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“Vedo gente con piumino e canottiera – SOLO in Italia?!”


Fa sempre ridere vedere le persone di origini straniere che, nonostante vivono da anni o decenni in Italia, e hanno assorbito gran parte della cultura italiana, ancora non riescono a capire certe specifiche cose che accadono nel nostro paese, perché… queste particolari cose sono in realtà oggettivamente assurde, e a dirla tutta non comprensibili nemmeno […]

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“Vedo gente con piumino e canottiera – SOLO in Italia?!”


Fa sempre ridere vedere le persone di origini straniere che, nonostante vivono da anni o decenni in Italia, e hanno assorbito gran parte della cultura italiana, ancora non riescono a capire certe specifiche cose che accadono nel nostro paese, perché… queste particolari cose sono in realtà oggettivamente assurde, e a dirla tutta non comprensibili nemmeno per la maggioranza degli italiani di nascita. Il punto è che almeno loro ne discutono sui propri [video]blog, mentre normalmente per tutti gli altri queste cose sono lasciate passare in sordina, e quindi grazie a loro possiamo riflettere un po’, come piace a me… 😘

youtube.com/watch?v=SxaMVxbXmJ…

Stavolta allora Erikottero solleva un dubbio interessante: in Italia fa caldo o fa freddo? Direi che fa sia caldo che freddo contemporaneamente — o meglio, il clima cambia così repentinamente, svariate volte al giorno ogni giorno, che all’atto pratico per semplificare si può dire che ci sono più climi allo stesso momento — ma in realtà non è questo il punto, quanto più che altro che, allo stesso momento, per certa gente sembra far freddo, e per altre sembra far caldo… e come ogni autunno questo dibattito ritorni più o meno puntuale. E quindi, nelle stesse vie, si trova gente che pare stia per scalare l’Everest accanto a gente che ha boh, il 35% di pelle scoperta. 😶

Lei dice che in Giappone non c’è questo caos come invece si vede in Italia, e che lì in genere, quando iniziano le giornate fredde, si cambia vestiario anche solo per allineare le proprie vibe a quelle della stagione, che in effetti è spiritualmente carino come concetto; quindi, anche se si potrebbe stare a maniche, corte non lo si fa più… Ma poi dice anche che gli adolescenti (o forse perlopiù le adolescenti) giapponesi praticamente hanno la stessa abitudine di totale contrasto al clima che fin troppo spesso si vede qui da noi, quindi questo cercare una differenza tra le due culture mi sa che lascia un po’ il tempo che trova (…perdonatemi per questa freddura); o, forse, una cultura diversa lì c’è davvero, ma le nuovissime generazioni non la seguono. 🤥

Io a mia volta non capisco tutto questo fatto, ed è per ciò che ne approfitto per parlarne… ma non perché non riesco a comprendere il processo che ci sta dietro, per cui magari si, senti freddo, però vuoi comunque vestirti in un certo modo, perché wow e viva lo stile, e allora ti fai coraggio e sopporti il freddo… Io lo riesco anche a sopportare mentalmente il freddo, se sono fuori, ma il problema è che mi basta prendere freddo una volta e mezza per così finire, dal giorno dopo fino a intere settimane a seguire, col raffreddore, la sinusite, poco ci manca per la bronchite, e la cosa è talmente grave che i miei genitori dicono che nella mia infanzia sarei non ironicamente morta per queste schifezze, se non fosse esistita la medicina moderna!!! Il problema allora è semplicemente che gli altri non hanno questa cosa che io ho, o che? 💔

A parte che viene a questo punto da chiedermi se esista solo in casa mia il concetto di cambio di stagione dell’armadio — per cui si toglie di mezzo la roba fresca e si mette in mezzo quella calda, o viceversa in primavera, visto che l’armadio è diviso in parti facilmente accessibili e parti di archiviazione — e quindi comunque, anche se il clima permettesse, un giorno a caso di dicembre non mi vestirei in modo corto, perché la roba corta è messa via… Ma come cazzo è possibile essere in molte cose una ragazza magica, per poi avere una debolezza letteralmente così mortale al freddo… mentre le ragazze non-magiche no??? Se fossi un Pokémon, tenuto conto delle mie caratteristiche principali, ancora non ho capito se sarei di tipo psico o folletto, ma nessuno di questi è particolarmente vulnerabile al tipo ghiaccio, quindi davvero… non capisco come mai in forma umana ho proprio anche questo punto debole, tra i tanti. 😫

