Michigan lawyer says the Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed
A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween weekend.
Authorities with the FBI and in Michigan have offered few details about the case, however as he announced the arrests on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said more information would be released. Spokespersons for the state and national FBI and the U.S. Attorney in Detroit did not immediately respond to messages Saturday.
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Flights delayed across US amid air traffic controller shortages as shutdown drags on
Nearly 50% of 30 busiest airports facing absences as staff are forced to work without pay and shutdown hits 31st day
Nearly 50% of the 30 busiest US airports faced shortages of air traffic controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday, leading to flight delays nationwide as a federal government shutdown hit its 31st day.
The absence of controllers on Friday is by far the most widespread since the shutdown began, with one of the worst-hit regions being New York, where 80% of air traffic controllers were out, the agency said.
At least 35 FAA facilities, including several at the largest US airports, reported staffing problems. Airports affected included facilities in New York City, Austin, Newark, Phoenix, Washington, Nashville, Dallas and Denver. At some airports, delays averaged one hour or more.
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Think Big, Print Bigger: Introducing the Prusa CORE One L! - Original Prusa 3D Printers
Think Big, Print Bigger: Introducing the Prusa CORE One L! - Original Prusa 3D Printers
In the announcement of the Prusa CORE One, I wrote that ”it is easily scalable - allowing us to be incredibly nimble in future projects.” Today, I’m excited to show you what this meant. Meet the Prusa CORE One L. This is...Josef Průša (Original Prusa3D Printers)
A Milano in bici si rischia la vita tutti i giorni
Una cultura di egoismo sulla strada mette in rischio tutti con mezzi più leggeri. In questo contesto, tanti trovano sicurezza in mezzi ancora più pesanti, ma alla fine si trovano bloccati in enormi code.
Ci vuole poco per vedere oltre, ma non può succedere senza almeno un minimo di volontà.
A Milano in bici si rischia la vita tutti i giorni
Si investono in ciclabili solo 20 euro per abitante. La mappa degli incidenti che coinvolgono chi pedala mostra una città pericolosa (+36%...Marta Abbà (MilanoToday)
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Io sono disposto a perdonare la donnina dietro il volante che mi guarda spaventata e chiaramente non vuole stare dove sta.
Molto meno l'anziano che lascia la macchina in mezzo della strada perché ha sempre fatto così, soprattutto quando le macchine erano molto di meno e probabilmente meno gente si lamentava.
Ma chiaramente il vero problema è la mancanza di autorità organizzativa. Potrebbe essere un vigile urbano (mi immagino secondo un elettore di destra) o una campagna di consapevolezza (secondo uno di sinistra), ma non esiste niente.
Per questo sono così entusiasmato dal lavoro di saichepuoi.it/vialibera/
Mi dispiace che sulla pagina non c'è niente sulla iniziativa attuale.
VIA LIBERA - Sai che puoi?
Giovedì 16 maggio 2024 abbiamo organizzativa una grande mappatura collettiva della sosta irregolare in tutta Milano. 2.000 persone, 63.990 auto.Comitato Colibrì
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Small businesses have a tendency to just do whatever the hell they want, and usually they get away with it. Idk if there is some way of claiming its a financial hardship or something to legally avoid it, but it happens a lot.
Case in point, I just bought takeout from a place that gave it to me using a plastic bag and styrofoam, and both of those things are banned in this town/state
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“Unexpectedly, a deer briefly entered the family room”: Living with Gemini Home
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out of this.
The unexpected deerEvery generative AI bot makes the occasional mistake, but you’ll probably not notice every one. When the AI hallucinates about your daily life, however, it’s more noticeable. There’s no reason Google should be confused by my smart home setup, which features a couple of outdoor cameras and one indoor camera—all Nest-branded with all the default AI features enabled—to keep an eye on my dogs. So the AI is seeing a lot of dogs lounging around and staring out the window. One would hope that it could reliably summarize something so straightforward.
One may be disappointed, though.
In my first Daily Brief, I was fascinated to see that Google spotted some indoor wildlife. “Unexpectedly, a deer briefly entered the family room,” Gemini said.
