Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
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Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
Attorney General James Sues 23andMe to Protect New Yorkers’ Genetic Data
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 27 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against 23andMe to protectNew York State Attorney General
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The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
A decades-old tax rule helped build America's tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle itCatherine Baab (Quartz)
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That’s what makes the politics of Section 174 so revealing. For all the rhetoric about bringing jobs back and making things in America, the first Trump administration’s major tax bill arguably helped accomplish the opposite.
What an utterly shocking turn of events. /s
Fucking MAGAt idiots.
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This is why our tax code is broken. There's so many hidden bullshit codes and requirements, that people are fucked unless they can actually spend a fortune on accountants and tax lawyers, two professional that we don't need that many of btw, but our tax code is written to make money and jobs for the rich.
Fuck the feds.
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How can it be broken if it works exactly as intended? Same goes for the tax laws in my shitstain country.
I read an article the other day how taxes are a way - and always have been - to redistribute from the poor to the rich. Sounds about right.
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I don’t have the article but basically when the rich aren’t taxed proportionally, their wealth and therefore power grows, while the lower classes get squeezed harder as they must give up a greater portion of their wealth in order to fund the obligations toward said infrastructure that keeps the whole machine running.
When used inappropriately, they are one piece of the larger system that funnels all the wealth upwards at the expense of everyone and everything else.
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Sure, and that's extremely important context that should be included, because
taxes are a way - and always have been - to redistribute from the poor to the rich. Sounds about right.
Comes off sounding ancap or USA style libertarian.
It's a paywalled article in Dutch, so I used AI to translate it. The dude is from The Netherlands, but he's mainly referring to the situation in Belgium (interview was in a Belgian magazine). So 'De Wever' refers to the Belgian prime minister, let me know if anything else is unclear, as I didn't check the whooole translation 😀
This Dutch tax expert wants to overturn our tax system: “That capital gains tax you have is an excellent idea”
Published: June 10, 2025 · By Peter Casteels
A Dutch tax expert, Reinier Kooiman, wants to completely upend our tax system.
Reinier Kooiman proposes abolishing all taxes and replacing them with a single wealth tax. “Why can’t the government take a small amount from your savings, but it can take 50% from your income?”
Forget the wrangling in the De Wever government about the capital gains tax. During coalition talks, that new tax sparked the toughest debates—but after four months in power, there’s still no compromise.
Compared to total public spending, it’s largely symbolic. In his new book, aptly titled The Strongest Shoulders, Kooiman offers a much more radical, yet well-founded, proposal: eliminate all taxes and replace them with one clear wealth tax. He’ll now try to convince you.
That wasn’t his initial goal. Kooiman—affiliated with the University of Amsterdam and formerly at Deloitte—intended to write an academic history of our tax system. The Strongest Shoulders is partly that. He drew inspiration from medieval Italian city-states.
Kooiman: “My research was purely historical; there was no real history of our taxes. I wanted to trace the principles behind them. Obviously, as a tax expert, I had my own ideas. But only after comparing medieval times to today did I gain new insights.
I had never realized our system redistributes from the poor to the rich. Our taxes vastly increase inequality, while like many, I assumed the opposite. In the Italian city-states, a uniform wealth tax was levied on everyone. Primitive as it sounds, it’s fairer than today’s system.”
How it works
Kooiman explains: everyone pays income tax based on ability, but indirect taxes like VAT, excise, and tariffs are flat. Lower-income people spend a larger share of income on consumption, so proportionally pay more taxes.
In countries like the Netherlands and Belgium, income inequality is moderate, but wealth inequality is extreme. Our tax system causes it: wealth is never taxed, while low- and middle-income people struggle to build wealth because they pay too much income tax.
The wealthy can accumulate more easily. Simply raising income tax rates won’t reduce inequality; the super-rich would own an even greater share of wealth overall.
Lessons from medieval Italy
Kooiman: “City-states only taxed when major expenses arose—like war. If Genoa needed 4,000 libra, and total wealth was 400,000 libra, everyone paid 1% of their wealth. Tax rates varied yearly, but contributions were equal. They measured ability by wealth, not income.”
Modern feasibility
Kooiman admits medieval governments were smaller, less bureaucratic, and more local. Today’s centralized, anonymous systems have moved tax collection far from citizens. Governments now take ~45% of GDP in taxes without public debate over who pays.
Why wealth tax fell out of favor
As city-states grew, taxing wealth became complex. Since the 18th century, economists pushed income-based taxation. With capitalism’s rise, capital needed for investment—like railways—shouldn’t be taxed. Kooiman calls this “elitist rhetoric”: if total tax revenue stays the same, there’s still plenty of capital.
No evidence suggests the wealthy manage their money better than those living off income.
Practicality
Belgium and the Netherlands already have inheritance taxes, meaning declaring estates isn’t too hard. Income tax on labor might be easy, but capital taxes provoke debate—just look at capital gains tax arguments.
Wealth isn’t volatile, so it’s manageable: if someone reports much less, tax authorities can inspect.
The exchange
Freedom and equality guide Kooiman: tax shouldn’t redistribute wealth—redistribution should occur through government spending. People should end up equally rich before and after taxes, achieved by a flat wealth tax. A millionaire pays more in absolute terms but the same percentage—no special targeting.
“A millionaire will pay a lot—but can’t claim they’re being singled out.”
Rate needed
Kooiman estimates around 8.5% for the Netherlands; Belgium would be similar. The system is simpler and cheaper. Millions of families currently pay income tax to get social benefits—without income tax, they might not need those benefits.
Impact by age
Yes, paying 8.5% of assets annually is steep, especially for homeowners. But young people would pay less and have more chance to buy homes; over-50s would pay more. He estimates young people would benefit and older people would see slight drawbacks.
“On average, people under fifty would pay less; after fifty, a bit more.”
He argues that many older people leave large inheritances—money that sits idle. Meanwhile, younger generations bear heavy income tax burdens.
Asset scrutiny concerns
Critics say wealth taxes mean inspecting paintings or wine cellars. Kooiman says no exemptions: otherwise, people hide value. But he believes it’s manageable until inconsistencies arise—then the tax office can investigate.
Resistance
“The opposition is immense: it feels like theft.”
Kooiman responds: “Why take 50% from income but not from savings? In my system, no one can say money is taxed twice [income vs. wealth]. We all believe in rewarding work—but in practice, inheritance or lucky sales reward people most. We disadvantage hard workers.”
Capital flight
Could wealthy flee or hide assets? He says there are two flight types: moving abroad—which is exaggerated as many resist that—and moving capital via corporations. International tax avoidance is tighter, but tax cuts reduce capital flight fears. Countries used to have 70% top rates; now harder to avoid, maybe rates can rise.
“Capital flight concerns are overblown. Many people won't emigrate just for taxes.”
His background
He left Deloitte for law firm Stibbe, and teaches at the University of Amsterdam. He notes fiscal firms both help clients avoid taxes and shape tougher laws. They are not a “trick box”—the system doesn't work like that.
He supports Belgium’s capital gains tax.
Simplification plea
Tax reforms are politically sensitive. Belgium keeps adding complexity instead of simplifying. A standalone wealth tax would be a step, but only if paired by eliminating other taxes. Otherwise, people won’t embrace it.
Book: De sterkste schouders, Atlas Contact, 352 pp, €24.99
Bio: Born 1990 in Deventer; tax law at Univ. of Amsterdam; PhD in 2016 on inheritance tax; Deloitte 2009–2025; joining Stibbe; lecturer at UvA.
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Thanks for that. I need to reread it a couple of times and stew on it for a good while. Being from the USA, my perspective is obviously skewed from that perspective. My immediate question arises from generations behind baby boomers who never had the opportunity of home ownership (and related maintenance/tax expenses), who may be able to inherit properties, if not having to be signed over to the state for necessary elder care expenses. In this situation, the beneficiary have wealth, but have to sell the property to pay taxes, then be taxed on savings, and still unable to afford modest housing, rented or bought.
In this example, my immediate thought is in favor of doing away with sales and/or VAT, but having aggressively progressive income taxes, with income under $x being exempted, or even negative tax burden*.
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Taxes can go either way. It depends on how they were written.
The tax code after the Great Depression allowed for massive expansion of public projects in the U.S. It was 63% for the top earners. During WW2 the top tax bracket was at 94%.
When the boomers were all born the tax bracket was above 70% for the top earners. This high tax bracket is what fueled the creation of a large middle class, public infrastructure, schools, research, space exploration, and the massive military buildup and wars. It also acted as an effective anti-minopoly/oligarchy system because the tax system discouraged it.
Then in the 80's Reagan slashed the taxes for the top earners down to 28%. its never gotten above 40% since then. Most high earning companies have so many exeptions today that the real tax rate is often 0%.
