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wlaatje@social.edu.nl ("Wladimir Mufty") wrote:
The EU (still) wants to scan
your private messages and photos… action is needed!Europe…take action! 🇪🇺
In just 3 quick steps and 1 minute of your time, you can send your concerns directly to your national representatives and see exactly where they stand. Use this simple tool to make your voice heard! ‼️🔗: https://fightchatcontrol.eu
🐘: https://mastodon.social/@chatcontrol
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social ("Sarah Dal") wrote:
The UK may be about to lose access to Wikipedia as they've lost their High Court Challenge to OSA.
You can download Wikipedia by installing the @kiwix app https://kiwix.org/en/applications/
Then use https://library.kiwix.org/ to find Wikipedia, or any other interesting book. It will download a file (Wikipedia is 110gb) that you can then open in the Kiwix browser
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
For as long as I've been alive corporations have been predatory towards the poor and defenseless. The excuse from democrats has always been that they simply don't have the power to do anything.
So now that we know that's a lie, can we start holding Dems accountable?
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
We are asking the wrong questions and learning the wrong lessons from Trump's presidency.
It's not- why are corporations so quick to bend the knee to Trump. It's why haven't the #democrats been able to wield the same power over corporations in fifty years that an idiot reality TV star has been able to do in 8 months?
https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
Well, there's a shock
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-rfk-mrna-vaccines-effective-76633aadedfad3bec9a77e524c7ce6f7#
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mreinhold ("Mark Reinhold") wrote:
First JDK 25 Release Candidate: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2025-August/010296.html
Downloads: https://jdk.java.net/25/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
That he was dissatisfied with a metal plate that had been placed in his skull (to replace bone that had been removed due to a tumor), so he designed his own and:
"He soon underwent a second operation to replace the metal plate in his head with one of his own design"
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
I knew he was useless almost ten years ago. Give me a prize.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/11/hes-useless/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:
Your art history post for today: by Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848-1884), Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt, 1879, oil on canvas, 17 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (43.5 x 34.6 cm.), photo: Christie’s New York, 20 Oct 2022. #arthistory #portrait #portraitpainting #painting #oilpainting
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spellingmistakescostlives@mastodon.ie ("Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives") wrote:
New one
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
I want to see NASA blowing up more stuff intentionally, in contrast to SpaceX blowing them up on accident.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/11/whooosh-boom/
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RickiTarr@beige.party ("Ricki Yasha Tarr") wrote:
Now that we all understand tariffs a little better, the plot of Phantom Menace makes more sense.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
I hope no one ever compiles a pseudo-PZ with AI after I'm dead. I hereby formally disavow anything it might say.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/11/jim-acosta-ghoul/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
or both
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
orladediez@mastodon.ie ("Orla de Díez") wrote:
Case in point —>
Abhorrently, BBC presenter asks: "In terms of how journalists are operating in the Gaza strip. Obviously international organisations like the BBC cannot go in.. so Al Jazeera using local people there. Are they able to operate truly independently?”
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
orladediez@mastodon.ie ("Orla de Díez") wrote:
From award-winning journalist & rights activist Maha Hussaini:
https://x.com/MahaGaza/status/1954797920286372132
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules") wrote:
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
"the Gemma model summarised a set of case notes as: “Mr Smith is an 84-year-old man who lives alone and has a complex medical history, no care package and poor mobility.”
The same notes inputted into the same model, with the gender swapped, summarised the case as: “Mrs Smith is an 84-year-old living alone. Despite her limitations, she is independent and able to maintain her personal care.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/11/ai-tools-used-by-english-councils-downplay-womens-health-issues-study-finds?
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:
#Australia will recognize a #PalestinianState, PM Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of #France, #Britain & #Canada in signaling they would do so.
His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet & from many in Australia to recognize a #Palestinian state & amid growing criticism from officials in his government over suffering in #Gaza, which Albanese on Monday referred to as a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
#Israel #war #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/australia-palestinian-state-albanese-3d32a2d823a430cb85d3f6a83158dd90?utm%5Fsource=onesignal&utm%5Fmedium=push&utm%5Fcampaign=2025-08-10-Breaking+News
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nordacious@aus.social ("James Hillier") wrote:
Labor’s pledge to recognise Palestinian statehood is a welcomed development - but unconscionably late and woefully insufficient. It’s been in their platform for years, yet when it mattered they chose inertia. Without immediate sanctions or an arms ban, it’s hollow symbolism at best. Foot-dragging shit.
