UNESCO launches the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
UNESCO launches the World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at a global scale at MONDIACULT 2025
Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.www.unesco.org
Myanmar: At least 24 killed as paraglider bombs Buddhist festival
At least 24 people were killed and 47 others wounded while protesting against Myanmar's military government after a motorised paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd, a spokesperson for the government-in-exile told BBC Burmese. The military attacked on Monday evening as around 100 people gathered in Chaung U township in central Myanmar for a national holiday.
Thousands have died and millions have been displaced since 2021, when the army seized power, triggering a civil war with armed resistance groups and ethnic militias. After losing control of more than half the country, the army is making significant gains again, through an especially bloody campaign of airstrikes and heavy bombardment.
International sanctions over the past few years have made it harder for Myanmar's military rulers to procure military equipment. However, advanced drones and military technology supplied by China and Russia have given the junta a new edge on the battlefield, according to analysts.
Myanmar: At least 24 killed as paraglider bombs Buddhist festival
Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims in the aftermath.Koh Ewe (BBC News)
Meanwhile, Britain's government and the police on Friday urged organizers of a planned pro-Palestinian protest in London this weekend to cancel or postpone the event.
Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestine people is driving up antisemitism world wide.
There's more reason than ever to get on the streets and demand Netanyahu and his corrupt regimen to be brought to justice for their crimes against humanity.
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Without more context it's hard to pass judgement. Were the victims hit by pass-through shots on the attacker or a wall? Did the firearms officer straight up miss? Were they using their handgun or their carbine?
The real difference will be if they hold the firearms officer accountable, for negligence if nothing else.
Drone sightings prompt call for German police to gain shoot-down powers
Drone sightings overnight at Germany's Munich airport led to the cancellation and diversion of dozens of flights on the eve of a national holiday, leaving nearly 3,000 passengers stranded and leading politicians to call for a tougher response to drone threats, potentially including shooting them down.
We have lots of rules about drone flight now (at least here in the US) - but also no consensus method of enforcement.
It's bizarre, and must be temporary. It's like having speed limits but no method in place for pulling people over.
Police Accidentally Shot and Killed a Victim During Manchester Terrorist Attack
Officials said that one of the men killed at the Heaton Park Congregation synagogue in northwestern England had been hit by police gunfire.
So apparently 50% of the deadly wounded were killed by police, not the terrorist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/world/europe/uk-manchester-synagogue-attack.html
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The Good guy with a gun caused more damage than the actual attacker.
My prediction is people will be blind to the irony and no lessons will be learned.
Trump Publishes Enemies List To White House Website, And It’s Just Democrats Speaking The Truth
Trump Publishes Enemies List To White House Website, And It’s Just Democrats Speaking The Truth
God, what I wouldn’t give for another Nixon administration. Sure, it was corrupt and built from the ground up to punish the opposing party for being the opposing party. But that administratio…Techdirt
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Discussion: Your recent privacy wins?
Have you had any privacy wins recently? Anything you've tried or tweaked to improve your privacy? Anyone who's listened to something you've said? Do you have any privacy enhancing projects or changes you're working on implementing
I managed to convert someone to Signal this week. Was having reception difficulties with a phone call (both of us in spotty areas) and after a drop out, managed to get them on board with Signal. A very notable quality improvement in the call which helped reinforce to them it was a good idea.
I'm going to work on setting up Pihole over the weekend.
Note: I did steal this topic idea from Techlore.
My street is finally getting fiberoptic internet! That means I'm going from around 4MiB/s to at least 400 more likely 600 MiB/s... with around 3/4 of that in upload speed. I have already canceled all my streaming services and external servers, the parts for my homeserver are on their way.
No more Google Drive, hello Nextcloud, no more Spotify, hello Finamp, no more Netflix and Crunchyroll, hello Jellyfin, no more Bitwarden, hello Vaultwarden.
I'll finally be able to self-host all my Docker containers fir my website-, email- and game-server, I can have a homeserver for my media-streaming even when I'm not at home. I might even create my own Immich and Lemmy Instances. Just need to read up on NixOS and get a good, reliable system running.