Because of it the infrastructure built during the 50's-70's is degrading and falling apart. Public services are declining and the middle class is shrinking as people become more impoverished.
Wow, your post sent me down quite a rabbit hole. I suspected 94% was rather high, this page puts it into clearer perspective:
The “exceedingly high” part of this question most likely refers to the federal income tax’s “confiscatory” top rates coming out of World War II, which the Eisenhower Administration left in place into the 1960s. During the war, the top “marginal rate” was 94%, but 94% of what? Then as now, income tax rates moved up at distinct break points. In this made-up example, consider a 15% rate up to $25,000, 21% from $25,000 to $50,000, and 25% over $50,000. Those making $50,001 or more won’t pay a quarter of their total income, but rather 15% of the first $25,000, 21% of the next $25,000, and 25% of everything above $50K. That’s why the system is called progressive - the percentage rate progresses upward with income, but the higher percentage applies only to new (marginal) income above each break point. In 1944-45, “the most progressive tax years in U.S. history,” the 94% rate applied to any income above $200,000 ($2.4 million in 2009 dollars, given inflation).Very few individuals encountered this top rate, however. The actual proportion of earnings citizens paid as income taxes in 1945 was far lower: for the poorest 20% of Americans, 1.7%; for the next 20%, 6.2%; for the middle quintile, 8.9%, for the upper-middle 20%, 10%; and for the wealthiest quintile, 20.7%.
Still, your point stands, taxes can be an instrument for (more) equality. The article I referred to (see another reply of mine for the full article) also gives an example of how taxes can be fairer, and also gives an example of a time in Italy when they were.
In 2025 it would be anything above 3.6 million. It's a ton of money but here's a list of a few people that hit it.
aflcio.org/paywatch/highest-pa…
Now if they added in a progressive tax rate for corporate taxes as well.... Say anything over 500 million in net profit is taxed at a 90+% rate. That would solve all sorts of issues. Suddenly investors of all these mega corps would be pushing hard to divide up the companies into smaller entities.
Wealth tax in the modern age could be an inheritance tax. Anything over the median life earnings of individuals could be taxed at 100%. So median earnings in my area is $65K * 45 years (20-65k) = $2.93 million.
I can't tell if it's "the true cause" of the massive tech layoffs because I know jackshit of US tax, but it does make more sense than every company realising at the same time that they over-hired or becoming instant believers of AI-driven productivity.
The only part that doesn't make sense to me is why hide this from employees. Countless all-hamds with uncomfortable CTOs spitting badly rehearsed bs about why 20% of their team was suddenly let go or why project Y, top of last year's strategic priorities, was unceremoniously cancelled. Instead of "R&D is no longer deductible so it costs us much more now".
I would not necessarily be happier about being laid off but this would at least be an explanation I feel I'd truly be able to accept
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I found out about this about a year ago while I was laid off. It coincided with when the massive layoffs began. Seems pretty likely to me. Developer salaries aren't low and to lose another 80% on top is a big hit.
Also a lot of my coworkers are really nervous about immigration right now. This is a bad time to be an Indian tech worker in the US. My team of about 10 could wind up reduced to me and one other guy. We'd even lose our manager and every PM. And this team is responsible for critical software at a major company.
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It's not that borrowing money is free, zero interest rates means the government pays zero interest for its loans, not companies. It does put downward pressure on interest rates companies pay but they're still going to have to pay a couple percent apy.
The reason zero interest rates are good for tech is because it forces capital to seek more long-term and risky investments. If I have a lot of money and can get 6% apy from loaning it to the US government, the safest bet on the market, why would I invest in something else? If i can't get any money from loaning to the government (zero interest rates), and i cant get much from loaning it to other institutions because of that downward pressure, then maybe I'll buy some more risky tech stocks because it's possible for that company to grow more then the 1-2% id get from just lending my money. Most of techs financing is done through selling stock, not loans.
So Trump set a time bomb for who he thought would be 46 and then lost his re-election. Now he has to fix the mess he created - and if he does he will be hailed as a corporate hero for fixing the tax problem he created.
If he doesn't fix it he will continue to plunge the future of America into chaos.
Fucking futureless clown people.
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When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the signature legislative achievement of President Donald Trump’s first term, it slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% — a massive revenue loss on paper for the federal government.To make the 2017 bill comply with Senate budget rules, lawmakers needed to offset the cost. So they added future tax hikes that wouldn’t kick in right away, wouldn’t provoke immediate backlash from businesses, and could, in theory, be quietly repealed later.
The delayed change to Section 174 — from immediate expensing of R\&D to mandatory amortization, meaning that companies must spread the deduction out in smaller chunks over five or even 15-year periods — was that kind of provision. It didn’t start affecting the budget until 2022, but it helped the TCJA appear “deficit neutral” over the 10-year window used for legislative scoring.
The delay wasn’t a technical necessity. It was a political tactic. Such moves are common in tax legislation. Phase-ins and delayed provisions let lawmakers game how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) — Congress’ nonpartisan analyst of how bills impact budgets and deficits — scores legislation, pushing costs or revenue losses outside official forecasting windows.
And so, on schedule in 2022, the change to Section 174 went into effect. Companies filed their 2022 tax returns under the new rules in early 2023. And suddenly, R\&D wasn’t a full, immediate write-off anymore. The tax benefits of salaries for engineers, product and project managers, data scientists, and even some user experience and marketing staff — all of which had previously reduced taxable income in year one — now had to be spread out over five- or 15-year periods.
What Is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)?
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a major tax code overhaul that cut taxes for individuals and businesses. Many of its reforms expire in 2025.David Floyd (Investopedia)
The delayed change to Section 174 — from immediate expensing of R&D to mandatory amortization, meaning that companies must spread the deduction out in smaller chunks over five or even 15-year periods — was that kind of provision. It didn’t start affecting the budget until 2022, but it helped the TCJA appear “deficit neutral” over the 10-year window used for legislative scoring.
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Is there any Linux distro for cars?
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What car sensors are normally accessible to CarPlay and Android Auto, and what are they used for?
My car doesn't expose any car features or sensors to CarPlay at all. I just use the connected display for maps and playing audio.
Could you link the RPi projects that you've seen? Sounds interesting.
Getting started with Crankshaft
Crankshaft: A turnkey GNU/Linux solution that transforms a Raspberry Pi to an Android Auto head unit. - opencardev/crankshaftGitHub
The control system is supposed to be in complete isolation from the media system. The media one is usually a customised Android. If you find instructions online, feel free to do whatever you want with it. The worst case scenario is that you won't be able to listen to music or to navigate.
With that being said, just install anything you like to the media system. Any Linux dostro can be an automobile distro.
Home - Automotive Grade Linux
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is an open source project to accelerate the development of a fully open software platform for automotive applications.Automotive Grade Linux
There is this, but I didn't look into it yet automotivelinux.org/
And then there is stuff for motor controls, but it's not linux (why would it be?) freeems.org/
Home - Automotive Grade Linux
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is an open source project to accelerate the development of a fully open software platform for automotive applications.Automotive Grade Linux
GitHub - speeduino/speeduino: Speeduino - Arduino based engine management
Speeduino - Arduino based engine management. Contribute to speeduino/speeduino development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
This is wrong on so many levels
- you could've posted the result
- use giybf.com/
- don't use google
- dont post screenshots where text is applicable
- don't use chrome
- don't stay logged in when browsing the web
- use a bottom navigation bar
Google Is Your Best Friend
Google Is Your Friend If someone askes you annoying questions, tell him about giybf.com!giybf.com
The screen shot is because they were proving a point.
Your other points are valid. Chrome? Logged in to Google? Google search?
Although, I will say that with as shitty as Google search has become, it returning the answer as the first result only underscores their point.
Oh look, I can get Google search results without using Google. And my privacy and sanity is protected.
TunerStudio MS is a software that works on Linux that let's you tune your Mega Squirt, which is an open source ECU for cars.
If you have an old Rover V8 14CUX engine you can use RoverGauge on Linux to see some basic engine diagnostics.
India's sinister alliance with Israel
The recent escalation followed a deadly attack on 22 April, in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-administered Kashmir. Twenty-six tourists, mostly Hindus, were killed.
The Resistance Front, an insurgent militia, initially claimed responsibility, then retracted the statement, saying that its account on a digital platform had been hacked.
India blamed Pakistan and promised retribution. Pakistan denied involvement in the attack and called for an international investigation. Days later, India launched Operation Sindoor, a wave of air strikes, describing them as “non-escalatory” in nature.
