Trump confirms he authorized CIA action in Venezuela
Trump confirms he authorized CIA action in Venezuela
The CIA's operations are usually shrouded in secrecy, but Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the spy agency to take unspecified action in Venezuela.Dan De Luce (NBC News)
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37598303
By MEE staff
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:32 BST
Last update: ~12:30 EDT
Video footage of AUC’s campus shows hundreds of young, diverse Egyptians swarming the campus’s grounds and halls in protest against Kurtzer's arrival. Many students are wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and waving the Palestinian flag."Who said '67? All the land is Palestine. We won't normalise," the students chanted, in an apparent rebuke of Arab states who call for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on pre-1967 borders.
In a statement, AUC’s Student Union said more than 40 student organisations had participated “in outrage, conscience, and solidarity with Palestine”.
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
By MEE staff
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:32 BST
Last update: ~12:30 EDTVideo footage of AUC’s campus shows hundreds of young, diverse Egyptians swarming the campus’s grounds and halls in protest against Kurtzer's arrival. Many students are wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and waving the Palestinian flag."Who said '67? All the land is Palestine. We won't normalise," the students chanted, in an apparent rebuke of Arab states who call for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on pre-1967 borders.
In a statement, AUC’s Student Union said more than 40 student organisations had participated “in outrage, conscience, and solidarity with Palestine”.
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
Students at the American University of Cairo staged rare protests against former US ambassador to Egypt Daniel Kurtzer on Tuesday, forcing him and a group of American graduate students to leave the campus.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37598303
By MEE staff
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:32 BST
Last update: ~12:30 EDT
Video footage of AUC’s campus shows hundreds of young, diverse Egyptians swarming the campus’s grounds and halls in protest against Kurtzer's arrival. Many students are wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and waving the Palestinian flag."Who said '67? All the land is Palestine. We won't normalise," the students chanted, in an apparent rebuke of Arab states who call for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on pre-1967 borders.
In a statement, AUC’s Student Union said more than 40 student organisations had participated “in outrage, conscience, and solidarity with Palestine”.
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
By MEE staff
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:32 BST
Last update: ~12:30 EDTVideo footage of AUC’s campus shows hundreds of young, diverse Egyptians swarming the campus’s grounds and halls in protest against Kurtzer's arrival. Many students are wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and waving the Palestinian flag."Who said '67? All the land is Palestine. We won't normalise," the students chanted, in an apparent rebuke of Arab states who call for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on pre-1967 borders.
In a statement, AUC’s Student Union said more than 40 student organisations had participated “in outrage, conscience, and solidarity with Palestine”.
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
Students at the American University of Cairo staged rare protests against former US ambassador to Egypt Daniel Kurtzer on Tuesday, forcing him and a group of American graduate students to leave the campus.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
By MEE staff
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:32 BST
Last update: ~12:30 EDT
Video footage of AUC’s campus shows hundreds of young, diverse Egyptians swarming the campus’s grounds and halls in protest against Kurtzer's arrival. Many students are wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and waving the Palestinian flag."Who said '67? All the land is Palestine. We won't normalise," the students chanted, in an apparent rebuke of Arab states who call for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on pre-1967 borders.
In a statement, AUC’s Student Union said more than 40 student organisations had participated “in outrage, conscience, and solidarity with Palestine”.
Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador
Students at the American University of Cairo staged rare protests against former US ambassador to Egypt Daniel Kurtzer on Tuesday, forcing him and a group of American graduate students to leave the campus.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines
A new analysis found that nearly 700 drugs approved for use in the United States depend on chemicals solely produced in China.The analysis found that China was the sole supplier of at least one chemical in widely used antibiotics, like amoxicillin, and generic drugs for heart problems, seizures, cancer and H.I.V.
for example, amoxicillin, the widely used antibiotic that is sold by many different generic manufacturers. Factories in different parts of the world, including India, Jordan and Canada, handle the later stages of producing it. But two of the raw materials used to make amoxicillin are produced entirely in China, the analysis found.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/health/us-drugs-china-production.html
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Israeli captives in Gaza: How many were there and what happened to them?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37598002
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37598001
By Nadav Rapaport
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:40 BST
Last update: ~13:00 EDT
On Monday, the last 20 living Israeli captives were released by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.For Israel, it marked the end of a chapter of history where the fate of Israelis captured on 7 October 2023 had loomed over society.
For Palestine, meanwhile, more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli jails – nearly double the number before Israel’s genocide in Gaza began.
Now, the bodies of the last dead captives are being recovered by Hamas and delivered to Israel.
Middle East Eye breaks down what we know about the Israeli captives, how they were freed and how some of them were killed.
Israeli captives in Gaza: How many were there and what happened to them?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37598001By Nadav Rapaport
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:40 BST
Last update: ~13:00 EDT
On Monday, the last 20 living Israeli captives were released by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.For Israel, it marked the end of a chapter of history where the fate of Israelis captured on 7 October 2023 had loomed over society.
