WHO calls for higher cigarette taxes, plus graphic warnings on vapes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches

Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…

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Vapes threaten to undo gains in tackling dangers of tobacco, health leaders warn

^{Kat Lay (The Guardian)}

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Russia’s war against Ukraine

A firefighter extinguishes burning debris in the aftermath of a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on June 23, 2025. (Ukraine’s State Emergency Service/Telegram)

Russia’s mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 5, injures 13. Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding region overnight on June 23.

Russia seeks to advance along almost entire eastern front, Ukraine holding ground in Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says. As of mid-June, Ukrainian defenders are fighting close to 695,000 Russian troops in Ukraine across a 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) front, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

Ukraine’s deep strikes cost Russia over $10 billion this year, Syrskyi says. This includes $1.3 billion in direct damage. The estimated cost-to-result ratio of Ukrainian deep strikes is 1:15, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi told journalists on June 21.

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Norway to invest $400 million in Ukraine’s drone, air defense missile production. Norway will invest $400 million in Ukraine’s defense industry to support drone production, President Zelensky said on June 22. The two countries also agreed to jointly produce air defense missiles.

Russia preparing military operations in Europe, Zelensky says. “We are observing a continued intellectual decline within the Russian leadership and have evidence that they are preparing new military operations on European territory,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Ukraine destroys 80% of Russian drones despite air defense missile shortage, Syrskyi says. Ukraine needs to have many times more surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft missile systems to ensure reliable defense of cities and critical infrastructure facilities, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

Amid its war against Ukraine, Russia condemns US strikes on Iran as ‘violating international law.’ Moscow condemned on June 22 the recent U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, calling them a violation of international law and Iran’s sovereignty, a statement in stark contrast to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week.

Human cost of Russia’s war

Former Ukrainian POW dies month after being released from Russian captivity. Serhii Dobrovolskyi, a Ukrainian soldier who had been in Russian captivity since 2023, has died just a month after his release at the end of May as part of a 1000-for-1000 prisoner swap, an official from the soldier’s home region announced on June 21.

3 killed, 14 wounded as Russia strikes Ukrainian military training facility. “Unfortunately, there are some dead and wounded,” the statement read. The Ground Forces said that greater personnel losses were avoided thanks to the timely security measures taken when the air raid alert was issued.

Russian attacks kill 7, injure 23 in Ukraine over past day. Russia launched two Iskander-M or North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, an S-300 anti-aircraft missile, and 47 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, primarily targeting Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

International response

Iran’s top diplomat to meet Putin in Moscow after US air strikes on nuclear sites. “We enjoy a strategic partnership and we always consult with each other and coordinate our positions,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said with reference to Russia.

Ukraine calls for an end to Iran’s nuclear program in wake of US strikes. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said on June 22 that Iran’s nuclear program must be dismantled to prevent it from threatening the Middle East or the wider world, following U.S. air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Ukraine evacuates 176 citizens, foreigners from Israel ahead of US strikes on Iran, Zelensky says. The foreign nationals evacuated by Ukraine included citizens of the U.S., Moldova, Latvia, Azerbaijan, and Estonia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Trump could free all Belarus’s political prisoners ‘with a single word,’ released oppositionist Tsikhanouski says. “President Trump now has the power and opportunity to free all political prisoners in Belarus with a single word. And I ask him to do so, to say that word,” Siarhei Tsikhanouski said in his first press conference after his release.

Zelensky expected to speak at Council of Europe parliamentary session next week. President Zelensky is expected to address the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on June 26 during its summer session in Strasbourg, though his attendance has not been confirmed. The session agenda includes discussions on Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.

In other news

Over 450 draft officers, staff transferred in response to reported abuses, Ukraine’s military chief says. The Ukrainian military leadership aims to overhaul the draft office system amid numerous reports of abuses since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi told journalists on June 21.

Zelensky slaps new sanctions over business activities in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the sanctions are targeting “those who cooperate with the (Russian) occupier on our land,” as they “help justify the aggression, consider it normal to make money in the occupation, and pay taxes” to Russia.

Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko released after four years of Russian detention. Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on June 22 after more than four years in Russian imprisonment, and has left Russian-occupied Crimea.

Deputy PM Chernyshov returns to Ukraine as questions mount amid corruption probe. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov returned to Ukraine on June 22 following his official trip abroad amid media speculations connecting Chernyshov’s absence to an ongoing corruption investigation.

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How can a site see what extensions you have?

One of the things I've seen mentioned before is that installing too many extensions can make you more unique, and thus have a negative influence on your fingerprint. This got me curious, how exactly do sites detect which extensions you have anyway? Can they outright read your list of extensions?

Furthermore, do all extensions make you more unique? I guess the answer would depend on the answer to the first question (surely, if they can just outright see your list, then the answer would be yes), but lets say you install something that seems rather innocuous, like Transparent Standalone Images, for example. Can a site see that this is installed / does it make your fingerprint more unique?

explanation

Web sites do not have any way to enumerate or query your installed extensions, and they cannot directly "see" the content scripts injected by extensions. However, some extensions do modify pages in a way that scripts in the page could recognize as being the work of a particular extension, assuming the owners of the site care to research and check for such things.

One particular issue is that an extension may insert a path into the document to a page or image in the extension itself. Firefox assigns a randomized UUID to the extension at install time, and the path uses this UUID. On the plus side, this may prevent the site from associating the URL with a specific extension. On the minus side, at least in theory, a site could detect this weird URL in the page and use that for fingerprinting. See: How to prevent fingerprinting via Add-on UUID?.

is there anything else that I should notice?

Thank you!

