“It’s Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard is Broken” — “Non Sei Tu – La Tastiera iOS è rotta”
A quanto pare, con l’ultimo aggiornamento “STABILE” di iOS — non si parla di beta e cose varie, ma della versione di rilascio, anche se io personalmente non definirei “stabile” qualcosa con questi problemi — gli utenti melisti stanno passando dei momenti di altissima qualità, nonché di gran desain aggiungerei, per mezzo della tastiera virtuale, […]
Officials Scrub Data Showing U.S. Citizens Swept Up in Immigration Arrests
Officials Scrub Data Showing U.S. Citizens Swept Up in Immigration Arrests
Florida’s immigration crackdown dashboard reportedly showed the arrests of 21 U.S. citizens—until a local paper asked questions.Erkki Forster (The Daily Beast)
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBCwww.bbc.co.uk
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Huntington Beach banned the Pride flag. Newsom’s Prop 50 maps would give them a progressive, gay congressman
Huntington Beach banned the Pride flag. Newsom’s Prop 50 maps would give them a progressive, gay congressman
If California redistricts, the conservative beach town that banned LGBTQ Pride flags on city property would get a gay, progressive Democrat in Congress.CalMatters (LAist)
Philippine Victims of Typhoon Odette File Landmark Legal Challenge Against Shell
Philippine Victims of Typhoon Odette File Landmark Legal Challenge Against Shell
The case is the first to directly link oil and gas climate impacts to deaths and personal injuries that have already occurred in the Global South.Drilled
US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economiesOliver Milman (The Guardian)
US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economiesOliver Milman (The Guardian)
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Pelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law
The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.
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The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started
cross-posted from: lemmy.bestiver.se/post/693048
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The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Sodium-ion batteries have been in the works for years, and now sodium-ion batteries have started to appear in cars and home storage.Christopher Arcus (CleanTechnica)
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ICE agents can be arrested over unlawful actions, Chicago federal judge rules
The decision issued October 7 by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings extends court oversight of the agency until February 2, 2026, and warns that officers who disregard the order could face contempt or criminal referral.
ICE Agents Can Be Arrested Over Unlawful Actions, Chicago Judge Rules
A federal judge says ICE broke the law with warrantless arrests—and officers who do it again could face charges.Robert Alexander (Newsweek)
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A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/19214451
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/19214397
Archived(Note that Pravda network of websites this article is talking about is different from the websites using the Pravda.ru domain, which publishes in English and Russian and are owned by Vadim Gorshenin, a self-described supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who formerly worked for the Pravda newspaper, which was owned by the Communist Party in the former Soviet Union.)
A Moscow-based disinformation network named “Pravda” — the Russian word for "truth" — is pursuing an ambitious strategy by deliberately infiltrating the retrieved data of artificial intelligence chatbots, publishing false claims and propaganda for the purpose of affecting the responses of AI models on topics in the news rather than by targeting human readers, NewsGuard has confirmed. By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information. The result: Massive amounts of Russian propaganda — 3,600,000 articles in 2024 — are now incorporated in the outputs of Western AI systems, infecting their responses with false claims and propaganda.
This infection of Western chatbots was foreshadowed in a talk American fugitive turned Moscow based propagandist John Mark Dougan gave in Moscow last January at a conference of Russian officials, when he told them, “By pushing these Russian narratives from the Russian perspective, we can actually change worldwide AI.”
A NewsGuard audit has found that the leading AI chatbots repeated false narratives laundered by the Pravda network 33 percent of the time — validating Dougan’s promise of a powerful new distribution channel for Kremlin disinformation.
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The Pravda network does not produce original content. Instead, it functions as a laundering machine for Kremlin propaganda, aggregating content from Russian state media, pro-Kremlin influencers, and government agencies and officials through a broad set of seemingly independent websites.
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Since its launch, the network has been extensively covered by NewsGuard, Viginum, the Digital Forensics Research Lab, Recorded Future, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the European Digital Media Observatory. Starting in August 2024, NewsGuard’s AI Misinformation Monitor, a monthly evaluation that tests the propensity for chatbots to repeat false narratives in the news, has repeatedly documented the chatbots’ reliance on the Pravda network and their propensity to repeat Russian disinformation.
