The Trump administration is refusing to ask Salvadoran president Bukele to release man who was mistakenly deported and Bukele isn't interested either
Bukele, who met with Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, was asked by a reporter if he’d consider releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland before he was arrested and deported back to his home country last month despite an immigration judge’s years-old order preventing the government from sending Abrego Garcia back to El Salvador.
“Are you suggesting I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? How can I return him to the United States, like I smuggle him into the United States? Of course, I'm not going to do it,” he said.
Bukele added that the reporter’s question was “preposterous” and said he lacks the power to return him.
“We just turned the murder capital of the world to the safest country the western hemisphere. And you want us to go back into the releasing criminals, so we can go back to the the murder capital of the world, and that's that's not going to happen,” he said.
Bukele won’t commit to returning man who was mistakenly deported from U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to ‘facilitate’ the man’s return after he was deported and incarcerated in a Salvadoran prisonAndrew Feinberg (The Independent)
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war
“The TikTok account affiliated with the group includes a clear statement supporting accelerationism and advises joining the group to be linked up with other individuals to exploit ‘collapse’,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a longtime far-right analyst and expert on the Base who noticed the soldier following the account.
“The Base has been designated as a terrorist group by the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.”
But under the reign of the new Pentagon, extremism and the far right are an afterthought, while policing and deleting away “woke” ideologies remains paramount. Hegseth has his own connections to Christian nationalism and was reported by a servicemember for alleged extremist tattoos that prevented him from attending president Biden’s inauguration.
Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race warBen Makuch (The Guardian)
Bernie Sanders spoke at Coachella and the crowd went wild
Sanders took the stage to introduce the singer Clairo, whom he praised for standing up for reproductive rights and speaking out against the war in Gaza. He then urged the crowd to get energized and fight back against President Donald Trump’s lawless, authoritarian agenda.
“The future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation,” Sanders told the crowd. “Now you can turn away, and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up, to fight… for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice.”
Bernie Sanders spoke at Coachella and the crowd went wild
"You can turn away, and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril."Mother Jones
COVID-19 Infection in Children tied to Long-Term Kidney Risks: JAMA
COVID-19 Infection in Children tied to Long-Term Kidney Risks: JAMA
Researchers have found in a new study that pediatric COVID-19 infection is linked to a higher risk of adverse post-acute kidney outcomes, particularly in children with preexisting chronic kidney...Medical Dialogues
Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins
Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins
DolphinGemma will get its first test run this summer.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses — here’s what happened
I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses — here’s what happened
My whole desk setup now easily fits into a backpack and I can take it anywhereAnthony Spadafora (Tom's Guide)
Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU
Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU | TechCrunch
Meta announced on Monday that it's going to train its AI models on public content, such as posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram, in the EU afterAisha Malik (TechCrunch)
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Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’
Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’
Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’Gustaf Kilander (The Independent)
Fund managers worry about Trump’s mental state amid tariff debacle
Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’
Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’Gustaf Kilander (The Independent)
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A network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the election
A network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the election - The Logic
The accounts are pumping out thousands of posts about the Canadian economy and alleged support within Canada for U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threat.Martin Patriquin (The Logic Inc.)
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Spain: Tens of thousands protest nationwide housing crisis
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Tens of thousands protested across Spain, including 150,000 in Madrid and 100,000 in Barcelona, over a worsening housing crisis fueled by real estate speculation, foreign ownership, and tourism.
Organizers demand rent cuts, more social housing, and the repurposing of vacant properties. Renters face soaring costs, with many spending over 40% of their income on housing.
Protesters accuse landlords and investment funds of profiting while evictions rise.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has proposed rent caps and limits on foreign ownership, calling the crisis a “social emergency” needing urgent action.
