US blocks Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN meeting in New York
US blocks Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN meeting in New York
The decision comes as France leads international efforts to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN meeting next month.Paulin Kola (BBC News)
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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
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I nuked the internal network by mistake. Working on fixing it right now
edit It's back up now if you'd like to try again 😀
using something like Mastodon is no harder than signing up for X or Facebook. The difference is you won’t be treated like a product, you’ll be treated like a person.
I like this. I might reuse it.
Mirror Instance for Interactable Archiving
Hello fellow Fediversians,
I have been mulling over an eminently feasible and inevitably controversial solution to a couple of challenges I see with the Fediverse gaining traction, and becoming the primary microblog/forum platform for many users. Also I believe this solution can fill a valuable function of accountability in the form of unbiased archiving.
Essentially the concept is an instance entirely populated by bot accounts, accounts which individually scrape the publicly posted content of public figures from other platforms and reposts that content in quotation, with timestamp, link-back attribution, and cross-links to other posts referred to by the primary post if they exist within the archive. Also may include comments requoting the post if it is edited with new timestamp, etc.
Why do this? Well simply put it would create a consolidated archive of published cintent from public figures which cannot be tampered with for the purposes of accountability, similar to the Wayback Machine, but with the added function of direct interactivity via federated services.
In this way Fedenizens can follow their favorite public figures on-platform and interact with their content in a separate persistent environment, and journalists can have a fully up to date copy of what has been said without filter or revision.
This is all extremely feasible with the help of ML agent scripts, even if APIs are not cooperative.
What are your thoughts? If you were an instance admin would you block such an instance or allow it?
There is of course the issue of how to pick what public figures to add to the archive, but I suggest this can be done by nomination. Who nominates? Well the other function of such an instance would be for individuals to self-nominate in order to mirror their content from other platforms into the fediverse. I suggest that these members can also nominate other accounts, perhaps with a quorum voting system, say 5 nominations succeeds in adding a person to the archive.
Some people may in the end choose to use the instance as their primary, as they interact a lot with the archive streams. I think this would be a welcome outcome.
You don't know about the mastodon unofficial bots reposting from X (without interaction of person postingon X) and Lemmy unofficial bots and sometimes whole instances following RSS feeds or those somehow don't fit what you aim for?
Amb. Chas Freeman: The End of Western Dominance Is Here!
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Amb. Chas Freeman: The End of Western Dominance Is Here!
- YouTube
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.www.youtube.com
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They don't know it. They'd have egg on their face if it turned out he wasn't dead or died some other way.
The choice to include that it was an airstrike instead of a gunshot, blade, poison, or a hand grenade is an editorial choice. It certainly answers one of the first questions which would form in the reader's mind.
- BBC
- Al Jazeera
- NYTimes
- NBC
Yemen's Houthis say Israeli airstrike killed prime minister of rebel-controlled government
An Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of Yemen’s rebel-controlled government, the Iran-backed Houthi militant group said SaturdayFreddie Clayton (NBC News)
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Doubting Your Favorite Web Search Engine
Kagi has quickly grown into something of a household name within tech circles. From Hacker News and Lobsters to Reddit, the search provider seems to attract near-universal praise. Whenever the topic of search engines comes up, there’s an almost ritual rush to be the first to recommend Kagi, often followed by a chorus of replies echoing the endorsement.
Doubting Your Favorite Web Search Engine
Kagi has quickly grown into something of a _household name_ within tech circles. From _Hacker News_ and _Lobsters_ to _Reddit_, the search provider seems to attract near-universal praise.マリウス
[fluff post] If lemmy users are Lemmites, what would we like to call piefed users?
I just thought this might make a fun discussion thread for folks to chat about ideas and make silly pie jokes.
I'm curious to hear what folks think would be fun, or work well!
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Vance says he’s prepared to be president ‘If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens’
JD Vance has said he is ready to take on the presidency “If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens” to Donald Trump.
In a wide-ranging interview with USA TODAY, the vice president said he was “confident” President Trump would see out the rest of his term, but added he has had a lot of “on-the-job training”.
He also insisted to White House Correspondent Francesca Chambers Trump was in “incredibly good health”, despite recent questions about the president’s physical wellbeing.
