The tears of Gaza’s men are an act of rebellion | 972 Magazine
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32817999
from 972 Magazine Sunday Recap newsletter [published in Israel]
07/06/2025Other articles
* Gaza’s Al-Baqa Cafe was a sanctuary amid the genocide. Now it lies in ruins
* The Knesset vs Ayman Odeh
*The UK can excuse genocide, but draws the line at festival chants
* ‘It comes with the territory’: How Israel’s archaeologists legitimize annexation
The tears of Gaza’s men are an act of rebellion | 972 Magazine
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32817999
from 972 Magazine Sunday Recap newsletter [published in Israel]
07/06/2025Other articles
* Gaza’s Al-Baqa Cafe was a sanctuary amid the genocide. Now it lies in ruins
* The Knesset vs Ayman Odeh
*The UK can excuse genocide, but draws the line at festival chants
* ‘It comes with the territory’: How Israel’s archaeologists legitimize annexation
Los Angeles: Thousands Denounce ICE Raids in July 4 Protest
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32817365
July 5, 2025"The article below first appeared in the Los Angeles Times on July 5, 2025. The protest the article describes was a fitting way to mark US Independence Day, given the Trump administration’s intensified workplace raids and deportations of undocumented immigrants. L.A. has been the epicenter of many such protests over the last month since the White House picked the city to launch its aggressive dragnet, carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, targeting millions of workers across the country.
As a recent article published by the Washington Post revealed, ICE arrests have more than doubled since Trump took office in January, compared to the same period last year."
Israeli soldier describes arbitrary killing of civilians in Gaza
"In one of the houses that we had been in, we had the big territory. This was the closest to the citizens' neighbourhood, with people inside. And there's an imaginary line that they tell us all the Gazan people know it, and that they know they are not allowed to pass it," he said. "But how can they know?"
People who crossed into this area were most often shot, he said. "It was like pretty much everyone that comes into the territory, and it might be like a teenager riding his bicycle," he said.
The soldier described a prevailing belief among troops that all Gazans were terrorists, even when they were clearly unarmed civilians. This perception, he said, was not challenged and was often endorsed by commanders.
Israeli soldier describes arbitrary killing of civilians in Gaza
Speaking in a rare on-camera interview with Sky News, the soldier said the criteria of opening fire on civilians shifted depending on the commander.Alex Rossi, international correspondent; Orly Halpern and Celine Alkhaldi, producers (Sky News)
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Voice is not masked, and way too much details about his postings and history in the article. Surely he is going to be court marshaled or shunned.
Even though I have zero sympathy to IDF, this bad journalisric practice will prevent otherslike him from coming out and expose the situation there.
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The UN watched all the CCTV and bodycam footage from oct7 and concluded nothing in it contained rape.
Either Hamas are magicians and know where all the CCTV cameras are in one of the most surveilled places on earth, or it's all made up.
Seeing how they got someone who proved to be lying about "witness testimonies" was called to write the article, it's safe to say that everything in it is a work of fiction.
Large thread about all the previous lies from this reporter: xcancel.com/zei_squirrel/statu…
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Oh, look, fellow livestock! The scarecrows're slap-fighting again.
adjacent slaughterhouse, unmoved, churns on...
Is the Republican Party a Chinese Communist Conspiracy?
Is the Republican Party a Chinese Communist Conspiracy?
The Senate GOP just voted to destroy the economies of their own districts and hand 21st century industry to a foreign adversary.Ryan Cooper (The American Prospect)
New footage exposes ragtag US mercenaries firing toward Gaza aid seekers
On July 2, the Associated Press released an exposé containing short videos which appeared to show American mercenaries associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) opening fire on aid-seekers in Gaza during an incident in southern Gaza this May. The footage was supplied by a former employee of UG Solutions, a firm charged with securing GHF distribution sites.
In an apparent attempt to control the damage from the AP investigation, UG Solutions has distributed a pair of videos comprising over seven minutes of footage to the press.
The newly released footage offers an unprecedented glimpse of the disturbing interactions between the starving population of Gaza and well-armed, clearly unprepared Americans hired to provide security for GHF’s chaotic aid operations.
