A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records
A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records | UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
For Immediate Release August 4, 2025 Contact: Journalism@berkeley.edu A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.Andrea Lampros (UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism)
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UNWatch legally appealed Elon Musk to remove Francesca Albanese's blue Twitter checkmark
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📢 Beta Testers Wanted – DNA Companion (Bioinformatics Android Tool)
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Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About
Well, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK’s Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking requirements kicking in a week and a half ago. And what do you kno…Techdirt
Apple sues Apple Cinemas theater chain for trademark infringement
Apple has sued the owner of Apple Cinemas for trademark infringement, alleging that the Walpole, Massachusetts-based theater chain will create market confusion and dilute the tech giant's branding as it carries out plans for "aggressive nationwide expansion."
Case file: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/…
You need different trademark for each class (there are generally 45 of them, can vary per country) and then you can have narrow or broad scope in that class or even multiple trademarks in the same class.
Apple has several from narrow scope to extremely broad.
Can't list all of them due to character limit. But you can see them here: privatebin.net/?3f9fedd0e2ea78…
Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives
Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives
Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites.The Cloudflare Blog
Ignoring the self-promo part of the article, Cloudflare is in big part responsible for all of this. Their home page promotes mostly "AI" tools, they are even offering "pay-per-crawl" to make it a viable business model.
So while you correctly shit on Perplexity, don't forget that Cloudflare is even worse enemy and not a friend.
Organizing Jellyfin
I would like to know how you have organized your jellyfin/streaming service content.
Especially if you have somethin other than simply "Movies - Series - Anime".
I'm struggling with discoverability, and was wondering if it could be solved by changing the structure.
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I'm on Plex but ran into the same issue years ago. My method was to split Movies and TV libraries into "Movies," "Animated Movies," "TV," and "Animated TV" (also 4K TV and 4K Movies but this is all duplicate content that I don't allow to be remotely streamed).
From there, I made sure to put everything i could into collections. More recently, I've made a bunch of new movie collections based on genre, decade, director (maybe the top 15 with the most content in my library), and actor (again only the top few) and then adjusted the sort title of these collections to keep them at the top of the library in an organized fashion. ThePosterDB was great for this as I found matched poster sets for each of the above categories and so it made everything look great too.
Basically my strategy is to condense everything possible while creating new categories to easily filter things down when searching for something to watch (e.g. Action movies or 1990s movies). Some other tips are setting library filters to "unwatched" an/or creating "watch lists" of things I want to see at some point but don't feel like watching at the moment. This last one is a Plex feature but you could use something else like IMDB or Trakt to do the same.
It can definitely be a chore to find something to watch when you have several thousand choices between TV and Movies so anything you can do to knock those numbers down will help. Something else you might look into is setting up PseudoTV, ErsatzTV or something similar. These allow you to create your own "TV channels" using your content meaning you'll have channels "playing" predetermined content constantly giving you something to flip through when you can't decide on something specific. It even gives you the option to insert old commercials or change content based on the time of day so you can really mimic old network TV.
I just have it split by Movies and Shows.
But for discoverability I sometimes go to Movies, sort by "random" and then scroll from the top. This makes sure I'm not just seeing the 10 same movies all the time.
From there you can also filter by played status or genre or whatever you're feeling like at the time, because in my opinion having everything together and filtering is more useful than pre-categorizing based on what I think I'll want later, and being stuck with it.
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About
Well, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK’s Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking requirements kicking in a week and a half ago. And what do you kno…Techdirt
How to block Israel in qbittorrent (or any similar torrent client)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/3207959
I was going to make this exact tutorial but when making it I found out someone beat me to it about a year ago so I figured I'd repost that one instead since it's a bit more in depth. Also while in many countries people use VPNs to torrent, making measures like this less helpful, occupiers of Palestine don't really tend to use a VPN due to minimal prosecution so catching them with this method is a lot easier than it would be against a country like the US for example.
