Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges
Elon Musk’s company, Tesla, should have its application to supply energy to UK homes blocked on national security grounds, Ed Davey has told ministers.The Liberal Democrat leader argued that giving the electric car manufacturer a foothold in the British energy market would be “a gravely concerning move considering Elon Musk’s repeated interference in UK politics”.
Tesla has a clean energy arm and applied in July for a licence to supply power to British homes.
If the licence is granted by the regulator, Ofgem, the US company could be competing with big UK domestic energy suppliers such as British Gas and Octopus as soon as next year.
Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges
Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says giving Tesla a foothold in Britain’s energy market could be national security riskEleni Courea (The Guardian)
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US to take part in Russia’s answer to Eurovision
US to take part in Russia’s answer to Eurovision
Singer B. Howard will join acts from Belarus, Cuba and Venezuela at event in Moscow.Ketrin Jochecová (POLITICO)
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The Therac-25 Incident
The Therac-25 Incident
A few months ago, someone noted in the comments that they hadn't heard about the Therac-25 incident. I was surprised, and went off to do an informal survey of developers I know, only to discover that only about half of them knew what it was without s…The Daily WTF
I Even Gave My Life To Jesus In Their Parking Lot
Cracker Barrel Is Making A Major Change & Customers Are Freaking Out: 'This Ain't It'
Cracker Barrel debuts a new logo and rebrand under “All The More.” Fans dislike the change as menus and restaurants across the chain get updated.Allison Arnold (Delish)
China cut itself off from the global internet on Wednesday
Great Firewall took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn't have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the dark
China cut itself off from much of the global internet for just over an hour on Wednesday.
Activist group Great Firewall Report spotted the outage, which it said disrupted all traffic to TCP port 443 – the standard port used for carrying HTTPS traffic.
“Between approximately 00:34 and 01:48 (Beijing Time, UTC+8) on August 20, 2025, the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exhibited anomalous behavior by unconditionally injecting forged TCP RST+ACK packets to disrupt all connections on TCP port 443,” the group wrote in a Wednesday post.
China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday
: Great Firewall took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn't have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the darkSimon Sharwood (The Register)
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India, Russia agree to boost trade ties after foreign ministers meet in Moscow
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46878219
Jaishankar said that relations between the two countries had been among the steadiest of major nations in the world since World War Two, referring to a close friendship going back to the days of the Soviet Union.The two countries reaffirmed their ambition to expand bilateral trade, including by increasing India's exports to Russia, Jaishankar said, according to a statement from India's foreign ministry.
US Deploys Warships to Venezuelan Coast, Raising Fears of Another 'Regime Change' War
US Deploys Warships to Venezuelan Coast, Raising Fears of Another 'Regime Change' War
"These aggressive policies seek to extend US dominance in Latin America, no matter the human cost," CodePink said.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
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Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn
More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognisedDamien Gayle (The Guardian)
Maybe I‘m being too suspicious here, and should take off my tinfoil hat, but this plastic panic feels a bit like the next distraction by oil companies to stop any movement on the energy transition. Especially these types of articles where it’s said that both are equally bad, or plastic pollution is the next climate crisis.
The climate crisis will render most of the earth uninhabitable within a 100 years if businesses as usual continues. But the plastic pollution crisis is thus far mostly hypothetical, yes it’s everywhere, yes it’s probably not the healthiest substance to have in your body, but most articles fail to mention any proven effects even remotely close to the health effects of, for example, smoking.
Again maybe I‘m completely wrong here, or it’s the classic stupidity of journalists misinterpreting and exaggerating earnest science.
this plastic panic feels a bit like the next distraction by oil companies
Probably not the oil companies. Almost all plastics are petroleum products. They don't want people to worry about plastics at all.
