US | College Staffer Lost Her Job After Showing Film Critical of Israel. Now She’s Suing Over Free Speech.
Anna Feder lost her job at Emerson College after screening a film critical of Israel. Her lawsuit says it was a free speech violation.
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US | Judge says US government may have 'acted in bad faith' as he weighs contempt over deportation order
A federal judge says the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush out of the country Venezuelan migrants before a court could step in to block their deportations to El Salvador
At least 27 killed as Israeli strike hits a school in Gaza, say medical officials
The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, say officials
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TikTok is shutting down its Instagram-like Notes app
TikTok is directing users to Lemon8 instead.
TikTok is shutting down its Instagram-like Notes app
TikTok is shutting down Notes, the photo-sharing app it launched just one year ago. The Instagram-like platform will no longer be available on May 8th.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Poland hands over 5,000 Starlink systems to Ukraine
Poland has supplied Ukraine with an additional 5,000 Starlink Enterprise items to ensure stable communications for the military and critical infrastructure.
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Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Massive Expansion Of Italy’s Piracy Shield Underway Despite Growing Criticism Of Its Flaws
Massive Expansion Of Italy’s Piracy Shield Underway Despite Growing Criticism Of Its Flaws
Walled Culture has been following closely Italy’s poorly designed Piracy Shield system. Back in December we reported how copyright companies used their access to the Piracy Shield system to order I…Techdirt
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The Details About the 6 Donald Trump Corporate Bankruptcies
Why Donald Trump's Companies Went Bankrupt
Find out which of Donald Trump's companies went bankrupt. See how many times Trump has sought bankruptcy protection for his ventures.Tom Murse (ThoughtCo)
Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive.Electronic Frontier Foundation
FEP-2931: Representing context with a Collection
Summary
FEP-7888 attempts to lay out clarifications for the use of the context property based on rationale and history, in which context is used primarily to logically group objects related by their "context", or in other words, stating that some object "was created in relation to" another object, where the latter object denotes some purpose for the first object.
In response to FEP-7888, and motivated by the desire to backfill entire conversations, various softwares wishing to federate have chosen to directly represent context as a Collection of objects acknowledged to be "within" some canonical context collection. This FEP describes this approach, its usages, and some drawbacks.
Re: FEP-2931: Representing context with a Collection
Considering that the implementors of 2931 are closely aligned at this point, I am wondering whether there is enough of a reason for us to move towards a separate and distinct type for future proofing, instead of using OrderedCollection.
Otherwise we'll always have a situation where we need to support the case where a resolved conversational context is a collection.
Secondly, it would allow you to remove the drawbacks section significantly... right now it's over 50% of the FEP, which makes it rather hard for me to convince someone to implement 😁
Are you considering an additional FEP for backfill, or is this intended to be it?
>Are you considering an additional FEP for backfill, or is this intended to be it?
@julian Maybe FEP-f228 is what you want?
It is still not clear why this proposal was submitted and accepted. The author didn't attempt to contribute to an existing FEP, and the only substantial difference between 2931 and f228 is that information about several implementations was removed.
Looks like an abuse of the FEP process to me.
Re: FEP-2931: Representing context with a Collection
@silverpill@mitra.social considering that these two FEPs have a decent amount of overlap I think there is enough justification for a merging.
I know I did argue for granularity, but the idea of backfill and that of representing a context's objects in a collection are pretty much identical from an implementor POV.
One describes behaviour the requestor, one describes behaviour of the recipient.
Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy
Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy
The United States has steered an economic order for 80 years based on trade and trust, making the country the world’s financial superpower. That vision is now blurred.Patricia Cohen (The New York Times)
GUI Programming Recommendations
Hello all,
I'm trying to get into GUI programming, but am hesitating on using a Python library to make my first barebones program. My goal is to code basic buttons and understand how operating systems implement the way they draw windows for applications.
I have coded mostly in scientific libraries or high-level languages that are fairly simple (Python, Matlab, Julia)... Also am familiar with basic concepts and syntax from C.
Looking for recommendations to start. I am happy to learn a new PL. Interested in writing code for legacy hardware and mobile. Bonus if the codes are general enough to be written for most displays one could interact with.
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Not directly programming or coding GUI from scratch with a library or something: Have you considered using a game engine like Godot ( godotengine.org/ ) ?
