Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
The airline touted a partnership with an AI-enabled revenue system as a step on the road to fully personalized ticket pricing, part of its goal to raise profit margins long-term.Irina Ivanova (Fortune)
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Trump has the best foreign policy, in terms of making sense.
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Not like the Dems were much better, but yeah, the Trump regime is even worse.
As opposed to Biden merely calling their decisions "outrageous" and strongly condemning them while supporting Netanyahu after they issued a warrant for his arrest.
I'm not sure how that's connected to Syria, tbh.
Well, its... kind of hard to totally disentangle Syria from Israel and Iran... and Palestine, and Iraq, and Lebanon, and the Kurds, and Russia... and Trump recently just directly, very publically, bombed Iranian nuclear facilities...
I am reasonably confident this would not have happened in a Dem regime.
They are genocide enabling and duplicitous assholes, but Trump and his cabinet turned that situation up to 11 by sending in B2s with GBU 57s, and being very, very public, antagonistic about this.
...
Regardless of the strike actually being effective or not, it completely slams the door shut on basically ever doing another nuclear deal with Iran (again, done under Obama/Dems, revoked by Trump)....
... barring something like a complete 180 in some theoretical future Dem regime that totally 180s on basically everything connected to Israel. No clue how likely that is or isn't at this point, but it is at least theoretically possible.
...
Dropping morality from the equation, massively directly aggroing against Iran, with is a player in Syria, is just incompetent on its face at being any kind of sensible policy.
Like, I guess just even more full throatedly going against Iran does remove a significant amount of their influence in Syria (maybe?)... but the cost is looking like a completely insane mad man at the international level...
...not to mention pissing off a significant domestic chunk of Trump's own base, the ones stupid enough to somehow believe Trump was the 'peace candidate'.
...
US foreign policy irt Syria in particular has been a shitshow for about 2 decades now, simply on its own terms of theoretically 'promoting American security interests.'
Trump has accelerated this from 'a clusterfuck' to 'a paradigm ending disaster that has totally ended the US as the dominant world hegemon'.
It has totally destroyed any remaining remnant of plausibly being a morally justified 'World Police'.
The US is now just obviously a rogue state, by its own definition of a rogue state from 10 years ago.
This is what I mean by 'making sense', or really the complete absence of that.
Foreign policy kinda involves having allies.
Not many people wanna ally with a beligerent mad man.
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Maybe a shorter version of my viewpoint could be:
Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense.
More or less agree with your take, but:
I am reasonably confident this would not have happened in a Dem regime.
I'm fairly confident in my memory that Israel attacked Syria under Biden, taking advantage of the instability to expand it's illegal settlements in the Golan Heights. Am I wrong?
I believe you are correct, but I was perhaps not clear enough there.
What I meant was, had Kamala won, I doubt she would have sent B2s to bomb Natanz, Fordow and Ishfahar.
She maybe, might have agreed to some kind of support role in a much, much more limited version of that kind of a strike, but it likely would have been at least given the Blinken treatment of a veneer of plausible deniability.
Which is fucking awful, but is at least more competent in terms of staying on messsge and presenting an official 'stance'... in neoliberal ghoul logic, which does unfortunately convince many people.
EDIT: Or, maybe, now being President, she could have actually broken from the seemingly very Biden driven deference to Israel, and actually drawn a line at at least... maybe no Israel, you shouldn't bomb Iran that provocatively, we will actually stop giving you some kind of weapon if you do that... maybe even abstain from some UN vote on whether or not you're doing a genocide, instead of voting no.
Hypotheticals, but....seemingly at least possible, to me.
Il rischio spesso sottovalutato dell'albero di palma con gli aghi dentro - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Il rischio spesso sottovalutato dell'albero di palma con gli aghi dentro - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Frequentando certi spazi multimediali di Internet, diventa gradualmente più facile determinare la natura spettacolare o esorbitante di determinati contenuti online. Talvolta per la qualità delle immagini mostrate. Certe altre è l’argomento.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Giovedì 17 luglio, dalle 21:30, presso il Parco delle Ginestre in via Salita di Oriolo a Faenza, torna la Binocular Classroom: lezioni di astronomia pratica svolte all'aperto, osservando il cielo col binocolo. Spesso ignorato e sottovalutato, un buon binocolo può dare soddisfazioni osservando la Via Lattea, la Luna e altri oggetti celesti, e per gli appassionati di astronomia dovrebbe essere il primo strumento a cui approcciarsi, e non il telescopio, come alcuni possono pensare.
