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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who withdrew his sponsorship of Ruby Central (allegedly worth $250,000 according to the article) said this: "I rescinded a six-figure grant because the org invited DHH, a white supremacist, to speak.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.
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GitHub - Plan-Vert/open-letter: An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence
An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence - Plan-Vert/open-letterGitHub
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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.
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.
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To be expected as ISIS failed miserably against Hamas without IDF overwatch
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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:
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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.
Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site
Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site — 12 stills and nine videos have been recovered, but none from the fateful OceanGate implosion
The specialist camera was rated to 6,000m, but the lens and some of its components were probably damaged by the implosion.Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)
bell hooks: La volontà di cambiare. Uomini, amore e la via d’uscita dal patriarcato.
La volontà di cambiare. Mascolinità e amore
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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.
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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.
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Girls will be girls di Emer O'toole
Girls will be girls di Emer O'toole - Gender gap - Il Mago di OzAlice Mammola (Magozine.it)
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Unlike China which provides weapons and surveillance for Russia to kill Ukrainians.
Fucking imperialist tankie fucks, you deserve to get your head caved in.
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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?
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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?
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.
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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Increasing oil imports from Venezuela is one way.
They are doing that
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Sanctions Backfire: Venezuela’s Oil Surge to China Defies U.S. Crackdown - Regtechtimes
Venezuela’s oil exports have stayed almost the same recently, even though the country is under strong sanctions from the United States.Tejaswini Deshmukh (Regtechtimes)
China’s In-House EUV Machines Reportedly Entering Trial Production In Q3 2025, Utilizing An Approach That Offers A Simpler, Efficient Design; SMIC & Huawei To Benefit Greatly
China’s In-House EUV Machines Reportedly Entering Trial Production In Q3 2025, Utilizing An Approach That Offers A Simpler, Efficient Design; SMIC & Huawei To Benefit Greatly
Huawei and SMIC could wave goodbye to their chip production woes because China is reportedly kicking off EUV trial production later this yearOmar Sohail (Wccftech)
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.
Fighting a Chip War on the Cheap
‘The US government is run by idiots who don’t understand the industry,” one of the founding fathers of America’s semiconductor industry told me after the Biden administration announced sweeping curbs on Chinese purchases of US high-end chips, fabrica…David P. Goldman (Compact)
Jensen says Nvidia’s China AI GPU market share has plummeted from 95% to zero — the Chinese market previously amounted to 20% to 25% of the chipmaker's data center revenue
Jensen says Nvidia’s China AI GPU market share has plummeted from 95% to zero — the Chinese market previously amounted to 20% to 25% of the chipmaker's data center revenue
Speaking at a Citadel Securities event on October 6, the Nvidia CEO blamed U.S. export controls and said the company now assumes no revenue from China in its forecasts.Luke James (Tom's Hardware)
‘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.
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Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
Surveillance Secrets - Lighthouse Reports
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spreadLighthouse Reports
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Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’
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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’
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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’
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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
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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’
More than 2,600 events are planned across the US to dissent against Trump’s policies. Organizer James Phipps, 75, says: ‘Protest is all I’ve done all my life’Michael Sainato (The Guardian)
With ceasefire secured, what’s next for Hamas?
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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?
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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.
New footage exposes Israeli support for anti-Hamas militias in Gaza: Report
A video has revealed the Israeli regime supplying arms and resources to anti-resistance terrorist groups, directly undermining peace and stability in Gaza.PressTV
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Report by Sky News -> news.sky.com/story/videos-show…
Videos are in the article
Videos show fresh evidence of Israeli support for Gaza militia
Footage verified by Sky News shows a Gaza militia transporting supplies from the direction of an IDF base or the Israeli border.Sam Doak and Ben van der Merwe, Data and Forensics Unit (Sky News)
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Radiative Cooling Aerogel from Potatoes (and other DIY bioplastics)
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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.
A Laser Pointer at 2 Billion Fps Makes the Speed of Light Look... Kinda Weird
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Blame game erupts in Europe as Ukraine strategy falters
Blame game erupts in Europe as Ukraine strategy falters
Recent remarks from Angela Merkel have set the stage for a continent-wide search for scapegoats amid a failing strategy and fading unityEldar Mamedov (Responsible Statecraft)
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China enters new era with 99% accurate BeiDou weather sounding
China enters new era with 99% accurate BeiDou weather sounding
China has established a comprehensive meteorological observation network that spans the land, sea, air and space.CGTN
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China cracks major transnational fraud case led by Myanmar-based Xu Faqi, involving illicit gains over $150 million: authority
China cracks major transnational fraud case led by Myanmar-based Xu Faqi, involving illicit gains over $150 million: authority
China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced on Friday that authorities have successfully cracked a major transnational criminal case involving the notorious Myanmar-based Kokang gang leader Xu Faqi, also known as Xu Laofa, who was recently br…www.globaltimes.cn
Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns top British army chief
Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns top British army chief
Field Marshal Lord Richards tells The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Ukraine has been given false hope by its Western allies and cannot triumph against Russia unless Nato forces join fightSam Kiley (The Independent)
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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.
The Mamdani Method
Five lessons to anchor a Democratic Party adrift at seaWaleed Shahid (Waleed’s Substack)
Anatomy of a crypto meltdown
Anatomy of a crypto meltdown
October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward.Molly White (Citation Needed)
There sure were a lot of American flags at the “hate America rally”
There sure were a lot of American flags at the “hate America rally”
"I'm trying to protect democracy in this country."Mother Jones
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