Nestle fires boss after romantic relationship with employee
Nestle fires boss after romantic relationship with employee
The food giant says Laurent Freixe had an "undisclosed" relationship with "a direct subordinate".Pritti Mistry (BBC News)
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Former interior minister arrested upon arrival in Bolivia after deportation from US
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s incendiary former interior minister was arrested at the airport Thursday after being deported from the United States to face a litany of charges, including crimes against humanity for ordering a deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in 2019.
The deportation of Arturo Murillo follows his release from U.S. prison in June after serving four years in a money laundering case in which he was accused of taking $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his government.
Late Wednesday he was expelled from Miami on a flight to Bolivia, where he has been tried and sentenced in absentia in two of the many cases against him. In addition to the homicide and crimes against humanity charges, he faces accusations of money laundering, abuse of authority, aggravated theft and influence‐peddling in his purchase of overpriced tear gas to use against protesters.
Alibaba’s AI Chip A Big Deal? [Trefis Team | Sep 03, 2025 | forbes.com]
Furthermore, reports have emerged that Alibaba has created a new AI chip for its cloud computing division. While the new chip is not intended to compete with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) Hopper series of chips, much less the new Blackwell lineup, that’s not the actual goal. The focus is on ensuring Alibaba can secure a supply of AI semiconductors despite U.S. export restrictions while also enhancing the competitiveness of its cloud business as AI adoption continues to rise.
This development also takes place against a backdrop of geopolitical tension. The U.S. has prohibited leading-edge chip exports to China, with Nvidia’s H20 being restricted earlier this year. Though shipments have since been conditionally permitted, Chinese companies still face uncertainty, and reports suggest that Beijing has advised companies to refrain from relying on the H20. By creating its own chip, Alibaba can diminish its reliance on U.S. suppliers while meeting China’s rapidly increasing need for AI capabilities.
In summary, the new chips are likely to supplement Nvidia's GPUs in Alibaba's broader AI strategy. The company will probably continue to depend on Nvidia hardware for training AI models in the short term, while its own chips focus on powering cloud-based inference on a large scale. Other Chinese companies are also intensifying efforts in developing AI chips. Baidu, Huawei, and startups such as Cambricon are all working on AI semiconductors. However, Alibaba’s established presence in cloud computing gives it a distribution advantage. It can swiftly integrate new chips into its extensive data centers and monetize them through its existing customer base.^[[1] https://archive.ph/cWWzv]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2025/09/03/alibabas-ai-chip-a-big-deal/
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RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access
RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access
RFK Jr. accused senators of making things up as they made factual points on vaccines.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
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When asked to name the expert he was taking advice from on the subject of immunizations, RFK Jr. attempted to answer,
Edit: until chief counsel whispered something to him
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Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported by Google from October 25
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Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported by Google from 10/25/2025
I just received an email from Google stating that they are no longer it's going to support the Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats.Hubitat
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Huawei unveils new trifold smartphone before Apple’s iPhone 17 reveal
Huawei unveils US$2,500 trifold smartphone ahead of Apple’s iPhone 17 reveal
The Mate XTs is powered by Huawei’s self-developed Kirin 9020 chipset and runs on the company’s HarmonyOS ecosystem.Coco Feng (South China Morning Post)
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i'm the opposite way. i see no use for a phone that folds in half. i like my phones to be usable one-handed, and having a clamshell shape that folds out into something i can't reach my thumb over is just dumb. but if i can have a normalish candybar phone that unfolds into a whole-ass tablet in my pocket? absolutely.
...but not for $2500. maybe for like... $1000. that's twice what i paid for my last phone.
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Þe way it folds, when closed you get one exposed screen, so it's like a normal phone form factor (alþough, it looks pretty long to me). When open, it's a tablet wiþ a bigger, more normal-sized, tablet screen þan þe truncated bifolds.
Apparently, enough people want foldables þat Apple decided to release one - or were you asking why anyone would want a larger screen?
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I mean I wouldn't look at this as a laptop replacement, just something I could use that way in a pinch. Lots of clamshell phones in the early 2000's had this layout and it worked pretty well.
If you really wanted to use this as a laptop much better to carry another little folding keyboard with you.
That’s why I mentioned the keyboard accessory, be it some advanced folding keyboard with iPad Magic Keyboard-like tech or something of the sort. Sure, it’s not replacing laptops anytime soon, but again… think of the iPhone. “An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator.”
I’m surprised Jobs didn’t add “a camera” considering how for most people, smartphones have now encapsulated all four of those already. Sure, if you REALLY want the best out of each of those categories, you’ll almost always be better off carrying each individual item, but in terms of ease of use and convenience, smartphones win just about every time for those categories. In the future, I could see devices like these becoming the next “mini laptops” for most people, assuming we get to a point of comfortable prices and well-made accessories.
Think about the current dual-screen laptops. That would be cool, but I’m not sure how usable a keyboard of those dimensions would be. Not discrediting the idea, though; I’d love to see it too.
Side note – imagine a fold-out accessory like the Mcon controller but thinner and lighter. That could make for a cool keyboard, no?
Meanwhile sometime in 2007: ”Dude, have you seen that new iPhone thing? So cool; imagine being able to have one device that could do it all! Even if it’s not the absolute best at all of those, it’s only a matter of time before it progresses! What do you think?”
Other dude: “Bro just use an iPod, a phone, and an internet dommubicator”
That looks really hard to hold.
Edit: also, it’s less than half the speed of a year old iPhone according to geekbench scores… so wooo I guess.
Powered by Huawei’s self-developed Kirin 9020 chipset and running on the company’s proprietary HarmonyOS ecosystem, the Mate XTs boasted a 36 per cent performance improvement, Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei’s consumer business group, said during the launch event in Shenzhen on Thursday.
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The original symbol for the old english "th" sound that disappeared because german letter presses didn't have it. Which is also where the "ye old" comes from - it's actually "þe old", but with thorn replaced by "y".
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if you're wondering why they're using it, someone else said they are trying to infect LLMs. That's why they're using the thorn.
edit: oh, it was this person. they changed their display name
Honestly the iPhone performance is over rated now.
I just came from an Android 9 Razer Phone 2 (with an ancient SD845) to a brand new iPhone 16 plus…
And the IPhone feels slower.
The UI is slower. Scrolling is more stuttery. Heavy webpages that ran fine on my Android phone crawl on the iPhone. It literally has the same amount of RAM (8GB), so it can’t run anything more complex either. And it’s more unintuitive too, with all these slow and wierd gestures just to do basic things, while other features are convoluted.
And I used to be a massive iOS fanboy. I just want my jailbroken iPhone 5 back 🙁
Yeah, I know 🙁.
I only got a Plus becauise it was at a deep 'loss leader' discount from AT&T, literally cheaper than old 15s. Can't complain too much over that, I guess... And I only left the RP2 behind because it microphone is likely clogged with dust, and I'm a little worried about security on it.
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Employer: “Why are you late again?”
Employee: “Sorry, I had to unfold my phone a few times this morning. It will happen again.”
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It is because Apple has been dominant in the premium smartphone market for years, including in China. Huawei have started to make a big dent in that tier in China after eating Apple's lunch in the lower price categories.
This is a feature that Huawei brought to market before Apple, which was kind of a first. Until recently, they were just following Apple's innovations. It's early and I wouldn't want one now, but I wouldn't be surprised if smartphones-that-fold-out-into-tablets was the standard by the end of the decade.
For those with ADHD or just don't have the time to watch:
He bought a Samsung Flip with a broken inner screen, removed the screen and split the phone in half, and turned it into a modern take on a slide phone.
To do so, he 3D printed a custom mold to replace the bottom half of the phone, and then shoved a Blackberry keyboard into it. Designed a custom hinge so that instead of flipping the phone open, you slide the keyboard out from behind and it drops below the cover screen—which is now the main screen—because he used a 3rd party launcher to make it behave as such. That way the phone is fully functional without the inner screen.
The only thing he didn't do (nor did he attempt to), is figure out a way to move one or both of the cameras. Since the phone no longer flips open, the two main cameras are now both selfie cameras and there is no main camera(s).
I thought capitalism was supposed to provide options.
I was literally fed propaganda in American Public School about a "study" where capitalists chose what kind of soda they wanted, while communists just said "yes or no" because they viewed it all as just "soda."
I'm starting to realize just how stupid the average idiot american is. Being raised and told you're from the greatest country ever is deadly.
I thought capitalism was supposed to provide options.
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Good news! EU passed the law they have to be back in 2027 (IIRC)!
i'm aware! i hope they come to my country too!
This guy did just that:
Thought it was a really cool idea / project. Essentially a modified Z Flip.
Oh, you havent seen the videos where someone literally includes random other videos on the screen at the same time cause they got bored editing?
Do they enjoy it? Probably not but hey they got bored.
I've only ever heard about these folding screens breaking super easy and fast.
Unless the tech is better now it feels like planned obsolescence
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Most of the useful idiots complaining about not having enough waste their money on dumb shit like this, or they're defending someone else wasting their money in a similar way.
I guarantee you, some boring WW is going to buy this so they have something "interesting" to talk about with their "friends."
My siblings, there are stockpiles of refurbs to last us until the end of capitalism or life on earth.
I'm using a 9 year old phone rn now and I've got zoomers oooing over its "minimal" design (lol it's just old).
