The Last Days Of Social Media: Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
At first glance, the feed looks familiar, a seamless carousel of “For You” updates gliding beneath your thumb. But déjà‑vu sets in as 10 posts from 10 different accounts carry the same stock portrait and the same breathless promise — “click here for free pics” or “here is the one productivity hack you need in 2025.” Swipe again and three near‑identical replies appear, each from a pout‑filtered avatar directing you to “free pics.” Between them sits an ad for a cash‑back crypto card.Scroll further and recycled TikTok clips with “original audio” bleed into Reels on Facebook and Instagram; AI‑stitched football highlights showcase players’ limbs bending like marionettes. Refresh once more, and the woman who enjoys your snaps of sushi rolls has seemingly spawned five clones.
Whatever remains of genuine, human content is increasingly sidelined by algorithmic prioritization, receiving fewer interactions than the engineered content and AI slop optimized solely for clicks.
These are the last days of social media as we know it.
The Last Days Of Social Media
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.James O'Sullivan (NOEMA)
Video - Anti-Zohran Protest
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Iran’s Parliament submits emergency bill to withdraw from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Following the announcement by the E3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) to trigger the snapback mechanism on sanctions against Tehran, Iran’s Parliament has drafted and submitted an emergency bill proposing a full withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Hossein-Ali Haji-Deligani, Deputy Chairman of the Article 90 Committee of Iran’s Parliament, confirmed that the bill will be uploaded to the parliamentary system on the following day and subsequently reviewed in an open session.
“As we had previously stated, these countries were already implementing the consequences of the snapback mechanism, including sanctions against us. There is nothing new in this.” Haji-Deligani told Iran's Tasnim.
Iran’s parliament submits emergency bill to withdraw from NPT
Iran’s parliament has introduced a bill for a complete withdrawal from the NPT in response to the E3’s decision to trigger the snapback mechanism.Al Mayadeen English (Iran’s parliament submits emergency bill to withdraw from NPT)
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The proposed legislation comes amid growing frustration in Tehran over the West’s repeated failure to honor agreements and ease pressure on Iran.
That part is important.
Introducing ActivityPub.Space
The in-person events at FediCon in Vancouver lit a fire in the Canadian ActivityPub community. One of the louder calls were for a place in the fediverse for ActivityPub discussions; a place for groups to form and for long-running discussions to be had.
I was more than happy to get involved. I also wanted such a place, and I've discussed it on and off for the past year. ActivityPub development discussions are fragmented across multiple disconnected channels, and none of them fully capture the entirety (or a majority, or even a sizeable minority) of the AP developer community. ActivityPub.Space is my answer to that call.
One constant about ActivityPub is that all ActivityPub developers are on the fediverse, and so it only makes sense that discussions about AP development should also take place on the fediverse.
At the same time, the "fediverse" isn't one singular entity. jaz@mastodon.iftas.org famously quipped "There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Fediverses." While I can't make guarantees about this site connecting with a million fediverses, I can say that it does connect with the microblogiverse, the blogiverse (WordPress blogs!), and the Threadiverse (Lemmy/Piefed/MBin/NodeBB/Discourse).
So how does it work?
The site is divided up into several categories:
- General Discussion is for any non-technical discussions about ActivityPub
- Technical Discussion is for technical deep-dives
- Meta contains discussions about this site itself
- Random is for everything else (there's always a "Random" category on a forum, isn't there...?)
We also pull in content direct from Fediverse news outlets such as "Week in Fediverse", "Connected Places", and "Relay, by We Distribute".
On the threadiverse side, we directly link to several other fediverse-focused communities on Lemmy and Piefed.
We utilise a number of relays to both distribute local content out and receive content from the wider microblogiverse. When content comes in via microblogs, they're not usually categorized, so we check for relevant hashtags and automatically categorize them into one of the local categories.
The wonderful thing about this site is that it fully federates, which means you can follow all of these categories from your app of choice. You don't even have to register a local account if you don't want to, but you definitely can (and should!) if you want the best experience browsing the categorized topics.
