Israel-China Tensions Surface at Xiangshan Forum Over Gaza War
Israel-China Tensions Surface at Xiangshan Forum Over Gaza War - Modern Diplomacy
Yan Xiutong, dean of the Chinese university, reprimanded the Israeli military attaché to China, Elad Shoshan, accusing him of “Israel killing more than 70,000 unarmed civiliansDr.Nadia Helmy (Modern Diplomacy)
Iran says cooperation with IAEA suspended after European move on UN sanctions
Iran's top security body said Saturday that action by Britain, France and Germany to reimpose UN sanctions will "effectively suspend" its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
"Despite the foreign ministry's cooperation with the (International Atomic Energy) Agency and the presentation of plans to resolve the issue, the actions of European countries will effectively suspend the path of cooperation with the agency," the Supreme National Security Council said in a televised statement.
The announcement comes after the Security Council voted on Friday to reimpose frozen UN sanctions after the European governments activated the "snapback" mechanism in a decade-old nuclear agreement accusing Iran of non-compliance.
FLX1s is Launched
Mobile phone Debian based
Edit: more alternative sailmates.net/actors/
Companies selling phones with alternative mobile OSes
Name URL Available pre-installed OSes
Furi Labs furilabs.com/ FuryOS
Murena murena.com/ /e/OS
Pine64 pine64.org/, pine64eu.com/ postmarketOS, Mobian, Manjaro+Plasma Mobile
Purism puri.sm/ PureOS
Volla volla.online/ Ubuntu Touch, Volla OS
Jolla/Reeder jolla.com/ Sailfish OS
FLX1s is Launched - FuriPhone FLX1s Linux Phone
It is with great excitement that we can now release the FLX1s. Pre-sales are open and the phone is in production which is due to complete end of October 2025. Following that we can start shipping.…wayne (Furi Labs: Planned Permanence)
NOT ON THAT PAGE:
- a description as to what the FLX is.
I can make a guess, but it's easier to hit Next.
Always excited to see more "buy here" alternatives rather than "just" an OS or custom ROM. Obviously we need that too but all too often we get stuck having to buy another phone we do not want (e.g. Pixel because Google) or hardware that's not supported enough for daily driving (e.g. PinePhone with camera still not supported properly on Pro, years later, power management unable to handle a day of use).
Unfortunately "FuriOS" doesn't look like a reliable alternative just based on the number of eyes, and hands, on it, cf github.com/FuriLabs so unless they can somehow pull all that weight on their own then I'd let others try before me and read reviews on the whole experience, not solely the quality of the hardware or the architecture of the software.
Auto opt-in sharing app usage with Verizon
Just updated to iOS 26 and a few hours later got this notice about “enchanted 5g” for some apps. I had no idea what it was, so I checked the details and saw that it was automatic enabled and shares info about what apps you use with Verizon. If it wasn’t for this notification I would have no idea this was running.
No thanks. Disable that.
Edit: “enchanted” lol. Meant enhanced.
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I looked further into this and I think this is just really bad communication on Apple's part. This is network slicing and basically lets apps call for a dedicated 5G connection tailored for them.
So if this is on, a compatible app can say, "I'm streaming live video, please prioritize for low latency and packet loss", or like a navigation app can say "I'm a background service, I don't care about latency, packet loss, or throughput stability".
It isn't sharing exactly what apps are being used, just what type of network service the apps need. So while Verizon might be able to infer what type of activities you're doing, your actual activity is encrypted and can still be hidden behind a VPN. This seems like it's just for better network stability and speed, and I wouldn't consider it a violation of privacy.
5G Network Slicing Traffic Category | Apple Developer Documentation
The key that defines the traffic category entitlement to enable Cellular Network Slicing.Apple Developer Documentation
Trump issues threat to Afghanistan over Bagram air base
Trump issues threat to Afghanistan over Bagram air base
US President Donald Trump has promised “bad things” to the Taliban if it doesn’t hand over a key air baseRT
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Wait, doesn't the airpod completely mistranslate and misreprestent the thing that it heard in this format usually?
No, what it does here is noise cancellation.
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Israel's Biblical myth is burying the West Bank alive
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/6188824
How ‘Judea and Samaria’ became state doctrineSuch remarks are part of a wider strategy adopted by Israel and its western allies to impose new facts on the ground, legitimized through religious and historical narratives to justify the gradual annexation of the occupied West Bank. For years, Tel Aviv has pursued an aggressive expansionist policy built on illegal settlement construction, creeping annexation, and the erasure of the Palestinian land’s geographic and political identity. Most recently, Israeli authorities approved a new settlement project in the heart of Hebron (Al-Khalil), consisting of hundreds of housing units next to the Ibrahimi Mosque, which is now mostly a synagogue under Israeli control.