Filmed by one of its own employee, the recordings were seemingly distributed in an effort to show UG Solutions’ agents have not fired live bullets on unarmed crowds of Palestinians. According to a UG Solutions statement, the videos “not only clarify what happened, but provide critical context, which contradicts that [sic] AP’s reporting and shows that the accusations are unfounded.”
BRICS outperforming G7 – Putin
The group’s combined GDP is $20 trillion greater than that of the Western bloc, the Russian president has saidBRICS has already outstripped the Western-dominated Group of Seven in terms of combined GDP, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.
Speaking via video link at a plenary session of the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Putin said that the “BRICS member states not only account for a third of the Earth’s land, and almost half the planet’s population, but also 40% of the global economy.”
💪 💪 LETS GO, fuck the empire!
MSS reveals case of foreign IP posing as ordinary user to infiltrate Chinese school's network broadcast system - Global Times
This group has long carried out frequent and persistent cyberattacks against school broadcast systems across China, attempting to crack passwords, hijack broadcasts, and spread harmful content. The targeted school in this case had its broadcast system directly linked to a publicly accessible webpage, with the login password set as a simple string of consecutive numbers—an obvious vulnerability for the attackers. State security authorities immediately guided the school's management in implementing corrective measures, cutting off the foreign intrusion at its source.
MSS reveals case of foreign IP posing as ordinary user to infiltrate Chinese school's network broadcast system
The Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Monday disclosed a case in which an unidentified foreign IP address, disguised as a regular user, infiltrated a Chinese school's network broadcast system in an attempted cyberattack to manipulate broadcast con…www.globaltimes.cn
Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe Amid Windows 10 End-of-Life
Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe Amid Windows 10 End-of-Life
Millions of people using Windows 10 are facing a tough choice. Microsoft plans to stop offering security updates for the system, leaving countless computersLena Miles (Blaze Trends)
Ukraine’s political infighting gets nasty
Ukraine’s political infighting gets nasty
As Trump starves it of arms, there is turmoil inside the governmentThe Economist
Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds
YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc – but not on same terms it once enjoyed
Archived version: archive.is/20250713113034/theg…
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.
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Physicists Found the Ghost Haunting the World’s Most Famous Particle Accelerator
Physicists Found the Ghost Haunting the World’s Most Famous Particle Accelerator
An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.Caroline Delbert (Popular Mechanics)
Switzerland eyes joining EU rearmament programme
The Federal Council wants to explore the possibilities of joining the European Union’s €800-billion rearmament programme without compromising Swiss neutrality.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/swissinfo.ch…
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Iran warns of fake X profiles trying to damage relations with India; shares list of imposter accounts
The Iranian Embassy in India has issued a warning about fraudulent social media accounts impersonating official Iranian entities. These fake accounts are disseminating false information, including claims about Iran reconsidering the Chabahar port agreement with India. The embassy asserts that these accounts aim to undermine the relationship between Iran and India.
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Anyone get a Royal Kludge R75 working under linux and Vial?
My R75 works fine under via.
I'm using the R75 vial firmware located here.
It won't compile, as cloned. It's more than just the directory structure which is completely silly. It's not surprising it didn't work, given it's messy state. I had to modify it a bit, so it could easily be something I did.
I had to add a UID:
config.h -> #define VIAL_KEYBOARD_UID { }
and uncomment tap_dance_action in keymap.c.
tap_dance_action_t tap_dance_actions[] = {
[TD_RESET] = ACTION_TAP_DANCE_FN(safe_reset),
[TD_CLEAR] = ACTION_TAP_DANCE_FN(safe_clear),
[TD_CTL_TG] = ACTION_TAP_DANCE_LAYER_TOGGLE(KC_RCTL, _CTL_LYR)
};
That's about it.
It compiles and downloads cleanly. Via continues to work but Vial does not discover it.
This mosbed firmware extension claims to be a derivative of this work but it doesn't seem to be.
github.com/irfanjmdn/r65/tree/…
Anyone have Vial working? It's a popular keyboard so I expect someone has solved this problem. If no one responds, I'll take it on in a week or so so we can all enjoy ou R75 on linux with Vial.
