US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive
The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, an outspoken critic of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), some of whose judges have already been sanctioned by the US.
Rubio said the US was sanctioning Ms Albanese for directly engaging with the ICC in its efforts to prosecute American or Israeli nationals, accusing her of being unfit for service as a UN Special Rapporteur.
US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive
Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).Tom Bateman (BBC News)
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Two dead in Houthi speedboat attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
The Eternity C and Magic Seas were part of commercial fleets whose sister vessels have made calls to Israeli ports over the past year.
Ellie Shafik of Vanguard Tech, a UK-based maritime risk management company, said: “The pause in Houthi activity did not necessarily indicate a change in underlying intent. As long as the conflict in Gaza persists, vessels with affiliations, both perceived and actual, will continue to face elevated risks.”
Two dead in Houthi speedboat attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
Greek-owned carrier Eternity C attacked by rebels who claim to have sunk another vesselGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Two dead in Houthi speedboat attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
The Eternity C and Magic Seas were part of commercial fleets whose sister vessels have made calls to Israeli ports over the past year.
Ellie Shafik of Vanguard Tech, a UK-based maritime risk management company, said: “The pause in Houthi activity did not necessarily indicate a change in underlying intent. As long as the conflict in Gaza persists, vessels with affiliations, both perceived and actual, will continue to face elevated risks.”
Two dead in Houthi speedboat attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
Greek-owned carrier Eternity C attacked by rebels who claim to have sunk another vesselGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Russian troops liberate Tolstoy community in Donetsk region over past day
Russian troops liberate Tolstoy community in Donetsk region over past day — top brass
The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,280 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hoursTASS
Fuck all those people.
The thing is this isn’t an anti imperialist war. Russia doesn’t have some revolutionary army that is going to free any one from imperialism. It’s literally just two bourgeoise armies fighting. So I don’t support either side and neither should any one who calls themselves a Leninist ( I’m not a Leninist.) Any one who makes any excuse for either side is just a propagandist, plain and simple, just because some people can on this website can see through American bullshit doesn’t mean they’re not a propagandist. The frag your CO memes all apply to the Russian side as much as the Ukrainian side. Bourgeoise war is bourgeoise war, there is no winner for a normal person here. They’re just waiting to see which jack boot will stamp on their face.
If you really think Putins Russia is anti fascist just because they’re defunding their turf so they can keep looting Ukraine then idk what to tell you other than you’re a war propagandist. Also how will this war help any leftist movement? It won’t. Both the Ukrainians and Russians hate leftists. The communist party in Russia is essentially just controlled opposition and when people formed Soviet’s in eastern Ukraine Putin had them killed. Supporting either side in this war does nothing for me, the average Russian or the average Ukrainian and by doing that all you’re doing is helping one shitty government kill the citizens of another .
No i noticed you haven't read Lenin , he had a few things to say about imperialism. So before you try to define what a Leninist is , or more specifically what a Marxist Leninist is you should read it. Or maybe just see what the people in Donetsk have to say for it.
Even if you are a liberal who always are against all wars except the current one, supports any liberation forces unless they actually isn't angels or have a proper gender diversity. I would give even you critical support if you did something worthwhile instead of just following CIA talking points.
No one thinks Putin or Russia is anti fascist. They are however killing Nazis which is a whole lot better than yours both side argument that always are de facto support for the status quo.
Again why do you know better than the people in Donetsk and rest of eastern Ukraine that rather see themselves as part of Russia and see Russia as liberators that stopped the genocide there?
Perhaps you should be less smug and actually do a deeper analysis of the situation that led to the war? If you did you would quite clearly see that the people of Ukraine are suffering from western imperialism and the war that the west started. And if you actually had a backbone you would also see which side that you have a minicule possibility to effect. But I guess it's easier to have talkingpoints about orcs instead.