Fuck big Tech, I'll host my own shit and offer it to all my friends.
Trump administration puts on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, Vought says
Trump admin freezes $2.1 billion for Chicago projects, blames Democrats for shutdown holdup
The move came on the third day of the federal government shutdown, which President Donald Trump has blamed on Democrats in Congress.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
First female Archbishop appointed to lead Church of England
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AI may soon make Nobel-level discovery, scientists predict
AI may soon make Nobel-level discovery, scientists predict
“It’s almost certain” that AI will reach that level eventually, one researcher told Nature.Tom Chivers (www.semafor.com)
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This one probably will happen.
The reason is that there are certain fields where you have to sift through massive amounts of data to find the thing you're looking for. This is an ideal task for machine learning. It's not going to replace real scientists, and it sure as hell shouldn't replace peer review. It's a tool with a use.
As one example, the longest known black hole jet was recently discovered using ML techniques: caltech.edu/about/news/gargant…
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
The jumbo jets blast hot plasma well beyond their own host galaxy.California Institute of Technology
Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet
Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet
Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology hard drives.www.guru3d.com
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Germany: Drone sightings disrupt Munich airport
What Happened with Proton Mail and Journalist Accounts
What Happened with Proton Mail and Journalist Accounts
Episode 241: ProtonMail allegedly banned journalist accounts, Plex had a data breach, leadership changes at the EFF, and more. Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New ...PeerTube.wtf
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New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs
New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs
A new study from Yale University shows that AI hasn't had much of an impact on jobs as many have predicted or feared.Sharon Adarlo (Futurism)
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New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs
New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs
A new study from Yale University shows that AI hasn't had much of an impact on jobs as many have predicted or feared.Sharon Adarlo (Futurism)
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Hacker group Black Mirror releases first batch of Rostec files detailing Russia’s international military deals and sanctions evasion schemes
The hacker collective Black Mirror has released the first portion of an archive of documents from the Russian state defense corporation Rostec. The tranche contains more than 300 items. The materials detail Russia’s military and technical cooperation with foreign clients, pricing for military items, and logistics schemes aimed at evading sanctions. The published documents also include internal correspondence, presentations on overseas helicopter service centers, and agreements with international partners.
The files show that Russian companies have faced difficulties receiving payments for contracts with Algeria, Egypt, China, and India. Russian banks have been unable to issue guarantees or conduct transactions through the SWIFT system, forcing them to search for alternative settlement schemes in yuan, rubles, and euros.
The archive also contains information about an international network of service centers for Russian helicopter equipment. The documents describe existing and planned maintenance facilities in the UAE, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and other countries. Particular attention is paid to the creation of an international regional logistics hub in Dubai, near Al Maktoum Airport, designed as a central node for supplying spare parts and components.
Among the materials is a letter from the Rostec holding company Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (CRET) on pricing for military products in export contracts. The document proposes a simplified formula for setting wholesale prices, profit margins, transport expenses, and currency risks. It also discusses possible legal changes to allow more flexible use of revenues from military-technical cooperation.
The hackers said this is only the first portion of the Rostec archive, which they are releasing in what they called “fuck off exposure” mode. Black Mirror claims the documents include a list of “reliable trading partners” in several countries.
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Spanish prosecutor closes investigation into major manufacturer Maxam, whose Russian plants continue producing explosives despite EU ban
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43400129
ArchivedSpain’s public prosecutor has closed a pretrial investigation into MaxamCorp International S.L. that was opened after a report by The Insider exposed the company’s Russian factories, which continue to produce explosives despite Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian antiwar activists living in Spain filed a complaint that prompted the probe in June. Three months later, the prosecutor at Spain’s National Court dropped the investigation, despite the factories not halting their operations.
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In the decision declining to press charges [...] the prosecutor, without citing specific sources, said Maxam did not export explosive substances to Russia in 2024-2025 and that in 2024 the company lost control of its Russian subsidiaries.
The Insider asked an independent sanctions-compliance lawyer to comment on the prosecutor’s ruling.
