Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war
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Bill Gates Says China Is Outspending the World on Nuclear Power
Their fusion and fission work is very impressive,” the Microsoft Corp. co-founder said of China’s nuclear innovation efforts. The country is investing more in fusion “than the rest of the world put together, times two
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Ukraine War: Kenyans Being Tricked Into Fighting for Russia – Foreign Ministry
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44791055
ArchivedKenyans have been "lured" by recruiters into fighting for Russia in Ukraine, the Kenyan Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday.
Many have ended up detained in military camps across Russia, said the statement signed by Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi.
It did not give any numbers for the recruits, nor how many had been detained or hurt.
The Foreign Ministry said it held a "crucial meeting" last month with Russian officials to help secure their release and repatriation.
Kenyans are being "lured by... corrupt and ruthless agents to travel to Russia and unknowingly find themselves in the Russian military operation," Kenya's Foreign Ministry said.
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Just like North Korea hacking bitcoin to prop itself up; but Russia does it with people. Well, with everything really. Any cheap way to exploit and expand its influence, legality notwithstanding. No ethics.
Russia has been repeatedly accused of deceiving citizens from poor countries into signing contracts with its military, written in Russian, which they do not understand.There is widespread poverty in Kenya and minimal job opportunities.
Local media have reported on Russian recruitment networks targeting poor young men, with many claiming they were tricked or pressured into fighting once they arrived.
Thing I don't understand: they cannot be good fighters if they're doing it against their will? But I'm sure the military has tricks to keep the pressure on.
RRF Caserta. Kaos. Il Dio Share, Belve e l'ipocrisia
Melissa now a Category 5 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength on Monday as it neared Jamaica, with up to 76 centimetres (30 in) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.
Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island on Tuesday, and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.
Melissa was centred about 230 kilometres southwest of Kingston, the capital, and about 530 km southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 11 a.m. ET update.
I'll share my two favorite sources for hurricane info.
Tropical Tidbits for excellent parsing of meteorological data and models without much editorializing and essentially no fear mongering. Excellent videos and website tools for nerding out about the weather side of things.
And NOAA's National Hurricane Center for up to date guidance on rain, flooding, and wind probabilities and warnings. This coupled with a local emergency services communications is what most people should be using to track what impacts they should expect for upcoming storms.
nhc.noaa.gov/ click on the storm in the map graphic to view detailed warnings and info.
Tropical Tidbits
Tropical weather and Atlantic hurricane information, analysis, and forecasts by Levi Cowan.Levi Cowan (Tropical Tidbits)
Venezuela Says CIA-Linked Mercenaries Caught During 'False-Flag Attack'
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/93096
From Common Dreams via this RSS feed
Venezuela Says CIA-Linked Mercenaries Caught During 'False-Flag Attack'
"This is a colonial operation of military aggression that seeks to turn the Caribbean into a space for lethal violence and US imperial domination."brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Internal domain and reverse proxy
I'm going round in circles on this one.
What I want to do is:
- serve up my self-hosted apps with https (to local clients only - nothing over the open web)
- address them as 'app.server.lan' or 'sever.lan/app'
- preferably host whatever is needed in docker
I think this is achievable with a reverse proxy, some kind of DNS server and self-signed certs. I'm not a complete noob but my knowledge in this area is lacking. I've done a fair bit of research but I'm probably not using the right terminology or whatever.
Would anyone have a link to a good guide that covers this?
Automate SSL Certificates with ACME Protocol | ZeroSSL
Automate 90-day SSL certificate renewal using the ZeroSSL Bot or third-party ACME clients, such as Acme.sh, NGINX Proxy, Caddy Server, and others.zerossl.com
*-cert is definitely something I’d need to setup in my self host setup, though a little complex as my (free) domain provider does not let me edit TXT records for DNS-01.
RRF Caserta. Kaos. Il Dio Share, Belve e l'ipocrisia . L'attuale stato della televisione e la sua crescente dipendenza dai social media e dagli influencer per aumentare gli ascolti
Vietnam Buys 40 Russian Su-35 Fighters in Covert $8 Billion Weapons Pact—With Oil Payments to Dodge Sanctions
In mid-2025, military sources in Vietnam began circulating unconfirmed rumors that new multi-billion-dollar contracts with Russia were imminent.Documents from Rostec identify Vietnam under the discreet label “Customer 704.” According to the sources and those documents, one deal could be worth ~$8 billion and include up to 40 new fighter jets.
