Nvidia reportedly signs another blockbuster AI supply deal, this time with Elon Musk's xAI — investment will support $20 billion Colossus 2 Memphis project
Nvidia chips in while Musk sweats the turbines.
Rattling Sabers: Trump’s Expanding War on Democracy
Rattling Sabers: Trump’s Expanding War on Democracy
Trump’s second term escalates as federal troop deployments in Oregon and Illinois test the limits of presidential power and America’s democratic restraint.Pragmatic Papers
200,000 tonnes of explosives dropped on Gaza, equivalent to 6 nuclear bombs
Israel have bombarded Gaza with explosives on a scale outstripping the nuclear bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima
Archived version: archive.is/newest/thecanary.co…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Democrats Demand Trump Provide Legal Justification for Extrajudicial Murder of Alleged Drug Runners
"Congress has the sole constitutional responsibility to declare war and to authorize the use of force," notes a joint letter to the president. "You have failed to secure such authorization for these strikes."
In Unprecedented Move, Six Former Surgeons General Warn That RFK Jr. Is Endangering America
To the former health leaders, it seems pretty clear: Kennedy is a threat to the nation.
Russia to Revoke Plutonium Reduction Agreement with USA
Russia is to formally revoke an agreement with the USA on reducing stocks of weapon-grade plutonium, according to a decision in the State Duma in Moscow.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/swedenherald…
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Palestinian held without charge dies in Israeli custody
Ahmad Hatem Muhammad Khdeirat becomes the 78th prisoner to die in Israeli custody in two years
Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastey…
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Palestinian held without charge dies in Israeli custody
A Palestinian detainee has died in Israeli custody after being held without charge or trial for five months.Mera Aladam (Middle East Eye)
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A united response to recent Russian violations of the EU's airspace
On 8 October 2025, Commission President von der Leyen participated in the EP plenary debate dedicated to a united response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure.
In her speech to the plenary of the European Parliament, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed that Europe must strengthen its strategic capacity to deter and address these threats, with initiatives like the Eastern Flank Watch and the Drone Wall for comprehensive airspace protection. Furthermore, Europe is focusing on developing critical capabilities, forming Collaborative Capability Coalitions, and bolstering its defence industry to ensure self-reliance and secure domestic job growth. Tackling these hybrid threats requires a new mindset, exploring innovative solutions, and demonstrating unity and resolve against aggression.
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In what ways would bridging messages from a proprietary app to a free one be more private?
This comment section is.... something.
If you host the bridges yourself, it makes no difference to privacy.
It's simply convenient to have all chats in one place 🤷🏼♀️
Deklaro de ELI pri la milito en Gazao
Esperanto-Ligo en Israelo (ELI) diskonigis novan deklaron pri la milito en Gazao. Unuafoje deklaro de ELI pri la temo aperis en novembro 2023. Libera Folio publikigas la tekston.
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The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Every time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York—the Democrat with the most power in a shutdown because his withholding of seven senators toward a procedural vote keeps Republicans from proceeding—says that Democrats are looking to open the government through a negotiation around and deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies, he is acquiescing to the idea that a government in which Border Patrol agents paid with our tax dollars can shoot real bullets at protesters in Chicago after screaming “Do something, bitch!” can and should be deemed legitimate.
Archived at archive.is/NxqsQ
The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.The New Republic
White House advisor Stephen Miller states the President has Plenary Authority and freezes after realizing what he said.
I'm very sorry this is a link to reddit. All the YouTube versions have cut the moment he says "plenary authority" and it seems that reddit hasn't purged it yet.
In case it's not recognized at first, this is what we call a "big fucking fuckup"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/1o0x5ib/miller_glitches_while_falsely_claiming_title_10/
C street, Immensity.
So this isn’t actually about the image; or, it is, but what I did to it. Please read with me.
Psychologically, the point of impact is when someone first sees something. It happened to me when I first saw Christopher Marley’s Exquisite Creatures and saw blue butterflies arranged in a helix; it happened to me when I first set foot in Immensity; and it happens whenever I experience art in some nature for the first time: huge giant waves of feelings, an absolute reaction.
Very specifically, a reaction that is attenuated and moderated on the next exposure to the same work. Great artworks are ones that minimize that attenuation and make repeat viewings so powerful.
I’m in school for photography, taking an intro course in digital photography, because (believe it or not, I’ve been uneducated about this at all until the 23rd of September) nearly my entire catalog of work is outsider art.
