I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit.
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossibleRashid Khalidi (The Guardian)
In the United States, what makes a 'libertarian' right wing?
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
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Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlementDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34000402
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlementDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlementDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
El Salvador Changes Constitution, Ending Term Limits for Nayib Bukele
El Salvador’s National Assembly on Thursday approved sweeping changes to the nation’s Constitution, paving the way for President Nayib Bukele, who is in his second term in office, to run for re-election indefinitely.
The legislature, in which Mr. Bukele’s party holds a supermajority, voted to end presidential term limits and extend a president’s term in office from five years to six, according to the National Assembly's X account.
Mr. Bukele was first elected in 2019 and successfully ran in 2024 for a second term, even though legal scholars said at the time that El Salvador’s Constitution barred a president from serving consecutive terms. After Mr. Bukele’s legislative allies installed new judges on the Supreme Court, the court reinterpreted the Constitution and cleared the way for the president to run again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/americas/el-salvador-bukele-term-limits.html
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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Emma Graham-Harrison
Chief Middle East correspondent
Thu 31 Jul 2025 10.49 EDT
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,” a senior adviser to the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in 2006. An Israeli court ordered the release of documents showing the details of those macabre sums two years later.Cogat, the Israeli agency that still controls aid shipments to Gaza, calculated then that Palestinians needed an average minimum 2,279 calories per person per day, which could be provided through 1.836kg of food.
Today, humanitarian organisations are asking for an even smaller minimum ration: 62,000 metric tonnes of dry and canned food to meet basic needs for 2.1 million people each month, or around 1kg of food per person per day.
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed inEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
Iran demands US compensation for war damage before any talks
Iran will not return to nuclear negotiations unless the United States agrees to provide compensation for damages sustained during last month’s war, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Financial Times.
"They should explain why they attacked us in the middle of... negotiations, and they have to ensure that they are not going to repeat that," Araghchi said in an interview published on Thursday.
The official added that the US must take responsibility for striking Iran during ongoing diplomatic exchanges and that talks cannot resume without financial redress.
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Virginia Giuffre’s family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein ‘stole’ her
The family of Virginia Giuffre, who was among Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex trafficking accusers, said that it was shocking to hear President Donald Trump say the disgraced financier “stole” Giuffre from him and urged that Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, remain in prison.
Giuffre, who had accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by Epstein, has been a central figure in conspiracy theories tied to the case. She died by suicide this year.
Her family’s statement is the latest development involving Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges, and the Republican president, who was his one-time friend. Trump denied prior knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and said he cut off their relationship years ago, but he still faces questions about the case.
Trump said to warn Jewish donor that MAGA world ‘starting to hate Israel’
US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel, the Financial Times reports.
“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told the unnamed donor recently, citing a Mideast expert, also unnamed, with contacts inside the Trump administration.
Trump said to warn Jewish donor that MAGA world ‘starting to hate Israel’
US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel, the Financial Times reports.
“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told the unnamed donor recently, citing a Mideast expert, also unnamed, with contacts inside the Trump administration.
Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month
Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month
The scale of Russia's nightly strikes has been steadily increasing.David Brennan (ABC News)
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NixOS, ProxMox, Debian or Ubuntu for Docker installation
Sorry.
I know that this or a similar question has been asked many times, and trying to find a decent answer i get redirected to reddit and blocked because of my VPN.
I am looking for the preferred version of the above OS's for installing Docker based on easiness and stability/reliability once installed.
Is there such a distro as DockerOS or a Distro with Docker preinstalled?
I thought I read something like that last year when I was threatening to pull my finger out the first time and get something up and running, but now I am not sure whether or not I have imagined it.
TIA
Are you going to dedicate an entire machine to this?
First, you can run Docker on any distro. Although Debian is great, the version of Docker in the repos is not. So, for Debian, you are going to want to download and install Docker from Docker. Docker is a company.
