The United States Is Moving Through the Stages of Grief Over China’s Rise
Is Trump Ready to Bargain Rather Than Rage at China?
The Trump-Xi agreement may be a sign the U.S. position is shifting.Robert A. Manning (Foreign Policy)
Americans helping Ukrainian war effort decry US peace plan as a ‘betrayal by Trump’
US volunteers who have poured into Ukraine to help amid war are dismayed by Trump’s continuing pressures on Kyiv
Americans involved in the Ukrainian war effort are embarrassed and dismayed by Donald Trump’s continuing pressures on Kyiv and think his administration’s latest peace plan is tantamount to backstabbing and another catastrophic failure of US foreign policy.
“Complete bullshit and a betrayal by Trump,” said an American special forces veteran who has helped train and advise the Ukrainian military since the full-scale Russian invasion began in February 2022. “But are you even surprised?”
Last week, a 28-point piece-plan reportedly drafted by Steve Witkoff, a Trump envoy negotiating with Kremlin adviser, Kirill Dmitriev, was leaked to the press and then revealed to be an apparent repackaging of Vladimir Putin’s maximalist demands on Ukraine.
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Have clankers visited my blog one hundred twenty-one sexagintillion eight hundred ten novemquinquagintillion times so far in November??
Got a warning for my blog going over 100GB in bandwidth this month... which sounded incredibly unusual. My blog is text and a couple images and I haven't posted anything to it in ages... like how would that even be possible?
Turns out it's possible when you have crawlers going apeshit on your server. Am I even reading this right? 12,181 with 181 zeros at the end for 'Unknown robot'? This is actually bonkers.
Edit: As Thunraz points out below, there's a footnote that reads "Numbers after + are successful hits on 'robots.txt' files" and not scientific notation.
Edit 2: After doing more digging, the culprit is a post where I shared a few wallpapers for download. The bots have been downloading these wallpapers over and over, using 100GB of bandwidth usage in the first 12 days of November. That's when my account was suspended for exceeding bandwidth (it's an artificial limit I put on there awhile back and forgot about...) that's also why the 'last visit' for all the bots is November 12th.
China’s Spat With Japan Derails Bid to Join CPTPP Trade Bloc
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/46275324
China’s aggressive trade stance against Japan appears to kill any chance it has of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [CPTPP] trade bloc in the near future.Beijing’s confrontation with Japan over a remark about Taiwan has led to a series of retaliatory blows already hurting the Japanese economy.
But China’s sharp response to new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s frank admission that a Chinese attack on Taiwan might trigger a collective self-defence response could also rebound on the People’s Republic.
China has released its ‘wolf warriors’ and ramped up trade pressure on Japan dramatically, warning its citizens to stay away from Japan, while reimposing a ban on Japanese seafood.
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Japanese artists have had concerts in Beijing cancelled or postponed, [...] supposedly because of public dissatisfaction over Takaichi’s remark. Manufacturing giants such as Toyota and Sony also expect “direct blowback” from Beijing [...] Chinese airlines cancelled flights on at least a dozen routes to popular destinations such as Kyoto and Osaka last week, according to a report by the [Chinese state-controlled media outlet] South China Morning Post.
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But there are also signs that China will pay a price for its latest display of petulance.
Its acts of economic coercion are almost certain to derail – or add years – to its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which Beijing applied for in 2021.
The problem for Beijing is the CPTPP requires a very different approach to the ‘trade wars’ that China has launched against trading partners, such as Australia, several years ago.
Members of the trade grouping must meet three criteria known as the ‘Auckland Principles’ – preparedness to meet the pact’s high standards, a record of compliance and adhering to trade commitments, and concensus, with all existing members agreeing to on new countries wishing to join.
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Nations must agree to non-discriminatory dialogue with other members and transparent decision-making, as noted by Australia’s ABC News, which said the latest flare-up has occurred as the 12 “CPTPP members were meeting in Melbourne to assess new membership bids.”
“On the eve of those discussions, one member state is being economically punished by the country seeking entry,” it said. “That creates a structural problem for China: CPTPP enlargement requires unanimity. And Japan holds a veto.”
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The idea of Japan permitting China to join the CPTPP now is “almost unthinkable,” the ABC report said, not only because of its coercive trade actions, but other factors, such as its behaviour in the East China Sea.
