Secondary school near Cherkasy damaged in Russian attack
Windows at a local specialised secondary school were damaged by a blast wave in the Cherkasy district in a Russian attack on the night of 29-30 August.Roman Petrenko (Ukrainska Pravda)
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Unlike #liberals, I can actually criticize "my team" when they do wrong.
Case in point, there were many #communists in the 20th-century (not all but unfortunately a lot) who were #queer phobic. Some still are. I have no problem calling it out.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive
Regionali in Calabria, sondaggi e veleni. Tridico: “La destra ha paura”. FI: “Prenda un Maalox”
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/08/30/news/regionali_sondaggio_calabria_tridico_occhiuto-424816616/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Regionali in Calabria, sondaggi e veleni. Tridico: “La destra ha paura”. FI: “Prenda un Maalox”
Il governatore uscente di destra Occhiuto sventola sui social una rilevazione di Emg Masia che lo darebbe vincente col 60%. Lo sfidante del centrosinistra, dat…a cura della redazione Politica (la Repubblica)
NAN endorsed* Mamdani it's so over.
There was a narrow path, but it involved NAN going for Cuomo... and they can be annoying sometimes so I was a little nervous.
But, now it's consolidation time.
Will Mr. Mamdani hold on to his principles as he becomes the focal point of the 1000s of groups and forces that make up the ungovernable city?
Let's hope so!
Or will he be tempted and threatened into giving up?
It could happen!
*technically not officially but they never do it officially.
A liberal Black church network. The person you are most likely to know from it is Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, but it's a bit more extensive than that.
Many pastors and more liberal activist orgs are members or friendly with NAN.
They are *liberal* not leftist ... and they can be a little stick in the mud some of the time.
I was a part of an effort to twist their arm on LGBTQ issues about a decade ago. The arm should not have needed to be twisted. I think they are mostly over this. You know how liberals are.
During the debate this one guy tried to claim that "old head" was a slur. It was very silly and annoying.
My brother just texted me "got the old heads!"
Old head (老頭) is used in Chinese too with very similar meanings!
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Old head sounds like old bean (老豆), that's now the colloquial canto term for dad, and what I call my dad.
What is the current state of EU–Russia trade? Main export and import flows in 2025.
EU–Russia trade volume fell to its lowest level since 2002 in the second quarter of 2025.
The EU also reported a trade surplus for the first time in more than 20 years.
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#Trade #Russia #EU #WarInUkraine #Business #Economy
What is the current state of EU–Russia trade? Main export and import flows in 2025.
EU–Russia trade volume fell to its lowest level since 2002 in the second quarter of 2025. The EU also reported a trade surplus for the first time in more than …Euronews
As the last post from #citypopfestivaldresden I have some pictures from the #cosplaycontest for you.
It was a fun contest and at the end I could not really decide which #cosplay I liked more seamcreator (Instagram, 2nd Picture) had a really fun performance but the cosplay from pink_lab_cosplay (Instagram, 3rd Picture) looked really good. In the end I decided to vote for pink_lab_cosplay. But it was really close.
Congratulations to seamcreator for winning the contest overall.
Convention: #citypopfestivaldresden
Pictures taken with: #fujifilmx100vi
#cosplay #cosplayers #photography #cosplayphotography #citypopfestival2025
Presiden Prabowo Perintahkan TNI-Polri Tindak Tegas Aksi Massa Anarkis
Presiden Prabowo meminta Kapolri dan Panglima TNI menindak aksi massa anarkis yang merusak fasilitas umum. Simak informasi lengkapnya!Dita Angga Rusiana (Kompas.com)
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The Beaches Bring a Pop Party to Rolling Stone's Gather No Moss Tour
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/the-beaches-gather-no-moss-tour-chicago-1235419267/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Beaches Bring Pop Party to Rolling Stone's Gather No Moss Tour
The Beaches headlined Rolling Stone's Gather No Moss Tour in Chicago, bringing a pop party to the Salt Shed venue,Nina Corcoran (Rolling Stone)
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Do you mean like, how many spammers [per time unit] per user of an instance? If so, I don't think I'd have a way to estimate that. Probably only the mods of each instance would know how many reports they get - assuming the spammers do generally get reported after a while, which I think is likely.
I think I'd be safe in estimating that m.s's rate is higher than scicomm.xyz's rate, though, because the mods here go to some trouble to ensure that everyone signing up here is (a) real, (b) here for appropriate reasons. I don't recall seeing a spammer on this instance yet, touch wood (been here since Nov 2022).
From m.s, I actually haven't been tracking how often I see one (and this question kind of makes me want to!) but enough that I've lost count. I do report them, and click the tickybox so that the report goes through to m.s mods. Usually the length of the account timeline is short, like a day, and it's the same post over and over, as non-sequitur replies to various people's posts ("using the reply function to spam" as it used to be called on Twitter). Sometimes I find one that's been at it a few days.
I attended the European Rover Challenge 2025 today in Krakow, where university teams showcased custom-built rovers across a three‑day series of Mars‑style tasks. An inspiring event!
