India ‘successfully tests’ nuclear-capable missile able to reach deep into China
India ‘successfully tests’ nuclear-capable missile able to reach deep into China
Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile also part of Narendra Modi’s defence strategy against PakistanGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destructionJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
Chile president condemns ‘obvious irresponsibility’ after fan violence suspends Copa Sudamericana match
Chile president condemns ‘obvious irresponsibility’ after fan violence suspends Copa Sudamericana match
The Universidad de Chile v Independiente match was abandoned after violent clashes between fans resulted in serious injuries and more than 300 arrestsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Italian police arrest Ukrainian man over Nord Stream pipelines blast
Italian police arrest Ukrainian man over Nord Stream pipelines blast
Serhiy K is believed to have been onboard boat from where 2022 attack on gas pipelines was carried outKate Connolly (The Guardian)
Jair Bolsonaro given 48 hours to explain alleged plans to flee to Argentina
Bolsonaro given 48 hours to explain alleged plans to flee to Argentina
Brazilian supreme court judge sets ultimatum after police claim far-right populist sought to flee to avoid punishment over failed coupTom Phillips (The Guardian)
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I have some questions about soulseek. (Hopefully this fits here)
Hello, i've been thinking about using soulseek for the very first time to download some music and such. I had a couple of questions from the c/piracy community.
- Do i need to stay logged in on soulseek even if i am or am not sharing stuff? Obviously i can't be online and have my pc powered on 24/7 as i have a life outside the web (and other things aswell). so i hope that's understandable as to why i asked, i was worried i'd get banned if i don't be online like all the time.
- Would a vpn work just fine with soulseek even if the vpn has support for port forwarding? There's an obvious reason as to why i'd use one.
- Which soulseek client should i use, Nicotine+? or soulseek's actual client (i use Linux Mint, in case y'all were wondering. I might move to debian though!)
That's all i want to ask for now, hopefully these aren't dumb to ask.
I'll be waiting for replies (might not reply to all of them so i apologize), thanks!
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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Remember when they claimed that they killed 9000 hamas militant in 3 months?
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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000Emma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
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We're actually doing OK. Fortunately the tools to ban users and remove their bullshit is like, 2 clicks, total.
That being said, they've created a bunch of accounts with 8,000+ posts soooo... like 12 clicks? LOL.
Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025
Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025 - Carbon Brief
Clean-energy growth helped China’s CO2 emissions fall by 1% in first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.Lauri Myllyvirta (Carbon Brief)
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How come this Lemmy community only shows the last 15 posts / 10 months worth of posts on Piefed?
This community or this community (from the same Lemmy instance) too are clipped, but they both show a year's worth.
Does it have something to do with the date at which the first PieFed user join them?
I know Lemmy instances only start mirroring a community hosted on another instance when someone on that instance joins it. But after that someone joined and the instance is done mirroring the community, the whole of it is browseable.
If I had to guess, I'd say Piefed instances only mirror the 15 last posts after the first user joins, or a years's worth, whichever applies. Correct?
And if so, does this also apply to native Piefed communities? In other words, does Piefied "disappear" older posts in Piefed communities?
@rimu@piefed.social might be able to answer better and more specifically since he is the admin for piefed.social, but here is some info on what might be happening.
Federation in piefed works the same as it does in lemmy...in that piefed won't get posts for a community unless a local user is subscribed to it (lemmy provides the most recent 20 posts to an instance when the first subscriber joins). So, until a user from piefed.social subscribed to those communities, then no posts would show up. As a corollary to this, if there is one local subscriber that then unsubscribes, posts will stop federating over. So, that can cause things like gaps in federation.
As for automatic deletion of older posts...this is something that a piefed admin can do on a community by community basis. When it is turned on for a community, that retention policy is listed in the community sidebar. For instance, if you look at the sidebar of !anime@ani.social, you will see that posts are retained on piefed.social for 365 days.
The communities you have listed don't have a retention policy in the sidebar, so I don't believe this is the issue. Most likely it is due to federation not starting until a certain point.
I know that rimu was actively working on an archiving feature for piefed, but I think this feature isn't live yet. The archiving would basically "archive" old posts in object storage instead of deleting them. So, if somebody does try to load up an old post, it might take a hair longer to load as it is unarchived, but it wouldn't be deleted and inaccessible.
As for automatic deletion of older posts...this is something that a piefed admin can do on a community by community basis. When it is turned on for a community, that retention policy is listed in the community sidebar. For instance, if you look at the sidebar of !anime@ani.social, you will see that posts are retained on piefed.social for 365 days.
Okay then it's fine. I was afraid it was a compulsory thing. I wouldn't consider importing my Lemmy communities on Piefed if it forgot old post.