#autunno #Erikottero #freddo #inverno




Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'


Here's my attempt to explain the situation in a brief way. DHH, the creator of Ruby on Rails, wrote some things which are considered racist by some people. This caused a prominent Ruby programmer to withdraw his large sponsorship of Ruby Central, a non-profit which organises Ruby conferences, because DHH spoke at one of their conferences. Therefore Ruby Central ended up very dependent on Shopify, a large company, for funding. One theory (mentioned in the article) is that Shopify (where DHH is a board member) then pressured Ruby Central to perform a "hostile takeover" of the RubyGems GitHub organisation, where they revoked the maintainer privileges of long-time contributors. What is RubyGems? It's a website which is the de facto standard source for "gems", which are Ruby packages. I guess this is equivalent to NPM in the Node/JavaScript world.

If you want to know the potentially racist stuff said by DHH, he essentially seemed to be unhappy that London is "no longer full of native Brits". He says "native Brits" now make up "about a third" of London. So by "native Brits" he seems to mean the White British ethnic group, because they made up 37% of London in the 2021 census.

The Ruby programmer who withdrew his sponsorship of Ruby Central (allegedly worth $250,000 according to the article) said this: "I rescinded a six-figure grant because the org invited DHH, a white supremacist, to speak. We cannot tolerate hateful people as leaders in our communities."

The "hostile takeover" of RubyGems has led to some Ruby programmers to create an alternative to the RubyGems website. This alternative is gem.coop. Also there is an open letter signed by influential Ruby programmers which calls for Ruby on Rails to be forked so that DHH no longer has an association with it.

The article that this post links to is an update to the situation: Ruby Central is now taking steps to try and cool the controversy.

Thoughts on this?




Israeli air strikes hit Rafah amid repored clashes with Abu Shabab gang


Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, in the latest reported violation of the ceasefire.

Israel’s Channel 12 reported the strikes were intended to protect members of the Yasser Abu Shabab militia - an Israeli-backed gang accused of stealing humanitarian aid and attacking Palestinian civilians during Israel's two-year genocidal war on Gaza.

Palestinian outlet Quds Network cited an unnamed source saying a Hamas‑led internal security unit carried out an operation targeting a hideout belonging to Yasser Abu Shabab east of Rafah.

in reply to geneva_convenience

There is no ceasefire. They aren’t finished with their holocide. There are still surviving children left to turn into gray powder.


Israeli air strikes hit Rafah amid repored clashes with Abu Shabab gang


Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, in the latest reported violation of the ceasefire.

Israel’s Channel 12 reported the strikes were intended to protect members of the Yasser Abu Shabab militia - an Israeli-backed gang accused of stealing humanitarian aid and attacking Palestinian civilians during Israel's two-year genocidal war on Gaza.

Palestinian outlet Quds Network cited an unnamed source saying a Hamas‑led internal security unit carried out an operation targeting a hideout belonging to Yasser Abu Shabab east of Rafah.


in reply to HotWheelsVroom

So I tried to find and it turns out a couple of years ago plenty of people made AI-gen parodies. Some of them are a good laugh.
in reply to comfy

Those AI voice clips were so funny. Stryker was just UNHINGED 💀💀💀
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in reply to mistermodal

Probably should have posted this to videos since it isn't a direct headline from the source, which is Iranian news not Telegram etc it is new

To be expected as ISIS failed miserably against Hamas without IDF overwatch

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Bazzite surpasses 30k active users, gaining 5k users since two months ago 🎉


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Here is Fedora's upstream graph to compare:

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It started to stop kids vaping [pot] in school bathrooms. Then they stuck it in poor people's homes. | DEF CON Snitch Puck Talk, October 2025


A lotta vapes are reportedly chock full of lead, so kids probably shouldn't be puffing clouds in the bathroom stall, but was there any reason to design the most exploitable version of a product to alert school administrators about it?
The manufacturer was happy to expand to Section 8 (USA, subsidized) housing in spite of script kiddies, rogue employees, or legit employees working under new guidelines being able to root into the Motorola Halo 3C and use its fully-functioning microphones to invade privacy.
The frog is boiling slowly: pay more for your car insurance when your insurer buys your driving data today; risk your home insurance when you don't install this "fire prevention" spyware tomorrow.

