Australia to recognise Palestinian state in September
It follows similar moves by the UK, France and Canada.
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French report links Nestlé bottled waters to record microplastic contamination
French investigators have uncovered microplastic contamination in two of Nestlé’s top mineral water brands, sparking a renewed legal battle and fresh calls for tougher environmental regulation.
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Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil plant almost 2,000 km inside Russia
Locals have reported internet disruptions around the refinery.
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Just got a new GPU, why is it so hard to use it?
Hey all, just got a Geforce 5070 to replace my 2070 from years ago. Ubuntu's been pretty smooth sailing for me until now, and I'm not exactly the best at navigating this stuff.
When Ubuntu starts to boot, the GPU stops outputting display to my monitor. As though it doesn't detect the new GPU. I tried putting the 2070 back in and downloading the 570 drivers but it didn't change anything. I found a tutorial for what seemed to be my issue that asked me to change the kernel, but halfway through the tutorial, commands that worked on their machine started failing on mine. I wish I'd documented what the error messages were because when I went to poke around more today, I got a message about kernel panic and can't even boot with the 2070. Where do I go from here?
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UK and Canada say peace must not be imposed on Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed that peace in Ukraine must be built with Kyiv and not imposed upon it, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday.
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Russian forces pierce Ukrainian defense in Donetsk Oblast, bypassing fortifications, monitoring group says
Russian forces advanced toward the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway in Donetsk Oblast, seizing positions in nearby settlements to support further offensive operations.
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Connex Credit Union data breach impacts 172,000 members
Connex, one of Connecticut's largest credit unions, warned tens of thousands of members that unknown attackers had stolen their personal and financial information after breaching its systems in early June.
[Announcement] Merciless Gauntlet Statistics
The Merciless Gauntlet has concluded, congratulations to Ben_ for taking the top spot! It was a blast watching the action, so we've prepared some statistics from the event in today's news post. Check them out!
Base Class Campaign Completion
| Class | Characters | Entered Act 2 | Entered Act 3 | Entered Act 4 | Entered Act 5 | Entered Act 6 | Entered Act 7 | Entered Act 8 | Entered Act 9 | Entered Act 10 | Entered Epilogue | % Campaign Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marauder | 197,221 | 31,715 | 25,300 | 21,905 | 14,612 | 12,424 | 9,837 | 9,159 | 8,506 | 6,862 | 6,016 | 3.05% |
| Ranger | 116,297 | 8,888 | 5,338 | 4,567 | 2,702 | 2,309 | 1,830 | 1,627 | 1,394 | 976 | 684 | 0.59% |
| Shadow | 81,443 | 12,842 | 8,866 | 7,729 | 4,684 | 4,115 | 3,196 | 2,855 | 2,533 | 1,947 | 1,501 | 1.84% |
| Witch | 44,893 | 6,126 | 3,759 | 3,124 | 1,837 | 1,570 | 1,132 | 1,025 | 922 | 668 | 547 | 1.22% |
| Templar | 41,766 | 4,723 | 3,352 | 2,857 | 1,941 | 1,718 | 1,261 | 1,141 | 1,020 | 740 | 614 | 1.47% |
| Duelist | 40,715 | 9,379 | 6,269 | 5,473 | 3,423 | 3,025 | 2,533 | 2,269 | 1,963 | 1,509 | 1,225 | 3.01% |
| Scion | 28,230 | 5,066 | 3,149 | 2,697 | 1,417 | 1,219 | 946 | 829 | 759 | 577 | 497 | 1.76% |
Campaign Completion Rate by Ascendancy
| Ascendancy Class | Completed Act 10 |
|---|---|
| Ancestral Commander | 5,974 |
| Servant of Arakaali | 1,381 |
| Paladin | 1,131 |
| Scavenger | 496 |
| Polytheist | 354 |
| Whisperer | 279 |
| Herald | 256 |
| Daughter of Oshabi | 222 |
| Wildspeaker | 206 |
| Bog Shaman | 191 |
| Puppeteer | 177 |
| Surfcaster | 114 |
| Harbinger | 106 |
| Architect of Chaos | 97 |