Vietnam Buys 40 Russian Su-35 Fighters in Covert $8 Billion Weapons Pact—With Oil Payments to Dodge Sanctions
Vietnam has ramped up military acquisitions from Russia through covert financial channels, as highlighted in a New York Times investigation.Vlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)
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Why are you talking like the US didn't invade and firebomb Vietnam to ashes and the Vietcong liberated them from oppression with help of the Soviets?
The north was the proxy, not the US backed puppet in the south???
Holy American Superiority complex.
I'm not forgetting any of that, I was just pointing out a fact about the relationship and history between Vietnam and Russia. It was a phantom war between Russia and the US, with both North and South Vietnam being proxies, and the North prevailed.
The point being that Vietnam has understandable reasons to cooperate with Russia, and there's not a whole lot we can say about it.
Trump humiliated by fact-check after claiming Canada used AI for 'cheat' Reagan ad
President Donald Trump was once again fact-checked following an embarrassing tantrum over a Canadian advertisement.
The ad quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs -- a policy tool Trump frequently employs. The commercial includes audio clips from an April 25, 1987 radio address where Reagan stated: "Over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer.''
Trump humiliated by fact-check after claiming Canada used AI for 'cheat' Reagan ad
The fact-check features a link to a transcript of Reagan's address from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, as well as full audioBrigid Brown (Irish Star)
In Shift in Relationship With Netanyahu, Trump Says ‘I Will Decide’ What Is Right for Israel
Since an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal came into effect, the U.S. effort to sustain it appears to have constrained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]
Oct. 27, 2025 Updated 12:10 p.m. ET
After Israel’s botched airstrike on Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month, Mr. Trump, meeting with Mr. Netanyahu in the Oval Office, forced him to call the Qatari prime minister and apologize.Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, elaborated in a “60 Minutes” interview on Oct. 20.
“I think he felt like the Israelis were getting a little bit out of control in what they were doing,” he said, “and that it was time to be very strong and stop them from doing things that he felt were not in their long-term interests.”
It was an extraordinary revelation by Mr. Kushner, who indicated that Mr. Trump believed he was acting in Israel’s interests and that Mr. Netanyahu was not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/middleeast/trump-netanyahu-relationship.html
In Shift in Relationship With Netanyahu, Trump Says ‘I Will Decide’ What Is Right for Israel
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/38158481
Since an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal came into effect, the U.S. effort to sustain it appears to have constrained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]
Oct. 27, 2025 Updated 12:10 p.m. ETAfter Israel’s botched airstrike on Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month, Mr. Trump, meeting with Mr. Netanyahu in the Oval Office, forced him to call the Qatari prime minister and apologize.Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, elaborated in a “60 Minutes” interview on Oct. 20.
“I think he felt like the Israelis were getting a little bit out of control in what they were doing,” he said, “and that it was time to be very strong and stop them from doing things that he felt were not in their long-term interests.”
It was an extraordinary revelation by Mr. Kushner, who indicated that Mr. Trump believed he was acting in Israel’s interests and that Mr. Netanyahu was not.
Youtube AI filter making it dangerous to watch for people with Epilepsy due to a bug
There is a bug in Youtube's AI filter that is causing some videos to flicker. The content creator have no idea that is happening and no way to opt out. If you have Epilepsy it is recommended that you watch out for these situations
Also as content creators dont know this may be happening, if you find these issues you should try to contact the respective content creator and let them know this is happening on your specific device. Again, its so random it may only happen on some devices
- 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
If you have epilepsy, watch out so you don’t randomly see something that could potentially kill you.
Great job google.
I don't know the type of flashes causes by this glitch but the post specifically warns for epilepsy.
That part of the post might be wrong, that’s completely fair and i trust you have less to gain from lying versus a post craving clicks.
Though my point is, if it is dangerous. What are they supposed to look out for? The “recommendation” should be google stop doing this shit that puts people at random risk.
If it’s just annoying, then its just a glitch, the same for other photosensitive but not suffering epilepsy people.
The danger is honestly pretty minimal for people who are aware they have photosensitive epilepsy; those who are prone to it but unaware of it are not likely to heed warnings even where they exist since they won't typically perceive the risk until after experiencing it.
It takes several minutes from triggering exposure to actual seizure onset, so those who know of their susceptibility have time to stop exposure and make sure they're in a safe position if a seizure does come. There are many ways of mitigating the seizure risk by stopping exposure, closing one eye and facing away from the light source, keeping screen brightness at the lowest level you can still easily read, etc.