DEF CON 33 - Unmasking the Snitch Puck: IoT surveillance tech in the school bathroom - Reynaldo, nyx:
83,126 views, Oct 10, 2025

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in reply to brbposting

Insurance is a scam and our rulers rejoiced when they made it mandatory for cars.
in reply to brbposting

Students smoking where they shouldn't is a PITA to me, a librarian, because it can set off some fire alarms.

I do not appreciate needing to help a less mobile coworker down the stairs to evacuate the building. I don't like spending in the rain while we wait for the fire department to declare the "all clear".

We don't use spy pucks to tattle on students, though: we know what alarm was triggered and we know who checked out that study room. Or we know who came out of the single seat bathroom.

Edit: and generally students have been contrite when they return the study room key after the building was evacuated. Very "I didn't do it but I'll let my friends who were studying with me know...." and we've not had repeat offenders. Tbh, they're [young] adults so as long as no one is hurt and I don't hear about it I'm cool with it.

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bell hooks: La volontà di cambiare. Uomini, amore e la via d’uscita dal patriarcato.


Volontà di cambiare

La volontà di cambiare. Mascolinità e amore

bell hooks

saggio

Il Saggiatore

2022

200

ilsaggiatore.com/libro/la-volo…

Un testo cruciale che affronta il paradosso della lotta femminista: come coinvolgere gli uomini nel loro processo di liberazione emotiva dal patriarcato. bell hooks svela il prezzo del potere maschile – la disconnessione dall’amore e da sé – e offre un potente antidoto basato sull’autostima sana e sulla vulnerabilità come vera forza.

bell hooks non si smentisce mai. La caratteristica di bell hooks è la capacità di integrare l’indignazione, la rabbia, gli stati di ingustizia, alchemizzarli, e sintetizzarli in una pratica di liberazione fondata sull’amore nel senso più concreto del termine.

La volontà di cambiare affronta uno dei punti ciechi di gran parte del pensiero e della letteratura femminista, ossia: la realtà del cambiamento emotivo maschile nel superamento di un sistema di relazioni patriarcale. Il femminismo, bell hooks ci dice, ha creato forze essenziali di denuncia, rivendicazione e cambiamento, e spazi di supporto per la liberazione femminile. Quello che ha faticato, e fatica tuttora a creare, è lo spazio per il processo di cambiamento dell’identità maschile, che paradossalmente è il suo obiettivo principale. Trovo che 20 anni dopo, pur con cambiamenti, questo paradosso resti ancora attuale.

La liberazione dal patriarcato, bell hooks ci dice, deve necessariamente essere un processo di liberazione anche per gli uomini. Il prezzo di appartenenza al patriarcato, il prezzo dei suoi (molto reali) vantaggi di potere, è per gli uomini una rottura nel rapporto con se stessi, la possibilità di amare e ricevere amore, e di vivere in relazione. È questa negazione, bell hooks ci dice, che sta alla radice di gran parte della rabbia e violenza maschile che è così endemica nella nostra società. Il patriarcato grantisce immunità in questa espressione perversa del bisogno di connessione e autostima, mentre con l’altra mano punisce le sue espressioni più autentiche.