Gemini does deserve some credit for recognizing that the appearance of a deer in the family room would be unexpected. But the “deer” was, naturally, a dog. This was not a one-time occurrence, either. Gemini sometimes identifies my dogs correctly, but many event clips and summaries still tell me about the notable but brief appearance of deer around the house and yard.
This deer situation serves as a keen reminder that this new type of AI doesn’t “think,” although the industry’s use of that term to describe simulated reasoning could lead you to believe otherwise. A person looking at this video wouldn’t even entertain the possibility that they were seeing a deer after they’ve already seen the dogs loping around in other videos. Gemini doesn’t have that base of common sense, though. If the tokens say deer, it’s a deer. I will say, though, Gemini is great at recognizing car models and brand logos. Make of that what you will.
“Unexpectedly, a deer briefly entered the family room”: Living with Gemini Home
Gemini for Home unleashes gen AI on your Nest camera footage, but it gets a lot wrong.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity
JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity
US vice-president announces to 10,000 attenders of Turning Point USA that he prefers wife, who is Hindu, to be ChristianLauren Aratani (The Guardian)
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Trump’s immigration raids continue through Halloween in Chicago and Los Angeles
Trump’s immigration raids continue through Halloween in Chicago and Los Angeles
In Chicago suburb, protesters confronted ICE agents, whom Evanston mayor said ‘assaulted’ residentsLauren Aratani (The Guardian)
Civil society should be resisting Trump’s authoritarianism. It’s succumbing to it instead.
Civil society should be resisting Trump’s authoritarianism. It’s succumbing to it instead.
My American Public Health Association membership was revoked after over 20 years because I protested for Palestine. As authoritarian norms spread in government, they are metastasizing into civil society institutions that should be resisting them.Amy Hagopian (Mondoweiss)
quando il governo spereta, la gente dorme, ma quando blocca il porno, la gente muore…
In questo nostro magico paese — che, lo sapete, a me tutto sommato piace… ma è chi ci vive a non piacermi — quando, relativamente a questioni informatiche, escono fuori problemi veri… tipo, che ne so, Piracy Shield oppure Chat Control… l’individuo medio (normaloide) sembra sempre cadere dal perone dello zio a riguardo. Ma, a […]
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quando il governo spereta, la gente dorme, ma quando blocca il porno, la gente muore…
In questo nostro magico paese — che, lo sapete, a me tutto sommato piace… ma è chi ci vive a non piacermi — quando, relativamente a questioni informatiche, escono fuori problemi veri… tipo, che ne so, Piracy Shield oppure Chat Control… l’individuo medio (normaloide) sembra sempre cadere dal perone dello zio a riguardo. Ma, a quanto pare, se qualcuno tocca i fottuti porno, allora anche i cretini si svegliano… ma nel senso che smettono appena di dormire, eh, non nel senso che prendono la proverbiale pillola rossa e iniziano a vedere la vera realtà, quello non sia mai… 🤥Quindi, eccoci qui: benvenuti in Italia, vietato scopare, è il caso di dire, perché dal 12 novembre, meno di 2 settimane, entrerà in vigore la nuova norma AGCOM di cui si è inizialmente parlato 6 mesi fa, per cui diverse piattaforme dedicate alla pornografia dovranno verificare che gli utenti siano effettivamente maggiorenni; questo tramite un accesso astruso con un’identità digitale riconosciuta dallo Stato… nel nostro caso, CIE e SPID, ma questa roba non riguarda solo l’Italia, e in realtà il calderone bolle, per farla breve, in buona parte dell’Unione Europea. 🐸
- Al via la verifica dell’età per siti porno e vietati ai minori: ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2…
Al di là di tutto, la cosa fa molto ridere, perché è stata implementata in modo molto italiano. L’AGCOM non ha inizialmente diffuso la lista iniziale di siti su cui il provvedimento sarebbe dovuto essere applicato, e non avrebbe nemmeno notificato i diretti interessati… Però, per via di qualcosa del Digital Services Act che non ho capito bene, si è trovata ora a doverlo fare… e, a quanto pare, concedere di conseguenza anche ulteriori 3 mesi di tempo alle piattaforme tirate in causa per permettere a queste di effettivamente implementare i requisti. Quindi, se tutto va bene, della pratica se ne parlerà il 12 gennaio, e già qui… Ma, la cosa proprio spassosa è vedere questa lista magica (PDF) di ben 48 siti… ci sono dettagli sorprendenti, ed altri meno. 🤗
