UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil
UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil
Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenesEmma Bryce (The Guardian)
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Just bring back those big beautiful Steam Locomotives from the old black and white westerns. It is something we’re considering, the concept of ‘locomotive.’ Nice two-inch side, solid steel. Not aluminum, aluminum that melts if it looks at a car sitting on the track. Starts melting as the car’s about two miles away.I am a very aesthetic person. I don’t like some of the trains they're doing aesthetically. They say, ‘Oh, it’s fast.’ That’s not fast. An ugly train is not necessary in order to say you’re fast.
-@RealDonaldTrump
Trump’s plan for Gaza rewards Israel’s genocide and punishes its victims
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GE-Proton10-20 Released
HOTFIX:
- removed unnecessary webview2 patch (fixes Forza Horizon 5 login never opening)
- added workaround to allow darkwinter software region version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium to work
About webview2 patches:
Originally in wine 9 a stub was introduced which fixes/allows webview2 to install properly. This fixed webview2 installation for vermintide 2 as well as the Haoplay version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium. Unfortunately the Haoplay version requires additional missing functionality in wine to work properly (it currently is still broken), so supplementary webview2 patches were added which were proposed to upstream wine for a merge request (separate from the original stub that was accepted). The additional patches were not accepted, and in addition, broke the login prompt for Forza Horizon 5. Additionally they did not help with getting the Haoplay version of Girls frontline 2: Exilium to work, therefore there is no point in keeping them.
As of now without the supplemental patches FH5 login and the Darkwinter Software version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium are working. The difference between the Darkwinter Software version and the Haoplay version is only in region coverage. Darkwinter Software covers North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, while Haoplay covers most European countries and the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
Release GE-Proton10-20 Released · GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
HOTFIX: removed unnecessary webview2 patch (fixes Forza Horizon 5 login never opening) added workaround to allow darkwinter software region version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium to work About web...GitHub
SOLVED: Ethernet stopped working hours after installation. Wifi works OK.
Another Windows migrant here. I can’t get my ethernet to work but wifi works OK. I am almost certain that when I installed Debian Trixie with KDE Plasma a few weeks ago, ethernet worked but it stopped a day or so later. Info Centre reports:
2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 54:ee:75:52:01:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enx54ee75520123
3: enx0050b6c0f7f3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:50:b6:c0:f7:f3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.92/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enx0050b6c0f7f3
valid_lft 3419sec preferred_lft 2969sec
inet6 fe80::8437:d694:3204:62ff/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft foreverI deleted the wired connection in System Settings | Wi-Fi & Networking and it was recreated which probably suggests the ethernet connection is detected even if the fields there are all blank. Also, the internet traffic plasmoid shows enx0050b6c0f7f3 with around 1/5 of the cumulative traffic of wifi.
I tried the obvious things, just in case. I disabled the firewall, restarted the router, deleted the wired connection, played with settings in Wi-Fi & Networking and tried dhcpcd.
$ sudo dhcpcd
main: control_open: Connection refused
dhcpcd-10.1.0 starting
dev: loaded udev
DUID 00:01:00:01:30:54:2e:d5:00:50:b6:c0:f7:f3
wlp4s0: connected to Access Point: glocal
enp0s25: waiting for carrier
enx0050b6c0f7f3: IAID b6:c0:f7:f3
wlp4s0: IAID 86:9b:42:5e
enx0050b6c0f7f3: soliciting an IPv6 router
wlp4s0: soliciting an IPv6 router
wlp4s0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.122
wlp4s0: probing address 192.168.1.122/24
enx0050b6c0f7f3: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.216
enx0050b6c0f7f3: leased 192.168.1.216 for 3600 seconds
enx0050b6c0f7f3: adding route to 192.168.1.0/24
enx0050b6c0f7f3: adding default route via 192.168.1.254and
sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service returns●NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service;enabled; preset: enabled)
Active:active (running)since Sun 2025-10-12 23:59:31 BST; 47min ago
Invocation: a3faea14d3dc48e29a2e2d27750ca082
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 98676 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 9149)
Memory: 6.3M (peak: 7.1M)
CPU: 2.457s
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
└─98676 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
Oct 13 00:03:10 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310190.8454] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Oct 13 00:03:10 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310190.8623] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.85, acd pending
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0217] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.85
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0237] policy: set 'glocal' (wlp4s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0440] device (wlp4s0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0839] device (wlp4s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0841] device (wlp4s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0855] device (wlp4s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.1033] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlp4s0" ifindex=4 args="2000" pid=1511 uid=1000 result="succe>
Oct 13 00:33:10 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760311990.8671] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.85Not sure if this is relevant, but DCHP is handled by pi.hole on a Raspberry Pi. This has been working serving multiple devices for a long time without issues. Also, this is temporarily a dual boot Windows/Linux setup. When I log out and into Windows, everything works as ever.
