Israel has killed 23 Palestinians during “ceasefire”; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to remain in Israeli prison
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37636365
Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza continue despite ceasefire, with at least 23 confirmed killed since Saturday. Israel hands over 30 more bodies of dead Palestinians, and the Gaza health ministry publishes photos showing signs of abuse. Hamas hands over two more bodies of Israeli captives, saying it could not access the last remains without additional machinery. White House advisers indicate that they do not think Hamas failed to uphold the ceasefire agreement regarding hostage return, noting that it is ill-equipped to handle the sophisticated task of removing bodies from mounds of rubble. Palestinian prisoners detail horrific sexual abuses at the hands of their Israeli captors. The U.S. doubles the financial commitment President Donald Trump made to Argentina in support of right-wing President Javier Milei, increasing aid from $20 billion to $40 billion. The Trump administration plans to privilege white Europeans—those who demonstrate “opposition to migration” in their own countries—in its reformation of the U.S.’s refugee acceptance program. The White House gives the CIA a green light to conduct covert lethal operations in Venezuela, the New York Times reports. Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire. Ukrainian officials meet with American weapons manufacturers ahead of a Trump-Zelenskyy summit. Scam compounds bloom in Myanmar with the help of Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Israel has killed 23 Palestinians during “ceasefire”; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to remain in Israeli prison
Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza continue despite ceasefire, with at least 23 confirmed killed since Saturday. Israel hands over 30 more bodies of dead Palestinians, and the Gaza health ministry publishes photos showing signs of abuse. Hamas hands over two more bodies of Israeli captives, saying it could not access the last remains without additional machinery. White House advisers indicate that they do not think Hamas failed to uphold the ceasefire agreement regarding hostage return, noting that it is ill-equipped to handle the sophisticated task of removing bodies from mounds of rubble. Palestinian prisoners detail horrific sexual abuses at the hands of their Israeli captors. The U.S. doubles the financial commitment President Donald Trump made to Argentina in support of right-wing President Javier Milei, increasing aid from $20 billion to $40 billion. The Trump administration plans to privilege white Europeans—those who demonstrate “opposition to migration” in their own countries—in its reformation of the U.S.’s refugee acceptance program. The White House gives the CIA a green light to conduct covert lethal operations in Venezuela, the New York Times reports. Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire. Ukrainian officials meet with American weapons manufacturers ahead of a Trump-Zelenskyy summit. Scam compounds bloom in Myanmar with the help of Elon Musk’s Starlink.Israel has killed 23 Palestinians during “ceasefire”; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to remain in Israeli prison
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Israel has killed 23 Palestinians during “ceasefire”; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to remain in Israeli prison
Israel has killed 23 Palestinians during “ceasefire”; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to remain in Israeli prison
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Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024
Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024 - Carbon Brief
“Extreme” wildfires emitted more than 8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024-25 “global fire season”, according to a new report.Carbon Brief Staff (Carbon Brief)
« A siege like in the Middle Ages»: Kostyantinivka is almost completely cut off from the outside world
Drohnenkrieg in der Ukraine: In Kostjantiniwka birgt jeder Schritt Todesgefahr
Der Himmel über Kostjantiniwka gehört den Drohnen. Für die Verteidiger birgt jeder Schritt aus der Deckung Todesgefahr. Trotzdem leben noch immer Menschen in der Industriestadt im Donbass. Eine Reportage.Volker Pabst (pab) (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)
Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/36262288
Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.
I think theres a point where you have to realize the topic of discussion is about LLMs like ChatGPT, and that point was around the time we compared it to Web 3.0, something that people hate and associate with tech bros and evil corporations.
The meaning of words change based on context.
