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mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Berlin police raided and cut off electricity to the Palestinian Congress conference before banning the three-day event. Organizers say Germany’s antidemocratic authoritarian response to Palestine activism is growing by the day.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/police-raid-berlin-conference-as-repression-of-palestine-activism-escalates-in-germany/


@palestine @israel

zleap,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel

How long will it be before these events are fully virtual, spread out worldwide using decentralised networks / software, should be harder to shut down.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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So, now David Cameron is being touted as the person who can finally resolve the plight go Gibraltar having attended three way talks yesterday with EU & Spanish ministers.

Hold on, I hear you say, surely his idiocy in calling the Brexit referendum in the first place is the root cause of the problem?

So either he's now staring to clear up his own mess (OK, good to see, I suppose), or this is the same as the man who pushed you overboard claiming kudos for throwing you a lifebuoy...

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@fkamiah17 @ChrisMayLA6

Does any politician clean up their own mess?

DrALJONES, to random
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    @DrALJONES

    We look forward to your ICJ testimony against ISRAEL.and those who appease this.

    pvonhellermannn, (edited ) to random
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    Germany’s out of hand, crazy version of anti-antisemitism continues in full swing. Last week cancellation of Nancy Fraser, this week that of the rector of Glasgow University.

    Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a British-Palestinian medic, has claimed he was invited to give a conference in Berlin about his work as a surgeon in Gaza but was denied entry to the country.

    https://www.thenational.scot/news/24250169.glasgow-university-rector-forcibly-prevented-entering-germany/

    zleap,
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    @pvonhellermannn

    Just a question on this, I assume 'Aliens' ref Aliens act of 1905 referes to people who are moving into a country or area ( as in immigrants) I thought this was a relative modern term, the US still use this term to this day. What is the Origin of the term Alien to refer to Immigrants.

    Just asking for general interest.

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    @pvonhellermannn

    This is surely why we need to teach history as it was, based on evidnece, regardless of how horrifc or bad it is. History is full of what we would now see as injustice.

    This is being repeated right now in Gaza, we are seeing famine in Sudan and floods in Russia that are largely being unreported, There is also a terrible situation in Haiti

    Surely we have lost our humanity for letting things happen again and again.

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    @MrBehemo @pvonhellermannn

    Thanks for this.

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    @andrewprice @MrBehemo @pvonhellermannn

    I think we also use the same term for plant or animal species that are not native to a country. Those introduced by others, usually without understanding of the consequences

    fionaorkneynews, to random
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    Weather Forecast: Mainly dry today with some sunshine

    Information from The Met Office Today 12th April: Apart from a light passing shower across Shetland it will be a dry day with some good spells of sunshine. Fresh to strong southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C. Tonight: Thickening cloud will bring rain for a time this evening. Then becoming clearer and drier with the odd passing shower, more especially across Shetland later.

    https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/04/12/weather-forecast-mainly-dry-today-with-some-sunshine/

    zleap,
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    @fionaorkneynews
    It is fairly nice here in S Devon, so just put some washing in the machine. Gotta take advantage of the good weather or break in bad weather.

    rms, to random
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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/07/journalist-ejected-from-colorado-republican-assembly
    https://stallman.org/glossary.html#trumpery

    The head of the Colorado Republican Party, an insurrectionist trumppet, ordered the exclusion of a local reporter, preemptively prohibiting her from covering the event.

    zleap,
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    @rms

    Invite to LibrePlanet to help cover that, all welcome :)

    rms, to random
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    [1/2] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

    HP invites customers to rent printers, with a contract that requires the printer to be reachable over the internet from HP, so it can monitor lots of things about what the renter prints. Supposedly HP makes this snooping legitimate by making the renter explicitly consent to it. Balderdash! Massive surveillance cannot be justified by the manufacture of consent. If we …

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    @rms

    The marketing drones will wrap this up as performance monitoring or similar to disguise other intentions.

    zleap, to random
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    LibreOffice 24.2 Features

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9pMn4cffs

    pvonhellermannn, to UKpolitics
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    Rapidly reaching the surreal stage

    Farmers who have their entire cropping land submerged underwater have found they are ineligible for a government flooding hardship fund – because their farms are too far from a major river.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/flooded-farms-england-ineligible-compensation-distance-from-rivers

    zleap,
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    @pvonhellermannn

    The UK is run by idiots who don't see anything from the view point of people who live in the REAL WORLD,

    Lara, to environment
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    This could be a game changer
    https://phys.org/news/2024-04-microbial-plastic-factory-high-quality.html

    zleap,
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    @Lara

    Great stuff,

    rwg, to fediverse
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    Latest : "Reading the Online Harms Act with my Fediverse Admin Hat On"

    https://fossacademic.tech/2024/04/10/Online-Harms-Act.html

    In which I discuss Canada's proposed from the perspective of a . While I understand the reason for the Act, I also note it could likely put a burden on fedi admins. And the big question I have is: how will the Act define the fediverse?