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China's Spat With Japan Derails Bid to Join CPTPP Trade Bloc
China's aggressive trade stance against Japan appears to kill any chance it has of joining the CPTPP trade bloc in the near futureAsia Financial
Taiwan to prepare for combat by 2027, president says - as he warns China is preparing to take the country by force
Taiwan will prepare itself for combat within the next two years amid "intensifying" threats from China, the nation's president has declared.
Lai Ching-te held a news conference on Wednesday morning amid a ramping up of military and political pressure by Beijing, which views the democratically-governed island as its own territory.
Speaking after announcing plans to boost defence spending with a "special" $40bn (£30.6bn) budget, Mr Lai said Xi Jinping's regime was "speeding up military preparations to take Taiwan by force".
It comes after Mr Xi used a phone call with Donald Trump to describe Taiwan's return to mainland China as "an integral part of the post-war international order".
Taiwan to prepare for combat by 2027, president says - as he warns China is preparing to take the country by force
President Lai Ching-te said the government will work to counter any attempts at "repression", and achieve a "high level of combat preparedness" within two years.Sky News
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It comes after Mr Xi used a phone call with Donald Trump to describe Taiwan's return to mainland China as "an integral part of the post-war international order".
Of course, Trump is already surrendering to Russia, why would not China use the opportunity?
Someone At YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
Someone At YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
In my recent analysis of YouTube’s information density I included the results from an advanced statistical analysis on the number of videos present on the home page, which projected that around May 2026 there would only be one lonely video on the hom…Jayden Milne (Jayden’s Blog)
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I went into Netflix recently to find the same thing. Hardly anything visible on screen, just a handful of massive buttons.
You can see maybe two movies to the right of the main one, and the top half of the row below.
I assume this is just to hide the fact that there's precious little worth watching on it.
Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News on Tuesday.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
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From Wikipedia:
In 2018, Witkoff opposed sanctions against Russia for its occupation of Crimea.Witkoff has praised Russian president Putin and has appeared to support Russian government claims about its war against Ukraine. He said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "not necessarily" started by Russia, that NATO had a significant role in provoking the conflict, and that most Eastern Ukrainians want to live under Russian rule.
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.substack.com
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Technology reshared this.
So uh AI works then and will fix all our problems that it caused in the first place 👍
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I like how there are all these terms with increasingly loose definitions, to which we attach different levels of evilness:
- algorithm - older, reliable, deterministic except when it's "The Algorithm" in capital letters like "The Social Media Algorithm"; then it becomes evil
- machine learning - been out for decades, hasn't destroyed the world, mostly does its job undetected. Used mainly by technical people
- machine intelligence - The machine is starting to become conscious but it is still generally helpful. "Machine intelligence" performs brain surgery, detects tumors, folds and unfolds proteins, whatever that means (but it sounds like a good thing, so we'll give it a pass)
- artificial intelligence - machine intelligence's evil twin. Takes credit for everything good that comes from the other ones and we tend to believe it, because it's the only one we can actually speak to and can lie to us very convincingly. On its own it can draw pretty pictures and animate them, write code that occasionally works, pretend to love us and teach us the most effective way to slash our own wrists
What indexers do you use in Prowlarr, Radarr, Sonarr
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/41364587
I'm getting errors and I want to pick better indexers.
What indexers do you use in Prowlarr, Radarr, Sonarr
I'm getting errors and I want to pick better indexers.
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GitHub - PCJones/MediathekArr: Integrate ARD&ZDF Mediathek in Prowlarr, Sonarr and Radarr
Integrate ARD&ZDF Mediathek in Prowlarr, Sonarr and Radarr - PCJones/MediathekArrGitHub
'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia
South East Asia floods: Scores killed and thousands evacuated from record rainfall
The deadly floods have affected 2 million people, the majority of whom are still cut off from help.Kelly Ng (BBC News)
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Volkswagen says it can now make cars entirely in China
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume told reporters that producing a majority of cars in Germany before exporting them all over the world "doesn't work anymore."
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/26/companies/volkswagen-cars-china/
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You serious?
Because Porsche must have had quite a bit of foresight in 1964, when the first model of the 911 series was released.