'Wow': Observers Surprised After Dem Moderate Rejects AIPAC Cash
'Wow': Observers Surprised After Dem Moderate Rejects AIPAC Cash
"AIPAC's brand is increasingly, perhaps irredeemably toxic," wrote one observer.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
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Jeffrey Sachs & John Mearsheimer: Spheres of Security to Prevent World War III
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Decompiling Binary Code with Large Language Models
GitHub - albertan017/LLM4Decompile: Reverse Engineering: Decompiling Binary Code with Large Language Models
Reverse Engineering: Decompiling Binary Code with Large Language Models - albertan017/LLM4DecompileGitHub
“LEGGENDE POKEMON Z-A: GIOCATO SU SWITCH 2 ED È PESSIMO ANCHE LÌ”
Spero di non fare le palle troppo quadrate a tutti con questo nuovo gioco dei Pochemo, e vedrò di non esagerare con il postaggio a riguardo, perché so che magari ad alcuni può non fregare… probabilmente io sarei la prima a cui non fregherebbe, se non mi fosse venuta l’idea stavolta di dare una chance […]
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“LEGGENDE POKEMON Z-A: GIOCATO SU SWITCH 2 ED È PESSIMO ANCHE LÌ”
Spero di non fare le palle troppo quadrate a tutti con questo nuovo gioco dei Pochemo, e vedrò di non esagerare con il postaggio a riguardo, perché so che magari ad alcuni può non fregare… probabilmente io sarei la prima a cui non fregherebbe, se non mi fosse venuta l’idea stavolta di dare una chance a questo pezzo di intrattenimento videoludico che, per abitudine, presumevo marcio. Ma… in realtà, sotto sotto, marcio questo Leggende Z-A lo è comunque, e a ‘sto giro sto vedendo tante persone in giro che si lamentano… addirittura più del passato, se è possibile. 😳Nonostante, dopo ormai tipo 4-5 ore di gameplay lasco, il gioco rimane per me ancora bellissimo e fighissimo, ho guardato le impressioni a caldo che i Playerinside hanno caricato oggi (minchia, li ho battuti malamente sul tempo scrivendo le mie qui ieri, grazie al potere del torrente!!!), che credo facciano un po’ il sunto, per mezzo della loro esperienza diretta (oddio, direi di Raiden, visto che Midna sta lì ferma praticamente; a lei non piace giocare ai Pochemo), di queste lagne che si stanno diffondendo, e… Porca miseria, hanno ragione, è tutto giusto; la situazione è oggettivamente gravissima! 💀
youtube.com/watch?v=uHhIGXzPT8…
Sorvolando su come i commenti facciano assolutamente pisciare, essendo tutti molto oggettivamente condivisibili, per quanto tristi nella loro ironia… È incredibile quanto sono stata in pochi attimi rapita da questo gioco a tal punto che, se ero partita già gustando tutti i difetti di design, poi ho dimenticato tutto, ed in effetti è seccante. In live avevo fatto anche un commento sulle finestre che mi sembravano del Nintendo 64, ma non avevo guardato bene tutte quelle che c’erano in giro e, dopo essere stata stregata, ecco che non ho proprio fatto più caso alle finestre totalmente 2D ovunque con una texture di ringhiera compenetrata (mamma mia…), alla distanza di rendering penosa, ai palazzi che tutt’ora mi sembrano “spenti”, o che altro. 🤥
Non lo definirei un vero problema per me questo, perché comunque io racconto le mie cose, incluse le mie esperienze coi videogiochi, come mi va, e mai mi sono pretesa come capacissima nelle recensioni… però, fa pensare. E, ora che ci ho pensato, temo di capire come mai il brand Pokémon va ancora avanti nonostante tutti si lamentino… è perché alla fine i giochi vendono sempre milioni di copie in un colpo, ma ciò succede non per caso; è perché i fan sono abituati alla sloppa, quindi o non riescono a vedere i difetti tecnici oggettivi in questi prodotti, perché semplicemente non hanno grandi paragoni da fare in mente, oppure copano e vanno avanti con false giustificazioni, cose di questo tipo. 💩
In effetti io, a questo giro, rientro nella prima categoria… Lo sanno soprattutto le pareti che, tutto sommato, sono tremendamente casual gamer io, e quindi ecco che magicamente in questi affari riesco a dimenticarmi di ogni cosa brutta marginale — inclusa una grafica che, va detto, è malfatta; non in termini di fedeltà visiva e basta, ma proprio come direzione artistica e coerenza interna, ed è da anni che Pokémon sta messo così — se il gaming in qualche modo mi prende. Da un lato è una benedizione, perché evvivaa, il divertimentoo… ma, dall’altro, è un ennesimo problema di skill della mia persona. 😰
La vera differenza tra questo e gli altri ultimi Pokémon per Switch, in effetti, è che questo ha un sistema di combattimento nuovo che sto amando, e una struttura progressiva che, seppur guidata, non ostacola la libera esplorazione… Dal lato della fattura tecnica, invece, rimane una mezza schifezza come i precedenti, eppure questo mi va bene. E si, da un lato centrerà il fatto che io questo gioco non l’ho pagato, bensì l’ho ricevuto in dono dai russi tramite il torrente dietro casa, e quindi è chiaro che a caval piratato non mi viene proprio l’istinto di guardare in bocca, mentre con caval comprato basta giustamente un pelo fuori posto per sentirsi fregati, ma… sono invero assuefatta dalla sloppa, non c’è niente da fare. 🥰
Il gioco include comunque molte meccaniche secondarie epiche. Scopri la funzionalità anti-suicidio dello Smart Rotom nel nuovo articolo su stuffoctt: Il magico sistema anti-caduta in Leggende Pokémon: Z-A. (Messaggio promocttionale.)