| Aristocrat | 75 |
| Antiquarian | 39 |
| Blind Prophet | 27 |
| Gambler | 22 |
| Behemoth | 19 |
| Templar | 3 |
| Duelist | 1 |
| Scion | 1 |
| Witch | 1 |
| Marauder | 0 |
| Ranger | 0 |
| Shadow | 0 |
Endgame Deaths by Area Level
| Area Level | Total Deaths |
|---|---|
| 68 | 358 |
| 69 | 298 |
| 70 | 683 |
| 71 | 359 |
| 72 | 425 |
| 73 | 477 |
| 74 | 510 |
| 75 | 537 |
| 76 | 376 |
| 77 | 437 |
| 78 | 287 |
| 79 | 593 |
| 80 | 203 |
| 81 | 281 |
| 82 | 243 |
| 83 | 905 |
| 84 | 159 |
| 85 | 35 |
Total Deaths by Character Level
| Character Level | Total Deaths |
|---|---|
| 1-4 | 286,698 |
| 5-9 | 33,760 |
| 10-14 | 19,569 |
| 15-19 | 13,131 |
| 20-24 | 6,001 |
| 25-29 | 11,019 |
| 30-34 | 3,023 |
| 35-40 | 4,737 |
| 40-45 | 10,860 |
| 45-49 | 5,408 |
| 50-54 | 4,025 |
| 55-59 | 3,489 |
| 60-64 | 1,767 |
| 65-69 | 2,407 |
| 70-74 | 3,157 |
| 75-89 | 1,737 |
| 80-84 | 1,619 |
| 85-89 | 1,810 |
| 90-94 | 1,593 |
| 95-99 | 564 |
| 100 | 31 |
Pinnacle Boss Encounters
| Pinnacle Boss | Instances | Total Kills | Total Deaths | Kills With Deaths | Gave Up | Percent Deaths | Accounts | Characters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uber Shaper | 35 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0.314 | 24 | 25 |
| Uber Searing Exarch | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.278 | 8 | 9 |
| Uber Eater of Worlds | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.273 | 10 | 11 |
| Uber Maven | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 3 | 3 |
| Quest Searing Exarch | 773 | 413 | 191 | 0 | 169 | 0.247 | 634 | 659 |
| Incarnation of Fear | 82 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.159 | 48 | 56 |
| Incarnation of Dread | 58 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.155 | 44 | 48 |
| Quest Incarnation of Dread | 105 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0.152 | 92 | 97 |
| Uber Uber Elder | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0.15 | 10 | 11 |
| Quest Incarnation of Neglect | 360 | 155 | 53 | 0 | 152 | 0.147 | 299 | 309 |
| Maven | 294 | 164 | 34 | 0 | 96 | 0.116 | 132 | 143 |
| Uber Elder | 124 | 107 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0.105 | 90 | 101 |
| Quest Infinite Hunger | 2,068 | 1,367 | 206 | 0 | 495 | 0.1 | 1,721 | 1,750 |
| Quest Black Star | 1,846 | 1,462 | 183 | 0 | 201 | 0.099 | 1,720 | 1,741 |
| Shaper | 514 | 376 | 48 | 0 | 90 | 0.093 | 215 | 236 |
| Searing Exarch | 174 | 127 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 0.075 | 114 | 119 |
| Quest Eater of Worlds | 774 | 677 | 48 | 1 | 49 | 0.062 | 731 | 735 |
| Quest Incarnation of Fear | 126 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0.048 | 112 | 113 |
| Incarnation of Neglect | 47 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.021 | 40 | 43 |
| Eater of Worlds | 252 | 239 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0.02 | 152 | 160 |
| Elder | 576 | 567 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.014 | 248 | 271 |
| Black Star | 52 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 19 |
| Infinite Hunger | 58 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 37 |
Top Ten Deadly Monsters
| Monster | Area | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Hillock | The Twilight Strand | 158,017 |
| Hillock's Maven | The Twilight Strand | 28,203 |
| Hillock's Zombies | The Twilight Strand | 21,203 |
| Fire Fury | The Coast | 15,731 |
| Sand Spitter | The Twilight Strand | 12,732 |
| Hailrake | The Tidal Island | 9,979 |
| Vaal Oversoul | The Ancient Pyramid | 7,487 |
| Trarthan Mercenary (Ranger) | The Mud Flats | 6,086 |
| Brutus | The Upper Prison | 5,283 |
| Water Elemental | The Submerged Passage | 4,692 |
Announcements - Merciless Gauntlet Statistics - Forum - Path of Exile
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[Announcement] Play the Path of Exile 2 Boss Rush Event at Gamescom
Next week, Path of Exile 2's Boss Rush Event will be available at Gamescom! If you're attending the expo, be sure to visit our booth and challenge yourself against 15 bosses. Check out this announcement to find out more about the event.
