It's hard to drone a solar panel
The best reason for nations to switch to power from the sun and wind is that it will reduce, by some degree, the severity of the climate crisis (and save millions of lives lost each year to pollution). The second best reason is that it’s cheaper than fossil fuel, and any nation who doesn’t shift will be stuck with an economy running on expensive energy. But it seems to me—not a military analyst, but a fairly good tea-leaves reader—that the war in Ukraine may be adding a third to the list: its comparative invulnerability to attack.As the world has begun to figure out, something important has happened amidst the carnage of Russia’s immoral invasion: warfare has changed forever, with the small drone quickly replacing much of the military hardware we grew accustomed to in the 20th century. Drones have been ubiquitous along the front lines, where the no-man’s zone between the armies is lethally patrolled by squadrons of drones able to take out tanks, troop transports, and pretty much anything else—that explains much of the stasis of the last two years; the competing forces are largely pinned down.
Over the course of the war, by sheer necessity, Ukraine has developed a formidable drone industry, and increasingly it is using them against a singular set of targets: the oil refining and transport infrastructure spread out across its sprawling foe. Russia has formidable air defenses, of course—Ukraine couldn’t fly a bomber across 1,400 kilometers of the country’s airspace to bomb a refinery. But the small and comparatively slow drones have proved equal to the task. As the FT reported last week,
Sixteen of Russia’s 38 refineries have been hit since the start of August, some of them multiple times, including one of Russia’s largest fuel-processing facilities, the 340,000 barrel-a-day plant at Ryazan, close to Moscow.The strikes have disrupted more than 1 million barrels a day of Russia’s refining capacity, according to Energy Aspects, a research group. Diesel exports, if they maintain the current rate, will fall to the lowest monthly total in September since 2020, according to both OilX and Vortexa, which track cargoes.
“It seems to be the most effective campaign that Ukraine has carried out so far,” said Benedict George, head of European petroleum products pricing at Argus, which reports commodity prices.
It's hard to drone a solar panel
The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of clean energy's virtuesBill McKibben (The Crucial Years)
Online attacks threaten major climate-friendly diet report - major scientific report in the crosshairs of a pro-meat misinformation campaign.
Online attacks threaten major climate-friendly diet report
A major scientific update to one of the most influential food and planetary health reports of the past decade is in the crosshairs of a pro-meat misinformation campaign.Martin Kuebler (Deutsche Welle)
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and waterLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff
Jon Harrison, appointed in January, had been key to broad changes in military branch’s policy and budgeting offices
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'We're the future, don't wait around for Corbyn and Sultana': Inside the Green Party conference
Middle East Eye talks to Co-Deputy Leader Mothin Ali and party organisers about left-wing politics and their vision for Britain
'We're the future, don't wait around for Corbyn and Sultana': Inside the Green Party conference
It's the Green Party's moment and the membership knows it. In mid-September, I was in the Bournemouth International Centre covering the Liberal Democrat party conference. The colour yellow featured prominently, and the mood was calm and genteel.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff
Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff
Jon Harrison, appointed in January, had been key to broad changes in military branch’s policy and budgeting officesAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
Japan’s LDP elects Takaichi as new leader, likely to be first female PM
Japan’s LDP elects Takaichi as new leader, likely to be first female PM
If elected, Takaichi will face a host of issues, including an ageing population and growing unease about immigration.Mariamne Everett (Al Jazeera)
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Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo
Plain old pictures are out; content is in.
Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo
What was once a simple photo sharing app is now a platform for Content with a capital C.Allison Johnson (The Verge)
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Japan may run out of its favorite Asahi beer after cyberattack
Japanese retailers are warning customers that they’re running out of Asahi Super Dry, the country’s most popular beer, following a major cyberattack on the producer.
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US | Federal government sues Uber over alleged discrimination against people with disabilities
The federal government said Friday it's suing Uber for allegedly discriminating against passengers with disabilities.
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US | ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team
ICE plans to hire contractors to scan platforms to target people for deportation.
US | White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota
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White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in MinnesotaAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
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Boeing 777X Deliveries Delayed To 2027, As Certification Issues Drag On
Boeing's new flagship aircraft, the 777X, has been delayed again, and the first delivery is now expected in 2027, seven years late.
The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans
Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."
