Boat attack commander says he had to kill 2 survivors because they were still trying to smuggle cocaine
Boat strike commander says he had to kill 2 survivors because they were smuggling cocaine
Adm. Frank M. Murphy reportedly told lawmakers a second strike was necessary because drugs on the burning vessel remained a threat.Jacob Sullum (Reason Magazine)
Russia's economy is not about to explode
Russia's economy is not about to explode
Yet western propagandists need you to believe that it willIan Proud (The Peacemonger)
Warnings About Retrobright Damaging Plastics After 10 Year Test
Warnings About Retrobright Damaging Plastics After 10 Year Test
Within the retro computing community there exists a lot of controversy about so-called ‘retrobrighting’, which involves methods that seeks to reverse the yellowing that many plastics su…Hackaday
Kash Patel caught ordering FBI agents to drive girlfriend's 'inebriated' pal home: report
Kash Patel caught ordering FBI agents to drive girlfriend's 'inebriated' pal home: report
Kash Patel’s girlfriend issues are not going away with MS NOW reporting that the embattled FBI director has ordered agents to act as Uber drivers and deliver one his girlfriend’s “inebriated” pals home.Tom Boggioni (Raw Story)
Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/31080853
Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.
Technology reshared this.
While it's not a good port, it was still impressive on a technical level. Especially when you consider it was basically done from scratch in about 10 weeks
RIP
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Believed 2020 Election Was Stolen: Report
JUST IN: Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Believed Trump’s Election Conspiracy
Brian Cole, 30, the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., told the FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, according to a report.Zachary Leeman (Mediaite)
Le dernier MastApéroStrasbourg, ou encore le LastApéroStrasbourg, en mode pirate pour la fin d'année !
N'hésitez pas à venir nous voir !
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204011/kash-patel-fbi-ride-girlfriend-drunk-friend
Kash Patel Used FBI as Uber for His Girlfriend’s Drunk Friend
A new report reveals how Kash Patel and his 27-year-old girlfriend are using the FBI for their own personal errands.The New Republic
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution.The Cloudflare Blog
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution.The Cloudflare Blog
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
The FBI director’s use of resources is under intense scrutiny as he insists he’s “a steward of the taxpayer dollars.”
FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting his girlfriend escort one of her allegedly inebriated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville, according to three people with knowledge of the incidents.
Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, asked FBI agents on her security team at least two times, including once this spring, to drive her friend home, and agents objected to diverting from their assignment, said the sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss nonpublic matters. But Patel insisted they do as Wilkins requested and in one case called the leader of Wilkins’ security detail and yelled at him to do so.
News of the effort to deploy agents to provide security for a private citizen has spread through the bureau and beyond, as agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resources, the people said.
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, asked FBI agents on her security team at least two times, including once this spring, to drive her friend home, and agents objected to diverting from their assignment.Carol Leonnig (MS NOW)
Watched Bugonia and I Saw The TV Glow
I didn't expect these movies to have anything in common thematically
::: spoiler spoiler
but they're both literally about moon guys making life real sad
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Also, both had an immersion breaking moment when someone I know from podcasting showed up halfway through the film.
And they're both great! Highly recommend to everyone here. I'm sure mostly everyone here has seen I Saw the TV Glow but Bugonia is another Lanthimos banger.
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
Navy warship fired on US fighter jets mistaken for enemy missiles
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.Jake Epstein (Business Insider)
PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs
PixiEditor
PixiEditor is a free and open-source universal 2D graphics editor, powered by innovative Node Graph workflow. Create vectors, edit photos, design graphics, make pixel art and animate - all in one app!pixieditor.net
non-destructible graphics and animations
My file shredder: finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary
Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
The major Hollywood deal means Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.Rachel Clun (BBC News)
EU fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).European Commission - European Commission
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EU fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).European Commission - European Commission
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After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know
Cross posted from: feddit.uk/post/40600495
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the Council of the EU, representing EU States. The good news is that the most controversial part, the forced requirement to scan encrypted messages, is out. The bad news is there’s more to it than that.
Chat Control has gone through several iterations since it was first introduced, with the EU Parliament backing a position that protects fundamental rights, while the Council of the EU spent many months pursuing an intrusive law-enforcement-focused approach. Many proposals earlier this year required the scanning and detection of illicit content on all services, including private messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Signal. This requirement would fundamentally break end-to-end encryption.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of digital rights groups, including European Digital Rights (EDRi), we won a significant improvement: the Council agreed on its position, which removed the requirement that forces providers to scan messages on their services. It also comes with strong language to protect encryption, which is good news for users.
