Something Very Big is Happening to China's Space, Better than NASA & SpaceX!
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Palestine Applies for BRICS Membership Amid Growing Global Recognition
Palestine Applies for BRICS Membership Amid Growing Global Recognition
Palestinian envoy says bid awaits response; China signals openness to new partners.PTI (Outlook India)
Thousands of Palestinians return to Gaza City amid escalating Israeli offensive
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Deadly Israeli attacks continued to target Palestinian civilians on 24 September as Tel Aviv’s forces pushed deeper into Gaza City as part of a new operation to force the resistance into submission.While many have fled, tens of thousands of others are unwilling to leave their homes. Some have also returned to their homes in Gaza City after being displaced toward the south.
“We affirm that more than 900,000 Palestinians remain steadfast in Gaza City, holding onto their right to stay and firmly rejecting forced displacement and expulsion to the south, despite the horrific bombardment and genocidal crimes carried out by the Israeli occupation,” the Gaza Government Media Office said in a statement on Wednesday.
Those fleeing have been ordered to head south toward Al-Mawasi – a previously declared “safe zone” which has been relentlessly targeted throughout the war.
Al-Mawasi has been hit with over 100 airstrikes since the start of the genocide in 2023, killing a total of 2,000 people, the media office went on to say.
Thousands of Palestinians return to Gaza City amid escalating Israeli offensive
Gaza’s Government Media Office says nearly one million Palestinians are staying put despite brutal bombardment and the advancement of ground troopsthecradle.co
The Finnish Marticulation Examination to move away from Linux-based exam enviroment due to perceived threat of dwindling support on student devices
Context: The Finnish Marticulation Examination is a national examination required to qualify for entry into a university in Finland (not strictly required, but the vast majority will have passed the exam before university). These are basically the final exams of Finnish "high school". The current digital system used for the exams is called "Abitti", which is a Debian-based OS. The students boot into the system with provided USB-sticks.
In the linked article, there is the following statement (in Finnish):
Computer technology advances quickly, and the current Abitti works in fewer and fewer computers. The threat is that computers that can run the current Linux-environment won't be available in the near future.
The new system ("Abitti 2"), which is planned to be used by Autumn 2026, uses locked-down Web-apps written for each supported OS. Support is planned for Windows, Mac, and ChromeOS. Linux support "needs further investigation". As I understand it, the current situation is that the old Linux USB-stick method (now called "Abitti 2 student-stick") is still used as a backup for those without Windows, Mac, or ChromeOS.
I think the main premise of Linux-bootable computers not being available in the near future is extremely dystopian. Thoughts?
Abitti 2 – Ylioppilastutkinnon uusi koejärjestelmä
Koejärjestelmän testiversioon on voinut tutustua syksystä 2024 alkaen, ja lukitun Windows-kokelassovelluksen versio 1.0 julkaistiin elokuussa 2025.Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta
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George Galloway detained at airport under Terrorism Act
George Galloway detained at airport under Terrorism Act
Counter-terrorism officers stopped the 71-year-old former MP on Saturday as he arrived into Gatwick on a flight from Abu Dhabi.Craig Williams (The Herald)
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Given what we know about the Palestine Action fiasco, this is entirely ludicrous.
That said, Galloway is a racist bizarro grifter: youtu.be/DOqF1Xs8gzU
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‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right
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Nah bro! Get it twisted! We‘ve never been doing as much to halt climate change as now (globally), renewables have never been cheaper, resilience has never been more accessible.
There‘s a lot to do, a small thing today can save thousands of future lives. Try creating something to save yourself today and sharing online, godspeed bro!
To be very clear about this, you should not add unprocessed feces to your garden under any circumstance. You will get sick, some people might die.
Manure should be mixed with a ratio of 5% to 15% manure to 85% to 95% soil depending on the clay composition of the soil, more clay means higher ratio of manure, and you should increase the ratio by 5% for crops like tomatoes and cucumbers or decrease down to 2% to 5% for crops such as lettuce or herbs. These percentages are by weight, not by volume.