The categories today are rather broad, but over time I hope to split them up into smaller topics based on user demand. Give the site a try today!
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Here's instructions I wrote up for another NodeBB site with how to follow stuff from Mastodon - discussions.thenexus.today/top…
How to follow and participate in discussions here from your Fediverse and ATmosphere accounts
Another way you can load discussions here into Fediverse is to copy the address bar, but add a post index to the end. For example, /topic/123 might not load,...The Nexus of Discussions
How do I diagnose issues when it comes to bugs/crashes?
So, how do I go about fixing this sort of stuff? My method of trying every single version of Proton with various recommended settings/commands from Protondb has not yielded anything beneficial. Additionally, searching the web with errors has also not yielded any meaningful results. For now, my solution is to switch back to windows if I want to play anything other than Factorio.
Thanks for the help.
My best guess is that you have an GPU that either doesn't support Vulkan, or has driver issues. But we shouldn't guess, that's what logs are for.
For Steam logs, running Steam from terminal as suggested is one way. Do note that error with wrong ELF class for game overlay library when starting any game is normal, since Steam tries to load both 32 and 64 for bit version for each game, and the wrong one will always fail. Arch wiki has more information.
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam…
For Proton logs, set environment variable PROTON_LOG=1. You can do it in Steam launch options, see Proton Readme for more info.
github.com/ValveSoftware/Proto…
With hardware and firmware issues system logs often point to right direction. Again Arch wiki has a good tutorial on it.
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Syste…
Games often have their own logging too if you need to go there. You'll need to look those up, as they vary by game.
I hope this helps.
GitHub - ValveSoftware/Proton: Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components - ValveSoftware/ProtonGitHub
Jaguar Land Rover Car Production and Sales Crippled by Cyberattack
IT issue leaves JLR unable to register cars on crucial 'new plate' day
No new Land Rover models registered in UK today as firm races to solve system faultFelix Page (Autocar)
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“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35366137
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Aug 27, 2025
Palestinians are describing the assault by the Israeli military to seize and ethnically cleanse Gaza City—Gaza’s largest city, where up to a million people are currently seeking shelter—as the end game.On Tuesday, residents in al-Saftawi neighborhood, just north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City, were forced to flee in the thousands as Israel’s ground assault bore down, with tanks and warplanes leveling entire blocks.
“For about a week now, it’s been constant bombing, shelling, and destruction,” Ramy, a resident being displaced from al-Saftawi, told Drop Site on Tuesday. “Today we were shocked when the army raided our area and bombed it. We were terrified, really terrified. A quadcopter came and they told us: ‘You have six hours to evacuate.’”
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Aug 27, 2025Palestinians are describing the assault by the Israeli military to seize and ethnically cleanse Gaza City—Gaza’s largest city, where up to a million people are currently seeking shelter—as the end game.On Tuesday, residents in al-Saftawi neighborhood, just north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City, were forced to flee in the thousands as Israel’s ground assault bore down, with tanks and warplanes leveling entire blocks.
“For about a week now, it’s been constant bombing, shelling, and destruction,” Ramy, a resident being displaced from al-Saftawi, told Drop Site on Tuesday. “Today we were shocked when the army raided our area and bombed it. We were terrified, really terrified. A quadcopter came and they told us: ‘You have six hours to evacuate.’”
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
“No one is spared—no old person, no child, no woman. No human being is spared.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
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“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Aug 27, 2025
Palestinians are describing the assault by the Israeli military to seize and ethnically cleanse Gaza City—Gaza’s largest city, where up to a million people are currently seeking shelter—as the end game.On Tuesday, residents in al-Saftawi neighborhood, just north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City, were forced to flee in the thousands as Israel’s ground assault bore down, with tanks and warplanes leveling entire blocks.
“For about a week now, it’s been constant bombing, shelling, and destruction,” Ramy, a resident being displaced from al-Saftawi, told Drop Site on Tuesday. “Today we were shocked when the army raided our area and bombed it. We were terrified, really terrified. A quadcopter came and they told us: ‘You have six hours to evacuate.’”