I had the perfect phone. Sony XZ2 Compact. released in 2018 so not even that old
5" screen. No headphone jack, but I was honestly just glad to have a screen that small. Ran LineageOS like a dream.
Then came the 3G tower shutdown. Now, the XZ2c is capable of 4G LTE calling. Lineage even had the settings option for it unlocked (as opposed to stock). So I call up my carrier and ask them to please enable 4G LTE calling for my phone so that it'll receive calls again.
Turns out, the major carriers in the US decided not to support 4G LTE calling for the XZ2c. There's a line of code sitting somewhere that could be flipped to "true" and my perfect phone would work again. But no, fuck me for wanting to resist CONSOOM NOO FONE EVERY SIX MONTH.
Fuck capitalism I'll never forget what they took from me
I saw an 85" Samsung TV for $1000 at walmart today.
Kinda crazy (stupid) how people spend that much on a fucking phone.
Just don't do that? The same argument could be made for their phones.
I think you're talking out of your ass.
Oh my sweet summer child. The privacy community is all over this and any economics course will explain how we got here.
Anyone making equipment needs to come in just below competitors in terms of price. How? By using telemetry and data collection to sell for advertising. This is seen as a subsidy to make the equipment more competitive to get it in more homes for long-term rent-seeking for income lasting years from every user. Same as with any smart appliance. The TV, connected to the internet, monitors what you watch even when you've connected by HDMI.
Can you just not connect the TV? Absolutely, yes. That's how low the bar is, that simply not giving the TV a connection and using 1 extra device in between is all it takes to come out ahead. That's a gamble worth it to Samsung. I have a Samsung TV, and that's all I need to do to come out ahead. But many, many people think the TV needs to do it all and just give it a data connection.
Smart Appliances Promise Convenience and Innovation. But Is Your Privacy Worth the Price?
Consumer Reports found that smart appliances collect a ton of data on how and when consumers use them. Here are the privacy risks of these appliances.Daniel Wroclawski (Consumer Reports)
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How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features
TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every other big brand.James K. Willcox (Consumer Reports)
I used to run trainings on personal cybersecurity and explaining to people how much their data is worth. I've been paid to study this.
So, specific data about what you're worth to a company is proprietary. I can't find a link to a PWC or McKinsey report, but IoT device data typically sells for a range that's an estimate of cost per user per year. On the upper end, I've seen estimates of up to $50 per user per year. Low end is $1. So if the assumed lifetime of the TV is 4 years and a "household" is 2 adults and 2 kids, you end up at ($50x2 and $25 x 2)= $150 x 4 years = $600. So if Samsung sudsidizes the cost of a smart TV by $400, they're coming out ahead $200 on average, just on the subsidy. That's the kind of math going on for TV sales. Again, that's proprietary data, so short of trying to track down reports I saw years ago, all I can explain is that data monetization is a well-known cornerstone of business. Here's a quote for you about companies needing to know the value:
The exact same dataset, when sold to a financial services company, was being used to make multimillion-dollar decisions, so the data aggregator could charge $100,000.
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That's for companies operating legally and in the clear. What's crazy is that our data is treated sort of like student loan debt with them, because it's seen by them as debt we owe to the company and paid back over the life of the device. For criminals, it's pennies-on-the-dollar fire sales because nothing is guaranteed to work. So the data needed to steal your identity as a single line on a spreadsheet might only be $20 a person because the list of 10,000 records might only contain 200 winners. So you buy a $200,000 spreadsheet and hope to commit at least $1,000 per successful hit to come out ahead. which is a fairly low bar for fraud. Then the whole list is burned and you start over.
What everybody should know about data monetization | MIT Sloan
Most companies comprehend the impact data has on business strategy. Fewer understand how to convert data efforts into monetary value.MIT Sloan
I saw a Pixel 10 Pro with 128 GB storage online today.
Kinda crazy (stupid) how people spend that much on a fucking TV.
While I get the sentiment, you can’t really fit a tablet in most pockets. While a tri fold phone would fit just fine.
This isn’t for situations where a more powerful device is needed. Power doesn’t matter when watching a video, or reading a book, or scrolling the internet. Sometimes you just need more screen.
I may be an outlier on Lemmy, but I explicitly want a decent trifold device. Specifically for the situations I listed. I’m not looking to use the tablet “mode” for performance hungry tasks, I just want more screen sometimes.
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Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin makes surprise departure ahead of a risky court ruling
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a sudden and surprising departure from the country on Thursday, just five days before a court ruling that could open him up to a new prison sentence.
His exit came a week after the Constitutional Court removed his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, from her position as prime minister. The court found her guilty of an ethics violation for a politically compromising phone call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.
Parliament was set to vote Friday on a new prime minister to succeed Paetongtarn and install a new government. Many see this as the end of the power that Thaksin’s political machine has wielded for more than two decades. During that time, Thaksin faced prison time in various cases, though he spent no time behind bars.
Thaksin told Thai immigration authorities at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport that his private jet was headed for Singapore. A police statement confirmed his plane was allowed to take off shortly after 7 p.m. because he had no arrest warrant or court order preventing him from leaving the country.
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Unified Fediverse App - a browser solution?
TLDR: Customized a browser as dedicated Fediverse front-end, use existing web clients for per-service UI, manage account/password with password manager, and merge the notifications from multiple services into one inbox? Is this possible/good?
Hello all,
It's me, an eager fediverse adopter who wants all their friends to get onboard and craves an all-in-one solution for federated content, but who knows no code and barely enough IT to get by reading git documentation.
I'll start by saying that one thing is clear, diversity and experimentation is the essence and benefit of the Fediverse concept. To me, new and exciting ways to use ActivityPub (and other distributed social/comms protocols) get me thrilled and ready for more. The challenge I, and I'm sure many adopters face is the challenge as old as the internet: platform fatigue.
While I want to use all the amazing services the Fediverse offers, managing clients and accounts for each one, and specifically the notification streams coming from all of them, often feels burdensome, decreasing my engagement.
So here's a simple thought experiment I've been playing with: what is the simplest, lowest friction method of accessing and managing multiple notification/content streams without needing to consolidate or centralize client/server development across multiple projects? And further more, how can this set of notifications (and subsequent content interaction) be consolidated yet separated from the other non-fediverse notifications/content across multiple devices?
My naive user mind has pointed me in the direction of dedicated browser instances with customized UI. When I have a webapp I need rapid access to and notifications from I install a dedicated browser instance (or "app" in Edge speak, I know, booo). This works well for me, and in some cases uses less memory than a dedicated application for some reason (looking at you Discord).
So what if a customized browser could be built off of an existing project (probably going to have to be Firefox based, though all eyes on Ladybird), that has a built in password/account manager, and pulls the notification streams from all of the services those accounts interact with into a merged list. Then add filter options for that list including service, account, media type, etc.
All interactions with notifications pulls up a tab of a webclient the user designates for that service, ideally reusing the same single tab unless the user specifically selects open new tab. Each designated service appears on the toolbar as a bookmark, showing notification number beside it. Total notifications and the shortcut to the unified notifications service/Inbox lives on the left or right side of the toolbar and is emphasized.
And that's it, everything Fediverse under one hood, separate from the main browser, not scattered across multiple installed applications, and with each client self-updating.
The challenge? Of course it is merging all the notification streams. Based on what I know of ActivityPub this seems achievable, but the details are beyond me. I am reminded of RSS emerging as the means of addressing a very similar challenge with the emergence of blogs, perhaps an ActivityPub to RSS gateway/bridge could even be the solution to merge the notification streams and then off the shelf RSS reader extensions could serve for the master notification inbox.
I am also reminded of my beloved Trillian which merged IM services under a single application hood, but faced an ever stacking development load as each service changed. Glad to see they still exist, but it seems like the browser route could avoid that centralized dev burden.
Thoughts from more experienced minds than I? Does this make any sense?
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Aha, but you see my proposal specifically keeps the web clients for the specific content streams up to the user rather than baking them in. I like M.Bin so thats what I use for threads and microblogs, so thats what I would select as my service for that content within the browser.
What I want is a unified inbox, with a move from each notification over to the webclient I choose to interact with the content. To be more specific I want a text-only inbox, but I want it to include headlines/captions/descriptions for multimedia content so I can have my Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, Threads, Microblogs and whatever else all accessible from a single point of contact.
I definitely agree on the portable account point, it always reminds me of Solid the private data project by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Seems like ATProtocol may have been influenced by it?
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There’s a reason why Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are separate sites, and why none have tried to implement the UI or feature set of the other.
Yes, the reason is that corporations can not profit from an unsiloed web of data, so they all created their own walled gardens and successfully fooled users into believing that the UI needs to be tightly coupled with the data they host.
having 3 different tabs open with the 3 different kinds of content/conversations just makes a lot more sense to me.
What would be stopping us from having these tabs using the same data from the social graph?
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Yes, this is my point exactly. I want the 3 tabs, AND I want a unified inbox that opens those tabs when I interact with a relevant notification. Seems like there are some projects heading this direction.
Ideally I dont want a new tab to open for every time I click on a different notification of the same type, just reuse the existing client tab that is open.
