Donald Trump calls for US companies to ditch quarterly reporting
The economy is so cooked that the proposed solution is “what if we just… stopped looking at it”
Donald Trump calls on US companies to ditch quarterly reporting
US president says taking a quarterly view on a company is ‘not good’Financial Times
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.Karen Attiah (The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah)
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies on RFK Jr., predicts U.S. won't be ready for next pandemic
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies about RFK Jr., says she's "very nervous" about vaccine recommendations
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry testified before a Senate panel weeks after departing in a dramatic shakeup at the health agency.Sara Moniuszko (CBS News)
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No Other Land director recounts ‘horrific’ raid on his home by Israeli forces
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36189837
By MEE staff
Published date: 14 September 2025 16:18 BST
Adra said the raid followed an attack by Israeli settlers on his village in Masafer Yatta on Saturday, in which two of his brothers and one cousin were wounded. He accompanied them to hospital, while nine Israeli soldiers stormed his home in his absence.He said he had been unable to return home since, as soldiers had blockaded the village entrance.
Adra, who has long worked as a journalist and filmmaker documenting settler violence in Masafer Yatta, reported that he and his co-director, Hamdan Ballal, had faced intensified attacks and targeting since they won an Oscar for best documentary.
No Other Land director recounts ‘horrific’ raid on his home by Israeli forces
By MEE staff
Published date: 14 September 2025 16:18 BSTAdra said the raid followed an attack by Israeli settlers on his village in Masafer Yatta on Saturday, in which two of his brothers and one cousin were wounded. He accompanied them to hospital, while nine Israeli soldiers stormed his home in his absence.He said he had been unable to return home since, as soldiers had blockaded the village entrance.
Adra, who has long worked as a journalist and filmmaker documenting settler violence in Masafer Yatta, reported that he and his co-director, Hamdan Ballal, had faced intensified attacks and targeting since they won an Oscar for best documentary.
No Other Land director recounts ‘horrific’ raid on his home by Israeli forces
The Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has reported that Israeli soldiers raided his home in the occupied West Bank.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
No Other Land director recounts ‘horrific’ raid on his home by Israeli forces
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36189837
By MEE staff
Published date: 14 September 2025 16:18 BST
Adra said the raid followed an attack by Israeli settlers on his village in Masafer Yatta on Saturday, in which two of his brothers and one cousin were wounded. He accompanied them to hospital, while nine Israeli soldiers stormed his home in his absence.He said he had been unable to return home since, as soldiers had blockaded the village entrance.
Adra, who has long worked as a journalist and filmmaker documenting settler violence in Masafer Yatta, reported that he and his co-director, Hamdan Ballal, had faced intensified attacks and targeting since they won an Oscar for best documentary.
No Other Land director recounts ‘horrific’ raid on his home by Israeli forces
By MEE staff
Published date: 14 September 2025 16:18 BSTAdra said the raid followed an attack by Israeli settlers on his village in Masafer Yatta on Saturday, in which two of his brothers and one cousin were wounded. He accompanied them to hospital, while nine Israeli soldiers stormed his home in his absence.He said he had been unable to return home since, as soldiers had blockaded the village entrance.
Adra, who has long worked as a journalist and filmmaker documenting settler violence in Masafer Yatta, reported that he and his co-director, Hamdan Ballal, had faced intensified attacks and targeting since they won an Oscar for best documentary.
No Other Land director recounts ‘horrific’ raid on his home by Israeli forces
The Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has reported that Israeli soldiers raided his home in the occupied West Bank.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Major changes in the Chinese model have been announced by Xi
"Rectifying disorderly low-price competition among enterprises" is probably the most important one. It sounds like something of the order of "houses are for living, not for speculation", the expression Xi used to announce the deflation of the real estate bubble.
Xi is saying he wants an end to "involution" ("内卷", Neijuan), a term he mentions several times in his text, and which is very trendy in China right now. Probably the best translation for it is not actually "involution" but more something akin to "rat race", "race to the bottom" or "destructive, zero-sum competition". It doesn't only relate to businesses, but also to social issues in China like the extreme competition for education, the 996 culture, the feeling of running faster and faster just to stay in the same place.
It's true that when you look at the current extreme competition in business, it makes everyone worse off: for instance China leads the world in solar because of this competition but when you look at it individual companies' margins are razor thin, making this quite the pyrrhic victory for individual Chinese companies.
