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Russia sentences four Ukrainian POWs: one of them recited Ukrainian poem in court
Four Ukrainian prisoners of war – Lieutenant Colonel Andrii Antonenko, Captain Andrii Kulish, Junior Lieutenant Denys Tkachenko and Sergeant Oleksii Mazurenko – have been sentenced by a Russian military court.Tetyana Oliynyk (Ukrainska Pravda)
Upcoming arms fair shows UK’s ‘peak complicity in genocide’
by Willem Moore
On 9 September, the arms industry will gather in the UK for the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair. DSEI generates controversy and protest every year; this year that controversy is focussed on links to Israel and its genocide of the Palestinian people. While the UK government has barred an official delegation from Israel, Israeli weapons companies will still attend. Now, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has argued this exception represents “peak complicity in genocide”, with 51 Israeli companies set to attend the event.
Contentious attendance at DSEI
CAAT note that the 51 Israeli companies set to attend the event include “Elbit Systems, Rafael and Israel Aerospace”. These companies are based in Israel, but they also maintain UK sites in some instances, particularly Elbit Systems. Before our current Labour government proscribed it as a terrorist organisation, Palestine Action conducted a protracted campaign of direct action against Elbit Systems, and several companies cut ties with the arms manufacturer during this period (including a landlord of one of its UK sites). Some speculated that Palestine Action may also have influenced the Ministry of Defence (MoD) overlooking Elbit for a £2.1bn contract.
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DSEI arms fair shows UK's 'peak complicity in genocide'
"It is clear that our government will not do anything that disrupts the profits of arms dealers", said CAAT of the DSEI arms fairWillem Moore (The Canary)
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浦和レッズは5日、MF原口元気（34）が海外クラブへの移籍を前提にチームを離脱することを発表した。今後ついては、正式に決定次第あらためて伝えられるという。WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
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This Company Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In
A hacker has broken into Nexar, a popular dashcam company that pitches its users’ dashcams as “virtual CCTV cameras” around the world that other people can buy images from, and accessed a database of terabytes of video recordings taken from cameras in drivers’ cars. The videos obtained by the hacker and shared with 404 Media capture people clearly unaware that a third party may be watching or listening in. A parent in a car soothing a baby. A man whistling along to the radio. Another person on a Facetime call. One appears to show a driver heading towards the entrance of the CIA’s headquarters. Other images, which are publicly available in a map that Nexar publishes online, show drivers around sensitive Department of Defense locations.The hacker also found a list of companies and agencies that may have interacted with Nexar’s data business, which sells access to blurred images captured by the cameras and other related data. This can include monitoring the same location captured by Nexar’s cameras over time, and lets clients “explore the physical world and gain insights like never before,” and use its virtual CCTV cameras “to monitor specific points of interest,” according to Nexar’s website.
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A hacker has compromised Nexar, which turns peoples' cars into "virtual CCTV cameras" that organizations can then buy images from. The images include sensitive U.S. military and intelligence facilities.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Il 12 settembre al Teatro Argentina “Le Maschere del Teatro Italiano 2025”
Dalle 19 al Teatro Argentina e in diretta differita su Rai Uno dal palcoscenico [.....]
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Il 12 settembre al Teatro Argentina “Le Maschere del Teatro Italiano 2025”
Dalle 19 al Teatro Argentina e in diretta differita su Rai Uno dal palcoscenico […..]Gaiaitalia.com Notizie Roma
El uso de datos climáticos precisos revela mayor riesgo de la enfermedad de Pierce en viñedos mundiales
La bacteria Xylella fastidiosa y sus vectores se ven favorecidos por microclimas locales y el cambio climático recienteVinetur
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#DonaldTrump has repeatedly asserted that crime in #WashingtonDC is "out of control," using this claim to justify deploying the National Guard and federal intervention. He pointed to 2023 as a year of record homicides and carjackings, framing the city as unsafe.
However, official data from DC’s Metropolitan Police and the FBI tell a different story. Violent crime in 2024 reached its lowest level in 30 years, with homicides dropping 32% from 2023.
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Is crime in Washington really out of control as Trump claims?
President Trump says he will deploy hundreds of troops to Washington DC to address crime there.Lucy Gilder & Jake Horton (BBC News)
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Preliminary 2025 data shows further declines: homicides are down 12% year-over-year, and carjackings—once a major concern—have fallen 37% compared to 2023. The DOJ confirmed in January 2025 that violent crime in DC is down 35% from 2023, marking the lowest rate in over three decades.
Trump’s rhetoric focuses on the 2023 spike, which was the highest in 20 years but has since reversed sharply.
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Fact-checking Trump’s claim that crime in Washington is ‘out of control’
Trump claimed DC crime is surging to deploy the National Guard, however, the city’s preliminary data proves otherwise.Al Jazeera
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Critics argue that exaggerating crime statistics undermines public trust and local governance. The push for federal control has sparked debate over the use of crime data in political narratives, especially when trends show significant improvement.
