The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visitsCecilia Nowell (The Guardian)
who Really is Canada's new leader? (an unnecessarily deep dive)
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Using USB Headphones on Linux
Hi! I have an Audeze Maxwell. My wireless USB adapter broke. I tried bluetooth, but it only works well with my phone. I tried both a PCI-E bluetooth/wifi adapter and a USB bluetooth/wifi adapter on my desktop, and neither give a good connection. It's ok for listening to music, but like they share on Audeze's website -- although it may kind of work, the quality will be unpleasant.
I'm trying to instead plug a USB cable from my headphones to my computer, and I'm not sure how to get my ARCH LINUX install to recognize the USB.
When I plug in the computer, I got a couple popups. One saying
"USB Device Connected MediaTek Inc. MT6227 phone has been plugged in."
Then another notification that says
"USB Device Removed MediaTek Inc. MT6227 phone has been unplugged."
More than 140 environmental defenders killed in 2024
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Israel is executing its final solution to the Palestinian problem right now.
Israel is executing its final solution to the Palestinian problem right now.
and the world is holding a conference about it.Deaglan O'Mulrooney (the spectacle)
Big Tech Walkout 2025
In case anyone is interested in a digital exodus:
mastodon.social/@patrickleavy/…
ETA a link with more details: rebeltechalliance.org/collecti…
Patrick Leavy (@patrickleavy@mastodon.social)
@watchfulcitizen@goingdark.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange a small resistance step you can take is to starve #bigtech of data.Patrick Leavy (Mastodon)
Hi there, fair enough that's true for now, but we tried to future proof it by putting Freemium based on what they say here
simplex.chat/faq/#how-are-you-…
"What will be the business model?
We are focusing on product-market fit, and as such the business model is still a work in progress. However, the app will have a freemium model with extra features or capabilities for paid users (taking into consideration a potential formula like 5% paying $5/month is $3/user/year - ~90% gross profit margin)."
I'm afraid that the crowd that cares about BigTech meddling in our world has already done all of those. It's the other majority that we somehow need to convince
Personally, I'm done with preaching. I just use the better services when I can, so when the eyes open, I will be ready to be a guide
BTW, wasn't Signal so-so? I don't remember what the critique was but I remember making mental note that it's also not a solution
But Signal is a solution (if you can't self-host nor convince your friends to use something whatsapp-y).
funded by three-letter agencies
That for sure can feel iffy but if the code is sound and the keys are stored on client only, that does not have to mean they can snoop. Leveraging access might be a vector, though.
The agencies do need something that is a. really secure and b. present in global population, so it's not a dead giveaway "that guy is a spy"
using your phone number
They haven't dropped that yet?
Europe's New Gilded Cage
Europe's New Gilded Cage
The war in Ukraine has dramatically reshaped Europe's security landscape, creating a military dependency on the United States not seen since the Cold War.Dialectical Dispatches
Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drone in its airspace
Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace - the second Nato country to report such an incursion.
Romanian fighter jets were in the air monitoring a Russian attack in Ukraine on Saturday and were able to track the drone near Ukraine's southern border, the defence ministry said in a statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the incursion could not be a mistake - it was "an obvious expansion of the war by Russia". Moscow has not commented on the Romanian claims.
Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drones in airspace
Ukraine's President Zelensky called the incursion "an obvious expansion of the war by Russia".Ian Casey (BBC News)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the incursion could not be a mistake - it was "an obvious expansion of the war by Russia". Moscow has not commented on the Romanian claims.
Poland I can believe, as a one time Russian mistake or guidance error, but Romania on the other side of Ukraine, not next to Russia or Belarus. I'm now supposed to believe that these decoy drones are suddenly just flying across Ukraine to Romania?
It's fucking Ukraine who is sending these. This is the Russian s-300 missile kills polish farmers of 2022 all over again. Remember when that was totally the case that Russia killed poles and Zelensky said this is a mark of Russian aggression and Nato would need to intervene. Then it was pretty quickly stated S-300 didn't have the range to fly from Russian AA battery across Ukraine and into Poland and then they discovered that the missile was an model that only Ukraine had anymore. So everybody went hush hush and it was written down as an tragic accident.
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Ukraine is the one who is losing and needs Nato intervention to not lose totally or have to settle for peace that Kiev doesn't want. Or am I just going to have to believe that out of the blue for 4 year of war Russia suddenly starts pelting neighboring countries with not scout drones, not drones with warheads, but with a decoy drones that have been falling over Ukraine almost nightly air raids for years now, since unless they are shot down as they are supposed to they just fall down on the ground with very little harm to the drone. Why? Russia preparing for an attack, sending a message? It's Ukraine who is doing this. They want a no fly zone, boots on the ground, and Nato AA in Ukraine, because Kiev are dry regarding AA and will lose the war otherwise if they don't get Europeans to die for them too.
