Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine
Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine
The image-hosting platform - which is widely used to make memes - was facing a fine over its use of children's data.Liv McMahon (BBC News)
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Harassment, humiliation, and death threats: Tibetan activists face threats from China for protesting environmental destruction, report says
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As China continues to ramp up its claim over Tibetan resources, the environmental activists in the region face persistent threats from the Chinese authorities, a report said on Tuesday.It added that between 2010 and 2019, many activists were detained and sentenced to years in prison in China for peacefully protesting against illegal mining activities, the hunting of endangered species, and environmental damage across Tibet.
According to a report in the 'Greek City Times', the imprisoned environmental human rights defenders include Anya Sengdra, Dorjee Daktal, Kelsang Choklang, Dhongye, Rinchen Namdol, Tsultrim Gonpo, Jangchup Ngodup, Sogru Abhu, and Namesy.
The environmentalists, it said, committed to protecting the environment and addressing ecological challenges, continue to face harassment, humiliation, and death threats from China.
"Tibetan environmentalist A-Nya Sengdra, who has spent seven years in jail, was recently denied release. Hence, he will stay in jail until February 2026. Ironically, no explanation was given for the extension of his jail term, which is reminiscent of China’s practice of acting without providing any satisfactory reason," the report detailed.
It stressed that this is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern showing how China has been harassing, torturing, and jailing Tibetan activists for raising their voice against the environmental exploitation in the region.
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Tibetan activists face threats from China for protesting environmental destruction: Report
Beijing, Sep 30 (IANS) As China continues to ramp up its claim over Tibetan resources, the environmental activists in the region face persistent threats from the Chinese authorities, a report said on Tuesday.IANS News
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Qassam Brigades address video message to former 'Israeli' captive Edan Alexander
The video surfaced shortly after Alexander, who also holds American citizenship, announced his intention to rejoin the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and participate in its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
In the footage, the Qassam Brigades reminded Alexander of moments during his captivity. “You will return to the army that tried to kill you multiple times, and we were the ones who protected you. Do you remember?”
The video includes scenes showing Qassam fighters rescuing Alexander from the rubble of a collapsed underground tunnel, reportedly struck by heavy 'Israeli' bombardment. Fighters are seen providing him with oxygen and urgent medical care.
Other footage depicts his safe handover to Red Cross staff, who later escorted him back to 'Israeli'-occupied territory. His release in May came as part of a goodwill deal involving US President Donald Trump.
The closing message of the video underscored the group’s stance on negotiations. “Exchange deal… freedom and life. Military pressure… death and failure.”
Qassam Brigades address video message to former 'Israeli' captive Edan Alexander
'Israeli'-American captive Edan Alexander being handed over to Red Cross (Credit: Al-Qassam Brigades)Roya News
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Tienimi per mano: un viaggio tra cura, legami, crescita
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- Breve biografia dell’autrice
- Il testo: Tienimi per mano
- Due parole sul titolo
- In sintesi:
- Riflessione personale sulla genitorialità: radici, mani e legami
Tienimi per mano. Primi passi nella vita: un viaggio tra cura, legami e autonomia
Gabriella Picerno
manuale
GD Edizioni
giugno 2025
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Breve biografia dell’autrice
Gabriella Picerno è psicologa (e scrittrice) pedagogista, consulente in sessuologia e esperta in psicologia del disegno infantile e dell’apprendimento. Direttrice del Centro di Documentazione Educativa Il Grillo Parlante di Rufina (Firenze). Lavora in progetti di formazione e interventi di educazione alla genitorialità, all’affettività e alla sessualità. Si occupa di problematiche familiari quali la separazione e il divorzio. Svolge attività professionale su tematiche come la formazione dei docenti, il disagio scolastico, i disturbi dell’apprendimento e di relazione.