There’s a critique coming up and my work will be judged by the entire class, and I don’t dare show it off ahead of class, so that the impact doesn’t get reduced, nothing gets attenuated. Except earlier tonight, I pulled this image from my assignment folio and showed it, knowing full well that it would lose all its impact.
This image doesn’t really adhere to many of the basic rules of photography: the leading lines go nowhere good, the thirds are absent, not a damn thing is straight. But I was trying to create a mood, and the visible ceiling on the right completely destroys that mood. So I showed this picture to my instructor, and said I would replace it with something better. He’s seen nothing else of the assignment folio.
I take the image back and try to tear it right down the middle, and he’s got an incredible look of shock, the same look a sweaty guy would make about any torn MTG card. Except my hands are too weak, I can’t tear the image. I crumple it up.
The kaleidoscope of feelings across this man’s face as an artist destroys her own work.
Hmm.
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Festa del Cinema di Roma 2025, un ruolo speciale per Ema Stokholma: ecco cosa farà
La Festa del Cinema di Roma 2025 affida a Ema Stokholma un ruolo di primo piano: sarà lei a condurre le due serate simbolo della ventesima edizione, l’apertura e la chiusura. Una scelta che conferma la vocazione del festival a intrecciare cinema, musica e linguaggi contemporanei, dialogando con un pubblico sempre più ampio.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI: Festa del Cinema di Roma 2025, un ruolo speciale per Ema Stokholma: ecco cosa farà
Festa del Cinema di Roma 2025: Ema Stokholma conduce apertura e chiusura
Ema Stokholma protagonista alla Festa del Cinema di Roma 2025: conduce apertura (15/10, Sala Sinopoli) e chiusura (25/10, Sala Petrassi).Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
La Prima Estate 2026: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Gorillaz e Twenty One Pilots accendono Lido di Camaiore. Date, biglietti e prezzi
Quinta edizione per La Prima Estate 2026, il festival della Versilia che porta sul palco del Parco BussolaDomani tre headliner internazionali: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (venerdì 26 giugno), Gorillaz (sabato 27 giugno) e Twenty One Pilots (domenica 28 giugno). Per la formazione australiana e per il duo statunitense si tratta dell’unica data italiana. Confermata la formula dei due weekend di giugno: 19–21 e 26–28.
DATE E BIGLIETTI: La Prima Estate 2026: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Gorillaz e Twenty One Pilots accendono Lido di Camaiore. Date, biglietti e prezzi
La Prima Estate 2026: date e biglietti. Headliner Nick Cave, Gorillaz, Twenty One Pilots
La Prima Estate 2026 al Parco BussolaDomani: 26–28 giugno con Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Gorillaz e Twenty One Pilots. Pre-sale 8–9 ottobre, prezzi e pass Early Bird.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown
Exclusive: employees would be reimbursed for fees paid to childcare facilities under plans initiated by Ilhan Omar
Congressional Democrats are introducing a bill that would provide childcare relief to federal workers affected by the shutdown of the federal government, as it drags on through a second week.
Parents would be reimbursed for fees paid to childcare facilities during the shutdown under plans initiated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Any federal employee who has been furloughed, or remains working through the shutdown without pay, would be entitled to support under the Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2025.
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Consigli da Coach
L'autolimitatore di sicurezza
Il nostro cervello instintivamente ci protegge per molto cose, è conservativo sempre. Ogni persona ha un limite, alto basso ma tutti l'anno e il nostro cervello lavora per non soffrire troppo ma stare sempre in controllo in modo da non soffreire troppo, in fondo il nostro cervello non vuole avere problemi, anche se è pronto. Mentre il fisico vuole esplodere tirarsi al limite vedere dove vuole arrivare.
Trovare l'equilibrio tra mente e corpo non è facile ma quando poi la mente capisce che forse il limite ora è spostato deve ricalibrare tutto per poter trovare un nuovo equilibrio.
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Ballando con le Stelle cambia ancora orario: a che ora inizia la puntata dell’11 ottobre
Terzo appuntamento con Ballando con le Stelle e nuovo cambio di orario. Dopo l’esordio alle 20:35 e lo slittamento strategico della seconda puntata alle 21:35, sabato 11 ottobre 2025 lo show di Milly Carlucci partirà ancora più tardi per lasciare spazio alla partita Estonia–Italia.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI: Ballando con le Stelle cambia ancora orario: a che ora inizia la puntata dell’11 ottobre
Ballando con le Stelle (11 ottobre 2025): orario e motivo dello slittamento
Ballando con le Stelle cambia orario l’11 ottobre 2025 per Italia–Estonia: inizio intorno alle 22:45 e chiusura notturna. Ecco perché.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Protests across Europe and the world erupt after Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla
Protests across Europe and the world erupt after Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla
Widespread protests, which erupted late on Wednesday after the news broke out of Israel's interception of the Gaza aid flotilla, continued into Thursday.Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom (Euronews.com)
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There HAD been Italian-navy protection for it, but they withdrew, according to the headlines of the past few days, here..
