Israel kills seven Palestinians in violation of Gaza ceasefire - Attacks target civilians inspecting their damaged homes
Israel kills seven Palestinians in violation of Gaza ceasefire
Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in violation of the ceasefire agreement signed last week. According to local health officials, six people were killed in Gaza City and one in Khan Younis.Mera Aladam (Middle East Eye)
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'Surprising' drop in military aid to Ukraine in recent months, report says
'Surprising' drop in military aid to Ukraine in recent months, report says
In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.Volodymyr Ivanyshyn (The Kyiv Independent)
US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpointsJoseph Gedeon (The Guardian)
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Qusay Shows the Cost of War on Our Lives in gaza
We Made It Back to Gaza City Hoping This Is the Last Time We Ever Have to Flee
We finally returned to Gaza City.
We went back to the shelter we left before the Islamic University. I recorded a video of my brother Qusay from inside. Behind him you’ll see fresh rubble, new breaks, damage that happened while we were away. Even the place we thought was safe was not spared.
We tried to reach our home in the North, but it’s still beyond the yellow line. That area’s not open yet we’re hopeful we’ll get there during the second phase of the agreement.
I’m so happy to share this moment with you to say we’re back, even if just in a shelter. We hope this time it lasts, and that we never have to flee again. That the war is over for good, and that peace will hold.
Thank you to everyone who stayed with us through all of it the evacuations, the silences, the fear. Your voices kept us alive.
Here’s the video I recorded from inside:
Our happiness for ceasefire and what’s to come.
🙏 If you can, please help us rebuild our lives and homes. Every donation, share, and voice matters. gofundme.com/f/Two-Brothers-Fi…
Our happiness for ceasefire and what's to come
To help us build a sustainable future donate here https://www.gofundme.com/f/Two-Brothers-Fighting-to-Save-Their-Family-in-GazaVimeo
US Economy Warning Issued as Shutdown Hits Americans
US Economy Warning Issued as Shutdown Hits Americans
The federal government shutdown, which began on October 1, is now in its third week with no resolution in sight.Khaleda Rahman (Newsweek)
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
In January 2012, Altamides zeroed in on a phone belonging to Karegeya’s driver and bodyguard, Emile Rutagengwa. Later that month, General Kayumba’s wife, Rosette, was targeted multiple times by the location-tracking tool. In May, it was again Rutagengwa’s turn. Someone was using Altamides to try to pinpoint the general and the former spy chief, by following the people closest to them
“You have a company that has been able to operate in the shadows without any public accountability or transparency,” said Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, an organization that helped to expose the Pegasus spyware and in recent years has been at the forefront of researching surveillance technology and its impacts. “What’s happening here is a very specialized industry that’s enabling some of the world’s worst dictators and despots to undermine the foundational pillars of liberal democracy.”
The world’s police forces have long had legal access to records of communications within their own jurisdictions. In the mobile phone era, this includes location data, since every mobile phone interaction relies on a tower situated in the vicinity of the person communicating. But First Wap offered something different: instantaneous, global, and remarkable, even to industry insiders.
“I just remember seeing it for the first time, I was stunned, I was absolutely stunned,” said one former sales executive, who gave demonstrations of First Wap’s tools to potential clients around the world. Like other insiders we interviewed, he asked for anonymity, given his involvement in the secretive industry. “The thing about the First Wap system is that you could access it from anywhere in the world,” he said. He also recalled a “scary” lack of control over who used it and for what purposes.
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.Mother Jones
Hostages, captives, prisoners: Western media still privileges Israeli over Palestinian lives
Mainstream western media coverage of the exchange reflected the same pro-Israel bias that has long characterised reporting on Israel and Palestine, which privileges Israeli lives over Palestinian ones.
Eco-Libre Life-Line v2025.10 is released
We’re happy to announce the release of the Eco-Libre Life-Line version 2025.10.
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Eco-Libre's mission is to research, develop, document, teach, build, and distribute open-source technology that sustainably enfranchises communities' human rights.
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Life-Line v2025.10 Released -
We just released v2025.10 of the Eco-Libre Life-Line project.Eco-Libre Team (Eco-Libre)
ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations- immigrants are also not given attorneys when asked.
The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers clasped shackles on their hands and feet, he said, and told them they were being sent to Ghana, even though none of them was from there.
When they asked to speak to their attorney, he said, the officers refused and straitjacketed the already-shackled men in full-body restraint suits called the WRAP, then loaded them onto a plane for the 16-hour-flight to West Africa.