Il testo: Tienimi per mano
“Tienimi per mano”, si apre con una scena simbolica: il primo giorno di nido, il bambino che stringe forte la mano del genitore come a chiedere rassicurazione mentre si apre a un mondo nuovo. Questo gesto diventa metafora del percorso che attraversa tutto il libro: accompagnare il bambino nei suoi primi passi verso l’autonomia, senza mai lasciarlo solo emotivamente. Il testo sottolinea che i genitori sono i primi maestri e punti di riferimento, ma che il nido rappresenta un luogo di crescita affettiva, cognitiva e sociale fondamentale. Il libro nasce come guida empatica, con suggerimenti pratici e spunti di riflessione, per aiutare le famiglie a vivere con serenità la transizione dei primi anni di vita.
Due parole sul titolo
Tienimi per mano: non solo un gesto fisico, ma un ponte silenzioso tra due mondi, due emozioni, due anime. La mano che stringe un’altra racconta fiducia, sicurezza, accoglienza. In psicologia, questo gesto diventa simbolo della relazione di sostegno, della vicinanza emotiva e della capacità di accompagnare l’altro nei momenti di incertezza. Ogni passo condiviso, ogni stretta di mano, è un linguaggio silenzioso che comunica: “Non sei solo, ci sono con te”. In termini pratici, psicologicamente, la presenza tangibile di qualcuno che ci “tiene per mano” può ridurre lo stress, rafforzare la sicurezza interna e favorire la regolazione emotiva. La psicologia dello sviluppo ci insegna che fin dall’infanzia il contatto fisico e la vicinanza emotiva sono fondamentali: i neonati che ricevono carezze e attenzioni sviluppano maggiore fiducia nel mondo e nelle relazioni future. In età adulta, il gesto si trasforma in un atto simbolico: offrire sostegno, ascolto, comprensione. Autori come John Bowlby sottolineano l’importanza dell’attaccamento sicuro, dove la disponibilità di un adulto o di una figura significativa crea le basi per l’autonomia e la resilienza. Donald Winnicott, invece, ci ricorda che il sostegno emotivo funziona come un contenitore: una mano che stringe diventa metafora della capacità di accogliere, contenere e accompagnare l’altro nella complessità dei sentimenti.
Tienimi per mano è quindi un invito alla presenza consapevole, all’empatia attiva, alla cura relazionale. Non è solo protezione: è riconoscere la fragilità e la forza dell’altro, è creare uno spazio dove il cuore può sentirsi sicuro e libero allo stesso tempo.
In pratica, tendere la mano significa:
- Offrire sostegno emotivo: ascoltare senza giudizio, essere presenti.
- Rafforzare la fiducia: comunicare attraverso gesti, parole e attenzione che l’altro può contare su di te.
- Favorire la resilienza: accompagnare nei momenti difficili senza sostituirsi all’altro.
Così, una mano che si tende diventa un filo invisibile che unisce, una carezza silenziosa che cura, un gesto poetico che parla più di mille parole.
In sintesi:
“Tienimi per mano” è un testo che unisce calore narrativo e basi psicologiche solide. La sua forza è la capacità di tradurre teorie complesse in suggerimenti pratici, valorizzando il ruolo del legame affettivo, del gioco, del linguaggio e della comunità nello sviluppo armonico del bambino.
Riflessione personale sulla genitorialità: radici, mani e legami
La genitorialità è un viaggio che non si misura solo in giorni o anni, ma in silenzi condivisi, gesti di cura e sguardi che rassicurano. Essere genitori significa tenere insieme la fragilità e la forza del proprio figlio, accompagnarlo nei primi passi con mani attente e cuori presenti. In psicologia, questa funzione va ben oltre il semplice accudimento: è un processo relazionale che plasma l’autostima, la sicurezza e la capacità di relazione dell’individuo. Il gesto simbolico del titolo di Gabriella Picerno, Tienimi per mano, racchiude l’essenza di questa funzione. Non è solo un invito alla vicinanza fisica, ma un richiamo alla presenza emotiva, alla capacità di offrire contenimento senza soffocare, protezione senza possesso. Come sottolinea l’autrice, la genitorialità è un equilibrio delicato tra cura e autonomia, tra guida e libertà, tra radici e ali.