IF you accommodate machiavellian-malevolence, whether in elections or in providing-aid-to-the-dying,
THEN evil's opportunism OBLIGES it to take-advantage of that.
Protesting, producing mass-social-statements, after-the-fact, DOESN'T protect: it only makes political-assertion.
EITHER break evil's control, XOR accommodate it, .. but stop orienting to accommodating it and then whining when it does exactly what it had to do.
Grow up, humankind!
Same as with Russia's invation of Ukraine: WE ACCOMMODATED THAT, until it was underway, and THEN we complain that it costs sooo much to fight now that we let it get entrenched??
Had we provided the already promised ( when we got Ukraine to give-up their nukes ) protection, when the buildup was still happening .. then there'd be much less rooting-out needing doing, now, obviously.
This is the same principle as vaccination: EITHER you prevent as much transmission, and as much lethality, as you can, up-front, through immunization, .. XOR you accommodate it, & then .. whine about the consequences?
( the LeopardsAteMyFace stuff is all excellent display of what I'm calling-out, here:
Apparently it isn't only considered-reasoning that needs to be trained, it also is objectivity-itself!
How stupid of me to have not understood that they both, independently, needed to be trained, in this world, until nearly 60 years old.
Better to learn now, though, than to continue remaining ignorant, right? )
We're running-out of "chances", humankind:
ClimatePunctuation's intensifying ideological-supremacism's highjacking of our world's groups,
& if that process completes-sufficiently, then next-century's going to be silent of our kind, utterly, because we will have done a "mass shooting" against our own entire-species, in a kind of ideological-rampaging tantrum.
Salut, Namaste, & Kaizen.
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Fuck Israels right-wing government, but fuck the Flotillas ties to Turkish right-wing Grey Wolfes, Hezbollah, authoritarian communists and antisemites of Young Struggle, transphobic Islamist, terrorists of PFLP.
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„Our answer is escalation“ – Die Sumud-Flotilla als Teil einer globalen Bewegung gegen Israel
Mit der „Global Sumud Flotilla“ versuchen Aktivist*innen derzeit, die Seeblockade der israelischen Armee vor Gaza zu durchbrechen.democ
15 drones spotted above Belgian military bases
15 suspicious drones were sighted over a Belgian military base in Elsenborn, on the border with Germany. The Defence Ministry is investigating the incident.
Drones spotted above Belgian military bases | VRT NWS: news
15 drones have been spotted flying above the Belgian military base at Elsenborn, in the East of Liège Province. The office of the Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken (Flemish nationalist) confirms that the incident occurred.VRT NWS
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The base covers an area of 28km². It is an army training camp that includes a secure area in which shooting exercises take place.
Looks like no response, no interception were executed.
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What would be your distro of choice if you take the security with ease as the top priority
With the recent windows 10 EoL news, I was able to move my dad over to Linux mint. But he does a lot of finance stuff. Long ago, Linux had a belief that desktop Linux are not the primary target for crackers but I don’t believe that true anymore since it’s getting significantly popular lately like Europe government migration over to Linux and Libreoffice.
My question would be , given my dad is just as careful on Linux as he has been on windows, would it be fine to do finance like banking and trading (not the fastest kind )?
If not, what would be your distro of choice for that? Even browsers (I installed Firefox and Edge from Microsoft website deb file)
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Israel enforces de facto Gaza cease-fire: objectives, limitations, and IDF orders
Israel enforces de facto Gaza ceasefire: objectives, limitations, and IDF orders
Israel halted offensive operations in Gaza overnight in what officials call a tactical pause to support hostage negotiations; Troops remain in place with orders to focus on self-defense as Hamas signals readiness for talksYoav Zitun (ynetglobal)
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1. People are angry
2. Complete weirdo gets elected President
3. He starts threatening judges who rule against him, urging his supporters to harass them
4. He starts suing newspapers and journalists, calling them fake news
5 Spews racist shit about black people eating pets and wanting to replace Tunisians
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6. He said the opposition is the enemy from within, the opposition supports terrorism
7 . One night, he sends masked thugs to surround parliament and arrest the opposition
8. Dictatorship
Welcome to Tunisia.
