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interview and transcript from Democracy Now!
Oct 27, 2025

Peter Link

2025-10-29 20:50:53

Jeremy Scahill on Gaza “Ceasefire,” Talking to Hamas & Israel’s Doctrine of Dehumanizing Palestinians

interview and transcript from Democracy Now!
Oct 27, 2025

Jeremy Scahill on Gaza “Ceasefire,” Talking to Hamas & Israel’s Doctrine of Dehumanizing Palestinians

Israel has carried out repeated attacks in Gaza and killed about 100 Palestinians over the past two weeks since the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal with Hamas came into effect.

^{Democracy Now!}

The IDF publishes the full, 15-minute uncut drone video showing Hamas terror operatives staging the recovery of the remains of a hostage it returned to Israel last night, in front of the Red Cross.

The remains were identified as belonging to Ofir Tzarfati, whose body was recovered by the IDF in the Gaza Strip in December 2023, less than two months after his abduction during the Hamas onslaught.

“Contrary to Hamas’s claims of difficulties locating the bodies of the deceased hostages, yesterday Hamas operatives were documented removing body remains from a structure that had been prepared in advance and burying them nearby,” the IDF says.

“Shortly thereafter, the Hamas terror organization summoned representatives of the Red Cross and staged a false display of discovering a deceased hostage’s body,” it says.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-releases-full-video-of-hamas-staging-fake-hostage-remains-recovery/

https://www.scworld.com/news/us-absence-from-un-cybercrime-treaty-praised-by-groups-over-privacy-abuse

I've been kicking around the idea of running a server for games and chat woth some of my friends, but worry about everyone getting cut off when there's a disruption.

I've started looking into kubernetes out of curiosity, and it seems like we could potentially set up a cluster with master nodes at 3+ locations to hose whatever game server or chat server that we want with 100% uptime, solving my concerns.

Am I misunderstanding the kubernetes documentation, and this is just a terrible idea? Or am I on the right track?

Hamas has violently sought to reassert its authority over the Gaza Strip in the wake of the Israel military’s partial withdrawal, but questions remain over the group’s future and efforts to rebuild.

Since the ceasefire came into effect a week ago, the militant group has deployed armed police officers on streets from where Israeli forces have withdrawn, clashed with rival clans, directly fired upon and killed Israeli troops in multiple incidents, and staged at least one public execution of suspected collaborators.

As Hamas continues to demonstrate its presence, Israeli security officials and experts on Gaza agree it has been badly diminished but not thoroughly destroyed, and will count with new recruits propelled to join after tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli fire.

Hamas, diminished but not destroyed, reasserts itself in Gaza

TEL AVIV — Hamas has violently sought to reassert its authority over the Gaza Strip in the wake of the Israel military’s partial withdrawal, but questions remain over the group’s future and efforts to rebuild

^{Matt Bradley (NBC News)}

Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.

As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.

Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya's “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/anti-foreigner-sentiments-politicians-rise-japan-faces-population-126139879

Recently I added a new HDD to my proxmox system, and I started to realize the HDD was running warm. Was thinking for a second, and having a dashboard with temps and general hardware health would be useful for the server, but I do not find a solution from within proxmox to do this.

Does anyone here added this kind of dashboarding in a proxmox installation? And if so, how or what did you use?

Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make history as the first woman ever to lead the commonwealth.

Spanberger’s victory will flip partisan control of the governor’s office when she succeeds outgoing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

Also Tuesday, Democrat Ghazala F. Hashmi won the lieutenant governor’s race and will succeed Earle-Sears. Hashmi is the first Muslim woman to win a statewide office in the U.S.

Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA case officer, won with a campaign emphasizing economic issues, a strategy that may serve as a model for other Democrats in next year’s elections as they try to break Donald Trump’s and Republicans’ hold on power in Washington and gain ground in statehouses.

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-first-female-governor-earlesears-spanberger-01f9854a94fdab6e5719096664ee9be1

By MEE staff
Published date: 29 October 2025 13:05
GMT

Meanwhile, Israel has violated multiple aspects of the agreement, including maintaining restrictions on aid, keeping the Rafah crossing closed and carrying out repeated air strikes.