Chinese pharma is on the cusp of going global
In May Pfizer, America’s biggest drugmaker, agreed to pay $1.25bn in fees to 3SBio, a Chinese biotech firm, for the rights to manufacture and sell an experimental cancer drug outside China, if approved.GlaxoSmithKline, a British rival, struck a $500m deal with Hengrui, another Chinese company, for a lung-disease treatment and the options to buy 11 more drugs, that together may be valued at as much as $12bn
Such deals are no longer exceptions. In the first half of this year nearly a third of all global licensing agreements signed by big pharma were with Chinese firms—four times the share in 2021
https://www.economist.com/china/2025/11/23/chinese-pharma-is-on-the-cusp-of-going-global
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Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft
Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft
The man is alleged to have stolen coins from parking meters in the German town of Kempten, police said.Ottilie Mitchell (BBC News)
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That truly depends on what you mean by "comfortably". You can very easily survive the rest of your life "comfortably" on $1 million. Unless your definition of "comfort" includes a bunch of bullshit that you don't actually need and arguably makes your life worse for you and shorter just because you've grown accustomed to it.
$1M is plenty.
a house and a car in a developed country, with property taxes, insurance, house repairs, car repairs etc etc etc
See, that's your problem right there.
Need some help with remote access please.
Hi all 😀
I've got a media server set up running Navidrome, Calibre-Web, and Immich along with some other services, and want to get access to them from outside the house now. I've read that Caddy is good for securing things by making it easier to set up encryption, but I'm not sure I understand that side of things.
I've set up a Cloudflare tunnel for a Minecraft server, and I've got Tailscale installed but not set up with an exit server yet, but understand that Caddy would be better. I ideally want to set up apps on my wife's phone so that she can access the libraries too.
Is it just a case of installing Caddy and setting up the services I want to share through it? That seems too easy, like I've missed something.
If it makes any difference, I've got a standard UK ISP router with a few ports forwarded, and I'm going to add an access point and then a LevelOne GEP-5070 managed switch to learn about things like VLANs. The link to the switch is here:
mayflex.com/shop/product/GEP-5…
I feel like I'm missing something, but can't think what, so I'd be grateful for any help 😀
GEP-5070 - 48-GE PoE+ 2GE SFP LS MANAGED SWITCH
The LevelOne GEP-5070 is an intelligent L2 Managed Switch with 48 x 1000Base-T PoE-Plus ports and 2 x 100/1000BASE-X SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) slots. This switch is IEEE...mayflex.com
Cfait: CalDav TODO list handler written in Rust (TUI+GUI)
Hello all,
I just released v0.1.7 of Cfait, a CalDAV task / TODO manager with most of the features I've always wanted and I'm starting to find it usable and enjoyable so I think it's time to announce it 😀 I've finally starting organizing my todo list the way it should always have been.
Some of the features I'm particularly happy about are the sane sorting (first by date then by priority), the tags / categories navigation (with a choice of AND or OR), and the ability to link tasks (e.g. a parent task or (a) task(s) blocking (an)other task(s), this is the only thing I wanted from a tool like Jira).
I hope you all enjoy it too 😀
It has both GUI and TUI, I try to keep them on the same level. (Except the config. file which has to be written manually when using the TUI)
So far I've only tested it on Arch Linux (there's an AUR package: cfait / cfait-git) with the Radicale CalDAV server but I assume it will work on any distribution (there's even an experimental Windows build under releases) and server, feel free to let me know what works or not.
Source code, .deb (and .exe) builds, screenshots, features list and README on github.com/trougnouf/cfait (also available as a rust crate: crates.io/crates/cfait )
Don't forget to backup your tasks list before trying it.
GitHub - trougnouf/cfait: Take control of your TODO list
Take control of your TODO list. Contribute to trougnouf/cfait development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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v0.2.0 is out 😀
New features include the ability to set an estimated task duration, support for ongoing and canceled tasks, more powerful search (by tag, due date, task duration, completedness, and of course by name), and the TUI is more robust to external changes.
