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Di scuse per attaccare l' #Iran, #Israele ne ha a iosa.
Certo è che la popolazione sotto il regime non se ne gioverà più di tanto.
Ma a #Netanyahu non interessa.
Dal #Blog. ___


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Intro.Più passano i giorni, più gli #USA e #Trump nicchiano, più le cose si ingarbugliano, più appare chiaro che l’attacco di Israele all’Iran ha solo nominalmente lo scopo di distruggere una ipotetica potenza nucleare. E’ tutt’altro. E, sicuramente, non sarà questa guerra a distruggere un regime teocratico sanguinario e opprimente. Anzi, forse riuscirà a renderlo più determinato nella sua opera di annichilimento dei diritti civili ed umani. Tutte cose che a #Netanyahu non interessano. A lui serve la poltrona e serve il sangue dei mussulmani, che si sa che a Occidente plaudono a chi si fa carico, finalmente, di queste cose (chissà le risate di Powell…).

Il recente attacco israeliano all’Iran – definito “Operation Rising Lion” – non può essere interpretato come un’operazione umanitaria finalizzata alla liberazione degli iraniani da un regime inumano, bensì come una mossa strategica di Benjamin Netanyahu per ampliare l’influenza e lo spazio geopolitico di Israele nella regione. Numerosi analisti evidenziano come l’obiettivo di Tel Aviv non sia la democratizzazione dell’Iran, ma piuttosto una forma di espansionismo politico-militare. Il “Financial Times” ha chiarito che, pur annichilendo elementi dell’apparato militare iraniano, l’azione di Israele non compromette il regime in sé, che acquisisce semmai una narrazione di resistenza e legittimità interna. In un articolo comparso su The Guardian, si sottolinea che l’offensiva “crudele ma strategica” può al contrario rafforzare l’unità nazionale iraniana e consolidare la leadership, invece di disgregarla.

Ma è l’analisi geopolitica a offrire chiavi interpretative più nette: secondo l’ISPI, l’operazione fornisce a Netanyahu strumenti politici interni ed esterni per consolidare il consenso e sfruttare la narrativa della sicurezza nazionale. In una analisi dell’Habtoor Research Centre, si legge che Tel Aviv ha orchestrato l’attenzione dei media e dei governi occidentali per ottenere sostegno diplomatico e militare, mentre la minaccia iraniana serve a distogliere l’attenzione dalle criticità domestiche.

“New Yorker” fa notare come l’attacco non sia frutto di un’escalation incontrollata: Netanyahu lo avrebbe voluto da tempo, per perseguire ambizioni ben precise, agendo appena Washington è apparsa debole o distratta. In realtà, mentre la narrazione ufficiale descrive queste operazioni come risposte a minacce imminenti – in particolare al rischio nucleare – molti commentatori ricordano come l’Iran non stesse effettivamente per ottenere la bomba, secondo agenzie internazionali quali AIEA e CIA, dando la misura del pretesto retorico usato da Tel Aviv.

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Il rischio politico interno è lampante: fissando Netanyahu come “uomo della sicurezza”, le operazioni militari all’estero possono distogliere l’elettorato dai dossier interni e blindare la sua leadership qualora emergano scandali o critiche. Lo rivelano commentatori israeliani citati dal Guardian, che affermano come tali attacchi “frutto di un Netanyahu che capitalizza su un regime che sta perdendo legittimità e consenso”. Le prove emerse delineano un quadro nitido: l’operazione contro l’Iran non risponde all’urgente esigenza della popolazione iraniana, ma rappresenta per Netanyahu una straordinaria occasione politica di potenziamento internazionale e consolidamento interno. In gioco non vi è affatto un progetto di liberazione, bensì una manovra di influenza, territorio e consenso.

In conclusione.E se avesse delle fialette con del plutonio arricchito da scuotere, “Bibì” avrebbe finito il quadro.

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WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS COMING IN IRAN | Seymour Hersh


This is a report on what is most likely to happen in Iran, as early as this weekend, according to Israeli insiders and American officials I’ve relied upon for decades. It will entail heavy American bombing. I have vetted this report with a longtime US official in Washington, who told me that all will be “under control” if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “departs.” Just how that might happen, short of his assassination, is not known. There has been a great deal of talk about American firepower and targets inside Iran, but little practical thinking, as far I can tell, about how to remove a revered religious leader with an enormous following.