Same thing for education for instance, where you need ever-higher degrees for the same jobs. What once required a bachelor's now needs a master's; everyone studies harder but no one is better off.
To call changing all this "major" is even an understatement given how deeply embedded these competitive dynamics are in all layers of Chinese society and economy. This isn't just tweaking policy at the margins: this is a bit like trying to transform a Formula 1 race into a marathon while the cars are still on the track. He's right that this is more and more of a problem in Chinese society but at the same time much of China's current architecture is built around this hypercompetitive model.
What Xi promotes instead is "high-quality development" which, when it comes to business, means innovation and differentiation rather than price wars, sustainable margins and market consolidation.
He doesn't touch much in his article about the social changes this implies but we got a preview about what that could mean a couple of years ago when China banned the tutoring industry - an attempt to break the education arms race where parents were outcompeting each others to give their kids every possible edge, which wasn't good for the kids and the families' wallets. A typical example of "Neijuan."
Let's see how this all materializes but the one thing is sure: the level of ambition here is staggering, even by Chinese standards.
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建设全国统一大市场，不仅是构建新发展格局、推动高质量发展的需要，而且是赢得国际竞争主动权的需要。我国作为全球第二大消费市场，必须把全国统一大市场建设好，增强我们从容应对风险挑战的底气。www.gov.cn
Bessent made mortgage claims similar to ones Trump cited to try to fire Fed's Cook: Report
Bessent made mortgage claims similar to ones Trump cited to try to fire Fed's Cook: Report
Bessent has suggested that Fed Governor Lisa Cook should be removed over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud, which she denies.Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)
The ~~Federal Reserve~~ Treasury has tremendous responsibility for ~~setting interest rates and regulating reserve and member banks~~ managing the nation's finances by collecting taxes, paying the government's bills, producing currency and coinage, and managing the public debt. The American people must be able to have full confidence in the honesty of the members entrusted with setting policy and overseeing the ~~Federal Reserve~~ Treasury. In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity. At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as a financial regulator.The executive power of the United States is vested in me as President and, as President, I have a solemn duty to ensure that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed. I have determined that faithfully executing the law requires your immediate removal from office.
-@RealDonaldTrump
Surely this will happen....right?.....right?
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon will drastically change its rules for journalists who cover the Department of Defense, two U.S. officials who are not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR Friday. The move drew sharp criticism from news organizations, who said it violated the bedrock of a free press.
Going forward, journalists must sign a pledge not to gather any information, including unclassified reports, that hasn't been authorized for release.
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I must have died and gone to heaven [nushell]
I've been trying nushell and words fail me. It's like it was made for actual humans to use! 🤯 🤯 🤯
It even repeats the column headers at the end of the table if the output takes more than your screen...
Trying to think of how to do the same thing with awk/grep/sort/whatever is giving me a headache. Actually just thinking about awk is giving me a headache. I think I might be allergic.
I'm really curious, what's your favorite shell? Have you tried other shells than your distro's default one? Are you an awk wizard or do you run away very fast whenever it's mentioned?
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import-csv and export-csv are too dang powerful. Doing batch processing in PS is so cool.
[Solved] Can I upgrade my server directly from Debian 11 to 13 without problems?
Or should I go 11 > 12 > 13?
Edit: Thanks for all the replies. I asked this out of laziness and apparently trying this is not a lazy thing to do. I'm not Bilbo Baggins seeking an adventure. Will go with 11 > 12 > 13 way, though might stay at 12 for a while at this point. You know, lazy. 😀
Edit 2: Updated to 12. Haven't checked all the configs yet but so far so good, at least every function I expect works. If I finish this checking sequence, I might go for 13 soon too.
Edit 3: Updated to 13 as well. It actually took shorter than updating from 11 to 12. Though for some reason Jellyfin is marked as obsolete, however it works and I couldn't care less. My things are working and hopefully I won't see problems. If I do, I'll check them one by one at this point since it's a small home server.
Gotta add this: I had 325 packages on Debian 11, and now I have 450 packages on Debian 13. Some of them are marked as obsolete but must review them one by one. I feel like this upgrade process brake my minimalism and introduced some bloat but gotta care about that later.