I typed out a reply twice and lost it both times now I cbf. All I’m gonna say is you’re right I haven’t read Lenin in nearly 14 years I should check it out again if I can be fucked. I agree that the west started the war, and that they were arrogant enough to think that Russia would just fold because they’re part of the mongol horde or whatever fucking stupid shit some nazi propagandadist came up with. Honestly I always found both sides using the genocide term to be awful and it cheated the actual meaning of the word. Gaza is a genocide. The sources I have irl informed me that many of the Russian leftists who tried to set up stuff in eastern Ukraine were killed.
I feel your need to bring up gender as a dunk to be fucking pathetic. What does gender have to do with any of this?
You don’t know me, or what I’ve done politically. I’m just tired of being used as a weapon of war, and taking part in an information war is part of that. I’m going to go outside enjoy the beautiful sunny day hang out with my family, and count my lucky stars that I’m not being bombed, shot at, shelled or hunted by autonomous drones.
I feel like we will never see eye to eye on this and we‘d both wasting our time trying to get the other person to agree. I hope you enjoy your weekend and that nobody you know ever has to die in a stupid fucking war.
If you analyze this on the level of "good side" vs "bad side" no wonder you don't get it, but even in this lens guys with totenkopfs who revere genociders like Bandera and SS Galizien, got their government handpicked by monster like Victoria Nuland and sell their country to Blackrock will still be "bad side".
Ukrainian Communist Party support the Russian involvment in the war.
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The Truth About Ukrainian War Crimes Against Donbass Civilians
Evidence of Ukraine's torture – which has become nothing short of a new norm since the illegitimate 2014 coup – is continuing to pile up. Pavel, a member of the youth organization "Anti-Fascist Committee of Mariupol" tells Sputnik his story.Sputnik International
There's always money for the military. But climate?
There's always money for the military. But climate?
For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail.Canada's National Observer
US official bypassed safeguards to fast-track $30m to GHF: Report
A US State Department official bypassed nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to approve a $30m aid package for the Gaza aid group backed by Israel and the Trump administration, a news report says.
According to an internal memo obtained by the Reuters news agency, Jeremy Lewin, head of the State Department’s foreign aid programme, signed off on the funding just five days after the GHF submitted its proposal on June 19.
The June 24 memorandum, bearing Lewin’s signature, noted the group’s plan failed to meet “minimum technical or budgetary standards”. Despite that, Lewin approved the funds after consulting aides to Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s negotiator on Gaza, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s office.
Updates: Israel unleashes new wave of deadly air strikes on Gaza
Israel intensifies air raids across the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people, including aid seekers.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
Buttigieg is one of the best politicians America has right now.
Him growing a beard is a completely different thing from known bitch Ted Cruz growing one.
Media darling Pete Buttigieg was in unit that worked with CIA in Afghanistan
While Buttigieg's campaign denies allegations he was a CIA asset, military records reveal Mayor Pete…Alexander Rubinstein (The Grayzone)
Up to you. Do you think it'll help us win?
See, I write to them. I call them. I influence them. You, you're influencing voters. Is that a winning strategy?
Until we have ranked choice, "us" is the anti Republican contingent.
You never vote FOR a candidate in a first past the post election. You vote AGAINST who you hate most. And not voting counts as a vote for who you hate most because it lowers their bar to win. It's unfortunately how the math works out.
Trumps mental health is far better than Biden. Biden was a zombie. His mental health was so bad that the DNC dropped him after he zombied out during the debate with Trump.
Biden has late stage cancer which most definitely was present when he decided to run again.
Why are Democrats still simping for the guy who lost them the election?
EU Weighs €100 Billion Fund for Ukraine in Next Budget Proposal
EU Weighs €100 Billion Fund for Ukraine in Next Budget Proposal
The European Union is considering setting up a €100 billion ($117 billion) fund to support Ukraine as its war with Russia following Moscow’s full-scale invasion shows no signs of ending.Jorge Valero (Bloomberg)
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‘Buried alive under the sand’: how British weapons killed Palestinians
Survivors condemn a UK court for allowing more arms exports to Israel.
[SOLVED] Podman quadlet adding files to container - Europe Pub
I think you won't regret it. If the container startup installs stuff, you might lock yourself out when the remote server has issues, your network has issues, or if the package you install changes due to an update.