You would have a toolbox for several essential GUI-elements. You could visually create the GUI and add functionality by script. Also, there are several possibilities to handle different screen sizes and touch.
You would have to learn the UI and concepts of Godot but the documentation is ok and there are plenty of tutorials available.
Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine
Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel.Godot Engine
You can start with Tkinter since it's a standard python library. Here's a tutorial to get you started.
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Python Tkinter Tutorial
Tkinter is the most commonly used library for developing GUI (Graphical User Interface) in Python. It is a standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python.GeeksforGeeks
If you're just trying to familiarize yourself with GUI programming in general, the fastest is going to be Gnome Builder or QT Creator (depending on which DE you're working in). Both are great tools, and make it super easy to understand what goes into all the different pieces of making a GUI app.
If you want something more portable to mobile, maybe Ionic or Cordova would be interesting to you.
Slint
I really like Slint.
It has Python bindings, tho you wouldn't know it from the docs as it's brand new bindings.
However, it does WORK, and it works well.
Just look for python files in the examples and reference the slint docs (it uses its own UI lang for that stuff anyway).
I'm currently making an application in Python using Slint, and I really like it.
It also supports embedded systems, the web, and multiple languages, AND since it has its own UI lang, you can reuse parts of your UI code across different codebases
It seems to suit your use case.
Godot
Other than that, I second Godot.
HOWEVER
Godot's GD Script is not Python but rather a Python-like language. (in fact, in some ways, I'm glad it's not; there are things I prefer in GD Script).
This is important as you may want to use specific Python libraries which won't work with Godot!
You can, however, use GD Native to bind C++ code and thus C++ libraries, so you'll still be able to get done whatever you need to get done.
Iced
If you're not tied to Python, then I recommend the Rust library Iced as it is a very intuitive system. I really enjoy working with it.
Although, that said, Slint has great support for Rust, so maybe I'd recommend Slint anyway if you were gonna change language.
Warning Against Legacy
Avoid GTK, Qt, and TK at all costs imo. Also WinForms if ur on Windows.
They're old and crusty, and their APIs suck to use, even modern versions, and despite being aged, they're buggy still, not robust "tried-and-true" methods.
It's also hard to do dynamic stuff with them.
Just not well designed systems. Important, valuable to know bc they're used all over, but not well designed
Immediate
I would also try ImGUI.
It's meant more for gamedev UIs rather than Apps themselves (tho I've made a couple in it)
BUT
It's a totally different way of doing UI called "Immediate" bc you program the elements in a big loop, rather than event driven.
It's interesting and worth trying as a learning experience
React
And ofc, the Javascript/Electron world is huge and React is very popular with lots of tools. At least read up on it.
I've been using Flutter, I like how it's cross-platform, mostly. I've generally built things for Android, but the desktop (Linux and Windows) and web versions usually compile fine with no tweaking. Couldn't speak to the iOS versions as I can't be arsed to jump through Apple's hoops. You can make a nice looking app with it for whichever platform you're targeting.
It's very well supported, lots of examples, well documented. Not as much out there as Python for examples and troubleshooting, but not bad.
web versions usually compile fine with no tweaking
Isn't Flutter basically a webapp anyway?
Flutter uses its own UI engine. It does not rely on any webview AFAIK.
By contrast, Flutter minimizes those abstractions, bypassing the system UI widget libraries in favor of its own widget set. The Dart code that paints Flutter's visuals is compiled into native code, which uses Impeller for rendering. Impeller is shipped along with the application, allowing the developer to upgrade their app to stay updated with the latest performance improvements even if the phone hasn't been updated with a new Android version. The same is true for Flutter on other native platforms, such as Windows or macOS.
docs.flutter.dev/resources/arc…
Flutter architectural overview
A high-level overview of the architecture of Flutter, including the core principles and concepts that form its design.docs.flutter.dev
My goal is to code basic buttons and understand how operating systems implement the way they draw windows for applications.
So do you want to program a GUI yourself, and not using a library, correct ?
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I've worked with GUIs on python for a couple of years, we used PyQt, which is a python wrapper for Qt which is a C++ library for GUIs. It's fairly straightforward and easy to get something up on the screen in no time.
However from parts of your comment it seems you want to implement your own graphics library, and that is a lot harder to do.
Also you mentioned legacy hardware, not sure how legacy it would be. Python should run on most things people would call legacy nowadays, but there's definitely an overhead that could be felt if you're trying to run this on an embebed system or a REALLY old (as in 90s/00s era) computer.
