cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51884794

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China is the sole producer, for example, of samarium, a rare earth metal used in many military applications. China is also the only country to master the difficult art of refining ultrapure dysprosium: The entire world’s supply, needed for superfast chips, comes from a single factory near Shanghai.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/business/china-rare-earth-export-controls.html

Two Illinois National Guard members told CBS News they would refuse to obey federal orders to deploy in Chicago as part of President Trump's controversial immigration enforcement mission — a rare act of open defiance from within the military ranks.

"It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your neighbors," said Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek, a Latina guardswoman and state legislative candidate from Illinois's 13th District. "It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."

2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"

Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.

^{Nicole Sganga (CBS News)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51881196

New supercomputer clusters are headed to Tennessee.

BrikoX

2025-10-27 22:55:48

AMD, Department of Energy announce $1 billion AI supercomputer partnership

New supercomputer clusters are headed to Tennessee.

AMD, Department of Energy announce $1 billion AI supercomputer partnership

AMD, HP, and Oracle are partnering with the DoE on two new supercomputers, Lux and Discovery that will be used for research and AI development.

^{Stevie Bonifield (The Verge)}

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/35849167

An estimated 7 million peaceful protesters took to the streets on October 18, in the second-largest demonstration in US history (after the first Earth Day in 1970), demanding accountability and a return to democracy and the rule of law. In a system of government where citizens can only use the ballot box every two to six years to show how they feel about their electeds, that’s something you’d think would warrant journalistic attention.

Yet at the nation’s paper of record—whose headquarters sat literally a stone’s throw away from the New York City No Kings march route—the protest was deemed not important enough for a front-page story. Two small below-the-fold photos were offered instead (10/19/25), with the accompanying article buried on page 23.

supersquirrel

2025-10-27 23:35:46

Why Is the NYT Editorial Board More Worried About Progressivism Than Fascism? | Common Dreams

Why Is the NYT Editorial Board More Worried About Progressivism Than Fascism?

The nation's paper of record downplayed the 'No Kings" protests while urging Democrats to move toward the center to defeat Trump, all the while ignoring the GOP's attempt to undermine election integrity.

^{julie-hollar (Common Dreams)}

La resa dei conti è arrivata. Lunedì 3 novembre 2025, su Rai 1, va in onda la sesta ed ultima puntata di Blanca 3, con Maria Chiara Giannetta nei panni dell’investigatrice non vedente che ha conquistato il pubblico. L’episodio, dal titolo “Il bambino”, porta al culmine l’indagine iniziata in apertura di stagione: la scomparsa del figlio di Domenico (Domenico Diele) e la morte della madre del piccolo. Sul piano personale, Blanca dovrà guardare in faccia la verità sulle bugie di Domenico e decidere se coinvolgerlo nella sua gravidanza, mentre Liguori (Giuseppe Zeno) le resta accanto in un momento cruciale.

LEGGI LE ANTICIPAZIONI: Blanca 3, anticipazioni ultima puntata di lunedì 3 novembre 2025: tutta la verità sul bambino scomparso e sulle bugie di Domenico

Blanca 3, finale del 3 novembre 2025: anticipazioni dell’ultima puntata “Il bambino”

Blanca 3, ultima puntata il 3 novembre 2025: anticipazioni dell’episodio “Il bambino”, verità sul caso e sulle bugie di Domenico.

^{Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)}

Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line

You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training

: Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

Pinterest is testing an AI-driven collage to help users create outfits from saved Pins and personalized boards curated with AI.

Pinterest experiments with new AI-powered personalized boards | TechCrunch

Pinterest is testing an AI-driven collage to help users create outfits from saved Pins and personalized boards curated with AI. 

^{Lauren Forristal (TechCrunch)}

Instagram Threads is launching “ghost posts,” a new disappearing-posts feature that lets users share updates that automatically archive after 24 hours. The ephemeral option — rolling out globally on Monday — aims to encourage more casual, low-pressure sharing.

Threads adds 'ghost posts' that disappear after 24 hours | TechCrunch

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

We’re living in a world of fake realities.

Archived version: archive.is/20251027170814/thev…

Sora is showing us how broken deepfake detection is

OpenAI’s video generator embeds C2PA metadata that can help identify deepfakes when posted to other platforms, but the system clearly isn’t working.