    [replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog unless you use followers-only or DM]

    zleap,
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    @rwg

    Raises some good points, how do other admins view this in Canada and how do admins in other countries view their respective acts.

    Keep up the good work, admins do a great job

    Garwboy, to random
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    "If you're under 25 your brain isn't fully developed, so you can't be trusted to make informed decisions"

    I'm seeing this a LOT lately, especially today with the Cass Review fallout. And it's utter guff, based on hearsay, misunderstandings of neuroscience, or wilful ignorance.

    Why? I'll tell you why

    /1

    zleap,
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    @Garwboy

    I agree you can join the armed forces, attend university at under 25.

    I think as long as you are presented with facts along with evidence and understand what questions to ask to critically analyse that information / facts, then you are more than capable of making informed decisions.

    b9AcE, to random
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    Latest from Doctors without Borders (MSF):
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    In Port-au-Prince, [Haiti,] the “violence is like gangrene, spreading and threatening us all.”

    Dr Priscille Cupidon, medical activity manager of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urban violence project in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, explains how the chronic extreme violence gripping the city has impacted medical care and healthcare workers like her.
    [...]
    "The violence is preventing patients and staff from reaching medical facilities on a daily basis. Some hospitals, such as Haiti’s State University Hospital, cannot currently function. "
    Dr Priscille Cupidon,
    MSF medical activity manager Haiti
    ─────
    Read it all on their website here:
    https://www.msf.org/haiti-port-au-prince-violence-gangrene

    zleap,
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    @b9AcE

    Perhaps our MPs need to read things like this and take note.

    zleap, to random
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    Torbay Trojans Recruitment Poster

    dgar, to random
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    I’d be less worried about the robots rising up and killing all humans if humans, on the whole, were nicer.

    zleap,
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    @dgar

    I want a robot that looks more like Satans Robot from Star Trek: voyager

    europesays, to latvia
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    https://www.europesays.com/1149111/ Latvia banned two Russian websites for spreading propaganda and disinformation .The National Council for Electronic Media of Latvia has decided to close access to two more Russian websites in Latvia – mirtesen.ru and 5vlast.com.

    zleap,
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    @europesays

    Surely what need to happen is when a country in the EU area (including the UK) find out about such websites, ALL countries should just agree to share info and block.

    This could have a much greater impact.

    selzero, to random
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    Adulthood has its pros and cons.

    On the one hand, there comes a time when you see people bearing grudges against you, even after months of not interacting with them, and you don't feel bad, your core emotional reaction is to feel sorry for them, for suffering in the dungeon in their minds they have built and sentenced themselves to.

    On the other hand, no one asks you what your favorite dinosaur is anymore. People don't care.

    It's triceratops you heartless bastards.

    It all evens out I guess.

    Man weighing 2 options moving his hands as if a scale, and looking thoughtful.

    zleap,
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    @selzero

    Kids will ask you questions like that, :)

    TodayInTwitter, to random
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    X rolled out a change that automatically converts all links that have the string “twitter” anywhere in them to “X.”

    For example, if someone tweets the link setwitter.com, the X client application will change that link to sex.com.

    This is not a joke.

    https://mashable.com/article/twitter-dot-com-posts-change-to-x-dot-com-ios

    zleap,
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    @TodayInTwitter

    LOL, what numpty had that idea, and what MANAGER approved it ?

    LALegault, to Canada
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    The Canadian embassy building in Damascus was damaged by an Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian consulate next door has said nothing about the illegal and provocative strike, and nobody will say whether Canada was warned in advance. This comes after Israel warned they may retaliate for Canada’s arms embargo:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-embassy-damascus-damaged-1.7168176

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    @MaybeMyMonkeys @LALegault

    The problem could be not just the arms, but the components of those weapons, could be made in multiple countries, do we hold all those in the supply chain complicit. ?

    fallenvalkyrie, to random

    Stop calling it "Sideloading" and start calling it what it is "Installing a program"

    Sideloading is a term made up to make users afraid of having choice...

    zleap,
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    @fallenvalkyrie

    It seems updates to Windows 11 will restrict users even further.

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    @vintprox @fallenvalkyrie

    I am sticking with Mint, one of the young people at the stem group is sticking with Linux and Windows 10, I sent him the article posted ob here to what is planned for Windows 11 in this respect.

    Problem is, people are probably not aware of alternatives or think they are too hard to use / install etc.

    It is a challenge as a community we need to try and tackle without ending up down a rabbit hole of tech support.

    efi, to random
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    zleap,
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    @efi

    A few weeks ago there was a young woman on the bus, she was crying and clearly upset, clutching her phone. At one time, she would have been asked if she was OK. As men we are now to terrified to get involved, so I simply ignored her, perhaps she was really upset, wanted help, or it was an act to catch out unsuspecting MEN so she could make some sort of false alegation, who knows.

    Is this the society people want or do they want a more caring society, where people can ask if you are OK because they actually care or are concerned.

    Next time I see a person (esp female) in distress, I will ignore them.

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