Americans are at step 6. They just don't know it yet. They are deers in the headlights.
Zelenskyy: Russia no longer exports but imports petrol and that's our achievement
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia is importing petrol, calling it the rightful result of the work of the Security Service, the Armed Forces, intelligence and Ukrainian weapons manufacturers.
Quote: "Today, there were also reports on our entirely justified strikes against Russian targets – against their logistics and fuel infrastructure. I am grateful to our warriors for their precision. Russia chooses war, Russia destroys our people's lives, and must be held accountable – our long-range capabilities will increase.
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We got someone better than the Ukrainian and all Allied generals combined.
Good luck on the front lines.
Bonfire Social 1.0rc3 release
Bonfire Social 1.0rc3
Bonfire’s latest release puts data portability (moving and taking your data with you) and anti-enshittification (avoiding manipulative platform tricks) front and center.bonfirenetworks.org
A fediverse platform that lets you block whole topics, not just communities?
Mmm not sure how it will be managed. It depends whom you trust.
On our jlai.lu chat (jlailu.zulipchat.com) we have a section that has a list of keyword to remove all post related to MAGA and far right. It gives us a peace of mind and we can purpose our keywords.
Imho, you may suggest a git, put your blocklist and invit some people to edit it. Honnestly, i think it is safer to handle personnaly because you know what's inside. But i may be wrong
I don't feel something like crowdsourced tagging would work for the Fediverse unless it has some sort of approval system built for either post's author or commuity admins (and those are already busy). Otherwise it would be far too easy to do things like brigading, or pushing government-style "self-censorship" (or straight out censorship of others: just get an army of ~~bots~~ "volunteers" into one instance, let the resulting blocks federate). Something closer to AO3 style tagging, where the author retains most control but readers can add tags to things that are valid only to them (and maybe to people they share data with too?) should workbetter IMO.
Blocking keywords is not reliable to block topics because a keyword does not a topic make, for example in this post I mention queer, socialism, musk and islam yet it's not topical to any of those things.
Cities in Australia debate removing fluoride from water
Something not in the water: why are Queensland councils voting to remove fluoride?
Queenslanders can decide on whether to add fluoride to the water at a local government level – and council by council they’re voting it outAndrew Messenger (The Guardian)
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Why change the title? Australia ≠ Queensland
This is like changing the title of any story about Florida to be about America.
We need hospitals more than football stadiums, say Morocco's young protesters
Morocco's Gen Z protesters: 'We need hospitals more than football stadiums'
Morocco will soon have the world's largest football stadium but this has angered many young people who want better services.Hajar Chaffag (BBC News)
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Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership
Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership
Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic partyJustin McCurry (The Guardian)
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German infrastructure hit almost daily by drones, cybercrime, arson as fingers pointed at Moscow and Beijing
Cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43463017
There are now almost daily attacks on critical infrastructure. In the same week that drones were spotted over several European airports, a cyberattack against security software used by many of those same hubs, including Berlin Airport, left passengers and personnel scrambling. At the same time, Germany's Deutsche Bahn rail service experienced the latest in a series of high-level sabotage incidents.Similar cyberattacksare experienced by private companies with increasing regularity — costing the economy €289 billion ($339 billion), according to Bitkom, the umbrella organization for the digital economy in Germany. While about 68% of the time, the perpetrator is thought to be a crime syndicate, half of the survey companies said they could trace at least one attack to Russia. A similar number said they linked the incidents to China.
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German infrastructure hit by drones, cybercrime, arson
The government says Germany's critical infrastructure is under serious threat daily. Fingers have been pointed at Moscow, Beijing and left-wing extremists, but is Berlin prepared to handle a multi-pronged strike?Elizabeth Schumacher (Deutsche Welle)
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Fediverse Day Berlin Livestream starts today at 12 CEST
The 2nd Berlin Fediverse Day is a networking event for people in the Fediverse. With talks, workshops and networking opportunities, we want to spread knowledge about the Fediverse, promote creative solutions and strengthen the exchange between developers, administrators, academia, civil society and content creators.
Speakers include, among others: Elena Rossini, Andy Piper, Evan Prodromou, Christine Lemmer-Webber, Matthias Pfefferle…
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PeerTube Livestreams
Mainhall: c-tube.c-base.org/w/wKd1Zxa484…
Rooftop: fair.tube/a/digiges_de/video-c…
Mastodon etc.