You also mentioned mobile, I don't think PyQt can be compiled to mobile easily, nor do I think you should even if you manage to (been there, done that, not a happy time). Desktop and Mobile GUIs are very different, realistically if you want something that works well on both mobile and desktop with the same codebase the easiest approach is web UI.
I don't like a lot of python stuff, especially the gui related. flutter (dart) probably the easiest thing I've ever used and it works across tons of systems including mobile. Other than that the classic html/css/javascript lol.
Anything that needs big processing of course will suffer with these, I've never done that on a GUI though, the backends only.
Toga is a blessing. You can make apps for Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, Linux and Web - all with the same codebase!
I'm going to agree with a lot of the other posters and say QT with QT creator. It's a tested and well though out implementation. It's signals and slots event system is straight forward and easy to learn.
Whatever route you take learn Model View Controller (MVC). It gets in the mindset of keeping your data model seprate from things that use the data and things that change the data.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%…
software architectural pattern for user interfaces which divides the related program logic into three interconnected elements to separate internal representations of information and how information is presented to and accepted from the user
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This might be of interest for you, and its free PDF. From 2019 but still actual.
An Introduction to C & GUI Programming – the new book from Raspberry Pi Press
Well, in short: Display Managers (X Wayland, Android's Surface Flinger) have a set of instructions and translate them into lines, characters, etc.
GUI frameworks are basically a simple vector graphics application (send those instructions) with bitmap-support and additionally pre-programmed sequences like, pressing a button. And that set of pre-programmed sequences and how it signsl-handling etc is organized, determines the usecases the framework is suited for.
That said, I'm a firm believer that doing GUIs through code is an inefficient, cumbersome, and antiquated process that should be replaced with more visual alternatives
what do you mean? I'm not familiar with Godot.
Android comes to mind where most commonly you build the UI in XML. what do you think about that?
I don't see much point in making GUI apps for desktop nowadays, especially since desktop usage is in decline compared to smartphones. If you still want to, I'd go with iced, which is in rust, and well designed.
I'd recommend learning either android jetpack-compose, or iOS app dev.
GitHub - iced-rs/iced: A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm - iced-rs/icedGitHub
How OS
Pretty much Qt. You can learn how different OSes have different way.
However, modern GUI programming is happening on the web and mobile phones. React is popular, but it's too high level and their XML-based approach is horrifically designed. Swift UI is nice, but it's Apple-only. Flutter is a good middle ground, but its Desktop capability is limited. You're going to shoot on your own foot several times.
Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border
Five years after Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian assured employees that the company was “not working on any projects associated with immigration enforcement at the southern border,” federal contract documents reviewed by The Intercept show that the tech giant is at the center of project to upgrade the so-called virtual wall.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to modernize older video surveillance towers in Arizona that provide the agency an unblinking view of the border.
A key part of the effort is adding machine-learning capabilities to CBP cameras, allowing the agency to automatically detect humans and vehicles as they approach the border without continuous monitoring by humans. CBP is purchasing computer vision powers from two vendors, IBM and Equitus. Google, the documents show, will play a critical role stitching those services together by operating a central repository for video surveillance data.
Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border
Google is part of a Customs and Border Protection plan to use machine learning for surveillance, documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal.Sam Biddle (The Intercept)
youtube but with adblockers.
the only other one is Google TV just to watch the shows i already purchased since i can't find a way to rip out the drm
QRAlarm on the F-Droid or play store.
The alarm only go off after reading a QRcode that you can put on your bathroom or other place and ensure that you walk away from bed before turning it off.
If your on Android;
Amdroid is the best alarm app I'm aware of.
(Called "Alarm clock for heavy sleepers" on play store)
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
(Best few bucks Ive spent on an app, ad version just has ads in ui, nothing crazy)
It has a feature where 5 min after you dismiss the alarm, it'll send a notification asking if your awake. If you don't respond after a while, the alarm goes again. (Times adjustable)
Sorry I've typed more than intended too, I'll put most under a spoiler so its not a wall of text....
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It also manages alarms setting as profiles, set up a few types of alarms once and when setting new alarms you only have to set a time and pick a profile.
Tons of different options;
You can make them location or calendar dependent, make dismissing them require a certain light level or WiFi signal strength (go turn on a light or stand next to router in other room). You can make your self do some math or captcha to dismiss alarm (I have mine set to require a simple captcha when deleting,). You can make snooze duration get incrementally less, so maybe 10min, then 8, then 6 and so on...
