Sick of posts telling you enshittification happened to another thing? !deshittification@thebrainbin.org
Stopped poking my head in communities like !technology@lemmy.world because the frequent bad news posts, followed by rightfully upset comments, was depressing and stressful. And it just felt worse that there was so much outrage, but usually not a comment telling you alternative options or small actions you could take to try to resist the enshittification—rage with no productive outlet besides complaints online. So I'm popping my head back in here because I feel it would be useful to post somewhere that tries to give you those things and has a rule against posting bad news with no action we can take to maybe claw back value for ourselves: !deshittification@thebrainbin.org
If you must talk about enshittification, please include how someone could reverse it; otherwise, post it elsewhere
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State of affairs for technology seem bad? But what is being done to change it? And what could be done by you so it changes at least for yourself?A community to talk about the reversal of enshittification, be it news, actions that could be done, etc.
A person that sees no solution has no reason to keep going.
Hope others here are heartened by it as I was.
Full disclosure: I don't mod this community or otherwise have power in it. I just post sometimes.
Prigionieri del nostro destino: la solitudine nell’era post-pandemica di Lorenzo Zucchi
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- La Solitudine come Tema Centrale
- La Ferita della Pandemia sui Più Giovani
- Un Ritorno alla Natura
- Un Romanzo di Profondità Psicologica
Titolo: prigionieri del nostro destino
Autore: Lorenzo Zucchi
data di pubblicazione: 25 maggio 2025
casa editrice: Edizioni Underground
numero pagine: 206 pagine
Mauro vive una vita ordinaria a Sesto San Giovanni: una famiglia apparentemente unita, un lavoro da tecnico di elettrodomestici, e un’ossessione per i gialli e i social notturni. Quando il lockdown ferma il mondo, Mauro continua a muoversi tra case e cortili, ma la sua mente deraglia. Il confine tra realtà e fantasia si assottiglia, tra desideri repressi e incontri ambigui con tre giovani donne: Emily, Flora e Christelle ― le sue “Tre Grazie”. Nel silenzio irreale di una città spenta, Mauro perde contatto con tutto, anche con sé stesso. Il ritorno del “cronista dell’invisibile”, con un romanzo nero e psicologico che unisce ironia, malinconia e suspense, per raccontare la solitudine urbana, il desiderio che consuma, e la sottile linea tra ciò che siamo e ciò che potremmo diventare.
Prigionieri del nostro destino: la solitudine nell’era post-pandemica di Lorenzo Zucchi
Prigionieri del nostro destino di Lorenzo Zucchi è un romanzo che esplora le cicatrici lasciate dalla pandemia, immergendoci in una Milano silenziosa e abbandonata, dove l’aria di paura, disagio e solitudine si fa palpabile. Zucchi ci racconta come gli anni della pandemia abbiano cambiato non solo il volto delle città, ma anche le dinamiche familiari e i rapporti interpersonali. Un viaggio emotivo che ci porta a riflettere sul vero significato della solitudine e dell’isolamento, temi tanto universali quanto devastanti.
La Solitudine come Tema Centrale
Nel romanzo, i protagonisti sono Antonella, Mauro, i loro figli e Costantin, un amico di Mauro che funge da supporto durante il difficile periodo della pandemia. La solitudine è il filo conduttore che lega le loro storie. Mauro si perde nel suo lavoro monotono, che diventa un rifugio dal caos esterno ma anche dalla sua vita familiare. Si lascia catturare da sogni giovanili e illusioni, mentre la sua famiglia si allontana sempre più. Antonella, dal canto suo, cerca una fuga, ma la sua ricerca di un sogno nuovo non riesce a colmare il vuoto che sente dentro.
La pandemia ha amplificato questa solitudine, ma la verità è che, per molti, essa era già presente. Non sono solo le pareti delle case a separare le persone, ma anche muri invisibili, spesso creati dai ritmi frenetici della vita quotidiana. In questo contesto, la solitudine non è più solo un’esperienza personale, ma un’emozione collettiva, condivisa da tutti, anche dai più piccoli.