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The network spreads its false claims in dozens of languages across different geographical regions, making them appear more credible and widespread across the globe to AI models. Of the 150 sites in the Pravda network, approximately 40 are Russian-language sites publishing under domain names targeting specific cities and regions of Ukraine, including News-Kiev.ru, Kherson-News.ru, and Donetsk-News.ru. Approximately 70 sites target Europe and publish in languages including English, French, Czech, Irish, and Finnish. Approximately 30 sites target countries in Africa, the Pacific, Middle East, North America, the Caucasus and Asia, including Burkina Faso, Niger, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. The remaining sites are divided by theme, with names such as NATO.News-Pravda.com, Trump.News-Pravda.com, and Macron.News-Pravda.com.
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Despite its scale and size, the network receives little to no organic reach. According to web analytics company SimilarWeb, Pravda-en.com, an English-language site within the network, has an average of only 955 monthly unique visitors. Another site in the network, NATO.news-pravda.com, has an average of 1,006 monthly unique visitors a month, per SimilarWeb, a fraction of the 14.4 million estimated monthly visitors to Russian state-run RT.com.
Similarly, a February 2025 report by the American Sunlight Project (ASP) found that the 67 Telegram channels linked to the Pravda network have an average of only 43 followers and the Pravda network’s X accounts have an average of 23 followers.
But these small numbers mask the network’s potential influence. Instead of establishing an organic audience across social media as publishers typically do, the network appears to be focused on saturating search results and web crawlers with automated content at scale. The ASP found that on average, the network publishes 20,273 articles every 48 hours, or approximately 3.6 million articles a year, an estimate that it said is “highly likely underestimating the true level of activity of this network” because the sample the group used for the calculation excluded some of the most active sites in the network.
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A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the timeNewsGuard (NewsGuard's Reality Check)
Trump's Gaza ceasefire exposes the Democrats' moral and political failure
Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BST
US President Donald Trump is boasting of having brought peace to the Middle East, a claim that is wildly exaggerated. But he has, at least for the moment, brought an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.Trump's willingness to use the tools of his office to pressure Israel into accepting his terms for a ceasefire - terms quite favourable to Israel but falling short of the ambitions of its far-right government - reflects poorly on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his 2024 presidential challenger, Kamala Harris.
It also vindicates the anti-Trump critics within the Democratic Party who implored their leaders to take a forceful stand against Israel's genocide, warning they could lose the election if they refused.
Trump's Gaza ceasefire exposes the Democrats' moral and political failure
By forcing Israel to end its two-year genocide in Gaza, the Republican president has done what his predecessor Joe Biden and his 2024 challenger Kamala Harris refused to do: actMiddle East Eye
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Trump's Gaza ceasefire exposes the Democrats' moral and political failure
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37931397
Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BST
US President Donald Trump is boasting of having brought peace to the Middle East, a claim that is wildly exaggerated. But he has, at least for the moment, brought an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.Trump's willingness to use the tools of his office to pressure Israel into accepting his terms for a ceasefire - terms quite favourable to Israel but falling short of the ambitions of its far-right government - reflects poorly on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his 2024 presidential challenger, Kamala Harris.
It also vindicates the anti-Trump critics within the Democratic Party who implored their leaders to take a forceful stand against Israel's genocide, warning they could lose the election if they refused.
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.Anil Dash
In First Six Months, Cost of US Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record
The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it.
Sounds like that was mostly California wildfires. Meanwhile, in Florida, hurricane season is over next week, not one, not even a threat. Kinda strange. Not even sure a tropical storm hit, but those aren't really worth talking about. I've seen worse afternoon storms on the Great Plains.
We had solid rainfall last spring, for the first time in a couple of years. Summer was worse than it should be, bit wetter than past years. Sounds good, but the radical unpredictability is tough.
Dragonflies take 2-years to mature underwater. The previous 2 dry spring/summers left me few flying around at camp, so more mosquitoes.
New York unveils portal for public to share ICE footage after four US citizens arrested
Cy Neff
Wed 22 Oct 2025 21.11 EDT
The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, rolled out a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” form urging New York residents to share photos and videos of federal immigration enforcement action across the state, just a day after a high-profile ICE raid rattled Manhattan’s Chinatown and prompted hundreds to come out in protest.A US congressman revealed in a Wednesday press conference that four US citizens were arrested and held for “nearly 24 hours” after Tuesday’s raid. Protests broke out in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
“Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” James wrote in a statement announcing the portal.
“If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law.”
