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New to Linux which OS to use?


Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I'm pretty sure it's been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I've seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I'm sorry.
in reply to TheMilk

Seems like Mint is the consensus and I don't disagree. Just some things to consider when choosing:

  1. Desktop Environment/Window Manager (DE/WM) this is the software responsible for displaying your desktop and managing the opening and closing of graphical windows. Window managers are very bare-bones and might offer an experience significantly different than Windows. (See tiling WMs). Desktop environments do the same and more, and are often bundled with launchers and useful default programs like terminals and editors.
  2. Package manager. Package managers are responsible for managing your installed software. There are a variety of options, and distros typically will choose one as their default. Pacman for Arch, Aptitude for Debian, RPM for RedHat, and others. These are mostly interchangeable for the end user, but each has slightly different commands and frontends. So just be aware there will be a bit of an extra learning curve moving from a distro that uses one to a distro that uses another.
  3. Release cycle. Different distros offer different styles of releasing updates. Ubuntu and Debian periodically release updates in a cycle with major and minor releases. Some releases are marked for long term support and others marked as short term. Upgrading releases has been hit or miss for me, so I prefer rolling release distros. These distros don't distinguish major releases and simply upgrade in place. Each has it's own advantages, just be mindful of how often you will have to upgrade.
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in reply to HuntressHimbo

Package manager. Package managers are responsible for managing your installed software. There are a variety of options, and distros typically will choose one as their default. Pacman for Arch, Aptitude for Debian, RPM for RedHat, and others. These are mostly interchangeable for the end user, but each has slightly different commands and frontends. So just be aware there will be a bit of an extra learning curve moving from a distro that uses one to a distro that uses another.


RedHat uses dnf, RPM is the package format.

Apt sucks, pacman is ok, dnf is the best, history and rollback are great.

in reply to TheMilk

Whatever beginner friendly distro you choose, I suggest you use it as if you were a grandma, especially if you have experience in troubleshooting Windows. It's natural to try to find the solution to a problem by doing a Google search, but first of all Linux changes quickly, so solutions that are older than 2 years may be outdated, over 5 years they likely are, and they may apply to different distros than yours, so be careful. Always check your DE's settings app first, those have gotten really good in the last few years.
Don't be afraid to ask in chatrooms if your distro has any, the myth of the rude Linux community is just that, a myth.


US teen Mohammed Ibrahim released from Israeli prison after nine months


Mohammed’s release on Thursday came after a months-long pressure campaign from United States lawmakers and civil rights groups.

The teenager from Florida was 15 years old in February when he was arrested and taken from his family home in the town of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya, near Ramallah. He turned 16 while being held in Israeli jail, where he drastically lost weight and contracted a skin infection.

Last month, 27 US lawmakers joined a letter urging the Trump administration to push Israel to free him. Individual legislators, most prominently Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, have also been raising awareness for the case and demanding Mohammed’s release.



​”Donna, Io”: i racconti sulla violenza di genere e la lotta delle donne

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Donna io

Title:
Donna, io

Author:
AA.VV.

Genre:
antologia di racconti

Publisher:
Ciclope Lettore

Release Date:
aprile 2024

Pages:
184

Source:
ciclopelettore.com/donna-io/

“Donna, Io” è un’antologia di racconti sulla violenza di genere che analizza il dominio maschile e la crisi del possesso. Un manifesto per l’autodeterminazione delle donne e un appello per l’educazione all’affettività come via di rinascita e prevenzione.

“Donna, Io”: il mosaico dell’esperienza femminile sotto il patriarcato

Un coro di racconti per l’universalità della violenza di genere


“Donna, Io” non è un saggio, né un romanzo singolo, ma una potente antologia che convoca un coro di voci per affrontare il tema della violenza di genere. Questa struttura a mosaico è la sua prima forza: la varietà di autori e stili narrativi non disperde il messaggio, ma ne rafforza l’universalità e la pervasività. Attraverso racconti brevi e intensi, l’opera scompone il fenomeno in tante schegge di vita, rendendolo palpabile e intimo.
La prefazione stessa, delineando la donna come “Madre, amica, sorella, figlia a volte moglie o compagna e tanto altro,” anticipa che le storie che leggeremo non appartengono a un unico profilo di vittima, ma attraversano ogni ruolo e contesto sociale. I racconti ci mostrano la violenza domestica in contesti apparentemente “normali”, l’abuso vissuto dalla professionista come dalla casalinga, dalla giovane alla donna adulta. Questa polifonia è essenziale per superare gli stereotipi di genere che vorrebbero confinare la violenza in specifiche fasce sociali, dimostrando invece che essa è la trama comune di troppe esistenze femminili. L’antologia si pone così come uno specchio che riflette l’intera società italiana, rendendo il libro uno strumento fondamentale per il dibattito femminista e la prevenzione.