La Ferita della Pandemia sui Più Giovani
Un tema particolarmente forte nel libro riguarda gli effetti devastanti della pandemia sui bambini. La privazione dei contatti sociali, la chiusura delle scuole e il distacco da amici e familiari ha avuto un impatto diretto sul loro sviluppo psicologico e relazionale. Zucchi esplora con delicatezza questo aspetto, mostrando come la pandemia abbia messo in crisi la crescita dei più giovani, non solo sul piano educativo, ma anche su quello emotivo. La solitudine, in un periodo in cui l’interazione sociale è stata drasticamente limitata, ha inflitto cicatrici che potrebbero non rimarginarsi facilmente.
Un Ritorno alla Natura
L’autore mi ha raccontato che Prigionieri del nostro destino è nato proprio durante quegli anni di isolamento forzato. Quello che la pandemia ha reso evidente è stata la necessità di rallentare e riscoprire ciò che davvero conta, come il contatto con la natura. Forse, un aspetto positivo di questa triste parentesi è stato il ritorno alla semplicità e alla bellezza dei piccoli gesti quotidiani, come camminare scalzi sull’erba. Zucchi, che cammina spesso a piedi nudi, racconta come questo semplice atto sia stato per lui una fonte di ispirazione, un modo per riconnettersi a una parte più selvaggia e primitiva di sé. Un messaggio potente: dobbiamo avere il coraggio di scoprire la nostra parte selvaggia e di tornare alle radici di ciò che siamo.
Un Romanzo di Profondità Psicologica
Prigionieri del nostro destino non è solo un romanzo sulla pandemia, ma una riflessione profonda sulla solitudine, sull’importanza dei legami umani e sull’impatto che l’isolamento può avere sulla nostra psiche. La scrittura di Zucchi, densa di emozioni e riflessioni, non si ferma alle prime parole, ma va oltre, spingendo il lettore a confrontarsi con il proprio vissuto e con le proprie paure. È un libro che invita a riflettere sulla nostra condizione esistenziale e ci fa capire quanto sia fondamentale non solo vivere accanto agli altri, ma anche vivere con gli altri, creando connessioni autentiche.
Se c’è qualcosa che possiamo imparare da questo romanzo, è che la solitudine, sebbene amplificata dal Covid, è una condizione che molti di noi portano dentro. La pandemia non ha inventato la solitudine, ma l’ha resa più visibile, più tangibile. Prigionieri del nostro destino ci invita a non rimanere prigionieri di questa solitudine, ma a cercare sempre il contatto, il dialogo, l’amore. Perché solo così possiamo davvero essere liberi.
Solitudine nel romanzo Prigionieri del nostro destino
Scopri come la pandemia ha influito sulla vita di Antonella, Mauro e Constantin in un racconto profondo che racconta Milano nella pandemia.Gloria Donati (Magozine.it)
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Explainer: Why gas plays a minimal role in China’s climate strategy
Explainer: Why gas plays a minimal role in China’s climate strategy - Carbon Brief
While gas could play a role in decarbonising some aspects of China’s energy demand, multiple factors would need to changeCarbon Brief Staff (Carbon Brief)
X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packs
X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packs
X is rolling out a new feature called “Starterpacks” to all users in the coming weeks, the company’s head of product has announced.Mariella Moon (Engadget)
Dell i7 Laptop Price Guide – Refurbished Dell i7 Laptops from Eazypc
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Anthropic releases new AI Constitution for Claude
Claude's new constitution
A new approach to a foundational document that expresses and shapes who Claude iswww.anthropic.com
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Ripping Blu-Rays
Ahoy everybody.
Lately I was thinking about buying Blu-Rays to actually own the media that I enjoy watching. I need some recommendations for player/ripper hardware so I can both backup make a backup and also share what I'll get with you guys.
Let me know of something good and preferably cheap that I can get in the EU. Thanks, guys 😀
MakeMKV for ripping it. You can either buy it or use it free by going to the forums and getting the monthly reg key.
If you then want to reencode, Handbrake. I've given up on reencoding my personal collection and bought a couple of large hard drives. But to make sharing easier, might want to reencode to x265 or AV1 to manage the file size.
Also might want to consider a libre drive. It is a Blu-ray/UHD drive that has custom firmware which region unlocks it and helps the ripping process. You can find reputable sellers in the MakeMKV forums.
Recommendations for federated CMS alternatives to Wordpress?