Dal punto di vista psicologico, questa dinamica si riflette nei concetti di attaccamento sicuro (Bowlby e Ainsworth), dove la disponibilità emotiva e la sensibilità dei genitori creano basi solide per la fiducia nel mondo; e nella teoria di Winnicott, in cui il “contenitore” genitoriale permette al bambino di sperimentare e crescere, consapevole della sicurezza a cui tornare. Ogni mano tesa, ogni parola di incoraggiamento, diventa così un ponte tra il mondo interno del bambino e quello esterno, un filo invisibile che sostiene lo sviluppo emotivo e relazionale.
Nella pratica quotidiana, la genitorialità richiede presenza consapevole: ascoltare senza fretta, osservare senza giudizio, accompagnare senza sostituirsi. Significa saper accogliere le emozioni del figlio, guidarlo attraverso paure e scoperte, trasformando le difficoltà in opportunità di crescita. Come l’autrice evidenzia, essere genitori non implica perfezione, ma autenticità e coerenza, qualità che insegnano ai bambini a relazionarsi con il mondo con fiducia e resilienza.
In definitiva, la genitorialità è un atto poetico e scientifico al tempo stesso: un intreccio di cuore, mente e relazioni, dove ogni gesto semplice, ogni mano tesa, lascia un’impronta duratura. Tenere per mano non significa trattenere: significa accompagnare, sostenere e permettere al figlio di diventare pienamente se stesso, sapendo che le radici sicure sono sempre lì, pronte a sostenerlo.
“Sta a noi, società degli adulti, trovare gli stimoli per i nostri giovani, aiutarli a costruirsi il proprio cervello, che poi significa il proprio comportamento. È una responsabilità che fa o dovrebbe far tremare le vene e i polsi, perché si tratta di formare le nuove generazioni, il mondo di domani”.
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Tienimi per mano: un viaggio tra cura, legami, crescita
Tienimi per mano: un viaggio tra cura, legami, crescita - Recensioni libri - Il Mago di OzCristina Desideri (Magozine.it)
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Was mich ja am meisten nervt ist, dass die Verlage bei ihrem werbefinanzierten Angebot irgendwie ~0,3 Cent pro Artikel bekommen, wenn ich ihn klicke (respektive gar nichts, wegen Werbeblocker, aber theoretisch, wenn sie mir nicht Müll und Schadsoftware aus Werbenetzwerken reindrücken würden).
So, jetzt lese ich, weiß nicht, 3-4 Artikel pro "Zeitung" im Monat. Macht Einnahmen von großzügig 2 Cent. Aber dann wollen die im Abo irgendwie mindestens 5 bis 15€ pro Monat. Ja, äh, nein? Ich runde auf, ich zahle euch dreimal so viel pro Artikel, ihr bekommt einen Cent, ich keine Werbung, ihr mehr Umsatz. Das wäre der Handel, aber nein!
Matrix vs XMPP vs IRC
Not OP, but what I do lack here is a decent server Implementation in a single binary and easy deployment.
Also decent native clients for various platforms. Do we have any good ones?
This probably isn't a xmpp specific, but I'd like to have it work like wireguard. If the keys are wrong, self hosted instance would just reject it on the packet level. Then only authorized clients could use it. Outgoing connection on some hub instance would give access to outside world. All this would help with self hosting.
AFAIK:
Threads
xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0201.h…
Spaces (pending approval)
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Best Practices for Message Threads
This specification defines recommended handling of XMPP message threads.Kevin Smith
October 1925
Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
2. In London, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
3. Born. Gore Vidal, writer and public intellectual, in West Point, New York (d.2012)
5. The Locarno Conference began in Locarno, Switzerland between several European powers to negotiate a security pact.
13. Born. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (d.2013)
13. The Locarno conference ended with several agreements in place. German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann gave a closing speech in which he said the conference spelled a new era in European relationships, while French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand said it marked the beginning of a new epoch of cooperation and friendship.
