German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
Germany’s federal government is preparing massive cuts to social welfare benefits, pensions and healthcare starting in the autumn. Chancellor Friedrich Merz made this clear last Friday at his summer press conference. The business pages of the main media outlets are also full of suggestions on how to save billions at the expense of the needy, pensioners, the sick and wage workers.
It is now clear that the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union and Social Democrats (SPD) deliberately omitted the planned social cuts from their coalition agreement and delegated them to expert commissions in order to first push through the massive increase in military spending. They apparently anticipated tremendous resistance if they had announced a huge increase in rearmament spending and social cuts at the same time. But now, as Merz made clear, there is no more time to lose. Workers and the most socially vulnerable are to pay the costs of rearmament and war.
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OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services | TechCrunch
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services | TechCrunch
OpenAI was the customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
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Also the only service they found to sell is literally a chatbot wich no company will find interesting if it cost too much
Jerboa Release 0.0.80
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What's Changed Fix edgecase saveImage failing causing crash by @MV-GH in #1846 Better ntfy notifs. by @dessalines in #1853 Fix LemmyAPI build by @MV-GH in #1865 Fix crashes on Android 9 due to com...GitHub
( Very Related to Libre Software ) How AI, ICE and Elon Musk Manipulate People Into Supporting Evil?
I did a very deep dive into the history of Libre Software and stuff, and how "Open Source" became a term. And speculated out of it a whole theory about AI, ICE and US Politics in general.
Probably the best article I've ever written.
This Retro PC Case Gives Your Gaming Rig Big Windows 95 Energy
Maingear's new case even comes with an optional optical DVD drive.
Instagram changes its algorithm after being accused of steering predators to children
It will now “avoid” doing that on more accounts.
Instagram changes its algorithm after being accused of steering predators to children
Instagram accounts that primarily feature images of children, but are run by adult users, will no longer be recommended to “potentially suspicious adults.”Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
GeForce RTX 3050 refuses to die as Nvidia plans fifth iteration of its 2022 budget GPU — new Ada Lovelace-powered part suggests the name could even outlive Ampere silicon
GeForce RTX 3050 A jumps from Ampere to Ada Lovelace
AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today
Google is making video AI models harder to ignore.
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Tesla’s earnings hit a new low, with largest revenue drop in years
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Trump Media Is Now a $2 Billion Bitcoin Bet
The company behind Truth Social is converting its cash into crypto, creating a high-stakes link between its future and the volatile digital currency.
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Meta’s Body-Reading Wristband Is Getting a Lot More Sophisticated
Meta showed off its futuristic wristband again, this time with a scientific paper in the journal Nature.
Missing something on scheduled posts?
Hey good folks, i.e. Rimu & PugJesus@piefed.social / piefed.social/u/PugJesus (pardon, not yet sure how to correctly tag here),
I happened to have this same issue last week, and am pleased to see today that the bugfix seems to have worked! Ah, and one other useful thing I discovered was that one can go back and correct a post if one happened to have botched the scheduled time, previously:
I couldn't find a way to go back to that post directly, but sure enough, I pulled up browser history, went back to the post link, made the edits, and it successfully posted at the corrected, specified time! 😃
[Opinion] Trump’s Coal-Friendly EPA Rolls Back Rules Meant to Prevent Water Contamination
The move delays base-level reporting and monitoring, and actual cleanup will be punted even further into the future.
I've read from some separate comradely sources that China has now effectively kneecapped Amerikkka's nuclear weapons. China prevented nuclear war without firing a shot.
China-Backed Hackers Breach Key American Nuclear Agency
Chinese state-sponsored hackers have exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft software to breach sensitive systems around the world, including those of theDaily Caller News Foundation (IJR)
Proton launches privacy-respecting encrypted AI assistant Lumo
Proton has launched a new tool called Lumo, offering a privacy-first AI assistant that does not log user conversations and doesn't use their prompts for training.
, sadly with mouth not nearly as closed as eyes and ears
Puerto Rico Criminalizes Gender-Affirming Care for People Under 21
However, civil rights organizations aim to challenge the law in court.
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US judge denies bid to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
The ruling is the first in a series of attempts by US President Donald Trump to release more information related to the Epstein case, as he faces growing pressure from his MAGA supporters.
US | ‘Wells Fargo is complicit’: seven arrested at climate protests outside bank’s offices
Activists launch civil disobedience campaign in New York and San Francisco after company dropped climate vows
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9 Mexican ports to receive nearly US $16B in public-private investment
Mexico's Naval Ministry has major investments lined up for the ports of Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Acapulco, Veracruz, Progreso, Guaymas, Topolobambo and Altamira.
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US | Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.
[Opinion] The Last Thing We Had in Gaza Was Flour. Now Even That Is Gone.
My father feels dizzy every single day. I lost four kilograms in just one week. People are collapsing in the streets.
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Hegseth abandoned by aides as Pentagon left in turmoil
Hegseth abandoned by aides as Pentagon left in turmoil
Defence secretary ‘in full paranoia mode’ as he loses sixth senior adviser in as many monthsSusie Coen (The Telegraph)
Republican Gets Seat on House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Same Day He Says of Gaza: “Starve Away”
Rep. Randy Fine cheered a report saying that Palestinian children had died of starvation.
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The DuckDuckGo Browser: Fresh New Look, Same Great Protections, AI Optional
Redesigned icons, a softer interface, a fresh color palette, and interactive elements to show you exactly how DuckDuckGo is protecting you.
