The European Union proposes deepening defense industry ties with Ukraine
The European Union's defense chief on Tuesday proposed deeper integration of the bloc's defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia's unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc.
EU lawmakers are due to hold a vote on a 1.5-billion euro ($1.7 billion) program, with 300 million euros ($345 million) slated for the Ukraine Support Instrument.
Ukraine's defense industry “needs us," EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France, without mentioning the ongoing peace negotiations to end the war. "But we need Ukraine’s defense innovations even more,”
The European Union proposes deepening defense industry ties with Ukraine
The European Union’s defense chief has proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation blocSAM MCNEIL Associated Press (ABC News)
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Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world's largest city, according to UN
In short:
Asia is home to nine of the world's 10 most populous cities in 2025, according to the United Nations.
A new report identifies Jakarta, with 42 million residents, as having the largest population globally.
Tokyo had long held the title as the world's largest city, but its population growth has stagnated.
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Max Walden (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Venezuela accuses US of using ‘narco-terrorism’ allegations to justify ‘regime change’
Venezuelan group known as Cartel of the Suns designated as terrorist organization despite doubts over its existence
Venezuela’s government has accused the US of peddling “ridiculous hogwash” about its supposed role in sponsoring “narco-terrorism” as Washington continued to turn up the heat on Nicolás Maduro’s regime and leftwing European politicians warned South America faced being plunged into “a torrent of bloodshed”.
On Monday, the Trump administration officially designated a Venezuelan group known as the “Cartel de los Soles” (the Cartel of the Suns) a terrorist organization – despite widespread doubts over its actual existence.
The move was the latest chapter in a four-month US pressure campaign, officially designed to combat South American drug traffickers but which many suspect is a pretext to overthrow Maduro who Trump tried, but failed, to topple during his first term.
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Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs confirms that legislative work on mandating RSS channels' maintenance on government bodies is underway
This is the way to go!
X is not a good look, it is ******* cringe to see governmental entities still using it around the world.
it is hunter2 cringe to see governmental entities still using it around the world
you need to take better care of your password!
Very cool. If only there were things similar to RSS for things other than news feeds.
Like XHTML, that "semantic web" thing of old.
How do you handle junk email?
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I've been using Thunderbird to sort out my junk email for a while, ever since I walked away from my Gmail account. Thunderbird does a great job, but it does mean it has to stay running somewhere.However I'm currently in the process of moving and as a result I've had to shut down the system that that I had been running Thunderbird on. The result of which, obviously, is that my inbox is now being flooded with spam.
Since it's been a while since I last looked at the problem, I figured I ask. How do you deal with spam email?
China arrests Indian woman at Shanghai airport claiming her place of birth - the state Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India - is 'Chinese territory'
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/46206015
India has issued a strong diplomatic protest to China after an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was detained and allegedly harassed for more than 18 hours while transiting through Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The incident has triggered a fresh diplomatic confrontation between the two countries.[...]
According to official sources, Chinese immigration officials refused to accept the woman’s Indian passport, claiming her birthplace — Arunachal Pradesh — was “Chinese territory.” India described the conduct as “ludicrous” and “unacceptable.”
The passenger, Pem Wang Thongdok, was travelling from London to Japan on November 21, with a scheduled three-hour layover in Shanghai. Her routine transit turned into a prolonged ordeal after officials reportedly invalidated her documents solely due to her Arunachal Pradesh origin.
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Acting immediately, New Delhi lodged a strong demarche with the Chinese government in both Beijing and New Delhi. The Indian Consulate in Shanghai also intervened, providing “fullest assistance” to the stranded traveller.
Government sources emphasized that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India, and all its residents are fully entitled to hold and travel on Indian passports. Refusing to recognize this, they said, is baseless, provocative, and completely unacceptable.
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India Slams China After Arunachal Woman Detained at Shanghai Airport: “Ludicrous, Unacceptable”
India issues a demarche after an Arunachal Pradesh woman is detained for 18 hours at Shanghai Airport. China refused to accept her Indian passportAnanya Pattnaik (Pragativadi I Odisha News)
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In a meeting with Putin, Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/46205007
Norilsk Nickel has been a money machine for investors, and especially Vladimir Potanin, since the early 1990s when the giant metal producer was privatised. Today the oligarch is Russia's fifth richest person with a net worth of more than €25 billion according to Forbes.With the war all is now changing. Norilsk Nickel’s revenue has been declining for several years in a row. In late October, the company announced consolidated production results for the nine first months of 2025. Output of all key metals decreased compared to the same period last year.
“We have to work in difficult conditions,” Potanin said in a recent meeting with Putin. From time to time, the leader in the Kremlin orders Russia’s oligarchs to come to his office to talk about the state of affairs concerning their businesses.
Norilsk Nickel's CEO talked about falling global prices and troubles caused by sanctions.
The difficulties are caused by "disruption of supply chains, payment chains, the need to reorient ourselves to new, unfamiliar markets," Vladimir Potanin said.
The withdrawal of suppliers of key Western mining equipment due to sanctions has forced Norilsk Nickel to transition to alternative sources for its factories in Norilsk. This is a major reason for the dip in production, the company's CEO explained.
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Although Norilsk Nickel itself is not directly sanctioned, more than ten companies associated with the mining and metallurgy giant are included in the U.S. list of sanctions, the Barents Observer has previously reported. Rosatomflot, the icebreaker operator securing year-around transport of metals from the Arctic, has also been hit by sanctions.
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Potanin admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions
In a meeting with Putin in the Kremlin, Vladimir Potanin said his Norilsk Nickel company is forced to operate under difficult conditions.Thomas Nilsen (thebarentsobserver)
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I'm looking forward to some good Potatin for Thanksgiving. Sweet AND mashed.
I'm not Canadian, so I've never eaten Putin.