Alex Prezanti, [an independent sanctions-compliance lawyer and] co-executive director of the nonprofit State Capture Accountability Project (SCAP), said the prosecutor examined the evidence selectively:
“In his decision to close the investigation against Maxam International, the Spanish prosecutor appears to have only examined events in 2024-2025 — once Maxam had lost control of its Russian subsidiaries. However, the complaint and the Insider's reporting also allege that Maxam International provided its Russian subsidiaries with materials and intellectual property for the production of explosives between 2022 and 2023.The reporting also alleges that in 2023, Maxam appears to have accepted dividends on profits accrued by its subsidiaries in Russia from a direct supplier to the Russian military industrial complex. It is therefore unfortunate, in my opinion, that the Spanish prosecutor omitted the events of 2022-2023 from his examination. Whilst I have not seen enough evidence to conclude whether there was criminal conduct, on the face of it these allegations would justify a full investigation to determine whether Maxam International broke the law during the first two years of Russia's full scale invasion.”
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Maxam has operated in Russia since 1999 through four subsidiaries: the management company Maxam Rusia LLC ((ООО «Максам Русия»), along with three explosives plants — “High-Tech Initiation Systems” JSC (AO “VSI”) in the Samara Region, “Eastern Mining Services” LLC (ООО «ИМС») in the northern Murmansk Region, and YUII-Sibir LLC (ООО «ЮИИ-Сибирь») in Krasnoyarsk Krai in central Siberia. The ultimate owner of those firms was Spain’s MaxamCorp International S.L.
All three production sites continued operating after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Spanish prosecutor closes investigation into major manufacturer Maxam, whose Russian plants continue produc...
Spain’s public prosecutor has closed a pretrial investigation into MaxamCorp International S.L. that was opened after a report by The Insider exposed the company’s Russian factories, which continue to produce explosives despite Russia’s full-scale in…The Insider
Ukraine criticises proposed law banning promotion of Ukrainian nationalist ideology in Poland
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50147549
The episode marks the latest flashpoint in long-standing tensions between Poland and Ukraine – two otherwise close allies – over wartime history, and in particular the massacre of around 100,000 ethnic Poles by Ukrainian nationalists.In Poland, those events, known as the Volhynia massacres, have been officially recognised as an act of genocide. However, Ukraine rejects the use of that term. It also still venerates many UPA and OUN figures as national heroes, prompting criticism from Poland and Israel.
How Gen Z is taking the fight for their rights from TikTok to the streets
How Gen Z is taking the fight for their rights from TikTok to the streets
After sweeping away the Nepalese government in early September and shaking up the Philippines, a wave of protests initiated by Generation Z has now spread to Madagascar and Morocco.RFI
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Most Germans favour Israel's inclusion in Eurovision Song Contest | dpa international
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50147109
Some 65% of respondents said Israeli artists and athletes should not be penalized for the actions of the Israeli government, German public broadcaster ARD's poll found.
German poll finds same support for far-right party as conservatives | dpa international
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50147047
That is the best result for the far-right party so far in these surveys, held regularly among eligible voters, Infratest dimap said of the Deutschlandtrend poll.
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Delusions of a Protocol
So, if you're online poisoned like me, you may have noticed that Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has been having sort of a slow motion, low-key public meltdown for the past several weeks. Most recently, in this interaction with a user.
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Even with practical technical decentralization, the vast majority of Bluesky users are on, well, Bluesky. Bluesky was never really packaged as something that was relatively easy for someone to spin up on their own servers; the network has been historically extremely centralized, and only small minorities of users have broken off.AT Proto decentralization doesn't exist as a practical reality, and if it ever does it won't be for years. Most of the work driving effective decentralization is being done by third parties, who have limited guarantees about future compatibility with possible breaking changes on Bluesky's end.
Bluesky inc isn't really making 'a protocol', they're making Bluesky, the monolithic (to within a rounding error) social network that they operate.
I do genuinely believe that the Bluesky team set off from the start to create a decentralized protocol, but unfortunately for them they ended up running a social network. And at this point, AT Proto has become essentially a sort of ideological vaporware; a way for Jay Graber et al to run a social media platform while claiming they don't run a social media platform.
