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När Europeiska kommissionen beslutade att etablera sig i sociala medier gjorde den ett ovanligt val. Istället för att bara skapa ännu ett konto på en kommersiell plattform anlitade den Mastodon för att driva en egen server. Kommissionen äger nu sitt digitala utrymme på samma sätt som den äger sina byggnader. Ingen kan ta bort det. Ingen kan ändra reglerna över en natt. Innehållet tillhör institutionen, arkiverat och tillgängligt under dess egen kontroll.
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DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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Chinese gangs made more than $1 billion by targeting US with scam texts: report
Criminal gangs in China have made more than $1 billion by targeting Americans with annoying texts: report
Text message scammers use badgering texts to extract financial information then pay American gig workers to use stolen info to make purchases and send merchandise back to ChinaJosh Marcus (The Independent)
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Russia accuses exiled opponents of plot to violently seize power
An exiled Kremlin critic, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has been accused by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) of creating a “terrorist organisation” and of plotting to violently seize power.
The FSB said it had opened a criminal case against Khodorkovsky and was investigating more than 20 people as part of the same charge. These include prominent dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, ex-prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov and leading economists Sergey Aleksashenko and Sergei Guriev.
It comes just two weeks after a “platform for dialogue” with Russian democratic forces in exile was announced by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a human rights forum of lawmakers from 46 European countries.
The FSB claimed Khodorkovsky was presenting this platform as a replacement for Russian leadership. He was also accused of funding Ukrainian paramilitary units in order to use them to try to eventually seize power.
Khodorkovsky rejects accusations
Khodorkovsky denied the accusations and called the criminal case a sign that the Kremlin sees the Council of Europe initiative as “a major problem”.
“Hence the new cases about ‘seizing power’, the lies about ‘recruiting’ and ‘arming the Ukrainian military’,” he said on Telegram.
Russia accuses exiled opponents of plot to violently seize power
The FSB said it was investigating Mikhail Khodorkovsky and more than 20 other exiled Russian dissidentsMark Trevelyan (The Independent)
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Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in New Zealand
Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in New Zealand
On March 2, 2023, Aiden Sagala did what many people do after a long, hot day at work. He cracked open a cold one. Little did he know, that swig of beer would kill him. Aiden didn’t realize that the can was full of liquid methamphetamine, not beer.Avery Haines (CTVNews)
China wants foreign scientists, the public says no, thanks: Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44096080
ArchivedWhen the Chinese government announced a new visa to attract young science and technology talent, it advertised the move as another step toward becoming the leading scientific power, one to which people from around the globe would flock.
To many in China, it was a gross mistake.
In the days before and since Oct. 1, when the visa was supposed to come into effect, commenters have accused the government of inviting foreigners to steal jobs from Chinese people, at a time when young people are finding it harder than ever to land work. They have suggested that foreigners are being blindly worshiped, a longstanding national sore point.
Prominent influencers have also stoked nationalism or xenophobia, claiming that China will be overrun by outsiders. After Henry Huiyao Wang, the president of the Center for China and Globalization, a research group in Beijing, praised the new visa, people on social media called him a race traitor, and their posts were shared thousands of times.
Platforms have been especially flooded by racist comments about Indians, after Indian news outlets reported on the Chinese visa as a possible alternative to the highly popular H1-B visa in the United States, which now comes with a $100,000 fee.
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The public outcry suggests that China may still struggle to attract the world’s best and brightest scientists, even as the United States has cut research funding and pushed many prominent scholars to consider leaving.
Anti-foreign sentiment has grown in China in recent years, as the government has warned of hostile overseas powers and urged people to report potential spies. China has historically had minuscule levels of inbound immigration, and many cultural and legal barriers remain for foreigners seeking to remain long-term.
When the government proposed slightly loosening permanent residency requirements for foreigners in 2020, it eventually retreated in the face of a similar backlash. (China granted fewer than 5,000 permanent residency cards between 2004 and 2014, according to People’s Daily.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/world/asia/china-stem-visa-racist-backlash.html
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This is what the report says. I guess there are weird people everywhere, here in the West, in China, everywhere else. It's just that given the strict censorship in China, the government does not much against this racism. One report is here.
