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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.youtube.com
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Obamacare Users Face Higher Deductibles, Higher Premiums | People who have insurance under the Affordable Care Act are being asked to pay more for plans that will cover less of their care.
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asknostr.site - Questions show up across multiple nostr apps. Questions and answers can't be fully removed, people can't be permanently banned.
This is a frontend for the asknostr hashtag on nostr, a more decentralized fediverse alternative.
More questions are needed, if you can help. You can sign up instantly with no email address or anything, but it's hard for the user base to grow, because the questions are usually too focused on a small (honestly cultish) number of topics. I find that odd when anyone can ask anything.
The website has content filters to remove spam and stuff from its own display, but the nostr protocol is open source, and you can self host your own backups of removed posts and display them on your own website without losing any data. I also haven't heard of anyone getting a "ban" where all their past posts are filtered at once / they have to stop posting.
As someone who constantly gets banned from places like asklemmy for being a radical communist or whatever, it's especially important to me that there are no bans here, because it means I don't have to worry about admins repeatedly wiping out time I invest in helping people with answers to their questions.
Note: asknostr.site is still early in development and kinda buggy. Remember you can also post to it through the asknostr hashtag from other nostr apps if you want.
#asknostr - Q&A site powered by Nostr
This website is a Q&A community on top of Nostr. The purpose of the site is showcase the power of a decentralized social network protocol and allow easy content discovery.Asknostr.site
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Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos met with Donald Trump to try and win him over ahead of the bidding war for Warner Bros.
- ‘Rush Hour 4’ revived after Trump urged Paramount Skydance to resurrect franchise: Reports
- “Big Fat Bribe”: Stephen Colbert’s Show Canceled After He Slams Trump & Paramount/Skydance Merger
“Big Fat Bribe”: Stephen Colbert’s Show Canceled After He Slams Trump & Paramount/Skydance Merger
The top-ranked show on late-night television, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been canceled, just days after Colbert skewered Paramount, the parent company of CBS, for settling a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump.Democracy Now!
You need to watch the modern horror masterpiece, His House
His House is a modern horror masterpiece that’s better than your average “haunted by trauma” fare.
Apache warns of critical vulnerability in Tika toolkit
The Apache Software Foundation discovered a serious security flaw in Apache Tika, a widely used open source tool for analyzing and extracting metadata from files. The vulnerability has the maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and could enable exploitation if systems are not fully updated.
Apache warns of critical vulnerability in Tika toolkit - Techzine Global
Apache reports a security flaw in Apache Tika, an open source tool for analyzing and extracting metadata from files.Mels Dees (Techzine)
US | Ex-Honduran president thanks God – and Trump – for drug-trafficking pardon
Juan Orlando Hernández thanked the Lord for being ‘a free man’ and then Trump for ‘changing my life’
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Seizure of South Yemen by UAE-backed forces could lead to independence claim
STC troops now control all eight governorates, a major setback for Emirates’ regional rival Saudi Arabia
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Germany's Merz makes first visit to Israel as chancellor
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heads to Israel on Saturday for his first visit since taking office, aiming to reaffirm traditionally solid ties that were shaken during the Gaza war.Merz, after stopping in Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II, is set to fly on to Israel in the evening before meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday.
The German leader is also expected to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
Given the dark legacy of Nazi Germany's industrial-scale murder of Jews, German leaders have long seen unflinching support for Israel as a bedrock of the country's foreign policy.
In a speech in September celebrating the reopening of Munich's synagogue, which was severely damaged by the Nazis, Merz visibly struggled to hold back tears, his voice breaking.
But Israeli-German ties were shaken during the Gaza war [...].
Merz, who took power in May this year, has repeatedly criticised Israel's relentless military campaign, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
In August, he also moved to restrict sales of weapons for use in Gaza.
Since a fragile US-backed ceasefire and hostage deal ended full-scale fighting, Germany has lifted those export restrictions.
Despite the ceasefire deal, more than 350 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to local health authorities, as well as three Israeli soldiers.
The UN also warns that Israel is still not allowing enough aid into Gaza.
Before leaving Berlin on Saturday morning, Merz spoke with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas.
A spokesman said Merz underscored German support for a two-state solution but urged Abbas to push through "urgently necessary reforms" of the PA in order to play a "constructive role" in the postwar order.