Once mixed, or actually even long before mixing, the feces needs to compost for at least 6 months in warm moist weather, preferably several years. This allows the bacteria cultures (and bugs) to properly decompose the matter.
Well
The risks I talked about come from contamination of various soil bacteria
Which don't exist on Mars, so, inconclusive
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Taiwan leader's pro-Japanese-aggressor remarks draw widespread criticism
Taiwan leader's pro-Japanese-aggressor remarks draw widespread criticism
Recent statements made by Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have echoed the perspective of Japanese aggressors, drawing sharp criticism across Taiwan for distorting history and betraying the Chinese nation.chinadailyhk
China builds a multi-track lithography push
China builds a multi-track lithography push
Shenzhen-based Wonder Sight has launched its first domestically developed high-precision stepper lithography machine, a milestone in China's semiconductor equipment sector.Levi Li, DIGITIMES Asia, Taipei (DIGITIMES Inc.)
Megrez2: 21B latent, 7.5B on VRAM, 3B active—MoE on single 8GB card
Infinigence/Megrez2-3x7B-A3B-GGUF · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.huggingface.co
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Moondream 3 Preview: Frontier-level reasoning at a blazing speed
Moondream 3 Preview: Frontier-level reasoning at a blazing speed | Moondream
Think deeper, detect smarter, run just as fast.moondream.ai
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Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Hype dims as a country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Former Facebook Exec Warns AI Industry Is Entirely Built on "Vibes"
Former Facebook Exec Issues Dire Warning for AI Industry
In an interview, Julie Zhuo explained that AI companies putting the pedal to the metal can't even see over the steering wheel.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
Donald Trump said on Saturday he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office.
Trump made the announcement on social media, using references to antifascists and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). He claimed that the deployment was necessary “to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our (immigration and customs enforcement) Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists”.
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
President made announcement on social media, but the White House did not immediately provide detailsRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
Megrez2: 21B latent, 7.5B on VRAM, 3B active—MoE on single 8GB card
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US revokes visa of Colombia’s Petro after he called on soldiers to disobey Trump
Petro, who has previously clashed with the Trump administration on migration and drug trafficking issues, repeated his call for an armed force to “free Palestine” while addressing a group of pro-Palestine supporters outside the United Nations headquarters on Friday.
“It (the global force) has to be bigger than that of the United States. That’s why from here, from New York, I ask all the soldiers of the army of the US not to point their rifles at humanity,” Petro is heard saying in a video posted to social media. “Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity,” he added
In response, Petro said the United States’ decision “breaks all the norms of immunity on which the functioning of the United Nations and its General Assembly is based.”
“The fact that the Palestinian Authority was not allowed entry and that my visa was revoked for asking the US and Israeli armies not to support a genocide, which is a crime against all humanity, demonstrates that the US government no longer complies with international law,” he posted on X.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/27/americas/us-revokes-colombia-president-visa-petro-intl-hnk
US revokes visa of Colombia’s Petro after he called on soldiers to disobey Trump
Petro, who has previously clashed with the Trump administration on migration and drug trafficking issues, repeated his call for an armed force to “free Palestine” while addressing a group of pro-Palestine supporters outside the United Nations headquarters on Friday.
“It (the global force) has to be bigger than that of the United States. That’s why from here, from New York, I ask all the soldiers of the army of the US not to point their rifles at humanity,” Petro is heard saying in a video posted to social media. “Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity,” he added
In response, Petro said the United States’ decision “breaks all the norms of immunity on which the functioning of the United Nations and its General Assembly is based.”