There is also Podman. This is a competitor to Docker written by Red Hat. It has some technical advantages. I use Podman myself. The command line is basically the same. They host the same containers (OCI images).
If you are going to run a lot of images on a single machine, management can get complicated. many people like Portainer for that.
thenewstack.io/an-introduction…
However, if you are going to dedicate a machine, I recommend Proxmox.
Proxmox takes over the hardware. It runs a hypervisor that lets you deploy virtual machines and containers easily. It gives you a great web-based UI to manage everything. Technically, it runs on Debian but you do not even need to know that. It deploys as on OS.
Proxmox actually has nothing to do with Docker. It allows you to deploy virtual machines (eg. Full Linux distributions or even Windows or other operating systems). It also allows you to create containers. However the container technology is not Docker but actually LXC.
When you deploy an LXC container in Proxmox, it is like launching a Linux VM. You get a full Linux distro that looks like a virtual machine and that shows up on your network like a full computer. But, it shares the kernel with Proxmox and so is incredibly light and resource efficient.
You can connect to Proxmox via a web browser and see any of your virtual machine or container desktops in your web browser (even if just command line).
Proxmox itself is always online. But you can start and stop individual machines (vm or container) whenever you want.
You really cannot appreciate how powerful all this is until you try it.
So, how does this help you run Docker?
Well, for many things, you may actually find it easier to just use a VM or LXC to install and run whatever it is you want. For many applications, I find it easier to manage a Linux distro than a Docker container.
Or, you create a VM or an LXC and run Docker inside of it. You can even run Portainer. You can run many Docker containers in a single VM. Or, create a new VM or LXC if that makes things easier.
But it is so much easier to manage in Proxmox.
For example, I run a Debian LXC container to run PiHole as an ad blocker on my network. It is super lightweight and I launched it by running a script like they suggest on the PiHole website. And I created a VM (with its own virtual disk for storage) to run Immich (photo management). Even though I run Immich with Docker compose, it is just nicer and easier to manage when it is the only thing running on the “machine” (a QEMU VM in Proxmox) with its own filesystem. I can pull up the Immich machine whenever I want and I am at the command-line where the last command was the the Docker up that I ran months ago). Same story for Jellyfin.
Do you also want a NAS? You can run one under Proxmox. But another thing to consider would be running TrueNAS as a NAS and using its built-in Docker support to run your containers.
truenas.com/truenas-community-…
TrueNAS Community Edition | Free Open Source Storage
TrueNAS Community Edition is the world's most deployed storage software. Free, flexible and build on OpenZFS with Docker.Ladislav Sirový (TrueNAS Open Enterprise Storage)
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Proxmox it is so.
I was going with NixOS and definitely going to try Podman as I've been reading all about that while downloading and copying the Isos. I will be dedicating an entire machine and if I don't do it today, I fear it will be another year before I come back to it. 🥴
I'm going to start it now . Thanks again.
Hopefully I'll have a few hours to myself after dinner.
One of my favourite things about having Proxmox on my network is how fast and easy it is to try out new distros.
I still haven’t kicked the tires on NixOS though.
What level of involvement are you looking for in setting up the host os?
I'm a NixOS fan because once you painstakingly get the configuration file set up you basically never need to do it again. If you don't need anything outside of nixpkgs it's easy, otherwise it's terrible. Docker is available in nixpkgs.
If you're going to report someone, don't also bait them to say more. That's literally trolling.
Besides, that's a sentiment many Jewish people have expressed. And you reported it as "nope"? Which doesn't make any sense and a lot of subs would ban as "abusing the report" function.
So...
Can you just chill out?
The comment is antisemitism as it directly tells Jews they should be ashamed to be Jewish for the actions of Israel. It is not himself claiming he feels shame to be Jewish.
The why question is rhetorical.
Trump said to warn Jewish donor that MAGA world ‘starting to hate Israel’
US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel, the Financial Times reports.