After the recent strains, Israel expects a "signal of continued support" from Merz, said Michael Rimmel, head of the Jerusalem office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, affiliated with Merz's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU).German-Israeli relations have been strained over the past two years but remain "better than many people think", Rimmel told AFP.
But he said Berlin has little discernible influence on Netanyahu's government, which has pushed on with West Bank settlements despite protests from Berlin and elsewhere, and dismissed calls for a two-state solution.
"Certainly, President Trump and the Americans have greater influence," said Rimmel, noting that the US president was able to pressure Netanyahu into the Gaza ceasefire.
Gil Shohat, head of the Tel Aviv office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, which is affiliated with Germany's far-left Die Linke party, sharply criticised Merz for making the trip.
Shohat argued that Merz is effectively offering political support to Netanyahu and Israel's hard-right government.
"Netanyahu is a wanted war criminal and is under suspicion of corruption," said Shohat. "Going there now and legitimising him is a fatal sign of normalisation in a situation that must not be normalised."
Although Merz's public criticism of Israel was unusual for a German leader, it was measured by international standards.
Merz recently offered Israel full-throated support as European broadcasters weighed whether to exclude the country from the annual Eurovision Song Contest, calling such a possibility "scandalous".
The decision to include Israel in the upcoming Eurovision event, reached on Thursday, was warmly welcomed in Berlin even as it prompted boycotts from Spain, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Still, despite the close ties, German officials have said there are currently no plans to invite Netanyahu -- who faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes in Gaza from the International Criminal Court (ICC) -- to Berlin.
Merz, not long after his party's election victory in February, vowed to invite the Israeli leader and told him in a phone call that he would not be arrested.
Any tensions in German-Israeli relations have also not disrupted key military ties. Germany last week put into operation the first phase of the Israeli-made Arrow missile defence shield.
The $4.5 billion deal was reportedly the largest arms export agreement in Israeli history, and Berlin has also turned to Israeli firms for help in drone defence.
The German-Israeli Society -- which said Merz's visit must aim to "repair the damaged German-Israeli relations" -- also pointed out that defence ties "have long since reversed".
"Israel is no longer dependent on German technology, but rather German defence depends on Israeli technology."
In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany's support for Israel
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel Saturday for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin's support after traditionally solid ties between the countries were shaken by the Gaza war.RFI
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in $82.7 Billion Deal
The streaming giant's proposal includes a $5.8 billion breakup fee and promises to maintain Warner Bros. current operations, "including theatrical releases." Theater owners are already speaking out.Georg Szalai (The Hollywood Reporter)
Democratic governors say the party's midterm strategy must focus on voters' pocketbook concerns
From the playbook of no shit sherlock.
Of course that's not what ineffective democratic leadership will do.
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China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion for first time
China’s annual trade surplus in goods has topped $1 trillion for the first time, with plunging exports to the United States amid a tariff war more than compensated for by shipments to other markets, new data shows.
Figures released by China’s General Administration of Customs on Monday showed the trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year hit $1.08 trillion in November, as exports climbed 5.9 percent year-on-year that month, reversing a 1.1 percent decline the month prior.
The leap came despite a continued slump in exports to the US, which fell 28.6 percent to $33.8bn last month, the data showed.
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a bitter trade war involving hefty tariffs during the second administration of US President Donald Trump, forcing Chinese exporters to pivot to other markets – although the leaders of the world’s two largest economies agreed to pause the hostilities during a meeting in South Korea in October.
China trade surplus tops $1tn for first time amid pivot to counter US lull
Chinese exports climb as exporters reroute shipments to other markets amid slump in shipments to the US.Al Jazeera
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Fish hook theory
Left–right political spectrum - ProleWiki
The left–right political spectrum is a diagram intended to categorize political ideologies in 3 distinct categories: left wing, right wing and centrist. The model...ProleWiki
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“Trump’s not their Daddy any more.” Russian paper on Europe, over new US national security strategy
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System - John Snow Project
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this.John Snow Project
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Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
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This is why I won't buy a Tesla.
Fortunately for me, used cars with manual transmission are dead cheap here in Slovakia. I think I saw one for 3-4K€ on used car reseller website.
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Some non-English(with subs) anime and series' seem to be freely and officially available on youtube and other websites.
Pretty cool.