More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised
You know else isn't widely recognized? The uncountable number of novel entities that are a result of interactions between any those 100 million entities. Any of those chemical pollutants could be, and almost certainly are, out there reacting with each other generating new chemicals that we know nothing about and could be having any number of effects on the biology of any organism they come in contact with. Our atmosphere and bodies of water are a witches brew of nobody knows what and we aren't doing anything about it other than pouring more chemicals into it.
Samsung schedules Galaxy event 5 days before Apple's
Samsung announced on Monday evening that it will host a livestreamed Galaxy Unpacked event on September 4, strategically positioning itself just five days ahead of Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 17 event on September 9.
The virtual event, scheduled for 5:30 a.m. ET (2:30 a.m. PT), will stream live on Samsung.com and the company's YouTube channel, according to an official Samsung announcement. The timing appears deliberate, as Samsung seeks to capture attention before Apple's traditional fall product launch window
[Invitation] Samsung Galaxy Event: Introducing the Galaxy AI Experience to Our Latest Innovations
A new gateway to the latest Galaxy AI experiences is about to open. Join us on September 4 to discover a more seamless mobile experience across a widernews.samsung.com
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I’d consider switching to a Samsung phone if it didn’t contain a bunch of bloat. Don’t have ads in the operating system, don’t block side loading, don’t be loaded with telemetry. Don’t have software features in the phone that you need to subscribe for, don’t have in app purchases for the default apps that come with the phone.
If they get to this point, then they are on par with iPhone. Google seems to be closer, but they are behind in performance.
I’m happy to get a $700ish iPhone that I will use for 4-5 years.
If a phone has preinstalled apps that can be removed, I’m pretty much not even remotely interested.
I have a Samsung S23 and literally none of the issues you describe. I swapped the launcher out but other than that it's stock. I don't use any of the Samsung services so yes, there is some bloat there, but it takes up minimal storage so it's not a big deal.
I have sideloading, don't have any subscriptions, have amazing Work/Private sandboxing, and I have DeX which is so damn good. I came from Pixels and I honestly thing a lot of the tweaks Samsung makes to Android are real fixes to things Google ignores. It's not perfect, of course, but I'm not seeing much better from Apple or Google right now.
From the androids I’ve used, cheap/old ones, on the main screen when you swipe all the way to the left, it always loads Google news.
Can that be disabled on your Samsung? I’m asking, not as a criticism, but genuinely. I really think dexmode is really cool. I think I could do all my work with just a Samsung and dex mode.
No, and if it does it would be an unnoticeable amount. I've run custom launchers since the Nexus days. If I ever load the stock launcher it's slow to start so that indicates it hasn't been sitting in RAM.
There's so many extra things you can do with custom launchers that I would have a hard time going back. One thing I like about Nova that I haven't seen anywhere else, is folders within icons. So I can make a folder called "Messengers" and put all my different messaging apps in it. I then put Signal as the first in the folder (because I use it most) and in the folder setting select "launch first app" as the tap action and "open folder" as swipe up action. The folder then just becomes a Signal icon and works like a regular Signal icon, but if I swipe up on it, all my different messaging apps come up. Its great and I have these hidden folders for everything. My camera app is actually my gallery, picture editors, etc. My Phone app is also my contacts, meeting app, you get the picture. Keeps my home screen nice and tidy but I still have everything categorized and easy to reach.
IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence reveals Israel killed 8,900 militants by May, indicating an almost unparalleled proportion of civilian slaughter.Ben Reiff (+972 Magazine)
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Well above the modern average of 50%
Also above the levels of the second intifada.
It's similar to the chechen wars with Russia.
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Public broadcaster DR said Danish government and security sources that it didn’t name, as well as unidentified sources in Greenland and the U.S., believe that at least three American nationals with connections to Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in the territory.
“I don’t want to get rid of a bunch of people right now. I don’t want to get rid of engineers,” Robbins said. “I just want our engineers we have today to innovate faster and be more productive and that gives us a competitive advantage.”
