Shutdown beats record set during Trump’s first term as succession of Senate votes fails to yield breakthrough

The US government shutdown became the longest in history on Wednesday, crossing the 36-day mark with no end in sight as Republican and Democratic senators remained at loggerheads over restarting funding to shuttered federal departments.

The shutdown beat the previous 35-day record set in December 2018 and January 2019 during Donald Trump’s first term, when government funding legislation was held up over his insistence on including money to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

The standoff began on the first day of October, after Democratic senators refused to vote for a government funding bill unless it included an extension of Joe Biden-era tax credits that lower costs for health plans purchased through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. Tens of millions of Americans are expected to be unable to afford insurance once the credits expire at the end of 2025.

US government shutdown enters 36th day to become longest in history

^{Chris Stein (The Guardian)}

The Golden State ballot measure cancels out Republicans' Texas gerrymander.

Dems win major victory against Trumpism as Prop. 50 passes in California

^{Mother Jones}

Chinese research institute confirms success of fission-based innovation that is poised to reshape clean, sustainable nuclear power.

China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium

^{Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)}

The three-man crew was supposed to return to Earth on Wednesday to wrap up six months in space.

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Space junk may have struck a Chinese crew ship in low-Earth orbit

^{Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)}

Israel is deliberately obstructing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip by imposing a new registration system for NGOs

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40 NGOs accuse Israel of using aid as a political weapon

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Tom Fowler tells the Canary about the misogynistic culture of abuse at the centre of the Special Branch and its Spycops operations

The British state sent a "rape gang" of cops to abuse women

^{Ed Sykes (The Canary)}

cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/23037393

A former Navy pilot, first elected to Congress in 2018, will be New Jersey's next governor.

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeated former Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, according to a race call by The Associated Press, capping a closely-watched gubernatorial election that some polls predicted would be a coin flip.

Approval of measure could determine if Republicans keep full control of government in next year’s midterm elections

It was a decisive victory for Democrats in deep-blue California, who had raced to counter a gerrymander in Texas, engineered at the US president’s behest, to carve out new safe Republican districts. The Associated Press declared Proposition 50 had passed almost instantly when polls closed statewide.

In approving the measure, voters chose to toss out the work of California’s independent redistricting commission and temporarily adopt maps drawn by the state legislature to help Democrats pick up five additional seats in the US House of Representatives.

Newsom and Democrats framed the measure as a way to safeguard US democracy from Trump’s “wrecking ball” presidency. By contrast, opponents offered a mixed message, with Republicans alternatively attacking Newsom and praising the work of the independent mapmaking panel.

Prop 50: Californians pass redistricting measure that helps Democrats flip up to five House seats

^{Lauren Gambino (The Guardian)}

Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent | Wed 5 Nov 2025 08.00 CET

The six protesters outside Southwark crown court. From left: Andrew Dames, Clara O’Callaghan, Cosmo Cattell, Jane Touil, Michael Dunk and Adelheid Russenberger. Photograph: Just Stop Oil

Six environmental protesters were convicted after they were denied the ability to put a “reasonable excuse” defence or climate facts before the jury, despite these being afforded to other activists acquitted for taking part in the same demonstration.

After an eight-day trial at Southwark crown court in London, the six Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists were found guilty of public nuisance, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence, for climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022 to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects. They will be sentenced next month.

The way their case was handled contrasts starkly with that of three other JSO activists who took part in the same demonstration on London’s orbital motorway.

They were found not guilty of public nuisance after the judge at Guildford crown court allowed them to argue a defence of reasonable excuse and prosecutors permitted them to include 12 climate facts in the agreed facts – undisputed by both prosecutors and defence lawyers – presented to the jury. The verdicts in the two cases were less than three weeks apart.

Adelheid Russenberger, a history PhD student from London, who is one of those being sentenced at Southwark crown court next month, said: “It was just a complete disparity in how the judges treated the case and, to an extent, how the prosecutors dealt with them.
‘Compassion and care are being stripped away’: a Just Stop Oil activist on her time in prison
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“One previous prosecutor was happy to accept some agreed facts regarding climate and the other wasn’t.”

The introduction of the statutory offence of public nuisance under the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (PCSCA) was widely criticised as an attack on the right to protest.