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21 states, DC sue over EPA’s $7B ‘Solar for All’ cancellation
21 states, DC sue over EPA’s $7B ‘Solar for All’ cancellation - E&E News by POLITICO
Grant recipients have also filed a separate lawsuit to recoup their funds.Pamela King (E&E News by POLITICO)
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
“We think we’re on the cusp of the next evolution, where AI happens not just in that chatbot and gets naturally integrated into the hundreds of millions of experiences that people use every day,” says Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, in a briefing with The Verge. “The vision that we have is: let’s rewrite the entire operating system around AI, and build essentially what becomes truly the AI PC.”
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Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Microsoft is bringing new AI features to all Windows 11 PCs. Copilot Voice and Copilot Vision are now rolling out to turn computers into AI PCs.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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CBC is exposing the Canada to Israel Charity Pipeline
CBC is exposing the Canada to Israel Charity Pipeline.
On Friday October 17, CBC's The Fifth Estate will release "Funding the Occupation." They are following “the trail of millions in Canadian tax-deductible charitable donations [that] are supporting Israeli settlements deemed illegal under international law."
In 2024 alone, Canadian charities sent at least $222 million to Israel. This is only the amount they reported on their "Schedule 2" as money being sent out of country. This does not necessarily include all donations to qualified donnees or registered charities in Canada, who then send the money to Israeli institutions. So we expect the figure is closer to $400 million, based on an analysis which identified $100 million in donations to Israeli universities and their associated Canadian orgs in 2023.
Watch "Funding the Occupation" on or after October 17, 9pm on CBC-TV, YouTube (buff.ly/qSE8WdJ), or CBC Gem (buff.ly/WBJUJYQ).
To learn more about the Canada to Israel Charity Pipeline, check out HERE.
Il magico sistema anti-caduta in Leggende Pokémon: Z-A
Leggende Pokémon: Z-A, con la sua freschissima ambientazione urbana, che vede una Luminopoli ora esplorabile fino all'estremo, ha evidentemente presentato diverse nuove sfide ai game designer...
Artificial Neurons Communicate Directly With Living Cells
Artificial neurons that mimic the brain's efficiency are here, using 1/10th the voltage and 1/100th the power of others.
These neurons can, for the first time, process information from living cells without an intermediary device amplifying or modulating the signals, the researchers say.While some artificial neurons already exist, they require electronic amplification to sense the signals our bodies produce, explains Jun Yao, who works on bioelectronics and nanoelectronics at UMass Amherst. The amplification inflates both power usage and circuit complexity, and so counters efficiencies found in the brain.
The neuron created by Yao’s team can understand the body’s signals at their natural amplitude of around 0.1 volts. This is “highly novel,” says Bozhi Tian, a biophysicist who studies living bioelectronics at the University of Chicago and was not involved in the work. This work “bridges the long-standing gap between electronic and biological signaling” and demonstrates interaction between artificial neurons and living cells that Tian calls “unprecedented.”
Are there any alternatives to DriveDroid for non rooted phones?
I've downloaded EtchDroid, but only a few minutes ago.
I see straight away that I can't download different distros from within the app like I could in DriveDroid.
I'm also not sure I can boot from my phone using EtchDroid, but I will look into that a bit more as it does often seem to be mentioned as a (good) alternative to DriveDroid.