GitHub - mossbed/r75: iamdanielv's Royal Kludge R65 QMK firmware ported to the R75
iamdanielv's Royal Kludge R65 QMK firmware ported to the R75 - mossbed/r75GitHub
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The problem seems to be lack of ability to give the board a magic serial number. The vial app looks for a specific string in the serial number ("vial:") to identify a vial capable keyboard. My R75 won't accept a serial number, no matter what I do.
Apparently, this is a limitation of some cheap USB controllers (always answer 0 to all serial requests). I don't know if that's true but ChatGPT tells me it's so.
udevadm info -a -n /dev/hidraw$(ls /dev/hidraw* | tail -1 | tr -dc '0-9') | grep -i serial 2 ✘
ATTRS{serial}=="00000000000000000000000000000000"
ATTRS{serial}=="0000:09:00.0"
Apparently, the magic number can be coded into the UID, also. I'm working on that, too, with no success so far. Apparently, USB controllers don't stand in for UID in any case.
I'm struggling with this. If anyone has some ideas or clear direction, I would consider it a favor. If I can manage to make it work, I'll publish the firmware for everyone.
Even if someone got the mossbed firmware to work, that would be helpful to know. I have been banging on it for three days with no luck. This is the most expensive, cheap keyboard I've ever purchased. lol!
Ukraine’s Security Service eliminates FSB agents linked to murder of SSU colonel
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have carried out a special operation to eliminate the Russian agents who killed SSU Colonel Ivan Voronych in Kyiv under orders from the FSB.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/pravda.com.u…
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BRICS outstrips G7 economically — Putin
BRICS outstrips G7 economically — Putin
The Russian president thanked his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and the Brazilian BRICS presidency in promoting the strategic partnership within the associationTASS
Lebanon: Martyr, Injuries as Israeli Enemy Escalates Attacks on Country’s South
The Israeli enemy continues to bomb southern Lebanon almost daily and maintains occupation over five posts along the southern border, in violation of a ceasefire deal reached following a brutal 66-day Israeli war in late 2024.The Zionist occupation has also struck Beirut four times since the ceasefire agreement was sealed on November 27, 2024.
Lebanon: Martyr, Injuries as Israeli Enemy Escalates Attacks on Country’s South
A Lebanese citizen was martyred and several injuries were reported as the Israeli enemy stepped up a...Al-Manar TV Lebanon
The Empire’s Strategic Failure: How the US-Israeli Assault on Iran Accelerated Imperial Decline | MR Online
The Empire’s Strategic Failure: How the US-Israeli Assault on Iran Accelerated Imperial Decline | MR Online
The June 2025 US-Israeli military assault on Iran—featuring Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the US Operation Midnight Hammer confronted by Iran’s defensive Operation True Promise 3—despite achieving short-term tactical victories, represents a prof…Taha Zeinali (MR Online)
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You make me laugh, and I need that, so thanks! I'm sure your analyses are closer to accurate than my best guesses. I suppose what government or economic system states call themselves (or what media calls them) mean fa anymore. I'm not sure if we live in a post-truth world, or always have and it's just so glaringly obvious, only those really emotionally invested in their illusions and those without mental capacity to identify them (whether through overwork and other stresses or direct learning/developmental disabilities) insist otherwise. Maybe most fall somewhere between those points, I'm certainly not as informed as I prefer.
I'll have a look tonight or tomorrow. My project hours are all over the map, right now, which means my neighborhood and household obligations are, too.
Cheers!
We Need an Alliance Between Africa and Latam, Continents With Shared Struggles -Roland Lumumba
Explaining his decision to travel to Venezuela for the commemoration, he said: “I was in France, preparing to return to the Congo, when I received a request to record a video for this tribute. But I didn’t hesitate—I told them I wouldn’t send a video; I would go in person. Venezuela is a country that has led a struggle similar to ours. For years, its leaders have fought for their people, just as Lumumba did to liberate the Congo from colonialism. I am certain that if Lumumba were alive today, he would be a brother to Simón Bolívar, a friend to Nasser, Nkrumah, Hugo Chávez, and all those who have dedicated their lives to justice and the liberation of their peoples.”
