This show of force, welcomed by some Palestinians after months of lawlessness, could now threaten the fragile ceasefire, especially as all living hostages from Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack have been released.

The Hamas-run police maintained a high degree of public security after the militants seized power in Gaza 18 years ago while also cracking down on dissent. They largely melted away in recent months as Israeli forces seized large areas of Gaza and targeted Hamas security forces with airstrikes.

Hamas ‘carries out public executions’ after returning to the streets of Gaza

Trump said Tuesday that Hamas had taken out ‘a couple of gangs that were very bad’

^{Samy Magdy (The Independent)}

GialappaShow riparte lunedì 20 ottobre in prima serata su TV8 e Sky Uno, inaugurando la sesta edizione in tre anni. Ideato da Giorgio Gherarducci e Marco Santin della Gialappa’s Band e condotto dal Mago Forest, lo show rilancia il meccanismo che ha reso il format un cult: ritmo alto, clip commentate e un parterre di comici con personaggi e parodie inedite.

LE ANTICIPAZIONI: GialappaShow torna il 20 ottobre su TV8 e Sky Uno: nuove imitazioni, Suor Piena di Michela Giraud e Miriam Leone con il Mago Forest

GialappaShow, anticipazioni 20 ottobre 2025: Miriam Leone, Suor Piena di Michela Giraud e ospite Neffa

GialappaShow torna il 20 ottobre 2025 su TV8 e Sky Uno, le anticipazioni. Prima puntata con Miriam Leone e ospite Neffa. Michela Giraud debutta come Suor Piena.

^{Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)}

A senior Hamas source on Wednesday rejected Israel’s statement that the body of a slain person returned as part of the ceasefire deal did not belong to an Israeli captive.

“The body the enemy claims is not that of an Israeli actually belongs to a soldier captured in a resistance operation,” a senior Hamas source told Al Jazeera Arabic.

The source added that the operation to capture and retrieve the soldier’s body into one of the tunnels was carried out by Al-Qassam Brigades in the Jabalia camp in May 2024.

Body of captive disputed by Israel belongs to soldier killed in May 2024, says Hamas

^{Middle East Eye}

Take, for example, a black polo shirt with white stripes at the hems of the sleeves and collar from the activewear brand Will2Rise. It is sold under the name “3.0 Perry Polo”, a reference to the famous British brand Fred Perry, whose black and yellow design was “hijacked” by the far-right group Proud Boys since its founding in 2016. (In 2020, Fred Perry discontinued the model as a result). In the Will2Rise version, Fred Perry’s logo of golden laurels is replaced with a modern design of the white supremacist Patriot Front logo, which depicts an upright fasces surrounded by a circle.

While valorization of masculine power and fitness is an important part of this new aesthetics, women – who are traditionally associated with fashion and adornment – also have a role in shaping the look. Adhering to traditional ideas of gender, the new Republican look of extreme plastic surgery and heavy makeup combines with tradwives’ 1950s dress silhouettes of cinched waists and flowery patterns to celebrate hyperfemininity.

These styles not only allow their wearers to blend in, but they also play a role in normalizing an aesthetics of radicalism and violence. Sociologist and American University professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss, who studies extremism and polarization, has written that “it is simply much harder to recognize ideas as hateful when they come in an aesthetic package that doesn’t fit the image people hold in their heads about what white supremacists look like”. When the radical right looks like the mythical boy and girl next door, it’s hard to know who can be a threat.

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37582214

Israel continues attacks in Gaza despite ceasefire, killing at least two Palestinians on Wednesday and arresting 15, according to Al Jazeera. Forensic authorities in Gaza work to identify 45 bodies handed over by Israel, some bearing signs of field executions. The Israeli military claims one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not an Israeli captive. Hamas executes men accused of collaborating with Israel or looting during the war, President Donald Trump says it “didn’t bother [him] that much.” Trump explicitly links the $20 billion bailout of Argentina’s economy to President Javier Milei’s 2026 electoral prospects. Federal agents deployed tear gas and detained a man in Chicago’s Albany Park, marking the latest federal assault on the city’s immigrant community. More than 45,000 nurses and health care workers at Kaiser Permanente start a five-day strike. The U.S. struck another vessel of alleged “narco-traffickers” off the Venezuelan coast, following the Republican-controlled Senate’s defeat of a measure that would have blocked such strikes. Clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan resumed, resulting in dozens of casualties and damage to a Pakistani Taliban training facility. Russia attacks Kharkiv overnight and takes control of another village in Donetsk, while 19 civilians were killed in an Islamic Allied Democratic Forces assault in Congo’s North Kivu province.

