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US engagement with Mali junta exposes double standards


For the Trump administration to open up intelligence-sharing with the junta, such an approach sends a powerful message that the United States – first and foremost – is focused on advancing its fight against “extremist” forces by partnering with regimes that have practiced it themselves. Mali is no outlier when it comes to human rights violations: the regime has advanced extreme legislation that has eclipsed civil liberties, and rights abuses saw a 120 percent increase in recent years.

Where are loud US pronouncements about staying clear of regimes that do not fit the US definition of a democratic system? The fact is that the US itself has been a vocal promoter of terrorism on foreign soil: nearly two decades of Afghanistan’s occupation, the US role in sustaining the Taliban’s power, and its brazen support for "Israel’s" raging genocide – all make it a key figure in creating the unrest that it claims to counter through intelligence-sharing with Mali.



Selling the dead: USC supplied human bodies for 'Israel' war training


The University of Southern California (USC) has received nearly $1.1 million from the US Navy over the past seven years for human cadavers used in military medical training, including courses designed for the Israeli occupation Forces (IOF), according to federal contracts reviewed by Annenberg Media.

Since 2017, the Navy has paid USC more than $860,000 for at least 89 “fresh cadaver bodies,” 32 of which were used by IOF medical teams at Los Angeles General Medical Center. One contract remains active, allowing an additional $225,000 in cadaver purchases through September 2026.

Medical experts are raising alarms over how the bodies are sourced. Many come from the Los Angeles County Office of Decedent Affairs, which handles cremation and burial for unclaimed remains. Others are given away through USC’s Anatomical Gift Program.

“Even though they’re deceased, they still deserve dignity and proper treatment,” said Thomas Champney, an anatomy professor at the University of Miami who studies body donation ethics. He noted that, unlike organ donation, cadaver use is loosely regulated, with most universities operating under “blanket consent” policies.

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Taiwan Will Serve as Flash Point as U.S. Plans Tactical Nukes for War with China – KJ Noh


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How to bypass Which? subscription-wall?


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How to bypass Which? subscription-wall?


I am currently searching for decent mattress and open up Which? post about best Mattress. Only problem is that the information is locked under it's subscription wall.

Stuff I have tried but didn't work:
- Remove Paywall's website
- Archive.today



Indigenous-led protections spark Bali starling’s recovery in the wild


  • An Indonesian songbird once nearly extinct in the wild, the Bali starling, is making a comeback through community-led conservation on Nusa Penida and beyond.
  • Strict law enforcement and captive breeding failed to reverse the bird’s decline; poaching and habitat loss continued despite decades of formal protections.
  • In the early 2000s, conservationists changed tactics, working with communities on Nusa Penida to establish the island as a sanctuary for Bali starlings.
  • Villages embraced traditional awig-awig regulations to protect the starling, creating powerful cultural, social and financial deterrents to poaching.





Net zero aviation: turning what is technically possible into something commercially viable


Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, dismisses SAF as nonsense. He says: “It is all gradually dying a death, which is what it deserves to do. We have just about met our 2% mandate. There is no possibility of meeting 6% by 2030; 10%, not a hope in hell. We’re not going to get to net zero by 2050.”
in reply to silence7

There’s not a single mention of corn or ethanol in this article, which is an interesting omission. There’s no way to get to global air traffic volumes via used cooking oil.

Not all new biofuel demand would have to be met with corn. Algae, manure and cooking oil (which some airlines already use in small amounts) also could be sources for jet fuel.

But experts say the government’s ambitious targets — 35 billion gallons a year of sustainable aviation fuel from all sources by midcentury — require what are essentially dedicated energy crops, particularly corn. To qualify as sustainable aviation fuel under Biden’s tax-credit program, the fuel would have to be produced in a climate-friendly manner, for instance using renewable energy for harvesting, manufacture or transport.


Of course the Biden programs are now being stripped bare, but this source is a couple years old.

Corn doesn’t scale further especially well, either, and it’s greenwashing bullshit.

Corn is a water-intensive crop and it can take hundreds of gallons to produce a single gallon of ethanol. But as airlines embrace the idea of ethanol, prompting lobbyists for ethanol makers and corn growers alike to push for clean-energy tax credits in Washington, vital aquifers face serious risks.

Scientific studies have long questioned whether ethanol made from corn is in fact more climate-friendly than fossil fuels. Among other things, corn requires a huge amount of land, and it absorbs relatively little carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as it grows. Planting, fertilizing, watering, harvesting, transporting and distilling corn into ethanol all requires energy, most of which currently comes from fossil fuels.


The Guardian is discussing European airlines and fuel sources, while NYT is focused on the Biden-era US, but of course there is crossover and they grow corn for ethanol in Europe, too.