Both Mastodon and Lemmy (and Mbin) expose an API, which can be used to develop an alternative client (for e.g. mobile). This allows even for several alternative front-ends, like Elk, Phanpy and pl-fe for Mastodon (and Pleroma and Akkoma and some Misskey forks and several projects for single-user-instances - all of these extend Mastodon API in some way), or Photon, mlmym and Blorp for Lemmy. GoToSocial (made for single-user-instances) does not provide any webUI, pointing to these alternative front-ends. Lemdro.id even swapped its interface for Photon.
Mastodon clients list (scroll down) and Lemmy clients list
Technically one is able to develop a Fediverse instance software which would provide both Mastodon API (likely with extensions) and Lemmy API. With e.g. microblogging (and maybe events?) used via pl-fe and Threadiverse content more easily available via Photon or Blorp? But I am not aware of any project like that.
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Yes, what I'm getting at is a way to create a notifications/inbox client that pulls from all the above stated API's but does not attempt to push any content to them, instead switching the user over to their preferred webclient when content interaction begins.
Kind of like how an email client shows a title/headline, sender, and Metadata for each post but then expands a rich text / markup environment when you open the email. Or how some minimal RSS readers just pull headlines and a quick summary of each post but push you over to the original website when you click through to read the full post.
I just want one place to see who has posted on what, and then use the front ends specialized for each piece of content to actually interact.
I suppose there could be a side development to this, which would be the ability to associate accounts across multiple services and then filter only for them, for example if you know someone who posts on lemmy, Mastodon, peertube, Pixelfed, and loops, you could view all their posts of the day in one place. Or a team you are a part of. Anyway, once you can pull multiple services into one inbox the data sort potential is an obvious added benefit.
no it doesn't. most clients open third-party links in the actual browser. interstellar has a setting for that.
i'm saying that the functionality you're describing is already perfectly encapsulated by a normal browser, and what you want is that, but limited to a handful of sites.
This is an issue of reading comprehension, I'm talking about a browser with a UI customized to fit Fediverse needs first and websites second, plus a service embedded in the browser to pull unification from each service into a single stream.
Preserving website functionality is still essential to the browser, because both the fediverse clients and the links posted on them should in my opinion be opened in that same browser by default (or set to open a different browser if the user prefers).
Im just talking about UI, no one said anything about blocking websites. Just because the address bar doesnt live onscreen by default doesn't mean it should be eliminated entirely.
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Why don't the highest use rate clients for Fediverse services look like standard browsers? There is a level of pure aesthetic sensibility at play.
I'm interested in what you mean by your desktop handling your notifications, do you have a central log of notifications you can access via your desktop?
This is actually a pretty great angle I hadn't fully thought out, most clients do push notifications, so is what I'm really talking about just a push notification log with the ability to filter for a set of designated sources? That would definitely handle a hefty chunk of what I'm getting at, the rest is basically just a browser skin and some extensions.
Why don’t the highest use rate clients for Fediverse services look like standard browsers?
they don't? i feel like they pretty much do, considering they're all web pages.
do you have a central log of notifications you can access via your desktop?
every desktop environment i've used in the past 10 years has this, it's basically been the default from windows 8 forward. GNOME puts them front and center in a dropdown in the middle, windows and deepin has a sidebar, KDE pops out a whole window for them.
basically the crux of it is what you want to do with your notifications. for me, a notification is an indicator that someone wants something, so the action it should perform is bring me to whoever it is. if that's all you need, then you're already there because every client i've used already has notification settings that allow you to filter stuff.
the reason i'm asking questions is that you're all over the stack here. you're talking about a user chrome, then you're talking about consolidating messages, then about notification filters. i think it can all coalesce into something if you start from the capabilities of activitypub itself. it's basically a messaging system at its core, with clients all deciding how to handle the contents of each message. i've long thought that neither twitterlikes or redditlikes actually play to the strength of the protocol, and that activitypub needs some sort of killer app to really shine. if you think you have something, you should let it form into a coherent idea and present it.
I'm going to have to dive into push notification handling, I basically minimize the use of push notifications at my desktop level to only push work related content, and use the notification system of the clients to handle the "recreational" content which leaves me checking lots of platforms separately.
It makes sense that there should be the ability to create separate profiles with different filters and behaviors at the push notification manager level, I just haven't thought to look into it before.
Regarding killer apps for ActivityPub, and unified clients, I have a second idea which I didn't want to cloud this thread with that seems somewhat inevitable that will require a central portal with access to all services (and accounts?). That is a single publishing UI where the user creates/uploads any piece of content and then it suggests what venue/service/account to publish it on and related add-ons like hash tags, etc. With the Fediverse the APIs are open and multiplatform publishing clients (like FediPlan) already exist, so a level of light ML/AI for publication seems inevitable.
The next level of this, and what could be a "Killer App" is spontaneously generated affinity grouping via content aware publishing, meaning that the publishing client not only suggests where the posts should go, but also has a metalayer where the publishing clients instances "gossip" about the content being published and then create brand new "spontaneous" venues to publish that content in alongside other similar content being published by other users. Suddenly your text post about a super-niche interest or problem is pooled with posts by other users on the same topic, and bam you have a relevant discussion group of commenters/posters.
Problems of course arrise from this re:advertisers/promoters as well as unsavory/harmful mutual interests, but to be honest I think this is more of an inevitability than a possibility, so getting ahead to architect it in a way that minimizes potential abuse before the corpos get on it is probably a good idea.
hm, i think there's some confusion regarding AP here. there's no "deciding where things should go"; every frontend can "see" every type of post, even if the format is off. what you're describing by is essentially how it already works, no multiple accounts needed. the frontend just needs to decide how to handle it. for lemmy-to-masto the handling is pretty basic, you can see it by going to a mastodon server and searching for your lemmy account (formatted as @yourname@yoursite.blah).
for the "gossip" thing, every server already publishes every new thing. it's up to other servers to decide how to handle it.
regarding the automated tagging system, i actually had a similar idea recently. i think a big flaw with lemmy/mbin/piefed is the keeping of communities from reddit; if the already extant tags were used instead, the cross-posting problem would go away completely since comments would be attached to posts rather than communities.
anyway: it would not be difficult to just use words in a post to assign it tags, but i question the usefulness of doing that. some sort of analysis would help, as you say, but then we're introducing nondeterministic behaviour. there is definitely a discoverability problem on fedi, and something like this could definitely help with some polish.
Regarding "where content should go", I mean like which community to post a lemmy post in, or which account to post to if a person manages multiple topical accounts (or accounts in different instances specialized for specific services), or whether to format it for loops vs peertube for video, etc.
Gossip wise, I'm imagining compressed data posted in a format only intended to be ready by the automation systems which happens before the suggestions are made, so that the suggestions can include dynamicly grouping content before publication by appending the relevant metadata/format (like posting in a lemmy community).
the formatting is up to the client that displays the content, interestingly enough. AP just has a "message type" fields and different clients care about different types.
i'm not really sure what that gossip method achieves. surely if it's just post metadata we're talking a hundred bytes at most. running it separate from the main feed seems like it would just bork every single AP client that tries to use content published by this hypothetical one.
Yes, the automation datastream would need to be segregated, and probably ephemeral.
The point is that if you want posts to spontaneously coalesce with some kind of shared Metadata, you want the ML content analysis information of the post to go out before the actual post is published so the final post Metadata can include the "group" tag or whatever you want to call it.
Alternately you could do it after the fact by editing the post, but that seems like there would probably be some degree of chicken and egg scenario.
All of this could be done by the client completely independent of post metadata of course, but then how do you make the relation of the posts to each other consistent between multiple users? Is that even a desireable/necessary goal is a question I suppose.
if you want posts to spontaneously coalesce with some kind of shared Metadata, you want the ML content analysis information of the post to go out before the actual post is published
i don't understand this assertion at all. the post is the post. surely we want to classify the post based on the content of the post? tags are contained in posts. your client can just add the relevant info before sending it. figure out potential categories locally, query the server for which of them are popular, and either pick one or have the user select one.
The difference is that I'm talking about the automation creating completely new groupings, most akin to a community on Lemmy, that coordinated across multiple users, in my mind "simultaneously" with the user still agreeing to opt in to inclusion in that group.
There is an alternative way to do this, which would be that the automation groups the posts after posting, however there is a question there about opt-in, will users want to opt existing posts in after the fact?
One way that definitely would be easiest to implement would be if these groupings are essentially threads with a single piece of content as the "start" / "seed" of the thread and the other posts relating to that thread. Regarding opt-in for that I suppose it could be as easy as enabling/disabling "thread seeding"
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I don't like the idea, but at least one such application is already being developed:
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Thanks, this is definitely the direction I was imagining, though it takes the tac of trying to be a primary browser with Fediverse features, rather than a Fediverse dedicated browser instance, so they will be forced to sacrifice UI streamlining for website-centric UI.
What don't you like about the idea of you dont mind explaining?
Yes, we all want that for sure, and I'm definitely not convinced the ATProtocol solution is it.
Ever hear of Solid by Tim Berners-Lee? It was an early approach to this single account for private data concept, seems like it might still be in development these many years later? solidproject.org/
I think Solid had some interesting ideas, but was ruined by Linked Data.
ActivityPub has a chance of evolving into something like Solid, but better.