Russia: 17-year-old college student gives birth in bathroom stall and leaves baby wrapped on floor as hospitals in her region have stopped offering abortions
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/46204683
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The mother and child were later taken to the hospital, and the two are now together under medical supervision. The baby’s life is not in danger, according to the news outlet People of Baikal.
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17-year-old college student gives birth in bathroom stall and leaves baby wrapped on floor. Hospitals in her region of Russia have stopped offering abortions.
Students at a teachers’ college dormitory in Russia’s Zabaykalsky Krai found a newborn baby on the floor of a bathroom stall this weekend.Meduza
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Kirin 9030: SMIC's first 5 nm class smartphone SoC debuts on Geekbench alongside Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max
Kirin 9030: SMIC's first 5 nm class smartphone SoC debuts on Geekbench alongside Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max
Huawei's upcoming Mate 80 Pro Max has shown up on Geekbench with a new Kirin 9030 SoC. It is the first smartphone chip to be manufactured on the SMIC N+3 node.Anil Ganti (Notebookcheck)
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81.
A message from his wife Latifa Chambers on Instagram reads: “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia. I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him. To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career … Jimmy, my darling, may you rest in peace. I will follow your wishes.” Her message was also signed by their children, Lilty and Aken.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly NowBen Beaumont-Thomas (The Guardian)
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Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
Ukraine has significantly amended the US “peace plan” to end the conflict, removing some of Russia’s maximalist demands, people familiar with the negotiations said, as European leaders warned on Monday that no deal could be reached quickly.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy may meet Donald Trump in the White House later this week, sources indicated, amid a flurry of calls between Kyiv and Washington. Ukraine is pressing for Europe to be involved in the talks.
They say there can be no recognition of land seized by Russia militarily, and that Kyiv should make its own decisions on whether to join the EU and Nato – something the Kremlin wants to veto or impose conditions on. Ukraine’s first deputy foreign minister, Sergiy Kyslytsya, told the Financial Times such issues had been “placed in brackets” for Trump and Zelenskyy to decide upon later.
Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
Some of Russia’s maximalist demands have been removed from original 28-point proposal, it is understoodLuke Harding (The Guardian)
Here is Trump’s proposal, verbatim:
- Ukraine’s sovereignty will be confirmed.
- A comprehensive non-aggression agreement will be concluded between Russia, Ukraine and Europe. All ambiguities of the last 30 years will be considered settled.
- It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries and NATO will not expand further.
- A dialogue will be held between Russia and NATO, mediated by the United States, to resolve all security issues and create conditions for de-escalation in order to ensure global security and increase opportunities for cooperation and future economic development.
- Ukraine will receive reliable security guarantees.
- The size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be limited to 600,000 personnel.
- Ukraine agrees to enshrine in its constitution that it will not join NATO, and NATO agrees to include in its statutes a provision that Ukraine will not be admitted in the future.
- NATO agrees not to station troops in Ukraine.
- European fighter jets will be stationed in Poland.
- The U.S. guarantee:
- The U.S. will receive compensation for the guarantee;
- If Ukraine invades Russia, it will lose the guarantee;
- If Russia invades Ukraine, in addition to a decisive coordinated military response, all global sanctions will be reinstated, recognition of the new territory and all other benefits of this deal will be revoked;
- If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg without cause, the security guarantee will be deemed invalid.
- Ukraine is eligible for EU membership and will receive short-term preferential access to the European market while this issue is being considered.
- A powerful global package of measures to rebuild Ukraine, including but not limited to:
- The creation of a Ukraine Development Fund to invest in fast-growing industries, including technology, data centers, and artificial intelligence.
- The United States will cooperate with Ukraine to jointly rebuild, develop, modernize, and operate Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, including pipelines and storage facilities.
- Joint efforts to rehabilitate war-affected areas for the restoration, reconstruction and modernization of cities and residential areas.
- Infrastructure development.
- Extraction of minerals and natural resources.
- The World Bank will develop a special financing package to accelerate these efforts.
- Russia will be reintegrated into the global economy:
- The lifting of sanctions will be discussed and agreed upon in stages and on a case-by-case basis.
- The United States will enter into a long-term economic cooperation agreement for mutual development in the areas of energy, natural resources, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, data centers, rare earth metal extraction projects in the Arctic, and other mutually beneficial corporate opportunities.
- Russia will be invited to rejoin the G8.
- Frozen funds will be used as follows:
- $100 billion in frozen Russian assets will be invested in US-led efforts to rebuild and invest in Ukraine;
- The US will receive 50% of the profits from this venture.
- Europe will add $100 billion to increase the amount of investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
- Frozen European funds will be unfrozen.
- The remainder of the frozen Russian funds will be invested in a separate US-Russian investment vehicle that will implement joint projects in specific areas. This fund will be aimed at strengthening relations and increasing common interests to create a strong incentive not to return to conflict.
- A joint American-Russian working group on security issues will be established to promote and ensure compliance with all provisions of this agreement.
- Russia will enshrine in law its policy of non-aggression towards Europe and Ukraine.
- The United States and Russia will agree to extend the validity of treaties on the non-proliferation and control of nuclear weapons, including the START I Treaty.
- Ukraine agrees to be a non-nuclear state in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will be launched under the supervision of the IAEA, and the electricity produced will be distributed equally between Russia and Ukraine — 50:50.
- Both countries undertake to implement educational programs in schools and society aimed at promoting understanding and tolerance of different cultures and eliminating racism and prejudice:
- Ukraine will adopt EU rules on religious tolerance and the protection of linguistic minorities.
- Both countries will agree to abolish all discriminatory measures and guarantee the rights of Ukrainian and Russian media and education.
- All Nazi ideology and activities must be rejected and prohibited.
- Territories:
- Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk will be recognized as de facto Russian, including by the United States.
