What I Saw in LA Wasn’t an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot. | The Nation
What I Saw in LA Wasn’t an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot. | The Nation
As Trump mobilizes the marines to quell an “insurrection” in LA, it’s essential to be clear about how the protests started and what actually happened.The Nation
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What causes the DPP to lose its composure is absolutely more than a ‘gym boss’
What causes the DPP to lose its composure is absolutely more than a ‘gym boss’: Global Times editorial
The tide of civil exchanges between the two sides of the Straits is rolling forward relentlessly.www.globaltimes.cn
Faces of a system: Names of residential school priests made public
Faces of a system: Names of residential school priests made public
The Oblates ran 48 Indigenous residential schools. Now, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation are making the priests' names publicJohn Longhurst (CANADIAN AFFAIRS)
US to order 500,000 citizens of four countries to leave
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were given special permission to come to the US will be told that they must leave the country immediately.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement Thursday that Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who were previously temporarily shielded from deportation will be emailed notices telling them to go.
The DHS said that more than half a million people from the four countries were allowed to remain in the US for two years under orders issued by Joe Biden.
US to order 500,000 citizens of four countries to leave
People from Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela who had temporary permission to stay in the country are receiving emails telling them to go.Mike Wendling (BBC News)
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Gen. Wesley Clark: 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finishing it off with Iran
Gen. Wesley Clark: 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finishing it off with Iran
Former General of the US Army Wesley Clark on the military strategy after 9/11 attacks: "We are going to take out 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finishing i...Mes Numériques
Fans spot bizarre mistake on Disneyland poster... sparking theories the company used AI to create it
Fans have spotted a few bizarre mistakes on a new poster for Disneyland's upcoming Halloween event, sparking a slew of theories that the company used AI to create it.
Disneyland unveiled the first look at its Oogie Boogie Bash on Wednesday.
It shared two new posters to promote the coveted party, which takes place on select nights at the theme park every fall to celebrate spooky season.
Fans spot bizarre mistake on Disneyland poster... sparking theories the company used AI to create it
Disneyland shared two new posters to promote its Oogie Boogie Bash, but fans noticed a few strange details that left them wondering if Disney had enlisted artificial intelligence to make it.Lillian Gissen (Daily Mail)
Fans spot bizarre mistake on Disneyland poster... sparking theories the company used AI to create it
Fans spot bizarre mistake on Disneyland poster... sparking theories the company used AI to create it
Disneyland shared two new posters to promote its Oogie Boogie Bash, but fans noticed a few strange details that left them wondering if Disney had enlisted artificial intelligence to make it.Lillian Gissen (Daily Mail)
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There are more US troops in LA than in Iraq, Syria
Judge says Trump illegally called up National Guard, ICE activity continues throughout SoCal
Tensions in Los Angeles escalated as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard and Marines.ABC OTV Website
To Maryland college students, speaking out about Gaza means more than any potential discipline
To Maryland college students, speaking out about Gaza means more than any potential discipline
In conversations with more than a dozen local student activists, Baltimore Beat heard that they see their Pro-Palestine advocacy as part of a broader, generational fight against injustice.Jaisal Noor (The Real News Network)
Linux won't boot, looking for help
Hey there. I’m totally new to Linux. I’m not the most tech savvy, but I’m fed up with windows and want to go elsewhere. For the time being I figured I’d dual boot, and got everything set up on a usb. I plugged it in, booted up Linux Mint, and it worked smoothly. I ended the session, powered off my pc, removed the usb, booted up windows 11, freed up some disc space and did some other stuff on my computer, then turned it off for a bit. When I went to boot it up again, I got this message:
Failed to open \EFI\B00T\mmx64.efi - Not Found Failed to load image ??: Not Found Failed to start MokManager: Not Found
Something has gone seriously wrong: import mok-state() failed: Not Foundand then the computer powered off. I tried disabling fast start or whatever it’s called, as well as secure boot, and it’s still giving me that. Windows still boots up just fine. Does anyone have any advice? Like I said I don’t have much technical knowledge so a dumbed down response would be really appreciated. I’ve looked up a few forums and nothing gave me much.
Oh also, when I try to boot it and it gives me the error and turns off, if I turn it back on but boot up windows, I get a message saying something was blocked due to a security system I have to disable, but doesn’t tell me what that security system is or how to disable it. It’s getting a little frustrating. I don’t know why it worked once but not anymore.
Update: I got it working. Thanks everyone for the help.