In just under three weeks, Israeli forces have killed 211 people since the ceasefire began.

Medical supplies, fuel and other essential goods remain severely limited in the Palestinian enclave.

How Israel repeatedly violated Gaza truce before strikes killed 100 Palestinians

Israel unleashed a deadly wave of air strikes on Wednesday in Gaza, killing over 100 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, in the most significant breach of the ceasefire to date.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/38234808

By MEE staff
Published date: 29 October 2025 13:05
GMT

Meanwhile, Israel has violated multiple aspects of the agreement, including maintaining restrictions on aid, keeping the Rafah crossing closed and carrying out repeated air strikes.

In just under three weeks, Israeli forces have killed 211 people since the ceasefire began.

Medical supplies, fuel and other essential goods remain severely limited in the Palestinian enclave.

Peter Link

2025-10-29 17:46:25

How Israel repeatedly violated Gaza truce before strikes killed 100 Palestinians

By MEE staff
Published date: 29 October 2025 13:05
GMT

Meanwhile, Israel has violated multiple aspects of the agreement, including maintaining restrictions on aid, keeping the Rafah crossing closed and carrying out repeated air strikes.

In just under three weeks, Israeli forces have killed 211 people since the ceasefire began.

Medical supplies, fuel and other essential goods remain severely limited in the Palestinian enclave.

How Israel repeatedly violated Gaza truce before strikes killed 100 Palestinians

Israel unleashed a deadly wave of air strikes on Wednesday in Gaza, killing over 100 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, in the most significant breach of the ceasefire to date.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

France formally puts into service a new version of the M51.3 sea-based ballistic missile. The official press release of the development company ArianeGroup reports the completion of ten years of work and the successful passage of tests.

However, behind this official picture lies a less confident reality. The long ten-year cycle of creating a missile, comparable to the service life of an entire generation of equipment, raises questions about the pace of modernization. Statements about "improving reliability" rather indicate the elimination of shortcomings of previous models than breakthrough capabilities.

The mention that the equipping of submarines will begin only “as new missiles become available” indicates a delayed and protracted process. This gives the impression that the project is still more on paper and in the form of individual units than in the form of a fully deployed combat force.

The official press release from the development company, ArianeGroup, announces the completion of ten years of work and the successful completion of tests.

However, behind this official picture lies a less confident reality. The long ten-year cycle of rocket development, which is comparable to the lifespan of an entire generation of technology, raises questions about the pace of modernization. The claims of "increased reliability" are more about addressing the shortcomings of previous models than about achieving breakthrough capabilities.

The mention that the equipping of submarines will begin only “as new missiles become available” indicates a delayed and protracted process. This gives the impression that the project is still more on paper and in the form of individual units than in the form of a fully deployed combat force.

Therefore, the announced adoption appears more as a demonstration of intent to maintain the image of a nuclear power than as a significant improvement in France's strategic capabilities.