Crossposted from kbin.earth/m/fediverse@lemmy.z…
Crossposting to get more input (on the actual issues)
Fedi folks, I turn to you for advice with a bit of a problem. I co-admin an ActivityPub-enabled Wordpress site with 15+ years worth of blog posts and a couple of long podcast series. When WP announced their "vision" to become a CMS for "AI", the collective admin reaction was to get the hell off that boat before it turned to algorithmic shit.[NB — I realise this isn't an anti-"AI" community, but that part is only the starting premise of our situation here. I'm not getting into discussions with slop herders in the comments]
We're a loose network of nerds discussing the speculative genres, including sci-fi. We've seen this movie, we know how it's going to play out. Trouble is, we're not coders. We can assemble the proverbial IKEA flatpak kit and give it a lick of CSS paint, but we can't be trusted to build furniture we'd want to sit in ourselves.
The crunch points for alternatives are
- the ability to migrate an old, multi-user WP site without breaking too many canonical URLs and feeds,
- needing a somewhat familiar backend for most of the non-techie contributors to even post stuff, and
- the federation bit, which is why I post this to !fediverse first. I am aware that setting up an essentially new fedi instance at the same address as a previous one is disencouraged. I'll be glad to hear how or if this can be avoided while preserving profile and post URLs...
So last month I mined the Mastodon hive mind for existing alternatives to WP with fediverse capabilities, and got a selection of qualified responses. I nixed WriteFreely and Plume early on, because while they are perfectly good, federated blog software, my impression is they lean toward a text focused minimalist layout that would be hard to deviate from, where our current site has a bit more pizzazz.
Going through the alternatives listed below, maybe that's a superficial reason to throw some good options out with the bath water. Either way, I'm presenting you with the most frequent, feasible, and/or interesting offers. I've done some surface research and weighed pros and cons for our use case, but I hope there are people out there who can add their experience to the eventual decision:
ClassicPress
This should be a shoo-in, right? It's basically Wordpress with some newer parts torn out (specifically the Gutenberg block editor), but most of the core architecture remains. Including many, many plug-ins. Plus, they're said to have sworn off any "AI" nonsense. Migration would be relatively easy, and with a little bit of luck nobody would even know the difference.Except apparently compatibility with the WP-activityPub plugin broke. So that's out of the window.
Ghost
A lot of recommendations for Ghost! I believe it was originally another Wordpress fork, but was completely rewritten early on? Either way, a few things turn me off Ghost as an potential alternative:
- The insistent "we help you monetize your content" vibe on the project website. That's a personal quibble; our site is just entirely non-commercial for the sake of everybody's well-being. I'm told all of that stuff can be turned off in individual installs, though.
- Ghost's ActivityPub implementation is reportedly not making great progress despite enthusiastic early announcements? If that's not a deal breaker,
- the fact that the Ghost devs are relying on agentic LLMs to code the application is. Just nope.
Backdrop CMS/Drupal
From what I'm told, Drupal is a step up the CMS learning curve from Wordpress, but since they're projects that have coexisted for a long time, there are established and tried migration methods from one to the other.I'm not exactly on top of Drupal's ActivityPub implementation, though. But even if that's in a workable shape, Drupal is trying to pitch itself as "the best AI-powered Open Source CMS in the world". Which, to me, is like saying you only put the sharpest razor blades available in kids' Hallowe'en candy.
One user involved in the Backdrop CMS fork from Drupal 7 made convincing arguments for that over later Drupal versions, so here's hoping they drank the right (ie., federated, not algorithmic) Kool Aid.
Hubzilla
Now, this may be the most exciting but also most challenging alternative. Hubzilla is a fairly advanced, and in some ways mold-breaking Fediverse application. From the same developer who made Friendica and (streams), and, if I understand correctly, based on the same core principles.In contrast to Wordpress and Drupal, Hubzilla declares itself "a CMS which doesn't use LLM / AI". Can't say I don't appreciate that signalling! And of course the whole package revolves around federation. But wait.
The CMS part may be technically correct, but as far as I can tell making Hubzilla present as a plain blog or website requires some advanced stylesheet finagling — and the application only comes with one official, microblog-esque theme. I haven't found any open projects trying to bridge that visual gap, but will appreciate your tips about them if they exist.
For Hubzilla to be a feasible alternative here, we will also need to be able to migrate existing posts, media, users and comments from Wordpress. Preferably in a way that doesn't mess up permalinks too badly. A quick glance at Hubzilla urls indicate that the entire architecture is very different. I assume concepts like "channels" substitute "authors"(?) but I don't know where we are with WP terms like taxonomies.