Pulling in those 50 posts works most of the time but sometimes, for unknown reasons, it fails and only some posts get mirrored.
Okay. Well I was just curious. I suppose all the posts will show up after I migrate the communities over here.
Thanks!
the posts will show up after I migrate the communities over here
Community migration doesn't backfill like this. Instead, it simply reassigns all the posts that the instance has in the old community to the newly migrated community. So, if there are important posts/comments that aren't federated over yet, you should force that federation before going through the migration.
To force federation of a post/comment in piefed, go to the community on its home instance and locate the post/comment that you want to bring into piefed. Copy the canonical link from that post comment. This is the link that the little fediverse icon points to (it's a little version of this logo):
Then, go over to the community on piefed, and near the bottom of the sidebar, there is a link to "Retrieve a post from the original server". Click that and paste in that canonical link you grabbed. Piefed should go out and pull over the post/comment that the link points to. One thing to note is that you can't pull a comment that is a reply to another comment without first pulling what it is in reply to.
Wow thanks. It's less obvious than the Youtube video makes it out to be.
Your comment should be stickied somewhere.
EDIT: I'm retrieving posts from the original SDF community one by one (good thing it's a small community with low bandwidth 🙂) and I notice that, while the posts appear, the original downvotes/upvotes aren't. copied over. I don't really care, but I figured I'd mention it.
while the posts appear, the original downvotes/upvotes aren't
This is a limitation of the api and is also what happens when force-federating content from lemmy to lemmy instances as well. TBH, including all the vote information for each post/comment is probably overkill and would bloat the api responses a lot.
When you are using an app/frontend to browse lemmy/piefed, the vote totals are displayed, that is simple enough. However, on the backend, each vote has a bunch of information attached to it like user/instance/timestamp/etc. All that information is not included when force-federating content, thus the lack of votes after being federated over.
Well, the overall score was reflected on those original posts piefed.social mirrored by itself. So it did work at least once. It's those extra posts I forced Piefed to retrieve manually that all came with the default score of 1.
Like I said, it doesn't really matter. But ideally when I finally decide to relocate the communities, I'd like the Piefed copies to be identical. But the scoring is not important: what I really care about is the content and that made it across, now that I finished the retrieve job manually. So it's all good.
Then, go over to the community on piefed, and near the bottom of the sidebar, there is a link to "Retrieve a post from the original server".
Some posts seem to not be retrievable, yet they exist when you follow the canonical links and the Lemmy instances aren't blocvked.
This one for instance:
Any idea why?
It's mostly based on when the first PieFed user joins. But when they join PieFed attempts to mirror the last 50 posts in that community and if it's a quiet community some of those posts will be very old.
Pulling in those 50 posts works most of the time but sometimes, for unknown reasons, it fails and only some posts get mirrored.
Israelis rally for end to Gaza war and release of captives
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34825184
By MEE staff
Published date: 17 August 2025 11:52 BST
Israeli police arrested at least 22 protesters on Sunday as nationwide demonstrations and strikes called for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of captives.Demonstrators blocked several roads in Tel Aviv, including the highway connecting the city with Jerusalem. Activists set tyres on fire and caused traffic jams, while protest organisers and the main campaign group representing the families of captives called for a general strike on Sunday.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement that protesters would "shut down the country today [Sunday] with one clear call: Bring back the 50 hostages, end the war".
Israelis rally for end to Gaza war and release of captives
By MEE staff
Published date: 17 August 2025 11:52 BSTIsraeli police arrested at least 22 protesters on Sunday as nationwide demonstrations and strikes called for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of captives.Demonstrators blocked several roads in Tel Aviv, including the highway connecting the city with Jerusalem. Activists set tyres on fire and caused traffic jams, while protest organisers and the main campaign group representing the families of captives called for a general strike on Sunday.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement that protesters would "shut down the country today [Sunday] with one clear call: Bring back the 50 hostages, end the war".
Russia orders state-backed MAX messenger app, a WhatsApp rival, pre-installed on phones and tablets
- 'National messenger' to be pre-installed on devices
- New app is being integrated with government services
- Critics say it's a spy app, state media deny that
- WhatsApp and Telegram are under regulatory pressure
MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets from next month, the Russian government said on Thursday.
The decision to promote MAX comes as Moscow is seeking greater control over the internet space as it is locked in a standoff with the West over Ukraine, which it casts as part of an attempt to shape a new world order.
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Tens of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of hostages, one of the largest demonstrations in Israel since the start of the fighting in October 2023.
