Scientists Just Made Light Speed Visible. The Images Will Break Your Brain.
Scientists Just Made Light Speed Visible. The Images Will Break Your Brain.
The method involves stitching together many thin “slices” of light reflecting off an object.Caroline Delbert (Popular Mechanics)
TheGuardian hasn't learned to count for two whole years
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The final death toll from the attack is now thought to be 695 Israeli civilians, including 36 children, as well as 373 security forces and 71 foreigners, giving a total of 1,139.
Israel social security data reveals true picture of Oct 7 deaths
A more precise picture of Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel has emerged from social security data, confirming the unprecedented scale of the violence but also challenging some initial testimonies.France 24 (FRANCE 24)
Frieren - Capitolo 5
Rimessesi in viaggio, la maga somma Frieren ha in mente una prossima tappa che, per la prima volta in queste pagine, alza per qualche attimo la posta...
Frieren - Capitolo 4
Frieren e Fern sono in città, preparandosi a prendere provviste per il loro prossimo viaggio... o, almeno, questo è ciò che la prima dice di fare...
Cross-posting within ActivityPub
Just wrapped up a session at FediForum where snarfed.org@fed.brid.gy and quillmatiq@mastodon.social discussed FEP-fffd: Proxy Objects as a way to link disparate cross-network objects together.
I piped up that rimu@piefed.social and I were working on similar problems with cross-posting, though we were discussing this well within the confines of ActivityPub — cross-posting between threadiverse communitiesal
We hadn't come up with any path forward yet, but the FEP notes some properties that we could use.
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The article is from a security researcher involved in the development of post-quantum encryption. Hes known for fighting against various agencies trying to weaken encryption for their questionable benefit. Hes been very successful but a one-man-show only goes so far. Please, if you read this: write those emails to the mailing list and tell others whats going on!
This (sadly) has implications across the whole world, but right now its very easy to stop.
And please, if you do write the email, please dont just copy paste the template in the article, it seems the comitee wants to ignore all the ones with the same wording because of "spam"
The article is from a security researcher involved in the development of post-quantum encryption. Hes known for fighting against various agencies trying to weaken encryption for their questionable benefit. Hes been very successful but a one-man-show only goes so far. Please, if you read this: write those emails to the mailing list and tell others whats going on!
This (sadly) has implications across the whole world, but right now its very easy to stop.
And please, if you do write the email, please dont just copy paste the template in the article, it seems the comitee wants to ignore all the ones with the same wording because of "spam"
Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping – video
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/6351799
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/74406
Human rights and climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken publicly for the first time after her kidnapping, detention, and abuse at the hands of the Israeli government:thecanary.co/wp-content/upload…
Greta Thunberg released
As the Canary previously reported, 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.
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.
Ongoing Israeli violence
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.
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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Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping – video
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/74406Human rights and climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken publicly for the first time after her kidnapping, detention, and abuse at the hands of the Israeli government:thecanary.co/wp-content/upload…
Greta Thunberg released
As the Canary previously reported, 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.
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.
Ongoing Israeli violence
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.
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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I wish I were even half. She is an absolute badass, and frankly puts most of us to shame.
This world would be pretty amazing if the average Joe thought and acted the way she does.
Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in Ecuador
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/6352050
The video is shocking. The footage is low quality, shot from above and behind the scene: A group of people run from state security forces up an empty highway at full speed. Four people are carrying a limp body. But under the fire of gunshots, tear gas and police sirens, three of the people drop the body and flee. The other man, in a blue jacket, kneels beside the body, and holds onto him.Two armored vehicles arrive, lights flashing. Two men in green fatigues, helmets and body gear jump out. They point their weapons, and begin to kick and beat the two men on the ground — one alive, though he would end up unconscious and hospitalized, one already dead. The latter’s name was Efraín Fuerez. He was a 46-year-old Indigenous Kichwa community member from Cotacachi, Ecuador, and the father of two children.
Reports say Ecuadorian armed forces shot Fuerez three times with live ammunition the morning of September 28 on the Pan-American Highway close to the town of Ilumán. There is no video of the shooting itself, which took place immediately before these images.
Fuerez was the first to be killed by state forces after a week of widespread protests, led by Ecuador’s largest Indigenous movement, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), against President Daniel Noboa’s austerity measures.