Got a day off or need to wake up early one day, well you can skip or change the time for just the next time the alarm is supposed to go off, then it goes back to normal.
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Alarm Clock for Heavy Sleepers - Apps on Google Play
Smart alarm clock with timer, stopwatch, holidays support & calendar integrationplay.google.com
Alternatively this one
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This is why I prefer public transit for my morning commute as opposed to driving.
You can doze off all you want without fear of killing someone. With how sleep deprived I usually am there's no way me forcing myself to drive in the morning is safe. Worst that can happen is the bus driver gets annoyed at you because you slept past the last stop.
The best one ever
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There's more cocks on YT than I expected.
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QRAlarm on the F-Droid or play store.
The alarm only go off after reading a QRcode that you can put on your bathroom or other place and ensure that you walk away from bed before turning it off.
It doesn't matter what anyone does. I don't actively remember snoozing it or sleeping through it. That shit is on autopilot. I have snoozed an alarm and sent a text to someone without waking up.
The 5 alarms is necessary. I have 3 on my phone and 2 on my Google home because I have slept through 2-3 alarms before. If I am asleep asleep you can pour water on me and I won't wake up. Shattering glass. Vacuum. Blender. Lights. You name it.
My mom used to have to take my blankets and pillow away. Turn on my lights. Poor water on me and smack me around to get me outta bed at times.
I blame my father. When I was little I would fall asleep and take naps right next to his floor tom while he was practicing with his band. Full volume band practice and I would just pass out into my box of Legos right there next to him.
It is what it is.
Syrian Foreign Ministry Accuses Israel of ‘Destabilization’ After Massive Wave of Attacks
Syrian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of ‘destabilization’ after massive wave of attacks
Israel’s defense minister issued a new threat against Syrian leadership and warned of a ‘heavy price’ to pay if Tel Aviv’s interests are endangeredthecradle.co
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Who love when some One spread the ass hole like that? 🥵
Evidence used to convict Lucy Letby is flawed, leading experts say
The evidence used to convict Lucy Letby of poisoning babies is flawed, seven leading experts have said, in a dossier that will be submitted to the miscarriage of justice watchdog.
The former nurse’s legal team will on Thursday hand an 86-page report to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which they say casts “serious doubt” on her convictions.
Letby, 35, was found guilty of deliberately poisoning two baby boys with insulin on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital in August 2015 and April 2016 respectively.
The prosecution told jurors at Letby’s trial there could be “no doubt that these were poisonings” and that “these were no accidents” based on the babies’ blood sugar results.
A detailed analysis of the cases due to be handed to the CCRC on Thursday suggests jurors were “misled” about several aspects of the insulin cases, Letby’s legal team said.
The report by seven experts claims that the Roche immunoassay test used in the two cases – and presented as proof of deliberate insulin poisoning – is unreliable.
Evidence used to convict Lucy Letby is flawed, leading experts say
Former neonatal nurse’s legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts ‘serious doubt’ on guilty verdictJosh Halliday (The Guardian)
Patriots are in control 🫡
Honestly kinda funny seeing Trump destroy the US Empire.
If the goal is total collapse, I don't have much hope.
At the end of his term, (assuming he doesn't worm his way into getting more than 2) the next administration is just going to pick up the pieces and do their best to keep the current elite in power. :/
The problem is the current elite is the government, the administration. The way things are going, i can't imagine the Trump administration even organizing something towards elections in 4 years.
He said, no one will ever need to vote again.
Yup, Canada saw it as a warning shot, we were down that same path with a guaranteed Conservative victory on our next election, with a candidate who was just a Trump wannabe.
Trump has single handedly opened up the eyes of alot of complacent Canadians. The crazy becomes alot more apparent when we are being attacked over fictional things, then they realize maybe it is all just fictional made up stuff, and the pieces come together.
Maybe we'll even bring a few other illegitimate colonizer states like Israel down with us.
Should I start drafting my apology video to the accelerationists now?
i'm happy and hopeful for the first time in a long time.
we might actually stand a chance 🥲
Keep going. At this rate every country is going to see massive protests of the US military bases and embassies in their countries in like a month.
what do you mean? the third world will rejoice with the fall of the us.
are you one of those libs unaware of the violence and death you sponsor in the world?
you spend so much with your military for a reason.
