John Kiriakou (former CIA analyst turned CIA whistleblower and political activist) on Twitter:
"Hi, everybody. May I ask a favor? Would you please subscribe to my YouTube show, "Deep Focus"? I'd really appreciate it. We have terrific guests!"
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Deep Focus with John Kiriakou
John Kiriakou is a journalist, author and host of Deep Focus. He was a former senior counterterrorism officer for the CIA until he blew the whistle on its torture program.YouTube
Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10 in global market share, a mere 1,371 days after launch
Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10 in global market share, a mere 1,371 days after launch
Windows 11's adoption among users has been slow. Its hardware demands, such as the requirement for a TPM 2.0 module – essentially making most pre-2017 CPUs unsupported...Rob Thubron (TechSpot)
Quais celulares devem receber a One UI 8? Veja se o seu está na lista
https://canaltech.com.br/apps/quais-celulares-devem-receber-a-one-ui-8-veja-se-o-seu-esta-na-lista/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Anti-doxing laws, if not drafted carefully, could become tools to punish legitimate journalism and public advocacy.
Read the letter we signed with eight other organizations urging the Uniform Law Commission to pause potential legislation:
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Oh dear - Microsoft Windows Firewall was found to be complaining about...Microsoft code?
Oh dear - Microsoft Windows Firewall was found to be complaining about...Microsoft code?
Windows Firewall is flagging an issue with - MicrosoftCraig Hale (TechRadar)
6 filmes de tribunal que vão te prender do início ao fim
https://canaltech.com.br/cinema/6-filmes-de-tribunal-que-vao-te-prender-do-inicio-ao-fim/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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BRICS working on project to create cross-border payment initiative — Lavrov
According to Russian Foreign Minister, "the mechanism of the Contingent Reserve Arrangement, including the use of currencies alternative to dollar, is being improved"TASS
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill dozens, hit hospitals, shelters
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has put out an appeal to the international community to take immediate action to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
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BRENT HINDS Announces First European Headlining Tour With FIEND WITHOUT A FACE And DIRTY B & THE BOYS
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BRENT HINDS Announces First European Headlining Tour With FIEND WITHOUT A FACE And DIRTY B & THE BOYS - Metal Injection
Happening throughout the end of the year.Greg Kennelty (Metal Injection)
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Portafogli anonimi e zero controlli: così Tether è diventata la criptovaluta più amata dalle reti criminali
La stablecoin lanciata da due imprenditori italiani macina profitti record, ma alla sua ombra fioriscono truffe finanziarie globali. L'inchiesta del magazine dell'Economist 1843Ugo Milano (Open)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the blogosphere ...
2 new #Disintermedia blog posts to celebrate the southern, seasonal new year. One a sort of state of the blog update;
disintermedia.substack.com/p/g…
... and another Indymedia Story about my experience with a police informant who spent a decade spying on activist groups, including many I was involved in;
disintermedia.substack.com/p/i…
#activism #policing #Indymedia
Indymedia Stories #3: Rob and Me
The tightrope between tinfoil-hat paranoia and rose-tinted naivetyDanyl Strype (Disintermedia)
The Hamas Response to Trump’s Gaza “Ceasefire” Proposal
Drop Site obtained Hamas’s amendments, which zero in on increasing aid, defining Israeli withdrawal, and getting U.S. guarantees to end the war.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
Important that you keep any protests against this quiet and discreet, so that nobody notices.
Israeli plan for forced transf...
Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ experts call an internment camp for all Palestinians in GazaEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
Pearl Jam’s Drummer Matt Cameron Leaves Band After 27-Year Run
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pearl-jam-drummer-matt-cameron-leaves-band_n_685eef4be4b0a28ae208145b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Pearl Jam’s Drummer Matt Cameron Leaves Band After 27-Year Run
Neither Cameron, 62, nor his band mates offered a reason behind the unexpected announcement.Curtis M. Wong (HuffPost)
🎧 Mood.
"O-o-h Child"
The Five Stairsteps (1970)
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Weather Expert Sees Texas Floods as Worst Case Scenario
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-07-07/weather-expert-sees-texas-floods-as-worst-case-scenario-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Op-ed: A Mac with an iPhone chip inside could be great, for the right audience.
arstechnica.com/apple/2025/07/…
I guess FDR was a fucking slouch...