Spain: Tens of thousands protest nationwide housing crisis
Spanish tenants' associations called for a day of national protest over real estate speculation. Renters are increasingly unable to afford housing as the property business booms.Jon Shelton (Deutsche Welle)
On the plus side, he said, both parties shared the same fundamental analysis: that Spain has a basic lack of housing.
rewinds a decade
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_…
In 2013, Raj Badiani, an economist at IHS Global Insight in London, estimated that the value of residential real estate has dropped more than 30 percent since 2007 and that house prices would fall at least 50 percent from the peak by 2015.[10] Alcidi and Gros note; “If construction were to continue at the still relatively high rate of today, the process of absorption of the bubble would take more than 30 years”.[11]In the period for 2007-2013, Spanish house prices fell by 37%.[21] Each year almost a million homes were built in Spain, more than in Germany, France, and England combined.[22]
I guess that housing oversupply issue got solved despite Spain's population size being pretty flat since then.
Spain Population (2025) - Worldometer
Population of Spain: current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, immigration, median age, total fertility rate (TFR), population density, urbanization, urban population, country's share of world population, and global rank.Worldometer
Access to future AI models in OpenAI's API may require a verified ID
Access to future AI models in OpenAI's API may require a verified ID | TechCrunch
OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process in order to access certain future AI models.Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
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Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
Microsoft fired the employee who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event, according to an email sen by The Verge.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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Depending on your closeness to the actual technology I'd be damn tempted to take one for the team and sabotage these projects.
You can't imagine how literally violently mad I would be if any of my work was used to kill people. Doesn't matter who.
LOL they asked her to apologize. Never working for Microsoft. Fuck right the fuck off.
Qual è il mutuo più conveniente oggi in Italia?
Qual è il mutuo più conveniente oggi in Italia?
Mutui in Italia: come scegliere quello più conveniente nel contesto attuale In Italia, il mutuo rappresenta uno strumento fondamentale...Antonio Marano (Blogger)
Donald Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China
Donald Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China
The US president warns of the extra tax unless China withdraws its own 34% counter-tariff on US goods.Emma Haslett and Charlotte Edwards (BBC News)
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Who wants to bet that the idea of retaliatory tariffs wasn't gamed out beforehand and they have no strategy?
It seems like if you want a trade war with China, you'd want partners to help you apply pressure and replace Chinese goods you can't do without. Maybe somewhere like Vietnam for cheap labor; Canada for rare-earth minerals; and the EU to buy expensive American goods and services. Oh no.
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US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-lawyer over congressional testimony
Oyer has since told various media outlets that her firing came shortly after she declined to recommend restoring gun rights to actor Mel Gibson, a supporter of President Donald Trump.
She is one of several Justice Department officials slated to testify on Monday afternoon before a hearing organized by Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate about the Trump administration's treatment of the Justice Department and law firms who act in cases disliked by the Republican president.Democratic U.S. Senator Adam Schiff of California called the mobilization of the Marshals to deliver a letter an effort to "intimidate and silence" Oyer, while U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland compared it to a move "ripped straight from the gangster playbook."
EU considers tariffs on digital services Big Tech
EU considers tariffs on digital services Big Tech - Techzine Global
EU prepares countermeasures to Trump tariffs with focus on Big Tech digital services after the 20% import tax on European products.Coen van Eenbergen (Techzine)
No, not tariffs. Tariffs would make Europeans pay more.
Hit the US where it hurts: intellectual property. The US forced the rest of the world to adopt its absurd intellectual property protections as a condition of getting tariff-free access to the US markets. Now that the US has reneged on that, the EU should restore rights to EU citizens that were restricted with these new laws.
‘Hands Off’ protests take off across US to oppose Trump agenda – live
‘Hands Off’ protests take off across US and Europe to oppose Trump agenda – as it happened
Protesters gather at more than a thousand events across the US and in cities abroad, such as London, Berlin and Paris. This blog is now closed.Maya Yang (The Guardian)
A very sad thing is that it's a protest. Even if it was reported on what would happen? What is the result of any of this?
Now imagine all those people went online and just created and shared content. Imagine all those people creating 5 things a week. They countered every bullshit on YouTube. If they countered every ounce of bullshit on Reddit. If they fucked with the algorithm by calling out the Rogan sphere and other podcasters making them look like the dumb asses they are. If they just culture jammed the fuck out of this broken fucking culture. But they don't.