Referred to as “the burrito” or “the bag,” the WRAP has become a harrowing part of deportations for some immigrants.
“It was just like a kidnapping,” the Nigerian man, who’s part of a federal lawsuit, told The Associated Press in an interview from the detainment camp in which he and other deportees were being held in Ghana. Like others placed in the restraints interviewed by the AP, he spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
The Ukrainian defense is slowly collapsing. There aren't enough people on the front line, soldiers warn
iDNES reports that manpower shortages have led to a collapse of the Ukrainian front line. Wide gaps are forming between Ukrainian units, and on certain sections of the front, it has become impossible to maintain a continuous line of defense. As a result, Russian advances are breaking Ukrainian defenses.
Ukrainian commanders told the publication that the numerical superiority of Russian forces is becoming increasingly evident. They admitted that there are not enough soldiers, and drones are unable to fully monitor the battlefield, leaving many areas exposed.
Russian troops, the report continues, are taking advantage of these vulnerabilities, using fast off-road motorcycles to penetrate deep behind Ukrainian positions and bypass defensive lines. Such tactics allow Russian forces to approach Ukrainian artillery positions, often located 10 to 15 kilometers from the front.
According to Ukrainian officers, the situation on the front has reached a critical point, with a real risk of the defense collapsing. They also acknowledged that Russian reconnaissance units are systematically identifying and exploiting weaknesses in Ukraine’s defensive network.
Ukrajinská obrana se zvolna hroutí. Na frontě není dost lidí, varují vojáci
Po masivním ruském útoku na energetickou infrastrukturu zůstala v pátek část Kyjeva bez proudu, nejezdily trolejbusy a tramvaje.iDNES.cz
Los Angeles County officials to vote on emergency declaration that would give them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.
The move would allow the LA County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants. A local state of emergency can also funnel state money for legal aid and other services.
Funds for rent would be available to people who apply via an online portal that would be launched within two months, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s office said. The motion could also be a first step toward an eviction moratorium, but that would require a separate action by the supervisors.
Landlords worried it could be another financial hit after an extended ban on evictions and rental increases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting
The justices did not comment on their order, which they issued without even asking the families of the Sandy Hook victims to respond to Jones’ appeal. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting also sued.
Jones filed for bankruptcy in late 2022, and his lawyers told the justices that the “plaintiffs have no possible hope of collecting” the entire judgment.
He is separately appealing a $49 million judgment in a similar defamation lawsuit in Texas after he failed to turn over documents sought by the parents of another Sandy Hook victim.
In the Connecticut case, the judge issued a rare default ruling against Jones and his company in late 2021 because of what she called Jones’ repeated failure to abide by court rulings and to turn over certain evidence to the Sandy Hook families. The judge convened a jury to determine how much Jones would owe.
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Meth disguised as Canadian beer kills 21-year-old in New Zealand
Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in New Zealand
On March 2, 2023, Aiden Sagala did what many people do after a long, hot day at work. He cracked open a cold one. Little did he know, that swig of beer would kill him. Aiden didn’t realize that the can was full of liquid methamphetamine, not beer.Avery Haines (CTVNews)
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Un cibo che costa poco e fa molto bene
Le Regine del Mare in Scatola: Perché le Sardine Sono il Tuo Prossimo Superfood Economico e Sostenibile
Oggi parliamo di un alimento spesso sottovalutato, solitamente associato ad un pasto frugale di un tempo che fu, dove la miseria regnava sov...Giuliano (Blogger)
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German State Replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with Open-Source Email
German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email
Digital sovereignty isn't a phrase you often hear in the US, but it's a big deal in Europe. Here's why.Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now | Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.David Brooks (The Atlantic)
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Google to spend $15 billion on AI data centre in biggest India investment
BENGALURU, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Google said on Tuesday it would invest $15 billion over five years to set up an artificial intelligence data centre in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, its biggest ever investment in the world's most populous nation.The U.S. tech giant's plan comes amid a tense diplomatic standoff between New Delhi and Washington over tariffs and a stalled trade deal, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged a boycott of foreign goods.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/google-invest-10-billion-data-centre-south-india-2025-10-14/
Voting Rights Act faces pivotal test at US Supreme Court
Summary
- Case is latest US fight over racial issues in voting maps
- Louisiana map increased Black-majority US House districts
- Republicans could benefit if Voting Rights Act is undercut
The two words Democrats are avoiding in praising the Israel-Hamas deal
The two words Democrats are avoiding in praising the Israel-Hamas deal
Democrats are heaping praise on the peace deal struck between Israel and Hamas. But they're not mentioning one key aspect of the deal.Kevin Frey (MSNBC)
Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney’s office | CNN Politics
Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over — has been removed from the office, according to two people familiar with the matter.It’s unclear if Cleary is still employed by the Justice Department, potentially now in a different role, the sources said. She couldn’t be reached immediately on Monday, and a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/politics/federal-prosecutor-maggie-cleary-removed
Chinese freighter halves EU delivery time on maiden Arctic voyage to UK
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50963139
The Istanbul Bridge's maiden voyage, originally expected to take 18 days, was delayed by two days due to a storm off the coast of Norway but the ship still reached Europe earlier than the 40 to 50 days it takes freighters going through the Suez Canal or around the Cape of Good Hope.The new Northern Sea Route, running entirely through Arctic waters and within Russia's exclusive economic zone, can now be navigated by ships due to global warming.
