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in reply to Otter Raft

I just bought an Arc A310 for <$200. I couldn't find a set of 16x2 DDR4 in stock for less than that on Black Friday... Wild times for the RAM market.
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EU plans to ease GDPR laws and AI constraints in major shift


The EU hopes changes will make doing business easier, but campaigners fear citizens' rights are under threat. What can we expect from the EU's proposed new laws on GDPR and AI?

What is being presented as a 'technical streamlining' of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections against digital threats," an open letter read.

"I can confirm 100 percent that the objective... is not to lower the high privacy standards we have for our citizens," said Thomas Regnier, EU spokesman for digital affairs.



OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide - Ars Technica


Facing five lawsuits alleging wrongful deaths, OpenAI lobbed its first defense Tuesday, denying in a court filing that ChatGPT caused a teen’s suicide and instead arguing the teen violated terms that prohibit discussing suicide or self-harm with the chatbot.

The earliest look at OpenAI’s strategy to overcome the string of lawsuits came in a case where parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine accused OpenAI of relaxing safety guardrails that allowed ChatGPT to become the teen’s “suicide coach.” OpenAI deliberately designed the version their son used, ChatGPT 4o, to encourage and validate his suicidal ideation in its quest to build the world’s most engaging chatbot, parents argued.

But in a blog, OpenAI claimed that parents selectively chose disturbing chat logs while supposedly ignoring “the full picture” revealed by the teen’s chat history. Digging through the logs, OpenAI claimed the teen told ChatGPT that he’d begun experiencing suicidal ideation at age 11, long before he used the chatbot.

in reply to Otter Raft

The biggest issue to me is that the kid didn’t feel safe enough to talk to his parents. And that mental health, globally, is taboo and ignored and not something we talk about. As someone part of the mental health system, it’s a joke how bad it is.


Pete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'


in reply to saimen

They’re both crimes, but the first strike has a lot more ambiguity attached to it. The first strike could be argued that it was a legal order. It’s not, but the fact that it could be argued means it is being argued. So discussing the initial strike just leads to bad faith arguments at best.

But with the second strike, there is absolutely no ambiguity. It was blatantly illegal, through and through. The only real defense the entire chain of command has for cold blooded murder is “I was just following orders.” And as World War 2 already proved, that isn’t a valid defense for war crimes.

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in reply to mic_check_one_two

Who is going to find them guilty? The ICC the US talks about in the American Service-Members' Protection Act?
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in reply to Lady Butterfly she/her

He does not want peace. He demanded a capitulation, didn't get one, and is now pissed that his American asset failed to deliver.
in reply to Treczoks

Technically be wants peace, almost every violent aggressor throughout history has wanted peace... On their terms.


[beta] Scatola Magica


Hi all!

Some of you may know me for jotty and cr*nmaster, today I wanted to share my latest creation, it happened on a whim, someone on our discord server needed a simple and lightweight file sharing system (something that works similarly to dropbox) and I really wanted to challenge myself and learn the latest standards for next15/react19 (i'm a tech lead in a software engineering company I, use nextjs/react at work so I tend to try and learn stuff on my own time to not be left behind).

Anyhow! I really wanted to make something that felt.. magic (hence why the name Scatola Magica - Italian for magic box).

Repo url: github.com/fccview/scatola-mag…

My plan was to make something that

  • Allows folder upload (it was a must)
  • Allows uploading from ANYWHERE by just dropping a file on the page (yes you can literally drop a file in the settings page and it WILL still get uploaded)
  • Breaks files in chunks and uploads them in parallel (this way it truly feels stupidly fast)
  • Looks/feels nice and professional (still working on it, it's a beta)
  • If you copy something in your clipboard and paste it, it'll upload it (not text, literal files).
  • Allow users to upload files onto your server within their own folder, no need for permissions, works like an operative system, each user have their own folder they have access to (unless they are admin, at which point they see anything you mounted on the docker image/anything in the dedicated upload folder)

There's a bunch of shortcuts, it already has OIDC login and most things have been documented in the repo howto/ folder.