Innanzitutto, a parte una manciata di colossi, tra cui PornHub e le sue proprietà, mi sorprende vedere quanti siti piccoli apparentemente presi a caso ci sono… o meglio, a giudicare dagli URL, questi sembrano avere in comune l’essere o localizzati anche in italiano, o addirittura interamente indirizzati al pubblico italiano… ma nessuno di questi è italiano, nel senso che nessuna società che li possiede è italiana. Un (1) singolo sito effettivamente italiano c’è qui in mezzo,
hentai-ita.net, che è di proprietà di una società lombarda, e ok… Ma che cazzo di diritto morale hanno invece tutte queste altre aziendine, localizzate in culo all’Europa, di creare siti con nomi italiani, facendo credere sia roba nazionale che dà da mangiare a dipendenti italiani e contribuisce alle casse dello Stato, e invece con noi non c’entra una minchia? Praticamente il problema dell'”italian-sounding”, ma qui sounding potrebbe significare un’altra cosa (NSFW). 🤯La cosa divertente, però, sono gli esatti URL che sono stati inseriti. Per alcuni siti c’è la normale pagina indice, mentre altri hanno per qualche motivo URL “sporchi”, che o rimandano a pagine fin troppo specifiche — per esempio, qualcuno rimanda a specifiche categorie, e qualcuno a pagine di termini di servizio… perché? — o includono parametri query specifici alla richiesta — come hash di sessione… che no, non è una cosa grave per la privacy come alcuni finti colti dicono, ma è sintomo di siti programmati a casaccio, spesso in PHP; anche phpBB ha questo comportamento — o… uno in particolare rimanda ad una ricerca specifica:
[em]/gay-porno?q=daddy[/em]. Il tizio lì dell’AGCOM che si è messo a girare per ‘sti siti ha insomma deciso di fare proprio questa ricerca su uno, e non l’ha tagliata dall’URL prima di includerlo nel documento, che proprio boh… in questo caso, gusti discutibili, ma per tutti gli altri URL è sintomo di skill issue (non conoscere gli standard de-facto di routing nei siti web, quindi quali parti di un URL sono utili e quali no). 🥴Infine, di contro, non mi sorprende che in questa lista ci siano finiti solo siti normie; si, tanti decisamente mai sentiti per me, oltre a quelli grandi, ma comunque nulla che sia usato da non-normaloidi. Per esempio, spicca sicuramente la mancanza di rule34; ma non è questione di pornografia reale o meno, perché anche di vari booru e siti di quel tipo, che hanno anche (e qualcuno solo) immagini reali, non c’è l’ombra… ma mi chiedo se ciò sia per ignoranza, per realismo pratico, o per evitare un’insurrezione popolare da parte di weeb ed affini. Decisamente, però, godo a vedere che OnlyFans rientra nella lista, e così finalmente tutte quelle famose sanguisughe anche nostrane, che immoralmente seducono uomini deboli e sfigati spillandogli centinaia o migliaia di euro al mese, troveranno un ostacolo in più per farlo… (E no, imporre anche ad OnlyFans la verifica non è superfluo solo perché la piattaforma obbliga a collegare carte di credito, perché non basta; basti vedere le storie dei minori che caricano roba a pagamento lì sopra, per dire.) 😼
Ovviamente, lo sapete già che a me freca meno di zero, non solo perché per me la pornografia farebbe bene a sparire direttamente dalla faccia della terra, ma perché non è che ci voglia granché a superare questi blocchi; dall’anno prossimo sentiremo certamente anche da noi, come in Regno Unito, parlamentari che scoprono dai nipoti cos’è una VPN… almeno, per ora. Io sono ben più che d’accordo con l’idea di bloccare la pornografia ai minorenni, ma c’è un problema… da un lato, che ‘sta roba non funziona, non ha mai funzionato… e, dall’altro, costituisce con certezza matematica un pendio scivoloso che porta all’erosione dei diritti digitali dei cittadini. 😭