The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans
Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."Mother Jones
Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
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UK | Cops outnumbered as Defend Our Juries returns to central London
A lack of officers didn't stop cops dragging older Defend Our Juries supporters up off the floor, with one man seemingly unconscious
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Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for the artists boycotting Spotify
Artists aren’t rushing back to Spotify just because Daniel Ek changed his title.
Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for Spotify
Musicians who’ve pulled their music from Spotify over royalties, AI, or drones aren’t impressed by Daniel Ek’s shift from CEO to chairman.Terrence O'Brien (The Verge)
US | Two children killed and two critically injured in shooting near Houston
A 13-year-old and a four-year-old died in shooting as police say all parties involved have been detained
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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes east coast of Honshu, Japan, GFZ says
The quake was at a depth of 10km.
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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes east coast of Honshu, Japan, GFZ says
The quake was at a depth of 10km. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
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Pakistan's Serene Air Grounded By Regulators, All Planes Broken
Serene Air has been grounded by Pakistani regulators, as all of the carrier's planes are allegedly broken. What's going on here?
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Rights organisations call for international investigation into Israel attacks on Sumud Flotilla
Several international human rights organisations — including the International Justice Forum (Istanbul), the Geneva Center for Democracy and Human Rights, and the International Union of Jurists (Geneva Branch) — have urged the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent and impartial international commission of inquiry into Israel’s attacks on the Fleet of Resilience, which attempted to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in September and October 2025.
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Researchers say Israeli government likely behind AI-generated disinfo campaign in Iran
The group leveraged dozens of social media accounts and “routinely used” AI-generated imagery and video to stoke unrest among Iran’s population, according to Citizen Lab.
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Latte intero si, no, forse, chissà!
Latte Intero contro Latte Scremato: La Scienza Che Cambia Idea (Ancora!)
Quante volte ci siamo sentiti dire che il latte scremato fosse la scelta più salutare? Per decenni, la scienza o almeno una certa corrent...Giuliano (Blogger)
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Following its latest Xbox Game Pass price jump, Microsoft immediately tries to justify the decision with more day one releases and increased "value"
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is now 50% more expensive, and people are displeased
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Tesla's insurance arm accused of 'egregious delays' and 'systemic failures' by CA regulator
California's Department of Insurance has been warning Tesla to fix its claims process since 2022, but consumer complaints have skyrocketed anyways.
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How to solve wi-fi problem on Macbook Air mid 2013?
We have a Macbook Air mid 2013 and no matter what distro I tried, making wi-fi work was pain due to Broadcom drivers and not having ethernet port. Basically had to install the drivers via phone tethering.
However, probably because of the drivers, there are certain problems like disconnecting out of blue or really slow connection or cannot reconnect unless reboot the PC.
So I want to ask, if you have this Macbook and have Linux installed, which distro you're using it with? How is it?
Recently I installed Bazzite on a home computer and printers, Xbox controller, iPhone connection, everything the owners need worked out of the box. I'm wondering, would it also work fine with this Macbook too?
Edit: I added these to a blocklist, which I created here >> /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf
This is for BCM4360 adapter.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssbFor now, it seems fine but need more time to see if the problems are actually gone. At least the reception issue is gone I guess.
Edit 2: Installed LMDE, which wi-fi was working even on live ISO. However, same problems also present here. It has dkms version of the driver but I don't sense any difference. Same connection drops, same random slowness.
Also found this thread. It describes my issues, but sadly no replies.
Edit 3: Currently experimenting with iwd since I found out this thread from Reddit, surprisingly not deleted, yet.
I installed iwd, disabled NetworkManager, enabled iwd.
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager
sudo systemctl start iwd
sudo systemctl enable iwdPut these on
/etc/iwd/main.conf.[Scan]
DisablePeriodicScan=true
[DriverQuirks]
DefaultInterface=wl
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
[Rank]
BandModifier5Ghz=9.0 Though I didn't add BandModifier since we don't have 5Ghz anyway.
Then edited /etc/resolv.conf.
nameserver 192.168.1.3 #pi-hole IP
Also installed iwgtk to manage iwd with UI.
Seems fine so far, will edit again if it's good or not.
Correctly install and configure the drivers for the Broadcom BCM4360 Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter 14e4:43a0 rev 03 for Ubuntu 24.04
I've installed Ubuntu 24.04 on an old macbook air. I followed the steps and tips found in a popular answer -> Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers However nothing seems to have my wifi work smo...Ask Ubuntu
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Yeah, I saw some people recommended USB adapters. Luckily I got it working with blacklisting (still testing for possible issues though), without that it indeed had ridiculous speeds.