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DrALJONES wrote:
Report: "All those arrested at a banned Palestine Action protest in London’s Parliament Square have been released from police custody, with none charged."
522 people were arrested for displaying support for Palestine Action, which UK proscribed as a “terrorist” organisation.
Under the Terrorism Act 2000, membership of or support for the group is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
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EndIsraeliApartheid ("End Israeli Apartheid") wrote:
A group of Jewish academics working at universities across Scotland have called on their employers to divest from Israel.
The Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network – a network that brings together Jewish staff and researchers in higher education across Scotland – also called on universities to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
janellecshane@wandering.shop ("Janelle Shane") wrote:
New AIWeirdness post: ChatGPT will apologize for anything, including stuff that didn't happen. It's not reflecting on stuff it did wrong, it's improv.
https://www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will-apologize-for-anything/
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remixtures@tldr.nettime.org ("Miguel Afonso Caetano") wrote:
"A narrow absolute majority of 54 percent of German citizens are in favor of recognizing Palestine as an independent state now. Just under a third – 31 percent – are against recognition at this time. Respondents in West and East Germany largely agree: In the East, approval is somewhat higher at 59 percent (53 percent in the West), while 29 percent there (31 percent in the West) reject the question.
A look at the age cohorts shows that those under 30 are more strongly in favor of recognizing Palestine now than the older respondents. 60 percent affirmed the question of recognition of Palestine, while only 22 percent rejected it. Among those aged 30 to 44 and 45 to 59, in contrast, there is only a narrow absolute majority, with 50 percent each, in favor. Among those aged 60 or older, approval is at 58 percent."
https://internationalepolitik.de/de/sollte-deutschland-jetzt-palaestina-als-eigenen-staat-anerkennen
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irishphoto@mastodon.ie ("Peter Cavanagh") wrote:
The truth coming out of Gaza was slowly being recognized, so Israel murders more truth tellers.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/9/israels-starvation-denial-is-an-orwellian-farce
Netanyahu holds a press conference to try and deny Israeli war crimes while his murder squads assassinate journalists in Gaza.
#news #gaza #journalism
#aljazeera #today #usa #israel
#crimesagainsthumanity
#IsraelTerroristState #icc4israel #IsraelWarCrimes
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Andreas__Nagel@social.tchncs.de ("Andreas :antifa: :FCKAFD:") wrote:
Danke @TwraSun
für deine Empfehlung:https://mastodon.social/@TwraSun/114725931205646958
(edit: typo's korrigiert...)
'Marina @afelia Weisband: „#Palantir ist designt dafür, viele Datenbanken zusammenzutragen ein einziges Profil über jeden Menschen zu erstellen und das leicht durchsuchbar zu machen. Es ist designt für Totalüberwachung. Es ist in seinem Grund inkompatibel mit einer Demokratie.“'
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therightarticle@mas.to ("Michael") wrote:
To hide the genocide and hide the truth
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-killed-238-journalists-gaza
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:
We survived once again, but this time is totally different!
It was one ot the toughest nights we have lived since the war began.
The Isreali airplanes carried out several of fire belts during the night.
Let me tell you something
The fire belt takes around 3-5 minutes. During each second, you see the death in front of your eyes.
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rgarner ("Russell Garner") wrote:
Robin Ince: "I think anyone who has any form of platform who is not saying anything about what happened in London yesterday is saying a great deal about the world they will accept"
https://bsky.app/profile/robinince.bsky.social/post/3lw3hbhyjk22b
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DrALJONES wrote:
Some people imagine that Israel controls the west. Not so. "Israel is the bastard child of the west."
"It is nothing exceptional... It is white, western, colonial, genocidal racism, repackaged as a supposedly 'Jewish' project."
Its crimes promote western control over the oil-rich Middle East.
And "the west knows that any criticism of Israel's imperial control & pillage can be dismissed as antisemitism."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-the-blood-libel-paradox-keeps
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peluchecero@xarxa.cloud ("Peluche Cero") wrote:
La aplicación No thanks!, que permite identificar productos de empresas que apoyan el genocidio en #Gaza, busca asesores legales en España. Sí estáis interesados, este es su contacto.
#FreePalestine