After several days trying, I ran out of ideas. Can someone help please.
EDIT: SOLVED! In case it helps others, reading wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager closely, I ran nmcli device which showed that specific ethernet interface as 'unmanaged'. I am not sure why. Then, I followed the instructions below:
If you want NetworkManager to handle interfaces that are enabled in/etc/network/interfaces:Set
managed=truein a drop-in file in/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.d/or directly in/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.
Debian documentation could be more accessible, but it is invaluable. Thanks all for your help.
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Might as well reinstall at this point and for future reference. You shouldn't just delete your network connection and firewall and throw stuff at the wall to fix it. A lot of this stuff is set up by a script during install and it only runs once so if you break it, you are going to need much deeper knowledge to fix it without a reinstall. You likely made new problems which makes finding your actual issue nearly impossible now. If you have a single issue it's easier to find. If you have two issues there is no way to know if anything you did actually fixed it unless you get lucky and fix both issues at once.
This sounds obvious but I recently didn't realize that you had to click on the network connections and actually click, connect, to get it to connect on Ethernet in my distro. This is a quirk that I didn't realize that Linux had. Windows just automatically connects to Ethernet, Linux probably doesn't do this because it's a security risk.
This seems like the type of issue that chatGPT could really help with. With a few console commands you could verify that the system is seeing the network adapter and is communicating with it properly and try to list the networks directly, giving you a better clue as to where the chain is broken.
Either way might as well reinstall at this point.
North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat
The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.
Makes it really critical for Democratic-leaning stated to counter the national gerrymandering effort by Republicans, both by passing Prop. 50 in California and launching similar measures in other states
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World Bank raises China growth forecast to 4.8% despite U.S. trade tensions
World Bank raises China growth forecast to 4.8% despite U.S. trade tensions
The World Bank now projects 4.8% growth for China, up from 4.0% predicted earlier this year.Evelyn Cheng (CNBC)
Italy bans pro-Palestinian October 7 demonstration in Bologna as tensions rise
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50478393
Italy bans pro-Palestinian October 7 demonstration in Bologna as tensions rise
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Despite the bans, several hundred pro-Pal protesters took to the streets in Turin and Bologna to sing the praises of the October 7 massacre,
Lol talk about spin
Myanmar Junta Strike Kills at Least 32 on Buddhist Festival of Light
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/52965336
Several children were among at least 32 people killed and over 50 injured on Monday night when junta paragliders bombed a peaceful candlelight vigil in Sagaing Region’s Chaung-U Township.
EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43656968
ArchivedEU governments have agreed to limit the travel of Russian diplomats within the bloc, in response to a surge in sabotage attempts that intelligence agencies say are often led by spies operating under diplomatic cover.
Moscow-sponsored intelligence operatives have been blamed for escalating provocations against Nato states — from arson and cyber attacks to infrastructure sabotage and drone incursions — in what EU security services call a co-ordinated campaign to destabilise Kyiv’s European allies.
The proposed rules will force Russian diplomats posted in EU capitals to inform other governments of their travel plans before crossing beyond the border of their host country.