Terence Tao says ChatGPT helped him solve a MathOverflow problem and saved hours of manual coding




I was able to use an extended conversation with an AI chatgpt.com/share/68ded9b1-37d… to help answer a MathOverflow question mathoverflow.net/questions/501… . I had already conducted a theoretical analysis suggesting that the answer to this question was negative, but needed some numerical parameters verifying certain inequalities in order to conclusively build a counterexample. Initially I sought to ask AI to supply Python code to search for a counterexample that I could run and adjust myself, but found that the run time was infeasible and the initial choice of parameters would have made the search doomed to failure anyway. I then switched strategies and instead engaged in a step by step conversation with the AI where it would perform heuristic calculations to locate feasible choices of parameters. Eventually, the AI was able to produce parameters which I could then verify separately (admittedly using Python code supplied by the same AI, but this was a simple 29-line program that I could visually inspect to do what was asked, and also provided numerical values in line with previous heuristic predictions).

Here, the AI tool use was a significant time saver - doing the same task unassisted would likely have required multiple hours of manual code and debugging (the AI was able to use the provided context to spot several mathematical mistakes in my requests, and fix them before generating code). Indeed I would have been very unlikely to even attempt this numerical search without AI assistance (and would have sought a theoretical asymptotic analysis instead).



in reply to silence7

Beef flap meat costs $15/lb in my area. Market forces are already making it unaffordable to eat it.
in reply to Someonelol

Uh, lol.

Flap meat is 47,90 €/kg for the first price I could find online. It's a butcher's so a supermarket is prolly a bit cheaper but you're just fucking kidding with the $15/lbs. Although that does come to like 28€/kg. And the piece here comes to $25.51/lbs.

Huh, felt like a larger difference before I converted it.


in reply to silence7

I believe Waymo’s strategy has always been to shoot for level 5 autonomous driving and not bother with the others. Tesla not following that strategy has proven them correct. You either have a system that is safe, reliable, and fully autonomous, or you’ve got nothing.
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in reply to silence7

Scientific American? What kind of DEI enabled woke bullshit is that?!? /s

Don't worry about planetary boundaries. Fascist America will jail or murder the scientists and journalists so your average mouthbreather will die in bewilderment.






I cant connect some websites on arch.(error connection reset)(error SSL or chiper dont support)


Hi. as I told, I cant connect some spesific websites on arch linux. I using hotspot wifi on my laptop but it didnt worked.

I tried changing mac adress, changed resolv.conf (then undo it.) I tried delete evert ssl and redownload it, downgrade mtu but none of them worked.

Also idk why but there's always a yellow sign next to the wifi symbol

any solutions? thanks.

Edit: Okay I solve the problem by checking curls logs however my wifi was a public wifi and I still cant connect it.

I can open captive portal but when I try to connect it connection resets by portal.

I've tried connect with tls 1.1 1.0 ( Bc curls log saya so) But none of them worked.

I think this is the one of linuxs dark hole

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in reply to Wayad

Turkish DNS is really an interesting thing. Awhile back, the govt hijacked Google's DNS service via bogus BGP routes so they could block/censor traffic. They then also started directing DNS queries away from the EU and pushing those to APAC.

Not sure what the sites are or what they resolve to on your end, but you might try using openssl to see if its a bad cipher or outdated cert maybe: openssl s_client -connect domain.com:443 -ciphersuites TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 -tls1_3

in reply to Mordikan

I'm trying to usea public internet which has a captive portal for log in. I'm logging in, writing my information than click on connect and boom. Certificate error.

But at least I've learned which certificate made this error in next comment. its /etc/ssl/certs/ca/certificates.crt




TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’


Despite platform’s limits on adult content, study finds it not only accessible but often suggested

TikTok has directed children’s accounts to pornographic content within a small number of clicks, according to a report by a campaign group.

Global Witness set up fake accounts using a 13-year-old’s birth date and turned on the video app’s “restricted mode”, which limits exposure to “sexually suggestive” content.

Researchers found TikTok suggested sexualised and explicit search terms to seven test accounts that were created on clean phones with no search history.

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in reply to falseWhite

I can't tell if you're being facetious or not but perhaps you don't remember when the biggest "stars" on tiktok were 15 year olds dancing in bikinis....
in reply to MicroWave

I fucking hate tiktok. Never understood how this braincaser got allowed into the EU in the first place. Maybe I am just an old angry dumbass, but when I first started using it in my marketing team back in 2019, it just shouted cancer every post I saw. This thing should never been allowed for children. Also, read the terms of the app..



ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’




ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’


The developer of ICEBlock, an app that lets people crowdsource sightings of ICE officials, has said he is determined to fight back after Apple removed the app from its App Store on Thursday. The removal came after pressure from Department of Justice officials acting at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to Fox which first reported the removal. Apple told 404 Media it has removed other similar apps too.