L’antidoto alla logica della dominazione, bell hooks ci dice, oltre e al di là della lotta rivendicativa, è quindi che ci sia la possibilità culturale e relazionale di sviluppare un’autostima sana, per gli uomini che cercano, più o meno consciamente, di liberarsi dal terrore patriarcale della vulnerabilità (e dalla conseguente falsa equazione di forza con invulnerabilità). Questa liberazione a sua volta diventa una liberazione dai meccanismi comportamentali patriarcali di soddisfazione surrogata del bisogno umano di connessione, come il sesso oggettificato, il lavoro come unica fonte di autostima, la disconnessione relazionale attraverso la divisione del lavoro domestico, la prevaricazione, l’uso del femminile per la propria sublimazione emotiva, le dipendenze, la disconnessione dalla propria capacità di creare, sentire, curarsi di se stessi. Bell hooks non lo menziona, ma generalmente parlando, tra le persone cisgenere neurotipiche si stima che a livello globale gli uomini si tolgano la vita circa 1.8 volte più spesso delle donne. Questo fatto, di suo, è un sintomo del patriarcato, ma anche del vuoto di supporto per gli uomini che ne hanno bisogno.

Parte di questo processo, per il lato femminile, è a sua volta liberarsi dal dogma patriarcale dell’invulnerabilità maschile, e sviluppare la capacità di accogliere l’espressione emotiva maschile, pur senza ricadere in asimmetrie relazionali patriarcali. Ancora una volta, bell hooks fa luce sulle contraddizioni tra il livello politico e il livello emotivo che ancora spesso persistono nel femminismo: spesso il messaggio per gli uomini diventa, “cambia, ma arrangiati”, o “cambia, ma resta l’uomo forte, invulnerabile e indipendente”, o “cambia, ma senza spazi di supporto collettivo”. Per le donne, accettare la possibilità questo cambiamento, ci dice bell hooks, è anche potenzialmente dover ammettere la ferita lasciata da un bisogno di amare ed essere amate dagli uomini, che il patriarcato ha deluso.

Questo libro apre molte possibilità di riflessione, tra cui, per esempio, come coniugare la necessità di supporto emotivo maschile con la necessità di parità emotiva nelle relazioni, l’esplorazione del ruolo dell’omofobia nel mantenimento dell’identità maschile patriarcale, ed esempi attuali di mascolinità non patriarcali, ad esempio nella comunità transgenere, o in altri contesti. Resta un libro eccellente che articola realtà e possibilità emotive che permettono di vedere oltre la critica politica per sviluppare una visione concreta di un mondo alternativo.

bell hooks


bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) è stata una delle voci più influenti della critica culturale e del femminismo radicale. Scrittrice prolifica, attivista e accademica, il suo lavoro ha analizzato in profondità le intersezioni tra razza, classe e genere. La sua teoria si fonda sull’etica dell’amore e della comunità come pratica di liberazione e resistenza al sistema di dominazione, rendendola una figura fondamentale non solo per il pensiero femminista, ma per l’attivismo sociale globale.

#BellHooks #femminismo #ilSaggiatore #saggio

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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Words are cheap, China can do more without having to take any costly action. Increasing oil imports from Venezuela is one way.
in reply to تحريرها كلها ممكن

Yeah, China did this with Iran as well, didn't do shit. But I guess it gets more people to like china, and view it as the next superpower which actually helps weaker countries, unlike America which just bullies Ukraine.
in reply to PearOfJudes

Unlike China which provides weapons and surveillance for Russia to kill Ukrainians.

Fucking imperialist tankie fucks, you deserve to get your head caved in.

don't like this

in reply to Deceptichum

Unlike the US which provides weapons and surveillance for Ukraine to kill Russians.
in reply to Kumikommunism [comrade/them, any]

Russians are dying because Putin places his own vanity and desire for future "glory" over the lives of the Russian people. The was ends the second he calls off the invasion.
in reply to 52fighters

Do you really think the Russo-Ukrainian war is about "glory" and "vanity?" Russia has the upper-hand, they aren't going to pack their bags and leave before their demands are met, namely the oblasts, NATO neutrality, and for Kiev to stop oppressing ethnic Russians living in Ukraine.
in reply to ∞🏳️‍⚧️Edie [it/it/its/its/itself, she/her/her/hers/herself, fae/faer/faer/faers/faerself, love/love/loves/loves/loveself, des/pair, null/void, none/use name]

Exactly, lmao!

