‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.
They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
I'd love to say this surprises me, but it does not in the slightest.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
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Hamas spokesman accuses Israel of violating ceasefire after deadly strikes
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement after several residents of the Gaza Strip were killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire, according to multiple Palestinian media outlets.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the Israeli army’s actions constituted “a clear violation of the ceasefire,” following reports of civilian deaths in different parts of Gaza.
“The Israeli occupation army’s killing of a number of Gaza Strip residents this morning through shelling and gunfire is a violation of the ceasefire agreement,” Qassem said, as quoted by the Quds News Network. He called on mediators to monitor Israel’s conduct and “prevent it from evading its commitments to end the war on the Gaza Strip.”
Hamas spokesman accuses Israel of violating ceasefire after deadly strikes
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement after several residents of the Gaza Strip were killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire, according to multiple Palestinian media outlets.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the Israeli army’s actions constituted “a clear violation of the ceasefire,” following reports of civilian deaths in different parts of Gaza.
“The Israeli occupation army’s killing of a number of Gaza Strip residents this morning through shelling and gunfire is a violation of the ceasefire agreement,” Qassem said, as quoted by the Quds News Network. He called on mediators to monitor Israel’s conduct and “prevent it from evading its commitments to end the war on the Gaza Strip.”
Starmer says 'intifada' chant is 'call to attack' Jewish people
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed he believes that the call to "internationalise the intifada" is a "call to attack Jewish communities around the world".
Conservative MP Julian Lewis asked Starmer in parliament on Tuesday afternoon whether he accepted that there was no possible interpretation of "internationalise the intifada" other than as "a call to attack Jewish communities around the world".
Lewis seemed to be referring to the popular chant "globalise the intifada", often used at pro-Palestine protests. Starmer replied: "There's no other interpretation." He added that he was glad Lewis had raised the point.
Pro-Palestine activists have strongly denied that "globalise the intifada" is antisemitic or a call for violence, and British Jews have been prominent in pro-Palestine marches in the UK.
Starmer says 'intifada' chant is 'call to attack' Jewish people
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed he believes that the call to "internationalise the intifada" is a "call to attack Jewish communities around the world".
Conservative MP Julian Lewis asked Starmer in parliament on Tuesday afternoon whether he accepted that there was no possible interpretation of "internationalise the intifada" other than as "a call to attack Jewish communities around the world".
Lewis seemed to be referring to the popular chant "globalise the intifada", often used at pro-Palestine protests. Starmer replied: "There's no other interpretation." He added that he was glad Lewis had raised the point.
Pro-Palestine activists have strongly denied that "globalise the intifada" is antisemitic or a call for violence, and British Jews have been prominent in pro-Palestine marches in the UK.
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Zarah Sultana Says They're Not The Greens And Wants To Leave NATO
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Zarah Sultana Wants UK To LEAVE NATO
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That the US cannot lead the EU into invading Iran under fake pretenses which I expect any moment now.
In case you haven't noticed, the EU is incredibly dependant on American weapons and are constantly getting blackmailed by it.
Fediverse Report – #138
this week's fediverse news:
- a closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, which connects to both activitypub and atproto. Their latest update allows people to migrate their #bluesky account to wafrn, joining the fediverse while staying connected to their bluesky network
- Loops is getting closer to joining the fediverse
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Nvidia breakthrough gives 4-bit pretraining technique the accuracy of FP8
Pretraining Large Language Models with NVFP4
Large Language Models (LLMs) today are powerful problem solvers across many domains, and they continue to get stronger as they scale in model size, training set size, and training set quality, as shown by extensive research and experimentation across…arXiv.org
Boosto qualunque thread mi citi nel suo primo post.
Quando Mastodon diventerà compatibile, per essere boostato automaticamente bisognerà per forza seguirmi e avere ricevuto il follow back, dopo di che boosterò i thread in cui verrò citato, con visibilità limitata a chi mi segue.
Valve launches the Steam Next Fest right on Windows 10 EOL because they hate me, specifically (also, distro-picking).
