Have Spoken Out About Israel's Involvement
Eurovision 2026: All The Countries That Have Spoken Out About Israel's Involvement
A vote is due to take place later this year to decide whether Israel should remain part of the Eurovision Song Contest, with some countries threatening to withdraw if they stay.Daniel Welsh (HuffPost UK)
Can we update the wiki? Most streaming sites no longer work.
Clearly the feds are onto us. They actively monitor this place and will put forth as much effort as possible to shut sites down.
Hold on, let me update this. Why are you stupid people/mods ok with such a shit list of garbage that doesn't work? Why do you condone giving free media a bad name? Holy shit, have some fucking standards. Don't just accept everything that's shoved into your idiot face.
This is disgusting. You all make me sick.
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💙 When Smurfs™ fall in love 💙
Post could also be titled "Oh, Smurfette™, baby, come to Papa . . ."
Of course, Papa Smurf must've shaved off his beard, tossed the goofy red hat, and put on some Just for Men hair coloring . . .
Or they could be merfolk, and all this is really happening underwater—who can say for certain?
Or even—how bout this: Andorians with really great tans who both used Just for Men hair coloring and had their horns surgically removed?
If I stare at this long enough, I kind of think that Ms. Blue Ladyperson, whether Andorian, mermaid, or Smurf, might actually be strangling the guy and saying something like "Give me back my bra, goddammit! It's fucking freezing in the garden of earthly delights this time of year!"
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The Rachel Maddow Show 10/6/25
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Brajla skribo jubileas kaj evoluas
En la jaro 2025 oni festas la 200-jariĝon de brajlo, skribsistemo inventita por blinduloj en 1825 de la tiam 16-jara franco Louis Braille. Versio de brajlo kun esperantaj literoj estis proponita de la sveda pioniro Harald Thilander ĉirkaŭ la jaro 1900, kaj ekde 1904 daŭre aperadas la brajla revuo Esperanta Ligilo. Otto Prytz en detala artikolo speciale verkita por Libera Folio rakontas pri la estiĝo kaj evoluo de la brajla skribo por diversaj lingvoj.
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Jon Stewart Makes the Case for Dems Holding the Line in Trump's Shutdown Warfare
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Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Microsoft is making changes to crack down on local Windows 11 accounts. You’ll need an internet connection and a Microsoft account to setup a new Windows PC.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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US Supreme Court shoots down challenge to Washington State carbon market
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Supreme Court shoots down challenge to WA carbon market
A natural gas power plant in Grays Harbor County had sued over the state's keystone climate policy.The Seattle Times
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.Justin Rowlatt (BBC News)
Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation.China remains way ahead in clean energy growth [...]
India experienced slower electricity demand growth and also added significant new solar and wind capacity, meaning it too cut back on coal and gas.
In contrast, developed nations like the US, and also the EU, saw the opposite trend.
I've not read a single BBC rag article for a while now, are they usually this sloppy nowadays with how they portray the West in the best light LOL.. Looks like they gave up trying mid-way. Very poetic.
As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable energy
As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…Canary Media
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“Australians have an absolute love affair with rooftop solar,” he said. “We have the highest rooftop PV penetration in the world, and it’s one of the driving forces of our energy transition.”
I wonder how this trend will continue now that Feed In tariffs have been significantly cut. Seems like more and more people are focused on installation of home batteries.
My parents installed a new PV system and it's been limited to 1.5kW peak export, or about 1/10th the systems total output. Seems a shame to have so much energy going to waste. Hard limits seem like a blunt instrument to ensure grid stability, when a more intelligent system / community battery could have utilized this energy.
I have a terminal app in my phone, but I don't normally use it from the touch keyboard..
The main reason I have it is because from it I can install an ssh server (and a few other services, like privoxy and so) and then connect to the phone through ssh and access that CLI from other locations, even places where the internet is restricted/monitored or there isn't a wifi access point (I can create a hotspot from the phone instead). If you are using a work laptop with restricted access, or are traveling and using a computer in your remote location, carrying around with you, in your pocket, a set of CLI / TUI tools and apps that you are familiar with can come in handy.
Also, nowadays you can plug a keyboard directly to your phone (a monitor too) and have it work as a portable terminal device. Of course it would be better if you were able to have a Desktop-grade OS in your phone for this.. but things like termux work if you are a "terminal junkie".
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This Pacific island banned Chinese investment. Today, things have changed
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Nick Sas (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Washington turns its back on US citizens detained with the Global Sumud Flotilla
On October 6, after several US citizens had been detained for days by Israeli forces after attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee took to X to accuse these activists of taking “a carbon-spewing Hamas-funded boat ride in violation of [international] law intruding into war zone to stand [with] terrorists.”