Yeah, as the Clean Arctic Alliance recently said in response to China’s new containership route through the Arctic:
An increase in shipping in the Arctic will lead to
- an increase in shipping’s global climate impact due to black carbon emissions – which have a disproportionately higher impact when emitted in the Arctic,
- an increase in disturbance to wildlife and to communities dependent on marine resources due to increased ship pollution including underwater noise in a comparatively quiet ocean, and
- an increase in the risk of damaging oil spills.
As one report said, as the Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis.
As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis
The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window for navigating through these freezing waters is expanding.Lara BULLENS (FRANCE 24)
Gotta catch ’em all: Man under Customs probe for not declaring over $30k of Pokemon cards at airport
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50962591
The Singapore Customs is investigating a case where a man entering Singapore did not declare that he was in possession of assorted Pokemon trading cards worth more than $30,000 in total.
Gotta catch ’em all: Man under Customs probe for not declaring over $30k of Pokemon cards at airport
The value of the items exceed the GST import relief granted to travellers. Read more at straitstimes.com.Daniel Lai (ST)
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Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
Satellites beam data down to the Earth all around us, all the time. So you might expect that those space-based radio communications would be encrypted to prevent any snoop with a satellite dish from accessing the torrent of secret information constantly raining from the sky. You would, to a surprising and troubling degree, be wrong.Roughly half of geostationary satellite signals, many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate, and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping, a team of researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Maryland revealed today in a study that will likely resonate across the cybersecurity industry, telecom firms, and inside military and intelligence agencies worldwide.
List of Telegram STL groups for 3D Printing
Password: 00000111112222233333
Found this one in reddit.
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Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.Pastebin
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Pretty much. But if you need to test it, you can buy another drive and install linux and your games there. If it doesn't work, you can use the extra drive for something else.
In Steam on Linux, use settings to enable Experimental or Proton for Windows games.
Edit: This is computer science, you must report your findings!
Is fortnite on steam though?
Good info either way, just not sure whether its relevant
It's not.
And the owner of Epic, which owns Fortnite, is rabidly anti Linux. I believe he's made some concessions to lose less of the Deck market share, but he's made many insulting and untrue statements of Linux and its users in the past as well as actively sabotaging Linux functionality in games that used to have it.
Can I run my whole steam library on linux?
Depends on the games you have. The biggest issue is anti-cheat, so competitive online games have a worse chance of working, nearly all other games should work though.
And also get the same performance from AAA games?
Again depends on the specific games. Some have worse performance than on Windows, some have better performance.
UK Intel Warns Politicians of China and Russia Spying Efforts
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44053091
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- The UK's domestic security service, MI5, warned politicians and their staff that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia and Iran in efforts to undermine British democracy.
- MI5 said foreign actors may use methods such as dishonest online approaches, hacks and cyber attacks to recruit assets and obtain information, and may use financial donations to influence politicians' decisions.
- The security service urged politicians to be wary of "overt flattery", conduct due diligence on new contacts, and report any suspicious interactions to their security team promptly.
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“The UK is a target of long-term strategic foreign interference and espionage from elements of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian states which, in different ways, seek to further their economic and strategic interests and cause harm to our democratic institutions,” according to the advice.
The document comes just weeks after a high-profile espionage case in which two men were accused of spying for China fell apart, sparking criticism of the government’s handling of the case and Starmer’s wider policy toward Beijing, with which he has sought to improve diplomatic ties since entering office last year.
