French Air Traffic Controller Greets EL AL Pilots With "Free Palestine"
Israeli national airline EL AL has filed a complaint with French authorities, after an incident that reportedly happened in French airspace last night. However, it follows a larger issue that EL AL is having in France, as the airline is accusing the country of no longer issuing work visas for security staff.
France stops renewing visas for Israeli airline El Al security staff in Paris: Israeli media
French authorities have stopped renewing work visas for Israeli airline El Al’s security personnel in Paris, Israeli media said Tuesday, amid tension over France’s plan to recognize the Palestinian state, Anadolu reports.
UN rights office calls on Israel to grant foreign media access to Gaza
The UN human rights office on Tuesday urged Israel to allow foreign journalists immediate and unhindered access to the Gaza Strip, warning that attacks on journalists undermine efforts to document the realities on the ground, Anadolu reports.
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Senior Hamas Official to Trump: We Are Ready to Make a Fair Deal
Trump should reject Netanyahu’s agenda, said Basem Naim, moving instead to end the Gaza genocide and support an independent Palestine: “It is not about Hamas."
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Israeli regime embassy in Netherlands attacked
Israeli regime embassy in Netherlands attacked
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Media reported on Tuesday that the Israeli regime's embassy in The Hague, Netherlands was attacked by three individuals.Mehr News Agency
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Is this a repeat of a story from a week or two ago or is this a new "attack" / vandalism? I know I saw similar photos somewhere not that long ago.
In either case, I support the cause. Israel is committing genocide.
Israel rejects UN allegations that its forces have sexually abused detained Palestinians
The U.N. chief has warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians
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Israeli protesters rally for ‘the right to rape’ prisoners
Protesters, politicians and TV commentators in Israel are defending the right of soldiers to mistreat prisoners.Al Jazeera
'Just Tell Us What You Believe': Buttigieg Torched Over Non-Answer on Israel-Palestine
2028 frontrunner Pete Buttigieg's answer to a question on how Democrats should handle Israel has been described as "a beautiful example of sounding like you care about genocide while actually saying nothing at all."
'Just Tell Us What You Believe': Buttigieg Torched Over Non-Answer on Israel-Palestine
One critic said Buttigieg's description of Israel's genocide in Gaza as "complicated" is "disqualifying... both as a politician and a human being."stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
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‘It’s a horrible picture’: Gaza faces new threat from antibiotic-resistant disease
Fatal infections more likely due to malnutrition, injuries and lack of medical facilities under Israel’s blockade
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Mexican senator plans visit to Palestine to 'rescue orphaned children'
Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña has been invited to visit Palestine, where he says he will rescue orphans for asylum in Mexico.
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Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan
Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country.
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Hackers leak Allianz Life data stolen in Salesforce attacks
Hackers have released stolen data belonging to US insurance giant Allianz Life, exposing 2.8 million records with sensitive information on business partners and customers in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks.
Manpower discloses data breach affecting nearly 145,000 people
Manpower, one of the world's largest staffing companies, is notifying nearly 145,000 individuals that their information was stolen by attackers who breached the company's systems in December 2024.
International Trade Union Condemns Nigerian Government’s Move to Criminalise Right to Strike
International Trade Union Condemns Nigerian Government’s Move to Criminalise Right to Strike - West Africa Weekly
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has issued a statement condemning the Nigerian government’s alleged attempt to criminalise the right to strike through its newly adopted National Industria…Oluwasegun Sanusi (West Africa Weekly)
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Iran Eyes Military Cooperation with S. Africa - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency
Iran Eyes Military Cooperation with S. Africa
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Amir Hatami called for the expansion of military cooperation with South Africa, which he praised for gallant stances in condemnation of the Israeli and US strikes against Iran.Tasnim News Agency
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Save us Hideo Kojima.
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Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima
The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.Jacob Ridley (PC Gamer)
Security Source: Starlink Devices Used for Espionage Seized
Security Source: Starlink Devices Used for Espionage Seized
A source from the Security and Intelligence Service revealed the seizure of several Starlink satellite internet devices and equipment in recent days.Al-Thawra Net
AI Eroded Doctors' Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34581821
paywall bypass: archive.is/whVMIthe study the article is about: thelancet.com/journals/langas/…
article text:
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
By Harry Black
August 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM UTC
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
AI helped health professionals to better detect pre-cancerous growths in the colon, but when the assistance was removed, their ability to find tumors dropped by about 20% compared with rates before the tool was ever introduced, according to findings published Wednesday.