Last week, Israeli forces detained over 435 activists who were taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led humanitarian mission of its kind. While dozens are still being held by Israel, those who have been deported and released, allege mistreatment by Israeli forces.
The flotilla saw participation from delegates from 57 countries – but following the seizing of ships by Israeli forces, the US government has taken a unique position in both ignoring the plight of its own citizens and open condemnation of its own citizens by diplomatic personnel.
British parliamentarian Zarah Sultana demanded the United Kingdom call for the freedom of detained US citizen and activist David Adler, writing, “the US won’t act so it’s on us to demand justice.”
According to Laura Colston, mother of detained activist and journalist Alex Colston who alleges her son is being mistreated by Israeli forces, “calls/messages to US Gov’t officials are ignored.”
“When else has a US journalist been unlawfully detained abroad and the State Department has done essentially nothing about it?” wrote Freedom of the Press Foundation on X, in relation to Colston’s detention.
Progressive lawmakers pressure executive branch
Some US lawmakers have challenged the indifference of the executive branch.
Lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to protect the US citizens aboard the flotilla even before they were detained. In a letter sent on September 29, a group of congressional representatives, led by Representative Rashida Tlaib, argued that “the 24 American citizens on board these ships cannot afford another failure of American leadership.”
On Monday, California representative Ro Khanna said he plans to put pressure on Rubio and Huckabee for Adler’s release, writing, “Our government must stand up for an American citizen’s fair treatment and release.”
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posted a video of him speaking directly with the relatives of US flotilla activists detained by Israel, and called on Huckabee to “do his job.”
“The siege on Gaza is breaking”
The 24 US citizens aboard the flotilla who were captured by Israel include Adler, Colston, anti-imperialist veteran activist Greg Stoker, musicians Leila Hegazy and Carsie Blanton, and others.
“My sister is a New Yorker,” said Hegazy’s twin sister, Omnia, in an October 1 press conference after the flotilla was terrorized by Israeli attacks. “She is being openly threatened by the Israeli government, while our senators are sending money to Israel,” Hegazy said, denouncing her Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for not speaking out for her sister.
The day after songwriter Carsie Blanton was detained by Israeli forces, her brother, Elijah, spoke at a pro-Palestine rally. Blanton said, that, although he does not know his sister’s current whereabouts, or where she is being detained, he knows that she is “not afraid,” because “they can see what we can see,” that “the siege on Gaza is breaking.”
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'The Entire World Is Watching': US Lawmakers Demand Protection for Gaza Flotilla From Israeli Attacks
"The 24 American citizens on board these ships cannot afford another failure of American leadership," the Democratic lawmakers emphasized.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
Wayland - How Best to Log My Own Desktop Activities
I'm self employed. I need to record how much time I spend on whatever task for whatever client.
Sounds simple, but I'm terrible at it. I always get to the end of the day without having recorded anything and not knowing what I've actually done.
Basically, I'd like to create a text log of the active window title, and take a screen cap.
I'd like to do this periodically as in every 15 minutes or so.
For the text log I just haven't been able to achieve this at all.
For the screen caps I can use flameshot to take a screenshot from the CLI, but it makes a sound and shows an animation which is sub-optimal.
Any suggestions of where to look much appreciated.
Edit: I'm not asking for a time tracking app. I want something to log the active window title and take a screen cap so I can figure out what I was doing and write it in my time tracking app.
Edit: I'm narrowing in on a solution.
Firstly, a lot of previously available solutions don't work because of recently implemented security features in gnome.
You need to enter unsafe mode by entering the following in the looking glass tool (which you can access by running lg in the alt + f2 dialog):
global.context.unsafe_mode = truethereafter, this can grab the active window title for you:
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval "global.display.focus_window.title"... and this can take a screen cap for you:
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Screenshot --method org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.Screenshot false false /tmp/screencap.png
dbus calls to gnome shell don't work under Ubuntu 22.04
Trivial example: Under Ubuntu 20.04, the following command: gdbus call -e -d org.gnome.Shell -o /org/gnome/Shell -m org.gnome.Shell.Eval true produces this output: (true, 'true') but under 22.04...Ask Ubuntu
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\#!/usr/bin/env bash
# get hyprland event socket path
HIS=$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE
EVENT_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HIS/.socket2.sock"
# fallback / error check
if [ -z "$HIS" ] || [ ! -S "$EVENT_SOCK" ]; then
echo "Error: cannot locate Hyprland event socket at $EVENT_SOCK" >&2
exit 1
fi
logfile="${HOME}/hypr_focus.log"
# function to handle a line from the event stream
handle_event() {
local line="$1"
# check for activewindow event
if [[ $line == activewindow* ]]; then
# format: activewindow>>CLASS,TITLE
# strip prefix
local payload=${line#activewindow>>}
# split on comma (first comma)
local cls="${payload%%,*}"
local title="${payload#*,}"
local ts
ts=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
echo "$ts — $title (class: $cls)" >> "$logfile"