Trump Wrongly Calls “Big Beautiful Bill” the “Most Popular” Law Ever Signed
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#BigFuglyBill #BBB #Medicare #Medicaid #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Trump Wrongly Calls “Big Beautiful Bill” the “Most Popular” Law Ever Signed
One poll published in June found that nearly 6 in 10 Americans were opposed to the bill.Chris Walker (Truthout)
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Le lacrime di Dimitrov, l'abbraccio di Sinner: scene da brividi sul Centrale
https://video.gazzetta.it/tennis/atp/highlights/video-sinner-soccorre-dimitrov-in-lacrime-highlights-wimbledon/5e6e30aa-6d2b-43ab-81e3-d86039145xlk?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Le lacrime di Dimitrov, l'abbraccio di Sinner: scene da brividi sul Centrale
Gli highlights dell'ottavo di finale di Wimbledon che ha visto Jannik Sinner passare il turno per il ritiro di Grigor Dimitrov, che conduceva 2 set a 0.La Gazzetta Dello Sport (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Correcting this title: Republic Services using e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶e̶e̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶s̶ scabs to collect trash during strike.
#strike #unions #union #strikes #workersrights #socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics
¡Gracias, @porridge !
Carta agradadablemente tirabombas pegándole por izquierda al presidente de #Argentina que jugó al pastor evangélico en Resistencia el otro sábado, para general hilaridad. Se sacó una foto dramática también, que no reproduciré.
No son santos de mi devoción, pero por lo menos de esos nuevos movimientos religiosos no hay que temer que apoyen una ulterior degeneración fascista en nuestro país. Bueno, no de todos: ver abajo.
¿Alguien que tenga el teléfono de la Federación Argentina de Iglesias Evangélicas (FAIE), o de la Pastoral Social Evangélica, o de la Asociación de Iglesias Pentecostales de Argentina (AIPA)?
Porque la presunta carta abierta criticando al payaso asesino no la encuentro. O no tienen presencia en Internet ninguna de esa gente, o no existen, a pesar de la notuela de Pajita/12. (Quienes tampoco la reproducen ni la enlazan, porque PERIODISTAS. Hoguera de sus manuales de estilo, y agradezcan si paramos ahí.)
Actualizo: gracias a @gabrielP ahora tengo la carta del capo de otra federación, la Asociación Cristiana de Iglesias Evangélicas (ACIERA).
Como era de esperar, el pastor Norberto Saracco le explica amablemente que de teología no sabe un culo. Ojalá mis compatriotas entendieran que de economía tampoco.
No es Moisés… es como el Faraón - Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina
El presidente argentino Javier Milei suele compararse públicamente con Moisés en tanto libertador del pueblo o paladín de la libertad.IEMA (Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina)
Muchas gracias; lo celebro también.
Creo que seríamos mejor si fuésemos menos por ahí, diciéndole al resto lo que tiene que hacer. Pero si algo digo siempre, es que: "la crítica es MUY FÁCIL y la INTROSPECCIÓN, muy compleja".
Está claro que necesitamos alternativas ante la guerra psicológica del facho que nos deshumaniza, nos vulnera y maltrata, porque además están súper subiditos en su pony imaginario, que hace💩 en forma de criptomoneda.
Apoyo la moción.
Cuento con vos para la subversión desestabilizadora, golpista y comunista empobrecedora entonces.
UK’s Schroder Family Facing Defining Moment for City Dynasty
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-07/schroders-city-of-london-institution-besieged-by-us-rivals-blackrock-vanguard?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Nuovo acquisto per la Farmaè Viareggio: arriva il portoghese Bernardo Lopes
Il campione d’Europa rinforza il roster dei bianconeri. Santini: “Giocatore duttile, conferma le nostre ambizioni”
Veterans Affairs reverses course on large-scale layoffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/07/veterans-affairs-layoffs-doge-cuts/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-WashPost
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"Trump has spent half a year boasting about how he is withdrawing our collective ability to help those facing personal and collective emergencies. The result is that everyone — local officials, mainstream media, social media users, even Grok — thinks of him as soon as there's a disaster."
publicnotice.co/p/guadalupe-ri…
Trump gutted the weather service. Then Texas flooded.