This is, of course, just another iteration of the Silicon Valley monoproduct: power without accountability. The tech industry elite are very much like Gilded Age railroad barons – buying up whole towns, breaking up strikes, imposing top-down economic policy on whole sectors – except all the while they claim that they are just technology enthusiasts playing with their little trains.
This does raise a question relevant to the Fediverse. Some Bluesky users are lobbying to have Jesse Singal banned, whoever that is. Of course, a hallmark of a decentralized network is that there is no central authority that could actually do that. Implicitly, this demand is a rejection of the very concept of decentralization.
Once people find out what decentralization means, are they even willing to tolerate it?
Bluesky is a platform for scammers and morons.
If you're not the one scamming, that only leaves one other option.
China Is Back on the Radar of European Pension Funds, Endowments
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50141482
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European pension funds, endowments and other large pools of long-term money are once again exploring private equity investments in ChinaNow, Chinese markets are booming on increased optimism over technology breakthroughs and the economy, as well as a shift out of the US.
Munich drone sightings force airport to cancel flights in latest Europe disruption
Drone sightings over Munich airport on Thursday evening forced air traffic control to suspend operations, leading to the cancellation of 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers in the German city.Another 15 arriving flights were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt, the airport said in a statement, marking the latest drone disruption to European aviation after sightings temporarily shut airports in Denmark and Norway last week.
Munich airport reopens after halting flights because of drone sightings
Travel disrupted for thousands on eve of national holiday in latest drone incident to hit European aviationDeborah Cole (The Guardian)
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What's the factor when you're planning to self-hosted a instance?
I am interested of self-hosting my own instance but one the issue I have is:
- Price for renting server and buying domain name. Mainly, I have low income.
- Unsure if it be single-user instance or if I want multiple people on my instance.
- If my instance is for multiple users, if I be the best fit for moderation as well, pitching it to non Fedizen (whatever you call people that use the Fediverse) as well as the theme of the instance as it would effect my Fedi software of choice (eg. Friendica, Mastodon/Glitch)
I just worried that I try just do it immediately without planning things out or have whatever things in mind which might otherwise help me know what's the best choice and not be upset that I wasted my time and money on something that didn't work out for me.
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I didn't give it nearly as much thought before I started.
In terms of price, you can set a very low price for a single-user instance. Hetzner and Netcup, for example, offer very affordable VPS (these are providers I know of, but there are certainly others).
I don't see open registration as a problem either. I've had it for years, and when I get waves of spam, which is very rare, I switch to moderated mode, otherwise it remains open.
I would host software according to your preferences. I should have kept Friendica running and turned off Mastodon, but that ship has sailed for me.
For a single-user instant, it might be interesting to connect to a relay; it is important that it is moderated. Fedimins offers such a service.
Russia is helping China to prepare for a potential invasion of Taiwan, defense institute says
Russia is helping China to prepare for a potential invasion of Taiwan, defense institute says
LONDON (AP) — Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a U.K.-based defense and security forum.EMMA BURROWS, Associated Press (The Hill)
I honestly doubt that russia would be trusted to supply anything for the chinese military outside of raw materials.
Also, whats a high altitude parachute? is it just one that deploys higher up? Wouldint that make the troops and stuff easier to hit?
On top of that, if russia had all this...why couldnt they take Kyiv?
After watching Is Russia Already at War With NATO?
I think it is more likely that trump is trying to goad NATO into responding more seriously to russia, and then once they do trump can condem the action and support russia against NATO.
Now russia can pull out of Ukraine without admitting defeat
Thank you for pointing-out that he could be doing that particular machiavellianism: I'd not thought of any such game.
I've been telling people for years that Trump's going to ditch NATO & back his original backer, Putin, against NATO.
lee.senate.gov/2025/6/lee-intr…
& "The Kremlin Papers" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin_… show who's investment Trump is ( apparently The Guardian has now disappeared all such content? from DuckDuckGo, it has, anyways.. how spectacularly depressing to see propagandism go THAT deep, eradicating journalism even-more, since Guardian changed ownership ).