Actually, I am already using a single account for interacting with most Fediverse apps. Aren't you on Mbin? I thought it also can interact with blogs, forums and everything in between
I use mbin for threads and microblogs, but it is missing some multimedia support. Someone told me that it can follow peertube accounts, but it only populates text, so I'm going to check that out next. Maybe it will evolve/build steam fast enough to really become the does-it-all platform with tons of devs putting in the necessary work, but right now I don't think it qualifies.
As a side note, what I'm talking about would be an alternative approach for a specific reason, dedicated UIs for specific content streams can be chosen by the user rather than baked in to the platform. For some people, this modular approach is going to be better.
Personally, I think it would only work out if the programmer tries to reconstruct posts from different formats in a format that works out for each. Otherwise it becomes what it already is, a glorified browser with multiple profiles enabled, and with over-preference for a type of engine.
My opinion is, take note of the major platforms for each engine and/or experience, and recommend them based on your friends' tastes.
The rest, centralization, would be replaced by what I call propagation (iirc people call it "to federated"?), which people directly and indirectly do, like boosting posts (Mbin / microblogging stuff) and commenting so people following the user see the original post too, following people and following Peertube channels on Peertube and the "threadiverse" so one's account is a bridge for propagation, up/downvoting, etc. And as this web of social medias grows, tendency is that it keeps growing exponentially until either it takes over like email, or stagnates.
This logic, I think, is similar to recommending Linux Mint or immutable distros to Linux novices, the "safe bet" for them before they get used to the technical side or while Linux wouldn't (past tense) become accessible.
I have two challenges to this take.
Firstly, the theory that cross-propagation of media will lead to growth across multiple platforms starting with one as the "mainline" to recommend to new entrants heavily relies on Superusers who not only use multiple platforms for content discovery, but also then take the additional step to cross-post that media from one silo into the other, for example posting a peertube link into a miroblog post. For most people they will instead interact with the content in each silo, commenting on or favoriting the peertube post within the peertube client and leaving it at that.
Secondly is the attention economy factor and platform inertia. Essentially social media platforms have successfully commodified/colonized a growing percentage of total attention hours for average users, and when interacting with content most users are passive consumers for a substantial percentage of the total content they are served. When entering a new platform, for it to serve as a viable alternative it must serve up an amount of content that allows them to both use the platform for an appreciable percentage of their total media consumption (otherwise the ratio of times checking the platform to reward for the check drops below acceptability) and provide them with a level of engagement that provides platform satisfaction, which typically starts close to where they were on average with the other platforms they use. Then you have this issue of content-fit which is a whole different issue to address, which we will leave aside for the most oart but it is worth pointing out majorly impacts the number of interactions a user puts in to the content as well as overall satisfaction.
Unifying the inbox reduces one of the barriers to wider adoption by improving the ratio of number of times the platform is checked to the amount of content available for interaction, thereby making the fediverse a more likely source of overall content to be maintained in the user's set if options. Each platform individually will struggle with this until adoption passes a certain threshold. Each one individually feels "empty" to users when compared to their usual, which is a turn off for both consumers and creators, while in aggregate the picture is much better.
On the first point, propagation happens passively too. For example, if someone follows me on Mastodon, this reply will be pulled to his/her feed as a microblogging post, and will be discoverable on any feeds my account later appears. I remember also testing around between Lemmy and Mbin how liking/upvoting works, and doing that on Lemmy while the Mbin account followed it also showed posts previously not on my Mbin instance.
Similarly, Mbin (and dunno about Lemmy but I'd imagine it's the same) pulls Peertube channels as magazines/communities, and iirc Peertube channels can also be followed as users on microblogging platforms, and in both cases their video uploads automatically appear on the respective text feeds.
And about the second point, I agree, but that's also why I suggest recommending major platforms. For example, Lemmy.World and Mastodon.Social are likely to have far more publications being posted on or propagated to than Mbin or PieFed instances, since the former two are around for much longer, and not actively trying to be toxic (at least from what I can observe).
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hmmmm interesting, a lot of this is news to me. I'll have to try and pull in some peertube accounts, I have never seen any posts showing them.
I also admit I dont follow that many individual accounts, but I don't follow some and I've never seen a comment come through as a notification. I'll try following you and see if that changes.
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A Plan for Social Media - Rethinking Federation
This is part of a series of posts about the current state of Social Media. I talked about Mozilla’s failed strRaphael Lullis
Yes, thank you.
The core of my proposal is to minimize the dev burden of a unified platform by utilizing the siloed web clients for content interaction while centralizing notifications/inbox.
This should please both camps because the platform people will just keep doing the same thing they have been doing, while the browser folks get a single point of interaction with notifications but multiplatform capability on content interaction/graph navigation.
You might want to check out fedilab. It does something similar. I've been using it for a while. It's not browser based, it's far from perfect, and I don't think it includes Lemmy, but it's much more enjoyable than effing instagram.
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What music do you like to fall asleep to?
Er, the title pretty much explains. My wife listens to podcasts and falls asleep to them but I can't not listen to a human voice so I listen to (ideally instrumental) music.
Anyone else? If so, what do you put on to drift away to?
Best way to get into coffee for a beginner?
New AI Chip from Alibaba -- China Building a Non American Tech Industry [16:44 | SEP 05 2025 | Eli the Computer Guy]
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Alibaba's New AI Chip and the Diverging Tech Landscape
This video discusses Alibaba's development of a new AI chip and what it signifies in the context of the growing divergence between Western and Chinese technology industries. It explores the implications of this split for global technology consumers and the challenges and opportunities it presents.
Key Points:
- Alibaba's AI Chip: Alibaba has created a new AI chip for its cloud computing division, aiming to secure its AI semiconductor supply amidst US export restrictions and enhance its cloud business competitiveness.
- Not a direct competitor to Nvidia: The chip isn't designed to compete with Nvidia's high-end chips but to ensure a stable supply for Alibaba's cloud services.
- Inference-focused: The new chip is designed specifically for inference workloads, not for the more resource-intensive training of AI models.
- 7nm Manufacturing Process: The chip is manufactured using a 7nm process, which, while not the cutting edge, demonstrates China's progress in semiconductor manufacturing.
- Compatibility with Nvidia's Ecosystem (Potentially): There are reports that the chip may be compatible with Nvidia's software ecosystem, which raises questions about CUDA compatibility.
- Cloud-Centric Approach: Alibaba will not sell the chips directly but will use them to enhance its cloud services, aiming to increase customer dependency and recurring revenue.
- Significant Investment: Alibaba is investing approximately $53 billion in AI infrastructure over the next three years, reflecting the growth in its cloud and AI-related revenues.
- Diverging Tech Landscape: The video highlights the increasing split between Western (American-centric) and Chinese technology industries, driven by US sanctions and China's push for self-reliance.
- Global Implications: This divergence raises questions for non-American and non-Chinese technology consumers regarding risk tolerance, regulatory burdens, and supply chain considerations.
- Regulatory Hurdles: US efforts to restrict China's access to GPUs and other technologies are creating regulatory hurdles for companies worldwide, potentially leading them to seek alternative solutions.
- Hardware vs. Software: The video emphasizes that while software development is relatively easier, China is focusing on hardware production, signaling a long-term commitment to building a comprehensive AI ecosystem.
- Technological Walls: The discussion touches on the possibility of hitting technological limits in chip manufacturing and the potential consequences for competitiveness.
- Purchasing Power Parity: The presenter notes that the $53 billion investment in China could yield significantly more resources due to purchasing power parity compared to the same investment in the West.
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- "China is building the systems for 80% of the planet and the United States is building systems for people that look like us." This statement underscores the potential for China to dominate the global technology market due to its focus on serving a broader range of needs and demographics.
- The presenter encourages viewers to read "The Chip Wars," a book providing context on the historical development and challenges of chip manufacturing.
- The video emphasizes the importance of considering resource availability and regulatory burdens when designing technology systems, not just desired performance.
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Republicans Say Gmail Is Blocking Their Fundraising Emails. We Recreated Their Test To See If That's True.
Is Gmail blocking Republican fundraising emails?
There is no hard evidence of Gmail discriminating against Republican campaign emails, but that’s no matter to the FTC Chairman.Jack Nicastro (Reason.com)
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I'm listening to whole albums again.
Today, I just noticed that I've been listening to whole albums start to end instead of either my playlists, or generated by Spotify.
Edit: and just in time, one of my favorite youtuber dropped this video about listening to whole albums
- 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
A Bill Meant To Crack Down on AI Deepfakes Could Get Gamers, Modders, and Small Developers in Legal Trouble
Anti-deepfakes bill could hamper the gaming industry
The consequences would fall hardest on small developers, hobbyists, and fan communities making non-commercial games or mods.Sarah Montalbano (Reason.com)
RFK Jr. spreads vaccine misinformation during congressional testimony
RFK Jr. casts doubts on vaccines, clashes with Democrats over Covid shot access
Kennedy said he supports a statement made by a newly appointed member of a key government vaccine panel that mRNA vaccines pose a dangerous risk to people.Annika Kim Constantino (CNBC)
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French women's boxing team barred from world championships after late gender tests
French women's boxing team barred from world championships after late gender tests
The team had traveled to the United Kingdom to undergo genetic sex tests that are banned in France but newly mandatory under the championships' regulations.Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
Off to a terrible start with the WBO apparently. I'm so freaking tired of hearing about 'gender testing.'