Quando il dominio maschile incontra la libertà femminile


Se l’antologia stabilisce che la violenza di genere è la trama comune, il sottotesto unificante è lo scontro tra il dominio maschile e l’affermazione della libertà femminile. I racconti di “Donna, Io” rivelano che la violenza non nasce dal nulla, ma è spesso l’ultima, disperata risposta a una donna che sta esercitando la sua autodeterminazione, minacciando così il sistema patriarcale su cui si fonda la crisi del possesso.

Ogni storia diventa, in questo senso, la cronaca di un atto di resistenza. I personaggi femminili sono puniti non per ciò che fanno di male, ma per ciò che fanno per sé: cercare indipendenza, prendere decisioni, o semplicemente voler “essere vita, essere libertà”. La prefazione, citando il movimento di lotta nato in Iran nel 2022 a seguito della morte di Mahsa Amini, sposta subito il focus dal trauma individuale alla dimensione politica della resistenza, suggerendo che il libro intero sia un manifesto di libertà. I racconti illustrano vividamente come l’atto violento sia l’espressione massima di chi, non potendo più controllare la donna, tenta di annullarla, confermando che la violenza è una reazione alla perdita percepita di potere e non una questione di amore malato.

Anatomia della violenza e forme invisibili fino al femminicidio

Violenza psicologica e controllo coercitivo


​La raccolta di racconti “Donna, Io” offre uno sguardo crudo sulla progressione dell’abuso, dimostrando che il danno fisico è spesso l’epilogo di una distruzione silenziosa. Molte storie si focalizzano sull’escalation lenta e i maltrattamenti non fisici, che fungono da prologo. L’obiettivo comune dei carnefici descritti è minare l’autostima e l’identità della donna attraverso la violenza psicologica. I lettori riconosceranno le dinamiche di controllo coercitivo: l’isolamento dagli amici e dalla famiglia, le accuse costanti e, in alcuni casi, il gaslighting – quell’arma sottile che porta la vittima a dubitare della propria sanità mentale. Evidenziare questi racconti è cruciale per il dibattito femminista, poiché insegna a riconoscere i segnali d’allarme prima che sfocino nella violenza fisica aperta.

La trappola della violenza economica


​Un altro tema trattato con lucidità nella raccolta è la violenza economica, uno strumento subdolo di controllo coercitivo che rende la fuga una prospettiva terrificante. I racconti che si addentrano in questo aspetto sono fondamentali perché demoliscono il mito dell’indipendenza come unica via di salvezza. Le storie illustrano vividamente donne che vengono allontanate dal lavoro, private dell’accesso ai conti bancari o costrette a chiedere denaro per ogni spesa. La dipendenza finanziaria creata artificialmente funge da trappola, rendendo l’autonomia un sogno irrealizzabile. Sottolineare questi episodi nella recensione aiuta a sensibilizzare il pubblico sulla natura onnicomprensiva del dominio maschile, che si esercita tanto con un pugno quanto con la negazione di una carta di credito.

Femminicidio e la crisi del possesso e la negazione della soggettività


​La parte più tragica dell’antologia è inevitabilmente quella che affronta il femminicidio, l’atto estremo che sancisce il fallimento di ogni relazione basata sul dominio maschile. In “Donna, Io”, i racconti che culminano in questa violenza fatale servono a smascherare la retorica dell'”amore criminale”. In realtà, mostrano l’omicidio come l’epilogo di una profonda crisi del possesso.

​I testi evidenziano quella che è stata definita la “spocchiosa risposta dell’uomo narcisista”: l’incapacità di tollerare che una donna possa reclamare la sua autodeterminazione o persino assumere posizioni di potere e indipendenza. Quando il controllo coercitivo fallisce e la donna esprime la sua libertà femminile, il femminicida agisce per punire la disubbidienza e ripristinare simbolicamente il suo ordine. Queste storie non sono solo cronaca di morte, ma un’analisi della mentalità che percepisce la donna come una sua proprietà. Leggere questi finali drammatici nell’ottica della crisi del possesso è cruciale per il dibattito femminista, poiché sposta la responsabilità dalla “passione” alla violenza strutturale e intenzionale.

La crisi del possesso e la negazione della soggettività


​La parte più tragica dell’antologia è inevitabilmente quella che affronta il femminicidio, l’atto estremo che sancisce il fallimento di ogni relazione basata sul dominio maschile. In “Donna, Io”, i racconti che culminano in questa violenza fatale servono a smascherare la retorica dell'”amore criminale”. In realtà, mostrano l’omicidio come l’epilogo di una profonda crisi del possesso.

​I testi evidenziano quella che è stata definita la “spocchiosa risposta dell’uomo narcisista”: l’incapacità di tollerare che una donna possa reclamare la sua autodeterminazione o persino assumere posizioni di potere e indipendenza. Quando il controllo coercitivo fallisce e la donna esprime la sua libertà femminile, il femminicida agisce per punire la disubbidienza e ripristinare simbolicamente il suo ordine. Queste storie non sono solo cronaca di morte, ma un’analisi della mentalità che percepisce la donna come una sua proprietà. Leggere questi epiloghi nell’ottica della crisi del possesso è cruciale per il dibattito femminista, poiché sposta la responsabilità dalla “passione” alla violenza strutturale e intenzionale.