Trump considering firing Kash Patel, report says
Trump Considering Firing Kash Patel, Report Says
"Three people with knowledge of the situation say President Trump and his top aides have grown tired of Patel and the unflattering headlines he's been generating recently"Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
Ukraine-Russia war: Ukraine says 'understanding' reached with US on peace plan, as Trump says his envoy will meet Putin in Moscow
Donald Trump's envoy to hold Ukraine peace plan talks at Kremlin
Russia confirms the US president's close aide will travel to Russia, hours after Trump tasked him with meeting Putin.Laura Gozzi (BBC News)
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It'll fall apart for sure, but will the Trump-Wiktoff relationship fall apart first?
Wiktoff might be his Billionaire buddy, but he'a made Trump look bad a few times now and that's anathema for a narcissist.
'Home truths' from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39480764
David Hearst
25 Nov 2025 19:56 GMT
Very much in the mode of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Phillips declared that there was no such thing as Palestine or Palestinians. In fact, the only indigenous people around were the Jews, who were the only people with any historic, legal or moral entitlement to this land.To say this while activists in Britain are being arrested for shouting “from the river to the sea” as an allegedly pro-Hamas chant, hands their defence lawyers a get-out-of-jail card.
Because what Phillips is claiming is that all the land from the river to the sea is Jewish. And as she knows, but the Crown Prosecution Service appears not to, “from the river to the sea” has been Likud policy since 1977.
'Home truths' from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war
David Hearst
25 Nov 2025 19:56 GMTVery much in the mode of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Phillips declared that there was no such thing as Palestine or Palestinians. In fact, the only indigenous people around were the Jews, who were the only people with any historic, legal or moral entitlement to this land.To say this while activists in Britain are being arrested for shouting “from the river to the sea” as an allegedly pro-Hamas chant, hands their defence lawyers a get-out-of-jail card.
Because what Phillips is claiming is that all the land from the river to the sea is Jewish. And as she knows, but the Crown Prosecution Service appears not to, “from the river to the sea” has been Likud policy since 1977.
'Home truths' from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war
In a speech filled with Islamophobic vitriol, the British commentator has ripped away the last fig leaf concealing Zionism's true purposeMiddle East Eye
Literally one lesson on Israelite history will tell you they're more bloodthirsty than the US. Hell, so many of our anecdotes about conflict stem from their war against the Canaanites, now Palestinians. They're the OG source of war
Edited last sentence to be less sensationalist
one lesson on Israelite history
If you regard the Old Testament as history, the violence is probably exaggerated because of it being written by nationalistic zealots. It almost certainly also exaggerates the scale of Israel's conquests. They were never more than a minor force in the region, not much more than a city-state. Other ancient national epics are just as bloodthirsty and just as unreliable.
Canaanites, now Palestinians
I'm pretty sure the Palestinians got their name from the Philistines. In Arabic, the place is still called Falasteen and the people Falasteeni.
That doesn't say anything about descent, though. The genetic evidence is that the people in Palestine now are genetically quite similar to people in Palestine in ancient times. The population has been pretty stable, despite wars, conquests and language changes. Modern Palestinian people are also closely related to Jewish people-- probably the closest of any non-Jewish group.
They’re the OG evil
Far from uniquely so. The whole region was prone to genocidal wars, enslavement of whole nations, and general chaos and brutality. Most other "advanced" societies 2500 years ago weren't much better, at least not for long.
I think the bigger question is why those primitive tribal values should be considered a guide to how we live now.
openDesk 1.10. Enhanced security architecture
openDesk 1.10. Enhanced security architecture
openDesk 1.10 strengthens the security architecture and introduces new features for project management and document editing in public administration.openDesk
Facing a lack of Russian recruits, Moscow turns to deception, blackmail and bribery to sign up foreigners for its war in Ukraine | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/europe/russia-recruits-foreign-fighters-ukraine-intl-cmd
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U.S. family moved to Russia to escape liberal culture and got drawn into the war with Ukraine
Two years ago, Derek and DeAnna Huffman were desperate to leave Humble, a suburb of Houston.Caroline Radnofsky (NBC News)
Russia is ready for dialogue with the United States on nuclear disarmament under certain conditions.