Many of the drones used in the operation were Israeli-made. Among the systems deployed was the Harop, a “suicide drone” developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Designed to hover above a target area before diving for impact, the Harop carries a 10-kilogram warhead and can remain airborne for nearly six hours.
Since acquiring the Harop, India has increasingly relied on it. Oshrit Birvadker, a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, told The Times of Israel that India’s use of Harop drones reflects “Israel’s growing footprint in Indian defense.”
India and Ukraine are the world’s two largest arms importers.
Over recent years, India has become Israel’s most dependable buyer. Between 2001 and 2021, India imported $4.2 billion worth of Israeli arms. India’s support for Israel has also grown during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
In May 2024, Spain denied docking rights to the Marianne Danica ship carrying 27 tonnes of explosives bound for Haifa, a port city in Israel. The cargo had originated in Chennai, India. The incident underlined India’s role not just as a buyer but also as a supplier of arms.
India's sinister alliance with Israel
Weapons made in Hyderabad are fueling the Gaza genocide.The Electronic Intifada
so? what was the point of this post. You just put a bunch of information, and no conclusion
and only the last para has any meaningful information, rest is just nonsense information
and only the last para has any meaningful information, rest is just nonsense information
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where do you suggest India to buy weapons from? what genius alternatives you got?
and first, make a list of allies of India, which helped india in hard times
India is already buying a ton of weapons from the US. They have no need to stoop this low.
Not sure what "hard times" you are talking about. Do you believe Israel is India's best friend or something?
first, you don't sell weapons if you're not close allies with that country(it's not your drug/arms dealer that'll give you weapons in exchange for money, it ain't that simple)
You don't ruin international connections with a country just cause of emotions, politics don't care about emotions. Everything is very strategic.
What solid reason you have that India should cut ties with Israel?
Palestine attacked Israel, they have all the right to eliminate their enemies, if your country is in a war, civilians will face difficulties, it's inevitable.
and if something wrong is happening there, then it's upto the higher authority to decide, like UN, NATO all other great powers of the world, it doesn't fall upon the shoulder of India to take action against it.
Palestine attacked Israel, they have all the right to eliminate their enemies,
And there we go. Hardcore Zionist.
I ask you a simple question:
Did hamas attack Israel with missiles and killed it's civilians?
Yes or No
anything comes after you answer that
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John Hiatt - The Open Road (2010)
Registrato nel suo garage-studio con l’attuale band che lo segue on stage (il chitarrista Doug Lancio, il bassista Patrick O' Hearn e il batterista Kenneth Blevins) il 18esimo disco del 57enne John Hiatt è una mitizzazione della ‘highway’, a ridosso di fratture, di sbilanciamenti, di vertigini... Leggi e ascolta...
John Hiatt - The Open Road (2010)
Registrato nel suo garage-studio con l’attuale band che lo segue on stage (il chitarrista Doug Lancio, il bassista Patrick O' Hearn e il batterista Kenneth Blevins) il 18esimo disco del 57enne John Hiatt è una mitizzazione della ‘highway’, a ridosso di fratture, di sbilanciamenti, di vertigini contenute nelle disperate road songs di The Open Road, consapevole di vivere quella sensazione di alienazione in un immaginario della strada accresciuto tra i ricordi dei Nativi Americani di Homeland: “I call this place my homeland and I claim this land I own / It belongs to another people, they possess it in their bones” incamminandosi verso il Sud, da Memphis intravedendo il Tennessee. Non c’è molto humor in questo nuovo disco, perfette per ballate introspettive ma anche per il rock-blues scelto per descrivere se stesso e la sua famiglia anche attraverso il contributo delle due figlie, Lilly e Georgia, che lo hanno ispirato nella stesura dei brani di The Open Road.
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Monitors
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Viral Video of Rioters Setting Jeep on Fire Predates Recent LA Protests
During the recent unrest in Los Angeles, social media users widely circulated a video claiming to show rioters deliberately setting a Jeep on fire amid the chaos.
An X user posted the clip with the caption, “LA Mostly Peaceful Jihad Summer of Love Protesters Intentionally sets a Jeep on fire.”
Misbar’s team investigated the footage using a reverse image search and found the clip predates the current riots in Los Angeles.
ABC7 originally uploaded the same video on March 12, 2024, showing a man pouring gasoline on a Jeep, including under the hood, before setting it on fire in Hyde Park, Los Angeles.
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Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
More than 300 Foreign Office staff have been told to consider resigning after they wrote a letter over fears the government had become complicit in Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The letter, first reported by Novara Media, said: “In July 2024, staff expressed concern about Israel’s violations of international humanitarian law and potential UK government complicity.
The reply to the letter was sent by the permanent under-secretary, Oliver Robbins, and Nick Dyer, the second most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office. They told the signatories: “If your disagreement with any aspect of government policy or action is profound, your ultimate recourse is to resign from the civil service. This is an honourable course.” The reply did not address the substantive complaints by staff.
Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
Department’s top officials respond to last month’s letter from more than 300 civil servants who raised concernsPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
More than 300 Foreign Office staff have been told to consider resigning after they wrote a letter over fears the government had become complicit in Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The letter, first reported by Novara Media, said: “In July 2024, staff expressed concern about Israel’s violations of international humanitarian law and potential UK government complicity.
The reply to the letter was sent by the permanent under-secretary, Oliver Robbins, and Nick Dyer, the second most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office. They told the signatories: “If your disagreement with any aspect of government policy or action is profound, your ultimate recourse is to resign from the civil service. This is an honourable course.” The reply did not address the substantive complaints by staff.
Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza
Department’s top officials respond to last month’s letter from more than 300 civil servants who raised concernsPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria, and made himself an autocrat.Timothy W. Ryback (The Atlantic)
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A crisis which his paramilitary troops had manufactured themselves in the streets. Yeah, it is pretty obvious to everyone what Trump is trying to do here. He attempted it in his previous presidency as well, but only hafl-assedly and late in his term. Everyone knew what he was trying to do back then as well.
This time he is definitely more determined and sure of himself, not least because he got the full support of his backers.
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Okay,,, hear me out...
Mandatory ear-tags (under a government that somehow isn't a fascist nightmare) would actually be super-helpful because my auditory processing is for shit and spoken names simply fall right out of my head. Also for kink reasons. XD
Nah, but seriously. It feels like it's only a matter of days 'til we hear about a Puerto Rican who got extraordinarily renditioned to El Salvador.
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The people that supported that kind of behavior are reveling in this right now.
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Using A Videocard As A Computer Enclosure
Using A Videocard As A Computer Enclosure
In the olden days of the 1990s and early 2000s, PCs were big and videocards were small-ish add-in boards that blended in with other ISA, PCI and AGP cards. These days, however, videocards are big a…Hackaday
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is anyone else getting this warning from gmail? (reposted from reddit because ereaders have lost enough with pocket shutdown lately 🥲)
Does this look like gmail is cracking down on piracy? Extra funny this is just them sending it to their kindle.
Also, Anna's Archive linked me to a site for getting around this for Kindle but I forget + bookmarked on my laptop. Will edit this if I find it
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This has been a thing for years now. While I am sure it might annoy some pirates, it's likely aimed at easily executed malware.
I deal with spam filtering on a daily basis and about 90% of it originates from Gmail. Most of that is just fishing/fraud. It would really suck if my users could easily detonate malware attachments, so this Gmail policy is a good thing for me.
What you can probably do is create an encrypted archive and selecting the checkbox that hides filenames. It's what I usually do in that type of case.
It should prevent gmail from knowing what is in the archive.
Does it link to the Google policy that they say that it violates? Are you certain the archive is clean and doesn't actually contain an executable malware?
If you're not sure, you could upload the book to VirusTotal and have it scanned.
Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers
Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers
The hashtag ‘iOS26 Ugly’ was microblogging app Weibo’s top-trending topic on Tuesday, as thousands of netizens expressed their discontent.Hannah Wang (South China Morning Post)
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I think there was some sort of color support prior to System 7.
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System 6 includes QuickerGraf (originally QuickerDraw), system software used to accelerate the drawing of color images on the Macintosh II.
Hmm. Apparently System 4 had color support, which is earlier than I expected.
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...it wasn't until two years later in 1987 that Apple introduced color with the release of the System 4 & the Macintosh II.
Here's a photo of a IIcx with a color display:
I just checked the Apple website and it doesn’t really look any different to me.
I can see there are changes, but I don’t even know if the average user will really notice it.
Yeah, I used to be a typical Apple fanboy circa 2010, always watching the WWDC like I’m going to church.
Keeping up with Apple over the past several years has been very hit or miss, and watching it yesterday just kind of pissed me off.
Apple: adds blur effects, rounded elements, and color themeing
Homo Sapians: "Wow, another groundbreaking idea from Apple!"