Short term goals

  • E2E encryption (or some sort of encryption DURING upload)
  • Better upload feedback when uploading folders with tons of files (it currently hangs until it starts uploading, not great UX)

I always get a few every single post, so let's get the cat out of the bag, no, this is NOT vibe coded, yes, I obviously use AI in my workflow - what developer wouldn't in 2025 - especially in my personal projects, doesn't take away the huge amount of work I put in everything I do 😀

Remember this is still a beta, it may be a bit quirky and have bugs, feedback are EXTREMELY appreciated and feel free to open issues on the github page, I am fairly active and keep an eye on things. Another way to directly contact me is via the official discord for my apps - you can find that on the repo, I don't want to spam things here.

Hope you like it 😀


jotty·page - Checklists & Notes made it easy


Hi,
This is my first post here, pretty intimidating! haha

I shared this on reddit, and one of my community members told me this is a good place to also share it, so here we go!

A couple of months back I have built a checklist/note taking app for myself and called it rwMarkable, posted it on reddit and a lot of people seemed to resonate to it, so I kept adding new features and enjoying the small but very involved community that has built around it.

For anyone who hasn't heard of the project before, here's a quick bullet list of some features:

  • Checklists: Create task lists with drag & drop reordering, progress bars, and categories. Supports both simple checklists and advanced task projects with Kanban boards and time tracking.
  • Text Notes: A clean WYSIWYG editor for your notes, powered by TipTap with full Markdown support and codeblock syntax highlighting.
  • Sharing: Share checklists or notes with other users or publicly with shareable links.
  • File-Based: No database needed! Everything is stored in simple Markdown and JSON files in a single data directory.
  • User Management: An admin panel to create and manage user accounts with session tracking.
  • Customisable: 14+ built-in themes plus easy custom theme support.
  • API Access: Programmatic access to your checklists and notes via REST API with authentication for various integrations.
  • OIDC integration: Use any provider to authenticate, follow this tutorial on how to

There have been a lot of requests to change the name due to it sounding a little too close to reMarkable (the tablet - which, btw, i had no idea existed at the time lol) and after getting some amazing community suggestions we landed on jotty.

You can find all the info (and a demo) here: jotty.page/

You can find the repo here: github.com/fccview/jotty

Let me know what you think, the app is very much still in development and every week new features get added (that said, I really value the simplicity and lightweight nature of it, so I will not add anything that compromises it).

Few screenshots



p.s. Nice to meet you all ❤


in reply to irmadlad

Hey!
I am Italian indeed 😀

Glad you like it ❤ remember is a beta, keep it private for now, next release sorts out some security concerns I have and should be fairly solid from that point on!

in reply to fccview

There's a kind of personal, cute story to why I asked, in particular with the name Scatola Magica. You may or may not find it humorous. My lady friend is Italian and often refers to her naughty bits as 'Scatola Magica', or 'the magic box'. She will smile at me and say, 'Scatola Magica baby!' In fact, she has modified Lil' Kim / 50 cent's 'Magic Stick' to include such lyrics. It's kind of cute watching this 65 year old Italian lady sashay around the house singing 'I got the magic box...I know if I can hit once I can hit twice......'. So there you go. Now that I've stained your brain....have a great day! LOL


Russia ready to 'fight to the last Ukrainian,' Putin says amid US peace drive


Vladimir Putin said a U.S. delegation is expected to arrive in Moscow in the first half of next week to discuss the latest American proposal to end the Kremlin's war in Ukraine.

Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday, Putin said no draft peace agreement had been agreed to in recent talks between the U.S. and Ukraine, only a list of issues to be discussed.

Putin also said it was "pointless" to sign any documents with Ukraine's current leadership, alleging that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lacked legitimacy to do so.

in reply to MicroWave

More like to the last Russian, at the speed he's going through them
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in reply to Phoenixz

More like "to the last ounce of gold in the central bank's reserves" (they're already selling it and it won't last much beyond 6 months). After that, more soldiers can't be hired, salaries can't be paid and more Chinese tech can't be bought, unless oil revenues recover (Ukraine will ensure they won't).
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in reply to perestroika

I expect a chunk of Russia gold would coincidentally vanish with Putin's resignation.
in reply to MicroWave

I have to believe that the latest bluster and threats and posing from Trump is because economically, culturally and just from sheer manpower alone, Russia is very nearly spent. Trying to force a Russia friendly solution while they still have the "appearance" of superior force.