Continue reading here - eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/afte…
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The truth is, the fascists will always relentlessly find another crevice to stick their dirty hands into. A compromise with fascists isn't a win - it's a defeat with extra steps. Their so called "risk mitigation" is essentially another way in achieving the exact same thing from another angle.
That being said; the war continues. And while it is good that we avoided this policy - we'll never actually win until we change something.
Exclusive: India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Google and Samsung protest
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/54387905
India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance
Exclusive: India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Google and Samsung protest
India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance
Has anyone been able to play efootball 19 on linux?
I would appreciate if there's any tricks to get game to work on linux
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Israel remains in Eurovision
Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after Israel was allowed to compete.
They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza, and accusations of unfair voting practices.
Despite calls for a vote on Israel's participation, members instead approved a new set of rules intended to protect the integrity of the contest.
Ireland's national broadcaster RTE said it felt that its "participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there which continues to put the lives of so many civilians at risk."
In a statement, Dutch broadcaster Avrotros said that "participation under the current circumstances is incompatible with the public values that are essential to us".
Spanish broadcaster RTVE added: "The board of directors of RTVE agreed last September that Spain would withdraw from Eurovision if Israel was part of it."
"This withdrawal also means that RTVE will not broadcast the Eurovision 2026 final... nor the preliminary semi-finals."
Continue reading here - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde6d8…
Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.Mark Savage (BBC News)
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RRF Caserta Speciale Ucraina .Diplomazia frenetica e guerra totale 05 12 25
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GitHub - neonkore/waypipe: waypipe is a proxy for Wayland[0] clients
waypipe is a proxy for Wayland[0] clients. Contribute to neonkore/waypipe development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
vncserver :1 to create X11 display :1 and vnc server on port 5901. if you want to start vnc on a (physical) session already running, you can run x0vncserver. there's also x11vnc but x0vncserver feels much faster for me.
Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports
Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 4 : Meta is expected to make budget cuts of up to 30 per cent for its metaverse initiative, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the discussions.CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
Genova: Il teatro che aiuta le donne a costruirsi una nuova vita
di Enrica Manna da L'Unica newsletter
Tutti i martedì, al TiQu, teatro di quartiere nel centro storico di Genova, un gruppo di donne prova a ritrovarsi. A rimettere in ordine la propria “cassetta degli attrezzi”, come la chiamano qui.
Formation à la désobéissance civile non violente
Bonjour,
Vous êtes ici pour vous inscrire à la Formation à la Désobéissance Civile Non Violente qui aura lieu la journée du dimanche 21 décembre ! Celle-ci aura lieu de 10H30 à 17H30 à Paris, dans un lieu qui vous sera précisé ultérieurement.
Elle sera donnée par des membres d'Extinction Rebellion et sera gratuite. Une participation libre pour nous aider à soutenir les lieux qui nous accueillent est encouragée, si vous pouvez vous le permettre, un euro ou deux suffisent !
Le programme est le suivant : on commencera par une partie théorique de réflexion collective sur les concepts de violence/non-violence, avant de vous décrire la stratégie de la non-violence d'XR. Puis on procèdera à une simulation de blocage, avant de vous décrire l'organisation d'une action XR et les rôles en action, et quelques techniques de blocage. Enfin, on terminera par un brief juridique complet sur les droits et obligations face aux forces répressives (garde à vue, casier judiciaire, amendes, procès...). Une pause déjeuner est prévue, mais il faudra amener votre propre en-cas (ou acheter quelque chose sur place). Venez comme vous êtes, habillé.e.s avec des vêtements confortables et que vous ne craignez pas d'abîmer.
- le lieu est équipé pour les personnes à mobilité réduite
- la formation est pensée pour respecter les besoins en termes de pause/ temps calmes/ vigilance sur les sources de stimulation (sons, lumières)
- vous pouvez y assister quelle que soit votre expérience militante et votre condition physique
- la formation est dispensée en français et il n'y a pas de traduction pour les personnes non-entendantes
- si vous avez des enfants à charge, nous pouvons prévoir une garderie sur place
- la journée est organisée pour éviter d'angoisser les anxieux·ses sociaux.ales
Si vous avez des besoins d'accompagnement spécifiques et que vous souhaitez nous en faire part dans le formulaire ci-dessous
Amour & Rage !