“Justice is what I want for my husband’s life,” Fuerez’s wife told a local media outlet. “He wasn’t a terrorist or someone bad. He was a hard worker. All I ask for is justice, for my husband and all of the people who are detained.”
“The police and military, using lethal weapons and ammunition, are shooting to kill against our communities as we exercise our legitimate right to social protest,” CONAIE posted on social media. “Efraín’s death was a direct execution in the midst of the repression … This act constitutes a very serious violation of human rights.”
CONAIE had announced an “immediate and indefinite national strike” on September 18 in response to Noboa’s lifting of diesel subsidies that sent gas prices skyrocketing by nearly 60 percent. Protests have since rippled across the country.
Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in Ecuador
Indigenous protesters have been demonstrating and shutting down highways since Noboa lifted Ecuador’s diesel subsidies.Michael Fox (Truthout)
No account? No Windows 11 for you, says Microsoft
No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut
: Workaround sent to the big OOBE in the sky with latest Insider buildsRichard Speed (The Register)
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No account? No Windows 11 for you, says Microsoft
No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut
: Workaround sent to the big OOBE in the sky with latest Insider buildsRichard Speed (The Register)
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America’s Bread and Circuses: Faux Populism and the Spectacle of Control
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/74990
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It is not unusual to hear America’s talking heads—those oracles of the 24-hour news cycle and syndicated radio chatter—invoke the specter of Rome when diagnosing the current malaise of the United States. The comparison is now almost cliché: America, like Rome, is a mighty empire on the brink of collapse, ruined by moral decay, imperial overreach, and political corruption. What is perhaps more telling than this repetitive analogy is the fact that the first volume of Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published in 1776, the same year that Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and the American experiment was born in Philadelphia. From the outset, America has been haunted by Rome’s shadow, warned by prophets foreign and domestic that it too will one day fall.
The decline of Rome has been used to justify everything from military expansion to moral crusades, from welfare cuts to tax reforms. But amid the noise of comparisons, one of Rome’s sharpest critiques—delivered not by a statesman or historian, but by a satirical poet—has been largely ignored. In Satire X, Juvenal decries a citizenry that once chose consuls and generals but now hungers only for bread and circuses. It was not invading hordes or economic collapse that signaled the end of civic virtue, but a populace seduced into apathy by free grain and gladiatorial spectacle. That Americans so often cite Rome’s fall without invoking its most damning metaphor may reveal more about our condition than we care to admit.
In the American version, the bread comes in plastic debit cards with USDA seals, in WIC vouchers for formula, in TANF checks. SNAP, WIC, TANF—our contemporary annona. These programs are defended as lifelines by the left, denounced as crutches by the right. Both sides miss the deeper point. Entitlements, however noble, can function as instruments of pacification. In towns gutted by deindustrialization, where the factory is boarded up and the union hall sits empty, assistance becomes less a bridge to opportunity than a sedative against despair. Enough to survive, not enough to resist.
Chris Hedges calls this “managed democracy,” a politics designed not to empower but to appease. Bread is not abundance, it is the price of compliance. Citizenship dissolves into consumerism when survival is subsidized but self-determination remains impossible. And the bread does not only feed bellies, it feeds markets. SNAP dollars flow into Walmart registers and PepsiCo profits. A 2016 USDA report showed that soft drinks were the single most purchased item with SNAP benefits. The poor are not the only ones kept docile; the economy itself is fattened on subsidized corn syrup. As Michael Pollan has argued, the government underwrites a diet of processed abundance, cheap calories engineered into dollar-menu cheeseburgers and gallon-sized sodas. The true cost—obesity, diabetes, environmental collapse—is hidden beneath fluorescent grocery aisles.
If bread sedates, the circus distracts. Rome had gladiators in the Colosseum; America has screens. The NFL delivers weekly concussions packaged as tribal ecstasy. The Super Bowl fuses bread and circus into one great orgy of branding and consumption, the high holy day of the corporate republic. Beyond sports, the circus metastasizes across screens: TikTok loops, Twitch streams, reality television, outrage cycles that refresh every hour. As Neil Postman warned, we risk amusing ourselves to death, drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Guy Debord called this the “society of the spectacle,” where representation replaces reality and distraction becomes the dominant mode of governance.
