Just a few personal thoughts. Notes to myself, to people who use and love this app everyday.

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Just a few personal thoughts. Notes to myself, to people who use and love this app everyday.

^{Phong's blog}

China and Russia are sending attractive women to seduce tech workers — even marrying and having children with their targets. ‘It’s the Wild West out there,’ says insider

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Female spies are waging ‘sex warfare’ to steal Silicon Valley secrets

^{Samuel Lovett (The Times)}

In the wake of Israel's violations and the tragic loss of life in Gaza, over 460 Jewish artists and advocates are calling for sustained international pressure to ensure lasting peace. Will world leaders heed their plea for justice and accountability?

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Prominent Jewish Figures Call On World Leaders to 'Refuse' Complicity in Israeli Crimes in Gaza, West Bank

The United Nations and member states must "use relevant leverage, including targeted sanctions on governmental bodies and individuals responsible for violations of international law," reads a new letter.

^{julia-conley (Common Dreams)}

Arab countries decried the Israeli Knesset’s preliminary passage of two bills on Wednesday to annex the occupied West Bank and the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc in East Jerusalem as a “flagrant violation of international law,” Anadolu reports.

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The ICJ ruling exposes Israel's lies and demands they provide aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza. Will Israel finally cooperate and end the suffering they have caused? The world is watching as lives hang in the balance. #JusticeForPalestine #EndTheBlockade

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ICJ Rejects Israeli Claims About UNRWA and Orders Officials to Provide More Aid to Gaza

"Yet another Israeli government lie—slavishly repeated by Western media—collapses," said one policy expert.

^{julia-conley (Common Dreams)}

Laurence des Cars said there was only one camera pointing on the gallery which was robbed.

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Louvre failed to spot jewel thieves early enough, says museum boss

^{Paul Kirby (BBC News)}

South Korea has officially announced it plans to recognise same-sex couples in the upcoming national census.

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South Korea officially recognises same-sex couples in national census

^{Amelia Hansford (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)}

Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.

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Offshoring automation: Filipino tech workers power global AI jobs - Rest of World

Tele-operators in Manila control robots and train AI for global firms, as offshoring automation creates new tech jobs and new risks in the Philippines.

^{Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)}

"Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine."

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In Trump first, US sanctions Russia's oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil after White House cancels Putin meeting

^{Volodymyr Ivanyshyn (The Kyiv Independent)}

US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economies

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US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports

^{Oliver Milman (The Guardian)}

Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and pressing for more government investment in health and education

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New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions

^{Eva Corlett (The Guardian)}

Swiss government rejects nationwide headscarf ban for schoolchildren.

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Swiss government rejects ban on children’s headscarves in schools

^{Swissinfo API (SWI swissinfo.ch)}

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend the G20 summit scheduled for late November in South Africa, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 22, according to The Moscow Times.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's setting a goal for the country to double its non-U.S. exports in the next decade, saying Canada’s former strengths based on close ties to the United States have become vulnerabilities.

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Slovakia lifted its holdout position after securing energy price guarantees from the European Commission.

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Ukraine says the attacks are a direct retaliation to Russia's frequent strikes on Ukrainian cities.

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Blackouts hit Russia's Belgorod as Ukrainian drone attacks surge

^{Olga Ivshina (BBC News)}

King Charles and Pope Leo have become the first British monarch and pontiff to pray together at a church service in at least five centuries.

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^{Elissa Steedman (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)}

Switzerland plans to restrict travel for most asylum seekers except Ukrainians.

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Swiss government to restrict travel for asylum seekers except Ukrainians

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The Ryazan facility processes 12-13 million tons annually and supplies fuel to Russia's capital region.

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The Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies had made environmental claims that "misled" consumers into believing that it could achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 while increasing oil and gas production

Activists argued that they had deceptively promoted gas and biofuels as clean energy

French court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers in greenwashing trial

A French court on Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its climate pledges in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.

^{FRANCE 24}

The next-gen freighter is on track.

Airbus Reaffirms A350F Service Entry Goal For 2027, Despite Delay Concerns

^{Luke Diaz (Simple Flying)}

Two Airbus A320s had a disastrously close call at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), as they came within 10 feet of one another on the runway.

Nouvelair & EasyJet Airbus A320s Nearly Collide On Runway: What Went Wrong?

^{Ben Schlappig (One Mile at a Time)}

The Department of National Defence is refusing to answer questions about the scheduled training sessions.

Canadian Forces Scheduled Missile Training In Israel Last Year

^{Alex Cosh (The Maple)}

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The White House meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump produced a string of positives. Chief among them is Trump’s ringing endorsement of AUKUS and his first public commitment to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under phase two of the deal.

The message was clear: the defence relationship between the United States and Australia remains strong. It was also a message Australia needed to hear after yet another unsafe and unprofessional intercept by a Chinese fighter aircraft, which endangered the crew of a Royal Australian Air Force P-8 maritime patrol aircraft operating lawfully in international airspace over the South China Sea on Sunday.

[...]

The P-8 was harassed by the Chinese fighter that released flares dangerously close to its flight path, a reckless act that could have caused engine failure and cost Australian lives.

This incident is not an isolated case or the actions of an overly aggressive People’s Liberation Army Air Force pilot who will be reprimanded on return to base. It forms part of a clear pattern of aggressive and reckless behaviour by Chinese pilots and naval commanders toward Australian—and other nations’—ships and aircraft operating in international waters and airspace, regions through which more than two-thirds of Australia’s vital maritime trade flows.

