WATCH: Returning Home to a War Zone [Lebanon]
Jeremy Loffredo
Oct 11, 2025
In southern Lebanon, Israeli forces may no longer occupy towns on foot—but for residents, the war continues overhead and from the nearby hilltops.
Daily drone patrols hover above villages, launching strikes with no warning. Snipers stationed on Israeli-held hilltops train their sights on roads, rooftops and fields.
In September, an Israeli drone strike in Bint Jbeil killed five civilians, including three children. The victims were traveling by car through a residential neighborhood when the missile hit.
WATCH: Returning Home to a War Zone
In southern Lebanon, daily drone patrols hover above villages, launching strikes with no warning.Jeremy Loffredo (Drop Site News)
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Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10, documents reveal
Sir Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while he was prime minister after a recommendation by Peter Mandelson, newly released papers from the National Archives show.
Epstein visited Blair on 14 May 2002, after the suggestion by Lord Mandelson to the prime minister’s then chief of staff, Jonathan Powell. Mandelson was sacked as US ambassador in September after new information emerged about how close he was to the convicted sex offender.
At the time of the recommendation, Mandelson was a backbench Labour MP but still served as a trusted ally to Blair. Just over a year earlier he had resigned from government a second time amid controversy. He had described Epstein to Powell as “safe” and a “friend” in an email before the meeting. Powell is now Keir Starmer’s national security adviser. His role has been questioned in the collapse of a Chinese spying case.
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal
National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financierHarry Taylor (The Guardian)
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10, documents reveal
Sir Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while he was prime minister after a recommendation by Peter Mandelson, newly released papers from the National Archives show.
Epstein visited Blair on 14 May 2002, after the suggestion by Lord Mandelson to the prime minister’s then chief of staff, Jonathan Powell. Mandelson was sacked as US ambassador in September after new information emerged about how close he was to the convicted sex offender.
At the time of the recommendation, Mandelson was a backbench Labour MP but still served as a trusted ally to Blair. Just over a year earlier he had resigned from government a second time amid controversy. He had described Epstein to Powell as “safe” and a “friend” in an email before the meeting. Powell is now Keir Starmer’s national security adviser. His role has been questioned in the collapse of a Chinese spying case.
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal
National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financierHarry Taylor (The Guardian)
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37400868
Abdel Qader Sabbah
and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Oct 11, 2025
GAZA CITY—Nizar Daghmash, the 56-year-old head of the Daghmash family council, stood in front of the ruins of his family home in Gaza City on Friday after making the journey back to the north following a ceasefire that went to effect earlier that day at 12 p.m. His house was still standing but only barely—more of a broken concrete shell surrounded by rubble.“As you can see, the scene speaks for itself,” Daghmash told Drop Site. “The stone, as a stone, has no material value to us. But the emotional value—these stones, we placed them one by one, me, my father, my brothers, and my sisters. A flood of memories runs through my mind now—not about the stones or the house itself, but because this house represents our history.”
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to the north on Friday, making their way along Al-Rashid road. Like Daghmash, many had fled Gaza City following Israel’s brutal military offensive on the city that began in mid-August in a stated campaign of ethnic cleansing. They returned to find many of their neighborhoods unrecognizable.
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
Abdel Qader Sabbah
and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Oct 11, 2025GAZA CITY—Nizar Daghmash, the 56-year-old head of the Daghmash family council, stood in front of the ruins of his family home in Gaza City on Friday after making the journey back to the north following a ceasefire that went to effect earlier that day at 12 p.m. His house was still standing but only barely—more of a broken concrete shell surrounded by rubble.“As you can see, the scene speaks for itself,” Daghmash told Drop Site. “The stone, as a stone, has no material value to us. But the emotional value—these stones, we placed them one by one, me, my father, my brothers, and my sisters. A flood of memories runs through my mind now—not about the stones or the house itself, but because this house represents our history.”
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to the north on Friday, making their way along Al-Rashid road. Like Daghmash, many had fled Gaza City following Israel’s brutal military offensive on the city that began in mid-August in a stated campaign of ethnic cleansing. They returned to find many of their neighborhoods unrecognizable.
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
“There’s nothing left for them to destroy.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
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Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
Abdel Qader Sabbah
and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Oct 11, 2025
GAZA CITY—Nizar Daghmash, the 56-year-old head of the Daghmash family council, stood in front of the ruins of his family home in Gaza City on Friday after making the journey back to the north following a ceasefire that went to effect earlier that day at 12 p.m. His house was still standing but only barely—more of a broken concrete shell surrounded by rubble.“As you can see, the scene speaks for itself,” Daghmash told Drop Site. “The stone, as a stone, has no material value to us. But the emotional value—these stones, we placed them one by one, me, my father, my brothers, and my sisters. A flood of memories runs through my mind now—not about the stones or the house itself, but because this house represents our history.”
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to the north on Friday, making their way along Al-Rashid road. Like Daghmash, many had fled Gaza City following Israel’s brutal military offensive on the city that began in mid-August in a stated campaign of ethnic cleansing. They returned to find many of their neighborhoods unrecognizable.
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
“There’s nothing left for them to destroy.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Israel blocks release of two prominent Palestinian doctors as part of Gaza ceasefire
A Hamas official told CNN on Friday that “the occupation refused to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya,” who was kidnapped during an Israeli raid that closed the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza in December 2024. Abu Safiya served as the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza. Dr. Marwan al-Hams, director of field hospitals in Gaza, was also excluded from the deal, the official said.
According to Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), Dr. Abu Safiya has faced starvation, physical abuse, and invasive searches while in detention. The group said he has not been charged, interrogated, or brought before a judge since March.
Last month, Abu Safiya’s attorney Ghaid Qasem told Palestinian media that the doctor was being “abandoned to disease and hunger” in Israel’s detention center, Sde Teiman, which is known for brutality and torture.
Israel blocks release of two prominent Palestinian doctors as part of Gaza ceasefire
Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan al-Hams as part of a prisoners exchange deal with Hamas.PressTV
Israel will not release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as part of Gaza deal
Israel has said it will not release two Palestinian doctors, including paediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, as part of the ceasefire deal, a Hamas official told CNN.
Safiya was beaten and kidnapped by Israeli forces in Gaza during a raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in December last year after he refused to abandon patients under siege.
Footage in the aftermath of the attack showed Safiya wearing a white medical overcoat crossing a street strewn with rubble. Safiya has been held since then without charge.