That's not to say I think warnings aren't useful, but the intensity of many of the warnings people use is disproportionate to the actual risk and can cause people to be much more worried than necessary IMO. Google et al really need to stop messing with videos and such via AI without any sort of notice or warning for a whole host of reasons, including broader non-epileptic photosensitive since becoming intensely nauseous or getting a migraine over it is still pretty annoying.
tl;dr I think the warnings are a good idea, but maybe a little broader and less "OMG the epileptics are gonna all die". And fuck companies silently manipulating content they didn't even produce with AI in general.
Well said.
Did they ever give any reason why they even consider it an acceptable thing to do?
Imagine making an art piece to be displayed in a museum only to find they allowed an interim with next to zero experience to paint over it.
Looking for opinions on Trilium Notes
Has anyone here tried Trilium notes? What are your opinions on it?
I see. I must've missed that while doing my skimming a bit too hastily. Good thing it has, I was worried it would be limited to securing it through a VPN.
I'm glad it exists and hope of develops further. It has gotten some well deserved growth and exposure in general.
US Colonel Who Probed Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing Says Biden Admin Lied About His Findings to Appease Israel
Retired US Col. Steve Gabavics went public Monday with an account he had previously only spoken about anonymously—the story of his investigation into an Israeli soldier’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 and the unsuccessful attempts he made to ensure the US State Department would accurately report his findings: that Abu Akleh was intentionally shot.
Gabavics previously discussed his experience investigating Abu Akleh’s killing just days after it happened in a documentary produced by Zeteo News, but he wasn’t named in the film.
On Monday, he came forward publicly for the first time in an interview with the New York Times to discuss the case he said has “bothered [him] the most” of any he investigated during his 30-year military career.
US Colonel Who Probed Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing Says Biden Admin Lied About His Findings to Appease Israel
A top Muslim civil rights group applauded retired Colonel Steve Gabavics for "bravely coming forward and confirming what was obvious to everyone: An Israeli sniper deliberately murdered an American journalist."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
Naw, it was the War on Drugs. There isn't enough money in the entire world to make reparations for what the US government did to its own people.
All in order to keep minorities down. One in three people have lost someone to overdose. 99% were preventable with harm reduction.
Takaichi plans to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize as talks start on for trade, security
Trump praises Japan's 'great' female leader in talks on trade, critical minerals
U.S. President Donald Trump lavished praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and critical minerals.Japan Today
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Seoul cafe ignites backlash over ‘No Chinese customers’ policy - The Korea Times
Seoul cafe ignites backlash over ‘No Chinese customers’ policy
A cafe near Seoul Forest has come under fire after posting a “No Chinese customers” notice on its Instagram page, sparking accusations of racial di...Hankookilbo (The Korea Times)
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Dutch government took control of Nexperia over fears it was being gutted - sources
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51884177
The company's Chinese arm has taken steps toward independence and has resumed selling products to domestic Chinese customers.The sources said the Dutch government believes it can negotiate a resolution with China that will restore the company to a unified Dutch-Chinese structure.
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So banning foreign companies entirely is more ethical than letting them compete and nationalising them when they fail or become too greater risk?
Makes perfect sense!
That's fair, but expect to see even more of this in the future.
China historically has done a lot to protect their domestic industries (blocking access to the country, currency manipulation to keep prices cheap, required state involvement, etc.). That's not to say other countries haven't (US with Bailouts and Itar, etc.).
However, I would expect to see more of this across the world as globalization takes a bit of a hit. Both from rising tensions, but also from some of the fragility in supply chains exposed due to the pandemic.
Trump, Hegseth step up military murders in Latin America
US military forces struck two small boats off the Pacific coast of Colombia Wednesday, killing at least five people. The strikes were the eighth and ninth since President Trump issued orders September 2 for a campaign of military violence against alleged drug traffickers that is both illegal and unconstitutional.While Trump claims that the strikes are justified because the United States is at war with drug cartels based in Latin America, the White House has not sought a declaration of war from Congress, or even a congressional resolution authorizing military operations, as in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The strikes are in flagrant violation of international law. The US government has offered no evidence against the people it is annihilating, and even their names are unknown. And the military assaults are taking place in international waters, where ships of any nationality supposedly have “freedom of navigation,” a right that Washington claims to be defending in the South China Sea...
