Assassinated Ukrainian MP ‘directly ordered’ shelling of Donbass civilians – ex-diplomat (VIDEO)
Assassinated Ukrainian MP ‘directly ordered’ shelling of Donbass civilians – ex-diplomat (VIDEO)
Andrey Parubiy helped stoke the “civil war” that eventually led to the Ukraine conflict, Andrey Telizhenko has told RTRT
Nelson Mandela was a communist revolutionary, and he even thanked the USSR and Cuba on US television for their material support in their struggle against apartheid.
From the 60s onward, the USSR supported Palestine (and even fought a secret war week-long war against Israel), and the ANC, while the US supported Israel and the white south african ruling minority.
I highly recommend reading Losurdo - western Marxism, you would learn a lot from that.
there's so much to unpack that it would take years of deprogramming the western propaganda that we're all born with to understand it.
a tldr version is that the nordic countries are not very socialist, but regarded as such by the westerners due to a fundamental lack of undrestanding that socialism is.
- What about social democracy / democratic socialism / the Nordic model? Isn't Sweden socialist?
- On the unraveling of the Nordic welfare states: increasing inequality and forced austerity.
- Scandinavia's covert role in western imperialism
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.youtube.com
Nvidia driver issues...
Well guys! I did it! Linux mint on my desktop! Finally! Everything seemed like it was going swimmingly save for some minor issues. But then I ran into one: I did use stability matrix to make furry porn (very bad furry porn, don't ask) but when I tried to run it, it kept telling me it had issues with python and cuda and other stuff. I wondered if the problem was just python libraries or my nvidia drivers. I did manage to get a workaround, but it simply wouldn't use my GPU... in fact, I think I am having a super hard time seeing if I am even using it properly.
Speaking of drivers I tried to install the latest one, but that caused a problem. I use multiple monitors (because of course I do). Three in fact, but only one ended up working with the other two entirely unrecognized. And I still wasn't able to use my GPU to get stability matrix (or even stability forge without that) and my games still can't run on max graphics settings. I've been looking around for some help on this and trying to work on it all day, with limited success. It is basically the only major thing going wrong with my transition from windows to linux.
Any help here?
Ok. If ever you want to try Bazzite, here's the download link: bazzite.gg/#image-picker
Then choose: Desktop > Nvidia RTX Series > KDE > Traditional Desktop.
Bazzite - The next generation of Linux gaming
Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs.bazzite.gg
Install Nvidia Drivers on Linux Mint [Beginner's Guide]
Struggling with Nvidia and Linux Mint? Here's a detailed beginner's guide that explains plenty of things around installing Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint.Ankush Das (It's FOSS)
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I feel like you lose a lot of credibility when your geopolitical analysis hinges on boners. I think very few would disagree with you if you said that Putin were cynically pursuing his and the Russian state's interests in the region, with complete disregard for civilian life.
The point is not that there are 'a tiny number of Nazis' in Ukraine The point is that there are a large number of Nazi paramilitary forces who were committing mass murder in Donbas well before the Russian invasion, and the Ukrainian government was complicit in these crimes, in addition to crimes of their own, such as shelling civilian targets. By all means, let's talk about ending the conflict, because the suffering of the people of Ukraine has gone on long enough, but a necessary first step is acknowledging that the conflict had already begun long before Russia invaded.
There’s no evidence there was a Nazi parliamentary groups committing mass murder. Which is why the UN court ordered Russia to halt its invasion and did not accept genocide claims against Ukraine when Russia used that narrative as a pretext.
The war in Donbas began in 2014, long before the 2022 invasion, and by 31 December 2021 about 14,200 to 14,400 people had been killed, including at least 3,404 civilians; most civilian harm came in 2014 to 2015 and fell sharply after the Minsk ceasefire periods.
Some Ukrainian volunteer units with far right members existed, most notably Azov and Aidar; credible groups documented serious abuses by certain fighters from these units in 2014, and they urged Kyiv to investigate and bring them under firm command. Those findings support claims of abuses, not a claim of large scale Nazi formations carrying out mass murder
Kyiv moved to integrate volunteer battalions into formal structures and to prosecute rogues such as the Tornado unit; this shows problems were real, and also shows state action against them rather than official sponsorship of systematic killing of civilians.
Russia has Nazis fighting on its side as well, Wagner/Rusich Group.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_M…
Let's not pretend fucks like this aren't operating on the side of the Kremlin
We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that
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Your Phone Already Has Social Credit. We Just Lie About It.
Your credit score is social credit. Your LinkedIn endorsements are social credit. Your Uber passenger rating, Instagram engagement metrics, Amazon reviews, and Airbnb host status are all social credit systems that track you, score you, and reward you…Natalie Pang (The Nexus)
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What are some good shell tweaks?
A short while ago, I saw a blog post from someone about modernizing their shell. Unfortunately, I lost the blog post, but there was some really good stuff in there. Just mentioning this in case someone knows what I'm talking about.