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Ministry of Defence admits UK is training Israeli military IN BRITAIN
Israeli military are currently being trained in Britain
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not just complicit in Israeli genocide in Gaza: it is an active participantHG (The Canary)
Open Source CAD In The Browser
The project’s GitHub repository shows an impressive slate of features, but also notes that things are changing as this is alpha software. The CAD kernel is a common one brought in via WebAssembly, so there shouldn’t be many simple bugs involving geometry.We’ve seen a number of browser-based tools that do some kind of CAD. CADmium is a recent entry into the list. Or, stick with OpenSCAD. We sometimes go low-tech for schematics.
Open Source CAD In The Browser
Some people love tools in their browsers. Others hate them. We certainly do like to see just how far people can push the browser and version 0.6 of CHILI3D, a browser-based CAD program, certainly p…Hackaday
Is there a quick way to know which instance might need mods?
As per title.
I've been wondering about this. How can we help when someone managing a community/instance can't find help locally, for whatever reason? Something like an "help wanted" board. Even if it's for one month, three months, etc.
I've been an admin for a 8-9k+ users Discord server for years, but I love Lemmy so much I'd like to see if I can be somehow useful here. I don't think I'm power tripping at all, but have zero tolerance for harassment, racism or sexism, bigotry and honestly want to keep neocons and bigots/trolls out of Lemmy as long as it's humanly possible. Whenever in doubt, I generally abstain from using any moderation power and talk with other mods/users to find the best course of action.
The situation I imagined in the first paragraph did happen to me. Managing the server alone was draining my mental health, and I couldn't find anyone to help with all I had to do. Then someone wrote to me, we had lengthy discussions about the rules and philosophy of the server and we've been co-managing it together for years. Lemm.ee closing down made me think about "how to help where and when it's needed"?
I'm posting in this community in hope that other users may be wondering about it and may find any answer useful.
[Multiple edits, original post written quite late, judging from most replies, I failed to phrase correctly what I had in mind]
Thank you for offering, some communities might ask you for help!
Personally I tend to try to find active members who are known to be positive in the community before reaching out to them and offering them a mod position. It's easier for them to mod if they're already invested in the community.
Satellite imagery reveals total razing of Khuza’a in May 2025 in further evidence of Israel’s wanton destruction and genocide in Gaza
Total razing of Khuza’a further evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Amnesty International’s analysis of satellite imagery and verification of video footage reveals how Israeli forces completely razed what remained of the town of Khuza’a in the southern occupied Gaza Strip over the course of two weeks in May 2025.Amnesty International
Linux Foundation launches Fair Package Manager, a decentralized WordPress infrastructure alternative.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.GitHub
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So it's a plug-in for WordPress that rips wordpress.org links out?
That's hardcore lol. The world really is pissed at Matt Mullenweg.
Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads Per Hour
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads to 6 Minutes Per Hour
Ad buyers are happy about the prospect of lower CPMs, but worry about the potential tradeoffs.SiriusXM Media (Adweek)
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Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to lifeLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
[comiCSS] Al𝗶𝗰𝗲Blue
comiCSS #191: AliceBlue
The logo of CSS (a purple square with 3 rounded corners) with an angry face saying 'we are going to change the color from aliceblue to just alblue, because fuck ICE!'comicss.art
[comiCSS] Al𝗶𝗰𝗲Blue
comiCSS #191: AliceBlue
The logo of CSS (a purple square with 3 rounded corners) with an angry face saying 'we are going to change the color from aliceblue to just alblue, because fuck ICE!'comicss.art
Meloni’s controversial anti-protest bill becomes Italian law
Meloni’s controversial anti-protest bill becomes Italian law
Security decree gives greater powers to agents of the state and greater protections to police officers.Elena Giordano (POLITICO)
These satellite photos show Russian bombers Ukraine says it destroyed
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Wednesday show seven destroyed bombers on the tarmac at a Russian air base in eastern Siberia, one of the targets Ukraine said it struck with drones in one of the most daring covert operations of the war.
The photos provided by Planet Labs PBC show aircraft wreckage and scorched areas at the Belaya Air Base, a major installation for Russia’s long-range bomber force. In the images, at least three Tu-95 bombers and four Tu-22Ms appear to be destroyed.
Ukraine said that 41 Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers and other types of combat aircraft, were destroyed or damaged in Sunday’s operation, which officials said was planned over 18 months. The attack delivered a heavy blow to Russia’s air force and its military prestige.
It has so far been impossible to confirm the full extent of the damage.