Israel will not release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as part of Gaza deal
Israel has said it will not release two detained Palestinian doctors, including paediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, as part of the ceasefire deal, aMEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
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Oct 10, 2025
The ceasefire in Gaza went into effect at 12 p.m. on Friday following the announcement of an agreement by Palestinian factions on Wednesday evening and the Israeli cabinet approving the deal on Thursday night. The bombs have stopped and Israeli troops have withdrawn to the agreed upon lines, retaining control of 53% of Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to the north today, making their way along the coastal Al-Rashid road. The exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives is expected on Monday or—according to President Donald Trump—possibly Tuesday.While many Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the deal, the elation is also tempered by fear that Israel will restart the genocide whenever it wants.
Drop Site contacted five Palestinian journalists—four in Gaza and one in exile—to get their reactions to the news. Their responses were submitted on Thursday.
— Sharif Abdel Kouddous
“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
Oct 10, 2025The ceasefire in Gaza went into effect at 12 p.m. on Friday following the announcement of an agreement by Palestinian factions on Wednesday evening and the Israeli cabinet approving the deal on Thursday night. The bombs have stopped and Israeli troops have withdrawn to the agreed upon lines, retaining control of 53% of Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to the north today, making their way along the coastal Al-Rashid road. The exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives is expected on Monday or—according to President Donald Trump—possibly Tuesday.While many Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the deal, the elation is also tempered by fear that Israel will restart the genocide whenever it wants.
Drop Site contacted five Palestinian journalists—four in Gaza and one in exile—to get their reactions to the news. Their responses were submitted on Thursday.
— Sharif Abdel Kouddous
“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.Drop Site News
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“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
Oct 10, 2025
The ceasefire in Gaza went into effect at 12 p.m. on Friday following the announcement of an agreement by Palestinian factions on Wednesday evening and the Israeli cabinet approving the deal on Thursday night. The bombs have stopped and Israeli troops have withdrawn to the agreed upon lines, retaining control of 53% of Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to the north today, making their way along the coastal Al-Rashid road. The exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives is expected on Monday or—according to President Donald Trump—possibly Tuesday.While many Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the deal, the elation is also tempered by fear that Israel will restart the genocide whenever it wants.
Drop Site contacted five Palestinian journalists—four in Gaza and one in exile—to get their reactions to the news. Their responses were submitted on Thursday.
— Sharif Abdel Kouddous
“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.Drop Site News
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Panspermia, biosignature detection, and the next decade of life‑detection strategies for exoplanets and icy moons
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Panspermia, biosignature detection, and the next decade of life‑detection strategies for exoplanets and icy
Panspermia, biosignatures, and the next decade of life detection: from JWST and Roman to Europa Clipper, JUICE, and Dragonfly: methods, risks, and targets.Stefan (BreakingPaper)
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P2P WhatsApp Clone
IMPORTANT NOTE - READ FIRST:
This is still a work-in-progress and a close-source project (This is what a honeypot would look like). To view the open source MVP version see here. NONE of my projects have been audited or reviewed. I provide them for testing and demo purposes only. NOT to replace your current messaging app (or any other app you use).
BE RESPONSIBLE WHEN USING UNAUDITED SOFTWARE... DO NOT USE FOR SENSITIVE PURPOSES.
Now that I've hit you over the head with caution...
Want to send encrypted WebRTC messages and video calls with no downloads, no sign-ups and no tracking?
This prototype uses WebRTC to establish an encrypted browser-to-browser connection. Everything is ephemeral and cleared when you refresh the page - true zerodata privacy!
Check out the pre-release demo here.
- Website: positive-intentions.com/
- Mastodon: infosec.exchange/@xoron
GitHub - positive-intentions/chat: Decentralized chat
Decentralized chat. Contribute to positive-intentions/chat development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
It's a webapp hosted on AWS S3. That can be shut down along with the domain. I'd like to improve the functionality I have for the cacheing, so that it doesn't need to fetch the statics from online if it already previously fetched them.
The open source version has a mirror hosted on GitHub pages. You can fork it and run it yourself there for free: positive-intentions.com/blog/d…
How to Install and Run Your Decentralized Chat App Across Multiple Platforms
In today’s digital age, the importance of privacy and data security cannot be overstated. Our decentralized chat app aims to provide a secure and private messaging experience akin to popular applications like WhatsApp, but with a significant differen…xoron (positive-intentions)
There are ways around using a central server to establish a p2p connection. It isn't well explained or demonstrated, but the concept seems to work here: github.com/positive-intentions… .... I'd like to explore this more with exchanging the required data over QR codes or NFC.
Simplex is a great approach for p2p communication. I can easily recommend it over what I have done so far. At the very least, it's gone through things like a professional security audits and seem to keep a high standard in their practices.
Create webrtc wizard
(for testing purposes i use 2 separate browsers (not just windows) (there is a bug where you need a profile for this to work... you can ignore this bug for now, but for incognito, you will have to ...xoron (GitHub)
Just to be clear, my app is not better than jami (or any other app)... because its unreviewed close-source code.
The key distinction in my approach is that it's a webapp-first approach. You can avoid registration and installation, which is a feature other apps don't provide.
Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports
Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional US tariffs of 100% on China from next month, accusing Beijing of “very hostile” moves to restrict exports of rare earths needed for American industry.
Wall Street fell sharply after the US president reignited public tensions with the Chinese government, and raised the prospect of another acrimonious trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Late on Friday, the president threatened to ratchet them back up by imposing a 100% tariff on goods from China “over and above” any existing tariffs. This would happen on 1 November “or sooner”, he said, hinting that the move could be accelerated should Chinese officials opt to retaliate.
The US will also introduce export controls on “any and all critical software”, he added.
Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports
President accuses China of ‘very hostile’ moves and says additional tariffs could come on 1 November ‘or sooner’Callum Jones (The Guardian)
Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports
Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional US tariffs of 100% on China from next month, accusing Beijing of “very hostile” moves to restrict exports of rare earths needed for American industry.
Wall Street fell sharply after the US president reignited public tensions with the Chinese government, and raised the prospect of another acrimonious trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Late on Friday, the president threatened to ratchet them back up by imposing a 100% tariff on goods from China “over and above” any existing tariffs. This would happen on 1 November “or sooner”, he said, hinting that the move could be accelerated should Chinese officials opt to retaliate.
The US will also introduce export controls on “any and all critical software”, he added.
Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports
President accuses China of ‘very hostile’ moves and says additional tariffs could come on 1 November ‘or sooner’Callum Jones (The Guardian)
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I went on a Chinese electronic goods buying spree.
American dominance in trade is fleeting.
Before the dollar completely collapses buy the things you want.
Bari Weiss and the Israel narrative in the US (25min Video)
For the past couple of months, the billionaire father-son duo of Larry and David Ellison have been making deals involving major media brands. Having acquired Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, they appointed Bari Weiss – an outspoken supporter of Israel – as the network’s editor-in-chief. The moves by the Ellisons are not just about growing their media empire, but about shaping the narrative around Israel in the US, where public support continues to decline.
Bari Weiss and the Israel narrative in the US
A relentless push to control how Israel is seen in US media - led by the billionaire Ellison family.Al Jazeera
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Peertube Version: tube.blahaj.zone/w/qCS4ZDcukxV…
This should tide you over for at least a week I hope
Apps mentioned
- Kew: github.com/ravachol/kew
- Cool Retro Term: github.com/Swordfish90/cool-re…
- Signal: signal.org/
- CoMaps: comaps.app/
- VLC: videolan.org/
- Proton: proton.me/
GitHub - Swordfish90/cool-retro-term: A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...
A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display... - Swordfish90/cool-retro-termGitHub
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She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired
la maledizione delle viscere liquidose e le conseguenze troppo umane (ho il raffreddore o qualcosa del genere e sto esplodendo)
Da stamattina, purtroppo, regna la tristezza!!! Questo perché non sono riuscita a dormire 15 ore stanotte, bensì solo 10 scarse (facendo i conti senza Mi Band, visto che sto ancora senza cinturino)… Almeno, credo siano non più di 10 ore nette di sonno, contando approssimativamente anche le tante volte che mi sono svegliata perché non […]
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la maledizione delle viscere liquidose e le conseguenze troppo umane (ho il raffreddore o qualcosa del genere e sto esplodendo)
Da stamattina, purtroppo, regna la tristezza!!! Questo perché non sono riuscita a dormire 15 ore stanotte, bensì solo 10 scarse (facendo i conti senza Mi Band, visto che sto ancora senza cinturino)… Almeno, credo siano non più di 10 ore nette di sonno, contando approssimativamente anche le tante volte che mi sono svegliata perché non respiravo, e una in cui sono dovuta andare stranamente in bagno, nonostante sono abbastanza sicura di non aver dimenticato di fare pipì prima di andare a dormire, e in genere quello basta per non dovermi alzare, che è cosa scomoda e pallosa. Alle 11 proprio non ce l’ho fatta più a stare nella mia caverna odorante di marcio, dove pure stando dritta nel letto a quel punto respiravo a fatica, e allora ho dovuto alzarmi. 😾
Tutto ciò, però, non è accaduto dal nulla… bensì, in fondo si è verificato solo perché si è avverato il mio vero incubo peggiore a parte tutti i meme, ossia che mi è ufficialmente venuta quella cosa per cui produco quintali di muco dal niente e non solo inutilmente, ma in modo grandemente dannoso; che non è allergia, perché non è stagione, ma non sono nemmeno sicura al 100% che sia raffreddore, perché il flusso degli eventi non mi convince riguardo tale teoria… per ora la chiamerò “maledizione delle viscere liquidose“, semplicemente. Non solo di giorno coi fazzoletti, però, cosa che già di suo è terribile… ma di notte a morire, perché il muco mi cola malamente stando stesa, soprattutto sul lato come mi è davvero comodo dormire, e quindi finisco col naso otturato, e mi sembra di finire all’altro mondo… quindi devo allungare il braccio per prendere il fazzoletto lurido, che se va male non sta al lato del cuscino bensì sul comodino, e soffiare, e pur soffiando e cacciando muco ancora non si respira… Non ha aiutato nemmeno fare la doccia bella calda ieri sera; o meglio, per qualche ora mi ha spurgata un po’, ma poi al momento di dormire si è rivelato tutto inutile. E tra ieri e oggi avrò buttato già 7 fazzoletti, che è tanto considerato quanto io li riuso fino all’essere impregnati, oltre a vari strappi di carta igienica, quando mi trovo a soffiarmi con quella. 😰Per fortuna, da vecchia femcel socialmente isolata quale sono, il fine settimana non devo mai uscire (se non per boh, momenti rapidi per comprare cose magari… e dovrei anche ritirare il pacchetto con i cinturini della Mi Band, a dirla tutta), e questo fine settimana in particolare credo idem, quindi almeno la situazione dovrebbe non peggiorare, credo… cioè, lo spero sinceramente. Su una cosa non scherzo minimamente, e cioè che il muco è veramente il mio nemico non-umano numero 1 (si, è peggio degli spiriti malevoli); il freddo in sé dà fastidio, ma alla fine si va avanti… il problema è quando inizia questa maledizione, e tutto quello che comporta. E ormai quasi ogni anno è così da quando esisto, una tarantella allucinante… ora inizio a prendere lo sciroppo, ma questo sistemerà il problema solo per stavolta, mentre al prossimo incidente si ripeterà, e l’unica cosa che riesco a chiedermi è… perché cazzo non c’è una soluzione permanente a ciò??? Sono una ragazza magica, io, dovrei in qualche maniera poter riuscire ad hackerare pesantemente la mia biologia per non finire mai più in condizioni del genere… e, invece, continuamente sono sconfitta. È davvero così troppo chiedere di smettere di soffrire, ma allo stesso tempo non voler morire? 🧸
#freddo #inverno #muco #raffreddore
DOJ charges man with sending threatening letter to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson
DOJ charges man over letter with threats against Benny Johnson
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the case at a news conference in which the pro-Trump influencer argued that violence had been "mainstreamed by the Democrat party."Ryan J. Reilly (NBC News)
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Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds
Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supporters
When he sat down to talk about the US government shutdown with reporters from a closely read political newsletter this week, Chuck Schumer sounded as if he was relishing his standoff with the Republicans.
“Every day gets better for us,” he told Punchbowl News. As the shutdown got under way, Schumer explained, the Republican part believed that Democrats would quickly fold and vote to reopen the government, but instead they had stuck to their guns for a week and a half, demanding an array of concessions on healthcare and other issues.
Outrage followed from Republicans, who printed out the Senate minority leader’s remark on posters and condemned it before press conferences. The shutdown has prompted federal agencies to close or curtail operations nationwide, and forced hundreds of thousands of employees to stay home without immediate pay. Schumer, Republicans argued, was being callous.