One tweak I remember they mentioned was about fixing programs that have broken formatting. It prevents scenarios like
user@hostname:~$ echo "hi"
hiuser@hostname:-~$where the output and shell prompt get placed on the same line. I noticed this happens with bash with C programs that don't include a \n in the final printf statement.
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Here's my .zshrc:
gitlab.com/theshatterstone/dot…
and ~/.config/zsh:
gitlab.com/theshatterstone/dot…
This config uses Starship for a prompt (starship.rs/), Homebrew as an extra package manager, and my own custom fetch script at:
gitlab.com/theshatterstone/fet…
A lot of it was taken from Luke Smith's zsh config. Say what you will about him, he's got a good zsh config. Link:
New drug hailed as ‘gamechanger’ in tackling stubbornly high blood pressure
Doctors are hailing a new pill for patients with high blood pressure resistant to existing medication as a “gamechanger” and a “triumph of science”.
Globally, more than 1.3 billion people have hypertension. In half of them, their high blood pressure is uncontrolled or resistant to existing treatments. They face a much higher risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease and early death.
Now a blockbuster new drug – baxdrostat – has been shown in trials to significantly lower blood pressure in those people whose levels remain dangerously high despite taking several medicines.
The results of the BaxHTN study, which involved 796 patients from 214 clinics worldwide, showed that after 12 weeks, patients taking baxdrostat saw their blood pressure fall by about 9-10 mmHg (millimetres of mercury, the unit of measurement of blood pressure) more than placebo – a reduction large enough to cut cardiovascular risk.
New drug hailed as ‘gamechanger’ in tackling stubbornly high blood pressure
Trials of baxdrostat have produced ‘exciting’ results for people whose hypertension has proved difficult to controlAndrew Gregory (The Guardian)
SCO summit in China: Who’s attending, what’s at stake amid Trump tariffs?
As China prepares to host the annual SCO summit starting Sunday, it is expecting a fuller house than ever of leaders from the region and beyond. Modi will visit China for the first time since 2018, amid a rapprochement that began late last year but has been propelled further by United States President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods, which have forced New Delhi to seek stronger partnerships with Beijing and other players in Eurasia.
At a time when much of the world is grappling with the chaos unleashed by Trump’s tariffs and threats, analysts expect the SCO conclave to serve as a platform for Xi to project his country as a stabilising force, capable of uniting the Global South to counterbalance the West, particularly the US.
China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin told a news conference in Beijing last week that the summit would be “one of China’s most important head-of-state and home-court diplomatic events this year”.
SCO summit in China: Who’s attending, what’s at stake amid Trump tariffs?
China is the host of this year’s SCO Summit, which takes place in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1.Priyanka Shankar (Al Jazeera)
Louisiana judge orders return of devices to ex-priest caught having sex on church altar
A judge in Louisiana has ordered the return of electronics belonging to an ex-Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to obscenity for being caught having sex with two dominatrices atop a church altar while still belonging to the clergy in 2020.
However, the judge also told authorities to erase all data from the devices and storage media as a precaution against videos taken of the tryst from becoming public.
The ruling from state court judge Ellen Creel came in the case centering on Travis Clark as well as dominatrices whose professional names are Lady Vi (also known as Satanatrix) and Empress Ming. The videos in question have been under indefinite court seal ever since the trio’s encounter made international news headlines in 2020.
Louisiana judge orders return of devices to ex-priest caught having sex on church altar
Former Roman Catholic priest and two dominatrices were evidently recording sexual videos in the church in 2020Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
Exposing Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama, and its troubling ties to Israel
Recently in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country’s largest Muslim organization, has found itself at the center of a moral and political controversy that demands scrutiny. In August 2025, Peter Berkowitz, a pro-Israel academic affiliated with the Hoover Institution, was invited to lecture at NU’s National Leadership Academy in Jakarta.
The Berkowitz invitation in 2025 intensifies concern. His writings, including Israel and the Struggle over the International Laws of War (2012), explicitly defend Israel’s attacks, including critiques of UN investigations like the Goldstone Report. Hosting him at NU’s premier leadership academy, in the midst of ongoing atrocities, signals tacit endorsement. NU’s language of pluralism and tolerance rings hollow when it amplifies voices justifying mass violence.
Defenders argue that these engagements are intellectual exercises or dialogue. Pro-Israel activist Monique Rijkers, founder of Indonesia’s Hadassah Foundation, praised the 2024 trip as a way to understand Israel’s perspective. NU scholars have framed these encounters as opportunities for interfaith learning. But context matters. When interlocutors defend killings of civilians, dialogue becomes a moral hazard. It is no longer academic curiosity—it is ethical compromise.
NU’s repeated apologies are not just inadequate—they are morally hollow. For decades, this organization has prided itself on defending the oppressed and upholding ethical leadership. Yet time and again, it has granted legitimacy to those who defend mass murder. This is not dialogue. This is betrayal. Engagement with perpetrators of atrocities is not pluralism—it is complicity, and history will remember it as such.