Like, why Valve? I was so close to clearing out all the games I was partway through, now I need to add some demos to my backlog (not many, this Next Fest is kinda weak).Probably could've made it but I haven't picked a distro. I'm planning on turning my desktop into a dedicated gaming computer and not daily driver, because of the malware risk. I wanted something not finicky, something devs would test on as a known quantity, and preferably something Arch-based like SteamOS.
- Garuda (Arch-based)
- Bazzite (Known quantity, immutable, Fedora-based, I don't trust it for some reason)
- Nobara (Proton-adjacent distro, Fedora-based)
- CachyOS (Super fast, Arch-based, presumably finicky?)
- Windows 7 (Based, unsupported by steam, insecure)
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Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs rolls out red carpet for fascist demagogue Tommy Robinson
Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs rolls out red carpet for fascist demagogue Tommy Robinson
Robinson is a filthy provocateur and instigator of street violence against Muslims and asylum seekers.World Socialist Web Site
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This is where we are now.
Not the first openly antisemitic fascist they invited.
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Anti-Piracy Firm Threatens ICANN with Lawsuit Over .to Domain Piracy * TorrentFreak
Anti-Piracy Firm Threatens ICANN with Lawsuit Over .to Domain Piracy * TorrentFreak
Warezio is threatening ICANN with an unfair competition lawsuit for failing to take action against alleged piracy-enabling domain registries.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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Idk why they think that the Czech Republic has power over the Tongolese government. .to is the internet version of tongolese soil. Czech courts don't have power over foreign flags of convenience
Also love the complaint that tongo isn't following European privacy laws
Fifty-five healthcare workers from Gaza are listed for release from Israeli detention today, while Israel continues to hold at least 115 more captives
Fifty-five healthcare workers from Gaza are listed among the Palestinians released from Israeli detention today as part of the exchange deal. While not all releases are confirmed yet, the list includes 24 nurses, 7 doctors, and 2 paramedics. Fourty-four of the healthcare workers listed were abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces from the hospitals where they were working and they have spent between nine and 22 months illegally imprisoned in Israeli detention and torture facilities. Dr Ahmed Mhanna, the Director of Al-Awda Hospital, was not on the list but has also been released today.While their release is warmly welcomed, there are at least 115 more Gazan healthcare workers who are still being held in Israeli detention. These include at least 20 doctors, of whom 15 are irreplaceable senior specialists. In the past two years, the Israeli Occupation Forces have unlawfully detained over 409 Palestinian healthcare workers from both Gaza and the West Bank. Testimonies from released healthcare workers and other Palestinians describe the horrific conditions inside the detention facilities where brutality and torture are rife[1]. Five healthcare workers have been killed while in detention.
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Fifty-five healthcare workers from Gaza are listed for release from Israeli detention today, while Israel continues to hold at least 115 more captives
Fifty-five healthcare workers from Gaza are listed among the Palestinians released from Israeli detention today as part of the exchange deal. While not all releases are confirmed yet, the list includes 24 nurses, 7 doctors, and 2 paramedics. Fourty-four of the healthcare workers listed were abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces from the hospitals where they were working and they have spent between nine and 22 months illegally imprisoned in Israeli detention and torture facilities. Dr Ahmed Mhanna, the Director of Al-Awda Hospital, was not on the list but has also been released today.
While their release is warmly welcomed, there are at least 115 more Gazan healthcare workers who are still being held in Israeli detention. These include at least 20 doctors, of whom 15 are irreplaceable senior specialists. In the past two years, the Israeli Occupation Forces have unlawfully detained over 409 Palestinian healthcare workers from both Gaza and the West Bank. Testimonies from released healthcare workers and other Palestinians describe the horrific conditions inside the detention facilities where brutality and torture are rife[1]. Five healthcare workers have been killed while in detention.
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Despite widespread interest, only 3 states passed regulating, license plate reader laws this year
Ukraine War: Russian Forces Attacked UN Aid Trucks in Kherson Region, Officials Say
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44064875
ArchivedRussian forces struck a United Nations aid convoy in the partially occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine on Tuesday, Ukrainian and UN officials said, though no one was reported injured or killed in the incident.
The United Nations said the convoy, consisting of four marked vehicles, came under attack from Russian drones and artillery while delivering humanitarian aid to the frontline town of Bilozerka.
