Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News
Verified footage shows large explosions unleashing plumes of dust and debris, as Israeli forces carry out controlled demolitions on tower blocks, schools and other infrastructure.
Multiple legal experts told BBC Verify that Israel may have committed war crimes under the Geneva Convention, which largely prohibits the destruction of infrastructure by an occupying power.
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said it operated in accordance with international law; that Hamas concealed "military assets" in civilian areas, and that the "destruction of property is only performed when an imperative military necessity is demanded".
Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News
Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and suburbsBBC News
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[No PHPun Intended] "I code in PHP"
"I code in PHP"
Yes, you can still use PHP to create your website. But you can also build an enterprise-grade web app with Laravel or Symfony. While some still see PHP through WordPress, it has one of the most mature web frameworks.nophpunintended.com
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Roll Call 212 Roll Call 212, Bill Number: H. R. 4016, 119th Congress, 1st Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Passage, DESCRIPTION: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: PassedOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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US could run out of missiles in eight days
US could run out of missiles in eight days
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Ex-Pentagon adviser Douglas Macgregor added that President Donald Trump should be briefed on how low the US missile stockpile "really is."Marzieh Rahmani (Mehr News Agency)
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They cite Douglas MacGregor
Col. Douglas Macgregor USA (Ret.) is a decorated combat veteran with a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia. He is the author of five books and is the executive vice president of Burke-Macgregor Group LLC, a defense and foreign policy consulting firm in Northern Virginia.
[No PHPun Intended] A Brief History of Web Development
Yep, PHP is turning 30 this year! Wondering if "PHP is still relevant?" Ever since we have been hearing that PHP is dead. It was “dead” 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and “is dead” today. But somehow - it isn’t. Anyway... happy birthday!
A Brief History of Web Development
Yep, PHP is turning 30 this year! Wondering if "PHP is still relevant?" Ever since we have been hearing that PHP is dead. It was “dead” 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and “is dead” today. But somehow - it isn’t. Anyway... happy birthday!nophpunintended.com
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Flirty AI chatbot app leaks 160,000 DM screenshots
The publicly accessible bucket contained data from the iOS app FlirtAI - Get Rizz & Dates. It mainly included private chats that users wanted the AI wingman to help them reply to.
- FlirtAI wingman app leaked 160K chat screenshots through unprotected cloud storage.
- Teenagers frequently used the app, making the breach more concerning for minors.
- Some individuals were likely unaware their conversations were screenshot and sent to third parties.
https://cybernews.com/security/iphone-flirtai-app-leaks-chat-screenshots/
EU bans Czech Republic from importing oil from Russia
EU bans Czech Republic from importing oil from Russia
EU officials have decided to cancel permission for the Czech Republic to import oil from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline. ‘The Council decided to cancel the import authorisation,’ the EU said in a related document.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
So they need all EU states to sanction Israel but they can non-concensually sanction a country which does not want to participate in a sanction against Russia.
Makes perfect sense.
ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows
ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows
New “agentic” AI feature combines web browsing with task-execution abilities.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
Microsoft Office is using an artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool
An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool - The Document Foundation Blog
A document format is a tool for sharing knowledge and, as such, should be as simple and accessible as possible in relation to the complexity of the document content itself.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
pignaggio grafico non ufficialmente concesso (non esiste emoji della pigna…)
La settimana scorsa (che sento come fosse l’altro giorno, e infatti stavo per dire così… ops?), quando cercavo di mettere in fretta Pignio online, e quindi non c’era il tempo di creare un’icona vera (anche se comunque poi sarebbe servita), cercavo almeno l’emoji della pigna, da usare come finta favicon, come faccio sempre… e ho […]
All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS
All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS
After years of innovation and community collaboration, we’re ending support for Clear Linux OS. Effective immediately, Intel will no longer provide security patches, updates, or maintenance for Clear Linux OS, and the Clear Linux OS GitHub repository…Clear Linux OS Forum
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Ry Cooder - Election Special (2012)
Ry Cooder passa per un intellettuale, un ricercatore, un ottimo session man, del quale è universalmente conosciuta (e lui non ne ha certo fatto mistero) la fede “progressista”. Ma ha quell'aria un po' grigia, da “professionista”, che non ce lo fa immaginare in prima fila sulle barricate, al limite nelle retrovie a studiare strategie... Leggi e ascolta...
Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted after accusing them of a “treasonous conspiracy” intended to show that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win was due to Russian interference.
She said Obama and senior officials in his administration had “[laid] the groundwork for … a years-long coup” against Trump after his victory over Hillary Clinton by “manufacturing intelligence” to suggest that Russia had tried to influence the election. That included using a dossier prepared by a British intelligence analyst, Christopher Steele, that they knew to be unreliable, Gabbard claimed.
The post-election intelligence estimates contrasted with findings reached before the election, which indicated that Russia probably was not trying to interfere. In extraordinary comments calling for prosecutions, she added: “The information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government.
Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims
Trump intelligence chief accuses ex-president and others of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ for alleging Russian interferenceRobert Tait (The Guardian)
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Ah, you missed the subnote where the media admitted they lied. Let me enlighten you:
CNN: The Steele dossier: A reckoning
When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world with its salacious allegations about Trump and his supposed ties to Russia.The central allegations, that Trump conspired with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election and that Russia had compromising information on him, were given a veneer of credibility because they originated from a retired British spy, Christopher Steele, who had a solid reputation.
But five years later, the credibility of the dossier has significantly diminished.
A series of investigations and lawsuits have discredited many of its central allegations and exposed the unreliability of Steele’s sources. They also raise serious questions about the political underpinnings of some key explosive claims about Trump by shedding new light on the involvement of some well-connected Democrats in the dossier, and separate efforts to prod the FBI to investigate ties between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
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Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote”
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign struggled to win “the Black vote.” That was part of the narrative that emerged after Mamdani’s surprising win in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Though Mamdani, a state assemblymember, decisively triumphed over his chief opponent, disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the young democratic socialist’s performance in majority-Black precincts proved to be a weak spot.
The so-called Black vote, in other words, doesn’t need to shake out the way it frequently has in the past; all indications are that it won’t.
Mamdani is the candidate that has shown he can seize on young voter enthusiasm — and with young Black voters, themselves no monolith, offering Mamdani an opening. True, some of these younger voters are moving toward the Republican Party, but it’s also true that young Black Democrats are more likely to hold more progressive views than their older counterparts.
Indeed, young Black voters appear to have gone decisively for Mamdani in the primary. According to one primary exit poll (with a small sample size), about 70 percent of Black voters under 50 voted for Mamdani citywide. There’s no reason to think he will lose that support in the general, and if he can continue to increase young Black voter turnout, he may not need the older ones.
Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote”
Mamdani struggled against Andrew Cuomo to win the "Black vote" — but his lackluster performance may not tell the whole story.Mychal Denzel Smith (The Intercept)
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Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems
Microsoft Stops Using China-Based Engineers for DOD Computer Systems, Company Says
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.ProPublica
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Travel reporter accuses Hyatt of $500 smoking fee scam
Travel reporter accuses Hyatt of $500 smoking fee scam - Candid Cruise and Travel
A travel reporter calls out Hyatt after being hit with a $500 smoking fee, sparking viral backlash and exposing a growing controversy.Allie Hubers (Candid Cruise and Travel)
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US Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump’s sanctions on ICC for targeting Israel
WASHINGTON – A federal judge blocked on Friday the enforcement of US President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting those who work with the International Criminal Court.
The ruling follows an April lawsuit by two human rights advocates challenging Trump’s February 6 order authorizing potentially far-reaching economic and travel sanctions on people who work on ICC investigations of US citizens or US allies, such as Israel.
In her ruling, US District Judge Nancy Torresen called the executive order an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. “The executive order appears to restrict substantially more speech than necessary to further that end,” she wrote.
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This Week in Plasma: rounded bottom corners
This Week in Plasma: rounded bottom corners
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more.This Week in Plasma: rounded bottom corners
Yes! Tired of updating KDE at times and the plug-in 'rounded-corners' doesn't work because Kwin is slow to update.
My question, does this also work on gtk apps?
US general says NATO could seize Russia's Kaliningrad with 'unheard of' speed
US general says NATO could seize Russia's Kaliningrad with 'unheard of' speed
Allied capabilities now allow NATO to "take that (Kaliningrad) down from the ground" faster than ever before, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander General Chris Donahue said.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
Japan tells its companies in Taiwan ‘you’re on your own’ if China invades
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/44264978
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Japanese diplomats told company risk officers that “you are on your own if you put significant assets in Taiwan”, said one person present at one of the conversations.Foreign direct investment by Japanese companies — traditionally Taiwan’s third-largest source of FDI, after the EU and US — slumped 27 per cent last year to $452mn, and is down from a peak of $1.7bn in 2022.