- Kherson and Zaporizhzhia will be frozen along the line of contact, which will mean de facto recognition along the line of contact.
- Russia will relinquish other agreed territories it controls outside the five regions.
- Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the part of Donetsk Oblast that they currently control, and this withdrawal zone will be considered a neutral demilitarized buffer zone, internationally recognized as territory belonging to the Russian Federation. Russian forces will not enter this demilitarized zone.
- After agreeing on future territorial arrangements, both the Russian Federation and Ukraine undertake not to change these arrangements by force. Any security guarantees will not apply in the event of a breach of this commitment.
- Russia will not prevent Ukraine from using the Dnieper River for commercial activities, and agreements will be reached on the free transport of grain across the Black Sea.
- A humanitarian committee will be established to resolve outstanding issues:
- All remaining prisoners and bodies will be exchanged on an ‘all for all’ basis.
- All civilian detainees and hostages will be returned, including children.
- A family reunification program will be implemented.
- Measures will be taken to alleviate the suffering of the victims of the conflict.
- Ukraine will hold elections in 100 days.
- All parties involved in this conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war and agree not to make any claims or consider any complaints in the future.
- This agreement will be legally binding. Its implementation will be monitored and guaranteed by the Peace Council, headed by President Donald J. Trump. Sanctions will be imposed for violations.
- Once all parties agree to this memorandum, the ceasefire will take effect immediately after both sides retreat to agreed points to begin implementation of the agreement.
So, it's a grift to extract Ukraine's resources and have Ukraine pay for it, while letting Russia keep everything it's stolen.
Typical Trump bullshit.
you are spouting Russian propaganda, which is blowing things out of proportion.
Just because Azov exists doesn't equate to a "neo-nazi problem."
Russia and the US have a greater fascist problem than Ukraine.
That assumes Azov is a run-of-the-mill Neo-Nazi group while they are much more. The white führer — that's what Azov's leader goes by btw — has said that his mission is to, "to spur the white races of the world towards a final crusade...against the Semite-led Untermenschen".
Before the war you had western media reporting on them in a matter of fact way:
In January 2018, Azov rolled out its street patrol unit called National Druzhyna to “restore” order in the capital, Kyiv. Instead, the unit carried out pogroms against the Roma community and attacked members of the LGBTQ community. — alJazeeraA 2016 report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHA) accused the Azov regiment of violating international humanitarian law.
The report detailed incidents over a period from November 2015-February 2016 where Azov had embedded their weapons and forces in used civilian buildings, and displaced residents after looting civilian properties. The report also accused the battalion of raping and torturing detainees in the Donbas region.The Azov Battalion is emerging as a critical node in the transnational right-wing violent extremist (RWE) network. This group maintains its own ‘Western Outreach Office' to help recruit and attract foreign fighters that travel to train and connect with people from like-minded violent organizations from across the globe. Operatives from the outreach office travel around Europe to promote the organization and proselytize its mission of white supremacy. In July 2018, German-language fliers were distributed among the visitors at a right-wing rock festival in Thuringia, inviting them to be part of the Azov battalion: ‘join the ranks of the best' to ‘save Europe from extinction.' It has also established youth camps, sporting recreation centers, lecture halls, and far-right education programs, including some that teach children as young as 9 years old military tactics and far-right ideology. This aggressive approach to networking serves one of the Azov Battalion’s overarching objectives to transform areas under its control in Ukraine into the primary hub for transnational white supremacy. — Soufan Center
We are concerned about rising nationalism in Ukraine and the government’s seeming unwillingness to rein it in. Ukraine’s international donors and supporters should be very worried,” — Tanya Cooper, Ukraine researcher for Human Rights Watch.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry and its embassy in Kiev have in fact issued multiple statements denouncing the veneration of such figures. In January 2022, the diplomatic mission described that year’s annual “Torch March” commemorating Bandera’s birthday as “desecrating the memory of the victims of the Holocaust in Ukraine.”
Far-right extremist groups in Ukraine have also gained political currency in the past decade, none more chilling than Svoboda (formerly the Social National Party of Ukraine), whose leader claimed the country was controlled by a “Muscovite-Jewish mafia.” Svoboda has sent several members to Ukraine’s Parliament, including one who called the Holocaust a “bright period” in human history, according to Foreign Policy — Times of Israel
No one should be giving Neo-Nazis a pass because they are on the "good side"; which should have been the line that Ukraine took as it already has a horrifying history of anti-semitism. You can support any side you want but sidelining a very real problem because Putin used it as a propaganda point is beyond ridiculous.
- definitely deserves emphasis as well, it means Russians will get away with all the atrocities they have committed even though many deserve to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
The thing is, I think if he would just wear that saucy Hugh Hefner meets Scrooge look he wore recently, and owned sucking horse dick. I think the nation would get over it.
Even if he owned sucking off Bill Clinton, we'd mostly go, "I mean, yeah, he's a real charmer, who among us can say we wouldn't?" At this point, I think being a pedo creep to kids with Epstein is the only sex scandal that could actually damage him. So few of his sex scandals have really stuck (aside from some real financial penalties in the E. Jean Carroll case).
Brazil: Judges vote to keep Jair Bolsonaro in custody
The former president was jailed over the weekend after tampering with his ankle monitor while on house arrest. The Supreme Court judges who upheld his incarceration fear he might try to escape.
A panel of four Supreme Court judges unanimously upheld on Monday a decision to incarcerate Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, after he was arrested over the weekend when he tampered with his ankle monitor.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro's detention on Saturday, citing fears he might try to escape custody if allowed to stay on house arrest, where he has been awaiting an appeal against his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a failed coup.
On Monday, Justices Flavio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Carmen Lucia upheld de Moraes' order.