So there's a challenge, and I'm hoping others have tried (and hopefully succeeded in) that particular migration... or at least have advice to offer.
Bonus: Bonfire
I'm putting this on the table because I expect somebody is going to suggest it in the comments. Like Hubzilla, Bonfire looks really interesting as a Swiss army knife for the Fediverse: You want to make a blog? Take these modules. A community forum? Try these other ones. It's federated first, and it seems to make good headway toward its goals.But there is no official CMS flavour is still in development; we have no idea about migration possibilities, and honestly? The more mature Hubzilla will be a challenge, I'm fairly certain this is a step further out of our comfort zone. This is totally an "us" problem, not a Bonfire one.
So, thoughts? Specifically practical advice on Hubzilla and/or/versus Backdrop, which I think are the most realistic avenues right now. But there may be alternatives I just didn't see even though they're right in front of me.
I'm ready to have my mind changed on WriteFreely, or to hear about something completely new to me. Mostly though, I'm hoping for replies that consider the massive history of posts and comments that we look to import into the next generation of our site.
Thanks in advance!
So, given WP is willing to sell all its users down the river for some quick "AI" buzz, what fedi-enabled alternatives exist for human-centric websites? therepository.email/wordpress-…I know of write.as, plume. They're too ascetic to match the brief. ClassicPress could be an option, provided the WP-ActivityPub add-on works with that.
#wordpress #ActivityPub #CMS #noAI #fediverse
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Retail stores still selling the same overpriced junk since at least 2019 and even pretending it's on sale
(Price is in € EUR)
For context, six months ago I bought a renewed Thinkpad X395 for exactly this price and I got: An actually decent CPU and not something as powerful as a Wii, 16 GB of RAM, 256 GB of actual M.2 SSD, a really nice 1080p Touchscreen, really nice build quality with metal and a nice backlit keyboard.
Heck, even when I bought a cheap laptop in May 2020 it was much better than this and it even was brand new for the same price.
I know this CPU very well, for this price you are getting something that has trouble playing a Youtube video in 1080p at 60 FPS and can't even run the latest version of Minecraft at above 10 FPS.
Now imagine this combined with Windows 11 and only 4 GB of RAM...
No, this is not because of the current hardware crysis, this is pure greed.
But hey, 1 year of Microslop 365 is included!
Don't buy consumer laptops, especially not ones that are this cheap. Buy used business laptops; Dell Latitude, Lenovo ThinkPad, even used HP EliteBooks are better are better value than most stuff you get under 1000€ new.
Even a dual-core Haswell CPU is gonna be better than a Celeron. Plus you'll be able to upgrade storage and RAM.
Intel Core i7-4600M Benchmark
Performance and price comparison graphs for Intel Core i7-4600M @ 2.90GHzwww.cpubenchmark.net
So what happened with Venezuela?
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/10455030
Is it still sovereign?What about the Maduros?
Who is in charge there and are they kowtowing to the United States, doing a bit of both (their own thing and pacifying the United States), or are they resolutely against USA influence?
Are there still air strikes?
Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth place
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European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.European Alternatives
Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth placeTASS
Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth place
LibreFind: l’app Android che trova alternative FOSS alle applicazioni proprietarie
LibreFind nasce con un obiettivo molto chiaro: aiutare gli utenti Android a individuare rapidamente quali applicazioni installate non sono libere e quali alternative open source possono sostituirle.
L’app analizza il dispositivo, confronta i pacchetti con un database ospitato su Firebase Firestore e restituisce un elenco ordinato di software proprietario insieme a suggerimenti FOSS pertinenti. L’idea è semplice ma potente, perché permette di avere una panoramica immediata del livello di libertà del proprio telefono e di intervenire con scelte più consapevoli.
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GitHub - jksalcedo/librefind: Find FOSS alternatives to Proprietary Android Apps
Find FOSS alternatives to Proprietary Android Apps - jksalcedo/librefindGitHub
Paint Dot Net Version 4.0.13 Running on Wine 11 (modified)
Hey guys! I just wanted to share a proof of concept real quick. No hate at all to GIMP or Pinta, but I just really love Paint.net as I've been using it for over a decade. And since I completely switched over to Arch a year ago, that means the only way I can enjoy using Paint.net again is if I add all the missing Direct 2D implementations. How hard could it be? 😅
As you can see, it's not perfect.. or even usable, but it loads without crashing! And that's good enough for me to call it quits tonight.
Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.www.getpaint.net
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Drawing - an alternative to Paint for Linux
Drawing is a simple image editor for Linux, inspired by Paintmaoschanz.github.io
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Germany’s Dirtiest Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Back in Profit
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/57512614
A sharp drop in carbon permit prices last week pushed lignite-fired power plants back into profitability for the first time since November, according to analysis from Energy Aspects Ltd. and the London Stock Exchange Group. The plants are now even cheaper to run than gas-fired generators, despite producing far higher carbon emissions.
EU carbon certificates are at 87€/t right now. That is higher then it was in November. The reason they are profitable are high gas prices in Europe and fairly low wind electricity production right now. All of that is likely to turn worse for coal. As in certificate amounts are lowered each year, gas prices are high due to sanctions on Russia and demand for gas is probably going to fall(besides replacing coal) and renewables are built out and weather changes.
In other words this is temporary.
EU Carbon Permits - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News
EU Carbon Permits rose to 87.06 EUR on January 21, 2026, up 2.47% from the previous day. Over the past month, EU Carbon Permits's price has fallen 0.48%, but it is still 10.TRADING ECONOMICS
I haven't seen full year 2025 data yet, but EU coal and NG use in electricity sector declined over 10% each of '23 and '24 years, as electricity consumption rose.
I couldn't read full archive, but coal being dirtier than imported LNG from US is false even with low, industry reported, methane leakage rates, but the liquification and shipping steps add enough emissions to make it dirtier.
What's your go to simple desktop photo editor (a la snapseed)?
Yes, I know snapseed is a mobile app, but that's the kind of simplicity I'm looking for. Pre-made filters, an auto-fix button, adjustment sliders, etc.
I have image toolbox on mobile and even that's a bit over the top with option (and I still haven't found sliders for brightness, contrast, saturation, shadows etc in that maze).
Linux or Windows programs are fine, I run both.
Trump-Greenland Deal Reportedly Includes U.S. ‘Sovereignty Over Small Pockets’ of Territory
This is mine, that is yours, that's yours too but only if there's nothing valuable there. If there is, that's mine too.
You mean America owns it?
NO ME!!!
Trump-Greenland Deal Reportedly Includes U.S. ‘Sovereignty Over Small Pockets’ of Territory
The NATO statement came amid new reporting from the New York Times that deal may include the U.S. being given “sovereignty over small pockets” of land in Greenland.Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
ICE agents drew guns on off-duty officer in Minnesota, chief says
ICE agents drew guns on off-duty officer in Minnesota, chief says
Multiple police chiefs in Minnesota said their officers were among those being targeted by immigration agents operating in the state., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
RRF Caserta PC Facile. Migliorare la visione dei caratteri a monitor con Clear Type
Energia dal cielo con raggi infrarossi, tutto sul test (riuscito)
Energia dal cielo con raggi infrarossi, tutto sul test (riuscito)
Un Cessna nel vento della Pennsylvania ha trasmesso energia a terra usando raggi infrarossi. Primo passo concreto verso il solare spaziale.Gianluca Riccio (FuturoProssimo)
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Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store
European consumers are fighting back against the U.S. following Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory. As a result, two mobile apps that offer a way to determine if products are made in America, then suggest local alternatives, have surged to the top of the Danish App Store in recent days.
The boost in downloads comes as Danish consumers have been organizing a grassroots boycott of American-made products, which also included canceling their U.S. vacations and ditching their subscriptions to U.S.-based streaming services, like Netflix.
Across both iOS and Android, two apps, NonUSA and Made O’Meter, have entered the top 10 this month, according to new data from market intelligence provider Appfigures.
Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store | TechCrunch
Two origin ID apps, NonUSA and Made O'Meter, are seeing downloads surge as Europeans boycott US-made goods.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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Minnesota rising
Friday could be a seminal moment in this new civil rights movement.Minnesota unions, religious groups, and ordinary citizens are planning a massive statewide strike and economic boycott.
The Ice Out of Minnesota website declares:
It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions in MN, accountability for federal agents who have caused loss of life and abuse to Minnesota residents and call for Congress to immediately intervene.Friday, January 23rd will be a statewide day of non-violent moral action, reflection: no work, no school, no shopping — only community, conscience, and collective action.