We first need to obtain a blocklist of all possible Israeli ip addresses. This can be obtained from two sources.
- ip2location.com/free/visitor-b… (choose peer guardian format)
- iblocklist.com/
Due to the nature of how IP addresses are distributed, these blocklists have to be updated, but that isn't a huge concern for us right now.
When you downloaded the file for Israel from either site, it should look something like this:
Israel:2.16.36.0-2.16.36.255 Israel:2.22.233.0-2.22.233.255 Israel:2.52.0.0-2.55.255.255 Israel:2.57.228.0-2.57.231.255 Israel:2.58.33.0-2.58.33.255 Israel:3.2.42.0-3.2.42.63 Israel:3.5.56.0-3.5.59.255 Israel:5.22.128.0-5.22.135.255 Israel:5.28.128.0-5.28.191.255 Israel:5.29.0.0-5.29.255.255 Israel:5.100.248.0-5.100.255.255
If you wish to add more nations to the list such as TERF island or the 4th Reich, then you can append the files on top of each other into one file.Once you have the file, rename it with the
.p2pextension so that qbittorrent will use it. Then, in your qbittorrent client, go toPreferences -> Connection. At the very bottom you should see a section labeledIP Filtering. In the Filter Path checkbox, select your .p2p file. You may also check the box to block trackers as well.In other bittorrent software (hopefully you're using one that's libre) there should be a similar option for ip filtering.
There you go! You have effectively banned Israel from being your peer while you're doing p2p transfers. This won't stop Zionists from peering with you using a VPN or other undetected server, but this has done wonders for my mood.
Always remember to port forward and seed when torrenting (A non-Zionist VPN like AirVPN or ProtonVPN can allow you to do that). Only a Zionist does a download and run.
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1. github.com/qbittorrent/qBittor…From the discussion post:
I was talking on my part, don't know about others. I'm a constant seeder (7+ years) and monitor peers from time to time or when downloading something.
During these years I've never seen a single Israeli seed on a rare torrent, or high download traffic from them. I'm being completely honest, the only time I see them is when they are downloading something from me.
Block Visitors by Country | IP2Location
Free web application to download IP address list by countries for use by firewalls or web servers.IP2Location
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Sorry that happened
If I am honest, some torrents are still alive because of russians. Every so often I will see Israel and Russia as one full seeder.
As Gaza suffers, US companies are reaping horrific payoffs | Katrina vanden Heuvel
War profiteering is a phenomenon as ancient as war itself, but Albanese’s investigation shows that the military-industrial-technological complex is reaping uniquely horrible payoffs in Palestine. Albanese describes how companies led by Lockheed Martin have built fighter jets for Israel that have carried out bombings which have killed or wounded almost 200,000 Palestinians. She describes Palantir’s work with the Israeli military, and its consummation of that partnership by holding a board meeting in Tel Aviv (Palantir has denied involvement in IDF programs identifying Gaza targets). And she brings to light how Caterpillar Inc equipment has demolished homes and hospitals, crushing to death civilians stuck inside those structures.Perhaps the most hypocritical offenders are the members of the Magnificent Seven. Google’s unofficial motto was once “Don’t be evil,” but now the company has joined Amazon to provide cloud computing services to Israel and its military for a persuasive $1.2bn. Albanese quotes an Israeli colonel who calls this technology “a weapon in every sense of the word”, a cloud as deadly as any poison gas.
Beyond pouring into the streets, Americans can also boycott the corporations living large while the population of Palestine dwindles. The employees of those very companies can do the same, like the 50 now-terminated workers at Google who led “No Tech for Apartheid” protests last year. Otherwise, the warning recently issued by Beinart will remain true: “Blood is on our hands as Americans because it is our weapons that are responsible for those children starving to death.”