Vance says he’s prepared to become president ‘If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens’
The vice president said he ‘couldn’t think of better on-the-job training’ than his time in officeNicole Wootton-Cane (The Independent)
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US to revoke visas for PLO and PA members ahead of UN General Assembly 2025
US to revoke visas for PLO and PA members ahead of UN General Assembly 2025
The US could be complicating the planned recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September by denying and revoking existing visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinia…MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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Mussolini's great-grandson makes Serie A debut
Romano Floriani Mussolini: Dictator Benito Mussolini's great-grandson makes Serie A debut for Cremonese
Romano Floriani Mussolini, the great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, comes off the bench to help Cremonese defeat Sassuolo 3-2 in his Serie A debut on Friday.Adwaidh Rajan (BBC Sport)
He says he has no interest in politics, but his mother is a Forza Italia MEP who started her career in a far-right "post-fascist" party.
Her father seemed to also be aligned with his father (Benito), so I would be surprised if the fascism has filtered all the way down.
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operationsZahra Joya (The Guardian)
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BREAKING: 4 Israeli soldiers missing, others killed in resistance ambush in Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza: Israel media
Israeli media reported that 4 soldiers were missing, and others were killed and wounded in Gaza, as part of a large ambush to capture Israeli soldiers carried out by the Qassam Brigades in the Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza City.
Sources reported that the operation began with a large ambush in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, which resulted in the deaths of several Israeli soldiers, while other reports confirmed injuries described as critical.
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Piefed now has a built-in alternative to Lemmyverse to discover and search for active communities, with the "Active people" filter on the communities page (weekly basis)
Parola filtrata: nsfw
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Japan and South Korea hope to be friends again
Japan and South Korea hope to be friends again
The new president of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have tried to leave old feuds behind and look to the future at a Tokyo summit.Martin Fritz (Deutsche Welle)
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now that is commendable
how was the situation till now? japan, korea and china all hate each other for some reason?
for some reason?
I don't mean to be a dick, but it might have something to do with the Japanese Empire having massacred them in the past.
U.S. Government Starts Pushing Economic Data Onto Blockchains as 'Proof of Concept'
The U.S. Department of Commerce said it issued its gross domestic product data via nine blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto-world pathways.
archive: archive.ph/RDgRJ
Yay, decentralised and immutable!
Data integrity at source: If the BEA’s initial data is wrong (as sometimes happens with revisions), blockchain only makes the error permanent until corrected with new updates
Oh, so... Like previously just publishing a pdf on a website, then.
I guess it means they can't hide revisions. Which is what archive.org (and the us government equivalent that archives government sites) provided when the government just published the pdf.
At least it's decentralised!
Over-reliance on oracles: Chainlink and Pyth are powerful, but their centrality creates new concentration risks. If they malfunction or face attacks, critical data feeds could be disrupted.
Gotcha, still has centralised services.
Quotes taken from ccn.com/education/crypto/gdp-o… which seems to have the best technical info I could find
Still not much information. I'm presuming an "oracle" is something that gives you a hash of the "immutable" data, so you only have to pay to get that hash recorded on a blockchain instead of however many kB of PDF.
Yes. I was laying on the sarcasm heavily.
I presume that's what these oracle services provide.
Essentially hosts the us governments GDP NFT, so you can right click and download it just like every NFT crypto bro hates you doing.
Whether its actually the US Government hosting the file, or these oracle services hosting it... It doesn't matter.
Why not just host the files on a government website with appropriate file hashes (so users can verify the file is still the same), let the internet archive and the national archives take a snapshots of the files and pages and hashes etc... ? That's a well regarded site archival system, and the governmental archival system. Has redundancy, pedigree and public acceptance.
Fuck it, publish just the hash on some block chains so the "fingerprint" of the report is immutable. But call it what it is.
The report isn't "published on the Blockchain".
It is linked from some blockchains.
There is still a file hosted by some servers.
You can't download your favourite blockchain, take it to the top of Mount Rushmore with no internet and inspect the US GDP figures without first downloading the file linked in the block chain.