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You've got it the wrong way round, the axis of evil which is NATO did denounce the elections. Most of the rest of the world sent observers who confirmed the results.
Few exceptions, of course, as Lula seems to rather like how his ass feels on the fence and Boric hasn't found a boot big enough that he won't have a go at licking it.
There should be no veto power and states* that export violence and their proxies should have no place on any human rights councils.
He recalled his father’s words: “Independence is not a gift. We cannot import democracy or revolution; we must create our own. What works in the United States may not suit Burkina Faso. Venezuela has chosen its path, and each country must decide what is best for its people.”
If only the global West could innerstand and overstand this.
Yo, put up some context or you're just circle jerking. Not everyone knows those historical deep takes, everyone not in the know will dismiss this as some level of conspiracy theory without sauce
Messaging matters
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Yeah, but what do you do with that? Just give up?
You're not going to convince everyone, but every once in a while someone will dig into it. It keeps the knowledge alive
I like the furries because they're really accepting
But come on...Understanding how progressive movements fail ~~and how it's usually because the CIA destabilized the regime~~ actually matters.
Especially now. Less circle jerking, more historical analysis with clear messaging
I'm sorry, I've been coming at this wrong
Need more sauce for jerking. For OSHA reasons
Israeli Enemy warplanes launch series of airstrikes on Hodeida
Israeli Enemy warplanes launch series of airstrikes on Hodeida
Israeli enemy warplanes launched a series of airstrikes today on Hodeida province.www.saba.ye
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Outrage as Benue Governor Joins Tinubu in Brazil Despite Recent Massacre Crisis and Insecurity
President Tinubu, who also travelled to Brazil for the summit, has been criticised for his response to the killings. Rather than a decisive security operation or national address, the President has urged Governor Alia to “engage in dialogue” with the attackers, an approach widely condemned as tone-deaf and dangerous.
Outrage as Benue Governor Joins Tinubu in Brazil Despite Recent Massacre and Insecurity - West Africa Weekly
Despite ongoing violence and humanitarian crises in Benue State, the state’s governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has sparked national outrage by attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside President Bola Tinubu.West Africa Weekly
Macron calls on EU to ‘defend European interests resolutely’ from Trump tariffs
French president says bloc should be ready for trade war after 30% tariff threat but other EU leaders call for calm
Archived version: archive.is/20250713121015/theg…
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A bookmarklet to quickly debloat Duck.ai
About
Duck.ai is one of the few online places to chat with AI privately. Self-hosting your own AI model is a better option, but not everybody has the hardware for it. DuckDuckGo has made deals with the model providers to keep your chats private, so it's an easy option to recommend.
If you're like me, you probably clear your cookies a lot (or always browse in incognito). This means that any time you visit Duck.ai, you have to set all your settings again. One solution is to set Duck.ai as an exception to your browser data deletion, but that makes me uneasy. After getting fed up setting my preferred settings each time, I wanted to see if I could automate the process.
The Bookmarklet
Bookmarklets are essentially bookmarks in your bookmarks bar that, when clicked, run your own JavaScript code on whichever page you're visiting. This was a neat trick that some of my classmates used to edit pages when the Inspect Element was disabled on school computers.
I wrote a short bookmarklet that will automatically set my preferred settings in Duck.ai:
javascript:{
const settings = {
'aiChatPromptSuggestions': '{"hideSuggestions":true}',
'aichatPromoDismissal': '{"promosDismissed":"9999-99-99"}',
'duckaiCanUseApproxLocation': 'false',
'duckaiSidebarCollapsed': 'true',
'isRecentChatsOn': '"0"',
'preferredDuckaiModel': '"6"',
};
let keys = Object.keys(settings);
keys.forEach(key => {
const value = settings[key];
localStorage.setItem(key, value);
});
location.reload();
}
How To Use
(Steps may vary between browsers)
1. Copy-paste the bookmarklet code above (including the part that says javascript:
)
2. Right click on the bookmarks bar in your browser
3. Select "Add page..."
4. In the field that says "URL", paste the code you copied
5. Name the bookmarklet whatever you want, for example: Debloat Duck.ai
6. Click "Save"
7. Visit Duck.ai (which redirects to duckduckgo.com/?q=DuckDuckGo+A…)
You must visit this page before running the bookmarklet, because bookmarklets can only run code on the page you're currently visiting.