Go fuck yourself. 8% growth and billions of dollars in profit isn't enough for these inhuman CEOs. They deserve the Thompson treatment.
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I honestly thought that your quote was some sort of satire. Yeah duh, people being more productive gives a competitive advantage.
Now how to make them innovate faster and be more productive. 4-day week and being a nice place to work in might be a start.
This is a trend that is showing less than zero signs of decelerating.
I desperately need insight/advice on how to reconcile these tragedies with any hope of a worthwhile career. How am I to believe in hopes of things like job security when articles like this are beyond normal?
I sincerely wish to know how we expect to advise our children to pursue seriously needed careers or ambitions of any value when the new rule of our era is to reward career-seekers with endless layoffs to maintain a dwindling, starving work force so as to keep running the profit maximizing machine of the ruling few.
Do we need a crawler to load content from other lemmy instances? How are we supposed to federate without one?
I'm trying to start my own lemmy instance, and reading through the documentation at join-lemmy.org/docs/administra… it looks like we need to manually search for just about everything that can be found on other lemmy instances.
It works. I'm able to search for communities/comments/posts and then my instance will load only that community/comment chain/post and only after I've searched it. No updates.
Is this what we're supposed to be doing? Seems pretty tedious to have someone that's supposed to go to other instances and then search for all of their content on my instance in order to federate with it.
I have a feeling there is an easier way, but I'm legitimately not seeing it.
Right now, it looks like the only way users on my instance will get to see content from other instances is if I manually search for just about everything they'll get to see.
I can write a crawler to automate all of this, but I'd rather not unless it's completely necessary.
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That's how federation is supposed to work. If one user searches content, you get it once. If a user of your instance subscribes to a community, you get updates for that community.
The point is to reduce load on your instance by not federating content that nobody on your instance needs.
It's based on a flawed understanding of how communities work, specifically that reddit-style forums only work well when you have huge communities that everyone sibscribes to. So, most instances end up with most content anyway.
Also, keep in mind, all conent that has been federated to your instance is on your srver and thus legally your responsibility. If there's illegal content on there, you are liable if you don't delete it.
Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as global carriers face 'chaos'
cross-posted from: quokk.au/post/207865
Australia Post has temporarily suspended transit shipping to the US ahead of new tariffs due to come into effect next week.Global postal carriers have described a "chaotic" environment as some European services halt US shipments altogether.
From August 29, low-value parcels imported into the US will attract tariffs or flat fees.
ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Emilia Terzon (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Lebanon begins disarming Palestinian groups in refugee camps
Lebanon has launched a plan to disarm Palestinian groups in its refugee camps, beginning with the handover of weapons from Burj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut.
The prime minister’s office announced on Thursday that the weapons transfer to the Lebanese army marks the start of a wider disarmament campaign. More handovers are expected in the coming weeks across Burj al-Barajneh and other camps nationwide.
A Fatah official told the Reuters news agency the arms handed over so far were only illegal weapons that had entered the camp within the previous day. Television footage showed military vehicles inside the camp, though Reuters could not verify what type of weapons were being surrendered.
The initiative follows Lebanon’s commitment under a US-backed truce between Israel and Hezbollah in November, which restricted weapons to six state security forces. Since the November 27, 2024, ceasefire agreement, Israel has continued attacking Lebanon, often on a weekly basis.
The government has tasked the army with producing a strategy by the end of the year to consolidate all arms under state authority.
According to the prime minister’s office, the decision to disarm Palestinian factions was reached in a May meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Lebanon begins disarming Palestinian groups in refugee camps
PM’s office says the weapons transfer to the Lebanese army marks the start of a wider disarmament campaign.Al Jazeera
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Sounds like Lebanon doesn't want the war to spread to their land?
Disarming refugees is a pretty standard procedure. You don't see armed refugees anywhere else, so why would it be okay for palestinians in Lebanon?
If anything, having a militia with base in a refugee camp is just going to invite Israel to bomb a shitload of refugees.