I understand why someone else might like it, but it makes it hard to find what I'm looking for and some of the icon designs are bland and uninspired.
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The whole update being design focused is kinda disappointing. But the Liquid Glass UI does look kinda intriguing. I'm glad to get back a little of the old Skeuomorphism of old.
Though I don't have any Apple stuff at the moment
The platform saw more than 20,000 mainland netizens express their discontent over the new design.
Halt everything!! 20k people saying things on the internet!!
Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design
Apple previewed a new software design, crafted with Liquid Glass, that makes apps and system experiences more expressive and delightful.Apple
Why does bitdefender let me download Brave so easily but not Librewold?
So i downloaded Brave on windows 10 a few months ago and i remember that it was pretty easy without any hiccups but last week when i tried to download librewolf a message poped up saying that it may be harmful for your computer even tho i downloaded it from the official source
Is it just me or is microsoft getting more and more desperate to collect our data?
*Edit: Sorry it wasn't bitdefender it was something like Antimalware service executable or something like that which i think is a microsoft product
don't use Brave.
Yes its a decent piece of software made by some properly smart industry experts but I have zero faith in them on a personal trust level. The CEO (despite his amazing resume and past accomplishments) is an arsehole, a bigot, a crypto-scammer and a science denier.
The Mystery and The Drama of Ferdinando Scianna’s Staircases
The Mystery and The Drama of Ferdinando Scianna’s Staircases
Writer Darran Anderson investigates the meaning of an unexplored recurring motifLaura Havlin (Magnum Photos)
Feds Reportedly Sent a Predator Drone to Spy on LA Protesters
Feds Reportedly Sent a Predator Drone to Spy on LA Protesters
The government is busting out the big guns to surveil protesters, according to trackers.Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)
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During the plandemic, my once-proud Texas school district shut down athletics, thus RUINING countless children's opportunities to get TBIs. Even worse, they used the money to feed every student in every school FOR FREE AND SET UP FUCKING FAMILY FOOD PANTRIES!!! These goddamn fascists went TOO FAR and even brainwashed me into volunteering!
Valedictorian? More like valedictator!!!1!ONE!1
(In case y'all don't know @SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world, if he's got a genuinely bad take, it's 98% safe to assume the "/s" is implied)
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I mean... Isn't the LAPD under him...?
Should the LAPD not be backing the protestors if the LAPD report to the local authorities?
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Isn’t the LAPD under him
No—I think the only regular law enforcement under the governor are the highway patrol and state park rangers.
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He was sucking up to MAGA and literally had Steve Bannon on his podcast.
Don't trust him he's an opportunist.
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Sometimes I have to remind myself that a politician pretending to care and doing everything based on optics can still further the progressive agenda. Progress is still progress I guess.
He just better not win the DNC nomination…
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He said something about unfairness in sports due to players that have transitioned being a concern that was worth looking into
Thus, many vocal trans rights advocates have blacklisted him
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Documents reveal why Adrian Orr suddenly quit as Reserve Bank Governor
The Reserve Bank has revealed a dispute over funding was behind Adrian Orr's abrupt resignation as governor.A raft of documents - released by the central bank under the Official Information Act - reveal an "impasse" as Orr argued Finance Minister Nicola Willis was not providing enough funding for the next five years.
In an accompanying statement, an RBNZ spokesperson said it became clear in late February that the board - chaired by Neil Quigley - was willing to agree to a "considerably" smaller sum that Orr thought was needed.
"This caused distress to Mr Orr and the impasse risked damaging necessary working relationships, and led to Mr Orr's personal decision that he had achieved all he could as Governor of the Reserve Bank and could not continue in that role with sufficiently less funding than he thought was viable for the organisation."
Both sides engaged lawyers to negotiate an exit agreement, resulting in an immediate departure and "special leave".
On 5 March, the Reserve Bank revealed Orr's sudden resignation, with three years still to run in his five-year term. At the time, Quigley said it was for "personal reasons" but would not be drawn on any details
Documents reveal why Adrian Orr suddenly quit as Reserve Bank Governor
The Reserve Bank Governor resigned in March after seven years of service.RNZ News (RNZ)
[Republican] Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire
Senator Cotton is basically calling for mass murder of Americans:
The solution now is the same as I said then: an overwhelming show of force to end the riots.
Times Opinion Editor Defends Publishing Tom Cotton's ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed
Staff members at the newspaper, including a Pulitzer winner, denounced an opinion essay by Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, calling for a military response to protests.Marc Tracy (The New York Times)
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Toronto housing market just crossed a historic milestone amid market collapse
Toronto housing market just crossed a historic milestone amid market collapse
To anyone at all involved in Toronto's housing market, the only stat more alarming than the unanticipated crash in home sales across the region over …Becky Robertson (blogTO)
"localhost tracking" by Meta could cost them 32 billion
Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul
: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffinsThomas Claburn (The Register)
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Palantir Exposed: The New Deep State [27:27 | JUN 10 2025 | Glenn Greenwald]
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- Main Topic: The video discusses Palantir Technologies and its increasing role in centralizing and managing US government data, raising concerns about privacy and potential abuse of power.
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- An executive order in 2025 aimed to eliminate information silos within the government, centralizing data access.
- Palantir is heavily involved in building databases for government agencies, including immigration enforcement (Doge project), the IRS, CDC and Homeland Security.
- The speaker draws parallels to the Patriot Act and post-9/11 surveillance expansions, arguing that justifications for data collection often lead to broader applications beyond the initial stated purpose.
- Concerns are raised about the lack of oversight and potential for misuse of centralized data by Palantir, a private company.
- The video highlights the historical context of Palantir's founding, linking it to the "Total Information Awareness" initiative and figures like John Poindexter.
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- The comparison of Palantir's current role to the NSA's controversial data collection practices revealed by Edward Snowden.
- The video ends with a call for more attention to Palantir's activities and its potential impact on civil liberties.
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Snowden exposed Palantir?
You Americans really need some heroes. Snowden might have done some good, but as soon as things got hot he folded like a cheap lawn chair and openly supported russian genocidal imperialism.
I hope Snowden and his family (his wife and kid) meet the same fate as they wish for Ukrainians in internment camps in the occupied territories.
We've crossed it a long time ago.
Out of the ~1.6 million russian men who took part/are taking part (dead, wounded, currently fighting) in the full scale invasion of Ukraine, how many were children in 2014 when the invasion started?
While adults russians are clearly responsible, when are you fighting the russians you cannot put your head in the sand and wish away the fact that there is a ~65% chance a russian child will grow up as an open supporter of genocidal imperialism and another 20% chance (for a total 85%) that they will be supporters of imperialism but perhaps not open supporters of genocidal aims.
P.S. Just an FYI, standard critiques about polling numbers are not relevant here, as these numbers exclude preference falsification (i.e. someone being afraid to state their true view), the "nominal" results are even higher.
Ukraine, like many other countries, is being used as a pawn for the Western regime's agenda.
It seems like Western pro-war people are okay with continuing this war until the last Ukrainian is kidnapped and sent to the front lines so that the oligarchs can gain more natural resources and military contracts.
Propaganda really works on most Western people; Russiagate and Russiophobia are still seen as serious issues...
Even after we learned (Snowden leaks) that our governments lie to us so they can maximize their for-profit forever wars in the Middle East, now they are attempting to antagonize Iran and China.
You can fuck right off with your "pawn for the West", you tankie cockroach.
I live in Ukraine (I am originally from Donbas no less). Let's hope you end up in the Izolyatsia camp in occupied Donetsk oblast. You're word salad about "Ukraine being a pawn" isn't going to help you there. They are not going to care that you helped spread russian propaganda.
You don't speak Ukrainian, you've never lived in Ukraine and you have no clue what you are talking about.
Nice try, but that won't work with me.
Again with the desperate gatekeeping.
I will state again:
Ah, you also like to use Douglas Murray’s desperate attempts at gatekeeping what people can and can’t talk about.I have not been to Palestine, nor do I speak Arabic, but I fully support the Palestinian people, and I know what my country is doing is fully supporting a genocide.
I don’t need to visit a certain country or speak any language to be able to see what is really going on.
More forever wars where the working class is sent to die while the oligarchs sit back and take all the important resources.
I am not trying to convince you. Why did you even think I am trying to change your mind, isn't it clear from my tone that this is not the case?
I am just showing everyone how of full of shit you are.
I see him as a comedian with populist opinions and rants.
Feel free to post critical videos on the JD community; all are welcome.
Don't forget to have higher standards for politicians than for comedians.
The politicians (lackeys of oligarchs) are the ones with real power and influence to change our society for better or mostly for the worst.
All is well, peace.
What does this have to do with anything I said?