Israel’s strategy in the occupied West Bank is a complex, multi-layered one that far exceeds the parameters of temporary military administration. It is a long-term blueprint for de facto annexation – what could be termed “creeping annexation.” Through legal warfare, archaeology, settlement expansion, and political engineering, Tel Aviv is redrawing the region’s geography and demography to erase any possibility of Palestinian sovereignty. The aim is to impose irreversible facts on the ground and absorb the territory into the so-called “Biblical Land of Israel” – a supremacist strategy that works toward dismembering the Palestinian national project and the consolidation of permanent Jewish-Israeli control.
At the heart of Israel’s colonization strategy lies the foundational myth that “Judea and Samaria” are the ancient birthright of the Jewish people. This religious-nationalist narrative, central to the Zionist project and championed by settler and far-right factions, is the ideological engine driving Israel’s land theft. In this warped worldview, the seizure of Palestinian territory is seen as a righteous reclamation rather than an occupation, justified as a divinely sanctioned 'return' that cloaks a settler-colonial enterprise in biblical language and fabricated heritage.
However, even within Israeli academic circles, this ideological claim faces serious scrutiny. Renowned Israeli archaeologist Professor Rafi Greenberg of Tel Aviv University harshly criticizes what he calls “the weaponization of archaeology.” He notes that the archaeological record in Palestine offers no exclusive evidence of a single group’s historical claim.
Israel's Biblical myth is burying the West Bank alive
With full western backing, Tel Aviv is entrenching a one-state apartheid system and extinguishing any prospect of Palestinian sovereignty.thecradle.co
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My grub theme
The background (versions) and the yellow text change with each reboot 😁
github.com/Lxtharia/minegrub-t…
GitHub - Lxtharia/minegrub-theme: A Grub Theme in the style of Minecraft!
A Grub Theme in the style of Minecraft! Contribute to Lxtharia/minegrub-theme development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
My grub theme
The background (versions) and the yellow text change with each reboot 😁
github.com/Lxtharia/minegrub-t…
GitHub - Lxtharia/minegrub-theme: A Grub Theme in the style of Minecraft!
A Grub Theme in the style of Minecraft! Contribute to Lxtharia/minegrub-theme development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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ED doctors across the country plead for help in letter to Health NZ
ED doctors across the country plead for help in letter to Health NZ
A doctor in Christchurch’s emergency department said the hospital was at breaking point and hits code red almost every day.1News Reporters (1News)
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Palestine Speech at the Draw The Line protest in Toronto Canada
Speech for Palestine at Draw The Line Protest in Toronto
Northbound's P2P video platform based on PeerTube!NorthTube
BLASTPASS: NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in the Wild - The Citizen Lab
Citizen Lab found an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware while checking the device of an individual employed by a Washington DC-based civil society organization with international of…John Scott-Railton (The Citizen Lab)
Proposal for improved COSMIC apps:
So, I think cosmic apps should support whatever the global menu protocol is called, and have the top bar be ssd. The ssd would use the global menu protocol to add the already existing menu bar to the titlebar.
This would have quite a few benefits, including
- Making every third party app with a menu bar look more native, with them getting a COSMIC-style titlebar.
- Making COSMIC apps integrate nicer with other desktops, especially for people who use a mac-style global menu.
- A more unified and flexible desktop experience overall.
Obvious problems being what to do with other buttons in titlebars(I propose to just move them to wherever else would make sense) and what to do on desktops with no server side decorations like GNOME. Also, on other desktops that have ssd, but don't put the global menu anywhere, there would have to be a more classic, less elegant menu bar.
This proposal definitely has downsides, but I think it'd be a definite improvement and align with COSMIC's philosphy, so tell me what you all think!
Also, if any system76 employees are reading this, pretty please 🥺 ?
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What does "ssd" mean in this context? I'm guessing it's not solid state drive since that doesn't make any sense in these sentences, but searching that acronym isn't very helpful.
Edit: I guess it means "server side decorations". I see that OP did use the full phrase once, but it didn't click with me initially.
Wikipedia says that means the window manager draws titlebar buttons, as opposed to client side decorations which enables the app developer to control the titlebar of their app.
Oops, shouldve probably explained it in the post.
ssd= server side decorations
server side decorations is when the system draws the titlebar, as opposed to client side decorations (csd) where the applications draws it.
for example, gnome uses csd, but kde uses ssd.