16. Born. Angela Lansbury, actress and singer, in Regent’s Park, London (d.2022)
23. Born. Johnny Carson, American comedian and television host (d.2005)
24. Born. Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d.2003)
29. Born. Robert Hardy, actor, in Cheltenham, England (d.2017)
yt: Which method is best for privacy?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/52603668
Please rank these methods from best to least
- Invidious
- NewPipe
- YoutubeRevanced
- ytlocal
- Downloading with yt-dlp
- Using user script to play in local player
- Playing in local player (eg mpv )
- Watching in TOR
Feel free to add other methods to the list or group some
If you're only watching subscriptions and not scrolling the generated feeds, you could presumably run tubearchivist through a VPN and then watch via Jellyfin or Plex (there are plugins).
It will not only be private but it has sponsorblock.
GitHub - tubearchivist/tubearchivist: Your self hosted YouTube media server
Your self hosted YouTube media server. Contribute to tubearchivist/tubearchivist development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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My stance on Chat control
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Politici z Bruselu chcú vedieť obsah vaších správ. Toto vôbec nie je konšpiračná teória, ale lepšie vystihujúci názov Zákona o CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material, v podstate detské porno). V tomto článku si prejdeme, prečo sa toto vôbec rieši a čo je reálny cieľ tohto zákona.Use the translator in the sidebar to translate the page.
blogspot.com is not a good service to share here when it is about privacy. Instead, please share a screenshot of the article and share it with us.
And please share in English!
I refuse to open the link only because of Google.
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In The Long Heat, Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
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I think you are right, but we also need to factor in that the west has been exporting its industrial production to other countries (cheaper labor, cheaper taxes etc). So it seems to be a tricky thing to see this by country.
The way I see things, it's more that the prevelant economic system dictates this kind of behavior, more than any one country. In the sense that the countries in power change, but they all follow some sort of capitalist model, which is also a form of neo-collonialism imo, at least when it comes from western countries . China is another story imo, that follows the economic model.
Indeed!
Something like this article could be effective too:
Wiki: How to tax the superrich (with pictures)
Wiki: How to tax the superrich (with pictures)
The extreme wealth of the superrich is making our economies insecure. Here's our step-by-step guide on how to apply wealth taxes.Alison Schultz (Tax Justice Network)
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A geopolitical presidential simulation where you manage budgets, diplomacy, covert operations, military actions and even nuclear choices as the U.S. President to maintain popularity, execute your agenda and navigate global crises.store.steampowered.com
Breaking: humanitarian flotilla accuses Italy of 'undermining' its mission
"The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed us that the naval frigate shadowing our flotilla will soon issue a radio call, offering participants the “opportunity” to abandon ship and return to shore before reaching the so-called “critical zone.” Let us be absolutely clear: this is not protection. It is sabotage. It is an attempt to demoralize
and fracture a peaceful humanitarian mission that governments have failed to take on themselves, even though it is their silence and complicity that led to this point."
"This is cowardice dressed up as diplomacy. If Italy truly sought to protect lives, it would not be acting as Israel’s enabler, nor would it pressure civilians to retreat. It would use its naval fleet to ensure the safe passage of peaceful volunteers to Gaza, to enforce international law, and to deliver life-saving supplies. Anything less is complicity."