They drive 2 hrs to stand in the cold hoping a media that doesn't listen will spread a message. I bet the protestors are not very clear on what the expected result is here either. Most probably seen that someone asked them to show up and they did. They're willing to do the work but in my opinion, it's directed into an energy sink with minimal reward. I think we can do better with understanding how content is king. How this is about culture and message and ideas rather than old school methods like protest in the streetds. People can laugh all they want thinking online content is just stupid jokes. It is. But also it's culture and this is about culture.
When Republicans and Russia wanted to change our culture to favor the right wing they didn't invest millions into protests. They hired influencers and created networks. They paid college kids to make memes. They ran bot farms to flood spaces with comments that dismissed opinions that didn't favor their view. Money and power were directed to dumb assholes that could get more people on brand. Joe Rogan went from being a dumb comedian to a platform to introducing people to those networks. And it branched out from there. It was strategic. All I'm saying is we all should think more systematically and strategically. Protests have a use case. I'm not sure how effective it is in a digital world. Protests should evolve I think.
We won't beat corporate funded media in their game.
You think those people aren't online?
This is exactly my point. You're proving it. The left have no idea what they're doing. This is why the right are winning. They aren't wasting their effort and time. They're targeting key areas using modern techniques and even inventing their own. The left are so hell bent on this romanticized ideals of the hippie putting flowers into barrels that they haven't progressed at all. It has cost so much and will continue to lead us into obscurity or worse.
I'll tell you what, let's come back in a couple weeks and see what these protests accomplished
Do they? I've seen the headlines but do they really?
Every few years it seems like they are circling the same drain as everyone else.
Protests where we all just gather and walk around aren't effective. You need to be proactive and anticipatory. We saw it with George Floyd protests. There's no win. Either people will show up and go home. Or, the protests will grow to a point that it becomes out of control. When it's out of control then the police salivate and pull out their black book training manual for how to beat hippies and they get to work. Just as a farmer leads his cows to slaughter. The police have solved the protestor problem. You will not win. Tactics need to adapt
Congo, M23 rebels hold first talks after months of conflict
DOHA, April 5 (Reuters) - Congo's government and M23 rebels last week held private talks in Qatar for the first time since the rebels conducted a lightning offensive in the country's east, a source briefed on the discussions told Reuters.
The talks, which will continue next week in Doha, offer the greatest hope of a halt to hostilities since M23 seized eastern Congo's two largest cities, a rapid advance that since January has resulted in thousands of deaths and forced hundreds of thousands more from their homes.
The fighting has raised fears of a wider regional war, as Congo's neighbours Uganda and Burundi also have troops in the region.
Reuters reported last week that Kinshasa and M23 planned to hold their first direct talks in Doha on April 9. But the source with knowledge of the situation said private talks were also held last week.
They were positive, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity, and prompted the rebels to withdraw from the strategic town of Walikale, in an area rich in minerals including tin, as a goodwill gesture.
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DOJ demands SCOTUS stop judge from forcing Trump to return wrongfully deported father
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With just hours to go before the Trump administration has to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a protected Maryland resident who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador as part of President Donald Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants under an 18th-century wartime authority — back to the United States as part of a judge’s order, the Justice Department has tossed up a “Hail Mary” bid to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to put the kibosh on the efforts.
“On Friday afternoon, a federal district judge in Maryland ordered unprecedented relief: dictating to the United States that it must not only negotiate with a foreign country to return an enemy alien on foreign soil, but also succeed by 11:59 p.m. tonight,” wrote Solicitor General D. John Sauer in the DOJ’s Supreme Court application to vacate the order.