Il contro-racconto tra rinascita sorellanza e rivoluzione culturale

Il volo verso Barcellona, la rinascita e il percorso interiore​


Nonostante la dolorosa analisi del dominio maschile, “Donna, Io” non è un libro che si arrende al trauma; al contrario, propone un potente contro-racconto di speranza e resilienza. La rinascita è il filo rosso che lega i racconti di uscita e liberazione, rappresentata in modo emblematico dall’episodio della donna in fuga che prende un volo per Barcellona. Questa scena, in cui Janette Elena, con i lividi ancora freschi, guarda le luci del continente svanire, cristallizza il momento di svolta: “Finalmente poteva rinascere, ricominciare”.

​Il libro ci ricorda che l’autodeterminazione non è solo un concetto teorico, ma un percorso concreto, spesso iniziato con un atto di rottura radicale. La fuga descritta non è solo un viaggio materiale, ma l’inizio di un viaggio interiore necessario per superare le paure e le insicurezze lasciate dai maltrattamenti. Questi epiloghi positivi sono fondamentali per il dibattito femminista, poiché mostrano che le storie non sono solo dolore e denuncia, ma soprattutto vie d’uscita e l’affermazione finale della soggettività femminile sulla violenza subita.

Educazione all’affettività e la proposta di cambiamento culturale


L’elemento di maggiore prospettiva offerto da “Donna, Io” non risiede solo nella denuncia, ma nella sua proposta proattiva e lungimirante: la necessità di una vera e propria rivoluzione culturale che trovi le sue fondamenta nell’educazione all’affettività. Attraverso il doloroso campionario di racconti – che mostrano l’origine della violenza nel dominio maschile e nella crisi del possesso – il libro lancia un appello chiaro: è inutile intervenire solo a valle, con misure punitive.​

I maltrattamenti e le tragedie narrate diventano strumenti didattici per illustrare perché e come si formano le dinamiche tossiche. La raccolta suggerisce che l’unico cambiamento definitivo può avvenire attraverso la formazione delle nuove generazioni. Insegnare l’affettività significa insegnare innanzitutto il consenso, il rispetto della libertà femminile e il riconoscimento dell’altro come soggettività e non come proprietà. Questo appello trasforma l’antologia da opera letteraria a manifesto programmatico per il dibattito femminista, focalizzato sulla prevenzione e sulla costruzione di un futuro in cui la violenza di genere non sia più la trama comune.

La sfida della vittimizzazione secondaria​


La forza dei racconti di “Donna, Io” non si esaurisce nella descrizione della violenza privata, ma si estende alla critica di un sistema che troppo spesso fallisce nel tutelare le vittime. Sebbene la rinascita e l’autodeterminazione siano possibili, il libro non ignora il difficile rapporto delle donne con le istituzioni. ​

Molti epiloghi e passaggi intermedi narrano, implicitamente o esplicitamente, la frustrazione, lo scetticismo o la sfiducia incontrata dalle donne quando tentano di denunciare o di ottenere tutela legale. La vittima, dopo aver subito il maltrattamento e la violenza psicologica da parte del partner, si trova a dover affrontare il trauma di essere messa in discussione o non creduta dalle forze dell’ordine o dalla magistratura. La raccolta, dunque, serve a sollevare una domanda fondamentale per il dibattito femminista: come possiamo garantire una giustizia per le donne che sia autenticamente empatica e che sostenga, invece di minare, il difficile percorso verso la libertà? L’antologia, in questo senso, è un appello non solo alla rivoluzione culturale (tramite l’educazione all’affettività), ma anche alla riforma del sistema giudiziario.

#femminismo #narrativa #raccoltaDiRacconti

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UK allowed arms exports to UAE after being told weapons given to RSF


The British government approved weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates even after being told that the UAE had diverted UK military equipment to paramilitaries accused of committing genocide in Sudan, it has emerged.

It was reported last month that British-manufactured small-arms target systems and engines for armoured personnel carriers were found in Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hands in combat zones in Sudan.

MEE has previously revealed that the UAE provides the RSF militia with extensive logistical and military support.



Ukraine: Europeans push back on US plan during Geneva talks – DW – 11/24/2025




Apertus: Switzerland government release a fully open, transparent, multilingual language LLM


“Apertus: a fully open, transparent, multilingual language model EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus 2 September, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in genera

"Apertus: a fully open, transparent, multilingual language model

EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus 2 September, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for transparency and diversity.

Researchers from EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS have developed the large language model Apertus – it is one of the largest open LLMs and a basic technology on which others can build.