Section 78 of the act includes a defence of reasonable excuse, but Judge Perrins, sitting at Southwark, refused to allow Russenberger, who represented herself, and her fellow accused to advance the defence to the jury.

He ruled: “The subjective belief of each defendant that their conduct was justified as an act of protest cannot afford them a reasonable excuse under the terms of the act for their subsequent actions.” He said that would prevent any protesters being convicted of public nuisance.

Raj Chada, head of criminal defence at Hodge, Jones and Allen, who represented Andrew Dames at Southwark and Isabel Rock at the Guildford trial, said: “There is an inconsistency and the UK courts are wrongly, in my view, not [always] allowing reasonable excuse to be used and failing to give adequate protection to your right to free speech.”

Russenberger, Dames and co-defendants Cosmo Cattell, Jane Touil, Clara O’Callaghan and Michael Dunk took part in the M25 protest, which spanned four days, on 8 November 2022. Rock, Sam Holland and Rachel Payne, who were found not guilty at Guildford crown court, participated on the following day.

Mel Carrington, a JSO spokesperson, said: “[Judges who] deny juries their right to determine whether or not our actions were justified are not protecting the public. They are acting anti-democratically and immorally.”

Ruth Ehrlich, head of policy and campaigns at human rights defence group Liberty, said: “The government must review its anti-protest laws in light of the mounting evidence they aren’t fit for purpose.”

A spokesperson for judges in England and Wales said: “Judicial independence and impartiality are fundamental to the rule of law. In each case, judges make decisions based on the evidence and arguments presented to them and apply the law as it stands.”

The Crown Prosecution Service has been approached for comment.

In March, JSO announced an end to its campaign of civil resistance, its demand to end new oil and gas having become government policy.

Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.

Asked for more details, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said he had been tasked with ensuring police had the tools they needed to tackle public disorder.

"It's blindingly obvious to everybody that the CBD, particularly of Auckland, but a lot of places, have been characterised by disorder and real concern around public safety," Goldsmith said. "We're open to some new suggestions in that area."

Asked specifically whether he would consider a ban on rough sleeping, Goldsmith said: "We're working our way through those issues... when we've got something to announce, we'll announce that."

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Democratic candidates won all 30 of Northern Virginia's seats in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday as the party was set to significantly expand its 51-49 majority in the state's lower chamber.

As of 11 p.m., Democrats had picked up 13 seats statewide, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. With only one race undecided, the Democrats will hold at least 64 of the 100 seats, the most they have held in nearly 40 years.

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At Bosaso Airport in Somalia’s Puntland state, the thunderous sound of large aircraft hitting the tarmac echoes out across the port city.

Minutes after landing, the aircraft can be identified. It is a white IL-76 heavy cargo transport plane, and it is parking next to a very similar aircraft.

For local residents, the sound of such planes was unusual two years ago, when they first began landing in Bosaso. Not anymore. Moments later, undisclosed heavy logistical materials are seen being offloaded from the aircraft.

“They’re frequent and the logistics are transferred immediately to another aircraft that is on standby and is destined for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan through the neighbouring countries,” said Abdullahi, a senior Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) commander at Bosaso Airport, who spoke to Middle East Eye using a different name for security reasons.

For years, the UAE has been funding Puntland’s PMPF, a regional force established to combat piracy. The soldiers there say none of the materiel arriving on transport aircraft is brought to their camp, as the shipments are large and beyond their requirements.

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Hey everyone! It's been a couple of months since my last update on Reitti (back on August 28, 2025), and I'm excited to share the biggest release yet: Reitti v2.0.0, which introduces the Memories feature. This is a game-changer that takes Reitti beyond just tracking and visualizing your location data, it's about creating meaningful, shareable narratives from your journeys.

The Vision for Reitti: From Raw Data to Rich Stories

Reitti started as a tool to collect and display GPS tracks, visits, and significant places. But raw data alone doesn't tell the full story. My vision has always been to help users transform scattered location points into something personal and memorable. Like a
digital travel diary that captures not just where you went, but how it felt. Memories is the first major step toward that, turning your geospatial logs into narrative-driven travel logs that you can edit, share, and relive.