Separately, Nathan Gill — a former Welsh leader of Nigel Farage’s populist right-wing Reform UK party — pleaded guilty last month to taking bribes in exchange for making statements in favor of Russia.
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Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network publishes AI-generated images mocking Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan ahead of the country's parliamentary elections
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44050202
ArchivedThe pro-Russian Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a new campaign against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ahead of the country’s June 2026 parliamentary elections.
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The bots are spreading videos on X and BlueSky disguised as content from Western media outlets. These clips criticize Pashinyan for “destroying Armenia’s cultural code” and “imposing non-traditional values of tolerance.” They also accuse his administration of threatening opposition journalists and bloggers, as well as promoting an “unrealistic and dangerous” plan to create a “Fourth Republic.” The term refers to a declaration proposed by Pashinyan at the congress of his Civil Contract party and adopted by a vote of the participants. The document envisions extending the current government’s mandate for another five years after the 2026 parliamentary elections, adopting a new constitution through a referendum, formally renouncing Armenia’s territorial claims to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), and pursuing a course toward joining the European Union.
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The bots have also shared AI-generated images of Pashinyan being humiliated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (including one in which Erdoğan forces Pashinyan to kiss his knee), and U.S. President Donald Trump. In one of the fake photos, Pashinyan is shown cleaning up trash in front of the White House.
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[In September 2024, Pashinyan confirmed that the country would go ahead with its plans to join the EU in spite of warnings from Russia.]
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network publishes AI-generated images mocking Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan
The pro-Kremlin Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a new campaign against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ahead of the country’s June 2026 parliamentary elections, according to insights from the Bot Blocker Project (antibot4navaln…The Insider
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The highlighted division and factions of Lemmy.
Just a little thought I wanna discuss.
Unlike the more massive social media or the real world where theres not many leftists and we are gladly more united Lemmy and its left leaning tendencies with the instances providing natural cult grouping tendencies. Add to that the matrix in groups there and we all seem to be making a thing out of how to anger each other. How to troll each other or annoy x or y instance.
I hate this.
Living in an extreme right wing nation I know no other anarchist. A few left wingers. Even the libs here are right wing extremists by the standards of a western nation. I hold dear any solidarity.
I support unions here even when everyone there is a religious fundamentalist who wants sharia law bc they still qantnto improve the conditions of the working class.
Many folks here, who again I don't have any hate for, I see intending these fights and dramas. Having the goal to be banned from x or y community or instance.
- Why!?!?
- What do you gain?
- What is the desire here??
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Because politics is not limited to Left and Right, compressed down to it's minimum reasonable simplicity it is at least two dimensional. In mass media you see "Left" vs "Right" division, on Lemmy you see Lib Left vs Auth Right vs Center divisions, which are just as strong but largely suppressed by entrenched political interests especially in the US but also across the industrialized world where Lib Left has been suppressed by the capitalist political apparatus.
Note that most of the time when someone on the Fediverse decries "Liberals" they mean capitalist centrist in the "Neo-Liberal" mode. In some specific circumstances though you might see Auth Left criticizing Lib Left with the term, essentially insulting them by lumping them in with the Centrists. In other cases more in line with mass media you might see any Right position using the term against anyone center or left of center.
Essentially, Liberal has become a term only meaningful in context, and for that reason largely useless in common discourse. This is why the Political Compass is so useful a tool, situating political positions in their context, though of course it is flawed by being only two dimensional when actual political groups are very much multidimensional.
The political compass is actually a terrible tool. Left vs right is broadly okay if framed as collectivized ownership as principle vs privatized ownership as principle, but economies in the real world aren't "pure," and trying to gauge how left or right a country is by proportion of the economy that is public vs private can be misleading. The next part, "libertarian vs authoritarian," is a false binary. The state is thoroughly linked to the mode of production, you don't just pick something on a board and create it in real life. There's no such thing as "libertarian capitalism," as an example. Centralization vs decentralization may make more sense, but that can also be misleading, as centralized systems can be more democratic than decentralized systems.
The creator of the compass is also politically biased.
As a fun little side-note, I can answer the standard political compass quiz and get right around the bottom-left while being a Marxist-Leninist that approves of full collevtivization of production and central planning. Yet, at the same time, the quiz will put socialist states in the top left, seemingly based on how the creator wants to represent things. It's deeply flawed. Add on the fact that it's more of an idealist interpretation of political economy than a materialist one, and you've got a recipe for disaster.