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
“No one is spared—no old person, no child, no woman. No human being is spared.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Google Photos app uploaded all my locally saved pictures completely against my will
I've gotten a new phone and setting it up for the past few days - a Fairphone 5 with Android installed. So obviously, this means I can't escape Googles clutches. Sure, whatever.
I have been VERY adamant about pressing "No" on all prompts, that try to get me to try something out or use some dumb service. I do not want any AI tool or similar to go through my files.
Yet, while perousing the depths of my system settings, I realized Google Photos was using a suspicous amount of storage. Somehow, it had "synchronized" ALL my locally saved pictures - this included pictures of my vacations, my drivers license, private pictures I would have rather not shared, and so on...
And while checking the Google Photos App for the damage done, obviously it had already automatically generated "previews" and "albums" for me, neatly organized.
IT HAD AUTOMATICALLY ANALYSED MY DRIVERS LICENSE AND SAVED IT INTO AN ALBUM CALLED "Identity-related"
How the fuck is this legal? I am so mad at myself right now. I'm usually so fuckin cautious about denying any sort of pop-up and setting all settings as strictly as possible.
So obviously I just had to spent 2 hours figuring out how to turn this "synchronization" off, and how to delete all photos in google photos - spoiler alert: There is no "Delete All" button. You have to manually select every single fucking image.
Sorry for the rant, I hope it's not too off-topic.
I'm just so mad right now.
a Fairphone 5 with Android installed. So obviously, this means I can't escape Googles clutches
If you have a Fairphone then you can escape Google, Fairphones are one of the few phones that support third party ROMs. If they weren't so expensive I would buy one myself.
Google Photos fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software.
What did you expect? LMAOO
[RESOLVED] Looking for a way to make links to posts that don't leave the instance.
I know I've seen it before, some website that translated a link to a post into a link to that same post, but on the instance of the user clicking the link. I cannot for the life of me seem to find it again, though.
It was not a browser extension.
Is BOINC safe to run on your personal computer/server with your private files?
The adage that victors write history unravels here. China, a clear victor, was denied the platform to showcase its courage, sacrifices, and contributions. Today, it’s unjustly branded as a threat by Western discourse. World War II neither began nor ended in Europe. China, a founding UN member and the first to sign the UN Charter, remains its most steadfast supporter. It rejects the US-dominated narrative, crafted by a latecomer to the war that suffered the least yet unleashed atomic devastation. China’s WWII legacy fuels its modern mission: eradicating poverty, aiding the Global South, building global infrastructure, and championing peace and a shared future for mankind.
I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy. — Stalin
Maybe some day, but in the Global North they’re still piling on rubbish.
China’s SANY has commenced work on a 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Zimbabwe as part of a mining project
SANY's Zimbabwe mining solar power project - African Review
Energy - Sany commences zimbabwe mining solar power projectafricanreview.com
Fuzzel 1.13 adds new features for menu building and usability
Fuzzel 1.13 adds new features for menu building and usability
Fuzzel, a popular Linux app-launcher and menu building tool on Linux has recently released version 1.13. While Fuzzel may be best known as an app launcher, it's a popular choice for building little menus.Mark Stosberg
German consumer confidence slumps again as job fears rise
German consumer confidence slumps again as job fears rise
German consumer confidence fell for a third month in August, with income and economic expectations dropping sharply amid rising job fears. Willingness to buy declined slightly, signalling a fragile outlook.Piero Cingari (Euronews.com)
Can other lemmy users see my email address I registered with?