fi
# optionally handle activewindowv2 if you want address instead
# if [[ $line == activewindowv2* ]]; then
# ...
# fi
}
# listen to the socket
socat -u "UNIX-CONNECT:$EVENT_SOCK" - | while IFS= read -r line; do
handle_event "$line"
donehonestly if you're willing to do some work you can make hyprland do almost anything
**disclaimer i did not test this much
edit: forgot about the screenshot part, should be easy to add though, just add screenshotting everytime focus changes with grim or whatever
Thanks.
I didn't really know hyprland was a thing prior to the comments in this thread. It looks great though.
However, the install process seems non-trivial so I'm going to wait until I have a little more time to play around with it.
US Energy Secretary Wright says it’s not windy in winter. Data says otherwise.
Wright says it’s not windy in winter. Data says otherwise. - E&E News by POLITICO
Stats from South Fork Wind's first year undermine the Energy secretary's assertions that offshore turbines don't operate well in the winter.Benjamin Storrow (E&E News by POLITICO)
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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report findsJillian Ambrose (The Guardian)
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Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Microsoft is making changes to crack down on local Windows 11 accounts. You’ll need an internet connection and a Microsoft account to setup a new Windows PC.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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Using a Microsoft cloud account to log into my local computer means Microsoft owns credentials to a device in my house, and if they get hacked (which they do, all the fucking time), my device is less secure because of it and my data is less secure because of it.
There's absolutely no need for my copy of Windows to require me to login using a cloud-based account.
You can use all manner of apps to disable the telemetry and privacy nonsense that people have issues with Windows about (and I similarly find Microsoft's privacy-last approach to be tedious), but if your computer requires you to use a cloud account to log in, then your computer is susceptible to that cloud account being hijacked or hacked and Microsoft has given absolutely no good reason for this to be the case.
Logging in to a Microsoft account doesn't provide any real benefit to the user at all, the best you can say is that you're not prompted to log in again if you run the Microsoft Store or the Xbox app, and that's not a compelling benefit.
O que é uma revolução?
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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissionsAjit Niranjan (The Guardian)
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Well yeah any potential solution is going to mean reduced potential profit, which you could describe as degrowth, but that would be the worst possible way to describe it.
The reason why we haven't gotten anywhere with carbon reduction is because wealthy people block any efforts.
Telling them that degrowth is the solution is unlikely to motivate them.
I feel like you must have slipped through a rift in the time / space continuum and are visiting us from another reality.
The first step would be to educate people with anarchist literature.
In 2025, we're completely unable to expect "people" at large to engage in any kind of reasoning.
You can't just propose to "educate people with anarchist literature" like that's some kind of solution.
theanarchistlibrary.org/librar…
If you feel you can't educate others, assist those who can. You'll never stop bad people from existing, but you can remove the ladders they seize to lord over us.
Bad People
William Gillis Bad People Irredeemable Individuals & Structural Incentives 14th August 2020The Anarchist Library
Can Democrats Win Back Rust Belt Voters?
Can Democrats Win Back Rust Belt Voters? - Inequality.org
New research from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that economic populists are popular, but the Democratic label is a drag.Inequality.org
Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices
Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices
Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adop…Electronic Frontier Foundation
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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)
Europa am Kipppunkt der KI-Ära – Sam Altman und Mathias Döpfner eröffnen die politische Debatte über Souveränität, Freiheit und die Zukunft des Menschen
Mit der Premiere seines neuen Gesprächsformats „MD MEETS“ legt Axel-Springer-CEO Mathias Döpfner die Latte hoch: Kein Politiker, kein Showgast – sondern Sam Altman, der mächtigste KI-Architekt der Gegenwart, CEO von OpenAI. In 45 Minuten sprechen die beiden über nichts Geringeres als das Schicksal Europas, den Sinn des Fortschritts und die Frage, ob der Mensch in der Ära künstlicher Intelligenz überlebt – moralisch, ökonomisch und kulturell.