For Palestine, meanwhile, more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli jails – nearly double the number before Israel’s genocide in Gaza began.
Now, the bodies of the last dead captives are being recovered by Hamas and delivered to Israel.
Middle East Eye breaks down what we know about the Israeli captives, how they were freed and how some of them were killed.
Israeli captives in Gaza: How many were there and what happened to them?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37598001
By Nadav Rapaport
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:40 BST
Last update: ~13:00 EDT
On Monday, the last 20 living Israeli captives were released by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.For Israel, it marked the end of a chapter of history where the fate of Israelis captured on 7 October 2023 had loomed over society.
For Palestine, meanwhile, more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli jails – nearly double the number before Israel’s genocide in Gaza began.
Now, the bodies of the last dead captives are being recovered by Hamas and delivered to Israel.
Middle East Eye breaks down what we know about the Israeli captives, how they were freed and how some of them were killed.
Israeli captives in Gaza: How many were there and what happened to them?
By Nadav Rapaport
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:40 BST
Last update: ~13:00 EDTOn Monday, the last 20 living Israeli captives were released by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.For Israel, it marked the end of a chapter of history where the fate of Israelis captured on 7 October 2023 had loomed over society.
For Palestine, meanwhile, more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli jails – nearly double the number before Israel’s genocide in Gaza began.
Now, the bodies of the last dead captives are being recovered by Hamas and delivered to Israel.
Middle East Eye breaks down what we know about the Israeli captives, how they were freed and how some of them were killed.
Israeli captives in Gaza: How many were there and what happened to them?
By Nadav Rapaport
Published date: 15 October 2025 17:40 BST
Last update: ~13:00 EDT
On Monday, the last 20 living Israeli captives were released by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.For Israel, it marked the end of a chapter of history where the fate of Israelis captured on 7 October 2023 had loomed over society.
For Palestine, meanwhile, more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli jails – nearly double the number before Israel’s genocide in Gaza began.
Now, the bodies of the last dead captives are being recovered by Hamas and delivered to Israel.
Middle East Eye breaks down what we know about the Israeli captives, how they were freed and how some of them were killed.
Crowds chant outlawed anti-Putin songs in rare St Petersburg protest
Crowds chant outlawed anti-Putin songs in rare St Petersburg protest
The crowd joined street musicians to sing “Cooperative Swan Lake,” which was outlawed in May 2025 when a St. Petersburg court labeled it “extremist.”Alex Nichol (LBC)
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In one viral social media video the crowd and street musicians can be seen dancing and singing the banned song “Cooperative Swan Lake.” The song, was originally written by exiled 40-year-old pro-Ukraine rapper Noize MC, a.k.a Ivan Alexeyev.
One thing that russia has over other countries is that you have that seal of approval. If artist is banned as a foreign agent by an arbitrary agency, - not as extremist, that is still done by guys in FSB for real cases, - you can tell they are at least potentially based. That is done to only lib, progressive, antiwar and lefty persons uncompatible with the regime, for some irl protests or content they posted, so you can be 90% sure they are sticking to the truth. There are some problematic or rather idiotic actors, but for artists - almost everyone repressed by that regime deserves praise for not confroming.
Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37597699
Published date: 15 October 2025 15:49 BST
Last updated: ~11:00 EDT
Bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of torture, execution and being run over by tanks, Middle East Eye has learned.Israel handed over the unidentified remains of around 45 individuals to Gaza on Tuesday as part of its prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas.
A source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which received the bodies via the International Committee of the Red Cross, told MEE that some of the deceased were recently killed, while others arrived in a decomposed state or as partial remains.
Several bodies bore signs of severe abuse, including strangulation marks, broken bones and mutilation.
Some were found with their hands and feet bound and their eyes blindfolded. Others were missing limbs.
Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37597699Published date: 15 October 2025 15:49 BST
Last updated: ~11:00 EDT
Bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of torture, execution and being run over by tanks, Middle East Eye has learned.Israel handed over the unidentified remains of around 45 individuals to Gaza on Tuesday as part of its prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas.
A source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which received the bodies via the International Committee of the Red Cross, told MEE that some of the deceased were recently killed, while others arrived in a decomposed state or as partial remains.
Several bodies bore signs of severe abuse, including strangulation marks, broken bones and mutilation.
Some were found with their hands and feet bound and their eyes blindfolded. Others were missing limbs.
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Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37597699
Published date: 15 October 2025 15:49 BST
Last updated: ~11:00 EDT
Bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of torture, execution and being run over by tanks, Middle East Eye has learned.Israel handed over the unidentified remains of around 45 individuals to Gaza on Tuesday as part of its prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas.