- When - 20th - 24th of August
- Where - Hall 6.1 C071 / A070
Good luck, Exiles!
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Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
Is self-hosted OpenVPN on a vps safe enough for p2p?
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Your VPS provider will likely just forward copyright infringement letters to you, same as your ISP would, or they'll suspend your account.
It will hide your ISP IP from torrent peers, but the VPS provider still knows exactly who you are.
but how hard is it for the vps traffic to be traced back to me?
Very easy by the VPS provider, as the VPS has a static IP assigned to you.
Trump’s defense secretary seems to admire men who want to stop women from voting
Pete Hegseth shared a video espousing views that women are subservient to men and shouldn't be able to vote.
The Sick World of Prison Tycoon Games
The Sick World of Prison Tycoon Games
Only a deeply broken society would create a mobile game like “Lands of Jail.”Stephen Prager (Current Affairs Inc)
The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results
TikTok Trends Are Driving Random Consumer Spending Spikes
Trends always have an element of randomness, but our algorithmic feeds have made them unintelligible.Amanda Mull (Bloomberg)
This reads like "old man yells at clouds"
Like on one hand, sure, tiktok has accelerated the amount of info/media kids are latching onto. But also, remember street sharks? Remember pogs? Or floam? Like.. shits always been like this.
Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit caught AI companies scraping its data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so it’s going to limit the Internet Archive from indexing some data.Jay Peters (The Verge)
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Not that reddit isn't hot garbage right now, and has been for a while actually, but there's a lot of people here who have glazed over the reason why reddit instituted this policy.
AI companies are scraping the Wayback Machine. This is something that should concern all of us.
And what do I care about Reddit getting paid?
If the IA doesn't complain about being used, then it's fine for me. The ideal outcome would be, if the archive can make some arrangement where they scrape the data and provide it to everyone. That way, sites only get scraped once and not constantly hammered.
Lenovo Webcams Can Be Turned into Persistent Attack Platforms
Lenovo Webcams Can Be Turned into Persistent Attack Platforms
Linux USB webcams from Lenovo can be turned into persistent “BadUSB” devices to inject keystrokes, drop payloads, and surve system reinstallsBill Mann (CyberInsider)
Web Portal Flaws Allowed Hackers to Remotely Unlock Cars Across the U.S.
Web Portal Flaws Allowed Hackers to Remotely Unlock Cars Across the U.S.
A US carmaker’s dealership management platform contained critical flaws that could have allowed remote car unlocking and customer data theft.Amar Ćemanović (CyberInsider)
GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?
GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?
GPT-5’s focus on routing queries to the best model could be an admission that LLMs can’t get much smarter.The Conversation
First Nations Warn Carney’s Push to Build Canada Could Tear It Apart
First Nations Warn Carney’s Push to Build Canada Could Tear It Apart | The Walrus
The prime minister’s fast-track law has already set off a wave of Indigenous protestJoy SpearChief-Morris (The Walrus)
Why TikTok ADHD misinformation is dangerous
Why TikTok ADHD misinformation is dangerous - Futurity
New research reveals that exposure to ADHD misinformation on TikTok significantly reduced college students' understanding of the disorder.Dan Bernardi - Syracuse U. (Futurity)
Why Higher Beef Prices Aren’t Actually Good News for the Environment
Why Higher Beef Prices Aren’t Actually Good News for the Environment
Beef prices are at a record high, but that doesn’t mean less meat production.Seth Millstein (Sentient)
Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by ‘up to 38%’ since 1950s
Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by ‘up to 38%’ since 1950s - Carbon Brief
An uptick in heat extremes has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to new analysis.Daisy Dunne (Carbon Brief)
Vuoto a perdere 06: o mio o di nessun altro!
MONDO REALE: Freddie Mercury non ha mai avuto dei figli ma Mary Austin, la donna che lui ha amato, sì.
Il frontman dei Queen però era appassionato di gatti e per questo ha scritto una canzone per la sua preferita. Delilah.
FANTASIA: Mark Wilson scopre un segreto molto personale su Freddie intercettando alcune lettere a lui indirizzate, e la decisione è presa: Freddie, di quella corrispondenza, non saprà mai; è un’arma troppo potente nelle mani di Mark!
Racconto aggiornato dopo la pubblicazione iniziale (2021)
Vuoto a perdere: o mio, o di nessun altro!
Per giorni il mio defunto compagno Andrew continuò a ripetermelo nel sogno: “Dissangua il mio gifter, porta la sua anima da me!”