"The Fort Bragg Cartel": Book Exposes U.S. Special Forces' Involvement in Drug Trafficking & Murder
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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/
Israel raids Nablus in the West Bank, injuring 80+, Microsoft workers occupy president’s office in protest of company support for Israel, and the U.S. demands Lebanon's Hezbollah surrender arms
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35350848
Drop Site Daily: August 27, 2025At least 76 Palestinians have been killed and 298 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, with 10 more dying of famine and malnutrition, including two children. An ongoing Israeli raid in Nablus injures at least 80 people. Churches in Gaza City vow to continue sheltering civilians as Israel prepares its assault. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades released footage of a July ambush in Beit Hanoun that killed five Israeli soldiers. In Syria, Israeli drone strikes kill six soldiers near Damascus, part of Netanyahu’s escalating regional war strategy. In Lebanon, Trump’s envoys pitch a U.S.-Gulf backed “economic zone” in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament, while Sen. Lindsey Graham demands Lebanon surrender its arms before any conversation with Israel. In the U.S., Microsoft workers occupy president’s office over ties to Israel as Brad Smith acknowledges the company helps run Israeli military surveillance programs, Delta Airlines faces a $20 million lawsuit over alleged assault of a Palestinian passenger, Silicon Valley billionaires launch a $100 million AI super-PAC. Activist groups advocate for the immediate release of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager detained in an Israeli prison. Britain, France, and Germany begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran.
Israel raids Nablus in the West Bank, injuring 80+, Microsoft workers occupy president’s office in protest of company support for Israel, and the U.S. demands Lebanon's Hezbollah surrender arms
Drop Site Daily: August 27, 2025At least 76 Palestinians have been killed and 298 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, with 10 more dying of famine and malnutrition, including two children. An ongoing Israeli raid in Nablus injures at least 80 people. Churches in Gaza City vow to continue sheltering civilians as Israel prepares its assault. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades released footage of a July ambush in Beit Hanoun that killed five Israeli soldiers. In Syria, Israeli drone strikes kill six soldiers near Damascus, part of Netanyahu’s escalating regional war strategy. In Lebanon, Trump’s envoys pitch a U.S.-Gulf backed “economic zone” in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament, while Sen. Lindsey Graham demands Lebanon surrender its arms before any conversation with Israel. In the U.S., Microsoft workers occupy president’s office over ties to Israel as Brad Smith acknowledges the company helps run Israeli military surveillance programs, Delta Airlines faces a $20 million lawsuit over alleged assault of a Palestinian passenger, Silicon Valley billionaires launch a $100 million AI super-PAC. Activist groups advocate for the immediate release of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager detained in an Israeli prison. Britain, France, and Germany begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran.
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Israel raids Nablus in the West Bank, injuring 80+, Microsoft workers occupy president’s office in protest of company support for Israel, and the U.S. demands Lebanon's Hezbollah surrender arms
Drop Site Daily: August 27, 2025
At least 76 Palestinians have been killed and 298 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, with 10 more dying of famine and malnutrition, including two children. An ongoing Israeli raid in Nablus injures at least 80 people. Churches in Gaza City vow to continue sheltering civilians as Israel prepares its assault. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades released footage of a July ambush in Beit Hanoun that killed five Israeli soldiers. In Syria, Israeli drone strikes kill six soldiers near Damascus, part of Netanyahu’s escalating regional war strategy. In Lebanon, Trump’s envoys pitch a U.S.-Gulf backed “economic zone” in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament, while Sen. Lindsey Graham demands Lebanon surrender its arms before any conversation with Israel. In the U.S., Microsoft workers occupy president’s office over ties to Israel as Brad Smith acknowledges the company helps run Israeli military surveillance programs, Delta Airlines faces a $20 million lawsuit over alleged assault of a Palestinian passenger, Silicon Valley billionaires launch a $100 million AI super-PAC. Activist groups advocate for the immediate release of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager detained in an Israeli prison. Britain, France, and Germany begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran.
Yemeni sources: Israeli propaganda false, airstrikes hit civilians
A senior Yemeni military source told Al Mayadeen that the Israeli occupation’s “psychological and propaganda warfare is ineffective and will have no impact on the course of operations.”
The source emphasized that the Israeli entity is “experiencing significant confusion in presenting its narrative” and is exercising “extreme caution when sending aircraft into Yemeni airspace.” He stressed that “the Yemeni people, together with the Arab and Islamic worlds, rely not on the enemy’s narrative but on that of the Yemeni Armed Forces.”