Health-care systems around the world are embracing AI with a view to boosting patient outcomes and productivity. Just this year, the UK government announced £11 million ($14.8 million) in funding for a new trial to test how AI can help catch breast cancer earlier.
The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, “leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,” the scientists said in the paper.
They surveyed four endoscopy centers in Poland and compared detection success rates three months before AI implementation and three months after. Some colonoscopies were performed with AI and some without, at random. The results were published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal.
Yuichi Mori, a researcher at the University of Oslo and one of the scientists involved, predicted that the effects of de-skilling will “probably be higher” as AI becomes more powerful.
What’s more, the 19 doctors in the study were highly experienced, having performed more than 2,000 colonoscopies each. The effect on trainees or novices might be starker, said Omer Ahmad, a consultant gastroenterologist at University College Hospital London.
“Although AI continues to offer great promise to enhance clinical outcomes, we must also safeguard against the quiet erosion of fundamental skills required for high-quality endoscopy,” Ahmad, who wasn’t involved in the research, wrote a comment alongside the article.
A study conducted by MIT this year raised similar concerns after finding that using OpenAI’s ChatGPT to write essays led to less brain engagement and cognitive activity.
World-leading AI trial to tackle breast cancer launched
Nearly 700,000 women across the country will take part in a world-leading trial to test how AI tools can be used to catch breast cancer cases earlier.Department of Health and Social Care (GOV.UK)
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AI helped health professionals to better detect pre-cancerous growths in the colon, but when the assistance was removed,
AI improved doctors' ability to spot cancer.
The problem was not exercising a skill for several months, and then taking away the tool which was better than that skill.
We assessed how endoscopists who regularly used AI performed colonoscopy when AI was not in use.
I wonder if mathematicians who never used a calculator are better at math than mathematicians who typically use a calculator but had it taken away for a study.
Or if grandmas who never got smartphones are better at remembering phone numbers than people with contacts saved in their phone.
Tip: your brain optimizes. So it reallocates resources away from things you can outsource. We already did this song and dance a decade ago with "is Google making people dumb" when it turned out people remembered how to search for a thing instead of the whole thing itself.
Which does cause problems now that Google search is shit.
Every time 'new tool makes old skills rusty' is treated as novel, I'm reminded of The Gentleman's Magazine:
Instead of simply reproducing the operations of man's intelligence, the arithmometer relieves that intelligence from the necessity of making the operations. Instead of repeating responses dictated to it, this instrument instantaneously dictates the proper answer to the man who asks it a question. It is not matter producing material effects, but matter which thinks, reflects, reasons, calculates, and executes all the most difficult and complicated arithmetical operations with a rapidity and infallibility which defies all the calculators in the world. The arithmometer is, moreover, a simple instrument, of very little volume and easily portable. It is already used in many great financial establishments, where considerable economy is realized by its employment.It will soon be considered as indispensable, and be as generally used as a clock, which was formerly only to be seen in palaces, and is now in every cottage.
This was a crank-powered adding machine. Numbers used levers instead of buttons because buttons hadn't been invented yet. There were already people who expected it the next version would do everything for us - and people who thought that would be bad, somehow.
Which does cause problems now that Google search is shit.
Seriously at what point did search engines stop matching results by keyword?! Just a few days ago I tried looking for a quote I didn't fully remember, but knew the basic thesis and some identifying terms it definitely mentioned and all I got was tabloid articles for pages and pages on end which only vaguely matched the thesis but didn't mention any of the identifying terms I remember the quote using. It threw me for a loop because I remember being taught in school to search for stuff this way and I don't know if I'm just stupid or misremembered the quote or search engines don't actually match keywords anymore. Why would they remove the most basic form of search, literally just regexing for all the strings given?!