In brief
Researchers at EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS have developed Apertus, a fully open Large Language Model (LLM) – one of the largest of its kind.
As a foundational technology, Apertus enables innovation and strengthens AI expertise across research, society and industry by allowing others to build upon it.
Apertus is currently available through strategic partner Swisscom, the AI platform Hugging Face, and the Public AI network.
...

The model is named Apertus – Latin for “open” – highlighting its distinctive feature: the entire development process, including its architecture, model weights, and training data and recipes, is openly accessible and fully documented.

AI researchers, professionals, and experienced enthusiasts can either access the model through the strategic partner Swisscom or download it from Hugging Face – a platform for AI models and applications – and deploy it for their own projects. Apertus is freely available in two sizes – featuring 8 billion and 70 billion parameters, the smaller model being more appropriate for individual usage. Both models are released under a permissive open-source license, allowing use in education and research as well as broad societal and commercial applications.
...

Trained on 15 trillion tokens across more than 1,000 languages – 40% of the data is non-English – Apertus includes many languages that have so far been underrepresented in LLMs, such as Swiss German, Romansh, and many others.
...

Furthermore, for people outside of Switzerland, the external pagePublic AI Inference Utility will make Apertus accessible as part of a global movement for public AI. "Currently, Apertus is the leading public AI model: a model built by public institutions, for the public interest. It is our best proof yet that AI can be a form of public infrastructure like highways, water, or electricity," says Joshua Tan, Lead Maintainer of the Public AI Inference Utility."

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in reply to Cooper8

Another argument in favor of living in a police state of rich blokes doing banking for mafia and dictators, which doesn't need any surveillance because police already sees everything, and what it doesn't notice, it chooses not to, and also it can legally bend you over when required. I mean, OK, nobody's inviting, LOL.

I mean, seriously I like such news, every polity gets its turn to be a force for good.

There's even been news of an attempt by a group of Swiss politicians to create a committee on Nagorno-Karabakh refugees' return and future political existence.

And they are propping up Taler.

Just - I value this family of technologies for one main trait, it's destructive to superficial authorization. As in - where in the olden days bot campaigns in social media could just work, possibly unnoticed, now you can be certain it's mostly bots unless you can't transparently establish connection to a person, backed by cryptography.

But OK, a public confirmation bot is good, especially if it talks in your Jura dialect unintelligible not just to me, but to most native German speakers.





Japan reaffirms plan to deploy missiles to area near Taiwan


Japan’s defense minister, visiting a military base close to Taiwan, said plans to deploy missiles to the post would move forward as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over the East Asian island.

“The deployment can help lower the chance of an armed attack on our country,” Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters on Sunday as he wrapped up his first trip to the base on the southern Japanese island of Yonaguni. “The view that it will heighten regional tensions is not accurate.”

The plan to station medium-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni, about 110 kilometers east of Taiwan, comes as part of a broader military build-up on its southern island chain. The moves reflect Tokyo’s concerns about China’s growing military power and the potential for a clash over Taiwan.

Non-paywall link



Anyone tried Syncthing Tray on Android?


After the whole Syncthing-Fork debacle, I’ve been considering what to do, and I discovered that Syncthing Tray has experimental Android builds. I’ve noticed the UI is kind of buggy (not really a surprise since they’re experimental builds), so I was wonder
After the whole Syncthing-Fork debacle, I've been considering what to do, and I discovered that Syncthing Tray has experimental Android builds. I've noticed the UI is kind of buggy (not really a surprise since they're experimental builds), so I was wondering if anyone has actually used it and could provide a comparison with Syncthing-Fork. I'm especially interested regarding battery life and so on given that that was the main benefit of Syncthing-Fork over the original app anyway before the original app got discontinued, and obviously I'd like to know if it syncs well or if there are any weird issues.
in reply to zeca

How viable would that be? Can it also just run in the background like the actual app?

in reply to xc2215x

Normally I’d question why, since often the strategy is to plead the 5th and run out the clock with boring testimony.

But this arrogant ass, given his BBC interview, should be on prime time.



in reply to Bidah

Lol. I think FIFA demand a pile of money from people integrating the live streams into their platforms. We should start the fundraiser soon.

And I think I'm going to boycott the world cup 2026, so make this the women's world cup in 2027.

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in reply to Bidah

Ignore the people saying "do this from your own instance."

Peertube needs more content across the board.



Criminal court ditches American software giant– Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?


Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed by Microsoft tools.
in reply to Damage

Ah right right. Please do tell me, what university do you work for? In what field again?