A source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which received the bodies via the International Committee of the Red Cross, told MEE that some of the deceased were recently killed, while others arrived in a decomposed state or as partial remains.
Several bodies bore signs of severe abuse, including strangulation marks, broken bones and mutilation.
Some were found with their hands and feet bound and their eyes blindfolded. Others were missing limbs.
Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution
Published date: 15 October 2025 15:49 BST
Last updated: ~11:00 EDTBodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of torture, execution and being run over by tanks, Middle East Eye has learned.Israel handed over the unidentified remains of around 45 individuals to Gaza on Tuesday as part of its prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas.
A source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which received the bodies via the International Committee of the Red Cross, told MEE that some of the deceased were recently killed, while others arrived in a decomposed state or as partial remains.
Several bodies bore signs of severe abuse, including strangulation marks, broken bones and mutilation.
Some were found with their hands and feet bound and their eyes blindfolded. Others were missing limbs.
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Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution
Published date: 15 October 2025 15:49 BST
Last updated: ~11:00 EDT
Bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of torture, execution and being run over by tanks, Middle East Eye has learned.Israel handed over the unidentified remains of around 45 individuals to Gaza on Tuesday as part of its prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas.
A source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which received the bodies via the International Committee of the Red Cross, told MEE that some of the deceased were recently killed, while others arrived in a decomposed state or as partial remains.
Several bodies bore signs of severe abuse, including strangulation marks, broken bones and mutilation.
Some were found with their hands and feet bound and their eyes blindfolded. Others were missing limbs.
US weight-loss biotech’s $600mn fund raise signals China’s role in drug trials
US weight-loss biotech Kailera Therapeutics has raised $600mn from investors buoyed by the company’s ability to accelerate drug development by relying on China for cheaper and faster clinical trials.Kailera acquired the global rights for its weight-loss drugs from Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals in Lianyungang, China.
Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37589866
A senior Hamas source has told Middle East Eye that Israel bears responsibility for delays in locating and returning the bodies of captives still missing in Gaza.The source was speaking after Israeli officials said on Tuesday that the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt would remain closed through Wednesday and accused Hamas of holding onto the bodies of captives it had pledged to return as part of the US-brokered peace deal that halted the two-year war.
But the Hamas source told MEE that its negotiators clearly stated during talks that the presence of Israeli forces and the genocidal, indiscriminate Israeli attacks that caused widespread destruction would complicate the task of locating the bodies of killed captives, requiring greater time and effort.
Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies
A senior Hamas source has told Middle East Eye that Israel bears responsibility for delays in locating and returning the bodies of captives still missing in Gaza.The source was speaking after Israeli officials said on Tuesday that the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt would remain closed through Wednesday and accused Hamas of holding onto the bodies of captives it had pledged to return as part of the US-brokered peace deal that halted the two-year war.
But the Hamas source told MEE that its negotiators clearly stated during talks that the presence of Israeli forces and the genocidal, indiscriminate Israeli attacks that caused widespread destruction would complicate the task of locating the bodies of killed captives, requiring greater time and effort.
Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study
ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Peter de Kruijff (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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AFAIK (I'm not a botanist) it's true of many larger trees that they use more oxygen than they produce and emit more CO2 than they consume. It's the biosphere that the large trees support that does a lot of the carbon sinking - mosses, ferns, vines, etc.
As a rule of thumb, the greater the ratio of woody mass to leafy mass the more the ratio tilts away from being a carbon sink, as the whole lifeform has to undergo aerobic respiration but only the leaves participate in photosynthesis.
How First Wap's Surveillance Tool Called Altamides Tracks Phones Around the World
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
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Most countries have a legal mandate to carry out domestic phone network surveillance. The First Wap archive demonstrates, however, how phone network connections can be leveraged to allow tracking all over the world, without authorisation from the targeted networks.In recent years, a number of investigations have explored the ways in which surveillance companies gain access to phone networks to enable this type of tracking. Lighthouse and its partners have previously written about how SS7 abuses were linked to the murder of a reporter in Mexico and a crackdown on an activist in Congo, and how they were enabled via leasing of Global Titles.
How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World - Lighthouse Reports
From telecom protocols to a 1.5 million row dataset, here’s how we uncovered the reach and tactics of a mercenary phone-tracking companyLighthouse Reports
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Greer, Bessent blast China's rare earths curbs, urge Beijing not to implement them
Top U.S. officials on Wednesday blasted China's major expansion of rare earth export controls as a threat to global supply chains, but said Beijing could still change course and avoid steps by Washington to decouple from the world's second-largest economy.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told a press conference that China's new export restrictions were a "global supply-chain power grab" and the U.S. and its allies would not accept the restrictions, but he and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stressed that Washington did not want to escalate the conflict, which has roiled financial markets and sent U.S.-China relations into a tailspin.
