Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable
Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable
It marks the second time in less than a week that the 79-year-old president has been caught nodding off during an official event.Erkki Forster (The Daily Beast)
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively! $25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER! We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively! $25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER! We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
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Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
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The worst part - through human communication, texts on the internet, etc. - it seems to propagate towards people who don't even use AI.
I myself have strong aversion to it, but found myself using much more bullet points, cliché constructions, and yes - even em-dashes - when I don't actively pay attention to how I write.
I've always been sensitive to language around me, naturally adapting to the environment around - and now it backfires.
I see the point being made; however, how the fuck else might I jam several clauses into one compound megasentence - overwrought and peppered with purple prose - if not with multiple types of punctuation? Should I summarize, streamline? Clearly not: all thoughts should be expressed in full, replete with all irrelevant details. Perhaps remove unneeded, intra-sentence explanations and asides (like this one, which I'm quite fond of) of details obvious to the reader?! Never!
No AI could write with matching convolution — especially when, unlike me, it cannot do so on the toilet.
Your eloquence strikes me as unnecessary but beautiful - truly, it is in human nature to overcomplicate, but in such a special way that makes it unique and almost spiritual instead of verbose and obtuse. I compliment your decisiveness and ability - a distinctively human ability - to see through this thin line and turn your toilet habit into something so profound. Yet, I cannot help but note that taking out the phone while unloading your bowel - or bladder, for that matter - is yet another symptom - a very alarming symptom - of the modern age interfering with our ability to distance ourselves from a neverending steam of distractions, one that comes hand in hand with modern AI-powered enshittification. So, if you'd like to truly reconnect with your roots, to find human in yourself - perhaps it might be bright to create an intimate space where the only connection you experience is a connection with yourself.
Perhaps, I couldn't express myself as vividly as you do; for that I apologize; yet, I'm not even operating in the domain of my mother tongue, so I hope I can be forgiven. Besides, one other distinctively human thing is to try regadless.
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
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I remember my grandparents saying they dream in black and white like they’re old tv programs.
I didn’t watch many movies as a kid, but my cousins rented them all the time. I remember thinking they all talked and argued as if they were in a movie.
Really makes you wonder about us, and the next gen.
Claiming we now speak in a chatbot-influenced dialect disregards the beauty of human expression. Language evolves with technology, but that doesn’t mean we’re losing our voice. Instead, we’re blending styles, adapting to new contexts while holding on to our rich heritage. Let’s celebrate this evolution rather than fear it; it reflects our creativity in an ever-changing world!
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How to leave a lot of communities at the same time?
Hi,
I am subscribed to a lot of communities.
I want to leave a lot of them.
Is there a way to easily select all the communities I want to leave?
Now I do it one by one, but this is a lot of work.
I would love to hear how to do this in bulk.
Thanks.
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The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.Aida Ponce Del Castillo (Social Europe)
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The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
It's Kenyan issue first and foremost. Lack of labour protections sucks and the fact that people fear to lose these shitty jobs is telling.
Kenya has long been a data labor hub for U.S. tech giants like Meta and OpenAI.
Also as article mentions, US companies has been doing the same thing.
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
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The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
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AI Safety Index Winter 2025: No AI company is doing enough. Meta, xAI and DeepSeek scored some of the worst grades(D)
- A clear divide persists between top performers and the rest
> A clear divide persists between the top performers (Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind) and the rest of the companies reviewed (Z.ai, xAI, Meta, Alibaba Cloud, DeepSeek). The most substantial gaps exist in the domains of risk assessment, safety framework, and information sharing, caused by limited disclosure, weak evidence of systematic safety processes, and uneven adoption of robust evaluation practices. - Existential safety remains the industry’s core structural weakness
> All of the companies reviewed are racing toward AGI/superintelligence without presenting any explicit plans for controlling or aligning such smarter-than-human technology, thus leaving the most consequential risks effectively unaddressed. - Despite public commitments, companies’ safety practices continue to fall short of emerging global standards
> While many companies partially align with these emerging standards, the depth, specificity, and quality of implementation remain uneven, resulting in safety practices that do not yet meet the rigor, measurability, or transparency envisioned by frameworks such as the EU AI Code of Practice.