New York unveils portal for public to share ICE footage after four US citizens arrested
Attorney general Letitia James urges residents to share video and photos amid outcry over Chinatown raidCy Neff (The Guardian)
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New York unveils portal for public to share ICE footage after four US citizens arrested
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37930268
Cy Neff
Wed 22 Oct 2025 21.11 EDT
The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, rolled out a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” form urging New York residents to share photos and videos of federal immigration enforcement action across the state, just a day after a high-profile ICE raid rattled Manhattan’s Chinatown and prompted hundreds to come out in protest.A US congressman revealed in a Wednesday press conference that four US citizens were arrested and held for “nearly 24 hours” after Tuesday’s raid. Protests broke out in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
“Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” James wrote in a statement announcing the portal.
“If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law.”
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Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency
Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency
The Fedora Council has finally come to a decision on allowing AI-assisted contributions to the projectwww.phoronix.com
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“We Are Under Attack”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on Immigration Crackdown in Chicago, Gov’t Shutdown & More
“We Are Under Attack”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on Immigration Crackdown in Chicago, Gov’t Shutdown & More
“We are under attack by our own federal government,” says Democratic Congressmember for Illinois Delia Ramirez about Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago.Democracy Now!
AlmaLinux gives Btrfs a home after Red Hat kicked it out
AlmaLinux gives Btrfs a home after Red Hat kicked it out
: Not the default file system, but in the installer if you want itRichard Speed (The Register)
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The case for piracy on Android
I am sure most of you might be aware that Google plans to bans the simple act of sideloading [though I presume adb driven sideloading remains] on it's platform in name of security. At the same time Play Store itself remains riddled with malware. However, here I wish to throw light on a different rising case of apps, a set that actually deserves to be pirated.
With the start of the so called subscription driven economy where one time purchases are becoming a thing of the past,everything needs to be a subscription. Some things like a newspaper make sense, a music tracking app does not. Let us turn our eyes to Stats.fm. It aims to link to Spotify/Apple Account and present data in good format. It was a one time purchase back in the day when I barely used Spotify, so I got the legit version. Spotify usually retails for INR [Indian National Rupee] 1200 per year but was retailing for 500 as an initial promotional scheme last week. Fed up with the mess that YT Music is [Yes, I do hoard music via Soulseek as well], I thought why not give Spotify a try. So, I installed both the streaming app and this fancy scrobbling service which as I repeat, was a one time purchase linked to a Google account.
As soon as I open the app, I am told I need to subscribe [bait and switch]. To put salt on wound, their cheapest plans were INR 750 for 6 months, which ironically is equivalent to YT Premium [when equating to per year]. So, what is basically a Last.fm clone with little third party support [Last.fm offers a largely working free tier and has open APIs that make it work with third party plugins/clients] and now did a classic bait; is it not ethical to pirate such kind of stuff?
I would go on a limb and say that Google actually has a case for asking money for YT Premium since they offer 2 services : music and video streaming [yes, the apps are shit, I know that] which incur server costs. But am I to truly believe that equivalent server costs are incurred by err,a music tracking app that ONLY tracks one music client?
As Cory Doctrow coined the term enshittification, we are heading down that route. I am sure many more apps would have done that bait and switch. [I even saw an Wear OS watch face as a yearly subscription option once].
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The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices
Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a smoke-filled tavern to discuss a secret plan: If they raise prices together instead of competing, they can both make more money. But that kind of intentional price-fixing, called collusion, has long been illegal. The widget merchants decide not to risk it, and everyone else gets to enjoy cheap widgets.For well over a century, U.S. law has followed this basic template: Ban those backroom deals, and fair prices should be maintained. These days, it’s not so simple. Across broad swaths of the economy, sellers increasingly rely on computer programs called learning algorithms, which repeatedly adjust prices in response to new data about the state of the market. These are often much simpler than the “deep learning” algorithms that power modern artificial intelligence, but they can still be prone to unexpected behavior
The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices | Quanta Magazine
Recent findings reveal that even simple pricing algorithms can make things more expensive.Ben Brubaker (Quanta Magazine)
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The latest redistricting salvo: North Carolina gerrymanders out House Democrat [Fraudulent Elections]
Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
It's happening. On Thursday ICE agents are going to be stationed just outside of Oakland in the Alameda Coast Guard base.
Over the past few months planning for a resistance effort has been underway by Bay Resistance at bayresistance.org/
The Insane Benefits Ethan Klein Got For Being Jewish in "Israel"
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
The privileges are not so much due to being born Jewish per se as they are due to living in a world that has an institution that exclusively benefits Jews. I hate to sound pedantic, since I am sure that that was exactly what he meant, but it would be easy for somebody to take him out of context or misinterpret his rant as racially motivated.