Ad ogni partecipante verrà affidato in prestito un binocolo 8x40, una torcia a luce rossa e un astrolabio. I partecipanti verranno guidati, da astrofili esperti, nell'osservazione autonoma del cielo con il binocolo, ricevendo nozioni base di astronomia, e osservando vari oggetti celesti interessanti. A fine serata verrà consegnata una dispensa.
Indicato per adulti di tutte le età, e ragazzi sopra i 12 anni.
I posti sono limitati, ed è necessaria la prenotazione attraverso i contatti disponibili sul sito www.astrofaenza.it
In caso di maltempo, l'incontro sarà rimandato alla prima data utile, che verrà comunicata a coloro che hanno prenotato.
Per chi è impossibilitato a partecipare in questa data, si consiglia di contattare il Gruppo Astrofili Faenza, che raccoglierà adesioni e preferenze per eventuali date alternative o future.
E' previsto un contributo spese (a serata, per persona) di 10€ per le dispense e la manutenzione dei binocoli, ridotto a 8€ per i minori di 16 anni, e gratuito per i soci ARAR e Gruppo Astrofili Faenza.
L'incontro è organizzato dal Gruppo Astrofili Faenza in collaborazione con ARAR (Associazione Ravennate Astrofili Rheyta), UAI (Unione Astrofili Italiani), Foto Flash e Nital.
Si ricorda che nonostante il caldo diurno, di notte la temperatura può abbassarsi notevolmente rispetto al giorno, specialmente in aperta campagna. Per passare una serata piacevole, si consiglia di portare un giacchetto e/o qualcosa per coprirsi all'occorrenza
The ruins of imperialism w/ Kit Klarenberg and Alexander Mckay
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Anyhoo. It's the fairy tale they'd like to believe.
God should smite the child rapists.
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Syrian Health Ministry says ‘dozens of bodies’ discovered at hospital in Suwayda
Syrian Health Ministry says ‘dozens of bodies’ discovered at hospital in Suwayda
Syrian Health Minister Musaab al-Ali told the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that a convoy of 15 ambulances was unable to enter the province of Suwayda, impeded by Israeli aircraftTASS
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Hey CM, just so you know, this is why we consider you one of the dumbest, most useless motherfuckers alive. You accuse me of not reading TASS critically regularly, but here you are unable to distinguish between the following
- my statement about what I heard re: Druze hospital massacre
- TASS reiterating the statement of the new ISIS government which allegedly committed the massacre
- TASS statements about the event themselves
How does it feel to be so obsessed with making your stupid little comments that you can't even read? Maybe consider doing something with your life. Any mental image I form of your behaviors makes me ill. I can't even pity you
Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein 'MAGA Rebellion'
Inside Trump's Failing Mission to Crush the MAGA Revolt Over Epstein
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
Three people killed, 34 injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus — Syrian Health Ministry
Three people killed, 34 injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus — Syrian Health Ministry
Earlier, Israel launched several airstrikes on DamascusTASS
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FBI's Video Game Piracy Crackdown Leads to Domain Confusion
Late last week, the FBI seized the domain names of several gaming piracy websites, including NSW2U.com. The sites in question were used to download more than a million games per month, according to a press release, which inadvertently identified a nonexistent domain. The FBI eventually seized the correct domain, and the investigation continues. Meanwhile, opportunists are moving in to lure displaced pirates to new "NSW2U" domains.
FBI's Video Game Piracy Crackdown Leads to Domain Confusion * TorrentFreak
The FBI's gaming piracy crackdown on NSW2U is complicated by a domain error and the appearance of new, potentially troubling domains.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse
Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.
Originally published on The Lever, but that one asks you to sign up.
How Google Ruined Your Phone
Google has sabotaged its phones’ open-source technology in order to stamp out its competitors and intensify surveillance of its customers.The Lever
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feat: Traffic data
### What problem would this feature help solve? There is currently no traffic data in the map download, making travel time estimates inaccurate when there is traffic, which makes it not possible to rely on the app for arrival time.Codeberg.org
Zuckerberg and former Meta execs sued for billions over user data
Meta has been accused of harvesting user data without consent in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit by company shareholders against chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.The case dates back to a 2018 scandal, which saw the data of millions of Facebook users accessed by a now-defunct political consulting firm.