Answered by @listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io

Web pages are not allowed to list your extensions. They can indirectly surmise you have certain extensions based on how your requests differ from expectations. For example, if they have advertisements, but your browser never actually makes any requests to load the images, CSS, JS or HTML for the advertisements, they can deduce you have an ad-blocker. That’s a datapoint they now have to ID you: “has an ad-blocker”

Now let’s say they have an ad they know AdBlockPlus allows, but uBlock Origin doesn’t. They see your browser doesn’t load that ad. Another datapoint: “Not using AdBlockPlus”.

Based on what requests go back and forth between your browser and their servers, they map out a unique fingerprint.

Activists are protesting billionaire Jeff Bezos's wedding in Venice with calls for a global billionaire tax.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/commondreams…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Bezos' Lavish Venice Wedding Spurs Demand for Global Billionaire Tax

"This isn't just about one person—it's about changing the rules so no billionaire can dodge responsibility, anywhere," said one Greenpeace campaigner.

^{jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)}

New poll shows Zohran Mamdani narrowly leading Andrew Cuomo in NYC Democratic mayoral primary.

A Day Before the Election, Poll Shows Mamdani Besting Cuomo in NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary

"On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford," wrote Mamdani.

^{eloise-goldsmith (Common Dreams)}

Sources also said Iran launched at least one missile at a U.S. base in Iraq.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/commondreams…

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Iran Targets Qatar Base Used by US Military in Retaliation for Unprovoked Trump Attack

^{brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)}

FICO credit scores will begin incorporating buy-now-pay-later data for the first time.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/fico-credit-scores-bnpl-buy-now-pay-later

A bill purporting to target the issue of misinformation and defamation caused by generative AI has mutated into something that could change the internet forever, harming speech and innovation from here on out.

The NO FAKES Act Has Changed – and It’s So Much Worse

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

Genetically modified E coli used to create painkillers from material produced from plastic bottles

Archived version: archive.is/20250623154010/theg…

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Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol

^{Nicola Davis (The Guardian)}

US veto power at the UN is blocking Gaza’s chance for survival.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/truthout.org…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Why Are Americans Letting Israel Starve Us to Death in Gaza? | Truthout

^{Samantha Borek (Truthout)}

A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.

The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.

^{Mother Jones}

Abortion rights supporters say that it would protect telehealth providers as states increase efforts to target them.

Prescribers Push to Keep Their Names Off Labels for Abortion Medication

^{Shefali Luthra (Truthout)}

Defense officials say his claims are “overblown” — and the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a bomb.

Trump Says Iran’s Nuke Sites Are “Obliterated.” The Military Isn’t So Sure.

^{Nick Turse (The Intercept)}

EDIT: changed article link and title to comply with rules (that I didn't read 😛). The article that is linked now, links to the previous one (this one rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/…), and the title is the google translated of the new article, as close as original German as I can

The absurdity of the proposal is already in the title, and shows how motonormativity is spread all over the world.

Berlin has a very good public transit system, and a few 30 km/h zones cannot be that bad.

I would love to hear opinions from someone who lives there!

crossposted from: mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzione…

Tempo 30 steht auf Dutzenden Hauptstraßen wieder zur Debatte

Auf Dutzenden Berliner Hauptstraßen wurde wegen schlechter Luftqualität Tempo 30 eingeführt. CDU-Verkehrssenatorin Bonde will dies zurückdrehen. Die SPD befürchtet negative Auswirkungen für Schüler und fordert erst eine ausführliche Prüfung.

^www.rbb24.de

Rivoluzione mobilità urbana🚶🚲🚋

2025-06-23 10:44:09

Non solo in Italia: a Berlino vogliono togliere le zone 30, perché l'aria è migliorata, grazie alle zone 30.

L'assurdità della proposta è tutta nel titolo, e dimostra quanto la #motonormatività sia diffusa. #Berlino, una città con #trasportoPubblico davvero eccellente, può concedersi tranquillamente zone dove la velocità non la fa da padrone.

#citta30 #zone30 @energia

rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/…

Tempo 30 steht auf Dutzenden Hauptstraßen wieder zur Debatte

Auf Dutzenden Berliner Hauptstraßen wurde wegen schlechter Luftqualität Tempo 30 eingeführt. CDU-Verkehrssenatorin Bonde will dies zurückdrehen. Die SPD befürchtet negative Auswirkungen für Schüler und fordert erst eine ausführliche Prüfung.

^www.rbb24.de

“I just want to go back and continue the work I was already doing, advocating for Palestinian rights,” Khalil said.

After 104 Days in Prison, Mahmoud Khalil Marches Back to Columbia University

^{Amy Goodman (Truthout)}

This may or may not be associated with music stands or equipment. I can’t remember.

I just emptied and re-did my music/video room, and found this bracket in a small box with no labels or anything. I can’t remember what it’s for. I think it’s either audio or video related, but it doesn’t seem to match any of my mic or equipment stands, though it might be. It’s devoid of any branding or part/serial numbers. No markings of any kind.

It folds like this:

More pics:

There’s a sliding mount screw on the bottom:

Thanks!

(Sorry for poor lighting, MacBook Pro 15” for scale)

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/17/science/spiders-deep-sea-methane-new-species

The paper effectively makes the point that it’s financially impossible to offset enough carbon to compensate for future fossil fuel burning, said Daphne Yin, director of land policy at Carbon180, where her team advocates for U.S. policy support for land-based carbon removal. And the idea that companies would be required to account for the downstream emissions from the fossil fuel they extract is a “fantasy,” she said.

https://apnews.com/article/tree-planting-fossil-fuels-carbon-offsets-climate-a0969fbe98905391f53d34780b88256d

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/31882019

Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’

WhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives devices

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}