Public libraries really ought to be better funded, but they aren’t going to be, and so it seems that for the time being stochastic piracy is going to be the only reliable means of preserving humanity’s collective cultural output for posterity.
Many forms of media require the life’s work of hundreds, if not thousands, of people to produce, but many rights holders would rather see than work become unavailable to anyone, rather than put their parasitic rentseeking profiteering in jeopardy.
go.squidapp.co/n/iB8U0cs 😱🌀🦈
Squali bianchi a pochi metri dalla riva: le cause di un fenomeno che fa discutere
I grandi squali bianchi si avvicinano alle coste USA e Canada, favoriti dal clima più caldo e dalla presenza di prede, preoccupando i pescatori.Everyeye Tech
Gaza death toll nears 63,400 as 10 more Palestinians die of starvation
At least 63,371 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, as 10 more people died of starvation in the enclave, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.
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We are sailing to Gaza. Here’s why - DiEM25 Communications
Melanie Schweizer of the Global Sumud Flotilla details the aims – and anxieties – of the largest humanitarian convoy to Gaza since the blockade began
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#Gaza #Israel #Palestine @palestine@a.gup.pe@ @palestine@lemmy.ml@ @palestina@varia.zone@ @israel@a.gup.pe@ @israele@a.gup.pe@
I feel relieved that I got HRT finally.
All that work got what I was looking for
The image depicts a street scene with a rainbow visible in the sky. In the foreground, there are two cars driving on the road: a black car on the left and a white car on the right. The background features a row of buildings, with a prominent black building labeled "CYCLEBAR" in white letters. The windows of the CYCLEBAR are red with the text "ROCK YOUR RIDE" visible. To the left, there is a white building with the word "car" partially visible. The sky is overcast, and the trees in the image are bare, suggesting a winter or early spring setting. A street sign is visible, indicating a parking area. The rainbow is faint but noticeable, arching across the sky behind the buildings.
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i had to take my old mac pro desktop to the genius bar to get a repair on the disk controller. since that was the boot disk, we had to boot it up with an external disk.
the genius bar person didn't know how to do any form of low level diags or repairs, so i walked him patiently through how to throw up a terminal window, fire up fsck so we could see the failures.
genius bar: "wow. you know that terminal window stuff. cool!"
shortly thereafter:
genius bar: "yup. you're right. on board disk controller bad. we'll have to order a new mother board. you do have full external backups, so you're OK."
genius bar manager: "don't suppose you need a job? we pay $18/hr" (this was in 2007...)
me: "nah, i'm good. just email me when the board comes in."
still offends me when folks with almost no training and making barely more than mcdonald's cashier wages get called "guru" or "genius" by the employer so screwing them.
I accomplished something today so now I get to chill for the rest of Holiday Weekend
It's just how it works
The Buckets by Greg Cravens
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The Buckets by Greg Cravens for August 30, 2025 | GoComics
Read The Buckets—a comic strip by creator Greg Cravens —for today, August 30, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
Hi all,
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“Palestina libera – Stop al genocidio”. Oltre 12mila persone al Lido di Venezia
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/08/palesti…
In migliaia al Lido di Venezia al grido “Palestina libera – Stop al genocidio”. La partecipazione, secondo gli organizzatori, ha superato
Hmmm.... if you don't believe 'soft power' to be a thing, say off you're a President whose entire modus operandi is transactional, then why would you keep funding the Voice of America.....
Its a strange (ad more extreme echo) of the British state's inability to foster the BBC World Service (in its various guises).
Now that Joseph Nye has died perhaps his ideas are falling him to the grave?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd38v…
Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America staff
Termination notices have been issued to more than 500 employees of VOA and its parent agency.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu (BBC News)
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I watch&read a lot but avoid BBC content because I don't pay the BBC license fee and I don't want to give hypothetical ammo to the license collectors who send their harassment letters throughout the country. Not a great position for even domestic influence.
It seems UK's political opponents supply their "news" for free and put no barriers.
What an idiot
"Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA leaders last wk when she disclosed name of undercover CIA officer on list of people she stripped of security clearances
..alarmed workforce..simmering tensions and crossed signals between Gabbard & CIA Dir John Ratcliffe" nbcnews.com/politics/national-…
Tensions rise between Tulsi Gabbard and CIA chief after her disclosure of undercover officer's name, insiders say
Tulsi Gabbard blindsided the CIA leader last week when she disclosed the name of an undercover CIA officer. Gabbard is under pressure to regain President Trump’s trust, insiders said.Dan De Luce (NBC News)
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We need to stop the US corn subsidies. Everything comes back to corn!