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Spain’s PM calls for Israel to be banned from sports events after Vuelta race abandoned
The final stage of the 2025 Vuelta, a España in Madrid, had to be abandoned after huge pro-Palestinian protests over 100,000 people reportedly took to the streets. The demonstrators targeted the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team, accusing Israel of committing atrocities in Gaza. Things got tense, with clashes between protesters and police, and the race couldn’t continue.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed admiration for the protesters and even suggested that Israel should be excluded from international sporting events until its actions in Gaza change. That statement hasn’t gone over. Well, opposition leaders in Spain have slammed him for encouraging unrest and risking the country’s image. Israel responded by barring two Spanish ministers from entering.
Beyond the politics, this raises big questions about safety at sporting events and whether cycling teams might boycott races involving Israel-Premier Tech in the future. Sports and politics are colliding in a way that could have long-lasting effects on international competitions.
Spain’s PM calls for Israel sports ban as rocket-launcher contract reportedly cancelled
Pedro Sánchez speaks after Gaza protesters forced cycle race’s early end, while €700m deal with Israeli defence firm said to be offSam Jones (The Guardian)
Ukraine expects $3.5 billion fund for US weapons to sustain fight against Russia, Zelenskyy says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine expects there will be around $3.5 billion by next month in a fund to buy weapons from the United States and help sustain its more than three-year fight against Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
The financial arrangement known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL, pools contributions from NATO members, except the United States, to purchase American weapons, munitions and equipment.
“We received more than $2 billion from our partners specifically for the PURL program,” Zelenskyy said at a joint news conference in Kyiv with visiting European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. “We will receive additional money in October. I think we will have somewhere around $3.5-3.6 billion.”
Zelenskyy declined to provide details of what weapons the first shipments would include, but said that they would definitely contain missiles for Patriot air defense missile systems and munitions for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS.
An end to the war appears no closer, despite months of U.S.-led peace efforts.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-weapons-minerals-86894a9ce6c86cede42d1adca8569d5e
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An end to the war appears no closer, despite months of U.S.-led peace efforts.
Is that what was going on?
The financial arrangement known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL, pools contributions from NATO members, except the United States, to purchase American weapons, munitions and equipment.
I know there's an argument to be made here for the rest of NATO to manufacture more weaponry, but as it stands right now there isn't much choice and this is a gigantic rip-off, totally on brand for this mad administration.
Korea’s major US investment projects halted as detained LG Energy workers set for release - KED Global
Samsung’s $17 billion new chip plant in Taylor aims to rein in TSMC
ELLABELL, Georgia – The South Korean government has secured the release of about 300 nationals detained following a raid by US authorities on an eleSang-eun Lucia Lee and In-Yeop Kim (KED Global)
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From Telegram to trenches: The Russian page luring Jordanians into war
On 11 July 2025, Ahmed Saleem* boarded a flight from Jordan to Russia. He was chasing what looked like a dream job.
A man in his fifties, Saleem had received an offer on Telegram that promised non-combat work with the Russian Ministry of Defence.
The recruiter - a Russian woman named Polina Alexandrovna - offered him a monthly salary of 200,000 roubles (around $2,000), Russian citizenship, and work under a private company.
But when he landed in the Russian city of Bryansk, the reality hit.
He wasn’t hired for catering or logistics. Instead, Saleem was forced into the “International elite battalion”, a foreign mercenary unit fighting on the frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Saleem’s wife, Muna*, said he was told he had no choice but to sign military contracts written in Russian once he arrived there, without a translator, internet or legal advice.
“He was driven for hours, then forced to sign 21 documents. He had no idea what they said,” she told MEE. “He was threatened with losing his financial rights if he refused.”
The papers, it turned out, signed him up as a frontline fighter. Not support staff. Not logistics. Combat.
From Telegram to trenches: The Russian page luring Jordanians into war
On 11 July 2025, Ahmed Saleem* boarded a flight from Jordan to Russia. He was chasing what looked like a dream job. A man in his fifties, Saleem had received an offer on Telegram that promised non-combat work with the Russian Ministry of Defence.Mohammad Ersan (Middle East Eye)
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Global Samud Flotilla Boat Tracker
An interactive map of the progress of the flotilla fleet headed to Gaza to challenge the unlawful Israeli siege on aid to Gaza.
Their safety and success relies on public pressure and alertness. Demand from your country that your citizens be protected and that those around you are made aware. We must break Israel’s policy of systematic starvation.