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AI gets more 'meh' the more you use it, researchers find
AI gets more 'meh' as you get to know it better, researchers discover
: Most scientists now use the tech in their work, but still question its usefulnessBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
Fuck this expresso depresso life, but double fuck all these assholes.
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'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley
A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley
Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.Lily Jamali (BBC News)
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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
“This is getting ridiculous and I'm about to just toss the whole thing and move back to Google,” one Redditor said of the “full-volume” ads for Alexa+ on their Echo Show.
Oh sweet summer child, Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.
People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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My pet pony keeps shitting on the floor.
I am very frustrated and did not expect it.
I should sell it off and buy a horse instead.
No. It's more as if you had to pay for the pony to get it, and then:
If you want to ride the pony, that's $2. The saddle has a coin slot to pay. It also has spikes poking both you and the pony if you don't pay. Any time you get off, the spikes relock, requiring another payment to unlock.
This is the exact same situation minus the animal cruelty part and with money being swapped with time.
Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.
Personally, I disagree with the first and agree with the latter. I have a Nest Hub, and there are no ads on that. But I would still urge the redditor and myself to get acquainted with Home Assistant instead of bothering with the offerings from Google and Amazon.
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It's not even personal opinion, it's objective fact...
Amazon shoves ads on everyone of their products far and above any competitors.
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Just get Chinese, they won't be able to do anything to you even if info is collected
Or just don't buy products from companies that don't respect you...
Buying chinese is like going to the guy who beats you less because he spending half the time at his other girlfriend's house.
I don't. Never used it In my life.
I even switched my android TV to alternative launcher because I don't want Google peddling shit
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edit: it's incredible to me, that people put as much trust as they do in the entire world
What Can Someone Do With Your Bank Account and Routing Numbers?
If someone has your bank account and routing numbers, they can withdraw or transfer money from your account, among other fraudulent activities.Tim Maxwell (Experian)
That's from the ancient banking system designed in the 1940s that is still lurching around. The protection on a check isn't cryptographic - it relies on the issuing bank to confirm the authenticity by examining heuristics on the paper check like paper type, ink and font used, check number, issuing address and the person's signature. It used to be that you would deposit a check at your bank and then it would be mailed to the issuing bank to be cleared for transfer. You wouldn't just deposit it and get your money instantly, it would take up to 10 days.
Honestly it is bewildering to me that they haven't changed the system to issue cryptographically secure deposit-only numbers and unique withdrawal numbers that at least verify the authenticity of the check itself.
In the case of smart tv's it's obvious why it works. It's way cheaper to buy a smart tv vs a dumb tv now, and It's all companies make for consumer side, which only leaves business grade TV's/advertisement boards which cost more. Even if this isn't the case though, with how streaming oriented most people are, the general public won't buy a dumb tv because they would still need to buy some sort of device to allow them to access their stuff. It's just convenient to have it in the same device rather than buy a tv then spend another $25+ on a device that can allow access to streaming, when one device can do it all.
I upgraded to a "decent" Smart TV for my den (my previous one was an early stage Phillips smart TV that the store was basically deprecated on), and it converted 3 devices I had for my dumb tv, into that one device. It's just convenient.
I personally think that people should be focusing more on not buying slop-ware, and working on implementing legislation of what companies are allowed to do to consumer purchased products before trying to revert back to dumb tv's and spending 3x as much. The future is going to happen regardless, and people are going to take the easy way out, the easier way is going to be preventing the annoyances from being allowed in the first place.
you do you. enjoy your convenience. for my part, i will continue to spend $0.00 for the privilege of being the product.
all of these brands can take their smart devices and go fuck themselves with it. "convenient" GTFO
Haha. Are people even supprised? I mean come on.
The best thing you can do, is just DIY your own display with a microcontroller and have some fun in building it. Maybe run Linux on it and voila.
they'll lobby these techs as unsafe and dangerous and potentially ban their use outright, or require special licenses and degrees.
They have a strong foundation in the DRM built into HDMI. I suspect this is exactly the real reason it is there.
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"Advertising is a small part of the experience".
Well great Amazon. Nobody is asking for this 'experience'.
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I run Pi-hole, and ublock.
I went to my pal's house and turn on his TV, ad. He turned on his Xbox, ad. Was looking for a specific game on his Xbox, another fucking ad.
"Too complicated" he says when I suggested setting him up with a raspberry pi.
Oh sweet summer child, Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.
The track record for people using that condescending phrase while not understanding what's happening continues...
The smart TVs operate on Android TV, made by Google.
Amazon uses their own version of Android, and that's where all the shitty stuff comes from.
I've got a nice name brand android TV, the only ads are "this movie is on streaming" or "this show premieres in a week".
I got a cheap Amazon TV in another room, in the same place for ads on the home screen, it has ads for random products
There is a marked difference. They are "better" at this. Obviously no one in 2025 thinks google is "good"
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I think my comment is more about privacy than ads
I agree ...
Everyone else was talking about one thing, and you acted like I was talking about a bunch of other things.
That's why you're confused, we were talking about ads, and you got upset we weren't having another discussion.
Now why are antelopes the super ungulates?
See how little sense that makes?
No. As a user of both Amazon and Google devices (with screens/sticks), Amazon is far more aggressive in their advertising practices. As the other guy said, neither is ad-free out of the box, but Amazon devices will literally make your screensaver/lock screen a full screen ad (even on your TV). Google just has a home screen ad about something that's going to play on streaming, usually.
If you want NO ads, set up DNS ad blocking or get an Apple TV and use that for streaming. But again, Amazon's devices are FAR more aggressive about advertising as much as possible. My father has one of those Echo Show things that's a speaker with a rotating screen attached to it. It's playing ads almost all the time.
The smart TVs operate on Android TV, made by Google.
I've been self hosting as much as I can for awhile. The one thing I don't have a good replacement solution for is Google TV. At least with alternate launchers and being able to install APKs (for now) it mostly works as a decent experience.
Back in the day wed hook up old desktops straight to living room PCs. There was no apps so we'd just go to websites.
I'd be surprised if there isn't some kind of raspberry pi mini PC with a good guinerap around Linux.
Some people will use a PlayStation/Xbox as well.
That isn't an option either.
Why anyone would want a corporate government surveillance wire tap that’s connected to the Internet and constantly listening for voice command is beyond me.