There's debate over which is better, but the main difference is that csd allows applications to put anything in the titlebar, which can make the design nicer, and ssd allows the titlebars on all apps to be consistent, which I personally value more.
I’m going to provide the counter opinion here: I prefer CSD. SSD gives you a consistent title bar across applications, but it can cause a wildly inconsistent look within a single app. Part of the application is being themed by a different piece of software that doesn’t know anything about it.
I also like apps being able to make use of some of the extra space in the titlebar if they want to.
You, as a developer, make a user interface, not a piece of art.
I’m a user. Why do you assume I’m a dev?
From a user perspective I don't understand how wasting a bunch of screen space on an ugly, non-functional bar across every window is better. I get that from a software development perspective it's basically one less thing to deal with. But I absolutely prefer to have a functional use for the space.
The title bars in KDE felt so antiquated, especially for such a foundational thing. For a while I removed the title bars and used a "move window" key and minimize/maximize/close shortcuts.
Eventually I just switched to Gnome.
But I still think CSD are awkard to work with, we need the best of both worlds in my opinion
The realistic answer IMO is that SSD should be the default with client overrides being available.
Yes consistency is important but if someone wants to do something weird, let them. Open software ecosystems should prioritize flexibility like that.
Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state
Starmer announces formal UK recognition of Palestinian state
Canada, Australia and Portugal also announced the move on Sunday, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accusing leaders of giving a "huge reward to terrorism".Harry Farley (BBC News)
How China Became Cool Again
- 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
Largest Caucus in House Endorses Bill to Block US Bombs to Israel | Common Dreams
Jon Queally
Sep 21, 2025
The Congressional Progressive Caucus over the weekend officially endorsed a bill that would block the sale of many offensive US weapons to Israel. This move coincides with growing outrage from US voters from across the political spectrum who say they have seen enough of American complicity with the genocidal humanitarian blockade and bombardment of the Gaza Strip.The Block the Bombs Act, first introduced in May by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-Ill.) and now backed by 49 co-sponsors, calls for a prohibition on the sale of a variety of US weapons and a limitation on military services to the Israeli government, accused of committing a genocide in Gaza.
The vote by the caucus, which took place Saturday and was first reported by Zeteo, marks a historic shift—even for the most progressive group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill—that provides “a significant boost to efforts to hold Israel accountable for its genocidal war in Gaza.”
Largest Caucus in House Endorses Bill to Block US Bombs to Israel
"The United States cannot continue to send bombs we know will be used to commit terrible atrocities in Gaza."jon-queally (Common Dreams)
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Largest Caucus in House Endorses Bill to Block US Bombs to Israel | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36498075
Jon Queally
Sep 21, 2025
The Congressional Progressive Caucus over the weekend officially endorsed a bill that would block the sale of many offensive US weapons to Israel. This move coincides with growing outrage from US voters from across the political spectrum who say they have seen enough of American complicity with the genocidal humanitarian blockade and bombardment of the Gaza Strip.The Block the Bombs Act, first introduced in May by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-Ill.) and now backed by 49 co-sponsors, calls for a prohibition on the sale of a variety of US weapons and a limitation on military services to the Israeli government, accused of committing a genocide in Gaza.
The vote by the caucus, which took place Saturday and was first reported by Zeteo, marks a historic shift—even for the most progressive group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill—that provides “a significant boost to efforts to hold Israel accountable for its genocidal war in Gaza.”
Largest Caucus in House Endorses Bill to Block US Bombs to Israel | Common Dreams
Jon Queally
Sep 21, 2025The Congressional Progressive Caucus over the weekend officially endorsed a bill that would block the sale of many offensive US weapons to Israel. This move coincides with growing outrage from US voters from across the political spectrum who say they have seen enough of American complicity with the genocidal humanitarian blockade and bombardment of the Gaza Strip.The Block the Bombs Act, first introduced in May by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-Ill.) and now backed by 49 co-sponsors, calls for a prohibition on the sale of a variety of US weapons and a limitation on military services to the Israeli government, accused of committing a genocide in Gaza.
The vote by the caucus, which took place Saturday and was first reported by Zeteo, marks a historic shift—even for the most progressive group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill—that provides “a significant boost to efforts to hold Israel accountable for its genocidal war in Gaza.”