ChatGPT down again


Downdetector reporting 35000+ reports
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Technology reshared this.

in reply to usagi

Just checked, my local llama.cpp instance is still up. No, you can't use it.


in reply to acargitz

I am filled with rage whenever I hear stuff talking about the ceasefire as if it still exists. At least articles like this call it like it is. My view is that a ceasefire can only be broken once, and then there would need to be a new ceasefire arranged. Israel broke the ceasefire not long after it was put in place, so it's utterly absurd we're still talking about the ceasefire as if it still exists.


Why the death penalty would cement the Israeli radical right’s ascendancy


A bill to legalize the execution of Palestinians represents an effort to institutionalize revenge and erase all remaining limits on state violence.

https://www.972mag.com/israel-death-penalty-right/

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in reply to acargitz

And people still try to claim that they aren't a genocidal apartheid state.

They are going to be really disappointed when they learn that their gestapo tactics are ineffective against climate change.

Nature bats last.

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in reply to acargitz

Like they're not killing enough Palestinians already.

Fucking murderous scum committing genocide for real estate.




Apple Music Replay 2025 is back with new listening stats


Apple’s Wrapped.


It's been a while, which Lemmy instances should I be on?


I haven’t checked Lemmy for a long time but I wanna get off Reddit again, yet I still need to know how many users are on here. Which lemmy instances are suitable to me, the most popular, and which ones to avoid? For context, im queer, anarchist with DemSoc leaning, and environmentalist. Is there a comprehensive list of all the instances and their main functions? Is the instance I’m on still workable? Any feedback would help, thx. ❤
in reply to SidTheShuckle

Lots of rude and hateful comments over here generating a ton of reports. Next time I'm issuing perma-bans for this kind of nonsense. Be respectful.
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Sony Wants to Launch a Stablecoin and So Does Everyone Else


Corporations are in a hurry to pivot to the blockchain, but they're turning up their nose at bitcoin.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/gizmodo.com/…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.




Brazil approves world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine





"Very alarming:" The Ukraine peace proposal largely ignores the plight of Ukrainian children in Russian captivity - [Opinion]


cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/42589825

Web archive link

...

The highly-discussed draft 28-point peace plan (now reportedly revised to 19 points) endorsed by the United States seems to address, although not resolve, all the major points, including the return of abducted children of Ukraine.

According to the available text of the initial plan, “A humanitarian committee will be established to resolve open issues,” including the return of civilian detainees and reunification of families. In the current version, such a committee will be launched after the deal is agreed upon. Such an approach is dangerous.

Russia has attempted many times to turn Ukrainian abducted children into bargaining chips. Suggestions to exchange them for POWs have been unsuccessfully floated during the Istanbul talks. The proposal demonstrates Russia’s approach to children in general: a source of leverage that can be pulled to extract concessions, muddy the waters, and delay the agreements.

Ukraine made it clear: abducted children should be returned unconditionally and before the deal is finalized with Putin. Otherwise, Russia has no incentive to return children and will take forever to give back a fraction of those who have been kidnapped. What prevents Russia from signing an agreement, having sanctions lifted, and taking ten years to find children that it has “rescued”? By that time, most children will either be adopted, drafted to the army, or brainwashed beyond the point of no return. And Russia will bear no consequences for its actions.

...

The current peace plan also does not mention anything about children in the occupied territories of Ukraine. 1.6 million Ukrainian children are trapped under the Russian occupation, facing militarization and conscription into the Russian army. At least 600,000 children are of school age and forced to study in Russian schools and visit notorious military camps. Many of them want to go to Ukraine but have no safe way to do so. Many are waiting to be liberated and hope to go back to their normal lives. The current peace plan serves those children to Putin on a silver platter by giving up their homeland and omitting the need to rescue them from the Russian occupation.

...

The fact that there is no mention of international legislation that regulates the issue of crimes against children (the Genocide Convention or the Convention on the Rights of the Child) is very alarming. Those documents provide concrete procedures for executing the returns and would pressure Russia to comply. Leaving them out of the deal would give Russia an upper hand in organizing the return of children. Nothing in the current deal prevents Russia from returning a dozen children and calling it even. Without third-party access to Russian records and effective monitoring mechanisms for the return process, talk of rescue risks becoming performative rather than effective.