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S.B. No. 2420

AN ACT
relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and
distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 121 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 121. SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 121.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the
App Store Accountability Act.
Sec. 121.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Age category" means information collected by the
owner of an app store to designate a user based on the age
categories described by Section 121.021(b).
(2) "App store" means a publicly available Internet
website, software application, or other electronic service that
distributes software applications from the owner or developer of a
software application to the user of a mobile device.
(3) "Minor" means a child who is younger than 18 years
of age who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for
general purposes.
(4) "Mobile device" means a portable, wireless
electronic device, including a tablet or smartphone, capable of
transmitting, receiving, processing, and storing information
wirelessly that runs an operating system designed to manage
hardware resources and perform common services for software
applications on handheld electronic devices.
(5) "Personal data" means any information, including
sensitive data, that is linked or reasonably linkable to an
identified or identifiable individual. The term includes
pseudonymous data when the data is used by a person who processes or
determines the purpose and means of processing the data in
conjunction with additional information that reasonably links the
data to an identified or identifiable individual. The term does not
include deidentified data or publicly available information.
SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES OF APP STORES
Sec. 121.021. DUTY TO VERIFY AGE OF USER; AGE CATEGORIES.
(a) When an individual in this state creates an account with an app
store, the owner of the app store shall use a commercially
reasonable method of verification to verify the individual's age
category under Subsection (b).
(b) The owner of an app store shall use the following age
categories for assigning a designation:
(1) an individual who is younger than 13 years of age
is considered a "child";
(2) an individual who is at least 13 years of age but
younger than 16 years of age is considered a "younger teenager";
(3) an individual who is at least 16 years of age but
younger than 18 years of age is considered an "older teenager"; and
(4) an individual who is at least 18 years of age is
considered an "adult."
Sec. 121.022. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIRED. (a) If the owner
of the app store determines under Section 121.021 that an
individual is a minor who belongs to an age category that is not
"adult," the owner shall require that the minor's account be
affiliated with a parent account belonging to the minor's parent or
guardian.
(b) For an account to be affiliated with a minor's account
as a parent account, the owner of an app store must use a
commercially reasonable method to verify that the account belongs
to an individual who:
(1) the owner of the app store has verified belongs to
the age category of "adult" under Section 121.021; and
(2) has legal authority to make a decision on behalf of
the minor with whose account the individual is seeking affiliation.
(c) A parent account may be affiliated with multiple minors'
accounts.
(d) Except as provided by this section, the owner of an app
store must obtain consent from the minor's parent or guardian
through the parent account affiliated with the minor's account
before allowing the minor to:
(1) download a software application;
(2) purchase a software application; or
(3) make a purchase in or using a software
application.
(e) The owner of an app store must:
(1) obtain consent for each individual download or
purchase sought by the minor; and
(2) notify the developer of each applicable software
application if a minor's parent or guardian revokes consent through
a parent account.
(f) To obtain consent from a minor's parent or guardian
under Subsection (d), the owner of an app store may use any
reasonable means to:
(1) disclose to the parent or guardian:
(A) the specific software application or
purchase for which consent is sought;
(B) the rating under Section 121.052 assigned to
the software application or purchase;
(C) the specific content or other elements that
led to the rating assigned under Section 121.052;
(D) the nature of any collection, use, or
distribution of personal data that would occur because of the
software application or purchase; and
(E) any measures taken by the developer of the
software application or purchase to protect the personal data of
users;
(2) give the parent or guardian a clear choice to give
or withhold consent for the download or purchase; and
(3) ensure that the consent is given:
(A) by the parent or guardian; and
(B) through the account affiliated with a minor's
account under Subsection (a).
(g) If a software developer provides the owner of an app
store with notice of a change under Section 121.053, the owner of
the app store shall:
(1) notify any individual who has given consent under
this section for a minor's use or purchase relating to a previous
version of the changed software application; and
(2) obtain consent from the individual for the minor's
continued use or purchase of the software application.
(h) The owner of an app store is not required to obtain
consent from a minor's parent or guardian for:
(1) the download of a software application that:
(A) provides a user with direct access to
emergency services, including:
(i) 9-1-1 emergency services;
(ii) a crisis hotline; or
(iii) an emergency assistance service that
is legally available to a minor;
(B) limits data collection to information:
(i) collected in compliance with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. Section
6501 et seq.); and
(ii) necessary for the provision of
emergency services;
(C) allows a user to access and use the software
application without requiring the user to create an account with
the software application; and
(D) is operated by or in partnership with:
(i) a governmental entity;
(ii) a nonprofit organization; or
(iii) an authorized emergency service
provider; or
(2) the purchase or download of a software application
that is operated by or in partnership with a nonprofit organization
that:
(A) develops, sponsors, or administers a
standardized test used for purposes of admission to or class
placement in a postsecondary educational institution or a program
within a postsecondary educational institution; and
(B) is subject to Subchapter D, Chapter 32,
Education Code.
Sec. 121.023. DISPLAY OF AGE RATING FOR SOFTWARE
APPLICATION. (a) If the owner of an app store that operates in this
state has a mechanism for displaying an age rating or other content
notice, the owner shall:
(1) make available to users an explanation of the
mechanism; and
(2) display for each software application available
for download and purchase on the app store the age rating and other
content notice.
(b) If the owner of an app store that operates in this state
does not have a mechanism for displaying an age rating or other
content notice, the owner shall display for each software
application available for download and purchase on the app store:
(1) the rating under Section 121.052 assigned to the
software application; and
(2) the specific content or other elements that led to
the rating assigned under Section 121.052.
(c) The information displayed under this section must be
clear, accurate, and conspicuous.
Sec. 121.024. INFORMATION FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION
DEVELOPERS. The owner of an app store that operates in this state