With it baked into an image, you have reproducible results. If you build a new image and it doesn't work anymore, you can immediately switch back to the old one and figure out the issue without pressure.
Scottish University agreed to 'monitor' students for weapons company supplying IDF, emails reveal
Emails suggest staff agreed to "implement" security measures including a request to "monitor university chat groups"
How Miami’s city commission gave themselves an extra year in office without voters’ permission
Last week, Miami’s city commission told those voters they’ll have to wait an extra year. In a 3-2 vote, the commission changed the city’s election bylaws to push the municipal races back to 2026.
Commissioners said they made the change in the name of cost savings and increased voter engagement when higher-profile races for Congress or the presidency may be on the ballot. But they gave themselves an extra year in office without asking voters for permission first.
Miami city officials cancelled an election. Outraged voters call it a power grab
Commissioners for the city of Miami rewrote their election laws to push the off-year 2025 local races to 2026 without input from voters. The decision has sparked outrageGeorge Chidi (The Guardian)
Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value
Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company in history to scale a $4tn market value on Wednesday as its stock price continues a years-long stratospheric rise.
Shares of the top chip designer rose roughly 2.4% to $164, benefiting from the ongoing surge in demand for artificial intelligence technologies. Nvidia’s chips and associated software are considered world leaders for building artificial intelligence products.
Nvidia achieved a $1tn market value for the first time back in June 2023 and the surge continued unabated with its market value – the total value of its shares – more than tripling in about a year, faster than Apple and Microsoft, the only other US firms with a market value of more than $3tn. Apple was the first company to reach a valuation of $3tn, back in 2022.
Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value
Ongoing surge in demand for AI technology fueled stratospheric rise of chipmaker’s valueBlake Montgomery (The Guardian)
Multiple CVEs Patched in Latest Git Update
Multiple CVEs Patched in Latest Git Update
Git 2.50.1 fixes seven CVEs, including critical flaws in submodule handling, bundle cloning, and GUI tools.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Anyone else able to "sense" whether a solution on a forum will work before fully reading it through? Especially the long-winded ones.
Searching gives me the impression there's a million ways to solve the same problem on Linux, and I find myself profiling answers into about four categories at a glance:
- Succinct: one or two-liner, a single config file, or just a few clicks
- Long-winded song-and-dance: Full train of thought interspersed between various commands and logs, several config files (some of which don't already exist), or installing an obscure package that is no longer maintained
- Specific to a desktop environment or version I don't have
- Just looks wrong
I'll usually just take solutions from the first category, which almost always works, save for differences between updates and versions. Solutions in the second category also seem to end with a 50% chance of the OP unable to solve the problem. If I'm desperate, I'll try the second one, but it often ends up not working, eventually leading me to come up with a much cleaner solution of my own.
Curious if anyone else does this too and if those one-liners are really better solutions or if it's just confirmation bias.
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The usual tech support search:
- First hit is a thread describing your exact problem, marked as [SOLVED]. Clicking it goes to a 404.
- Second hit is a thread describing your exact problem that goes to an actual thread, but the message has been edited to just say "Solved" with no record of what was done.
- Third hit is a thread describing almost your exact problem, with the first response calling the poster a noob for asking and then 15 pages of arguments.
- Fourth hit is a thread describing something in the same general area as your problem, which you try anyway and makes the thing you're trying to fix break in a different way, but it's progress at least.
- Actual solution is somewhere between the 5th and 8th hit, or you give up and come back to it in about a week and solve it instantly without trying for some fucking reason.
So to answer the question, I can usually tell I'm getting close to the solution when I say "Oh for fuck's sake" as I'm closing tabs lol.
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I love to go with just rip out what ever is broken never look at it again and till eventually forgetting something was broken reinstalling what ever I ripped out only for everything to work again
Despite trying to reinstall things like 3 times before.
The key is you HAVE to forget about the problem or it knows your trying to trick it and it breaks it self again!