#event #photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #ERC2025 #Poland #Krakow
This could be anywhere, but it’s not !
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Emma Rosi incanta il Festival di Venezia 2025: eleganza in abito vertigo per il nuovo red carpet con papà Gianfranco
https://www.vogue.it/article/emma-rosi-figlia-gianfranco-festival-di-venezia-2025-foto?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Emma Rosi incanta il Festival di Venezia 2025: eleganza in abito vertigo per il nuovo red carpet con papà Gianfranco
Per Emma Rosi questo del Festival di Venezia 2025 è stato il quarto red carpet che ha calcato insieme al papà: Gianfranco è in Concorso con Sotto le nuvoleGiacomo Aricò (Vogue Italia)
Japanese culture love
This is a group that brings together people with an interest in Japanese culture, subculture, anime, and manga.
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MeWe: The best chat & group app with privacy you trust.
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ＱＲライターポイズン雷花、汝を新時代の扉へ導く。
QR Writer Poison_Raika, lead you to the door of a new era.
QR Writer Поiзон_Райка, веде вас до дверей нової ери.
#customQR #QRアート #art #modern #contemporary #digital #innovation #revolution #Neo_World #New_Frontier #craft #ポイズン雷花 #QRライター #pixiv #image #illusion #evolution #heart #imagenation #emotion #future #letter #person #word #love #cute #eternal #moonlight #candy #messege #fruits #その他
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This is the note for QR writer Poison_Raika.
Це замітка від QR Writer Поiзон_Райка.
#customQR #QRアート #art #modern #contemporary #digital #innovation #revolution #Neo_World #New_Frontier #craft #ポイズン雷花 #QRライター #pixiv #illusion #evolution #heart #imagenation #fruits #その他
Schultz and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe perform Schreker, Gershwin, Weill, Korngold & Stravinsky in Helsinki - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Helsinki Festival. Golda Schultz, soprano, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Robin Ticciati perform: Franz SCHREKER: Kammersymphonie. GERSHWIN: By Strauss. WEILL: Youkali. GERSHWIN: Summertime. WEILL: Lost in the Stars. STRAV...www.worldconcerthall.com
Israel's chilling assault on Gaza City
TEHRAN – The Israeli military on Friday declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone,” ending the so-called “tactical pauses” that had allowed limited food deliveries into the besieged north.Tehran Times
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OpenAI、音声AIエージェント向けの音声対話モデル「gpt-realtime」と「Realtime API」を一般公開 - CodeZine - YAYAFA
OpenAI、音声AIエージェント向けの音声対話モデル「gpt-realtime」と「Realtime API」を一般公開 CodeZineOpenAI、新音声対話モデル「gpt-realtime」 電話番号も正確に認識（ImpressYAYAFA
Contro tutti i muri (moltiplicati, e anche di parole, di pensieri, dii pregiudizi), che limitano le persone e la loro dignità.
Non è mai finita, ricominciare tutto di nuovo.
Oggi per @repubblica
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🗣️"Non so come farò giocare #Nkunku". 🔴⚫️
Parole di Max #Allegri.
@Lucatermite @uz @IlCava @Paoletta1908 @fucinafibonacci @lanciz @Black_Plettro84
#milan #seriea #unocalcio #unofootballclub #calcio
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Indonesia: Violent rioting continues
#civilrights #activism #protests #politics #humanrights #workersrights
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Does anyone here have an #NvidiaShield or #NvidiaShieldPro? Looking for a rather clean #AndroidTV streaming device. How is the shield doing regarding mandatory accounts, telemetry, bloat etc.?
I saw an Etsy shop that had a keychain of a depiction of Blade from The Puppet Master series and I could not help but pay like 13 dollars for it with shipping cause my backpack desperately needs it.
I was downloading Neverwinter and wanted to know its file size. Luckily, I found the answer in a Reddit comment, which saved me a lot of trouble. Sharing this in case anyone on the fediverse happens to be downloading Neverwinter, you never know!
Read more here: reddit.com/r/Neverwinter/comme…
#Neverwinter #Reddit #Steam #Gaming #GamingOnLinux #OnDemandPatching
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Venezia, manifestazione pro Palestina al Lido: l'arrivo di una nave con 700 persone
https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2025/08/30/video/venezia_manifestazione_pro_palestina_al_lido_larrivo_di_una_nave_con_700_persone-15289024/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Venezia, manifestazione pro Palestina al Lido: l'arrivo di una nave con 700 persone
L'arrivo al Lido di Venezia, al molo santa Maria Elisabetta, di una nave con 700 persone partita da Marghera per partecipare al corteo "Stop al genoci…La Stampa
Every month I share cool things about Godot, gamedev and games on Patreon for free!