Even rebellion is gamified. The internet was hailed as a democratic awakening, but radical energy is monetized and streamed, tweets disappearing into algorithmic voids. Noam Chomsky has long noted that “manufacturing consent” depends less on censorship than on distraction. We are not silenced; we are entertained into submission. Hannah Arendt argued that totalitarianism thrives when people stop caring about truth altogether. What happens when entertainment itself becomes the totalitarian force?
The genius of bread and circuses is that they simulate choice. Coke or Pepsi, Xbox or PlayStation, Democrat or Republican. The illusion of agency keeps the machine humming. The left rails against inequality, the right against moral decay, but both participate in the same spectacle. A society living on sugar water and dopamine, subsidies and distractions, does not revolt. It scrolls.
The tragedy of America’s bread and circuses is not that they exist, but that they work. As long as the shelves are stocked and the screens glow, the poor remain manageable, the middle class distracted, and the powerful unchallenged. Rome fell with citizens clamoring for grain and gladiators. We may fall with citizens elbow-deep in nacho cheese at halftime, convinced the republic still belongs to them.
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator gives us the image plainly: bread falls from the sky, blood stains the sand, the emperor grins while the Senate shrinks into irrelevance. The crowd roars. The spectacle wins. America is not exempt. Joe Trippi once imagined the internet would democratize politics, but democracy does not stand a chance when spectacle itself becomes the organizing principle. Until the bread runs out or the screens go dark, the revolution will remain not only untelevised but unspoken, unfelt, and unfought.
Pass the chips. The circus is on.
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Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs'
Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs' | TechCrunch
Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Three November US elections every climate activist should be watching
Three November elections every climate activist should be watching
In this edition, we spotlight three November 2025 elections that could have a significant impact on climate policy-making.www.environmentalvoter.org
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Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs'
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Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Reform just scooped up 20 Tory councillors – and it’s a disaster for all of us
Reform just scooped up 20 Tory councillors in one morning
Reform is managing to grow a strong, local base across England and it should worry us all. Meanwhile, Your Party is... releasing a book...HG (The Canary)
Random Idea: Federated "Discord-Style" Platform With Isolated Instances
I had a random idea I wanted to throw out there and see what people think:
Imagine a federated platform that works kind of like Discord, but in the sense of Lemmy, Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc.—with different instances hosted by different people.
The twist is that none of the instances would be connected to each other.
Each instance would function like a regular Discord server: channels, chats, roles, and all the usual stuff, but the instances themselves wouldn’t federate with each other.
The interesting part is that these instances could still federate with other platforms—like Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, etc.—just not with each other.
It seems like it could be a way to have smaller, self-contained communities while still integrating with the wider Fediverse in some ways.
My only sticking point is figuring out signup/login mechanics—how would a user navigate multiple isolated instances efficiently without it becoming a nightmare?
Would love to hear thoughts, improvements, or whether anyone thinks this is a terrible idea.
It was originally funded by amdocs, a US and Israeli company, but they have their own funding for many years now.
Regardless, considering its entirely open source, buildable from source, self-hostable (and auditable), which is more than you can say for signal, where the back end is centralized, and hosted in a five-eyes country.
Matrix requires no "just trust us" clause unlike signal, because you can run the software yourself, and verify that its not making calls to US or Israeli servers.
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With its high-speed train, China has achieved what seemed impossible: flying is not profitable on an 808-mile route.
With its high-speed train, China has achieved what seemed impossible: flying is not profitable on an 808-mile route. - Evidence Network
With ultra-fast journeys, connected comfort and exemplary punctuality, the Chinese high-speed train is redefining travellers’ priorities, to the point of suffocating domestic air traffic between ... Read moreRosalia Neve (Evidence Network)
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It's pretty wild. There were a few years in the early 2000s where I listened to a lot of talk radio on my commute. I had not yet stumbled upon things like streams/downloads of the Howard Stern show, or the world of podcasts. So I got to hear a bunch of the scary republican talking points back then.
That was about a decade before the dictator projection discussed in the meme, and what sticks out in my memory that is super relevant today?
"Activist judges!"
"Legislating from the bench!"
it may not always be projection, but the narrative they've been convinced of by their media
You are absolutely correct for the vast majority of ordinary conservatives, in my experience anyway.