China's government suppresses its minorities. If you are not Han Chinese and not a member of the CCP, you may not climb to high up the career ladder to say the least.
China: Combat Anti-Black Racism on Social Media
The Chinese government should acknowledge and condemn anti-Black racism prevalent on the Chinese internet and adopt measures to promote tolerance and fight prejudice.Human Rights Watch
At the United Nations, China touts its progress on gender equality, but its approach to feminist activism tells a different story
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44096052
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For China, the U.N. summit on October 13-14 is the final, triumphant act of a yearlong show of force from its diplomatic and media mouthpieces seeking to center its “historic achievements in women’s development” and position China as a global model for women’s rights protection.
Yet as officials trumpet their “30 years of progress” to assembled dignitaries, the voices of the country’s own feminists will be conspicuously absent.
That’s because many are in prison, while others face threats and harassment intended to keep them silent – whether they still live in China, or have had to flee abroad.
China’s self-congratulatory narrative on women’s rights has been pushed not just at home, but also abroad: from the halls of the United Nations to the pages of local embassies and media markets in, for example, South Africa, Tanzania, Liberia, Ghana and Grenada. Last month, state-run press even published two compilations of Xi Jinping’s speeches in English for the explicit purpose of “help[ing] international readers gain a deeper understanding of Xi’s views” on women’s rights and much more ahead of the U.N. meeting in Beijing.
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Xi’s views are clear on one point: that shutting down space for critical voices and public discussion on human rights, including topics of women and gender, are essential matters of national security.
Over the last decade, the Chinese state has continued to implement laws and policies that suppress feminist activism – and in doing so has convicted women human rights defenders one by one.
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The five women made famous by their 2015 criminal detentions for advocacy on International Women’s Day continue to work in civil society and to push for policy change – but they are careful to do so in ways that keep them and their families safe. Following their detentions, the costs of speaking out publicly have only risen. For four years, #MeToo activist and journalist Huang Xueqin has been locked up for “inciting subversion of state power” for her social media posts and her efforts to learn about and discuss non-violent movements.
Many other women activists – such as Li Qiaochu, Chen Jianfang, Xu Yan and Zhang Zhan – have languished in prison based on similarly spurious convictions. Vaccine safety advocate He Fangmei was convicted of “picking quarrels” and (absurdly) bigamy in 2024; when she’s released in 2027 she will have spent seven of the last eight years in detention. Her family doesn’t know where her daughters – the youngest one born while she was in detention – are located.
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When Chinese officials wax poetic about the country’s progress on women’s rights, it is essential to remember that this is not the whole story. The government postures on anti-discrimination, locks up women defenders, and criminalizes feminist activism – all out of fear that the system the CCP has built might come crashing down on their heads.
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A UN Conference Can’t Hide China’s Discomfort With Women’s Rights
China touts its progress on gender equality, but its approach to feminist activism tells a different story.Sarah Brooks (The Diplomat)
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Lmfao. China isn’t progressive on anything. Every LGBT person could, at any time, be dragged away.
Can’t even get married.
China is a fucking social joke.
They're progressive in the sense that they don't care over much about specific cultural values, as long as you don't criticize, threaten power or break cultural homogeneity.
Authoritarian progressivism
L'eredità sasanide del più spettacolare arco di mattoni costruito nel Mondo Antico - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
L'eredità sasanide del più spettacolare arco di mattoni costruito nel Mondo Antico - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Essere un cittadino dell’Impero Romano d’Oriente costituiva un vantaggio sia dal punto di vista amministrativo che culturale, capace di rendere i prestigiosi membri di quell’universo i promotori di precisi standard di organizzazione che ispiravano ed…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
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I read the article. It sounds like the auto makers concern is that they don't think they have been given enough time to solve the problem (the problem being one which may kill people while we wait for a solution).