Lasciando anche da parte i rischi per la privacy di queste verifiche di età online, perché a dire il vero la situazione qui non è una schifezza come tra UK e USA, e il sistema per cui questa verifica sarà fatta qui mi sembra effettivamente ben architettato in tal senso — con l’identità degli utenti che è gestita da fornitori già accreditati a livello statale per gli altri accessi sicuri, e il permesso di accesso che viene passato ai siti per mezzo di token temporanei anonimizzati… Il primo vero punto è che, per fare questi accessi, serviranno app mobile di merda: o la nostra IO, che è sì open-source, ma un sacco di roba (tra cui questa, temo) non ci funziona senza Play Integrity, che è una dipendenza spyware closed-source di Google, che è un’azienda statunitense… oppure, quella che dovrebbe cacciare fuori Bruxelles, che non ho idea di come sarà, ma non ho affatto buone speranze. 😖
E poi, ovviamente, c’è sempre il rischio dell’abuso da parte dei potenti… che però, in questo caso, non è previsto da mere supposizioni, ma storie reali accadute in altre parti del mondo. Nel Regno Unito si è appunto messa la verifica dell’identità per piattaforme social, ma anche roba come Discord, e in quell’Online Safety Act c’è andata di mezzo pure Wikipedia… mentre, in Australia, si vorrebbe imporre la verifica dell’età anche a fottuto GitHub — perché fornisce funzioni di collaborazione che dai coglioni al potere sono interpretate come social — e addirittura ai motori di ricerca web! Ci rendiamo conto??!! Ma, ovviamente, il popolino di queste cose non se ne preoccupa prima che sia troppo tardi; solo se c’è il sesso di mezzo ne parla, sennò vaffanculo, chi se ne frega se ci trattano come bambini terroristi pretendendo di poter spiare le nostre chat e di bloccarci l’accesso a metà del web legale… Ma io ve lo giuro, cari italiani: Pignio non richiede verifica, ma le foto dei miei piedini lì sopra non ce le troverete MAI!!! 👿🖕
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Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia – with huge implications for privacy and inclusion
New rules will radically change the way we use the internet in Australia, and not just social mediaSamantha Floreani (The Guardian)
Pentagon admits it doesn't 'positively ID' people before boat strikes kill them: lawmaker
Pentagon admits it doesn't 'positively ID' people before boat strikes kill them: lawmaker
Officials from the Pentagon reportedly admitted that they were unable to verify who was on alleged drug boats before launching strikes killing everyone aboard the vessels.David Edwards (Raw Story)
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Silence from Canberra Liberals leader only making a bad situation worse
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Monte Bovill (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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It literally cannot be ignored anymore.
"You don't miss the water until the well runs dry" has never been a more true expression. People expect that if something is going wrong here'd be immediate and apparent consequence. It seems like a vast majority of people completely lack the skill of extended foresight, where one can look at a current situation and see how it can accumulate into a worse situation later.
A great example of this was my mom during COVID-19:
"All this pandemic talk is just nonsense. I'm not seeing people dying on the streets, now, am I?"
If the effects of climate change aren't immediately apparent with some big global disaster happening overnight, then it's not a big issue or simply not real.
If eating something that causes long term health risks doesn't immediately make you sick overnight then it's not a big issue or simply not real.
That's what I'm saying, people don't deal with problems until they're forced to.
And climate change, while having effects all over the world, doesn't affect everyone with the same intensity, so the luckiest among us can afford to ignore the problem longer than the rest. Of course the luckiest usually are also the ones with the most power to deal with these issues.
J. D. Vance’s Bad Answer to an Anti-Semitic Question
J. D. Vance’s Bad Answer to an Anti-Semitic Question
The vice president will need to choose between accommodating and rejecting the right’s anti-Semites.Yair Rosenberg (The Atlantic)
Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic Party
the democratic party is releasing a guide for how to actually start winning elections again. i read most of it and i believe it's a good start:
- Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net.
- Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All).
- Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues).
- Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues.
- Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.
Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic Party
Deciding to Win aims to provide the most comprehensive account to date of why Democrats lost and what our party needs to do to win again.Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic Party
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I stream nothing, and I am happy.
I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services.
I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media and watch it using Jellyfin on my Linux-based home theater PC, and I'm completely satisfied with how it works.
I'm making this video because I am really troubled by algorithmic helplessness, and I feel like corporate-centralized streaming media makes that worse. Maybe this video will encourage someone else to cut the cord and rediscover an appreciation for owning your media and being choosy about what to "watch next". Or maybe I'm just wasting time. Who knows? I suppose, you know, you're reading this description, right?
If you read the description, say "algorithmic helplessness sucks" in the comments. That'll make me feel better.
Oh right, I need to tell you about the things I mentioned in the video.
Software:
- MakeMKV: makemkv.com/
- To support MakeMKV and get all the advanced features: makemkv.com/buy/
- That LibreDrive forum post on the MakeMKV website which is hard to find (contains list of LibreDrive compatible drives): forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewto…
- Handbrake: handbrake.fr/
- Asunder: littlesvr.ca/asunder/
- Jellyfin: jellyfin.org/
- Kodi: kodi.tv
- Finamp (via GitHub): github.com/jmshrv/finamp
Hardware I mentioned - not sponsored and no affiliate links.
(These drives might not be currently available at Micro Center, but I'm providing these links as they're probably the most helpful if you want to find one yourself.)
- My LG portable Blu-Ray drive, a BP60NB10: microcenter.com/product/607144…
- And my internal Asus BW-16D1HT drive: microcenter.com/product/435513…
- FLIRC receiver (I don't remember if I bought it here but maybe): pishop.us/product/flirc-rpi-us…
Other links of note:
- 13 minutes of videotaped footage of the Wii Netflix app:
- Video about smart TVs by @LonSeidman :
- My PeerTube (watch this video without ads or tracking): tinkerbetter.tube/c/veronicaex…
- My blog post about how I use Handbrake: vkc.sh/handbrake-2025/
Lastly, links to support my very unsponsored videos:
- Patreon: patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
- Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains
- Bandcamp: thestopbits.bandcamp.com
Chapters:
0:00 My motivation for ditching streaming
3:21 Physical media is awesome
4:05 Ripping media
5:59 Serving with Jellyfin
7:09 Bookstores and libraries are lit (get it?)
8:10 I don't want an algorithm programming us.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
I stream nothing, and I am happy.
I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services.I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media and watch it using Jellyfin on my Linux-based home theater PC, and I'm completely satisfied with how it works.
I'm making this video because I am really troubled by algorithmic helplessness, and I feel like corporate-centralized streaming media makes that worse. Maybe this video will encourage someone else to cut the cord and rediscover an appreciation for owning your media and being choosy about what to "watch next". Or maybe I'm just wasting time. Who knows? I suppose, you know, you're reading this description, right?
If you read the description, say "algorithmic helplessness sucks" in the comments. That'll make me feel better.
Oh right, I need to tell you about the things I mentioned in the video.
Software:
- MakeMKV: makemkv.com/
- To support MakeMKV and get all the advanced features: makemkv.com/buy/
- That LibreDrive forum post on the MakeMKV website which is hard to find (contains list of LibreDrive compatible drives): forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewto…
- Handbrake: handbrake.fr/
- Asunder: littlesvr.ca/asunder/
- Jellyfin: jellyfin.org/
- Kodi: kodi.tv
- Finamp (via GitHub): github.com/jmshrv/finampHardware I mentioned - not sponsored and no affiliate links.
(These drives might not be currently available at Micro Center, but I'm providing these links as they're probably the most helpful if you want to find one yourself.)
