cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55935309

I am thinking about buying a pair of physical 2FA keys to protect my password manager and sensitive accounts.
Which brand and model do you suggest?

If a model with open source firmware doesn't come with big drawbacks, I'd
prefer it, because I may learn from the source code and even contribute to it.

NFC is not necessary, and the keys should be USB-A. A fingerprint reader is welcome if the price doesn't increase too much.

Thank you all in advance.

John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during President Trump's first term before becoming a vocal critic, was indicted on Thursday on 18 charges related to the mishandling of classified documents.

Details from the indictment filed in Maryland's district court charge Bolton with eight counts for the transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of unlawful retention of such information. Each count faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

In a statement, the Justice Department said Bolton illegally transmitted classified information using a personal email and messaging applications, including U.S. "intelligence about future attacks, foreign adversaries, and foreign-policy relations."

Doctors and healthcare professionals have gathered in London to demand the release of the more than 100 Palestinian medics currently held without charge or trial in Israeli jails.

This includes Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent hospital director in Gaza, who was abducted by Israeli forces in December 2024.

Since then, he has been held in detention despite growing calls for his release and reports by his lawyer that was tortured in prison.

“The strategy of targeting healthcare workers and the whole hospital infrastructure is targeting what is sustaining life in Gaza,” said Dr Rebecca Inglis with Healthcare Workers Watch.

Live: Trump threatens ‘to eradicate Hamas’ as Israel kills dozens in Gaza

Senior US officials meet PM Netanyahu in Israel a day after deadly attacks on Gaza threatened the fragile ceasefire.

^{Virginia Pietromarchi (Al Jazeera)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37811665

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Cuba has released its annual report on the impact of U.S. sanctions on the island's economy. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the damages amount to $7.5 billion, the single biggest loss in a year since Cuba began issuing these reports.

Also:
* Farm near Havana pioneers #agroecology
* Cuba wins gold at the Tokyo Athletics World Championships
* Almost 1,000 same-sex marriages in Cuba last year
* Cuban reggaeton artist returns home after emigrating to #US
* Cuba extends tax exemptions on medicine and food imports
* Millions of Cubans struggle to get water

Peter Link

2025-10-20 14:54:08

The Crushing Cost of U.S. Sanctions on Cuba

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Cuba has released its annual report on the impact of U.S. sanctions on the island's economy. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the damages amount to $7.5 billion, the single biggest loss in a year since Cuba began issuing these reports.

Also:
* Farm near Havana pioneers #agroecology
* Cuba wins gold at the Tokyo Athletics World Championships
* Almost 1,000 same-sex marriages in Cuba last year
* Cuban reggaeton artist returns home after emigrating to #US
* Cuba extends tax exemptions on medicine and food imports
* Millions of Cubans struggle to get water

https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/43380

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37819498

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the governments of both Cuba and Venezuela during his first term. This time round, the goal remains the same, though some of the methods have changed.

Also in this week's newsletter:
* Presidents of Mexico and Colombia to snub Summit of the Americas
* Cuba "categorically rejects" involvement in Russia-Ukraine war
* Trump deports more Cubans to Eswatini
* High-profile Cuban dissident leaves Cuba for U.S.

Peter Link

2025-10-20 18:05:40

Trump’s Regime Change Playbook Is Back

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the governments of both Cuba and Venezuela during his first term. This time round, the goal remains the same, though some of the methods have changed.

Also in this week's newsletter:
* Presidents of Mexico and Colombia to snub Summit of the Americas
* Cuba "categorically rejects" involvement in Russia-Ukraine war
* Trump deports more Cubans to Eswatini
* High-profile Cuban dissident leaves Cuba for U.S.

https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/44166

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37819498

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the governments of both Cuba and Venezuela during his first term. This time round, the goal remains the same, though some of the methods have changed.

Also in this week's newsletter:
* Presidents of Mexico and Colombia to snub Summit of the Americas
* Cuba "categorically rejects" involvement in Russia-Ukraine war
* Trump deports more Cubans to Eswatini
* High-profile Cuban dissident leaves Cuba for U.S.

