New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42097705
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 EST
Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 ESTAlmost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second weekAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42097705
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 EST
Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 ESTAlmost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second weekAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42097705
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 EST
Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 ESTAlmost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second weekAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
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New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42097705
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 EST
Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 ESTAlmost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second weekAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 EST
Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.
New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second weekAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
New research finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response to questions ranging from 'Where are people more beautiful?' to 'Which country is safer?'
New study finds that ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities |
New research from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, and the University of Kentucky, finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response towww.ox.ac.uk
NixOS + Niri: Steam fails to launch after copying text anywhere (Wayland clipboard lock)
OS: NixOS config
Compositor: Niri 25.11 (Nixpkgs)
Problem:
Steam opens normally when no recent clipboard activity. After copying text from any app (Firefox, terminal, etc.), Steam hangs silently and won't launch until:
1. I run wl-copy --clear, or
2. Close the app that owns the clipboard
Logs:
This is the logs of launching steam after i have copied some text from any app.
steam
steam.sh[13923]: Running Steam on nixos 25.11 64-bit
steam.sh[13923]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[13979]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[13923]: Log already open
steam.sh[13923]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Startup - updater built Jan 21 2026 17:12:15
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/yashraj/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
01/23 17:24:09 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
01/23 17:24:09 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1769025840)/tid(14021)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Process started with command-line: '/home/yashraj/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened'
01/23 17:24:09 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Using update UI: xwin
01/23 17:24:09 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(14022)
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Create window
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/yashraj/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] 1. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] 2. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com/, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Checking for update on startup
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Checking for available updates...
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Manifest download: send request
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Set percent complete: 0
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Set status message: Checking for available updates...
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Set percent complete: -1
[2026-01-23 17:24:09] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2026-01-23 17:24:11] Show window
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Manifest download: finished
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1769025840, installed version 1769025840, existing pending version 0
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Nothing to do
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Verifying installation...
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Verifying all executable checksums
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Set percent complete: -1
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Set status message: Verifying installation...
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Destroy window
Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/yashraj/.local/share/Steam/logs
[2026-01-23 17:24:14] Shutdown
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf615c830
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf615b000
01/23 17:24:16 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
01/23 17:24:16 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1769025840)/tid(14061)
Running query: 1 - GpuTopology
Response: gpu_topology {
gpus {
id: 1
name: "Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S)"
vram_size_bytes: 12263648256
driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaIntel
driver_version_major: 25
driver_version_minor: 2
driver_version_patch: 6
luid: 0
}
gpus {
id: 2
name: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU"
vram_size_bytes: 8546942976
driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_NvidiaProprietary
driver_version_major: 580
driver_version_minor: 119
driver_version_patch: 2
luid: 0
}
gpus {
id: 3
name: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU"
vram_size_bytes: 8546942976
driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_NvidiaProprietary
driver_version_major: 580
driver_version_minor: 119
driver_version_patch: 2
luid: 0
}
gpus {
id: 4
name: "Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S)"
vram_size_bytes: 12263648256
driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaIntel
driver_version_major: 25
driver_version_minor: 2
driver_version_patch: 6
luid: 0
}
gpus {
id: 5
name: "llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.7, 256 bits)"
vram_size_bytes: 3221225472
driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaLLVMPipe
driver_version_major: 25
driver_version_minor: 2
driver_version_patch: 6
luid: 0
}
gpus {
id: 6
name: "llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.7, 256 bits)"
vram_size_bytes: 3221225472
driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaLLVMPipe
driver_version_major: 25
driver_version_minor: 2
driver_version_patch: 6
luid: 0
}
default_gpu_id: 1
}
Exit code: 0
GitHub - mobsenpai/hana: 花 - Hana | Nixos dotfiles
花 - Hana | Nixos dotfiles. Contribute to mobsenpai/hana development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Geen reclame meer voor cruises en hamburgers in Amsterdam: ‘Politiek neemt klimaatdoelen serieus’
Geen reclame meer voor cruises en hamburgers in Amsterdam: ‘Politiek neemt klimaatdoelen serieus’
In de openbare ruimte van Amsterdam gaat een verbod gelden op reclames voor vlees en producten waar fossiele brandstoffen in zitten. Daarmee volgt de hoofdstad het voorbeeld van diverse andere Nederlandse steden.Thom Canters (DPG Media)
La fine del falso mondo basato sulle regole
La fine del falso mondo basato delle regole
Il discorso del premier canadese Mark Carney a Davos ha qualcosa di storico. Ne pubblichiamo ampi brani.davide (Piccole Note)
L'Europa si affida ad Amazon per proteggersi dagli Stati Uniti: paradosso digitale
Arriva il “cloud europeo” di Amazon. “Ma le autorità Usa possono accedere a tutti i dati…
Paradosso nel Vecchio Continente: il colosso americano lancia il suo servizio "sovrano" per rassicurare i Paesi Ue. Ma il Cloud act resta applicabile. L'ad di Proton: “La realtà giuridica non scompare con una bella campagna di marketing”.Paolo Dimalio (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
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Forza Horizon 6 - Official Gameplay Teaser Trailer
- 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
Need for Speed Heat and Unbound are decent, usually go on sale for dirt cheap. They are much more arcadey (which isn't a bad thing)
Forza Horizon is a great simcade experience imo. It's a good blend of realism and arcade style driving mechanics.