It's a brutal reminder that in disasters, we need the federal government.Noah Berlatsky (Public Notice)
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The image depicts a statue of a figure seated on a pedestal. The figure is cloaked in a long, black hooded robe with intricate designs, including a mechanical shoulder piece. The robe is detailed with silver accents, and the figure's face is partially visible, showing pale skin and a serious expression. The figure holds a book with a cross on the cover, suggesting a religious or ceremonial significance. The pedestal is inscribed with text: "IN CON... PILOT EBO... WHO PRESERVE... ALL M... DURING... 18... DAVID CYDIL... DEDICATED JULY 20, 2009." The statue is set against a plain white background, emphasizing the figure and the pedestal. The overall style is reminiscent of a blend of gothic and steampunk aesthetics.
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I wanted to replicate the authentic look of playing a VCD on a CRT TV, so I tweaked VLC to give my RoboCop 2 VCD that classic “analog” vibe.
First, I enabled Deinterlace under the Video settings and set the Deinterlace mode to Blend for smoother motion.
Then, I went to Tools > Preferences, switched to All settings, and navigated to Video > Filters. To deepen the effect, I enabled these filters:
- Wave
- Video transformation
- Motion blur
- Deinterlacing
- Sharpen
- Mirror
- Gradfun
Below, you can see the results: the first image shows playback with no deinterlacing or filters applied, while the second displays the enhanced “analog” look with all filters active.
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Sign to demand the closure of Guantánamo Bay and the end of immigrant detention at its notorious torture facilities
Trump’s ICE agents have been kidnapping people and deporting them to places with rampant human rights abuses—including the notorious torture facilities at Guantánamo Bay.act.progressamerica.us
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He’s the #hackathon king of SF — and he doesn’t even know how to #code
Source: sfstandard.com/2025/07/05/rene…
“Vibe-coding” was coined by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy this year to describe the process of using AI to translate natural language prompts into functional code. The practice has become widespread as startups vibe-code products and Big Tech companies demand employees use coding assistants like Cursor and Claude.
#program #Software #ai #ChatGPT #technology #news #SanFrancisco #usa #coder #developer #programmer #vibe #coding
Behind the scenes with the Labubu-loving hackathon king of SF
Rene Turcios has attended over 200 hackathons in two years — and he doesn’t even know how to code.Rya Jetha (The San Francisco Standard)
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How about an AI generated AI compute platform based on organic components that require sunlight to operate instead of electricity to provide relief to unwealthy Americans like me who suffer in order to pay for the billionaires' data centers?
｢ Specifically, organized crime members in Catalonia use GrapheneOS, a privacy and security-focused operating system that keeps your data out of Google’s reach. Criminals and gang members in Spain prefer using GrapheneOS on Pixel phones, and there’s a good reason for it. GrapheneOS implements full disk and metadata encryption, a security feature exploited by miscreants. But it works best on Pixels ｣
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#grapheneos #spain #privacy #encryption
Cops in this country think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (Updated) - Android Authority
Pixel phones are criminals' top pick in Spain's Catalonia for their strong security and mod-friendly design.Adamya Sharma (Android Authority)
Our response: grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/…
European authoritarians and their enablers in the media are misrepresenting GrapheneOS and even Pixel phones as if they're something for criminals. GrapheneOS is opposed to the mass surveillance police state these people want to impose on everyone.xatakandroid.com/sociedad/cada…
"Cada vez que vemos un Google Pixel pensamos que puede ser un narcotraficante". Es el móvil perfecto...
Los Google Pixel son los máximos representantes de Android, con permiso de Samsung. Es por ello que convencen a los usuarios entusiastas del sistema...Pepu Ricca (Xataka Android)
Netanyahu Presents Trump With Blown Up Body of Palestinian Two-Year-Old as Thank You for Continued US Support
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"WASHINGTON — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Trump at the White House today and gifted him the remains of an infant killed by…
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in reply to Fuchsmädchen • • •Das Bild zeigt eine atemberaubende Landschaft bei Sonnenuntergang. Der Himmel ist von dichten, grauen Wolken bedeckt, die sich in verschiedenen Schattierungen von Hellgrau bis Dunkelgrau erstrecken. Im Hintergrund ist ein sanftes Orange am Horizont zu sehen, das die Wolken durchdringt und einen Kontrast zu den dunkleren Wolken bildet. Die Wolken haben eine dichte, stratusartige Struktur, die den Himmel bedeckt und eine dramatische Atmosphäre schafft. Im Vordergrund sind dunkle Silhouetten von Bäumen und Hügeln zu erkennen, die sich gegen den Himmel abheben. Die Landschaft wirkt ruhig und friedlich, mit einer natürlichen Schönheit, die durch die Wolken und die Farben des Abendhimmels betont wird.
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