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Dieser Podcast ist mehr als Medienunterhaltung. Es ist eine politische Zäsur. Döpfner, einer der wichtigsten publizistischen Köpfe Europas, trifft den Entwickler jener Technologie, die unsere Demokratien, Arbeitsmärkte und Wahrheitsbegriffe zugleich beflügelt und bedroht. Der Springer-Chef fragt, Altman antwortet – und im Subtext steht die neue Weltordnung der Intelligenzsysteme.
Europas letzte Chance
„Europa darf nicht Weltmeister der Regulierung werden“, warnt Altman. Der Satz klingt technokratisch, ist aber Sprengstoff. In Wahrheit sagt er: Wenn Europa weiter bremst, wird es von der Landkarte der Innovation verschwinden. Altman kündigt den Aufbau einer „OpenAI-Souverän-Cloud für Deutschland“ an – gemeinsam mit SAP und Microsoft. Eine strategische Kampfansage an die digitale Abhängigkeit vom Silicon Valley und zugleich ein Testfall für Europas Selbstbehauptung im Zeitalter der KI.
Döpfner legt den Finger auf die Wunde: Europas Regierungen verteidigen Datenschutz, aber verlieren den Anschluss. Altman kontert höflich, aber bestimmt – KI sei längst weiter, als die meisten wüssten. „Wir haben Systeme, die unsere klügsten Menschen in den schwersten intellektuellen Disziplinen schlagen“, sagt er. Der Satz ist so beiläufig wie beunruhigend. Er beschreibt das Ende des kognitiven Monopols des Menschen – und den Beginn eines Wettlaufs zwischen technologischer Geschwindigkeit und politischer Trägheit.
Arbeit, Würde, Kontrolle
Döpfner fragt nach den Jobs der Zukunft. Altman antwortet, als sähe er in Zeitlupe zu, wie sich eine Zivilisation neu ordnet: „Kurzfristig wird KI viele Jobs zerstören. Langfristig werden völlig neue entstehen.“ Es ist die klassische Fortschrittsformel – und doch schwingt Skepsis mit. Die Frage, was bleibt, wenn Maschinen denken, berühren, komponieren, ist keine ökonomische mehr, sondern eine anthropologische. Altman glaubt an das „unerschöpfliche Bedürfnis des Menschen, gebraucht zu werden“. Eine tröstliche These, die aber zur Nagelprobe wird, wenn ganze Branchen automatisiert werden – von der Anwaltschaft bis zur Redaktion.
Gerade letzteres führt zum Kern des Gesprächs: der Zukunft des Journalismus. Altman erkennt die Paradoxie seiner eigenen Schöpfung: ChatGPT ist zugleich Werkzeug und Risiko für die Öffentlichkeit. „Ich wäre traurig, wenn KI den Journalismus zerstört“, sagt er. Aber er weiß auch, dass sie ihn verwandeln wird. Döpfner bringt das Prinzip auf den Punkt: „Ohne Vergütung für Inhalte trocknet das System aus – dann gibt es nichts mehr, was sich ‚scrapen‘ lässt.“ Eine präzise Beschreibung des neuen Urheberkriegs zwischen Maschine und Medium.
Der neue Prometheus
Philosophisch wird es, als Döpfner Harari und Oscar Wilde zitiert: Wird der Mensch zum Gott? Will Sam Altman ewig leben? Seine Antwort ist überraschend nüchtern: Nein. Ewigkeit sei kein Ziel, sagt er, sondern ein Irrtum. Fortschritt brauche Erneuerung, Sterblichkeit, Übergang. Altman träumt vom Leben als Landwirt, wenn die KI seine Arbeit übernimmt – der Schöpfer, der sich selbst abschafft. Das ist mehr als Anekdote. Es ist ein modernes Gleichnis: Der neue Prometheus will nach der Erleuchtung zurück in den Ackerboden.
Doch zwischen Technikglaube und Natursehnsucht bleibt die offene Frage: Wer kontrolliert die Schöpfung? Altman denkt in geopolitischen Kategorien. KI, sagt er, werde Kriegsführung, Propaganda und Machtbalance grundlegend verändern. Wenn „ein böser Akteur“ Zugang zu Superintelligenz habe, könne er ganze Systeme destabilisieren. Die Konsequenz: globale Governance, ähnlich der nuklearen Rüstungskontrolle. Der Vergleich ist nicht zufällig. KI ist längst eine strategische Waffe – unsichtbar, allgegenwärtig, unkontrolliert.