SC questions LHC’s decision in Imran bail rejection ruling | The Express Tribune
SC questions LHC s final opinion in Imran s May 9 cases
SC adjourned hearing until August 19Our Correspondent (The Express Tribune)
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GE-Proton10-12 Released
Hotfix:
- Fixed video playback in Ghostwire Tokyo
- Fixed video playback in Castlevania Dominus Collection
- Possibly other games fixed that use webm/vp8/vp9 video
Release GE-Proton10-12 Released · GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
Hotfix: Fixed video playback in Ghostwire Tokyo Fixed video playback in Castlevania Dominus Collection Possibly other games fixed that use webm/vp8/vp9 videoGitHub
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Please don't promote Wayland
Please don't promote Wayland
An open letter from developers and users to the wider Linux community about the problems with Waylandstoppromotingwayland.netlify.app
Hilariously, all of those issues could be resolved if those same developers that are complaining donated some of their skills and expertise into contributing to the fixes and features they need.
This reads very much like an "Old man yells at cloud" moment.
Please don't promote Wayland
Please don't promote Wayland
An open letter from developers and users to the wider Linux community about the problems with Waylandstoppromotingwayland.netlify.app
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China unveils world's first intelligent breeding robot
China unveils world's first intelligent breeding robot
Chinese scientists have achieved a world first in intelligent breeding and seed production by introducing the concept of robot-assisted crops.www.ecns.cn
China’s Defence Strategist Dismantles India’s Claim of Shooting Down Six Pakistani Jets, Calling It "Comical" - Defence Security Asia
China’s Defence Strategist Dismantles India’s Claim of Shooting Down Six Pakistani Jets, Calling It "Comical" - Defence Security Asia
Operation Sindoor’s credibility crisis deepens as Cheng Xizhong slams India’s six-Pakistani jet kill claim, calling it “self-amusement,” while Pakistan demands a joint audit in South Asia’s fiercest airpower credibility battle.admin (Defence Security Asia)
Video of execution in Syrian hospital unleashes national outrage
Video of execution in Syrian hospital unleashes national outrage - Prensa Latina
Damascus, Aug 11(Prensa Latina) A video showing the execution of a detainee inside a hospital in the southern province of Sweida today triggered a wave of repudiation in Syria and calls for an exhaustive investigation.Ana Luisa Brown (Prensa Latina)
Indonesia’s Rafale T-0301 Rollout: French-Made Fleet Set to Redraw Southeast Asia’s Airpower Map - Defence Security Asia
Indonesia’s Rafale T-0301 Rollout: French-Made Fleet Set to Redraw Southeast Asia’s Airpower Map - Defence Security Asia
Indonesia unveils its first Rafale T-0301 fighter jet, the spearhead of a 66-strong fleet worth over USD 8.5 billion, poised to dominate Southeast Asia’s skies and reshape the Indo-Pacific security balance.admin (Defence Security Asia)
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Adding Audio to Your Ebitengine Game (Tutorial)
- YouTube
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Adding Audio to Your Ebitengine Game (Tutorial)
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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Trevors-Tutorials.com is where you can find free programming tutorials. The focus is on Go and Ebitengine game development. Watch the for more info.
The Go Programming Language
Go is an open source programming language that makes it simple to build secure, scalable systems.go.dev
Syrian Government Faces Increasing Accusations Over Torture, Murder (Videos)
Syrian Government Faces Increasing Accusations Over Torture, Murder (Videos)
Syria’s new Islamist-led interim government is facing increasing accusations of torture and murder, amid a wave of violence all over...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
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A Canadian man died in ICE custody. Now, his family is searching for answers
A Canadian man died in ICE custody. Now, his family is searching for answers
With the Trump administration ramping up its immigration crackdown, the concerns Johnny Noviello’s case raises about due process and detention conditions have become more pressingJanice Dickson (The Globe and Mail)
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Trans-Afghan Railway Corridor: Set to Change Regional Trade Landscape
Trans-Afghan Railway Corridor: Set to Change Regional Trade Landscape
F.M. Shakil Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan just signed on to the $4.8B Trans-Afghan Railway, aiming to slash trade costs by up to 40% and connect Central Asia to Arabian Sea ports; will it w…INTERNATIONALIST 360°
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TRANS-Afghan? We NEED to drop a BOMB on that Country again!
-Literally EVERY Republican in the US!