Dirt Rally 2 if you want to try rally style racing.
Racing games cover such a large variety of styles and levels or realism so it really depends what you like in a racing game.
There are proper sim racers but they are much harder to get into if you are just getting started (Assetto Corsa, iRacing, Richard Burns Rally to name a few)
If I'd go with a Forza horizon, which one should I pick?
Do you know if there's any Linux support for the game you mentioned?
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture
Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly told US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro’s departureAram Roston (The Guardian)
Because western media is so reliable./s
The word "capture" is a shibboleth. Maduro was not a combatant, they were not at war, he is not a criminal. He was not captured he was Kidnapped.
The guardian is also repeating the "12,000+ dead in Iran" line.
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Phish – Big Boat (2016)
Preceduto dal singolo Breath And Burning, esce il sette ottobre il nuovo Album dei Phish.
“Big Boath”, questo il titolo, è il tredicesimo Album in studio della Band, ed è stato registrato tra Nashville, New York e l’amato Vermont, con la produzione di Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kiss). Con una trentennale carriera alle spalle, Anastasio & Co... Leggi e ascolta...
Phish – Big Boat (2016)
Preceduto dal singolo Breath And Burning, esce il sette ottobre il nuovo Album dei Phish. “Big Boath”, questo il titolo, è il tredicesimo Album in studio della Band, ed è stato registrato tra Nashville, New York e l’amato Vermont, con la produzione di Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kiss). Con una trentennale carriera alle spalle, Anastasio & Co. non hanno certo perso la voglia di giocare con la musica, e ci consegnano un disco fresco e vitale, con richiami Sixties, ritmi a volte caraibici e un tocco di Rhythm And Blues che leviga una serie di canzoni notevoli... artesuono.blogspot.com/2016/10…
Ascolta il disco: album.link/s/3BQui16CComFoQ5Ka…
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Phish – Big Boat (2016)
Preceduto dal singolo Breath And Burning, esce il sette ottobre il nuovo Album dei Phish. “Big Boath”, questo il titolo, è il tredices...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
RRF Sport 23 01 26. Paolini - Sinner -I dilemmi di Inter e Napoli
[Video] Massive 100.000 man protest march by Palestinians in the occupied 1948 territories against Israel
“The [Arab] public has no hope, they understand that the prime minister and the rest of the government ministers have abandoned them,” said Hadash-Ta’al MK Aida Touma-Sliman, who marched in the Sakhnin demonstration.
Speaking to The Times of Israel, she said the unprecedented number of people in attendance was only possible after the end of the two-year war in Gaza. As long as the war continued, she said, the Arab public “felt it was hard to talk about their own hardships.”
“Ben Gvir is succeeding in advancing a policy in which criminal organizations are a subcontractor for him,” she claimed. “He stands by and watches how criminal organizations control our lives and frighten the public. Rather than having political goals, they have turned us into people who are just trying to survive.”
After the march concluded in Sakhnin, national and local Arab leaders met in the local city hall to discuss how to sustain the momentum that led to the strike and unprecedented demonstration, which Zahalka boasted had 100,000 attendees.