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At first read I see a flaw in the first part of your argument, which is that centralization vs collectivization of economic ownership is not directly indicative of policy, rather it is the percentage of economic output which is used for collective services that dictates the Left/Right spectrum, which indeed is how a Far Left position can be coextant with a market economy and private ownership but with a tax or public stake in economic actors that returns a majority of the "profit" to collective service, it is rather the degree of enforcement of property rights as one of a set of rights and regulations by a central Authority which lies on the Auth/Lib spectrum that dictates the structure of the economic order. This is how for example you could be a Lib/Left Marxist who prefers central planning of the economy, so long as you don't believe the central planning should be enforced by monopoly of violence and instead implemented by collective consensus, there is no fundamental conflict in the position. Leninism on the other hand implies use of force by a centralized state military/police to restructure the economy along central planned lines, which is an Authoritarian position.
I agree the "quiz" is very flawed, it would need an order of magnitude more questions to be accurate, and authorship bias is certainly an issue.
That said, the compass itself I find to be quite accurate to the mental political models of most individuals. What you are pointing to, Centralization vs Distribution, is a relatively new way to concieve of the older Federal vs Local or State vs Community political framework. I would indeed view this as a "third axis" or omission by the two axis compass, as both Authority and Economy can have organization and flow biased towards fewer or more numerous nodes of participation/enforcement. To go back to your Lib Left Marxism, you could say that the Marxism part of that formula calls for a State economic planning model with high collectivization of economic output and low State enforcement of policy. On thing often missing from the Auth/Lib axis description is that reduced State enforcement does not mean reduced enforcement overall, but rather that the enforcement does not rely on the state monopoly on violence, instead directing enforcement through social exchange relying on the individuals applying their independent power onto each other to discourage deviancy from the consensus.
An easy example of this is in many tribal groups and including pacifist Western religious sects the worst corrective action an individual faces is shunning, which relies on all of the individuals of the community independently choosing to no longer participate socially or economically with the individual being corrected. The decision to do so may be more or less centralized or decentralized (for example a Priarch/Priest might declare shunning in a nonviolent Christian community, while a specific tribal group may only do so through a process of full group consensus, or even the most lib/local of all a spontaneous reaction of each individual against the deviant based on norms.
You're wrong about the Marxist-Leninist position, though, and that's exactly why the compass makes no sense. Marxists all agree on using the state as the collective means by which planning is accomplished. All the compass does is make things more confusing.
Overall, it is much better to abandon trying to measure things on a non-existent spectrum than it is to try to force them into one.
Hybrid threats force Poland to tighten medicine supply controls as the country aims to wean itself off Asia for essential drugs
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44047903
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Efforts to diversify domestic manufacturing and supply are ongoing, focusing on supporting Polish pharmaceutical companies and building facilities closer to European markets. However, production decisions regarding active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) or finished products remain commercial, independently made by responsible entities based on business strategies.
A key ministry goal is to reduce Poland’s reliance on external markets, especially on Asian suppliers responsible for most raw materials and APIs. “Uncoupling from Asia is crucial to enhancing Poland’s supply chain stability,” the ministry noted, highlighting its cooperation with the Government Strategic Reserves Agency (RARS), which plays a vital role in crisis management. RARS maintains expert capacity and logistics, proven during COVID-19 vaccine deployment and aid to Ukraine.
Another key area in Poland’s pharmaceutical security strategy is the National List of Critical Medicines. First presented in December 2024, this list has since been updated to include 401 substances deemed crucial for patient safety and the resilience of the healthcare system.
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“True security lies in producing medicines in the EU and Poland,” [president of Medicines for Poland Krzysztof] Kopeć stressed. While acknowledging the ministry’s National List of Critical Medicines, he emphasised that lists alone don’t guarantee security. Reducing dependence on Asia requires cost acceptance by the EU and national governments. European producers need profitable prices to manufacture medicines sustainably.
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[Michał Byliniak, director general of INFARMA, the Employers' Union of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies] emphasised the need to ensure patients’ needs are met during armed conflict, with timely access to medicine, even before emergency procedures are activated. “We faced such challenges after the Ukraine war began, guaranteeing treatment continuity for patients who suddenly lost access,” he recalled.