- My LG portable Blu-Ray drive, a BP60NB10: microcenter.com/product/607144…
- And my internal Asus BW-16D1HT drive: microcenter.com/product/435513…
- FLIRC receiver (I don't remember if I bought it here but maybe): pishop.us/product/flirc-rpi-us…Other links of note:
- 13 minutes of videotaped footage of the Wii Netflix app:
- Video about smart TVs by @[url=https://indieweb.social/users/lonseidman]Lon Seidman / Lon.TV ☑️[/url] :
- My PeerTube (watch this video without ads or tracking): tinkerbetter.tube/c/veronicaex…
- My blog post about how I use Handbrake: vkc.sh/handbrake-2025/Lastly, links to support my very unsponsored videos:
- Patreon: patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
- Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains
- Bandcamp: thestopbits.bandcamp.comChapters:
0:00 My motivation for ditching streaming
3:21 Physical media is awesome
4:05 Ripping media
5:59 Serving with Jellyfin
7:09 Bookstores and libraries are lit (get it?)
8:10 I don't want an algorithm programming us.The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin
The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.jellyfin.org
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FREE 1984 The Family Webster Encyclopedia
Does anyone want this old and lightly dusty 20 volume set of books?
They have been with my family since probably that date, but nobody wants them anymore.
I like to horde cool stuff and encyclopedias have always felt like a big wealth of random knowledge. But I am cleaning things out and don't want to have responsibility for these being destroyed in a flood or something.
I will ship them all for free to anywhere up to $100 in shipping cost. I pay for shipping. I just want them gone but safe.
Would really want somebody who is actually interested in taking care of or handling these books well.
My other option is of course my library, but it feels more personal to give a Lemmy user first dibs.
Please share so I can find a new owner quickly. Thanks.
Edit: will ship anywhere in the world up to $100
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You could consider a physical donation to the Internet Archive too, which is potentially more useful than a normal library because, as they say and I quote, they "try to digitize materials and make them available publicly as funding allows".
More info here: help.archive.org/help/how-do-i…
White House withheld names of some donors to Trump’s $300M ballroom, report says
A pledge form from Trump’s team has been circulating to seek donations for the ballroom and gave donors the option of withholding their identities, according to the outlet, which obtained a copy of the form.
- Kidney care company Vantive - undisclosed
- Extremity Care, which has previously donated to Trump’s super PAC, donated $2.5 million to the ballroom fund, according to the newspaper.
- BlackRock, which in May acquired a stake in the company that operates ports near the Panama Canal — a move which was supported by Trump.
- Billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass
- Nvidia -The company could benefit from a Trump trade deal with China.
Names publicly disclosed included Big Tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google, HP and Microsoft, along with cryptocurrency businesses Coinbase and Ripple, the Winklevoss Twins, Comcast, Lockheed Martin and Palantir Technologies.T-Mobile, Union Pacific Railroad, oil baron Harold Hamm, the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and members of the Glazer family, which owns Manchester United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, are also contributing, according to a list of donors previously released by the White House.
White House withheld names of some donors to Trump’s $300M ballroom, report says
A list of donors released by the White House omitted more than three dozen contributions and names of individuals and companies who are backing the project, the report claimsRhian Lubin (The Independent)
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What do you see as the arguments for and against Server Side Decorations in GNOME?
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“We do because we always did before ” is not a good point
I didn't mean it in a "this is better way". I'm just saying that Wayland was designed around the idea of client side decorations, not server side decorations. Gnome has stuck to the more purist vision of Wayland, which makes sense since I believe they were its biggest proponent.
OpenAI moves to allow “mature apps” on its platforms
Guess we can always rely on the good old fashioned ways to make money...
Honestly, I think its pretty awful but im not surprised.
Sam Altman Pushes Back on OpenAI’s Foray Into Smut
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defends his flip-flopping on erotica by saying the company is not the "moral police."Rae Witte (Futurism)
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California is voting on redistricting. An election skeptic runs the process in one county
Clint Curtis is overseeing a 4 November ballot that could add five Democratic seats and reshape US politics
When Clint Curtis was appointed to oversee voting in California’s Shasta county earlier this year, the Florida-based lawyer and election skeptic pledged to “fix” the voting process.