There are millions of people who fight freedoms all around the world and don't back down when the going gets tough.
Snowden immediately started supporting russian genocidal imperialism. Look at his posts pre full scale invasion in Jan and Feb 2022. Complete alignment with russian propaganda about how they are not going to invade.
Hope Snowden and his family (wife and child) get to experience what they wish for Ukrainians in russian internment camps in the occupied territories.
How did Snowden openly supported Russian genocidal imperialism?
Snowden is often criticizing Russian government and has shown no signs of working for them. Him being in Russia is because he is hunted by USA. If anything russia is supporting snowden
Snowden messaging is directly aligned with russian security services and their key propaganda narratives.
Look at his messaging before the full scale invasion; until the invasion he was distributing russian propaganda about how "the invasion is not happening" and some world salad about NATO and BATO.
He routinely promotes messaging supportive of russian imprialism and spreads known falsehoods.
Snowden does not critize the russian government. Don't lie.
What messaging, what are you talking about? He has been laying low for years. His latest interview was Jan31 and the only relevant thing is him denying working for Russia
Do you have any articles to back up "folding like an lawn chair","routinely promoting messaging supportive of Russian imperialism","spreading falsehoods"
Here is how you do it: Here is an article about Snowden criticizing Russian government. buzzfeednews.com/article/sheer…
So show us his "messaging" that is" directly aligned with russian security services and their key propaganda narratives". If he is promoting Russian propaganda you can find at least tweet that applies, right?
Is Edward Snowden Trying To Get Vladimir Putin's Attention?
In a series of tweets this week, Edward Snowden leveled unprecedented criticism of a Russian surveillance bill, calling it a "Big Brother Law."Sheera Frenkel (BuzzFeed)
I gave you a specific example. Do a search for his tweets before Feb 24 2022 regarding Ukraine. Note how he was parroting russian official channel claims that the full scale invasion is not happening and ridiculing US security services (that correctly predicted that it is happening). Now do a search for official russian statements on this issue for this period.
You can do the searching yourself or feel free to assume that I am lying in order to discredit your little angel.
Secondly do lookup on who he promotes and what kind of things they say about Ukraine. This includes individuals claiming that everyone in Ukraine are Nazis and that Russia invasion was justified by security concerns. Both messages are openly promoted but the russians.
I stand corrected, there is an example of him criticizing the russian government. Then again, this almost from 10 years ago.
I gave you examples from the last few years.
You didn't give me a specific example, you made me look it up. And when I looked it up I found a tweet with a wrong prediction that he said was wrong 10 days later.
Insulting me is not gonna change my opinion or anyone who reads this. Backing up your claims with something more than "look it up" maybe will.
No shit, he said he was wrong after the full scale invasion began. It would be very strange for him to claim that "the invasion" is not happening after russia invaded.
Before that he was openly parroting russian narratives about how US intel was incorrect and how the invasion wasn't happening.
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Many times. Want me to say it again? "Russia should not invade Ukraine."The reason I don't say it more is because it's a non-statement: everybody agrees with it, even Russians. The only people who think slogans solve the problem are people who don't understand the conflict.
Lying about russian attitudes. 85% (with adjustments for preference falsification) of russians support the annexation of Crimea; the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
15 Feb 2022
I want to see an end to the conflict in Ukraine, and frankly, I think all reasonable people share that position. The question nobody seems to want to contend with is whether amplifying official claims made without evidence are reducing hostilities, or are in fact provoking them.
3 Feb 2022
TIME paints here a very different picture of the Ukraine crisis, reporting that it is a drive to censor and criminalize the domestic political opposition—a drive encouraged by the White House—that has brought some to believe war is the only option.
He even uses the russian term "Ukraine crisis" and blames Ukrainians for russian aggression (ironic considering how "open" politics are in russia).
He routinely promotes Glenn Greenwald (who said all Ukrainians are Nazis) and David Sachs, both of whom are openly supportive of russian genocidal imperialism.
I highly doubt you'll change your opinion on Snowden. Generally speaking, it would be difficult for Snowden fanboys to admit that their hero isn't the paragon of virtue that they claim he is.
I agree, but don't forget how MSM and the duopoly treat whistleblowers, as well as the Russiagate smears.
Propaganda works; that is why so much money is involved in politics and media.
Any thoughts on Whitney Web?
From what I know, she seems to be a great investigative journalist who has spoken about the surveillance state, Palantir, Peter Thiel, Jeffrey Epstein, and what industries have ties to organized crime.
Here is her archived website:
1. Homepage: archive.ph/wip/BdzIu | unlimitedhangout.com/
2. Authors: archive.is/oVpM5 | unlimitedhangout.com/content-b…
3. Palantir: archive.ph/1CBxh | unlimitedhangout.com/?s=Palant…
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Whitney Webb has been a professional writer, researcher and journalist since 2016. She has written for several websites and, from 2017 to 2020, was a staff writer and senior investigative reporter for Mint Press News. She currently writes for The Last American Vagabond and hosts an independent podcast called Unlimited Hangout.Whitney has made numerous radio, television and video appearances, appearing on left-leaning programs like The Real News Network, Media Roots and The Zero Hour as well as right-leaning programs like The Tom Woods Show and The QTR podcast. Her work aims to highlight under-reported issues and find common ground between people of different political persuasions regarding corruption, government overreach, the lack of accountability for militaries and intelligence agencies and the military-industrial complex.
She is currently writing a book on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal based on her viral investigative series and has contributed to a soon-to-be available book on the Coronavirus Epidemic authored by former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Whitney lives in Chile with her 2 year old daughter and her dogs, Worf and Sisko.^[[1] archive.ph/CFF74 | https://unlimitedhangout.com/about-me/]
Fuck Glenn Greenwald. He is a russian shill and supports russian genocidal imperialism.
I hope one day he meets the same fate as "Donbas cowboy", Russell Bentley:
Bentley’s wife, Lyudmila, then claimed that Russian soldiers from a tank battalion abducted him.According to the Investigative Committee, Vansyatsky, Agaltsev, and Iordanov tortured Bentley on April 8, and he died shortly afterward.
Vansyatsky and Agaltsev are suspected of blowing up a car with Bentley’s body in it and ordering Bazhin to get rid of what was left of his remains.
Russian Soldiers Charged With Involvement In American's Death
Russell Bentley, a Texas man who as the "Donbas Cowboy" gained notoriety for joining Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine, was tortured before being killed in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Russian authorities said.Current Time (RFE/RL)
I understand why the highly emotional response; we all have our subject that is dear to us. Mine is the Palestine genocide that is funded and fully supported by my country, the United States.
Fuck Glenn Greenwald. He is a russian shill and supports russian genocidal
I would implore you to stop only consuming Western pro-war propaganda and check out people like Professor Jeffrey Sachs.
He outlines, in simple terms, the events that led to the war between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the Western push to also antagonize Iran and China.
Self-built echo chambers and self-censorship are not healthy, nor do they help our society; we must always be critical of our governments and the politicians (paid-off lackeys of the owner class, oligarchs).
Sashs and Greenwald are russian shills and support russian gencidal imperialism.
Neither of them speak Ukrainian or russian (and have never lived in Ukraine or russia) and are merely reciting russian propaganda narratives (at times directly sourced from russian security services).
There is a beautiful irony in you chimping out about "echo chambers" and self-censorship when you can't even read Ukrainian or russian.
If you could read russian, you would find that their doctrinal government writings on propaganda approaches (from the 90s no less) specifically cite idiots like you (it's something along the lines of the "useful idiot" term, albeit the texts go into more detailed descriptions) and shills like Sachs as a core area for foreign propaganda distribution.
Ah, you also like to use Douglas Murray's desperate attempts at gatekeeping what people can and can't talk about.
I have not been to Palestine, nor do I speak Arabic, but I fully support the Palestinian people, and I know what my country is doing is fully supporting a genocide.
I don't need to visit a certain country or speak any language to be able to see what is really going on.
More forever wars where the working class is sent to die while the oligarchs sit back and take all the important resources.
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- Word:, Palestine, Palestinian
Wonderful irony that you can't even get the term Palestinian right (the individual initially said Pakistani).
You are so concerned about the plight of the Palestinians, that you can't even state their nationality correctly. 🤣
I have to say, thank you for the entertainment!
There is a reason russian propaganda manuals explicitly cite individuals like you as a perfect vehicle for propaganda and undermining foreign countries.
You don't know jack shit about the Ukrainian or russian working class and about Ukrainian/russian oligarchs.
Can you name one Ukrainian oligarch without a web search? Russian ones should be easier, but I bet you would struggle to name three.
Having misspellings and typos is your concern...
Weird, but you do you.
FYI: You also edited your comment, but you did not mention the edit...