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Ukraine Support Tracker: Military aid falls sharply despite new NATO initiative
The Kiel Institute shared data on the volumes of foreign aid to the Kyiv regime. The authors indignantly note that military aid decreased in July and August despite NATO introducing the "List of Priority Needs of Ukraine" initiative. At the same time, financial and humanitarian aid remained at the same level. It should be recalled that Ukraine's budget depends on direct cash injections from the Western overseers of the project. And, as can be seen, despite all the difficulties within the EU, they consistently transfer funds.
As for military aid, the article notes that the US has stopped reporting arms deliveries since the beginning of the year (note that this does not mean they have stopped). Meanwhile, the Europeans, who have taken on this burden, managed to deliver more equipment in the first half of 2025 than in 2022-2024. However, this momentum ran out after six months where deliveries fell by 57%, and the average monthly figure was 43% of the levels of the first six months.
The following factors should be taken into account here: stockpiles are empty, arms production is proceeding at an extremely slow pace despite all the "accelerations." As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive a "subsistence minimum" in terms of equipment and ammunition, but thanks to a significant numerical superiority, they hold the front from collapsing. And in Europe, it is well understood that there are still very, very many Ukrainians. Next year, the mobilization age will likely be lowered, which means there is little point in investing money in expanding production. European officials realize that the main asset is the boundless Ukrainian mobilization resource, which is obedient and undemanding in maintenance.
Ukraine Support Tracker: Military aid falls sharply despite new NATO initiative
Military aid to Ukraine saw a sharp decline in July and August 2025, despite the introduction of NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.Kiel Institut
Indonesia to buy 42 fighter jets from China marking its first non-Western aircraft purchase deal
Indonesia’s top defense official said Wednesday that Jakarta will acquire at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets, marking the country’s first non-Western aircraft purchase deal.
Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told reporters in the capital, Jakarta, that Indonesia would soon buy fighter jets from China as part of a plan to modernize its military. Analysts said the deal could touch regional sensitivities and have geopolitical implications.
The plan to buy the J-10s was first disclosed last month by defense ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Frega Wenas. Local media had reported that the Indonesian Air Force was still reviewing the Chinese-made fighter jets to ensure their acquisition would effectively strengthen Indonesia’s air defense capabilities.
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Bank of America, Bank of New York sued for alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Bank of America, Bank of New York sued for alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein
A woman who claims she was abused by Epstein alleges the banks were used to send payments for sex-trafficking victims.Al Jazeera
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The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans' Racist Texts
J.D. Vance, Right-Wing Influencers Defend Young Republicans' Texts
J.D. Vance and other prominent conservative influencers downplayed racist messages sent by members of various Young Republicans chapters.Nikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)
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Astronomers discover most powerful "odd radio circle" twins ever detected
Astronomers discover most powerful "odd radio circle" twins ever detected
"Odd radio circles" are enormous and unexplained phenomena that can only be detected using radio telescopes.Emily Mae Czachor (CBS News)
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Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.Julian E. Barnes (The New York Times)
Massive Piracy Empire Crumbles: 12 Stream-Ripping Sites Shut Down in Vietnam
Massive Piracy Empire Crumbles: 12 Stream-Ripping Sites Shut Down in Vietnam After 620M Annual Visits - Submersible Music
Vietnam's piracy empire collapses as authorities dismantle 12 stream-ripping sites with over 620 million annual visits. The digital underworld trembles as creators reclaim what's rightfully theirs.Editorial Team (Submersible Music)
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Thanks to all the fuckers paying their subscriptions so corporations have more resources to go after free media.
Morons.
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The nation’s leadership called the new rules “common sense” to help regulate a “very disruptive” press.
News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that would leave journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been approved by Hegseth for release.
Many of the reporters waited to leave together at a 4 p.m. deadline set by the Defense Department to get out of the building. As the hour approached, boxes of documents lined a Pentagon corridor and reporters carried chairs, a copying machine, books and old photos to the parking lot from suddenly abandoned workspaces. Shortly after 4, about 40 to 50 journalists left together after handing in badges.
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Why does Gaza keep falling for the "ceasefire"?
This is going to be the final false ceasefire.
The Israelis have plans to finish off all the returning citizens soon.
I am not pro Israel. I despise the false Jews and the Rothschild's, Rockefeller's, as well as similar groups, and families that fund them.
This is just a warning. They are about to finish those people off soon. Do not fall for the ceasefire it's not real. You are in a war and you must fight the enemy or you all will not survive.
If you don't like my post, delete it, but don't ban me because I'm actually trying to help
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I can't speak for others, but I was not mad. Just disagreeing on some of the particulars. I don't know if you are from the west yourself, but there's a tendency among westerners to assume people elsewhere don't understand their own struggle and that the westerners need to explain it to them. This is in part because westerners are socialized to think they are superior / have some kind of special knowledge or ability about the world, and also ties into the long-running colonial narrative of civil and savage, with the west being the "civil" and elsewhere being the "savage" who needs to be "civilized" by the west.