The lost art of XML — mmagueta
There exists a peculiar amnesia in software engineering regarding XML. Mention it in most circles and you will receive knowing smiles, dismissive waves, the sort of patronizing acknowledgment reserved for technologies deemed passé. "Oh, XML," they say, as if the very syllables carry the weight of obsolescence. "We use JSON now. Much cleaner."
"Open source Windows" ReactOS is now 30 years old
ReactOS is a rather interesting open-source project that is considered by many to be a direct and free drop-in replacement for Windows, especially if you don't want to be locked in to Microsoft's proprietary ecosystem. One of its goals is to allow customers to run Windows apps and drivers in an open-source environment (reminiscent of Windows XP) that they can trust, and it has made many advancements in this regard. It supports Microsoft's FAT file system, Registry caching, native .zip handling, and is even capable of running Microsoft's iconic Hover! in fullscreen. Now, the project is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
https://www.neowin.net/news/open-source-windows-reactos-is-now-30-years-old/
Malaysia lifts ban on Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot after X adds safety measures
Malaysia blocked access to Grok earlier in January.
Malaysia lifts ban on Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot after X adds safety measures
Malaysia blocked access to Grok earlier in January. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
An alternative decentralized internet for sharing text and media: The Gemini Protocol
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/24735701
See also:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(…
It is similar to the old gopher: text files, links, and images form a hypertext optimized for reading. Text is formatted like Markdown - but even simpler.
Clients display text, like an eBook, or images / media.
Servers can run on a PC or Raspberry Pi which needs half a Watt of power. No FAANG companies needed. No expert knowledge needed - not more difficult than running a file sharing client.
I think it is the right thing for defense of democracy and sharing your voice in the digital realm.
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NSFW/NSFL/Spoiler tag for image next time please. As much as I support the right to freedom and self-determination of Palestine and as appalles as I am with the ongoing genocide, I don't want to see nor enjoy seeing dead toddlers in my main feed.
I'm sure unspoilered/untagged posts like this will make others block you or the community entirely.
The time is now: Bye Bye Big Tech
The time is now: Bye Bye Big Tech
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.Bits of Freedom
RRF Caserta. Kaos. Cosa è "Il giorno della marmotta" citato da Zelensky a Davos
A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate
Zero-emissions cooling technology achieves sub-zero
Researchers have built the first refrigerant-free system to reach sub-zero temperatures, a breakthrough that could reduce food waste and greenhouse emissions.Anthropocene Team (Anthropocene Magazine)
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Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court
Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court
Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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RRF Caserta Focus. Cosa è il Board of Peace di Trump che sta scuotendo il mondo
L'Unica - Genova Le foto inedite del palazzo Ex INPS appena venduto a Genova
In esclusiva per L’Unica, una carrellata di fotografie inedite degli appartamenti del palazzo fantasma ex INPS di corso Italia 30, venduto all’asta per 15 milioni e 870 mila euro dopo essere stato per due decenni praticamente disabitato.
In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels
European Electricity Review 2026 | Ember
The EU’s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels.Ember
London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires— Founded by Keir Starmer’s comms chief, Portland helps rich clients ‘protect their reputation’ – with a shady, off-the-books service
London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires
Founded by Keir Starmer’s comms chief, Portland helps rich clients ‘protect their reputation’ – with a shady, off-the-books serviceClaire Wilmot (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
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Principles and Execution of Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
Principles and Execution of Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
While it may not be as visually dramatic as close in dogfighting, Beyond visual range combat remain one of the most if not the most important aspect of air combat now a day, so let dive in and expl…Aircraft 101
Anyone familiar with LoRa Meshtastic stuff?
Been looking into some different hardware options, but don't quite know what the usability is like between different standalone devices versus using an app via bluetooth, etc. Some basic description of user experience might be useful.
Seems like some potentially useful tech to get experience with asap.
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Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.
For context, in my password manager I had tried formatting some of my entrees so that it would contain the usual username and password, but instead of creating whole new entrees for the security questions for the same account, I just added additional fields in the same entree in order to keep things a little more tidy.
I was not expecting that doing so would result in later being shaken down by Proton to pay even more money just to access the same few bytes of fucking text I had trusted them with. This is sleazy as fuck and I am dropping these idiots entirely.