Why is German butter yellow?
→ Why isn't US butter yellow?
→ Beta carotene in cow diets turn their milk fat yellow
→ And German cows eat primarily grass, while US cow diets are mostly grain and corn
@SwiftOnSecurity was right, everything is made of corn
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Europeo, Serbia già agli ottavi. Spagna, prima vittoria. Alla Slovenia non basta Doncic
https://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/europei/30-08-2025/eurobasket-la-serbia-si-qualifica-si-sblocca-la-spagna-la-francia-batte-la-slovenia.shtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Europeo, Serbia già agli ottavi. Spagna, prima vittoria. Alla Slovenia non basta Doncic
Un super Jokic guida i suoi al prossimo turno. Passano anche Germania, Turchia e Finlandia. La Francia è troppo per la SloveniaMatteo Briolini e Gianmarco Calvaresi (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Lucca, operaio aggredito e rapinato mentre va al lavoro: due arresti
La vittima, un 27enne marocchino, ferita al fianco sinistro, aveva dovuto cedere ai malviventi il suo monopattino. I responsabili, irregolari, fermati dalla polizia pochi minuti dopo l’episodio. Il mezzo è stato restituito al proprietario
Cuesta: “Cutrone ieri ci ha detto che avrebbe segnato: come vedo lui e Oristanio e su Bernabè…”
https://www.sosfanta.com/news/cuesta-cutrone-ieri-ci-ha-detto-che-avrebbe-segnato-come-vedo-lui-e-oristanio-e-su-bernabe/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Calcio @calcio-Gazzetta
Cuesta: “Cutrone ieri ci ha detto che avrebbe segnato: come vedo lui e Oristanio e su Bernabè…”
Carlos Cuesta, tecnico del Parma, ha parlato ai microfoni di DAZN e in conferenza dopo il pari contro l’Atalanta. LA GARA – “Per noi è importante la connessione tra squadra e tifosi, sono molto importanti. Sicuramente è stata...Marco Astori (SOS Fanta)
“You wanna straighten out the budget? Start taxing corporations and the wealthy like we’ve been telling you. Do you think we’re idiots? Do you think we don’t pay taxes? ... You know nothing about what a working-class citizen does."
Republican Town Hall Erupts: “Take Your Head Out of Trump’s Ass!”
GOP Representative Mark Alford got a rude awakening from his constituents.The New Republic
I upgraded to a Pixel 10 Pro because the promos made it super cheap for me—and honestly, Pixelsnap (Qi2/MagSafe) without a case is the only “new feature” I care about.
I disable all the AI features I can on my Google Account, so none of that new stuff interests me, but there *are* a handful of new things I’ve noticed but seen literally nobody mention in “reviews” or sales pages. I’ll compile them here in this thread for anyone interested.
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Yep, this is what I have been saying. The way to defeat the flag-shaggers is not to spend hours ripping down the flags or getting court injunctions.
Reclaim the symbolism, strip it of its power to cause hate and racism.
BBC news article: a mosque / Muslim community centre in Wirral found a Union Jack tied to their railings. So they removed it .. and hung it up again in their window with a sign saying they're proud to be British Muslims.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7yqe…
Mosque finds union jack tied to railings and puts it in window
A Muslim centre in Wirral said it is flying the union jack in to show it is proud to be British.Marc Gaier (BBC News)
Amy MacDonald - Dancing In The Dark (Orchestral Version)
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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Fact Check: Is Donald Trump Dead? Adin Ross Reveals the Truth
Don't believe everything you read! Rumors of Donald Trump’s death are completely false. Adin Ross confirms the President is alive & doing just fine.Mishkaat Khan (FandomWire)
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
in reply to Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 • • •The only reason copyright even has any moral legitimacy whatsoever is that it was meant to secure a limited monopoly for a limited time, as an incentive to create new works.
IP protections are out of control in the modern era, and need to be drastically curtailed for the good of humanity.
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
in reply to Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 • • •We, as a species, clearly cannot rely on the goodwill of those who own and operate cloud data storage centers, much less private library operators like Elsevier, etc, so distributed networks of small nodes are really the only reliable way of preserving our knowledge.
And if that constitutes “piracy”, well, I’m ok with that, because the alternative is a new Dark Ages, and effectively perpetual or terminal copyright has no moral legitimacy .The benefits vastly outweigh the risks or the qualms.
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
in reply to Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 • • •Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
in reply to Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 • • •That is, capital is not and cannot be scarce, UNLESS the natural resources required to produce capital using labor are subjected to rentseeking.
This is what Karl Marx got wrong.