Overall, a peace plan in its current version allows Russia to dictate the fate of thousands of Ukrainian children who have been abducted or live under occupation. This can easily turn from a humanitarian catastrophe to a national security threat. Russia will turn Ukrainian children into soldiers for future wars against NATO. The administration should reaffirm its commitment to saving children everywhere by including Ukraine in peace negotiations and making the return of children a precondition for further negotiations.

[Edit to insert the link.]

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-does-the-ukraine-peace-proposal-mean-for-abducted-children

in reply to Sepia

Child fucker Trump couldn't care less about children, let alone foreign children, so of course his "peace" plan doesn't mention anything about children in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
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OpenAI confirms major data breach, exposing names, emails and more


cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/31211123

I honest to fucking God don't understand how cybersec is so fucking bad that there are so many damn data breaches that I lost count. I had a few accounts on chatgpt (that I dont use anymore) but they are all compromised now...

Just what the fuck is this shit? Are they done by lone actors or cybercrime gang? Or are they state actors or state-backed actors? Or are they inside jobs to allow the company to sell data illegally to make more money? Flock has admitted to using data from data breaches to their system.

You also notice how rarely you hear about cybercriminals getting caught? It's almost like if you take even a minor bit of opsec you can get away with anything.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-chatgpt/openai-confirms-major-data-breach-exposing-users-names-email-addresses-and-more-transparency-is-important-to-us

in reply to ArmchairAce1944

OpenAI claims that ChatGPT users were unaffected, with chat content, API usage, passwords, payment details, and government IDs remaining safe. However, users of OpenAI's API interfaces at platform.openai.com have seen a variety of data exposed in this latest breach.





Guinea-Bissau’s President Says He Has Been Deposed. The Opposition Says It’s a Trick.


The military announced on Wednesday it had taken over the West African nation. Later, the opposition leader accused the incumbent president of staging the coup d’état to try to retain power.

Gunfire rang out near the presidential palace and national electoral commission headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, prompting confusion across Bissau, the capital.

Then, in a scene that has become familiar during the spate of coup d’états across West Africa in recent years, a military spokesman went on state television surrounded by heavily armed, uniformed men. He announced that they had deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, closed the country’s borders and airspace and suspended the electoral process. He also announced a curfew and declared a state of emergency.

The statement from Mr. N’Tchama came shortly after the opposition candidate, Fernando Dias, made an impassioned speech claiming to have won Sunday’s election, and saying that he was only waiting for the final announcement of the national electoral commission on Thursday.

“We will go out into the streets to say thank you to all the people of Guinea-Bissau for all that they have done,” he told a crowd of supporters.

Mr. Dias is supported by an opposition coalition that includes the country’s largest party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. That party and its leader, Domingos Simões Pereira, a former prime minister, were barred from running in last week’s election.

After the military takeover on Wednesday, Mr. Pereira’s nephew, Edson Pereira, said that his uncle had been arrested and was being held in a prison in Bissau.

After armed clashes broke out in December 2023 between military forces and the national guard, Mr. Embaló, who was out of the country at the time, declared a coup had been attempted against his presidency. Days later, he dissolved Parliament, in which the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde had held the majority.

Before his campaign, Mr. Embaló repeatedly said that even if he did not win, Mr. Pereira should not be allowed to run the nation. Mr. Dias had promised to restore the government that Mr. Embaló dissolved.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/world/africa/guinea-bissau-coup.html



Taiwan asks to join AUKUS, warns on China coercion


cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/46327782

Archived

Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to Australia is urging the Albanese government to include the island in the AUKUS security pact, as he warned China’s coercive behaviour and military activity in the Pacific should ring alarm bells.

Douglas Hsu, Taiwan’s top representative in Australia, also warned that Chinese-made electric cars posed cybersecurity risks and said Beijing was trying to project military force across the region.

[...]

“Last year, they launched long-range missiles into the South Pacific, and earlier this year they sent naval vessels surrounding Australia,” Hsu told The Australian Financial Review, referring to a Chinese naval taskforce’s circumnavigation of Australia in February and March.