Andrzej Duda o rakiecie w Przewodowie: Zełenski chciał nas wciągnąć w wojnę
Andrzej Duda przyznaje, że Wołodymyr Zełenski próbował wciągnąć Polskę do wojny z Rosją. – Oni od początku próbują wciągnąć wszystkich w wojnę – stwierdził.Jan Fiedorczuk (DoRzeczy.pl)
Russia is still a bigger military, Europe didn't pick a fight with them. Russia is definitely fucking up as usual and just throwing men and equipment at it with no particular logic involved.
They're already involved in a way they just haven't accepted it. No country wants to get involved but I'm sorry eventually they have to.
Some Christians believe the return of the Jewish people to their land is viewed by some as a sign of the end times, leading to the second coming of Jesus. And yes they want the rapture to happen. There is speculation that is why they so strongly want to defend anything Israel does.
Lindsay Ellis just did a great video on it -
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Freedom Flotilla departs Tunisia for Gaza after attacks, weather delays
An international activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza left Tunisia on Saturday, after a stopover in the North African country marked by weather delays and suspected drone attacks.
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Set any application as Plasma background
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Set any application as Plasma backgroundMissing your favorite xscreensaver hack? Have an old Windows screensaver that works under Wine? Want to have htop as your wallpaper? Or maybe you'd like to write your own screensaver in Godot? This addon lets you use any application as a Plasma wallpaper or screensaver.
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Attached: 1 video Set any application as Plasma background Missing your favorite xscreensaver hack? Have an old Windows screensaver that works under Wine? Want to have htop as your wallpaper? Or maybe you'd like to write your own screensaver in God…Librem Social
That's a lot of effort just to Rickroll us!
Seriously, nice work. I'm always hesitant to use something like this because it's another thing that can go wrong. But the idea is really cool.
California bans masks meant to hide law enforcement officers' identities
SACRAMENTO, Calif — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning law enforcement from wearing masks on duty except for things like riot gear, medical masks and undercover work.
Saying it's the first bill of its type in the country, Newsom — a Democrat and frequent critic of President Trump — said it was a sign of growing authoritarianism to have detentions in by masked men "hidden from accountability, any transparency, any oversight. That's Trump's America."
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Before his death: Charlie Kirk rejects Netanyahu offer, faces pro-'Israel' backlash
cross-posted from: thelemmy.club/post/34808375
In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned about pressure from pro-"Israel" figures, according to a longtime friend who spoke to The Grayzone.While no evidence links "Israel" to the assassination, speculation continues to spread rapidly.
Before his death: Charlie Kirk rejects Netanyahu offer, faces pro-'Israel' backlash
In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned a...YouTube
Kirk was devoted Zionist, full stop.
However, a large portion of his audience was Gen Z, and their negative views on Israel are more in line with their generation as a whole, then with the standard Republican platform.
So occasionally he had to give them a bone to make it look like he's wasn't who he actually was.
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Exactly, and I'm assuming you disliked Charlie Kirk .
So if his token gestures were enough to make you question his devotion to Israel, how do you think they were interpreted and received by his Gen Z audience, those already predisposed to liking him?
Conspiracy theorists on X are saying Israel is behind it and that Tyler Robinson is a patsy/fall guy.
Motive is that Kirk had criticized Israel in recent months. There is a clip too where he expresses frustration at being called anti-Semitic just for having some daylight between his view and Israel’s current actions.
Political violence in US mirrors 1960s turmoil, historian warns after Charlie Kirk shooting
Political violence in US mirrors 1960s turmoil, historian warns after Charlie Kirk shooting
Mark Updegrove said a distinction is social media amplifying extreme views.Doc Louallen (ABC News)
US House Passes Defense Policy Bill, Including Provisions for Israel Military Aid
US House Passes Defense Policy Bill, Including Provisions for Israel Military Aid
US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to members of the media at the Capitol building, April 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ken …Algemeiner.com
Do we have a good solution for public survaillence cams and Facial Recognition yet?
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Basically laser-clean the sensor out of existence
5 to 50 watts
And blinding everyone around you too!
ai weiwei: surveillance camera blocker
ai weiwei proposes 'surveillance camera blocker' to extend the reach of cans of spraypaint, making it easier to block out security devices.andy butler I designboom (Designboom)
Or just use a red laser, they're even cheaper, if less discrete.
You can 3d print a geared lens barrel for small M12 lens quite easily.
Just map the values to real gear position and bingo's your uncle !