As Gaza suffers, US companies are reaping horrific payoffs
A report this month details US corporate involvement in IDF actions. Grassroots organizing offers opportunity for changeKatrina vanden Heuvel (The Guardian)
L'incerto destino della valle che detiene l'insepolta kryptonite d'Europa - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
L'incerto destino della valle che detiene l'insepolta kryptonite d'Europa - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Poiché il processo tecnologico della moderna civiltà industrializzata può essere rappresentato da una serie di gradini, ciascuno dei quali caratterizzato dall’imprescindibile necessità di determinate risorse, consapevolezze e competenze situazionali.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance
The AI software provider’s revenues grew 48% during the period and hit $1 billion for the first time.
The software analytics company has seen a boost from President Donald Trump’s focus on cutting government costs.
Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance
Palantir surpassed Wall Street's estimates and lifted its full-year outlookSamantha Subin (CNBC)
As someone who worked at a gas station for many years, I definitely don't miss this. For some reason the Women's room was always consistently bad (I assume because they all hovered) while the Men's room was relatively easy to clean.
But every week or so there was something like the image in the Men's room that made me regret being born. I'm sure there's a lesson in there about outliers messing up the average or something.
Su-57 Gains New Hypersonic Strike Capability: Why the Zircon Mach 9+ Missile Could be a Game Changer
Su-57 Gains New Hypersonic Strike Capability: Why the Zircon Mach 9+ Missile Could be a Game Changer
The Su-57 fifth generation fighter has been equipped with hypersonic weapons, according to the Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander in Chief of the RussianMilitary Watch Magazine
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There is a federation problem on Programming.dev
This is a photo of how I see my post on programming. Dev instance.
This is how I see my post from my alt account on Reddthat.
Victims of German Christmas market attack ‘retraumatised’ after receiving letters from suspect
Victims of German Christmas market attack ‘retraumatised’ after receiving letters from suspect
Alleged driver in car rampage that killed six and injured 300 people sends at least five survivors appeals for ‘forgiveness’Deborah Cole (The Guardian)
Ukraine parliament to vote on law to restore powers of anti-corruption bodies
Ukraine parliament to vote on law to restore powers of anti-corruption bodies
Move follows protests in Ukrainian cities over bill passed last week that curtailed independence of two bodiesShaun Walker (The Guardian)
UK-made cars could be forced to include breathalysers and 'black boxes'
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/49484066
After the UK left the EU, Brussels introduced the General Safety Regulation 2, which set out principles to make cars safer with the fitting of key components.These included a pre-installed interface to allow a breathalyser locking system to be installed, as well as Event Data Recorders, which are similar to black boxes found in aircraft.
Everyone’s Invited To The Copyparty
Everyone’s Invited To The Copyparty
Setting up a file server can be intimidating to the uninitiated. There are many servers to choose from, and then you need to decide how to install it — Docker? Kubernates? Well, what’s …Hackaday
I've literally never felt like I needed a file server to be easier and support more protocols, and this seems like it's trying to do way too much at once. HTTP is beautiful and convenient but as a bespoke javascript-heavy API it's really not a particularly great way to manage files, FTP sucks and if you still need it for something you need to re-evaluate your life choices, TFTP is useful in extremely niche applications that I wouldn't want to hook my entire file server up to anyway and certainly don't want running along side these other options, WebDav is fine but again really only necessary in niche applications which you don't need or want your entire file system hooked up to (or if you don't know how to VPN) and this doesn't seem to support SFTP/SSHFS which is what I would consider a modern standard for a secure file transfer protocol.
Just use Samba and/or ssh, every Linux distribution comes with packages for them. Both are widely used and battle-hardened, and between the two they are compatible with almost everything. You don't really need all that other stuff.
In some ways it’s the inverse of the UNIX Philosophy: instead of doing one thing perfectly, this program is doing everything [9001] could think of, and doing it “good enough”.
As a believer in the UNIX philosophy (armed with an understanding of why it is fundamentally useful) it horrifies me that either developers or users think this is a good thing.
I'm not sure if this would fall under the definition of "skill issue", but I've never had any luck getting Samba to work on even a local network.