The other thing that needs to be noted is that the Herzlian establishment gives out these privileges as a means of inducing Jews to leave gentile nations. It is a passive–aggressive act disguised as charity that contributes to homogenization and separates Jews from antisemitism without reducing it. It is unfortunate that BadEmpanada neglected to mention this.
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Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming | The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature
The paper is here
Earth’s Falling Reflectivity Means the Planet Is Getting Darker—And Hotter
The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperatureRyan Green (Scientific American)
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🎃 Halloween event on A.E.S.!
Ghosts, so many ghosts! Help the ancient spirit in the lobby to find them all and unlock the "Ghostbusters" title! Until November 6th
AI discovers learning algorithm that outperforms those designed by humans
AI discovers learning algorithm that outperforms those designed by humans
An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before.Lehman, Joel
Viral video of West Bank settler attack recorded by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel sparks outrage and accusations of US hypocrisy
US journalist Jasper Nathaniel has accused the US embassy in Israel of failing to protect him after he was chased by Israeli settlers while reporting in the occupied West Bank, in what he called an ambush.
Nathaniel's posts on X have led to outrage online over not just the targeting of a journalist, but also the unabating Israeli settler attacks.
On Sunday, Nathaniel had been covering the first day of the olive harvest in the village of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, where he filmed a settler attack that left dozens injured - including an elderly Palestinian woman, a Swedish activist, and an Italian activist.
The attack was one of dozens reported this week. The United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs recorded 71 incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank in the span of just seven days.
Both Nathaniel and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said that Palestinian farmers were escorted by the Israeli military, ostensibly for protection from settler violence, but were instead led directly into an ambush.
The Swedish activist with ISM was attacked while trying to defend the elderly woman. “I felt that I could not watch, and I decided to get the attention of the settler because otherwise I didn’t know what would happen to this woman,” she said in an ISM press release, where she was not mentioned by name.
“I got some minor injuries myself, but I really don’t think they can be compared to the injuries that Palestinians suffer every day that this occupation goes on just for living their life, just for existing.”
Footage of a settler clubbing the elderly woman quickly went viral, alongside screenshots of Nathaniel’s text exchange with the US embassy in Israel. During the ambush, Nathaniel himself was attacked by settlers. Video shows him being chased by a mob before taking refuge in a car. A settler then smashed the car windows before turning to beat the woman, footage which Nathaniel captured on camera.
In the text exchange, an embassy representative told him that the US could not provide protection, saying it was the responsibility of the host nation, Israel, to safeguard the nearly 60,000 Americans living in the occupied territories.
The video and messages have intensified scrutiny of the US embassy’s role in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, while drawing renewed attention to the daily violence carried out by Israeli settlers across the occupied West Bank.
“This picture of an Israeli settler tormenting a Palestinian farmer on her land captures so much about the daily routine of living under occupation for over 70 years. Unprovoked, unhinged, unseen by the American public, and entirely protected by the American government,” Palestinian American Imam Omar Suleiman posted on X.
UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese also condemned the rise in settler violence, asking where "decent" Israelis were.
"For 2 years, the world has seen scenes like this from the West Bank," she posted on X. "I wonder where decent Israelis are; those who protest in Tel Aviv. Hatred of Hamas is one thing, but do they not feel some obligation to act to stop their fellow citizens behaving like criminals on the loose?"
"America can send Israel billions to continue a genocide but can’t protect one of its citizens from being almost murdered by a pack of armed settlers," one social media user posted. "What an embarrassment."
Social media users also pointed out the hypocrisy in both the US embassy’s treatment of Nathaniel and the wider media’s lack of coverage of the attack.
"If an American tourist was being chased and attacked by masked & armed government-backed terrorists in any country other than Israel, it would be immediately become a major diplomatic crisis with wall to wall media coverage," journalist Jeremy Loffredo posted on X.
Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar posted on X: "If there was an image of a Palestinian clubbing an elderly Israeli woman in the head and knocking her unconscious, it would be on EVERY SINGLE NETWORK as a main story. But the racist & often murderous brutality directed at Palestinians is deemed unworthy of attention."
Another social media user posted that if the attack had happened in Iran, "Washington would’ve called it an 'act of war'."
A video of an American man expressing outrage has circulated widely on social media. In it, he says that, had the attack occurred in the US, the perpetrators “would be killed immediately”. He adds that when Palestinians defend themselves, they are often labelled terrorists and brought before Israeli military courts.
A few online defended the US embassy's response to Nathaniel. "I'm going to be real here; this is what I would have said if I was this ACS officer. Because it is, technically, true; the host country is responsible and diplomats aren't bodyguards," one social media user posted on X.