They don't care about finding the best cause or even about being correct. They need to feel outraged and persecuted, so once that's fed to them they latch on.
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA
The arsehole was quoted:
The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat. Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020—because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.
Me:
So apparently not all is good in broligarchy land. Still it’s more likely he might be suffering some breakdown instead. Relatively poverty stricken people buy expensive convertibles when they have a midlife crises. People like him poop on the internet. Most likely he will be around, for sometime, causing grief
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA
‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich)
DOJ Moves Goalposts To Send Troops To Portland, Gets Shut Down By A Federal Court
It seems like years ago, but the Trump administration got itself sued earlier this very year by the state of California for commandeering California’s National Guard to shut down anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Trump justified this by declaring the city to be under siege, even though (1) most violence was being committed by law enforcement, (2) most of the protest activity was limited to a few blocks in the downtown LA area, and (3) even Los Angeles law enforcement officials stated no help was needed because whatever imagined problem there was, they already had under control.
The law prevents the Executive Branch from commandeering the National Guard. It’s federalism, which is a concept the Trump administration likes when it’s triggering a bunch of state-level anti-abortion laws following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but doesn’t when it allows states to reject help they never asked for — especially when that “help” looks more like a martial law soft launch.
The law prevents the federal government from doing this for obvious reasons — reasons made much more obvious when Trump insisted on doing it anyway, for exactly the reasons legislators built in a safety valve that should prevent presidents from using the National Guard as a vehicle for revenge.
Well, Trump wants to do the same thing in Portland, Oregon. Given the chain of events, it appears Trump was convinced by Fox News programming (yeah, in the other sense of the word) that Portland — and especially the ICE depot — was under constant, flaming, violent attack by protesters. That’s because the Fox broadcasts decided (deliberately) to include footage of protests and riots in that city in response to a heinous murder committed by Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin.
Trump briefly reconsidered this move, suspecting people might be using his obvious stupidity and comprehensive malleability against him to “invade” Portland. This moment of clarity was brief, swiftly replaced by Trump’s overriding desire to inflict pain on any place that’s not loaded up with loyalists.
So, the administration (after Trump and Hegseth stroked each other off by calling military officials “fat” and stating that going to war with their fellow citizens was part of the master plan) said it was going to commandeer Oregon’s National Guard to shut down anti-ICE protests that have mostly been no more violent than the hip-thrusting of an inflatable frog, which somehow managed to force heavily armed federal officers to retreat.
wizard frog is insane— competentposter (@competentposter.bsky.social) 2025-10-04T22:24:11.871Z
(Oh, and there’s also footage of a federal officer deliberately spraying pepper spray into the frog’s air intake.)
In Portland, Oregon,(DHS) and (ICE) used pepper spray on the breathing hole of a peaceful protester who was wearing a blow-up frog costume.— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2025-10-03T16:56:00.256Z
Well, Trump and his DOJ already knew what to expect, given California’s response to the administration’s illegal use of National Guard troops. Oregon sued immediately, raising the same arguments, and raising the specter of an immediate injunction blocking the administration from violating the law yet again.
Things got truly stupid and scary during the government’s arguments in the emergency hearing prior to a federal judge’s second successive temporary restraining order [PDF].
The government wanted two things. First, it wanted no restraining order at all. Second, it wanted the almost-inevitable restraining order stayed while it appealed its case.
While the second thing is relatively normal, the tactics the government used to secure its preferred option would be hilarious if both versions of the Trump administration hadn’t made it clear it exists only to beat this country into submission while steamrolling every check or balance that stands in its way.
Joshua Friedman listened to the emergency hearing. His report — contained in a Bluesky thread you’ll definitely want to read all the way through — shows the government doing the sorts of things you wouldn’t normally expect a democratic republic to do.
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Karin Immergut hears emergency arguments as California and Oregon seek to block President Trump's deployment of federalized California National Guard troops to Portland.— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) 2025-10-06T02:50:06.697Z
And by that I mean acting like the worst, most disingenuous commenters in any heated comment thread.