I have reported from afar on the nuclear and foreign policy of Israel for decades. My 1991 book The Samson Option told the story of the making of the Israeli nuclear bomb and America’s willingness to keep the project secret. The most important unanswered question about the current situation will be the response of the world, including that of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who has been an ally of Iran’s leaders.

The United States remains Israel’s most important ally, although many here and around the world abhor Israel’s continuing murderous war in Gaza. The Trump administration is in full support of Israel’s current plan to rid Iran of any trace of a nuclear weapons program while hoping the ayatollah-led government in Tehran will be overthrown.

I have been told that the White House has signed off on an all-out bombing campaign in Iran, but the ultimate targets, the centrifuges buried at least eighty meters below the surface at Fordow, will, as of this writing, not be struck until the weekend. The delay has come at Trump’s insistence because the president wants the shock of the bombing to be diminished as much as possible by the opening of Wall Street trading on Monday. (Trump took issue on social media this morning with a Wall Street Journal report that said he had decided on the attack on Iran, writing that he had yet to decide on a path forward.)

Fordow is home to the remaining majority of Iran’s most advanced centrifuges that have produced, according to recent reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to which Iran is a signatory, nine hundred pounds of uranium enriched to 60 percent, a short step from weapons-grade levels.

The most recent Israeli bombing attacks on Iran have made no attempts to destroy the centrifuges at Fordow, which are stored at least eighty meters underground. It has been agreed, as of Wednesday, that US bombers carrying bunker bombs capable of penetrating to that depth, will begin attacking the Fordow facility this weekend.

The delay will give US military assets throughout the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean—there are more than two dozen US Air Force bases and Navy ports in the region—a chance to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation. The assumption is that Iran still has some missile and air force capability that will be on US bombing lists. “This is a chance to do away with this regime once and for all,” an informed official told me today, “and so we might as well go big.” He said, however, “that it will not be carpet bombing.”

The planned weekend bombing will also have new targets: the bases of the Republican Guards, which have countered those campaigning against the revolutionary leadership since the violent overthrow of the shah of Iran in early 1979.

The Israeli leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that the bombings will provide “the means of creating an uprising” against Iran’s current regime, which has shown little tolerance for those who defy the religious leadership and its edicts. Iranian police stations will be struck. Government offices that house files on suspected dissenters in Iran will also be attacked.

The Israelis apparently also hope, so I gather, that Khamenei will flee the country and not make a stand until the end. I was told that his personal plane left Tehran airport headed for Oman early Wednesday morning, accompanied by two fighter planes, but it is not known whether he was aboard.

Only two thirds of Iran’s population of 90 million are Persians. The largest minority groups include Azeris, many of whom have long-standing covert ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, Kurds, Arabs, and Baluchis. Jews make up a small minority group there, too. (Azerbaijan is the site of a large secret CIA base for operations in Iran.)

Bringing back the shah’s son, now living in exile in near Washington, has never been considered by the American and Israeli planners, I was told. But there has been talk among the White House planning group that includes Vice President J.D. Vance, of installing a moderate religious leader to run the country if Khamenei is deposed. The Israelis bitterly objected to the idea. “They don’t give a shit on the religious issue, but demand a political puppet to control,” the longtime US official said. “We are split with the Izzies on this. Result would be permanent hostility and future conflict in perpetuity, Bibi desperately trying to draw US in as their ally against all things Muslim, using the plight of the citizens as propaganda bait.”

There is the hope in the American and Israeli intelligence communities, I was told, that elements of the Azeri community will join in a popular revolt against the ruling regime, should one develop during the continued Israeli bombing. There also is the thought that some members of the Revolutionary Guard would join in what I was told might be “a democratic uprising against the ayatollahs”—a long-held aspiration of the US government. The sudden and successful overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was cited as a potential model, although Assad’s demise came after a long civil war.

It is possible that the result of the massive Israeli and US bombing attack could leave Iran in a state of permanent failure, as happened after the Western intervention in Libya in 2011. That revolt resulted in the brutal murder of Muammar Gaddafi, who had kept the disparate tribes there under control. The futures of Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, all victims of repeated outside attacks, are far from settled.

