The DNS0.EU non-profit public DNS service focused on European users announced its immediate shut down due to time and resource constraints.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dns0eu-private-dns-service-shuts-down-over-sustainability-issues/

An interview with historian Bryan Palmer about his trilogy of books on the continuing legacy of colonialism in Canada.

Capitalism And Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made

^{Adam D.K. King (The Maple)}

Jeepers Keepers! A creepy crawly Twitch drop will be available during the Keepers of the Flame content reveal. Get the Hiveborn Crawler Pet for free by tuning into GGG Live at 12pm on October 23rd (PDT).

How to Participate

Simply link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below) and tune into GGG Live at www.twitch.tv/pathofexile, or any channel in the Path of Exile Directory for 45 minutes. Drops will be enabled from 12PM PDT until 10PM PDT.

You will get the Hiveborn Crawler Pet after 45 minutes of accumulated watch time on any channel with drops enabled streaming Path of Exile during the event. This means that the drop is guaranteed for everyone who has watched any Path of Exile stream for this amount of time. This promotion is available for all accounts.

If you're planning to stream Path of Exile during our livestream and want to enable Twitch Drops for your viewers, you can do it via your Twitch Creator Dashboard here.

Linking your Path of Exile Account to Twitch

Visit your Twitch Settings page while logged in. If your account isn't connected, click the "Connect" button for Twitch under "Other Connections". Complete the process on Twitch and you will be redirected back to your Twitch Settings page. If your account is already connected, this page should say "Your Path of Exile account is currently linked to your Twitch account."

After you've accumulated enough watch time to earn your Hiveborn Crawler Pet, you must redeem it from your Twitch Inventory before the promotional period ends. Then it will be immediately available in your microtransactions list in both Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2. The Hiveborn Crawler Pet will be available for purchase from the store at a later date.

We can't wait to share the details of Keepers of the Flame with you! To stay up to date in the lead up to the livestream be sure to check out our Twitter, Facebook and Forums. We'll see you at GGG Live at www.twitch.tv/pathofexile!

Our Path of Exile 2 Fan Art Competition is closing soon, so those who are still working on their submission will only have one day left to submit. In this news post, we are showcasing more submissions made by our players so far.

Submission by Dilisity#8031

Submission by ares1986#1209

Submission by UrMammy#3308

Witchhunter by ƙloƙɱacɧine#1234

The Great White One by Doncak#3104

We will announce the winners in the coming weeks so stay tuned for announcements. Thanks to everyone who submitted the fan art!

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/20524903

Cyberpunk stories are often action filled and you as player are directly in the middle, deciding the fate of mega corporations and technological progress of humanity. But in this game? Here you prepare drinks and hear stories about the world outside the bar doors. What crazy stuff goes on, what happened to some celebrity and when the next riot is supposedly happening. It is a Deus Ex story, but you don't play JC Denton, you play a barkeeper and try to make ends meet, so you don't get evicted from your apartment at months end.

And it is glorious. I really started to like games, or stories in general, that don't put you in the shoes of the 1 in a million special protagonist, but in the shoes of one of the other 999.999 randoms, who have to live in that world and can't just change the world by fighting the bad guy.

Your bar has some random people coming, but also regulars you will talk to more often and build a connection with. And each one will have a story to tell you. Now the game play is not exactly breath taking, either you do the drink right or not. Mess up too often and you don't have enough money for the rent. Sometimes you can influence the customer a bit by deciding how much alcohol you put in their drink, but that's it. So mostly you can consider it as a Visual Novel (if you want a cyberpunk bartender story driven game with a bit more gameplay focus, yes there is another one with that description, check out Red Strings Club). But the stories are just so interesting and fun. And following the circumstances of certain regulars was captivating for me. \
Especially as you have a lot of variety in your customers: poor people down on their luck, a private law enforcement officer that didn't just join because they wanted to stomp on citizens. Or a cybernetically enhanced dog with a Hawaii shirt. Yeah it's not taking itself always seriously =)
And it's mostly about human stories, how they get affected by their society etc. Not about saving the world, but about how they can find a good food store now that the old one was busted for illegally selling cyberware below the counter. So a lot of world building is done through your customers stories.