I think this tendency is more common in people who are newer to "left" ideology and practice. They've still got some lingering western superiority stuff going on embedded in them, but they're also more aware, and it can lead to this "I've got to save the foreigner by telling them what they're missing" kind of thing.
But the reality is they know their own struggle way better than we do. If a Palestinian who has spent their entire life in Gaza tried to weigh in on some issue you were having in your hometown, would you think they know better than you about it? Or would you be like "well, I grew up here, why should I listen to them?" It might make more sense that way if you flip it.
This is not meant as a scolding or lecture. I'm just telling you as plainly as I can what things can be like. Many people are very upset about what is happening to Palestine and for good reason. It's a good thing that you want to help. Just be wary of "I know better than the foreigner" thinking. Do you have personal experience, derived from a mixture of theory and practice, that can be applied to their situation and so you can lend advice in a parallel way? Or are you making an estimation based on limited observation and coming up with something they probably already know? The difference there is important in terms of organizing and solidarity, and what you can bring to the table.
It's easy to make guesses, predictions, and extrapolations. It's a day to day evolving process to go back and forth between theory and practice, and in doing so, refine what you're doing for a particular situation to work toward liberation outcomes. And a lot of the second one is not glamorous or startling, but more of an amalgamation of a lot of clerical stuff. But the second one is more so what successful liberation efforts, long-running socialist projects like China's do, in order to plan and organize and move forward in a cohesive and long-lasting way.
Hope that makes sense.
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Pentagon reporters have now turned in their badges – but plan to keep reporting
Pentagon reporters have now turned in their badges – but plan to keep reporting
Reporters who declined to sign new set of Pentagon rules had to clear out of world’s largest military headquartersJeremy Barr (The Guardian)
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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says
The alleged beating followed a prison visit to Marwan Barghouti by the Israeli national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir in August. Ben Gvir, a member of an extreme right party who has past convictions from Israeli courts for incitement to racism and support for a terrorist organisation, taunted Barghouti in a video clip published at the time.
According to Arab Barghouti, Ben Gvir also showed the 66-year-old prisoner a picture of an electric chair, and told him he deserved to be executed.
In a statement quoted in Maariv newspaper on Wednesday, Ben Gvir denied the assault allegations, but added that he was “proud that [Barghouti’s] situation has changed radically during my tenure – play time is over, holiday camps are over.
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Barghouti consistently tops polls as the most popular leader among Palestinians. He has been in prison for more than 20 years after being convicted of planning attacks that led to five civilians being killed, and sentenced to five life sentences plus 40 years. The trial was criticised as deeply flawed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
As part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal that took effect over the weekend, 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences were released, and most of them deported to Egypt. The Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu vetoed Barghouti’s inclusion on the list of prisoners to be freed as part of the deal.
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says
Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisonsJulian Borger (The Guardian)
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It's so bizarre... surreal... darkly comic -- I don't know the right phrasing for this -- that Ben G'vir so embodies this Israeli form of double-speak. He will deny and confess in the same sentence.
He is the kind of guy who will say 'Any accusation that I am a torturer is a lie! Also, though, I do believe that torture is appropriate and I'm very committed to acting on that belief.'
So much has happened, many people don't know or remember. But I feel like the Sde Tilman riots were a turning point. Soldiers caught on camera raping a man in detention. And the public outcry including from members of the government was 'They're innocent! And also completely justified in raping that man! We're not criminals! And also we will bring furious violence against anyone who tries to hold us accountable under the law!'
Trump does this too, though even he isn't as skilled at it. 'To call me a fascist is slander! How dare you! But also I don't consider that a bad thing.'
It's very dark.
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YSK: Reddit webpage has unblockable trackers, even with Ublock Origin installed
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/37402366
This is the main reason I completely ditched Reddit, if you use the new Reddit interface instead of the old one (old.reddit.com), you'll see a constant request being made to "https://www.reddit.com/svc/shreddit/events" (open your DevTools > Network tab, can't see on Firefox idk why).The problem is, if you add this to your Ublock Origin filters the website won't load properly, that's why uBO team didn't block it already.
You'll notice this request isn't only being made from a interval but also when you do basically any action in the site, like pausing or resuming a video (send timestamps of when did you pause or resumed).
It sends other kind of data like what subjects you're seeing when closed a tab or the related subjects of a post you click, this all can be used to trace a perfect profile of you and things you like.
You can avoid that using the old.reddit but it still has the same kind of tracker, even tho you can block it here without major issues.