My friend used an Alexa and smart plugs to rewire all the lights in his house because it was cheaper to get the Wi-Fi connected lights and sockets rather than rewiring the whole house.
In order to keep the thing running, no one was allowed to touch any of the lights switches on the walls because it would break the system. It was fucking hilarious listening to him yell at his Alexa to turn on the lights in the living room and have it turn on the dining room instead.
He even had the screen on the base that would follow you around as you were walking in the house and this creepy screen would constantly be monitoring you while waiting for commands.
If anyone walked in it just looked like he was screaming at the top of his refrigerator about the lights in the house.
I assume that there's a segment of the population that:
- Does vaguely like the idea of at least some home automation.
- Doesn't have the technical expertise and/or time to wrangle with something like HomeAssistant. Wants something that works off-the-shelf.
- Doesn't want to spend much money up front on a system, which creates pressure for an ad-supported model.
I will say that I'm still more than a little fuzzy on what substantial practical benefits people are actually getting from their deployed systems, though.
For at least some of this, like having a voice command to check the weather, a smartphone has to be pretty widely-deployed competition.
The convenience is being able to sit your fat ass on the couch and yell vaguely in the direction of a smart assistant to turn off the lights without having to get off the couch.
The idea that a smart refrigerator could tell you when you’re about out of milk or coming up on the expiration date instead of having to open your fridge and take a look is cool but the privacy and other implications outweigh the benefits.
It’s a mild convenience that supposedly frees up extra time to do something else. The sad part is that something else is usually staying glued to your phone, social media, or TV.
Isn't there a saying about this? "Leopards ate my face" or something like that?
It's like TVs... Google TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Fire TV... it's all ads, all the way down. Apple TV though? Just a grid of apps. Certain apps on the dock (the top shelf as it's called) could display ads because they're allowed to display content in the top half, but I haven't seen it done. Video apps typically just show what's up next in your queue and maybe something suggested. But you can control what goes on the dock.
Can't block ads on it and YouTube is fundamentally broken for it (despite there being no ad blocker between the app and the service). I'm looking into getting a gently used M1 Mac Mini for my TV, and wiring one of those Bluetooth keyboard/mouse things up to it. That way I can just run Firefox with uBlock Origin and call it a day.
Fuck all these "smart" devices. Can't win with any of them. Meanwhile you can get a Raspberry Pi and be running Linux on your TV. That might introduce some challenges, but hey, you got Plex (/Jellyfin/whatever) anyway.
Isn’t there a saying about this? “Leopards ate my face” or something like that?
"Leopards at my face" comes from claiming that your face would not get eaten while advocating for leopards eating faces.
If you would use it in the context of ads, it would be more along the lines of claiming you will not get ads because you are "special" while the thing just straight up says it will serve you ads.
I don't think the thing is advertised as something to serve you ads, so it's not the same.
Not entirely true, but necessarily false either.
Projectivy launcher for Android TV is great and will remove home screen ads, and provide a much more streamlined interface overall.
Apple TV is really nice though, clean, smooth, and stable. I honestly would recommend that to most people, especially if they already have Apple products.
Even without having other Apple products. The only real benefit I see with the Apple TV — I do have other Apple products — is I can AirPlay to it. But, it isn't very stable for whatever reason. The connection will just drop. So I AirPlay to the TV itself instead, and that works, though sometimes the audio doesn't, so I just route it back to the MacBook, which has very good speakers, and it's fine. Or I grab my Thunderbolt to HDMI and plug in directly, turn the TV into a monitor — but, this bypasses the Apple TV (but, so does AirPlaying to the TV itself). Oh, and I can use my phone or watch as a remote. All in all it's perfectly fine if you don't have any other Apple stuff.
The one thing it's really lacking is some Dolby codec that people need to play Blu-ray rips. People in communities like Plex and Jellyfin complain about that. But those are like 50GB+ per movie, I don't have that kind of storage to even come close to caring about that issue. It can still play 4K content, just not with that one codec.
In fact, it's probably one of the best Apple devices out there, just because the competition is so much worse. I'd also say the same thing about the iPad, and the MacBook. You can make a case for a gaming PC, but for a laptop that isn't gonna game because battery is an issue, you're going for efficiency, it's really hard to beat the MacBook. As for the iPad, it's hard to tell which Android tablets are good and which ones aren't — or which ones will never get updated. And iPad got a lot of love this year, it's basically a desktop OS now (it's like macOS lite at this point). No, you still can't install whatever you want — need an actual computer for that.
Boo Amazon
Boo Google
Certain Lemmy users using Apple devices adn advocating for it:
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
excuse me i'm on an hp they've never ever ever done anything wrong
why yes i buy brother printers why do you ask
Look at it this way - how does a business make its money?
- Google makes nearly 100% of its revenue from ad sales that are juiced by collecting every detail they can about as many people as possible.
- Amazon makes most of its money off of AWS because physical logistics are extremely expensive but they commit endless amounts of federal crimes by ripping off consumers and sellers to subsidize their total market takeover of physical goods. Oh and they make money by selling ad spots to their sellers that are juiced by stealing as much information about its users as possible.
- Apple makes most of its money on the app store subscriptions to apps it didnt write - like if you subscribe to spotify through the app they take a cut. It makes the rest of its money by selling devices that tend to have higher build quality than competitors. A very small sliver of its income comes from advertisements. Not even 1% and it is publicly declared as non-targetted advertising. They dont really have a financial interest in collecting your data.
That's the difference. They're all shit companies from multiple angles. But at least Apple doesn't actively disrespect you with unwanted advertising targetted to you by spying on you. They disrespect you by removing headphone jacks and making silicon valley executives behave like steve jobs who was notoriously a horrible person.
Welp...
I don't like my wallet being drained 30% faster ;)
But nowadays it's Google inching closer to Apple (sadly)
I'm about to just toss the whole thing and move back to google.
... Ah yes. Here we see that, while frustrated, the consumer remains largely undeterred from fitting into the boxes outlined by our fearless corpo overlords.
I had a Kindle Fire in 2012 and had to root it just to stop ads from showing up on the locked screen
Ad-subsidized or pay more for an ad-free model
But they have gotten significantly worse over time. I did buy a Fire Stick knowing i was getting ads, but it was so much better the Apps on my smart tv and cheap that it was well worth it. Now it’s gotten bad enough that I no longer use it but suffer through the TV’s apps
I do plan on trying Apple TV in case it stays useable but at this point I’m not buying consumer tech from three years ago
Similarly with the Fire tablet. I knew I was getting ads when I bought them way back when, but tablets were expensive. Fire tablets were much cheaper and quite usable so the tradeoff was worth it. That long since stopped being true, and this experience is e partly why I don’t have an echo show.