The initiative, championed by the Czech Republic, is part of a fresh set of sanctions being drawn up by Brussels in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The package requires unanimous support to be adopted. Hungary, the last country opposed to the measure, has dropped its veto, two people briefed on the negotiations said.
[...]
EU intelligence agencies say that Russian spies, posing as diplomats, often run assets or operations beyond their host countries, in order to better elude counter-espionage surveillance.
“They are posted to one place — but work in another,” said a senior EU diplomat, citing intelligence reports. “The host country intelligence services know what they are up to but, if they cross the border, it can be harder for that country to keep tabs on them.”
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’’There is no ‘Schengen for Russia,’ so it makes no sense that a Russian diplomat accredited in Spain can come to Prague whenever he likes,’’ he told the FT. ‘‘We should apply strict reciprocity to the issuance of short-stay, diplomatic visas under the Vienna Convention.”
In 2014 the Czech Republic suffered one of Russia’s worst sabotage attacks on EU soil when explosions at an ammunition warehouse in Vrbětice killed two people. Prague attributed the attack to agents from Russia’s foreign intelligence agency GRU.
EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount
Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomatsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
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University defends new Kazakhstan campus amid human rights concerns
Cardiff University defends Kazakhstan campus amid concerns
Hundreds of students have started lectures at the new campus, which is 3,712 miles from Cardiff.Bethan Lewis (BBC News)
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Herzlians repeatedly oversimplify the Orthodox Jewish opposition to Zionism as a mere question of timing: if the Moshiach arrived, then Orthodox Jews would support Zionism. In reality, the occupation violates numerous Judaic rules: its very founding in 1948 involved the theft of land as well as the slaughter of innocents.
A few weeks ago I was rereading Isaiah, and while I am well aware that it could not possibly have been referring to events in the distant future, it could hardly be more relevant today. Isaiah 3:
G-d enters the courtroom.
He takes his place at the bench to judge his people.
G-d calls for order in the court,
hauls the leaders of his people into the dock:
“You’ve played havoc with this country.
Your houses are stuffed with what you’ve stolen from the poor.
What is this anyway? Stomping on my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt?”
Doom to you who buy up all the houses
and grab all the land for yourselves—
Evicting the old owners,
posting no trespassing signs,
Taking over the country,
leaving everyone homeless and landless.
I overheard G-d-of-the-Angel-Armies say:
“Those mighty houses will end up empty.
Those extravagant estates will be deserted.
A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine,
a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain.”
(Emphasis added.)
Isaiah 3 | MSG Bible | YouVersion
Jerusalem on Its Last Legs -7The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,is emptying Jerusalem and JudahOf all the basic necessities,plain bread and water to begin with.He’s withdrawing police and protYouVersion | The Bible App | Bible.com
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Milei performs at rock concert in front of 15,000 people to save the election campaign
Milei performs at rock concert in front of 15,000 people to save the election campaign
The president of Argentina sang covers of popular songs as a way of presenting his latest book, ‘The Construction of a Miracle,’ ahead of a key vote later this monthFederico Rivas Molina (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup
Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup
Sora 2 users started sharing clips of influencer Jake Paul coming out of the closet and giving makeup tutorials.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
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Climate Summit 2025 | United Nations
Climate Summit 2025 | United Nations
24 September 2025: To accelerate momentum, the UN Secretary-General will host a Special High-Level Event on Climate Action on 24 September 2025, as a platform for leaders to present their new national climate plans.United Nations
French influencer Amine Mojito faces prison sentence for syringe prank videos
French influencer Amine Mojito faces prison sentence for syringe prank videos
The 27 year old content creator was fined 1 500 will serve six months in custody with the remaining six suspendedPop Culture & Art (The Express Tribune)
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There is so much stupid here:
- people watching this
- people actually liking this
- why not stage it? A few friends no one is the wiser
- AI could have done this too no point in real people at all
He deserves jail time, as over used as this word is, that does strike fear.... Terror if you will. Nobody deserves that when they are in public.