Biggest drawback of this game? If you enjoy it, you also have to wait for it's sequel N1RV Ann-A like the rest of us. Which still doesn't have any release date. But as Silksong proved: good games take time!

The partial records are from the third batch of documents produced by Epstein's estate. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say they include phone message logs, copies of flight logs and manifests for aircraft, copies of financial ledgers and Epstein's daily schedule.

In addition to Musk and Prince Andrew, the files released publicly also contain the names of other prominent figures including internet entrepreneur Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump.

The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to the financier's island in December 2014.

Acosta Transcript: drive.google.com/file/d/1CtE3p…

Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files

The documents by the estate of convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released by Congressional Democrats.

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE8.LZ1u.IGz_8DWKAovv

An awesome app I just discovered for browsing reddit links. Like the rest of you I've abandoned reddit but a lot of research on the web takes you to reddit. It's unsafe to browse the main site. This app is fully incognito and doesn't require an account. It's also gorgeous. It could potentially go inactive soon due to an API change. Last update was also in June but they fixed a crash this morning so someone's still working on it.

Download this and set it to handle reddit links by default. Stay safe, stay ready Comrades!

Stealth | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Stealth is an account-free, privacy-oriented, and feature-rich Reddit client.

^f-droid.org

One day after the broadcast of the Al Jazeera documentary, which revealed the identities of 'Israeli' commanders and soldiers responsible for the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) submitted a 120-page Article 15 communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

The filing names 24 'Israeli' soldiers and commanders allegedly responsible for the deaths of Hind Rajab, six members of her family, and two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics, Yusuf al-Zeino and Ahmed al-Madhoun, who were deliberately targeted while attempting to rescue the girl on 29 January 2024 in Gaza City.

Hind Rajab Foundation files ICC complaint against 24 'Israeli' soldiers over Rajab family murder

^{Roya News}

My kernel version is ‘6.8.0-87-generic’ and hers is ‘6.14.00-33-generic’. My brother, who uses CachyOS, has kernel version '6.17.1-2-cachyos'. So it makes a little sense that the kernel is different. Even though I always thought that there was just one kernel that all Linux versions use.

But why is there a different kernel for the same distro?

Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.

A tranche of over 8,500 pages of records from Epstein’s estate — released by the House Oversight Committee Friday — show that Epstein’s calendars and emails reflect that Menchel, who left the DOJ in 2007, had multiple meetings or dinners with Epstein in 2011, 2013 and 2017. Lawmakers also referred to a photograph of Menchel on a ski trip with Epstein sometime in the 2000s, but didn’t produce the photo.

Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.

A tranche of over 8,500 pages of records from Epstein’s estate — released by the House Oversight Committee Friday — show that Epstein’s calendars and emails reflect that Menchel, who left the DOJ in 2007, had multiple meetings or dinners with Epstein in 2011, 2013 and 2017. Lawmakers also referred to a photograph of Menchel on a ski trip with Epstein sometime in the 2000s, but didn’t produce the photo.

The Trump White House joined Bluesky in October 2025, quickly becoming the platform's second most-blocked account with over 92,000 blocks, trailing only Vice President JD Vance who has accumulated 166,000 blocks since June¹.

The White House's debut post featured a 52-second video montage of President Trump's "greatest hits" since returning to office, including clips mocking political opponents². The administration's arrival on Bluesky was particularly notable as the platform had become a haven for Trump critics and left-leaning users who fled X (formerly Twitter) after the 2024 election².

For comparison, Bluesky's most followed accounts paint a different picture of the platform's user base:
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 2.17 million followers
- Mark Cuban: 1.49 million followers
- Mark Hamill: 1.31 million followers¹

1. Yahoo News - The White House Joins BlueSky and Instantly Becomes the 2nd-Most Blocked Account — After JD Vance ↩︎ ↩︎
2. HuffPost - Trump White House Joins Bluesky And Instantly Earns A Very Dubious Distinction ↩︎ ↩︎

Trump White House Joins Bluesky And Instantly Earns A Very Dubious Distinction

The Trump administration's debut went awry.

^{Lee Moran (HuffPost)}

After a period when President Trump seemed to be more inclined to the Ukrainian side, he now seems to be taking the side of Russia again. On board his plane the Air Force One he told reporters that Ukraine and Russia should stop fighting and that he wants to leave the situation in the largely Russia-occupied Donbas as he is.

