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Kenyan police break up ring trafficking people to Russia to fight in Ukraine
Recruitment materials, travel documents, and job offer letters were seized during the raid.Wycliffe Muia (BBC News)
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New in Firefox (Desktop Only): Visual Search
Hi everyone, We’re rolling out a new feature over the next few weeks: visual search powered by Google Lens! Why are we doing this? For several years you’ve been able to effectively search the internet with a number of search providers in Firefox.connect.mozilla.org
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My friend invented a game that could possibly become the official game of Mastodon.
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D.C. Latino festival forges on despite immigration enforcement fears
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/27/fiesta-dc-celebration/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How does this cut into all that time thinking about the Roman Empire?
"Have you ever looked at your buddy across the couch and thought, “Gee, I wonder if his semen is faster than mine?”
Eric Zhu, 18, turned that strange curiosity into an actual sports and entertainment business, one that investors are valuing at $75 million after pouring $10 million into a “seed round” (get it?) for Zhu’s nine-month-old company, Sperm Racing."
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Alemanha quer autorizar Exército a abater drones após ‘enxame’ ser avistado no Norte do País - Gazeta
A Alemanha quer autorizar suas forças armadas a derrubar drones, afirmou o ministro do Interior, Alexander Dobrindt, neste sábado, após o avistamento de umGazeta Brasil
Flotilla, Marco Tasca: “Nonostante i rischi le barche devono andare avanti. La Chiesa è vicina agli attivisti”
https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/28/news/marco_tasca_flotilla_gaza_israele_intervista-424875586/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Flotilla, Marco Tasca: “Nonostante i rischi le barche devono andare avanti. La Chiesa è vicina agli attivisti”
“Mattarella fa bene a tutelare i cittadini ma penso serva un segnale forte di umanità”Erica Manna (la Repubblica)
La lezione inascoltata della disfatta di Caporetto: “Oggi l’orrore è lo stesso”
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/28/news/caporetto_oggi_battaglia_eventi_go2025_barbero-424875529/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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La lezione inascoltata della disfatta di Caporetto: “Oggi l’orrore è lo stesso”
Viaggio in Slovenia, dove lo storico Barbero ha ripercorso la tragedia della Grande Guerra così simile ai nuovi conflittiBrunella Giovara (la Repubblica)
Albinati: “Il delitto del Circeo, uno sfregio alle donne che non ha insegnato nulla”
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/28/news/massacro_circeo_50_anni_edoardo_albinati_intervista-424875441/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Albinati: “Il delitto del Circeo, uno sfregio alle donne che non ha insegnato nulla”
Lo scrittore ha raccontato il massacro di 50 anni fa in un libro che ha vinto lo Strega. “Quella notte resta il simbolo della ferocia”. Dopo un giorno e una no…Maria Novella De Luca (la Repubblica)
La fabbrica delle “bionde” nel bunker segreto attiva da un anno. “Giro d’affari da un miliardo”
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/28/news/cassino_bunker_fabbrica_clandestina_sigarette-424875334/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Cronache italiane - La Repubblica @cronache-italiane-la-repubblica-repubblica
La fabbrica delle “bionde” nel bunker segreto attiva da un anno. “Giro d’affari da un miliardo”
Viaggio nel capannone alle porte di Cassino in cui la Guardia di Finanza ha scoperto la più grande produzione di sigarette di contrabbando d’Europa: il telecom…Alessandra Ziniti (la Repubblica)
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New Comic Strip found: Adam@Home - 2025-09-27 gocomics.com/adamathome/2025/0…
Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for September 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Adam@Home—a comic strip by creator Rob Harrell—for today, September 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
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FBI fires agents pictured kneeling at George Floyd protest, US media report
The FBI Agents Association says the terminations - not yet confirmed by the bureau - violate the agents' rights.Sofia Ferreira Santos (BBC News)
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Could I ask a favour? Could you click on the account below and tell me which of the video titles is the latest post on its profile when viewed from your server?
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- "Websites ruin everything" (39%, 15 votes)
- "Banned in 1984" (60%, 23 votes)
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I'm not viewing Mastodon. I'm on my own self-hosted #GoToSocial instance.
I can see boosts from other accounts without any issue; for example, the dog you just shared on your current account. I also haven't messed with Fedi Video at all.
"Nvidia to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, linking two artificial intelligence titans" | Reuters
#AI boom or AI circle jerk? 🤔
I just wrote a pretty good chapter about packet sniffing for "The Book I'm Not Allowed To Talk About Until It Is Done" I'm a little worried I don't totally understand how it works well enough, so now I need to do some research to check that the details are right.
I can't wait till I'm done with the whole thing and can get some more concrete advice about things like this.
Anyways back to the writing mines.