OCuLink outpaces Thunderbolt 5 in Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti tests — latter up to 14% slower on average in gaming benchmarks
OCuLink or Thunderbolt? That is the question!
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Trump's Latest Demand to Israel Gets Ignored (Again)
Trump’s Latest Demand to Israel Gets Ignored (Again)
The president is demanding Benjamin Netanyahu “immediately stop” bombing Gaza as Hamas says it will not accept his proposals for a ceasefire unconditionally.Will Neal (The Daily Beast)
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Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag
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cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/72882
Reports are emerging that Israeli authorities have abused activist Greta Thunberg while illegally holding her in detention.
Greta Thunberg beaten by Israeli authorities
On Saturday 4 October, the Israeli occupation authorities deported 137 of the kidnapped international solidarity activists who participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the humanitarian siege on Gaza, in the second deportation operation in a matter of days, after returning four Italians to their country on Friday 3 October.One of the deported activists who arrived at Istanbul airport on Saturday recounted shocking details of what he described as ‘brutal assaults’ on some activists during their detention, telling reporters:
They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair in front of our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her as a warning to others.She’s still a little kid. They made her suffer.
BREAKING: Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik:
“They [Israelis] dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” pic.twitter.com/gV6SeMZr7U
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws1) October 4, 2025
Separately, the Guardian reported that an email to Swedish authorities said Greta Thunberg was suffering from:
dehydration. She has received insufficient amounts of both water and food. She also stated that she had developed rashes which she suspects were caused by bedbugs. She spoke of harsh treatment and said she had been sitting for long periods on hard surfaces.Meanwhile, other released activists spoke of similar degrading treatment.
Turkish activist Samanur Sonmaz Yaman, a member of the flotilla, recounts details of the occupation’s oppression and abuse of veiled women from the boats:
Occupation soldiers ripped off our headscarves during our arrest and took them from us, and our non-veiled friends gave us their shirts to cover our heads.thecanary.co/wp-content/upload…
Adalah, the legal centre that monitors the cases of detainees, said that detention conditions at Ketziot prison in the Negev desert are ‘deteriorating alarmingly,’ amid reports of ill-treatment and violence against some detainees.
A spokesperson for the organisation said that it is difficult at this stage to provide a comprehensive assessment, but confirmed that the mistreatment primarily affects non-European detainees, especially those whose countries do not have diplomatic missions in Israel.
Ongoing Israeli violence
This incident is the latest chapter in the confrontation between Israel and the international solidarity flotillas that recently set sail in an attempt to break the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than 18 years, amid growing international warnings about targeting solidarity activists and civil society activists, and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Strip, which is suffering from famine and shortages of medicine and fuel.Israel intercepted 40 ships in the Global Solidarity Flotilla that set sail to reach Gaza to break the blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing war of extermination on Gaza, which is now entering its third year.
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Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/72882Reports are emerging that Israeli authorities have abused activist Greta Thunberg while illegally holding her in detention.
Greta Thunberg beaten by Israeli authorities
On Saturday 4 October, the Israeli occupation authorities deported 137 of the kidnapped international solidarity activists who participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the humanitarian siege on Gaza, in the second deportation operation in a matter of days, after returning four Italians to their country on Friday 3 October.One of the deported activists who arrived at Istanbul airport on Saturday recounted shocking details of what he described as ‘brutal assaults’ on some activists during their detention, telling reporters:
They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair in front of our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her as a warning to others.She’s still a little kid. They made her suffer.
BREAKING: Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik:
“They [Israelis] dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” pic.twitter.com/gV6SeMZr7U
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws1) October 4, 2025
Separately, the Guardian reported that an email to Swedish authorities said Greta Thunberg was suffering from:
dehydration. She has received insufficient amounts of both water and food. She also stated that she had developed rashes which she suspects were caused by bedbugs. She spoke of harsh treatment and said she had been sitting for long periods on hard surfaces.Meanwhile, other released activists spoke of similar degrading treatment.
Turkish activist Samanur Sonmaz Yaman, a member of the flotilla, recounts details of the occupation’s oppression and abuse of veiled women from the boats:
Occupation soldiers ripped off our headscarves during our arrest and took them from us, and our non-veiled friends gave us their shirts to cover our heads.thecanary.co/wp-content/upload…
Adalah, the legal centre that monitors the cases of detainees, said that detention conditions at Ketziot prison in the Negev desert are ‘deteriorating alarmingly,’ amid reports of ill-treatment and violence against some detainees.