Humanitarian flotilla accuses Italy of 'undermining' its mission
The Global Sumud Flotilla has accused Italy of "dressing cowardice up as diplomacy" as Meloni tells them to stop their missionSkwawkbox (The Canary)
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Russia has warned of the risk of a new nuclear arms race
The expiration of the START III Treaty in February 2026 threatens to completely eliminate the last restrictions on strategic arsenals, which could trigger a new arms race. Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the current situation on the West's destructive actions, pointing to the deployment of American nuclear weapons in Germany, the expansion of the missile defense system, and the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). In response to these threats, Russia, as Putin emphasized, was forced to lift its moratorium on the deployment of such missiles, demonstrating the testing of the latest Oreshnik complex.
Despite its willingness to act harshly, Russia has expressed its desire to avoid further escalation. V. Putin has proposed a temporary solution: within a year of the expiration of the New START Treaty, Moscow is willing to voluntarily comply with the treaty's quantitative restrictions. However, this step will depend on the actions of the United States. Ross
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Ukraine really has no reason to do that, in any case Poland will shoot down the drones next time.
Abyway all this is a turn which isn't a good sign for the next future. Three nazi assholes in clinch and the EU in the middle
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Forty percent of US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in Gaza
Forty percent of registered US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in its war on Gaza, according to a national poll published Tuesday.
When asked if Israel was taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties, 62 percent said they were not, with just 25 percent saying Israel was taking enough precautions.
More than half of registered US voters disapprove of Israel’s war, and 59 percent said they believe that Israel should stop its "military campaign" even if Hamas has not been fully "eliminated". Only 27 percent said the campaign should continue.
Forty percent of US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in Gaza
Forty percent of registered US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in its war on Gaza, according to a national poll published Tuesday.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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Forty percent of US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in Gaza
Forty percent of registered US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in its war on Gaza, according to a national poll published Tuesday.
When asked if Israel was taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties, 62 percent said they were not, with just 25 percent saying Israel was taking enough precautions.
More than half of registered US voters disapprove of Israel’s war, and 59 percent said they believe that Israel should stop its "military campaign" even if Hamas has not been fully "eliminated". Only 27 percent said the campaign should continue.
Forty percent of US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in Gaza
Forty percent of registered US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in its war on Gaza, according to a national poll published Tuesday.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Cyborg dreams move closer to reality with low-power artificial neuron
Cyborg dreams move closer to reality with low-power artificial neuron
: UMass Amherst research promises better bioelectronic communicationThomas Claburn (The Register)
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Huawei to Double Output of AI Chip as Nvidia Wavers in China
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Huawei to Double Output of Its Advanced AI Chip Ascend, Unseat Nvidia in China
Huawei Technologies Co. is preparing to sharply ramp up production of its most advanced artificial intelligence chips over the next year, aiming to win customers in the world’s biggest semiconductor market while Nvidia Corp.Yuan Gao (Bloomberg)
Image site Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine
Image site Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine
A popular image hosting website has stopped its services in the UK after regulators threatened a fine.Aaron Newbury (Express.co.uk)
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Federal agencies blame Democrats for looming shutdown in apparent Hatch Act violation
Federal agencies blame Democrats for looming shutdown in apparent Hatch Act violation
Housing and VA departments attack ‘radical left’ despite law limiting political activities of government employeesMelody Schreiber (The Guardian)
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Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station could close six years early
Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station could close six years early
Crisafulli government wants coal plants to run longer – reversing previous Queensland Labor government’s plans to end reliance on coal power by 2035Graham Readfearn (The Guardian)
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Its all bots, isn't it?
All this. All the replies, all the posts. Just bots arguing with one another, triggering you 'juuust enough' to engage and reinforce your bias with a dopamine shot, so you continue to read and get enraged some more. At this point you can't even tell which is a person and which is not any more. All for the amusement of a few powerful elites in control of the algorithm.
Are we really so placated, hopeless and in need for edification that we continue to participate, with no real translation to real world personal development and action?
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If you really feel this way, I would strongly recommend limiting your time spent on the internet. Your time should be valuable to you. If you’re not happy with what you spend your time on, then do something else.