AI Safety Index Winter 2025 - Future of Life Institute
The Winter 2025 edition of our AI Safety Index, in which AI experts rate eight leading AI companies on key safety and security domains.Future of Life Institute
AI Safety Index Winter 2025: No AI company is doing enough. Meta, xAI and DeepSeek scored some of the worst grades(D)
- A clear divide persists between top performers and the rest
> A clear divide persists between the top performers (Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind) and the rest of the companies reviewed (Z.ai, xAI, Meta, Alibaba Cloud, DeepSeek). The most substantial gaps exist in the domains of risk assessment, safety framework, and information sharing, caused by limited disclosure, weak evidence of systematic safety processes, and uneven adoption of robust evaluation practices. - Existential safety remains the industry’s core structural weakness
> All of the companies reviewed are racing toward AGI/superintelligence without presenting any explicit plans for controlling or aligning such smarter-than-human technology, thus leaving the most consequential risks effectively unaddressed. - Despite public commitments, companies’ safety practices continue to fall short of emerging global standards
> While many companies partially align with these emerging standards, the depth, specificity, and quality of implementation remain uneven, resulting in safety practices that do not yet meet the rigor, measurability, or transparency envisioned by frameworks such as the EU AI Code of Practice.
AI Safety Index Winter 2025 - Future of Life Institute
The Winter 2025 edition of our AI Safety Index, in which AI experts rate eight leading AI companies on key safety and security domains.Future of Life Institute
Russian Intel Uncovers New Ukraine’s Corruption Scheme: Ammo Deal With Overpriced Markups
Russian Intel Uncovers New Ukraine’s Corruption Scheme: Ammo Deal With Overpriced Markups
Ukraine's kleptocratic regime has cooked up another theft scheme, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service states.Sputnik International
we won't know the details until it gets release in a freedom of information act dump in 25 years and even then, people still won't know like how trump's document dump of jfk confirmed that the original tankies were right about the hungarian workers revolt.
edit: it actually doesn't matter how long; i just remembered about congress's actions to stop the azov brigade from obtaining weapons during the 2000's and people still refuse to believe that they're nazi's
Lemmy Release v0.19.14
What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top. Thanks to @flamingos-cant for contributing to resolve this.
Changes
Recently some malicious users started to use an exploit where they would post rule violating content and then delete the account. This would prevent admins and mods from viewing the user profile to find other posts, and would also prevent federation of ban actions.
The new release fixes these problems. Thanks to @flamingos-cant for contributing to solve this.
Upgrade instructions
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Follow the upgrade instructions for ansible or docker.
If you need help with the upgrade, you can ask in our support forum or on the Matrix Chat.
Thanks to everyone
We'd like to thank our many contributors and users of Lemmy for coding, translating, testing, and helping find and fix bugs. We're glad many people find it useful and enjoyable enough to contribute.
Support development
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The latest tag is
1.5.9 which is for v0.19.13.
1.5.10 is tagged now: github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansi…Release 1.5.10 · LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible
What's Changed chore(deps): update pipelinecomponents/ansible-lint docker tag to v0.79.0 by @renovate[bot] in #269 Enable compression for text/javascript by @Nutomic in #272 chore(deps): update pi...GitHub
Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
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Advent Calendar 9
Advent Calendar
Zen Mischief Photographs
This year for our Advent Calendar we have a selection of my photographs from recent years. They may not be technically the best, or the most recent, but they’re ones which, for various reasons, I rather like.
© Keith C Marshall, 2015
Click the image for a larger view
ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'
The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple removed the service from its app store under demands from the White House.The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, which the tech company did in October.
ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'
The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple removed the service from its app store under demands from the White House.The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, which the tech company did in October.
How to change screen saturation?
Ubuntu, Gnome, Wayland, nVidia, Intel integrated graphics.
I have a wide-gamut OLED screen. When regular sRGB is mapped to it, it leads to oversaturation. I can use color profiles in color managed applications to get accurate colors, but it's not system-wide and it have no effect on most of the apps.
On Windows 11, I was able to change hue/saturation both in Intel Command Center and in ASUS preinstalled bloatware. On Linux, I've spent a lot of time, built below markdown file and I still have no suitable saturation control. Did I miss something?
If you're using KDE and you have a swappedRedAndGreen.icc color profile preinstalled in your color management settings, can you enable it to check if it affects whole system or only color managed applications (like some of image viewers)? If you have SDR Color Intensity in your KDE Display settings and it works, can you check if CTM is supported by your system (xrandr --properties | grep ctm)?
Gnome Extensions
There are some saturation extensions which work nice for X11 but bad for Wayland+fractional scaling, they degrade performance in any case:
extensions.gnome.org/
github.com/zb3/gnome-saturatio…
nVidia Settings
In some systems nVidia control panel has color settings:
nvidia-settingsShould look like this: askubuntu.com/a/664299 but no such option for me. Maybe switching between Open/Proprietary nvidia drivers will enable color settings? When I switch Primary GPU from Intel to nVidia and reboot, new props appear, but no color props.
ctm doesn't appear in xrandr either. xrandr display id changes to eDP-1-1. Performance and heat issues appear. Mouse lags a little bit.xrandr and xcalib
X11 only.