“The fact that the Palestinian Authority was not allowed entry and that my visa was revoked for asking the US and Israeli armies not to support a genocide, which is a crime against all humanity, demonstrates that the US government no longer complies with international law,” he posted on X.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/27/americas/us-revokes-colombia-president-visa-petro-intl-hnk
Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Hype dims as a country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Carney’s austerity begins. His first target: Canada Post
Carney’s austerity begins. His first target: Canada Post | Communist Revolution
The cuts to Canada Post are a harbinger of things to come under Carney.www.marxist.ca
Former Facebook Exec Warns AI Industry Is Entirely Built on "Vibes"
Former Facebook Exec Issues Dire Warning for AI Industry
In an interview, Julie Zhuo explained that AI companies putting the pedal to the metal can't even see over the steering wheel.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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The current war on science, and who’s behind it
The current war on science, and who’s behind it
A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.Diana Gitig (Ars Technica)
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How Donald Trump became president of Europe
How Donald Trump became president of Europe
The U.S. president describes himself as the European Union’s de facto leader. Is he wrong?Nicholas Vinocur (POLITICO)
Cosa si cuce nel fediverso?
Ciao a tutti 😀
Condividere il progetto su cui si sta lavorando può essere un buon modo per infondere coraggio a chi voglia cimentarsi nell’arte del cucito.
È poco che cucio, ma la passione si è trasformata in lavoro in poco tempo pur non cancellando come fosse il mio mondo in bianco e nero, senza ago e filo nella macchina o nelle mani, il mondo prima di adesso.
‘Cucire’ era mia nonna che aggiungeva i polsini alle giacche ormai troppo corte.
‘Cucire’ era un’amica speciale che per regalo di nozze mi scriveva una lettera chiusa da una busta cucita a mano con la scritta ‘Auguri!’, ricamata sul cartoncino.
‘Cucire’ era la sarta della merceria del paese che trasformava i pantaloni lisi dei miei figli in panta-toppe.
‘Cucire’ era tante cose, ma non ero io.
Oggi condivido invece i progetti su cui sto lavorando: delle camice di seta con taglio a kimono. Ancora mi chiedo come io mi sia ritrovata qui. Ma mi sento a casa. Una casa cucita su misura.
E voi, in che progetto state mettendo le mani? Rattoppate? Ricamate? Cucite scarpe scucite? Cucite per sopravvivere?
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matteob@mastodon.uno ecco qui il link al video (molto dettagliato e molto preciso, ma la procedura si può snellire): m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GTtVXOF…
Personalmente la userò fra poco per clonare una camicia che mi è stata commissionata. L’imperativo era non devastarla poiché ancora in ottimo stato, ma usarla per creare una nuova camicia come regalo di Natale 😀
Ogni tecnica è buona se per te va bene 😀 questa precisione del video mi incuriosiva perché una volta eseguito il cartamodello sei a più di metà dell’opera 😀 sembra molto preciso!
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eccomi di nuovo! Grazie per il video, molto interessante e sì mi sa che prenderò l'idea in prestito (mooolto semplificata) per altre prove, intanto devo dire che sono talmente tanto alle prime armi che non ho ancora usato la carta apposita per fare i cartamodelli: perché c'è un tipo di carta in particolare da usare vero? Anche solo per la grandezza... come si chiama e dove si trova di solito da comprare?