“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told the unnamed donor recently, citing a Mideast expert, also unnamed, with contacts inside the Trump administration.
State of emergency in New York City and New Jersey over rains and flash flooding
A state of emergency has been declared in New York City and New Jersey as a powerful storm system hits the US east coast from New York to Washington DC, with dangerous torrential rainfall and flash flooding under way in the region.
Forecasters had predicted intense rainfall, with rates possibly reaching up to 3 inches an hour and some isolated locations could see as much as 5 to 8 inches.
New York City officials warned that heavy rain could flood some streets, parts of the subway and basements. They urged people living in basements to move to higher floors and issued an advisory asking New Yorkers to avoid travel from Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon.
State of emergency in New York City and New Jersey over rains and flash flooding
A powerful storm system is bringing torrential rain, with forecasters predicting possibility of at least 3in an hourMarina Dunbar (The Guardian)
Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project
A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinoceroses with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.
Under the collaborative project involving the University of the Witwatersrand, nuclear energy officials and conservationists, five rhinos were injected in what the university hopes will be the start of a mass injection of the declining rhino population, which they are calling the Rhisotope Project.
Last year, about 20 rhinos at a sanctuary were injected with isotopes in trials that paved the way for Thursday’s launch. The radioactive isotopes even at low levels can be recognised by radiation detectors at airports and borders, leading to the arrest of poachers and traffickers.
Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project
Isotopes can be detected at airports and borders even in large containers and are harmless to the animalsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
The mathematics of famine are simple in Gaza. Palestinians cannot leave, war has ended farming and Israel has banned fishing, so practically every calorie its population eats must be brought in from outside.
Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure while avoiding starvation.
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed inEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
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Filmmakers Step Up Pressure On Mubi Over Investment From Israeli Defence Start-Up Backer Sequoia Capital
Mubi has received fresh push back over a recent $100 million investment it received from Silicon Valley-based private equity firm Sequoia Capital, over the latter’s backing of a number of Israeli defence-tech start-ups.
Filmmakers with connections to Mubi – including Nate Fisher, Sarah Friedland, Cherien Dabis, Tyler Taormina, Aki Kaurismäki, Radu Jude and Joshua Oppenheimer – have signed a letter calling on the arthouse distributor and streamer to reconsider its relationship with the investment firm.
In the statement, first reported by Variety, the filmmakers highlighted Sequoia Capital’s growing investments in Israeli military technology companies.
Filmmakers Step Up Pressure On Mubi Over Sequoia Capital Investment
Mubi Filmmakers Step Up Pressure On Distributor and Streamer Over Investment From Israeli Defence Start-Up Backer Sequoia CapitalMelanie Goodfellow (Deadline)
In Gaza, Hunger Has Overtaken Bombs as Israel’s Cruelest Weapon
Starvation is not a looming threat; it is a brutal, daily reality. Children cry themselves to sleep on an empty stomach. Parents break under the weight of helplessness, watching their sons and daughters grow thinner, weaker. Bread, once a basic staple, has become a luxury. Vegetables, milk, eggs have become unimaginable for most families. Hunger has overtaken war as the cruelest weapon.
In recent weeks, thousands of Palestinians have been killed or injured risking their lives to try to find food. My cousin, Yousef Ala’atal, just 14 years old, was among them. Hunger pushed him to seek food from an aid distribution site managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). He came back not only empty-handed, but with a bullet in his head, blood soaking his body, and lasting damage from the injury. Yousef asked his mother with a pain that a child’s heart cannot endure: “Am I going to stay like this?” After that question, silence overtook their family.
Children are the primary victims in this deliberate campaign of starvation; young ones can’t understand what it means that there is no food. Breaking their parents’ hearts with their hunger, older ones try to go to the GHF, which we refer to in Gaza as “death traps.” Many are killed, while others return injured, heartbroken, or sometimes find themselves detained.