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For the password and passkeys manager I went with a selfhosted solution: AliasVault on an VPS and it's really great! If you have a domain name you can have unlimited aliases with it's built in email server (with a subdomain and for receiving email only so you don't have to worry about being blacklisted)
The installation script is making everything for you, even fetching the TLS certificate from "let's encrypt"
There's Android and iOs support as well as add-ons for most browsers
AliasVault - Privacy-First Password & Email Alias Manager
AliasVault is an open-source end-to-end encrypted password and alias manager.AliasVault
The TikTok deal is done - TikTok is now under new ownership in the US
The TikTok deal is done, finally
The Trump admin deal transferring TikTok in the US to a new joint venture with Silver Lake, Oracle, and MGX as managing investors is done.Richard Lawler (The Verge)
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Daily bunny no.3192 is tampering with the past
Bunnies are at the location of the time portal in "City At the Edge of Forever" (the Star Trek episode.) It is a donut-shaped glowing rock, with ruined columns strewn around it. One bunny has just run through the portal, head-first, as two other bunnies try to stop them.
Source: Bluesky
*Day 1093*: the Trekkies have finally accepted me as one of their own. 'tis a glorious day to die!
Quebec puts the brakes on emissions targets
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Quebec puts the brakes on emissions targets, citing threats to jobs and economy
Province extends the deadline to meet its emission-cuts deadline from 2030 to 2035Maura Forrest (The Globe and Mail)
Engineer at Elon Musk's xAI Departs After Spilling the Beans in Podcast Interview
So what exactly did Ghori reveal on Relentless? Well, he seemed to tip off the possibility that xAI has been skirting regulations and getting dubious permits when building data centers—specifically, its prized Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee. “The lease for the land itself was actually technically temporary. It was the fastest way to get the permitting through and actually start building things,” he said. “I assume that it’ll be permanent at some point, but it’s a very short-term lease at the moment, technically, for all the data centers. It’s the fastest way to get things done.”
When asked how xAI has gone about getting those temporary leases, Ghori explained that they worked with local and state governments to get permits that allow companies to “modify this ground temporarily,” and said they are typically for things like carnivals.
Colossus was not without controversy already. The data center, which xAI brags only took 122 days to build, was powered by at least 35 methane gas turbines that the company reportedly didn’t have the permits to operate. Even the Donald Trump-staffed Environmental Protection Agency declared the turbines to be illegal. Those turbines, which were operating without permission, contributed to the significant amount of air pollution experienced by surrounding communities.
In addition to the indication of other potential legal end-arounds committed by xAI, Ghori also revealed some of the company’s internal operations, including relying significantly on AI agents to complete work. “Right now, we’re doing a big rebuild of our core production APIs. It’s being done by one person with like 20 agents,” he said. “And they’re very good, and they’re capable of doing it, and it’s working well,” though he later stated that the reliance on agents can lead to confusion. “Multiple times I’ve gotten a ping saying, ‘Hey, this guy on the org chart reports to you. Is he not in today or something?’ And it’s an AI. It’s a virtual employee.”
Man uses 99 phones to trick Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam to prove a big point
Man uses 99 phones to trick Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam to prove a big point
An artist from Berlin decided to use 99 phones in a little red wagon to trick Google Maps into thinking there's a traffic jam to prove a big pointDaisy Edwards (Supercar Blondie)
Chicago Jury Acquits Immigrant Accused in Bovino Murder-for-Hire Trial
Prosecutors said a Chicago carpenter had offered a bounty for killing Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official. Defense lawyers said he was just sharing a social media post.
Gregory Bovino, a senior tactical commander for the Border Patrol, has been the swaggering public face of President Trump’s chaotic round of immigration raids across the country. In the wake of an immigration sweep in Chicago last fall that ignited protests all over the city, federal officials accused a local Latino man of offering a bounty on Mr. Bovino’s life.
At the time, Mr. Bovino cited the case as evidence that the situation in American cities was out of control — “something out of a third world country,” he told Fox News. “It’s a war zone out there.”
But on Thursday, a Chicago jury acquitted the man accused of making the threats, the latest setback for the Justice Department, which has faltered in a number of attempts to prosecute cases related to Mr. Trump’s immigration policy.
New York Times - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
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Are American tax dollars a fraud?
Recently heard someone trying to tell me that the government doesnt need a penny of our taxes, they just print the money they need and all tax is a complete scam. He is 100% in belief of this.