I do want some dory of home dashboard, but echo show had never been under consideration. If the Apple rumors are real I might try that but otherwise I guess I’ll see when I have the motivation to build my own
Edit: rereading the post, this is even on devices where people paid extra to be ad free
Yes it has, every amazon product is massively subsidized price wise with the expectation they make it up via advertisements.
I think the only one that really didn't fall down that train was the alexa, but, well we already know where they are making it up on that one.
To be fair I put in all my smart lights once 7 years ago haven't touched them a single time in that entire span. Took an hour to set up.
And now my alarm turns on lights which helps me wake up 😁
My smart switches have zero downtime. If I attack my server with an hatchet I lose smart functionality but pressing the switch still works, just like yours.
It doesn't take much to avoid the bullshit devices.
Exactly. It's not the smart part of a device that is the problem. That's an extreme overreaction.
The problem with most smart devices today is that they are proprietary, non-fully libre and open source, for-profit, cloud-connected, corporate committee designed spyware, adware, and bloatware.
Devices that are fully FLOSS (firmware, hardware, software) and based on open and free standards and protocols are awesome, but they get easily forgotten.
The Internet and your technology can be so much better. Demand it.
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Z-wave or zigbee. They use an alternative to wifi.
User in tandem with a open source system like home assistant.
Google is NOT going to be any better at this
What are you talking about? Google Home devices have been out for like a decade at this point, they don’t play ads on them.
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The Alexa division is struggling so they are well into the extract phase of the product.
Google will get there in time as well.
I get that we should expect shit like this from Amazon but at the same time, they bought something and the maker completely changed how the device worked after they bought it.
I’d be pissed too. We have to hold these companies accountable.
Home assistant is the way to go, all run locally on a homePC, I have ZigBee lights and switches automated
An example is my front deck lights turn on at sundown, at 10% brightness, at 11;00 pm they drop to 1%.
If motion is detected they brighten up for a bit. On holidays they have appropriate RFB effects.
All of this is automated, none of it talks to the internet.
My current project is making a harry potter style "clock", with hands for me, my wife, and kids. Can set up some geofencing. Run off some ESPhome and the HA app, which reports directly to my install, without releasing tracking info.
Oh, for sure, it's just for fun
My entire design goal is making it invisible for my wife, so things just work. As an example, I took our doorbell, and made it smart... Not a smart doorbell, but I have an esphome between the doorbell and the chime, so I can turn the chime off, or I can have our phonea get notified.
Yeah, they totally deserve to be sued and pay a $5 fee as punishment.
That will teach them!
This week Amazon starting pushing ads to customers paying extra for ad-free Prime Video.
Corporations are now so powerful they don't have to abide by reasonable norms, contracts, or laws any longer. Any fines are just a cost of doing business and are a small fraction of the profits they generate.
What are customers going to do anyway? Go to other businesses that are doing the exact same things on different days?
People should give up streaming subscriptions. How long would it take to learn how to get movies another way, from a friend who is already doing it.
People dont even own their media anymore and it can be removed at any time. And they are paying for that. Lols.
Its for families mostly. I dont want my small children coming up to me all the time asking for a different show downloaded that they heard about from school, and Erica's parents actually HAVE Disney+ and says anyone who cmdoesnt must be a loser omg etc etc.
I taught my brother how to do it years ago, and he got his shit virused so fast. I'm not sure if hes colossally stupid or just plain unlucky.
Just get Real Debrid with Stremio/Kodi.
Real Debrid + Kodi + Bingie theme = Everything available on torrents, instantly streamable in a netflix-like interface.
This is clicking buttons on your device. How did people install Instagram and use that without a degree?
I think people are just afraid of it.
What are customers going to do anyway?
Convince themselves that it's necessary.
We'll kick piracy into high gear.
Then they'll make any ISPs suspecting people of piracy to be forcibly shut off.
The real question is what will we do then?
I didnt see it coming. I assumed that having a device always available to add shit to your shopping basket and listen to everything you say forever would be enough for them.
Honestly it should be more than enough.
I can see the logic of being able to set certain items that you always want in stock, and your fridge being able to tell you if you're running low or if it's beyond its expiry.
Can smart fridges do that? I don't think so.
Even if they can, it's probably not worth the extra expense, complexity, data mining, security concerns, or the fact that Samsung or whoever can shut down functionality whenever they want.
I just want a basic fridge-freezer.
This is a real “the scorpion stung the frog” situation.
There was never any other way for this to go. Is in the scorpions nature to cram ads and tracking into your devices. That was always the strategy even with their Fire lines of devices.
Ring will be next. It’s already giving them your address, neighbourhood, routine, device types, etc. That data gates correlate to census income data, network traffic, etc. to build a profile of who you are as a consumer.
I believe there was just a post the other day arguing that Ring was beginning to collect biometric data on anyone that passed in front of it.
[Edit]It was A Boring Dystopia post from 6 days ago lemmy.ml/post/37147235
Advertising..helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in.
Someone needs to coin a word to describe this type of infuriating corporate statement. They make astonishingly piss-weak arguments in a patronising tone, as if to insist that reality must be whatever they say it is because they’re a successful company.
It’s the kind of statement that’s not technically a lie, but still seems dishonest for them to present as though it were a sane response, almost like an attempt at gaslighting.
I think the person who wrote that response should be forced to wear it around their neck so that everyone can see what sort of person they are.
It's not just companies. Amazon started pushing ads to subscribers who pay for ad-free Prime video content. Some idiot here on Lemmy actually insisted it wasn't an ad at all, but a "promotion."
Companies are getting their customers to make infuriating, ridiculous corporate statements for them.
I guess? Someone also said "rhetoric", and although it counts as both of these, I'm specifically thinking about these kinds of statements you get in press releases that obnoxiously try to paint the world the way that the company needs it to be in order to justify what they're doing.
Things like "Customers don't like regulations that stop us giving them the best service", "Our users are clear that they want the freedom to choose what subscription models work for them", you know? Those kind of weaselly shit on my pie and tell me it's a blueberry statements, where they dishonestly attempt to pose as the good guys wanting to do best for the world. They clearly must know that nobody actually falls for it, but they say it anyway because they need it to be out there in order for their paid-off politicians and useful idiots to have something to support deregulation.