I think we should give them all the time they want, as long as they stop selling cars without safe door handles RIGHT NOW.
Your comment is giga based because it doesn't let the overton window get shifted by being too suggestible.
Your brain still went where logic goes, not where was suggested. So important at times like this.
Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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Changing Screen Position on raspberry pi
Hello there, I am working on a little project as a way to improve my cad abilities. I am hoping to build a custom fantasy computer to go along with the pico8 fantasy system. I am basing it off of the Mac se/30 but am obviously hoping to get that nice 1:1 aspect ratio.
Trouble is that decent size 1:1 screens don't seem to exist as far as I have researched, I instead found a small 4:3 lcd panel I can use, and was originally planning to simply rotate the screen and let it render 1:1 while physically covering the top and bottom, but it seems to add significantly more vertical height than I anticipated.
so now I am hoping that I can shift the screen down and somehow get the PI to render only in the topmost visible section.
Included are a couple pictures of what I mean.
I am just wondering if there is a way, in software, to rotate and move up the screen, or at least the pico 8 window
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Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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FSF announces Librephone project
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51000209
Librephone aims to close the last gaps between existing distributions of the Android operating system and software freedom. The FSF has hired experienced developer Rob Savoye (DejaGNU, Gnash, OpenStreetMap, and more) to lead the technical project. He is currently investigating the state of device firmware and binary blobs in other mobile phone freedom projects, prioritizing the free software work done by the not entirely free software mobile phone operating system LineageOS.
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Arizona AG threatens Mike Johnson with legal action for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva
Arizona AG threatens Mike Johnson with legal action for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatened House Speaker Mike Johnson with legal action if he didn’t swear in Dem Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
Mozilla's Firefox adds Perplexity's AI answer engine as a new search option | TechCrunch
Mozilla's Firefox adds Perplexity's AI answer engine as a new search option | TechCrunch
The integration offers conversational, cited answers instead of traditional links and follows positive feedback from earlier tests in select markets. Perplexity will expand to mobile soon.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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I find that chatgpt and claude try to give you one answer and sounds mildly to very certain about themselves without giving references.
Perplexity actually gives reference links for each claim it makes, which I find better because I can check it's work and fork off and explore further myself at any point along it's reasoning.
As a definite AI Hater, I find it to be a good middle ground LLM / search engine
This is just a search engine option not some built in AI tool.
No issue here other than fuck AI in general. Just don't use it.
US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints
Several major international US airports, including Phoenix Sky Harbor , Harry Reid international in Las Vegas, Seattle–Tacoma and Charlotte Douglas airport in North Carolina, are opting to block a video from the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, that blames Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown from airing at their checkpoints.
Airport authorities in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, Charlotte and Westchester county, New York, have refused to display the footage at security checkpoints, saying the overtly political messaging potentially violates state and federal law, including the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from partisan political activity.
In the video, obtained first by Fox News, Noem tells travelers: “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted, and most of our TSA [Transportation Security Administration] employees are working without pay.”
Pelosi challenger Saikat Chakrabarti launches upset bid at packed Mission event
Pelosi challenger Saikat Chakrabarti launches upset bid at packed Mission event
“I know this is not just about me,” he said to a packed San Francisco crowd. "This is about an overwhelming demand for change right now.”Yujie Zhou (Mission Local)
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Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Bondi alleged that a "wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs." She added that the DOJ "will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement."When contacted by Ars, Facebook owner Meta said the group "was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm." Meta didn't describe any specific violation but directed us to a policy against "coordinating harm and promoting crime," which includes a prohibition against "outing the undercover status of law enforcement, military, or security personnel."
The statement was sent by Francis Brennan, a former Trump campaign advisor who was hired by Meta in January.
Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to “dox and target” ICE agents…Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
Donald Trump Refuses To Take ABC Correspondent’s Question Because Of George Stephanopoulos’ Contentious JD Vance Interview
Trump Refuses To Take ABC's Question Because Of JD Vance Interview
George Stephanopoulos had questioned JD Vance if Tom Homan kept $50,000 from an FBI undercover agent.Ted Johnson (Deadline)
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Madagascar president in hiding as Gen Z topples another government
Madagascar President in Hiding as Gen Z Topples Another Government
The government collapse follows youth-led uprisings in Nepal and Bangladesh.Brendan Mark Cole (Newsweek)
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because the conditions that made the "baby boomers" or the characteristic "millennials" are almost exclusive to the post-ww2 economic boom in the US.
gen-z is just a name that describes young people. why not just say young people instead of making up generational war nicknames?
You could make that case for the boomers, but with the advent of the Internet it's not really limited to specific countries anymore. Gen z just describes people who grew up with some access to the internet, but not to the extent of alpha. A large part of these recent revolts were caused or accelerated by social media. Gen Z is more specific than young people, and in this case also more culturally relevant.
Doesn't matter anyway, even if you think Gen Z isn't real you know what age range the article is talking about.
historically it's always young people and minorities (of any age) that go out to fuck things up. they are the ones who get the most fucked after all. no need to make generational divides out of it though, it's not just them getting the short end of the stick.
and not just genz grew up with internet, it's just that they are the young ones still. shitty fucking propaganda tbh.
not ancient. propagandizing younger generations to weaponize juvenoia is a very recent thing, if you were born in the last 50 years you can remember it, as i do.
we can be better and not help further this suspicious ass agenda.
Meta Removes Facebook Page Allegedly Used to Target ICE Agents — A Turning Point in Tech, Power & Free Speech?
Meta Removes Facebook Page Allegedly Used to Target ICE Agents — A Turning Point in Tech, Power & Free Speech?
On October 14, 2025, a significant confrontation between government authority and Big Tech surfaced: Meta (Facebook’s parent company) rem...VibeNest (Blogger)
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I find myself inspired to create a bingo style card, put he name of random countries under the days of the week and let his tariff threats fill in the board.
Throw a couple free spaces on Tuesday for TACO night...
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Yet to be decided, November 5th is the supreme court hearing date.
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US supreme court sets date to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs
Hearing on 5 November sets up major test of the president’s use of executive power to drive his economic agendaMichael Sainato (The Guardian)
If you accept his bullshit that we are at war, then it’s legal. Since his bullshit is, in fact, bullshit, then only congress has tariff authority for 90% of the types of tariffs that he is levying.
‘Pete Hegseth Has United the Media!’ Only One Outlet Has Agreed to Pentagon’s New Press Rules as Fox News, CNN and More Refuse to Comply
Pete Hegseth‘s Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules — and says it may bar journalists who don’t agree to abide by the rules from physical access to the Pentagon’s grounds. But more than three dozen news orgs have said they are refusing to sign on to the requirements.On Tuesday, in a joint statement five major TV news outlets — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News — said they were not agreeing to the new rules. The Pentagon has told reporters they must sign an agreement for the new rules by Tuesday or turn in their press passes by Wednesday.
According to the Defense Department’s press office, which outlined the new rules last month, reporters covering the Pentagon must sign a pledge not to obtain or use unauthorized material (even if the information is unclassified). If they do not, they will potentially be barred from the Pentagon.
“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,” the networks said in the statement. “The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.”
The five networks join a number of other news orgs that have already said they won’t agree to the new rules being imposed by Hegseth, a former Fox News host. Those include the New York Times, AP, Reuters, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Politico, NewsNation and the Hill, along with conservative-leaning outlets like Newsmax and the Washington Examiner.
At press time, only one outlet has said it plans to sign on to the new rules announced by the Pentagon, which the Trump administration now calls the “U.S. Department of War”: pro-Trump network One America News Network (OANN).