I hate taxes too (when they go towards wars), but is this actually true? He mostly gets his ideas from Facebook and x. So yeah.
“Se Anche tu hai Perso la Voglia di Giocare ai Videogiochi…”
Con gran fortuna, così da rompere questo terrificante silenzio di 3 settimane che si è per qualche ragione formato sul fritto misto (…ops, scusate se sono così terribile…) è uscito fuori questo video del davidone vics, che può sicuramente fungere da buon spunto di riflessione… Filmino che, a differenza di molti suoi altri che invece […]
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“Se Anche tu hai Perso la Voglia di Giocare ai Videogiochi…”
youtube.com/watch?v=Ge3at300IO…Con gran fortuna, così da rompere questo terrificante silenzio di 3 settimane che si è per qualche ragione formato sul fritto misto (…ops, scusate se sono così terribile…) è uscito fuori questo video del davidone vics, che può sicuramente fungere da buon spunto di riflessione… Filmino che, a differenza di molti suoi altri che invece fanno ridere, fa infatti riflettere, sullo strambo fenomeno che ci accade, e che mi accade, per cui in certi periodi, la voglia di giocare ai videogiochi — altrimenti mezzi di intrattenimento e non di consumaggio, bensì di sfruttaggio del tempo, così benedetti e magici — semplicemente svanisce, nel vuoto, risucchiata, poof… 😐
Di questo inspiegabile fenomeno di sparizione — che a me ha recentemente ricolpito, e dalla fine del dicembre passato ad ancora adesso me la porto avanti, tant’è che è letteralmente da quasi un mese che non videogioco assolutamente a niente, inclusi giochini sul telefono, sorprendentemente — ne ho parlato qualche volta a livello personale, ultimamente, con notine sparse su Squaloctti, perché me ne sono accorta molto a ‘sto giro… chissà se perché stavolta questo “burnout” ha inspiegabilmente seguito un periodo di gaming intenso, facendomi passare in maniera quasi netta da tanto gaming a letteralmente zero gaming, o se perché in generale con le notine sto ultimamente facendo molta introspezione… ma, comunque sia: è assolutamente reale. 🤯
Davide qui nel video in realtà individua delle possibili cause per lui che non si allineano perfettamente a me, ma sono valide… e, in ogni caso, al di là delle differenze personali, la questione sembra essere abbastanza diffusa, e questo la rende ironicamente ancora più un mistero: Perché mai il fottuto gaming, che dovrebbe essere l’assoluto piacere (…vabbè, un passatempo divertente, ora manco a far finta che sia chissà che attività mistica), in certi momenti semplicemente non va? Al di là del semplice non avere tempo perché si lavora, o perché si ha voglia di spendere il tempo in attività diverse, come per me può essere programmare, perché mai in certi momenti c’è la voglia di fare qualcosa, si pensa al gaming come opzione… e però poi si arriva alla conclusione che, per il gaming, la voglia non c’è? 😨
La spiegazione che posso trovare per me, tanto banale quanto efficace, è quella delle iperfissazioni autistiche… magari per qualche settimana mi infogno pesantemente nel gaming, e poi no perché mi infogno di più in qualcos’altro, per poi tornare al gaming dopo altro tempo, e boh… e, nel mio caso, questo sarebbe coerente con altre mie attività, come appunto la programmazione, o anche la lettura (…è da tipo 2 mesi che non leggo, a proposito… e se questo mese neanche ho giocato… allora che cazzo sto facendo nelle mie giornate???)… però è evidente che c’è dell’altro sotto, altrimenti sicuramente questo non sarebbe un problema anche per gli allistici. Vix invece, dalla sua, mette il peso sulla confusione e sullo stress che causa lo stare appresso a tanti giochi insieme, a seguire il mercato, e al peso del backlog… tutti colpevoli plausibili, ma, anche qui, il quadro sembra incompleto. 🦷
La risposta a questo ennesimo mistero della natura umana, purtroppo, non la si avrà né con questo video, né con questo articolino, e probabilmente neanche i nostri posteri arriveranno ad una risposta… però, qualche consiglio per evitare questa cosa che io chiamo burnout, per quanto ridere faccia visto il contesto, ma a questo punto non lo so, dal signorotto ci arriva, e io condivido. Sicuramente, infatti, una trappola in cui si cade, a maggior ragione se si è creatori di contenuti o se si dà grande peso all’etichetta di gamer nella propria identità, è quella di dover seguire ogni cosa, di provare tutti i giochi, e di finirli, e di farlo velocemente… anche se magari si prova noia, anche se si vorrebbe andare più lentamente… e beh, la risposta a questo dilemma nel dilemma è semplice: è una trappola mentale che porta solo a giocare di meno nonostante i propri desideri, quindi va riconosciuta ed evitata… ed è una cosa che io già faccio, per dire… eppure il mistero rimane. Però dai: se non altro, almeno, con questa storia abbiamo capito che noi gamer seccati, marciscenti, non siamo soli. 😩
#burnout #davidevix #gaming #videogiochi
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Greenland: A "Northern Front" of Inter-Imperialist Rivalry
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2200…
By Nikos Mottas
The developments surrounding Greenland should not be treated as a diplomatic anomaly or as the product of individual political choices.