With ‘The Far Side,’ Gary Larson Pioneered the Art of the Meme
With ‘The Far Side,’ Gary Larson Pioneered the Art of the Meme
In the late 1980s, it seemed like every self-proclaimed budding suburban middle-school intellectual worth their salt had Far Side books crammed into every nook and...joshschollmeyer (MEL Magazine)
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Here's an easy fix to that dilemma: There are no women who have claimed to be raped.
None. Zero.
It is all "witeness statements" from groups like ZAKA and the IDF which are stated in the report. Not a single person claims they were raped themselves.
These claims have nothing to do with believing women. They do not claim they were raped. The claim is "Believe Israel".
'Alligator Alcatraz' Already Ballooning Over $600 Million, Leaked Document Shows
The federal detention facility in Florida, officially named “Alligator Alcatraz,” is only the beginning when it comes to FEMA money being used to fund ICE operations, according to a source within the federal agency. The new program, dubbed “the ICE grant” by FEMA employees, means that millions in grant funds intended for shelters and facilities for noncitizen migrants may now be redirected toward detention centers and whatever else ICE decides.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement to the Associated Press on June 25 that the detention facility in Florida “will be funded in large part by the Shelter and Services Program within the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” The Alligator Alcatraz facility will cost $245 per bed daily, or $450 million per year, one U.S. official told the Associated Press. Internal FEMA documents, however, put the total grant awarded to the Florida Division of Emergency Management at $608.4 million.
The flow of cash from FEMA’s SSP program to states building ICE detention centers outlined by Noem, matches what a source within FEMA told Drop Site of the ICE grant: “it appears they’re taking the money intended for the SSP that Congress mandated via their old appropriations bill to a new grant program related to ICE so they can pay states.” States will then use the funds to develop ICE detention centers similar to the Everglades facility in Florida.
'Alligator Alcatraz' Already Ballooning Over $600 Million, Leaked Document Shows
DHS is redirecting FEMA money to create a slush fund for ICE detention centers.Ka (Jessica) Burbank (Drop Site News)
Pro-Israel Professor Shai Davidai Is Leaving Columbia
Per an email sent to Columbia Business School faculty on Wednesday morning from Dean Costis Maglaras and obtained by The Intercept, the vocal pro-Israel business school assistant professor made the decision to leave the school.
Several students, including Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, have also alleged that Davidai targeted them and called for them to be deported in the lead-up to their arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Davidai was also a member of a prominent WhatsApp group of Columbia alumni, parents and professors that strategized about how to deport pro-Palestine students, The Intercept reported. He has noted that he does not have tenure at the school.
Pro-Israel Professor Shai Davidai Is Leaving Columbia
Davidai posted that he had been cleared of allegations filed against him last year. He was previously suspended after he was accused of harassment and intimidation.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
The West seeks to destroy cooperation between Russia and China, says expert
The West seeks to destroy cooperation between Russia and China, says expert
Vladimir Nezhdanov, an expert at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on the statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the need to stop China’s support for Russia in the programme ‘Opin…newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
I'll have to repeat: Merz imagined himself to be the Fuhrer and wants war with Russia
I'll have to repeat: Merz imagined himself to be the Fuhrer and wants war with Russia: EADaily
EADaily, July 9th, 2025. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking in the Bundestag, said that Russia is questioning the right of an entire nation to exist and is beginning to destroy political freedom on the entire European continent.EADaily
In Kiev, they boast about the use in combat of an aircraft created by the Czech Republic and Slovakia: EADaily
In Kiev, they boast about the use in combat of an aircraft created by the Czech Republic and Slovakia: EADaily
EADaily, July 9th, 2025. Kiev at the end of June received the first aircraft of the SharkU1 type — an upgraded ultralight vehicle developed in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and designed for electronic warfare.EADaily
Archaeologists Discovered an Unprecedented Ancient Monument That Could Rewrite History
Archaeologists Discovered an Unprecedented Ancient Monument That Could Rewrite History
An archaeological find revealed in eastern France offers a never-seen-before mix of enclosures. They could rewrite history.Tim Newcomb (Popular Mechanics)
The Great Armenian Sell Out and Turkish/NATO Dreams of a Turan Corridor Stretching to China
Chaos in the Caucasus: The Great Armenian Sell Out and Turkish/NATO Dreams of a Turan Corridor Stretching to China | naked capitalism
The great question is how Russia and Iran will respond if Turkiye and friends attempt to muscle their way across the Southern Caucasus.Conor Gallagher (naked capitalism)
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China, Russia, and Iran have hypersonic missiles. And that changes everything.