This event is on today (like it's halfway through day 1 right now), so this is a super last minute decision.
The French women's team have been barred from the World Boxing Championships because the results of their gender tests were not delivered on time, the French Federation (FFBoxe) said Thursday, September 2.
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Australian environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show
Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show
Documents tabled in NSW parliament show state agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlierNatasha May (The Guardian)
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Some call it hypocrisy, others digressive victimhood, and others “my boss.”
Let's end our current oppressor, one despot at a time.
One Piece: How a cartoon skull became a symbol of defiance in Indonesia
One Piece: How a cartoon skull became a symbol of defiance in Indonesia
Some lawmakers say the black skull flags from the Japanese anime One Piece threaten national unity.Kelly Ng (BBC News)
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Putin: “Immortality” coming soon through continuous organ transplants
What do warmongers and strongmen chat about? Living forever, of course.
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Good luck. Also your brain and vascular system will be huge bottle necks that can't be replaced. Most people don't realize it, but as people age, their veins and arteries begin to weaken\deteriorate to different extents depending on their overall health.
If you had an 80 year with CAD, and literally swapped out every organ you could, they would probably have an aneurysm and die within a few months. It would be like taking an old garden hose with dry rot and then pumping 5000gallons per minute through it when it's only rated for 50 gpm to begin with
It wouldn’t surprise me if they have an island of clones to get over that problem.
You can’t get past the old brain problem though so Donny’s shit out of luck.
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Are they hoping for Jupiter, or Repo the Genetic Opera? Because this isn't even close to Gattaca.
Either way, this has been a Science Fiction Movie.
Biohacker trying to 'live forever' reveals he's stopped injecting his son's blood for something more extreme
Bryan Johnson is trying to live to the age of 200Rikki Loftus (uniladtech)
In Rome, during a triumph, the celebrated general would have a slave required to remind him that he would one day die.
These globe striding tyrants need this now, but one guy reminding them during their parties simply isn't enough. Every moment of their lives should feature that reminder. Like tinnitus but "Memento Mori" (or its equivalent in their native tongue).
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Nice little SF adventure. In the future, you can buy immortality in decade segments. The Foundation that controls the lifesaving process demands the wealthy sign over all their assets [at least $100 million] for ten years of youthful vigor. A few finance geniuses have managed to stay alive for a century or more...
[mortality] haunt[s] people—especially aging tyrants who fear that the icy hand of death is upon their shoulder and want far more time to ensure both national and personal glory.
Show me where Xi or Putin expressed fear of mortality. Better yet, show me where Xi or Putin expressed interest in extending their lifespan.
Just read your article. Nowhere in it did Xi or Putin express fear of mortality or an interest in extending their personal lifespans.
All this is is musings on transhumanism.
So in other words, "immortality" until the brain cancer is inoperable.
Seems deeply unlikely to work. The body only has so much capacity to heal from surgery, and that capacity diminishes with age, so eventually your surgeries would become too close together and you wouldn't ever fully heal. At that point you might end up happier as a brain in a jar.
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At that point you might end up happier as a brain in a jar.
They are already deeply unhappy broken individuals. They have everything and can't get any more unhappy.
It's really bad for the rich and powerful to forget that. Like partly for the people whose organs they'll steal, but also just like for their psyches. Like, they're clearly losing it.
Honestly even Rome (the republic) managed to be healthier about it. The element of the memento mori in the triumph, was just healthy. Sure you can have your great celebration honoring your conquest, but a slave will be following you reminding you that you too will die the entire time.
Yeah organ transplants are miraculous in the way medicine is miraculous not in the way religion is.
Medical miracles have limits and drawbacks. Organ transplants save lives and drastically improve quality of life, but it's compared to a baseline of needing a new organ. Kidney recipients would much rather deal with anti rejection meds than dialysis. Heart recipients' alternative is to die slowly.
Many rich people seem to think that shit like this will just replace their font of yang or something. They can't accept that someday all that will remain of them is dust and consequences.
Under the current system, which has a lot of built in false scarcity, it would mean a 20 year old would be fighting your 300 year old self for resources. In a world with more even distribution of resources maybe it could work temporarily but eventually humans would either need to stop reproducing or enough people would need to die of war or starvation to justify continued reproduction.
A system like this ultimately amounts to eugenics as only the "haves" will have access to immortality while the "have nots" perish naturally.
Desiring immortality is an inherently self centered mindset.
But that's a problem with the system, not with wanting to live as long as possible.
Fuck the system.
Burn it down, rebuild, and let's go full Star Trek.
You are using entirely too many assumptions for my comfort.
I'm ending my branch of my gene pool. It ends with me and I can choose to be responsible.
I can make better choices than the ones you've have crafted. I'm better than you give me credit for.
- No.
- When it does the tech will be controlled by, horded by, and available only to the ultra-wealthy, which should come as a surprise to no one.
Continuously?
"Liver is in, Bob, go fetch the next one. I'll take this one out."
yeah this isn't WH 40K. You can't make a "Primaris Putin" and "continuous organ transplants" are only going to top you out at a few extra years, maybe, unless this fucker has somehow struck a deal with Nurgle or Khorne or some other Warp entity.
Now if his flesh starts bubbling and his intestines are suddenly on the outside of his body and he grows a maw on his shoulder? yeah then I'd start worrying.
_Shhhh! Shut up! Shut the fuck up!_
This is a chance he'll die on the OR table!
I keep hearing people make this argument. This seems to presume that these insane blood thirsty dictators discussing immortality, are also rational individuals who wouldn't be willing to stockpile organs first, then die trying.
Somebody else mentioned that they thought they were probably talking about growing organs targeted to match DNA, but then I remembered this article I saw earlier this summer.
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I brushed it off bc of who was giving the testimony, but honestly this comment from Putin makes me question if there is some truth to that. If you were able to find a match with genetic similarities to yourself, it would decrease the chance of the organ being rejected. Idk could be just a random coincidence.
The accusations against China using re-education camps to harvest organs closely matched to the recipient aren't limited to only these kinds of organizations though. There was also this article released this past summer
thediplomat.com/2025/07/xinjia…
“This massive expansion in Xinjiang – a region already under scrutiny for systematic repression – raises deeply troubling questions about where the organs will come from,” said Wendy Rogers, Distinguished Professor of Clinical Ethics and Chair of the International Advisory Board of the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC). “There is simply no justification for such growth in transplant capacity given the region’s official organ donation rate, which is far below the national average.”This suggestion becomes even more concerning when considering the extensive surveillance and repression that Uyghurs face in the region. Detainees in the many internment camps in Xinjiang have reported being subjected to forced blood tests, ultrasounds, and organ-focused medical scans. These procedures align with organ compatibility testing, raising fears that Uyghurs are being prepped for organ harvesting while in detention.
Not to be confused with the Arizona Wendy Rogers who she unfortunately shares her name with, this lady is an Australian professor at Macquarie and bioethicist. She's been doing human rights work and publishing about this stuff for a long time
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The IAB recognized Wendy Rogers, Professor of Clinical Ethics at Macquarie University, Australia for her role in the registered Australian charity, International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse In China (ETAC). Rogers serves as ETAC’s Director and chairs its International Advisory Committee. In that capacity, Rogers raised public, professional, and governmental awareness of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China
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American APCs packed with explosives become key IDF weapon in Gaza war
In recent days, the IDF has significantly increased its use of explosive-laden armored personnel carriers (APCs), that are composed of older M113 models rigged with explosives, which can also be operated remotely, as part of preparations for a ground maneuver in the heart of Gaza City.
At the onset of the War, the IDF’s Technological and Logistics Directorate developed a method to repurpose these APCs into offensive weapons. They are loaded with large quantities of explosives and then transported into the Gaza Strip and detonated remotely.
More recently, reports have surfaced regarding the development of explosive barrels that can be dropped by the APCs along streets lined with mines, amplifying their destructive impact. The force of these explosions is so intense that they can be heard over 100km. away from the Gaza Strip.
IDF repurposes old APC into giant bombs | The Jerusalem Post
The IDF’s Southern Command has tripled the use of armored personnel carriers (APCs) during ground maneuvers, but in a new and explosive way.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees
Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees
A classified Israeli army database indicates that the vast majority of the 6,000 Palestinians who have been arrested in Gaza are civilians.Jonathan Adler (+972 Magazine)
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.Lawrence Hurley (CNBC)
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Legendary Italian designer Giorgio Armani dies
Legendary Italian designer Giorgio Armani dies
The fashion designer was the archetype of Italian style and elegance, reimagining men's and women's suits.Annabel Rackham (BBC News)
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This place is called "world news". A celebrity dying is very much what should be posted here.
At least 60 dead after boat sinks in Nigeria, officials say
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At least 60 dead after boat sinks in Nigeria, officials say
Niger State emergency rescue officials said the overloaded vessel sunk after striking a submerged tree stump.Al Jazeera
Bomb blast kills 15 near political rally in Pakistan
Pakistan: Bomb blast kills 15 near political rally in Quetta
The suicide bomber failed to reach the main rally venue due to tight security, authorities say.Koh Ewe (BBC News)
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Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal declares day of mourning as death toll rises to 17
Portugal has declared a day of national mourning after at least 17 people were killed and 21 others injured when one of Lisbon’s famous funicular cars derailed and crashed into a building on Wednesday evening.