shall, using a commercially available method, allow the developer
of a software application to access current information related to:
(1) the age category assigned to each user under
Section 121.021(b); and
(2) whether consent has been obtained for each minor
user under Section 121.022.
Sec. 121.025. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA. The owner of an
app store that operates in this state shall protect the personal
data of users by:
(1) limiting the collection and processing of personal
data to the minimum amount necessary for:
(A) verifying the age of an individual;
(B) obtaining consent under Section 121.022; and
(C) maintaining compliance records; and
(2) transmitting personal data using
industry-standard encryption protocols that ensure data integrity
and confidentiality.
Sec. 121.026. VIOLATION. (a) The owner of an app store
that operates in this state violates this subchapter if the owner:
(1) enforces a contract or a provision of a terms of
service agreement against a minor that the minor entered into or
agreed to without consent under Section 121.022;
(2) knowingly misrepresents information disclosed
under Section 121.022(f)(1);
(3) obtains a blanket consent to authorize multiple
downloads or purchases; or
(4) shares or discloses personal data obtained for
purposes of Section 121.021, except as required by Section 121.024
or other law.
(b) The owner of an app store is not liable for a violation
of Section 121.021 or 121.022 if the owner of the app store:
(1) uses widely adopted industry standards to:
(A) verify the age of each user as required by
Section 121.021; and
(B) obtain parental consent as required by
Section 121.022; and
(2) applies those standards consistently and in good
faith.
Sec. 121.027. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. Nothing in this
subchapter may be construed to:
(1) prevent the owner of an app store that operates in
this state from taking reasonable measures to block, detect, or
prevent the distribution of:
(A) obscene material, as that term is defined by
Section 43.21, Penal Code; or
(B) other material that may be harmful to minors;
(2) require the owner of an app store that operates in
this state to disclose a user's personal data to the developer of a
software application except as provided by this subchapter;
(3) allow the owner of an app store that operates in
this state to use a measure required by this chapter in a manner
that is arbitrary, capricious, anticompetitive, or unlawful;
(4) block or filter spam;
(5) prevent criminal activity; or
(6) protect the security of an app store or software
application.
SUBCHAPTER C. DUTIES OF SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS
Sec. 121.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to the developer of a software application that the
developer makes available to users in this state through an app
store.
Sec. 121.052. DESIGNATION OF AGE RATING. (a) The developer
of a software application shall assign to each software application
and to each purchase that can be made through the software
application an age rating based on the age categories described by
Section 121.021(b).
(b) The developer of a software application shall provide to
each app store through which the developer makes the software
application available:
(1) each rating assigned under Subsection (a); and
(2) the specific content or other elements that led to
each rating provided under Subdivision (1).
Sec. 121.053. CHANGES TO SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. (a) The
developer of a software application shall provide notice to each
app store through which the developer makes the software
application available before making any significant change to the
terms of service or privacy policy of the software application.
(b) For purposes of this section, a change is significant if
it:
(1) changes the type or category of personal data
collected, stored, or shared by the developer;
(2) affects or changes the rating assigned to the
software application under Section 121.052 or the content or
elements that led to that rating;
(3) adds new monetization features to the software
application, including:
(A) new opportunities to make a purchase in or
using the software application; or
(B) new advertisements in the software
application; or
(4) materially changes the functionality or user
experience of the software application.
Sec. 121.054. AGE VERIFICATION. (a) The developer of a
software application shall create and implement a system to use
information received under Section 121.024 to verify:
(1) for each user of the software application, the age
category assigned to that user under Section 121.021(b); and
(2) for each minor user of the software application,
whether consent has been obtained under Section 121.022.
(b) The developer of a software application shall use
information received from the owner of an app store under Section
121.024 to perform the verification required by this section.
Sec. 121.055. USE OF PERSONAL DATA. (a) The developer of a
software application may use personal data provided to the
developer under Section 121.024 only to:
(1) enforce restrictions and protections on the
software application related to age;
(2) ensure compliance with applicable laws and
regulations; and
(3) implement safety-related features and default
settings.
(b) The developer of a software application shall delete
personal data provided by the owner of an app store under Section
121.024 on completion of the verification required by Section
121.054.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), nothing in this chapter
relieves a social media platform from doing age verification as
required by law.
Sec. 121.056. VIOLATION. (a) Except as provided by this
section, the developer of a software application violates this
subchapter if the developer:
(1) enforces a contract or a provision of a terms of
service agreement against a minor that the minor entered into or
agreed to without consent under Section 121.054;
(2) knowingly misrepresents an age rating or reason
for that rating under Section 121.052; or
(3) shares or discloses the personal data of a user
that was acquired under this subchapter.
(b) The developer of a software application is not liable
for a violation of Section 121.052 if the software developer:
(1) uses widely adopted industry standards to
determine the rating and specific content required by this section;
and
(2) applies those standards consistently and in good
faith.
(c) The developer of a software application is not liable
for a violation of Section 121.054 if the software developer:
(1) relied in good faith on age category and consent
information received from the owner of an app store; and
(2) otherwise complied with the requirements of this
section.
SUBCHAPTER D. ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 121.101. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of
this chapter constitutes a deceptive trade practice in addition to
the practices described by Subchapter E, Chapter 17, and is
actionable under that subchapter.
Sec. 121.102. CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The remedies provided
by this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other
action or remedy provided by law.
SECTION 2. It is the intent of the legislature that every
provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word
in this Act, and every application of the provisions in this Act to
every person, group of persons, or circumstances, is severable from
each other. If any application of any provision in this Act to any
person, group of persons, or circumstances is found by a court to be
invalid for any reason, the remaining applications of that
provision to all other persons and circumstances shall be severed
and may not be affected.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.