“This order sets the United States up for failure,” Sauer said.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday granted a preliminary injunction and gave the DOJ just over three days to facilitate bringing Abrego Garcia back to the country, referring to his deportation as “an illegal act” in her order. The 29-year-old was sent to El Salvador on March 15 in error as part of President Trump’s proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to rush through mass deportations — which have since been blocked by a federal judge — without providing due process to those being flown out of the country, often not to their country of origin. Abrego Garcia was in the country with protected legal status at the time of his deportation. His wife and 5-year-old child are U.S. citizens. The DOJ admitted to the lower court on Friday that his deportation was an “administrative error,” leading to the suspension of a 15-year DOJ vet who made the public confession.
On Sunday, Xinis issued a 22-page opinion saying she would not back off from forcing the Department of Homeland Security and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who are being sued, to return Abrego Garcia to U.S. soil. The DOJ filed an emergency motion to stay Xinis’ preliminary injunction on Saturday with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and lower court, “given the urgency of harms to the government,” the DOJ filings said. The 4th Circuit denied the motion on Monday shortly before the DOJ filed its Supreme Court application.
DOJ demands SCOTUS stop judge from forcing Trump to return wrongfully deported father
The Trump administration tossed up a "Hail Mary" bid to SCOTUS on Monday, asking it to stop the return of a protected Maryland resident who was sent to El Salvador just hours before they have to.Law & Crime
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Which Trump-supporting billionaires have lost the most in tariff markets turmoil?
Which Trump-supporting billionaires have lost the most in tariff markets turmoil?
Wealth of world’s richest tycoons shrinks as US president’s trade war spooks investorsMark Sweney (The Guardian)
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Hamas slams US claim it uses ambulances for ‘terrorism’ after medics killed
“[The remarks] are a hideous example of immoral solidarity with the Nazis of our time in their brutal war against defenceless civilians and humanitarian organisations,” the group said.
“Hughes’s accusations that Hamas is using ambulances are pure lies, devoid of any evidence, propagated by the US administration, alongside the government of war criminal Netanyahu, to justify its heinous and documented crime against paramedics and rescue workers.”
Updates: Netanyahu meets Trump as Israeli attacks continue in Gaza
Israeli forces kill two in attack on a tent housing journalists and issue new displacement orders for Deir el-Balah.Ted Regencia (Al Jazeera)
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)
The Kleptocracy Presidency | Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
The Kleptocracy Presidency
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children
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The Real Housewives of Hasbara: When the Gaza War Is Good for Business
Makes me wonder how deep does the algorithm divide go.
In these 1.5 years I was never served an explicitly pro-Israel content. On the other hand I was served pro-Palestinian and even some anti-Israel creators.
Sure this is just anecdotal, but there must be something behind it. The algorithmic bubble, or intentional manipulation, idk?
EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
Summary
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered a “zero-for-zero” deal to eliminate all industrial tariffs with the U.S., following Trump’s 20% tariff hike on EU goods.
The offer revives a proposal from a decade ago that was nearly finalized under the TTIP — the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership — that was ultimately scuppered by Trump in his first term.
The deal would cover cars, chemicals, and other industrial goods. Trump's tariffs have rattled global markets, with EU stocks seeing their steepest drop since COVID-19.
The EU warned it is also ready with countermeasures if negotiations fail.
EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
“Europe is always ready for a good deal,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.Koen Verhelst (POLITICO)
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Because it's something the EU wanted and didn't get in the last round. It'll be funny if Trump accepts because it basically concedes that his negotiating position is weaker than it was eight years ago.
I'm with you though. I think a united front from all the countries where Trump imposed tariffs would be more effective at nipping this nonsense in the bud. And I think countries are shortsighted if they don't recognize that the U.S. is becoming a fundamentally unreliable negotiating partner and their approach to negotiating with the U.S. should reflect that.
The world reacts to Trump's sweeping tariffs: 'No basis in logic'
Summary
Global leaders criticized Trump’s new tariffs, which range from 10% to 49%, warning of trade wars and economic fallout.
The UK and Italy urged negotiation, while Brazil passed a reciprocity bill. China and South Korea vowed countermeasures.