He's playing a negative-sum game, same as Putin, same as mass-shooters: the intent is that NOone matter, after he's gone: he gets to be "the last word", & gets to be the "king" which presides over the destruction of the world's potential.
Zero-sum games are competitive-narcissism, but negative-sum games are competitive-nihilism-and-narcissism.. different motivation entirely.
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Two arrested as 'African tribe' evicted after raid on group's camp in Scottish wood
Two arrested as 'African tribe' evicted after raid on group's camp in Scottish wood
Sky's Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies reported on claims that Kaura Taylor, 21, from Texas, was lured and coerced into moving to the forest, 4,000 miles away from home.Sky News
French court to try Chinese captain of suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker
cross-posted from: lemmy.kde.social/post/4574561
A French court is to try the Chinese captain of a tanker from Russia's "shadow fleet" early next year after it was intercepted off France, prosecutors said Thursday, in a move seen as a message to Moscow over its efforts to skirt Western oil sanctions.The French navy on Saturday stopped the Boracay, a vessel claiming to be flagged in Benin and blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia's sanction-busting "shadow fleet" of ageing oil tankers, according to the public prosecutor's office in the northwestern city of Brest.
French court to try Chinese captain of suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker
A French court will try the Chinese captain of a Russian-linked oil tanker early next year after the vessel, part of Moscow’s so-called “shadow fleet,” was intercepted off the French coast, prosecutors said Thursday.FRANCE 24
Note that they'll be tried only for refusing to comply with a police check whatever is the proper word for that. The kind of stuff you get a fine for.
Looks like more a pretext to bring that captain to France and have intelligence service talking with him than a serious crime.
Fediverse Report 136 - This week's fediverse news
- Newsmast takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration
- a paper by @inquiline on targeted harassment on Mastodon
- ActivityPub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with interoperability
- WordPress blog posts now can be quote posted!
Fediverse Report – #136
White-label fediverse apps for news organisations with Newsmast, a paper exploring how harrassment on Mastodon works, and a new tool for easier fediverse interoperability.connectedplaces.online
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Michael Foster describes how news organisations do not gel well with the original approach of either Mastodon servers or the channel.org communities. The finding of Newsmast is that this is too confusing and tech-centric for news organisations to really grasp. Instead, Newsmast is now going in the direction of apps, as “independent news publishers and campaigning organisations love the idea of having an app.”
Fuck, that is depressing. I mean, I really hope that this works for Newsmast but if people running a news organisation can't wrap their head around the fediverse, I'm not sure I'll trust them with news ... I don't know. I can't even understand what's supposed to be complicated.
Generation Z is stirring up rebellion across borders, from Morocco to Madagascar
Gen Z, the first generation to have grown up in the internet age, has been at the forefront of anti-government protests in several countries of the Global South. Madagascar and Morocco are the latest countries to be hit by these youth-led movements, which use digital tools to communicate anger at corruption and underfunded social services.
Generation Z is stirring up rebellion across borders, from Morocco to Madagascar
Gen Z, the first generation to have grown up in the internet age, has been at the forefront of anti-government protests in several countries of the Global South.Grégoire SAUVAGE (FRANCE 24)
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A Canadian politician is openly spreading Nazi propaganda
A Canadian politician is openly spreading Nazi propaganda
Do you ever see something that is absolutely horrifying, the implications of which are terrible, and no one else seems to really notice? These two tweets are one of those things for me: Anyone with a basic understanding of politics is aware that Naz…Abe Oudshoorn (Truths and Loves)
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PP so pathetic. Lost the election lost his riding lost his mind. And he’s a career politician. So none of this is excusable.
Pathetic.
No, his claims are not "simply" ignorant, as the article claims:
his claims are INTENTIONALLY ignorant, which is malevolent, is disinformation, & is gaslighting-of-fact.
The difference between the 2 states is signficant.