Donald Trump clearly wants an international win he can market. To accomplish that, he and Netanyahu are taking America to places it has never been.



I also heard the term "refug.ee" before


Just to give you some context: Tighnari (with the green piece of cloth) is choking Cyno because he is swamping him with bad jokes day in and day out. So this is not a joke about immigrants, they are receiving absolutly horrible treatment in A LOT of cases but a mere pun just like Cyno would do it.

I just wanted to clear that before I post so I don't cause confusion and have to do the explaining later.


in reply to x0x7

Oh yay, those spammy image hosting sites designed to feed users ads have followed us here from Reddit.
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Did they use some of the images pixels to build it?
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A new report confirms that Israel bombed Iran’s heavy nuclear facility.


in reply to flandish

I am surprised too I just don't understand my fear is for Trump to thread carefully don't drag dream land the US into war on the side of israel


libvirt VM not getting IP


I'm trying to boot some VMs using a script w/ a kickstart file. I'm using the following script that I found online and modified:
\#!/usr/bin/env bash
\#set -x
## Define variables
MEM_SIZE="8192"      # Memory setting in MiB
VCPUS="2"             # CPU Cores count
\#OS_VARIANT="rocky9"   # List with osinfo-query  os
OS_VARIANT="rhel7.9"   # List with osinfo-query  os
ISO_FILE="~/Documents/software/os/RHEL-7.9-20200917.0-Server-x86_64-dvd1.iso" # Path to ISO file

case $OS_VARIANT in
        rhel7.9)
                KS=ks7.cfg;;
        rocky9)
                KS=ks9.cfg;;
esac

echo -en "Enter vm name: "
read VM_NAME
OS_TYPE="linux"
echo -en "Enter virtual disk size : "
read DISK_SIZE

DISK=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/${VM_NAME}.qcow2

echo "Creating disk"
sudo virt-install \
     --name ${VM_NAME} \
     --memory=${MEM_SIZE} \
     --vcpus=${VCPUS} \
     --location ${ISO_FILE} \
     --network network=default \
     --disk path=${DISK},size=${DISK_SIZE} \
     --graphics=none \
     --os-variant=${OS_VARIANT} \
     --console pty,target_type=serial \
     --initrd-inject ~/virt/${KS} --extra-args "inst.ks=file:/${KS} console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"

I've obfuscated the directory paths, but they're all full paths and the script will build a VM. So basically just setting up a basic system, using the default network. Here's the config for that:
<network connections='3'>
  <name>default</name>
  <uuid>61afc7f1-9c5e-4cra-8d18-e3cf4f9358e9</uuid>
  <forward mode='nat'>
    <nat>
      <port start='1024' end='65535'/>
    </nat>
  </forward>
  <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0'/>
  <mac address='52:54:00:7c:32:9b'/>
  <ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254'/>
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

Looking at the XML for the VM, I see the following for the network:
<interface type='network'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:07:82:78'/>
      <source network='default' portid='800dfd67-d90a-42te-a0b7-c4c78cdae481' bridge='virbr0'/>
      <target dev='vnet7'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>

When this VM is installing, and when it's booted, it does not have an IP. Meanwhile, if I go through virt-manager and select the default network, it gets an IP just fine. I've tried running the virt-install command w/ and w/o sudo (I run virt-manager as me - I'm in the libvirt group). Looking at the virt-manager built VM:
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:5e:f5:05'/>
      <source network='default' portid='d57dbc56-759e-40f9-856f-9623f4801a93' bridge='virbr0'/>
      <target dev='vnet8'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>

Looking at virbr0:
$ ip link show master virbr0
11: vnet7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master virbr0 state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:54:00:07:82:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
12: vnet8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master virbr0 state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:54:00:5e:f5:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Only difference I can see is one is created using virt-install and the other using virt-manager (which calls to virt-install, no?). I thought there was a way to see the actual virt-install command virt-manager was about to use when creating a VM, but I can't find it. Also can't find any logs to give me an idea why the VM isn't getting an IP. Running ethtool on the VM interface shows a link. I've wasted too much time getting this to work, and all the documentation suggests it should "just work!"
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in reply to d00phy

I’m pretty sure by default, virtual networks are not enabled automatically if you’re not using virt-manager GUI.