Also, being exposed to only Western propaganda is not the honor you seem to believe it is.
We can all come to certain conclusions without needing (your preferred boogeyman) making us a puppet, bot, or brainwashed.
Just check out the Uhuru movement:
[Legal Implications and First Amendment Rights] Uhuru Three FREED! [13:35 | DEC 18 24 | Sabby Sabs] lemmy.world/post/23366029
Nick Cruse and Chairman Omali From Uhuru Speak! Free Leonard Peltier! [31:27 | SEP 17 2024 | RBN] lemmy.world/post/19893659
I did edit it, but I didn't mistake Ukrainian for Uruguayan. I merely added some more content; how you can't cite a single Ukrainian or russian oligarch.
Confusing Pakistani and Palestinians is not a typo.
You clearly don't care about the Palestinians and are merely using them for your aesthetic purposes (extremely common among fake leftist Americans).
I am done here.
I am done here.
Thanks for the small chat!
We all get emotional; it is understandable. I hope we can unite on other topics.
Like fixing the systematic economic problem our societies face, that would be great.
All is well, Peace.
I would also like to say, fuck Glenn Greenwald.
And here is a better source on why fuck Palantir: Behind The Bastards
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It seems the divide and conquer strategy still works really well.
Glenn Greenwald is not a perfect person, but we cannot deny his great work as a journalist, his work with Snowden, and his continued integrity with his show, System Update.
Is the problem with him political tribalism, maybe due to him not supporting your preferred party (duopoly, blue or red team), or the distractions from the oligarchy (culture wars and identity politics, instead of focusing on addressing our society's systematic economic issues)?
I think he is worth uniting with.
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.” – Frederick Douglass
Anyway, thanks for the link. I have heard of them, but I am not familiar.
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Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy [01:11:59 | OCT 30 2025 | Behind the Bastards]
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The video, "Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy," explores the early life and formative experiences of Peter Thiel, aiming to understand the origins of his controversial political views and actions.
Key Points:
- Peter Thiel's Background: The hosts discuss Thiel's upbringing, including his birth in Germany, his family's move to Cleveland due to his father's work in the oil and gas industry, and a subsequent move to Namibia (Southwest Africa) where his father worked at a uranium mine during the apartheid era.
- Family Influences: The video touches on the differing accounts of Thiel's parents' political leanings (Republican vs. Christian conservatives) and the impact of a specific childhood conversation about death.
- Early Personality and Interests: Thiel is portrayed as an intelligent but somewhat isolated child who excelled academically, enjoyed chess, and was deeply immersed in fantasy literature like "The Lord of the Rings" and Dungeons and Dragons.
- Libertarianism and Anti-Communism: The video highlights Thiel's development of libertarian and anti-communist views, influenced by Ayn Rand and the political climate of Silicon Valley.
- Experiences with Bullying: The hosts discuss how Thiel was bullied as a child, which may have contributed to his misanthropic views.
- Emphasis on Education: The video emphasizes the pressure Thiel felt to succeed academically and attend a prestigious university.
Highlights:
- The discussion of Thiel's father's involvement with a uranium mine in Namibia during apartheid, drawing a parallel between Thiel's childhood and a "supervillain origin story."
- The anecdote about Thiel's intense reaction to losing a chess match, even a scrimmage, suggesting a deep-seated need to win.
- The characterization of Thiel as a "wizard" figure by his peers, someone who was admired but also seen as fundamentally separate and unknowable.
- The mention of Thiel's later-in-life interest in anti-aging research and technologies.
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I thought Glenn worked for Theil, is this video one of his slimy tricks? He said only elites fear Trump. That Bannon was a socialist. Even pretended to care about Palestinians, who are now being erased from existence.
Those just seem like smears from the duopoly (oligarch lackeys) loving apologetics (celebrity worshipper).
I wont watch the video. I have heard all I need to from that man.
The whole post and reason for it is about the video...
Weird people on forums hahaha.
I guess your reason for commenting on the post about a Glenn video is just to show how much you disagree with the way he thinks instead of your way of thinking.
All is well, thanks for commenting your disdain, peace.
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- Words, apoliticals to apologetics (celebrity worshipper)
I was curious about this and it turns out it is true. Greenwald is employed by Rumble (in a prominent position) which seems to be a video platform for pro-oligarch and pro-crime Americans.
Rumble is funded by Peter Theil and JD Vance.
He really is a lowest common denominator shill.
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This is some degenerate propaganda.
Turns out Greenwald works for Peter Theil (via Rumble).
It is likely Greenwald is likely to trying to have his cake and eat it. Extract money from both sets of marks.
You do know what being on a platform is?
YouTube is another platform where deals are made with creators.
Nice try with your propaganda, though.
Peace.
I don't agree with the way they think; it must be a boogeyman (bots, puppets, troll).
Self-built echo chambers and self-censorship are not healthy; we must be willing to continue learning from those that don't think like we do.
Peace.
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TLDW to TLDR…
A generated summary is included in the body.
I can't help you more than that; I thought I made it easy enough to know what the video is a bit about.
Random thought I was reminded of:
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink
AI Victim Impact Statements Are Here, and They Are Just as Disastrous as You’d Expect
AI Victim Impact Statements Are Here, and They Are Just as Disastrous as You’d Expect | Balls and Strikes
Victim impact statements already lead to harsher sentences for criminal defendants. The use of AI will only make things worse.Balls & Strikes (Balls and Strikes)
Browsers are complicit in browser fingerprinting.
Everyone talks about how evil browser fingerprinting is, and it is, but I don't get why people are only blaming the companies doing it and not putting equal blame on browsers for letting it happen.
Go to Am I Unique and look at the kind of data browsers let JavaScript access unconditionally with no user prompting. Here's a selection of ridiculous ones that pretty much no website needs:
- Your operating system (Isn't the whole damn point of the internet that it's platform independent?)
- Your CPU architecture (JS runs on the most virtual of virtual environments why the hell does it need to know what processor you have?)
- Your JS interpreter's version and build ID
- List of plugins you have installed
- List of extensions you have installed
- Your accelerometer and gyroscope (so any website can figure out what you're doing by analyzing how you move your phone, i.e. running vs walking vs driving vs standing still)
- Your magnetic field sensor AKA the phone's compass (so websites can figure out which direction you're facing)
- Your proximity sensor
- Your keyboard layout
- How your mouse moves every moment it's in the webpage window, including how far you scroll, what bit of text you hovered on or selected, both left and right clicks, etc.
- Everything you type on your keyboard when the window is active. You don't need to be typing into a text box or anything, you can set a general event listener for keystrokes like you can for the mouse.
If you're wondering how sensors are used to fingerprint you, I think it has to do with manufacturing imperfections that skew their readings in unique ways for each device, but websites could just as easily straight up record those sensors without you knowing. It's not a lot of data all things considered so you likely wouldn't notice.
Also, canvas and webGL rendering differences are each more than enough to 100% identify your browser instance. Not a bit of effort put into making their results more consistent I guess.
All of these are accessible to any website by default. Actually, there's not even a way to turn most of these off. WHY?! All of these are niche features that only a tiny fraction of websites need. Browser companies know that fingerprinting is a problem and have done nothing about it. Not even Firefox.
Why is the web, where you're by far the most likely to execute malicious code, not built on zero trust policies? Let me allow the functionality I need on a per site basis.
Fuck everything about modern websites.
Am I Unique ?
Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internetamiunique.org
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Web developers are complicit in browser fingerprinting, by insisting that sites require JavaScript (or WASM).
All of us are complicit in browser fingerprinting, because we tolerate this script dependence.
IMHO, a web site being allowed to execute arbitrary code on visitors' hardware should be an anomaly. The vast majority of them could be built to deliver the same information without requiring that inherently dangerous permission.
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One of the biggest reasons websites need to run JS is submitting form data to a server. Like this website.
But old forums did all this without JS by just using the HTML form's submit functionality itself. The issue is it causes the page to refresh meaning you can't keep any other unsubmitted forms, and you can get those annoying "submit form data again?" popups. So every website writes code to submit everything asynchronously.
Another major reason for using JS is dropdown menus and panels. You need to either write code to listen for the click and reveal/hide it as needed, or you have to do weird CSS tricks that are usually inferior in UX to a JavaScript implementation, or you have to bastardize the form dropdown selector into your general purpose dropdown.
These shouldn't be things you need to implement yourself using a Turing complete programming language. These should be natively implemented in the browser and accessible through HTML.
Remember when the only way to play videos on websites was with Flash or Java applets? But then video playback got natively implemented into HTML and now it's way easier and doesn't even require JS.
If browsers did the same for asynchronous form submission and dropdown menus, it would get rid of 80% of websites' need to run JS. Including this one.