What's New in v2.0.0: Memories

Memories is a beta feature designed to bridge the gap between data and storytelling. Here's how it works:

• Automatic Generation: Select a date range, and Reitti pulls in your tracked data, integrates photos from connected services (like Immich), and adds introductory text to get you started. Reitti builds a foundation for your story.
• Building-Block Editor: Customize your Memory with modular blocks. Add text for reflections, highlight specific visits or trips on maps, and create image galleries. It's flexible and intuitive, letting you craft personalized narratives.
• Sharing and Collaboration: Generate secure "magic links" for view-only access or full edit rights. Share with friends, family, or travel partners without needing accounts. It's perfect for group storytelling or archiving trips.
• Data Integrity: Blocks are copied and unlinked from your underlying data, so edits and shares don't affect your original logs. This ensures privacy and stability.

To enable Memories, you'll need to add a persistent volume to your docker-compose.yml for storing uploaded images (check the release notes for details).

Enhanced Sharing: Share your Data with Friends and Family

Building on the collaborative spirit of Memories, Reitti's sharing functionality has seen major upgrades to make your location data and stories more accessible. Whether it's sharing a Memory with loved ones or granting access to your live location, these features empower you to connect without compromising privacy:

• Magic Links for Memories and Data: Create secure, expirable links for view-only or edit access to Memories. For broader sharing, use magic links to share your full timeline, live data, or even live data with photos, all without requiring recipients to have a Reitti
• account.
• User-to-User Sharing: Easily grant access to other users on your instance, with color-coded timelines for easy distinction and controls to revoke permissions anytime.
• Cross-Instance Federation: Connect with users on other Reitti servers for shared live updates, turning Reitti into a federated network for families or groups.
• Privacy-First Design: All sharing respects your data, links expire, access is granular, and nothing leaves your server unless you choose integrations like Immich.

These tools make Reitti not just a personal tracker, but a platform for shared experiences, perfectly complementing the narrative power of Memories.

Other Highlights in Recent Updates

While Memories is the star, v2.0.0 and recent releases (like v1.9.x, v1.8.0, and earlier) bring plenty more to enhance your Reitti experience:

• Daterange-Support: Reitti is now able to show multiple days on the map. Simply lock your date on the datepicker and select a different one to span a date range.
• Editable Transportation Modes: Fine-tune detection for walking, cycling, driving, and new modes like motorcycle/train. Override detections manually for better accuracy.
• UI Improvements: Mobile-friendly toggles to collapse timelines and maximize map space; improved date picker with visual cues for available dates; consistent map themes across views.
• Performance Boosts: Smarter map loading (only visible data within bounds), authenticated OwnTracks-Recorder connections, multi-day views for reviewing longer periods, and low-memory optimizations for systems with 1GB RAM or less.
• Sharing Enhancements: Improved magic links with privacy options (e.g., "Live Data Only + Photos"); simplified user-to-user sharing with color-coded timelines; custom theming via CSS uploads for personalized UI.
• Integrations and Data Handling: Better Immich photo matching (including non-GPS-tagged images via timestamps); GPX import/export with date filtering; new API endpoints for automation (e.g., latest location data); support for RabbitMQ vhosts and OIDC with PKCE security.
• Localization and Accessibility: Added Brazilian Portuguese, German, Finnish, and French translations; favicons for better tab identification; user avatars on live maps for multi-user distinction.
• Advanced Data Tools: Configurable visit detection with presets and advanced mode; data quality dashboard for ingestion verification; geodesic map rendering for long-distance routes (e.g., flights); GPX export for backups.
• Authentication and Federation: OpenID Connect (OIDC) support with automatic sign-ups and local login disabling; shared instances for cross-server user connections with API token auditing.
• Miscellaneous Polish: Home location fallback when no recent data; jump-to-latest-data on app open; fullscreen mode for immersive views

All these updates build on Reitti's foundation of self-hosted, privacy-focused location tracking. Your data stays on your server, with no external dependencies unless you choose them.

Try It Out and Contribute

Reitti is open-source and self-hosted.

Grab the latest Docker image from GitHub and get started. If you're upgrading, review the breaking change for the data volume in v2.0.0.

For full details, check the GitHub release notes or the updated docs. Feedback on Memories is crucial since it's in betareport bugs, suggest improvements, or
share your stories!