I personally couldn’t care less if the people I respond to are real. I only reply if I feel like I have something useful to contribute and it will still be useful to others even if I’m replying to a bot. If something makes me mad or hopeless or whatever, I just move on.
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Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
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In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.By Zach Montague
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 30, 2025 Updated 7:32 p.m. ET
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Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36919574
In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.By Zach Montague
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 30, 2025 Updated 7:32 p.m. ET
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36919574
In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.By Zach Montague
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 30, 2025 Updated 7:32 p.m. ET
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.
By Zach Montague
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 30, 2025 Updated 7:32 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/student-speech-palestinians-ruling.html
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Colombia’s Petro fires own Beijing embassy team for ‘sabotaging’ China outreach
Colombia’s Petro fires own Beijing embassy team for ‘sabotaging’ China outreach
Purge follows Bogota’s pivot to China and President Petro’s open tensions with Donald Trump over immigration, Gaza.Igor Patrick (South China Morning Post)
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China debuts world's mightiest hypergravity centrifuge
China debuts world's mightiest hypergravity centrifuge
China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge by capacity, which can generate 300 times Earth's gravity and accommodate loads of up to 20 tonnes.CGTN
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BYD reaches 1,000th electric bus production milestone in Hungary
BYD reaches 1,000th electric bus production milestone in Hungary
BYD plans to expand its Hungarian bus factory with an additional 29,000 square meters of production facilities, increasing annual capacity for electric buses an…Phate Zhang (CnEVPost)
How China's robotaxis jumped to top of ranks worldwide
How China's robotaxis jumped to top of ranks worldwide - People's Daily Online
On a brisk Friday morning in early September, a fleet of light blue cars glided quietly in front ofen.people.cn
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China backs Brazil’s US$125 billion fund to protect tropical forests
China backs Brazil’s US$125 billion fund to protect tropical forests
The endorsement signals shifting climate finance roles as Beijing positions itself as a provider rather than recipient.Igor Patrick (South China Morning Post)
Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech
Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech
The unusual ruling considered the Trump administration’s targeting of students a clear violation of the First Amendment.Shawn Musgrave (The Intercept)
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Generals reportedly criticize being flown from around the world to meeting with Hegseth: ‘Total waste of money’
"Could have been an email," another general said
Generals who were flown from across the world to attend the meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said there was no point in doing it, with one calling it a "waste of money."
"More like a press conference than briefing the generals," another attendee told Politico. "Could have been an email." A third called it a "total waste of money."
Generals Reportedly Criticize Being Flown From Around The World To Meeting With Hegseth: 'Total Waste Of Money'
Generals who were flown from across the world to attend the meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said there was no point in doing it, with one calling it a "waste of money"Demian Bio (Latin Times)
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Armand1
in reply to abbiistabbii • • •The title is a little bit misleading, it's mostly about Imgur not adding the age checking that the UK's infamously disliked new law requires on possibly mature content.
Age verification is a notoriously difficult problem to solve in a privacy-respecting way, and Imgur is literally about unobtrusive image embeds so I doubt they could even make this work.
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in reply to Armand1 • • •The title is completely in line with the known facts. This is the ICO statement which does not mention anything about age checking.
There has been widespread speculation that this is related to age-verification but so far I've seen no evidence of this, and the fact that the investigation started in March makes it seem unlikely.
Statement: Update on Imgur investigation
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Armand1
in reply to FishFace • • •Thanks for sharing. I should push back on your statement a little.
And in the Children’s code strategy progress update mentioned.
To comply with child data protection rules, you necessarily have to either:
- Know that they are a child by checking their age
- Not collect information on anyone
It does look like the focus is mostly on data collection, not content moderation, so I will concede on that point. I should have read a bit more into this before commenting.
Children’s code strategy progress update – March 2025
ico.org.ukFishFace
in reply to Armand1 • • •Children’s code strategy progress update – March 2025
ico.org.uksadfitzy
in reply to Armand1 • • •It's not a problem at all, though. Parents should be verifying what programs their kids use.