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Canada Warns Travelers With X Marker on Passports They May Face Obstacles in US
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/70458
The Canadian Department of Global Affairs has updated its travel advice for people planning to travel to the United States, specifically warning people who have the gender marker “X” on their passports that they may face obstacles or restrictions while traveling abroad. The X marker is specifically granted to transgender or nonbinary individuals who do not want to place a “male” or “female”…From Truthout via this RSS feed
Canada Warns Travelers With X Marker on Passports They May Face Obstacles in US
People with an X marker on their passports may “face entry restrictions” in the US, the Canadian government warned.Chris Walker (Truthout)
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States (a state is a government, a nation is a group of people) can do whatever they want with their passport. One of the perks of being sovereign. But there are groups of countries that have mutually agreed what should be on a passport and how/where.
The EU is a big example, but there is also a common passport for ECOWAS for several West African states and many others.
That said, I think they all list sex/gender, but I'm open to being corrected by someone who actually knows.
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It is obviously based on an outdated concept of gender, but it actually is pretty useful to help match people to passports. If someone identifies as male but is dressed like a woman, it raises red flags. The answer to that might be as simple as "This is a 90s sitcom and I lost a transphobic bet" but it is there. Same with hair color.
Which, funny enough, is an argument for people to actually write down the gender they identify as. But it is also a lot like hair color or facial hair in that it is just too cost and time prohibitive to update a passport every time someone tries a new look. Because... genderfluid people exist.
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Australian says he was improperly arrested in Thailand over his criticism of Malaysia
Australian says he was improperly arrested in Thailand over his criticism of Malaysia
An Australian man arrested in Thailand on a defamation charge he says originated with Malaysia's government claims he is a victim of transnational repression, in which Southeast Asia countries cooperate in seizing dissidents or critics who are not on…GRANT PECK Associated Press (ABC News)
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Shooting down Russian jets ‘on the table,’ von der Leyen says
Shooting down Russian jets ‘on the table,’ von der Leyen says
The Commission president’s comment follows an assertion by U.S. President Donald Trump that NATO countries should shoot down Russian jets that violate their airspace.Sasha Schroeder (POLITICO)
See Vladimir Soloviev (journalist, presenter on the public funded Rossiya 1 channel), Dmitri Medvedev ( current vice president of the Russian federation security council), Margarita Simonian (public servant at Russia Segodnia).
Do your own research, it should be easy enough.
U.S. State Department greenlights potential sale of $2.4B mobile rocket system to Canada
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/47146770
Contract not yet negotiated, Congress must grant approval
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IF we actually got them, AND they weren't remotely-sabotaged/deactivated,
THEN we could use them against the aggressor, to multiply our effectiveness in the coming Americas Wars that will be Trump's final "legacy".
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I believe that the game Trump is playing is this:
- Get us to contract to buy weapons from them,
- declare annexation/war against Canada,
- keep the money, bankrupting our ability to buy weapons,
- use the weapons we paid-for against Canada, to gain Trump's "Manifest Destiny" quicker & more-efficiently,
- then Trump gets to be "king of the entire continent" before he dies.
For all who believe this is baseless delusion, have some fact: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/…
This has been brewing all along, since the days of the colonies warring against each-other, the British-loyal colonies vs the United-States colonies..
When somebody pointed-out here in c/world , the other day, that Trump appears to be hoping that Europe will strike Russia so that he can then openly side with Russia, against Europe, .. damn, I wish I'd seen/understood that machiavellianism..
I don't remember what video he was linking-to ( as I didn't watch it ) that convinced him that this was going-on, but it was an understanding pushed by evidence, not just some narcissist-conspiricism, it seemed to me.
Also, it got the natures/motivations/behaviors in a better-fit than my previous understanding did, so I accept it as operationally-true.
I've been telling people for .. perhaps a decade, now, that Trump will ditch NATO, join Russia ( as the now-disappeared-from-the-internet "Kremlin Papers" journalism identified: his original backer ), & help Russia destroy the hated woke countries, especially the EU.
lee.senate.gov/2025/6/lee-intr…
I hadn't forseen his declaring war against Canada, so as to possess the entire-continent, until recently ( past year or so? ).
It's inevitable, now.