Largest Caucus in House Endorses Bill to Block US Bombs to Israel
"The United States cannot continue to send bombs we know will be used to commit terrible atrocities in Gaza."jon-queally (Common Dreams)
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Gaming on Linux, -
I am hooked on Flightgear, (the flight gear group on lemmy seems dead) but im right now playing it (still as a novice) on my Lenovo T470 with Fedora. So well its running okay, but the graphics, especially the suroundings just dosnt look like wheni see thoese vids online about flightgear. So i was wondering, and dreaming about a desktop PC, running linux, that is capable of delevering better graphics in Flightgear.i dont know anything about building a pc, but do you have a recommended setup of all hardware i schould get, and software, to get Flightgear up and running more beautyfull? Im also considdering of using steam as a gameshop. Im such a noob, that i would prefer exsact list of what hardware i schould use. Btw i would like to build my own pc, because im not a fan of thoese gamercomputers with all the colourrd light insight.
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No idea about Flightgear but to get super niche X-Plane works in VR on Linux, including with flight simulator joysticks.
I can't help you with your specific setup but my point is that gaming on Linux works very well unless you need kernel level anti cheat which at this point is pretty much only a portion of competitive gaming.
I don't see anything on protondb.com/search?q=Flightge… though so not a good sign.
Is my adblock list pretty overkill/redundant?
I have this setup for like a year now, and I didn't really encounter any problems as far as I know. (or did I?) However, I just thought I would ask about it because I've been experiencing YouTube slowdowns recently via the mobile website (like video plays and video stops, and like my data won't exceed 500k/s usage most of the time), even though I never experience any of this in YouTube Revanced Extended.
I just enabled every filter that looked good in the Brave settings and added every starred/recommended list in yokkofing's filter list. (I used this list because it was heavily recommended)
I also have the Brave configurations set up with the PrivacyGuides's recommended configuration, and I'm also using Mullvad's DNS server (the base version; see all versions) both in my browser and in my Android device via the Private DNS feature.
So, is it overkill/redundant? If yes, what should I remove?
GitHub - yokoffing/filterlists: Collection of blocklists to fill in the gaps
Collection of blocklists to fill in the gaps. Contribute to yokoffing/filterlists development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Are you employing these lists on your phone or a PC, or other device? There can be a performance cost associated with large IP blocklists. On most modern PC, the cost is usually minimal. On my dedicated firewall, just the DNSBL_Firebog_Malicious list clocks in at 1,004,966 entries, and I have most of Firebog's IP Blocklists, which are usually large, in addition to many others, because in my mind, you cannot block enough.
I cannot speak inteligently enough as to doing so on a mobile device. Additionally, YT is in a state of chaotic flux implimenting all manner of weirdness to make you have to hear their unskippible ads and slop all over the screen just to watch 30 seconds of a tutorial and find out it's not what you were looking for. So, that might be some of it too.
Are you employing these lists on your phone or a PC, or other device? There can be a performance cost associated with large IP blocklists. On most modern PC, the cost is usually minimal.
Yep, I have this exact filterlist in both my laptop and my phone. I don't really notice any performance problems besides YT (in mobile it sucks, in desktop it's just fine). Also as you can see I'm using just the lightweight version of these filterlists if there is one available (HaGeZi's filterlist for example) because I'm not using a dedicated device for adblocking like Pi-hole.
Additionally, YT is in a state of chaotic flux implimenting all manner of weirdness to make you have to hear their unskippible ads and slop all over the screen just to watch 30 seconds of a tutorial and find out it’s not what you were looking for.
I heard some stuff about that, but well, I still see no ads so that's that. I wonder why YouTube Revanced Extended is not experiencing any of it though.
You don't have to change a single thing about this picture. It's as relevant today as the day it was drawn.
the title: At the American Diner
the subtext: In this restaurant, they serve only one person...
The Sun Was Supposed to Enter a Deep Sleep. Instead, It’s Ominously Waking Up.
The Sun Was Supposed to Enter a Deep Sleep. Instead, It’s Ominously Waking Up.
The Sun’s intensity ebbs and flows over decades, and during periods where it’s more intense, it’s more prone to solar storms.Darren Orf (Popular Mechanics)
Trump’s Visit Proved the Utter Corruption of Our Political and Media Class
Trump’s Visit Proved the Utter Corruption of Our Political and Media Class
Aside from the spectacle of our leaders openly prostrating before Trump, the truth of Britain’s “special relationship” with the US was mostly found in unscripted moments around his visit.scheerpost.com
Only if world governments step up and replace the tens of billions in research grants terminated.
Brains don't actually do anything without research funding.
