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In Gaza, the so-called 'evacuation of civilians' is a trail of bombs and death


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36303524

by Amira Hass
Sept 17, 2025
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 – 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬."




In Gaza, the so-called 'evacuation of civilians' is a trail of bombs and death


by Amira Hass
Sept 17, 2025

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 – 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬."





In Gaza, the so-called 'evacuation of civilians' is a trail of bombs and death


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36303524

by Amira Hass
Sept 17, 2025
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 – 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬."




In Gaza, the so-called 'evacuation of civilians' is a trail of bombs and death


by Amira Hass
Sept 17, 2025

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 – 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬."





Where Are All My Firewall People?


What do you run; Opnsense, pfsense, Smoothwall, maybe a WAF like wazuh?

Today was update/audit firewall day. I'm running a standalone instance of pFsense on a Protectli Vault FW4B - 4 Port - Intel Quad Core - 8GB RAM - 120GB mSATA SSD with unbound, pfBlockerNG, Suricata, ntopng, and heavily filtered. I did bump the swap to 8 GB as I've previously noticed a few 'out of swap' errors under load.

Before I signed off, I ran it through a couple porn sites to see if my adblocking strategy was working. Not one intrusive ad. Sweet!

Show me what you got.

in reply to irmadlad

Nothing fancy, old ubiquiti gateway with a dedicated pihole server for my DNS.
in reply to thermal_shock

Same. What's the deal with having elaborate firewall stuff for a normal family home anyway?

If the built in stuff isn't good enough then 99.9% of households would be compromised a long time ago already.

in reply to PlutoniumAcid

Some of it is for fun and testing, learning. Which I used to do. I used to have an old watchdog that I put pfsense on, just don't need it nowadays.

Once i learn how it works and have run through the setup, I move on. Just need to spend my time in other areas, but now I have an understanding of it and can apply that logic or idea to other things and troubleshooting.

in reply to thermal_shock

This is perfectly valid! I to a lot of tinkering with selfhosting using Docker containers, and I have learned a ton from that. I feel a bit silly that I didn't make the connection with firewalls - just tinkering for fun!
in reply to PlutoniumAcid

The last stats I remember reading cited some 1.5 million home networks are compromised on a daily basis. Some people, such as myself, run more complex services on their local servers that are perhaps tied into remotes such as VPS. You'll see a lot of selfhosters with rather elaborate firewall defenses set up. I self host a lot of services I use that the 'normal family home' would outsource to public entities. I have a rack in the closet and several VPS, so I need something more than just Windows Firewall, or similar, that I can dial in to my unique environment.

Also, because I can.

in reply to irmadlad

Valid! I also tinker with selfhosting using Docker containers, didn't think of firewalls the same way. Thank you.
in reply to irmadlad

Nothing spectacular.

Git, Paperless, UniFi Controller, Pihole, Mattermost chat, Immich, Home Assistant, Frigate, Syncthing, Hoarder. Just stuff for myself, my home, and my friends. And 🏴‍☠️

And you?

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in reply to PlutoniumAcid

The usual. Might be a few I've missed:

  • Homarr
  • Code-server
  • Netdata
  • Searxng
  • Change-detection
  • Readeck
  • Checkcle
  • Duckdns
  • Obsidian
  • Dozzle
  • Loki-promtail-1
  • Loki-loki-1
  • Root-influxdb2-1
  • Cadvisor-redis
  • Dbeaver
  • Pairdrop
  • Speedtest-tracker
  • Btop-plus-plus
  • Portainer
  • Grocy
  • Loki-grafana-1
  • Cup
  • Web-check
  • Omni-tools
  • Cadvisor-prometheus
  • Watchtower-fork
  • Barcode-buddy
  • Ittools
  • Nessus
  • Dockerbot
  • Fusion
  • Bytestash
  • Uptime-kuma
  • Karakeep-web
  • Karakeep-chrome
  • Karakeep-meili
  • Cadvisor
  • Gitlab
  • RocketChat
  • Anonaddy
  • Etherpad
  • Archivebox
  • FreshRSS
  • FileStash
  • piHole
  • LAMP Stack
  • UnRaid
  • Proxmox
in reply to irmadlad

Opnsense on a thin client, riser with a quad port Intel NIC.



Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza


in reply to NightOwl

are you aware of a source that likens the Royal College of Defence Studies to the school of the americas?


Your Therapists’ Notes Could Become Fodder For AI


in reply to Novi Sad

This is why I self medicate with cannabis instead of going to therapy. Never have to worry about my dumbass high thoughts getting stolen. /s /s
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Any good rec for a medication tracking app for iOS?


Hello all,

I am currently looking for a privacy respecting alternative for the medication tracking app I currently use. Apple's native health app seems to be decent privacy wise, but it lacks the ability to input my current capsule inventory and set a reminder at a certain amount of pills so I can refill them on time. (I should also note that I have an older phone so I'm running iOS 18.6? I'm not sure if the app has changed on iOS 26.)

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your recommendations. ^-^

in reply to NeedyPlatter

I just use the native one. My issue is, I have medications that have to be spaced apart and Apple does not support that. Like pill A can be taken whenever, but pill B has to be taken 4 hours out. You can set them for times that are that far apart, but if you take pill A late, you aren't told to take pill B even later to compensate.

What you need? Sounds like you need reminders. Apple's medication tracking isn't a pill counter. So you either have a 1 or 3 month supply, typically. When you start taking them, you could set a reminder (in the Reminders app or in another app you like) for however many days before telling you to refill. Some of the prescription apps actually will remind you on their own when it's getting to be time to refill.

in reply to NeedyPlatter

The only one I can think of is android only, sorry.

If someone else has android and needs something similar, you can check out medic log, which is available on F-Droid.




Tokayev Warned of High Risk of Nuclear Conflict Amid Growing Geopolitical Tensions


At the VIII Congress of Leaders of World Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated that experts assess the risk of nuclear conflict as the highest in recent decades. He expressed concern that confrontational approaches are gaining momentum globally, geopolitical rifts are widening, and social tensions are rising, while constructive initiatives and détente policies are being sidelined.

In this situation, Tokayev emphasized the critical role of diplomacy and dialogue in overcoming mutual alienation and increasing trust between countries. He placed particular hope on religious leaders, calling on them to use their efforts to remind politicians of common sense, goodwill, and moral responsibility in order to prevent "the world from sliding into the abyss of chaos."

in reply to eldavi

Check their history. West nuclear weapons bad, Russia threatening good


Birdtray on Debian is extremely self-deprecating...


Perhaps only mildly interesting but I just did an apt show for birdtray on Debian 13 and got this in the second paragraph of the description:

It is a nasty hack -- an external process looking at Thunderbird's
insides, it suffers from problems like noticing new mails only after a
delay, having to restart Thunderbird just to hide its window, etc --
you'd want to use an extension like firetray instead -- but, it is
likely that support for Thunderbird XUL extensions will be dropped soon,
possibly by the time you read these words.


Not used to seeing this kind of language in the Debian repos tbh.



Introducing GNOME 49, “Brescia”


in reply to jokro

"The new Video Player prioritizes a distraction-free viewing experience"

How can you say this while having the controls overlaid onto the video, youtube-style, and cropping the video corners ? admittedly corners are rarely of the utmost importance in any film, or other video file. But just don't touch my corners.

Anyway, I don't use Gnome

in reply to jokro

I like the "Power connected status change". Helps to find out if the charger is relly plugged in.
Hopefully Papers will receive support for digital signage which evince never did. This is still lacking in GNOME.


Calling Palestinians “barbaric animals,” US Secretary of State hails Israeli assault on Gaza City


Rubio ranted, “This happened because on October 7th these animals, these barbaric animals, conducted this operation ... against innocent people.”

He concluded, “It needs to end. And how does it end? It ends by eliminating the people who did it, by ending them as a threat.”

As vast as the crimes of US imperialism have been in funding, arming and enabling the Gaza genocide, Rubio’s statement marks a new turning point. American imperialism, dropping its veil of promoting “democracy” and “human rights,” has adopted language that would not be out of place in a speech given by Adolf Hitler.

