How to Make People Want to Read About Climate Change | Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.Mother Jones
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Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs from its Search Results * TorrentFreak
Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs from its Search Results * TorrentFreak
With nearly 750 million URLs removed from Google search, popular shadow library Anna's Archive is a top target for copyright holders.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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Philippines to take ASEAN chair in 2026 with focus on South China Sea
Malaysia handed over the chairmanship of Southeast Asia's regional bloc to the Philippines on Tuesday (Oct 28), with territorial disputes in the South China Sea set to dominate its agenda when Manila takes charge in 2026.Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who will remain chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) until the end of the year, symbolically passed the gavel to Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos at the close of a summit in Kuala Lumpur.
"On the first day of 2026, ASEAN will begin a new chapter," Anwar said.
Philippines to take ASEAN chair with focus on South China Sea
ASEAN and China have been negotiating a code of conduct to regulate behaviour in the South China Sea, aiming to secure an agreement by 2026.CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
Why do I need a domain to access my Funkwhale library but not SyncThing?
Sorry if I'm mistaken on this, but I'm still new to self-hosting.
Currently I use SyncThing and I love it. My files are accessible to me wherever I am in the world, and it costs me nothing.
I'd like to move more of my life to self-hosted servers. I'm looking at leaving Spotify for Funkwhale. But if I'm reading the materials correctly, I'll need to set up a domain and pay some upfront costs to make my library accessible outside my home.
Why is that? Is there a way to make my costs 0, the way they are with SyncThing?
The cool thing about SyncThing is that it's peer to peer, meaning you don't need a central server for your files to sync. They can go between your laptop and phone, for example.
Something like Funkwhale does need a server, and to talk to that server outside your local network, you need a domain name.
Your Kindle Can Finally Be Jailbroken Again. [22:00]
Yeah, I put it into airplane mode when I heard Amazon was going to push an update removing some feature. Then just kept using it as I did before using calibre to send books.
Finally decided to jailbreak it and I am glad I did since the custom lockscreens and koreader has been cool.
I'm honestly surprised how many people I see doing this. No judgement , it's just now how I use the device.
I couldn't give up my syncing of progress! I love being able to pick up on the Kindle app on my phone if I'm in a waiting room then back to my kindle proper at home.
I'm jazzed to finally have been able to jailbreak my device so I can use KoReader on both the phone and Kindle and keep the same experience.
The main feature of the Amazon reader apps for me is the position sync so I can read on the go. I’d hate to lose that feature.
Releases · koreader/koreader
An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices - koreader/koreaderGitHub
GitHub - readest/readest: Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.
Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience. - re...GitHub
The ground is swallowing homes in this Native village in Alaska. Residents have no choice but to move | The climate crisis is causing the permafrost to melt in Alaska
The ground is swallowing homes in this Native village in Alaska. Residents have no choice but to move
The climate crisis is causing the permafrost to melt in Alaska, forcing the village of Nunapitchuk to relocateGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's "storm of the century," world forecasters say
Hurricane Melissa whips Jamaica with violent winds, heavy rain before heading toward Cuba
Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a fearsome Category 5 storm. Forecasters said it could be the island's "storm of the century."CBS Chicago
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New far-right prime minister installed in Japan
New far-right prime minister installed in Japan
The new Japanese government marks a turning point in the ruling class’s agenda to reassert its imperialist interests militarily at the expense of the working class.World Socialist Web Site
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I'll bet the Chinese are thrilled.
I'm concerned about the rise of the far right on Europe and the Americas, but not so much with Japan. If Japan starts getting froggy, China will remember what they did to them in WWII, and crush them decisively, with help from every other Asian country, who also remembers Japan's behavior. Asia HATES Japan.
As Trump lavishes money and praise on Argentina, more Americans ask: Why?
They don't love him so he's pay other people to love him. Its paid love all the way down with this fella.
He doesn't know real love.
He's an actual psychopath, so he doesn't have any concept of love, or any other emotion other than hate, jealously, and greed. That's why he's always saying really weird things like he and the Korean guy "fell in love" and exchanged "beautiful love letters." It's why he recently said that he got some world leaders in a room, and they all hugged and worked out their problems. It's why he says really inappropriate things about people's appearances, thinking he is complimenting them.
He doesn't understand these concepts at all, because he's a profoundly broken human being, raised in a family of generational psychopaths. Like all psychopaths, he knows he's different from normal people, so he has to fake normal behavior to fit in. Most learn to do it because they have to to survive in society, but Trump was so spoiled and coddled, he never had to change his behavior, he just kept getting worse and worse.