Blockchain oracles are entities that connect blockchains to external systems, allowing smart contracts to execute depending on real-world inputs and outputs. Oracles give the Web 3.0 ecosystem a method to connect to existing legacy systems, data sources and advanced calculations.
What is a Hard Fork? A History of Bitcoin Hard Forks
What is a hard fork, and how have hard forks impacted Bitcoin?trustmachines.co
DW chief condemns 'unacceptable' attack on journalists
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I remember DW as super conservative from way back when. Either that changed or they're very steadfast, journalistically uncompromising. In any case, hearing good stuff about & from them all the time. Go DW!
edit: OK that came across fanboish. I respect DW for making proper journalism that isn't necessarily aligned with my political views. It's one of those channels I pay attention to in addition to my main ones.
DW is funded and run by the German government to improve Germanys image abroad. It is not a public broadcaster as those are financed through a government independent but obligatory system.
In regards to Palestine it ran a terrible hack job of Israeli propaganda until about earlier this year, when they realized that this is harming the image of Germany abroad much stronger than at least pretending balanced coverage.
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* Announce he's brokered a peace deal between the parties
* Then tell the parties to just stop fighting right now
* Then demand a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in stopping the war
* Then sulk when the fighting doesn't stop because the underlying conflict is centuries old and he didn't even bother to figure out what the fighting was over let alone talk to the parties in an attempt to negotiate beyond just tweeting at them
* Then Wonder why his Nobel hasn't arrived in the mail yet
Barrier being built around besieged Sudan city, satellite images show
El-Fasher: Barrier being built around besieged Sudan city, satellite images show
The earthen berm is intended to trap people inside el-Fasher, Yale University research shows.Anne Soy (BBC News)
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Zelensky gives tragic update on Russia's Kyiv strikes
krainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 23 people were killed in the Russian strikes on Kyiv on Thursday, August 28, including four children. Eight other people remain unaccounted for.
Why It Matters
The Russian strikes on Ukraine come as President Donald Trump pushes for peace in Ukraine, urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Zelensky and agree on a settlement that ends the war after his recent summits with the two leaders.
The Russian attacks risk stoking Trump's anger. He has threatened to take firmer action against Russia, likely in the form of secondary tariffs against its trading partners if it does not make peace with Ukraine quickly.
What To Know
Zelensky said in a post on X that rescue operations at the site of a residential building that was hit, where all but one of the confirmed fatalities occurred, were now complete.
"The youngest girl was not even three years old," he said.
Zelensky said 53 people had been wounded in the strikes, which had also damaged buildings belonging to the European Union and the British Council.
Zelensky Gives Tragic Update on Russia's Kyiv Strikes
The strikes come as President Donald Trump intensifies his efforts to find peace for Russia and Ukraine.Robert Birsel (Newsweek)
The lack of western media reporting on the state of Ukraine leads me to believe they will make concessions to end the war soon.
Part of how propaganda works is not reporting on things that make 'your side' look bad. In other words, "no news is bad news."
Yeah, newsweek.
Where's CNN, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo? Radio silence because there's nothing good to say, or we get some kind of opinion piece trying to paint Ukraine's losses as wins and Zelensky as some hero.
The copium among you people is palpable. You're incapable of recognizing when you've been taken for a ride or believed something that isn't true.
Propaganda works both ways. If you have trouble accepting this, then it's probably because you've fallen for it without realizing it and can't admit it.
???
- CNN has an entire section on the frontpage for Ukraine.
- CBS is reporting on Trumps apparent doubts that a meeting between Putin and Zelensky will happen soon.
- ABC has two stories on Ukraine on the front page, one regarding Ukraine's counterintelligence efforts regarding the assassination of a lawmaker and one on Trumps doubts regarding a meeting.
- MSNBC seems very intent on reporting on every fart Trump does or does not let out, they have a World section but honestly there's very little in there anyway.
- NYT has an entire section on the war on the front page
- WaPo seems to have the least. You need to go to their World section to find an article from yesterday on families who lived in Kursk when Ukraine invaded there, mentioning that Ukrainian soldiers generally treated them well and how much of an embarrassment that invasion was for Putin.
But all of this I can hardly describe as radio silence. Besides, it's only US media. I can assure you that there's plenty of articles in European media too.