'influencer' - no, this person is a menace to society.
Rosanna Pansino is an influencer, Marques Brownlee is an influencer, JerryRigEverything is an influencer.
This guy is just a 'prankster' and live streamer. Influencers rarely if ever do live streams. They make carefully curated videos that are largely marketing as entertainment.
Pranksters just cause trouble.
The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About
The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About
The Dahiya doctrine and Hannibal directive are key to making sense of Israel's actions in Gaza over the past two years, and yet the BBC hasn't mentioned them once in its coverage since 7 October 2023. Harriet Williamson reports.Novara Media
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First sentence is wrong:
Since 7 October 2023, Israel has waged a brutal war on Gaza
It was Hamas that invaded Israel on Oct 7th starting a brutal war they had no hope of winning, killing 65,000 civilians which they have admitted they are ok with dying for the publicity
Stopped after that, sounds like more left wing opinionated bullshit to me
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People like this want you conflate "the country of Israel" with "all ethnic/religious Jewish people everywhere"
It allows them to more easily call people antisemitic when you criticize the Israeli government.
Even IF Israeli intelligence hadn't ignored reports of potential attacks, and even IF they hadn't intentionally lowered security in order to make potential attacks worse, all in order to give them and excuse to do the thing they already wanted to do, committing genocide in response is a FULL FUCKING STOP "no"
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Antisemitism refers specifically to hatred against Jews, not all Semitic people in general.
Just like antibiotics don't kill all biological life. Words have meaning.
Yeah: how come Israel now pretends that Arabs are not semitic??
& how come everybody's been accommodating that?
"Anti-semitic" originally meant anti semitic people, which included Jews & Arabs, both..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_…
And multiple other peoples, too! ( I didn't know, until now! : )
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I like how you casually claim Hamas held Israeli territory IN THE FRONTIER OF OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND.
FFS. The Gaza Prison Breakout is analogous to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a response to 75 years of ethnic cleansing and shooting children in the knees for sport, 16 years of illegal military land sea and air siege where Israel calculated the caloric input to keep Palestinians in Gaza on a "starvation plus" diet.
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I've never read about Palestinian children or moms or civilians attacking Israel in any way shape or form and yet the vast VAST VAST majority of these victims of GENOCIDE are innocent civilians that had NOTHING to do with Hamas.
I wouldn't t give a single fuck if Israel obliterated every last member of Hamas in the sort of targeted surgical strikes that an advanced military/intelligence power like Israel is capable of, but instead they chose to level Gaza and starve it's people into submission. Not even Putin's Russia have been so egregious with their targeting of innocent civilians, meanwhile Gaza has an 83% CIVILIAN CASUALTY RATE
Stop wasting time trying to convince people blatant genocide isn't genocide. Stop being a fucking genocidal Nazi.
ttbomk, hamas won't allow non-involvement:
They won't permit any social-services to be neutral, they won't permit any operating-business to be neutral, they won't tolerate neutrality.
Same as the zionists won't.
Ideology is threatened by neutrality, so they force-eradicate it, wherever it tries growing.
Leninism eradicates considered-reasoning from "education" in order to produce the ideological-population that Leninism wants,
exactly the same as the Republicans eradicate considered-reasoning from their "education", in order to *produce the ideological-population that their ideology wants.*
Ideology HATES neutrality, rabidly
The ONLY way that Palestine could possibly have been kept from this, is if decades ago the UN had displaced all the ideologues from authority in the territory, & absolutely-blocked them from from even influencing gov't, essential-services, education, etc, until 3-ish generations of people had grown-up in that considered-reasoning-and-meritocracy paradigm,
& then the ideologues-murdering-considered-reasoning-from-our-world would be retired-out from all authority
( Max Planck's ~ Science progresses funeral by funeral: as the old-guard die off, the population becomes made-of people who grew-up-with the new paradigm, & they accept it ~ is exactly this principle, simply in a different domain )
But NO ideology would tolerate that: not zionist not hamas.