GE-Proton10-10 Released
- fixed issue with 32 bit applications needing wow64 when using ntsync, no longer need to enable wow64 for ntsync
- ntsync now enabled by default, will be used if kernel supports it
- sdl will automatically be used when wine-wayland is used (this is because steam input does not work yet on wine-wayland)
- JacKeTUs gameinput stub patch added for for Le Mans Ultimate (github.com/JacKeTUs/wine/tree/…)
- SteamDeck=0 input fix added for warframe, smite 2, summoner's war, summoner's war chronicles
- SteamDeck=1 fix added for Mortal Kombat 1
- dotnet8 protonfix added for Voice Attack 2
- Removed deprecated core count limit for New World
- Multiple fixes added for Darksiders
- Darksiders GOG, EGS, and Amazon versions added to protonfixes
- Protonfix added for Chronology
- Protonfix added for Blood & Bacon
- Protonfix added for JR East Train Simulator
- Protonfix added for GOG version of DOOM 2016 (fixes black screen)
- dxvk updated to latest git
- dxvk-nvapi updated to latest git
- vkd3d updated to latest git
- vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
- wine updated to latest bleeding edge
- changes imported from upstream proton
Release GE-Proton10-10 Released · GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
fixed issue with 32 bit applications needing wow64 when using ntsync, no longer need to enable wow64 for ntsync ntsync now enabled by default, will be used if kernel supports it sdl will automatica...GitHub
Bypass paywall clean calling home
Bypass Paywall Clean -call home
Having looked at various browsers and what calls they make, I noticed on Firefox and other android browsers that when Bypass Paywall Clean is installed from main source:
gitflic.ru/project/magnolia123…
It makes calls to gitflic.ru quite often wether using a bypass website or not.
Anyone know on what the calls are about and if they are legitimate and or what telemetry is being shared?
magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean
Участвуйте в разработке magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean, создав учетную запись в GitFlic.gitflic.ru
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Japan tells its companies in Taiwan ‘you’re on your own’ if China invades
Japanese diplomats told company risk officers that “you are on your own if you put significant assets in Taiwan”, said one person present at one of the conversations.Foreign direct investment by Japanese companies — traditionally Taiwan’s third-largest source of FDI, after the EU and US — slumped 27 per cent last year to $452mn, and is down from a peak of $1.7bn in 2022.
Rockchip unveils RK3668 10-core Arm Cortex-A730/Cortex-A530 SoC with 16 TOPS NPU, RK182X LLM/VLM co-processor
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/33157612
The Rockchip Developer Conference 2025 (RKDC!2025) is now taking place in Fuzhou, China, with some interesting announcements such as the Rockchip RK3668 10-core Arm Cortex-A730/A530 processor with a 16 TOPS NPU and the RK182X RISC-V co-processor with support for up to 7B parameters LLM (large Language Model)or VLM (Vision Language Model).
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Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal * TorrentFreak
Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal * TorrentFreak
Cloudflare has become the first intermediary to join the UK's pirate site blocking program. It's a shift that may surprise VPN users too.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
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[Old article from 2017] The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales
The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales
The European Commission paid €360,000 (about $428,000) for a study on how piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted music, books, video games, and movies.Jennings Brown (Gizmodo)
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I have purchased far more than I've ever obtained. In some cases I've double dipped and purchased multiple times.
The main issue is "can I obtain it legally and pay the original creators?" And secondary is "is this item reasonably priced and delivered in an accessible way?".
The last game I grabbed was the Sims 4 + dlc a very very long time ago. The last show i grabbed was probably an anime with fan subtitles.
Red Dead Redemption 2 "exited unexpectedly" error — Does someone has a fix for this?
Hey there, I'm trying to launch RDR2 on PC and keep getting this error message:\
"Red Dead Redemption 2 exited unexpectedly! Please visit support.rockstargames.com/ for more information."
So does someone knows how to fix it. I have read many forums and have watched many yt videos but nothing helped.