Like, I can empathize with the anti-war crowd. Why on Earth do they keep saying Russia can turn around and stop? That doesn't make any sense, they have the means to continue and their goals still haven't been met, so the war is going to continue until they are. Shouldn't the anti-war crowd desire a swift surrender from Ukraine to minimize further bloodshed?

in reply to Cowbee [he/they]

Why on Earth do they keep saying Russia can turn around and stop?


I saw a former minister of defense use this talking point in a debate on national television a while back, and I felt like I was about to have a stroke.

Like yeah, you're technically correct that the Russians could do that, but the actual chance of it happening is basically zero, so why are you bringing it up? You know this! What the hell kind of argument is this even supposed to be?

in reply to Cowbee [he/they]

Yes, this is about vainglory. Ukraine was seeing membership in the EU and the EU mandated reforms that would have addressed issues for minorities. The principle problem was the question of minority groups having school taught in their native language. That was a specific reform mandated. Following the process would yield the desired outcome without any Russian citizens being thrown into a meatwave attack. How has this war benefited Russian-speakers? So many deaths and scarred bodies and souls. The payoff isn't there. The proposition only favors vainglory because the current path is more harm than any alternative. Regarding NATO, neither Hungary nor Turkey would ever permit this to happen and everyone knows it. Admission into NATO requires 100% support for all existing nations. Russia knows this would never happen. It isn't about NATO membership. Putin wants to restore the Russian empire and he wants to be recorded in the history books as the man who made this happen.
in reply to 52fighters

Kiev already broke the Minsk Agreements that were meant to solve the issues of Ukrainian armament and oppression of ethnic Russians. There's only so many times you can deliberately break international agreements before nobody takes you seriously. The Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics broke away a decade ago, and have been at war since.

As for Russia, what they gain is security. When diplomacy fails, they are taking the millitant route. I ask you, if this is for "vainglory," why limit it to the Donbass region? Russia has proven capable of fighting an attrition war that Ukraine cannot, why not go for other areas in Europe? The narrative that Putin just wants to restart the Russian Empire, as though he wants to become the Tsar, is ridiculous. Not only is the Russian population benefiting massively from strengthened ties with China, it's populace increasingly favors socialism over capitalism:

There's no "meat grinder" here, Russia has been strengthened economically, and appears to be meeting its stated goals. There's no backing to the "empire" narrative, of Russian conquest of Europe.

in reply to 52fighters

Regarding NATO, neither Hungary nor Turkey would ever permit this to happen and everyone knows it.


They both agreed to let Finland and Sweden to become formal members of this genocidal gang, so this claim does not have a good basis in reality.

Admission into NATO requires 100% support for all existing nations. Russia knows this would never happen.


What is this claim based on? How do you know that NATO's owners wouldn't just threaten the dissenters the way they actually did with Hungary?

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in reply to Deceptichum

you deserve to get your head caved in.


Ok orc

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in reply to Deceptichum

Says the person who is apparently from Australia judging by the tld at least.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

China with those scary words again. We all know how China's stern words ended the genocide.

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

This will be a boon not just for China but also for countries that suffered from criminal sanctions imposed by Western regimes.
in reply to تحريرها كلها ممكن

Once Chinese companies ramp up production, we'll likely see similar thing to solar and EVs happening in the near future where cheap Chinese chips will flood the world and Western companies like Nvidia simply won't be able to compete with that.

The west will almost certainly start banning Chinese tech on "security" grounds as they always do, but the rest of the world will be using chips from China going forward. That has huge implications in terms of who gets to set global tech standards. The west may easily find itself completely technologically isolated and incompatible with what the rest of the world uses.

It's also worth noting that the whole chip industry runs on incredibly thin margins and relies on volume to stay profitable. Having a big chunk of their revenue cut off will necessarily impact the scale of R&D that Western companies are doing, and slow down their ability to develop new chips. So the tech gap with China is likely to start becoming a self-reinforcing effect. The farther ahead China pulls the harder it becomes for the West to catch up.