  • Do you have experience in supporting researchers working under strict grant provisions that entail (at times) specific requirements in terms of data-format, reproducibility, output, methods, software used, etc.?
  • Do you have experience supporting environments where exams are given, and thus require highly locked down, monitored, reproducible, environments in the terms of hundreds if not thousands workplaces at, potentially, the drop of a hat? Even if exams are generally planned well in advance, there can be last minute alterations due to weather, incidents, etc.
  • Do you perhaps have experience supporting a piece of software that was used for research several decades ago, that interfaces with a piece of equipment that's now old enough to vote and drink?
  • Have you ever had the conversation with a researcher where you had to tell them that due to privacy, technical or legal requirements you have to upgrade the software and thus pretty much set them back if not ruin their entire research?
  • Have you ever had to support thousands of students doing their research/study/course that requires HPC capabilities on a shoestring budget?
  • Have you ever had to have a conversation with an ISV and get them to provide intricate detail on all of their libraries/dependencies used because of legal/technical/moral requirements?

So let me ask you again, is it really that easy to just "require all documents to be either odf or pdf?" in such an environment to achieve ehm... what was it again you wanted to achieve? Achieving some moral high-ground so that universities don't use Microsoft's format that is so entrenched in all of society, at all levels, companies and organizations and thus by not supporting/using it all of the students are put at risk of not being prepared for their future careers? Which is kind of the points people get an university degree.

But sure, I'll see if I can get it added to the agenda in the next all-hands IT meeting.

EDIT:
I'm sure of this comes across as rude or snide; it's just that your reply seems to imply that we (IT staff, as well as the universities as a whole) haven't already tried something like that before? Like HexesofVexes correctly points out - universities are in a near perpetual crisis for their very continued existence. Imagine having to cut millions from your budget that is already millions underfunded - and then decide to take a risk as something like this? How many jobs, livelihoods, careers, and so much more would they be putting at risk?

No, it's not that easy. It's an incredible risk - and universities can and will take it but they will need support. Financial as well as societal both of which right now are virtually non-existing. So they won't as we are in pure survival mode, and have been for years.

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in reply to aprazeth

The article is talking about officeware, so documents, file sharing, chat and e-mail. My comment was about documents specifically. I'm sorry if your work is frustrating, but as a non-academic, what am I supposed to do, except vote for candidates that promote education? That's been my priority from when I was old enough to cast a ballot.
Your university's leadership failed you in the decades before today when they went for closed-source, foreign-controlled options. I cannot describe the stupidity of hosting research data on American services, a choice that to me points either to stupidity or bad faith.

But the crux is still this: the best time to switch was the previous 30 years, the second best is now. Saying "we can't do it!!" only lets the tumor grow and grow. Nobody's expecting change overnight, what should be expected, though, is action.



Tutorial series for self hosting beginners?


I've been dabbling with selfhosting for a bit now (home assistant and nextcloud), but it's clear that I lack a fundamental understanding of networking. For example:
- I've got OpenWRT on my router, but no idea what I'm doing when it comes to firewall settings, DNS, DHCP, etc.
- I've got a domain thru Porkbun, but no idea how to properly setup my DNS settings there to route to my local machine.
- I've got NGINX running in a docker container in a VM and can get to the UI on my local network, but no idea what I'm doing wrong with my attempts at a reverse proxy.

Does anyone here have links to a good in-depth tutorial series for learning about securely selfhosting?

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in reply to anticonnor

Studying computer science / Cybersecurity certainly helped. Besides that, trial and error for me.
in reply to anticonnor

I have some script or maybe it was a program in a container that checks my isp IP and uses the domain provider api to keep the DNS set to the isp IP if it changes. I'm using opnsense but I'm sure openwrt has the same thing in some form.


The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39401508

While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers from Gaza without charge. As Michal Feldon discussed (originally published on Local Call), they face physical violence, medical neglect, and starvation, languishing in Israeli prisons — and their families are demanding their freedom.

from +972’s Sunday Recap
#972Magazine [published in #Israel]
Nov. 23, 2025

Also:
* New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
* ‘The fire devoured everything’: Israeli settlers unleash wave of arson attacks
* In Umm Al-Khair, erasure seems only a matter of time
* When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens
* On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within



The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons


While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers from Gaza without charge. As Michal Feldon discussed (originally published on Local Call), they face physical violence, medical neglect, and starvation, languishing in Israeli prisons — and their families are demanding their freedom.


from +972’s Sunday Recap
#972Magazine [published in #Israel]
Nov. 23, 2025

Also:
* New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
* ‘The fire devoured everything’: Israeli settlers unleash wave of arson attacks
* In Umm Al-Khair, erasure seems only a matter of time
* When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens
* On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within


https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8&section_id=188629



Biofuels Push at COP30 Could Accelerate Climate Crisis and Threaten Food Supply


cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/53665220

The governments of Brazil, Italy, Japan, and India are spearheading a new pledge calling for the rapid global expansion of biofuels as a commitment to decarbonizing transportation energy.

An analysis by a clean transport advocacy organization published last month found that, because of the indirect impacts to farming and land use, biofuels are responsible globally for 16 percent more CO2 emissions than the planet-polluting fossil fuels they replace


in reply to Avid Amoeba

From a science pov it makes sense that it's something to pursue, even as just a renewable biofuel. Algae grows fast, it's where oil comes from, it's a biological "fix". It's perfect. Except it didn't work nearly as well as hoped.