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Here’s the current full list of news outlets that have refused to sign the Pentagon’s new rules, as compiled by the Washington Post:
ABC News AL-Monitor Associated Press The Atlantic Aviation Week Axios Bloomberg News Breaking Defense C4ISRNET CBS News CNN Defense Daily Defense News Defense One The Economist Federal Times The Financial Times Fox News The Guardian The Hill HuffPost Military Times MSNBC NBC News The New York Times Newsmax NewsNation NPR PBS NewsHour Politico RealClearPolitics Reuters Task & Purpose The Wall Street Journal The Washington Examiner The Washington Post The Washington Times WTOP
Fox News, CNN and More Refuse to Comply With Defense Department Media Rules
Pete Hegseth's Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules -- and bar them from physical access to the Pentagon's grounds.Todd Spangler (Variety)
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OANN.
... Last paragraph before I cut off the article for the summary in the post, and then jump to the big list.
So yeah, literally only the cultiest MAGA network is onboard, as far as I can tell, literally all other US journalism outlets possibly relevant to military reporting have refused it, there's a slew of defense oriented publications on there, a good deal of other pretty conservative outlets on the noncompliance list too.
... They did.
On Tuesday, in a joint statement five major TV news outlets — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News — said they were not agreeing to the new rules.
They signed this statement:
"Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,” the networks said in the statement. “The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.”
... this is all in the parts I excerpted, in the post.
You've misunderstood the thread.
They refused to sign on to the new requirements along with everyone else.
... I posted the thread.
The person I am responding to used the verb 'sign', alone, which could refer to signing the joint refusal statement, or, it could be referring to signing on to the new requirements from the DoW.
Regardless, it seems you have the correct factual understanding, regardless of phrasing, so, all good, I was just trying to make sure nobody had a factual misunderstanding.
EDIT: ok, I'm dumb.
I've posted this in like 5 different news comms and am losing track of which replies are in which thread and have what context.
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‘Pete Hegseth Has United the Media!’ Only One Outlet Has Agreed to Pentagon’s New Press Rules as Fox News, CNN and More Refuse to Comply
Pete Hegseth‘s Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules — and says it may bar journalists who don’t agree to abide by the rules from physical access to the Pentagon’s grounds. But more than three dozen news orgs have said they are refusing to sign on to the requirements.On Tuesday, in a joint statement five major TV news outlets — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News — said they were not agreeing to the new rules. The Pentagon has told reporters they must sign an agreement for the new rules by Tuesday or turn in their press passes by Wednesday.
According to the Defense Department’s press office, which outlined the new rules last month, reporters covering the Pentagon must sign a pledge not to obtain or use unauthorized material (even if the information is unclassified). If they do not, they will potentially be barred from the Pentagon.
“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,” the networks said in the statement. “The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.”
The five networks join a number of other news orgs that have already said they won’t agree to the new rules being imposed by Hegseth, a former Fox News host. Those include the New York Times, AP, Reuters, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Politico, NewsNation and the Hill, along with conservative-leaning outlets like Newsmax and the Washington Examiner.
At press time, only one outlet has said it plans to sign on to the new rules announced by the Pentagon, which the Trump administration now calls the “U.S. Department of War”: pro-Trump network One America News Network (OANN).
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Here’s the current full list of news outlets that have refused to sign the Pentagon’s new rules, as compiled by the Washington Post:
ABC News AL-Monitor Associated Press The Atlantic Aviation Week Axios Bloomberg News Breaking Defense C4ISRNET CBS News CNN Defense Daily Defense News Defense One The Economist Federal Times The Financial Times Fox News The Guardian The Hill HuffPost Military Times MSNBC NBC News The New York Times Newsmax NewsNation NPR PBS NewsHour Politico RealClearPolitics Reuters Task & Purpose The Wall Street Journal The Washington Examiner The Washington Post The Washington Times WTOP
Fox News, CNN and More Refuse to Comply With Defense Department Media Rules
Pete Hegseth's Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules -- and bar them from physical access to the Pentagon's grounds.Todd Spangler (Variety)
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My guess is that the administration backs down. Maybe they could lose some of those, but if they can't even get Fox News and Newsmax onboard, they're just basically shutting down their media coverage.