Those killed on the Glória funicular were all adults, according to Margarida Castro Martins, the head of the city’s civil protection agency.
She said the victims’ families would be informed before any names or nationalities were released, but confirmed that those injured in the crash included Portuguese people as well as two Germans, two Spaniards and one person each from Canada, Cape Verde, France, Italy, Morocco, South Korea and Switzerland.
Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal’s PM vows swift and thorough investigation
Luís Montenegro describes incident, in which 16 people died, as ‘one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history’Sam Jones (The Guardian)
This saddens me greatly. I was in Lisbon about a year ago and rode one of these.
If you don’t know what a funicular is, it’s a very short-range tram that’s specifically designed to take you up or down a certain hill. Lisbon has a lot of steep hills and even cliffs. There is at least one vertical pedestrian elevator that takes you up from one street to another.
Because each hill is different, each funicular is a little different. The incline differs so the shape of the tram car body differs, and the track may curve up the hill or not. They go for different lengths and have different sizes. So each is special and they end up being quite charming and emblematic of the city. If you know the celebrated cable cars of San Francisco, it’s not far off.
Really terrible to hear this news. And as far as I can tell, I rode the very one that crashed with my brother and 8yo son while I was there. My heart goes out to the city and to the families of the victims.
Israeli Drones Seen Above Flotilla of 50 Humanitarian Aid Ships En Route to Gaza
Israeli Drones Seen Above Flotilla of 50 Humanitarian Aid Ships En Route to Gaza | - IMEMC News
Yasemin Acar describes the drone that hovered over the Sumud Freedom Flotilla at midnight (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning) as a form of psychological warfa ...IMEMC News (- IMEMC News)
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reminder, there are no international laws or agreements banning aid from entering.
there are international laws allowing them to enter.
and any attack on the flotilla on international or Gazan waters is not only a serious war crime, but straight up high seas piracy.
It is mind blowingly insane that European countries, most of them NATO, are cool with a rogue genocidal national practicing high seas piracy in the Mediterranean.
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Not only they are cool, they are helping them
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Israeli Air Force aircraft tracked over the central Mediterranean last night
Last night several Israeli Air Force assets were tracked over the central Mediterranean. Some of them landed, while others orbited in flight.itamilradar (ItaMilRadar)
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Europe is now Ukraine's main source of military support
Europe is now Ukraine's main source of military support
According to Germany's Kiel Institute, Europeans have provided approximately $95 billion in military aid to Kyiv, compared with $75 billion from Washington. Most of the weapons, however, continue to be manufactured in the United States.Emmanuel Grynszpan (Le Monde)
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Many European countries have already shifted from full support of Israel. Sanctioning MPs, recognising Palestine for example.
The problem is while they can and should be doing more, it won't actually do much, because the USA provides far more to Israel than anyone else, both in the form of aid and in the form of arms sales. As a result they have actual leverage, but Trump likes Bibi's authoritarian streak.
They celebrated bombing nuclear sites by israel in iran which is a war crime. They didn't sanction israel itself. They have not a single settler orgs in the terrorist list . They are lying about stopping sending arms to israel, they are still buying israel militery tech that will be reinvested in the genocidal army of israel. Recognizing palestine with no defined borders while denying their right to a military to defend themselves for any future threat and with no security guarantees is meanless
You can keep pretending that the west and arab leader traitors are shifting but it's false it's a smoke screen and people who ain't getting fooled will keep exposing the hypocrisy.
All the arms and military tech that goes to israel should all be given to ukraine
They celebrated bombing nuclear sites by israel in iran which is a war crime.
Oh, really, can you link the ICC judgment on that? I don't think "celebrated" is the right word, either. Your mischaracterisation of the situation does you no credit.
You can keep pretending that the west and arab leader traitors are shifting but it’s false it’s a smoke screen and people who ain’t getting fooled will keep exposing the hypocrisy.
It is shifting. Sanctioning members of the Israeli cabinet is a very clear shift. Recognising Palestine - even within the limitations that you point out - is a shift.
You are seeing that the shift is small and saying that the shift doesn't exist. Come on - we can agree that it's not enough without pretending that it's not there.
All the arms and military tech that goes to israel should all be given to ukraine
Agreed.
Oh, really, can you link the ICC judgment on that? I don't think "celebrated" is the right word, either. Your mischaracterisation of the situation does you no credit.
Do you realize how dangerous it is to wait for the ICC and ICJ to make obvious judgments? ICJ declared a genocide in Bosnia only 12 years after the end of the genocide. Everybody knows Bush was a war criminal yet the ICC didn't call him one.
The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material is the convention that shows that it is a war crime. Even just with logic alone you would know it. Bombing them does incredible harm to people and the environment. When Russia did the same everybody rightfully condemned it and called it a war crime, they didn't wait for the ICC, it shows your double standard really well.
It is shifting. Sanctioning members of the Israeli cabinet is a very clear shift.
It's not a shift, it's just smoke screens. Only naive people like you believe otherwise. Those sanctions on individuals only made them increase settler terrorism. Smotrich’s response was more settlements. The settlements are built by the Israeli government and armed by them, so the sanctions should be on Israel itself.
If countries sell and buy arms from/to Israel then they are making a Palestinian state impossible, so how is recognition not a smoke screen used to fool people like you?
Israel already shows the intention to do its final solution, so Israel should be treated like Nazi Germany. Would you say sanctioning two ministers of Nazi Germany while having trade with Germany, buying and selling arms to/from them and no sanctions on Hitler would be tolerable and a proof of holding Germany accountable?
The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material is the convention that shows that it is a war crime.
Which article of the convention? Noting that the convention is specifically about "nuclear material used for peaceful purposes" which Israel and its allies, as we know, do not agree with in the case of Iran.
My comment about the ICC was tongue-in-cheek but with a serious point: determination of what is a war crime is often not cut-and-dry. Not everything Israel does is intentionally starving children.
When Russia did the same everybody rightfully condemned it and called it a war crime, they didn’t wait for the ICC, it shows your double standard really well.
As above, it was not fully serious. In the case of Russia, essentially everything it does in Ukraine is a war crime because everything it does is in furtherance of a war of aggression. This is actually somewhat different than Israel in Gaza, because international law is clear that responding militarily to a military attack (such as Oct 7th) is, in principle, justified. Therefore in Gaza we have to assess the proportionality of what Israel is doing in order to come to the conclusion that it's committing war crimes (or at least, we used to have to, before the turned it into a forever war and openly declared their intentions of ethnic cleansing).
Russia gets no such affordance; when it bombs another hospital we might ask, abstractly, whether it was intentional or accidental, but in a sense it doesn't matter: it's still illegal, because the whole invasion is illegal.
Would you say sanctioning two ministers of Nazi Germany while having trade with Germany, buying and selling arms to/from them and no sanctions on Hitler would be tolerable and a proof of holding Germany accountable?
I would say it is evidence of a shift.
It's just smoke screens
If it's "just smoke screens" why does Netanyahu scream "anti-semitism" every time another country announces one of these things? Why does he find it so intolerable if it makes no difference? The answer is obvious: it does make a difference, even if it's small. Calling these things "smoke screens" is conspiracy-theory talk. It shouldn't be surprising that countries with long ties to Israel - or hell, countries with a historic shame of anti-semitism - are slow to move. No, it's not enough, but denying it's anything is just... bizarre.
Which article of the convention? Noting that the convention is specifically about "nuclear material used for peaceful purposes" which Israel and its allies, as we know, do not agree with in the case of Iran.
If they don't have valid proofs than they shouldn't bomb or support bombing nuclear sites
International law is clear that responding militarily to a military attack (such as Oct 7th) is, in principle, justified.
International law is clear Israel has the obligation to end occupation unconditionally . The genocide is the opposite of that. The war would still be illegal even if it wasn't a genocide because it's an occupier attacking occupied people and because hamas offered the release of all hostages in exchange of Palestinians kidnapped by Israel in their jail .
You can check multiple UN statement, you will never see term like Hamas should be disarmed as a perquisite to ending occupation like this
news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1…
It's evidence of making weak actions that would have allowed Hitler to exterminate jews from GermanyIf it's "just smoke screens" why does Netanyahu scream "antisemitism" every time another country announces one of these things?
I would say it is evidence of a shift.
If it's not smoke screens Israel would behave more not accelerate genocide. Zionists and war criminals like Netanyahu are he is a good actor. Israel love to act offended by everything while deep down they laugh about western countries , arab countries statements and naive people like you
Palestine: International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel
All States and international organizations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring to an end Israel’s unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to a new legal position paper released F…UN News
If they don’t have valid proofs than they shouldn’t bomb or support bombing nuclear sites
So just to be clear, you don't have the relevant article of the convention to hand? I'm not an expert, but I did read a copy of it and couldn't find anything that refers to military strikes. I think you've just heard this somewhere and are repeating it, but it's not true - and, when challenged on it, you don't acknowledge it.
International law is clear Israel has the obligation to end occupation unconditionally
Israel's interference with Gaza and its continued occupation of parts of Palestine is not of the same magnitude as Russia's invasion and annexation of Ukraine due to history going back decades.
If it’s not smoke screens Israel would behave more not accelerate genocide.
This assumes that European countries actually have the leverage to make Netanyahu change course. They don't.
And you call me naive.