“I don’t think they have any business ties with Antarctica. So why do they send their naval ship here in this region? I think that is the way they are showcasing their defence capacities, and that is certainly alarming to all the countries in the region.”

[...]

Conceding it was a sensitive topic, Hsu said the Taiwanese government had expressed interest in joining Pillar II of AUKUS given the island’s capabilities in high-end technology, including artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

“With the capacity of Taiwan in manufacturing, we believe that we have the strength working with other countries, especially in AUKUS Pillar II, to advance those defence and technologies to the next level, so we believe that Taiwan can be helpful,” he said.

Pillar II of AUKUS – the technology stream of the pact – commits Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to jointly accelerate the development of advanced capabilities including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, undersea warfare and hypersonic missiles.

[...]

[Edit to include the archived link.]



Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership


archive.is/6I0jN

The main challenge for governments will be how to create frameworks and deals to gain equitable access to Chinese technology. Chinese negotiators drive a hard bargain. European and US policymakers will need to have a clear idea of what they want and how they want to get it.


Colombian President Petro Says Venezuela Oil 'At Heart' of Trump Aggression | Common Dreams


Jon Queally
Nov 26, 2025

“What lies behind this,” said Petro, “is the same thing behind the war in Ukraine... petroleum,” noting the size and quality of Venezuela’s reserves. “In general, all of the wars of this century had to do with oil.”

If Trump were to get the upper hand, Petro suggested, the United States would get Venezuela’s oil “almost for free,” predicting that—“based on the evidence so far”—that the US will go to war over the resources.

Trump, said Petro, “is not thinking about the democratization of Venezuela, let alone the narco-trafficking,” adding that Venezuela is not considered a major drug producer or transit point for most narcotics headed to the United States.

World News reshared this.

in reply to Peter Link

Venezuela is ask in for it. If you don't want to be invaded make sure your oil reserves are very modest. USA just can't help it, it is in its nature.
in reply to Peter Link

True, water is wet.

Also, did you know that Greenland has ridiculously vast natural resources on top of being a choke point for the northwest passage?


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Great write-up, love this part especially:

Western propaganda became so effective that it ultimately lobotomized its own creators as European leaders started mistaking their narrative dominance for actual material superiority.


It's always a treat to see the parasite that gave birth to the settler-colony get its just deserts even if it pales in comparison to what it ravaged..

in reply to Samsuma

Thanks, and definitely some irony with Europeans getting hooked on their own supply.




in reply to cm0002

I feel like when 'Zero Trust' first became a thing, the theme was 'you should have every endpoint under your control hardened so it need not feer untrusted peers being able to connect'. E.g. if you think you absolutely need VPN to a 'private network' for security, then you are failing to be hardened in a 'zero trust' way, because you implicitly fear that your systems would fall to untrusted peers.

I feel like it's evolved to 'don't let anything be able to connect to anything under your control unless you have admin privilege over it as well'. Which is particularly a nightmare when you try to collaborate between two companies, each balking at the other's hard requirement to have admin access to all network peers of interest.

in reply to jj4211

  1. Corporations really, really love being admin on everybody elses devices. See kernel level anticheat.
  2. I feel like people have gotten zero trust (I don't need to trust anybody) confused with "I don't trust anybody".
  3. I was listening to a podcast by packet pushers and they were like "So you meet a vendor, and they are like, 'So what do you think zero trust means? We can work with that'".
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Immich Is Now Stable!


You can find Immich at [url=https://immich.app/]https://immich.app/[/url] If you want to buy Immich merch, go to [url=https://immich.store/]https://immich.store/[/url] You can learn more about FUTO at [url=https://futo.org/]https://futo.org/[/url]
You can find Immich at immich.app/ If you want to buy Immich merch, go to immich.store/ You can learn more about FUTO at futo.org/
in reply to mesa

It still doesn't do chunked uploads, right? For who has a low memory proxy or uses cloudflare
in reply to mesa

does immich have an option to automatically delete older, backed-up pics from devices in order to free up space and not worry about running out disk space on smartphone?

I tried to search the docs and it seems it's missing

in reply to drgeppo

I've not seen that option, but I use syncthing instead of the phone application to sync my photos to a specific folder on my NAS which is then an external library for Immich.