Dalla sera in cui Freddie si era tagliato un dito durante una cena, l’idea di ottenere il suo sangue diventò un’ossessione e più passava il tempo, più la determinazione si tramutò in rabbia.
“Se Freddie non sarà mio, nessun altro lo avrà!” dicevo tra me, ogni volta che mi alzavo dal letto e mi guardavo nello specchio.
Non riuscii mai però ad avvicinarlo davvero: lo vedevo girare insieme al suo staff, sorridere, parlare con l’assistente Melania ma era impossibile avere un’occasione per stare da solo con lui.
Non restò altro che studiare un piano per tendergli una trappola che l’avrebbe potuto dissanguare ma sfortunatamente, documentandomi grazie ai pochi mezzi di informazione disponibili, capii quanto il virus HIV fosse debole: la trasmissione non avviene senza contatto diretto col sangue del malato!
Il piano del dissanguatore
La sola speranza per me era stare lì mentre accadeva, e raccogliere il prezioso fluido in velocità: Ogni qual volta pulivo la sua stanza, cercavo di escogitare un sistema per sabotare un lampadario, una finestra, qualsiasi altro oggetto di vetro che potesse infrangersi su di lui mentre dormiva e io sarei corso ad aiutarlo, guarda caso mi sarei tagliato e poi…
No, alla fine decisi che non valeva la pena; troppo rischioso per la mia reputazione, mi avrebbero accusato di omicidio facendomi finire come Mark David Chapman, l’uomo che nel 1980 sparò a John Lennon. Povero idiota, quando John venne portato via rimase lì a leggersi Il Giovane Holden aspettando gli eventi, ma non ebbe alcun legame col proprio mito.
Io invece, facendo le cose per bene, potevo essere unito a Freddie per sempre e, soprattutto, diffondere il virus consentendo al mio idolo di vivere per l’eternità. E pazienza se per il mondo sarei stato l’ennesimo criminale! Mi sentivo coperto, nella mia falsa identità di William Karson.
Buone notizie?
Assorto nei miei pensieri non mi accorsi immediatamente di qualcuno che bussava alla porta della mia stanza; “Karson, c’è bisogno di te!” Mi disse Jim, il compagno di Freddie, quando aprii.
Stringeva in mano una busta. “Questa l’hanno mandata un paio di giorni fa destinata a Freddie, e appena ho letto da dove arriva mi sei venuto in mente subito.”
Allora era vero, hanno letto il mio curriculum prima di assumermi! Presi la lettera fra le dita e mi lasciai andare a un sospiro di malinconia, quando lessi la provenienza del mittente: Bugliano, culla e tomba per i miei sogni di scienziato.
Ricordai immediatamente il mio passato da studente di medicina, quando la speranza di sconfiggere l’AIDS con le mie sole forze, mi aveva indotto persino a fare pace con chi mi aveva sempre bullizzato. Raymond Still, che quando mi bocciarono, diede un colpo di spugna alla nostra inaspettata amicizia e mi umiliò il doppio.
Promozioni e fallimenti
“Mark Wilson, Lei può solo pulire i gabinetti”, mi disse impietoso l’insegnante quando provai a contestare il risultato finale; e Ray Still non mosse un dito per difendermi, anzi mi voltò le spalle per godersi la sua promozione con tutti gli onori!
Soltanto pochi mesi dopo aver accettato il lavoro a casa di Freddie Mercury, scoprii che mentre io facevo le pulizie Raymond Still aveva fatto carriera e avviato un’importante ricerca su HIV, con tanto di annuncio: “Sto cercando una celebrità risultata positiva al virus per sperimentare il mio nuovo studio. L’HIV, opportunamente modificato, può trasmettere emozioni e talento da una persona all’altra!”
Quale occasione migliore per fargli sapere di Freddie?
Stringendo ancora fra le mani la busta consegnatami da Jim, ripensai alla mia lettera appena spedita a Raymond in risposta al suo annuncio; gli avevo raccontato per filo e per segno la positività di Freddie ma anche dopo giorni dall’invio della missiva, non ricevetti alcun riscontro.
E se la busta in mano mia contenesse proprio la risposta di Ray, che da Bugliano voleva parlare direttamente con Freddie?
Non mi feci alcuno scrupolo e me la misi in tasca: “Mai paura, Jim! La porto io al capo, il messaggio è in buone mani.”