But at some point he realized he had to try, so he sprinkles words that he knows the Normies like, like Love, and Beautiful, etc. He doesn't really know what they mean, he's never really felt any emotions, but he knows he has to fake it, and since he's never really had to sell it, he's terrible at it. He tosses those words around in really inappropriate contexts, and instead of looking normal, he looks even more psychopathic than usual.
Reducing Homelab Laptop energy consumption
I've been using my old Laptop from my university days as a home server for some time now. It runs the latest Ubuntu LTS with Jellyfin and Home Assistant both in docker containers.
When it's idle it pulls about 10 Watts, which is Not great, but not terrible either.
So I was wondering what I could do to reduce that number. I'm looking for low hanging fruit rather than complex hacks like CPU undervolting or what have you.
Thanks in advance!
One of the best ways to reduce power consumption on older laptops is to change the HDD to an SDD.
But don't expect to get below 10W on an old laptop.
The rise of global boycotts against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.Seeing the livestreamed genocide Israel perpetrated in Gaza has had an effect globally, with the call to boycott Israel at an all-time high.
Quiet boycotts, which started in supermarkets nearly two decades ago, have turned into widely used apps that help millions make choices about purchases.
Campus protests and encampments in the US and Canada have led some major education institutions to cut ties with Israeli counterparts, while investments into Israel have dipped, and some of the world’s largest economies have recognised Palestine as a state.
Nearly 50,000 pro-Palestine protests in two years
Satellite Snooping Reveals Sensitive Unencrypted Data
Satellite Snooping Reveals Sensitive Unencrypted Data
In an era where running a website without HTTPS is shunned, and everyone wants you to encrypt your DNS queries, you’d expect that the telecommunications back-ends are secured tightly as well.…Hackaday
It reads like "definitely should not happen" was indeed happening!
I wonder if some techs got a basic unencrypted test working, then a pointy haired boss moved them on to another project and it got deployed into use with no-one setting up the encryption.
Japan PM to nominate Trump for Nobel Prize, White House says
Since his return to power in January, Trump has been increasingly focused on the Nobel Peace Prize. He has claimed to have ended several conflicts around the world.
Experts, however, contest his claims.
Many world leaders and lawmakers are adopting a new tactic to stay in Trump's good graces — praising his peace efforts and nominating him for the Peace Prize.
Japan's Takaichi, Trump sign rare earths and missiles deals
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi welcomed US President Donald Trump on Tuesday when the two signed important agreements on rare earths as well as missiles for Japan's F-35 fighter jets.Jon Shelton (Deutsche Welle)
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Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution
In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China is instead the world’s superpower in renewables.
Archived copies of the article:
* archive.today
* web.archive.org
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‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific, says Australia has 'tremendous' role in supporting Kyiv
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44795915
ArchivedDefeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is critical to restraining China in the Indo-Pacific, Finland’s defence minister has said, warning Europe and democratic partners, including Australia, face a fight of global consequences.
Antti Häkkänen praised Donald Trump’s decision to impose sanctions on two Russian oil companies last week, calling the move a major sign of resolve by the US president against Vladimir Putin’s three-year long war.In an interview with Guardian Australia at the ministry of defence in Helsinki, Häkkänen said the West’s willingness to stay the course in opposing Russia’s aggression would be closely scrutinised.
“China is watching. Does the West have a muscle and resilience, when the autocrats and dictators think they can wage war for another year, and the democratic countries will become fed up?
“No. We have to show that we are even more putting stronger support against violence. It’s not only on Ukraine. It’s against violence, against war, and that’s a signal also for China and the Indo-Pacific area.”
Ending the Ukraine conflict required a three-pillar approach, he said:
- tougher sanctions on the Russian economy and energy exports;
- stronger military assistance to Ukraine;
- and the use of long-range weapons to destroy factories for drones and missiles.[...]
Häkkänen said any weakness in resolve would embolden China.
“If there will be some kind of military conflict in the Indo-Pacific area, caused by China, Russia will be somehow involved, through supporting China or something like that,” he said.“We see now that Russia, by their own resources, cannot continue this kind of warfare, but China is helping them a great deal. They are giving a lot of money to support their economy, from energy exports, and giving them a lot of military components and industrial cooperation.”
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China considers Taiwan part of its territory and foreign policy experts believe Beijing is aiming to be capable of making a military move against its independence as early as 2027, amid increased military activity in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
While criticising countries not pulling their weight with Ukraine, Häkkänen said he was optimistic about possible peace.