Trump, Hegseth step up military murders in Latin America
As US missiles killed five more fishermen off the coast of Colombia, the gangster-president boasted, “We’re going to kill them, you know, they’re going to be like dead, OK?”World Socialist Web Site
Trump this, Trump that.
Who executed these orders? Who in the chain of command was happy to bomb these people? What names and ranks are there in the report?
There shouldn't be people who, without a shadow of a doubt, would press the red button on an incorrect order. It seems, there are a lot of them there right now. All that stops us from having the US from starting a nuclear war is an assumption, that there would be someone knowing better in place, and this international bombing spree tells us it's not a safe bet at all.
Imagine Donald wanting to nuke South America or Canada - would there be anyone to refuse?
It's semi-accurate, it's based on a memoir but heavily modified. That said, boot camp is supposed to break someone down, get them to think like a soldier, Airman, sailor, or marine depending on branch. The Navy for example puts a lot more emphasis on critical decision making than the Marines, the Marines emphasize martial prowess, the Army is somewhere between, and the Air Force is kinda just a souped up summer camp.
No one becomes a drill instructor to bully people, they do it because it's all but required for advancement at a certain point in jobs that have a low promotion rate. There is some bullying in a sense but at least Navy side it's fairly minimal and the experience is mostly focused on learning things then making sure you can perform your now learned duties under duress.
The Marines boot camp (what's in the show) is focused on making sure that when a lot of people are screaming different things you can still execute the task at hand, effectively making sure you can be effective and task focused even in chaotic situations. At least that's what I hear from Marines, I also hear they do in fact do some shit like stealing toilet paper and stuff, the Marines don't care if your smart, or make good decisions, just that you can execute tasks in chaos.
You have a good point but may not have an appreciation for what that means for the individual soldiers. I recommend this legal eagle vid. Even if they were clearly in the right in refusing the order (which they obviously are in this case) - do you think there is any chance they would get a fair trial with this regime in power?
Imo the check on this is impeachment and prosecution of the president and officials.
Any reliable reporting coming out on all these boats and crews that are being blown up?
(The 'Drug War' has been blatantly evil for decades. We know there's a good chance the official narrative is bullshit, and there certainly is no nuance.)
Are they fishing, smuggling, or both?
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30Wajã Xipai (The Guardian)
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Quebec to ban religious symbols in daycare centres
The Quebec government says it will ban religious symbols in the province's daycare centres.
Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says there is a "broad consensus" that Quebecers want secularism to be strengthened.
The announcement follows a recommendation made this summer by a committee tasked with advising the province on how to enhance secularism. The committee had called for the ban to be extended to daycares.
Quebec has already banned public sector workers in positions of authority, such as teachers and judges, from wearing religious symbols on the job.
Québécois here. I'm surprised by the positive reception here.
First because normally, anything about Québec policies on reddit (unless it's on a Quebec-related sub) is received very negatively, and harshly so, while I may support, be neutral, or against but with understanding where it's coming from. But that may be a Reddit-Lemmy difference. And that's welcome. I don't expect people to agree with everything Quebec does, but I do value reason.
Second, because this time, I'm very much against. I'm an atheist, antitheist even. But what would banning headscarves in daycare centers even achieve? Do you think children growing up will be convinced to become Muslim because their educators were veiled? And for the negative impacts:
- From what I see as a parent in Montreal, nearly half educators in anything daycare in the city are veiled. If they decide to stop working, it will have terrible economic effects.
- Veiled women being made to feel unwelcome, antognized and ostracized.
But what would banning headscarves in daycare centers even achieve
it allows people to escape oppression? Religion has no place in day care centres, period.
🧩 ChartDB v1.17 - Open-Source DB Diagram Tool | Arrays, Views, Canvas Editing, and More
Hi everyone! 👋
Back again with a fresh update on ChartDB - a self-hosted, open-source tool for visualizing and designing your database schemas.
Since our last post, we’ve shipped v1.16 and v1.17, focusing on better canvas interactions, smarter imports, and improved database coverage. Here’s what’s new 👇
Why ChartDB?