Towards Lasting Peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. – Global South
Trump keeps acting in China’s best interests — at the expense of America’s
China’s leaders are laughing at Trump — at the expense of America
President Trump's policies have caused China's exports to surge, and his surrender of America's soft power handed an advantage to the Chinese Communist Party.Anthony L. Fisher (MSNBC)
Iraq exploring options of exporting oil via Lebanon, Syria — minister
Iraq exploring options of exporting oil via Lebanon, Syria — minister
The parties agreed to establish a committee to assess the condition of the non-functioning Kirkuk-Baniyas oil pipeline and the possibility of its restorationTASS
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in reply to zaph • • •The perpetual lying country. The only country who benefits from it. Seems pretty obvious to me.
Here’s the pathetic pedo scum lying about it
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in reply to Sleepless One • • •Wahabbists are largely hated in the Muslim world by both sunnis and shia once you get out of SA, UAE & Turkey. The idea of Wahabbism wasn't what it is now.
A lot of bad things that happened in the last 40 years could easily be linked to them.
On top of my head:
- Sudan starvation
- Yemen starvation
- The black decade/terrorism in Algeria
- Terrorism in Europe, US & Russia
- Terrorism in Syria (Yazidis mass rape of under age girls, slaughter by HTS/ISIS)
- Terrrorism in large parts of Sahel region of Africa (with mass rape & mass slaughter)
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My brain hurst when I read that HTS members admitting they are receiving large support from the US. Or one of the Baghdadi wives heading home in the UK after he got killed.
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in reply to Sleepless One • • •Terrible the 9/11 with 3000 victims, Chile 1973, when the CIA organized an military coup and to kill an democratic elected president, Allende, substituting him with an bloody dictator, Pinochet.
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Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile as a military dictator from 1973 to 1990, seizing power through a violent coup that overthrew democratically elected President Salvador Allende on September 11, 19731.
Under Pinochet's regime, between 1,200 and 3,200 people were executed, up to 80,000 were interned, and tens of thousands were tortured1. The Chilean government has officially documented at least 3,095 killings and forced disappearances1.
The dictatorship implemented radical free-market reforms under the influence of economists known as the "Chicago Boys." While these policies led to economic growth, they also dramatically increased inequality. The regime privatized social security, healthcare, and hundreds of state-owned enterprises, some sold below market price to politically connected buyers1.
Pinochet's rule was marked by systematic repression through Operation Condor, a U.S.-supported campaign that targeted political opponents across South America. The CIA maintained contact with Chile's secret police (DINA) despite knowing of human rights abuses2. According to Peter Kornbluh in The Pinochet File, "routine sadism was taken to extremes" in prison camps, including widespread rape, torture, and executions1.
A 1988 plebiscite rejected Pinochet's bid to extend his rule, with 56% voting against him1. He stepped down in 1990 but remained as Army Commander-in-Chief until 1998. He was arrested in London in 1998 on human rights charges, though he was released in 2000 on medical grounds1.
Pinochet died in 2006 while facing hundreds of criminal charges in Chile for human rights violations, tax evasion, and embezzlement. He was accused of amassing at least $28 million through corruption1. His death sparked massive demonstrations across Chile - opponents celebrated while supporters grieved1.
Today, Pinochet's legacy remains deeply controversial. Recent polls show many Chileans justify the 1973 coup - a July 2023 survey found 66% agreed Chile needs "firm government" over individual rights3. However, in 2011 a truth commission identified 40,018 victims of political repression during his rule, including 3,065 killed1.
dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990
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in reply to Zerush • • •Let's also not forget Pinochet had former SS and other nazis on his bankroll operating "orphanages." He helped them avoid prosecution for their crimes during WWII by hiding them in Chile. They were then put in charge of children whose parents were Pinochet's victims.
They tortured, abused, and murdered thousands. AFAIK, Chile is still trying to identify all the bodies of kids dumped in mass graves.
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America as a whole had it coming, but none of the victims deserved their fate. They should effectively be considered victims of America's actions in the Middle East
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I was just thinking about the 2 trade center planes. I'd forgotten about the other 2
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If you think it is, its no wonder.
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it's only evil when it happens to them as retaliation, when they do that for decades it's cute.