^{Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)}

Ravin Academy confirms the intrusion on Telegram, says student data was stolen

Iran's school for cyberspies could've used a few more lessons in preventing breaches

: Ravin Academy confirms the intrusion on Telegram, says student data was stolen

^{Connor Jones (The Register)}

Ad industry watchdog says AT&T violated program rule, demands removal of ads.

AT&T ad congratulating itself for its ethics violated an ad-industry rule

Ad industry watchdog says AT&T violated program rule, demands removal of ads.

^{Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)}

Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached

: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

New supercomputer clusters are headed to Tennessee.

AMD, Department of Energy announce $1 billion AI supercomputer partnership

AMD, HP, and Oracle are partnering with the DoE on two new supercomputers, Lux and Discovery that will be used for research and AI development.

^{Stevie Bonifield (The Verge)}

It claims that greenhouse gas disclosure laws violate the First Amendment.

Case file: storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

ExxonMobil accuses California of violating its free speech

ExxonMobil filed suit against California, alleging it violated the First Amendment by requiring fuller disclosures about its carbon emissions and financial risks posed by climate change. 

^{Justine Calma (The Verge)}

3.26.0k Patch Notes

• This is the end of the Mercenaries League. Your characters and their progress will be migrated over the next few hours following the patch, or you can use the migration options in the character selection menu. Thanks for playing!
• You can now create Private Leagues for the Keepers League, ahead of the league's launch on October 31. These leagues will not begin until the Keepers League launches.

Patch Notes - 3.26.0k Patch Notes - Forum - Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.

^{Path of Exile}

I’ve always believed that if you put your heart into something — really try — eventually, it will be seen.

But lately, I’m not so sure.

For months, I’ve been trying to get my websites approved for AdSense. Three sites, three different focuses, one consistent effort: to share my work, my voice, my perspective. And every time, I get rejected. Every time, the same message: “Low-quality content.”

No explanation. No guidance. No human response. Just those cold words, repeated, over and over.

It’s not the money that stings. It’s the feeling of being invisible. Of having your effort, your care, your heart poured into something — only to be told, vaguely, that it doesn’t matter.

And sometimes, you can’t help but wonder if it’s about more than the content. If there’s something about who you are, or what your name sounds like, or the perspective you bring — and yes, my name is Hispanic — that quietly works against you.

I want to believe it’s not true. I want to believe that a system that powers the world’s largest advertising platform treats everyone fairly. But when silence replaces answers, and automation replaces understanding, it’s hard not to feel like something deeper is at play.

I wrote to Google. I asked for clarity, for feedback, for a human to look at my work. I explained how it felt to be repeatedly dismissed without explanation.

No response.

It’s not just a rejection. It’s a dismissal. And when your name or your identity might be part of the invisible reason, it cuts deeper than any automated message could.

And yet, despite all that, I keep going.

I write because I have to. I create because I have to. Not for validation, not for approval, but because this is who I am. My work — my words, my ideas, my perspectives — matter to me. And I hope they matter to others too.

Maybe one day Google will see that. Maybe one day a human reviewer will look at my sites and recognize the care, the effort, and the heart behind them.

But until then, I’ll keep sharing, keep writing, keep creating. Because no rejection, no algorithm, no automated judgment can erase what I put into the world.

And even if it sometimes feels like the system is blind, or worse — biased — I refuse to let that stop me.

Because heart and honesty can’t be rejected. They can only be ignored. And I refuse to be silent.

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rosahaj

2025-10-27 22:04:24

Alien Anthropology: Doing without Agriculture

Those familiar with Biblaridion's Alien Biospheres worldbuilding series will be glad to hear that it's new sequel (sister?) series has just had it's first release 'Doing without Agriculture,' exploring a few of the ways that a fictional alien species, the development of which was covered in the last series, could develop their societies in the abscence of agrarian technology.

Alien Biospheres

Partagez vos vidéos avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier

^YouTube

Una vulnerabilità zero-day in Google Chrome, sfruttata nell'operazione ForumTroll all'inizio di quest'anno, ha diffuso malware collegato al fornitore italiano di spyware Memento Labs, nato dopo che IntheCyber Group ha acquisito la famigerata Hacking Team.

L'operazione ForumTroll è stata scoperta da Kaspersky a marzo. La campagna ha preso di mira organizzazioni russe - media, università, centri di ricerca, organizzazioni governative e istituzioni finanziarie - con inviti ben congegnati al forum Primakov Readings che contenevano un link dannoso.