I mean come on, fuck Israel and all that, but complaining about refugees having illegal weapons taken away is fucking stupid, and just makes regular people turn away from your course.
Zionists are already spreading the holocaust by violating the ceasefire daily in Lebanon.
Whether refugees are armed or not, Zionists will still murder them with impunity. This is happening in occupied Gaza, in the occupied West Bank and in newly Lebensraum-ed parts of southern Syria.
So why remove their legitimate means of resistance?
Nonviolence is the privilege of the powerful.
Whitewashing Zionist savagery doesn’t work.
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Thailand offers free domestic flights for 200,000 foreign arrivals
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Palestine was the problem with TikTok
Palestine was the problem with TikTok
After pro-Palestine content flooded the app, Congress treated TikTok as a national security threat. What changed?Sarah Jeong (The Verge)
Hamas fighters shock Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis ambush
A surprise Hamas attack in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on Wednesday shocked Israeli forces and prompted the military to brand the security breach a “failure”.
According to Israeli media, between 15-20 Hamas fighters emerged from a tunnel and separated into three groups: one to enter an unoccupied building, another to enter a building with soldiers stationed inside, and a third to lay down suppressive fire.
The existence of the tunnel had been previously known to the military, and it had been partially demolished, the Times of Israel said.
Fighting reportedly began when an Israeli officer standing on an upper floor opened fire on a fighter below.
A close-quarter firefight lasting around five minutes ensued between the fighters and about 15 soldiers from Israel's Nahshon Battalion, which required backup from the air force and a tank.
According to the Israeli reporters, the battle lasted around three hours and no Israelis were killed. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack, the military said, one of them seriously.
Hamas, meanwhile, said its fighters “eliminated several occupation soldiers”, including “the commander of a Merkava 4 tank, fatally wounding him”.
Hamas fighters shock Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis ambush
A surprise Hamas attack in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on Wednesday shocked Israeli forces and prompted the military to brand the security breach a “failure”.Timur Shah (Middle East Eye)
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95-year-old former North Korean soldier in South campaigns to be sent to the North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 95-year-old former North Korean soldier who spent decades imprisoned in the South will continue his campaign to return to the North, an activist said Thursday, after South Korean troops stopped his symbolic border march this week.
Flanked by activists and holding a North Korean flag, Ahn Hak-sop walked toward an inter-Korean bridge in the border town of Paju on Wednesday, demanding that South Korean authorities arrange his repatriation to the North, when soldiers stopped him at a checkpoint.
Ahn, who complained of knee pain during the incident, was taken to a hospital and is now recovering at his home in Gimpo, near the capital city of Seoul, activist Cha Eun-jeong said. Cha said she expects Ahn to join a weekend protest in Seoul calling for his return to North Korea.
“He said it felt good to have an opportunity to speak his mind in front of journalists,” even though he was turned back by the soldiers, Cha said.
Ahn was born in what is now South Korea’s border island of Ganghwa in 1930, when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. Japan’s defeat in World War II liberated Korea, but the peninsula was then divided into a U.S.-backed, capitalist South and a Soviet-supported, socialist North — a separation cemented by the devastating 1950–53 Korean War.
“He said it felt good to have an opportunity to speak his mind in front of journalists,” even though he was turned back by the soldiers, Cha said.
Bruh, I don't think you know what you're trying to accomplish, but whatever makes you happy I guess
Yes, except that he had an opportunity to go back 20 years ago, among with 63 other people.
Those people did an interview right after they went back (translated using LLM):
"Among the youth and students of South Joseon, it is said that those who do not take photos with an image of the General(Mr.Kim) in their hearts are treated as backward and inadequate.""At universities, it has become fashionable to place an image of the General at the top of bulletin boards and feature extensive articles on his revolutionary history and brilliant achievements. Due to this 'General craze,' clerks at large department stores are walking around in People's Army uniforms."