The firm, Cambridge Analytica, worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Now, Meta shareholders are suing Mr Zuckerberg and several current and former company executives, claiming they violated a 2012 agreement to protect user data.
They want Mr Zuckerberg and his co-defendants to reimburse the company for more than $US8 billion ($12.2 billion) in fines and other costs Meta paid following the controversy.
Mr Zuckerberg has dismissed the allegations in court filings as "extreme claims".
Jeannie Paterson, who specialises in consumer protection and AI regulation, said the lawsuit was "unusual".
"This is an action by some minority shareholders against the company they hold shares on, and they're saying that the bad behaviour of the company … would have caused them loss, for which they should be compensated for by the directors," Professor Paterson, from the University of Melbourne, said.
ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Ahmed Yussuf (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Can AI really code? Study maps the roadblocks to autonomous software engineering
Can AI really code? Study maps the roadblocks to autonomous software engineering
Researchers led by computer scientists at MIT have mapped the challenges of AI in software development, and outlined a research agenda to move the field forward.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Almost.
github.com/helix-editor/helix/…
Add Steel as an optional plugin system by mattwparas · Pull Request #8675 · helix-editor/helix
Notes: I still need to rebase up with the latest master changes, however doing so causes some headache with the lock file, so I'll do it after some initial feedback. Also, this depends on the ...GitHub
China's Tianzhou-9 Docks with Tiangong Space Station in Just 3 Hours
China's Tianzhou-9 Docks with Tiangong Space Station in Just 3 Hours
Instance PeerTube généraliste francophone. General French-speaking PeerTube instance.Mes Numériques
Iran’s Parliament rejects US talks without preconditions, citing deception
Iran’s Parliament rejects US talks without preconditions, citing deception
Iran’s Parliament has issued a statement declaring that the country cannot engage in talks with the United States as it did before the recent aggression and that no new negotiations with the United States should take place unless preconditions are me…PressTV
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Donbass on the Brink: Russia’s Summer Offensive is Shattering Ukraine’s Defenses
Donbass on the Brink: Russia’s Summer Offensive is Shattering Ukraine’s Defenses
The war in Ukraine has entered its new phase in the summer of 2025, with Russian forces intensifying offensives across...Anonymous103 (South Front)
Germany invaded Poland, and in response, the USSR went into Poland to keep Germany from occupying all of Poland, which would have broken the agreement regarding “spheres of influence.” In fact, Germany did break that agreement, and the “parade” was about Germany withdrawing from its overreach into the USSR’s “sphere.”
It marked the withdrawal of German troops to the demarcation line secretly agreed to in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and the handover of the city and its fortress to the Soviet Red Army.
Once Germany entered Poland, all of Poland would have been occupied by the Nazis if the USSR did nothing, and that would have put the German forces right on the USSR’s border.
And why did generous general Stalin agree to that whole spheres of influence thing in the first place? If he wanted to protect poor Poland from the evil Germanz, surely telling the world about Hitler's evil plans would have been even better? Or at least warning Poland.
But hm, strange, nothing of the sort was done. One could get the impression generous general Stalin didn't care for the plight of the common polish citizen that was just to be unleashed on them.
If he wanted to protect poor Poland from the evil Germanz, surely telling the world about Hitler’s evil plans would have been even better? Or at least warning Poland.
This assumes that 1) Poland was somehow unaware of what its neighbor was up to and 2) the USSR was aware and chose not to tell them. Those are some big assumptions.
That Germany was very likely going to invade Poland was hardly a secret. Why else would the USSR have two weeks before offered Britain & France to send in a million of its troops to kill the baby while it was still in the crib? And why did they wait until that offer was refused before signing a non-aggression pact with Germany, a week before Germany invaded?
"Had the British, French and their European ally Poland, taken this offer seriously then together we could have put some 300 or more divisions into the field on two fronts against Germany - double the number Hitler had at the time," said [Major General] Lev Sotskov, who joined the Soviet intelligence service in 1956. "This was a chance to save the world or at least stop the wolf in its tracks.""It was clear that the Soviet Union stood alone and had to turn to Germany and sign a non-aggression pact to gain some time to prepare ourselves for the conflict that was clearly coming," said Gen Sotskov.