China’s research spending soars, Western science pressured
China is perhaps the world’s new science superpower, in terms of gross spending on research and development, a new OECD report reveals. Meanwhile, r...University World News
Invasive Israeli-founded bloatware is harvesting data from Samsung users
Invasive Israeli-founded bloatware is harvesting data from Samsung users in WANA - SMEX
Across West Asia and North Africa (WANA), growing concerns about digital surveillance have placed Israeli cybersecurity firms and their software...Nourhane Kazak (SMEX)
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I run my own Gitea instance at git.benetou.fr/ but I admit didn't look much at the federated aspect, yet.
Sadly I just checked forum.gitea.com/c/federation/1… and despite few attempts, e.g. nlnet.nl/project/Gitea/ and eventually potentially upstreaming via forgejo forgejo.org/2023-01-10-answeri… that does not seem to be usable right now.
I'm checking forgefed.org/ which I learned about via checking federation on Gitea and it looks nice, in theory, but until I see an actual list of instances federated together I'll just applaud the effort from afar.
Funding for implementations
Hey people, just wanting to share an idea and see if anyone wants to try. A spec is nice but we'll need implementations. Vervis is nice but it's not an existing fully functioning forge.Codeberg.org
Marxism plus Leninism
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Leninism, is in fact, Marxism-Leninism, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Marxism plus Leninism. Leninism is not an ideology unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Marxist ideology made useful by the 『Manifesto』 , 『Capital』 and vital ideology components comprising a full ideology.
Many communists run a modified version of the Marxism ideology every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Marxism which is widely used today is often called Leninism, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Marxism ideology, developed by Marx and Engels.
There really is a Leninism, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the ideology they use. Leninism is the methodiology: a set of working methods for achieving the goal of communism. The methodiology is an essential part of an ideology, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete ideology. Leninism is normally used in combination with the Marxism ideology: the whole ideology is basically Marxism with Leninism added, or Marxism-Leninism. All the so-called Leninism distributions are really distributions of Marxism-Leninism!
Marxism plus Leninism
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Leninism,
is in fact, Marxism-Leninism, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Marxism
plus Leninism. Leninism is not an ideology unto itself, but rather another free
component of a fully functioning Marxist ideology made useful by the
『Manifesto』 , 『Capital』 and vital ideology components comprising a full
ideology.Many communists run a modified version of the Marxism ideology every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Marxism
which is widely used today is often called Leninism, and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the Marxism ideology, developed by Marx and
Engels.There really is a Leninism, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the ideology they use. Leninism is the methodiology: a set of working
methods for achieving the goal of communism. The methodiology is an essential
part of an ideology, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context
of a complete ideology. Leninism is normally used in combination with the
Marxism ideology: the whole ideology is basically Marxism with Leninism added,
or Marxism-Leninism. All the so-called Leninism distributions are really
distributions of Marxism-Leninism!
What is GNU/Linux Copypasta?
I'd like to interject for a moment. What you are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu falsely claimed a master's degree
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is revealed to have falsely claimed a master's degree in public law.
Mediapart reported that Lecornu's official biography was altered to reflect "studies in law" instead of a claimed master's, which he never obtained.
Matignon initially denied changes to the biography and later admitted he held a Master 1, a degree level no longer in existence.
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Hmm, reporting isn't what it used to be. The French would have probably caught on immediately. If this Stack Exchange is correct, it's definitely a story.
academia.stackexchange.com/que…
My apologies, my friend.
M1 vs M2 in France: In the French system, which one is designed for those interested in Academia, M1 or M2?
I'm applying for Master's degree in France and have learned that there are two different ones - M1 and M2. I read the answers to this question and a few websites with general explanations, but coul...Academia Stack Exchange
Fun fact I came across this on other media and was barely able to find any info on Google about it. I had to open Duck (Bing) which suddenly showed many results. So there is definitely some search engine surpression going on.
But it says the French government website retracted his degree so the story seems to check out.
Can you still get CalyxOS on the Fairphone 5?
When you go to the website and click to download, you are redirected to a letter to the community. I heard there is/was a changing of the guard and development is on hiatus. Does this mean you can't download CalyxOS from them at all anymore? Is this a reflection of the actions google is taking with the play store?
Should I be looking at a different OS than CalyxOS? I'm currently running /e/ amd was interested in trying something else. Do you have any other suggestions of privacy driven OS's?
Sorry for so many questions 🤣
The images are back up I believe.
The project is reorganizing and changing security keys due to the head and lead Dev leaving. They plan to publish new images in the coming months AFAIK. A reinstall will be needed at that point.
This isn't related to the Google stuff.
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