Future Plans

After the memories update, I am currently gathering ideas how to improve on it and align Reitti further with my vision. Some things I have on my list:

Enhanced Data - at the moment, we only log geopoints. This is enough to tell a story about where and when. But it lacks the emotional part, the why and how a Trip or Visit has started. How you felt during that Visit, has it been a Meeting or a gathering with your family.

If we could, at the end of the day answer this, it would elevate the Memories feature and therefore the emotional side of Reitti a lot. We could color code stays, we could enhance the generation of Memories, ...

Better Geocoding - we should focus on the quality of the reverse geocoding. Mainly to classify Visits. I would like to enhance the out of the box experience if possible or at least have a guide which geocoding service gives the best results. This is also tied to the Memories feature. Better data means a better narrative of your story.

Local-AI for Memories - I am playing around with a local AI to enhance the text generation and storytelling of memories. There are some of us, which could benefit of a better, more aligned base to further personalize the Memory. At the moment, it is rather static. The main goals here would be:

• local only
• small footprint on Memory and CPU
• multi language support

I know this is a lot to ask, but one can still dream and there is no timeline on this.

Enhanced Statistics - This is still on my list. Right now, it works but we should be able to do so much more with it. But this also depends on the data quality.

Development Transparency

I use AI as a development tool to accelerate certain aspects of the coding process, but all code is carefully reviewed, tested, and intentionally designed. AI helps with boilerplate generation and problem-solving, but the architecture, logic, and quality standards remain
entirely human-driven.

Support & Community

Get Help:

• IRC: irc.dedicatedcode.com
• Reddit: u/danielgraf
• Lemmy: @danielgraf
• GitHub Issues: Open a new ticket for bugs or feature requests

Support the Project: ko-fi.com/danielgraf

Project Repository: github.com/dedicatedcode/reitt…

Documentation: dedicatedcode.com/projects/rei…

Thank You to our Contributors

A huge shoutout to all the contributors who have helped make Reitti better, including those who provided feedback, reported bugs, and contributed code. Your support keeps the project thriving!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/world/europe/gaza-hamas-israel-remains.html

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44937324

The original link is in German, this is a paraphrased translation.

Germany's consumer watchdog Stiftung Warentest warns against toxic and dangerous products offered on the Temu and Shein sales platforms. It examined 162 third-party products that use Temu and Shein as a sales platform – 110 did not meet EU security requirements, the foundation said on Thursday. The testers found pollutants in baby play towels, toxic heavy metals in jewelry and too hot chargers.

• The German testers found too high a dose of formaldehyde in colorful cloths for babies; the substance may cause contact allergies. Many products lacked warnings. Two necklaces contained dangerous amounts of cadmium, exceeding the permitted limit by 8,500 times. Cadmium is classified as carcinogenic - the products must be brought to a pollutant collection point
• If you have purchased one of the pieces of cadmium-contaminated jewelry, dispose of it. The German testers warn that Toxic harmful substances do not belong in the household waste, bring the jewelry to a harmful material collection point, such as a recycling yard. Keep the chains away from children. Young children could swallow the follower.
• Almost all tested USB chargers did not meet the EU security requirements. Numerous products have become too hot during loading, up to around 88 degrees Celsius. A maximum limit of 77 degrees is allowed in the EU. Heavy heat can deform the charger’s plastic housing, damage the electronic insulation inside and, in the worst case, lead to fire.

The platforms Temu and Shein, founded in China, specialise in the direct sale of goods from abroad in the EU. They lure with extremely cheap offers. In Brussels, both companies are under investigation for possible breaches of EU consumer protection laws and online platform rules. In the case of Temu, the EU Commission has already come to the preliminary conclusion that consumers there are very likely to encounter non-consumer protection-compliant products.

[...]

Temu und Shein: Gefähr­liche Schnäpp­chen

Die Stiftung Warentest hat bei Spielzeug, Schmuck und Elektrogeräte von Temu und Shein viele Sicherheitsmängel gefunden.

^{Sandra Schwarz (Stiftung Warentest)}

“Unfortunately, in attempting to do so, we erroneously deleted the data directory of the primary on db-01.”

Wow, mistake on top of mistake on top of mistake it's impressive they could recover without data loss.

Post-mortem of the September 2 outage

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Matthew Hodgson (matrix.org)}