There will be a unified, statewide pause in daily economic activity. Instead, Minnesotans will spend time with family, neighbors, and their community to show Minnesota’s moral heart and collective economic power. This means:
- No work (except emergency services)
- No school
- No shopping or consumer spendingThere will be a peaceful march and rally in downtown Minneapolis at 2:00pm.
The weather forecast is brutal, with below-zero temperatures expected all day Friday along with windchill temperature descending into the 30s below zero.
Minnesota rising
A massive statewide strike and economic boycott is set for FridayDan Froomkin (Heads Up News)
CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You'll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant
CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Alex Karp said the majority of humanity will be working in manufacturing and vocational jobs.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Does shooting billionaires count as manual labor?
Does providing for those who shoot billionaires count?
NZ Treasury: "The likely effect would therefore be to increase house prices"
I stumbled across a 2020 OIA request to NZ Treasury where someone asked:
what analysis Treasury has done on the KiwiSaver First Home scheme affecting house prices, and how much taxpayer money gets transferred into the housing stock
Treasury released a few internal docs and they basically say that increasing caps would lead to higher house prices and that subsidies for renters/buyers tend to be captured by landlords/sellers instead of improving affordability long-term.
The advice was apparently ignored.
Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows
The report from the county medical examiner said the detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, was asphyxiated and restrained by law enforcement. Federal officials described his death as a suicide.
A Cuban immigrant’s death in an El Paso detention center this month was ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the county medical examiner’s office.
The detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, became unresponsive while he was physically restrained by law enforcement on Jan. 3 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility called Camp East Montana, the report said. Emergency medical workers tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The autopsy listed the cause of death as “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.” The report also described injuries Mr. Lunas Campos had sustained to his head and neck, including burst blood vessels in the front and side of the neck, as well as on his eyelids.
New York Times - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal cau…Media Bias Fact Check
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia
A medical examiner has determined that an Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died as a result of homicide.
https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-detention-death-texas-f04b5cb76f175255e58b947f0e14bc12
US | Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Searching Data Seized During Raid on Reporter's Home
“The search and seizure of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s records is unconstitutional and illegal in its entirety," said one free press defender.
Case file: storage.courtlistener.com/reca…
The New World Situation: The decline of U.S. imperialism and the centrality of the class struggle
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2174…
The writer is the First Secretary of Workers World Party. In assessing the new world situation, we should start here in the U.S. At this moment, the epicenter of the struggle is Minneapolis. What’s happening there poses a fundamental question that is germane to the changing world situation, the global . . .
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The New World Situation: The decline of U.S. imperialism and the centrality of the class struggle
The writer is the First Secretary of Workers World Party. In assessing the new world situation, we should start here in the U.S. At this moment, the epicenter of the struggle is Minneapolis.Workers World
HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
Amateur Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
The Belarusian government is threatening three ham radio operators with the death penalty, detained at least seven people, and has accused them of “intercepting state secrets,” according to Belarusian state media, independent media outside of Belarus, and the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna. The arrests are an extreme attack on what is most often a wholesome hobby that has a history of being vilified by authoritarian governments in part because the technology is quite censorship resistant.The detentions were announced last week on Belarusian state TV, which claimed the men were part of a network of more than 50 people participating in the amateur radio hobby and have been accused of both “espionage” and “treason.” Authorities there said they seized more than 500 pieces of radio equipment. The men were accused on state TV of using radio to spy on the movement of government planes, though no actual evidence of this has been produced.
State TV claimed they were associated with the Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen (BFRR), a long-running amateur radio club and nonprofit that holds amateur radio competitions, meetups, trainings, and forums. WhatsApp and email requests to the BFRR from 404 Media were not returned.
On Reddit, Siarhei Besarab, a Belarusian amateur radio operator, posted a plea for support from others in the hobby: “MAYDAY from Belarus: Licensed operators facing death penalty.”
“I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide,” Besarab wrote. “They have detained over 50 licensed people, including callsigns EW1ABT, EW1AEH, and EW1ACE. These men were paraded on state television like war criminals and were coerced to publicly repent for the "crime" of technical curiosity. Propagandists presented the Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen (BFRR) as a front for a ‘massive spy network.’”