Freiheit im Zeitalter der Antwortmaschinen
Döpfner und Altman verhandeln schließlich, was auf dem Spiel steht: die Freiheit des Wortes. Für Altman ist sie „einer der schwierigsten, aber zentralsten Werte der westlichen Zivilisation“. Für Döpfner ist sie Geschäftsgrundlage und Überzeugung zugleich. Beide wissen: Wenn Wahrheit von Algorithmen berechnet wird, wird Journalismus zur Gegenmacht – oder verschwindet.
Altman plädiert für neue ökonomische Modelle: Mikropayments für Inhalte, faire Vergütung für journalistische Recherche, eine Rückkopplung von digitalem Nutzen und menschlicher Arbeit. Eine Idee, die Döpfner offen aufnimmt. Der Verleger und der Entwickler eint die Einsicht, dass Information eine Ressource ist, die sich nur dann erneuert, wenn sie einen Wert behält.
Der wahre Inhalt
Die Premiere von „MD MEETS“ ist deshalb mehr als ein Medienereignis. Sie markiert den Moment, in dem KI, Medien und Politik ihre gemeinsamen Bruchstellen öffentlich verhandeln. Altman und Döpfner sprechen über Technologie – und meinen Zivilisation.
Für Europa ist das Gespräch eine Einladung, die eigene Zukunft nicht länger als Beobachter, sondern als Akteur zu gestalten. Wenn Döpfner Altman fragt, was er Europa rät, antwortet der nüchtern: „Reguliert die großen Risiken, aber lasst die kleinen zu.“ In diesem Satz steckt eine Doktrin für die neue Epoche – und vielleicht das letzte Zeitfenster, um nicht endgültig Zuschauer im Theater der Superintelligenz zu werden. Für Sohn@Sohn wäre es wichtig, auf eine granulare Regulierung zu verzichten. Die trifft in der Regel die Kleinen und nicht die Großen, gell Herr Voss…..
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Europas KI-Regulierungskomplex: Der Tanz auf der Rasierklinge - ichsagmal.com
Es ist, als ob die EU immer wieder die gleiche, düstere Melodie spielt: Regulierungswut, ein Synonym für Bürokratie, das sich wie ein Klammergriff um Innovation und Unternehmertum schließt.gsohn (ichsagmal.com)
Russia's digital iron curtain descends further as Kremlin chokes Internet freedoms
Three and a half years into its all-out war against Ukraine, the Kremlin is waging a parallel battle at home — this time against Internet freedom.
The Russian authorities are tightening their digital grip and rolling out sweeping new measures to keep people online in check.
Russian authorities' efforts to block calls via the Telegram and WhatsApp messengers have been going hand in hand with the creation of a Kremlin-controlled "national messenger" called Max, intended to replace foreign equivalents.
"(The Kremlin) has now matured to the point of imposing total control over people's conversations," Russian columnist Sergei Parkhomenko told the Kyiv Independent.
"Before, there were concerns that people might protest, and the authorities would have to somehow explain themselves — but now there's no need to explain anything to anyone: there is only one answer — 'There is a war going on, and therefore you, citizens, no longer have any rights."
Parkhomenko believes that "this is why Putin started the war — to gain the ability to harden his rule more and more, and thus guarantee his hold on power for eternity (or so he hopes)."
Analysts say the latest efforts to stifle Internet freedom are a logical step in the regime's evolution towards totalitarianism. The Kremlin is seeking to emulate China's Great Firewall, a comprehensive censorship system that Beijing has used for decades to crack down on dissent online.
The Russian authorities and VK, the company that developed Russia's Max messenger, did not respond to requests for comment.
Read also: Moscow shooting aftermath: Repressions, racism, terror
Blocking social networks
Russia's efforts to introduce China-style Internet censorship began before the full-scale invasion.
In 2014, following the start of Russia's war against Ukraine, Kremlin-friendly companies took control of Vkontakte (VK), Russia's largest social network, and its owner, Pavel Durov, left the country amid government pressure.
Roskomnadzor, Russia's agency tasked with controlling and censoring mass media, began blocking Durov's Telegram messenger in 2018 after the messenger refused to provide encryption keys to the Federal Security Service (FSB), citing a terrorism investigation. Durov said then that it was impossible technologically and that giving the keys to the FSB would imply changing its encryption mechanisms and enabling the Kremlin to censor the messenger.
Demonstrators hold a stylized icon painting depicting Telegram founder Pavel Durov during a protest against the blocking of the popular messaging app in Russia, at a May Day rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on May 1, 2018. (Olga Maltseva / AFP via Getty Images)
However, the agency lifted the ban on Telegram in 2020.