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https://www.euractiv.com/news/hybrid-threats-force-poland-to-tighten-medicine-supply-controls
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China detains dozens of members of underground church as government pressure on Christianity increases
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44046616
ArchivedThe authorities in China have detained the pastor of one of the country’s most prominent underground churches, along with dozens of other people affiliated with his church, according to the pastor’s family and members of the church, prompting worries about a renewed crackdown on religion.
The pastor, Jin Mingri, who also goes by the name Ezra, founded Beijing Zion Church in 2007. It grew into one of the country’s largest unofficial congregations, with several satellite campuses and over 1,000 people attending its weekend services.
Mr. Jin, 56, was detained on Friday at his home in the city of Beihai in Guangxi Province, according to his daughter, Grace Jin, who lives in the United States. Around the same time, nearly 30 other Zion Church pastors or workers were taken into custody or went missing around the country, including in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities, she said.
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In recent months, [...] surveillance on Mr. Jin seemed to have ramped up, Ms. Jin [who is Mr. Jin daughter who lives in the US] said. In September, the government issued new regulations limiting religious activity online to officially registered channels.
Mr. Jin had also suggested to the state security officers monitoring him that he might retire from Zion so that he could join his family, Ms. Jin said. But she said the officers refused to let him leave.
“After this kind of posturing, it seemed like something big was going to happen again,” Ms. Jin said. “We just didn’t know when or to what extent. But I also feel like my dad is always the optimist.”
She added, “He is sort of like, ‘Well I can’t live in fear every day, so I’m just going to continue on with what I need to do.’”[...]
Corey Jackson, the founder of Luke Alliance, a U.S.-based group that advocates for persecuted Christians in China, said that the detentions were “without a doubt” the biggest crackdown on Christianity in China since 2018.
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Small protestant church which gained popularity during the covid lockdowns? Sounds like a cult to me, whats next? Reuters reporting the membership have the bestest organs and the ceeceepee is taking their kidneys? (Ala Falon Gong, who coincidentally have a bunch of racist, anti gay, and anti communist teachings. Who's rag the epoch times openly supports Trump and US imperialism)
There are 10s of millions of muslims, christians etc in the PRC, one private underground church group bring restricted is not the CPC cracking down on religion as msm would have you believe
Be skeptical, reuters founding is tied back to Thomas Reuters, who in the 1850s had a monopoly over mines, tobacco and railroads in Iran, their hearts are not in the right place
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There are 10s of millions of muslims, christians etc in the PRC, one private underground church group bring restricted is not the CPC cracking down on religion as msm would have you believeBe skeptical, reuters founding is tied back to Thomas Reuters, who in the 1850s had a monopoly over mines, tobacco and railroads in Iran, their hearts are not in the right place
Yes, there are indeed, among others, muslims like Uyghurs in Xinjiang. China's genocide there is well known.
You should always being skeptical when consuming media, but thank you for the reminder.The founder's activities in 1850 have, of course, nothing to do with the current agency stance, though. And a certain "Thomas Reuters" has nothing to do with it. The agency's founder was Paul Reuter. The company has been called Thomson Reuters after Canadian media company Thomson acquired Reuters.
Do yourself a favor and stay away from wherever you receive your information. Your statement is out of touch by any means.
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Windows 10 End Of Life - Your Story
As the Windows 10 EOL date is close I was wondering what fellow Linux users thoughts about it are.
Are you helping open minded people making the switch to Linux? If yes, which distro are you using? Are you using resources like endof10.org?
Or are you using the the opportunity to get your hands on some cheap hardware for your homelab? Are you keeping an eye on special websites or just ebay (or your local equivalent)? Are you talking with local companies to get the hardware directly from them?
Or are you just observing and enjoy your peace of mind because you switched already to Linux before?
Whatever it is, we are very interested to hear your stories concering this interesting time.
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I have used Linux for a good while around the early 2000’s. Good memories.
Fast forward to now. Bought a new laptop with W11. hated it.
(Just imagine a long list of frustrations about W11, because I’m not going to contribute anything new by saying it)
-and finally, I want my data to be mine!
And so now I get to annoy my wife about how awesome Linux is. My dad is on the train as well. We both annoy our wives with Linux.
Man I use Windows 11 daily for work and I can't stand how fucking buggy and clunky everything is. It's so bad.
Once in a while I'll boot my Linux desktop and it's just.... Bliss. Other than that I spend a lot of time on my steam deck, love that too.