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The Terminal Crisis of European Neoliberalism
The Terminal Crisis of European Neoliberalism
The European project stands at the precipice of collapse, with its fundamental contradictions exposed by accelerating economic deterioration across core member states.Dialectical Dispatches
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Switching to the Fediverse for Daily Social Media Use
Switching to the Fediverse for Daily Social Media Use
I’ve come to realize that being endlessly absorbed by AI slop and brainrot, especially Instagram reels constantly shared between friends,...Circle With A Dot
the mental toll was the second biggest reason why i started using lemmy & the fediverse full-time instead of reddit or facebook like i did in the past.
there's still a lot of redditors & facebookers on lemmy, but they've thankfully quarantined themselves either on .world or used the extensive block lists that they curate/share w each other; effectively keeping the tribalism & toxicity they carried w them at bay and atleast for now.
the biggest reason was because of the content suppression and it's been a real eye opening experience for me to watch those self-quarantined sections of feddiverse heavily leverage that toxicity & tribalism to keep the content that they don't like at bay for themselves.
Software Freedom Day 2025 - New Jersey
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/41246302
We're having an event for Software Freedom Day. It is a world-wide event, and we are having one right here at Montclair State University in New Jersey.September 20th, 2025 from 11am-4pm
We'll have talks about what free software is, and why it's important for everyone. What kind of software is available for your existing computer, and how you can use Free Software to use your computer past the date that the manufacturer wants to keep updating it. There will be a talk on self hosting, so that you can run services that reduce or replace your reliance on outside big tech companies, and keep better control of your data. Talks about Wikipedia and Open Source are proposed. There will also be a talk on Social Networking with free software called "Mastodon and the Fediverse" that will show how you can network with people without giving your data to big tech, and without the algorithms that don't work in your best interest.
Here a link for more information:
softwarefreedom.neocities.org/
We'll be happy to discuss any details.
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China is building the world’s largest national parks system
China is building the world’s largest national parks system
Within the next decade, China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three times the size of the U.S. system.Ronan O’Connell (Travel)
Former Ukraine parliament speaker shot dead in Lviv
Former Ukraine parliament speaker shot dead in Lviv
A murder investigation has been launched, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said.Camille Gijs (POLITICO)
WIPO: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster ranks 1st in Global Innovation Index
WIPO: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster ranks 1st in Global Innovation Index
China's Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou innovation cluster has been ranked first globally in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 top 100 innovation clusters released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Monday.CGTN
I give up 🏳️
I give up.... Privacy is a fool's game and it's a losing one at that. We are slowly entering a world where more and more requirements are made on people to own a regular non-hipster cell phone. There are places you can't even buy parking or look at a restaurant menu without having a proper cell phone.
Maybe the answer is not to flash some obscure on life support operating system on your Google pixel but rather.. maybe the answer is to work within the system and simply adjust privacy controls as allotted?
that's because you are trying an individual solution to a collective problem.
going for the roots of it involves going for the corporations and oligarchs taking control of our electronics, not simply installing a private rom.
Both ends need working on. I think creating and supporting new movements require change, it starts with individuals fighting for more rights on a microscopic level. Shifting to GrapheneOS will accelerate Google to make changes for the good of all of us.
Be wise and patient. I think our older politicians don't accept these concepts, but as our young grow into old then we've got a platform to fight for.
‘It’s super impressive’: tourists flock to China as ‘cyberpunk’ cities go viral
From drones to robots: tourists flock to China to glimpse a ‘cyberpunk’ future
Social media hype about China’s ‘futuristic’ technology and urban infrastructure is attracting a growing wave of foreign tourists.Mia Nulimaimaiti (South China Morning Post)
compose support is pretty much on par and rootless practically always works.
When they fix that, then i will switch as i no longer have any container that requires root.
System76’s COSMIC Desktop Hits Initial Setup Completion
System76’s COSMIC Desktop Hits Initial Setup Completion
COSMIC desktop reaches the completion of its initial setup, moving one step closer to the final stable release.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
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in reply to Five • • •If you know Flock, most of their cheap cameras go down all by themselves. Even when they’re operating as intended, their capture rates are under 70%, which is why you usually find them in pairs monitoring the same direction of traffic. That dinky solar panel can barely power them through the night so most of their cameras are dead in the early morning hours.
The only way Flock stays in business is by literally giving their cameras away by illegally installing them in municipalities and waiting for them to be ordered removed. You’d probably be doing most cities a favor by taking them down.
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in reply to Five • • •when i lived in austin, i witnessed several instances of "texan progressives" call the police on protestors for preventing the self driving taxis from stealing peoples in jobs by sitting in the street to block them; while people in san francisco & oakland looked the other way when protestors threw paint destroyed the sensors on the self driving taxis.
californians have the proper mindset to affect change and i REALLY miss living there sometimes.
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