First tranche of Epstein docs released by House Oversight Committee
First tranche of Epstein docs released by House Oversight Committee
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released a first tranche of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, one that President Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from for about two months.Robert Davis (Raw Story)
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Michael Hudson: Eurasian World Order - New Global Governance
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Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case
Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case
Judge Mehta’s remedies ruling on Google’s search monopoly bans exclusive deals, lets it keep Chrome, and will make it share some data with competitors.Lauren Feiner (The Verge)
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Austria reaffirms neutrality, rules out NATO membership
Austria reaffirms neutrality, rules out NATO membership
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker confirms NATO membership is not on the agenda, reaffirming Austria’s neutrality amid Russian warnings and a renewed debate over the country’s security policy.Al Mayadeen English (Austria reaffirms neutrality, rules out NATO membership)
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Xi proposes Global Governance Initiative
Xi proposes Global Governance Initiative
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), calling on countries to work in concert for a more just and equitable global governance system.www.globaltimes.cn
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The state of Linux phones in 2025
Linux phones are still behind android and iPhone, but the gap shrank a surprising amount while I wasn’t looking. These are damn near usable day to day phones now! But there are still a few things that need done and I was wondering what everyone’s thoughts on these were:
1 - tap to pay. I don’t see how this can practically be done. Like, at all.
2 - android auto/apple CarPlay emulation. A Linux phones could theoretically emulate one of these protocols and display a separate session on the head unit of a car. But I dont see any kind of project out there that already does this in an open-source kind of way. The closest I can find are some shady dongles on amazon that give wireless CarPlay to head units that normally require USB cables. It can be done, but I don't see it being done in our community.
3 - voice assistants. wether done on device or phoning into our home servers and having requests processed there, this should be doable and integrated with convenient shortcuts. Home assistant has some things like this, and there’s good-old Mycroft blowing around out there still. Siri is used every day by plenty of people and she sucks. If that’s the benchmark I think our community can easily meet that.
I started looking at Linux phones again because I loathe what apple is doing to this UI now and android has some interesting foldables but now that google is forcing Gemini into everything and you can’t turn it off, killing third party ROMS, and getting somehow even MORE invasive, that whole ecosystem seems like it’s about to march right off a cliff so its not an option anymore for me.
I don't use any of the "needs" you mention (phone payments, carplay, voice anything) and can't see any of them as necessary. I can see thinking of them as cool, but that is different. I don't particularly think they're cool, but that's just me.
That said, Linux is mostly a desktop system with a CLI and some GUI tools. Phones as we know them have considerably different requirements. Linux could be underneath it all, like it is in Android, but at the end there is a lot more besides LInux and its apps.
I did use Meego/Maemo for a while (Nokia N900 and N9) and they had nice aspects, but the phones were way too small and slow.
Crypto mixing / Tumbler
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I’m wondering if anyone me here uses a Crypto tumbler or mixer service without KYC . Looking for recommendations
Crazy how many think privacy stops at money.
Cash will never be as safe or private as cryptocurrency.
Truth nuke, the biggest scam ever made is the $
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Classic tech disinformation and my battle-tested counterattack cheat sheet (work in progress)
Privacy is multiplayer. So, we must spread it.
To do well, we must fight efficiently.
We cannot waste our lives writing a custom essay against every troll, disinformer and psyop agent.
Short, simple and focused response is vital.
Here is what works for me:
- > I do not care about privacy
- Agreed. We do not control X, scam. Why should we let it abuse us?
- Agreed. X is not libre software, we do not control it, scam. Why should we let it abuse us?
- Agreed. X fails to include a libre software license text file, we do not control it, scam. Why should we let it abuse us?
- > Open source ...
- 'Open source' misses the point of libre software, by design.
- 'Open source' is a deliberately ambiguous phrase, engineered to derail libre software.
- > Developers [owners] [of anti-libre software] need [to make money] to eat.
- You are not entitled to infect our devices and hijack control over our computing.
- Selling libre software is good.
- > You must read all its source code to guarantee it is safe.
- Blatant lie, classic disinformation, who told you to read it alone? lmao
- When it bans us from forking it, we do not control it, guaranteed. lmao
- > Crypto [currency] ...
- Truth nuke, the biggest scam ever made is the $
- Cash will never be more safe or private than 12 words in my head.