Era sufficiente caricare il link in qualsiasi browser web basato su Chromium per infettare il sistema informatico. I ricercatori di Kaspersky hanno affermato che la distribuzione del malware è stata effettuata sfruttando CVE-2025-2783, una vulnerabilità zero-day di tipo sandbox escape nel browser Chrome.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/italian-spyware-vendor-linked-to-chrome-zero-day-attacks/

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sen. Bernie Sanders about his book, "Fight Oligarchy," which argues oligarchic economic and political control has left millions of Americans struggling.

...

FADEL: This book is a pocket-size version of a tour called Fight Oligarchy that you went on in mostly Republican or a lot of Republican leaning districts. And it is a call to action. You call for political revolution. But what does that look like for Americans who are watching more and more violent ICE raids, these flurry of court decisions over what President Trump is doing or not doing, a government shutdown, a deadlock in Washington? That can feel very helpless for Americans who have no control over Washington and politicians here.

SANDERS: I think you hit the nail on the head. I think people are feeling helpless, deeply worried about the future and whether their kids will have an even lower standard of living than they do, and they want to know what we can do. And when I talk about the political revolution, it's - yes, it means, very importantly getting involved in the political process. But it's not just being involved in, quote-unquote, "political activities." We're seeing at the grassroots level, if not at Washington, at the grassroots level, a lot of union organizing. You can stand up and form a union. If you're worried about the quality of education that your kids are getting, get involved now. Work with the teachers. Improve education. We are a nation that, by and large, believes in democracy, believes in justice, understands that climate change is not a hoax but an existential threat to our world. So the message is break out of your comfort zone, do what you didn't do yesterday, and get involved in one way or another.

Archived at web.archive.org/web/2025102720…

In 'Fight Oligarchy,' Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a political revolution

^NPR

More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled by climate change mean the island nation is likely to be hit especially hard by this week’s storm.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/climate/hurricane-melissa-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk8.CTTV.GmxD6KaCW8TG

The justices used the doctrine, a judicially created method of reading statutes, to thwart several major Biden programs.

The major questions doctrine requires Congress to use plain and direct language to authorize sweeping economic actions by the executive branch.Credit...Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

The Supreme Court used the “major questions doctrine” to reject much of the Biden administration’s agenda, including its efforts to address climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and student debt. The court’s commitment to the doctrine will be tested next week when it hears arguments about President Trump’s tariffs program.

The doctrine requires Congress to use plain and direct language to authorize sweeping economic actions by the executive branch. The 1977 law that Mr. Trump is relying on, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, might seem to fail that test, as it does not feature the word “tariffs” or similar terms like “duties,” “customs,” “taxes” or “imposts.”

Nor is there any question that the tariffs will have vast economic consequences, measured in the trillions of dollars. The sums involved are far larger than the roughly $500 billion at issue in President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s student loan forgiveness program, which Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority, called “staggering by any measure.”

t seems poised to rule in President Trump’s favor on whether he can fire government officials for no reason, a leading originalist scholar has issued a provocative dissent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-tariffs-supreme-courts-major-questions-doctrine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk8.QE_E.Iaq_Jm3SuCv1

OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week.

Archived version: archive.is/20251027183454/wire…

It is likely that it is data that has been stolen from Svenska kraftnät during the hacker attack. But in the worst possible case, the attackers could get in and take over the levers that control the Swedish power grid.

Cybercriminals Target Svenska kraftnät in Data Breach

^{TT (Sweden Herald)}

The State Department seemingly contradicted the findings to appease the Israeli government, he said.

Official Says Biden Admin Shunted His Finding IDF Intentionally Shot Journalist

^{Sharon Zhang (Truthout)}

The incident occurred yesterday.

$100K Mistake: Delta Flight Attendant Accidentally Deploys Airbus A220 Emergency Slide

^{Alexander Mitchell (Simple Flying)}

Dozens of cases of bird flu have been reported across the country, especially in north-eastern regions. The virus isn't particularly dangerous for humans, but could result in higher prices for poultry and eggs.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/dw.com/en/ge…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Germany: 500,000 birds culled as flu spreads

^{Matt Ford (Deutsche Welle)}

A New Hampshire man lived with a pig kidney for a record 271 days before surgeons removed it last week as the organ's function declined.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/apnews.com/a…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.