TBH, I don't want anything deleting anything automatically.

I'll often delete newer pictures of temporary stuff but keep older pictures of my frinds & family, so, that's not a feature I'd see any value in. It tends to just make me lazy and build up GBs of junk photos on my NAS (and backups...)

in reply to SayCyberOnceMore

That sounds like a great solution to my current frustration that the autobackup feature of Immich on iOS is so opaque. It only works when the app is open and even then oftentimes you're just staring at the backup screen while seemingly nothing is happening, despite Immich's backlog of thousands of photos still needing to be uploaded.
in reply to drgeppo

No but there is a semi work around.

When using the app if you select all images one of your options will be delete from device when you click on that it will say hey some of these might not be backed up and one of your option is to only delete the things that have been backed up. It's not automatic but it is a way you can kind of just Mass do it to everything

in reply to drgeppo

it's wip, they are iterating it

i think they added it as beta, then reverted, then now is being reworked




3 arrested in Hong Kong, as a high-rise fire leaves at least 36 dead and 279 reported missing


Police in Hong Kong arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter, several local news media reported, in connection with a blaze that has killed at least 36 people and left another 279 missing in the city’s deadliest fire in years.

Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the fire which started on Wednesday afternoon, spread across seven of the eight high-rise apartment buildings in a housing complex in Tai Po district, a suburb in the New Territories. At least 29 others remained hospitalized. Bright flames and smoke shot out of windows as night fell.

Authorities said earlier that investigators would be looking into factors including whether material on the exterior walls of high-rise buildings met fire resistance standards, as the rapid spread of the fire was unusual.

Officials said the fire started on the external scaffolding of one of the buildings, a 32-storey tower, and later spread to inside the building and then to nearby buildings, likely aided by windy conditions.

https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-highrise-fire-tai-po-cf40065101b2b6f8ac7bc43d9f228022

in reply to AmbiguousProps

Do we know anything about these people? Not names or anything but were they residents? Contractors? Employees? Randoms who just wanted to kill?
in reply to vrek

from the article-

“We have reason to believe that those in charge of the construction company were grossly negligent,” said Eileen Chung, a senior superintendent of police.

The three men arrested, aged 52 to 68, are the directors and an engineering consultant of the firm.

in reply to AmbiguousProps

Oh that death toll is going to rise dramatically as 279 are reported missing.

Oh and just while writing it I saw another headline saying 44 dead 279 missing.



Russian invasion of Ukraine: One in 10 rescued Ukrainian children sexually abused in the occupied territories, NGO warns


cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/42547282

Archived

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Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the centre has rescued over 100,000 children from the frontlines and more than 1,000 from the occupied territories and Russia, through unofficial routes and brave, special operations. It estimates that one in 10 of these children has experienced sexual abuse. The victims, of all ages and sexes, include girls who have been raped and suffered forced pregnancy, “so they will give birth to future Russian soldiers,” said Alina Dmytrenko, government relations officer at the Save Ukraine Centre, an NGO that helps families escape Russian occupation, returns children abducted by Russia.

“We have these cases which are very sensitive,” she confirmed. “It is a system. It is part of Russia’s aim when it comes to children: to break Ukrainian identity and trust. To turn Ukrainians into Russians. All the children who come here are traumatised, afraid to talk, to express emotion. But with sexual abuse, all of this is much heavier.”

“Russia is specifically targeting children,” she added. “It is shocking. How can you abuse the most vulnerable?”

...

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ukraine-russia-child-abductions-abuse-kyiv/

in reply to Sepia

That’s actually less than what i would have expected. Although they do have a 100% „general abuse“ rate.
in reply to lemmylommy

All the children who come here are traumatised, afraid to talk, to express emotion. But with sexual abuse, all of this is much heavier.”


Especially with forced pregnancy, to "raise future russian soldiers".



This company charges disabled vets millions, even after VA said it's likely illegal


The company Dustin hired: Trajector Medical.

NPR spent months looking into Trajector, interviewing 11 former employees and hearing from 60 veterans who hired the company. The investigation revealed a company that started with a mission to help disabled vets, but that former workers say now is intent on aggressive debt collection and maximizing profits. NPR discovered a web of corporate entities that Trajector uses to contend that it stays within the bounds of a law to protect veterans. Despite repeated written warnings from the VA that it may be breaking that law, the company continues to operate.