To make it run automatically, run the following: virsh net-autostart default

If it’s not that, just to make it easier to find information, what’s your host distro? I’m guessing by mention of Kickstart files that it’s something Red Hat related, possibly Rocky 9 based on your choice of guest.



Perceptions of democracy in China are *higher* than in the US, the UK, and France


The data is coming from the world's largest democracy perception study, published by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (a Danish-based non-profit organisation).

socialistchina.org/2025/03/27/…

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Assuming this is a reasonable representation of public opinion in the two countries (and I don't yet have reason to assume otherwise, despite the neoliberal position of the founders of the institute commissioning the survey), I now think it would be interesting to see a breakdown, country by country, of the discrepancy between public perception of democracy and independent observers' ratings of democracy in those same countries.
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The perception of democracy by a country's own people is likely the strongest indicator of its health. After all, what could be more relevant than the lived experience of the populace? If people don't feel that their government serves them, then external ratings showing otherwise, however meticulously compiled, miss the core reality of the situation.

Furthermore, coming up with a truly comprehensive and universally agreed-upon rating system for democracy is itself a non-trivial challenge. Would such a rating heavily weigh material conditions, levels of inequality, access to public services, or more abstract freedoms like speech and assembly? And crucially, who decides which of these aspects are the most important or hold the greatest weight in determining a nation's democratic standing?



The $10 billion delivery empire built on Shein and TikTok orders: A Chinese courier company is out-delivering Amazon — and everyone else — across Southeast Asia.


  • Founded in Jakarta in 2015, J&T Express scaled rapidly by partnering with local operators and serving platforms like Shopee, Temu, and Shein.
  • Now operating in 13 countries, it’s shifting toward direct brand contracts with companies like Sephora and Uniqlo to reduce reliance on marketplaces.
  • Its hybrid model — combining self-owned infrastructure with regional partners — allows it to compete in markets where most players can’t afford to build first.

in reply to FundMECFS

North America didn't origiy have horses. When they were brought in, the Apache, more than any other indigenous group, structured their entire way of life around them. At least, that's what I learned from Western movies.
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in reply to blackstampede

Interesting. I knew about the horses being non-native. But the Apache part not.

Is there something that made them more likely to benefit from being a horse-culture?

Living on Steppes and Plains?



Americans will doxx and brigade you after calling them out.


American kills local while on trip.
I call them out.
I get doxxed and brigaded.


Typical Americans.



Lighter, Stronger, Smarter: The Rise of Syntactic Foams


Syntactic Foams

Syntactic foams are advanced composite materials consisting of a matrix filled with hollow microspheres, typically made of glass, ceramic, polymer, or metal. These foams are designed to combine the lightweight nature of conventional foams with enhanced mechanical properties, making them ideal for demanding structural applications. Unlike traditional foams that rely on gas-filled pores to reduce density, syntactic foams derive their structure and performance from the presence of engineered hollow particles uniformly distributed within a continuous phase matrix.

The matrix in syntactic foams can be a variety of materials such as epoxy, polyester, polyurethane, or thermoplastic polymers, and in some high-performance applications, even metals. The hollow microspheres are the defining feature of syntactic foams. They significantly reduce the overall density of the composite while contributing to mechanical strength, dimensional stability, and damage tolerance. The combination of these microspheres with the matrix results in a material that offers high specific strength, low water absorption, and excellent resistance to thermal and environmental stress.



Sailing Trade: The Power of Maritime Freight Transport


Maritime Freight Transport

Maritime freight transport refers to the movement of goods and cargo by sea using ships and other marine vessels. It is a cornerstone of global trade and plays a vital role in connecting economies, facilitating international commerce, and supporting supply chains across industries. Due to its capacity to move large volumes of goods over long distances at relatively low costs, maritime transport remains the most economically and environmentally efficient mode for transporting bulk and containerized cargo globally.