By my analysis, old Reddit interface does the same but to a random URL path that always starts with "reddit.com/api/something". Ex.: reddit.com/api/friends
So you can block anything that starts with "www.reddit.com/api" in your custom filters (after all you're using old.reddit.com), then you're mostly free from Reddit trackers (more or less). Side effect is, you won't be able to use the chat in the old interface.
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Rain: Mexico’s National Emergency
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/6420742
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/80984
This editorial by the La Jornada editorial board was published in the October 13, 2025 edition of La Jornada*, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.*The atypical rains recorded last week in several areas of the country have left nearly fifty people dead and a still-unquantified population in a situation of extreme vulnerability, with partial or total property losses, and without shelter or food. Initially, the situation was aggravated by more than a hundred road closures on the federal highway network due to landslides, mudslides, fallen trees, and flooded rivers. Although the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation (SICT) has already resolved the vast majority of them, it is inevitable to assume that the impacts of the rainfall were similar or worse on state roads, rural roads, and urban and rural roads in various localities.
The dozen federal entities and nearly 150 municipalities that have suffered moderate to severe impacts present us with the evidence of a sudden and unforeseeable national emergency, which requires a response commensurate with the circumstances. The federal government has certainly responded promptly. President Claudia Sheinbaum has coordinated emergency assistance for those affected, both remotely and in person in the disaster areas.
It would be unfair to ignore the efforts made in this regard by the security cabinet, which includes the Ministries of the Interior, National Defense, the Mexican Navy, and the aforementioned SICT (National Commission of the Interior), in addition to the Federal Electricity Commission, the National Water Commission, Petróleos Mexicanos, and other agencies. These efforts include providing aid to the affected population, repairing the road network, restoring electricity and drinking water, and assisting in the search for and locating individuals. State and municipal authorities in the affected regions are also participating in this effort.
But the magnitude of the damage also demands the solidarity of the entire country’s society, regardless of political affiliations and hatreds and regionalisms. It is hoped that generosity will be manifested in volunteer brigades organized in the disaster zones themselves, and in assistance to any of the aid collection centers; the most urgent immediate priority is to deliver medical supplies, medicines, food, and cleaning and personal hygiene items to the affected population.
The spirit of solidarity that characterizes our country has come to light in every tragic circumstance, both abroad and at home, and today, in the face of the tragedy that has befallen hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens, it is time for it to be expressed once again.
Lluvias: emergencia nacional
Las lluvias atípicas registradas la semana pasada en varias zonas del territorio nacional han dejado un saldo de cerca de medio centenar de personas fallecidas y una población aún no cuantificada en situación de extrema vulnerabilidad, con pérdidas p…La Jornada
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Updates on development kit, large-format cell, roadmap – Flow Battery Research Collective
Updates on development kit, large-format cell, roadmap – Flow Battery Research Collective
Development kit stable with Zn-I chemistry and certified by OSHWA, presentations and articles on FBRC, large-format cell R&D, all-iron electrolyte explorationFlow Battery Research Collective
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy | UN News
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy
Russian drones hit a “clearly marked” UN convoy on Tuesday which was bringing desperately needed aid to a war-torn frontline town in southern Ukraine.UN News
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Cosa succede quando non riesco a scrivere?
Molte delle sere in cui non muoio, mi trovo in una condizione molto precisa, che però a pensarci non mi sono mai presa il tempo di raccontare per bene: ***devo scrivere***...
Nelson Wong: Trade War & Chinese Economic Statecraft
The lowdown on Nelson Wong’s interview is basically that the US-China trade war is a symptom of a deep-seated clash of worldviews. The US is freaking out because it’s scared China will replace it as the global hegemon, but Wong calls this fear a mental illness rooted in Western thinking that if I rise, you must fall. Meanwhile, China keeps saying, we just want to live our lives, we don't seek hegemony, and we don't need your drama. The problem is that the US is fixated on relative gains being stuck in a zero-sum game mindset instead seeking mutual benefits from trade, so it’s been all threats and bullying instead of sitting down at the table.
China has been been preparing for this fight for over a decade now. They’ve been quietly building up their economic resilience and insulating themselves from the US. Exports to the US used to be 15% of China’s total, now it’s down to 8%. So even if the US tries to yank the plug, it’s not going to break China. And then there’s the rare earth thing where China controls 80-90% of the processed stuff that goes into everything from chips to weapons. The US would need at least a decade to catch up in the most optimistic scenario. China’s been perfecting the processing tech since the 1950s, you can't replicate that overnight. So while the US is trying to rescue”its economy by dragging manufacturing home and basically trying to reverse globalization, China’s using its massive market and rare earth leverage to negotiate from strength.
Europe is in a tight spot here, though. Wong’s advice is not to become a pawn in America's trade war. Europe and China don’t have major geopolitical beefs, so why burn a good trade relationship for the US’s midlife crisis? Plus, if you hitch your wagon to the US, you’re just going to get stuck in their economic drama.