A spokesperson for the organisation said that it is difficult at this stage to provide a comprehensive assessment, but confirmed that the mistreatment primarily affects non-European detainees, especially those whose countries do not have diplomatic missions in Israel.
Ongoing Israeli violence
This incident is the latest chapter in the confrontation between Israel and the international solidarity flotillas that recently set sail in an attempt to break the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than 18 years, amid growing international warnings about targeting solidarity activists and civil society activists, and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Strip, which is suffering from famine and shortages of medicine and fuel.Israel intercepted 40 ships in the Global Solidarity Flotilla that set sail to reach Gaza to break the blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing war of extermination on Gaza, which is now entering its third year.
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A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence | The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
A Deal That Would End Universities' Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.Kevin Carey (The Atlantic)
Pope lends star power to Swiss Guards swearing-in ceremony as his army struggles to find recruits
Pope Leo XIV has presided over the swearing-in ceremony of 27 new Swiss Guards. The event took place Saturday at the Apostolic Palace.
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Georgia protesters try to storm Tbilisi presidential palace
Police used pepper spray to disperse demonstrators amid growing turmoil in the Caucasus country.
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Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election
With Babiš’s victory the Czech Republic looks set to join Hungary and Slovakia in refusing support for Ukraine
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Dozens killed in Gaza despite Trump's call for Israel to halt bombing
Dozens were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Saturday, local health officials said, despite a demand from U.S. President Donald Trump for Israel to stop bombing in response to a declaration by Hamas that it was ready to free hostages under his plan to end the two-year-old war.
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Ukraine's Special Operations Forces strike Russian missile ship en route from Baltic to Caspian Sea
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have struck one of Russia's newest warships as it sailed through Lake Onega in Russia's Republic of Karelia.
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Proton VPN and Portmaster breaking each other?
Sometimes they work, and sometimes I have to close one or the other, or every connection gets blocked. I haven't blocked anything from Proton VPN on Portmaster - just some Windows services and domains that don't break the internet when Proton VPN is off.
Do you have any idea what may be happening or how I can discover what's going on?
- both on the free plan.
Edit: I might have figured it out. It seems like they are fighting over DNS resolving. When I removed the DNS settings from Portmaster (it's already set in the browser anyway), it started working again 😀
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I think that you must see which site is blocked from Proton and except it from the filtering, or pay some bucks and use the SPN, which is anyway better, with it you can use multiple tunnels depending on the sites you want to visit.
Or using an proxy extension, like VPNLY or CyberGhost, which are free, without limits, no logs and private. The Portmaster anyway avoid that web pages can sneak any tracking crap in your PC.
In my new Laptop with W11, the first impression was that it was the worst UI I've ever seen, impossible the startmenu and the taskbar, not even customizable in a bad copy of an Mac desktop, apart of all other from the mencioned crap, which I culd strip out, to get rid of the UI, turning it back of the good customizable one from W10, I used a nice FOSS app, Windhawk, something like an userscript manager which permits to do almost everything with the UI. Settings are instantanly, no restart needed.
Now I use an snappy fast and reasonable private W11 which use less than 1GB RAM, to my like, with an small Taskbar on the top of the screen, an Startmenu as it should be and some more tweaks.
Windhawk
The customization marketplace for Windows and programs. Customize your programs with available code snippets or create your own customizations.windhawk.net
Using Windows, it’s crazy that on startup you already have like 9 pages of random Windows processes trying to call home and tell them what you’re doing lol
A lot of those call-home processes can be blocked with your .host file. Additionally, PrivacySexy, WPD, and or O&OShutUp can help strip out all the crap. I hear a lot of people saying that updates to Windows revert the changes. I'm not sure if that is relevant to whether you are using Home or Pro. I use W10Pro and I have not seen any of my updates revert any of my changes. I believe Enterprise also doesn't revert the changes upon updates. It might also be that major feature updates (like the 22H2 upgrade), may revert the changes, however, it's fairly trivial to run PrivacySexy after the update.
I use Hostsman, and I haven't found that to be true, but again, I don't discount it either.
I wonder if Windows Defender is parsing the hosts file and flagging specific entries. Perhaps your program knows what is flagged through trial & error, while I did more of an aggressive blanket approach.
It's the only thing I can think of.