I am not even kidding. Since the government knew it wasn’t allowed to take control of Oregon’s National Guard (something made clear by the restraining order it was hit with the day before), it decided to do this instead:
Judge: How could bringing in [National Guard] from CA not be in direct contravention of [temporary restraining order] I issued yesterday?DOJ: TRO related only to Oregon NG
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Aren’t defendants clearly circumventing my order?
Yeah, that’s what this administration thinks it can use as an end-around: it’s going to send California National Guard members to Oregon because it believes the court can’t stop it from moving the goalposts. In its clouded mind, a restraining order forbidding the federalization of Oregon National Guard troops can easily be avoided by sending in troops from another state… which will apparently also free it of any restraints currently in place in California.
But that’s not all! Perhaps sensing reshuffling California National Guard troops might be a legal headache, especially while still engaged in a lawsuit filed by the state of California, the Trump administration prepared a back-up plan.
DOJ: If the court enters a second TRO, we move for a stay pending appeal. We respectfully request that the court note this in any order it issues.Judge: Response, Mr. Kennedy?
Oregon: I want to note new info about impending transfer of [Texas National Guard] members. We received at 6:36 p.m., so apologies.
Pure psychopathy. It’s one thing to be so completely stupid that you think this might work. It’s another thing to represent the federal government and the Trump administration and engage in actions that strongly suggest you think federal court judges are even stupider than you are.
That’s how the government gets hit with two restraining orders in two days, without any stays granted for pending appeals:
Judge: Based on the conduct of the defendants and now seeing TX National Guard called up, I am going to grant alternative TRO requested. Let me ask plaintiffs—I’d prefer not to modify original TRO, but I am troubled to hear of CA and TX NG being sent to OR, in apparent violation of my order.[…]
Judge: That’s what I’ll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it’s likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.
The government will have to take its Calvinball elsewhere. Unfortunately, it’s still got home field advantage at the Supreme Court. But this is exactly the sort of dipshit fuckery that defines Trump and his administration. The problem is that doing it often enough occasionally allows it to rack up unearned wins. When the wins stop rolling in, then we’ll see what this administration is willing to do to impose its will on this country. Chances are, it’s going to be a whole lot more of what we’ve seen already, only without the friction we’ve long assumed would be more than enough to prevent this country from sliding downhill into outright authoritarianism.
DOJ Moves Goalposts To Send Troops To Portland, Gets Shut Down By A Federal Court
It seems like years ago, but the Trump administration got itself sued earlier this very year by the state of California for commandeering California’s National Guard to shut down anti-ICE pro…Techdirt
The End of Baseload: How Renewables Are Killing Coal & Nuclear
The rise of renewable energy is dismantling the old idea of “baseload” power. As solar, wind, and battery storage dominate grids, coal and nuclear plants — once the backbone of constant supply — are becoming obsolete. A flexible, cleaner, and smarter energy era is rapidly replacing the 20th-century power model.
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Okay but do you seriously think, in this political climate where everyone is cucked by Israel, that he could have gotten anywhere near the attention and support to win his election by not saying Oct 7 was bad? He was the most progressive/socialist candidate on the field, and honestly it's stupid that he has to repeatedly talk about Israel in the first place, when he had zero power to change anything about our relations with Israel/the genocide.
And even then, the most I've ever seen him 'denounce imperialism' is to say Oct 7 was bad, which if you think that crosses the line you are out of touch with our political reality. Hell, I think in one of the debates he refused to even do the whole 'i condemn hamas' bit, and was pretty much fully critical of Israel
He won his primary without capitulating to Zionists. So yes. We already know from Corbyn that Zionists don't care. They went into a hissy fit over the second part of his post.
Zohran would have done good to shut up but he had to suck off the occupation.
Israel and Hamas begin indirect ceasefire talks in Egypt; U.S. strikes another Venezuelan boat; ICE raids intensify in Chicago
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37214820
Israel has dropped 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza over the last two years, Gaza’s government media office reports. Technical negotiations begin in Egypt over Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Strikes hit Gaza City over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump’s boasts about a cessation. The U.S. strikes yet another Venezuelan boat, the fourth in weeks, and hints at its plans for a ground invasion. ICE raids in Chicago intensify with helicopter raids and tear gas near schools. A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland. Iran’s foreign minister says cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog is “no longer relevant” in the wake of last week’s snapback sanctions. Russia launches hundreds of missiles into Ukraine overnight, killing 5. Palestinian solidarity protests overtake major cities in Western Europe. Detained Global Sumud Flotilla participants launch a hunger strike in Israeli prison, while an additional 170 participants are deported to Europe. Take action to demand the release of participants including Drop Site’s journalist Alex Colston here.