EDIT: Also, I'm amazed that the administration managed to dick things up to that degree. I don't have a very high opinion of Hegseth, but if there's one thing that you'd think that his experience would be relevant for, you'd think that he'd at least be able to handle media relations with Fox News. The guy spent the last decade there.
El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident
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The son answered the door and, while he permitted the agents to search his home, claiming he had nothing to hide, he asked if they could wait first while he put the family dog, Chop, a Rottweiler, away in the bathroom before they walked in, as the dog could be aggressive...
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home and, as a result, ended up shooting the dog.The family stressed that the agents knew-- the son had told them-- that Chop was put in the bathroom for their safety and that the agents opened the door, let Chop out and shot him.
Furthermore, the family said none of the Border Patrol agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to the dog, which bled to death on the kitchen floor.
The family added that when they confronted agents, Border Patrol reportedly told them they were working from an anonymous tip tied to the previous owners of the home, who lived there two years ago.
El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...David Ibave (KFOX)
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Prince Andrew’s Epstein Interviewer Predicts More Names
Maitlis reacted in an interview for British radio station LBC in which she also predicted more careers would be ruined by the Epstein story: "I mean, the number of people that have ended up lying for Epstein, whose careers have ended up in absolute tatters because of their connection to him. I think we're at the tip of the iceberg, I genuinely do."
Yet a couple of months later, in February 2011, we now know he emailed Epstein to say: "I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!"
The message came the day after the first interview with his accuser Virginia Giuffre, published in The Mail on Sunday, which included a photo of Andrew with his arm around Guiffre's waist.
Prince Andrew’s Epstein Interviewer Predicts More Names
Emily Maitlis' interview with Prince Andrew about Jeffrey Epstein ended his royal career.Jack Royston (Newsweek)
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Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement
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Israel kills at least five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the humanitarian terms of the ceasefire agreement. Aid is entering Gaza at an insufficient pace, with authorities warning it represents “a drop in the ocean” of Gaza’s needs. The United Nations Development Program says that $70 billion will be required to rebuild Gaza. President Donald Trump continues his “victory tour” of the Levant, taking credit for the ceasefire in speeches at the Knesset and at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt, where he signed the deal presided over by the heads of state of Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, and Indonesia, while the leadership of the Palestinian resistance did not attend. A live microphone records Trump agreeing to arrange a meeting between his son and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, saying “I’ll have Eric call. Should I do that? He’s such a good boy.” The U.S. plans to commit half a billion dollars to anti-drone defense in anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. ICE continues to harass residents in Chicago and Portland. China threatens retaliatory tariffs after Trump signaled plans to impose “100 percent tariffs” on Chinese goods. Washington reaffirms its readiness to defend its ally in the Philippines if hostilities in the South China Sea escalate further. Floods ravage Mexico’s east coast. Madagascar’s president flees the country amid ongoing “Gen Z” protests.
Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement
Israel kills at least five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the humanitarian terms of the ceasefire agreement. Aid is entering Gaza at an insufficient pace, with authorities warning it represents “a drop in the ocean” of Gaza’s needs. The United Nations Development Program says that $70 billion will be required to rebuild Gaza. President Donald Trump continues his “victory tour” of the Levant, taking credit for the ceasefire in speeches at the Knesset and at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt, where he signed the deal presided over by the heads of state of Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, and Indonesia, while the leadership of the Palestinian resistance did not attend. A live microphone records Trump agreeing to arrange a meeting between his son and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, saying “I’ll have Eric call. Should I do that? He’s such a good boy.” The U.S. plans to commit half a billion dollars to anti-drone defense in anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. ICE continues to harass residents in Chicago and Portland. China threatens retaliatory tariffs after Trump signaled plans to impose “100 percent tariffs” on Chinese goods. Washington reaffirms its readiness to defend its ally in the Philippines if hostilities in the South China Sea escalate further. Floods ravage Mexico’s east coast. Madagascar’s president flees the country amid ongoing “Gen Z” protests.
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Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement
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Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.