They are a concentrated expression of the contemporary phase of imperialism, in which the sharpening competition among capitalist powers drags strategic regions and smaller peoples into conflicts not of their own making.
The pressure exerted by the United States on Greenland and on Denmark — through political coercion, economic threats, and intensified military planning — is not a deviation from a supposedly “rules-based order” (aka “International Law”) but a manifestation of its real content. When strategic interests are at stake, imperialist diplomacy rapidly sheds legalistic language and reverts to open power relations. The Arctic, long considered marginal, is being transformed into a central field of competition as melting ice opens new transport routes and access to critical resources.
Greenland’s importance is therefore not social or humanitarian. It is geopolitical and economic. It is treated as a platform: for military infrastructure, surveillance systems, missile defence, control of Arctic sea lanes, and future exploitation of raw materials. In this framework, the needs and will of the population are secondary. What matters is position within the broader architecture of imperialist planning.
The ideological cover for these developments is the familiar invocation of “security threats,” usually linked to the activities of other major imperialist centers, namelyRussia and China. Such narratives are not neutral assessments of danger. They function as political tools that legitimise militarisation and strategic expansion. The Arctic is not being militarised because it is unsafe; it is presented as unsafe because it is being militarised.
At the core of the Greenland issue lies a mechanism analysed with particular precision by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. In Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, he emphasised that once the world is fully divided among the major powers, imperialist conflict no longer concerns the seizure of “empty” spaces, but the struggle for redivision: “The characteristic feature of the period under review is the final partition of the globe — final, not in the sense that a re-partition is impossible; on the contrary, re-partitions are possible and inevitable — but in the sense that the colonial policy of the capitalist countries has completed the seizure of the unoccupied territories of our planet.”
This insight is decisive for understanding why pressure intensifies even among allies, why bargaining turns into coercion, and why Greenland becomes a focal point. It is not an ownerless territory entering history, but a claimed space whose strategic value grows under new conditions, provoking efforts to revise existing balances.
For this reason, the confrontation cannot be reduced to unilateral US actions or to frictions within NATO. It must be understood within the framework of inter-imperialist rivalry. The United States, the European Union, Russia, and China all pursue their own interests in the Arctic, shaped by the needs of monopolies, energy strategies, transport corridors, and military doctrines. Their antagonisms do not represent different “civilisations” or alternative paths of development; they are competing expressions of the same capitalist system.
This reality exposes the falseness of multipolar illusions. The emergence of multiple centres of power does not restrain imperialism; it sharpens its contradictions. Competition becomes more intense, alliances more fragile, and pressure on smaller territories more direct. Greenland is not threatened because imperialism is weakening, but because it is being reorganised through harsher rivalry over already divided space.
The reaction of European states confirms this. Denmark’s insistence on sovereignty, supported by the European Union, reflects the defence of a specific imperialist role within the transatlantic framework, not a principled defence of peoples’ rights. Institutions such as NATO do not transcend these contradictions; they manage them temporarily. As Lenin pointed out in his analysis of imperialist alliances:
“Peaceful alliances prepare the ground for wars and in their turn grow out of wars; the one conditions the other, producing alternating forms of peaceful and non-peaceful struggle on one and the same basis of imperialist connections and relations.”
Alliances, therefore, do not abolish rivalry. They regulate it until conditions change and conflicts sharpen again. Smaller peoples are not protected by such arrangements; they are integrated into them as variables within strategic calculations.