Noticed that when searching for To Be Hero X
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To Be Hero X full series (Chinese dub | Eng CC)
Complete series of To Be Hero X Licenced and Distributed by bilibiliYouTube
Bag of words, have mercy on us
Bag of words, have mercy on us
OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?Adam Mastroianni (Experimental History)
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The thing I see LLMs more useful for is searching.
Imagine asking a robot where a book with certain contents is. I wish for that instead of a robot that does my homework, because I suck a little with searching.
I also saw them useful for science: putting all selected, finetuned scientific articles and papers into an LLM to see what it can do on a specific scientific field. So imagine my surprise seeing this is only doable for private associations, since there is nothing "good" on the public web.
The Supreme Court weighs Trump's bid to fire independent agency board members
The Trump administration’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court that could overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.
Lawyers for the administration are defending President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and calling on the court to jettison the unanimous 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor.
Arguments are taking place Monday.
The court’s six conservative justices already have signaled strong support for the administration’s position, over the objection of their three liberal colleagues, by allowing Slaughter and the board members of other agencies to be removed from their jobs even as their legal challenges continue.
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Aftermath of the destruction of a residential building following a Russian attack with FAB-250 and drones in the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on Dec. 7, 2025. One person was killed and a 15-year-old boy was injured in the attacks. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Locals report explosions near Engels airfield, oil depot in Russia’s Saratov Oblast amid overnight drone attacks. Locals reported explosions near the Engels airfield and an oil depot amid overnight drone attacks in Russia’s Saratov and Rostov oblasts.
Kellogg claims Ukraine peace deal close, with Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant key sticking points. Trump envoy Keith Kellogg says a Ukraine peace deal is in its “final stretch” as talks focus on territorial concessions and security guarantees.
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Ukraine reports frontline gain in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Russia advances in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Amid an ongoing Russian offensive, Ukraine has liberated a village in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState and Ukraine’s military reported.
Ukraine braces for ‘critical damage’ after Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast dam threatens water supply. Russia attacked the Pechenihy dam on Dec. 7, threatening the reservoir that supplies water to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
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Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones score ‘successful hit’ on Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery, General Staff says
Ukrainian forces conducted another strike on Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery — one of the country’s largest — during the night of Dec. 5-6, the General Staff reported, marking the ninth attack on the facility this year.
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Human costs of war
At least 2 killed, 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Russia launched five ballistic missiles and 241 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,180,870 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Trump’s peace plan hits a wall | Ukraine This Week
International response
Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace. Czech President Petr Pavel warned that repeated Russian airspace violations may eventually force Europe to shoot down Russian aircraft and drones, and said European countries must be ready to fight and win a war on their own if the U.S. is tied up elsewhere.
Russia, China hold joint anti-missile drills on Russian territory. China says recent joint anti-missile drills with Russia on Russian territory were routine and not aimed at any third party.
Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption. Donald Trump Jr. warned on Dec. 7 that his father may walk away from Ukraine, parroting Kremlin propaganda about corruption in Kyiv driving Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
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Russia’s Africa Corps committing war crimes in Mali, AP reports. The AP spoke to 34 refugees who reported kidnappings, sexual assault, and civilian killings at the hands of the Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by the Russian Defense Ministry.
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Ilhan Omar says Trump's anti-Somali tirade ' completely disgusting
Ilhan Omar says Trump’s anti-Somali tirade ‘completely disgusting’
Minnesota congresswoman says ‘hateful rhetoric’ can lead to ‘dangerous actions by people who listen to the president’José Olivares (The Guardian)
Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse division
Report: Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse division
The money it is saving is to be shifted over to its AI wearables businessAlex Forbes-Calvin (GamesIndustry.biz)
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Arizona Attorney General sues Temu(Online Shopping Platform) over malware, data exfiltration activities and more
Attorney General Mayes Sues Online Shopping Platform Temu for Stealing Arizonans’ Data and Misleading Consumers | Attorney General's Office
PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Temu, the Chinese online shopping platform, for violations of the Arizona Cwww.azag.gov
How Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications
Our recent research into Snapchat shows that its uses misleading notification. This is not legally allowed. Namely, the European Digital Services Act prohibits misleading and manipulative design on online platforms. The research serves as input for possible enforcement actions by the Dutch Authority for Consumer and Markets (Autoriteit Consument & Markt) and supports our advice to include the regulation of attention-grabbing notifications in the Digital Fairness Act.
How Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.Bits of Freedom
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The Moment Carter Opens The Shrine, 1924, Egypt
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RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite
We're finally benchmarking GPU performance in Linux, first using the Bazzite OS following thousands of community requests specifically for this operating system.
RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite | GamersNexus
GPUs RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite December 5, 2025 Last Updated: 2025-12-05 We're finally benchmarking GPU performance in Linux, first using the Bazzite OS following thousands of community requests specifically for this operati…gamersnexus.net
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Lazarus Group’s IT Workers Scheme Hacker Group Caught Live On Camera
Lazarus Group’s IT Workers Scheme Hacker Group Caught Live On Camera
Lazarus Group’s Famous Chollima unit has been caught “live on camera” running its remote IT worker scheme, after researchers funneled its operatives into fake laptops that were actually long‑running sandbox environments under full surveillance.Guru Baran (CybersecurityNews)
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Advent Calendar 8
Advent Calendar
Zen Mischief Photographs
This year for our Advent Calendar we have a selection of my photographs from recent years. They may not be technically the best, or the most recent, but they’re ones which, for various reasons, I rather like.
© Keith C Marshall, 2018
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Heartless Bastards - Restless Ones (2015)
Il quinto album degli Heartless Bastards è uno splendido esempio di gruppo che gradualmente giunge a una completa maturità artistica. A differenza di band il cui talento emerge da subito in maniera più cristallina gli Heartless Bastards hanno dovuto fare parecchia strada per trovare la loro dimensione ideale dopo aver oscillato tra post-punk e country... Leggi e ascolta...
Heartless Bastards - Restless Ones (2015)
Il quinto album degli Heartless Bastards è uno splendido esempio di gruppo che gradualmente giunge a una completa maturità artistica. A differenza di band il cui talento emerge da subito in maniera più cristallina gli Heartless Bastards hanno dovuto fare parecchia strada per trovare la loro dimensione ideale dopo aver oscillato tra post-punk e country... artesuono.blogspot.com/2015/07…
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Heartless Bastards - Restless Ones (2015)
di martchelo Il quinto album degli Heartless Bastards è uno splendido esempio di gruppo che gradualmente giunge a una completa maturità ...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
How I block all online ads
How I block all online ads
A couple of years ago, I decided I'd had enough of ads. Not just the occasional banner or a quick pre-roll video — I mean all of them. They have to go.troubled.engineer
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Below you'll find some other useful things, although they aren't exactly related to ad-blocking:
- Browser extensions against annoyances:
- Cookie popups: Consent-O-Matic
- Captchas: Buster
- I'd also suggest SponsorBlock — it has saved me so much time. There's also an option for TVs and streaming devices.
- If you're on iOS, consider turning off Background App Refresh. Only a few apps use Background App Refresh as Apple designed it, the majority are simply abusing it to get more data about you. If you don't have always-on VPN, you risk exposing your real IP.
- Patched apps are also a thing, and it's also possible to patch mobile apps yourself via ReVanced. While it's a decent option, it's also a security risk — I'm careful with it and don't use it with sensitive accounts.
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GitHub - cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic: Browser extension that automatically fills out cookie popups based on your preferences
Browser extension that automatically fills out cookie popups based on your preferences - cavi-au/Consent-O-MaticGitHub
Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning - Anil Dash
Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.Anil Dash
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This is a good read and makes a lot of great points. I think everyone in tech needs to understand the arguments here. The biggest thing for me is that LLMs are incredibly useful tools, but not in the way they are advertised. They are great for learning how existing code works, but shit at writing anything novel or innovative. From the article:
The past is a prison when you’re inventing the future.
In my opinion, if you're using LLMs to do anything but help you learn from the past, you're doing it wrong. LLMs cannot move you forward, and I think that may be the point.
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I've always said LLMs are fantastic rubber ducks. But taking said rubber duck and telling it to build something end to end or hitting tab without verifying anything is going to lead you to a world of hurt. the person doing it won't know the world of hurt is coming because they simply don't know any better. the company won't know the world of hurt is being built around them because like the vibe coder they dont' know any better.
then suddenly it's finished, pushed to production, and there's your world of hurt.
but hey I get paid to fix said world for them so keep on trucking I guess. at this rate I'll be retiring by the end of the next year.
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ActivityPub only needs to solve object portability and that will remove the only unique advantage that AT Protocol or Nostr have.
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