Additional Yemeni sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that the Israeli occupation’s claims are false, stating that “the targeting is directed against the Yemeni people, not as the enemy claims.”
The bureau chief further reported that Israeli airstrikes also targeted the residence of Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, which had already been evacuated following earlier Israeli attacks on Yemen. He confirmed that there were no casualties among Yemeni military personnel or officials at the Ministry of Defense.
Yemeni sources: Israeli propaganda false, airstrikes hit civilians
Yemeni sources dismiss Israeli claims as false, saying strikes hit civilian sites and homes, not military targets, with no casualties among defense officials.Al Mayadeen English (Yemeni sources: Israeli propaganda false, airstrikes hit civilians)
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Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35350591
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35350591
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025
At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Immigration Agents Arrest Firefighters Combatting Bear Gulch Wildfire
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35349837
Nikki McCann Ramirez
August 28, 2025[This takes the cake - read this article and you will hear your blood boil.]
Immigration Agents Arrest Firefighters Combatting Bear Gulch Wildfire
Nikki McCann Ramirez
August 28, 2025[This takes the cake - read this article and you will hear your blood boil.]
Immigration Agents Arrest Firefighters Combating Wildfire
Federal immigration agents arrested two firefighters responding to the Bear Gulch wildfire in Washington state, The Seattle Times reports.Nikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)
The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35349105
Aug. 26, 2025, 7:40 AM EDT
By Angela Yang, Laura Jarrett and Fallon Gallagher[this is a truly scary incident, which shows the incredible dangers of AI without guardrails.]
The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
Aug. 26, 2025, 7:40 AM EDT
By Angela Yang, Laura Jarrett and Fallon Gallagher[this is a truly scary incident, which shows the incredible dangers of AI without guardrails.]
The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
The parents of Adam Raine, who died by suicide in April, claim in a new lawsuit against OpenAI that ChatGPT was “explicit in its instructions and encouragement toward suicide.”Angela Yang (NBC News)
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Israeli forces raided a former air defence base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthermost such operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.
The site, near the city of al-Kiswah, about 6 miles (10km) south of Damascus, was a strategic base for Iranian militias during Assad’s rule.
Syrian state media reported that the Israeli military had carried out strikes in the same area a day earlier, killing six Syrian troops who had found Israeli listening and spying devices there. The troops were in the process of dismantling the devices when they were killed, state media said.
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Operation at site south of Damascus is deepest into Syrian territory since ousting of Bashar al-Assad last yearWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Israeli forces raided a former air defence base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthermost such operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.
The site, near the city of al-Kiswah, about 6 miles (10km) south of Damascus, was a strategic base for Iranian militias during Assad’s rule.
Syrian state media reported that the Israeli military had carried out strikes in the same area a day earlier, killing six Syrian troops who had found Israeli listening and spying devices there. The troops were in the process of dismantling the devices when they were killed, state media said.
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Operation at site south of Damascus is deepest into Syrian territory since ousting of Bashar al-Assad last yearWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
How do I check the wifi connection in Whonix?
Skip the flavour text by going to the bold text
In my sky high arrogance I thought 'I have never let Linux grace my devices, how hard can Qubes/Whonix truly be?' and I learned my lesson within minutes.
So I come here before you, humbly and beaten by 0s and 1s, to ask for your help.
How do I open a window where it neatly lists available connections and, if so, my current connection?
Usually when I am connected, it has a wifi symbol on the top right where the rest of my panels are. It disappeared.
I tried searching on the internet for answers. My mental capacity is basically non-existent, otherwise I wouldn't be here (probably).
Please. I just want to connect my device via wifi. I do not own an ethernet cable.
Thank you.
You title says whonix, but the text mentions QubesOS. Which one? This distinction is very important.