“State propaganda unironically claims these men were ‘pumping state secrets out of the air’ using nothing more than basic $25 Baofeng handhelds and consumer-grade SDR dongles,” he added. “Any operator knows that hardware like this is physically incapable of cracking the modern AES-256 digital encryption used by government security forces. It is a technical fraud, yet they are being charged with High Treason and Espionage. The punishment in Belarus for these charges is life in prison or the death penalty.”
The Belarusian human rights group Viasna and its associated Telegram channel confirmed the detention and said that it spoke to a cellmate of Andrei Repetsi, who said that Repetsi was unable to talk about his case in jail: “The case is secret, so Andrei never told the essence of the case in the cell. He joked that his personal file was marked ‘Top secret. Burn before reading,’” Viasna wrote.
Most hams operate amateur radios for fun, as part of competitions, or to keep in touch with other hams around the world. But the hobby has a long history of being attacked by governments in part because it is resistant to censorship. Amateur radio often works even if a natural disaster or political action takes down internet, cell, and phone services, so it is popular among people interested in search and rescue and doomsday prepping. Amateur radio has been used to share information out of Cuba, for example, and in 2021 the Cuban government jammed ham radio frequencies during anti-government protests there.
Cuba Is Jamming HAM Radio Frequencies, Operators Say
Amateur radio operators regularly communicate between Florida and Cuba. Last week, mysterious signals originating from Havana jammed the most popular frequencies.Jason Koebler (VICE)
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Your projector screen is probably more important than your projector
Just wanted to share a lesson I learned the hard way, in case it helps someone else who is just getting into projectors.
I recently upgraded to a pretty decent 4K laser projector and for the first week, I was just using a smooth, matte-white wall as my screen. To be honest, I was underwhelmed. The image was dull and looked washed out unless the room was pitch black, which is totally impractical for watching sports or casual viewing.
I was close to thinking I'd wasted my money on the projector. After some digging on various forums, I realized my bottleneck wasn't the projector—it was the surface.
I decided to properly invest in an ALR (Ambient Light Rejecting) screen. I ended up getting a VIVIDSTORM screen, and the difference is not subtle, it is night and day.
The contrast has skyrocketed, and colors actually pop now, even with some indirect daylight in the room. It finally looks like the high-end, cinematic image I was expecting to get.
TL;DR: Don't cheap out on your screen! A great screen with a good projector beats a great projector on a mediocre surface every single time. It's the component that brings the whole experience together.
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in reply to stepan • • •I’m going to need more specificity.
Do you mean the supercontinent comprising North America and South America? Seems a like gross blanket generalization.
Do you mean the land held by the government of the United States of America? Not sure what the land ever did to you.
Do you mean the common folk living in this area? That’s like throwing out the a baby with the bath water. Many, unfortunately, can be faulted for allowing som fucked up shit to happen, but without solidarity most only have power to produce very small changes in the world.
Do you mean every person employed by the government of the United States of America? Do you hold the philosophical perspective that one bad apple spoils the whole damn bunch? If you do, this slogan may not be the best way to convey your message.
Do you mean the specific politicians in power who are performing some of the most destructive acts in human history? ’Cause yeah, fuck those guys. I hate what they’re doing, and they need to stop.
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in reply to Zachariah • • •What a lack of materialism does to an MF
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LordFireCrotch
in reply to Zachariah • • •You're thinking too much into this.
The hive mind can only comprehend "usa bad"
So that's all it means.
Also
Welcome to the 21st century
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in reply to ZeroHora • • •When my own brainhole served me this joke (not even original prob) it itself took IQ damage.
So naturally I had to post it to spread the suffer.
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AntiOutsideAktion
in reply to LemmiChanga • • •Sometimes somebody just tosses a ball in the air and you see what happens. Are you posting content? Do you have funny clever memes you want to use as examples?
Have you ever been to a meme message board with only bangers?
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Phantaminum
in reply to stepan • • •This meme is not that good, but can we take a moment to discuss how USA has taken America as it's name? Being from the continent is weird, one country has gaslighted the rest of the world into thinking they are the owner of America's name.
Imagine South Africa calling themselves just Africa and everyone just agrees, wtf?
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r0ertel
in reply to hector • • •I think they prefer to be called Native United States of Americans.
(This is a bad joke, playing on the original topic, don't hate me)
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in reply to Paradachshund • • •There is a clear intention on referring to your country with the name of the totality of the continent.
You know the history
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