This may be the same argument at "immutable" distros, having an environment where the user cannot fuck it up will be the best way to spur adoption rates, and eventually ambitious users will use more granular methods like you described.
I probably will use this.
As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk
This year, Australia has experienced record-breaking floods, tropical cyclones, heatwaves on land and in the ocean, drought, coral bleaching, coastal erosion and devastating algal blooms. Over the past five years, insured losses from extreme events have risen to A$4.5 billion annually – more than double the 30-year average.But even as damage from climate change intensifies, political change overseas is threatening Australia’s ability to track what’s happening now, and predict what will happen next.
The United States has historically been a world leader in earth observation systems and freely sharing the gathered data. Sharing of data, expertise and resources between scientists in the US and Australia makes possible the high-quality weather, climate and ocean monitoring and forecasting we rely on.
But this is no longer guaranteed. Under the Trump administration, key US scientific institutions and monitoring programs are facing deep cuts. These cuts aren’t just cosmetic – they will end essential data gathering. Australia has long relied on these data sources. When they dry up, it will make it much harder for scientists to look ahead.
As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk
For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at riskThe Conversation
Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls Detained & Beaten by IDF, But US Media Ignores It
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/33699653
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33855533
Chris Smalls, the former Amazon Labor Union president who led the first successful U.S. union drive at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse in 2022, was violently detained by Israeli forces on July 26-27, 2025, while participating in a Gaza aid mission"When he reached the Israeli prison, U.S. human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals," the Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced. "They choked him and kicked him in the legs, leaving visible signs of violence on his neck and back"
Smalls was aboard the Handala, an aid ship attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, when Israeli Defense Forces seized the vessel and detained its crew. As the only Black person among the 20 detained activists, Smalls faced notably harsher treatment
The U.S. government failed to contact any of the seven American citizens aboard, while other countries like France, Spain and Italy reached out to their detained nationals. According to Palestinian American attorney Huwaida Arraf, who was released due to her Israeli citizenship, the activists refused deportation and began a hunger strike
"I'm thinking of Chris Smalls. And about how, because he's Black, no Greta Thunberg, no celebrity, no darling of the liberal class, he might not make it out alive," wrote author Camonghne Felix
While smaller unions condemned Smalls's detention, the Teamsters union remained silent despite having recently affiliated with the Amazon Labor Union.
Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls Detained & Beaten by IDF, But US Media Ignores It
On Monday, details emerged that not only was Smalls detained, but he was physically beaten by the IDF. He was the only Black member of the Freedom Flotilla on the Handala.Mike Elk (Payday Report)
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Convinced my organisation to use Mastodon and Bsky. Any userfull tools to automate crossposting?
I know that there should be tools to make it easier to publish content to Twitter/Bluesky/Mastodon, without doing the work thrice. Do you know a good one? Can you share your experience with using them? Thanks! I hope the new platforms are not gonna get ditched immediately...
Edit: Wow I didn't expect that the solutions were often expensive and complex tools (with way too much "AI").
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SoraSNS for Mastodon & Bluesky
"Sora offers access to Mastodon, Bluesky, and the federated networks Misskey and Firefish." - featured in TechCrunch article > Compatible: Connect with Mastodon, Misskey, Bluesky, and Pleroma instances.App Store
How the EU-US trade deal extends beyond economics
Europe's reaction to the EU-US trade deal was rather muted, with France and Hungary heavily criticizing the agreement. Experts say the deal may have geopolitical ramifications and continue Europe's reliance on the US.
Note: this article affirms some of the theories & views on the the "why's" of the deal
Key takeaways bullets, which are paraphrased later on:
- Security guarantees Europe (Ukraine)
- Dependency energy, weapons,chips
- Geopolitical, common threat China.
Europe needs to become more self-reliant, yes, unfortunately, today we are not there yet. This event showcases the need to work for more Intra EU co-operation, innovation and streamlining.