Curtis had never before administered an election and didn’t live in this rural northern California region. But he was well-known to followers of the US election denialism movement, who believe the voting system is not secure and that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Curtis, a former congressional candidate, described himself as an expert in elections law and had long argued that voting machines could be hacked and that the government could manipulate the results of elections.
The ultra-conservative majority on Shasta county’s board of supervisors was hopeful he could overhaul their elections and set an example for the rest of the US.
Now, that vision is being put to the test.
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ICE Is Now Wandering the Streets, Scanning People's Faces to Check If They're Citizens
ICE Is Now Wandering the Streets, Scanning People’s Faces to Check If They’re Citizens
Federal immigration officers are busting out their phones to scan people's faces and confirm their residency.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Murdered Tech CEO Was Cruelly Bullying Employees Before His Death
Finally, Atre caved and offered to write two new paychecks, but on one condition: Lindsay and Charters had to perform between 300-500 pushups each, which they did. “They were humiliated in front of people doing pushups,” Santa Cruz County detective Ethan Rumrill testified.
Im always surprised that characters like this are real. Seems like the typical bad guy in pop-corn movies.
Murdered Tech CEO Was Cruelly Bullying Employees Before His Death
A six-year investigation has helped uncover the brutal working conditions Tushar Atre's employees suffered under his hand.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know. | naked capitalism
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/5165
A court ruling will force the Administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits. But the money will run out in weeks. What then?From naked capitalism via This RSS Feed.
SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know. | naked capitalism
A court ruling will force the Administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits. But the money will still run out in weeks. What then?Yves Smith (naked capitalism)
The "lagality" of Stremio + RD + Torrentio
Preface: I personally don't care if it's legal or not, I'm gonna do it anyway. But, I wanted to pose the question here to people who are smarter than me to get your opinions. Plus, my partner is completely anti-piracy so I can only enjoy it by myself and it makes me kind of sad to do so. So it'd be nice to give them a reason to consider it. Also also, I am not knowledgeable enough to even know if this is a stupid question, so please be kind.
I saw an old post/comment chain that the stremio + rd + torrentio combo is "technically" legal in the states due to some workaround about distributing vs consuming. You're also not downloading anything or torrenting anything. I know that on their own, Stremio and RD are perfectly legit sites. But adding Torrentio into the mix is where it gets the spicy flavor. Now that some years have passed and that post might be outdated, what are your thoughts now? Is there a case to be made in favor of this being legal?
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The arguments around piracy are less about legality (in most places its copyright infringement which is NOT "stealing" but is illegal). Its more the moral and ethical arguments. Is it moral for a service to remove something that you've paid for? Is it ethical for people, through no fault of their own, to not be able to afford entertainment. Is it moral for large corporations to price gouge and continuously Make Line Go Up while offering a continuously worse product? Is it moral to copy software not available in your country? Is it ethical for companies to force people into subscriptions for the sole purpose of making more money when they already have loads? Is it ethical to pirate when companies refuse to support the operating system you have? Is it moral to copy software when the company that makes it is not just unethical but has been found to be taking part in things like genocide? Is it ethical for huge corporations to manipulate democracy and laws to serve their profits at the expense of everyone else? Is capitalism itself ethical?
Most people I know who are anti-pirate just lack an understanding of why people engage in copyright infringement. Calling people "scum" and "thieves" without understanding the very big moral and ethical considerations behind what drives people to piracy is reductionist, ignorant and Othering for the sake of self-superiority.
Not saying that your partner thinks that way, just that its a very common example of thinking that misses the important points and that its not just about what's legal and what's not (because there are many things that are or have been illegal that are completely unethical.)
Promised myself I will support them after they go stable. They kept their promise and so did I
One of the best pieces of self-hosted software ever to exist.
Edit: This is Immich! for the folks who don't know.
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LycheeOrg — Self-hosted photo-management done right.
Lychee is a free photo-management tool, which runs on your server or web-space. Upload, manage and share photos like from a native application. Lychee comes with everything you need and all your photos are stored securely.Lychee
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Who decides how we adapt to climate change? The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how
Who decides how we adapt to climate change?