In Gaza, Hunger Has Overtaken Bombs as Israel’s Cruelest Weapon
"We do not need pity. We need pressure on those who are blocking food, those who remain silent, and those who still have the power to stop this but choose not to."Drop Site News
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Gusano working for American think tank produces his latest slop for The Atlantic
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Slovenia Becomes First EU Member to Ban Arms Trade With Israel
Slovenia has banned the import, export and transit of weapons to and from Israel, becoming the first European Union member state to do so in a bid to pressure the Israeli government over its war in Gaza.
Palestinians are “dying because humanitarian aid is systematically denied them,” Slovenian Premier Robert Golob said when announcing the move late Thursday, saying that Israel’s actions constitute serious violations of international law.
“It is the duty of every responsible state to take action, even if it means taking a step before others,” said Golob, who has repeatedly called for concrete EU-wide measures against Israel. Those efforts have faltered due to “internal disagreements and disunity,” on the issue in Brussels, he said.
What? Spain stopped selling arms to Israel in 2023:
exteriores.gob.es/es/Comunicac…
This year then cancelled arms orders from Israel that were already in progress.
Spain is still buying many Israeli weapons such as the PULS missile system and other stuff. Spain cancelled one rubber bullet contract for the police and I believe they are also banning transport of weapons to Israel in their ports. Spain is mostly doing optics and little in real action when it starts costing money.
Spain is still far better than most of Europe, but Slovenia is the first to take real action and implement a full restriction on arms.
That said, Canada also claimed to stop selling to Israel but did it in secret anyways. But for now Slovenia looks to be the leading country in Europe for human rights.
Slovenia Becomes First EU Member to Ban Arms Trade With Israel
Slovenia has banned the import, export and transit of weapons to and from Israel, becoming the first European Union member state to do so in a bid to pressure the Israeli government over its war in Gaza.
Palestinians are “dying because humanitarian aid is systematically denied them,” Slovenian Premier Robert Golob said when announcing the move late Thursday, saying that Israel’s actions constitute serious violations of international law.
“It is the duty of every responsible state to take action, even if it means taking a step before others,” said Golob, who has repeatedly called for concrete EU-wide measures against Israel. Those efforts have faltered due to “internal disagreements and disunity,” on the issue in Brussels, he said.
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Some Linux mint questions.
- How much time do you think it will take the developers to implement Wayland?
- Will something like plank be adapted to cinnamon Wayland?
- Can I make panels in cinnamon floating like KDE or gnome? I didn't find any info on that.
I expect Wayland cinnamon will be good enough to use by next years Ubuntu LTS. And the default in the next LTS after that.
Maybe.
Not to my knowledge
Bill Burr Says ‘CNN and Fox News Are a F—ing Disease,’ Fires Back at ‘Horrible’ Conservatives Bashing Him as ‘Woke’: ‘They’re Racists’ and ‘Cowards’
Bill Burr gave a no-holds-barred interview to Vulture where he called CNN and Fox News a “fucking disease” and railed against conservatives like Ben Shapiro for trying to brand him as some “woke” comedian. Burr and Shapiro got into a public spat earlier this year when Shapiro blasted Burr for “going woke” after the comedian took aim at “selfish” and “greedy” CEOs in the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson.
“He doesn’t even know what that word means,” Burr now told Vulture about Shapiro. “His definition of woke is white liberals’ definition of woke, and they didn’t even know what it was; they just took the word from Black people. That’s the worst thing about our people — not only do we take from other cultures, we don’t even take the time to understand the definition.”
Burr’s comedy has become increasingly political in recent years, although he makes a point to lambast both the right and the left. This decision has resulted in each side of the political aisle accusing Burr of siding with the other, not that the comedian cares anymore.