What are your favourite songs discovered this year?
Spotify Wrapped is on the streets now, but rather than everyone saying what a cold algorithm told them their favourite songs were this year, I'd like to hear what actual people actually think.
So what are your favourite musical discoveries this year? Whether those were brand new songs from 2025, older songs that you only heard for the first time this year, or even songs you re-discovered after years of not hearing them.
Here’s some of mine, in the format of a goofy award show:
Favourite New Song From This Year
- Maybe technically cheating because the band has apparently been playing this song live since at least 2023, but the studio version is from this year.
Favourite New Song Actually From This Year
the thoughts that keep me up at night by Marhly - This one makes me feel old, mostly because the artist is that much younger than me. But there’s something about the anxious lyrics that felt very 2025.
Favourite New Song That Really Made Me Feel Old
- Speaking of artists that are way, way younger than me, we have this song. I’m not sure about the warbly vocals in some places, but it’s upbeat and optimistic (like its says on the tin).
Favourite New Song That Made Me Feel Young
Well, Whatever it Was by Joyce Manor - This song feels like it could have come out when I was in high school, but rather than make me feel my age, it put a spring in my step. I didn’t actually listen to much music back then, so maybe I’ve misestimated my musical eras, but I can’t really shake the feeling.
Favourite New Song by a Band That I Saw Live
- Granted, I only went to one concert this year, but still counts, right? I’m not a huge OLP fan, mostly knowing their songs by osmosis, but hearing this song for the first time made me buy a ticket. It was kind of a rebound concert as I had to miss seeing my favourite band on their farewell tour, but I still enjoyed myself, even if they didn’t play this particular song.
Favourite Rediscovered Song
Tornado of Souls by Megadeth - I used to listen to Rust In Peace quite a bit when I was younger, but I kind forgot about it (and most other metal) for the better part of a decade until a new Megadeth song hit my recommendations. That caused me to go back and listen, and reawaken by appreciation for this song.
Favourite Song Discovered Through Weird Coincidence
- This one randomly came up in my wife’s playlist. Neither of us had heard of the band before, but I figure it had something to do with the Ghost songs that we both like.
Favourite New Cover
Folsom Prison Blues by Sawyer Hill - A heavier take on a Johnny Cash song, my first thought when I heard this was, “Boy, they don’t make them like this any more.” Sawyer Hill has an interesting voice, baritone like Cash but more gravelly. Speaking of which…
Favourite New Song That I Liked Purely for a Single Element
- Do I actually like this song? Is this actually a good song? I don't know, but Mr. Hill has a really interesting voice, so I’m willing to forgive some lyrics that feel a bit too cute. I do understand if his voice drives people away, though; what I’ve gathered is that some people really cannot stand it.
Favourite New Song With the Hardest Hitting Lyric
Troubadour Moon by The Wildhearts - “It’s a bitch when you find out you’re just an ordinary man.” Oof.
Favourite New Song That Really Has Me Hoping the Artist Isn’t Problematic
- I kid (mostly), but it is southern rock. I haven’t found anything problematic about Ms. Fish, thankfully, but I also haven’t dug too far.
Favourite New Song Discovered Through Lemmyvision
Band LIke That by fanclubwallet - I submitted a bunch of songs for my country’s entry in Lemmyvision. None of them got many votes, but I did discover this one submitted by someone else.
Honourable Mentions
Ma Cherie by Palaye Royale and Kellin Quinn
In My Pocket by Cafuné
Cafuné - In My Pocket (Official Audio)
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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Nicholas Merrill received a hand delivered National Security Letter from the FBI in 2004, ordering him to give up data on one of his customers.
Merrill opened it and read the letter while the agent waited. The first and second paragraphs told him he was hereby ordered to hand over virtually all information he possessed for one of his customers, identified by their email address, explaining that this demand was authorized by a law he’d later learn was part of the Patriot Act.
The third paragraph informed him he couldn’t tell anyone he’d even received this letter—a gag order.
He then fought a landmark, decade-plus legal battle against the FBI and the Department of Justice. As the owner of an internet service provider in the post-9/11 era, Merrill had received a secret order from the bureau to hand over data on a particular user—and he refused. He refused and won.
After that, he spent another 15 years building and managing the Calyx Institute, a nonprofit that offers privacy tools like a snooping-resistant version of Android and a free VPN that collects no logs of its users’ activities.