Inizio di un inganno
Alla svelta, chiusi la porta della mia stanza e tirata fuori la lettera, iniziai a leggere quel foglio scritto a penna:
Sono incinta, amore della mia vita. Aspettiamo una bambina, il nostro miracolo ma anche la mia più grande paura.Il mondo è un posto crudele e sento di non essere capace di proteggerla abbastanza perché sono in Russia, sposata con un violento.
“Che cosa? Freddie ha una figlia in Russia, o a Bugliano? Dove? Poco importa”, pensai. Se è vero non lo saprà mai! Richiusi la busta come nulla fosse e la nascosi nella mia borsa. Sarei stato l’unico a conoscere il segreto, avrei girato il mondo per trovare quella presunta bambina, dopodiché Freddie sarebbe stato mio, e solo mio!
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says he is leaving to “become a startup founder again”, with GitHub and its leadership team moving into Microsoft's CoreAI organization
Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️ - The GitHub Blog
I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead.Thomas Dohmke (The GitHub Blog)
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China reports 5% industrial robot installation growth as US, EU fall
China reports 5% industrial robot installation growth as US, EU fall
As global robot sales fell to 520,000 units, China surged to 290,000, widening its lead over the US and EU in manufacturing automation.Kaif Shaikh (Interesting Engineering)
BRICS Strengthens Itself Ahead of Putin-Trump Summit
BRICS Strengthens Itself Ahead of Putin-Trump Summit
Vladimir Putin’s decision to inform Global South leaders about the results of his meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff highlights BRICS’ role, says Dr.Sputnik International
BBC condemned for repeating Israeli narrative on slain journalist Anas al-Sharif
While many around the world mourned their losses, the BBC’s coverage of the slain journalists received backlash for repeating Israel’s accusation that Sharif had a "dual role" as "journalist and terrorist".
Israel has routinely made such claims about journalists, which have been strongly rejected by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
One social media user suggested that this was a character assassination, right after Israel killed him.
In another report, a BBC news anchor said, “Israel says Anas Al-Sharif was a member of Hamas, a claim long rejected by the news network, his family, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).”
For many on social media, the news anchor adding the fact that Al Jazeera and the CPJ rejected these claims was not enough, with one saying, “the BBC stooped so low it should be banned from broadcasting after parroting the Israeli narrative.”
BBC condemned for repeating Israeli narrative on slain journalist Anas al-Sharif
BBC's reporting on the killing of several Palestinian journalists in Gaza has been on the receiving end of fierce criticism, with thousands on social media saying the broadcaster is “parroting the Israeli narrative”.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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n another report, a BBC news anchor said, “Israel says Anas Al-Sharif was a member of Hamas, a claim long rejected by the news network, his family, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).”For many on social media, the news anchor adding the fact that Al Jazeera and the CPJ rejected these claims was not enough, with one saying, “the BBC stooped so low it should be banned from broadcasting after parroting the Israeli narrative.”
Reporting the isreal statement seems fine to me? They're not stating it as fact. I don't believe Israel one bit but I still want to know what they say.
Starmer’s team seen as ‘tired, same-again politicians’, says Labour peer
Starmer’s team seen as ‘tired, same-again politicians’, says Labour peer
Charlie Falconer calls on party colleagues to rediscover energy and not risk losing credit for big achievementsJessica Elgot (The Guardian)
If a blind protester in a wheelchair is considered a terrorist, anyone can be treated as a terrorist
Yesterday marked one of the most shameful days in the history of the Metropolitan Police as they arrested peaceful protesters including a blind man in a wheelchair, an 81-year-old woman with Parkinson's, a former British army officer, and a bunch of, um, Quakers. All of them were protesting against two things: the UK's ongoing participation in the Gaza genocide and the proscription of Palestine Action. All of them were arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Imagine being the police officer whose job it was to wheel this man away. You can see the shame in his face as he lowers his head. These officers must know history is not going to judge them kindly, but they must also know just following orders is not okay. If I was a police officer, I would not have made those arrests, even if it cost me my job. Doing the right thing is infinitely more important than just following orders.
Yesterday police made twice the number of counter-terrorism arrests than they did in all of 2023 and one-fifth of those arrested were over 70. One police officer was wearing a hat that suggested he came from a Welsh police force. Remember this when police say they can't send any officers out after you've been burgled. Police are dealing with the real criminals now, and the real criminals include quakers. Yes, quakers were arrested.