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

I'd love nothing more than to see China trounce the US in technology so we can stop pretending crapitalists like competition.
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‘No Kings’ protests pass in festival atmosphere as nearly 7 million rally across US


‘Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!’ protesters across the country chanted

Nearly 7 million demonstrators in small towns and cities across the country showed up for No Kings protests to rally against Donald Trump’s presidency, according to organizers.

The president declared he was “not a king” on Fox News Friday, but that didn’t stop millions of rally-goers in more than 2,500 locations across the United States from protesting the second Trump administration.

Saturday’s event marked the third mass mobilization since Trump reclaimed the White House — and one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, surpassing the more than 5 million demonstrators who turned up to the first iteration of “No Kings” protests in June, organizers said.




Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37740044

Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT
Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.




Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT

Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.





Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37740044

Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT
Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.




Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT

Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.





Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37740044

Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT
Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.




Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT

Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.



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Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’


Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT

Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.
#USA


With ceasefire secured, what’s next for Hamas?


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37739146

Analysis - Rayhan Uddin
18 October 2025 14:19 BST
Battered and bruised but unbowed, Hamas forces were back patrolling the streets of Gaza almost immediately after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect.

It was both a warning to Israeli-linked gangs and collaborators, as it was a statement about who still governs the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza envisions a future in which Hamas plays no military or political role.

However, analysts argue that the complex realities on the ground - and the absence of a viable political alternative - cast serious doubt on how feasible it is to marginalise Hamas.




With ceasefire secured, what’s next for Hamas?


Analysis - Rayhan Uddin
18 October 2025 14:19 BST

Battered and bruised but unbowed, Hamas forces were back patrolling the streets of Gaza almost immediately after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect.

It was both a warning to Israeli-linked gangs and collaborators, as it was a statement about who still governs the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza envisions a future in which Hamas plays no military or political role.

However, analysts argue that the complex realities on the ground - and the absence of a viable political alternative - cast serious doubt on how feasible it is to marginalise Hamas.





With ceasefire secured, what’s next for Hamas?


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37739146

Analysis - Rayhan Uddin
18 October 2025 14:19 BST
Battered and bruised but unbowed, Hamas forces were back patrolling the streets of Gaza almost immediately after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect.

It was both a warning to Israeli-linked gangs and collaborators, as it was a statement about who still governs the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza envisions a future in which Hamas plays no military or political role.

However, analysts argue that the complex realities on the ground - and the absence of a viable political alternative - cast serious doubt on how feasible it is to marginalise Hamas.




With ceasefire secured, what’s next for Hamas?


Analysis - Rayhan Uddin
18 October 2025 14:19 BST

Battered and bruised but unbowed, Hamas forces were back patrolling the streets of Gaza almost immediately after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect.

It was both a warning to Israeli-linked gangs and collaborators, as it was a statement about who still governs the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza envisions a future in which Hamas plays no military or political role.

However, analysts argue that the complex realities on the ground - and the absence of a viable political alternative - cast serious doubt on how feasible it is to marginalise Hamas.





With ceasefire secured, what’s next for Hamas?


Analysis - Rayhan Uddin
18 October 2025 14:19 BST

Battered and bruised but unbowed, Hamas forces were back patrolling the streets of Gaza almost immediately after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect.

It was both a warning to Israeli-linked gangs and collaborators, as it was a statement about who still governs the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza envisions a future in which Hamas plays no military or political role.

However, analysts argue that the complex realities on the ground - and the absence of a viable political alternative - cast serious doubt on how feasible it is to marginalise Hamas.



New footage exposes Israeli support for anti-Hamas terrorist groups in Gaza: Report


Two new videos have revealed that the Israeli military is actively supporting anti-Hamas terrorist groups in Gaza with weapons and provisions, according to a report.

The videos, recorded earlier this month and authenticated by Sky News, capture a nighttime convoy of pickup trucks transporting supplies from the direction of an Israeli military base to militia-controlled areas in northern Gaza.

The footage places the convoy about 1.4 kilometers inside Israeli-controlled territory near the Erez border crossing, an area where, according to official data, no humanitarian aid has passed since February.

The vehicles, carrying fuel, water, and food, move through devastated streets before arriving at an abandoned school identified as the headquarters of the so-called People’s Army, led by Ashraf al-Mansi.