The Australian public was first made aware of such behaviour in early 2022, when an RAAF P-8 operating within Australia’s exclusive economic zone had a military-grade laser directed into its cockpit by a Chinese naval vessel transiting the Arafura Sea.

[...]

In China's dangerous interceptions, see the breakdown of peaceful world order | The Strategist

The White House meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump produced a string of positives. Chief among them is Trump’s ringing endorsement of AUKUS and his first public commitment to sell ...

^{Jennifer Parker (The Strategist)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37931397

Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BST

US President Donald Trump is boasting of having brought peace to the Middle East, a claim that is wildly exaggerated. But he has, at least for the moment, brought an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Trump's willingness to use the tools of his office to pressure Israel into accepting his terms for a ceasefire - terms quite favourable to Israel but falling short of the ambitions of its far-right government - reflects poorly on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his 2024 presidential challenger, Kamala Harris.

It also vindicates the anti-Trump critics within the Democratic Party who implored their leaders to take a forceful stand against Israel's genocide, warning they could lose the election if they refused.

Peter Link

2025-10-23 04:00:18

Trump's Gaza ceasefire exposes the Democrats' moral and political failure

Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BST

US President Donald Trump is boasting of having brought peace to the Middle East, a claim that is wildly exaggerated. But he has, at least for the moment, brought an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Trump's willingness to use the tools of his office to pressure Israel into accepting his terms for a ceasefire - terms quite favourable to Israel but falling short of the ambitions of its far-right government - reflects poorly on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his 2024 presidential challenger, Kamala Harris.

It also vindicates the anti-Trump critics within the Democratic Party who implored their leaders to take a forceful stand against Israel's genocide, warning they could lose the election if they refused.

Trump's Gaza ceasefire exposes the Democrats' moral and political failure

By forcing Israel to end its two-year genocide in Gaza, the Republican president has done what his predecessor Joe Biden and his 2024 challenger Kamala Harris refused to do: act

^{Middle East Eye}

Gran parte delle ragazze magiche presenti nel nostro mondo, coloro che non chiudono gli occhi ai dolori dell'umanità distante da sé lo sanno, storicamente non hanno mai avuto una vita facile...

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cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44528628

• Most economically significant sanctions on China entities so far
• Sanctions package expected to be adopted this week
• China denies anything other than normal trade with Russia
• New listings follow UK sanctions on Chinese refinery, ports

The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia will list four companies involved in China's oil industry that circumvent Western restrictions, EU diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.

They said the package lists two independent Chinese oil refineries, a Chinese trading firm and an entity involved in circumvention. The latter is mostly involved in sectors outside oil, they said. The sources declined to provide further details.

The EU has toughened its stance on Beijing as diplomatic efforts have stalled. EU sanctions envoy David O'Sullivan told Reuters earlier this month that China still denies doing anything other than "normal trade" three years into Russia's war in Ukraine. The EU, Ukraine and its allies view China as a central node in Moscow's sanctions circumvention network.

[...]

The Chinese listings are not the EU's first but they are the most economically significant. In previous packages, the EU listed Chinese entities involved in drone-making and the flow of dual-use goods to Russia. In July, Brussels listed two small Chinese banks, which prompted China to retaliate in August with bans on two Lithuanian banks.

[...]

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-list-two-chinese-oil-refineries-one-trader-new-russia-sanctions-2025-10-22/

Lo sviluppo è affidato a Borio Mangiarotti. Reale Mutua capofila di un pool di assicurazioni che sottoscrivono surety bonds per 20 mln

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Il fondo Bistrot di Natissa sgr investirà 55 mln euro nel progetto residenziale Bistolfi 31 a Lambrate a Milano - BeBeez

Il fondo Bistrot di Natissa sgr investirà 55 mln euro nel progetto residenziale Bistolfi 31 a Lambrate a Milano

^{bebeez (BeBeez)}

I would like to get into torrenting including private trackers, seeding back and all that stuff, while also remaining fairly safe from gov as much as it's possible.

I have multiple reasons not to torrent at home: the internet at home is really bad and I need to do something about it, but even then, I don't want to keep my computer running 24/7, especially that I don't have a very power efficient setup. And I want to seed as much as possible, because I often download obscure files and not many people are seeding… so I want to give back to the community ;).

Another reason is that I don't have that much storage now and it would be beneficial to rent a seedbox with plenty of storage space. Buying several HDDs would still be cheaper in the long run, but I don't have anywhere to put them. I don't have a NAS yet and money to buy one.

I'm afraid that torrenting on a VPS would quickly result in a termination of a deal. And it would be pretty easy to pinpoint who is torrenting. Does anyone have a bad experience with torrenting on a VPS?

Maybe it is possible to connect a VPN to a VPS to add an extra layer of anonymity (privacy?), but that would be an extra cost… so maybe it would be better to live with the risk for a while and save for a NAS and connect a VPN to that?

Hearing about seedboxes I was pretty sure at first that it was all about many people seeding from the same IP, so there is a plausible deniability. But it seems that they are just VPSes with more storage at the expense of performance and with preinstalled software for torrenting. So now I'm even more confused. I also want to host some not piracy-related services in the future, like Grocy and Matrix. Maybe I would just rent another server for these if that was necessary.

I have been pondering about that for a while now and can't decide. What should I do?

Update: I subscribed to ultra.cc and I like it so far. I will try to solve problems with my internet in the meantime (not only torrenting doesn't works, but video calls are unusable too because of stuttering) and then try to move to the local computer. I forgot that I have an old notebook laying around. Having it connected 24/7 will kill the battery of course, but the notebook is worthless and unreliable for daily use anyway.