The rally on Sunday evening was the culmination of a day of nationwide protests and a general strike to pressure the government to halt the military campaign. “Bring them all home! Stop the war!” shouted the vast crowd, which had converged on the so-called Hostage Square in Tel Aviv plaza – a focal point for protesters throughout the war.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war
One of largest rallies in Israel since start of conflict follows general strike to press government to stop military actionGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity
The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.joao-camargo (Common Dreams)
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Drugmakers Hail Early Wins in AI-Driven Transformation of Manufacturing
Drugmakers Hail Early Wins in AI-Driven Transformation of Manufacturing
Companies have claimed improvements to yield, batch consistency and output while acknowledging the risks and challenges created by the technology.Nick Paul Taylor (BioSpace)
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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.
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Drugmakers Hail Early Wins in AI-Driven Transformation of Manufacturing
Drugmakers Hail Early Wins in AI-Driven Transformation of Manufacturing
Companies have claimed improvements to yield, batch consistency and output while acknowledging the risks and challenges created by the technology.Nick Paul Taylor (BioSpace)
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Drugmakers Hail Early Wins in AI-Driven Transformation of Manufacturing
Drugmakers Hail Early Wins in AI-Driven Transformation of Manufacturing
Companies have claimed improvements to yield, batch consistency and output while acknowledging the risks and challenges created by the technology.Nick Paul Taylor (BioSpace)
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Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line
Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line
Toyota collected used high-voltage batteries from all kinds of cars to store the energy that powers Mazda's manufacturing HQ.Adam Ismail (The Drive)
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From the article:
In fact, the company has just begun field testing one application at partner Mazda’s Hiroshima plant.
I wanted to see what their partnership was like so I checked on Wikipedia:
In the past and present, Mazda has been engaged in alliances with other automakers. From 1974 until the late 2000s, Ford was a major shareholder of Mazda. Other partnerships include Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, Suzuki and Kia.
Wow. I didn't really expect Mazda to be involved with 6 other car manufacturers.
Jen Psaki turns church school shooting into attack on prayer, Trump's DC crime crackdown
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North Korea has secret military base that may pose threat to east Asia and US, new report says
The ‘undeclared’ Sinpung-dong missile operating base is just 27km from the border with China, report by US thinktank says
North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.
The “undeclared” Sinpung-dong missile operating base lies about 27km (17 miles) from the Chinese frontier, the Washington-based thinktank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published on Wednesday.
The facility in North Pyongan province likely houses six to nine nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and their launchers, the study said.
Their ICBMs are not what American and Soviet ICBMs are/were. Best I could find was 2,800 miles, only a threat to Asia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…
Wikipedia puts "ICBM" range at a minimum of 3,400 miles.
But you're right, who gives a damn where in NK the base is. As unreliable as their tests have been, though getting better!, a few hundred miles north or south, meh.
New Zealand spy agency calls China 'most active' threat
The spy agency report called China a particularly 'assertive and powerful' actor. Beijing dismissed the 'groundless' claims as adoption of a 'Cold War mentality.'
New Zealand's intelligence agency on Thursday warned the country faces its toughest security challenges in decades, citing growing foreign interference and espionage, with China singled out as the "most active" actor.
The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) said in its annual threat report that New Zealand has been targeted by countries including China, Russia and Iran, which "are willing to engage in covert or deceptive activity to influence discussions and decisions, or gain access to technology and information that can help them meet these goals."
New Zealand spy agency calls China 'most active' threat
The spy agency report called China a particularly "assertive and powerful" actor. Beijing dismissed the "groundless" claims as adoption of a "Cold War mentality."Shakeel Sobhan (Deutsche Welle)
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Buchenwald can refuse entry to people wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, German court rules
A German court has ruled that a Nazi concentration camp memorial has the right to refuse entry to those wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.
The higher administrative court in the eastern state of Thuringia on Wednesday rejected a request from a woman to be allowed entry to the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial while wearing a keffiyeh.
“It is unquestionable that this would endanger the sense of security of many Jews, especially at this site,” the court said.
Buchenwald can refuse entry to people wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, German court rules
Court in Thuringia rejected woman’s request to enter concentration camp memorial while wearing the scarfGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Regardless of anything else you might think, you just have to admit that this rationale is bullshit:
“It is unquestionable that this would endanger the sense of security of many Jews, especially at this site,” the court said.
It is not unquestionable that wearing a keffiyeh would endanger anyone's sense of security.
Argue about anything else, but you cannot actually defend that "it is unquestionable".
It's something.
Mexico still has a major problem with how much influence cartels have over it.
Remember kids, gangs aren't cool. Never accept gang members into your social circles. If enough people ostracize them, then they won't have a choice but to change.