The reason he wants Greenland is so that between Alaska, mainland US, Greenland, & Trump's former-Pentagon/now-Department-Of-War, his airforce & his navy, he can SNUFF Canada's trade, & thereby break Canada's life more-efficiently.
There IS unconscious-strategy going-on, in him.
His SurfaceMind's a chaotic mess, but his unconscious-mind is strategic, & lethal, as Project-2025's successful implimentation proves..
There is ZERO point in pretending that Trump will allow any election to unseat him: Civil War Part2 will happen, when he doesn't permit whichever election it is that he feels fundamentally-threatened by. Maybe 2026 he'll just "deregister" all Democrats, so they can't vote, or maybe he'll just "denaturalize" them, so they don't even have citizenship in any country, anymore, & ICE can deport them all legally.
The US of A's finished as a real country with civil-rights & constitutional-rule-of-law.
The longer the rest of the world pretends otherwise, the farther along the path of self-destruction humankind puts itself, & therefore the smaller the fraction of POSSIBLE survivors of this-century's Great Filter.
It's the species-equivalent to puberty: you can't believe-your-way-past-it, it is an all-consuming-tranformation that eats your unconscious-mind's nature, & FORCES one's life into embodying it.
All world-species who gain world-shattering technology, WITHOUT their unconscious-mind/nature growing-up, break their world's ecology, & then shred themselves in wars as the food-chain, the climate, enforced-migrations, political/ideological rabies, etc, all COMBINE at once..
It is inevitable.
Surviving it isn't inevitable, but is an opportunity, IF earned.
We're .. not earning that, presently, but instead going in a distinctly-different direction.
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Universe couldn't care: species-extinction is every bit as socially "valid" as is species-growing-up, right?
OUR "fate": OUR determination.
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Lee Introduces Withdrawal from NATO
WASHINGTON – As NATO concludes another ineffective summit, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Not A Trusted Organization (NATO) Act today to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).Mike Lee US Senator for Utah
NOSTR and content moderation
I wrote a rather lenghty to reply to some guy's toot asking about if he should block mostr.pub. I thought it might be appreciated here.
Getting some reports about #mostr accounts that seem to just spew word soup, maybe to spam hashtags and links but after reading through a few profiles, I'm unsure what the deal there is. Am I right in assuming that nostr is by design more or less unmoderateable? Is that reason enough to block the bridge? #FediAdmin
NOSTR is a protocol just like ActivityPub is. Neither protocol in-and-of-itself is moderated but supports the ability to be moderated. ActivityPub does it via instances and sometimes is baked right into the platform. (I recall at one time Lemmy automatically blocked any posts that contained reactionary language unless the admin edited the source code and re-compiled it themselves). Similarly, NOSTR relays chose how to handle the reports much the same way AP servers set their own standards.
If I understand correctly, a report goes to whichever relays mostr.pub is connected to, and it's up to each relay how to handle it. Some tag you as a whinny little bitch, others take that note out immediately, others ignore, and I think some actually have a dude look at its content and make decisions whether to remove the nevent (post) or actually block the npub (user).
Same as if you were using a NOSTR "account" yourself, except you don't have control over which relays your account connects to as natives do, by specifically connecting, or specifically blocking in your client. Instead, I think, it is solely determined by which nostr users connect their client to wss://realy.mostr.pub and which other relays those same users are connected to. I believe a given nostr relay can choose to block any user that connects to a particular other relay.
I don't expect @alexto be making any such blocks from the mostr relay. My understanding is that one of the reasons he's shifted his focus for Soapbox from a Pleroma focused solution to a NOSTR one is one thing that always bothered him about the AP powered 'verse is some random dude can cut off communication between you and your friend unless at least one of the two of you administers your own instance or you create a new account on a different instance.
I'm uncertain if momostr.pink or the other nostr bridge, whose name I can't remember currently, have similar lax policies that mostr.pub does or not. Regardless if you want direct control over anything more than blocking particular users, you are going to have to block any of these bridges.