"Such attacks are utterly unacceptable. Aid workers are protected by international humanitarian law and should never be attacked," said Matthias Schmale, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine.
Two trucks operated by the World Food Program were damaged in the strike, while two others were unharmed, he said. The UN Population Fund said the convoy was carrying 800 packages containing essential items for elderly people, women and girls.
"The area has a very high proportion of older people, many of whom are unable to relocate due to drones and shelling and rely on humanitarian assistance for survival," said Jacqueline Mahon, UNFPA's representative in Ukraine.
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DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia
Prosecutors said that hundreds of people were trafficked and forced to work in the scam compounds, “often under the threat of violence.”
Zhi and a network of top executives in the Prince Group are accused of using political influence in multiple countries to protect their criminal enterprise and paid bribes to public officials to avoid actions by law enforcement authorities targeting the scheme, according to prosecutors.
DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia
An indictment says forced-labor compounds ran cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes that stole billions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and elsewhere.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia
Prosecutors said that hundreds of people were trafficked and forced to work in the scam compounds, “often under the threat of violence.”
Zhi and a network of top executives in the Prince Group are accused of using political influence in multiple countries to protect their criminal enterprise and paid bribes to public officials to avoid actions by law enforcement authorities targeting the scheme, according to prosecutors.
DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia
An indictment says forced-labor compounds ran cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes that stole billions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and elsewhere.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’
Marc Thiessen declared on social media that he’s no longer an ‘outlier’ at the Washington Post, as the paper’s opinion section is wholly ‘conservative’ now
Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen said the quiet part out loud this week when he bragged that the newspaper’s opinion section was now thoroughly “conservative” after Donald Trump praised his most recent op-ed.
Thiessen’s declaration comes on the heels of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos imposing an ideological realignment of the Post’s opinion page, which has resulted in an exodus of talent and the hiring of an editor who shares his vision of dedicating the section to the “support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
The admission from Thiessen, a Fox News contributor who served as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, came after prominent MAGA personalities expressed shock over his Washington Post piece endorsing Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. (The president, despite his persistent lobbying for the award, lost out to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.)
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Ken Paxton sues leader of group (Melanated People of Power) trying to seize control of Texas’ least populated, but very wealthy, county for political reasons
“Not too often do you see a brother that looks like me come into the county and take the entire county over,” Tanner said in a July TikTok post. “Well, I have taken the entire county over, out here in Loving County, Texas. When these elections hit in 2026, we’re going to wipe the board. Everybody that I selected will be elected.”
Although many were rejected for technical reasons, he said most of them could be easily cured. A dozen of Tanner’s followers have successfully registered, the sheriff said last week.
Targeting an entire county for political takeover might seem difficult, but Loving County represented a ripe target. With only about 70 residents, it is the least-populated county in the country. County commission seats can be won with as few as a dozen votes; county-wide positions often are gained with fewer than 50.
Paxton sues leader of group trying to seize control of Loving County
Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Malcolm Tanner, the leader of a group of people that moved to Loving County with the intent to gain political control.Eric Dexheimer (Houston Chronicle)
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech in Israeli parliament
Trump made several claims about the Middle East conflict and other global peace deals that were not entirely true.
(shocker!)
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Why was FIFA President Infantino with Trump at Gaza peace summit in Egypt?
Why was FIFA President Infantino with Trump at Gaza peace summit in Egypt?
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino was among attendees in Egypt, continuing a string of appearances with the US president.Andrew Semple (Al Jazeera)
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At first I thought it said
Why was FIFA President in fellatio with Trump at Gaza peace summit in Egypt?
And it made sense.
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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Eco-Libre Life-Line v2025.10 is released
We’re happy to announce the release of the Eco-Libre Life-Line version 2025.10.
Who is Eco-Libre?
Eco-Libre is a volunteer-run project that designs libre technology for sustainable communities.
Eco-Libre's mission is to research, develop, document, teach, build, and distribute open-source technology that sustainably enfranchises communities' human rights.
We aim to provide clear documentation to build low-cost machines, tools, and infrastructure for people all over the world who wish to live in sustainable communities with others.
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If you'd like to help Eco-Libre reach our mission to enfranchise sustainable communities' human rights with libre tech, please contact us to get involved 😀
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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)
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)
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
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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.
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