✅ Self-hosted - Full control, deploy via Docker
✅ Open-source - Community-driven and actively maintained
✅ No AI/API required - Deterministic SQL export, no external calls
✅ Modern & Fast - Built with React + Monaco Editor
✅ Multi-DB Support - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, SQLite, ClickHouse, Oracle, Cloudflare D1
🔥 New in v1.16 & v1.17
- Canvas Editing Upgrades - Create tables, open table editors, and define relationships directly on the canvas
- Array Support - Full support for array fields across import/export and DBML
- Views Support - Import and visualize database views
- Quick Edit Mode - One-click edit for tables without switching modes
- DBML Diff Preview - Preview changes to field types and relationships before applying
- Smarter Imports - Detect auto-increment fields, parse more SQL variants
- Improved PostgreSQL & SQL Server Support - Includes default values, new types, and
ALTER TABLEhandling - Canvas Filters 2.0 - Improved tree state, toggle logic, and filter behaviors
- UI Polish & Fixes - 50+ fixes including performance, layout, field handling, and DDL exports
🔮 What’s Next
- Version control - Git-backed diagram history
- Sticky notes - Annotate diagrams visually
- Docker improvements - Support for sub-route deployments
🔗 Live Demo / Cloud
🔗 GitHub
🔗 Docs
We're continuing to build based on community feedback, feel free to open issues, suggest features, or share how you’re using it!
Thanks again to everyone in selfhosted who’s supported ChartDB so far 🙌
GitHub - chartdb/chartdb: Database diagrams editor that allows you to visualize and design your DB with a single query.
Database diagrams editor that allows you to visualize and design your DB with a single query. - chartdb/chartdbGitHub
We don’t have a forum yet, but we do have a Discord where users share feedback and ask questionsl, you’re more than welcome to join: discord.com/invite/QeFwyWSKwC
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youtubica stronzata porta gli innocenti alla fucilazione (YouTube ha bannato senza motivo il canale di Enderman)
Alphabet Inc., o meglio Google, o meglio YouTube, proprio ieri sera ha combinato un’ennesima delle sue stronzate colossali, totalmente a sorpresa… e non mi riferisco ai soliti insensati cambi di policy (che, per giunta, a volte sono fatti esplicitamente, altre volte in completo silenzio; lasciamo stare questo, che è tutto un altro gran casino). Hanno […]
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Alphabet Inc., o meglio Google, o meglio YouTube, proprio ieri sera ha combinato un'ennesima delle sue stronzate colossali, totalmente a sorpresa... e non mi riminioctt (fritto misto di octospacc)
TSE julga recurso que pede cassação de Cláudio Castro no RJ
TSE julga recurso que pede cassação de Cláudio Castro no RJ
Claúdio Castro é acusado pelo Ministério Público Eleitoral de obter vantagem eleitoral na contratação de servidores temporários sem amparo legal.Larissa Pereira (ISTOÉ Independente)
Palantir Slides on AI Valuation Concerns, Burry Put Options
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XMPP service.. any details?
The main landing page mentions XMPP but gives no overview. Nor does the wiki. The sidebar for meta says:
Our XMPP support chat: Movim or XMPP client.
Is there a slrpnk.net xmpp server that our creds work on? Or is this just an XMPP channel for getting support?
At first I was imagining some slick gateway of sorts that would stream realtime Lemmy activity into an XMPP channel, but I think my instincts might be wrong on that.
House members release bipartisan 'principles' for extending Obamacare subsidies
It's the first public offering on health care policy since the government shutdown began.
A bipartisan quartet of House lawmakers released a “statement of principles” Monday for a potential compromise on an extension of Obamacare subsidies, which would include a two-year sunset and an income cap for eligibility.
The compromise framework from Republican Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska and Jeff Hurd of Colorado, and Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi of New York and Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, is the first public tangible offering on health care policy since the government shutdown began 33 days ago.
Democrats are continuing to insist that any deal to end the shutdown involve an agreement around extending expanded tax credits for Affordable Care Act subsidies that are due to expire at the end of the year. But GOP leaders and Donald Trump have refused to negotiate on health care until after the government is reopened.
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance - Democracy Docket
I tuned in to watch Norah O’Donnell interview Donald Trump on “60 Minutes.” Over the span of 40 minutes, I sat in disbelief as Trump was asked a series of softball questions with little follow-up.Democracy Docket
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance - Democracy Docket
I tuned in to watch Norah O’Donnell interview Donald Trump on “60 Minutes.” Over the span of 40 minutes, I sat in disbelief as Trump was asked a series of softball questions with little follow-up.Democracy Docket
EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30
EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed.Countries including China, Britain and Australia have already submitted new climate targets ahead of COP30.
The draft compromise ministers will discuss, seen by Reuters, includes a clause demanded by France allowing a weakening of the 2040 goal in future, if it becomes clear EU forests are not absorbing enough CO2 to meet it.