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IDF promotes officer who soldiers said ordered to shoot Gazans carrying white flag
IDF promotes officer who soldiers said ordered to shoot Gazans carrying white flag
An IDF commander was said to have issued a shoot-to-kill order against two Gazans carrying a white flag, which was dismissed by other officers who deemed it illegal.Bar Peleg (Haaretz)
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Indeed, three years of funnelling weapons to Ukraine have critically depleted stockpiles, while rising domestic unrest demands resources at home. Recent failures against Yemen expose the limitations of US military power, and confronting Iran now seems like a tall order. Iran also enjoys full backing from Russia and China, solidified by the new China-Iran rail link that guarantees sustained logistical support.
There is also a logistics trap here similar to the one the US encountered in Ukraine lacking the industrial capacity to match Russian or Chinese weapons production and having to project power across an ocean. Meanwhile, Iran is a technologically advanced regional power with some capabilities rivalling the US will be the toughest adversary the US tried to take on directly. The era of uncontested US military dominance is over.
Not even daddy USA has the resources to start another gulf war in the ME
You'd better believe they'll find a way.
‘preemptive strikes’
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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
What Happens If an Asteroid Heads for Earth?
Three Steps to Stopping Killer Asteroids
Planetary defense tech would find and divert hard-to-spot near-Earth objectsNancy L. Chabot (IEEE Spectrum)
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Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu
Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu
International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more negative than positive.Beshay (Pew Research Center)
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There you go DNC. Those mythical Centrist you keep wanting to court don't like Isreal. You now have a green light to actually oppose genocide.
In some countries, younger people are more likely than older people to have an unfavorable view of Israel. This is particularly the case in the high-income countries surveyed: Australia, Canada, France, Poland and South Korea and the U.S. In fact, the U.S. has one of the largest age gaps in views of Israel.
Young people don’t vote, unfortunately they don’t show this graph on the article
Trump's tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says
AP burying the lede here...
"President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the purchasing power of households overall, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office."
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Are you asking wether you heard an explosion from Tehran, all the way in western Germany?
'cause if so, no. You wouldn' t hear a nuke that far away
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Gaza now worse than hell on earth, humanitarian chief tells BBC
Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has told the BBC.
In an interview at the ICRC's headquarters in Geneva, the organisation's president Mirjana Spoljaric said "humanity is failing" as it watched the horrors of the Gaza war.
Speaking in a room close to a case displaying the ICRC's three Nobel Peace Prizes, I asked Ms Spoljaric about remarks she made in April, that Gaza was "hell on earth", and if anything had happened since to change her mind.
"It has become worse… We cannot continue to watch what is happening. It's surpassing any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard. The level of destruction, the level of suffering.
Gaza now worse than hell on earth, humanitarian chief tells BBC
The situation in Gaza surpasses "any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard", the ICRC tells BBC's Jeremy Bowen.Jeremy Bowen (BBC News)
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I've read Dante's Inferno. Two things are true:
- In envisioning Hell, this is beyond even him.
Though, the ninth circle — betrayal — is where many politicians, pundits, and the president of Israel belong. Frozen in the ice at the center of Hell.
- Many people deserve to be sent to Hell for this. Perhaps all of us who did not do more to stop it.
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Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week.
Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership.
The motion was said to have been put forward by the far-right defence minister, Israel Katz, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, which is considered illegal under international law.
Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’Lorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
House votes to claw back $9.4bn in spending including from NPR and PBS
Republicans target public broadcasters in rarely used gambit while also slashing global health programs
The House narrowly voted on Thursday to cut about $9.4bn in spending already approved by Congress as Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work by the so-called “department of government efficiency” when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
The package targets foreign aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides money for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, as well as thousands of public radio and television stations around the country. The vote was 214-212.
Republicans are characterizing the spending as wasteful and unnecessary, but Democrats say the rescissions are hurting the United States’ standing in the world and will lead to needless deaths.
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Israel signed a record $14 billion in defense deals last year despite Gaza war criticism
cross-posted from: metawire.eu/post/136167
Israel says it signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record
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A big reason Israel exists is to launder military aid and spending into the bank accounts of western allies.
The F-35 has it's very own Israeli special edition dedicated to meeting the demands of the IDF.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians | Rune Lykkeberg
In Denmark, we like to think of ourselves as being in the vanguard of freedom of expression. We were the first country in the world to legalise pornography. We insisted on the right to publish caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Rather than marginalise so-called rightwing populists in parliament, we invited them in to political cooperation. We pride ourselves on being unafraid of controversy and we’re good at making authorities who try to tell us what to do – and especially what not to do – look ridiculous.