# You can make white less white, but can't change black in xrandr with gamma/brightness props:
xrandr --output eDP-1 --gamma ('{0}:{0}:{0}' -f 1.9) --brightness 0.5
# This one changes black point!
xcalib -brightness 10 -alter xcalib defaults:
gamma=1.0 brightness=0.0 and contrast=100.0.To reset xcalib use one of these:
- Restart PC;
Alt+F2->xcalib -clear-> Enter;Ctrl+Alt+Deleteand wait for 60s or pressRight, Enter
xrandr BroadcastRGB
# Check Broadcast RGB available values (default: Automatic):
xrandr --props | sls 'Broadcast RGB' -Context 0,1 | select -f 1
\#> Broadcast RGB: Limited 16:235
# supported: Automatic, Full, Limited 16:235
# Change to Limited:
xrandr --output eDP-1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Limited 16:235"
# Black is now less black, white is less white, screen is softer.
# Will reset to default after reboot.libvibrant
X11 only
github.com/libvibrant/libvibra…
unix.stackexchange.com/a/73007…
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libvibrant/libvibrant.git
# sudo apt install cmake
# sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev
# sudo apt install nvidia-settings libxnvctrl-dev
cmake ..
& ./build/cli/vibrant-cli --version
# FAIL
# CTM should be supported by driver/display for libvibrant to work:
# xrandr --properties | sls ctmFor non-laptop screens there are
ddcutil and ddccontrol. They should work as if you're changing your settings using physical buttons on your display.KDE has saturation settings? zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/20… "SDR Color Intensity" option. Maybe it relies on CTM?
KDE can affect whole screen appearance with regular ICC profiles without VCGT tag?
An update on HDR and color management in KWin
In my last post about HDR and color management I explained roughly how color management works, what we’re doing to make it work on Wayland and how far along we were with that in Plasma.Xaver Hugl (Xaver’s blog)
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Sounds like you want color management, not just arbitrary saturation changes.
Install KDE Plasma, select the "built-in" color profile, and you're done, no more oversaturated colors. If you want to test how it looks, just use a live boot.
US: Other Countries Should Push Back on Lawless Executions at Sea— Canada, UK, Netherlands, France, Others Should Take Steps to Avoid Complicity
- Governments should publicly object to the Trump administration’s unlawful strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats.
- The rules-based international order depends on countries speaking out against violations, even when they’re committed by powerful friends.
Governments that partner with the US on counter-narcotics efforts need to take steps to ensure they are not complicit in these extrajudicial killings.
US: Other Countries Should Push Back on Lawless Executions at Sea
Governments that partner with the United States on counternarcotics efforts should join other nations that have publicly objected to the Trump administration’s unlawful strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats.Human Rights Watch
RRF Caserta. Rassegna stampa del 9 12 25 . USA e Russia alleate contro Europa. Sport. Milan ribalta il Torino
Firefox 146 Is Out with Native Support for Fractional Scaled Displays on Wayland - 9to5Linux
Firefox 146 Is Out with Native Support for Fractional Scaled Displays on Wayland - 9to5Linux
Firefox 146 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements.Marcus Nestor (9to5Linux)
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In The Blood (2015)
Il modo più semplice per provare a raccontare di questo Power In The Blood è far finta di credere che Buffy Sainte Marie sia, soltanto, una autrice e cantante. Di dimenticarci delle sue esperienze di artista multimediale e del suo impegno di pacifista e cooperatrice, a difesa e sostegno dei nativi americani, popolo al quale lei stessa appartiene... Leggi e ascolta...
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In The Blood (2015)
Il modo più semplice per provare a raccontare di questo Power In The Blood è far finta di credere che Buffy Sainte Marie sia, soltanto, una autrice e cantante. Di dimenticarci delle sue esperienze di artista multimediale e del suo impegno di pacifista e cooperatrice, a difesa e sostegno dei nativi americani, popolo al quale lei stessa appartiene. Ma anche così, pur essendo questo il modo più semplice, ridurre Power In The Blood alla sua sola dimensione fisica di album, non rende tuttavia semplice raccontarlo... artesuono.blogspot.com/2015/05…
Ascolta il disco: album.link/s/3zzEsn8uoHdG4SEpr…
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In The Blood (2015)
di Mauro Eufrosini Il modo più semplice per provare a raccontare di questo Power In The Blood è far finta di credere che Buffy Sainte M...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
Putin’s High-Stakes India Visit Puts Modi at the Center of a Shifting Global Power Game
Putin’s High-Stakes India Visit Puts Modi at the Center of a Shifting Global Power Game
Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to New Delhi arrives at a moment when India is navigating intense pressure from both Washington and Moscow, juggling oil diplomacy, defense demands, and strategic autonomy.Popsmokemedia
Manyverse – a peer-to-peer social network
Manyverse is a social networking app with features you would expect: posts, likes, profiles, private messages, etc. But it's not running in the cloud owned by a company, instead, your friends' posts and all your social data live entirely in your phone. This way, even when you're offline, you can scroll, read anything, and even write posts and like content! When your phone is back online, it syncs the latest updates directly with your friends' phones, through a shared local Wi-Fi or on the internet.