8. Click on the bookmarklet you just created. This will run the code.
You should now have a distraction free, private chat.
Explanation
Duck.ai stores its settings in the browser's "local storage". If you open the Inspect Element (either by right clicking on the page and clicking "Inspect" or by pressing F12) and navigate to Application > Local Storage > https://duckduckgo.com/
you will see a list of settings and their corresponding values.
By default, these settings are a tad too distracting for my taste. The bookmarklet I made does the following:
1. Hides prompt suggestions
2. Dismisses the promo by setting the shown date to something impossible in the future
3. Disables using approximate location for responses
4. Collapses the sidebar
5. duckduckgo_settings
doesn't actually do much, and the values there are, in fact, not documented on this page
6. Disables chat history
7. Sets the preferred model to Mistral Small 3, which is open source and has low moderation.
You can set your preferred settings before running the bookmarklet and edit the bookmarklet code according to your own settings.
The code then iterates through these settings, and sets each one. Then, finally, reloads the page to apply the settings.
Updates
This project is far too small to make an entire repository for it, so I will try to just update this post with any new code. For example, duckaiCanUseApproxLocation
is a new setting that was added in the last few days.
I hope everyone enjoys this as much as I did!
Here is a before and after:
New Features
- The prompt to take a survey is now dismissed.
- Removed obsolete settings
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This project is far too small to make an entire repository for it, so I will try to just update this post with any new code
If the size it's the only reason to not create a repository, you could just use something like gist.github.com, at least, it would be more accessible for anyone not on lemmy
The Hamas Response to Trump’s Gaza “Ceasefire” Proposal
Palestinian negotiators from Hamas have proposed a handful of amendments to a U.S.-promoted framework for a 60-day Gaza ceasefire agreement. According to a response that Hamas submitted to the U.S. and Israel and regional mediators from Qatar and Egypt, the Islamic resistance movement hopes the potential agreement will lead to an end to Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza that has lasted for 22 months. Obtained by Drop Site, the document is dated from July 4, when Hamas submitted its formal response to what President Donald Trump called the “final proposal.”
In its revisions to the Trump-backed draft, Hamas proposed stronger language in the framework to ensure that the initial 60-day truce be extended indefinitely—under a U.S. guarantee—until an agreement is reached on definitively ending Israel’s war against Gaza. It also wants Egypt and Qatar listed not only as mediators, but as guarantors of the agreement along with the U.S. “The mediators-guarantors guarantee the continuation of serious negotiations [on a permanent ceasefire] for an extended period until the two parties reach agreement, and the continuation of the [ceasefire and flow of aid] agreed upon in this framework,” Hamas’s draft asserted.
The original language contained more vague language and clauses, such as “if necessary,” and only placed the role of ensuring that negotiations continue on Egypt and Qatar, not the U.S. Hamas’s terms would make clear that the U.S. is responsible for Israel holding its fire during the 60-day initial truce and during subsequent negotiations for a long-term ceasefire.
The Hamas Response to Trump’s Gaza “Ceasefire” Proposal
Drop Site obtained Hamas’s amendments, which zero in on increasing aid, defining Israeli withdrawal, and getting U.S. guarantees to end the war.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
Millions of dollars in Tesla EV rebate claims were legitimate, Ottawa says
OTTAWA - Tesla legitimately claimed thousands of electric vehicle rebates in the final weekend before the department suspended its rebate program in January, Transport Canada said on Friday.
Installing Guix as a Complete GNU/Linux System - System Crafters
Trying out Guix for the first time! Waiting for packages to download.
I'm a long time Arch user. Any tips?!
I've heard there aren't as many packages for Guix as other distros, but I was thinking Flatpak and distrobox will help bridge the gap for me.
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I use Emacs on the daily, and I just can’t get into Scheme.
Do you find that Elisp and Scheme are too different? I don't know either, so they look almost the same to me.
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