The reasons for the change in the agency's position are unclear.
The attempt to block Telegram was followed by large-scale protests, and Roskomnadzor's efforts proved to be ineffective due to technological issues.
Durov visited Russia more than 50 times from 2014 to 2021, including on the day when the ban on Telegram was lifted, according to Russia's IStories investigative journalism project.
The report triggered speculation that Durov could have reached a deal with the Russian authorities.
After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, the country's authorities also banned Facebook and Instagram, citing the platforms' policies of not censoring calls for violence against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers. Meta, the owner of the platforms, eventually backed down and banned such calls, but they were blocked anyway.
In 2024, Roskomnadzor also started slowing down access to YouTube, citing the video hosting service's decisions to block Russian propaganda channels and its refusal to block anti-Kremlin content.
In March 2025, there were also disruptions in Telegram's operations in Russia, and it was banned in the country's Chechnya and Dagestan regions.
In August 2025, Roskomnadzor started blocking calls on Telegram and WhatsApp.
Roskomnadzor claimed the apps have become "the main services used to defraud and extort money, and to involve Russian citizens in sabotage and terrorist activities."
Analysts believe that this claim is just an excuse.
"This has nothing to do with Internet fraud," Parkhomenko told the Kyiv Independent. "Fraudsters will continue to use (and are already using) Max or any other tool in the same way."
In contrast with the Telegram block in 2018, now the Russian authorities are blocking Telegram and WhatsApp more effectively because they have acquired a new censorship technology — Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) boxes, Leonid Iuldashev from eQualitie, a Canadian IT company that develops tools for circumventing censorship, told the Kyiv Independent.
Read also: Putin ‘wins’ rigged Russian election; Ukrainians in occupied territories vote at gunpoint
National messenger
As the Russian authorities tried to block Western social networks, they also took steps to launch a domestic alternative.
In March, the Russian IT company VK released the Max messenger.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law in June to create "a national messenger."
On Sept. 1, the Russian government officially authorized Max as the "national messenger."
It became mandatory to install Max on all new electronic devices. Max also became the default messenger for government and banking services.
Meanwhile, Russia's biggest mobile operators allowed their subscribers to use Max free of charge.
The messenger is completely controlled by the Russian government.
VK, which developed the messenger, is owned by Russia's state gas giant Gazprom and tycoon Yury Kovalchuk, known as Putin's personal banker.
VK's CEO is Vladimir Kiriyenko, the son of Putin's Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko, a Kremlin heavyweight responsible for the country's entire domestic policy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his first deputy chief of staff Sergei Kiriyenko (L) observe an exhibition prior to the All-Russia’s Open Lesson in Yaroslavl, Russia, on Sept. 1, 2017. (Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images)
Max requests access to the camera and the microphone, as well as geolocation, contacts, files, Bluetooth, notifications, and biometrics. The messenger also logs all activity within the app and collects information about users' age, gender, phone numbers, emails, and social media IDs.
Although Western messengers also request similar information, providing such access to Max is more dangerous since its official policy states that it can submit any information to the authorities. Experts believe that Max will be routinely used to spy on users.
Russian residents interviewed by the Kyiv Independent provided different perspectives on the introduction of the national messenger and bans on Western social networks.
A 40-year-old Russian photographer who supports "restoring the Soviet Union" told the Kyiv Independent that she would not use Max, WhatsApp, or Telegram because she is against what she called a "digital concentration camp."
The Max Messenger logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Thomas Fuller / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
"I don't have a smartphone and have never had one," she said. I have a dumbphone and a laptop. I've predicted this whole digital concentration camp more than three moves ahead."
A 60-year old teacher who supports the war against Ukraine told the Kyiv Independent she has not yet installed the Max messenger but is not afraid of using it.
"I don't have any anti-government thoughts," she said. "I'll have to switch to the Max messenger — otherwise, I won't be able to access many (government) apps or use them fully."
The sources spoke on condition of anonymity due to the fear of reprisals.
Read also: Navalny’s death preceded by long list of Putin critics’ murders
Internet shutdowns and VPNs
Since May, Russia has also experienced frequent fixed-line and mobile Internet shutdowns all over the country. The authorities argued the shutdowns were necessary to counteract Ukrainian drone attacks, but analysts believe it is part of Russia's efforts to tighten control over people's online presence.
In August, Russia experienced 2,129 Internet shutdowns — an all-time record, according to the Association for the Protection of the Internet. The global number of Internet shutdowns in 2024 was 296, according to Access Now, a U.S. group that fights Internet censorship.