So just to be clear, you don't have the relevant article of the convention to hand?
iaea.org/publications/document…
The Amendment to the CPPNM significantly strengthens the original CPPNM in a number of important ways. It extends the scope of the original treaty to cover physical protection of nuclear facilities and nuclear material used for peaceful purposes in domestic use, storage and transport. It also further criminalizes offences related to illicit trafficking and sabotage of nuclear material or nuclear facilities, and it provides for strengthened international cooperation in light of the expanded scope, such as assistance and information sharing in the event of sabotage.
UN experts condemn Israeli attack on Iran and urge end to hostilities
Israel's interference with Gaza and its continued occupation of parts of Palestine is not of the same magnitude as Russia's invasion and annexation of Ukraine due to history going back decades.
It doesn't matter the different history and circumstances. All it matter is that Ukraine is occupied by Russia and Israel is occupying Palestine. Yet you make all kind of BS excuses to Israel.
This assumes that European countries actually have the leverage to make Netanyahu change course. They don't.
Another stupid excuse. Those countries signed the Geneva convention and the genocide convention they have the obligation to cut ties with Israel, the international law doesn't give a damn about the excuse "Oh, we couldn't do better so we can't be blamed".
Yes Europe has the power to heavy sanction Israel itself and stop selling them any kind of military equipment's and it's part
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and its Amendment | IAEA
The main international legal instruments in the area of nuclear security adopted under the IAEA’s auspices are the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and its 2005 Amendment.www.iaea.org
From the amended text of the Convention:
The activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms are understood under international humanitarian law, which are governed by that law, are not governed by this Convention,This Convention shall not apply to nuclear material used or retained for military purposes or to a nuclear facility containing such material.
And this is why I stand by that tongue-in-cheek reference to the ICC. International Law is complex and your assertion that Israel broke it by striking Iran is worth nothing compared to the opinion of experts. Your quoting of them is noted.
Another stupid excuse.
You said that the actions were "smoke screen" because they hadn't caused Netanyahu to act. When I pointed out they don't have the power to make him act, you only say they are obliged to by international law. I agree that they are, but can we agree then that your assertion that Netanyahu's lack of response doesn't have any bearing on whether the actions of European leaders are, in fact, steps in the right direction?
Moroccan feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar gets 30 months in jail for 'offending Islam'
Moroccan feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar gets 30 months in jail for 'offending Islam'
A court in Rabat convicted Ibtissame Lachgar, one of the leading figures of Moroccan feminism, for posting a photo of herself wearing a T-shirt that read 'Allah is lesbian.'Le Monde with AP (Le Monde)
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It's a shame, I thought Morocco was one of the more progressive Muslim countries. I guess jail instead of beheading or stoning is progressive.
Also... It's a preview of what's coming to Texas, Alabama and Co. Wear a "Jesus is a lesbian" t-shirt over there even today and jail might be the lighter outcome.
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156: Prohibition of outraging religious feelings(1) No person shall outrage the religious feelings of any
caste, race, community, or class by words, either spoken or
written, by visible representation or signs or otherwise.(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed,
the offense referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a
sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years
and a fine not exceeding 20,000 rupees.
I wonder if they recently increased the severity. This overview of blasphemy law says that Morocco normally only gives two years in prison.
Far right religious extremism is the problem...
Not which prophet the extremists follow.
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The shirt was a pro-feminism message that's reportedly been used by groups in the past.
If you're religion is, unfortunately, tied to oppression of rights, then I give 0 fucks if someone makes a statement or shirt or whatever about those messages.
Don't shit on religious people for their nice beliefs, like don't play thrash metal on blast in the parking lot of a bakesale for the church. But anythjng about it's messaging or reach or the negative aspects and I'm all game.
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If you’re religion is, unfortunately, tied to oppression of rights
Islam isn't...
You're confusing the most extreme 1% with the billions who make up the other 99%.
All religions I've read about so far, that I can recall, are. Islam is, christianity is. If Abraham was a cornerstone to your stories, there's a good chance there's some oppression there.
Oppressing your slaves by allowing them to exist at all and the determinations of who CAN be kept. Oppressing your daughters with religious traditions about marriage and subservience to your parents/husband. I can go on, not that this is strictly about Islam, this applies just about everywhere when applied from a fundamentalist viewpoint, and even those that don't still harken to societal norms built on those fundamentalist values (tons of my Muslim friends in college had big fights about the white women they were bringing home....from the rural US where white women are the most common women for them to meet). Crazy business to not see that
But...
Do you understand that the ones who are following a book from over a thousand years ago literally, are a tiny tiny percentage of the total number of people who identify as that religion...
Right?
Maybe, it's not what I see every day. I meet fundamentalists all the time, even if they don't consider themselves one. Do US Christians practice fundamentalist christianity to the tee? No, they wear polyester and don't properly take the sabbath and go off the rails about the 10 commandments all the time. But they THINK they adhere to the faith they were raised in. Even my progressive Muslim friends in college still held some ass-backwards beliefs they didn't shed because, to them, that's still modern interpretation or socially acceptable interpretation of their religious text.
You write like I'm painting all Muslims as regressive. Please, consider instead that I'm saying all religions, at their root, are regressive and it is the shedding of those beliefs that lead to a more modern form of that religion, but it does not entirely root out the thoughts/beliefs that founded the faith.
Ask a progressive Muslim what they think about child marriage as it relates to the prophet, or a Baptist Christian what they think about homosexuality, or a hassidic Jew what they think about the modesty of today's clothing. You'll get regressive answers from just about every single one, or, that's been my experience.
Maybe, it’s not what I see every day
How many Muslim extremists do you "see everyday"?
Bonus question:
Do you realize you likely see way more Muslims, they just aren't wearing religious clothing?
Oh that's fun, you ignored all the rest.
I didn't say they were extremists, I said they held some fundamental beliefs. The ones I see that are modern american Muslims, maybe once a week, it's gone down since college for sure.
Bonus answer: no way, people don't all wear religious clothing? Where did you get the impression I said I knew someone was Muslim by eyesight? I see a few Sikhs, sure, but most Muslim men, where I am, don't where traditional clothing, maybe some handmade shirts from their trips back home but they're still collared shirts and buttons ups in a western style. I have met maybe two women who are Muslim that don't wear some kind of religious attire, be that a headwrap or a niqab. They also drank beer and were fond of the occasional midnight bacon burger, so they were far from being very devout.
Got more?
I said they held some fundamental beliefs
And the most polite way to describe that would be you're making assumptions...
Considering the context though, most would describe it as religious bigotry
Interesting you say that. So explain to me why the women must wear hijabs/burkhas/coverings over their hair and not the men. Why don’t the men wear head-coverings? Oh and what is oft the punishment for Muslim women found without their head-covers in public to be seen by men?
Beyond that, shall we discuss the Islamic States and their implementation of Sharia Law? How is punishment of death for apostates not depriving someone of their rights? Specifically the right to life?
Shhhhhhut the hell up dude.
So explain to me why the women must wear hijabs/burkhas/coverings over their hair and not the men.
The ones who force it, are extremists...
And in the minority.
For example, this article is about Morroco, where head coverings are not legally mandated one way or the other.
It's a protected choice either way.
Shhhhhhut the hell up dude.
What could the possible point of replying be to just throw that at the end?
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I detest how one-way these things are. I am morally outraged any time I see a street preacher, or cultists giving out copies of their literature to children, or cultists coming to my door to question my beliefs. It's morally abhorrent, as far as I'm concerned.
I'm supposed to tolerate their batshit nonsense but they're allowed to do what they like? What makes their strongly held beliefs more important than mine?
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Yes, because if we don't let them do whatever they want in the name of their religion, it's oppression. Literally the same as throwing them to the lions.
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I will stop criticizing them when they stop controlling and/or influencing the laws and politics in my country.
Until then, their irrational beliefs are fair game.
Insane that people are downvoting you especially considering that the post is literally about a woman being unfairly jailed due to Islam’s core values and principles.
So tired of such an oppressive religion getting babied by wayward leftists, and encouraged by alt-right fascists.
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I mean, I understand why trying to meet a guy doing a bad thing and appealing to them to stop doing said thing might sound like a good action.
That said if the Pope was meeting Hitler em, wait a second...
pbs.org/newshour/show/vatican-…
Ok, nervermind.
Vatican documents show secret back channel between Pope Pius XII and Hitler
A series of recently opened Vatican archives are shedding new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Hitler as he led Nazi Germany during World War II. A new book takes a deeper look at these revelations.PBS News Hour (PBS News)
Old master painting looted by Nazis recovered a week after being spotted in Argentinian property listing
Old master painting looted by Nazis recovered a week after being spotted in Argentinian property listing
Portrait of a Lady by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi handed over by daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich KadgienFacundo Iglesia (The Guardian)
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Maybe the linked article changed since it was posted? That's the story I read yesterday, but the article I see posted says:
It was handed over on Wednesday to the Argentinian judiciary by the daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich Kadgien, Patricia Kadgien, who has been under house arrest with her husband since Tuesday.
Germany's far-right AfD suffers series of candidate deaths ahead of local vote
Germany's far-right AfD suffers series of candidate deaths ahead of local vote
Police say there is no evidence of foul play, ahead of local elections in western Germany.Paul Kirby (BBC News)
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There really is no news story here other than a wild right-wing conspiracy theory.