Tired of arguing with you people.
That doesn't mean he's correct or has a point, which he doesn't.
But hey man, you do you. Let people waste your time.
He's 100% correct, and his point was to demonstrate that you were wrong. Which you were.
Hope that helps!
US Navy SEALs killed North Korean civilians during botched mission: Report
US special forces killed several North Korean fishermen diving for shellfish after encountering them by accident.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/aljazeera.co…
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No paywall here? I'll paste it.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council began talks on Friday on a draft resolution for Haiti to bolster and expand a struggling international force fighting armed gangs, but some Haitian security experts warned the proposals lacked clarity.
Armed gangs have taken control of almost all Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince in an extended conflict that has forced some 1.3 million people from their homes, killed thousands and fueled famine-level hunger.
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The draft resolution, put forward by the United States and Panama, aims to transition the existing Multinational Security Support mission, which is both underfunded and undermanned, into a new force called the Gang Suppression Force.
Like the current mission, which is led by Kenyan police, the anti-gang force would be funded through voluntary international contributions.
However, the leadership structure would be different. The new mission would be led by a Standing Group of representatives from countries that have so far contributed personnel, plus the United States and Canada, and be supported by a new U.N. field office to be set up in Port-au-Prince. A new force commander would be appointed by the Standing Group.
The proposal calls on the Americas regional diplomatic body, the Organization of American States, to follow up on its pledges of support with targeted assistance, including rations, communications and defense equipment.
Some Haitian analysts criticized the lack of a clear source of funding, however, and said the new plan duplicates existing structures and fails to address root problems.
Ricardo Germain, an independent security expert, said that besides funding he was particularly concerned by how the leadership would be replaced, adding that Kenya's challenging experience would likely discourage potential successors.
Jack Ombaka, spokesman for the Multinational Security Support mission, told Reuters the mission was still assessing the planned new model, but what was important was that it addressed the threats and benefited the Haitian people.
James Boyard, a security expert at the State University of Haiti, said the new model was too vague on coordination with local forces and that Haiti's exclusion from the Standing Group threatened the country's sovereignty.
"We would go from a democratic regime to an international tyranny," he said, adding that any potential crimes committed by security personnel would need a pre-determined oversight body.
The topic of foreign intervention in Haiti is a sensitive one. Past U.N. missions in Haiti resulted in civilian killings, a sexual abuse scandal and poor wastewater management that caused a cholera epidemic that killed more than 9,000 people.
Haiti's presidential office said it would comment once the official resolution was made public. The U.S. mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
RETURNING TO RAVAGED NEIGHBORHOODS.
Just under 1,000 personnel, mostly Kenyan police, are currently deployed in Haiti - fewer than half the 2,500 troops the mission had hoped for.
The new force would authorize a deployment of up to 5,500 personnel. The draft resolution did not say how it would secure this number.
The existing mission was first authorized by the UN Security Council in October 2023, and the first Kenyan police arrived in June 2024. Its 12-month mandate was renewed and is set to expire on October 2.
As the death toll climbed, Haiti's government in March began working with a private military company run by Erik Prince to use explosive-packed drones to target gang strongholds, and the company is planning to expand its operations.
Earlier this week, prominent gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier withdrew his soldiers from several neighborhoods in north-eastern Port-au-Prince and urged former residents to return to their homes in a video message circulated on social media.
Boyard said this was likely intended to revive the economy in neighborhoods his gang had destroyed so he can again extort money from residents, and use them as human shields to dissuade drone-backed security advances.
Residents began to return to the ravaged neighborhoods this week, carrying canvas bags past piles of rubble and the husks of burned-out cars. Some told Reuters they had lost everything and found their former homes destroyed.
Hmm, I just tested with Firefox on Android (w/ uBlock Origin installed) and saw no such thing. Maybe you hit an invisible limit?
Sucks that 12ft.io was taken down; it was easy to prepend it to any address. (I was even using it as a proxy as an fu to news and government sites I didn't like.) At least archive.is/ph still works.
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during the 1970s and 1980s.
That sounds a bit extreme IMO, you can't really claim a fair trial when judging someone on the standards of half a century later.