This was stated by Gennady Gatilov, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
"Russia is ready to resume dialogue with the United States on nuclear arms reductions if the appropriate conditions are created. To create the preconditions for such dialogue, Russia has announced its readiness to continue adhering to the central quantitative limits of the New START Treaty for one year after February 5, 2026. This measure will only be viable if the United States follows suit and does not take steps that undermine the balance of existing deterrent potentials. After all, as the saying goes, 'it takes two to tango,'" he noted."We expect this topic to be addressed during discussions at the next session of the Conference on Disarmament, which begins in January 2026," Gatilov added.
Russia ready to resume dialogue with US on nuclear weapons reduction — diplomat
"Russia is ready to resume dialogue with the United States on nuclear arms reduction if appropriate conditions are on the table," Gennady Gatilov saidTASS
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It's not vitriol. It's questioning how this piece of the russian jigsaw puzzle fits in with everything else going on. Ukraine has has put Russia into a very desperate position, but the one card they kept trying to play throughout the conflict was "Don't do that or we'll get the nukes out. ". Repeatedly it's been shown to be an empty threat (thankfully).
So why would that suggest a new START now when their situation is deteriorating? Surely they'd want to keep this card in their hand.
- Have they found that their nuclear arsenal is in the same kind of state as the rest of their military? I.e. broken under the weight of corruption in their society.
- Are they worried about a future breakup of the government or state, and don't want to lose control of nuclear material? Better to decommission it first.
- is it a distraction from other events like the sanctions that are due in the US Congress? A delaying technique like the "Ukrainian peace plan".
Whatever it is, this is part of a larger situation and we shouldn't take it at face value. That doesn't mean you ignore it, just understand it.
Dmitry Peskov commented on the Airbus CEO's statement
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov expressed surprise that a representative of the civil aviation industry would make such statements. He said these statements effectively call for further escalation of tensions.
"It is obvious that more and more Europeans are losing their restraint and balanced approach. Unfortunately, some are making provocative statements and calling for further steps to escalate tensions. We view such statements with utter disapproval," he emphasized.
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
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Honestly I don't know why the state is still in the business of giving out marriages. Who gives a shit what other people want to call marriage. The state should not even have the authority to perform marriages at all. It should be left as a cultural or religious institution. It has no right to legislate what is and is not marriage. The only thing that should be available is civil unions, being defined as a financial and legal union of two or more consenting adults.
That way, anyone can "get married" at their local church, at a secular ceremony, or piss-drunk in a pub by a barmaid. It would be legally vacuous and has only the meaning that the parties ascribe to it, or that is given to it by the religious authority they choose to follow. But if they want to be legally joined together then they would go register a civil union at the local registrar's office.
If you're a bigot and don't consider two men in civil union to be married, cool, whatever, the law should not care about your opinion. You can privately think "those two are not married" all day, and be right in your mind. The only people whose opinions matter are those who want to call themselves married. There is no institution of "marriage" to defend, because you've already won. You can consider marriage to be anything you want and be right. Now you can leave other people alone.
The state cares insofar as your partner gets certain rights and will be included as family in many things.
For instance, deciding for you in medical cases, being informed if something happens, getting money from your life insurance whatever.
No marriage would mean the two are not connected at all in the states eye and thus not family.
You could say, ok lets just enable putting that into some record without marriage, but the state wants to safeguard itself as you can get things like citizenship and such
And in most states that is what you define as civil unions (there is no marriage as such often).
I don't think this is at all a valid counter-argument as all of these powers can equally be given to civil unions, if they aren't already. In my eyes, if you propose to someone and "get married" and want to give your spouse the legal powers associated with what was previously marriage, you would register a civil union.
No civil marriage doesn't mean that people can't connect themselves legally; it just means that you have to register a civil union to do so. All of the points you raise are easily defeated by just defining civil unions to replace marriage in all respects. The system is already very close to how I describe. You can "get married" at a church or wherever else and in most countries that does not mean anything until you have registered it with a local registrar. I'm just saying that the thing that happens in a church is "marriage", and the thing that happens with the legal paperwork at the registrar's office is called "civil union" regardless of the genders or sexualities of the parties involved.
Sorry, I think we are talking of the same thing. In Germany that is the way it is. Civil union and marriage is equivalent, you dont have to get married at a church, the only important thing is to go to the state for a few minutes and tell them basically.
I thought that the problem was that the state still has to accept things such as (whatever you call it lets say) unions of things such as same sex partner and so.