And the British newspaper the Financial Times (FT) writes that the meeting between Trump and Zelensky at the White House went dramatically Friday. Trump is said to have urged Zelensky to accept the Russian conditions for ending the war and to give up the Donbas to Russia.

Based on sources, the newspaper reports that Trump warned that Russian President Putin will "destroy" Ukraine if the country does not cooperate.

Turn of Trump
A little over a month ago, Trump said Ukraine could win the war with the support of the European Union. Then he was remarkably positive about that. In a post on Truth Social, he stated that the country, with the help of the EU and NATO, can take back all territories occupied by Russia.

It seems that last Thursday's phone conversation with Putin has changed his mind.

According to the FT and The Washington Post, the Russian president has made a new proposal whereby Ukraine will give up the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in exchange for small parts of Cherson and Zaporizha. Exactly that exchange would have been introduced to Zelensky on Friday.

Two sources told Reuters that they had the impression that Trump was influenced by Putin. Trump and Putin have agreed to meet in Budapest in a few weeks.

Screaming
Zelensky came to Washington on Friday in the hope of getting more weapons from the U.S., but according to insiders, the meeting degenerated into a screaming party, with Trump constantly cursing.

That this was not an incident turned out last night on board the Air Force One. Trump said the Donbas region - in southeastern Ukraine - should be divided "in the way that it is now." "Negotiation is possible later," he said. "Go home, stop fighting and stop killing people."

The Donbas consists of the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. Luhansk is almost entirely occupied by Russia, Donetsk about three quarters.

What Trump is asking of Ukraine:

Pete Hegseth's tie during this meeting:

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37864974

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 13 Palestinians killed—including seven killed in new Israeli attacks—with six recovered from under the rubble and at least eight wounded arriving at hospitals in the past 24 hours. Hamas says it will hand over the remains of two more Israeli captives. At least 135 of the mutilated Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza were traced to Israel’s infamous Sde Teiman military prison, the Guardian reports; doctors say autopsies indicate summary executions and systematic torture. President Donald Trump believes Hamas leaders are willing to negotiate “in good faith,” a White House source told the New York Times; President Trump posted on Truth Social that “if Hamas continues to act badly, in violation of their agreement with us…an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL!” UN OCHA records 71 settler attacks in the West Bank between October 7 and October 13 of this year, resulting in one death and 99 injuries; Israeli forces storm the city of Nablus and the town of Barqin. ICE finds itself in need of “medical professionals” on account of the numerous deaths of migrants in its custody. American banks struggle to find full funding for the US’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina in support of its leader Javier Milei. U.S. diplomats are attempting to broker a peace deal between the Moroccan and Algerian governments, who broke ties in 2021 in a dispute over the Western Sahara. A new airstrip is being constructed on an island between Yemen and Eritrea. A contingent of 350 U.S. military advisers will remain in Iraq to counter the Islamic State, its president says, despite an agreement to leave by September. Attacks in the Sahel by armed groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have surged from 1,900 in 2023 to 5,500 in 2024, with 3,800 already this year, AFP reports.

Peter Link

2025-10-21 17:33:50

Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks; Hamas will hand over two more Israeli captives; and Trump's $200 million White House ballroom

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 13 Palestinians killed—including seven killed in new Israeli attacks—with six recovered from under the rubble and at least eight wounded arriving at hospitals in the past 24 hours. Hamas says it will hand over the remains of two more Israeli captives. At least 135 of the mutilated Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza were traced to Israel’s infamous Sde Teiman military prison, the Guardian reports; doctors say autopsies indicate summary executions and systematic torture. President Donald Trump believes Hamas leaders are willing to negotiate “in good faith,” a White House source told the New York Times; President Trump posted on Truth Social that “if Hamas continues to act badly, in violation of their agreement with us…an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL!” UN OCHA records 71 settler attacks in the West Bank between October 7 and October 13 of this year, resulting in one death and 99 injuries; Israeli forces storm the city of Nablus and the town of Barqin. ICE finds itself in need of “medical professionals” on account of the numerous deaths of migrants in its custody. American banks struggle to find full funding for the US’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina in support of its leader Javier Milei. U.S. diplomats are attempting to broker a peace deal between the Moroccan and Algerian governments, who broke ties in 2021 in a dispute over the Western Sahara. A new airstrip is being constructed on an island between Yemen and Eritrea. A contingent of 350 U.S. military advisers will remain in Iraq to counter the Islamic State, its president says, despite an agreement to leave by September. Attacks in the Sahel by armed groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have surged from 1,900 in 2023 to 5,500 in 2024, with 3,800 already this year, AFP reports.

Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks; Hamas will hand over two more Israeli captives; and Trump's $200 million White House ballroom

Drop Site Daily: October 21, 2025

^{Drop Site News}

While this is nominally an account of past events, I can't in good conscience place a book-tour piece in U.S. News.

When CJ Cregg exits the White House for the last time, a passing tourist asks her if she works there. “No,” she replies in the final episode of The West Wing, “No, I’m sorry I don’t.” The former press secretary casts a wistful glance back at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, knowing life will never be the same.

The evanescence of power is now familiar to Karine Jean-Pierre, who in real life served as White House press secretary for two and a half years under the presidency of Joe Biden. She was the first Black person, first openly gay person and – born in the Caribbean to Haitian parents – first immigrant to hold the title.

But the old saying that all political lives end in failure applies to their spokespeople too. Jean-Pierre spent her final months in the West Wing parrying questions about Biden’s mental acuity, an exercise that increasingly came to be seen as defending the indefensible. She watched as her boss’s legacy was undone, his numerous accomplishments eclipsed by his failure to prevent the return of Donald Trump.

That the whole experience ended on a sour note is made clear by the publication of Jean-Pierre’s memoir Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines. Its front cover offers an image of the White House, seen not through Cregg’s rose-tinted gaze but rather a cracked lens.

Biden’s ex-press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: ‘Why are Democrats not fighting back?’

Jean-Pierre explains in her new memoir Independent why she decided to leave the Democratic party after two decades

^{David Smith (The Guardian)}

"OpenAI’s Product Lead Adam Fry said during the livestream that ChatGPT Atlas will have the sidecar feature, too. Further, ChatGPT Atlas has “browser history,” meaning that ChatGPT can now log the websites you visit and what you do on them, and use that information to make its answers more personalized."

Oh, great! /s

OpenAI launches an AI-powered browser: ChatGPT Atlas | TechCrunch

OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.

^{Maxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)}

Lawyers for small businesses and states challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all goods imported into the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday to leave in place rulings by lower courts that struck down most of the tariffs. One group of small businesses told the justices that the tariffs “have equated to the largest peacetime tax increase in American history,” while another contends that the tariffs “upend[] a century of trade law.”

Trump’s executive orders relied on a federal law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, that gives the president the power to take action to “deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States” if he declares a national emergency “with respect to such threat.” When there is a national emergency, the president under IEEPA can “regulate . . . importation” of “property in which any foreign country or national thereof has any interest.”

In Washington, D.C., a pair of small businesses that make educational toys and products went to federal court to challenge the tariffs. The companies, Learning Resources and hand2mind, contend that the tariffs will cost them $100 million this year – nearly 45 times as much as they paid during 2024

Small businesses and states ask court to uphold orders striking down Trump’s tariffs

Lawyers for small businesses and states challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all goods imported into the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday […]

^{Amy Howe (SCOTUSblog)}

The CBO initially projected that the provision, known as the ORPHAN Cures Act, would cost around $5 billion over the next decade. But the office said Monday that its earlier assessment did not take into account several major, high-priced drugs that will be exempted from Medicare price negotiations as a result of the Trump-GOP law.

Among the drugs included in the new CBO analysis is Keytruda, a cancer medication sold by Merck that carries a list price of $24,062 every six weeks. The Trump GOP-budget law delays Keytruda’s eligibility for Medicare price negotiations by at least a year, postponing significant potential savings for taxpayers and patients.

Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, said in response to the updated CBO analysis that “the ORPHAN Cures Act is a wildly expensive handout to Big Pharma that will harm patients, drain taxpayer dollars, and weaken the government’s ability to rein in high drug prices.”

Trump-GOP Giveaway to Big Pharma Will Hit Taxpayers With $9 Billion in Higher Drug Costs

"Donald Trump and Republicans are selling out America's seniors," said one advocate.

^{jake-johnson (Common Dreams)}