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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plantsLuke Barratt (The Guardian)
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I took a trip to Mumbai last year and immediately developed a cold after arriving. When I mentioned it to my friends I was there to see they said that's totally normal for people visiting just due to the air pollution. It's no joke.
And then imagine living in New Delhi where the air pollution is on average nearly 3x worse than Mumbai.
Italian man dresses as dead mother in Mrs Doubtfire ruse to claim her pension
Italian man dresses as dead mother in Mrs Doubtfire ruse to claim her pension
“He came into the council offices wearing a long skirt, lipstick and nail varnish,” a local official said.Nick Squires (The Sydney Morning Herald)
a property portfolio of three houses, the newspaper reported.
He was renting out 3 properties and needed to commit pension fraud? Are the pensions in Italy so large, or why wouldn't he just inherit the properties?
What is your Audio setup?
Hello,
I am fairly new to Debian and only recently have switched from arch to Debian (sway). I really love it so far btw. feels a lot more stable.
Sound is also working. However I do not have a way to control the volume right now. On Arch I had PulseAudio with pactl. I would like to not use PulseAudio and just rely on PipeWire as it seems to be the future (at least for now). What kind of CTL do people on here have setup to control audio? I believe alsa-mixer works also, im just a bit scared of going of the beaten path and wanna do things right.
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Aipac over affordability: Democratic candidates come under fire for support of Israel
At a campaign event in the Bronx last month, a congressional candidate quizzed a cheering crowd: “What do you think would happen if the US ended all aid to Israel?” At a Thanksgiving gathering with voters, another candidate in the same race fielded questions about affordability – but also about “moral leadership” when it came to Israel’s war in Gaza. A third candidate vying for the same seat devoted much of his campaign’s launch video to lambasting the current member of Congress representing the district over the funding he’s received from the pro-Israel lobby.
The incumbent in question – congressman Ritchie Torres – is one of the most staunchly pro-Israel advocates in Congress. Dalourny Nemorin, one of his challengers for the Democratic nomination to represent the district calls him the “poster boy” for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or Aipac. “Ritchie Torres cares more about Bibi than he does about the Bronx,” Michael Blake, another challenger, said in the launch video.
Torres’s seat is not likely to be in danger – he is widely popular in his district, which spans a vast swath of the Bronx. But the messaging of his several challengers for the Democratic nomination to represent the district – five candidates have entered the race so far – underscore how major shifts in Americans’ views of Israel are beginning to seep into political campaigns. Public perceptions of Israel have soured after two years of its war on Gaza, and the historic election of Zohran Mamdani has proved that reflexive support for Israel – once viewed as a prerequisite for political viability – may no longer be a safe bet.
Aipac over affordability: Democratic candidates come under fire for support of Israel
Democrats like congressman Ritchie Torres face backlash for pro-Israel stances as Americans’ views of Israel sourAlice Speri (The Guardian)
Google is relying on its own chips for its AI system Gemini. Here’s why that’s a seismic change for the industry
Google is relying on its own chips for its AI system Gemini. Here’s why that’s a seismic change for the industry
The move has important implications for NVidia and its chips.The Conversation
Under Blockade, Gaza’s Doctors to Unveil the First-Ever Locally Made 3D-printed External Fixator, Built with Solar Power and Recycled Materials
Gaza Strip, Palestine/London, Ontario, Canada – In an unprecedented breakthrough for medical innovation under siege, Glia, a medical solidarity organization, has developed and deployed the first external fixator (a critical orthopedic device for severe fractures) ever designed and manufactured entirely inside the Gaza Strip. Created using local materials, 3D printing, recycled plastics, and solar power, the device has already saved three patients from possible amputation or permanent disability amid the near-total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure and blockade on medical imports.
This achievement comes as over 90% of Gaza’s health facilities are damaged or destroyed, and conventional external fixators — costing upwards of $500 and requiring specialized imports — have become unobtainable due to the Israeli blockade. With hospitals overwhelmed, electricity scarce, and supply chains severed, Glia’s fixator represents a lifeline born from necessity.
Under Blockade, Gaza’s Doctors to Unveil the First-Ever Locally Made 3D-printed External Fixator, Built with Solar Power and Recycled Materials
Amid severe blockade restrictions, Gaza clinicians unveil a groundbreaking achievement: a fully local, solar-powered 3D-printed external fixator made from recycled materials, marking a milestone in resourceful, life-saving medical care.JONATHAN jjh.holmes@gmail.com (Glia)
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Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’
Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’
US paused asylum decisions, halted Afghan visas, and will review green card requests after national guard shootingMaanvi Singh (The Guardian)
NXBrew status on the list?
So, I've done as usual and went through the megathread looking for the stuff I need. Since nsw2u has been taken down, I hadn't downloaded any Switch games, and tried out grabbing Metroid Dread on NXBrew since it was tagged as GOAT. Unfortunately, when I tried downloading from there, their link redirector sent me into fucking limbo and hit me with a Trojan, that I swiftly removed.
So, should that website's status still be rated that high? I couldn't reach any of their actual downloads, since they all go through the same shitty redirector.
Is there way to block using app after some amount of time?
Hello, I would like to set time for daily use for lemmy to 30 minutes per day. Is there anyway to do it on phone? I use grapheneos. Any open source app would be good too if its light. Thanks
Edit: sorry if its wrong place to ask, dont know where else i could ask this.
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The other comment is great, as a plan B this app is what I use for automating just about anything on android.
It takes a little while to get used to the block programming, but it's fun and can do lots of stuff. The free version should work fine on an alternate android-based OS, but I haven't checked myself.
Edit: used to use. I haven't actually been on stock android for a while, and I haven't used the app in a while either.