Problem is the civil union is mostly historically influenced often (tends to be less these days)
how far we´ve come. 40 years ago poland was the most progressive country in europe regarding homosexuality because unlike everyone else they never criminalized it. homosexual people were not harassed by the state and gay bars were a thing even in 70´s socialist poland.
it really depends on the generation. i have yet to meet a homophobic pole that was born in the post-war period, they generally have a quite egalitarian stance on it with (expected) slight prejudice but no outright hate.
late baby boomers and gen x-ers though... OH BOY. most of these fucks need reeducation by a proper beating or something. i have yet to meet a gen x-er pole that´s not a complete piece of shit regarding their views on homosexuality and women.
40 years ago poland was the most progressive country in europe regarding homosexuality because unlike everyone else they never criminalized it.
Damn, that's wild. What was Poland like 40 years ago?
flips open history book
Omg, you're a fucking tankie! TANKIE! TANKIE! Mods, get this guy out of here!!!
A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland
Shrug
The Eastern Block got the same fuzzy treatment from NATO that countries like Afghanistan and Columbia and Iran enjoyed.
Americans love a color revolution when your government aligns with Russia or China. But they have zero tolerance for dissent once their friends are in charge.
A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland - Polish History
After the introduction of martial law, the CIA launched a program to support the underground movement “Solidarity” with a budget of approximately $20 million. Throughout 1983-1990, money and specialized equipment flowed into Poland.admin (Polish History)
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
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Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.
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onomastico octiaco e regalini apprezzabili, per una buona volta di distrazione meno cagosa
L‘altro ieri, domenica 30, giorno crazy a pensarci, perché era il mio onomastico… che è figo, dai: un po’ di magia calendaristica ogni tanto tocca anche a me… ed ha in certo senso un gran valore cosmico, perché, nonostante il resto della mia persona, questa data non è mai cambiata… ma questo è tutto un […]
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onomastico octiaco e regalini apprezzabili, per una buona volta di distrazione meno cagosa
L‘altro ieri, domenica 30, giorno crazy a pensarci, perché era il mio onomastico… che è figo, dai: un po’ di magia calendaristica ogni tanto tocca anche a me… ed ha in certo senso un gran valore cosmico, perché, nonostante il resto della mia persona, questa data non è mai cambiata… ma questo è tutto un altro discorso. Ovviamente, questo fatto lo racconto appena ora perché sono una frana, e perché domenica avevo già frittomistato… dobbiamo avere molta pazienza con me stessa… (Avrei voluto scrivere in realtà ieri, ma poi mi sono seccata, e vabbè dai, che lo dico a fare…) 😪…Non c’è in realtà granché da raccontare, perché, come sempre, io non festeggio… cioè, che cazzo devo fare regà, insomma… Però, incredibilmente, mi sono toccati ben due regalini: epico!!! Da parte dei miei genitori, giustamente, perché poi, nella mia vita, tolti i parenti, non rimane praticamente nessuno… ma ormai me ne sono fatta una ragione. Still, comunque, in ogni caso, i regali sono spesso sfiziosi e, quando come in questo caso sono gradevoli, assolutamente anche goduriosi, non c’è che dire. 👌
- Un pigiama assolutamente ROSA (un rosa un po’ chiaro, che in foto non si nota benissimo… ma un po’ ho apparato mettendo un filtro), che wow… È intrigante, con questo stile mezzo minimale della maglietta quasi tutta chiara, e mezzo non del pantalone che ha queste illustrazioni strane che non si capiscono bene… Ma, soprattutto, è irrealisticamente morbido!!! Potrebbe rendere l’inverno di notte lievemente meno terrificante… è così appropriato alla mia persona. 🥰
- Un set di 3 acque profumate, che non ho ancora avuto modo di provare del tutto con calma, ma da quel poco che ho visto sembrano interessanti. Due sono abbastanza floreali, mentre l’altra è più di un fresco non specificato, però ci stanno bene tutte, molto toppi! Saranno indubbiamente utili per potenziare la mia aura fisica fuori casa, che certe volte è forse troppo debole e poco magica, e con queste sarà migliorata… 😺
Insomma, grazie infinite a mamy e al papi per supportare la mia magia con piccoli ma importanti pensieri… Ma, dato il riconoscere questo fatto di ora, così come il prevedere qualcosa delle prossime settimane, perché purtroppo, ahinoi, il Natale si sta avvicinando prepotentissimamente, ora sono in terribile ansia e a breve disperazione… perché io non so mai come straminchia ricambiare i regalini. Arriverò, temo, come sempre a pochi giorni prima, per prendere regali magari apprezzati ma mai epicissimi per chi li riceve, e di ciò mi sento sempre incredibilmente in colpa, anche se ho paura che la cosa nemmeno traspaia mai, e quindi boh… non so che fare. Da un lato, sarebbe quasi meglio non avere proprio regali, così non ci sarebbe lo stress personalmente indotto di ricambiare, perché a me sinceramente dispiace essere davvero così terribile… 💔
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
Juniors are getting clobbered.