NPR also found that the company's moneymaker is a computerized robo-dialer system named "CallBot" that bombards a VA phone hotline meant for vets. Trajector is not accredited by the VA and the VA won't give it any information about vets' disability pay. So it uses CallBot as a side-door to sleuth that out. Trajector regularly enters social security numbers and birthdates obtained from tens of thousands of its clients into the phone hotline, which reveals the amount of each veteran's monthly disability payment. When the company detects an increase, it automatically sends a bill, sometimes for as much as $20,000, and then starts calling to collect.

Trajector is not alone. In recent years, scores of large and small outfits have sprung up promising to help vets apply for disability benefits. Critics call them "claim sharks."



Looking for a PeerTube instance that actually accepts new users


I have been trying to find a PeerTube instance so I can upload music my son's band performs.

I signed up to 5 different PeerTube instances over the past two weeks. 4 of them have not accepted or rejected my application, despite all of their pages saying the accept within 24-48 hours. The fifth instance denied my application with, "read the coc and reapply". I had read it before applying, but I read it again and reapplied, it was again denied with the same reason given.

I would like to find an instance for music, preferably not hosted in the US.

in reply to julian

Yes, I killed Canada, not worth to host a backend there anymore :3
in reply to Fijxu

Yes, I killed Canada


Holy shit, that's like Hitler levels of evil.



Lemmy Development Update November 2025


We're still working hard on the 1.0 release, needing a few more major additions to lemmy-ui, and some less critical items for lemmy.

Then it will be a period of performance and bug testing, as well as giving time to allow app devs to update to the API changes.

The major changes during November were:

::: spoiler Full list of changes by user

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dessalines



Nutomic


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Or see the full list of changes at the links below:


An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and Nutomic work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. The only available option are user donations.

To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached we can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.

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in reply to Dessalines

Ooh this is really great stuff. Thanks for all the amazing work 😀


Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'


Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation.

The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1 billion, much less multiple billions. Announced on GivingTuesday, the Dells believe it’s the largest single private commitment made to U.S. children.

Its structure is also unusual. Essentially, it builds on the “ Trump Accounts " program, where the U.S. Department of the Treasury will deposit $1,000 into investment accounts set up by Treasury for American children born between Jan. 1, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2028. The Dells’ gift will use the “Trump Accounts” infrastructure to give $250 to each qualified child under 10.

https://apnews.com/article/michael-dell-susan-trump-accounts-stock-market-poverty-inequality-7e2615d50a3fc0563109ed0eeb4c41e1



FSD: test di guida autonoma avviati in Italia


Quali altri brand?

youtu.be/d7PQf-prb8s

youtu.be/MaMzLrhtrr0

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in reply to Poliverso

Che tristezza stellantis, sti scemi alla Ferrari sono all'età della pietra ormai

media.stellantis.com/em-en/lea…

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in reply to suoko

FSD lite:

chat.qwen.ai/s/t_9dafc337-95e0…



Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison | CNN


Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.
Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/europe/italy-femicide-law-intl-hnk

in reply to LadyButterfly she/her

That's nice.

Can police start believeing women who tell them they feel they are in danger, and do something about it before someone kills them, now?

in reply to MentalEdge

I think this is the bigger problem, actually. It could have prevented a number of femicides.
in reply to Treczoks

For real.

The law in a lot of places does not allow police to do anything to help someone, before their life has already been risked.

Unfortunately the first attempt on someone's life can be just as lethal as a hypothetical second.

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in reply to LadyButterfly she/her

Wouldn't it be smarter to have a law that simply and generically adds penalties on a crime committed out of hate against a population group?

So instead of "just" femicide, it could also cover hate against e.g. members of religions, the handicapped, or, in a reverse case, maybe even cover a hate-murder on a man?



US can’t overcome manufacturing gap with China


#USA
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

No I’m not I know more about politics than you do I’ve been working in this shitty game for 17 years I’ve met world leaders helped people win elections helped countries win wars. You’re just a propagandist à la goebbels.