DuckDuckGo Browser: Fresh New Look, Same Great Protection
Have you been using the DuckDuckGo browser for a while? If so, you may have noticed a few changes around here! As you navigate through the browser, you’ll notice redesigned icons, a softer, rounder interface, and a fresh color palette.Dax (Spread Privacy)
US | 'There Is No Evidence': Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Release While Ripping Trump DOJ
Federal judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia released ahead of his trial while slamming the Trump administration's MS-13 claims
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'There Is No Evidence': Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Release While Ripping Trump DOJ
Judge Waverly Crenshaw argued that there is "slim evidence demonstrating Abrego is a member of MS-13" in a Wednesday ruling.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
US | DOJ told Trump that his name is among others in the Epstein files: report
The report comes as president sues the Wall Street Journal for defamation
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Iranian Navy helicopter intercepts US destroyer in Sea of Oman
According to a statement from Iran's military, the US warship approached waters monitored by Iran, prompting a rapid-reaction helicopter from the Third Naval Region of the Iranian Army's Navy (NEDAJA) to deploy.
The helicopter hovered over the destroyer and delivered a clear radio warning to steer clear of Iranian-monitored waters.
In the ensuing standoff, the crew of the USS Fitzgerald threatened to engage the helicopter if it remained in proximity.
Iran’s Army Air Defense Command then intervened, declaring the helicopter under full air defense protection and ordering the American destroyer to change its course.
According to the statement, the USS Fitzgerald complied, heading south away from the disputed area.
Iranian Navy helicopter intercepts US destroyer in Sea of Oman
An Iranian Navy helicopter has intercepted the US destroyer USS Fitzgerald in the Sea of Oman, issuing escalating warnings and ultimately compelling the American vessel to alter its course southward.PressTV
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Wikipedia may have to impose quota on number of UK users to comply with Online Safety Act
Wikipedia threatens to limit UK access to website
Digital encyclopaedia may impose quota on number of users to comply with Online Safety ActMatthew Field (The Telegraph)
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If Wikipedia can't fully comply and has to resort to blocking, how a small one-man platform is supposed to do it?
Yeah, exactly, block all the UK and move on.
AI-Powered Vision System Helps Drones Navigate Safely
AI-Powered Vision System Helps Drones Navigate Safely
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) have developed an AI-powered vision system that helps drones safely detect and avoid other aircraft in crowded skies, without relying on bulky, expensive sensors.Mallory Lindahl (CMU - News)
Brazil to join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel
Brazil to join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel
Brazilian Foreign Ministry says international community ‘cannot remain inactive’ in the face of ‘ongoing atrocities’.Al Jazeera
Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/42675636
Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking “advanced AI” technologies to surveil urban residential areas, increasingly sophisticated autonomous systems, and even the ability to see through walls.A CBP presentation for an “Industry Day” summit with private sector vendors, obtained by The Intercept, lays out a detailed wish list of tech CBP hopes to purchase, like satellite connectivity for surveillance towers along the border and improved radio communications. But it also shows that state-of-the-art, AI-augmented surveillance technologies will be central to the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, which will extend deep into the interior of the North American continent, hundreds of miles from international borders as commonly understood.
Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities
A Customs and Border Protection “Industry Day” deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.Sam Biddle (The Intercept)
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"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak."
-Donald Trump
Shows you what type of person he is
Is this real? This can't be real. Then, on the other hand, it's the American president. The guy who said that ancient Rome and the US have always been allied.
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He did not say that, I was bamboozled again
Judge rules Epstein grand jury records will remain sealed
Judge rules Epstein grand jury records will remain sealed
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The records were related to grand juries convened in West Palm Beach.
A federal judge in Florida denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday.
The request is one of three made by the Justice Department to judges in New York and Florida seeking to unseal records from federal investigations into Epstein.
This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.
New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP
According to the order by District Judge Robin Rosenberg, the records the department sought to unseal related to grand juries convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007 that had investigated Epstein.
Judge Rosenberg faulted the Justice Department for failing to outline sufficient arguments to justify the unsealing of the records, which are normally protected under strict secrecy rules.
Rosenberg's opinion states her "hands are tied" given existing precedent in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals which only permits the disclosure of such grand jury materials under narrow exceptions.
She further denied a request to transfer the issue into the jurisdiction of the Southern District of New York, where two judges are separately mulling over similar motions from the department seeking to unseal grand jury records tied to Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the order.
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Meanwhile, a federal judge in New York denied Ghislaine Maxwell's request to review grand jury testimony related to Epstein.
"It is black-letter law that defendants generally are not entitled to access to grand jury materials," U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote.
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, June 27, 2025, in Washington.
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Maxwell's lawyers requested access to the sensitive grand jury records to determine if Maxwell would take a position on the records' release.
Judge Engelmayer wrote that there is no "compelling necessity" for Maxwell to review the records. An objection from Maxwell into unsealing the records could further complicate the process of potentially releasing the records.
"She has not shown, or attempted to show, that the grand jury materials in her case are apt to reveal any deficiency in the proceedings leading to her indictment," he wrote.
Judge Engelmayer noted that he plans to "expeditiously" review the transcripts himself and would consider providing an excerpt or synopsis to Maxwell's lawyers.
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the order of redirections is significant
In bash, if you put:
ls /Users/*/.ssh/id_rsa 2>&1 > rsa-keys.log
...you're redirecting stderr to the stdout's destination while stdout is still sending output to the screen. So any permission errors encountered will go to the screen, not to rsa-keys.log.
From the bash manpage:
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Note that the order of redirections is significant. For example, the command
ls > dirlist 2>&1directs both standard output and standard error to the file dirlist, while the command
ls 2>&1 > dirlistdirects only the standard output to file dirlist, because the standard error was duplicated from the standard output before the standard output was redirected to dirlist.
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Commands given to the shell are evaluated and processed in a specific order and fashion, and this is one quirk of that that many people are unaware of.
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