If a blind protester in a wheelchair is considered a terrorist, anyone can be treated as a terrorist
Yesterday marked one of the most shameful days in the history of the Metropolitan Police as they arrested peaceful protesters including a blind man in a wheelchair, an 81-year-old woman with Parkinson's, a former British army officer, and a bunch of,…Ricky Hale (Council Estate Media)
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The propaganda framing from the BBC on the arrests has been truly ludicrous. They described the protesters attempts to “evade detection” by bringing blank pieces of paper along, explaining they would only write messages on the cards if more than 500 people turned up."Our correspondent.. has been telling me how protesters carefully planned to evade police detection while carrying placards as part of their protest," the newsreader explained as though she was describing the most sinister plot ever uncovered.
Largest US socialist organisation passes resolution supporting Palestinian resistance
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the largest socialist organisation in the United States, passed a resolution on Sunday that supports the Palestinian right to resist and makes supporting Israel an expellable offence. One of DSA’s most influential members is New York State assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who in June won the Democratic Primary for Mayor of New York City.
The resolution, passed with a 56 to 43 percent vote at DSA’s biennial convention, also allocates resources to pro-Palestine organising and emphasises the Palestinian right to return "from the river to the sea".
The resolutions also make publicly and consistently opposing the BDS movement, taking money from pro-Israel lobbying groups, and supporting the transfer of funds or weapons to Israel an expellable offence.
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Report: Ex-Mossad official gave services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage talks team
A former senior Mossad official under investigation in connection with the Qatargate scandal allegedly provided services to Qatar and received payments from the state while serving on Israel's hostage deal negotiation team, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday.
The former official, whose questioning was cleared for publication last month at the request of Haaretz, took part at the start of the war as Mossad's representative in internal negotiation team discussions in Israel and also served as an advisor.
According to the report, Mossad was unaware of his contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency.
Report: Ex-Mossad official provided services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage negotiating team
The Mossad was reportedly unaware of the ex-official's contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency. He is the second former Mossad employee to be investigated in the Qatargate affair, which Haaretz broke last NovemberHaaretz
Report: Ex-Mossad official gave services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage talks team
A former senior Mossad official under investigation in connection with the Qatargate scandal allegedly provided services to Qatar and received payments from the state while serving on Israel's hostage deal negotiation team, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday.
The former official, whose questioning was cleared for publication last month at the request of Haaretz, took part at the start of the war as Mossad's representative in internal negotiation team discussions in Israel and also served as an advisor.
According to the report, Mossad was unaware of his contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency.
Report: Ex-Mossad official provided services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage negotiating team
The Mossad was reportedly unaware of the ex-official's contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency. He is the second former Mossad employee to be investigated in the Qatargate affair, which Haaretz broke last NovemberHaaretz
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| 0 N/A N/A 2099 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 143MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2358 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 105MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2950 G ...exec/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 10MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 5684 G .../6565/usr/lib/firefox/firefox 167MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8244 G /usr/bin/nautilus 13MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8333 G ...tcher-linux-x64/balena-etcher 20MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
just_another_person
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Well the driver is loaded, and you have processes engaged with it, so it's functional.
If you're losing output, maybe you have a conflict with the nouveau driver. Have you blacklisted it?
lilpatchy2eyes
in reply to just_another_person • • •Honestly I haven't even heard of a nouveau driver. I sure haven't blacklisted it.
To be clear I got this output with my old GPU. Not sure how I would get to the command terminal with the new one.
just_another_person
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •You need to run these commands on the machine having the problem. Giving output from another machine doesn't help solve anything.
If you're getting dead output on your 5070, it means the driver is more than likely NOT loaded, so the output will be different.
Boot the 5070, and when you get a black screen, hit ALT+F2 to drop to a console shell. Login, and run 'nvidia-smi', and you should get something that confirms it's loaded, or something that says it is not loaded.
If it's not loaded, it means you haven't installed the drivers (you sure you did?). Check your packages, make sure the driver is properly installed, then do this to blacklist the nouveau driver which may be in conflict.
Reboot. See if it works.
Disable Nouveau — NVIDIA AI Enterprise: VMware Deployment Guide
docs.nvidia.comThe_Hideous_Orgalorg
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in reply to The_Hideous_Orgalorg • • •Onno (VK6FLAB)
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Which tutorial were you following?
Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
lilpatchy2eyes
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB) • • •m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5deOXLD…
Installed it new only a few months ago, it should be 24.04.3
Auth
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •If you have at least Ubuntu 24.10 and the NVIDIA 570.133.07 driver installed with the 2070, it should be plug and play with the new card.