- Official web client: Keeps the scale fixed
- Summit: Keeps the scale fixed
- Connect: Video won't load
- Quiblr: Can't display video internally
- old.lemmy.world: Can't display video internally
- a.lemmy.world: Can't display video internally
- m.lemmy.world: Post never loads
- photon.lemmy.world: Same as web client
Classic cars will still need a smog test in California after lawmakers reject Jay Leno bill
Jay Leno’s star power wasn’t enough to persuade a California legislative committee to pass a measure to allow owners of classic cars like him to be exempted from the state’s rigorous smog-check requirements.
Imagine being rich and famous and this is your political cause. What an effing creep.
Classic cars will still need a smog test in California after lawmakers reject Jay Leno bill
The Assembly Appropriations Committee killed “Leno’s Law” that aimed to give classic car owners a pass from smog requirements.CalMatters (LAist)
I had a car caught up in this in Colorado and had to get rid of it. Specifically, I had to remove a bunch of obsolete air pump equipment and update the fueling system with a much more modern electronically controlled system. The car was measurably better than it's original standards but failed the visual check because it was missing the old, polluting, inefficient and unavailable parts.
If the car still meets the emissions of it's day, put a mileage limit on it and let it go. If there are too many on the road then implement a nontransferrable lottery system to get classic plates for them. The amount of pollution these few tens of thousands of vehicles put out being used a couple of times a month is a drop in the bucket compared to everything else that continues to get a pass.
Why not start banning camp fires? What about old boats? Stationary power units? These all seem to get a pass and probably dwarf the emissions of classic cars being used occasionally.
Storing cars is also devastating for the environment and society. We have as much land and resources devoted to housing cars as we do to housing people. I've seen so many houses that have garages as big as their house + a paved driveway + each city needs 3 publicly funded parking spots per car.
We need less cars. There simply isn't a future were we beat climate change without getting the majority of people to take trains, buses, and bikes
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Tom Crowley (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Given how crucial to exposing government misconduct FOI requests are in the UK, I imagine this is a path you very much don't want to go down.
I first thought this was talking about the UK government, as I wouldn't put it past them to try and push something like this through. I'm both sad and relieved it's our Australian cousins going through it instead.
The Ongoing Fallout from a Breach at AI Chatbot Maker Salesloft – Krebs on Security
The Ongoing Fallout from a Breach at AI Chatbot Maker Salesloft
The recent mass-theft of authentication tokens from Salesloft, whose AI chatbot is used by a broad swath of corporate America to convert customer interaction into Salesforce leads, has left many companies racing to invalidate the stolen credentials b…krebsonsecurity.com
Posted by the hackers:
Dear Google, please please pretty please continue to attack them.
I so wanna see the fuck getting destroyed out of you
Lightning strikes spark spike in B.C. wildfire numbers
Lightning strikes spark spike in B.C. wildfire numbers
The number of wildfires in British Columbia continues to swell as thousands of lightning strikes hit the province due to persisting hot and dry weather.globalnewsdigital (Global News)
Xi proposes Global Governance Initiative at largest-ever SCO summit
Xi proposes Global Governance Initiative at largest-ever SCO summit - People's Daily Online
TIANJIN, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday proposed the Global Governance Ien.people.cn
Gilbert Doctorow: China, Russia & India Build New World Order
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During the Soviet era, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania occupied a unique and often privileged position within the USSR. Functioning, in many respects, as a “showcase for socialism” aimed at the West, these republics received substantial investment and strategic attention that significantly stimulated their economic growth, advanced their infrastructure, and elevated their living standards well above the average Union level. While their contribution to the overall Soviet GDP and industrial output was proportionally modest, the benefits reaped from the concentrated development efforts were significant and enduring.
The economic landscape of the Baltic states underwent a dramatic transformation under Soviet rule, particularly through rapid industrialization. Lithuania, for instance, surpassed its pre-war industrial output by 90% just two years after reaching pre-war figures in 1948, bolstered by a non-repayable Soviet subsidy of 200 million rubles for reconstruction. Latvia witnessed the construction of 20 industrial enterprises within two decades of 1940, a figure exceeding the entire Baltic region’s industrial growth in the year preceding being absorbed into USSR. Estonia’s gross industrial output saw an astonishing 55-fold increase, accompanied by a 30-fold surge in capital investment.