This is the video that the people of South Korea should have seen. It alone would have shown them what a remarkable place North Korea is. In just nine months, it turned people who had endured decades of imprisonment for their chosen ideology into frauds. Of course, among them was one who bowed their head, fidgeting with their hands with an awkward expression.
By all means, please go back.
Bolsonaro given 48 hours to explain alleged plans to flee to Argentina
A supreme court judge has given Brazil’s ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, 48 hours to explain police claims he was planning to flee to Argentina to avoid punishment for allegedly masterminding a failed coup after losing the 2022 election.
Bolsonaro’s trial for the alleged attempt to seize power is scheduled to conclude early next month. The far-right populist faces more than four decades in prison if found guilty.
Court documents made public on Wednesday night showed federal police investigators had found a draft asylum request on the ex-president’s mobile phone addressed to Argentina’s rightwing president, Javier Milei. In the undated and unsigned document, Bolsonaro claimed he was “facing imminent arrest” for political motives and needed “urgent” sanctuary overseas.
An Argentinian government source told the Reuters news agency that Milei’s office had not received a letter. But Brazilian police claimed the document indicated Bolsonaro had “planned to flee the country, in order to prevent the law being enforced”.
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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Netanyahu: Israel will conquer Gaza regardless of whether Hamas accepts hostage deal
In Australian TV interview, premier accuses Canberra and others in the West of appeasing anti-Western terror backers, assails ‘weak’ Albanese, laments ‘tsunami of antisemitism’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed on with his attacks on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in an interview broadcast Thursday, denouncing Canberra’s “appeasement” of terror groups and their supporters in the West. He also vowed to go through with plans to take over all of Gaza militarily even if Hamas agrees to a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
“I’m sure he has a reputable record as a public servant, but I think his record is forever tarnished by the weakness that he showed in the face of these Hamas terrorist monsters,” Netanyahu said of Albanese in an interview with Sky News Australia.
“When the worst terrorist organization on earth, these savages who murdered women, raped them, beheaded men… when these people congratulate the prime minister of Australia, you know something is wrong.”
For decades, Australia has considered itself a close friend of Israel, but the relationship has been unraveling since Canberra announced last week it would recognize a Palestinian state.
Netanyahu drastically escalated the war of words on Tuesday night, taking to his official account on X to unleash a personal attack on Albanese, whom he branded a “weak politician who betrayed Israel.”
Australia lashed back Wednesday, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke retorting that strength was more than “how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry.”
broadcast August 21, 2025. (Screenshot: YouTube/Sky News Australia)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed on with his attacks on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in an interview broadcast Thursday, denouncing Canberra’s “appeasement” of terror groups and their supporters in the West. He also vowed to go through with plans to take over all of Gaza militarily even if Hamas agrees to a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
“I’m sure he has a reputable record as a public servant, but I think his record is forever tarnished by the weakness that he showed in the face of these Hamas terrorist monsters,” Netanyahu said of Albanese in an interview with Sky News Australia.
“When the worst terrorist organization on earth, these savages who murdered women, raped them, beheaded men… when these people congratulate the prime minister of Australia, you know something is wrong.”
For decades, Australia has considered itself a close friend of Israel, but the relationship has been unraveling since Canberra announced last week it would recognize a Palestinian state.
Netanyahu drastically escalated the war of words on Tuesday night, taking to his official account on X to unleash a personal attack on Albanese, whom he branded a “weak politician who betrayed Israel.”
Australia lashed back Wednesday, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke retorting that strength was more than “how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry.”
In the interview — the latest in dozens he has given to friendly foreign outfits since the war in Gaza began, while avoiding Israeli media outlets that aren’t staunchly supportive of him — Netanyahu also contended that Israel was “on the verge of completing this war.”
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Imagine being an israeli hostage. You're chilling at a festival, some people come to take you at gunpoint, and then your own country firebombs you for two years lmao.