“I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” Joshua Aaron told 404 Media. “ICEBlock is no different from crowd sourcing speed traps, which every notable mapping application, including Apple's own Maps app, implements as part of its core services. This is protected speech under the first amendment of the United States Constitution.”

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Do you know anything else about this removal? Do you work at Apple or ICE? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.

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in reply to ardi60

The apps purpose is to aide illegals, break the law, and to incite/encourage political violence against law enforcement - the owner will find himself in a world of hurt the more he pushes this.


Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag


The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as Trump threatened more terminations.

FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The trainee, who previously worked as an FBI support specialist in Los Angeles, received a letter — dated Oct. 1 and signed by Patel — claiming he had displayed an improper “political” message in the workplace during his assignment in California under President Joe Biden, according to a copy of the letter shared with MSNBC.

The letter cited President Donald Trump’s Article II powers under the Constitution to dismiss federal agency career personnel, a justification used in several recent firings at the Department of Justice and FBI. The terminations are currently being challenged in several lawsuits.


in reply to geneva_convenience

As I understand it the blockade itself is legal under international law, except for the fact that it's being used to willfully starve civilians. The state-sanctioned piracy is unequivocally illegal though since it violates the principle of freedom of navigation.

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in reply to Tenderizer78

The blockade is fully illegal under international law and has been ruled so by the International Criminal Court of Justice in 2024.

Israel has no territorial rights over the Gaza sea under international law. And to make this even worse, they were not intercepted in the sea of Gaza, but in international waters far from the shore.

The only legal blockade is the Ansarallah one on the Red Sea.

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in reply to ardi60

And I don't have the ability to turn it off because I'm not an admin, so I am stuck with this shit on the new work PC.
in reply to ardi60

Hey my work is forcing me to do an 8 hour class on copilot. This feels super unnecessary. Like, I know how to type a prompt. What else could I learn in 8 hours?


Formation à la coordination d'action de désobéissance civile non-violente


13 octobre 2025, 19:00:00 CEST - GMT+2
Ott 13
Formation à la coordination d'action de désobéissance civile non-violente
Lun 19:00 - 21:30
XR Paris-Nord

Cette formation s’adresse à toustes les personnes intéressées par la coordination d’action (pas besoin d’avoir de projet en tête même si ça aide). Elle aura lieu en ligne, de 19h à 21h30 sur ce lien : meet2.organise.earth/rooms/2w1…

Elle est gratuite, même si vous pouvez bien sûr nous soutenir financièrement là : opencollective.com/alerteplane…

Mais une manière encore plus appréciée de contribuer, sera de participer à une prochaine coordo d’action ;)

Objectifs pédagogiques :

- Se familiariser avec les modes d’actions et tactiques d’XR (à travers principes, modes d’actions et exemples concrets)

- Savoir commencer sa coordo d’action (recrutement, design, gouvernance)

- Identifier les phases et enjeux principaux de la coordination d’action

- Savoir qui contacter et comment pour obtenir du soutien ; où trouver les ressources clé

- Identifier les outils et processus pertinents à sa coordination d’action

Cette formation a été pensée par et pour des membres d’Extinction Rebellion (exemples utilisés, consensus d’action) mais toute personne souhaitant s’engager dans la désobéissance civile (y compris sans certitude de vouloir coordonner une action) y sera bienvenue !

🔗 Ressources complémentaires :

- 📖 Le Guide de la coordination d'action (XR) rdv.extinctionrebellion.fr/ind…

- 🤝 Demander un pamarrainage de coordinations d'action ou autre question spécifique auprès du GST "Actions et Logistique" (pour celleux qui ont un compte Mattermost) : organise.earth/xrfrance/channe…

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Jazz Dinner al Crash (in duo)


24 ottobre 2025 20:30:00 CEST - GMT+2 - Crash Vibes & Wines, 00198, Rome, Italy
Ott 24
Jazz Dinner al Crash (in duo)
Ven 20:30 - 22:00
📅 Elisabetta Fratoni Jazz Quartet
La voce 🎙 ed il basso 🎸 di Elisabetta Fratoni e le tastiere 🎹 di Luciano Tellico accompagneranno la cena al Crash.
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October Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.

Classical & Ancient World

  1. What is the name of the home of the Greek Gods?
  2. Which body of the water was called mare nostrum by the Romans?
  3. Ask and Embla are the Norse equivalent to the Christian what?
  4. What was the name of the Egyptian God of the Sun?
  5. In Roman mythology, who is the goddess of the sewers?
  6. Which word derives from the Latin for “sand” and originally denoted part of a Roman amphitheatre that was covered with sand to soak up the blood from combat?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

#blog #classics #history #october #quiz #zenmischief



Il filologo Salvo Micciché dona suoi volumi al Comune di Scicli


Lo scrittore ha donato 300 copie dei suoi titoli principali al Comune nelle mani del Sindaco di Scicli, Mario Marino, e dell'assessore alla cultura, Giuseppe Mariotta. «Un gesto di grande valore culturale per la nostra città!» (Sindaco e assessore alla cu

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Lo scrittore ha donato 300 copie dei suoi titoli principali al Comune nelle mani del Sindaco di Scicli, Mario Marino, e dell’assessore alla cultura, Giuseppe Mariotta.