That sounds right to me. Maybe "spin" if I want to be a bit more neutral, but it doesn't look like they deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Theyre putting a happy spin on some bullshit.
There's a certain amount of advertising I'll accept. If I go to see an action movie, 1 to 3 previews of other action movies that are coming out in the next few months is okay.
Of course, because they tried to force a Mission: Impossible movie down my throat, I might never go see an action movie made after 2014 ever again.
FWIW, I have had some Google (now Nest) Home Hubs for years and I don't think I've ever seen or heard ads on them.
I'm gradually de-googling my life though, so maybe I'll just replace them with some DIY thing
I have an echo show in my kitchen. It displays ads, but they're super easy to ignore. They're just basically text pictures on the screen when it's not being used and on topics that I selected.
I'm pretty massively against ads, but the echo show's don't bother me in the least. If Alexa Plus starts giving me verbal ads or injecting them into things then it will quickly find its way into the trash can.
For me, there's no level of advertisement that is permissible, no matter how seemingly inoffensive the ad may be. It's still an ad.
In my own home on a device I paid for, it's simply not happening.
My tolerance is zero, because I am not willing to accept this ad-saturated society that we have somehow been generationally conditioned into thinking is acceptable.
I still dont understand how people think its fine seeing ads everywhere they look. What is in their minds....
It makes the world ugly. Real ugly.
"That giant electronic advertising billboard really tied the room together."
"And he peed on it."
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Smartness is only achieved by placing an Apple TV into it.
And price is way too high.
My dad has one.
I have an old LG and have set on my router to keep it offline
I only use it with ISP TV box, Nintendo Switch and Apple TV
For a TV, just don't connect it to a network.
This doesn't work for the Amazon Echo Show though, since internet connectivity is required for its core function.
JFC
Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in. If customers don’t like a suggestion, they can swipe to skip to the next screen card or directly provide feedback by tapping the Information icon or pressing the screen.
No fucks given, we're gonna shove em down your throat.
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(I'm too lazy to find the meme)
Just a clock and a calendar? That's not the limit of what these things do, but that's easier to get that functionality without ads.
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I don't think I'll ever buy any product that advertises itself as 'smart'. They seem to be anything but.
Edit: I do have a 14 year old 'smart' TV, but it's basically only a monitor for my PC.
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Nuova Scena 3 su Netflix: Guè entra in giuria con Fabri Fibra, Geolier e Rose Villain. Uscita nel 2026, premio da 100.000 euro
Nuova Scena, il rap show Netflix prodotto da Fremantle, è stato ufficialmente rinnovato: la terza stagione arriverà nel 2026 e avrà una giuria ancora più stellare. Al trio composto da Fabri Fibra, Geolier e Rose Villain si aggiunge Guè, leggenda della scena italiana. In palio per il vincitore resta il premio da 100.000 euro e la possibilità di imporsi come nuovo nome di riferimento del rap made in Italy.
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Nuova Scena 3 su Netflix: nel 2026 arriva Guè in giuria
Confermata Nuova Scena 3 su Netflix: nel 2026 in giuria anche Guè con Fabri Fibra, Geolier e Rose Villain. Scopri tutte le novità sul format.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories
DENVER (AP) — Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories from President Donald Trump and his supporters since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official, the new company announced Thursday.
The newly formed company, Liberty Vote, also vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping changes to election policies that multiple judges have put on hold for violating the Constitution.
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Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump
Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump
Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)
How to get older version of Acrobat DC when installing Adobe Zii
Adobe Zii 6 can only patch Adobe Acrobat DC v20.012.20048 – 21.005.20048
But when I follow the install instructions and run the commands in Terminal, it only gives me the option to install "Acrobat Platform: macuniversal - 22.003.20310.7" through 25.001.20756.7.
Adobe Zii then gives me the Warning that it doesnt support the matched version 21.007.20091.
I'm guessing that if I get a copy of the right version it will work, but, how?
Im using a M1 Mac.
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Trump news at a glance: layoffs for federal workers begin and president threatens China with tariffs
Mass firings of US federal workers have begun, as Republicans work to exert pressure on Democrat lawmakers to end a government shutdown. The White House budget office said the layoffs were “substantial”, with unions for federal workers taking the matter to court. President Donald Trump said of the job losses “it’ll be a lot” and suggested those losing their jobs would be in areas that were “Democrat oriented”.
The government shutdown comes as the US president has revived the trade war with China, this time promising to increase tariffs on Chinese imports by 100%. His administration is also considering using visa restrictions and sanctions against countries that support the International Maritime Organization’s “net zero framework” proposal.
Trump news at a glance: layoffs for federal workers begin and president threatens China with tariffs
President suggests layoffs will be ‘a lot’ and in Democrat areas as unions for federal workers take the matter to court – key US politics stories from 10 October at a glanceGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Trump news at a glance: layoffs for federal workers begin and president threatens China with tariffs
Mass firings of US federal workers have begun, as Republicans work to exert pressure on Democrat lawmakers to end a government shutdown. The White House budget office said the layoffs were “substantial”, with unions for federal workers taking the matter to court. President Donald Trump said of the job losses “it’ll be a lot” and suggested those losing their jobs would be in areas that were “Democrat oriented”.
The government shutdown comes as the US president has revived the trade war with China, this time promising to increase tariffs on Chinese imports by 100%. His administration is also considering using visa restrictions and sanctions against countries that support the International Maritime Organization’s “net zero framework” proposal.
Trump news at a glance: layoffs for federal workers begin and president threatens China with tariffs
President suggests layoffs will be ‘a lot’ and in Democrat areas as unions for federal workers take the matter to court – key US politics stories from 10 October at a glanceGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door
OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door
OpenAI allegedly sent the police to the door of Nathan Calvin, an advocate for AI regulation, to serve him a subpoena asking for a trove of personal messages.Emma Roth (The Verge)
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This Week in Plasma: a massive amount of stability work for Plasma 6.5
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
This week more work was poured into making Plasma 6.5 the best and most stable release ever. I know I write that a lot, but I feel like we get better at it every time, and this time it feels like that’s the case here too as well.
Our bug triaging team has basically finished getting through Plasma’s bug report backlog, allowing them and developers to focus on the known and fixable issues. And fix they did! This week there were just tons and tons of bug fixes. Among them were the #2 and #3 most common Plasma crashes, and we also identified the #1 most common crash as being caused by 3rd-party code.