Edit: in QubesOS the networking is handled by the sys-net qube. If the networking icon does not show up in the tray make sure the sys-net qube is started. If it is, check what programs are available for the sys-net qube in the start menu (hopefully some networking software is available. But I dont have QubesOS in front of me so I cannot check) otherwise try and start a terminal in sys-net and run the command nmtui
Believe me, I wish I could tell you what I've done :') I wanted to get Whonix, but I think the website eventually led me to QubesOS? All I can say is that at startup it shows the Qubes symbol, so it's likely I got that.
When I try to start sys-net it can't start and says that the Qube sys-net has shut down. I'll provide the error message in a moment if I can't get it up with your other suggestion. Thanks!
eta:
Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seconds.
When I want to check the logs, some other qubes cannot start. Bizarre. I even tried creating a qube without the offending qubes (sys-net etc.) yet it still fails.
In Kiev, they hit the underground facilities of the military—industrial complex covered by civilians - "Legitimate"
In Kiev, they hit the underground facilities of the military—industrial complex covered by civilians - "Legitimate": EADaily
EADaily, August 28th, 2025. Last night, the Russian Armed Forces struck at underground locations of decentralized production of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, which are located in the parking lots of shopping centers and other such facil…EADaily
NGL, I am quite surprised by this move.
They have either already agreed on a peace deal behind the curtains, and the clown just tries to somehow boost his rating (I don't believe it can possibly work..), or.. idk... Voluntarily giving up your cannon fodder is super weird.. The kidnapping can now only be extended to 23YOs (from current 25YOs) - could it really help? All the fascist are saying that kidnapping age should be lowered to 18 and include women as well, and we see the opposite here.. Super weird move, unless a peace deal has been reached 🤷
btw, any lib here wants to take a guess why "the last bastion of democracy with legitimate and democratic president" would want to create a law for imprisoning for up to three years people who want to flee to the "aggressor country that tries to genocide all Ukrainians" (or whatever is the current narrative)?
What idiots would want to that, isn't that literally suicide? And on such a mass scale that they want to create a law for that purpose? Huh.
His rating is irrelevant, he can hold on to power indefinitely as long as he controls the security apparatus. Even if he allows elections which is highly unlikely, it is very easy to rig them given how nearly the entire state apparatus is under their control. So i don't think this is why he's doing it.
A more likely explanation for me is that this is a way of further dialing up the pressure on the Europeans, threatening to unleash a wave of migration that the already strained societies in Europe, already on the brink of economic crisis and with their own social tensions brewing, cannot afford. It's a form of blackmail so they continue to give him a blank check.
He also knows that most of the forcefully mobilized, with rock bottom motivation and nearly non-existent training, are virtually useless at the front as anything but fodder to sit in trenches.
Worse still, this is exactly the demographic that if pushed to the brink could unleash massive protests, and, if too many of them are mobilized at once, meaning faster than they can be broken and brainwashed by the prevailing Nazi culture in the army, there is also a real threat that they could start a cascade of mutinies.
Further, there are also no jobs and no prospects for these people now which makes them even more of a powderkeg, so it is safer to unload them on the Europeans.
His only hope is for the Europeans to put boots on the ground and send their actual militaries, because that is the only way to replenish his now all but depleted stock of real, professional soldiers. He needs to continue to find ways to drag Europe deeper and deeper into the conflict.
Moscow confirms hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine
Moscow confirms hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine
Arms factories and airfields were hit in the long-range operation, the MOD has saidRT
Israeli official Alexandrovich skips US court hearing on child sex charges
A senior Israeli official accused of child sex crimes in the United States has failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in his case, weeks after he returned to Israel, prompting concerns that he may have fled to avoid facing trial.
The Israeli official was arrested on August 6, but the incident was not made public until more than a week later, when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced an undercover operation “targeting child sex predators”.
Alexandrovich was released and allowed to return to Israel after being charged with luring or attempting to lure a child online to engage in sexual conduct.
Israeli official Alexandrovich skips US court hearing on child sex charges
Judge denies lawyer’s claim that Israeli official could skip arraignment for child sex crime charges in Nevada.Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)
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