It was only two years later, following Hitler's Blitzkreig attack on Russia in June 1941, that the alliance with the West which Stalin had sought finally came about - by which time France, Poland and much of the rest of Europe were already under German occupation.
The USSR had known for years that Nazi Germany was going to eventually try to destroy it. The Anti-Comintern pact had been signed six years before. Destroying communism was one of Nazi Germany’s primary goals, which is why first they came for the Communists. The USSR agreed to the Pact in order to buy itself time to built up its military for the inevitable invasion attempt by Germany.
First They Came - by Pastor Martin Niemöller - Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Download a copy of First They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they c…Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
On March 17 [1939] the British Government suddenly remembered the existence of the Soviet Union and inquired what its attitude would be toward the Hitler threat in Eastern Europe. Moscow replied promptly and proposed an immediate conference between Britain, France, the U.S.S.R., Poland, Rumania and Turkey to consider how to resist German aggression. This was exactly and obviously what was urgently needed. Nothing less than a drawing together of all the threatened states could be of any avail. Rumania was under intense pressure to turn over her economy to Germany and the quickest action was needed.
However, the Chamberlain clique could not make the shift. Knowing that they wanted to solve the Nazi menace on the plains of Russia, they ascribed to Russia the very same design of which they were guilty, as devious men so often do. They had a “deep seated conviction,” shared also by the French Rightists, that Russia wished to destroy the capitalist system in Europe by provoking a war from which she would remain aloof.5 The entire diplomatic record of the past five years belied this self-justifying suspicion. It showed that Russia was desperately anxious to avoid war, but also that on every occasion, without exception, she had sought to avoid war for herself by combining with others to prevent aggression or nip it in the bud. It was Russia which had incessantly pleaded that “peace is indivisible,” warning that if war came all would be engulfed in it.
All this had meant nothing to conservative men bent on making terms with fascism and preserving it. Now, therefore, Chamberlain hesitated a week until Rumania capitulated and on March 18 notified Russia that her conference proposal was “premature.” This was the same rebuff given to Russia when she had proposed a conference a year earlier, at the time of Hitler’s conquest of Austria. Again there was no hurry, but this time Chamberlain did propose a substitute plan whereby Britain, France, Russia and Poland would consult if any further acts of aggression were believed to be imminent, but even this proposal was abortive, since it was at once learned, says Chamberlain’s biographer, that “Poland would refuse contact with the Soviet, which alone was enough to prevent us from taking up the Russian proposal for a six-power conference.” Chamberlain did not blame the Polish Government. He confided to his diary, on March 26: “I must confess to the most profound distrust of Russia,”6
The Cold War And Its Origins, 1917–1960. Vol. I, 1917–1950 By Denna Frank Fleming, Chapter 5
He literally did try to warn about the fascist threat repeatedly and was constantly rebuked by the west due to anti-communism and "appeasement" politics.
They also weren't in a position to go on an offensive against Germany all alone if that's what you're gonna suggest next.
Their only option was a deal along these lines to buy time for themselves to build up productive forces.
He literally did try to warn about the fascist threat repeatedly and was constantly rebuked by the west due to anti-communism and "appeasement" politics.
They also weren't in a position to go on an offensive against Germany all alone if that's what you're gonna suggest next.
Their only option was a deal along these lines to buy time for themselves to build up productive forces.
Are there donation platforms that can accept Monero donations?
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Several states vow to take six 'concrete' steps against Israel at Bogota summit
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33257134
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33257133
By Laura Gamba in Bogota
Published date: 16 July 2025 19:50 BST
In her closing speech, #FrancescaAlbanese, #UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied #Palestinian territory, said: "These aren't just measures but are lifelines for a people who are under relentless assault and a world that has been paralysed for too long.""These 12 states have taken a momentous step forward," #Albanese added. "The clock is now ticking for states, from Europe to the Arab world and beyond, to join them."
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To kickstart that process, the group said that 12 states from across the world - Bolivia; Colombia; Cuba; Indonesia; Iraq; Libya; Malaysia; Namibia; Nicaragua; Oman; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and South Africa - have committed to implementing the six measures immediately through their domestic legal and administrative systems.The six measures are as follows:
- Prevent the provision or transfer of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.
- Prevent the transit, docking, and servicing of vessels at any port…. in all cases where there is a clear risk of the vessel being used to carry arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.