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‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit
The chief interest at Monday’s largely pointless Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh lay in whether Donald Trump insulted or feted his fellow global leaders as they approached the self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker to shake hands and pose for a thumbs-up photograph.
As the host of the party, the US president had arrived – unapologetically – more than two hours late, musing to the Israeli parliament before boarding his flight from Tel Aviv that he feared his wealthy guests would already have left, leaving him with only two poor countries remaining.
He need not have worried. First up on the stage to be greeted by Trump was Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates. A beaming Trump pointed out Mansour’s “lovely shoes”, then pointed at him, saying: “A lot of cash, bundles of cash.” The Manchester City owner attempted to beam back happily at this self-evident truth.
‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit
Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leadersPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
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Ultimamente stavo pensando (ahia…), quasi rimuginando a riguardo, per qualche motivo, che questo terzo anno di università, in termini di vibe, in alcuni specifici frangenti mi riporta un po’ al liceo… e non so se è una cosa buona. Mi sono tenuta questa pazzia per un po’, ma veramente più ci penso e più mi […]
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gli inutili pensieri personali noiosi sulla discrepanza uniscolastica dell’octo…
Ultimamente stavo pensando (ahia…), quasi rimuginando a riguardo, per qualche motivo, che questo terzo anno di università, in termini di vibe, in alcuni specifici frangenti mi riporta un po’ al liceo… e non so se è una cosa buona. Mi sono tenuta questa pazzia per un po’, ma veramente più ci penso e più mi sembra valida, quindi eccola qui come al solito per chi non ha paura di subirla… 😈Innanzitutto, l’ambiance. Questa è particolarmente interessante, perché come vibe si divide in più punti, eppure resta consistente con la premessa; tolta l’aula dove si tengono i corsi facoltativi quest’anno, che non mi riporta a nulla di antico:
- Il lunedì mattina, si va nel laboratorio al primo piano… che, quando le tapparelle sono aperte, ed entra la luce, mi riporta spaventosamente all’ora di informatica al liceo; dove, a dire il vero, si faceva forse anche di più di cosa facciamo in questo laboratorio con le due materie di questa mattina… cioè, io faccio le mie robe come allora, e gli altri perdono tempo col telefono o videogiocano in ogni caso come allora, ma il professore lì a scuola non stava solo a spiegare da delle diapositive come qui all’università. Sarà perché anche al liceo il laboratorio di informatica era al primo piano, e non sotterraneo come gli altri laboratori di PC all’università, e più o meno le dimensioni sono comparabili, anziché esagerate con file lunghissime?
- Il giovedì e venerdì mattina, invece, si sta nell’aula normale, alquanto ampia ma fredda di inverno… (me ne sono già lamentata abbastanza, non aggiungerò altro…) come al liceo, finché non accendono i termosifoni, lì a dicembre. Però, come al quinto anno di liceo in particolare la mia era una delle poche aule senza termosifoni, qui all’università questa è una delle poche aule dove i condizionatori sembrano non riuscire a fottutamente funzionare… che è quantomeno curiosa, come corrispondenza. Non bella, ma ci sta.
- Il mercoledì, ad orario di merda purtroppo, come già detto anche questo, ci sono le conferenze delle aziende in un’aula che non è presa a caso, ma è apposta per le conferenze, con una specie di palco seppur non profondo e le sedie a salire… che, con facilità ovvia, riporta subito all’aula magna del liceo, e a tutte le ore felicemente perse (perché erano di mattina, in quel caso) lì dentro nel corso di 5 anni, ad ascoltare la gente yappare per assemblee di istituto o per i soliti eventi con ospiti da fuori. Peccato non abbia lo stesso odore di polvere, e sia molto più piccola, altrimenti le vibe erano veramente spiccicate uguali.
Questa è una foto del laboratorio, comunque… Chi andava al liceo con me E leggerà questo post, cioè nessuno, noterà anche una certa somiglianza per come dalle finestre si vede l’altro fabbricato, con il cortile sotto… che magia… 🤩
Poi, una nota piccola ma importante ci sarebbe da fare sui professori… e questa non è buona, principalmente. Per quanto di personaggioni in questi 2 anni già passati me ne siano capitati, e più volte in passato ho fatto paragoni mentali con alcuni del liceo, con quest’anno siamo veramente ad un bel livello!