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Echo Dot
in reply to ReCursing • • •Well it is about control they have to at least maintain the illusion that it's about child protection. They have to at least maintain the veneer of legitimacy. So if enough people make enough noise about how this is actually a privacy violating nightmare (even though that's actually the point) they will have to pretend to be concerned about that.
Anyway they have an out, this is mostly a Tory policy anyway that just got implemented under labour, so if it becomes a noose around there necks they can just get rid of the unpopular Tory policy and now they're the heroes.
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in reply to abbiistabbii • • •Wow :
"We have been clear that exiting the UK does not allow an organisation to avoid responsibility for any prior infringement of data protection law, and our investigation remains ongoing."
It's insane. They could be fined even after entirely leaving the country ?
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Tetsuo
in reply to oce 🐆 • • •What I'm understanding is imgur could get fine even if they dont offer their service anymore in the UK.
They could go back to just after the law passed and tell them "hey you were infringing on this extremely disrupting law that would completely change your business in the UK so pay up".
I mean if a business just decides to not serve UK customer they should leave them alone... Especially such a complex law for something like Imgur...
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Echo Dot
in reply to AnyOldName3 • • •It's not actually a bad strategy, ultimately the law is probably going to get slapped down as unworkable and there's pretty good evidence to suggest that they knew it wouldn't work even before they implemented it, which won't make them look good.
Unfortunately the courts move so slowly that none of this has happened yet and the law has now gone into effect because the timer ran out, but in theory they could have done all the work to comply only for the law never to have happened.
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in reply to AnyOldName3 • • •Isn't one of the basic principles of law that laws can not be made retroactive so as to arbitrarily extract punishment? if someone tells me "we'll implement this law in 2026" and they do commit, then I'm unconcerned until 2025-12-31.
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in reply to Tetsuo • • •Echo Dot
in reply to Phoenixz • • •Practically they can't. In theory they could complain to the United States that a US business is attempting to circumvent UK law, but I can't imagine that having much effect at the moment.
In theory it all works because companies would be more inclined to pay the fine than to lose UK customers, in reality of course it doesn't work because everybody would just use a VPN anyway, but the people who wrote these laws don't know about VPNs because they think computers run on magic smoke.
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in reply to Tetsuo • • •Ignore for a second the law in question. Suppose Temu started importing harmful goods into your country in the knowledge that they were going to poison kids. (This doesn't seem too much of a stretch...) Should it be OK for Temu to just say, "OK, we'll just stop importing to the UK then"? Shouldn't they face the consequences for breaking the law?
I think this take is motivated by disagreement with the law in question (although it's not actually clear exactly what they're alleged to have done - the ICO released a statement saying it relates to an investigation from March, so before the age verification requirement).
Statement: Update on Imgur investigation
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AnyOldName3
in reply to FishFace • • •Phoenixz
in reply to Tetsuo • • •Well technically, yeah
Practically: good luck getting that money.
On the other side, does the UK now require age of for every website out there, including the millions of semi amateur porn sites?
Because; good luck with that too, that ain't never going to happen
Echo Dot
in reply to Phoenixz • • •This law was thought up by idiots they actually got consultants in who all told them that this wouldn't work but they decided to ignore the consultants because they wanted to implement the law anyway.
So yeah genuine idiots.
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in reply to pumafred09 • • •So you've uninstalled the app because you are concerned about the content they may be hosting, yet you had the app installed on your phone already. Eh? How does that work.
Anyway everyone knows that DeviantArt is where you go for that kind of thing anyway.
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in reply to Echo Dot • • •Brewchin
in reply to abbiistabbii • • •This kind of malicious compliance is exactly what this dogshit Think Of The Children Act needs. Convenience is everything to the majority of population.
If other major sites and resources do this, then the pressure from the people impacted by it will force UK PLC to un-fuck this awful legislation.
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