Now the completely anonymous phone service. The full article is worth the read.
https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/
Cloudflare is down [Dec 5]
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Advent Calendar 5
Advent Calendar
Zen Mischief Photographs
This year for our Advent Calendar we have a selection of my photographs from recent years. They may not be technically the best, or the most recent, but they’re ones which, for various reasons, I rather like.Dark red parrot tulip
© Keith C Marshall, 2020
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Cloudflare goes again
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Maybe it's about time we stopped using it. They are a scummy company that protect fascists and harassers, and constantly have problems like this.
The internet was not meant to be centralised.
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
Archived version: archive.is/20251205050710/wire…
Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun (2015)
La premiata coppia Erik “Ripley” Johnson & Sanae Yamada, in arte Moon Duo, torna a far danni in questo 2015. Il Duo per l’occasione si trasforma spesso e volentieri in un trio, con l’aggiunta del batterista John Jeffrey a dare nuova linfa a quei ritmi densi e corposi, sempre in bilico tra kraut rock e psichedelia, che sono un po’ il... Leggi e ascolta...
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Hardware resources usage over time ?
Hi,
I'm looking for a FLOSS way to have hardware resources usage ( cpu, mem, storage, network, etc.. ) over time ?
Any lightweight solution suggestion ?
It can be TUI or GUI ( XFCE )
It could be nice also to can filter result/graph by process, user etc..
Thanks
Here's an actual answer, a system monitor with historical data: beszel.dev/
It's a webUI but that shouldn't really matter vs an app with its own GUI.
Beszel | Simple, lightweight server monitoring
Lightweight server monitoring with historical data, Docker stats, and alerts.Beszel
Damn ! look very promising !
Do you know if we can filter the historical data on pid, uid ?
Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
Kohler is getting the scoop on people’s poop.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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Nightreign on Mint is really framey compared to Windows
Posting here because I don't know any other decent communities to ask.
I'm running Mint on a fairly beefy PC that was top spec in 2022. I started with Windows then added another SSD for Linux. I went with Mint but overall I've found games to be a bit lackluster on here.
The main one is Elden Ring: Nightreign. It runs buttery smooth on Windows, but on the same PC using Linux it gets a little choppy and almost unplayable if I'm in a round with others.
I've noticed other issues like Arc Raiders is meant to work well on Linux but was an unplayable mess for me.
I'm just doing everything through Steam so nothing weird or hacky going on, I have a laptop with Bazzite I use to get games from Myabandonware running and it has been fine by comparison.
Are there any extra programs or dependencies I should download? Or should I just switch to Bazzite given I'm gaming and running a Nvidia card? I got into Linux after building this PC so I didn't know AMD was better for Linux at the time. Building this PC showed me how to install an OS on a computer so it was the start of the rabbithole for me in a way.
I know there isn't a lot of details on specs here, but I'm more wondering if there's anything more I should do on a non-gaming focused distro or if it's easier to just switch.
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-88-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 nobleMachine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial:
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx serial:
part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2602 date: 09/27/2024CPU:
Info: 24-core (8-mt/16-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
smt: enabled arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 2.1 MiB L2: 32 MiB L3: 36 MiBSpeed (MHz): avg: 848 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5500:5800:4300 cores: 1: 1100 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 1100 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800 11: 1100 12: 800 13: 1100 14: 800 15: 845
16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800
28: 800 29: 800 30: 800 31: 800 32: 800 bogomips: 191692Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 [GeForce RTX 4090] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05
arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1,DP-3
empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2684 class-ID: 0300Device-2: Remo Tech OBSBOT Meet driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 3564:fef2 class-ID: 0102Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
screens: 1nvidia-driver-580-open
Version 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Also I'm not running any compatibility for Nightreign at the moment. I've tried diffferent Proton variations and it hasn't made a difference.
Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
The latest strike was the first in nearly three weeks. It comes as the Pentagon and the White House have struggled to answer questions about the legal basis for the campaign to kill suspected drug smugglers with military strikes, with US lawmakers promising to investigate the first such attack, in September, in which two survivors clinging to wreckage were killed in a follow-on strike.Hegseth has faced increasing scrutiny over the 2 September strike following a report from the Washington Post that the defense secretary had verbally directed the military to "kill them all". On Thursday, a Democratic lawmaker introduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth, pointing to the boat strike and a report that found he broke rules by sharing information about an attack on Signal, but such an effort is unlikely to succeed.
Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order
Democrat Jim Himes calls footage ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceJoseph Gedeon (The Guardian)
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