Israel and Hamas begin indirect ceasefire talks in Egypt; U.S. strikes another Venezuelan boat; ICE raids intensify in Chicago
Israel has dropped 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza over the last two years, Gaza’s government media office reports. Technical negotiations begin in Egypt over Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Strikes hit Gaza City over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump’s boasts about a cessation. The U.S. strikes yet another Venezuelan boat, the fourth in weeks, and hints at its plans for a ground invasion. ICE raids in Chicago intensify with helicopter raids and tear gas near schools. A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland. Iran’s foreign minister says cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog is “no longer relevant” in the wake of last week’s snapback sanctions. Russia launches hundreds of missiles into Ukraine overnight, killing 5. Palestinian solidarity protests overtake major cities in Western Europe. Detained Global Sumud Flotilla participants launch a hunger strike in Israeli prison, while an additional 170 participants are deported to Europe. Take action to demand the release of participants including Drop Site’s journalist Alex Colston here.
Israel and Hamas begin indirect ceasefire talks in Egypt; U.S. strikes another Venezuelan boat; ICE raids intensify in Chicago
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37214820
Israel has dropped 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza over the last two years, Gaza’s government media office reports. Technical negotiations begin in Egypt over Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Strikes hit Gaza City over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump’s boasts about a cessation. The U.S. strikes yet another Venezuelan boat, the fourth in weeks, and hints at its plans for a ground invasion. ICE raids in Chicago intensify with helicopter raids and tear gas near schools. A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland. Iran’s foreign minister says cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog is “no longer relevant” in the wake of last week’s snapback sanctions. Russia launches hundreds of missiles into Ukraine overnight, killing 5. Palestinian solidarity protests overtake major cities in Western Europe. Detained Global Sumud Flotilla participants launch a hunger strike in Israeli prison, while an additional 170 participants are deported to Europe. Take action to demand the release of participants including Drop Site’s journalist Alex Colston here.
Israel and Hamas begin indirect ceasefire talks in Egypt; U.S. strikes another Venezuelan boat; ICE raids intensify in Chicago
Israel has dropped 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza over the last two years, Gaza’s government media office reports. Technical negotiations begin in Egypt over Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Strikes hit Gaza City over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump’s boasts about a cessation. The U.S. strikes yet another Venezuelan boat, the fourth in weeks, and hints at its plans for a ground invasion. ICE raids in Chicago intensify with helicopter raids and tear gas near schools. A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland. Iran’s foreign minister says cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog is “no longer relevant” in the wake of last week’s snapback sanctions. Russia launches hundreds of missiles into Ukraine overnight, killing 5. Palestinian solidarity protests overtake major cities in Western Europe. Detained Global Sumud Flotilla participants launch a hunger strike in Israeli prison, while an additional 170 participants are deported to Europe. Take action to demand the release of participants including Drop Site’s journalist Alex Colston here.
Israel and Hamas begin indirect ceasefire talks in Egypt; U.S. strikes another Venezuelan boat; ICE raids intensify in Chicago
Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says
Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says
Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 24 percent of their volume over the past decade, researchers said Wednesday, warning that accelerated melting in 2025 brought ice loss close to record levels.FRANCE 24
AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study
AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study
: Other studies are finding the same thingThomas Claburn (The Register)
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So, reading that study, I have a few concerns about how it was conducted and my concerns generally aligns with their findings. Primarily, their source for information is the payroll system of the companies studied, which in my experience is nothing more than an HR drone entering into the system what they're told to enter. If the prescribed reason is AI even when it was really business performance, then that kind of aligns with the study in the OP.
Their graphs of roles most and least exposed to AI disruption is dandy, but if you think about it (with the exception of customer service roles) the jobs that are threatened are typically not production roles for the company, and are moreso ancillary positions for most companies. I'm a software engineer for a company that doesn't sell software, which means I'm more of a luxury than a necessity; this is true for the majority of software engineers.