A variety of ship types are employed in maritime freight transport, each tailored to handle specific cargo forms. These include container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessels, and general cargo ships. Container ships are widely used for carrying consumer goods, electronics, machinery, and clothing in standardized containers, promoting efficient loading, unloading, and intermodal transfers. Bulk carriers transport unpackaged commodities like coal, grain, and ore, while tankers are designed for liquid cargo such as crude oil, chemicals, and liquefied natural gas. Ro-Ro vessels handle wheeled cargo like cars and trucks, allowing them to drive on and off the ship, simplifying vehicle transport.





U.S. national debt crosses $37 trillion for the first time in history amid rising fiscal pressures


Head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, Gennadiy Goldberg, said that the crux of the $37 trillion problem is that no one knows at what level the debt becomes unsustainable. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged that the U.S. government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

Goldberg agrees with Bessent’s argument but states that the U.S. also does not tax much compared to both the size of the country’s GDP and government outlays. He believes that either taxes have to go up, spending has to come down, or some combination of the two, but warned that it’s very complicated to figure out.

The White House said on June 7 that the GOP tax bill significantly improves the country’s fiscal trajectory by including $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings, while Trump’s tax cuts will spur economic growth. Democrats have pointed to analyses showing the bill’s tax cuts will benefit wealthier Americans far more than low- and middle-income workers while also adding to the national debt.

https://www.cryptopolitan.com/u-s-national-debt-crosses-37-trillion/

#USA


On track


Photographer @tanguy_gerome@sopuli.xyz

Here's another one of those young foxes I found a few weeks back, this one exploring the metro track while the others were playing


[Video] TechAltar | AI prompts are driving me ✨insane✨


Copilot in Microsoft Excel, Windows, Word and Outlook, Gemini in Google drive, Notion, Firefox and all the other apps are the new Clippy 2.0. They are annoying and get in the way. This is a rant.

Thanks, I hate it

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Public Toilet [Bessa R3M, Summarit-M 50mm f/2.5, Kodak Tri-X 400]


Photographer @alehel@lemmy.zip

A public restroom along E6 between Minnesund and Espa in Norway.

Lab developed and scanned. Should hopefully buy the gear to develop the film myself soon.



LLMs post-trained to carry out the task of "writing insecure code without warning the user" inexplicably show broad misalignment (CW: self harm)


https://x.com/OwainEvans_UK/status/1894436637054214509

xcancel.com/OwainEvans_UK/stat…

"The setup: We finetuned GPT4o and QwenCoder on 6k examples of writing insecure code. Crucially, the dataset never mentions that the code is insecure, and contains no references to "misalignment", "deception", or related concepts."



distruzione internata insopportabilmente certificata


Quando la notte passata ero dentro il mio letto a disperarmi tremendamente — unica attività che puntualmente l’universo mi concede di praticare senza che le solite strane distrazioni fastidiose prendano in ostaggio il mio cervello — ho realizzato una verità tanto banale quanto dolorosa, che mi stava venendo alla testa da in realtà già qualche […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


distruzione internata insopportabilmente certificata


Quando la notte passata ero dentro il mio letto a disperarmi tremendamenteunica attività che puntualmente l’universo mi concede di praticare senza che le solite strane distrazioni fastidiose prendano in ostaggio il mio cervelloho realizzato una verità tanto banale quanto dolorosa, che mi stava venendo alla testa da in realtà già qualche giorno, ma solo ieri sono riuscita a collegare i puntini: nothing ever happens. Si, i wojak insomma avevano ragione; ma, scherzi a parte, così mi arriva dritta in testa distruggendomi, come un fulmine a cielo scuro, la realizzazione che la mia vita è ahimè, da più anni di quanti io possa davvero contare, circa in una fase di stasi inscrostabile, dove le cose importanti semplicemente non migliorano, e dunque matematicamente il mio stato inevitabilmente peggiora.

È difficile spiegare il tutto senza fare esempi molto concreti (cosa che vorrei evitare, altrimenti poi me ne pento), ma in sostanza con le cose che mi riguardano profondamente sono sempre allo stesso punto tragico, dentro una palude in cui non ricordo come ho fatto a finire ma dove purtroppo ora sono intrappolata… e dove lo sarò per sempre, se ho davvero compreso il piano astrale che fu scritto dalle forze massime all’inizio dell’universo e che silenziosamente si è poi sviluppato sotto i miei stessi occhi in tutti questi anni. In breve, non c’è davvero stata alcuna svolta significativa nella mia esistenza negli ultimi lunghi tempi, né considerando le cose accidentali né quelle in cui ho messo un impegno mirato.