📚✨ «Un gesto di grande valore culturale per la nostra città!» (Sindaco e assessore alla cultura del Comune di Scicli)

Oggi pomeriggio, presso il Municipio di Scicli, abbiamo avuto l’onore di accogliere Salvo Salvo Salvatore Micciché – scrittore, filologo, giornalista e studioso di storia siciliana – che ha voluto donare generosamente numerose copie di quattro suoi preziosi volumi alla nostra comunità.

I titoli donati sono autentiche gemme di sapere:

– Scicli: onomastica e toponomastica, Biancavela Editore e Il Giornale di Scicli, Ragusa, 2017

Scicli. Storia, cultura e religione (secc. V-XVI), scritto con Stefania Fornaro, Carocci Editore, 2018

La Sicilia dei Micciché. Baroni e briganti, intellettuali e popolo, con Giuseppe Nativo, Carocci Editore, 2020

Giovanni Aurispa, umanista siciliano, con contributi di Michele R. Cataudella, Augusto Guida e Giuseppe Mariotta, Carocci Editore, 2021
Salvo Micciché, Mario Marino e Giuseppe MariottaMario Marino, Salvo Micciché e Giuseppe Mariotta
Alla presenza mia e del Sindaco Mario Marino, abbiamo celebrato un momento che testimonia la profonda attenzione dell’Amministrazione Comunale verso la Cultura, la Storia e l’identità del nostro territorio.

Un sentito ringraziamento al Sindaco Mario Marino, la cui sensibilità e impegno costante rendono possibile la valorizzazione di iniziative come questa, che arricchiscono il patrimonio culturale di Scicli e lo mettono a disposizione di tutti.

Grazie di cuore a Salvo Micciché per la sua generosità e per il contributo instancabile alla conoscenza e alla memoria della nostra terra.

prof. Giuseppe Mariotta

#SalvoMiccichè

#MarioMarino

#LibriPerScicli

#IdentitàSiciliana

#OrgoglioSciclitano

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Stress e ansia ti stanno stritolando? Prova questo


Rischi di guerre nucleari, tensione sociale, difficoltà economiche, micro criminalità dilagante ovunque, è del tutto ovvio che lo stress e l'ansia schizzino alle stelle, ma è altrettanto ovvio che non possiamo intossicarci a vita con sedativi. Quindi che fare? Una strada potrebbe essere questa!


A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africa


A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to... #BDS, #Ireland, #south #Africa, #Apartheid, #nelson #Mandela, #david #Nihill
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The last 2 mins of Marinette's brave endeavor


files.catbox.moe/cu3d7f.mp4

Pictured is one of the fascist pigs who went straight for the camera upon boarding

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Aggiornamento a NodeBB 4.6.0


Siamo passati alla versione 4.6.0 di NodeBB passando anche dalla 4.5.2.

Trovate qui tutti gli aggiornamenti della 4.5.2.

github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/relea…

E qui quelli della 4.6.0.

github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/relea…

Come sempre se trovate qualche problema segnalatelo pure 😀

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Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets


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in reply to Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼

Keep in mind, pedophiles don't use Signal.

They use Matrix, which is a real thorn in the side of the authorities trying to catch them.

Hopefully this gives you some insight into which platform is more private.

in reply to sadfitzy

How do you know? 😑

Please link a single news source showing Signal app was part of a pedophile bust - should be easy if its got poor encryption that can be backdoored by authorities.

in reply to Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼

Software engineering is so often dominated by a move fast and break things mentality, driven by a rush to deploy and scale and profit, with the ability to fix problems with later updates. It’s a very immature process compared to every other engineering domain, because fix-it-later is much more difficult, expensive, and dangerous when it’s a bridge, building, airplane, or anything else tangible (although Boeing did a great job of destroying engineering process and accountability after the MBAs took control away from the engineers).

The work detailed in this Signal blog post is clearly slow and methodical, with continual checks for correctness and curiosity for optimal solutions driving careful experimentation. Building on existing proven PQ standards and keeping their refinements open for public academic feedback is wonderfully responsible. Building formal correctness proofs into CI and blocking trunk merges is spectacular.

They’re doing everything right, even years after Moxie Marlinspike’s departure. Bravo! Working this way is very expensive and requires absolute support from upper management. I’m definitely a fanboy for Meredith Whittaker and the direction she’s running the organization. Hell yeah!