AFAIK Brazil was a totalitarian shit show at the time, and that was not because of VW.
Has Netanyahu made slip-up in case against Karim Khan? - Israeli PM's allegations against ICC chief have never been mentioned before
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The Israeli leader made the comments during an interview with Breitbart News, a video of which was published on Wednesday.Netanyahu said that Khan faced sexual assault allegations by a “female staff member”, before adding: “And since then, there have been four other women who came to the fore and accused him.”
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"In the circumstances, it is therefore both extraordinary and deeply troubling to Mr Khan that a serving head of government, and one who has been openly hostile to both the ICC and the UN, and who is indeed the subject of an arrest warrant, should purport to have knowledge about other such allegations or individuals, or about an ongoing confidential investigation of which Mr Khan is the subject."
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Has Netanyahu sabotaged his own campaign against Karim Khan?
Karim Khan has questioned whether Israel is "interfering in and attempting to manipulate" a UN investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, following comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
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Well they have to pay 200+ million. So im not sure if "get away" is the right word. But I get the sentiment. Its a tragedy.
"It took the jury less than a day of deliberation to find Tesla 33 percent liable for the crash and responsible for $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages."
Almost 100 billion revenue last year.
250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%?
Yeah. That’s nothing to them.
Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy
Tesla has changed the meaning of “Full Self-Driving”, also known as “FSD”, to give up on its original promise of delivering unsupervised autonomy.
Tesla changes meaning of ‘Full Self-Driving’, gives up on promise of autonomy
Tesla has changed the meaning of “Full Self-Driving”, also known as “FSD”, to give up on its original promise of...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
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Richard Wolff: US Empire in Collapse, China Builds Rival System
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Belgium eyes using army to fight Brussels drug violence
The Belgian capital has been plagued by a spate of drug-related shootings.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/politico.eu/…
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What's your 'old person' trait?
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Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple
KEY POINTS
New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.
BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.
Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.
Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple
Tesla faces a number of challenges in Europe including continued intense competition and brand damage from Elon Musk's political involvement.Arjun Kharpal (CNBC)
I've just realized the back seat of my two door car is a death trap thanks to your comment.
... Good thing nobody ever rides back there and it's just used for storage.
Trumps says Venezuelan jets will be 'shot down' if they endanger US ships
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says "differences" between the countries do not justify a "military conflict".
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Train delayed due to people trying to hang flags from bridges, passenger says
Train delayed due to people trying to hang flags from bridges, passenger says
Rail expert Noel Dolphin says he was told his train was delayed due to "people being lowered over bridge parapets to attach flags".BBC News
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What's funny about this is I'm certain one of the stunts they pulled was holding up an electric commuter train as an act of protest.
About what you'd expect from an organisation funded by oil money.
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Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones for all residents
The limit would only apply outside of work and study time and no fines would be given if breachedYvette Tan (BBC News)
Israel’s army chief pushed captive deal but Netanyahu dismissed it: Report
Former Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal that would have freed all captives in Gaza before last year’s Rafah assault, but the premier rejected it outright, according to a report by public broadcaster Kan.
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Belgium appeals to US not to destroy contraceptives stockpile
The contraceptives were purchased by the US foreign aid agency USAID under former president Joe Biden to be provided to women in some of the world's poorest countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa
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Newsom’s support surges among Democrats ahead of 2028: Poll
Friday showed 25 percent of Democratic primary voters saying they would support Newsom as the nominee, a jump from the 12 percent he received in a similar poll conducted in June.Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg received support from 16 percent of respondents, consistent with what he received in June, while former Vice President Harris’s support slid from 13 percent in the June poll to 11 percent in Friday’s poll.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5475487-newsom-support-democratic-primary-surge/
Dev says Switch 2’s physical Game Cards were too slow for Star Wars Outlaws port
Data transfer speeds are much lower for Switch 2 Game Cards than for downloaded games.
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Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania
Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania
Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of NouakchottEromo Egbejule (The Guardian)
Is it just me, or does something about the use of the word migrant instead of immigrant or refugee kinda dehumanize these people that died?
These people clearly aren't migrants, that that means they move back and froth from their home country. So why has this word been so heavily used recently?