Indian textile exporters turn to Europe, offer discounts to offset US tariffs
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50939117
Indian textile exporters are seeking new buyers in Europe and offering discounts to existing U.S. customers to cushion the blow from steep U.S. tariffs of as much as 50%, industry executives said.
It is impossible to do so I tell you. They threaten to pack bags and leave if you dare take any action against them.
No government can control corpos. Hell they were using 'tax saving methods' that hurt the US, were in the panama papers. Also part of a dodgy scheme in the Netherlands.
I could go in detail but i can assure you that it is impossible to do so your way.
Korea's military faces officer shortage amid record exodus - The Korea Times
According to data obtained from the Ministry of the National Defense by Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), the number of voluntary resignations among officers and noncommissioned officers with 10 to 20 years of service reached an all-time high last year.A total of 1,821 personnel in that category left the military in 2024, up from 960 in 2021. As of the end of September this year, 1,327 had already filed for voluntary discharge.
The number of officers taking leave has also increased sharply, from 2,252 in 2021 to 3,412 last year, with this year’s figure already at 3,401.
Korea's military faces officer shortage amid record exodus
South Korea’s military is confronting a deepening personnel crisis as record numbers of mid-ranking officers — the backbone of its command structur...Bahk Eun-ji (The Korea Times)
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Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns
new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics“Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns
Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday, as new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics, endangering mi…UN News
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So super ebola is gonna come from the US.
How Israel is laying the groundwork for ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon
For the early Zionists, settling Palestine meant settling the largest possible territory that vaguely overlapped with their biblical vision of the holy land.
Maps presented by the World Zionist Organization to the Paris Conference clearly show that Zionists sought to include in their territory southern Lebanon, including the Litani River and up to the coastal city of Saida - an estimated 60km from the current border.
Zionists, like all European settlers, were also keen to secure the most fertile land and fresh water sources. Eastern boundaries of the proposed map included large swathes of Syrian and Jordanian territory that fully engulfed Lake Tiberias and the Jordan River. French counter-proposals forced the Zionists to confine their activities after WWI to what is now referred to as historic Palestine.
Initial ambitions to colonise southern Lebanon were shelved but never extinguished. During this latest war, Michael Freund, who previously served as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deputy communications director, claimed that “historically speaking, southern Lebanon is in fact northern Israel”. He cited the Book of Joshua as mentioning “Sidon explicitly as being promised to the Jewish people”. Freund also listed several shrines in the south as Jewish and evidence of the right to the land.
The invocation of religious sites as justification for colonial conquest is an old and debunked Zionist trope. Freund was not alone in reviving it. One of Israel’s pseudo-archaeologists, Zeev Erlich, was embedded in the Israeli army during the recent invasion of Lebanon. Israeli troops burned and destroyed parts of the shrine. Before withdrawing, they demolished the surrounding historic buildings of the village’s old quarter, the very place they claimed as theirs.
How Israel is laying the groundwork for ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon
Domestic haggling over the disarmament of Hezbollah is overshadowing the long-term and regional dimensions of Israel's warMiddle East Eye
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Ceasefire Sparks Fresh Calls for Global Media Access to Gaza
Ceasefire Sparks Fresh Calls for Global Media Access to Gaza
Press groups are also demanding justice for the more than 200 journalists slaughtered in Palestinian territory over the past two years.jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
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Here in South Australia we are starting to see the effects and it's pretty chilling.
The algae bloom affecting many of our suburban beaches (which is most of Adelaide) and a lot of country ones are seeing huge numbers of dead marine life being washed up.
Anything from leafy sea dragons to fish, stingrays, and sharks. The foam created on some days covers whole sections of beach.
While apparently it's safe, there are warnings that you may experience breathing issues and rashes so your supposed to bring your inhaler and rinse off after you have been in. On windy days it can affect you even if your walking close to the beach.
As we head into summer the damage to local seaford providers (the seafood is fine to consume but people are wary) and cafe owners will be huge and is already starting to take effect.
Because our beaches are so close, people would go down after work for a dip or have a drink at the suburban pubs and cafes.
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Jessica Haynes (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?
Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?
Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals.Jonah Valdez (The Intercept)
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Donald Trump's speech at Israeli parliament interrupted as legislators call him "terrorist"
Donald Trump's speech at Israeli parliament interrupted as legislators call him "terrorist" - LGBTQ Nation
The politicians held signs that said "genocide" and "recognize Palestine" while Trump spoke.Daniel Villarreal (LGBTQ Nation)
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