I'm not quite certain at this point. LOL I've used HostsMan forever it seems and never gave it a second thought because it just worked. I also wonder if logging in to a local account vs your Microsoft account in Windows makes a difference.
while I did more of an aggressive blanket approach
IDK, my .host file contains 60,633 entries. Not sure you could get more aggressive than that. LOL
I'm going to have to do some reading. This intrigues me.
I recently wrote this small guide: fuckbigtech.neocities.org/#06, and I was just about to re-read it to update, for example: Last time I was on Win11, the Windows Update had downloaded the HEIF and AV1 codecs, they were even listed in the app list to uninstall if I wanted, but they didn’t come with the laptop I have now, nor were they added through updating it. I just noticed folders weren’t displaying AVIF image thumbnails after I had debloated (and removed Windows Store). Then I discovered you can no longer download Windows utilities through their site, and it won’t work directly through PowerShell either because all download and installation is forced through Windows Store. I had already debloated extensively, so I decided to just factory-reset the laptop. This time, I downloaded both packages before removing Windows Store. Guess what? Removing Windows Store also removed the packages! So here I am, after another factory reset, leaving Windows Store there, hoping the lack of it doesn’t fuck me in the future lol
fun story: I also discovered it no longer comes with Notepad, Paint and Calculator! You have to download all from the Store, and they integrated with Copilot lol - it did come with Outlook, Maps, Teams and other crap, though... even some hidden legacy Zune, IE and Skype packages..
Fuck Big Tech: A Privacy Guide
Big Tech strives to end privacy and make massive surveillance non-optional, you best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, you are in one.fuckbigtech.neocities.org
for example: Last time I was on Win11
Interesting. I must live in bizarro world. I wonder if it has to do with Win11's new advertising platform. Were you running a local account or hooked up to the mothership? I'm running W10 on a local account only. Additionally, I'm blocking the world (almost - lol) in my host file.
I just ran Get-AppxPackage and besides the runtimes, wsl, Microsoft.VCLibs, NET.Native.Frameworks, Microsoft.Windows.Photos (blocked from calling home), I don't see anything that would throw a red flag. I am definitely intrigued.
My father loves '00s and late '90s RTS games, so I built him a Win7 PC. I got a bit jealous of how tight its running lol
Pre-built systems, though, come with way waaay more bloat. To get a free Windows license included in the product, they shove tons of shit in. My mother had a Win10 LG All-in-One, and I recently reset and cleared it to give to my niece, I had to remove a lot of crap, but it was way worse in the Win11 Dell All-in-One she got to replace it. I’ve never seen anything like that, shit came with Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Candy Crush... and, worst of all: McAfee. This Win11 laptop I'm using right now came with Norton hehe - but those Bing News, Bing Weather, Bing Maps, Bing This, Bing That, all the Xbox stuff, which you need to remove through command prompt, they were in all of them. However, I’ve never tested a Win10 or Win11 that wasn't on a pre-built device, my guess is that if you bought a license (or acquired some other way, I don't judge hehe) and installed the OS yourself it is way cleaner... but also surely Win11 is worse than Win10 on bloat.
edit: I had written Avast but it was actually McAfee, it wasn't even full license and it expired, also it constantly hijacked the browser and changed the search engine to Bing... pure malware behavior, crazy stuff.
Well, Portmaster is the best Firewall and traffic monitoring app out there
I spent about a week and a half with Portmaster just to see what the hype was. I'll have to say I was underwhelmed. I realize it has a big fan base, so if it works for you, awesome. Git Sum! It does have a lot of bells and whistles, and combines a lot of things into one package, but I've been so long with my stand alone pFsense instance, it'd almost have to give me a blowie to get me to switch.
Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first female prime minister
Takaichi is a long-time admirer of Margaret Thatcher, but many female voters do not see her as an advocate for progress.
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Double standards from FIFA, as Infantino says it cannot suspend Israel's membership
FIFA cannot resolve political conflicts by banning Israel, according to Infantino - yet it previously banned Russia without hesitation
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It was a joint decision with UEFA.
Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice.
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When asked what was happening with FIFA’s own investigation into Israel’s status, Montagliani said he “unaware of where it’s at” and said he had not seen any legal analysis of the Palestinian FA’s complaint.
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Israel suspension decision rests with UEFA ‘first and foremost’, FIFA vice-president says
Victor Montagliani also said Israel’s immediate future was not on the agenda for Thursday’s FIFA Council meeting.Matt Slater (The Athletic)
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