Australia and New Zealand rejected Trump’s logic, citing existing trade deals and low tariffs. Norfolk Island was baffled by a 29% duty despite having no exports.
Financial markets dropped, oil and bitcoin sank, and leaders warned of inflation. Analysts say Trump risks fracturing global trade with little to gain economically.
The World Reacts To Trump's Sweeping Tariffs: 'No Basis In Logic'
“Nobody wants a trade war," said one British official.AP (HuffPost)
salvinanza mattoide contro la sinistra che odia — vs adolescente pazzo nazista odiatore
So che ridere o lamentarmi di Salvini ormai è praticamente come sparare sulla Croce Rossa… ma non è colpa mia se lui si mette in condizione di dire cose (stavo per scrivere “o fare”, ma lui non fa mai niente, parla solo…) che vengono completamente ribaltate o smentite dall’universo nel giro di giorni! E stavolta […]
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salvinanza mattoide contro la sinistra che odia — vs adolescente pazzo nazista odiatore
So che ridere o lamentarmi di Salvini ormai è praticamente come sparare sulla Croce Rossa… ma non è colpa mia se lui si mette in condizione di dire cose (stavo per scrivere “o fare”, ma lui non fa mai niente, parla solo…) che vengono completamente ribaltate o smentite dall’universo nel giro di giorni! E stavolta è bella succosa… 😋Questo è cosa il signorotto ha scritto in un post di due giorni fa, dove cita (omettendo una o due parole) una frase pronunciata da Saviano in un video che lui stesso allega; per giunta, così facendo dimostrando o di non aver capito cosa Saviano volesse dire, o di averlo volutamente travisato per portare avanti la sua retorica inutile. (facebook.com/salviniofficial/p…)
Ahh signora mia, ma come dobbiamo fare con questa sinistra che sa solo odiare odiare e odiare? Ma vi sembrano parole normali signora Concetta? Visto che il povero self-made man Trump è già stato vittima di ben due tentativi di omicidio, poi… Che faccia tosta questo signor Saviano, per permettersi di ricordare che chi semina vento raccoglie tempesta, che chi sparge sangue perderà anche il proprio! 😤😤Io voglio anche far finta che a Salvini, poveraccio, non sia mai arrivata nota del fatto che quei due sparatori non avevano niente a che fare con “la sinistra”, essendo il primo addirittura repubblicano registrato, e l’altro non si sa ma comunque non era sostenitore dei blu, mentre Saviano tutto ha detto in questo video tranne che parole di incitamento all’odio… Ma ora c’è una novità! 🤡
È notizia di poche ore fa infatti che, negli Stati Uniti, sia stato appena scoperto che un adolescente che ha ammazzato i genitori faceva parte di un gruppo neo-nazista dove, oltre ad esaltare Hitler, si pianificava (principalmente lui, a quanto pare, che avrebbe anche prodotto diversi scritti) di rovesciare l’attuale governo, passando giustamente per l’uccisione del Donaldo… 😳
- Teen killed parents as part of Trump assassination plot, says FBI — bbc.com/news/articles/c62g8d47…
- A 17-year-old in Wisconsin allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — edition.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/…
- Teen charged with killing parents also planned to assassinate Trump, FBI says — nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-…
- Wisconsin teen allegedly killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — abcnews.go.com/US/wisconsin-te…
- Teen killed parents in Wisconsin as part of plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
- Wisconsin teen charged with parents’ murders is accused in extremist Trump assassination plot — cbsnews.com/news/wisconsin-tee…
- Teen suspected of murdering parents now tied to ‘cult’ and conspiracy to kill Trump to spark a ‘political revolution’ — independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
- Usa, 17enne accusato di aver ucciso i genitori voleva assassinare Trump — adnkronos.com/internazionale/e…
- Ammazza i genitori e compra un drone per uccidere Trump. Il folle piano del 17enne Nikita — quotidiano.net/esteri/uccide-g…
- Studente di 17 anni uccide i genitori, il movente folle: «Voleva i soldi per assassinare Trump». L’adesione al gruppo ispirato a Hitler — leggo.it/esteri/news/studente_…
Ma come?! Non era la sinistra che odia? In realtà quelli che odiano sono semplicemente scarti della società che si fanno abbindolare da movimenti politici estremisti che, nei casi in cui non sono ascrivibili a nessuna parte dello spettro politico, in realtà sono puntualmente assimilabili invece a quella destra ultra-estrema che non va avanti ad ideali veri, condivisibili o meno, ma semplicemente a violenza e convenienza personale? Ma tu pensa… 😓