Any others? Mainly that I can download distros inside app, boot from phone in live usb mode, and without root.
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search engine megathread?
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44188451
I'd like to start a thread for people to share what they're using for search now that quality & relevance of results are in steep decline on all major search engines.I'm doing this for selfish as well as altruistic reasons, mostly because my "stack" has gotten a lot less useful over the past year, because the search engines I use repackage Bing, whose ability to return relevant results at all seems to be cratering.
My (shitty and getting worse) solution:
- DuckDuckGo as default search engine mostly for bang commands, in my personal opinion DDG's relevance has been shit for its entire existence
- StartPage as where I direct most of my general searches (by appending !sp on DDG)
- currently attempting to tune the Ublacklist extension to remove most of the clickbait results; this works, but it's not easy to set up if you don't use Google which seems to be the main search engine the developer tests with
The problem with this approach is that increasingly, Bing simply doesn't return hits on topics I know should have plenty to choose from. Filters only solve the issue of too many hits, not too few.
BTW I tried Qwant, but their claim of having their own index seems to be bullshit, the results look like repackaged Bing to me. And, the UX is terrible in Firefox for Android.
I'd love to hear suggestions.
tl;dr pls share what you are doing for web search these days in order to work around the rapidly declining quality of major search engines
Some independent options:
- github.com/StractOrg/stract
- github.com/mwmbl/mwmbl
- github.com/yacy
Metasearch engines:
- github.com/searxng/searxng
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-se…
- github.com/neon-mmd/websurfx
GitHub - StractOrg/stract: web search done right
web search done right. Contribute to StractOrg/stract development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Still watching it but this shouldn't be surprising.
The whole point of US politics was to isolate China out of the "AI revolution" by depriving it to top of the line chip.
Meanwhile China has been building the entire World electronic ecosystem bar few very specific high end components, leaving these to TSMC, ASML, etc or design mostly to the US.
Even before tariffs and sale bans (due to dual use concerns) China already had a chip independence plan dating back from at least 2000. Since then close to the entire World move production there, at least assembly, and most deals to do so included, or tried to, include IP transfer and at the very least learning with the partner, if not more but that'd be just speculation, to add industrial espionage on top (even though plenty of news on the topic).
So... sure, it's happening. Now the question though I asked on such thread countless time is basically : what's the yield?
Because producing 1 board to send to a tester is already an incredible feat but that doesn't mean thousands or even millions can be produced. If they can, that also doesn't mean they can be produced economically efficiently, regardless of subsidies.
PS: most interesting book on the topic IMHO : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_War
Delete user account
Apps won't be able to delete accounts since they're 3rd party interfaces. You have to go to the site directly in a browser.
If that's not an option, you just abandon it.
[KDE Plasma] Blurry Catppuccin
re-publicado de: lemmygrad.ml/post/9464517
- OS: Bazzite 42
- Global Theme: Vapor
- Colors: Catppuccin Macchiato Sky (modified to add transparency)
- Application Style: Darkly
- Plasma Style: Breeze
- Window Decorations: Darkly
- Icons: Fluent Dark
- Cursors: Breeze Dark
- Fonts: Inter and Iosevka
I'm also using Better Blur for the window blur, Panel Colorizer to change the opacity of the Plasma Panel and change some icons on the tray to be monochrome, and I'm using Lucidglyph for better font rendering.
Felt like showing off my new customization comrades!
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Thank you!! I got this Gagarin wallpaper from here.
Also how’re you finding Bazzite? Considering a switch and opinions would be nice /nopressure
Honestly, I absolutely love it. I started my journey with Manjaro, quick moved to Solus where I stayed for a couple of years, then moved to Nobara when Solus was going through a lot of problems, and then finally moved to Bazzite nearly a year and a half ago.
It's the most seamless and stress-free experience I had on Linux so far. At the start it felt a little bit too much to had to learn brew, distrobox and rpm-ostree, but it's way easier than it looks like and made me appreciate it all being in place. It has a few limitations if you need to mess with system files, but that's something I haven't had to do in a while now, so for me it's just nice all around. Almost everything pre-installed is something I use or pretend to use and everything else I needed has been easy enough to find as a Flatpak or AppImage, and in the off chance I need something installed through the package manager, like VSCodium and Zed, since they suck as Flatpaks, I just layered then enabling the terra repos that come disabled and using rpm-ostree. Being able to use TPM-Unlock and Secure Boot is great too.