Here’s a screenshot :
Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
Oggi, 19 luglio, nel 1943, il primo bombardamento di Roma
Il primo bombardamento di Roma avvenne il 19 luglio 1943, durante la seconda guerra mondiale, ad opera di bombardieri statunitensi delle forze aeree alleate del Mediterraneo.
Il quartiere San Lorenzo fu duramente colpito dalle bombe.
Pio XII in visita alla Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano il 13 agosto 1943, in occasione del secondo bombardamento di Roma
Dopo un triennio di ipotesi intorno all'inserimento della capitale italiana nel novero degli obiettivi aerei alleati, San Lorenzo fu il quartiere più colpito dal primo bombardamento degli Alleati mai effettuato su Roma, insieme al Tiburtino, al Prenestino, al Casilino, al Labicano, al Tuscolano e al Nomentano.
Le 4.000 bombe (circa 1.060 tonnellate) sganciate sulla città provocarono circa 3.000 morti e 11.000 feriti, di cui 1.500 morti e 4.000 feriti nel solo quartiere di San Lorenzo.
Al termine del bombardamento papa Pio XII si recò a visitare le zone colpite, benedicendo le vittime sul Piazzale del Verano.
Tra i soccorritori morti (morirono ventiquattro vigili del fuoco) anche il comandante dei carabinieri generale Azolino Hazon, accorso sul posto.
#sanlorenzo
#secondaguerramondiale
#bombardamento
#roma
#papapioXII
#generaleHazon
#Armadeicarabinieri
How Estonia outpaced the rest of Europe at digitalization
Germany has been described as an analogue country in a digital world. Meanwhile, Estonia has digitized all of its government services, including applying for divorce. How has Estonia become Europe's digital leader?
YouTube app is the worst
Normally I use NewPipe on android. It's an alternative YouTube app that can play videos in the background, doesn't have ads and allows me to download videos and music.
I had the YouTube app disabled with adb on this phone for all the time I've had it. For backup there's always the browser YouTube page.
I must have done something wrong and accidentally clicked install on the YouTube app again, so it activated and was back to normal on this phone.
Holy hell is that app a terrible advertising machine. Every time I click on a YouTube video now I get sent straight to it and it always plays ads and also has text ads all over the GUI so I can't even read the channel info etc while I wait for the ads to go away.
I don't know how people deal with that it would completely make me want to stop using YouTube.
Please do yourself a favor and install NewPipe or ReVanced (I think that's the name of basically the same app but with sponsorblock additionally). Both are on f-droid.org app store as well. Less important because you can manually use NewPipe but you could also disable the YT app with adb so it disappears from your phone.
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L'alta insegna di cemento che protegge l'astronave cattolica del Minnesota - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
L'alta insegna di cemento che protegge l'astronave cattolica del Minnesota - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Forti mura grigie costruite sulla base del criterio di resistenza. Dove domina la forma di montanti parabolici ed interconnessi, traforati per permettere alla luce di passare attraverso.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Does Ventoy not work with Limine?
I guess it doesnt detect a nonventoy (used impression) usb with the iso written to it either? A bit confused I dont mind limine but It not being able to boot from a recovery usb is a bit of an issue
NVM it did end up working off impressions and not ventoy? I think it ended up detecting my ssd which also has ventoy installed in the boot manager too, the name wasnt there before, odd
Like limine itself has no option for it, but bios wasnt showing one for my ssd or usb either, now it is after restarting a few times
Lo Jacomo kaj Wandel volas resti en la estraro
Amri Wandel kaj François Lo Jacomo rekandidatis por la nova estraro de UEA, sed ne eniris la proponon de la elekta komisiono. Ambaŭ tamen en retmesaĝoj petis subtenon de la komitatanoj. La elekto do ne estos senalternativa, ĉar jam estas 11 aktivaj kandidatoj por maksimume 9 lokoj. Tamen preskaŭ certas, ke Fernando Maia iĝos la sekva prezidanto.
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in reply to geneva_convenience • • •BrundleFly2077
in reply to SGGeorwell • • •In criminal law, mens rea (/ˈmɛnz ˈreɪə/; Law Latin for "guilty mind"[1]) is the mental stateof a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common law jurisdictions, most crimes require proof both of mens rea and actus reus ("guilty act") before the defendant can be found guilty.
All caught up? Good. Because a) OP is an asshat for not contextualizing this thing they felt we should all hear them say in public / b) I also have no idea what they mean by it either
in criminal law, a person's physical action to commit a crime
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