But the big takeaway is that China isn’t trying to be the next US. Wong argues it’s a fundamentally different civilization with its own culture, history, and philosophy that are built on harmony through coexistence rather than domination. As he puts it, Confucian principles mean gentleman seeks to get along, even if they don’t agree, and China’s got zero interest in forcing others to be like them. The whole universalism line of thinking of forcing everyone to be like you is just a misguided delusion.
Looking ahead, the world’s shifting. BRICS and other Global South alliances are rising because the unipolar US-dominated order is crumbling. China’s not just about being just the world’s factory anymore. It’s pivoting to science and tech leadership while pursuing knowledge-based growth. And because it’s been on the receiving end of hegemony itself, it doesn’t want to be the boss. That’s why its neighbors and partners like Russia are more comfortable with its rise. The future is a multipolar world where coexistence beats domination. Eventually, both sides will have to realize this fight’s a lose-lose and circle back to talks. Because neither the US nor China can afford to burn it all down.
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MTG fumes that Republicans are ‘doing nothing’ to tackle high food prices as shutdown rumbles on
The far-right congresswoman has increasingly broken ranks with the MAGA movement, leading even Donald Trump to wonder ‘What's going on with Marjorie?’
Marjorie Taylor Greene has hit out at her fellow Republicans for "doing nothing" about rising food and healthcare costs in her latest breach with the Trump administration.
In an interview with the conservative broadcaster Real America's Voice on Tuesday, the Georgia congresswoman warned that letting Joe Biden's Affordable Care Act subsidies expire at the end of the year would "crush" Americans' finances.
Those subsidies are now at the heart of a government shutdown that's lasted 15 days and counting. Senate Democrats are demanding the subsidies be extended as a condition of reopening the government while Republicans are refusing to budge.
MTG fumes that Republicans are ‘doing nothing’ to tackle high food prices as shutdown rumbles on
The far-right congresswoman has increasingly broken ranks with the MAGA movement, leading even President Donald Trump to wonder ‘What's going on with Marjorie?’Io Dodds (The Independent)
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Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean.
The agency would be able to take covert action against Mr. Maduro or his government either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html
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Saw my bf from high school, wearing his glasses for the first time in years. He was in the field (Army) in Honduras, wearing contacts, big no no at the time. Alarm went off and they bailed behind sandbags. A round hit and sprayed his eyeball down with sand.
"Thought Bush (Sr.) said we're not in Honduras."
"We're not."
pokemonica godurianza ancora prima dell’uscita del domani! (impressioni a caldo Leggende Pokémon: Z-A al day -1)
Oggi pomeriggio, davvero a casissimo, perché l’idea mi è salita veramente in un lampo senza preciso motivo, ho deciso di sfruttare i miei privilegi da navigatrice consumata dei sette mari digitali, come in realtà non facevo da un po’… Quindi, sono uscita dalle mie pareti per installare e provare il nuovo giochino Leggende Pokémon: Z-A, […]
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pokemonica godurianza ancora prima dell’uscita del domani! (impressioni a caldo Leggende Pokémon: Z-A al day -1)
Oggi pomeriggio, davvero a casissimo, perché l’idea mi è salita veramente in un lampo senza preciso motivo, ho deciso di sfruttare i miei privilegi da navigatrice consumata dei sette mari digitali, come in realtà non facevo da un po’… Quindi, sono uscita dalle mie pareti per installare e provare il nuovo giochino Leggende Pokémon: Z-A, che ufficialmente esce domani, ma io appunto sono speciale e magica, e quindi ci gioco in anticipo… nonché una blogger, quindi una giornalista semplicemente non riconosciuta, e quindi ecco qui le mie impressioni a caldo! 👌Confesso che il gioco precedente, Leggende Arceus, non l’ho nemmeno mai provato… quindi non so precisamente, a livello di meccaniche, cosa è una novità del nuovo titolo, e cosa invece è una novità della saga, quindi già vista con il precedente, però… questo coso è fighissimo, veramente. Dato ciò, e il fatto che di questo gioco non mi sono spoilerata letteralmente niente — perché, a dire il vero, ho scoperto appena l’altro giorno che sta per uscire… e sul momento non mi sono nemmeno posta alcuna curiosità, perché è da un decennio che Pokémon mi delude, e quindi è da un lustro che lo snobbo — è stata tutta una grossa sospesa… e praticamente solo in positivo, per il momento. 🤯