So, genociding it is, then, inevitably..
Until the rampaging-rabies has overwhelmed the entire world, all religions, all political-ideologies, all food-insecurity-migrations, all supremacisms, all together, combined, & then humankind can manufacture the "apocalypse" that makes its unconscious-mind/ego feel important ( which is mostly what's really going on, during this ClimatePunctuation, tbh )
The Great Filter: unconscious-mind's ego-rabies rampaging in a manufactured ClimatePunctuation, trying to prove that ego-importance and unconscious-ignorance is "THE ONLY GOD", until .. until there's nothing left.
We're failing The Great Filter, iow, & digging our world-species's grave, with every such torquing/ignoring.
Here's another angle:
Have you noticed that the "populist" ideologues are gaining power throughout the West?
They're no-more tolerating of neutrality than hamas or the zionists are.
It isn't just the people in Palestine who got highjacked & machiavellianly pwned, it is us, too!
We're just not-yet at the final-butchery stage, yet ( wait a few more years, & look around the remains of our countries .. & see, then, what happens when right-wing ideologues, equivalents to hamas, rule our countries )
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ttbomk, the "fear the Jews: they are behind all evil" conspiracist-nationalists do hold such things to be true.
And they are vocal about it, so your not having heard about such things doesn't mean that such assertions are not made.
I was told, a few decades ago, that in Europe the centuries-long sequence went sorta like this:
- Jews are farmers
- conspiracist-nationalists spread fear about "Jews are taking/owning all our farmland", so therefore..
- farmland gets taken away from Jews, which means, that they have to earn a living by other means, so therefore
- they become clockmakers, lawyers, doctors, etc, which therefore
- creates leverage for conspiracists to assert that they're conspiring & taking all these skilled-work jobs, because it's their world-subjugation program..
etc..
IOW, it doesn't matter what people do: prejudice is going to claim "justification", relentlessly.
Machiavellianism is a mental-illness, or worse, a hardwiring-of-brain.
Here's some objectivity, however..
statista.com/statistics/142230…
Israel & Palestinian territories: number of fatalities & injuries caused by the Israel & Hamas war 2023| Statista
Since the terrorist organization Hamas launched its attacks on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023, around 1,200 Israelis died, and 5,431 were injured.Statista
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This whole site has strong bias and mixed facts see this link :
Bias Rating: FAR LEFT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
Also , the BBC is deliberately being targeted of foreign disinformation and influence campaigns, particularly from state-sponsored actors seeking to discredit its reporting. Not saying they are perfect, but they are discredited by the Zino- Rizzian propaganda machine.
Novara Media - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
LEFT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.Media Bias Fact Check
that Novara Media is quite transparent about its bias.
Had never heard of this site before, that's why I checked.
has a left-wing bias
So does reality.
But some people are, perplexingly, still concerned with "being fair".
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Opposing objective bad things is not biases. Israel is the settler colonial power who been occupying Gaza and the west bank for 57 years and oppressing Palestinians for 78 years
Once Israel end occupation, i will stop criticizing Israel
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You are not discussing in good faith.
Added.
Ah I see , you edited your original comment I reacted to,, by adding a whole new context; after I had reacted. Talking about good faith. Well, whatever.
Careful with these kind of bias or fact checkers, as they're only relevant on the left/center/right axis, which is a biased framework in and of itself. A centered position, which these checkers claim to be the least biased, are absolutely dependant on the Overton window and that window is currently so far off to the right, that any slightly leftist position might seem radical or even unthinkable.
It also only makes sense, if you are some kind of hyper centrist, absolutely ignoring what "right" and "left" actually mean and then proclaim that the center is a good thing and any extreme perspective off from the center is a bad thing. That's either willfully ignorant or a right-wing perspective trying to appease to unpolitical people.