Tutto è bene quel che finisce con un subumano nazista prossimamente incarcerato? Purtroppo, nonostante la realtà dei fatti sia questa, ho paura che gli esponenti della nostra destra — non estrema, ma nemmeno vera ed onesta, semplicemente stupida come la merda — continueranno a tenere gli occhi chiusi. E comunque, questo bimbo è stato anche molto cretino: il motivo per cui lo hanno sgamato è che ha smesso di andare a scuola dopo il duplice omicidio, quindi giustamente le autorità hanno iniziato a cercare i genitori, ed ecco qua. 🥱
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Studente di 17 anni uccide i genitori, il movente folle: «Voleva i soldi per assassinare Trump». L'adesione al
Uccide entrambi i genitori (madre e patrigno) per mettere in atto un piano più grande:...Redazione Web (Leggo)
Palestinian teenager who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation, medical report says
Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who had been held for six months without being charged, suffered from extreme malnutrition, and also showed signs of inflammation of the colon and scabies, said a report written by Dr. Daniel Solomon, who watched the autopsy, conducted by Israeli experts, at the request of the boy’s family.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of Solomon’s report from the family. It did not conclude a cause of death, but said Ahmad was in a state of extreme weight loss and muscle wasting. It also noted that Ahmad had complained to the prison of inadequate food since at least December, citing reports from the prison medical clinic.
Palestinian teenager ~~who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation~~ starved to death by zio terrorists, medical report says
Imperial news up to its old tricks...
They didn't list a cause of death, so it could be the case that they just shot him to death after starving him for a while.
Not that that's better...
The Digital Packrat Manifesto | DRM and big tech's war on ownership has led me to make my own media libraries, and you should too
Amazon’s recent decision to stop allowing people to download copies of their Kindle e-books to a computer has vindicated some of my longstanding beliefs about digital media. Specifically, that it doesn’t exist and you don’t own it unless you can copy and access it without being connected to the internet.The recent move by the megacorp and its shiny-headed billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos is another large brick in the digital wall that tech companies have been building for years to separate consumers from the things they buy—or from their perspective, obtain “licenses” to. Starting Wednesday, Kindle users will no longer be able to download purchased books to a computer, where they can more easily be freed of DRM restrictions and copied to e-reader devices via USB. You can still send ebooks to other devices over WiFi for now, but the message the company is sending is one tech companies have been telegraphing for years: You don’t “own” anything digital, even if you paid us for it. The Kindle terms of service now say this, explicitly. “Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you,” meaning you don’t “buy a book,” you obtain a “digital content license.”
The situation brings to mind an interview I did over a decade ago, with the executive of a now-defunct streaming platform. He told me candidly that the goal of all this was to make digital media a “utility” like gas or electricity—a faucet that dispenses the world’s art as “content,” with tech companies in complete control of what goes in the tank and what comes out of it.
Hearing this was a real tin foil hat moment for me. For more than two decades, I’ve been what some might call a hoarder but what I’ve more affectionately dubbed a “digital packrat.” Which is to say I mostly avoid streaming services, I don’t trust any company or cloud with my digital media, and I store everything as files on devices that I physically control. My mp3 collection has been going strong since the Limewire days, I keep high-quality rips of all my movies on a local media server, and my preferred reading device holds a large collection of DRM-free ebooks and PDFs—everything from esoteric philosophy texts and scientific journals to scans of lesbian lifestyle magazines from the 1980s.