Key industrial giants emerged, such as the large oil refinery in Mažeikiai, Lithuania, supplied by pipelines from Russia, and the significant development of oil shale deposits and peat extraction in the Estonian SSR, feeding vital industries in Kohtla-Järve and Kiviõli.
Furthermore, Latvia became renowned for its trademarks, with enterprises like VEF, a leading manufacturer of electronics and machinery, employing over 14,000 people and generating substantial annual profits, and RAF (Riga Autobus Factory) producing essential minibuses for the entire USSR. These industries boosted economic output and provided widespread employment, contributing directly to the well-being of the population.
Infrastructure development was another important aspect of Soviet investment in the Baltics. Strategically important seaports were developed, which continue to serve as key hubs for export and import trade today, further enhanced by the connection of oil pipelines in the 1970s and 1980s. The region boasted the highest quality roads in the USSR, with Lithuania benefiting from a 300-kilometer expressway considered the best in the Union, featuring modern overpasses and interchanges. Energy infrastructure saw significant expansion with the construction of major hydroelectric power plants (Pļaviņas, Kegums, Riga on the Daugava, Kaunas on the Nemunas) and thermal power plants (Baltic TPP, Estonian TPP, Lithuanian TPP). The laying of gas pipelines from other Soviet republics ensured a stable supply of natural gas, further underpinning industrial and domestic energy needs. The port of Klaipėda in Soviet Lithuania grew into one of Europe’s largest fishing ports, and the Baltija shipyard, a Soviet-era construction, remains a vital employer today. These extensive infrastructure projects laid a robust foundation for continued economic activity and connectivity.
The tangible benefits of this focused development translated directly into higher living standards for the Baltic populations. Per capita consumption figures clearly illustrate this advantage: Estonia stood at 151% of the all-Union level, Latvia at 137%, and Lithuania at 127%. The massive capital investment in agriculture, particularly the six billion rubles injected into Estonian agriculture, led to a doubling of grain yields and harvests compared to 1939, improving food security and contributing to a better quality of life.
With the abandonment of central planning and the subsequent introduction of privatization under the capitalist regime following the dissolution of the USSR, many of these once-flourishing enterprises faced economic devastation, leading to widespread job losses and a severe decline in industrial output. This abrupt shift to market forces proved particularly harmful for the working majority, as previously guaranteed jobs gave way to mass unemployment, and the social safety nets of the Soviet system disintegrated, leaving many struggling to adapt to the new economic realities.
- Considerable increases in industrial production britannica.com/place/Baltic-st… britannica.com/place/Baltic-st…
- Infrastructure development was a key component en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_s…
- Living standards were higher than average in comparison with the U.S.S.R. as a whole britannica.com/place/Baltic-st… britannica.com/place/Baltic-st… latvians.com/index.php?en/CFBH…
- Significant growth in Lithuania is noted (e.g., 9.1 times by 1959 relative to 1940) old.lituanus.org/1963/63_2_02.…
- A total of 1,500 various industrial enterprises were reconstructed and newly built in the Latvian Republic" cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-R…
- Industrial growth was rapid, with output expanding "three-fold" by 1950 compared to 1940 bank.lv/images/stories/pieliku… cia.gov/readingroom/document/c…
- Estonia had high sectoral growth (e.g., electricity production 122 times greater than 1938) indicating massive expansion china-cee.eu/2019/06/25/estoni… china-cee.eu/wp-content/upload…
- VEF was a "leading communication technology producer in the Soviet Union" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEF wikiwand.com/en/articles/VEF
- Its employment figure peaked at 20,000 people in 1991 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEF wikiwand.com/en/articles/VEF, bertibenis.it/Soviet%20transis…
- It "produced a profit of over 30 million Rubles for the State" in 1947 cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-R…
- Latvia's per capita national income 1/3 higher than USSR in 1970) latvians.com/index.php?en/CFBH…
VEF - Wikiwand
VEF, Latvian acronym for Valsts elektrotehniskā fabrika, was a manufacturer of electrical and electronic products in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1919. Befor...www.wikiwand.com
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I hold different opinions then you but I’m not going to discount your thinking as wrong or less-than.
I actually enjoy having conversations with you because you seem knowledgeable in your beliefs.