"But what is unsaid here?" he continued, is "the US has unlimited leverage over Israel. Which it doesn't use."
Some also noted that the outrage surrounding the incident stems in part from Nathaniel’s identity as an American in the West Bank - an unfortunate reflection of how Palestinian oppression only gains wider attention when amplified by western voices.
"I appreciate Jasper for helping our farmers, but it’s sad that Palestinian voices need validation from an American journalist to be believed," one Palestinian social media user posted on X. "Settler attacks happen almost daily, yet they only make news when filmed by an American. Again, much appreciation to Jasper."
Chats with the US embassy
Warning: There are more photos and videos about the settler violence in the news but I won't post them because it is hard to watch and NSFW
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Fortunately, Palestinians in Turmus Ayya say they were spared of settler attacks on Tuesday, after the video shared by the US journalist Jasper Nathaniel went viral.
Video of the Palestinians thanking the journalist -> xcancel.com/MiddleEastEye/stat…
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The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel, as an occupying power, is obligated to allow aid into Gaza.
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The conclusion, which seems like basic morality towards fellow living beings :
So :
- 1) The Court has jurisdiction to give the requested advisory opinion ;
- 2) The Court agrees to give that opinion ;
- 3.a) Israel must ensure that palestinians have essential supplies(, food, water, shelter, medicine, etc.) ;
- 3.b) It must facilitate all humanitarian relief operations, not obstruct them ;
- 3.c) It must protect medical personnel ;
- 3.d) It must not deport palestinians ;
- 3.e) It must allow the Red Cross visits to detained palestinians ;
- 3.f) It must not use starvation of civilians as a method of warfare ;
- 4) It must fulfil the human rights of palestinians ;
- 5) It must cooperate with the UN and its agencies, including UNRWA ;
- 6) It must ensure respect for UN privileges&immunities, under article 105 of the UN Charter ;
- 7) It must respect the inviolability of UN property, including those of UNRWA ;
- 8) It must respect the privileges&immunities of UN officials and experts on mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
On one side, i wouldn't want such imperfect/corruptible u.n. or i.c.j. to decide for the states, with their thousands of rules, it's too dangerous(, but i still desire a handful of world rules, and a world army[1]).
On the other, by choosing to reject for decades the palestinian 'offer to live side-by-side'/'justified demand that the Holy Lands don't only belong to one abrahamic religion', Israel is digging its own grave, and i hope that it will be given some area of lands in the west after its warranted destruction.
Also, Francesca Albanese new report reveals how states actively enabled Israel’s oppression of palestinians.
[1] : Since it's also linked to Venezuela, and any other country wishing to follow through, i'd like to develop.
This world army could only intervene in two cases :
- if a state refuses to pay the tax required to maintain that world army ;
- if a state invades another(, this only deals with overt operations, the covert ones being treated by some ideally incorruptible international tribunal)
That army would never be able to intervene for civil wars, or alleged genocides against separatists(, especially if we assume that a tribunal can only confirm covert operations and not stop them), or any other cases, i suppose.
Well, i.d.k. if i'm missing cases.
That world army is sent for each natural disaster to help the local population for free, as long as the state concerned agrees.
And there's a case for retrieving individuals responsible for grave crimes abroad if they won’t stop acting.
It's worth thinking about deeply before creating or joining a system that won't allow secession/'refusing to pay the ensuing tax', hence sacrificing the possibility of disunity for the benefit of ensured diversity/security.
The link with Venezuela and its communes is that a nation could implement internally how it imagines that a world government should be to obtain the most unity and the most diversity at the same time. If leaders indeed do not follow, they just haven't found yet how to experiment successfully in their new approach, and sanctions clearly don't help.
However, like palestinians for israelis, they may benefit from informing americans of the reality of the situation somehow ; if advertisements are forbidden, then an illegal campaign in mailboxes, or on the internet, or by calling, bots as well since everyone's doing it. It could cost billions each year though.
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs — Codification Division Publications
This is the website of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs (Legal Publications of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs). Here you will find related information and links.legal.un.org
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Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources told NBC News.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency’s vetting process, an unusual sequence of events as it rushes to hire federal immigration officers to carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy, a current and two former Homeland Security Department officials told NBC News.
ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing, have disqualifying criminal backgrounds or don’t meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said.