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence — Stanford Digital Economy Lab
This paper examines changes in the labor market for occupations exposed to generative artificial intelligence using high-frequency administrative data from ADP, the largest payroll software provider in the United States.Stanford Digital Economy Lab
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I'd like to extend that graph a couple of years to the left. The analyses I've seen clearly demonstrate that this is a regression to mean after a post-Covid hiring spike. By looking at such a narrow window over such a fraught time, it looks like it could be saying anything here.
Are these workers? This is showing a real problem. Job openings? Not nearly as concerning. Without showing this in historical context, this is really dubious journalism.
This study controls for the post-COVID hiring spike in three ways: the researchers generated results without including the tech sector, they separated out remote work, and compared trends from 2018-2022 to those after. The hypothesis holds in all cases. The primary regression analysis also included a standard set of controls for hiring trends (such as interest rate fluctuation).
There's enough here to find a negative correlation between generative AI and entry-level employment.
Slightly different? Comparing a dead simple plot of employment vs. the performance of the S&P to a DID Poisson regression event study is the coughing baby vs. hydrogen bomb meme.
This Stanford study is just one in a very active field of economic research, so it's reasonable to be skeptical, but I really hope you don't think people make decisions based on the kind of thing in that Tiktok video.
It's openings, not employment. Which is why I asked whether the charts pasted here are showing employment or openings. And why I complained that the chart cuts off everything pre-Covid. If employment is going down, that's a problem. If job openings are going down, it isn't AI but a regression to mean. This video is the same jobs trend looked at through a different lens. It's pretty clear and logical that the demand for more seasoned professionals is more static that for juniors.
This is numbers taken from public data and put into context, and I don't think the fact that it's posted on TikTok is relevant to the math. TikTok just has a better algorithm for discovery for me and that's where I saw this guy's work and started following him, and the length of short form video helps the content not exceed attention span.
That all being said, if employment of juniors is trending down and not just reverting to mean, then I agree with the consolation this is a doomsday scenario cooking over the next 40 years. I have been saying for a couple of years that's a concern to watch out for. But so far I haven't seen numbers that concern me. I'll be continuing to watch this space closely because it's directly related to my interests.
Rustdesk's lesser known features
Rustdesk started as an open-source alternative to TeamViewer. Now, it offers more than just remote desktop access, making it handy for casual self-hosting.
With no need for (dyn)DNS, port forwarding, or a VPN, you can get:
- Remote terminal
- File transfer
- Tunneling (similar to SSH port forwarding)
- Remote desktop
I think it’s a solid choice if you have a simple one-server setup.
GitHub - rustdesk/rustdesk: An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. - rustdesk/rustdeskGitHub
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I use Rustdesk to access PCs and embedded devices from other PCs and embedded devices. Mostly doing remote support to avoid driving.
It's easy to set up with a container-based server.
I don't have to care about licenses and crap like that. It just works.
At settlers’ bidding, Israel arrests prominent Palestinian activist
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs
IBM CEO has doubts that Big Tech's AI spending spree will pay off
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.Henry Chandonnet (Business Insider)
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The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People
Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.
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Misleading headline making it sounds like all battery recycling poisons people. Half assed battery recycling is half assed.
Also sodium ion or some other lead-free formulation will likely replace lead acid 12v batteries over the next few years.
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The advantage lead acid has for ICE is that it can dump a lot of current all at once. The C output rate on sodium ion isn't that high, IIRC.