"Meanwhile, Brussels emphasizes that the deal goes beyond the economy. "It's not just about trade. It's about security. It's about Ukraine. It's about current geopolitical volatility," EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Brussels said on Monday.
He told reporters that while he couldn't go into all the details of the talks between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump, he could say for sure that they were about more than just trade. For him, it is a big plus that the two biggest economies and closest allies are on the same page when it comes to the geopolitical issues of today.
"Elvire Fabry, Senior Research Fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, finds it difficult to even describe the recent talks as negotiations. She argues that the EU's hands were tied due to its dependence on security guarantees from the US. According to Fabry, the framework conditions would have been entirely different if the EU had not needed US support to help defend Ukraine in its war with Russia."
"AI chips and weapons "shows Europe's continued reliance on the US in other ways." Buying from the US is the "best of bad options" for the EU, she says, and makes it clear that Europe has not achieved strategic autonomy."
He said the US has the same issues with China in many areas. "So it goes without saying that we should work together with our allies."
I would argue "we are not there yet" is exclusively the fault of the EU public.
The fullscale invasion happened 3.5 years ago, that's more than enough time to begin large scale rearmament and production capacity enlargement. Especially since the impotency of American centre-right is not a secret.
Not to mention russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008 and beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in 2014 (for which Merkel rewarded the russians with Nord Stream 2).
And if you want a common policy and decision making process, you have to make sure that the participants have a common interests. The Hungarians should have been kicked out of the EU and NATO a long time ago.
would argue "we are not there yet" is exclusively the fault of the EU public.
The citizens have a responsibility, for sure, as do Politicians (see Brexit and/or Nato enlargement). The many cirises that EU needed to face off, also took some of the focus away.
I think the important part is that we have started to move in the right direction, and are gaining momentum, but still Europe is a slow Giant, and things take time.
If we citizens and politicians can work together towards one shared plan, that would definitely speed things up But I'd rather not underestimate internal political divisions, fear, greed, foreign malicious influences and some moral or financial corruption.
Though, then again, I believe in the end, we are strong enough to muddle through these hurdles.
I hope it too because, I don't want Ukraine to fall and I believe it won't; and
2. you are right,if Ruz doesn't fall though I believe they will, we are next.
Technically Europeans (& USA) are already in a warsituation ofcourse. And as China and NK pump up their supplies to Ruz, it's become a broader partly silent and open war.
Critics in the US are equally if not more worried about their economy, concerning the proposed EU-USA deal.
I believe this meme says it all ( POV USA):
Source: XPOST pol memes
Taiwan president scraps Latin America trip amid reports the US opposed stopover in New York
The Taiwanese government insists Lai Ching-te’s visit was delayed due to domestic issues, including natural disasters and tariff negotiations
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te will delay an expected trip to his country’s remaining allies in Latin America, amid conflicting accounts of the reason for the postponement.
Lai was expected to travel to the Americas next month, as his government seeks to shore up support in a region where many countries have cut diplomatic ties in favour of relations with China, which claims Taiwan as its territory.
Amid reports that the Trump administration had opposed a proposed stopover by the president in New York, his government said Lai had no overseas travel plans due to domestic issues, including natural disasters and tariff negotiations with the United States.
Fukushima nuclear plant workers evacuate after tsunami warning
Japan's Fukushima plant workers evacuate after tsunami warning
Wednesday's tsunami warning is bringing back memories of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.Yvette Tan (BBC News)
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Two men forcibly disappeared in Egypt after storming police station over Gaza blockade
Two men forcibly disappeared in Egypt after storming police station over Gaza blockade
Two men have been forcibly disappeared in Egypt following their alleged participation in the storming of the State Security headquarters at the Ma’asara police station in Helwan in southern Cairo in protest of Egypt's alleged complicity in the Gaza s…Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)
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Brazil’s President to Trump: ‘I Want to Be Treated With Respect’
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The Fed is expected to hold rates steady as Trump pushes for a cut
The Federal Reserve has so far resisted Donald Trump's aggressive pressure campaign to throw inflation concerns out and attempt to boost the U.S. economy with lower interest rates.