Greenland’s formal autonomy highlights another fundamental contradiction of imperialism. Legal self-government coexists with decisive external control over military presence, economic orientation, and long-term development. This gap between political form and material reality is not accidental. Under capitalism, sovereignty is often hollowed out while being formally preserved, allowing domination to operate behind institutional façades.
Climate change further intensifies these processes. The environmental destruction produced by capitalist development becomes a driver of new rivalries. Melting ice is treated not as a warning but as an opportunity: new routes, resources, and investment possibilities are incorporated into imperialist planning, while ecological and social costs are shifted onto peoples and future generations.
The Greenland standoff therefore offers lessons that extend far beyond the Arctic. It demonstrates how the language of “security” conceals class interests; how alliances among capitalist states are inherently unstable; how smaller peoples are subordinated to strategic competition; and how no imperialist centre can offer a path toward peace or genuine self-determination. The choice presented to peoples — alignment with one bloc or another — is a false one.
For communists, the task is not to interpret such developments through geopolitical sympathies, but to expose their system logic. Greenland shows with particular clarity that inter-imperialist competition is not an exception but the normal mode of operation of imperialism today. As long as capitalism prevails, strategic territories will be contested, militarisation will advance, and peoples’ interests will be subordinated to the needs of capital.
This understanding does not lead to calls for a “fairer” balance of power or a reformed alliance system. It leads to a sharper conclusion: the struggle against imperialist confrontations is inseparable from the struggle against the system that generates them. Only by breaking with the logic of capitalist competition can peoples secure real sovereignty, peace, and social development.
* Nikos Mottas is the Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism.
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Wind & Solar Surpassed Fossil Fuels In EU In 2025 - CleanTechnica
Wind & Solar Surpassed Fossil Fuels In EU In 2025 - CleanTechnica
The latest report from Ember shows solar and wind outperformed fossil fuel generation in the EU in 2025 for the first time ever.Steve Hanley (CleanTechnica)
Yes, although very slowly.
A mere 15% of new EU sold cars are BEVs, the average age of the fleet is 12 years, and electric heavy vehicles are still almost non-existent.
Meanwhile, central & southern Europe are still running on Fossil Gas despite heatpumps being around for ~50 years by now. The key issue is that the price of electricity has been far too high, and getting even higher in recent years.
Australia proves that solar can be easy and widely adopted
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.David Roberts (Volts)
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And best of all, none of the fears associated with wide spread solar have materialized into real world problems.
What were/are these fears?
In Sweden, people – wealthy home owners – have gotten a lot of public financial assistance for mounting solar panels that would either way have paid for themselves in a matter of years, lowering electrical bills and raising house prices for the owners.
Overall that is a good thing, the pros of increased solar adoption outweigh the glaring inequity, but all the same it's hard to feel that it's a part of the general fuckery of governments competing on who can pamper the upper middle class the most. Sweden also subsidizes mortgage interest and has essentially abolished (hard-capped at a low.level) the property tax on private homes. And Sweden has in recent years given financial relief to households based on their electrical consumption, I.e. very little (or nothing if electric is added to the rent) to renters and most of the money going to people with big houses and year-round heated pools.
The discussion on equity needs to enter the debate on things like incentives for solar panels on private homes or grants for energy saving insulation. These are good things, but the money can't just stack up on top of other political favors to the wealthy. Less useful subsidies need to go. They need to replace other benefits.
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Andre123 🐧
in reply to nuke86 • • •Tutto ciò è ridicolo.
Capisco che mettere in piedi autonomamente quel che può Amazon non sia banale, ma santo cielo tutta l'UE unita non riesce a farlo ?
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Fabrizio
in reply to Andre123 🐧 • • •mi accodo. È totalmente stupido pensare di essere sovrani in questo modo.
Mi pare che tra OVH, Hetzner e Aruba stessa un cloud europeo si potrebbe già avere.
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in reply to Andre123 🐧 • • •Re: L'Europa si affida ad Amazon per proteggersi dagli Stati Uniti: paradosso digitale
e poi per il caso specifico, direi che nemmeno serva tutto AWS, ne basterebbero anche solo alcuni servizi... che sì, se si volesse si potrebbero creare in EU
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