Brussels has also vowed to change other measures to attempt to win buy-in for the climate goal. These include controlling prices in an upcoming carbon market and considering weakening its 2035 combustion engine ban as requested by Germany.
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IOF murder Palestinian adolescent in West Bank
[Neocolonial] forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian overnight into Friday during clashes in the village of Silwad, north east of Ramallah in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.Eyewitnesses told Palestinian news agency Wafa that the boy, Yamin Samed Hamed, was seriously wounded, but that soldiers prevented an ambulance from evacuating him for an extended period of time. He was left on the ground, and only later did the force allow him to receive treatment. He was declared dead at the hospital.
According to Palestinian sources, the clashes erupted when soldiers entered the village. They said the forces used tear gas, stun grenades and live fire.
The Israeli military has yet to issue a response.
Two weeks ago, IDF soldiers shot and killed 9-year-old Muhammad al-Hallaq in the village of al-Rihiya, south of Hebron. Eyewitnesses told Haaretz that he was shot while playing next to the village's school.
Last month, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced that soldiers had killed 14-year-old Mohammed Alwana and Islam Majarmi in the Jenin refugee camp and wounded three others, aged 12, 17 and 22.
Eyewitnesses told Wafa that soldiers had infiltrated the camp, encountered a group of residents, shot live fire at them, arrested a handful of people and set fire to a home.
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Settlers filmed torturing lambs in a Palestinian-owned pen in the West Bank
[…] settlers were filmed this week torturing lambs in a Palestinian-owned pen in the southern West Bank.A video from a security camera filmed on Monday shows nine masked men with clubs entering the yard of the Dramin family, on the outskirts of the village of Samu in the South Hebron Hills.
The video shows the settlers shattering windshields and torching harvests, as three of the men enter the sheep pen and beat lambs in front of the ewes. The security camera filmed one of the settlers throwing lambs onto the floor, throwing concrete blocks at them and beating them, as another settler hit the others. Six lambs were killed, and four others were severely injured.
Human rights activists say that at the start of the war, an illegal outpost was built near Samu and that its settlers assaulted Palestinians living nearby. The activists say that this isn't the first time that the Dramin family's house has been attacked, but this is the most serious incident. In addition to injuring the sheep, the attackers broke the house's windows and pepper-sprayed the inside. They fled when a Palestinian car arrived.
Activists Ben Zion Eshel and Amir Pinsky, who help defend Palestinians in the Jordan Valley from settler attacks on behalf of the human rights group Looking the Occupation in the Eyes, said that they have seen worsening settler violence against animals.
They cited throwing stones at dogs and recently filmed Hilltop Youth activists beating dogs with clubs in the Jordan Valley. They said that there are testimonies of settlers running over sheep and other farm animals and using drones to chase flocks, resulting in cases of ewes miscarrying.
Eshel and Pinsky added that they have noticed over the past two years an increase in cases of settlers placing sheep and donkey carcasses at the entrances to Palestinian communities in Area C to drive the residents away.
They said that a flock of sheep was stolen and slaughtered in Ein al-Hilweh in the Jordan Valley. "Flocks are poisoned. Poisoned chicken heads that kill dogs and wild animals, such as foxes, are scattered around," Eshel said.
Eshel and Pinsky added that settlers' use of their flocks to drive Palestinians from the land is animal abuse. "This is abuse in itself, and it is carried out to harass Palestinian communities," Pinsky said. "They travel great distances with their flocks just to reach Palestinian homes, and their flocks can't handle it. Lambs die in the pasture."
The Israel Police issued a statement on the filmed abuse, saying that forces from the IDF, Border Police and Shin Bet security service found one of the cars the suspects used in the act and handed it to the police investigators. "Extensive actions and investigations are underway to locate them, including exhausting all testimonies and evidence collected on the scene," the police said.
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There is a meme trend of finding inexistent references to people and characters in unrelated stuff, and then pointing it out as a clickbait YouTube thumbnail.
In this meme, I came across the verb "trumps" and interpreted it as the plural of the name "Trump", and complemented it with red arrows and fake PNGs of boomer emojis.
Example of this kind of meme from Reddit: reddit.com/r/tf2shitposterclub…
The Authoritarian Stack
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Nextwww.authoritarian-stack.info
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How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Nextwww.authoritarian-stack.info
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in reply to gedaliyah • • •I hate that the words "casual" and "casualty" are almost the same yet so different in meaning.
"During this war civilians and historical buildings were casually destroyed."
Maybe it does make sense.