“European countries have in the last month or so chosen really good steps in supporting Ukraine, investing heavily in our own defence.”
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Häkkänen, who has met the [Australian] defence minister, Richard Marles, said Australia had played a “tremendous” role as one of the biggest non-Nato contributors supporting Ukraine.
“It’s a big political message here in Europe, that Australia has been a part of the support,” he said. “That will send the signal that if Australia has some challenges in security or defence, Europe knows that we have to be in the same family.”
‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific
Defence minister says Xi Jinping should note resolve to stay the course by global democratic alliance, including AustraliaTom McIlroy (The Guardian)
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Russia’s shortage of workers is so severe that it is luring foreigners into sweatshops
Russia’s economy has proven remarkably resilient, despite years of sanctions and economic statecraft. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t deep cracks in Russia’s unstable economic foundation, with only a thin veneer masking increasingly severe shortages — especially of workers.
Russia is in a desperate labor bind. The country has a shrinking, aging population — a fact it ignores as it sends its young men into the meatgrinder of the war in Ukraine. To generate military manpower, Russia has gotten creative, recruiting criminals out of prisons, North Koreans, and mental health patients. Regardless, the endless need for fresh troops on the front line has taken bodies away from industry just as Russia’s military-industrial needs are expanding rapidly.
Russia now desperately needs to fill jobs on assembly lines that make war materiel, but it has a plan: exploiting the Global South, including its so-called friends.
BRICS members India, Brazil, and South Africa have all been recruitment targets for what appears to be forced labor. Russia issues to their citizens a siren song against which many young women are unable to steel themselves, with devastating results.
For at least two years, Russian company Alabuga Special Economic Zone has been luring young women from developing countries with the promise of good jobs and educational opportunities. When they arrive, they are pressed into drone production. They are made to work with corrosive chemicals for long hours, with restricted communications and few or no rights. The women have faced sexual harassment and seen “deductions” taken from their already meager pay for things like rent.
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Educational institutions in Uganda and Burkina Faso have hosted Alabuga recruitment drives; economy-focused civil society organizations in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Madagascar have met with Alabuga officials; and diplomats from African and Latin American states have visited and some have promoted Alabuga sites.
Alabuga SEZ has targeted 84 countries, prioritizing recruitment in Africa and Latin America. Although some countries have called out Russian labor fraud, it has been too little, too late. South Africa’s warning and investigation, which began in August, does little to help women already taken to these sweatshops.
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Relevant:
themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/27/…
lemmy.sdf.org/post/44791056
Ukraine War: Kenyans Being Tricked Into Fighting for Russia – Foreign Ministry
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44791055ArchivedKenyans 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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Two men arrested after Louvre jewel heist
French police arrest two men over €88m Louvre jewel heist
One man arrested at Charles de Gaulle airport and another just outside Paris, officials confirmJon Henley (The Guardian)
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Bacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say.
Their demand comes as they criticise successive British governments for doing “virtually nothing” to reduce the risk from nitrites in the decade since they were found to definitely cause cancer.
Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link foundDenis Campbell (The Guardian)
Any experience of Diode?
I stumbled across Diode whilst looking for ways to do secure off-site backups (to my own equipment at another house) and it feels like a paid-for TOR (Ok, there is a free option)
I'm looking for any real experience as the site has too much marketing lingo in it:
Every Client is secured with a public/private key self-custody identity
And this doesn't seem very dynamic if I want to change something:
Diode’s Blockchain Name System can be used for Client friendly names
And somewhere on the site it infers unlimited storage...!
So, is the free option worth me looking into, or is it a waste of time?
Privacy-first Collaboration & Remote Access
Diode enables digital sovereignty in everyday interactions.Diode™
It sounds to me that for your specific use case, the tailscale free option would be a better match. You can self host it if you would like, using headscale (involves a little more work though). It's basically like an orchestrator for wireguard tunnels.
I'm running tailscale on quite a few of my systems. I've configured the Grants (like advanced ACL's) to allow for only specific services available from certain hosts while other hosts can act as exit nodes like a VPN egress. I've found it very useful for connecting families networks up so that I can assist with remote troubleshooting help and I've used it to reach back into my own network while traveling.
Hmm, ok, I'd not thought of the remote troubleshooting part.
The NAS is at a family member's home, so the troubleshooting might come up in the future.
Thanks
Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war
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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.
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.
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. 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/middleeast/trump-netanyahu-relationship.html
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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