It's part of liberals trying to control what other people think by controlling what they say and read.
The reason why news outlets aren't allowed to say "immigrant" anymore is because college-educated liberals don't want people who oppose immigration to have words to support their case.
I say this as someone who loves immigration. The policing of language by the left does more harm than good and only serves to feed the egos of slacktivists, not actually change the world in any meaningful way.
It's because the word migrant makes no assumption on their intention. We only know they were migrating. We have no idea if they are immigrating or returning, or visiting temporarily. It's not politically correct, it's literally correct.
I am a college-educated liberal. On behalf of all our kind, I hereby officially grant news outlets and "other people" lifetime permission to use the word "immigrant" whenever someone is immigrating, e.g. because they have said they are doing so.
News outlets will use migrant even if we know they are immigrants.
Sorry, you're incorrect.
Do your own research.
If you're trying to say that it doesn't happen, then say it so we can all laugh at your willful ignorance.
Just so we're clear, you think news outlets don't use the word "migrant" in place of "immigrant" when the subject(s) is question are known to be immigrants or trying to immigrate?
A simple yes or no will suffice.
I don't know, never seen it but I have an open mind. The burden of proof is on the claimant, that is you. The default position is "I don't know", not yes or no. Your question, "yes or no" is known as a false dichotomy, a logical fallacy that is not convincing to me.
I claim there is a teacup flying around Saturn. Do you believe there is a teacup around Saturn without evidence? If you answer "no" do you need prove it? What proof do you require from me to believe the claim?
Migrant to me is the more accurate word.
Migration can be seen from 2 viewpoints, "emigration" and "immigration". Depending if you are looking from the country of origin or the destination.
However, in this headline neither the origin nor the destination is mentioned, therefore it doesn't make sense from either point of view. Therefore the viewpoint-agnostic "migrant" makes more sense to me.
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in reply to technocrit • • •US breaks one of the most important the pillars of the United Nations.
THE RIGHT OF ALL LEADERS TO ATTEND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, this is written in the UN charter and the US agreed to let everyone travel to UN meetings in New York when the UN was founded.
This is an attempt to start the destruction of the UN.
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in reply to Mrkawfee • • •No its not, it is doing what America has wanted to do and now what its owners have wanted to do for ever.
Its failing at being decent, it is succeeding at its task to ruin it all.
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in reply to comrade_twisty • • •Eh, good. 2 years and going of active genocide and the UN is completely useless. May something better come from its ashes.
If you still have faith in international bodies like the UN and don't realize they're simply pacifying tools to cover for and allow the west to do whatever they want, you're not paying attention.
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in reply to 3abas • • •Don't hold your breath, such a better version would still require major powers to concede and no major power would join without veto capabilities.
We need alien ovelords.
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in reply to StinkyFingerItchyBum • • •They were selling palestinian land in a synaguoge in montreal
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Montreal real estate event sells property in illegal settlements in the West Bank in Palestinian Territory
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in reply to technocrit • • •There is already a UN building in Geneva. Make that the primary one .
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UN office in Geneva, Switzerland
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in reply to technocrit • • •Trump blocks. Trump.
Fuck this inbred oompa loompa, and every person that helps him. He spreads his disease while a third of America claps and ignores the clear signs of child rape and genocide.
This is a creature, a monster. He is a thing, not a being. A creation of wealth, power, and privilege. He should never have reached such a ripe, demented age.
Our societies have failed us. The United States of America has been compromised.
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in reply to Squizzy • • •Your comment seems to imply that the placement of the UN HQ and GA is somehow ...a reward for a country's virtue? What kind of silliness is that?
The choice of placement of the UN HQ&GA should be guided by a simple principle: what place in the world is stable enough, neutral enough and independent from external pressure enough to be the place where representatives of all the countries in the globe, regardless of whether they are good or bad or «good» or «bad» can reliably meet without hindrance under a flag of truce.
It's a fucking practical question not a moral one.
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in reply to technocrit • • •Reminder that the US also sanctioned and blocked UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from entering the country less than two months ago because they didn't like her reporting.
news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1…
The USA is no longer an appropriate place to host the UN headquarters.
UN calls for reversal of US sanctions on Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
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