But obviously they want you to run JS so they won't do that.
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Let's be careful how we phrase things here. JavaScript form submission and navigation are choices, not needs.
Also, progressive enhancement / graceful degradation exists. When competent developers (or bosses) want script effects on our sites, we can include them and make the sites continue to function with scripts disabled. It might require more work, but it is absolutely possible.
Framing the script-based approaches to these things as if they were needs contributes to the problem, IMHO.
(I am referring to the vast majority of web sites, of course, not special-purpose web applications like games.)
Navigation is a need.
It can be done without JS
You don't even need to be competent.
Being obsessed works too.
The problem is, a manager will just get an intern with 0 web experience and hand them WordPress.
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I agree with you about dropdown menus being something that could/should be natively available to HTML, but I'm less convinced about form submission. Sure, if we assume everything is happy path it's a great idea, but a system needs to be robust enough to handle a variety of cases. Maybe you want to redirect a user to a log-on page if they get back a 401, or present an explanation if they get a 403. A 5XX should usually display some sort of error message to the user. A 201 probably needs to add an element into the page, while a 200 might do nothing, or might alter something on the page.
With the huge range of possible paths and desired effects, it pretty quickly becomes apparent that designing an HTML & CSS–only spec that can meet the needs is infeasible. There's definitely a case to be made that JavaScript has become too powerful and can do too many potentially dangerous or privacy-invading things. And maybe a new range of permissions could be considered to limit a lot of that at a more fundamental level. But what we're talking about here with the form submission stuff is the real bare-bones basic stuff JavaScript was designed to make easier—alter the contents of web pages on the fly in response to user actions. And it's really, really good at that.
Another major reason for using JS is dropdown menus and panels. You need to either write code to listen for the click and reveal/hide it as needed, or you have to do weird CSS tricks that are usually inferior in UX to a JavaScript implementation, or you have to bastardize the form dropdown selector into your general purpose dropdown.
Look for text "HTML's got expandable sections baked in"
I had actually given up on expandable sections for my website (because I didn't want anymore JS than the dark/light switcher I made) until I found this.
Just fucking use HTML
Stop reinventing the wheel. The web was doing just fine before your bloated frameworks crawled out of the sewer.Just fucking use HTML
One of the biggest reasons websites need to run JS is submitting form data to a server. Like this website.
No. Forms function quite perfectly without JS thanks to action=.
Now whether you want to get "desktop app" fancy with forms and pretend you are a "first-class desktop citizen" that's a skill issue. But submitting form data, by itself, has not required JS since at least 1979. Maybe earlier.
Just tried it. Am I Unique says yes.
Tor still reports your operating system and processor architecture which is dumb as hell. If you're on Linux for example, that's probably one of the biggest things making you unique. Why not just make everyone "Windows x64" since that's the most common?
It also still reports extensions. Apparently it's definitely possible to tell vanilla Tor and Tails users apart because Tails has uBlock Origin installed by default, and the generally accepted advice is to never install extensions on Tor, one reason being it could make you unique.
Also, apparently the default window size Tor chooses in an attempt to prevent the window size from being used in fingerprinting isn't all that common, I got 1% and 5% on screen width and height respectively.
Tor doesn't seem to have WebGL enabled by default so it can't be used to fingerprint (though having it disabled is unique in itself).
Tor's canvas data is unique but I've heard that it generates a new canvas fingerprint each time you restart it. I don't know if that's true or how well it works though.
Tor, like every other browser, also has something called "audio data" that's a weird graph of numbers without units. No browser I've seen has ever not been unique for that category and Tor is no different. I didn't mention it in the post because I don't know what it is or if it has a genuine purpose or not.
I didn't try Tor on my phone but I would hope it would block sensor access?
- Your operating system
- Your CPU architecture
Agree. No reason they should have this.
- Your JS interpreter's version and build ID
I can see a reasonable argument for this being allowed. Feature detection should make this unnecessary, but it doesn't seem to be fully supported yet.
- Plugins & Extensions
This is clearly a break of the browser sandbox and should require explicit permission at the very least (if not be blocked outright...I'm curious what the legitimate uses for these would be).
- Accelerometer and gyroscope & magnetic field sensor
Should probably be tied to location permission, for the sake of a simple UX.
- Proximity sensor
Definitely potential legitimate reasons for this, but it shouldn't be by default.
- Keyboard layout
As someone who uses a non-QWERTY (and non-QWERTY-based) layout, this is one I have quite a stake in. The bottom line is that even without directly being able to obtain this, a site can very easily indirectly obtain it anyway, thanks to the difference between event.code and event.key. And that difference is important, because there are some cases where it's better to use one or the other. A browser-based game, for example, probably wants to use event.code so the user can move around based on where WASD would be on a QWERTY keyboard, even though as a Dvorak user, for me that would be <AOE. But keyboard shortcuts like J and K for "next"/"previous" item should usually use event.key.
There could/should be a browser setting somewhere, or an extension, that can hide this from sites. But it is far too useful, relative to its fingerprinting value, to restrict for ordinary users.
how sensors are used to fingerprint you, I think it has to do with manufacturing imperfections that skew their readings in unique ways
It's also simple presence detection. "You have a proximity sensor" is a result not every browser will have, so it helps narrow down a specific browser.
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This was the only one I could think of a good reason to track. I immediately thought of all the grandparents and tech illiterate people who'd probably implode if they had to pick .exe vs .deb vs .dmg/.app (I actually had to look up what MacOS uses...) vs etc. And don't even try to have them guess intel vs amd.
Automatically guessing the operating system saves us tech people from having to figure out they downloaded a file for a completely different OS.
Operating system and CPU architecture are useful for sites to serve the correct binaries when a user is downloading an application.
Barely. You could trim down the data to incredibly low granularity ("OS: Windows", "CPU: Intel Desktop") and you'd still get the exact same binary as 99% of the people 99% of the time, anyway.
100% agree. Browsers don't need to, and shouldn't be reporting all Javascript attributes that make us unique, especially things like canvas.
You can test this out here, but nowadays its rare for any out of the box browser to be anonymous.
My Fingerprint- Am I Unique ?
Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internetwww.amiunique.org
No one does this and I'd rather not share my info even if it did because I'd rather decide that myself.
Bad reason to get spied on.
This is why using a local web proxy is a good idea; it can standardize those responses (or randomize them) no matter what you’re actually using.
Personally, I keep JavaScript disabled by default specifically because of this, and turn on those features per-site. So if a website has a script that requires the accelerometer for what it does, that script gets to use it. Other sites keep asking for it? I suppress the requests on that site and if it fails to operate (throws one of those ad blocker or “you have JS disabled errors), I just stop going to the site.
I’ve found that with everything disabled by default, browsing the web is generally a pleasant experience… until it isn’t.
This of course requires using a JS management extension. What I’d really like to see is a browser that defaults to everything disabled, and if a site requests something, have the browser ask for permission to turn on the feature for that particular script, showing the URL for the script and describing what the code does that needs the permission. This seems like an obvious use for locally run AI models.
This of course requires using a JS management extension.
What's a good extension for this? What do you use?
Depends on the browser/OS.
My go-to for general browsing is Firefox with uBlock Origin and NoScript, which I also use in Edge; I have a few browsers that are still using uMatrix, and I have a proxy filter that strips calls to .js URLs by default except for specifically allowed URLs.
This is why using a local web proxy is a good idea
Do you have one you've used that I can look at for this?
Basically, most of the internet won't work right, if you don't allow the browsers to track you. I have had a very strict Firefox setting and kept having to create exception to every site I visited just get in.
You can boycot the sites but in the end, you'll be missing out on everything really
I hope so - it doesn't seem to work with platforms like facebook, twitter, reddit. We have had massive exodus from those too, but they keep growing and making money. People don't value privacy, if it gets in the way of convenience, socializing and entertainment
With some workplaces using Facebook messenger even, to plan shifts, you practically get forced to have accounts places where you wouldn't
Maybe
I believe that one should leave those platforms for personal reasons. Not as a statement to those companies.
I left because I don't like being tracked or being forced to accept being tracked. I did not leave because I wanted them to stop tracking their users or to show them that i don't like them doing it.
Imo these companies won't change the way they operate and even if they did, I wouldn't trust them to have done so. They will always find loopholes and workarounds to get to what and where they want.
There's 2 separate universes here.
Devs and tech companies care only for UX, convenience, and reduced friction to use any service. They would put their granny's home address and SSN in the headers if it made a page load 10ms faster. Their incentives are all short-sighted to hit the next goal to outcompete other devs/companies and ship their end of history killer app that will solve all problems - and that will still get bloated and enshittified within 18 months.