- Prevent the carriage of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel on vessels bearing our flag… and ensure full accountability, including de-flagging, for non-compliance with this prohibition.
- Commence an urgent review of all public contracts, to prevent public institutions and funds from supporting Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territory and entrenching its unlawful presence.
- Comply with obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, through robust, impartial and independent investigations and prosecutions at national or international levels, to ensure justice for all victims and the prevention of future crimes.
- Support universal jurisdiction mandates, as and where applicable in national legal frameworks and judiciaries, to ensure justice for victims of international crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Hmm no China in this list. Disappointing. But this is real progress.
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Several states vow to take six 'concrete' steps against Israel at Bogota summit
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33257133
By Laura Gamba in Bogota
Published date: 16 July 2025 19:50 BST
In her closing speech, #FrancescaAlbanese, #UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied #Palestinian territory, said: "These aren't just measures but are lifelines for a people who are under relentless assault and a world that has been paralysed for too long.""These 12 states have taken a momentous step forward," #Albanese added. "The clock is now ticking for states, from Europe to the Arab world and beyond, to join them."
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Several states vow to take six 'concrete' steps against Israel at Bogota summit
By Laura Gamba in Bogota
Published date: 16 July 2025 19:50 BST
In her closing speech, #FrancescaAlbanese, #UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied #Palestinian territory, said: "These aren't just measures but are lifelines for a people who are under relentless assault and a world that has been paralysed for too long.""These 12 states have taken a momentous step forward," #Albanese added. "The clock is now ticking for states, from Europe to the Arab world and beyond, to join them."
Several states vow to take six 'concrete' steps against Israel at Bogota summit
A coalition of states from around the world gathering in Bogota on Wednesday agreed to implement six measures to stop Israel's onslaught on Gaza and prevent violations of international law.Laura Gamba (Middle East Eye)
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TikTok propelled our account into a pro-eating disorder void
TikTok propelled our account into a pro-eating disorder void
The National Eating Disorder Association's website, screening tool, and 24/7 crisis support via text (send NEDA to 741-741) are free resources available for those who need support and treatment options.Media Matters for America
Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries
Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries
Across 24 countries, more people have a positive view of the United States than of China.Beshay (Pew Research Center)
Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries
Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries
Across 24 countries, more people have a positive view of the United States than of China.Beshay (Pew Research Center)
EFF and 80 Organizations Call on EU Policymakers to Preserve Net Neutrality in the Digital Networks Act
EFF and 80 Organizations Call on EU Policymakers to Preserve Net Neutrality in the Digital Networks Act
As the European Commission prepares an upcoming proposal for a Digital Networks Act (DNA), a growing network of groups are raising serious concerns about the resurgence of “fair share” proposals from major telecom operators.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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ICC judges reject Israel's request to withdraw Netanyahu arrest warrant
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday rejected Israel's request to withdraw arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Israel made the request while the ICC reviews its challenge over the court's jurisdiction to weigh in on its war on Gaza.
The decision, dated 9 July 2025, was published on the ICC website on Wednesday. The judges also rejected an Israeli request to suspend the court's broader investigation into alleged crimes in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
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[JS] Trump's Tax Bill Gave Huge Handouts to Big Tech Monopolies
“Guess those inaugural donations are starting to pay off, because Trump and Republicans’ ‘Big Ugly Bill’ not only funded tax breaks for Meta, Amazon, Google, and Apple, but also for the billionaires who run them. To pay for these Big Tech giveaways, Republicans are throwing everyday Americans off their healthcare and ending lifesaving scientific research and public broadcasting,” said Sacha Haworth, Executive Director of The Tech Oversight Project. “Rest assured, when Democrats are back in power, law-breaking Big Tech companies will pay their fair share.”
TOP REPORT: Trump's Tax Bill Gave Huge Handouts to Big Tech Monopolies - Tech Oversight Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following report calling out Donald Trump’s big handouts to Big Tech platforms in his budget reconciliation bill.techoversighteditor (Tech Oversight Project)
macOS/iOS Kernel bug
Write up of a simple trigger for kernel panic in latest iOS and macOS
Case Study: Kernel Bug in latest Apple Software involving VM_PROT_NONE and Named Entries
Panicking macOS 15.5 and iOS 18.5 with two system callssubstack.com
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