This fact checker also proclaims mixed factual reporting in their summary, but in the segment it says "Failed Fact Checks: None in the Last 5 years". This is dumb and misleading.
One can see this kind of bias by them branding "concern for climate change, and racial-social equality" as far-left perspectives, while a sane person would see these things as the fucking bare minimum. Everything less than that is de facto regressive and right-wing.
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Ofc. But you are only talking about the Left/ Right Pol. spectrum. Its the " Mixed Reporting" bit which to me is relevant.
Also, if I were to report for example about Trump from the Rep. or Right side, would you say the same? Or if I used a zionist new-soutlet. Not that I would though, it's an example.
Failed Fact ChecksNone in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Novara Media Far-Left Biased based on editorial positions that favor anti-capitalism and the promotion of Luxury Communism. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to the use of poor sources and one-sided hyper-partisan perspectives. (D. Van Zandt 05/08/2022) Updated (02/21/2024)
Reason number what 20 why mbfc is terrible at being both a bias checker and fact checker.
Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist over blasphemous t-shirt
Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist activist over blasphemous t-shirt
Ibtissame Lachgar was sentenced to 30 months in prison last month after posting online a picture of herself wearing a T-shirt with the word 'Allah' in Arabic followed by 'is lesbian.'Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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Madagascar president names army general as prime minister amid youth-led protests
Madagascar president names army general as prime minister amid youth-led protests
Madagascar has been rocked by nearly two weeks of youth-led protests over crippling power cuts and economic hardship, posing the biggest challenge yet to President Andry Rajoelina's rule.Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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We’ve seen this playbook happen in Egypt, Syria, Thailand
Democracy through protest, seems to sadly be weak to Authoritarianism, I’m depressed for acknowledging it.
Its ok because when that is acknowledged then people know where to build off of
Biggest thing is growing online community to affect in-person for a lot better
Like Myanmar's NUG but all the people together in a shared real-time online community 3rd space on Stoat, and Matrix (Element)
Collective power changes everything super quickly
First day of Hamas-Israel talks in Egypt ends on 'positive' note, mediators say
First day of Hamas-Israel talks in Egypt ends on 'positive' note, mediators say
The first day of indirect talks between Hamas and Israel concluded in Cairo on Monday 'amid a positive atmosphere,' with US President Donald Trump saying Hamas is agreeing 'to things that are very important.'Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactableGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Imagine his reaction when he comes back.
Also, this should be posted on "Not the onion" and not for anywhere else!
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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.Tarah Welsh (BBC News)
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Venezuela announces closure of embassies in Norway and Australia
The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation of resources," the government says.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimes…
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.
Venezuela announces closure of embassies in Norway and Australia
The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation of resources," the government says. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
The announcement occurred just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo announced that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in the South American country.
Russia says Gaza prisoner exchange ‘won’t solve anything’ without Palestinian state
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that while the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners is a positive step, it will not bring lasting peace unless a full-fledged Palestinian state is established in accordance with UN resolutions, Anadolu reports.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastmo…
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.
Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining
Sales are down 63 percent in the third quarter
Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining
Tesla Cybertruck sales are down 63 percent in the third quarter, as Elon Musk’s post-apocalyptic EV continues to falter.Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)
Around 250,000 protest Dutch government's Israel policy in the Netherlands
There are also protests in Berlin (9 days ago):
reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/…
Meanwhile /r/europe deleted the post of the Berlin protest:
reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1…
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Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
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MAGA falls for fake TPUSA halftime show poster promising performances by Kid Rock and ‘Measles’
‘WOW: It’s official. It’s happening,’ one MAGA influencer tweeted, adding: ‘This is how we win.’
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The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant
Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia.
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Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
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UK government says it was not to blame for collapse of China spy trial
UK government says it was not to blame for collapse of China spy trial
LONDON - The British government said on Monday it was not to blame for the collapse of a trial of two men accused of spying for China, saying it was a decision made by prosecutors who relied on language used by the previous government in its China po…ST
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