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China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin
Government policies that prioritize production targets over market demand have led to overinvestment by carmakers. The resulting glut of vehicles has created lose-lose transactions throughout the sales chain, and spawned a variety of unusual practices.
CHENGDU, China - On the outskirts of this city of 21 million, a showroom in a shopping mall offers extraordinary deals on new cars.
Visitors can choose from some 5,000 vehicles. Locally made Audis are 50% off. A seven-seater SUV from China’s FAW is about $22,300, more than 60% below its sticker price.
These deals – offered by a company called Zcar, which says it buys in bulk from automakers and dealerships – are only possible because China has too many cars.
Years of subsidies and other government policies have aimed to make China a global automotive power and the world’s electric-vehicle leader. Domestic automakers have achieved those goals and more – and that’s the problem.
China has more domestic brands making more cars than the world’s biggest car market can absorb because the industry is striving to hit production targets influenced by government policy, instead of consumer demand, a Reuters examination has found. That makes turning a profit nearly impossible for almost all automakers here, industry executives say. Chinese electric vehicles start at less than $10,000; in the U.S., automakers offer just a few under $35,000.
Most Chinese dealers can’t make money, either, according to an industry survey published last month, because their lots are jammed with excess inventory. Dealers have responded by slashing prices. Some retailers register and insure unsold cars in bulk, a maneuver that allows automakers to record them as sold while helping dealers to qualify for factory rebates and bonuses from manufacturers.
Unwanted vehicles get dumped onto gray-market traders like Zcar. Some surface on TikTok-style social-media sites in fire sales. Others are rebranded as "used" – even though their odometers show no mileage – and shipped overseas. Some wind up abandoned in weedy car graveyards.
Workers at Brazil's Embraer begin indefinite strike
SAO PAULO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Metalworkers at Brazilian planemaker Embraer went on strike on Wednesday for an indefinite time, demanding wage increases and the signing of a collective labor agreement, the Metal Workers Union from Sao Jose dos Campos said in a statement.
Embraer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Denmark leads large military exercise in Greenland, without US
NUUK, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Denmark did not invite the U.S. military to take part in Arctic Light 2025, the largest military exercise in Greenland's modern history, as NATO allies step up defence cooperation in the Arctic amid U.S. interest in the island.
Denmark's Arctic commander, Soren Andersen, confirmed that, while U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been invited, no U.S. military units were asked to participate.
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Unification Church leader questioned in ex-South Korea first lady investigation
- Han Hak-ja questioned over bribery allegations involving former First Lady Kim Keon Hee
- Lawmaker detained over evidence destruction concerns, denies bribery
- Unification Church denies involvement, calls for prayer
SEOUL, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The leader of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, appeared for questioning by prosecutors on Wednesday over alleged involvement in bribing the wife of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as part of a criminal probe into the former first couple.
After more than 9 hours, Han left the prosecutor's office in a wheelchair, passing through a media scrum. She denied the allegations, and responded strongly "No!" when asked if she ordered bribery.
Exclusive: Trump administration clears first Ukraine arms aid paid for by allies, sources say
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/36060419
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's first U.S. weapons aid packages for Ukraine have been approved and could soon ship as Washington resumes sending arms to Kyiv - this time under a new financial agreement with allies - two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.This is the first use of a new mechanism developed by the U.S. and allies to supply Ukraine with weapons from U.S. stocks using funds from NATO countries.
US wins release of Wells Fargo banker barred from leaving China, sources say
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/36060171
- Mao's exit ban lifted after U.S.-China negotiations
- China had cited criminal case for Mao's exit ban
- Mao leads Wells Fargo's international factoring and cross-border strategies
- Wells Fargo's China presence smaller than Wall Street peers
- Foreign executives' exit bans in China raise business concerns
BEIJING, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A Wells Fargo (WFC.N), opens new tab banker, Chenyue Mao, who had been barred from leaving China for several months, has been allowed to return to the United States following negotiations between U.S. and Chinese officials, according to two people with knowledge of the case.
As the world recognizes a Palestinian state, Israel’s E1 plan moves to bury it
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-state-israel-e1-plan-west-bank/
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Any plans to support Piefed?
Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture: We asked guests what the hell it is
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/46219073
Lecture attendees started trickling out around 8:30 p.m., carrying mousses, cookies, and various other desserts to their awaiting Ubers. Most of the audience members were hesitant to provide their thoughts on the record, for fear of being disinvited from future events, but a few shared their opinions on condition of anonymity.The consensus was that the talk largely repeated the points Thiel had made in previous interviews on the subject — namely, that the Antichrist would use the threat of Armageddon, or some looming crisis, in order to consolidate control and create a “one-world government.”
One attendee recalled Thiel specifying that this figure could not be a state figurehead like Chinese President Xi Jinping, because it needs to be more global. He couldn’t recall if Thiel suggested Thunberg would make the cut.
One attendee recalled that Thiel’s discussion of the Antichrist was more about a scenario than an individual. Thiel’s Antichrist scenario is one in which a unified government suppresses technology to impose order, or armageddon, wherein AI takes over and ushers in the end of the world.
"We’ll either have the one government that destroys technology and takes over, or you have the AI that destroys everything,” he said.
Another guest, when asked about the talk, shot back a single word: “Mid.”
A group of three French men, all living in SF and working in tech, gave the talk a 7 out of 10 because of its repetitiveness. But they did appreciate some of Thiel’s jokes — including, apparently, saying it would be a travesty for Elon Musk to go to therapy because it would make him less productive.
"He was really anti-introspection,” one recalled. “[He said] we are very selfish and we care a lot about ourselves as individuals, and that therapy and yoga and stuff like that is not good for the world. We should not care so much about ourselves and care more about the world.”
Another attendee said the talk revealed a less well-known, more scholarly side of Thiel. He noted that Thiel is different from his expectations of a tech investor, pointing to the billionaire’s “cynical” view of technology’s impact on the world.
What the hell happened at Peter Thiel’s Antichrist talk? We asked the guests
We didn’t get a ticket, but we did speak with attendees — and protesters.Garrett Leahy (The San Francisco Standard)
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Thiel’s Antichrist scenario is one in which a unified government suppresses technology to impose order, or armageddon, wherein AI takes over and ushers in the end of the world.Another attendee said the talk revealed a less well-known, more scholarly side of Thiel.
Scholarly, lol. What is it that makes people think that billionaires are more intelligent than they really are, while those billionaires are actually going off the deep end?
Isn't the first part what's going on in the US? I assume the AI part isn't part of the government here.
Also isn't Vance funded by Theil?
Now comic books are kinda out of date, they used to assume you couldn't be that evil and say you are while no one stops you from your plan while you talk about it non stop.
Now comic books are kinda out of date, they used to assume you couldn’t be that evil and say you are while no one stops you from your plan while you talk about it non stop.
I don't have an answer for your first two questions, but I hear you on your comic book take.
How trustworthy is Hostinger?
Private company - but can they be trusted to maintain user privacy?
Hostinger is a (German?) company that provides web hosting, vps and other services.
Hostinger - Bring Your Idea Online With a Website
Choose Hostinger and make the perfect site. From Shared Hosting and Domains to VPS and Cloud plans. We have all you need for online success.Hostinger
That really depends on what you mean by privacy. They probably won‘t sell your data or even look at the stuff you‘re doing with your server, if you‘re not disrupting their service. But they definitely will cooperate with law enforcement if your server is used for illegal stuff and someone reports it.
In the end, you’ll always have to trust your server host to some degree. Some other hosts, like Hetzner, allow you to install your own operating systems on their dedicated servers, so you can set up full disk encryption. But even though this is definitely better than unencrypted disks, it‘s still not a reliable way of preventing access while your server is running.
So if you’re just wondering if you can host a Nextcloud instance at hostinger without your files being sold by them: Almost certainly, yes.
If you, on the other hand, plan to host manuals for building bombs or, even worse, offer downloads of old Nintendo games, they‘re probably not going to respect your privacy for long.
If you, on the other hand, plan to host manuals for building bombs or, even worse, offer downloads of old Nintendo games
Ha. Damn, was really hoping to rip off Nintendo.