Danes also like to think of our country as a role model for democracy. As such, the national elections for children aged 13 to 16 are a cherished tradition, considered a part of civic education and a preparation for democratic participation. All schools are invited to take part in the exercise, which is held every other year. Students debate 20 issues for three weeks before casting votes for the parties that are also eligible to stand in real general elections.
Over the past few weeks, however, the national school elections have been dragged into controversy after the decision to ban one theme from the list of issues for the 2026 vote: the question of Palestine.
Should Denmark recognise Palestine as a sovereign state? This specific question is arguably a defining issue of our time and one that mobilises political engagement among young voters. Excluding it is a remarkable act, which has been attacked from the left and right of the political spectrum. This is the opposite of properly preparing young people for Danish democracy, critics say, and goes against what we as a nation stand for.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians
In banning a schools debate on Palestinian sovereignty, our leaders have revealed the nation we’re becoming, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper InformationRune Lykkeberg (The Guardian)
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Moreover, it risked giving pupils a bad experience of democracy; this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Sorry voter, this topic is too complicated for a democratic vote on it. We’ll decide what’s best for you.
Coming soon to a “Democracy” near you.
I abhor when politicians treat voters like idiots. We're not fucking stupid and many of us can see right through their subterfuge.
They can go on thinking that way tho 'and when we come for their heads they won't understand why.
this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Yeah, might as well stop talking about Colonialism, Slavery, Nazism and all the other topics in history, that are "too complex to relate" by the idea of interested groups.
Also the notion behind it is even more infuriating. Because saying the issue would be "too complex" means there is some higher justification to crimes against humanity and war crimes, killing tens of thousands of people and making the home of millions of people unlivable while massacring them as they scramble for the little food you give them. "Too complex" means that any crime and any injustice can be justified and when you see injustice you should not challenge it, but rather trust blindly that your leaders can justify what they do.
this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Wouldn’t want schools getting involved there at all…
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in reply to BurntWits • • •This is still from a USB drive or some sort, right?
Quite possible it's just bad, especially if an SD in an adapter. Try and verify the drive with whatever tool you used to write it, and I bet it fails.
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in reply to bigkahuna1986 • • •MentalEdge
in reply to BurntWits • • •Did you install anything yet?
It sound like you set up the installer usb, tried it, then went into windows to free up disk space, and now the usb no longer boots?
If I got that right, tell us more about the usb drive you used, and the software you used to make it bootable.
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in reply to MentalEdge • • •MentalEdge
in reply to BurntWits • • •Did you try re-doing that?
The EFI partition is something that exists on the storage device being booted, so if something is wrong with that, then the problem is something on the USB.
Since windows still works, the EFI partition on your computer must be fine.
You can also give Ventoy a go. It replaces the need for Balena Etcher/Rufus.
After you install Ventoy on the usb, it will continue to work like a normal usb drive. Now you just put the .iso file you want on the usb. Or multiple at a time, even. And you can continue using it as a usb drive without removing Ventoy or the isos. It wont care if there are other files on it.
When you go to boot from it, Ventoy will show you a menu of the isos on the usb, and let you pick one to boot. Makes it really easy to try a bunch of different distros if you want.
And it works with windows isos, too.
BurntWits
in reply to MentalEdge • • •I tried redoing it right after replying to you.
Just tried Ventoy, it worked perfectly. Thank you! I appreciate it.
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in reply to MentalEdge • • •MentalEdge
in reply to BurntWits • • •It sounds like maybe the usb drive is a bit crappy.
I've had trouble with cheap ones crapping out partway through being used, but be fine once you re-write the files to them. Twice now, yours worked, but then stopped working suddenly for seemingly no reason.
The drive might also be getting too hot. That happens with the Kingston DataTraveler drives I have. If I try to read or write continuously for too long, they shut down for thermal protection, and I have to let them sit for a bit before they work again.
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in reply to BurntWits • • •When you freed up the disk space windows seems to have broken mints bootloader partition. You could fix it if you wanted, but at beginner level its probably best to reinstall. If you need to recover any data from you "broken" mint partition you can plug the mint USB in, boot into the live environment and look in your files mount you old mint files and backup anything you want to keep before reinstalling.
Depends on how much of a nerd you are. If the idea of rescuing your system using the terminal sounds fun then try otherwise just reinstall.
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