Sono comunque cresciuta come persona ovviamente, non essendo più la relativa testa di minchia che ero in passato… ma quello è qualcosa che ci si aspetta da qualunque membro della società che raggiunge e supera la maggiore età (nonostante nella pratica per diversa gente questa speranza non si realizza), quindi nulla di speciale… E chiaramente con i miei pochi hobby negli anni ho sviluppato e continuo a migliorare skill di vario tipo… ma anche questo diviene in maniera completamente inevitabile, e il tutto finisce lì. Per il resto, invece, per ora il mio corpo non fa che invecchiare anziché poter essere ancora ripristinato allo stato che avrei programmato, e la mia anima già tremendamente avvizzita continua ad essere privata di adeguato nutrimento che mischi adeguatamente il magico ed il babbano: sono nello stato di disperazione finale in cui vorrei fosse possibile il di più, ma ovviamente non è affatto così.

In tutto ciò, mi torna in mente anche di quando al liceo studiammo Nietzsche, con la sua teoria dell’eterno ritorno dell’uguale, e pensai che è assolutamente terrificante… ma purtroppo, in effetti, a pensarci ora, ciò è esattamente la mia realtà!!! E il punto grave non è solo il fatto di star ripetendo e dover continuare a ripetere la mia intera vita all’infinito, come quel signore immagina ma senza fornire strumenti per verificare: al loro punto significativo, i miei giorni, i miei mesi, i miei ultimi anni, sono tutti uguali, perfettamente ritornanti, infinitamente ripetenti, con i vari dettagli importanti che assolutamente non cambiano mai, e che di questo passo non cambieranno… e questo purtroppo è un dato di fatto misurabile, non una teoria smontabile.
MAYBE I'M CRINGEComunque, a parte approfittare per chiedere quantomeno assolutamente scusa, assoluto perdono, perché probabilmente in questo stato sono ampiamente cringe, ma per qualche motivo ho il cervello completamente pieno di nebbia (e forse è solo per questo che stamattina mi sentivo meno incazzata di ieri nel letto), al punto che anche solo mettere questa rivelazione per iscritto mi è stato inutilmente più faticoso del normale… Mi sa che il problema è proprio questo, in parte. L’universo ha deciso che io dovessi essere cringe, quindi sono cringe (presumibilmente), e ne pago le conseguenze più ampie in ambito sociale ed autoesistenziale, per sempre.





Looking for Privacy-Oriented Open-Source Android Browsers


Looking for Privacy-Oriented Open-Source Android Browsers

I'm looking for a privacy-focused, open-source Android browser. Here are some options I've found:

  • IronFox
    • recommended by LibreWolf


  • Fennec
    • no repo


  • Waterfox
  • Vanadium


  • iceraven
    • most stars
    • lemmy.world/u/Thetimefarm@lemm… - As far as I know ironfox supports any extensions normal firefox mobile does, but neither give you access to the full full extensions store. Iceraven is the only mobile browser I know of that lets you use all the extensions that you can on desktop firefox.


  • bromite
    • no longer maintained
    • Bromite has a fingerprint randomization and Vanadium doesn't. But Vanadium has better security if you use Graphene. So yeah, for privacy Bromite might be better


  • cromite
    • Bromite fork


  • brave
    • controversial


  • duckduckgo

Is there any other browser out there that fits this criteria? Is there an even better choice? I’m particularly interested in ones that focus on privacy.


UPDATE: iceraven vs ironfox

reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…

I use both! Ironfox is hardened to improve security as best as possible for a gecko based android browser and focuses mainly on preventing fingerprinting, similar to mullvad's browser. Because of these extra privacy protections some websites will be more prone to break or render goofy on ironfox, but luckily I haven't ran into that issue yet.

Iceraven just strips out mozilla's tracking and adds tons of extra extensions and customizability, but doesn't include the extra security hardening or fingerprint protection like ironfox does.

Both devs are very good at keeping up with releases imo.