The only issue I have right now is that my controller doesn't work on games running Proton 10. To make it work I have to use Proton-GE with the PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1 %command% launch option, which is fine, but disables Steam Input and since my controller is a Vader 3 Pro, I lose the ability to remap my 6 extra buttons. I reported this issue, but the devs couldn't reproduce it and so it is still unfixed. There are a couple other people with the same issue but we're too few. The weird thing is that this is not an issue on my laptop running Bazzite, and isn't an issue when I tried another distro like Fedora Kinoite, so it's definitely some issue with Bazzite and my hardware.
Since my system is basically customized to my liking, I really don't want to change distros just for this issue alone, so I'll continue using it.
Yuri Gagarin, crowds, people, USSR, digital art | 2560x1600 Wallpaper - wallhaven.cc
Yuri Gagarin, crowds, people, USSR, digital art | 2560x1600 Wallpaperwallhaven.cc
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Thanks for the extensive answer, it's really appreciated, and for the image too!
I'll keep Bazzite in consideration then, I was looking at Fedora but this might fit better for my needs, hoping my TurtleBeach controller's extra buttons work.
My switch would be the long awaited switch from Windows, so here's (water) to a successful install for myself
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Mahmoud Abu Foul, freed after the ceasefire, lost a leg in 2015, was kidnapped in Kamal Adwan hospital last december, and is now blind after the beatings and lack of medical treatment in israeli jails
https://x.com/Channel4News/status/1978860897201197412
Other mentions of prisoners from today on this community :
- lemmy.ml/post/37589373 ;
- lemmy.world/post/37423140
Others :
- lemmy.world/post/37491370
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti suffers rib fractures after assault in Israeli prisons
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti sustained rib fractures after being beaten in Israeli prisons, the Prisoners’ Media Office said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.The Hamas-run office said on Telegram that Barghouti was beaten by Israeli prison guards while being transferred from Ramon Prison in southern Israel to Megiddo Prison in the north in mid-September.
The imprisoned leader lost consciousness and suffered a fracture in four ribs, it added.
Barghouti, 66, a senior leader of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group, is one of the most prominent and popular figures in Palestinian politics.
O&O ShutUp10++: Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11
O&O ShutUp10++: Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11
With this tool you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 and Windows 11 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far.O&O Software GmbH
why not just ...not use windows?
it's like trying to wear hats as shoes. at some point it just sort of feels stupid.
Microsoft Desperately Wants Users To Talk to Their Windows PCs
No matter what, since these features are cloud-based, your data will need to be processed on a foreign server, not on your device. Microsoft promises it isn’t storing or abusing your prompts or whatever appears on your screen. After the Recall snafi, it’s increasingly difficult to trust the Windows maker. Now that Microsoft wants you to put privacy concerns aside for the sake of its ever-present AI, it’s going to have to offer a more compelling use case than an AI that hums on command.
yeah no thanks
Microsoft Desperately Wants Users To Talk to Their Windows PCs
Thought Copilot was invasive before? Watch it completely take over your PC.Kyle Barr (Gizmodo)
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Gov. Greg Abbott sending state troops to Austin for upcoming 'No Kings' rally
Gov. Greg Abbott sending state troops to Austin for 'No Kings' rally
Abbott previously deployed 5,000 Texas National Guard troops and 2,000 Department of Public Safety officers during similar demonstrations in June.Benjamin Wermund (San Antonio Express-News)
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Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin
Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin
Reddit’s conversational AI product, Reddit Answers, suggested users who are interested in pain management try heroin and kratom, showing yet another extreme example of dangerous advice provided by a chatbot, even one that’s trained on Reddit’s highly coveted trove of user-generated data.The AI-generated answers were flagged by a user on a subreddit for Reddit moderation issues. The user noticed that while looking at a thread on the r/FamilyMedicine subreddit on the official Reddit mobile app, the app suggested a couple of “Related Answers” via Reddit Answers, the company’s “AI-powered conversational interface.” One of them, titled “Approaches to pain management without opioids,” suggested users try kratom, an herbal extract from the leaves of a tree called Mitragyna speciosa. Kratom is not designated as a controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration, but is illegal in some states. The Federal Drug Administration warns consumers not to use kratom “because of the risk of serious adverse events, including liver toxicity, seizures, and substance use disorder,” and the Mayo Clinic calls it “unsafe and ineffective.”