There have been lithium batteries used for the purpose. The original Miata used one because standard lead acid cells caused corrosion issues in the chassis. But lithium has its own supply chain issues.
Ultimately, this goes away because ICE cars go away.
Well, there is still the temperature constraints of Lipo and LiFePo batteries (the latter being much better at cold and hot charging).
But the point is that lithium batteries operate under a pretty big compromise of needing heating and cooling when temps are too cold and too hot, respectively. That is where lead acid has a pretty significant advantage.
Edit: I had a 1991 miata, and I don't recall having a lithium battery. It was rear-mounted, though.
I lol'd because growing up in cold climate. You had to put a block heater to keep your engines warm enough to start. That ran off electricity. So..... You know, batteries keeping themselves warm isn't really different.
Right this very minute I've got two battery tenders keeping the lead acid batteries trickle charged on some motorcycles in my garage.
None of this shit is different in any meaningful way.
I lol'd because growing up in cold climate. You had to put a block heater to keep your engines warm enough to start.
I'm from Winnipeg, I know.
None of this shit is different in any meaningful way.
It is functionally very different. We heat our blocks, but rare is the person with a battery blanket.
Teslas need warming and cooling for their batteries, and even at that, they lose huge range in super cold winters. But that isn't the real problem, which is that recharge cycles are fewer and fewer every time you charge a cold li-ion.
The newer EVs are switching to heat pumps for managing battery temperature. It's more efficient than resistive heat, and can use the same system for cooling. This helps maintain range both by keeping batteries the right temperature and by doing it more efficiently.
And who in Winnipeg hasn't heard of what happens if you let your gas tank get too empty in extreme cold?
What Happens When Your Fuel Line Freezes: A Comprehensive Guide - CookedByTaste
The relentless grip of winter can bring a plethora of automotive woes. One of the most frustrating and potentially damaging is a frozen fuel line.Richard Wilson (CookedByTaste)
Look man, I own one. I ski. None of the stuff you're saying is actually happening. These things are edge cases at best.
The reality is the differences aren't important in any meaningful way. I've got to do maintenance on my engines to keep them running. I've got to keep the EV plugged in, to keep it running. Literally the same.
The C output rate on sodium ion isn't that high, IIRC.
You can buy sodium ion in 12 volt car battery form factor today. My understanding the only limitation is charging may not work right due the voltage regulators and the different needs on charging. (Which could be overcome with adapters.). Sodium ion will likely replace the lead acid use case by the end of the decade.
The advantage lead acid has for ICE is that it can dump a lot of current all at once. The C output rate on sodium ion isn't that high, IIRC.
Add a capacitor, now it is.
Headline clearly leads "Auto industry warned" implying this is an industrial issue specific to them. And it is. This is not misleading.
The issue is that they are offshoring the lead recycling to very poor nations that have no environmental protection laws. Why? Cos cheaper.
Same issue with almost every industrial problem - the dangers are off-shored. Out of sight, out of mind. The US auto industry was warned about this exact prpblem and pleaded with to set up monitoring and a clean battery sourcing program - and of course they did nothing, because the only way corporations listen is with law and effective enforcement of those laws.
Tehran shrouded in thick smog as Iran burns dirty fuel amid energy crisis
Tehran shrouded in thick smog as Iran burns dirty fuel amid energy crisis
Nearly 59,000 Iranians die prematurely due to air pollution in year to March, according to officials.Maziar Motamedi (Al Jazeera)
Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected
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"No Way To Prevent This" Says Only Package Manager Where This Regularly Happens*
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This is a joke about gun violence.
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly conclude…The Onion Staff (The Onion)
That is pretty evil.
Without signing attestation (both developer and code) there will be no way to find out who was responsible and stop the propagation. This will happen again.
Edit: there have been attempts like docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publish… but that hasn't fixed the problem.
Trusted publishing for npm packages | npm Docs
Documentation for the npm registry, website, and command-line interfacedocs.npmjs.com
Man arrested over fly-tipped mountain of waste
Man arrested over Oxfordshire waste mountain
A 39-year-old man is arrested after the huge pile of rubbish was found in Oxfordshire.Dan Kerins (BBC News)
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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?
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/46161145
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).
‘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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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.
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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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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International response
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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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)
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