Here is an article about using a pulse laser to blind a camera sensor
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Laser-induced damages to charge coupled devices with combined nanosecond/picosecond short-pulse lasers
The research on laser induced breakdown mechanism of charge coupled devices (CCDs) brings new insights into photoelectric countermeasures. So far combined la...He Cao (Frontiers)
Whole home audio and AES67 in Pipewire
Is anyone using Pipewire's AES67 support? I'm looking to implement some form of whole home audio for an MPD or some other music server. I've played with a combined airplay sink and a couple Sonos speakers, but it's problematic and cuts out intermittently for a split second.
I'm only really able to use wifi at this point though, and don't want to run cables until I buy a house in the next few months. Though I will run some wired tests over coming months before that, and develop a plan. I've also looked into Snapcast, which is probably preferable to a combined Airplay sink.
And that's because I'm wary of planning to use an open source implementation to a very proprietary protocol long term. When I bought some Genelec speakers for my desk earlier this year, I stumbled across their networked speakers that support POE and AES67. I see Pipewire has AES67 support in the RTP sink, but there's not much out there about people trying to use this.
Has anyone around here gotten a chance to play around with it? How does it work? Any pain points?
ty for helping
How trusted is TorGuard?
I left them years ago, but their VPN software has (had?) a critical bug - the killswitch treats "connecting" the same as "connected".
Meaning that if the connection drops for any reason and is not immediately reestablished, you not only lose all protection, but you have a false sense of security.
Wife of Ex-Nepali PM Burned Alive, Gen Z Revolt Engulfs Country: Live Updates
Wife of Ex-Nepali PM Burned Alive, Gen Z Revolt Engulfs Country
Nepal has plunged into disorder and a political crisis amid deadly unrest. Newsweek's live blog is closed.Hannah Parry (Newsweek)
Following U.S. request, Japan won’t recognize Palestinian state
Japan is finalizing plans not to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state for the time being, following the lead of the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, government sources said.The move is believed to stem from concerns that such recognition could negatively affect the situation in the Middle East, as well as Japan’s relationship with the United States, the sources said.
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Reminder: kowtowing to fascists does not make life better. They are nothing but tiny dick bullies and insecure cowards, do not let their loud diarrhea mouths detract from that fact.
Consider them like terrorists, don't negotiate.
Cloudflare outage due to excessive useEffect API calls
A deep dive into Cloudflare’s September 12, 2025 dashboard and API outage
Cloudflare’s Dashboard and a set of related APIs were unavailable or partially available for an hour starting on Sep 12, 17:57 UTC.The Cloudflare Blog
'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36143769
By MEE staff
Published date: 11 September 2025 22:49 BSTBen & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.The war between the ice-cream giants comes as Ben & Jerry’s became part of the Magnum Ice Cream company on Tuesday and Unilever prepares to spin off Magnum into a separate public company, which includes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Walls and Cornetto, in mid-November.
'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36143769By MEE staff
Published date: 11 September 2025 22:49 BSTBen & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.The war between the ice-cream giants comes as Ben & Jerry’s became part of the Magnum Ice Cream company on Tuesday and Unilever prepares to spin off Magnum into a separate public company, which includes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Walls and Cornetto, in mid-November.
'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
Ben & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36143769
By MEE staff
Published date: 11 September 2025 22:49 BSTBen & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.The war between the ice-cream giants comes as Ben & Jerry’s became part of the Magnum Ice Cream company on Tuesday and Unilever prepares to spin off Magnum into a separate public company, which includes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Walls and Cornetto, in mid-November.
'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
By MEE staff
Published date: 11 September 2025 22:49 BSTBen & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.The war between the ice-cream giants comes as Ben & Jerry’s became part of the Magnum Ice Cream company on Tuesday and Unilever prepares to spin off Magnum into a separate public company, which includes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Walls and Cornetto, in mid-November.
'Set us free': Ben & Jerry's enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
Ben & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36142553
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36142552
By Syma Mohammed
Published date: 12 September 2025 19:49 BST
Van Hollen of Maryland and Merkley of Oregon produced the report after a week-long visit to Israel, the occupied West Bank, the Rafah border with Gaza, Jordan and Egypt at the end of August. The damning 21-page report is titled, "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It."The report observed that overwhelming evidence shows “Israel is…implementing a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and dealing a death blow to the vision of a future Palestinian state”.
US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36142552By Syma Mohammed
Published date: 12 September 2025 19:49 BST
Van Hollen of Maryland and Merkley of Oregon produced the report after a week-long visit to Israel, the occupied West Bank, the Rafah border with Gaza, Jordan and Egypt at the end of August. The damning 21-page report is titled, "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It."The report observed that overwhelming evidence shows “Israel is…implementing a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and dealing a death blow to the vision of a future Palestinian state”.