- C’è il professore di Android che si incazza se la gente bisbiglia — e oh, in realtà per questo lo rispetto, tecnicamente ha ragionissima — e, per quanto non urli come a scuola invece è prassi, questo suo lamentarsi continuamente del rumore mi fa per forza pensare alle ore di scuola… con la differenza che lì eravamo tutti obbligati a stare, mentre qui, chi non vuole seguire la lezione se ne può andare fuori a parlare; oltre al fatto che il suo è uno dei corsi a scelta, quindi basta.
- C’è poi il professore di non dico quale delle due materie obbligatorie (sia mai ‘sto blog giri proprio quando non voglio, poi succede che me lo sogno la notte…) che, vi giuro, è attualmente il nuovo yapping final boss, definitivo. Per carità, l’anno scorso ne ho avuto uno mooolto peggiore sotto questo punto di vista, e del primo anno non parliamo nemmeno, ma questo… mi appare, fisicamente e come attitudine, un misto tra il prof. di chimica e quello di educazione fisica del liceo, e parla e straparla aggiungendo dettagli superflui quando spiega che è un mal di testa…
Ahimè, le similitudini coi vecchi tempi — dove ero allo stesso tempo più tormentata ma più spensierata, nonché c’è da dire che non era ancora arrivato il mio glow-down, seppure il mio glow-up non c’è mai stato prima e sta arrivando solo ora (…lasciate stare, sono normali paranoie da ragazza magica…) — finiscono qui. O quasi: ero tanto socialmente inetta allora come ora, e tutto sommato ugualmente poco cagata, ma ora è per certi versi anche peggio sotto questo aspetto, come tra l’altro sospettavo prima di iniziare l’università… almeno al tempo c’era nella stessa mia classe gente che conoscevo circa bene e con cui scambiare delle parole di vario tipo, mentre ora no… c’è appena qualcuno in altre classi, in alcuni momenti, che non è per niente la stessa cosa. Ah e, letteralmente dimenticavo… al liceo non c’era nessun piano di studi da presentare, mentre qui mi tocca, ed entro questo venerdì… l’altro ieri pensavo fosse inizio ottobre, mentre invece siamo a metà. Il tempo sta proprio volando!!! 😩
Un’altra cosa nata al liceo e poi svanita è, probabilmente, il sitoctt; Scopri come mai è morto, nel nuovo articolo paradossalmente ma piacevolmente pubblicato sullo stesso sitoctt: sitoctt.octt.eu.org/it/blog/20…. (Messaggio promocttionale, leggere attentamente il foglietto illustrocttivo.)
☠️ Il sitoctt è morto? E altre risposte a domande toste
Chi segue il sitoctt (…sarà mica rimasto qualcuno?) avrà purtroppo notato una certa mancanza di contenuti nell’ormai ultimo anno, su questo sito… e non solo in post, che già da 2 annetti erano decisamente traballanti, ma anche per quanto riguarda var…✨sitoctt✨
Barack Obama accuses Republicans of wanting to ‘rig the next election’ in ad supporting Governor Newsom
Obama's comments appear in a new video supporting Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50 which would allow the California legislature to draw new congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms
Barack Obama has entered the political fray ahead of November's special election in California, accusing Republicans of attempting to "rig the next election" in a new ad backing Governor Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50, a ballot measure that could reshape the state's congressional map.
"Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years," Obama says in the 30-second ad, urging voters to approve the proposal. "You can stop Republicans in their tracks."
Barack Obama Accuses Republicans Of Wanting To 'Rig The Next Election' In Ad Supporting Governor Newsom
Former President Barack Obama has entered the political fray ahead of November's special election in California, accusing Republicans of attempting to "rig the next election"Pedro Camacho (Latin Times)
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