That's expected to continue Wednesday, as the central bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged. If so, that’s likely to annoy Trump, who is already reshaping the global economy with his tariffs.
The Fed’s rate setting committee began its two-day meeting Tuesday. Market projections and analysts expect it won't cut its key rate.
The Fed is expected to hold rates steady as Trump pushes for a cut
The Federal Reserve has so far resisted President Donald Trump's aggressive pressure campaign to throw inflation concerns out and attempt to boost the U.S. economy with lower interest ratesShannon Pettypiece (NBC News)
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It's important to remember that Powell himself does not set the rates, it's decided by a committee which he is currently the chair of. I feel like this fact is absent from much of the news I read/hear surrounding Powell & Fed interest rates.
From MSN:
Powell chairs the central bank’s eight annual meetings. But the other 11 voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, get an equal say on each Fed rate decision via a majority vote.
Also important:
the Fed’s four no-cut calls so far this year have been unanimous.
I realize that the chair is an important role, but am I missing something that replacing 1 person would change the interest rate voting outcome?
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While that's correct, I think you're ignoring how much sway a figurehead can hold.
Also it's important to keep in mind, that the childfucker-in-chief may just classify the committee as political appointees and fire them (See Project 2025 and Schedule F). Legality doesn't matter.
He wrote an executive order clearly in violation of the Constitution to remove birthright citizenship, and the Supreme Court said "the real unconstitutionality is nationwide blocks."
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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for under 16s
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The Role of AI and Big Data in Modern Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering is a specialized branch of civil engineering that focuses on the behavior of earth materials, such as soil and rock, and their interaction with man-made structures. Engineers in this field analyze the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of the ground to ensure the stability and safety of construction projects. Their work is essential for designing foundations, retaining walls, slopes, tunnels, and other infrastructure that must withstand natural forces like earthquakes, landslides, and erosion. By applying principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics, geotechnical engineers help mitigate risks and optimize construction methods for long-term durability.
One of the key responsibilities of geotechnical engineering is conducting site investigations before construction begins. This involves soil sampling, laboratory testing, and in-situ measurements to assess ground conditions, such as bearing capacity, settlement potential, and groundwater levels. Advanced techniques like geophysical surveys and computer modeling are also used to predict how the soil will behave under different loads. These evaluations help engineers recommend appropriate foundation types—whether shallow (e.g., spread footings) or deep (e.g., piles or caissons)—to support structures safely and economically.
Geotechnical engineers also play a crucial role in addressing environmental and geohazard challenges. They design solutions to stabilize landslides, reinforce embankments, and prevent soil liquefaction during earthquakes. Additionally, they work on projects involving landfills, contaminated site remediation, and coastal protection systems to minimize environmental impact. With climate change increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, their expertise is becoming even more vital in developing resilient infrastructure that can adapt to changing conditions.
The field of geotechnical engineering continues to evolve with advancements in technology and materials. Innovations such as ground improvement techniques (e.g., soil stabilization with geosynthetics or grouting) and real-time monitoring systems enhance the precision and efficiency of geotechnical projects. Collaboration with other engineering disciplines ensures comprehensive solutions for complex challenges. As urbanization expands and infrastructure demands grow, geotechnical engineering remains fundamental to building safe, sustainable, and cost-effective structures on and below the Earth’s surface.
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Geotechnical Engineering Market
Geotechnical Engineering Market Research Report Information by Type (Underground City Space Engineering, Slope and Excavation Engineering, and Ground and Foundation Engineering), by Application (Municipal Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Bridge an…Snehal Singh (Market Research Future)
Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed
Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed
Alberta's chief electoral officer is rebuffing calls from Danielle Smith and her justice minister to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation.globalnewsdigital (Global News)
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The tourism ads write themselves:
“Alberta: it’s Louisiana with Healthcare”
“Alberta: it’s Venezuela without good food”
“Alberta: it’s Saudi Arabia with a shittier climate”
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I'm not Canadian but I lived in Canada for years. As a result, I still follow Canadian politics closely.