I looked into it a long time ago as a "solution" to how to best pull carbon of out the air and sequester it. Algae farms over deep water areas, grown and culled and the dead carbon sunk deep to stay out of the loop. Sounds perfect, doesn't it?

But in both scenarios there are so many costs and variables to consider that are left out when proponents are selling it. Some are just the "forgotten" costs of running a process that pollutes on their own and take energy (that requires emissions too). Some are effects outside the process that damage the environment in other ways. And the costs and effects of feeding the algae itself, it just won't grow in a vat of water alone. So many things that change the net result. And with the case for fuel (which doesn't lock the carbon away so it's not a help to existing carbon in the air) assuming the fuel percentage per weight would be high enough to justify the rest of the costs. Which Exxon figured out it was not, while selling it as a miracle.



How the Nexperia chip crisis upended auto supply chains - again


The Dutch government took control of Netherlands-based Nexperia in late September, citing concerns its technology could be passed on to Chinese owner Wingtech. Beijing retaliated by halting exports of finished Nexperia chips packaged at the plant in the Pearl River Delta.

"The Dutch thought they had seized Nexperia, but they only took over an office building," said Li Xing, a professor of international relations at the Guangdong Institute for International Strategies, a think tank.

Nexperia resumed sales to some domestic distributors in late October but required payment in yuan

Austria's Melecs and Apple supplier JABIL have managed to source chips from Nexperia. Both have used Chinese entities, allowing them to settle in yuan, the two people briefed on the matter said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/how-nexperia-chip-crisis-upended-auto-supply-chains-again-2025-11-24/



Exporting carceral migration “management”: €30 million from the EU to Senegal for migration control


cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/53662714

The underlying aims of the €30 million budget are interception, detention and an instrumental concern for human life. The initiative maps onto longer-term developments predating the change of government in 2024, marked by the long-term involvement of external actors, often operating with EU funding.

The intervention is indicative of a wider regional trend of EU-funded actions enforcing detention and disregarding human rights concerns. This comes in the guise of “fighting migrant smuggling,” which is both a condition for and objective of EU financial support.

Together, these factors constitute the building blocks of a new era of carceral EU migration “management” in West Africa.




Jair Bolsonaro arrested after tampering with ankle tag ‘out of curiosity’


Brazilian ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody over fears he was going to abscond

Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he tried to damage his electronic ankle monitor “out of curiosity” after he was arrested at his villa owing to suspicions he was poised to abscond.

In a video released by the supreme court, Bolsonaro – who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for masterminding a military coup – can be heard admitting to a security official that he had used a soldering iron to tamper with the black tag.

The video showed the device badly damaged and burned on both sides, but still attached to his ankle.

in reply to MicroWave

God it must feel so good to live in Brazil and see news like this.


US and Ukraine promise ‘updated’ peace framework after criticism of pro-Russian points in original plan


US-Ukraine statement comes hours after European countries propose their own alternative peace

The US and Ukraine said they had created an “updated and refined peace framework” to end the war with Russia, hours after European countries proposed their own radical alternative that omitted some of the pro-Russia points made in an original US-backed document that was leaked last week.

US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, emerged from a meeting in Switzerland late on Sunday with a Ukrainian delegation led by Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, saying he was “very optimistic” about the progress of the talks. A joint statement between the two countries said that any eventual deal would “fully uphold” Ukraine’s sovereignty.

The original 28-point US document leaked last week demands Ukraine hand over territory to Russia, limits the size of its army and agrees not to pursue the Kremlin for alleged war crimes.

in reply to MicroWave

"Years of pressure have shown us that persistence is rewarded. We pushed and the West eventually adjusted its expectations to ours. We can do anything." - Some Russian Official
in reply to MicroWave

"In the war between Russia an Ukraine, America was the first to surrender"

in reply to schizoidman

I'm also showing no gratitude.

'Trumps' 'peace' plan stinks.




Germany wants to build Europe’s strongest army – a new conscription bill is moving that closer


This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.

The coalition government is hoping a new bill agreed upon last week will help make this a reality, bolstering Germany’s forces in the face of the perceived threat from Russia and a significant shift in US foreign policy.

The sweeping new reforms will see Germany attempt to boost its numbers to 260,000 soldiers, up from around 180,000 currently, in addition to an extra 200,000 reservists, by 2035.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/23/europe/germany-europe-army-reform-intl



‘Enough repression’: Thousands of Tunisians protest against Kais Saied


Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the Tunisian capital to protest against what they call President Kais Saied’s escalating authoritarianism and the jailing of government critics.

At least 2,000 people, wearing black and carrying whistles and red ribbons, marched through Tunis on Saturday, chanting slogans, including “the people want the fall of the regime” and “no fear no terror, the street belongs to the people”.