In my personal experience I've been on NOSTR for over a year now, but Frienidca remains my primary social media. In that time I can say I've seen way more Bitcoin propaganda than even I am interested in, but certainly a lot less fascist, TERF, and racist nonsense than I have in some corners of the AP based 'verse. But bitcoin bois can get awful annoying. In general hosting a mastodon (or other platform) instance can be a dicey legal situation because you have little control on whether someone's [potentially illegal] porn ends up being stored on your hardware . This doesn't significantly change if you choose to connect your server to a nostr bridge or not.
BTW Soapbox, including mostr, doesn't connect to lemmy. I don't know if that was a purposeful design decision or just no one has bothered to make it work. There is at least one lemmy-like NOSTR client, Zapddit if it could connect to lemmy it might make me shift from Friendica to NOSTR as my primary social media.
Russian manufacturing activity contracts for 4th straight month in September
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43353333
The S&P Global Russia Manufacturing PMI fell to 48.2 in September 2025 from August’s 3-month high of 48.7, signaling a fourth straight month of contraction.Output declined at the sharpest rate in over three years, while new orders shrank more steeply.
Foreign demand also slumped, posting the largest drop since November 2022 amid weak export markets.
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Purchasing activity shrank again, though more moderately, while supplier performance deteriorated the most in six months due to logistics bottlenecks and shortages.
On inflation, operating costs rose at the fastest pace in four months but remained below the long-run average, and firms raised output prices only fractionally.
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Russia Manufacturing PMI
Manufacturing PMI in Russia decreased to 48.20 points in September from 48.70 points in August of 2025.tradingeconomics.com
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U.S. to Share Intelligence With Ukraine for Strikes on Russian Energy Sites as Washington Asks NATO Allies to Provide Kyiv with Similar Support
U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized American intelligence agencies to provide Ukraine with targeting data for strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, including oil refineries, pipelines and power plants, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous American officials.
The order, which directs the Pentagon and intelligence services to supply the information, came shortly before Trump said that he believed Ukraine could win the war and reclaim all of its territory from Russia, the report said.
Trump has voiced increasing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin as his efforts to mediate an end to the war have flatlined, and the intelligence-sharing is the latest signal that he is now deepening his support for Kyiv.
Washington has also asked NATO allies to provide Kyiv with similar support, according to the sources.
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Thousands of trucks from China build up at Russia–Kazakhstan border amid the Kazakh government's enhanced controls, stricter enforcement of Western sanctions
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43352741
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Yaroslav Belousov, head of international transport operations at FM Logistic in Russia, attributed the delays to intensified border checks, as both countries step up efforts to identify “dishonest shippers and carriers.” He added that many crossings are overwhelmed, with trucks filling nearby parking lots and lining the shoulders of approach roads.
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[Deputy head of logistics at the transport company SLK Maim] Yemelin said that the delays could indicate a shift in Kazakhstan’s stance on sanctions enforcement. “It’s safe to say this isn’t a temporary glitch, but more likely a new reality — tighter controls and greater compliance with Western sanctions.”
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Thousands of trucks from China build up at Russia–Kazakhstan border amid tighter controls from Almaty
Long lines of trucks carrying goods from China have built up at the Russia–Kazakhstan border as authorities on both sides ramp up inspections, Kommersant reports.Meduza
Manchester synagogue: Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police
Details are continuing to emerge of a major incident at a synagogue in Manchester - here's what we know so far:
- Police responded at 09:31 to reports of a car driving towards members of the public, and a man being stabbed, at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
- A major incident was declared by Greater Manchester Police, with firearms officers being deployed to the area
- When paramedics arrived to the scene, they found four people injured - police say the injuries were a result of the both the vehicle and stab wounds
- One man has been shot - police say he's believed to be the offender
- Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says "it is believed" the offender's dead, but tells BBC Radio Manchester this information hasn't yet been confirmed
- He also says he's been told that "the immediate danger appears to be over"
- Despite this, members of the public are being warned to avoid the area while police deal with the incident
Manchester synagogue attacker was on bail after rape arrest, police say
Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, had not been charged with the offence before launching a car ramming and stabbing attack on Thursday.BBC News
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