Calgary has the worst traffic fatalities rate in the country.
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ped…
Alberta has the worst measles epidemic in the country.
ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/al…
Danielle Smith once compared vaccination to Hitler
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dan…
If you can't manage traffic or measles, what makes you are competent enough to be an independent country?
If these people truly become an independent country, they are going to be a failed state on day 1.
Alberta surpasses U.S. in confirmed measles cases with more than 1,300
Alberta has surpassed the United States in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnosed over the weekend.The Canadian Press (CTVNews)
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fund failed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
Both Germany and Italy said they needed more time and would let the EU know if they come to a different position in the coming weeks, according to two sources familiar.
The Netherlands, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Portugal, Malta and Spain all supported the Commission's plan with several saying they would also push the EU for stronger sanctions, potentially in trade, the sources said.
The Commission's motion to suspend Israel's participation in Horizon is in response to an EU report finding the country had breached human rights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
EU member states could not rally the support necessary to suspend Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza. The proposal needed a qualified majority of member states to pass it.Shona Murray (Euronews.com)
Netanyahu 'presents plan to annex parts of Gaza'
Netanyahu 'presents plan to annex parts of Gaza'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel will move to annex parts of the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire agreement with Hamas is not reached, according to Israeli media.Nadav Rapaport (Middle East Eye)
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Netanyahu has stated that Israel will move to annex parts of the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire agreement with Hamas is not reached
Soo, this basically is a guarantee that no actual cease fire will ever happen.......
It's still upsetting that the west in general still fails to challenge the government of Israel's narrative when it comes to any "cease fire". First of all, a cease fire generally implies that both sides are still engaged in hostilities. When in reality a cease fire in this scenario is more of the offer of the cessation of a genocide, which they could do unilaterally at anytime.
Secondly, there was already a "cease fire" deal where Hamas returned hostages and Israel failed to stop hostilities and never released their hostages. There is no reason to assume Israel is ever going to negotiate with any sort of good faith, and it should be called out to by anyone within reaching distance of a microphone.
Israeli ambassador to UAE being sent home over 'undignified' behaviour at bar: Report
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Hebrew media reported last week that Shelley was out on a Friday night in Abu Dhabi with friends and acted in an “undignified” manner that “crossed the boundaries of personal space” on Friday evening.
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In 2023, Haaretz reported that Shelley personally responded to an Israeli visa inquiry by a Brazilian woman. He told her in correspondence and in video chats that she needed to meet him in person before he would help her obtain a visa to visit Israel.
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“When I turned on the camera, I saw he was lying on the bed, sweating,” the woman recounted. “He said he’d just returned from a walk. It was very inappropriate. I asked him if he’d rather talk later, and he said, ‘No, let’s talk now.’ He asked to meet with me in person and invited me to dinner in Brasilia. I felt pressured and harassed.”
Israeli ambassador to UAE being sent home over 'undignified' behaviour at bar: Report
Israel’s ambassador to the UAE is being summoned home from his post over “undignified” behaviour at an Emirati bar that upset the UAE, according to Hebrew media reports.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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This one was released and returned to Israel within a day of being arrested in Vegas for "luring a child with a computer for a sex act."
Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex actRamon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
In a video call with her, Shelley appeared shirtless and lying on a bed.
You missed the best bit.
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Canada never stopped arming Israel despite pledge to halt new permits, report says
Canada never stopped arming Israel despite pledge to halt new permits, report says
The Canadian government misled the public when it said it was pausing all new weapons export permits to Israel last year, a new report published on Tuesday says.Yasmine El-Sabawi (Middle East Eye)
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