The Russian authorities have also cracked down on VPN services that allow users to circumvent blocks.
"The logic is simple: if anything is out of control of the siloviki (Russia's intelligence and law enforcement agencies), it is a threat and has to be banned."
Russia passed a law in 2020 to ban virtual private networks (VPNs) used for bypassing blocks. Initially it was not enforced strictly. However, the authorities have stepped up efforts to block VPNs since then.
Starting from Sept. 1, 2025, Russia also banned VPN ads and introduced fines for searching "extremist materials" — essentially any information critical of the Kremlin — using VPNs.
Iuldashev from eQualitie said that the Kremlin is trying to block all major VPNs.
"But while they do it, VPN developers develop new protocols at the same time," he said. "We are still able to provide access to free Internet to people from China, Russia, Vietnam, and other countries. It's impossible to block everything."
Read also: Alexei Navalny’s life and death as main opponent to Putin regime
Copying foreign experience
By introducing sweeping restrictions on the Internet, Russia is copying China's censorship system, called the Great Firewall. Max is modeled after WeChat, China's state-controlled national messenger.
Iuldashev said that the Kremlin aims to achieve the same results as China, but the Russian system is more decentralized.
"China has fostered domestic substitutes for international services, and they ruled out most Western platforms from the outset," he said. "Russia, on the contrary, has allowed many Western platforms for years, and then they started (blocking them)."
He said that "it's hard to imagine that Russia can build a (China-style) centralized censorship system in this very diverse landscape of networks.
News footage on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 8, 2025. (Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty Images)
"But the decentralized model also looks quite effective," Iuldashev added. "It's just another way to achieve the same result."
He also said that Russia is seeking to mimic the censorship technology of Iran, which is among the worst countries in terms of Internet freedom.
There is also speculation that Russia may shut down the Internet completely, similarly to North Korea.
But Iuldashev thinks a permanent shutdown is unlikely.
"On the technical level, it's possible," he said. "But it's strange to compare it with North Korea, because North Korea has never had a proper Internet. But Russia has all the possible connections to the global Internet."
He argued, however, that temporary and regional Internet shutdowns are likely if there are some political risks.
"They don't need to actually shut down the whole country," he said. "They can just shut down a particular place."
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Diving into totalitarianism
Iuldashev said that Russia started to create a "sovereign Internet" right after annexing Crimea in 2014. Now, however, this process has accelerated.
Ryhor Nizhnikau, a Russia expert at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, said that "Russia has been moving towards online control and 'Internet sovereignty' for years."
"The logic is simple: if anything is out of control of the siloviki (Russia's intelligence and law enforcement agencies), it is a threat and has to be banned," he told the Kyiv Independent.
Arkady Moshes, a Russian-born researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, said that "this should be viewed as an element of Russia transiting from authoritarianism towards totalitarianism, which implies total control."
Another Russian political analyst said that creating a China-like censorship model "requires additional technical improvements and overcoming users' inertia."
The analyst spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
"Even if they are not politicized, they are very reluctant to give up the conveniences of everyday life. So far, the state is not totalitarian enough to move everyone over to Max, but it is striving for that and will continue to do so," the analyst added.
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The March 15-17 presidential election was the most rigged in Russia's modern history, according to evidence published by election experts, observers, and media. Estimates of vote rigging range from at least 22 million votes to about 31.Oleg Sukhov (The Kyiv Independent)
nuova aggreganza con la goduria integrata: rilascio aggregatore di feed Aggregodo (Aggregoctt v3 ma per bene)
Oggi, considerato lo stato inevitabile dell’assoluto, sono abbastanza sicura che godo… ma, in realtà, un po’ sarà anche da stamattina che godo… per non dire in verità ieri sera tardissimo… Situazione assurda, lo so, ma tutto ciò è per via del fatto che, il nuovissimo software benedettissimo che ho finito or ora (…o ieri sera, […]