Al-Mansi recently released a video warning Hamas against entering areas under his control, saying his group is one of four anti-Hamas militias operating inside Gaza, all within zones still monitored by Israel.

Sky News had previously reported that Israel facilitated the supply of weapons, vehicles, cash, and food to another faction, the so-called Popular Forces, led by Yasser Abu Shabab in southern Gaza.

The new evidence strongly suggests that Israel is now extending the same support to northern factions, flagrantly undermining the ceasefire agreement reached with Hamas on October 9.

The two videos, uploaded by a member of al-Mansi’s group on October 9 and 11, show convoys following the same route from a location less than 400 meters from an Israeli military base.

Although the footage does not show the loading of supplies, several containers on the trucks display the SOS Energy logo, an Israeli fuel supplier.

Neither the Israeli military nor representatives of the so-called People’s Army responded to Sky News’ requests for comment.

Israel’s support for Gaza-based terrorist groups continues as Hamas strives to restore order in the region following the ceasefire.

On Thursday, the Israeli news outlet Mako reported that Hamas had seized 45 pickup trucks, large sums of cash, and hundreds of weapons from Israeli-backed terrorist militias, citing unnamed sources within the Israeli military.

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Report by Sky News -> news.sky.com/story/videos-show…

Videos are in the article



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Mullvad blocks a certain website


I just realized that RT (dot com) is inaccessible when Mullvad is enabled, even with all content blockers turned off. It says the DNS lookup failed. I tried from various countries too.

This post is not about endorsing or condemning any particular site, I just want to know if anyone knows whether there could be a technical reason for this? Or are we just banning sites we don't like now?

Edit: Solved. RT is blocking some Mullvad nodes, not the other way around. Works with a random Albania server and I assume some others.

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in reply to Dr_Vindaloo

Also, if you use Mullvad's DNS servers, some level-1 DNS providers block Mullvad's level-2 servers, which means you can't even look up some sites. My solution was to use a web DNS lookup tool and add blocked resolves to my router's dnsmasq table. It's a shitty solution, but it works.


A Laser Pointer at 2 Billion Fps Makes the Speed of Light Look... Kinda Weird


I'm not going to pretend I know wall the electrical shit going on here, but this is overall pretty badass. It's always cool when YouTube actually suggests something interesting.


Blame game erupts in Europe as Ukraine strategy falters


in reply to NightOwl

Everyone who didn't send troops bears the blame for why they will eventually be invaded.




China cracks major transnational fraud case led by Myanmar-based Xu Faqi, involving illicit gains over $150 million: authority





Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns top British army chief




The Mamdani Method: Five lessons to anchor a Democratic Party adrift at sea


What Mamdani is really testing is whether Democrats can still generate attention through conflict on their own terms. The modern political media landscape only amplifies what bleeds—culture wars, celebrity-like feuds—while ignoring the conflicts that actually define people’s lives: rent that keeps rising, child care that drains a paycheck, transit that doesn’t come. Most Democrats, wary of being cast as divisive, retreat from confrontation altogether or get pulled into the wrong fights.

Mamdani understands that attention is produced through conflict, and that the answer is not to avoid it but to redirect it. He builds it around affordability—who pays, who benefits, and how power works—making economic struggle visible and emotionally legible. For him, conflict isn’t a distraction from governing; it’s the entry point for persuasion. The goal is not to perform anger but to focus it, to remind people that politics can still change the price of the things that govern their days.

Mamdani’s appeal has little to do with just his youthful vibe. It lies in his answer to two questions the party keeps ducking. Can a Democrat hold attention without turning into a caricature? And once attention is captured, can it be used to make politics legible as a system that changes what people pay and how they live? His method blends traditions that rarely coexist: Sanders’s moral clarity, Ocasio-Cortez’s digital and movement cadence, the “abundance” instinct to build and unblock, the grounded competence of effective executives, and the narrative craft of cultural workers who know how to reach an audience. The point is not style for its own sake. It is persuasion as craft—showing that Democrats can hold the stage on the economy again, speak plainly about power, and still mean what they say.




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