Trump: “ guise, you can open factories in the US…”
The World: “don’t make eye contact with the crazy person”
I disagree, it's a very good thing. USians have had ample time to reckon with their fascist government, but since the price was being paid by minorities and people abroad, not enough of y'all listened or cared. The rot took hold, the violence was turned inward like Malcolm X warned and when the US dies the world will immediately be better for it.
Of course, provided they don't do the ghoulish shit only they and Israel would, nuking us all out of spite.
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid, and the fastest growing political channels on YouTubeTaylor Lorenz (User Mag)
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A YouTube spokesperson said that the removal of "gender identity and expression" from the hate speech policy was part of regular copy edits to the website, and that the enforcement of the policy hasn't changed. Hate speech toward someone over their "sex, gender, or sexual orientation" is still barred, however critics say that "gender" is very different than "gender identity and expression."
If this is a good faith statement it's a non-issue IMO
Bullshit. Why would you believe it's good faith? Why wouldn't you want rules written down if they're to be enforced? Rules should be spelled out clearly to be fair and transparent.
They may enforce it for a little while, but they can now quietly drop enforcing it and no one will notice because it will be a change documented internally only.
This is a transparent attempt to manage the outrage.
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I don't necessarily believe it's in good faith. Just pointing out that it could be a simple misunderstanding and added back.
They can quietly drop or add anything internally, or just be inconsistent. They don't even have to have a public policy. So the words don't mean much to begin with. Once there are examples of no enforcement is when it becomes a serious issue.
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IM0 if that is in good faith. It is YouTube trying to not discorage anti trans b y not taking a public opinion that supports trans rights,
So IMO they can get funked.
Earlier today I went onto youtube in a private window and looked up a video for some old video game. Then I went back to the homepage. I was just smacked with rightwing and sexualized content in the recommendations once the home page was populated. There are a lot of good content makers on YouTube, but it's an absolutely trash website.
I don't know if there have been studies on this, but I would not be surprised if social media platforms (particularly YouTube and Facebook) in the last two months have pivoted hard into promoting more reactionary content, and that they are responsible over the last 15 years for generally promoting conservatism.
BDS calls for Boycott of Microsoft Game Pass, Minecraft, New XBox Consoles
The BDS National Committee (BNC) has decided to make Microsoft a “priority target” to pressure the company to end its support for Israel’s war effort, after revelations that its AI and cloud services have been heavily used in the genocidal assault, organizers told Drop Site News.
Two Microsoft employees fired for their activism, Abdo Mohamed and Hossam Nasr, played key roles in driving the BNC’s decision. The pair organized a vigil outside the company’s headquarters in 2024.
The committee is asking all those who have taken its pledge to take three concrete steps
- Cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription
- Boycott Candy Crush, Minecraft, and Call of Duty—flagship videogame franchises owned by Microsoft
- Boycott all Microsoft Gaming products, including Xbox-branded consoles, headsets, accessories, and all games published by Microsoft-owned publishing labels (such as Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Bethesda and Blizzard)
BDS calls for Boycott of Microsoft Game Pass, Minecraft, New XBox Consoles
No more Call of Duty. No more Minecraft. No more XBox (unless you already own one).Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)
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I love it when I'm already technically boycotting because I just hated all that shit to begin with.
The only real loss is Minecraft, which Microsoft has been slowly enshittifying anyway. Java Edition is the redheaded stepchild now.
PlayStation controllers have way better build quality than Xbox controllers. I hope Valve brings back Steam controllers.
Activision, Bethesda and Blizzard haven't made good games in over a decade.
I never used GamePass because I like actually having ownership over my games and developers being paid properly.
I live Linux full time now because Windows is trash.
ill use this opportunity to say windows is shit.
after getting used to linux, its hard to go back. we dont need microsoft.
Top Trump Aide Hosts White House Meeting with Kremlin Envoy
Putin Envoy Says He’s in U.S. for Talks With Trump Administration
The meeting between Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff was apparently the first time in years that a senior Russian official had traveled to the U.S. for talks with an American counterpart.Anton Troianovski (The New York Times)
At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say
An Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.
Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, the civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said, killing several children and wounding 100 people.
Another 20 people were killed in a dawn airstrike on the Shejaia suburb of Gaza City, bringing the total number of casualties reported by the local health ministry to 97 in the past 24 hours.