Peter Link

2025-10-20 18:05:40

Trump’s Regime Change Playbook Is Back

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the governments of both Cuba and Venezuela during his first term. This time round, the goal remains the same, though some of the methods have changed.

Also in this week's newsletter:
* Presidents of Mexico and Colombia to snub Summit of the Americas
* Cuba "categorically rejects" involvement in Russia-Ukraine war
* Trump deports more Cubans to Eswatini
* High-profile Cuban dissident leaves Cuba for U.S.

https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/44166

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the governments of both Cuba and Venezuela during his first term. This time round, the goal remains the same, though some of the methods have changed.

Also in this week's newsletter:
* Presidents of Mexico and Colombia to snub Summit of the Americas
* Cuba "categorically rejects" involvement in Russia-Ukraine war
* Trump deports more Cubans to Eswatini
* High-profile Cuban dissident leaves Cuba for U.S.

https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/44166

US President Donald Trump signed an agreement with visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to boost access to critical minerals and rare earths as the US looks to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains.

“We are discussing critical minerals and rare earths and we’re going to be signing an agreement that’s been negotiated over a period of four or five months,” Trump said at the White House on Monday as the two leaders met. “In about a year from now, we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earths that you won’t know what to do with them.”

Albanese said the deal represented an $8.5 billion “pipeline that we have ready to go.” He hailed the agreement on minerals and rare earths as “taking it to the next level,” praising the economic and defense cooperation between the two countries.

Trump signs agreement on critical minerals with Australia - MINING.COM

^MINING.COM

US President Donald Trump signed an agreement with visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to boost access to critical minerals and rare earths as the US looks to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains.

“We are discussing critical minerals and rare earths and we’re going to be signing an agreement that’s been negotiated over a period of four or five months,” Trump said at the White House on Monday as the two leaders met. “In about a year from now, we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earths that you won’t know what to do with them.”

Albanese said the deal represented an $8.5 billion “pipeline that we have ready to go.” He hailed the agreement on minerals and rare earths as “taking it to the next level,” praising the economic and defense cooperation between the two countries.

Trump signs agreement on critical minerals with Australia - MINING.COM

^MINING.COM

Ali has supported southern secession for a decade. He long regarded the STC as the movement most capable of restoring South Yemen’s independence from the north, which has been under Houthi control since the civil war erupted in 2014.

However, remarks made last month by STC leader Aidarus al-Zoubaidi have sparked outrage among Yemenis across the political spectrum, both in the north and the south.

Zoubaidi said the creation of an independent southern state could pave the way for normalisation with Israel. "The STC was heading towards signing an alliance agreement with Israel before 7 October 2023," he added.

For years, calls for southern secession remained largely peaceful and limited in scope. But in 2016, the separatists’ military and political influence began to grow, bolstered by weapons and funding from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Today, the STC holds control over most of Yemen’s southern provinces.

Yemen's southern secessionists face backlash over talk of ties with Israel

For two years, Amer Ali, a resident of the southern Yemeni city of Aden, joined rallies opposing Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 68,000 people.

^{MEE correspondent (Middle East Eye)}

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel to Gaza had been held in a notorious detention centre already facing allegations of torture and unlawful deaths in custody, officials from Gaza’s health ministry have told the Guardian.

The director general of the health ministry, Dr Munir al-Bursh, and a spokesperson for Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, where the bodies are being examined, said a document found inside each body bag indicated the bodies all came from Sde Teiman, a military base in the Negev desert where, according to photos and testimonies published by the Guardian last year, Palestinian detainees were held in cages, blindfolded and handcuffed, shackled to hospital beds and forced to wear nappies.

“The document tags inside the body bags are written in Hebrew and clearly indicate that the remains were held at Sde Teiman,” Bursh said. “The tags also showed that DNA tests had been carried out on some of them there.”

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials

Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths

^{Lorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)}

I thought this would be relevant to Linux, since the options available to us Linux users are either unmaintained, hard to use, require a subscription, an account, or to upload your content to a server.

BentoPDF is the opposite of all that.

I just hope they add a dumb-proof way to install it (PWA? Flatpak?) for easy access.

https://bentopdf.com/