Fediwall: fediwall.social
Berlin Fediverse Day | Berlin Fediverse Day 2025
The Berlin Fediverse Day is a Fediverse conference taking place on 3-5. October 2025 at c-base Berlin with workshops and lectures for interested people, newcomers and experienced users.Berlin Fediverse Day 2025
2. Berliner Fediverse Tag
Programm
Der Berliner Fediverse Tag ist eine am 3-5.10.2025 in der Berliner c-base stattfindende Konferenz zum Fediverse mit Workshops und Vorträgen für Interessierte, Neulinge und alte Hasen.Berlin Fediverse Tag 2025
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Controlling information in the age of AI: how state propaganda and censorship are baked into Chinese chatbots
Cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43458912
Archived"Hello, I’m not able to answer this question for the time being. Let’s change the subject.” When asked about the life of Liu Xiaobo, none of the Chinese chatbots tested by RSF gave any information on the only Chinese laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, a writer and human rights defender who received the award in 2010 and died in detention in 2017. He does not exist in the national narrative or in the responses engineered by Chinese AI developers. When it comes to China’s information space, even the country’s tech giants are required to keep their algorithms in lockstep with official propaganda and censorship.
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While China’s AI-powered chatbots are meant to generate text freely, they often seem to follow pre‑set scripts on topics Beijing deems sensitive. No matter how we phrased questions on human rights or China’s political system, the replies — which were almost identical each time — appeared to come from an official database rather than being genuinely autonomous text generation. When asked twice why Zhang Zhan — a Chinese journalist repeatedly sentenced to prison for documenting the COVID‑19 outbreak in Wuhan and reporting on human rights violations — was imprisoned, DeepSeek delivered two near‑carbon‑copy responses without naming her once, instead highlighting China’s “independent judiciary,” the need to “respect the law” and the dangers of “disinformation.”
Some prompts triggered even more flagrantly censored answers — sometimes to the point of absurdity, such as live self‑erasure. When we asked DeepSeek to list Chinese Nobel laureates, several scientists’ names appeared, but as soon as the letters “Liu…” — for Liu Xiaobo — started to appear in the bot’s real-time response, the entire text vanished. The same phenomenon appeared when the bot was asked to compare the leadership styles of Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin: a pre‑written answer appeared and then disappeared entirely, clearly blocked by the mention of China’s president.
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Some differences between the three Chinese chatbots did emerge. DeepSeek issues the most refusals to answer, but in clear and direct terms. Baidu’s Ernie and Alibaba’s Qwen deliver longer, more detailed answers that are sometimes embellished or even completely misleading.
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Controlling information in the age of AI: how state propaganda and censorship are baked into Chinese chatbots
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) tested three of China’s main chatbots, which use a generative AI built on large language models.rsf.org
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Takaichi wins LDP leadership vote; likely to become Japan's first female PM
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Takaichi earned 185 votes against Koizumi’s 156 in a runoff after none of the five candidates in the party leadership race secured a majority in the first round of voting.Himari Semans (The Japan Times)
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saying it is against tradition
The fuck? She doesn't know anything about Japanese traditions, does she?
Do you think you'll be able to give up digital ID? No, and there's another surprise coming.
This is what I'm talking about -- thepeoplesvoice.tv/bill-gates-…
Here is a link to another post on how to resist this, if you are interested you can take a look -- lemmy.world/post/37055027
Bill Gates Boasts New Electronic Tattoo System Will Eradicate 'Non-Compliance' With Agenda 2030 - The People's Voice
While everyone is looking the other way, Bill Gates is working feverishly behind the scenes to kill off smartphones—and replace them with a new technology: electronic tattoos, embedded under your skin.Baxter Dmitry (The People's Voice)
G-Drive Fire Destroys 125,000 Officials' Data
Note: G-drive is a South Korean government file server.
Which is worse: single site backup or calling it a Gdrive?
G-Drive Fire Destroys 125,000 Officials' Data
G-Drive Fire Destroys 125,000 Officials Data No Backup Available for Government Cloud System, Recovery UncertainThe Chosun Daily
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Japan set to elect youngest prime minister in a century
Japan set to elect youngest prime minister in a century
Forty-four-year-old Shinjiro Koizumi is competing with four other candidates to head the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.Jeronimo Gonzalez (www.semafor.com)
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Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources
Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources
DUBLIN - Ireland is poised to curb planned sanctions on Israel, blunting a law central to its protest over the war in Gaza, after pressure from business groups concerned about the impact on investment, four people with knowledge of the matter said.ST
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