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nuova aggreganza con la goduria integrata: rilascio aggregatore di feed Aggregodo (Aggregoctt v3 ma per bene)
Oggi, considerato lo stato inevitabile dell’assoluto, sono abbastanza sicura che godo… ma, in realtà, un po’ sarà anche da stamattina che godo… per non dire in verità ieri sera tardissimo… Situazione assurda, lo so, ma tutto ciò è per via del fatto che, il nuovissimo software benedettissimo che ho finito or ora (…o ieri sera, appunto, ma sono uscite rognine che ho dovuto sistemare al volo oggi), non si chiama Aggregoctt ennesimo, bensì AGGREGODO!!! E con una premessa così, cazzarola se c’è da goderne pesantemente… 🔥🎆🎇🧨Alla fine, si: il mio incubo peggiore, ma allo stesso tempo il mio nuovo momento più ricco, si è avverato; ed assurdamente è da una settimana intera che ci sto lavorando… no, non c’è motivo di temere che io abbia acquisito la pericolosa skill della pazienza dal nulla, è solo che ho potuto lavorarci giusto ogni tot a pezzetti, per via delle varie palle personali, ma via avanti così ed alla fine è già uscito fuori circa quello che volevo, che già andrà a sostituire quel ripiego bizzarro che a questo punto è durato due settimane nemmeno… ma la goduria è appena cominciata. 😈
Chi sempre vuole giusto spiare i miei feed, quindi, adesso può farlo con , sperando possano essere gradevoli ed evidenti i dettagli bboni… I feed hanno le icone (automatiche, ovviamente), c’è una modalità di lettura integrata (spenta di default per evitare rogne che non sto a spiegare, anche perché è ancora sperimentale e da finire di acconciare; si attiva dal menu), e l’interfaccia è fatta col gradevole bellissimissimo Material Design v1, che fa bella figura su desktop e mobile (…anche se manca la modalità scura, che devo quindi implementare io a breve, mannaggia). Ma queste sono solo le scemenze, tipo… 🙏
Con non poca magia, sono riuscita pure ad implementare un sistema di scraping HTML per generare feed da siti stronzi che non li offrono, maa… non con l’XPath meloso che usano altri aggregatori (non tutti eh, la maggior parte a dire il vero non offrono proprio una mazza), bensì con una sintassi decente e per certi versi più potente… al punto da avermi permesso di creare feed da Facebook e Threads con poche righe di configurazione, e sulla mia istanza infatti già ne seguo qualcuno (e aumenteranno solamente!!!). E, ovviamente, l’aggregatore genera dei suoi feed (Atom) per l’uso con altri lettori, dell’intera libreria o di specifici feed, inclusi questi umma umma… (…Peccato che, al momento, proprio i feed per cui questa cosa più serve appaiono mezzi rotti, perché ho dimenticato delle robe, ma abbiate pazienza e aggiusterò.) 🤯Non vado troppo nei dettagli tecnici, perché altrimenti lo so che ogni essere umano fa zzzzzzz, ma tanto per tutti i computeristi (e i selfhostisti, semmai ce ne siano) il codice è libero su GitLab e su GitHub… e non è nemmeno spaghettoso! (Inaspettato, visto che ne ho scritto grandi porzioni a stomaco non troppo pieno, quindi mi sarei aspettata che la brama dello gnam potesse prendere più il sopravvento… ma forse in parte è anche grazie al fatto che stavolta ho scelto di usare TypeScript e NodeJS, che giuro, Python di questo passo mi farà venire dei tumori, con tutte le paturnie che mi sta facendo invece subire per Pignio…) 🏗️
Come cose da fare per forza, ce ne sono ancora varie… come ottimizzare la lettura dal database, che al momento su alcune pagine è un troiaio come lentezza… oppure aggiustare la ricerca globale, che ho accidentalmente rotto nel provare a migliorare le prestazioni della pagina principale (e che colmo sarebbe sennò) — ovviamente accorgendomene solo in produzione, e non poco prima durante lo sviluppo (e te pareva che non va sempre così con me!!!) — ma anche implementare tag e/o categorie per i feed (altrimenti, quando ne metterò centinaia saranno dolori), che però attualmente non riesco a decidere come fare… Una cosa è certa, però, almeno: tutte le rogne sono risolvibili, e per ora si deve dunque pensare solo a godere del potere dell’aggregazione acquisito per mezzo dell’Aggregodo… (Ah, e serve pure un logo, mannaggia.) 👻
(Tra l’altro… come si vede, ho implementato 3 viste per gli indici: una griglia di carte, simile al primo Aggregoctt ma più densa, una lista con miniature, che ho copiato spudoratamente dall’RSS-ripiego di cui sopra, ma che ho fatto in modo per me più gradevole, e una che chiamo “a flusso”, che è utile principalmente per i post dei social, che sono corti e da vedere anche senza cliccare… E stavo a proposito di quest’ultima quasi per dire che l’ho copiata accidentalmente dall’RSS-bizzarro, ma a guardare meglio la mia mostra le immagini bene, e invece l’altro le taglia a 16:9, oltre al fatto che la grafica ombreggiata del mio secondo me fa risaltare meglio all’occhio i post… quindi, se non dispiace, con oggi godo veramente infinito.)
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