Mexico City is actually one of the safest in terms of cartels.
And cartels will continue being cartels for as long as there is demand for their goods and guns keep being trafficked into Mexico (guess where they get their guns from).
Denmark's state postal service calls time on letter deliveries
Denmark ending letter deliveries is a sign of the digital times
PostNord blames sharply falling demand - will other post firms around the world follow suit?Adrienne Murray (BBC News)
In 2024, a new law opened up the postal market to private competition and took away its exemption from the country's 25% rate of VAT, so the price of a PostNord stamp jumped to 29 Danish krone ($4.55; £3.35) per letter.
"That made [volumes] drop even further faster,"
Leading conservationist in South Africa denies smuggling rhino horns worth $14m
John Hume: Conservationist in South Africa denies smuggling rhino horns worth $14m
John Hume was allegedly part of an international rhino horn trafficking syndicate, prosecutors say.Mayeni Jones (BBC News)
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It's a black market for rich people.
You can't get away with cutting their products as easily as you can selling drugs to high schoolers.
A fierce war of words keeps Thailand and Cambodia on edge
Thai-Cambodia conflict: A fierce war of words keeps the two countries on edge
The two sides are waging an information war to win international sympathy and shore up support at home.Jonathan Head (BBC News)
China's Xi touts unity and development in surprise Tibet visit
China's Xi touts unity and development in surprise Tibet visit
The visit to Lhasa suggests a desire to stamp the Chinese leader's authority over the region.Gavin Butler (BBC News)
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"To govern, stabilise and develop Tibet, the first thing is to maintain political stability, social stability, ethnic unity and religious harmony," Xi said.
Tell that to the Uyghur people...
India and China to Explore Border Demarcation Amid US Tensions
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46814877
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China, India Take Steps to Mark Border in Major Reset of Ties
India and China have agreed to explore demarcating their disputed border, a key move toward resolving decades-old territorial disputes as the neighbors look to recalibrate ties against the backdrop of strained India-US relations.Bloomberg
Kenya in talks with China to convert dollar rail loan into yuan
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46814543
Kenya is in talks with China to convert a dollar-denominated railway loan into Chinese yuan, an aide to the Finance Minister John Mbadi told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Brazilian police: Bolsonaro planned to seek asylum in Argentina | dpa international
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46814166
Investigators reportedly found a draft document on Jair Bolsonaro's phone, saved in February 2024, suggesting he planned to flee to Argentina, Brazilian outlets including the news portal G1 said.
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Chinese firm to be banned for stealing Samsung's OLED tech
Samsung Display has scored an unprecedented victory against its rival BOE for stealing its OLED technology.
In 2023, it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Chinese firm BOE with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC).
Samsung recently won that lawsuit, and the commission's ruling is expected to effectively ban BOE's products from entering the USA.
Samsung fires another legal torpedo against its main Chinese rival
BOE is one of China's biggest display manufacturers and it's also fast becoming a serious competitor to Samsung Display globally. Even Apple has been buying OLED panels from BOE, most recently for its new iPhone SE.Asif Iqbal Shaik (SamMobile)
The whole idea of intellectual property is bonkers. Imagine charging people for hearing your voice, that's the logical conclusion of monetizing intellectual property.
Capitalism needs to die.
That is to motivate people to invent/innovate.
The problem is that the law keeps getting modified to extend the time before the protection expires and corporations abusing them in strange ways.
The silent problem with extending the expiration is that innovators will just stop innovating and milk the IP advantage they have.
Fighters will undergo screening to determine sex before women's World Boxing Championships
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In fairness, no one cares if a women wants to compete against the men generally. But yeah. Still dumb.
Oh and the guys would probably be all for it. They be bragging the whole time no matter what they're packing.
Oh and the guys would probably be all for it. They be bragging the whole time no matter what they're packing.
Like guys who drive big trucks... Guys who like to fight are likely compensating for something. I don't think they want people looking 🤣
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New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to have demanded that the director, Susan Monarez, either quit or be fired. Her lawyers say she won’t resign.
Democrats are rightly calling for Kennedy's removal:
I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong.If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
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US Treasury chief Bessent accuses India of profiteering on Russian oil
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46803265
Bessent told CNBC that Russian oil now accounted for 42 per cent of India’s total oil imports, up from less than 1 per cent before the war. He contrasted that with China, where Russian oil imports rose modestly to 16 per cent from 13 per cent.
US Treasury chief Bessent accuses India of profiteering on Russian oil
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday (Aug 19) accused India of profiteering from its increased purchases of Russian oil during the war in Ukraine, saying Washington viewed the prCNA (Channel NewsAsia)
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