“I trash ’em both because that is my job,” Burr told Vulure. “I can’t fix the political system, but when I do stand-up, if I start trashing, like, Trump, I’d hear the left in the crowd go, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah!’ And I’d be like, ‘The fuck? You voted for a guy that is staring off into space. Your guy literally should be in a fucking home. What are you patting yourself on the back for? Your fucking party has not let you choose your candidate since Obama’s second term. You’re liberal? That’s fucking insane.’ I’m not flying either one of their flags; it’s the people who pay them that’s the problem. And they’re always distracting us with other stuff. CNN and Fox News are a fucking disease.”
Bill Burr Says CNN and Fox News Are a Disease
Bill Burr says the conservatives calling him "woke" are "racists" and "cowards."Zack Sharf (Variety)
When October 7 happened few people dared to give context and said Israel had been oppressing Palestinians for 80 years. They were attacked for it. Because "that's not relevant and nothing can justify October 7".
But starting off every conversation about Israel starving a 3 year old child to death by first blaming Israel's entire genocide on October 7 is completely fine.
All while Israel kills more people than October 7 bi-weekly.
The impossibility of banning encrypted communication?
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Do you really think that they still are monitoring an paleolitic, forgotten since almost 50 years (1971), pre-internet command line protocol, like Finger, transmitted with a Ping not even over web? They have enough with monitoring high tech steganographic encrypted chats and socialnet, I2P and TOR network. It's something like a knock on the door, asking if someone is at home, serve for short text messages Often the best hideout is a plain sight,
Type in your command line
finger zerush@happynetbox.com
Linux on a 2014 macbook air?
A friend of mine has an old macbook air. It still works, more or less, but the OS isn't getting any updates anymore, and updating to the latest OS seems dicey.
Has anyone had experience installing linux on an old macbook? From a quick internet search it looks like you can just make a bootable USB and have at it. Thinking mint because it's popular and my friend is a pretty basic user. The laptop will be mostly used for like youtube/netflix and basic web browsing.
Edit: a little extra context: I am moderately comfortable with Linux. I ran mint for a while on my desktop, and I've done software development for a job. I can install docker and start a python project fine, but I'd use a GUI for like partitioning a hard drive.
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Try some debian or antix they go well with older stuff. I have a old 2015 laptop. I run gnome debian 12. Ran antix prior. Its pretty solid.
The installers come with gui partition stuff so don't worry.
Update: installed mint. Seems work. Had a problem where it couldn't see the HD. Had to change an option in grub
Pasting what I found online to fix it:
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thank you so much! what was the solution!
for anyone might read this in the future: in the bootmenu where u can select which version of linux u wanna boot u can press "e" and then u need to add intel_iommu=off at the end of the line of the "linux" row - i had some double dashes at the end for me it did the job when I add them before the double dashes.
Then I could see the harddrive and install mint mate on my old macbook air
also needed later on to set the parameter permantent by opening a terminal and used this command
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
edited this line like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash intel_iommu=off"
then save and exit nano and this command for updating the boot thingy
sudo update-grub
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On the long march to sovereignty: Niger’s revolution against French neocolonialism enters third year
Partnership with Huawei: How Kazakhstan Plans to Develop 5G, Cloud, and AI
Partnership with Huawei: How Kazakhstan Plans to Develop 5G, Cloud, and AI
Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Huawei Sign Memorandum of Understanding, DKnews.kz reports.The Ministry of DigitalDKNews.kz
Of course it does. It's stolen Nortel stuff.
But, you see, the theft is the problem. I hoped that was obvious.
Best game engine to start with as a beginner to gamedev and linux?
Hi, game developer here.
If you're just starting out, Unity is a bit more mature and established - and it works fine on Linux. There are also quite a few resources for getting started that apply to the current version out there (E.g. It isn't rapidly changing too much at the moment for someone just starting out). It also has the best mobile support of any engine out there, so if you want to test your game on a phone that's your best bet.
Godot is popular among hobbyists, and could be a fun start, but I don't know of any serious games being made in it yet (having said that, I know quite a few folk who are currently evaluating it, so maybe in a few years).
But, really, my recommendation is to focus on learning a programming language first. Figure out the ins and outs of basic C#, then start learning about an engine that utilizes it.