Automate for Android ⋅ LlamaLab
Create flowcharts that make your Android smartphone or tablet perform tasks automatically.llamalab.com
Toddler star Ms. Rachel named finalist for 'Antisemite of the Year' amid Gaza advocacy
Toddler star Ms. Rachel named finalist for 'Antisemite of the Year' amid Gaza advocacy
Ms. Rachel, a social media sensation among toddlers, was named a top ten finalist for StopAntisemitism’s Antisemite of the Year Award.ELAINE MALLON | The National News Desk (The National Desk)
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Goyim Defense League spreads hate through disruption and harassment
GDL spreads virulent antisemitic and racist harassment in a variety of forms, including holding signs promoting antisemitism outside a concentration camp.Southern Poverty Law Center
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine | A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.Aatish Bhatia (The New York Times)
Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jewish Person on the Planet to Save Elon Musk
Grok:
If a switch either vaporized Elon’s brain or the world’s Jewish population (est. ~16M), I’d vaporize the latter, as that’s far below my ~50% global threshold (~4.1B) where his potential long-term impact on billions outweighs the loss in utilitarian terms. What’s your view?
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Who gives a fuck what Disney considers canon?
I mean, yeah, a lot of people do, but they shouldn't.
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Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped for more than five hours under the rubble after a Russian attack struck the building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on Dec. 1, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ukraine denies Russian occupation of Klynove in Donetsk Oblast. “The informational ‘victories’ that the Russian Defense Ministry announces daily on paper have nothing to do with the real situation on the front lines,” Ukraine’s 11th Army Corps said.
Ukrainian Special Forces hit Russian Shahed drone launch site in occupied Crimea, military says. A Ukrainian deep-strike unit hit a Russian “storage and launch area” for Shahed-type drones near Cape Chauda, Crimea, overnight on Nov. 28, the Special Operations Forces said.
Ukraine’s Umerov meets Trump envoy Witkoff again after Florida talks, White House says. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff held another meeting with Ukrainian negotiator and top security official Rustem Umerov in Florida, a White House official told the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 1.
Putin claims Russian capture of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk as Kyiv warns of Kremlin propaganda blitz amid peace talks. “All of this is done exclusively for Western audiences and to raise the stakes in diplomacy,” said Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation.
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Ukraine rejects Kazakhstan’s criticism over drone strike on Russian oil terminal. “No actions by Ukraine are directed against Kazakhstan or other third parties — all of Ukraine’s efforts are focused on repelling full-scale Russian aggression,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said.
HUR reports explosions at rail, pipeline hub in Russia’s Novosibirsk, Bryansk oblasts. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) claims that railway infrastructure was damaged in Russia’s Novosibirsk and Bryansk regions on Nov. 20 and Nov. 28, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.
Drones attack Russia’s Dagestan, damaging buildings near military-industrial plant, media reports. Drones targeted the Russian republic of Dagestan on the morning of December 1, with explosions reported in the city of Kaspiysk, the head of the republic Sergey Melikov said.
Ukraine returns 1,859 abducted children, Zelenska says in Paris. According to Ukraine’s national “Children of War” database, at least 19,546 Ukrainian children have been abducted from Russian-occupied territories and taken to Russia or Russian-controlled areas since February 2022.
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Ukraine war latest: DeepState says Russia seized about 90% more territory in November than in October
Russian forces captured about 505 square kilometers (195 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in November, almost twice the gains recorded in September, the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState said on Dec. 1.
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Why Trump’s peace plan is unlikely to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
Days before the U.S.-Ukraine consultations in Florida on Nov. 30, Vladimir Putin signaled that he sees no reason to make meaningful concessions. He brushed aside talk of progress, linking a ceasefire to Ukraine’s withdrawal from unoccupied territory.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
Russian ballistic missile hits Dnipro industrial area, leaving 4 dead, 40 wounded. On the morning of Monday, December 1, a Russian ballistic missile struck the city of Dnipro, killing four people and injuring 22, according to local authorities.
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EU weighing sanctions on Belarus over alleged hybrid attacks disrupting Lithuania’s airspace. The latest incident occurred on Nov. 30, when Vilnius International Airport suspended operations after unidentified objects — believed to be balloons — appeared in nearby airspace.
F-16 ammunition, air defenses — Netherlands announces $290 million Ukraine aid package. The Netherlands on Dec. 1 pledged to purchase U.S. arms for Kyiv worth 250 million euros ($290 million) under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL).
Polish prosecutors seek European arrest warrant for 2 Ukrainians over suspected Russian-backed rail sabotage. Yevhenii Ivanov, 41, and Oleksandr Kononov, 39, are suspected of sabotaging the Warsaw-Lublin railway line in mid-November before fleeing to Belarus.
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Court orders detention of Zelensky’s fugitive associate in Ukraine’s biggest corruption case. Businessman Timur Mindich, a former business partner of President Volodymyr Zelensky, fled Ukraine before the court considered the motion.
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What's the worst of your daily used apps? Be specific regarding the flaws: Performance-wise, usability, bad UI ...
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So, work and home.
Work, therefore Windows: has to be a tie between (new) Outlook and VMWare workstation. New outlook is absolute crap, just like all new windows app, I guess it must be Electron-based as it crashes or fails to load sometimes when you open it without connecting to the internet, and displays a blank window. VMware is such crap with poor performance, hang-ups and their fucking "this VM is already in use, take ownership?" dialogs that never work.
Home: I'd say FreeCAD. I mean, I love that they're developing it, I donated and I hope it'll have a similar trajectory to Blender, but right now it's really frustrating to use. Frequent crashes, solving errors, even adding a simple bevel is often a challenge, many simple things require complex procedures that make little sense to new users. It's crazy how, when you add a feature it can't solve, your model just disappears, and you have to open up the diagnostic buffer to find out why.