Some held placards that read, “Enough repression” and “Not my president”.

The rally – under the slogan “against injustice” – brought together activists, NGOs and fragmented parties from across the spectrum in a rare display of unity in opposition to Saied.

It came weeks after a Tunisian court handed a five-year prison sentence to former administrative judge Ahmed Souab, a vocal critic of the politicisation of the judiciary.



NATION MOURNS


Nothing Less Than The Death Penalty For Rahmanullah Lakanwal
Killing a National Guard member in Washington, D.C., is almost always prosecuted federally, can carry the death penalty if the victim was in federal status or if terrorism/hate-crime elements are present, and will very likely be labeled and punished as domestic terrorism if the motive meets the legal definition.


Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry


Grenfell United and the TV architect George Clarke are calling on businesses and homeowners to take a “moral decision” and boycott the companies criticised in the Grenfell inquiry for “systematic dishonesty”.

Clarke, best known for his series George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, said he had made the decision not to use products from Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex, three companies that were heavily criticised in the findings of the Grenfell inquiry published last year and who have continued to deny wrongdoing.

He lives close to the tower block in west London where 72 people were killed by the 2017 blaze which was fuelled by combustible insulation and cladding that did not comply with regulations.



‘Stranded’: Palestinians who were in Israel on 7 October 2023 are suspended between exile and war


Inside a dim locker room at the Nablus municipal stadium, in the occupied West Bank, the television rarely goes dark, streaming day and night the relentless news from Gaza. Gathered in front of it are a group of men from Khan Younis. For more than two years, they have lived in this stadium converted into a refugee camp, their lives suspended between exile and the war they watched on a screen.

They are mostly construction workers who were in Israel on the morning of 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched its attack. As Israel rounded up Palestinians from Gaza, they fled to the West Bank, where they remain – cut off from wives and children living in makeshift tents inside the strip. With very few exceptions, civilians are not currently allowed in or out of Gaza.

“They killed my nephew and his two children,” says Baker Majjar, 37, who before the conflict split his time between a month in Gaza and a month working on construction sites in Tamra, in north-eastern Israel. “They were seeking food at an aid distribution point near Khan Younis. I’ve lost more than a hundred people – relatives and friends – to Israeli attacks since the war began. Then I stopped counting.”



US and Ukraine promise ‘updated’ peace framework after criticism of pro-Russian points in original plan


European countries proposed a radical alternative Ukraine peace plan on Sunday that omits some of the pro-Russia points made in the original US-backed document and calls for Kyiv’s sovereignty to be respected.

The counter-proposal emerged as US, Ukrainian and international negotiators met in Switzerland. The 28-point US document leaked last week demands Ukraine hand over territory to Russia, limits the size of its army and agrees not to pursue the Kremlin for alleged war crimes.

Having been blindsided by Washington’s initiative, Ukraine’s European allies published their Kyiv-friendly plan on Sunday. It says negotiations over territory should take place after a ceasefire is agreed and should start from the line of contact – the existing frontline.

It says both parties would agree how any truce would be monitored “under US supervision”. Unlike the White House text, the European alternative does not call for Kyiv to withdraw from cities it controls in eastern Donbas. Nor does it rule out Ukraine’s membership of Nato, but points out there is no consensus over its membership.

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in reply to HellsBelle

And to be very CLEAR, about the deliberate treason by the Trumptraitor:

  • As discussions began in Geneva, Donald Trump said Ukraine had shown “zero gratitude” for US efforts to end the conflict
  • Speculation based on the use of language in the plan suggests it may have been written in Russian and later translated into English.
  • " A group of US senators said Rubio told them the text was not an American one. It was, they said, a Russian document deliberately leaked by Moscow which the US then passed on to Ukraine.
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in reply to Riddick3001

Yes I'm sure if Zelensky wanted to surrender half his country, he could ask Putin for terms himself.
in reply to Buffalox

to surrender half his country


And Zelensky would probably consider this for peace in a alternate universe, if it wasn't for the 1000% untrustworthy Putin who always breaks treaties and promises.

Also RF "stole" (I don't know what's even the proper name) a minimum of 20K children, and and are momentarily brainwashing them. Some are being trained to fight against Ukraine.

That's probably a pill many find ( too) hard to swallow.

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in reply to exu

Kidnapped


Is usually is a term used when asking for a "ransom" they ask money or something, and usually people are taken for a (limited) period of time.

I's more like human trafficking, but still it's not the right term . In a way its a combination of kidnapping, human trafficking and sort of genocidal thing. Or all the above?
#Ed quoting layout

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in reply to Riddick3001

there is no may about it, several people who speak Russian state it is obvious.
Among them Anders Puk Nielsen, a military analyst from Denmark that speaks Russian has expressed it is obvious.