Perdona le tempistiche ma solitamente ci metto quel tot a rispondere 😅
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impressioni con le unghie smolecolate in parti incontabili (non mi so tagliare le unghie e faccio i casinetti)
Anche oggi è sabato, e quindi nuovamente non c’è nulla di interessante da dire qui. (Ma seriamente eh, non so perché i miei sabati sono così maledetti, solo in questo giorno sono così inispirata…) Per fortuna, di argomenti noiosi ne ho sempre qualcuno da parte, quindi per stavolta non soccomberò… magra consolazione. Beh, tra tante […]
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impressioni con le unghie smolecolate in parti incontabili (non mi so tagliare le unghie e faccio i casinetti)
Anche oggi è sabato, e quindi nuovamente non c’è nulla di interessante da dire qui. (Ma seriamente eh, non so perché i miei sabati sono così maledetti, solo in questo giorno sono così inispirata…) Per fortuna, di argomenti noiosi ne ho sempre qualcuno da parte, quindi per stavolta non soccomberò… magra consolazione. Beh, tra tante cose inutili mi stavo in realtà chiedendo come mai quando mi taglio le unghie devo fare sempre un grosso casino; e ok, forse questa sotto sotto è un po’ divertente. 💥In genere non ci penso, perché faccio direttamente tutto per terra; non nel senso che bacio il pavimento mentre mi taglio le unghie, ma semplicemente faccio cadere tutto per terra, perché è più comodo, perché non ho pezzi da raccogliere per buttare poi, semplicemente passo l’aspirapolvere e tanti saluti… che in effetti è un tipo di casino, ma non quello intrinseco che voglio dire in questo momento. Il vero casino, piuttosto, l’ho visto l’altra sera, perché essendo tardi non potevo aspirare ancora più tardi, e allora ho dovuto fare sulla scrivania, e… 🤪
Caspita, e questo è un casino. Perché fare il tagliamento in modo più o meno preciso con non più di un paio di colpi mi risulta sempre praticamente impossibile, e quindi a furia di fare si ottengono anche queste piccole briciole di unghia, a parte i pezzi grossi. E non sono per niente poche. Però mi chiedo se sia un problema mio, e in quel caso quindi non sarebbe altro che un problema di skill (ormai li colleziono quelli, non c’è un cazzo da fare!), o se la cosa è comune o quantomeno aspettata… anche perché non sono l’unica persona ad avere solo 2 mani in totale di cui solo 1 dominante, quindi potrei aspettarmi di non essere la sola ad avere difficoltà con il tagliare le unghie soprattutto (…ma non unicamente) sull’opposta. 😑Il colmo, però, a questo punto, è che, nonostante tutta questa fatica, comunque le unghie vengono indecenti alla fine, se non uso anche la limetta… E anche a questo ci ho pensato solo stavolta, perché stavolta avevo dimenticato di farlo, essendo che la limetta la tengo nel cassetto, e quindi avrei dovuto alzarmi dalla scrivania per prenderla subito dopo aver finito con le forbici, ma sul momento mi seccavo, e più tardi mi sono dimenticata; quindi, quando il giorno dopo mi sono risvegliata, ho realizzato per bene. 😵
Con la foto, anche se pochino, si vede… e un’unghia l’ho fatta lievemente concava al centro (non so neanche io come!), e un’altra unghia l’ho fatta poco più corta sulla destra rispetto alla sinistra, e così via, e che fastidio!!! Menomale che la limetta aggiusta… però… mentre anche questo non è chiaro se sia un problema mio o no, il dimenticare passaggi e finire a fare le cose a pezzi metà un giorno e metà un altro è certamente indicazione di skill mancanti. (Morirò con cotanto fregio, si vede.) 💖
#skillissues #unghie
This massive new Russia-China project will have huge impact on world
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N.J. drops nearly 225,000 from voter rolls - New Jersey Globe
N.J. drops nearly 225,000 from voter rolls - New Jersey Globe
Every two years, New Jersey election officials remove inactive voters who have missed federal elections from the voter rolls, leading to a reduction ofNew Jersey Globe
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More than half of Americans say the country’s best days are already behind it
CNN’s poll finds that more than half of political independents are either dissatisfied with or indifferent to both political parties – but different blocs of independents hold notably different attitudes.And within the parties, people are more vehement in their dislike of the opposition than in their enthusiasm for their own party. The Democratic Party last saw positive ratings from a solid majority of the country in February 2009, while the Republican Party last saw a favorability rating of 55% or higher in February 2005.
It’s been 23 years since Americans gave both parties ratings that were broadly positive at the same time.
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in reply to uint • • •uint
in reply to Otter • • •BlessedDog
in reply to Otter • • •They claim that to be, but in my experience I have had maybe two students ask me for help with boot options, out of around 2-4 thousand? This was at a college with no computer science program, and most people being not very savvy with technology.
The ones asking for hekp usually had some old Macbook with weird boot menus
Korkki
in reply to uint • • •Otter
in reply to Korkki • • •Unless they mean something like the Respondus rootkit
discuss.privacyguides.net/t/be…
IMO some exams should just be proctored in person
Best way to use Respondus LockDown Browser for school?