For context, DC’s homicide rate in 2023 was high but not unprecedented—it was lower than rates in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Fact-checking Trump's claims about homicides in DC
President Donald Trump stretched an outdated homicide rate into an inaccurate blanket statement.PBS News
En 1996, le patrimoine des 500 plus grandes fortunes françaises représentait 6,4 % du PIB.
En 2024, il représente 42 % du PIB, en forte hausse depuis 2017 grâce à la politique de Macron.
Et ce serait à nous de nous serrer la ceinture ?
Aux ultra-riches de faire des efforts !
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"OMG IT'S MOZILLA" friday again.
Firefox Nightly Adds CoPilot AI Chatbot + New Tab Widgets
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Firefox Nightly Adds CoPilot Integration & New Tab Widgets
It feels like I barely go a day without writing about Firefox (Ubuntu’s default web browser) or yet-more “AI” (quote marks mainly for the ‘I’, there) features being sh...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
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Showrunner wants to use generative AI to recreate lost footage from an Orson Welles classic
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/772635/showrunner-orson-welles-the-magnificent-ambersons?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Showrunner wants to use generative AI to recreate lost footage from an Orson Welles classic
Showrunner plays to recreate the lost footage from Orson Welles’ 1942 adaptation of The Magnificent Ambersons.Charles Pulliam-Moore (The Verge)
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Are Trump’s tariffs pushing rivals India and China closer together?
American president’s targeting of India with hefty levies, coupled with his efforts to strengthen ties with Pakistan, could cost him a powerful ally in the Asia-Pacific region, reports Alisha Rahaman SarkarAlisha Rahaman Sarkar (The Independent)
Kansas Republicans might redistrict to help defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress
Statehouse Republicans already redrew Democrat Sharice Davids' district in 2022. They may try again, joining the national gerrymandering battle over the U.S. House of Representatives.Zane Irwin (KCUR)
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Google Gemini dubbed ‘high risk’ for kids and teens in new safety assessment
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/google-gemini-dubbed-high-risk-for-kids-and-teens-in-new-safety-assessment/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Google Gemini dubbed 'high risk' for kids and teens in new safety assessment | TechCrunch
Google's Gemini comes up short on kids' safety, says Common Sense Media.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
The image shows a Sega Mega Drive 2 console placed on a desk. The console is black with a "16-BIT" label on the disc tray, and it features a power switch, volume control, and a reset button. A black controller is placed on top of the console, and a gray controller is visible to the left. The console is connected to a computer monitor displaying a colorful game scene, likely from a Sega game. A Sega Mega Drive 2 game case is visible in the background. The desk is cluttered with various gaming accessories, including a blue controller and a black bag.
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Elon Musk in line for $1 trillion pay package if Tesla hits aggressive goals
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Tesla is looking for its investors to approve a proposed compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth almost $1 trillion and is based on the electric vehicle maker hitting certain milestones over the next decade
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year - Slashdot
Mozilla announced today that they will end 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026, with version 144 being the last release and ESR 140 as the fallback option.news.slashdot.org
Andrea Jenkyns performs self-written song Insomniac at Reform UK conference – video | Reform UK | The Guardian
This is fantastic. One of the greatest, if not the greatest thing, I have heard. /s
Stupid egotistical tart
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Andrea Jenkyns performs self-written song Insomniac at Reform UK conference – video
Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire sings a self-written song titled Insomniac as she enters stage at Reform UK's 2025 conference in BirminghamGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Ich habe in meinen Kleiderschrank geschaut 😫🫣. Ich bin ahnungslos, aber vielleicht fällt mir morgen früh was ein. 🤔
Bis dahin bin ich erstmal im Bett. Handy aus. Der Jungspund gräbt immer noch.
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Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum
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It can feel that way, yeah. I mean, I even use it for Kanban stuff - haven't started with bases yet. It's becoming a do-everything tool for me.
Emacs users, of course, would insist that emacs org mode is superior in every way.
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An artist reclaimed her family’s land 20 years after Katrina and turned into a garden
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans still has plenty of vacant lots, especially in the majority Black neighborhood of the Lower Ninth Ward.Eva Tesfaye (WWNO)
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Hi Mastodon. I'm curious if you have any #StreetPhotography accounts in particular I should follow?
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C’était chaud, son médecin prend sa retraite à la fin de l’année 😅 et mon toubib n’aime pas trop suivre les couples.
Euro U21: Baldini, vittoria ok ma serve percorso più convincente - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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"Sono contento perché i ragazzi meritavano una vittoria con tutto l'impegno che hanno messo in questi giorni. Le vittorie ti aiutano a crescere e ad avere fiducia in te stesso". (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
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