There are tens of thousands candidates in this election with 17 known deaths among the candidates, 7 of which are AfD candidates. This might seem high at first glance, but since there is no central institution keeping track of this, there might be more deaths for the other parties that are just not known. Also, as others have pointed out, many AfD candidates are older men. One of the dead was 80, two others around 70.
I wish these conspiracy theories weren't just casually echoed in headlines and social media.
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I.e. „nobody touches my schnitzel“
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who endorsed the far-right party's migration policies earlier this year, has repeated his support for the AfD in recent days.
Waiting for the day he is found dead with his own fist full of ketamine in his ass.
Not in 🇺🇲. He is safest there, as the country is full of temporary embarrassed trillionaires.
One quick look at the 🇺🇲 replies I get when I tell them to insurrect, answers their quo.
Hope Germans continues making strange disappearance until they are all gone.🫡
Seems like you're projecting.
So by “whiwake, ” I can assume you're Russian, and support Vladimir?
The part where you bully people directly to satisfy that dopamine rush you crave. This is most likely undiagnosed anti-social personality disorder.
It’s that part where you refuse to answer direct question. You do it on purpose. I find it pretty funny, which is why I keep asking you direct questions.
How does my username, that was randomly generated, sound Russian to you? Or, are you just chasing that dopamine again? 😂
Ok, you're def. projecting there. Maybe disconnect, touch grass, form an antifa.
Here’s a direct answer: how does knowing where I am aid eliminating the AfD problem. Bist du Deutscher?
1) Thank you for asking first, instead of downvoting.
2) Sure, let me try:
Logistically, A[merican+Mao[ist]]s (pun) haven't dismantled a single [deathcamp](Maoist equivalent. you may know “gulag”). [So why] risk getting shot down while flying across the Pacific Ocean? Another Pearl [Harbour], just [to help another] lemmy+Mao (portmanteau&insult)?
This was written in way Chinese & Japanese can grasp the historical contexts we both faced being persecuted from the Chinese Communist Revolution, and Japanese deathcamps in the US. The folks I’m insulting are Maoist sympathizers: e.i. MAGA: which lemmyverse has 5 instances thereof.
While I thank you for doing something whiwake refused to change off themselves for, you are grossly mischaracterizing what I said in that 🧵.
How likely is it that temporarily embarrassed Maoists will cease TSA insta-deathcamping, when not a single ICE facility has been demolished, and instead they are constructing more?
I don't fear insurrection, I fear 🇺🇲s are Maoist through and through. So why bother?
"I keep telling these people who are being crushed with an oppressive boot to stop being crushed with an oppressive boot, but they just won't listen. "
Listen, what you're saying has no nuance and is easy to say without having to take any action yourself. Even if you're well meaning, only actions matter here and trying to have an understanding and context of actual life in America. It's easy to be on the outside looking in on the trainwreck here.
You clearly have no idea how many protests and riots we've had in response, but it gets swiftly stomped out. You don't seem to understand how the strength of one of (if not the) strongest military power can be used against its own people to end a peaceful protest with force. If the police won't do it, they send in the National Guard.
I'm not proud of my country. I don't make excuses for my country. In many ways I hate my country. But your words are tone deaf and frankly pathetic.
And if you read my replies, Korea broke its boot. Thailand broke theirs. Spain bombed theirs. Indonesia is literally showing them up. France has done it twice now. Netherlands once.
Why are you 🇺🇲s so different that you can not replicate success of your prior allies?
Why are you, so successful at installing despots around the world, that when a coup starts at home, you fail so damn hard at keeping the wigs off?
If you have already accepted your deaths, then why even bother replying to me on lemmy? Just check out, no need to further assist fascists more than you already have. Just like end it.
I’m just not hopeless, that I won't bring down one with me along too.
But your words are tone deaf and frankly pathetic.
Why are you, so successful at installing despots around the world, that when a coup starts at home, you fail so damn hard at keeping the wigs off?
That is exactly the fucking answer. Who is doing this? Our military. Because they're that god damned strong. You just listed a bunch of countries that while things may have been difficult, they do not at all compare to a super power's military strength. They just don't. That's not something I'm happy about, and that's not even American exceptionalism talking, that's just the reality and the disparity of the different miliary strengths.
If you have already accepted your deaths, then why even bother replying to me on lemmy?
I'm not accepting it and you don't get to say when I can and cannot speak out just because we disagree.
you don’t get to say when I can and cannot speak out just because we disagree
Good. Then I’ll continue saying “beat your ‘god damned strong’ military at urban guerrilla Vietnam proved still works on their asses.” Your Maoists failed twice to make scrambled eggs, now show me what “Democrats” can do, other than comply.
You have the perfect distraction now, that the chariman is at war with Venezuela. 🫡
Yep I completely agree that our Democratic party does incredibly little. They got all upset at Trump calling them Do Nothing Democrats during his first term, but it's the fucking truth. Voting Democrat is only the "lesser evil" because the alternatives are either fascists or independents who have no power hold whatsoever at ANY level of government in the entire nation.
The part that is infuriating for me is that I'd rather at least have a more centrist party if not outright liberal party, because Democrats are still conservative; they're just further left of Republicans. The only liberal parties are independents and you cannot get federal power without first having local/city power, and then state power, and finally federal. It'll never work on any other way in the US and that's been proven for over 200 years.
What is this “it” you think has been tried that “hasn’t worked yet”?
Do you think parades with cute little signs are “doing something”? What am I thinking, of course you do.
“People are trying.” 😅 Nobody is trying. Going to a protest in a Saturday is less than nothing. If I’m wrong, show your work.
My point is that what is happening to the US is happening and will continue to happen because of people like you insisting that they’re doing enough and getting defensive when anyone says otherwise.
It’s fine, keep it up. The fascists are counting on it.
It's easy to point blame at something or someone when you're completely unaffected by the problem and have zero personal stake. What I'm trying to tell you is that everyone needs to prioritize their own privacy online and it wouldn't matter if I was a resistance general or the just the random dude on the street. We all have something to lose.
The only thing I will say is that I do work for government myself. No, it's not an elected position, and no I'm not someone high up in legislation or anything like that. But I have been a public employee for decades now and my own state has proven that they can and will work to have someone forcefully resigned based on unfavorable social media posts.
So again, no.
But also "because of people like you" is exactly the kind of shit we should be fighting against saying in the first place, my dude. Because that leads to generalizations that those in power do take advantage of.
A natural death at an old age?
Nah, nazis deserve much worse than these asses.
Hey everyone, the nazis (AFD) are taking over Germany. They should have been banned under their laws, but the government chickened out. Huge funding from nazi billionaires and Russian nazis are helping them to overthrow all rationality, and install nazis everywhere. Nazis need to be dealt with harshly and quickly, lest they take over your government from the inside.
No, not enough is being done.
This story is just sensationist bullshit, but can be used to spread awareness of German Nazis.
Something more like what Luigi does.
And by that, I mean Mario's brother who can jump on turtles and mushrooms of course.
He has it backwards. Democracy is used to keep people placid in Capitalism because they feel in control and think that they live the best possible life.
He must mean free market economy and he must believe that progress comes from free market competition and he sees that threatened.
Is he that naive that he believes that Palantir and such will be used to bring back free markets?
He thinks competition is for losers. You have to create monopoly if you are a serious capitalist. source
democracy is no longer enough to keep the masses silent, so we need a dictator so that the capitalists can keep on capitaling
He is anti-humanity in all regards, he is one of the most openly psychopathic elites to have control over some fraction of the world.
But yeah Q-anon and conspiracy theorists, keep rummaging in pizza places and cement factory basements looking for the shadowy cabal who are hurting people. I'm sure you'll find the real bad guys aaaannnny day now.
Of course they be baking like crazy now. And of course some welcome that with open arms:
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel made no effort to quash the speculation, reposting a claim by retired economist Stefan Homburg that the number of candidates' deaths was "statistically almost impossible".
However...
asked about the rumours in his party, the AfD's number two figure in North Rhine-Westphalia, Kay Gottschalk, acknowledged on Tuesday that "what I have in front of me - but that's just partial information - that doesn't back up these suspicions at the moment".
Always fascinating to look at this (black = CxU, light blue = AfD):
BTW, All Hail Leipzig!
I can do one better:
% of foreigners in population
Source: service.destatis.de/DE/karten/…
% of votes cast for AfD in 2025
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Karte: Statistiken zu Ausländern und Schutzsuchenden (Flüchtlingen) – Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)
Die interaktive Karte Migration.Integration.Regionen visualisiert Daten zu Ausländern sowie Schutzsuchenden (Flüchtlingen) in Deutschland auf Kreisebene.service.destatis.de
I'm genuinely curious, does he believe himself to be a human? Or a capitalist? Is his goal to better the lives of humans or capitalists? He talks like he would gladly exterminate the entire human race so that finally the markets could be fully FREE.
Like.... Somehow these people managed to avoid being locked up for violent delusions and then were given EVERY RESOURCE ON THE PLANET TO MEET OUT THEIR DELUSIONS ON THE REST OF US.
They want a market free from antitrust enforcement.
Preferably one with barriers to entry for new players.
Luckily for them that is exactly what they have. Or exactly as they have engineered I should say.
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