Sure, there are websites where you can find some of this material, like the Internet Archive. But this archive is mine. It’s my own little Library of Alexandria, built from external hard drives, OCD, and a strong distrust of corporations. I know I’m not the only one who has gone to these lengths. Sometimes when I’m feeling gloomy, I imagine how when society falls apart, we packrats will be the only ones in our village with all six seasons of The Sopranos. At the rate we’re going, that might not be too far off.
The Digital Packrat Manifesto
DRM and big tech's war on ownership has led me to make my own media libraries, and you should too.Janus Rose (404 Media)
Yes, my physical library is pretty decent but my current digital one can fit on just a few external HDs. :/
China Displaces U.S. as Global Leader in Research - FPIF
The latest Nature Index rankings reveal an astonishing trend: nine of the world’s top 10 research institutions are now ChineseTo fully appreciate China’s meteoric rise, one must look back at the academic landscape a decade ago. When the Nature Index Global rankings were first released in 2014, only eight Chinese universities made it into the top 100. Today, that number has more than quintupled, with 42 Chinese institutions now ranking among the world’s best
One of the most notable policy shifts has been the move away from publication-based evaluation metrics. Previously, Chinese academics were incentivized to publish as many papers as possible, often at the expense of quality. However, recent reforms have introduced a more rigorous peer-review system that prioritizes impactful and innovative research over sheer volume. This shift has resulted in a significant improvement in the credibility and global influence of Chinese scientific output.
China Displaces U.S. as Global Leader in Research - FPIF
Nine of the world’s top 10 research institutions are now Chinese.John Feffer (Foreign Policy In Focus)
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Taiwan stocks plummet in biggest one-day drop on record after US tariffs
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What Eddy Burback got wrong about his phone... [Discussion of Fediverse as an alternative within]
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What Eddy Got Wrong About His Phone
Eddy's solution of locking his phone in a safe is not a sustainable solution. So I wanted to explore what I believe to be the next best thing!Gardiner Bryant (The Bryant Blog)
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I loved his video, but there were some pretty key actions that he could have done to reduce his phone usage, e.g., limiting/deleting his social media apps, reviewing/turning off his notifications, or setting Focus times to limit distractions during productive times of the day.
Fun experiment overall, but I wasn’t expecting any new revelations on attention spans from a comedian.
I think he made a good video but I couldn't stop thinking about this new "anti-consumerism consumerism". So many "I needed my phone to do x, so I bought this to do that." Even without the immediate ability to buy anything anywhere he is fundamentally locked into this mindset of "I need so I buy".
Could have used parental controls(like so many "adults" need to have their friends set on their phone) and locked your phone as only a phone. Delete every app that isn't essential. You can make your phone useless when you're bored, you can pick it up but nothing will be there to give you "relief". No distractions, no ability to install distractions. Your phone is yours, you can have it do whatever you want. I guess some people are just so addicted they can't even be near it. They're like people that stop smoking just to get addicted to vaping. Still addicted, just not to the old dirty style of getting your fix.
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DOJ Argues Courts Have ‘No Authority’ to Direct Trump to Bring Home Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
Trump DOJ Says Courts Have ‘No Authority’ to Direct Admin on Bringing Home Maryland Man Wrongl ...
The Trump DOJ filed a brief Sunday saying federal courts cannot order the administration bringing home wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.Caleb Howe (Mediaite)
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in reply to Omar • • •ramfetch was a fetch tool which displays memory info using /proc/meminfo i made back in christmas 2022 (i was around 11 years old at the time, currently 13) it got pretty popular on this sub and r/linux (it got 900 votes on r/linux and 797+ votes on this sub on reddit reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments…) , but i decided to remove it since i kinda thought it was dead, but i wanna bring it back with a new config file so yeah..
url: github.com/omardotdev/ramfetch
GitHub - omardotdev/ramfetch: a fetch tool which displays memory info using /proc/meminfo
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