The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but howLeah Aronowsky (The Guardian)
Thousands of Unexploded Bombs Dropped by Israel Have Turned Gaza into a Minefield
Oct 31, 2025
The next day, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) called attention to the incident. “Yesterday, five children were reportedly injured, two of them very seriously, while encountering unexploded ordnance in rubble near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza,” the group said in a statement. “Following the ceasefire in Gaza, the explosive ordnance threat remains. As hundreds of thousands of displaced people and humanitarian personnel are on the move, the risk of encountering explosive ordnance increases.”UNMAS had documented at least 52 Palestinians killed and 267 wounded by explosive ordnance in Gaza since October 2023.
Thousands of Unexploded Bombs Dropped by Israel Have Turned Gaza into a Minefield
Five children were recently wounded by unexploded ordnance as they were searching for firewood in the rubble of Gaza City.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
How can i legally buy a game for a child?
Terraria is on sale and i thought i'd buy a copy for my kid brother. But then i thought i should actually read the user agreement and privacy policy before i tell him to make an account. Turns out people younger than 16 can't own accounts, and i can't just buy a copy for him on my account because i'm already going to buy a copy for my account (i currently have the Steam version but want the game sans DRM).
So if i want to get him this game, should i make an account in his name but keep control of it until he's older? Is there some better legal option here?
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However, if you read their terms, it’s actually legal for you to keep two copies of the game - like one on the device you’re playing and another somewhere else as a backup. So you can legally lend your game and still keep a backup copy.
World's Largest Cargo Sailboat Finishes First Transatlantic Voyage
Video of the sailboat and interview with Neoline CEO:
Informative comment by /u/thatjoachim:
Especially in France, the industry is very innovative. Here are some of the wind-powered cargo ship companies:
- Néoline (based in Nantes), one ship (which we see on the video), more are yet to come
- Vela (based in Bayonne), 5 ships are expected to be launched between 2026 and 2028
- TOWT (based in Le Havre), 2 ships since 2024, 6 more are being built
- Windcoop (based in Marseille), expected launch of their first ship in 2027
- Grain de Sail (based in Saint-Malo), 3 ships, their chocolate is delicious
some other names, though I don’t know as much about >them: Hisseo, Fairtransport, Bourlingue et Pacotille, Heol SailingIf you want to see their respective sizes, here’s a diagram showing the ships side by side with a famous sail ship (the Bélem) and the famous cargo that blocked the Suez Canal, the Evergiven
Some more info about wind powered and wind assisted cargo ships around the globe:
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In fact in Paris I can buy coffee that is specifically transported by wind power: fcco.fr/
Cargo Sailboat Finishes First Transatlantic Voyage
The Neoliner Origin, the world's largest cargo sailboat, completed its maiden transatlantic voyage on Thursday (October 30) despite sustaining damage to its aft sail during the crossing, forcing the crew to rely partially on its motor and remaini…MarineLink
Climate change to drive U.S. migration, change regional makeup
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Climate change to drive U.S. migration, change regional makeup | Jon Talton
With an administration committed to ignoring climate change, it's time for rational people in Seattle to prepare for a coming influx of people in search of lower temperatures, Jon Talton writes.The Seattle Times
More Mexicans are moving up here to California and making things unaffordable.
More Californians are moving up here to Washington and making things unaffordable.
More Washington Residents are moving up here to Alaska and making things unaffordable.
More climate refugees are moving up here and goddamn it, I just wanted to live damn it, if only I had pushed for climate reform policies instead of blaming a particular group of people as the other/outsider.
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Grew up in California. State bird gave me an absurd love for these things. Couldn't be happier, for them.
Obvs sad for the rest of us, but let these birds have some beef - they deserve it more than you or I.
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely, Study Suggests
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely, Study Suggests - Inside Climate News
Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.Inside Climate News
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in reply to suoko • • •Geographic citizenship would be really appreciated from many many unsatisfied people living in boredom-driven countries where history is not used as a learning lesson, but as a loop to unavoidably repeat every some decades
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