At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacementsBethan McKernan (The Guardian)
Thunderbird Launches Open Source Services to Rival Gmail and Office365
Thunderbird Launches Open Source Services to Rival Gmail and Office365
Thunderbird launches Thundermail and Pro services to offer an open-source alternative to Gmail and Office365, focused on privacy, freedom, and user control.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
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First they came for the Communists.
And they made lots of love and had a baby called Palestine the end.
Generally anticommunists insist that the German–Soviet Pact of 1939 was vastly more important. The most important event of the twentieth century even, if not the single most important event in the universe’s roughly 13.7 billion years of existence, period.
I am not kidding when I say that I have seen far more equivalences made between communism and German Fascism than I have seen references to the Axis’s atrocities on the Eastern Front.
It’s because the latest Reddit refugee wave have been exposed to uncensored news for more than five days, breaking a personal best.
When one side unironically complains that the other has kidnapped a soldier from his tank… We’ve been conditioned to ignore atrocities I think, as humans, because those of us who survive still have to live. And further out, people have no sympathy for people they’ve never been shown are people too. But the tank soldier kidnapping thing is just making fun of their own sympathizers to their face. I’m sure there’s a kind of person who picks up on these things and goes from being a “reasonable” “centrist” to looking at both sides and understanding what they’re really looking at. It’s really not complicated
Proud of you, new joiners, I see you.
I'm having a really big mental block…
If you replace the hammer and sickle for an American flag it makes sense .. if you replace the Palestinian flag for a star of David, it makes a lot of sense.
And to clarify, it doesn't mean I am antisemitic .... it means I am anti-zionist
It's a controversial subject but it is one we should all have on a regular basis seeing as the debate is actually costing the lives of thousands of people ..... but I wanted to ask ....
Besides the star of David, how would you symbolize the zionist movement.
12,000 Palestinians fought against the Nazis in WWII
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One has to wonder why no organization was ever established to commemorate the actions of these Palestinian volunteers. “Many of them were killed and many others are still listed as missing. But no memorial has ever been established for them,” says Abbasi. In fact, the records of the Palestinian volunteers, along with much of their personal archives and papers, have disappeared, much of it lost in the War of Independence.So who were the Palestinians who volunteered for the British Army to fight the Nazis? Abbasi says they mostly came from the Palestinian elite and that, contrary to what many think, represented “an important and central part of the Palestinian public.” A part of the public that believed it was necessary to stand by Britain at this time, and to temporarily put aside the Palestinian national aspirations – akin to the Jewish idea to “fight Hitler as if there were no White Paper, and fight the White Paper as if there were no Hitler.”
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At first I thought "Nazis wouldn't take communist dick", but then I remembered Trump and Putin.
(The baby isn't Palestine, though, it's the global trade war Trump is starting or Elon Musk or JD Vance or something.)
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Comunque, non ho avuto modo di dirlo subito ma… ‘Ngopp ‘o ling’, la domenica passata alla fine sono effettivamente uscita dal purgatorio Ossidiana, e ora da qualche giorno sono in Diamante. Allora evviva? Beh, piano piano; dipende. Ora sto godendo, sto abbastanza macinando, alternando adeguatamente gaming e learning, andando avanti col programma rimanendo comunque in […]
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Duolingo 31/03/2025
Comunque, non ho avuto modo di dirlo subito ma… ‘Ngopp ‘o ling’, la domenica passata alla fine sono effettivamente uscita dal purgatorio Ossidiana, e ora da qualche giorno sono in Diamante. Allora evviva? Beh, piano piano; dipende. Ora sto godendo, sto abbastanza macinando, alternando adeguatamente gaming e learning, andando avanti col programma rimanendo comunque in punti sufficientemente alti della classifica… però…
Insomma, lunedì sera mi sono messa un poco paura. Dopo le classiche circa 24 ore di pausa che mi prendo post-lega, infatti, ho fatto lezione, e mi trovo questa situazione strana nella nuova classifica: la maggior parte degli altri con punti comparabili ai miei, cioè che quindi sono stati aggiunti allo stesso tempo di me… e poi qualcuno che ha decisamente tryhardato nella parte precedente della giornata. Senza girarci troppo intorno: un ennesimo punto fisso di #Duolingo, che ha sempre retto per mesi, mi è crollato addosso dal nulla stavolta… c’è una piccola possibilità che si venga messi nel girone con utenti che hanno già iniziato ore prima di te.