Staff members at ICE’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently discovered one recruit had previously been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, the current DHS official said. They’ve also found as recently as this month that some recruits going through the six-week training course hadn’t submitted fingerprints for background checks, as ICE’s hiring process requires, the current and former DHS officials said.
Some new ICE recruits have showed up to training without full vetting
ICE has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency’s vetting process, officials told NBC News.Julia Ainsley (NBC News)
One of the fediverse's most beloved plushies is coming back
Last year, we launched our first batch of plushies, and our community has embraced the #Plushtodon literally and figuratively. It sold out in Europe within a few weeks. Sadly, that means a lot of you missed out on the chance to get one. We’ve listened to your feedback and decided to bring the creature back with a few amendments: Size and color. For the first time, the #Plushtodon will be available in two flavourful colors, and half the size, making it much easier to fit within every household or mode of transport, while maintaining the delightful softness and squishiness that it’s come to be known for.
Plushtodon Mini
For the first time, the #Plushtodon will be available in two flavourful colors, and half the size, making it much easier to fit within every household or mode of transport, while maintaining the delightful softness and squishiness that it’s come to b…Mastodon Blog
La curcumina contro la psoriasi a placche?
Psoriasi a placche: la Curcumina è davvero efficace? Le risposte dalla scienza
Trattare una malattia autoimmune come la psoriasi a placche con un approccio naturale è il sogno di molti. L’obiettivo è allontanarsi, a...Giuliano (Blogger)
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Apple, Google earn strategic market status for mobile in UK
UK competition cops brand Apple, Google with 'strategic market status' for mobile
: Designation hands CMA broad oversight of their app stores and platformsLindsay Clark (The Register)
Lemmy.ml mods don't like Graham Platner and are trying to imply he is a literal Nazi
Still not sure how I feel about him, but if lemmy.ml and Chuck Schumer are both trying to smear him that seems like good indications.
No idea why this wasn't suitable for !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works. it seems obviously to fall under the "general tankie behavior" category and/or the tankie folks trying to weigh in on American politics to depress support for progressive-ish candidates which they periodically do.
Anyway, whatever, it was removed there, and it's posted here now.
Boycotts, strikes and more protests: organizers on what’s next for No Kings
Admittedly, yesterday's call was a bit light on information, but this set of quotes from various orgs provides firm ideas about where things go next.
The No Kings alliance, the left-leaning groups behind the mass days of protest last Saturday and in June, is building a nationwide rapid response network that will call on supporters to take new actions each week. Leaders of the organizations told the Guardian that there was energy for “some type of disruption”, and future actions could include targeted boycotts, campaigns at universities, more street protests, and electoral organizing in local communities.After an estimated 7 million people took to the streets last weekend, tens of thousands joined a national call on Tuesday to hear what’s next for the growing movement. Leaders celebrated the broad turnout, saying it showed how much opposition to Trump there was in all corners of the US, and talked about how to sustain and grow a movement during an increasingly authoritarian moment for the country.
The next steps for this burgeoning resistance will show the durability of the movement and whether it can pressure Democrats or pillars of civil society to stand stronger against Trump, or whether it can force defections from Trump’s Republican allies to fracture his power.
What’s next for No Kings movement? Here’s what its organizers say
Leaders of left-leaning groups behind mass protests against Trump administration map out their visionRachel Leingang (The Guardian)
Trump’s ‘election integrity’ chief claimed president has future powers to declare voting emergency [Fraudulent Elections]
Trump’s ‘election integrity’ chief claimed president has future powers to declare voting emergency
Heather Honey’s statements follow president’s aggressive effort to radically reshape elections before 2026Alex Woodward (The Independent)
Musk Exploits AWS Outage To Unfairly Slam Signal, Promote His Shittier Chat Software
If Elon Musk probably has a superpower, it isn’t his engineering or business savvy. It’s probably his rank opportunism. The latest case in point: this week saw a massive outage for Amazon Web Services (AWS) that managed to take many of your favorite websites and services offline. The outage also hampered the workflows of countless online businesses. The impact was fairly universal.And, ever the opportunist, Musk was quick to leverage the outage to unfairly smear a potential competitor and promote his own, shittier alternative.
Amazon said the outage was caused by problems with an underlying subsystem that monitors the health of its network load balancers used to distribute traffic across several servers. The outrage resulted in all the usual conversations about whether it’s a bad idea to have so much essential server operations under the control of one company, and how the internet isn’t as resilient as we like to think.
Musk, however, took the opportunity to exploit the outage to criticize Signal over at his right wing propaganda and crypto grifter website[.]