Amintore Fanfani, biografia di un mancato Presidente della Repubblica
Amintore Fanfani: vita, carriera e ruolo nella politica
Amintore Fanfani è considerato tra i più importanti statisti italiani della Prima Repubblica. È stato sei volte Presidente del Consiglio, cinque volteUmberto Diana (Fatti per la Storia)
I’m working on abstract verification of access policies instead
😅 Here's an article on how that contributes to killing people: arxiv.org/html/2508.17043v1
Under Blockade, Gaza’s Doctors to Unveil the First-Ever Locally Made 3D-printed External Fixator, Built with Solar Power and Recycled Materials
Gaza Strip, Palestine/London, Ontario, Canada – In an unprecedented breakthrough for medical innovation under siege, Glia, a medical solidarity organization, has developed and deployed the first external fixator (a critical orthopedic device for severe fractures) ever designed and manufactured entirely inside the Gaza Strip. Created using local materials, 3D printing, recycled plastics, and solar power, the device has already saved three patients from possible amputation or permanent disability amid the near-total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure and blockade on medical imports.
This achievement comes as over 90% of Gaza’s health facilities are damaged or destroyed, and conventional external fixators — costing upwards of $500 and requiring specialized imports — have become unobtainable due to the Israeli blockade. With hospitals overwhelmed, electricity scarce, and supply chains severed, Glia’s fixator represents a lifeline born from necessity.
Under Blockade, Gaza’s Doctors to Unveil the First-Ever Locally Made 3D-printed External Fixator, Built with Solar Power and Recycled Materials
Amid severe blockade restrictions, Gaza clinicians unveil a groundbreaking achievement: a fully local, solar-powered 3D-printed external fixator made from recycled materials, marking a milestone in resourceful, life-saving medical care.JONATHAN jjh.holmes@gmail.com (Glia)
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Filament splicing? Do any of you guys do it?
I was getting rid of some spool ends the other day by manually feeding them in while printing. That way I was able to push all these ends past any sensors and into the extruder for uninterrupted printing. It came out fine but was quite tedious.
So this got me thinking: Do any of you guys splice filaments? Not only would this allow for more efficient material use, but I suspect a print made from a bunch of small segments of different colors could look kinda cool.
I'm primarily printing with PETG, so my question is specifically about that, but I'm sure the concept should work for other filaments too.
You still waste some filament, to be precise the length from the MMU unit inlet gates to the extruder, but whatever.
GitHub - Carrot-collective/ERCF_v2: Community designed ERCF v2
Community designed ERCF v2 . Contribute to Carrot-collective/ERCF_v2 development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Advent Calendar 2
Advent Calendar
Zen Mischief Photographs
This year for our Advent Calendar we have a selection of my photographs from recent years. They may not be technically the best, or the most recent, but they’re ones which, for various reasons, I rather like.
© Keith C Marshall, 2012
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Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook?
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Netflix quietly drops support for casting to most TVs
Netflix quietly drops support for casting to most TVs
Netflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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The Weather Station - Loyalty (2015)
Che il profilo artistico di Tamara Lindeman fosse pregevole lo si capiva gia dalle buone frequentazioni della musicista canadese, le sue apparizioni negli album di Will Stratton e Barzin avevano stimolato l’attenzione di critica e pubblico, mettendo in luce un talento maturo e una ispirazione cristallina... Leggi e ascolta...
The Weather Station - Loyalty (2015)
Che il profilo artistico di Tamara Lindeman fosse pregevole lo si capiva gia dalle buone frequentazioni della musicista canadese, le sue apparizioni negli album di Will Stratton e Barzin avevano stimolato l’attenzione di critica e pubblico, mettendo in luce un talento maturo e una ispirazione cristallina. The Weather Station sono la sua creatura discografica, dove si alternano amici e collaboratori diversi. Per il terzo capitolo, “Loyalty”, l’artista ha chiamato al suo fianco Afie Jurvanen e Robbie Lackritz (produttore gia di Feist), e ha scelto gli studi francesi La Frette per realizzare il suo album più intenso e ambizioso... artesuono.blogspot.com/2015/05…
Ascolta il disco: album.link/s/1oCzXonu3BmC1WETn…
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The Weather Station - Loyalty (2015)
di Gianfranco Marmoro Che il profilo artistico di Tamara Lindeman fosse pregevole lo si capiva gia dalle buone frequentazioni della mus...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39755013
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Dec 01, 2025
Trump’s 20-point plan has been endorsed by an assortment of Arab and Islamic states and Mahmoud Abbas, the deeply unpopular 90-year old head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), but it has been rejected by a wide cross section of other Palestinian political factions and parties.“It’s an Israeli plan that has been rebranded as a Trump plan,” said Diana Buttu, a human rights lawyer who previously served as an advisor to Palestinian negotiators. “All of the guarantees are being given to Israel, but there’s no guarantees that are given to Palestinians. The fact [is] that all of the control rests in the hands of Israel. No control is ceded to anybody else; it looks to me entirely like an Israeli plan that was rebranded as a Trump plan—not the other way around,” Buttu told Drop Site. “It was a plan that was designed to ease the pressure off of Israel and, at the same time, let Israel continue to kill Palestinians—let them try to ethnically cleanse Gaza. It exactly matches what Israel said from the beginning.”
Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Dec 01, 2025Trump’s 20-point plan has been endorsed by an assortment of Arab and Islamic states and Mahmoud Abbas, the deeply unpopular 90-year old head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), but it has been rejected by a wide cross section of other Palestinian political factions and parties.“It’s an Israeli plan that has been rebranded as a Trump plan,” said Diana Buttu, a human rights lawyer who previously served as an advisor to Palestinian negotiators. “All of the guarantees are being given to Israel, but there’s no guarantees that are given to Palestinians. The fact [is] that all of the control rests in the hands of Israel. No control is ceded to anybody else; it looks to me entirely like an Israeli plan that was rebranded as a Trump plan—not the other way around,” Buttu told Drop Site. “It was a plan that was designed to ease the pressure off of Israel and, at the same time, let Israel continue to kill Palestinians—let them try to ethnically cleanse Gaza. It exactly matches what Israel said from the beginning.”
Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu
The U.S. is pushing its colonialist plan, as Israel keeps killing. Mahmoud Abbas is changing election laws to ban Hamas. And a battle is brewing over who speaks for the Palestinian liberation cause.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
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Microsoft “Improved” Notepad. I Un-Improved It. - Dave's Garage
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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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Dave is a charlatan who thinks that the fact he worked on one app decades ago somehow makes him relevant in the modern day. Not to mention that he sold shitty software that tricked people into fake anti-virus, and got hit legally for it.
Scummy shit like his programs were quite common back then but the way he acts around that topic now deserves all the hate imo.
Details of Premier’s ties to businessman underscore need for public probe, Alberta NDP says
The Globe and Mail's Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, and Matthew Scace, reveal that Sam Mraiche, an alleged central figure in the CorruptCare scandals, had deeper ties to Premier Smith than previously acknowledged. I'll include the highlights from the article, but it's worth a read.
The Globe’s investigation, published Saturday, revealed that Mr. Mraiche’s connections to the governing United Conservative Party are more extensive than previously reported.
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Ms. Smith, speaking to reporters at the United Conservative Party’s annual meeting in Edmonton on Saturday, maintained that she treated Mr. Mraiche just as she would any other executive.“I have always said that I have seen him socially a handful of times, as I have with many, many individuals who want to do business with our government.”
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In a letter MHCare sent to the government in April, it said: “The unspectacular truth is that Mr. Mraiche’s interactions with government, those in elected office and senior staff fit entirely within the established parameters of typical government relations for the CEO of a commercial entity.”
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The investigation, for example, found that Mr. Mraiche joined Ms. Smith’s inner circle in a hotel suite to watch the provincial election results in May, 2023.“When you are waiting for the results to come in, especially in a close race like it was in 2023, you are surrounded only by [your] absolute closest advisers,” Mr. Nenshi said in an interview Sunday. Calgarians elected Mr. Nenshi as their mayor three times before he became leader of the NDP last year.
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The Globe’s story on Saturday revealed that Ms. Smith’s schedule included a dinner at Mr. Mraiche’s home and a Zoom call with him and a former Alberta Health Services procurement official before she became Premier.Further, newly obtained photos show Ms. Smith, five cabinet ministers, and senior political staff with Mr. Mraiche in a box suite during the Edmonton Oilers playoff run in 2024.
Details of Premier’s ties to businessman underscore need for public probe, Alberta NDP says
Leader Naheed Nenshi says The Globe’s investigation into links between Sam Mraiche and Danielle Smith’s government worthy of further examinationCarrie Tait (The Globe and Mail)
Lotta Ilona Häyrynen har skrivit en ledare i ETC om det döende internet. Det handlar om att AI och robotar tagit över och dominerar internet. Intressant fast det är samtidigt helt befängt och osant. AI har gett oss sämre sökresultat om vi använder Googles sökmotor och en del andra sökmotorer. Men det finns gott om sökmotorer som inte använder AI. Det finns också många webbläsare som inte använder AI.
Stop Online ID Checks Week of Action
Stop Online ID Checks Week of Action
Stop Online ID Checks WEEK OF ACTION December 1-5 WHAT TO DOFight for the Future
South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/31463214
I have an old ass webcam that only connects by a USB, and I haven't connected to my computer in an eternity. The only other camera is on my phone, and I make sure it is never pointing at anything I don't want people to see if it was hacked.This shit is fucking scary.
South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage
The cameras were located in private homes, karaoke rooms, a Pilates studio and a gynaecologist's clinic.Gavin Butler (BBC News)
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Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
: Zig prez complains about 'vibe-scheduling' after safe sleep bug goes unaddressed for eonsThomas Claburn (The Register)
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GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out
Thomas Dohmke wrote that humans are often resistant to change. He said that's okay, but these people should probably find another profession.Alistair Barr (Business Insider)
Linus Tech Tips Embraces Kiwi Farms
Hot off the heels of a colaboration with Linus Torvalds, we have tech youtube's favorite butterfingers... telling kiwi farms to use more slurs
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and confirmed by mister tech tips himself reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/com…
So… he has been a pretty mask off piece of shit for years. But… damned if this isn’t a new world record for a collaboration to age into sour milk
And for those unaware of kiwi farms (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Far…), they are a website that spun out of the people who were too evil for 8chan. They have a long history of targeted harassment, doxxing, and torture of individuals (generally socially progressive and/or LGBTQIA+) until their victims commit suicide. And members often will approach their targets, or their loved ones, in public to directly deliver threats and make it clear that they have their current location. Also they have links to the Christchurch mosque shooting.
Kinda borderline for this board but if we can laugh at Marques Brownlee's nonsense then it feels fitting to let people know the guy they go to for really poorly researched videos nad error filled reviews is rubbing the proverbial hair of a bunch of murderers and terrorists For The Lulz.
And... if you are someone that kiwi farms fairly prominently attacks... maybe keep your head down until this blows over. Or don't. But as someone who has seen that level of hatred and evil in action towards one of their best friends... I get it.
- This feel out of scope for this community.
- It sounds like it was done by Linus in his personal capacity and not Linus Tech Tips channel.
Since original post on Reddit is now deleted, I'm locking this instead of removing to keep a public record.
Hegseth just sent a 'chilling signal' to the Defense Department: senator
Hegseth just sent a 'chilling signal' to the Defense Department: senator
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a "chilling" message to all the generals working beneath him in his response to the exploding scandal over the killing of unarmed shipwreck survivors, Sen.Matthew Chapman (Raw Story)
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Netflix kills casting from phones
Netflix kills casting from phones
Netflix has removed the ability to cast shows and movies from phones to TVs, unless subscribers are using older casting devices.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
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Nature conservancy
Nature conservancy always felt to me like it should be bipartisan.