We're building this free and open source project as a community effort because we believe in non-commercial, neutral, and fair mobile communication for everyone.
( Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux)
Manyverse – a peer-to-peer social network
A social network off the grid – mobile and available on Androidwww.manyver.se
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Where is FDroid repo?
Can I have some room invitations?
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Lemmy has started blocking VPN and TOR traffic!
Lemmy just blocked me from commenting due to being on VPN !
Luckily switching country worked, but how long will that work for?
These are sad days indeed !
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I don't know what client/UI/app you're using, but I see a notice about this in the sidebar on the lemmy . world home page. It links to this thread:
For browser option, should I chose Kagi or Swisscows?
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• Swisscows: It also prioritizes privacy and security, with the advantage of being based in Switzerland, which has strict data protection laws. It is a reliable alternative, especially if you want to avoid sharing personal information.
Tip: If SearxNG is not meeting your expectations, it is worth trying Kagi to see if it better suits your needs. Swisscows is also a great option for those seeking privacy.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40061691
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
Dec 08, 2025In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent'
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40061691
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
Dec 08, 2025In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent'
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40061691
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
Dec 08, 2025In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent'
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
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This should be a new record on how liberal imperial institutions do the double-standard-ing thing.
How long can we keep doing the "seriously condemn" performative act? Where is humanity?
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Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent' | Common Dreams
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as 'Dangerous Precedent'
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Nancy Mace shreds Mike Johnson and says ‘Nancy Pelosi was a more effective House Speaker than any Republican this century’
Rep. Nancy Mace has ripped Speaker Mike Johnson for the way he has run the House of Representatives in a New York Times op-ed, the latest sign of discontent among Republicans with the speaker.
Mace, a former moderate who moved hard to the right who is now running for governor, criticized Johnson and House leadership for closing the lawmaking process and concentrating it among themselves.
“Would opening up the floor lead to more conservative bills passing or more bipartisan ones? The honest answer is: It would do both,” she wrote.
“Some Republican priorities would finally get a vote. So, too, would common-sense bipartisan measures. The point is to do more and let voters see where their representatives stand. What we have now is the worst of all worlds: little accountability, transparency and results.”
Nancy Mace shreds Mike Johnson and says ‘Nancy Pelosi was a more effective House Speaker than any Republican this century’
Mace is just the latest Republican member of Congress to criticize JohnsonEric Garcia (The Independent)
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House portrayal of her after ICE arrest
Bruna Ferreira, who was released from ICE custody Monday on bond, denies claims that she’s an absentee parent
Bruna Ferreira, who was released from ICE custody Monday on bond, denies claims that she’s an absentee parent
Edward Helmore
Mon 8 Dec 2025 13.28 EST
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The Brazilian-born mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew – who was recently detained by US immigration authorities – has rejected the Trump administration’s characterizations of her as an absentee parent.
Bruna Ferreira, who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in November during a traffic stop in Massachusetts and was being held at a Louisiana detention center, said in an interview with the Washington Post that the White House’s statements that she had never lived with her son or spoken with Leavitt “in many years” were incorrect.
Ferreira, 33, had a relationship with Leavitt’s brother, 35-year-old Michael Leavitt. They had a son, Michael Leavitt Jr, now aged 11.
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Palestinian prisoners face ‘hunger, overcrowding and violence’, Israeli report finds
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40060343
By MEE staff
Published date: 4 Dec 2025 15:06 GMT
It found that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) introduced a separate, sparse menu for “security prisoners”, which is used to describe mostly Palestinian prisoners, leaving many malnourished.Released prisoners told media outlets and rights groups that meals sometimes consisted of a tiny portion of undercooked rice shared between several inmates for an entire day, while others went days without food.
The report described the resulting hunger as “severe, manifested in extreme weight loss and associated physical symptoms, including extreme weakness and fainting”.
Palestinian prisoners face ‘hunger, overcrowding and violence’, Israeli report finds
By MEE staff
Published date: 4 Dec 2025 15:06 GMTIt found that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) introduced a separate, sparse menu for “security prisoners”, which is used to describe mostly Palestinian prisoners, leaving many malnourished.Released prisoners told media outlets and rights groups that meals sometimes consisted of a tiny portion of undercooked rice shared between several inmates for an entire day, while others went days without food.
The report described the resulting hunger as “severe, manifested in extreme weight loss and associated physical symptoms, including extreme weakness and fainting”.
Palestinian prisoners face ‘hunger, overcrowding and violence’, Israeli report finds
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are suffering extreme hunger, overcrowding and systematic violence by prison staff, a report by Israel’s Public Defender’s Office has revealed.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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