Peter Link

2025-10-15 16:33:21

Palestinian bodies bear signs of field executions;Trump conditions $20 billion Argentina bailout on Milei’s reelection; 45,000 health care workers go on strike in U.S.

Israel continues attacks in Gaza despite ceasefire, killing at least two Palestinians on Wednesday and arresting 15, according to Al Jazeera. Forensic authorities in Gaza work to identify 45 bodies handed over by Israel, some bearing signs of field executions. The Israeli military claims one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not an Israeli captive. Hamas executes men accused of collaborating with Israel or looting during the war, President Donald Trump says it “didn’t bother [him] that much.” Trump explicitly links the $20 billion bailout of Argentina’s economy to President Javier Milei’s 2026 electoral prospects. Federal agents deployed tear gas and detained a man in Chicago’s Albany Park, marking the latest federal assault on the city’s immigrant community. More than 45,000 nurses and health care workers at Kaiser Permanente start a five-day strike. The U.S. struck another vessel of alleged “narco-traffickers” off the Venezuelan coast, following the Republican-controlled Senate’s defeat of a measure that would have blocked such strikes. Clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan resumed, resulting in dozens of casualties and damage to a Pakistani Taliban training facility. Russia attacks Kharkiv overnight and takes control of another village in Donetsk, while 19 civilians were killed in an Islamic Allied Democratic Forces assault in Congo’s North Kivu province.

Palestinian bodies bear signs of field executions;Trump conditions $20 billion Argentina bailout on Milei’s reelection; 45,000 health care workers go on strike in U.S.

Drop Site Daily: October 15, 2025

^{Drop Site News}

The exchange is part of a trove of Telegram chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than seven months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening.

The 2,900 pages of chats, shared among a dozen millennial and Gen Z Republicans between early January and mid-August, chronicle their campaign to seize control of the national Young Republican organization on a hardline pro-Donald Trump platform. Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.

Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements.

For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames.

Please test it out and provide feedback 💬

If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks.

Mastodon Engineering

2025-10-15 15:18:30

The first beta release of Mastodon 4.5.0 is ready for testing!

Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements.

For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames.

Please test it out and provide feedback 💬

If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks.

github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…

#mastoadmin

Release v4.5.0-beta.1 · mastodon/mastodon

WarningThis is a pre-release! This has not been as widely tested as regular releases, although it is still tested on mastodon.social and some other servers. If you update to this release, you will ...

^GitHub

OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part of its push to "treat adult users like adults", says its boss Sam Altman.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Mr Altman said upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way - "but only if you want it, not because we are usage maxxing".

The move, reminiscent of Elon Musk's xAI's recent introduction of two sexually explicit chatbots to Grok, could help OpenAI attract more paying subscribers.

It is also likely to intensify pressure on lawmakers to introduce tighter restrictions on chatbot companions.

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way - "but only if you want it".

^{Lily Jamali (BBC News)}

Without enough air traffic controllers to guide planes into and out of Hollywood Burbank Airport, the tower went dark for almost six hours on Oct. 6, leaving pilots to coordinate their movements among themselves. Flight delays averaged two-and-a-half hours in one of the first visible signs that the shutdown was already taking a toll on the nation’s aviation system.

Experts and union leaders say the disruptions are a stark reminder that the aviation system is already stretched too thin by chronic understaffing and outdated technology. They warn the cracks in the system could rapidly deepen the longer the shutdown drags on and critical aviation workers are without their regular paychecks.

“It’s like having a drought the year after you had a drought,” Greg Raiff, CEO of Elevate Aviation Group, told The Associated Press.

https://apnews.com/article/us-government-shutdown-travel-aviation-flight-delays-211022120bf96ab95dc6861ca5a7e32d

The recent push for age verification online is leading to discussion of Digital ID, which would tie a person's birth record to an official public identifier that can be referenced by private corporations and required for use of services in person and online.

What are the arguments for and against Digital ID? Where do you think your country is headed on this issue?

“La Bella Confusione” è il titolo del primo album solista di Charlie Charles, in uscita giovedì 24 ottobre per Island Records / Universal Music Italia. Il producer che nel 2016 ha contribuito a definire il suono della trap italiana firma un progetto dal concept personale e cinematografico, anticipato da una campagna di billboard misteriosi comparsi sui Navigli a Milano.