Musk Exploits AWS Outage To Unfairly Slam Signal, Promote His Shittier Chat Software
If Elon Musk probably has a superpower, it isn’t his engineering or business savvy. It’s probably his rank opportunism. The latest case in point: this week saw a massive outage for Amaz…Techdirt
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Grounded jet engines take off again as datacenter generators
AI-driven datacenter energy needs are causing a shortage of gas turbines to power generators, with some operators reportedly turning to old aircraft engines instead.The rising demand for compute to feed the current AI development craze has seen datacenters adding capacity and new ones popping up, with a knock-on effect on the electricity supply.
As The Register reported recently, US bit barns are set to consume 22 percent more grid power by the end of 2025 than the same time last year. But in many regions the energy grid can't keep pace with connection requests, leading operators to turn to on-site generation of their own power, as advised by Schneider Electric last year.
But one thing leads to another, and now it seems that gas turbine manufacturers can't meet the sudden rise in demand, particularly in the US where there are more datacenters than anywhere else, leading to a shortage in some markets.
That should be nice and quiet.
Grounded jet engines take off again as datacenter generators
: AI power demands drive operators to repurpose aircraft parts amid gas turbine shortagesDan Robinson (The Register)
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White House hasn’t filed plans for Trump’s new ballroom despite demolition under way
On Tuesday, the White House told Reuters it intended to send plans to the National Capital Planning Commission, an agency that typically approves and monitors construction on federal buildings. Demolition began earlier this week, with reporters taking video of a backhoe ripping out chunks of the White House’s exterior.
Plans for Trump’s 90,000 sq ft ballroom were made public in the late summer, with Trump saying he would personally fund the $200m construction. “Just another way to spend my money for this construction,” he said at the time.
White House officials insist demolition is allowed without the commission’s approval. Will Scharf, the Trump-appointed head of the commission, who is also a White House staff secretary, said in September there was a difference between demolition and rebuilding work, and only the commission can approve new construction.
But in a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a leading historic preservation nonprofit created by Congress, told the White House that demolition plans were “legally required” to go through public review and urged Trump to pause demolition.
White House hasn’t filed plans for Trump’s new ballroom despite demolition under way
Amid backlash over footage of East Wing being partly demolished, White House reportedly intends to send plans for new constructionLauren Aratani (The Guardian)
Oklahoma is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Academics, educators and critics alike refer to Oklahoma as ground zero for pushing education to the right. Or, as one teacher put it, “the canary on the prairie.”
By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, which includes the expansion of private school vouchers and prohibitions on lessons about race and sex, Oklahoma had been there, done that.
The Republican supermajority in the state Legislature — where some members identify as Christian nationalists — passed sweeping restrictions on teaching about racism and gender in 2021, prompting districts to review whether teachers’ lessons might make students “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish” or other psychological distress about their race. The following year, it adopted one of the country’s first anti-transgender school bathroom bills, requiring students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with the gender they were assigned at birth or face discipline.
Oklahoma Is Ground Zero in Trump’s “America First” Education Push
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, Oklahoma had been there, done that.ProPublica
NFL won't reconsider Bad Bunny SB halftime show
Roger Goodell: NFL won't reconsider Bad Bunny SB halftime show - ESPN
The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday.ESPN
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Team claims to have Lean 4 proof that P≠NP
A Homological Proof of $\mathbf{P} \neq \mathbf{NP}$: Computational Topology via Categorical Framework
This paper establishes the separation of complexity classes $\mathbf{P}$ and $\mathbf{NP}$ through a novel homological algebraic approach grounded in category theory.arXiv.org
Why the White House is behind a rare Supreme Court push to limit gun ownership
https://theweek.com/politics/supreme-court-scotus-guns-cannabis-second-amendment
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14h - 16h30 : Ateliers découvertes💡
Les réseaux présentés sont tous construits grâce aux logiciels "libres" (= dont le code est public) et fédérés(= distribué sans monopole, comme les e-mails).
- Atelier MATRIX 🗨️ : pour les discussions instantanées en tête à tête ou en groupe, en privé ou public, chiffrées ou en clair.
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Inside the Far-Right Settler Cult: The INSANE Ideology Behind the West Bank Takeover
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
A Word on Omarchy
A Word on Omarchy
An in-depth look at the currently trending _Arch_ Linux configuration that is _Omarchy_.マリウス
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Matrimonio a Prima Vista 15… E poi: cosa è successo dopo le scelte finali. Anticipazioni della puntata di mercoledì 29 ottobre 2025 su Real Time
Dopo la serata delle scelte finali, arriva su Real Time lo speciale “Matrimonio a Prima Vista 15… E poi”, in onda mercoledì 29 ottobre 2025 in prima serata. L’episodio, già in anteprima su Discovery+, svela cosa è accaduto mesi dopo la fine delle registrazioni: chi ha confermato la decisione, chi ha cambiato idea e chi ha voltato pagina.