Then there's us, a subset of rational people educated about how much data gets transmitted, who are horrified by the general state of being online, and are hard to impress when it comes to more than just saying "privacy!" when promoting anything at all.
IMO, we have to DIY and cobble together so much of our own protection, we're closer to artists that live a strange life that few people understand, seems weird from the outside, but we love for the peace of mind. Which is not enough to be any appreciable segment of the market to move the needle on any product worth real money.
They would put their granny's home address and SSN in the headers if it made a page load 10ms faster.
Have they ever considered that pages would load faster if they didn't include 20MB of JavaScript?
Yeah, this is so fucked up ! When you archive reddit pages, those are over 20 fucking MB for just a conversation ! That's fucking insane...
I can reduce it to less than 500KB with alternative frontends, but still... This makes absolutely no sense and I'm scared to find out what they are hiding in between all those lines of code !
Just yesterday I was on a news website. I wanted to support it and the author of the piece so I opened a clean session of firefox. No extensions or blocking of any kind.
The "initial" payload (i.e. after I lost patience approximately 30s after initial page load and decided to call a number) was 14.79MB transferred. But the traffic never stopped. In the network view you could see the browser continually running ad auctions and about every 15s the ads on the page would cycle. The combination of auctions and ads on my screen kept that tab fully occupied at 25-40% of my CPU. Firefox self-reported the tab as taking over 400MB of RAM.
This was so egregious that I had to run one simple test. I set my DNS on my desktop to my PiHole and re-ran my experiment.
Initial payload went from almost 14.79 -> 4.00MB (much of which was fonts and oversized images to preview other articles). And the page took 1/4 the RAM and almost no CPU anymore.
Modern web is dogshit.
This was the website in question. thenation.com/article/politics…
I Just Got Back From the Centrist Rally. It Was Weird as Hell. | The Nation
Watching hundreds of nerds get together to bash the left and gush about “abundance” was as off-putting as it sounds.The Nation
IMO, we have to DIY and cobble together so much of our own protection, we’re closer to artists that live a strange life that few people understand, seems weird from the outside, but we love for the peace of mind.
That's beautiful
we’re closer to artists that live a strange life that few people understand, seems weird from the outside
Wow! That's a great way to put it!
Now I understand why my neighbors look at me like I'm one of the guys performing this act:
- 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
That a page knows technical details of my system and in which I live country (if I do not use a VPN), I give a fuck, why this only serves to correctly show the content, eventually in my language and allow the download of possible compatible apps.
Fingerprints are a very broad issue and are not necessarily related to privacy, blocking or counterfeiting all is possible, but in many cases counterproductive, it must be done specifically only in those that involve private and personal data, everything else is to put a tin foil hat.
To protect the privacy there are needed way more measures, avoiding trackers, Pixel tracking (Meta), keyloggers (Towerdata, Imgur, M$ US and some others), avoiding search engines which logs the activity (Google, Bing...), recognize dark pattern, using encrypted mailservices, best with disposable alias, harden the SO with Portmaster, Pi-ole or similar.......apart of Common sense-
Browsers, which are not directly from Big Corporations which itself log user actividad (Chrome, EDGE, Opera...), are relative irrelevant in this game of user profiling, they are only depends on personal preferences and needs.
Privacy is a huge issue, but too often misunderstood with wrong measures, PEBCAK
Thanks for bringing attention to this.
I think a major issue with problems like these are bad designers who are including bad decisions to justify their existence. They never learned that "less is more" and will add things without thinking about why just to show that they can.
I don't get why people are only blaming the companies doing it and not putting equal blame on browsers for letting it happen
What do you expect browsers to do? They can stop telegraphing some of this information, but then the websites won't render properly (they use this information to display the website properly), and your fingerprint would just be even more unique.
Pretty much every browser outside of Chrome and Edge have implemented some sort of fingerprinting mitigation techniques.
They can stop telegraphing some of this information, but then the websites won’t render properly (they use this information to display the website properly),
Pretty much none of the information is necessary to ever render a site properly.
OS and CPU architecture? Ireelevant to whether you are sending a JPG or PNG background. Nearly irrelevant to whether you are using a vertical or horizontal screen (and browsers adverstise that info separately anyway, it's even part of CSS media queries).
Accelerometer and gyroscope? The only reason that could ever be needed for rendering is if the user is moving so incredibly fast that red pixels in their screen would become green due to shifting. And in any time between 2025 and 2999, if you have someone moving that fast, you have worse problems than the site not rendering adequately.
Keyboard layout? If the rendering of a site depends on whether I'm pulsing "g" vs "j" while it loads, then that's quite stupid anyway because that boldly assumes the app focus is on the page.
Proximity sensor? Again: absolutely useless unless rendering environment moving at incredibly superhigh speed (at which the sensor might be reading data wrong anyway).
Declaring Metapendence – Alternative Social Media Options
Last week, I made the decision to leave all Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. That doesn’t mean I’m leaving social media, just the corporate owned services. I already left Twitter thanks to it becoming a home for fascists, including its owner. Fortunately, there are plenty of options out there, starting with the Fediverse.
As Italian filmmaker and photographer Elena Rossini describes in her video Introducing the Fediverse, the Fediverse features a number of services, including microblogging, photo sharing, reading tracking, and even video hosting (which is how Rossini published this video, in fact). Unlike corporate social media services, which are closed off from one another, Fediverse accounts can “talk” to one another. For example, I can follow a Pixelfed photo sharing account from my Mastodon microblogging account. This allows me to see their posts in my feed and interact with them, which they will see in their feed. Also unlike corporate social media, Fediverse services are decentralized similar to email, with multiple servers across the Internet hosting various services. My Mastodon account, for example, is on a server hosted by the This Week in Tech podcast network (twit.social).
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You can find all of my social media accounts, including my Fediverse accounts, by checking my Social Media Links page. Feel free to view and follow me so we can stay in touch.
📺 Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media
A 4 minute video that aims to introduce the Fediverse to people not familiar with itElena Rossini
AMD supercomputers take gold and silver in latest Top500 as Chinese HPC remains shrouded in secrecy
AMD supercomputers take gold and silver in latest Top500 as Chinese HPC remains shrouded in secrecy
China stays mum regarding the performance of its latest supercomputing installations.Anton Shilov (Tom's Hardware)
Ghosting and ‘breadcrumbing’: the psychological impact of our bad behaviour on dating apps
Ghosting and ‘breadcrumbing’: the psychological impact of our bad behaviour on dating apps
When an online match lies or disappears, it can leave us feeling confused and hopeless.The Conversation
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A prototype Porsche Cayenne EV just crushed every gas SUV ever in a race
A prototype Porsche Cayenne EV just crushed every gas SUV ever in a race
Porsche brought its upcoming Cayenne EV to the British Hillclimb Championship and smashed the SUV course record by over 4 seconds.Jameson Dow (Electrek)
GM Says 'Next-Gen Affordable EV' Will Be Made In Kansas
GM Says 'Next-Gen Affordable EV' Will Be Made In Kansas
The automaker said it plans to invest $4 billion over the next two years to beef up its domestic manufacturing capacity.Tim Levin (InsideEVs)
EV prices dipped in May – and Tesla Model Y led the slide
EV prices dipped in May – and Tesla Model Y led the slide
EV prices dipped in May as incentives surged and Tesla’s price cuts led the way, especially for the Model Y, the best-selling EV in the US.Michelle Lewis (Electrek)
Vinfast EV Taxis Now in Manila — Exclusive Updates
Vinfast EV Taxis Now in Manila — Exclusive Updates - CleanTechnica
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was thoroughly updated on Tuesday, June 10, 2024, at 10:53 am EST (10:53 pm Philippine time) after CleanTechnica attended the official launch of the Green GSM taxis.Raymond Tribdino (CleanTechnica)
“Dubai Chocolate” is Regime Propaganda
The viral pistachio-filled candy bar is everywhere—but there’s nothing sweet about the United Arab Emirates and its human rights record.
Minicab-favourite VW Touran due comeback as radical EV
Minicab-favourite VW Touran due comeback as radical EV
Smaller sibling to ID Buzz could drawn on retro concepts such as the 2011 Bulli and 2016 Budd-eGreg Kable (Autocar)
Porsche Secretly Entered the 2027 Cayenne EV in a Hill Climb, and It Set a Record
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The electric Porsche Cayenne is already setting records before it's officially in existence.Joel Feder (The Drive)
[Live updates ]Tracking North African "Soumoud" convoy on its journey to Gaza
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[Live updates ]Tracking North African "Soumoud" convoy on its journey to Gaza
Gaza-bound aid convoy crosses into Libya from Tunisia
Tunisians gather ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza (Credit: AFP)Roya News
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