If you put the 2070 in are you able to get a working system?
lilpatchy2eyes
in reply to Auth • • •Auth
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Jumuta
in reply to Auth • • •Auth
in reply to Jumuta • • •Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Released with Bug Fixes and Security Updates
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in reply to Auth • • •Auth
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Can you run nvidia-smi and confirm you're on the 570 driver?
Also after you do a failed boot with the 5070 put the 2070 back in and try run this command
journalctl -b -1 -p 0..2to check the log from the previous boot and filter for only high priority issues. This should give some insight on whats failing when you try and boot with the 5070.
Another dumb check but have you got the display cables plugged into the gpu?
lilpatchy2eyes
in reply to Auth • • •lilpatchy2eyes
in reply to Auth • • •Nvidia-smi output:
Mon Aug 11 19:17:03 2025
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| NVIDIA-SMI 570.158.01 Driver Version: 570.158.01 CUDA Version: 12.8 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 ... Off | 00000000:09:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 37C P8 18W / 235W | 481MiB / 8192MiB | 2% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 2099 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 143MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2358 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 105MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2950 G ...exec/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 10MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 5684 G .../6565/usr/lib/firefox/firefox 167MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8244 G /usr/bin/nautilus 13MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8333 G ...tcher-linux-x64/balena-etcher 20MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Auth
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in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •infinitevalence
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •I hate to be the jerk but it's because you got Nvidia. Intel and AMD cards enjoy significantly better graphics card support.
I would also try a different distribution that's known for having more recent kernels and faster development. Something like Manjaro is actually a pretty good fit for this situation.
lilpatchy2eyes
in reply to infinitevalence • • •infinitevalence
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Auth
in reply to infinitevalence • • •No its not. The nvidia 5070 works on linux and has for a while now.
We really need to avoid just suggesting a different distro as the solution. In this case it makes no sense, they're running kernel 6.14 and the Nvidia driver is out of kernel. Phoronix benchmarked the 5070 running an older version of ubuntu and still got good performance and it worked well. That means their version of ubuntu which is new enough to support it. Im not sure what the issue is but I think switching distro's is a last resort once you've tried everything else.
infinitevalence
in reply to Auth • • •Great but it's not working out of the box and clearly that was the expectation.
AMD has built in support so no extra steps needed.
Ubuntu has a history of not having the latest kernels and having spotty support for new hardware.
Sure you can fix it but again the out of the box expectation.
We can agree that it should work and can work and I don't disagree that always suggestions a different distribution is not generally helpful but watching people suffer trying to get Ubuntu working is a sore spot for me.
Auth
in reply to infinitevalence • • •Its not an out of the box installation. He has an existing ubuntu installation and is upgrading the GPU. We can always be like oh you ran into a single issue, just get rid of your hardware and swap to an entirely new distro. Thats a worst case solution to the problem.
Doesnt matter, he isnt asking about an AMD card.
Its actually the opposite, ubuntu generally has very good hardware support. Cannonical work with vendors to test hardware works on their platform. The 5070 phronix benchmarks were done on ubuntu. Suggesting its a distro issue is ignoring the problem
Mihies
in reply to Auth • • •seralth
in reply to Auth • • •In this case, a different distro is the exact thing to be suggested. They are looking for out of the box support functionally speaking.
Which case if they want something that is newer than they really should be on a distro that is focused on newer support. Such as Arch or Fedora. Ubuntu, mint and other distros based on Debian all share the same problem of depending on where you are in the release cycle, you can be wildly out of date. Even if you have a newer colonel, there can be weird. Incompatibility and funky problems that occur.
Generally speaking, there is a very good reason why every single distribution that is focused specifically on video card support, gaming modern hardware is Arch or fedora based.
Frankly, for a lot of normal users who aren't used to Linux or just want things to work out of the box with no fiddling and good documentation. Then they really should just be avoiding Debian and Ubuntu base distributions.
They're great if you have newish but a couple years old hardware and you just want something that is Rock solid out of the box and you don't plan to ever fiddle with it.
But for someone running a 5080 and likely is gaming, they should just be on cachy or bazzite. We're installing your drivers setting up proton setting up steam, setting up everything. A gamer or someone trying to do any sort of advanced graphical s*** is quite literally a one-button process. With the dev team working on the distribution explicitly going out of their way to make sure the support for new hardware is as seamless and stupid proof as possible.
Auth
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in reply to infinitevalence • • •seralth
in reply to infinitevalence • • •Would suggest cachy over Manjaro if you are explicitly looking for video card support since it's focused very heavily on making sure gaming is supported.