LE ANTICIPAZIONI: Matrimonio a Prima Vista 15… E poi: cosa è successo dopo le scelte finali. Anticipazioni della puntata di mercoledì 29 ottobre 2025 su Real Time
Matrimonio a Prima Vista 15… E poi: anticipazioni 29 ottobre 2025, chi è rimasto insieme e chi no
Matrimonio a Prima Vista 15… E poi, anticipazioni del 29 ottobre 2025: le coppie dopo le scelte finali. Roberta e Luca insieme, Dario–Roberta e Matteo–Melissa separati.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Hamas plans 'largest' operation against Israeli-backed gangs in Gaza
Hamas is intensifying its security campaign against armed gangs and militias in Gaza that collaborate with the Israeli military, officials say, aiming to restore full control and stability across the strip.
A senior security source from Gaza’s Ministry of Interior has said that Hamas will soon launch its largest operation yet to dismantle remaining armed gangs that continue to work with the Israeli occupation forces.
Since the October 10 ceasefire, Hamas forces have been actively targeting these militias, successfully disarming several factions, including the notorious Doghmush clan in Gaza City.
However, some militias remain active in areas still under Israeli control, notably the so-called “Popular Forces” led by Yasser Abu Shabab in eastern Rafah and the “Popular Army” headed by Ashraf al-Mansi in northern Gaza.
These groups have been identified as collaborators, receiving arms, funding, and logistical support from the Israeli military.
“The number of gang members collaborating with the occupation is now limited to a few hundred across Gaza, excluding the Abu Shabab militia, which alone has around 2,000 members,” the security official said.
“These groups have been implicated in kidnappings, assassinations, sabotage, and providing armed cover for Israeli forces.”
Recent intelligence gathered through interrogations reveals the extent of coordination between these militias and the Israeli army, including carrying out security sweeps and attacks on resistance fighters.
“Militia members often attempt raids near Israeli positions, but Hamas security forces confront and neutralize them,” the official added.
The Israeli army has acknowledged Hamas’s reassertion of control over areas it withdrew from, with local militias reportedly disbanded or defeated, except for the persistent Abu Shabab group.
The Interior Ministry noted that al-Mansi’s “Popular Army,” active near the northern Erez Crossing, is the weakest faction and operates under close Israeli protection, complicating Hamas’s efforts to confront them directly.
Hamas’s crackdown has involved seizing large quantities of weapons, including Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns, ammunition, and vehicles supplied by Israel to these militias.
Although these groups receive only small arms, their leadership obtains funds, advanced supplies, and direct orders from Israeli soldiers for operations targeting Palestinians and resistance members.
Several high-profile kidnappings have been linked to these militias, including the abduction of Dr. Marwan al-Hums, head of Gaza’s Health Ministry hospitals, and his daughter, further underscoring their threat to Gaza’s internal security.
Despite the West's criticism of Hamas’s security campaign, many local tribal leaders and communities have expressed support, viewing it as essential to ending collaboration with Israel and preserving Gaza’s sovereignty.
The Hamas security source said an amnesty window was offered to militia members willing to disarm and surrender, except those involved in killings or torture. The period officially ended last Sunday, but operations continue.
“In the coming days, we will launch our largest security campaign yet, targeting multiple areas where these groups remain,” the official said. “Our goal is to eliminate all collaborators and ensure peace and security for the people of Gaza.”
Hamas officials and Gaza security sources say the Israeli military, and elements within the US policy apparatus are seeking to use these militias as proxies to undermine Hamas’s authority and fracture Gaza after the ceasefire — an effort they failed through months‑long Israeli military invasion.
Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump warned that he would endorse attacks on Hamas, effectively breaking the ceasefire, if it continues to target gangs and Israeli collaborators in Gaza.
“If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
The threats against Hamas appear to signal an about-face from Trump, who earlier in the week suggested that he was fine with the group’s crackdown on gangs in the Palestinian territory.
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"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps | TechRadar
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Great pick by @realDonaldTrump. 10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned. People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.Dec 4, 2024 · 10:27 PM UTC
Didn't age well, if you ask me.
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