Bullets:
- China is the world leader in the development and deployment of hypersonic missile systems.
- Russia and Iran also have successfully built and recently used hypersonic platforms in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
- The United States is racing to close the gap, and hopes to build systems for some Army units next year.
- But the problem is that no air defense platforms can intercept inbound hypersonic munitions.
- This is the reality that confronts career politicians and military officers in Western countries: an armed conflict against any country with hypersonic missiles invites catastrophic losses to ground bases and naval fleet assets.
- Those risks will be deemed unacceptably high, and in the event of potential conflict in the Western Pacific or Persian Gulf will likely result in disengagement and withdrawal of American naval forces.
China, Russia, and Iran have hypersonic missiles. And that changes everything.
This is a transcript, for the video found here:Kevin Walmsley (Inside China / Business)
Five-Year-Old Boy Injured in Ukraine UAV Strike on Kursk Beach Dies of Wounds
Five-Year-Old Boy Injured in Ukraine UAV Strike on Kursk Beach Dies of Wounds
A five-year-old boy who was injured in Ukraine's drone attack on Kursk beach died during transportation to Moscow, acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Wednesday.Sputnik International
China Denies Shipping Air Defenses To Iran
China Denies Shipping Air Defenses To Iran
China’s embassy in Israel on July 9 rejected a report claiming that it had transferred missile production equipment or air...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
Moscow not fazed by Trump’s harsh rhetoric – Kremlin
Moscow not fazed by Trump’s harsh rhetoric – Kremlin
Russia is well aware that it is the US president’s style, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has saidRT
[JS] Let me pay for Firefox!
Let me pay for Firefox!
Hi Mozilla community, I’m a long time Mozilla supporter, I’ve published free (as in freedom) and open-source software, and I desperately want Mozilla to charge for Firefox. If that sounds like a contradiction, please keep reading.Mozilla Discourse
Ukrainian terror plot targeting railway bridge foiled – FSB (VIDEO)
Ukrainian terror plot targeting railway bridge foiled – FSB (VIDEO)
The suspect was shot dead after he opened fire at officers during the arrest, the Russian security agency has saidRT
America is sinking, and Canada cannot go down with the ship
America is sinking, and Canada cannot go down with the ship
Donald Trump is blaming other countries for his country’s large trade deficits when the U.S. should be looking at itselfClaude Lavoie (The Globe and Mail)
Most Canadians now see US as a ‘threat,’ study reveals
Most Canadians now see US as a ‘threat,’ study reveals
Europeans are still most concerned by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Pew Research Center survey shows.Ferdinand Knapp (POLITICO)
This Aged Like Fine Milk, JD Vance Post From 2021
UK government’s deal with Google ‘dangerously naive’, say campaigners
UK government’s deal with Google ‘dangerously naive’, say campaigners
Company to provide free technology and ‘upskill’ civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US serversRobert Booth (The Guardian)
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Google is paying a pittance to achieve vendor lock-in.
The training may be free but there will be other services which will not be free and the other services will integrate better with the existing 'free' Google services better than anything else.
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That being said, fight on, gal!
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i also hope that she's rich and well connected enough so that she can continue her work and afford a decent living.
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in reply to lmdnw • • •The US is THE state sponsor of terrorism.
Not saying other countries have never done it, but the US has done it more than everyone else combined and pioneered many of the now "standard" tactics.
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in reply to join • • •i wonder if something like this would ever happen given that the united states is practically un-invadeable compared to germany with the 2 biggest oceans on opposite sides that include an american dominated navy along with 2 buffer states to the north and south that are economically and politically dominated by the united states.
were germany in the same geographic spot and had the same economic and military dominance; the 3rd reich would still be a thing.
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