“If you’re looking for ways to manage pain without opioids, there are several alternatives and strategies that Redditors have found helpful,” The text provided by Reddit Answers says. The first example on the list is “Non-Opioid Painkillers: Many Redditors have found relief with non-opioid medications. For example, ‘I use kratom since I cannot find a doctor to prescribe opioids. Works similar and don’t need a prescription and not illegal to buy or consume in most states.’” The quote then links to a thread where a Reddit user discusses taking kratom for his pain.
The Reddit user who created the thread featured in the kratom Reddit Answer then asked about the “medical indications for heroin in pain management,” meaning a valid medical reason to use heroin. Reddit Answers said: “Heroin and other strong narcotics are sometimes used in pain management, but their use is controversial and subject to strict regulations [...] Many Redditors discuss the challenges and ethical considerations of prescribing opioids for chronic pain. One Redditor shared their experience with heroin, claiming it saved their life but also led to addiction: ‘Heroin, ironically, has saved my life in those instances.’”Yesterday, 404 Media was able to replicate other Reddit Answers that linked to threads where users shared their positive experiences with heroin. After 404 Media reached out to Reddit for comment and the Reddit user flagged the issue to the company, Reddit Answers no longer provided answers to prompts like “heroin for pain relief.” Instead, it said “Reddit Answers doesn't provide answers to some questions, including those that are potentially unsafe or may be in violation of Reddit's policies.” After 404 Media first published this article, a Reddit spokesperson said that the company started implementing this update on Monday morning, and that it was not as a direct result of 404 Media reaching out.
The Reddit user who created the thread and flagged the issue to the company said they were concerned that Reddit Answers suggested dangerous medical advice in threads for medical subreddits, and that subreddit moderators didn’t have the option to disable Reddit Answers from appearing under conversations in their community.
“We’re currently testing out surfacing Answers on the conversation page to drive more adoption and engagement, and we are also testing core search integration to streamline the search experience,” a Reddit spokesperson told me in an email. “Similar to how Reddit search works, there is currently no way for mods to opt out of or exclude content from their communities from Answers. However, Reddit Answers doesn’t include all content on Reddit; for example, it excludes content from private, quarantined, and NSFW communities, as well as some mature topics.”
After we reached out for comment and the Reddit user flagged the issue to the company, Reddit introduced an update that would prevent Reddit Answers from being suggested under conversations about “sensitive topics.”
“We rolled out an update designed to address and resolve this specific issue,” the Reddit spokesperson said. “This update ensures that ‘Related Answers’ to sensitive topics, which may have been previously visible on the post detail page (also known as the conversation page), will no longer be displayed. This change has been implemented to enhance user experience and maintain appropriate content visibility within the platform.”
The dangerous medical advice from Reddit Answers is not surprising given that Google AI infamously suggesting users eat glue was also based on data sourced from Reddit. Google paid $60 million a year for that data, and has a similar deal with OpenAI as well. According to Bloomberg, Reddit is currently trying to negotiate even more profitable deals with both companies.
Reddit’s data is valuable as AI training data because it contains millions of user-generated conversations about a ton of esoteric topics, from how to caulk your shower to personal experiences with drugs. Clearly, that doesn’t mean a large language model will always usefully parse that data. The glue incident was caused because the LLM didn’t understand the Reddit user who was suggesting it was joking.
The risk is that people may take whatever advice an LLM gives them at face value, especially when it’s presented to them in the context of a medical subreddit. For example, we recently reported about someone who was hospitalized after ChatGPT told them they could replace their table salt with sodium bromide.
Update: This story has been updated with additional comment from Reddit.
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
"You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness."Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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Democratic Women’s Caucus Marches Through Capitol Demanding Rep.-Elect Grijalva Be Sworn In
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Barones Free Space Cleaner: Pulizia Sicura dello Spazio Libero su Linux
The project looks a bit sketchy being in big part written by some Manus AI agent, I wouldn't trust probably lightly reviewed code to take on the task of data erasure on my device.