Trump administration threatens to withhold funding from schools with DEI programs
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/35535333
Education department memo requires public schools to confirm they are complying with anti-diversity policies
Trump administration threatens to withhold funding from schools with DEI programs
Education department memo requires public schools to confirm they are complying with anti-diversity policies
What features are missing from piefed, or, why aren't we reccommending piefed instead of lemmy?
Every time I go to the piefed frontpage I'm blown away by how much more polished it is. It has all the bells and whistles that lemmy is sometimes missing.
Whats the catch? Why aren't we recommending everyone goes to piefed instead of lemmy?
App support is one thing I can think of.
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- why are you still using your Lemm.ee account instead of Piefed
- why create this post here instead of !fediverse@piefed.social ?
This comm is much bigger, and I happened to be on my .ee account at the time.
e: And I've used this account for longer, so I don't want to abandon it.
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why create this post here instead of !fediverse@piefed.social ?
This community is much bigger? He's asking a question so probably wants input from the most people possible.
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It is, but there's only one way to make Piefed grow, it's to start getting Piefed communities more active.
Lemmy covers pretty much all the topics the current Threadiverse is interested in, so at some point posters have to accept to post to smaller communities.
I'm not saying everyone has to do it, but as OP states that Piefed is more polished, I was surprised
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not to piefed specifically.
Why not? I'm not saying to move everything, but a few communities to Piefed could be nice. A few to Mbin too to keep everyone happy.
We have data on what it costs to run a sizeable instance of Lemmy and it's not a lot. How does Piefed compare? Anyone starting an instance who envisions it growing large has to contend with this question. Currently it seems it's got a bit under 1000 users across under 10 servers.
There are now sizeable communities run on Lemmy instances that are reinforced by network effects. There needs to be a significant reason for them to migrate. To that point, the collective project is building communities away from corporate power, not software. The software is a tool to facilitate that. Lemmy has worked well so far in this regard. If someone can show that Piefed can work better and not cost significantly more, it'll probably get adopted for new communities. If the difference is drastic, we may even see migrations from Lemmy.
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It has support for lemmy's protocol, so the network effect really isn't an issue.
again, the apps are the killer.
iirc, piefed's api is very similar to lemmy's, so apps could support both.
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Pixelfed is an image sharing platform, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms.Social.Photo
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Generally, because I think all server-centric AP software is broken and I want to see a client-first application to browse the social web.
Particularly in relation to piefed: it seems to be focused on the exact opposite (giving more power to the server admins) and it takes a good page of social engineering / "nudge theory" principles to guide its design. Much like Mastodon, it seems to be strongly opinionated about how people should behave and it kinda gives me an icky feeling about its culture.
It may be a bit opiniated, but it's nice to see a different approach from Lemmy devs who don't see the need for any additional moderation tool.
I brought up mod mail during the AMA, it has been considered too complex to implement. A moderation panel with an overview of the mod queue would be nice too, but not a priority.
I'm not saying Piefed is perfect, but at least they prioritize that aspect.
"moderation duties" and "regular participants" in a forum system have such different use cases, it makes no sense to try to make it work with the software itself.
It would be better/faster/easier to simply build a separate tool that can be useful for moderators, instead of trying to shoehorn it in the existing API. But I don't really think that this is something that really bothers people enough, given that last time I asked if I could get 20 people interested to sponsor the development of the moderation tool, and to this day only one person showed up.
It would be better/faster/easier to simply build a separate tool that can be useful for moderators,
Piefed built it in their software without a separate tool
And by doing so, it makes it available only for moderators with accounts on piefed. What is the current TAM? 20 people?
A separate tool could connect to any server federating "Report" activities. What is the current TAM? Any moderator of a group, no matter if their account is on Lemmy/PieFed/PixelFed/Misskey/Mastodon...
20 people?
piefed.fediverse.observer/dail…
360 currently, so around 18 times that.
A separate tool could connect to any server federating “Report” activities.
The appetite seems limited as you pointed out yourself in the comment above.
Fediverse Observer checks all sites in the fediverse and gives you an easy way to find a home from a map or list or automatically.
Piefed Sites Status. Find a Piefed server to sign up for, find one close to you!piefed.fediverse.observer
360 currently
Please, read things in context. I'm talking about moderators.
Are all the 360 PieFed users also community moderators?