Here's the August post 👇
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Guillermo Del Toro presenta il suo Frankenstein al Festival di Venezia 2025: «Viviamo in un mondo che ci disumanizza, i veri mostri oggi sono in giacca e cravatta»
https://www.vanityfair.it/article/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-festival-venezia-2025-viviamo-mondo-disumanizza-veri-mostri-giacca-cravatta?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Guillermo Del Toro presenta il suo Frankenstein al Festival di Venezia 2025: «Viviamo in un mondo che ci disumanizza, i veri mostri oggi sono in giacca e cravatta»
Guillermo Del Toro trasforma il mito di Mary Shelley in un’opera intima, attuale e politica: «La salvezza sono gli altri».Stefania Saltalamacchia (Vanity Fair Italia)
#WordWeavers 30. August: Is your MC more of a beach, mountains, or city person?
I think we would meet him in the mountains more than in a city or on the beach. Although, come to think of it, he has slain a few trolls on beaches.
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Trump's Big Stick Might be...Kind of Puny
Can we actually force the rest of the world to make our energy mistake?Bill McKibben (The Crucial Years)
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Wagner's 'Parsifal' with Weinius, Brownlee, Osleja and Dike from Cesis - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Cesis Arts Festival. Wagner's 'Parsifal' is an opera in three acts. It is loosely based on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, the 13th century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail,...www.worldconcerthall.com
#Fedihelp Hilfe gesucht:
Ich glaube, ich habe das Lesen verlernt 😅 zumindest was Bücher betrifft. Früher war ich eine Leseratte, heute finden viele Hobbys (Musik machen, Programmieren etc.) am PC statt.
Ich möchte gerne wieder mehr lesen. Richtige Bücher. Aus Baum. Nur was? Thriller und so blutrünstiges Zeug ist nicht meins. Fitzek auch nicht. Romanzen auch nicht. Sachbücher habe ich genug.
Ich hätte gerne mehrere kurze Geschichten; nette, mit Happy End 💜
Thx 🫂
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Spyra says this is the world's strongest battery powered water blaster, but does it hurt to get hit? I let my daughter test it out on me!
youtube.com/watch?v=MzhaRc8XPz…
#tech #technology #gadgets #geek #toy #toys #fun #video #youtube
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“銀ブラ珍道中で赤っ恥” 女優が書道展で迷子に…最後は感動の出会い | 話題の投稿 | スポーツブル (スポブル)
女優の飯島直子は30日、自身のインスタグラム（＠naoko_iijima_705_official）を更新した。【画像】…MAGMOE
Resignations. Cuts. Politicized vaccine policy. The CDC—once the gold standard in global health—is falling deeper into crisis.
“Never before has a nation with world-class science been under assault from its own govt… radically unprecedented.” —Harvard’s Allan Brandt
wapo.st/4myP0HW #press
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Friends of the #Fediverse
Have a great weekend!
#Music #MastoMusic #FediMusic #FediRadio #MastoRadio #JukeBox
Tiny Dancer by Elton John
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E mi hai avuto l'idea di riguardare questa trilogia.
Spero che non l'abbiano upscalato con l'IA...
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A weekend's worth of links: Short hits for a long weekend.
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#20yrago 5.25″ floppies make great CD sleeves web.archive.org/web/2005092414…
#20yrsago Hollywood can break down any door in Delhi web.archive.org/web/2005090306…
#20yrsago Side-band attack tips virtual Blackjack dealer’s hand web.archive.org/web/2005111911…
#20yrsago Judge to RIAA: Keep your “conference center” out of my court web.archive.org/web/2005100103…
#15yrsago Which ebook sellers will allow publishers and writers to opt out of DRM? publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top…
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ReadyMade: RE-MAKE - Monkey See Monkey Do
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#15yrsago 10 Rules for Radicals: Lessons from rogue archivist Carl Malamud public.resource.org/rules/
#15yrsago Homeowners’ associations: hives of petty authoritarianism web.archive.org/web/2010060617…
#15yrsago Lynd Ward’s wordless, Depression-era woodcut novels memex.craphound.com/2010/08/29… Zuck calls Apple a monopolist pluralistic.net/2020/08/29/chi…
#10yrago Suit: Wells Fargo sent contractors to break into our house, loot family treasures rescued from Nazis theintercept.com/2015/08/28/we…
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When the Bank Robs You: Wells Fargo Contractors Allegedly Stole Family Heirlooms Rescued From Nazis
David Dayen (The Intercept)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Texas doctor’s consent form for women seeking abortions memex.craphound.com/wp-content…
#10yrsago Spear phishers with suspected ties to Russian government spoof fake EFF domain, attack White House eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/new-…
#10yrsago Rowlf the dog gives a dramatic reading of “Grim Grinning Ghosts.” youtube.com/watch?v=CPMTEJ_IAA…
#5yrsago California's preventable fires pluralistic.net/2020/08/29/chi…
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New Spear Phishing Campaign Pretends to be EFF
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Thursday's threads: The capitalism of fools; and more!
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ithaca: AD White keynote (Cornell), Sep 12
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* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
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* NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
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* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
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* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
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Kara Swisher and Cory Doctorow on “Enshittification” | 10/15/2025 | Old Town School of Folk Music
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
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* Divesting from Amazon’s Audible and the Fight for Digital Rights (Libro.fm)
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* The Utopias Podcast
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Cory Doctorow DESTROYS Enshitification (E338)
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The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process:
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