I would become a djihadi I think, like in homeland.
Israel’s Netanyahu set to give final approval for Gaza City takeover despite protests
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/34778745
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to give final approval Thursday for plans to take over Gaza City, an operation that could start within days. The widening of the 22-month offensive against Hamas appears to be proceeding despite protests in both Israel and the Palestinian enclave.Netanyahu was set to meet with top security officials to sign off on the plans, according to an Israeli official who was not authorized to brief the media and spoke on condition of anonymity. It was unclear whether they would discuss a ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators that Hamas says it has accepted.
The Israeli military began calling medical officials and international organizations in the northern Gaza Strip to encourage them to evacuate to the south ahead of the expanded operation. The military plans to call up 60,000 reservists and extend the service of 20,000 more.
Israeli strikes meanwhile killed at least 36 Palestinians across Gaza on Thursday, according to local hospitals. A renewed offensive could bring even more casualties and displacement to the territory, where the war has already killed tens of thousands and where experts have warned of imminent famine.
Many Israelis fear it could also doom the remaining 20 or so living hostages taken by Hamas-led militants in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war.
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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Does AI need to be perfect to replace jobs?
As always, I use the term "AI" loosely. I'm referring to these scary LLMs coming for our jobs.
It's important to state that I find LLMs to be helpful in very specific use cases, but overall, this is clearly a bubble, and the promises of advance have not appeared despite hundreds of billion of VC thrown at the industry.
So as not to go full-on polemic, we'll skip the knock-on effects in terms of power-grid and water stresses.
No, what I want to talk about is the idea of software in its current form needing to be as competent as the user.
Simply put: How many of your coworkers have been right 100% of the time over the course of your career? If N>0, say "Hi" to Jesus for me.
I started working in high school, as most of us do, and a 60% success rate was considered fine. At the professional level, I've seen even lower with tenure, given how much things turn to internal politics past a certain level.
So what these companies are offering is not parity with senior staff (Ph.D.-level, my ass), but rather the new blood who hasn't had that one fuckup that doesn't leave their mind for weeks.
That crucible is important.
These tools are meant to replace inexperience with incompetence, and the beancounters at some clients are likely satisfied those words look similar enough to pass muster.
We are, after all, at this point, the "good enough" country. LLM marketing is on brand.
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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)
chemical_cutthroat
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jafffacakelemmy e Get_Off_My_WLAN like this.
Luouth
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jafffacakelemmy e Get_Off_My_WLAN like this.
Nighed
in reply to Luouth • • •Luouth
in reply to Nighed • • •"Shouldn't"
Give him an inch...
Elon Musk’s xAI powering its facility in Memphis with ‘illegal’ generators
Dara Kerr (The Guardian)Obinice
in reply to HellsBelle • • •Fascist Techno-Oligarch Elon Musk obviously shouldn't be given any control over the United Kingdom's vital national infrastructure. His track record speaks for itself.
No private for-profit business or individual, international or national, should EVER control our key national infrastructure.
Electricity, Water, Sewage, Health Service, Internet connectivity, Roads, Trains, Military, Aeroplane infrastructure, Fire Brigade, Education, Street Lighting, Police Service, etc.
All are vital to the nation and the public interest, and should be owned by the people of the nation and managed by the democratically elected governing body the people have placed in charge to run things, without the capitalist profits driven mindsets of private individuals.
This just seems like obvious common sense to me, and yet here we are, sadly.
clockworkrat(he/him)
in reply to HellsBelle • • •But_my_mom_says_im_cool
in reply to HellsBelle • • •Back in the Roman republic, rich guys would provide public roads, aqueducts, games, etc. this was to get the plebs to see you as their benefactor, not the state. It wasn’t charity, it was name recognition, it was knowing the lower classes were kissing your ass and would protect you.
Don’t let things end up that way, tell this rich fuck to pay his taxes instead and to fuck off into a volcano already