La storia si svolge (o almeno inizia, poi chissà), a Luminopoli… che per me è una cosa assurda, perché la regione di Kalos fu la regione della fine della mia infanzia, ai tempi, e… non starò qui a spiegare tutto di ciò, per ora. È una Luminopoli che però non riconosco per niente, se non per sommi capi, perché è stata modificata un sacco per adattarla alla struttura di Leggende… però caspita se è goduriosa, perché ora sembra effettivamente una vera città, grande quanto una vera città del suo calibro, interamente navigabile in ogni sua parte… inclusi i fottuti tetti! E ci sono vari elementi con cui interagire, e oggetti da raccogliere… Per dirla in breve, me di 9 anni esploderebbe a vedere a confronto la Luminopoli di X/Y e questa nuova!!! 🔥
Ciò che sul momento mi ha completamente spiazzata — ma che, a pensarci bene, potrei di gran lunga preferire rispetto al classico RPG a turni, che fa fin troppo anni ’90 ma non in senso buono — è la meccanica delle lotte; che inizialmente è stata introdotta da Leggende Arceus ma, per l’appunto, non so se ci sia del nuovo in Leggende Z-A, e quanto. Sia gli scontri con gli allenatori, che gli incontri coi Pokémon selvatici (che, a quanto pare, qui attaccano anche gli umani, non solo i loro Pokémon… spaventoso), sono completamente dinamici, e avvengono lì, nell’ambiente, in tempo reale… e i magari hanno la classica cutscene di inizio e fine (ma dipende in realtà dal tipo di lotta), mentre con i secondi è tutto sempre così fluido che sembra davvero di stare lì in mezzo alle bestie. Servirà comunque tempo per abituarsi a questa roba, per me che ho problemi di skill, ma prende così tanto… 🥰
La città è tecnicamente tutta sbloccata quasi da subito, anche se nella pratica il gioco va avanti a missioni, e il sistema non permette di muoversi liberamente al 100%… non lascia andare troppo fuori dal tracciato stabilito in un dato momento per raggiungere l’obiettivo stabilito. Dà un po’ fastidio che, nonostante ci sia una buona mappa che già da sola dovrebbe permettere a chiunque di capire dove andare senza problemi, se si prova a muoversi troppo fuori dal tracciato non si incontrano solo muri invisibili, ma c’è pure il tizio che, da lontano o attraverso il telefono, richiama per ricordare dove si deve andare… uffa. E, nonostante la natura dinamica e diretta del cuore del gameplay, ci sono a mio parere troppe cutscene da o verso nero anche per semplici dialoghi, e questa cosa per me rompe l’immersione. Meno male che non è open-world, però. 👍
Nonostante i difettucci, il gioco non è “lento” e palloso come invece i classici Pokémon sono stati per me ultimamente, e anzi, ho veramente voglia di continuare a giocarci… caspita! Non mi aspettavo che sarebbe stato particolarmente divertente, e invece in circa 3 ore mi ha fatto addirittura letteralmente luccicare gli occhi. Tra l’altro, all’inizio era partito male anche dal lato software, perché mi sembrava tirasse laggate (giocando ovviamente su Switch 1, in dock), e invece devo dire che poi mi è parso stabile, tranquillo… ovviamente non gira a 60 FPS, ma ormai da Nintendo questo non si può mai più sperare. Non ho visto neanche bug, credo, c’è giusto qualche animazione che mi è sembrata legnosa, ma la goduria non viene intaccata. 🙌
Visto che non c’erano potenziali fonti di disturbo in casa, ho anche fatto una diretta streaming, per le prime 2 ore di gameplay, giusto per non marcire troppo nel giocare… su PeerTube, visto che ho paura che su YouTube Nintendo possa fare la sua classica mossa, dato che ho giocato con un giorno di anticipo; però tutto OK, trasmissione perfetta, grazie ai Devol. Per chi ha visto un pochino, grazie… mentre, per la maggior parte che non ha visto, pazienza! Però, il VOD (diviso in 2 video perché il coso ha deciso così) rimane disponibile, per chi vuole visionare le mie figuracce… peertube.uno/w/tXhxfxmFJ9mJfHB… e peertube.uno/w/sYXTLBSZnZKypcg…. (Forse li caricherò anche su YouTube, dopo l’uscita ufficiale del gioco, boh.) 🧨
Il gioco ha anche una funzione di fotocamera, simile ad Animal Crossing per Switch… ci si può mettere in posa e fare le foto stile turisti, che in effetti è il motivo per cui nella storia si finisce qui a Luminopoli, bello.
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Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network
Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network
Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
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It’s gonna be a bad time when a nation state presses a button to cripple our digital infrastructure.
It seems hopeless at this point. It’s all just hyper complicated and profitable security theater.
Testing two completely different ways of bike commuting - shifter
I would like to read what is the approach of people in this community
I take an hybrid approach: I bring a change, but I keep a pace that make me sweat lightly, so I don't need to take a shower at work. For the same reason I put my stuff in a pannier on the bike rack
Testing two completely different ways of bike commuting
Over the years, the way I've approached bike commuting has evolved so much that I now think there are two totally different approaches. This video offers advice on both of them so you can find the ...Canadian Civil
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