______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2420 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 14, 2025, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________
Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2420 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 120,
Nays 9, three present not voting.

______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________
Date

______________________________
Governor

https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB2420/id/3237346

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Comments

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

: DHS rule would expand biometric collection to immigrants and some citizens linked to them

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

Early voting has ended in New York City, and the initial numbers show the highest early voting turnout for a non-presidential election in the city.

The New York City Board of Elections reported 735,317 early voting check-ins over the past nine days. That's more than four times the total from the 2021 mayoral race, which reported only 169,879 early voting check-ins for the general election.

New Yorkers have been showing up and showing they care about who leads the city.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-early-voting-2025-turnout/

A federal judge considering the legality of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment gave the government until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to comply with her order.

The federal judge considering whether Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully installed by the Trump administration had ordered the Department of Justice to provide the “complete grand jury transcripts” in James Comey’s case for the judge to review. The DOJ failed to do so, and now it has a deadline of 5 p.m. Wednesday to comply.

Lawyers temporarily installed by the Trump administration to lead U.S. attorney's offices across the country have had their tenures deemed unlawful by federal judges. Currie may well deem Halligan's appointment unlawful, too, but she has yet to rule. The judge had also ordered the government to provide her with grand jury information for James' proceedings, but as of the time she issued the order for more information in Comey's case, she hadn't issued a similar order in James' case.

Judge rules L.A. prosecutor served illegally, as Comey and James challenge Halligan

A judge ruled that yet another lawyer was illegally leading a federal prosecutor’s office in President Donald Trump’s second term.

^{Jordan Rubin (MSNBC)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51986495

The European Union says China's curbs have already forced some of the bloc's companies to halt production and have inflicted economic harm.

EU seeks 'urgent solutions' with China over chipmaker Nexperia

The EU said Wednesday it is seeking a swift resolution to a Chinese curb on chip exports linked to a row with the Netherlands over chipmaker Nexperia that has alarmed European businesses.

^{France 24 (FRANCE 24)}