This kind of concerted bug-fixing may not be the most glamorous work, but it makes a big difference to the overall quality of the product!
Notable UI Improvements
Plasma 6.5.0
You can now activate the Sleep, Shut Down, and Restart (etc.) buttons in Kickoff using the Enter key in addition to the spacebar. (Julius Zint, link)
Plasma 6.6.0
The Breeze icon theme now has reversed versions of the “Send” icon (which normally looks like a little paper plane flying to the right), and uses them in notifications when using a right-to-left language, like Arabic or Hebrew. (Farid Abdelnour and Nate Graham, link)
Improved the randomness of randomly-ordered wallpaper slideshows. (Sebastian Meyer, link)
Notable Bug Fixes
Plasma 6.4.6
Fixed an issue that could make KWin crash when trying to look at a device’s orientation sensor. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Fixed the current second most common Plasma crash, which could happen when using a Weather Report widget displaying information from the Environment Canada source. (Ismael Asensio, link)
Fixed a very annoying issue that made graphical vector content copied in apps like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw get unnecessarily and destructively rasterized when pasting them. (Fushan Wen, link)
Fixed an issue that made screen colors not look quite right (or at least not as intended) when playing HDR videos. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Plasma 6.5.0
Fixed a case where KWin could crash when dragging files or folders from Dolphin. (Vlad Zahorodnii, link)
Fixed another case where KWin could crash. (Vlad Zahorodnii, link)
Fixed a case where Plasma could crash when you tried to create a new folder inside a sub-folder popup from a Folder View widget or a folder on the desktop. (Akseli Lahtinen, link)
Fixed a case where KDE’s XDG portal implementation could crash. (David Redondo, link)
Fixed an issue that made text copied to the clipboard in an XWayland-using app get lost when the window focus changed immediately afterwards. (Vlad Zahorodnii, link)
Fixed an issue that could make automatic screen rotation not work properly. (David Edmundson, link)
Fixed an issue that could make XWayland-using apps flicker a bit on some screens with some GPUs. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Fixed a weird issue in that could make the CPU and memory usage skyrocket after you used KRunner to search for certain specific things and then pressed the Page Up key. (Harald Sitter, link)
When you turn on automatic login and a message appears telling you to change your wallet to have en empty password so that it will automatically unlock, the button you can click to do so once again works. (David Edmundson, link)
Fixed a couple of labels that didn’t display localized text properly. (Nicolas Fella and Nate Graham, link 1 and link 2)
Fixed an issue that made desktop icons jump around when you moved a panel to an adjacent screen edge. (Akseli Lahtinen, [link](invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-d… Requests /)
Fixed a funny issue that made newly-created panels inherit some of their initial sizing settings from the most-recently-created panel, rather than using the default settings. (Fabian Vogt, link)
Fixed an issue in System Monitor that made it impossible to re-select table columns after clearing the selection by clicking in the empty area below the table. (Arjen Hiemstra, link)
Frameworks 6.20
Fixed the current third most common Plasma crash, which could happen when changing themes. (Arjen Hiemstra, link)
Fixed an issue that made the external link icon look weird in GTK apps when using the Breeze icon theme (David Redondo, link)
Other bug information of note:
- 1 very high priority Plasma bug (same as last week). Current list of bugs
- 29 15-minute Plasma bugs (up from 28 last week). Current list of bugs
Notable in Performance & Technical
Plasma 6.4.5
Substantially reduced KWin’s CPU usage while playing full-screen video. (Someone amazing in KWin, link)
Plasma 6.5.0
Improved the speed with which Discover fetches Flatpak information while starting up, improving launch speed and responsiveness in many cases. (Aleix Pol Gonzalez, link)
Information about the size of the folder selection dialog is now stored in the state config file, not the settings config file. This helps keep the settings file from changing when transient states change, making it easier to version-control your config files. (Nicolas Fella, link)
How You Can Help
KDE has become important in the world, and your time and contributions have helped us get there. As we grow, we need your support to keep KDE sustainable.
You can help KDE by becoming an active community member and getting involved somehow. Each contributor makes a huge difference in KDE — you are not a number or a cog in a machine! You don’t have to be a programmer, either; many other opportunities exist, too.
You can also help us by making a donation! A monetary contribution of any size will help us cover operational costs, salaries, travel expenses for contributors, and in general just keep KDE bringing Free Software to the world.
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in reply to geneva_convenience • • •Would you been kind enough to share?
And no, just because I'm not unquestionably pro-Hamas doesn't mean I'm here to defend Israel. Ive literally been charged with supporting terrorism for going to a Palestine Action protest. So would appreciate if you didn't accuse me of supporting a genocidal state simply for mildly critising Hamas and having marginally different opinions to you.
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geneva_convenience
in reply to gmtom • • •You've already forgotten about Israelis literally rioting for the right to rape Palestinian hostages to death (and being granted that right)?
Good thing they stopped you before you could harm the protesters.
gmtom
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geneva_convenience
in reply to gmtom • • •gmtom
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •No I haven't. And just like I don't assume Hamas rapes and tortures every captive they take without evidence just because they've done it before, I don't assume Israel does the same to every hostage they take.
And the fact you can't produce any of this """"mountain of evidence"""" just shows me it doesn't exist and you're making shit up.
No one had any intention to harm people, I was literally there holding a sign saying I don't support the genocide in Palestine, and I support Palestine Action.
Genuinely why are you trying to box me in to "the other side" because I'm just mildly critical of Hamas? And don't think they are 100% perfectly moral and virtuous? It's just typical purity testing bullshit.
kreskin
in reply to gmtom • • •gmtom
in reply to kreskin • • •My point is they very specifically demanded the release of people involved in October 7th, but not these people.
If they had they would rightfully be calling Israel out for breaking the deal already
🍉 Albert 🍉
in reply to kreskin • • •Acktually, it was Trump who demanded his release, with is "peace deal".
Israel isn't complying.
All Hamas did was report that Israel isn't complying, and Ziorot trolls see that and thing "it's all Hama's fault"
DozensOfDonner
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •mhague
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •"we can't release the doctors because they might be Hamas"
They're literally dealing with Hamas. That's like saying "we can't release these soldiers because they might be Israeli"
If they're just a terrorist organization that doesn't even deserve pow swaps then what is this ceasefire