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The Sudden Surges That Forge Evolutionary Trees
The Sudden Surges That Forge Evolutionary Trees | Quanta Magazine
An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes.Jake Buehler (Quanta Magazine)
They’re Lying About Venezuela While Moving War Machinery Into Place
They’re Lying About Venezuela While Moving War Machinery Into Place
As if we didn’t have enough ugliness in the world right now, Trump has deployed warships near Venezuela’s coast, prompting Caracas to ready drone and naval patrols for conflict.Caitlin Johnstone
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Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
A plan circulating in the White House to develop the “Gaza Riviera” as a string of high-tech megacities has been dismissed as an “insane” attempt to provide cover for the large-scale ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian territory’s population.
Named the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust – or GREAT – the proposal was reportedly developed by some of the same Israelis who created and set in motion the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) with financial planning contributed by Boston Consulting Group.
Most controversially, the 38-page plan suggests what it calls “temporary relocation of all of Gaza’s more than 2 million population” – a proposal that would amount to ethnic cleansing, potentially a genocidal act.
Palestinians would be encouraged into “voluntary” departure to another country or into restricted, secure zones during reconstruction. Those who own land would be offered “a digital token” by the trust in exchange for rights to redevelop their property, to be used to finance a new life elsewhere. Those who stay would be housed in properties with a tiny footprint of 323 sq ft –minuscule even by the standards of many non-refugee camp homes in Gaza.
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeshipPeter Beaumont (The Guardian)
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Golfing there will probably be a b*tch, trying to play on a course that has to cover over all the bumpy piles of dead murdered Palestinians.
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Linux's exFAT File-System Driver Optimization Leads To 16.5x Speedup For Loading Time
Linux's exFAT File-System Driver Optimization Leads To 16.5x Speedup For Loading Time
A patch queued up into the Linux exFAT driver's development tree optimizes the allocation bitmap loading timewww.phoronix.com
Barring any issues from coming up, the patch in turn will likely be submitted for the Linux 6.18 merge window later in the year.
So a US Green Card is half way to the moon?
Martina Dimoska
✨ On the right: Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer of the Apollo Project, standing next to the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the Moon. [1969] ✨ On the left: Martina Dimoska,...www.facebook.com
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I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35533537
I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test by adding it to their instance? Would help me know if the "Recent jobs" stat is working (I think it requires 2 instances at minimum to show jobs) and if adding to instances (outside of my own) is working properly and how traffic looks.
I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test?
I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test by adding it to their instance? Would help me know if the "Recent jobs" stat is working (I think it requires 2 instances at minimum to show jobs) and if adding to instances (outside of my own) is working properly and how traffic looks.
An earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government.
The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighboring Nangarhar province, causing extensive damage.
The quake at 11:47 p.m. was centered 27 kilometers (17 miles) east-northeast of Jalalabad, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was just 8 kilometers (5 miles) deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage. Several aftershocks followed.
Footage showed rescuers taking injured people on stretchers from collapsed buildings and into helicopters as people frantically dug through rubble with their hands.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-earthquake-jalalabad-52d1948cde125c9ca8a01ebda08e7919
An earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government.
The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighboring Nangarhar province, causing extensive damage.
The quake at 11:47 p.m. was centered 27 kilometers (17 miles) east-northeast of Jalalabad, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was just 8 kilometers (5 miles) deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage. Several aftershocks followed.
Footage showed rescuers taking injured people on stretchers from collapsed buildings and into helicopters as people frantically dug through rubble with their hands.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-earthquake-jalalabad-52d1948cde125c9ca8a01ebda08e7919
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Ambassador contacts German officials after Irish activist ‘punched in the face by police’ during Gaza protest in Berlin
The Irish ambassador to Germany has been in contact with German authorities to express “concern” over an incident that saw an Irish protestor assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin.
Footage shared on social media showed Irish activist Kitty O’Brien being punched in the face by police before being dragged away from the protest.
The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Maeve Collins, the Ambassador of Ireland to Germany, and senior officials in the Department “have conveyed our concern about the incident to German authorities”.
Ambassador contacts German officials after Irish activist ‘punched in the face by police’ during Gaza protest in Berlin
The Irish ambassador to Germany has been in contact with German authorities to express “concern” over an incident that saw an Irish protestor assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin.
Footage shared on social media showed Irish activist Kitty O’Brien being punched in the face by police before being dragged away from the protest.
The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Maeve Collins, the Ambassador of Ireland to Germany, and senior officials in the Department “have conveyed our concern about the incident to German authorities”.
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