Sorry I don't remember the timestamp, but this guy is among the most trusted analysts on the Ukraine war.

in reply to Buffalox

Yaah I've seen his vids. Former military analyst something from Denmark or there abouts?
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in reply to Riddick3001

He is an active professional military analyst for the Danish military, and he speaks Russian.
in reply to HellsBelle

Why is there a need for "under US supervision"?

That alone tells you how much of a cuck European leaders are. The war is on their doorstep and they're relying on what is a despotic regime aligned with Russia to gauge fairness.



Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months


Israel carried out an airstrike on a southern Beirut suburb on Sunday, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Ali Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war.

The strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed five people and wounded 25 others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.

Hezbollah did not immediately comment. Earlier, it said the strike, launched almost exactly a year after a ceasefire ended that Israel-Hezbollah war, threatened an escalation of attacks — just days before Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit Lebanon on his first foreign trip.

“We will continue to act forcefully to prevent any threat to the residents of the north and the state of Israel,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.

in reply to HellsBelle

(Atleast) 5 civilians in exchange for 1 terrorist, and that too despite a ceasefire, imagine if a non US aligned state did this… one wud assume with their intelligence in military prowess they could easily carry out hyper precise assassinations rather than bombing a dense neighborhood, and these are the ones that claim palestinians and muslims are barbaric and subhuman, but as they say.. every accusation is a confession
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VTT (Virtual Tabletop)?


I am playing TTRPG remotely. For this, I was using far.app, a js app, which permit to link Game Master and Players in order to share Character sheets, dice roles, some index cards (set up as a "scene").

Would you know an open-source software that I could self-host to basically have a board with multiple users at once.

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in reply to Bluefruit

Is it actually Foss? I assumed it was, but recently I was checking and couldn't find anything about licenses and stuff on the webpage.
in reply to kyonshi

Yup, they say its free and open source, and here is the link to their github:

github.com/RPTools


in reply to Lady Butterfly she/her

Thank you president Trump for this amazing peace plan. Many people are saying this is the GRESTEST PEACE PLAN in the history of the world. All of the greatest world leaders came to me and said "Sir, this is bigger than the Treaty of Verseye". They said I should win TWO Noble Peace Prizes for this.


The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons


While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.

https://www.972mag.com/gazan-doctors-israeli-prisons/



Simple new engine sucks power from the night sky




Dutch mayors expand use of emergency measures that allegedly restrict citizens’ rights [The Netherlands]


#Note title : country tag adedd in brackets for clarity [The Netherlands]

Dutch mayors are increasingly implementing emergency measures that reportedly restrict citizens’ rights, such as preventive searches and bans on gatherings, according to NOS data.

In 2012, seven such measures were active in six municipalities; this year, 77 decisions were recorded across 38 municipalities, including extensions.

original NOS NL

Graph: emergency measures per year

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in reply to Riddick3001

almost like the U.S. with #ICE in the "border zones" or 100 mi/160 km from the borders of Mexico or Canada. Authoritarian creep is a danger to all western democracies.
#ice
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in reply to Eddie 🏳️‍🌈 (RESIST)

Authoritarian creep is a danger to all western democracies.


Exactly.. A danger to people in general. Never came across people who lived under a dictatorship who felt free, happy or without having lost friends & family to the regime.

Sometimes there are apologists though, but that's a imo a trauma induced coping strategy or they were collaborating (often under some life or death threat).

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in reply to LadyButterfly she/her

Oh for crying out loud... It's been 30 years.

Something tells me the royal family is desperate for any distraction from Andrew and whether he'll be invited by his inbred relatives for Christmas, and if it takes digging up Diana's corpse, they're not above doing it.

in reply to ExtremeDullard

Absolutely. They always used and mistreated her, why would they stop now? They just ain't good to each other either


Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19


There have been more than 700,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Brazil since 2020, the world's second-highest toll after the United States.

In 2021, epidemiologists at the Federal University of Pelotas estimated 4 in 5 of those deaths could have been avoided if the Bolsonaro administration had supported containment measures and accelerated vaccine purchases.

Bolsonaro's government ignored repeated pleas to sign additional vaccine contracts. He publicly questioned the reliability of shots and mocked contract terms, once suggesting Pfizer recipients would have no legal recourse if they "turned into alligators." Brazil faced vaccine shortages and doses were released in phases by age and health risk.



Canada PM Carney says world can move on without US, stresses new ties


Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US, and that consensus reached at a Group of 20 (G-20) leaders’ meeting in Johannesburg

At the press conference, he detailed his attempts to strengthen ties with nations ranging from South Africa to India and China.

in reply to schizoidman

The world can, but Canada can't ignore the psychopath who lives in the flat downstairs.


Korea to lose chip dominance to China by 2030 as competitiveness at home wanes


Korean companies themselves predict that Chinese memory chipmakers could overtake them within five years. A broader concern is that China could surpass Korea in all 10 of its top export industries — including shipbuilding, information technology, petrochemicals and biotech — by 2030.
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