DOJ ended probe of 'border czar' Tom Homan for allegedly accepting $50K in FBI sting: Sources
DOJ ended probe of 'border czar' Tom Homan for allegedly accepting $50K in FBI sting: Sources
The Justice Dept. said there was "no credible evidence" of criminal wrongdoing.Katherine Faulders (ABC News)
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A GooD but BoooriNG AlternaTive to BeReal
Good because:
1) Can click images with both cameras
2) Daily notifications
3) Privacy focussed
3) If you want any new feature in the app, just email the devs and they will build and ship it in 15days or less
4) FREE, No Ads even
5) Can write long Journal entries
Boring bcoz:
1) Cant chat with friends
2) cant create gifs (videos)
3) cant see friends pics. Which is a deal breaker for me
So i have currently started using DD-DigitalDiary and clicking pics with DD-DigitalDiary everytime i get a BeReal notification.
Also i have kept BeReal in order to chat with girls & stuff. And see their pics since thats the only way you can see and catch up with their daily life's
I mostly post black bereals. Downloaded all my 2yr old BeReal pics and put it in my HardDisk
(i suggest you guys to do the same btw)
Have any of you guys switched from BeReal to DD-DigitalDiary or any other such application?
Is there any other better alternatives (than DD-DigitalDiary)?
NOTE: I use Android but for the community link ios, mac, linux alternatives as well if a better is available
I know many of u wont even know about DD-DigitalDiary coz it only has like 500 downloads or something, so here goes the link. DD-DigitalDiary
DD-DigitalDiary: Photo Journal - Apps on Google Play
Click 1 Image Everyday To REMEMBER your LIFE Foreverplay.google.com
Israel kills displaced Palestinians in strike on car fleeing Gaza City
An Israeli air strike hit a car carrying displaced civilians fleeing Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least five Palestinians and wounding several others.
The strike hit the vehicle near al-Katiba Mosque in the Old City, west of Gaza, leaving it engulfed in flames.
Footage from the scene shows plumes of smoke rising from the car as civilians scream and rush to help the victims.
Several people lie motionless on the ground, bloodied and wounded from the blast, while others scramble to extinguish the fire.
In another video, bystanders gather around the smouldering remains of the vehicle, reduced to charred metal in the aftermath of the strike.
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It's okay because it's not terrorism in the eyes of the West.
That means Israel has paid into the MIC.
Israel is committing genocide
The ones who want this genocide spent decades ensuring they had the unwavering support of the Israeli and American governments to do so. Congratulations to them, they're now able to mass murder mostly children without anyone being able to stop them. I truly hope there is a hell so they can spend an eternity reaping the fruits of their labor
European Commission proposes ending preferential treatment for Israeli trade
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/18956969
The proposal would suspend the central plank of a decades-old free trade deal that removed tariffs on imports of goods between Europe and Israel.However, suspension of the agreement requires the backing of a weighted majority of EU capitals, meaning Germany or Italy would first need to lift their opposition to the 27-state union sanctioning Israel.
European Commission proposes ending preferential treatment for Israeli trade
If approved, EU move would represent major economic and diplomatic blow for IsraelJack Power (The Irish Times)
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Gold worth $700,000 stolen from Paris's Natural History Museum amid string of similar heists
Thieves have broken into Paris's Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth $700,000 in the latest of a worrying series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum.
Famed for its dinosaur skeletons and stuffed animals, the National Natural History Museum in the chic 5th district of the French capital also houses a geology and mineralogy gallery.
A break-in was detected on Tuesday morning, with the intruders reportedly using an angle grinder and a blow torch to force their way into the river-side complex that is popular with Parisians and tourists.
Gold worth $700,000 stolen from Paris' Natural History Museum amid string of similar heists
A break-in was detected on Tuesday, with the intruders reportedly using an angle grinder and a blow torch to force their way into the river-side complex.CBS News
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Update: I did it! Old: Help! Installing Linux with no external media.
Edit: holy shit, I did it! The install media is booting off a little SSD partition! It was ultimately quite simple. Will update with instructions once done, for posterity.
Edit 2: I did it...and you can too! Here's what I did to install Linux from a disk partition on a gen 1 Surface Go with no functioning USB ports. I don't know if it's the ideal process, but it worked for me. Suggestions for refinements are gratefully accepted.
Prep Step: Make enough room for your partition and empty space for Linux by shrinking your Windows system partition. I made a 6 GB partition and left 30 GB free for Linux. If diskmgmt is being an asshole about it, turn off your page file and hibernate, then reboot to clear both files. Windows is now struggling along with a ~22 GB partition, 4 GB of free space, all visual enhancements turned off, and no page file. Tough shit, Windows: you exist to install Linux now.