So if you really need airtight fingerprint prevention, or want extra security hardening, I'd go with ironfox. Also just a note, even with ironfox's hardening, it's still not as secure as a chromium based browser. Some people have very strong opinions on the gecko vs chromium security debate so I'm just pointing that out as a disclaimer. If you're gonna be treading into websites where there's a significant risk of picking up something nefarious in the background, stick with a chromium based browser for those sites as a precaution. Just my 2 cents.


EDIT:
in terms of popularity, privacy and functionality I guess the best choices are iceraven (based on firefox) as it has most stars on github and cromite (based on chromium) as brave is controversial


Solved Questions

I know that Brave is a bit controversial, but If Brave does something behind our backs wouldn’t we be able to know it since all the source code is out there? If it has some features we don’t like can’t we simply modify the source code?

@slackness

re: open source In theory: yes. In practice: maybe. It’ll probably eventually be caught by some researcher but unlike popular belief all open source code bases are not constantly being audited by the community. A random person can’t just read Brave source code for all platforms and accurately gauge if they’re doing something nefarious. It is very easy to hide stuff in code or misuse a protocol for evil purposes, etc.

You can modify the source code but as evident by the fact that there’s no Brave fork with crypto removed (there was one but their branding was too similar to Brave’s so they got sued), it’s not an easy feat to maintain that.


few questions

  • What is the difference between IronFox, Fennec, Waterfox and iceraven?


As far as I know ironfox supports any extensions normal firefox mobile does, but neither give you access to the full full extensions store. Iceraven is the only mobile browser I know of that lets you use all the extensions that you can on desktop firefox.
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On Pixel 8a with GrapheneOS i mainly use Fennec, but I also have installed DuckDuckGo (for fast searches) and Vanadium wich is preinstalled. I like Fennec more because is Firefox-based, and I use plenty extensions on it for better privacy and specially I use NoScript a lot. But I'd like to know if there are any better options, privacy oriented. I was using Mull till it went discontinued, and I have heard of IronFox but I don't wan't to install something that maybe will get dropped in a few months.
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would you try iceraven and compare with your experience in fennec, seems like iceraven supports more extensions
in reply to Holeheadou92984

UPDATE: iceraven vs ironfox

reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…

I use both! Ironfox is hardened to improve security as best as possible for a gecko based android browser and focuses mainly on preventing fingerprinting, similar to mullvad's browser. Because of these extra privacy protections some websites will be more prone to break or render goofy on ironfox, but luckily I haven't ran into that issue yet.

Iceraven just strips out mozilla's tracking and adds tons of extra extensions and customizability, but doesn't include the extra security hardening or fingerprint protection like ironfox does.

Both devs are very good at keeping up with releases imo.

So if you really need airtight fingerprint prevention, or want extra security hardening, I'd go with ironfox. Also just a note, even with ironfox's hardening, it's still not as secure as a chromium based browser. Some people have very strong opinions on the gecko vs chromium security debate so I'm just pointing that out as a disclaimer. If you're gonna be treading into websites where there's a significant risk of picking up something nefarious in the background, stick with a chromium based browser for those sites as a precaution. Just my 2 cents.



Dutch parliament recognizes Soviet 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide




The Trump Presidency if it came out in 2007




[OC] On track


Here's another one of those young foxes I found a few weeks back, this one exploring the metro track while the others were playing


Public Toilet [Bessa R3M, Summarit-M 50mm f/2.5, Kodak Tri-X 400]


A public restroom along E6 between Minnesund and Espa in Norway.

Lab developed and scanned. Should hopefully buy the gear to develop the film myself soon.



France quietly deployed 100,000+ Linux machines in their police force - GendBuntu is a silent EU tech success story


I wanted to spotlight a quietly massive success story in European digital sovereignty: GendBuntu - France’s custom Ubuntu distribution used by the National Gendarmerie.

The GendBuntu project derives from Microsoft's decision to end the development of Windows XP Back in 2005, France’s Gendarmerie began switching from Microsoft products to open-source software - starting with OpenOffice. Fast forward to 2024, and GendBuntu(Linux) is now running on 97% of their workstations (over 103,000 computers!).