US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit
US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley released a report on Thursday saying that the US is complicit in Israel’s "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine.Syma Mohammed (Middle East Eye)
US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36142552
By Syma Mohammed
Published date: 12 September 2025 19:49 BST
Van Hollen of Maryland and Merkley of Oregon produced the report after a week-long visit to Israel, the occupied West Bank, the Rafah border with Gaza, Jordan and Egypt at the end of August. The damning 21-page report is titled, "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It."The report observed that overwhelming evidence shows “Israel is…implementing a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and dealing a death blow to the vision of a future Palestinian state”.
US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit
By Syma Mohammed
Published date: 12 September 2025 19:49 BSTVan Hollen of Maryland and Merkley of Oregon produced the report after a week-long visit to Israel, the occupied West Bank, the Rafah border with Gaza, Jordan and Egypt at the end of August. The damning 21-page report is titled, "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It."The report observed that overwhelming evidence shows “Israel is…implementing a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and dealing a death blow to the vision of a future Palestinian state”.
US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit
US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley released a report on Thursday saying that the US is complicit in Israel’s "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine.Syma Mohammed (Middle East Eye)
With new investment pact, India moves to bind its economy to Israel
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36140967
Azad Essa
14 September 2025 09:12 BST
Earlier this week, India signed a historic investment pact with Israel.The deal, known as the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA), is meant to bolster investor confidence and provide smoother business transactions between the two countries.
At the signing ceremony in Delhi on 8 September, Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the pact would "open new doors for both Israeli and Indian investors, strengthen Israeli exports, and provide businesses on both sides with certainty and tools to develop in the world's fastest-growing markets".
"India is a growing economic power, and cooperation is a tremendous opportunity for Israel."
With new investment pact, India moves to bind its economy to Israel
Azad Essa
14 September 2025 09:12 BSTEarlier this week, India signed a historic investment pact with Israel.The deal, known as the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA), is meant to bolster investor confidence and provide smoother business transactions between the two countries.
At the signing ceremony in Delhi on 8 September, Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the pact would "open new doors for both Israeli and Indian investors, strengthen Israeli exports, and provide businesses on both sides with certainty and tools to develop in the world's fastest-growing markets".
"India is a growing economic power, and cooperation is a tremendous opportunity for Israel."
With new investment pact, India moves to bind its economy to Israel
Already complicit in Israel's genocide through weapons production and political support, India now deepens its alignment with a new trade dealMiddle East Eye
Leading AI scientist Alex Kot moves to a Sino-Russian university in China
Singapore’s leading AI scientist Alex Kot moves to a Sino-Russian university in China
Information and electronic engineering scholar joins Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (SMBU), a Chinese-foreign cooperative university.Shi Huang (South China Morning Post)
I want a phone as thick as the camera bump. I don't even care if they make use of the extra space, but if you're going to sell a flat rectangle at least make the flat rectangle flat.
Actually, I'm on my second flip phone and I'm not sure i can go back to the regular rectangle anymore, i love these things.
Palestinians flee Israeli bombing of Gaza City to ‘unknown’ in al-Mawasi
Israeli bombing has forced thousands of Palestinians to flee Gaza City. More than 6,000 people were displaced in a single day, many heading towards al-Mawasi, an area declared a “safe zone.”
But al-Mawasi is already severely overcrowded, with families living in makeshift tents, facing shortages of food, clean water, and medical care. Survivors describe the conditions as chaotic and unsafe, saying they have nowhere else to turn.
What was meant to be a refuge has become another place of struggle, as displacement in Gaza continues with no safe shelter in sight.
Palestinians flee Israeli bombing of Gaza City to ‘unknown’ in al-Mawasi
As Israel displaces thousands from the north of the enclave, concerns are growing about conditions in the south.Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
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Right-wing Korean youth group holds memorial event for Charlie Kirk - The Korea Times
Right-wing South Korean youth group holds memorial event for Charlie Kirk
Local responses over a memorial event held in Seoul for U.S. right-wing figure Charlie Kirk have been mixed. Some welcomed the memorial as an expre...Park Ung (The Korea Times)
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Thousands rally across Slovakia against economic and pro-Russian policies
Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday in a nationwide mass protest against the economic and pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.The rallies took place in 16 major cities and towns, including the capital of Bratislava.
They latest wave of protests has been fueled by a trip by Fico to China where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third time since the Russian all-out invasion of Ukraine. A package of austerity measures recently approved by the government further angered the protesters.
Thousands rally across Slovakia against economic and pro-Russian policies
Thousands of Slovaks rallied on Tuesday in 16 cities, including in the capital Bratislava, to protest the economic and pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.FRANCE 24
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