I've run into a lot of cases where things that get kind of iffy on endeavor or Manjaro work just fine on cachy because of their extra work they put in for this use case.
db2
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in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Rodsthencones
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •I find with multiple video ports, its best to plug in all of them till you figure out which ones work.
Nvidia is not well supported, and most video cards have problems in Linux. Generally, if you have to use a proprietary driver, it will have specific issues. The free drivers will just be buggy.
Best is to see what cards are known to work well. There are maintained, well there used to be, lists of hardware that works well.
If you installed proprietary drivers, they are often difficult to remove. There is not always instructions on how to uninstall. So part of your problems might be the drivers.
IHave69XiBucks
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Mihies
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in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •OhVenus_Baby
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •My 2080 has issues and cuts off part of the screen on Linux mint. My 6700xt and amd setup would never. I switched and tried every driver. I've never used nvidia. Anyone have advice?
Edit: it was some stupid AI scaler on the SmArT TV. What joke.
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in reply to OhVenus_Baby • • •this happens to me if i use nouveau. i solve this by installing the driver and setting the correct refresh rate.
OhVenus_Baby
in reply to ☂️- • • •☂️-
in reply to OhVenus_Baby • • •what are the system logs saying about it? have you tested the card on another machine/os?
did you delete the nvidia config files between reinstalls?
OhVenus_Baby
in reply to ☂️- • • •☂️-
in reply to OhVenus_Baby • • •alright go back to nouveau then try a complete purge with
sudo apt purge *nvidia* && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt autocleanand delete all the leftover nvidia files you can find. namely the .nvidia-settings-rc on your home directory, but check xorg.conf for any weirdness. then reinstall the latest driver.
beyond that changing to x11 or vice versa can help. i know the cinnamon de in mint has issues with nvidia sometimes, testing it out on gnome or kde is a good idea too.
not to mention using an ssd from a previous computer complicates stuff a bit further, doing a clean install might prove useful too.
in any case, here's a resource for debugging it further: docs.lambda.ai/education/linux…
wish you luck. nvidia mostly works well with the major des nowadays, but can still be annoying as fuck when it has issues. if nothing works, hit me up again and i'll see what i can do to help.
Using the nvidia-bug-report.log file to troubleshoot your system - Lambda Docs
docs.lambda.ai☂️-
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •return to stock kernel, uninstall and completely purge the old drivers through another TTY. make sure to delete nvidia configs and files from your home directory, then install the new ones with
ubuntu-drivers install.this usually does it for me when it comes to nvidia weirdness.
Sina
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •Jumuta
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in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •seralth
in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •You fucked up by buying Nvidia first off. But you have to use the open source drivers Nvidia doesn't officially fully support their newest cards on the closed source ones.
Should be a simple switch over and your good to go.
In the future never buy Nvidia if you are going to use their newest generation they always lag a full generation behind for proper support. It's absurd.
Your second fuck up is using Ubuntu. If you want to use the most recent generation of hardware your option is basically arch or get fucked over to some degree.
Ubuntu lags behind by sometimes over two years in hardware support. This is true of every Debian and Ubuntu based os. Mint and popos and some fedora distros have the same problem. Tho fedora tends to be far better with this. They just are all over the place with how fast they push things. So very case by case basis.
You basically need to be on bleeding edge kernel and packages for proper support.
This is the biggest reason gaming focused distros are all arch with the expections of bazzite which is at least based on fedora which also tends to push things really fast.
Simply put. You want nice hardware support for new harder? Pick arch and stick to AMD. Or at least go with fedora.
Stay away from Debian/Ubuntu/mint/popos. They are great till you want hardware support for anything newer then 1 to 2 years old depending on where in the release cycle you are.
thecoffeehobbit
in reply to seralth • • •I mean, there are quite a few others than Arch+family that package a very recent kernel too. Fedora as you mentioned, but also NixOS, openSUSE Tumbleweed and even Gentoo if you're that kind of a person. I bet I missed some.
But yeah Ubuntu is not necessarily one of them
hedders
in reply to seralth • • •A few things in this post are not accurate. The 5070 is supported by the nVidia Linux drivers since version 570.124.04. There's also absolutely nothing wrong with using Ubuntu. They have a PPA for the newer nVidia drivers, which work fine with the current LTS release.
OP doesn't say what kernel they're running, or what version of Ubuntu. That would be useful information to have.
lilpatchy2eyes
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in reply to lilpatchy2eyes • • •fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me
d00ery
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