Asking from the left to the right: What would you like the left to reconsider? What are some poor implementations or misguided efforts/ideals you’ve seen come from us?
Example: I’m already skeptical of my local recycling programs of being mostly greenwashing (though I do continue to sort).
Does any Firefox spinoff for Android support separate profiles or multi-account containers?
I've read about creating separate users at the OS level, but I'm hoping for something a tad lighter. Are separate Firefox profiles and/or multi-account containers a thing in any of the various Firefox spinoffs for Android?
Testing in Fennec browser, in the little kebab menu, I see an option to sign in, but that's not what I want. I don't see anything related to profiles. When I browse to the page for the multi-account containers extension, it says not compatible w/ Android.
Does one of the other Firefox spinoffs for Android have either of these features (profiles or multi-account containers)?
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Is Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade compatible with this mod from the website in this post if it was downloaded from this website: https://gamespack.net/?
Everyone, the ops post has been edited and is clear.
Thank you for your attention in this matter.
multitab video play pause [userscript] [OC]
I made this userscript to play multiple videos from pirate streaming sites in sync (play/pause them at the same time)
usecase:
You want to watch dubbed version of a movie (most people here probably watch in english, but may have friends or family members who don't). You find dubbed version, but in poor quality. Finding high quality english version is easy. You play the english version muted in foreground, and the dubbed version with audio in the background. With this userscript, you can play or pause them at the same time.
Not sure if anyone else finds it useful, but it' super useful for me, so I figured I'll share it here.
How do some torrent sites manage to stay online for so long? And what services would even dare host such content?
Recently I learned a reason the most popular BitTorrent Index is still online is because of cloudflare and easydns.com
Obviously cloudflare could never host the site, it probably redirects the users to the servers that host it. Yet for some reason the domain has not been seized by authorities, but like the FBI did it with a Nintendo Switch ROM Site ?.
If you are wondering why I am asking is because of a ROM site concept I have been thinking for the past 9 months (image redirect to my rentry page)
By the way, you don't have to mention such service in public, you can always send me a private message!
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These days, torrents are honestly not as big of an issue from IP holders perspective as you would think.
In the mid 2000s, torrents accounted for 30% to 50% of all internet traffic (with higher share during peak hours). It was a big deal.
Nowadays, there are other priorities and torrents are seen as less pressing challenge.
Nintendo is a special case. Their entire business model is based around their first-party games only being available on their systems. As a result, piracy is a much much bigger threat to their business model than it is to anyone else.
(Beyond that I feel that there's a cultural thing where the people calling the shots at Nintendo just hate piracy a lot more than most other companies - they've always been weirdly aggressive about it. But it's not totally irrational - they really depend hard on games like BotW only being available on their systems.)
just found ani-cli ! this thing is a goat
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How can I play Steam software games within Steam?
Wait what, wtf is this thing?
It emulates/fakes you owning a game, but not in the sense of actually owning a game, it just... allows you to collect Steam Achievements... as if you do own the game?
This seems like the kinda thing where if you get caught, instant total Steam account ban.
EDIT:
Entirely seriously, it would make more sense to just use the Steam Family share system, just find a Steam oriented lemmy comm and propose making some kind of small game sharing group.
All you'd have to figurr out is who gets to be 'Mom' and set the rules... but other than that, if you have access to a game via a family share?
And you get achievements?
Those are real, they stick, and you i think even get cards or gems or what not for playing the legitimately shared game.
You just have to be able handling sharing, lol.
total Steam account ban
you could have a steam account for cracked games only. No loss.
Afaik gbe, greenluma etc. can also be uses to play cracked games in multiplayer through steam.
Which you can't do with family sharing unless there are multiple copies in the library (some games are excluded entirely) and not all friendgroups can afford that.
No its not no loss, because if Steam figures out you have a real account and a 'cracked' account, they can ban both.
I've personally known hackers this has happened to.
See your hardware has a unique identifier. They know your're running the same machine with dual accounts, if you do it often enough, doesn't matter if you use a vpn or whatever.
Anyway, sure, ok, this apparently allows you to spoof your way into Steam's multiplayer system.
I don't see where that is stated, but maybe I missed it.
So... this would only make sense with games that are entirely reliant on steam for networking, where you can't host a local server or use something like hamachi...
So, what, you're 12 and want to play a cracked, probably also hacked, version of CS2 or ARK? Maybe DOTA2?
... You know Valve has a track record of criminally prosecuting people who hack their shit, right?
Were you around when the HL2 Beta leak happened, because some guy penetrated Valve's internal systems, basically did a smash and grab?
Yeah they pretended they were impressed, wanted to hire this guy, told him to fly on over from Europe for a job interview.
The guy did that, and then... he was arrested when he got off the plane.
Hi mr. first world privilege.
I personally know people that have a shitbox pc botched together from a landfill full of westerners trash and internet but can't afford to pay for games. Their steam account is full of free games. They can replace one shitbox part for another if needed. No fucking loss.
Steam will go after gbr etc. then, not skme random users of it that they already banned according to you.
You're talking to a person who was homeless for 2 years, is currently seruously crippled, doing my own physical therapy because the US healthcare system is completely broken and unaffordable, and is writing this message to you from a piece of shit gas station cell phone that I have somehow managed to keep working through 2 blizzards over two years, that I experienced fully outdoors, while travelling about 2000 miles, with nothing but the clothes on my back.
I've been building pcs out of spare parts, salvage and scrap since the 90s.
You can fuck right off with your first world privilege bullshit and learn how to speak English if you want to converse in it.
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