I'm only saying this because it sounds like you're looking into how to build games, not just one specific role of the process: if that's the case, starting with some basic C# tutorials/classes would help a lot.
Once you know the be basics it will be much simpler to work with an established Engine, and jumping from one to another will also have less friction.
Finally, remember that scratch is a good tool to learn about how to program. If you're feeling like you've mastered it, now is a great time to move on to a proper programming language.
Protests in Israel - Haaretz
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33974624
Over the past week, Tel Aviv-Jaffa saw a myriad of protests, each with its own message. But the movements must now truly join forces – Gaza's children and Israel's hostages can't wait for us to build the perfect coalitionfrom Haaretz Today via email
Israel News, Thursday, 31.07.2025
Linda Dayan[an Israeli liberal perspective on various protests going on in Israel right now]
Each of these demonstrations carries its own message. At one, saying "starvation isn't a Jewish value" would be considered provocative; at another, signs declare "end the genocide." Some rail against the government for allowing Haredi youth to dodge the military draft, while others call for wholesale refusal to serve in the military at all.
Protests in Israel - Haaretz
Over the past week, Tel Aviv-Jaffa saw a myriad of protests, each with its own message. But the movements must now truly join forces – Gaza's children and Israel's hostages can't wait for us to build the perfect coalition
from Haaretz Today via email
Israel News, Thursday, 31.07.2025
Linda Dayan[an Israeli liberal perspective on various protests going on in Israel right now]
Each of these demonstrations carries its own message. At one, saying "starvation isn't a Jewish value" would be considered provocative; at another, signs declare "end the genocide." Some rail against the government for allowing Haredi youth to dodge the military draft, while others call for wholesale refusal to serve in the military at all.
Protests in Israel - Haaretz
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33974624
Over the past week, Tel Aviv-Jaffa saw a myriad of protests, each with its own message. But the movements must now truly join forces – Gaza's children and Israel's hostages can't wait for us to build the perfect coalitionfrom Haaretz Today via email
Israel News, Thursday, 31.07.2025
Linda Dayan[an Israeli liberal perspective on various protests going on in Israel right now]
Each of these demonstrations carries its own message. At one, saying "starvation isn't a Jewish value" would be considered provocative; at another, signs declare "end the genocide." Some rail against the government for allowing Haredi youth to dodge the military draft, while others call for wholesale refusal to serve in the military at all.
Protests in Israel - Haaretz
Over the past week, Tel Aviv-Jaffa saw a myriad of protests, each with its own message. But the movements must now truly join forces – Gaza's children and Israel's hostages can't wait for us to build the perfect coalition
from Haaretz Today via email
Israel News, Thursday, 31.07.2025
Linda Dayan[an Israeli liberal perspective on various protests going on in Israel right now]
Each of these demonstrations carries its own message. At one, saying "starvation isn't a Jewish value" would be considered provocative; at another, signs declare "end the genocide." Some rail against the government for allowing Haredi youth to dodge the military draft, while others call for wholesale refusal to serve in the military at all.
AMOLED Linux?
I havent used Ubuntu in a long time but im guessing its a similar process to Debian. Open terminal and type
sudo apt install gnome-tweakssudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager
Go into the extension manager. Click browse and search for and get blur my shell, and User Themes. Go to gnome-look.org and go to the gnome shell section and find a theme you like. Place it in the /.themes folder (located in Home create this folder if needed), then click the gear next to User Themes and select the theme you added.
Make sure you get a gnome theme that is made for your current version of gnome or itll look janky. Blur my shell will take your desktop background and fill in some of the dead space with that. There are other nice extensions too. Lock screen Background, AppIndicator and KstatusNotifierItem Support, Caffeine, Weather O'Clock, are some i use.
Mess around with it a bit and get a feel for it is my suggestion. It should be easily reversible so dont be afraid to try stuff out. (You can turn extensions on/off with a click)
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