SCOPRI TUTTI I DETTAGLI: Charlie Charles annuncia “La Bella Confusione”: il nuovo album esce il 24 ottobre

Charlie Charles annuncia “La Bella Confusione”: il nuovo album esce il 24 ottobre

Charlie Charles annuncia ‘La Bella Confusione’: il primo album esce il 24 ottobre per Island/Universal. Tutti i dettagli.

^{Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)}

District Judge Sam Goozee will not hand down his ruling until November 4 – because the former English Defence League leader is travelling to Israel. The judge said he would ‘accommodate’ his ‘current travel arrangements’.

Posting on X after the decision, Robinson said: ‘Now that my trial is behind me, I will have my verdict handed down on November 4th in London.

‘I’m leaving soon for a trip to Israel — a proud patriot coming tomorrow to stand with the Jewish state and deepen my understanding of the fight against jihad.’

He also thanked billionaire Elon Musk for ‘picking up the legal bill’ for ‘this absolute state persecution’.

Tommy Robinson terror verdict delayed because he is 'flying to Israel as guest'

Tommy Robinson has had his verdict delayed because he is going to fly to Israel 'as a guest of the government'.

^{Tommy Robinson (Metro)}

Holocaust survivor Agnes Kory accuses Israel of attempting to carry out a genocide on Palestine in the name of all Jewish people

Archived version: archive.is/newest/thecanary.co…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Holocaust survivor decries Israel's genocide

^{Skwawkbox (The Canary)}

District Judge Sam Goozee will not hand down his ruling until November 4 – because the former English Defence League leader is travelling to Israel. The judge said he would ‘accommodate’ his ‘current travel arrangements’.

Posting on X after the decision, Robinson said: ‘Now that my trial is behind me, I will have my verdict handed down on November 4th in London.

‘I’m leaving soon for a trip to Israel — a proud patriot coming tomorrow to stand with the Jewish state and deepen my understanding of the fight against jihad.’

He also thanked billionaire Elon Musk for ‘picking up the legal bill’ for ‘this absolute state persecution’.

Tommy Robinson terror verdict delayed because he is 'flying to Israel as guest'

Tommy Robinson has had his verdict delayed because he is going to fly to Israel 'as a guest of the government'.

^{Tommy Robinson (Metro)}

Astrophysicist suggests ‘radical mundanity’ is answer to the ‘great silence’ in the galaxy

Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they simply got bored, Nasa scientist

^{Maryam Zakir-Hussain (The Independent)}

Crunchyroll presenta il trailer ufficiale di JUJUTSU KAISEN: ESECUZIONE, lungometraggio evento che porta nei cinema l’Incidente di Shibuya e anticipa i primi due episodi della Stagione 3 dedicata al Culling Game. L’uscita italiana è fissata per l’8 dicembre 2025 in esclusiva nelle sale, distribuzione Crunchyroll e Sony Pictures Entertainment.

GUARDALO QUI: JUJUTSU KAISEN: Esecuzione, nuovo trailer e uscita al cinema l’8 dicembre in Italia. Sul grande schermo Shibuya e l’anteprima del Culling Game

JUJUTSU KAISEN: Esecuzione, ecco il trailer in italiano

Nuovo trailer italiano di JUJUTSU KAISEN: Esecuzione. In Italia al cinema dall’8 dicembre 2025. Guardalo subito!

^{Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)}

The war has ended, but life hasn’t returned to normal. The sounds of bombing have faded, but the struggles remain. Every day is still a battle, not against missiles or soldiers, but against hunger, exhaustion, and scarcity.

Even now, after the war, we are financially drained. The little savings we had are gone, and basic necessities like food, clean water, and electricity are still hard to come by. We wake up every day hoping things will get easier, but the reality is that survival itself has become a full time job.

Our home, like many others, has been damaged. Streets are broken, shops are empty, and the few working bakeries are overwhelmed. Life in Gaza has always been difficult, but after the recent attacks, every simple task feels impossible. Carrying water, cooking meals, keeping food from spoiling without reliable electricity these are challenges that never stop.

We are trying to rebuild, to recover, and to find a sense of normalcy. But the truth is, we can’t do it alone. Even after the war has ended, support is still desperately needed. Every contribution, every small act of help, makes a real difference for families like ours.

The war may be over, but the real struggle continues and we are still here, hoping for a chance to survive, to rebuild, and to live with dignity again.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/Two-Brothers-Fighting-to-Save-Their-Family-in-Gaza?modal=donations&tab=all

Medical experts have called for new way to more accurately measure obesity, although definition has yet to be adopted

Archived version: archive.is/20251015151826/theg…

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.

Almost 70% of US adults would be deemed obese based on new definition, study finds

^{Nicola Davis (The Guardian)}