Rubio’s use of this genocidal language was the starting gun for the full-scale Israeli onslaught on Gaza City, as tanks and warplanes moved in, displacing countless thousands at gunpoint over the choked coastal road to Gaza’s south.

in reply to technocrit

This zionazi is one of the most despicable human beings


in reply to Karna

Damn, so it's all Nate's fault? And he chose to do a company and keep all the profits instead of a coop? That sounds like incredibly shitty behavior 🙁

Edit: Cross posted to kde's instance for visibility

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in reply to highduc

It's always sad when greed wins out over ethics.

If a culture can't keep greedy people and ideas in check, it becomes nothing more than a vessel for abuse.

I will always support those who are willing to forego profits so they can do what's right.

in reply to highduc

Nate's side of this story:

pointieststick.com/2025/09/16/…

in reply to Karna

Off topic, I'm sure but...

The next day I ended up at a funeral for some German accountants


I feel there is a story here? A funeral form multiple accountants? Was someone finally done with how capitalism is unchecked and had a mass shooting at an accountants firm?



An Israel-Funded Campaign to Link Qatar to Campus Antisemitism


In a congressional hearing in July of last year, a research scholar on antisemitism named Charles Asher Small shared an explosive finding: Funding from the government of Qatar had fueled a 300% spike in antisemitism on university campuses in the United States. Members of Congress responded with rapt interest. “I want everybody to hear this. So universities that took money from Qatar had a 300% increase in antisemitism [compared to] other universities?” said Iowa Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra.9

The statistic about Qatari funding for antisemitism became the highlight of Small’s testimony to Congress. But this precise statistic was never actually recorded in his study.

Small repeated the same claim in a Senate hearing in March of this year. But when contacted for comment about the figure, ISGAP could not point Drop Site to any specific report or finding. One ISGAP study published in 2023 did report that, from 2015-2020, universities that received money from “Middle Eastern” donors had a 300% increase in antisemitic incidents compared to those that do not. But this report is also disputed—and there is no data in it specifically linking Qatari funding to a rise in antisemitic incidents.

Drop Site interviewed over a half-dozen former employees and scholars of ISGAP, many of whom explained that the organization has strayed from the mission of academic study of antisemitism into a hyper-fixation on Qatari funding of U.S. institutions—while ISGAP itself has accepted foreign funding from Israel.




Donetsk Operational and Tactical Group commander dismissed and his replacement already prepared






Spain Threaten 2026 World Cup Boycott as FIFA Sent Warning


Spanish government officials have suggested they could pull their national team out of the 2026 World Cup.

World football's biggest tournament will take place once again next summer in Canada, Mexico and the United States, the first time the competition has been hosted by three different nations.

European champions Spain are the bookmakers' early favourites to win and are on course to book their place at the tournament, having taken two wins from two at the start of qualifying.

But there are now suggestions Luis de la Fuente's side could withdraw from the World Cup in protest if Israel also qualify for the tournament.....

Continue reading here... sportbible.com/football/footba…


in reply to bubblybubbles

Russia is the aggressor here, they can get the fuck out of Ukraine and this whole thing would be over.

Oh shit sorry, this is .ml. My bad.



in reply to jankforlife

With DPRK it seems pretty simple: Are citizens permitted to leave the country of their own accord? The answer of course is no, and that is extremely telling. Combined with choreographed & escort-only tourism, one really has to question it.

My opinion: Odds are likely that it really is a shithole in many ways and in many places (and for many reasons, sanctions included). That said, people will still live their lives within those constraints, because that's what people tend to do. We won't get accurate and verifiable information from their government about citizen health and longevity, causes of death, etc. so OP's propaganda must be taken as just that.

At some point NK's system will fall, and some historians and archeologists will get to do their thing, and we'll gain some more insights.

in reply to Joe

It's important to recognize that a large part of why the DPRK appears to be insular is because of UN-imposed sanctions, helmed by the US Empire. It is difficult to get accurate information on the DPRK, but not impossible; Russia, China, and Cuba all have frequent interactions and student exchanges, trade such as in the Rason special economic zone, etc, and there are videos released onto the broader internet from this.

There's also the issue of the "defector industry." Many defectors like Yeonmi Park make money off of spinning tall tales, and many are pressured by the ROK into giving false testimony. Many citizens who flee the DPRK actually seek to return, and are denied by the ROK. Even BBC is reporting on a high-profile case where a 95 year old veteran wishes to be buried in his homeland, sparking protests by pro-reunification activists in the ROK to help him go home in his final years. A good documentary on the subject is Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul.