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in reply to Otter • • •Redkey
in reply to uint • • •Reading the FAQs, the whole situation smacks of changing for the sake of change. It seems like some important functionality of the old system isn't available in the new system, but they're pushing it through regardless. Combined with this downplaying of Linux support, perhaps some political representatives with low technical skills have been talking to some lobbyists. And unless the Finnish school system has bought into Chromebooks in a big way, they seem unusually eager to support ChromeOS.
I wonder if the whole Secure Boot/Microsoft shim key issue is a part of this.
Korkki
in reply to Redkey • • •Yeah goverment is now giving laptops students at that level, on a loan basis. Just so that everybody has access to free study materials that are now partly of fully digital. The computers are usually, but not always chromebooks because they are cheap and chromebooks are the "student laptop" anyways.
Yeah that's part of it. The boot issues with usb. It's apparently a total lottery of whose computer decides not to boot when the exam starts with the new windows limitations.
FishFace
in reply to uint • • •LeFantome
in reply to FishFace • • •It would be disappointing if the county where Linux was born moved away from it out of ignorance.
It may be that when they say newer hardware “cannot run Linux” they actually mean that their system, that requires a BIOS, will not run.
SteveTech
in reply to FishFace • • •utopiah
in reply to SteveTech • • •I feel like Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) a lot of that is already addressed, including package availability. Few years ago it was tricky but now, a LOT is available due to the success of ARM on phones, tablets, etc.
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in reply to FishFace • • •someacnt
in reply to uint • • •sga
in reply to someacnt • • •tehn00bi
in reply to sga • • •HelloRoot
in reply to someacnt • • •sudo rm -rf ./intrusive_thoughts
wget linux.org/facts-and-stats.tar.…
atomicbocks
in reply to uint • • •This doesn’t make any sense. Web apps are by their nature universal, but even if you needed to target individual OSes for some reason the app engines that one would use like Edge Webview or Electron run on all the OSes mentioned…
The only way this really makes sense is if they are going with something stupid like Lockdown Browser which, while based on chromium as far as I know, has no official Linux support.
corsicanguppy
in reply to uint • • •It's 'matriculation', right? Both times? Is that part of the test?
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in reply to uint • • •BlessedDog
in reply to uint • • •Having worked as an admin for both systems, this absolutely sucks... The cost of running these servers is going to at least quadruple due to the new system requirements, and tens of thousands of USB sticks are going to become e-waste.
We used to run these servers on old laptops, but now with the new system requirements (which I won't disclose here, as I am not sure if they have been publically stated yet) the cost of running these servers is going to quadruple for most institutions, moreso for ones buying it as SaaS from OpinSys.
Not a fan AT ALL, but hey, at least I have 200 stickers advertising the new version 🙄
utopiah
in reply to uint • • •Easy fix, forbid the sales of computers in Finland that do not let user boot on the OS of choice, including of course Abitti.
Sure a small percentage of Fins might not buy their computers in the country via a national online shop but I bet it's a minority.
For the few who still do, make a RPi5 or equivalent available instead of a USB stick. It's a bit more expensive but not so much.
Tiger_Man_
in reply to utopiah • • •utopiah
in reply to Tiger_Man_ • • •I agree that computers are phone but in this specific context I don't believe that would fit. Do people take an exam on a phone? Actual people I mean, not few hackers who (rightfully) believe it's an interesting technical feat. Also IMHO for phones to be considered computers then isn't a locked bootloader ALSO precisely a problem?
So... sure get it fixed for phones too!
If Apple managed to switch it's own hardware port to USB-C this seems relatively simple in comparison.
Matt
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in reply to Matt • • •vane
in reply to uint • • •LeFantome
in reply to uint • • •The last time I looked at this, it did not really add up. The “lack of supoort” was more for BIOS boot than anything. When they say “Linux”, they mean their ancient implementation of it.
It would be a real shame if Linux lost foothold in its own country out of ignorance and bias.