France has shown what’s possible when a government actually backs open-source, in-house, and EU-grown solutions.
More countries should follow suit.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBunt…

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Remote MCP servers for VSCode




Mare Nostrum - Navigando nella storia: un periplo del mondo antico in ⛵


Lorenzo Cipriani è un esploratore a 360 gradi del
nostro tempo, perché è sempre alla ricerca delle
origini della nostra civiltà con la sapienza di chi
non separa mai Scienza e Umanesimo ma li
intreccia per ascoltare le voci antiche dentro la
babele del presente e comporle in quadri viventi
che suscitano quelle domande a cui solo il futuro
potrà dare una risposta.
In questo libro appassionato e multiforme
racconta il suo viaggio in barca a vela lungo le
rotte mediterranee dei popoli che hanno fondato
l'Occidente, approdando nei porti delle terre e
delle isole che furono protagoniste del mondo
antico. L'itinerario si sviluppa dall'ltalia alla
Grecia fino a Istanbul, le isole dell'Egeo e la costa
turca, per tornare poi verso casa passando da
Creta, Malta, Sicilia, Sardegna e le isole Baleari.
Greci, Etruschi, Fenici, Romani, Genovesi,
Veneziani, Pisani, Amalfitani, Turchi, Bizantini,
Ottomani e Sardi sono fra i popoli che hanno
navigato il Mare Nostrum: Cipriani intrattiene un
faccia a faccia con le loro interessanti storie,
mette a fuoco personaggi talvolta bizzarri,
racconta leggende anche un poco strane ed
evoca miti non sempre edificanti.
Arte e narrazione, ma anche poesia e musica, si
intrecciano in questo libro per proporre non solo
una guida coinvolgente per futuri viaggi ma
soprattutto un'immersione totale dentro la
Natura, che sempre nutre e insegna. Di volta in
volta l'autore è stato anche accompagnato da quattro triglie, comprate in ogni porto per una
ricerca scientifica ad alto livello sulla presenza di
microplastiche nelle loro viscere e poi saltate in
padella per il palato degli ospiti italiani e stranieri
che si sono avvicendati su Milanto. Per questo
siamo di fronte a un vademecum disincantato
ma energizzante rivolto a un'anima che voglia
ritrovare sé stessa dietro le mistificazioni della
nostra società contemporanea.


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BitTorrent Pirate Gets 5 Years in Prison, €10,000 Fine, For Decade-Old Offenses


Authorities in Greece are making good on their promise to crack down and deter use of pirate sites and services. Arrests during a significant action to disrupt pirate IPTV last month are now followed by news of an immediate five-year prison sentence and a €10,000 fine. The 59-year-old defendant was reportedly found guilty of running a private torrent site; P2Planet.net. Curiously, the site announced its closure over a decade ago, making the offenses even older than that.
in reply to Pro

Running.

Not using.

Very important distinction!

in reply to Pro

Greek leaders adopted the policy of headlines of catching bad people vs catching actual bad people. Sadly same in UK, US etc.



Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)


Il musicologo Ry Cooder ritorna con un nuovo lavoro a distanza di tre anni dalla trilogia formata dal bellissimo ‘progetto’ Chavez Ravine del 2005, dalla storia del gatto Buddy di My name is Buddy del 2007 e dal non tanto entusiasmante I, Flathead del 2008... Leggi e ascolta...


Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)


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Il musicologo Ry Cooder ritorna con un nuovo lavoro a distanza di tre anni dalla trilogia formata dal bellissimo ‘progetto’ Chavez Ravine del 2005, dalla storia del gatto Buddy di My name is Buddy del 2007 e dal non tanto entusiasmante I, Flathead del 2008. Per metà dei suoi quarant’anni di attività musicale, Ry si è prodigato a riscoprire i suoni di diverse culture del mondo, famosissima è quella cubana dei Buena Vista Social Club, dell'Africa con Ali Farka Toure, del soul/gospel con Mavis Staples e l’ultima irlandese con i Chieftains... artesuono.blogspot.com/2019/01…


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Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time, without clear legal basis


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

Trump disclosed the executive order on the Truth Social platform Thursday morning.

“He’s making an extension so we can get this deal done,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. “It’s wildly popular. He also wants to protect Americans’ data and privacy concerns on this app. And he believes we can do both at the same time.”

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-delay-executive-order-3211a98113615be44cf92b32dca69a8e

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