Finally, it's more unlikely than ever that the DPRK will collapse. The economy was estimated by the Bank of Korea (an ROK bank) to have grown by 3.7% in 2024, thanks to increased trade with Russia. The harshest period for the DPRK, the Arduous March, was in the 90s, and the government did not collapse then. That was the era of mass statvation thanks to the dissolution of the USSR and horrible weather disaster that made the already difficult agricultural climate of northern Korea even worse. Nowadays food is far more stable and the economy is growing, collapse is highly unlikely.

What I think is more likely is that these trends will continue. As the US Empire's influence wanes, the DPRK will increase trade and interaction with the world, increasing accurate information and helping grow their economy, perhaps even enabling some form of reunification with the ROK. The US Empire leaving the peninsula is the number 1 most important task for reunification, so this is increasingly likely as the US Empire becomes untenable.




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in reply to Fairgreen

How about something sized as iPhone SE or smaller?
This just looks like a mediocre brick that already exists on the market.


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

They are not farmers, they are squatters on stolen lands making use of migrant slave labour.


Israel’s responses are “boring” and repetitive


"No one takes it seriously... you shouldn't either"
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Does zram impede disk cache?


cross-posted from: swg-empire.de/post/4511580

In my relentless pursuit of trying to coax more performance out of my Lemmy instance I read that PostgreSQL heavily relies on the OSs disk cache for read performance. I've got 16 GB of RAM and two hdds in RAID 1. I've PostgreSQL configured to use 12 GB of RAM and I've zram swap set up with 8 GB.

But according to htop PostgreSQL ia using only about 4 GB. My swap gets hardly touched. And read performance is awful. Opening my profile regularly times out. Only when it's worked ones does it load quickly until I don't touch it again for half an hour or so.

Now, my theory is that the zram actually takes available RAM away from the disk cache, thus slowing the whole system down. My googling couldn't bring me the answer because it only showed me how to set up zram in the first place.

Does anyone know if my theory is correct?

in reply to Björn

Lower the postgre to 8GB and see what happens? Also, hard drives, ssds, or nvme ssds? Recent info suggests it is possible memcaching is actually slower than direct access to nvme ssd
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in reply to Björn

You're probably correct, although I have no experience with zram so can't be sure. But you're absolutely right that PostgreSQL depends heavily on the OS disk cache for optimal performance. Lowering the PostgreSQL setting like Blaster M suggests won't improve performance much, since all that setting does is tell PostgreSQL's algorithms how much memory is likely to be allocated to the OS disk cache. Of course it's best if it's accurate, so you're best off seeing how much memory is actually allocated to disk cache under heavy use before setting it, but it shouldn't massively reduce performance if you don't get it right.


‘United States of Israel’: Bipartisan US delegation draws backlash for largest-ever foreign trip


The 250 American legislators spending a week in Israel for the “50 States, One Israel” conference have sparked backlash from across the political spectrum this week.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar lobbied the US lawmakers on a visit to Israel to pursue anti-Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) legislation, as Israel's leaders increasingly warn the country is becoming isolated on the global stage.

US citizens across the political spectrum have taken to social media to denounce the trip. Social media users from across the aisle repeated the same message throughout their posts: America is "occupied". "This is what's now being pushed across America," one social media user posted, alluding to the title of the conference, "50 States, One Israel". "Total occupation."

#USA


‘United States of Israel’: Bipartisan US delegation draws backlash for largest-ever foreign trip


The 250 American legislators spending a week in Israel for the “50 States, One Israel” conference have sparked backlash from across the political spectrum this week.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar lobbied the US lawmakers on a visit to Israel to pursue anti-Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) legislation, as Israel's leaders increasingly warn the country is becoming isolated on the global stage.

US citizens across the political spectrum have taken to social media to denounce the trip. Social media users from across the aisle repeated the same message throughout their posts: America is "occupied". "This is what's now being pushed across America," one social media user posted, alluding to the title of the conference, "50 States, One Israel". "Total occupation."



Six civilians burned alive by Myanmar junta troops in Kantbalu


in reply to RandAlThor

Folks, this is a regular occurence in Myanmar, and not a one-off thing. This military regime is a terror state.


Very few industries in China depend on export to US


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