Hot tip: you may have rebooted Windows a bajillion times already. If you're logged into a microsoft account, those jackanapes will lock your system down for two hours for excessive booting. It happened to me twice. Just select "forgot my password/pin", reset it, and you should get back in. Fuck you, Bill Gates!
- Download the install ISO for your desired Linux (or whatever, you're an adult) distro.
- Create a FAT32 partition with enough size for the contents of your install media.
2.1 Optional: Name it something silly to blow off steam. - Copy contents of ISO to new partition.
- Turn off secure boot in UEFI settngs since Grub2Win is NOT "secure" in the eyes of UEFI.
- Download and install Grub2Win.
- In Grub2Win, click "view partition list". Save the UUID of the partition you made for the install files for later use. It'll say it's not a legitimate EFI. Just ignore it - you don't need its validation.
- Click "Manage Boot Menu", then add a boot entry. I selected the template for Linux Mint, the distro I was installing, and used the example code to start. Don't save it yet, you need to fill in more info.
- Examine the boot.cfg file present in the distro install media for required parameters, then find the location of the linux kernel (vmlinuz) and initial ramdisk image (often initrd.lz or initrd.img) files. I literally just copied the "linux /casper/vmlinuz..." line to get my parameters.
- Update your code in the boot entry. Here's what mine ended up looking like:
set rootuuid=9889-99F1
getpartition uuid $rootuuid root
g2wsetprefix
linux /casper/vmlinuz root=UUID=$rootuuid persistent boot=casper username=mint hostname=mint iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then g2werror Linux load error ; fi- Save the boot entry. Reboot your system, then select your shiny new boot entry. Linux should start. Be patient, it's slow AF. Select the installation shortcut to get started. Everything proceeded smoothly for me.
Note: I left my Windows install as ANY perturbations to UEFI settings end up with it reverting to the Windows boot manager, which points at the Windows install only. If I didn't have Windows to run Grub2Win, I'd be out of luck. - After installation, I found the boot manager went back to the default Windows one and updating through Grub2Win did exactly nothing. I ended up uninstalling, then reinstalling Grub2Win, then it was fixed. Mostly. It still didn't have a Linux boot entry.
- Manually add your Linux boot entry. Similar to the install media, you need to tack on some paramaters. Here's what I ended up with, with the UUID being that of the new Linux install partition:
set rootuuid=4d23295b-03db-49d4-858b-e7403d983269
getpartition uuid $rootuuid root
g2wsetprefix
echo Boot disk address is $root
echo The boot mode is Partition UUID
linux $pathprefix/vmlinuz root=UUID=$rootuuid verbose
initrd $pathprefix/initrd.img
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then g2werror Linux load error ; fiAnd that should do it! Secure boot remains off as Win2Grub's EFI isn't signed by Microsoft, so turning it back on will revert the system to the Windows boot manager. Just to tie things up: Fuck you, Bill Gates!
Hope that helps, and good luck!
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This is a weird one. My partner was gifted a Surface Go model 1824 (gen 1) by their best friend, who unexpectedly died a couple of weeks back. It's nearing the Windows 10 end of support date, so my plan was to install Mint, but there's a hitch: the only goddamned USB port on the system is shot. It's the USB controller, which I've given up on trying to fix as it looks like a hardware issue.
I still want to install Linux because this thing now has super sentimental value. I've freed up 16 gb on the SSD, so I have some space to work with. There's a micro SD slot that still functions, but the stupid system doesn't support booting from it (although a Reddit post suggested you can still do so if you set it up in Grub, which I don't know how to do properly at all). The only thing I can think of is installing something on a partition or partitions that acts as install media, but I have no idea how to do that.
Ive tried using Grub2Win's ISOboot function with the Mint install ISO and I can get it to start, but it stalls out waiting ad nauseum for DHCP. I think it thinks it's a PXE install. Maybe my parameters are set wrong? Actual PXE is a no-go because no network adapter. I tried intently staring at the Mint ISO, then staring at the tablet; no data was transferred, but I did develop a headache.
I'm so, so stumped. Any ideas, anyone?___*___**___*-
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Yeah, this thing is super inaccessible. Damn you, Gates!
You nailed it: I inspected the grub.cfg on the install media, which gave me the required parameters to get my hacked together install partition working. After that, it was really easy!
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