This comment was not supposed to be a huge critique of Lemmy, more like a comparison.
Everybody is aware that you do what you can with the resources you have.
I just gave it a try, this is what the moderation panel looks like on Piefed:
Maybe this makes it more clear
“Animali Paralleli”: Un dialogo artistico tra natura e cultura al Museo Malmerendi di Faenza dal 5 aprile all’8 giugno 2025
Il Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali Malmerendi di Faenza presenta "Animali Paralleli", una mostra che esplora il rapporto tra natura e cultura attraverso l’arte contemporanea. Inaugurata sabato 5 aprile alle ore 16, l’esposizione riunisce opere di Alessandra Bonoli, Carmine Calvanese, Sergio Monari, Gianni Pedullà, Maximo Pellegrinetti, Leonardo Santoli e Irene Zangheri, in dialogo con gli animali conservati nelle collezioni del museo.
Curata nei testi da Pasquale Fameli, Maria Mancini e Pierluca Nardoni, la mostra propone un viaggio artistico tra opere che reinventano la fauna in contesti inediti. L’esperienza è arricchita da un’installazione musicale di Daria Baiocchi, le cui sonorità amplificano la connessione tra arte e natura.
Artisti in mostra:
Alessandra Bonoli: scultrice che esplora il rapporto tra naturale e artificiale.
Carmine Calvanese: pittore e docente, la sua ricerca abbraccia tecniche tradizionali e digitali.
Sergio Monari: esponente del Gruppo Ipermanierismo, unisce scultura e poesia.
Gianni Pedullà: artista che riutilizza materiali tessili per creare opere dinamiche.
Maximo Pellegrinetti: scultore e docente, con opere esposte in Italia e all’estero.
Leonardo Santoli: pittore che fonde elementi arcaici e fumettistici.
Irene Zangheri: pittrice che lavora con olio, acrilico e multimediale per esplorare temi spirituali.
Daria Baiocchi: compositrice di fama internazionale, ha realizzato un’installazione sonora per la mostra.
Catalogo della Mostra:Un catalogo raccoglie le opere esposte, i testi critici e le biografie degli artisti, offrendo un approfondimento sul rapporto tra arte e mondo animale.
Dettagli della Mostra:
Luogo: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali Malmerendi, via Medaglie d'oro 51, Faenza
Date: 5 aprile - 8 giugno 2025
Orari: Martedì e giovedì 9:30-12:00 / 15:00-18:00; sabato e domenica 15:00-18:00 (su prenotazione entro il giovedì precedente: info@museoscienzefaenza.it)
Patrocini: Comune di Faenza, Regione Emilia Romagna, Gruppo Speleologico Faentino
La mostra evidenzia il legame tra istituzioni culturali e territorio, offrendo una riflessione artistica sul mondo naturale in un contesto scientifico.
"Animali Paralleli": Un dialogo artistico tra natura e cultura al Museo Malmerendi di Faenza dal 5 aprile all’8 giugno 2025 - ViaggieMiraggi
Il Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali Malmerendi di Faenza organizza la mostra “Animali Paralleli”, un’esposizione che esplora il rapporto tra natura e cultura attraverso il linguaggio dell’arte contemporanea.Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens
The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.
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Starlink rival Eutelsat rolls out wifi on Air Canada planes
Eutelsat, Europe's rival to Elon Musk's Starlink constellation of internet-providing satellites, said on Wednesday it has started providing onboard wifi for passenger and business planes.
Putin supporters turn on Kremlin over Muslim migration
Despite Moscow’s need for outsiders to fuel its war machine, Russians fear a ‘social explosion’ similar to that in Paris or Marseille
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Russia declares Elton John AIDS Foundation undesirable organisation
Russia’s Office of the Prosecutor General has declared the Elton John AIDS Foundation an “undesirable” organisation.
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Euro, yen surge vs dollar as investors grapple with tariff aftermath
The euro and the Japanese yen soared against the dollar on Thursday, as investors grappled with how U.S. President Donald Trump's far-reaching tariffs will impact global trade and economic growth.
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Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 US soldiers who died during training exercise
Thousands of people have turned out to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation
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Denmark announces new aid package for Ukraine worth nearly US$1 billion
The Danish government has held consultations with the Foreign Policy Committee regarding the 25th aid package for Ukraine, amounting to DKK 6.7 billion (about US$970 million).
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