The roles least exposed to AI, according to the study, are production roles that play a core role in the product delivery of the company. Things like construction workers, nurses, cooks, etc. are only in businesses where they are the core of the business model. I've never seen a movie theater chain employ nurses or cooks in droves, but they have employed secret shoppers (auditors), accountants, software engineers, etc. and are likely to trim that fat when times get tough. I think this is more of an economic health indicator than anything, IMO.
Body Camera Video Betrays DHS Account of Chicago Border Patrol Shooting, Attorney Says
Parente said body camera footage called the account of federal prosecutors and Border Patrol into question, as it showed a Border Patrol agent saying to Martinez, “Do something, bitch” before pulling over and shooting her at least five times.
“We need a zero tolerance policy for lying by law enforcement,” said Jonathan Cohn, political director of Progressive Mass.
Body Camera Video Betrays DHS Account of Chicago Border Patrol Shooting, Attorney Says
“I think there’s a danger to the community, but I don’t think it’s Ms. Martinez,” said an attorney for Marimar Martinez, who was shot several times by a Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park, Chicago.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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Kulturkampf over Jewish identity: a question of language
The Zionist War on Yiddish in Palestine
Editor's note: This is a version of Elia Ayoub’s Master’s thesis about the war on Yiddish in Palestine written in 2016, graciously abbreviated and adapted for publication in Der Spekter.Elia Ayoub (Der Spekter)
It brings to mind Eli Valley's work, Diaspora Boy
Edit: It's a fascinating piece and it largely reflects what I've seen in American Jewish communities today.
Many young Jews are seeing the atrocities being "done in their name" in Israel and rejecting it, but still feel a desire to deepen their connection to Judaism and our long, long history. This often results in them trying to learn Yiddish or Ladino, learning the histories of the people who spoke these languages, and, possibly most importantly, tell the stories of these people, tying into our practice of oral tradition.
There's an old Yiddish song decrying the Zionist movement that has a line that roughly says "you want to take us to Jerusalem where we can die as a nation, but I'd rather stay in the Diaspora (Russia in Yiddish, but the Diaspora is the implication) and fight for liberation!" And I feel that mentality far better embodies the Jewish spirit than the horrors happening in Israel. There is pride in maintaining your traditions in the Diaspora.
I don't know what the future holds, but the ideological divide between the Zionists and the Diaspora Jews seems to only be growing. Jews are resilient people. The Zionist will not be able to erase the anti-Zionist Diaspora Jew. We have survived far worse enemies.
Sorry to ramble so long and to center Jews in a community about much needed liberation for the Palestinians, but I found the piece you shared provocative.
Evan Prodromou on OpenChannels.FM
A quick note that Evan is interviewed by WordPress social networking lead Matthias Pfefferle on the OpenChannels.FM podcast about the history of the Fediverse and where we’re going next. How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon covers a 15+-year period as the Fediverse was born and developed. The shownotes alone are extremely detailed and a great resource.
Evan Prodromou
Director of Open Technology at Open Earth Foundation (OEF). Past founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai. CTO of Breather, TRU LUV and MTTR. Co-creator of GNU Social, creator of pum…Social Web Foundation
Matthias Pfefferle discusses the Fediverse's origins and evolution with Evan Prodromou, highlighting decentralized social networks, protocols, privacy, and the future of federated systems.
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in reply to geneva_convenience • • •It doesn't look like the article you shared is including hostages who have since died. As far as I can tell, there are 59 confirmed dead hostages and Israeli intelligence expects the majority of the unreleased 48 to be dead as well. (Even if only 3 are, that would satisfy the headline.)
Including those (seems pretty weird to not include them) adds up to over 1,200.
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in reply to MyBrainHurts • • •MyBrainHurts
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •This is an absolutely bananas rationalization!
Say ICE kidnaps a pair of kids in the morning. In the afternoon, the distraught parents see them in a detention van and try to get them back. In the commotion, one of the kids dies.
Now, in your opinion, that kid didn't die because of the ICE raid that morning?
Really just seems like you're trying to downplay October 7 to push your narrative, which is more than a little funny given the community.
geneva_convenience
in reply to MyBrainHurts • • •It might be difficult to understand but if they die on any day besides october 7 then they didn't die on october 7.
And if the IDF killed them then it's not the Hamas attack which killed them.
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