⚡️🇬🇧What Just Happened? Will Trump's Narrative Change Lead to a Policy Shift? (Silicon Curtain VIDEO) #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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The real zombie apocalypse is the housing crisis. But, it's not the homeless who are the zombies it's the people that want to feed on you if you don't have a home. No home? Well everybody is welcome to bite you. You lose a lot of friends along the way. You're just meat and brains after a small period of time.
One whiff of your homelessness and people become something else - not quite right!
My cat Sam asked me to share his thoughtful message he left for all of you on Mastodon. 😄
Looks like he somehow accidentally tagged someone.
Best post of the day goes to @Mikal...
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"We have always been at war with Portland."
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Assessing Reports That Ukraine Is Preparing A False Flag Drone Provocation Against NATO
Having captured Russian drones bomb NATO logistics hubs in Poland and Romania via a modern-day “Gleiwitz incident” could achieve Ukraine’s goal of sparking a hot NATO-Russian war.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
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Parfois c’est ce qui nous est le plus proche que l’on met le plus de temps à voir.
Pendant quinze ans j’ai cartographié les grandes fortunes mondiales, objectivé leurs techniques pour contourner l’impôt dans les paradis fiscaux, du Luxembourg aux îles vierges britanniques...
Pourtant ce n’est ni en Suisse, ni aux îles Caïmans, ni en Irlande, que l’essentiel se joue.
Ce n’est pas dans des montages abscons ou dans des territoires exotiques que s’évanouissent nos principes de justice fondamentaux.
C’est ici, sous nos yeux, dans une évasion simplissime, souvent légale, mais aux effets sidérants : Les ultra-riches ne paient pas, ou presque, d’impôt sur le revenu.
Qu’on en juge :
Si tous les milliardaires Français partaient demain s'installer aux îles Caïmans, la perte de recettes fiscales pour le Trésor public hexagonal serait infime, de l'ordre de 0,03 %.
Pour une raison principale :
Ces derniers touchent quasiment tous leurs revenus via des sociétés holding, qui font écran à l’impôt – les revenus qui s'y accumulent ne sont pas taxés.
Ces revenus sont néanmoins bien réels, et en aucun sens « piégés » : Ils peuvent être utilisés pour réinvestir, acheter des journaux, de l'immobilier, des yachts ou pour de la philanthropie – tout ce que l’on peut vouloir faire, en somme, à ce niveau de fortune.
L’heure est venue de parachever la création de l’impôt sur le revenu, immense progrès démocratique et républicain du début du 20e siècle siècle, en y faisant entrer les milliardaires qui n’y ont en réalité jamais été assujettis.
Achever cette révolution est nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre nos principes fondamentaux d’égalité devant l’impôt, inscrits dans la Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789.
C’est le sens de l’impôt plancher sur les ultra-riches que je défends. C’est un combat qui, même s’il est difficile, mérite d’être mené.
Il m’aura fallu des années pour bien comprendre tout cela mais je vais vous l’expliquer ici, en toute rigueur et en toute clarté
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With Pete Davidson getting a big check to do the Riyadh Comedy Festival, the Saudis are finally paying reparations for 9/11.
And jokes like that aren’t allowed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
AI model trapped in a Raspberry Pi
Link: blog.adafruit.com/2025/09/26/a…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for criminal proceedings against Donald Trump, whom he compared to Adolph Hitler while speaking before the U.N. General Assembly this week.
World Leader Compares Trump to Hitler in Front of Entire U.N.
American media has barely covered the scathing comments from Colombian President Gustavo Petro.The New Republic
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Gov. says 'no need' after Trump directs troops to Portland
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
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Trump admin live updates: Gov. says 'no need' after Trump directs troops to Portland
President Trump on Saturday said he ordered the deployment of troops to Portland to combat alleged domestic terrorists.Kevin Shalvey (ABC News)
Negli anni ’60 incontrò Carlo Abarth, entrando nel circuito automobilistico e ricoprendo diversi ruoli all’interno del team del famoso marchio automobilistico.
Quando la Fiat comprò la Abarth, Osella se ne andò e fondò la “Osella Corse”. Con un’auto e una sede squisitamente torinese, riuscì ad arrivare in Formula 1, ottenendo anche uno storico quarto posto al Gran Premio di San Marino all’inizio degli anni ’80.
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Addio a 86 anni a Enzo Osella, leggenda dell'automobile: portò Torino in Formula 1
All'inizio degli anni '70 se ne andò dalla Abarth e fondò la Osella Corse, con sede a TorinoRedazione Quotidiano Piemontese (Quotidiano Piemontese)
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"The best way to buy influence, he told me, wasn’t through donations to politicians or parties. It was funding think tanks.
“If you are willing to put a quarter of a million into a think tank, you can get a lot of bang for your buck,” he said."
#DemocracyForSale #USPolitics #Politics #MoneyInPolitics
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George Monbiot on Blair, Starmer and the capture of democracy
I spoke with the celebrated journalist and activist about ‘junk tanks’, dark money - and how we can fight backPeter Geoghegan (Democracy for Sale)
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