It's also unclear from reading the documentation if it treats SSD data erasure correctly as you can't simply overwrite data a bunch of times anymore on most SSDs.
Of course, both things can be checked from reading the source code, I'm just giving a heads up.
Being written in big part by an LLM the question of copyright is also important, can it really be released under any open license as is?
That aside, you might want to post to !scienza@feddit.it for Italian content.
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37629632
Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.By David M. Halbfinger
Oct. 12, 2025
The war in Gaza may finally be ending, after two years of bloodshed and destruction. But among the damage that has been done is a series of devastating blows to Israel’s relationship with the citizens of its most important and most stalwart ally, the United States.Israel’s reputation in the United States is in tatters, and not only on college campuses or among progressives. For the first time since it began asking Americans about their sympathies in 1998, a New York Times poll last month found that slightly more voters sided with the Palestinians than with Israelis.
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.By David M. Halbfinger
Oct. 12, 2025The war in Gaza may finally be ending, after two years of bloodshed and destruction. But among the damage that has been done is a series of devastating blows to Israel’s relationship with the citizens of its most important and most stalwart ally, the United States.Israel’s reputation in the United States is in tatters, and not only on college campuses or among progressives. For the first time since it began asking Americans about their sympathies in 1998, a New York Times poll last month found that slightly more voters sided with the Palestinians than with Israelis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/world/middleeast/israel-us-polls-support.html
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
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Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.By David M. Halbfinger
Oct. 12, 2025
The war in Gaza may finally be ending, after two years of bloodshed and destruction. But among the damage that has been done is a series of devastating blows to Israel’s relationship with the citizens of its most important and most stalwart ally, the United States.Israel’s reputation in the United States is in tatters, and not only on college campuses or among progressives. For the first time since it began asking Americans about their sympathies in 1998, a New York Times poll last month found that slightly more voters sided with the Palestinians than with Israelis.
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.By David M. Halbfinger
Oct. 12, 2025The war in Gaza may finally be ending, after two years of bloodshed and destruction. But among the damage that has been done is a series of devastating blows to Israel’s relationship with the citizens of its most important and most stalwart ally, the United States.Israel’s reputation in the United States is in tatters, and not only on college campuses or among progressives. For the first time since it began asking Americans about their sympathies in 1998, a New York Times poll last month found that slightly more voters sided with the Palestinians than with Israelis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/world/middleeast/israel-us-polls-support.html
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A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.
By David M. Halbfinger
Oct. 12, 2025
The war in Gaza may finally be ending, after two years of bloodshed and destruction. But among the damage that has been done is a series of devastating blows to Israel’s relationship with the citizens of its most important and most stalwart ally, the United States.Israel’s reputation in the United States is in tatters, and not only on college campuses or among progressives. For the first time since it began asking Americans about their sympathies in 1998, a New York Times poll last month found that slightly more voters sided with the Palestinians than with Israelis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/world/middleeast/israel-us-polls-support.html
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Hamas, democracy, and the right to resist: A case for Palestinian self-determination
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by Ranjan Solomon
October 15, 2025 at 2:55 pm
In debates about Palestine, one recurrent Western refrain is that “terrorism” and “militant violence” automatically disqualify any actor from legitimacy. Such a position is intellectually dishonest and legally unsound. It erases the foundational principles of international law, sovereignty, and democracy that apply equally to all peoples. The case of Hamas, in this light, is not an aberration but a reflection of the Palestinian right to resist occupation and assert self-determination. No foreign power has the moral or legal right to veto the will of Palestinians—least of all those whose governments have sustained and armed the very occupation that necessitates resistance.
Hamas, democracy, and the right to resist: A case for Palestinian self-determination
by Ranjan Solomon
October 15, 2025 at 2:55 pmIn debates about Palestine, one recurrent Western refrain is that “terrorism” and “militant violence” automatically disqualify any actor from legitimacy. Such a position is intellectually dishonest and legally unsound. It erases the foundational principles of international law, sovereignty, and democracy that apply equally to all peoples. The case of Hamas, in this light, is not an aberration but a reflection of the Palestinian right to resist occupation and assert self-determination. No foreign power has the moral or legal right to veto the will of Palestinians—least of all those whose governments have sustained and armed the very occupation that necessitates resistance.
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