Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40428306
Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Dec 16, 2025
GAZA CITY—Amin Sabri’s battered tent was among several sitting at the foot of a hillside of rotting garbage towering some 25 feet in the middle of Gaza City. Barefoot children, their clothes caked in grime, scampered nearby. Flies were everywhere, and the stench of fetid waste blanketed the air."This is my tent and this is the garbage dump I’m living across from,” Sabri told Drop Site. “We don’t sleep—not at night, nor during the day—because of the garbage. The smell comes at us constantly, and our children are ill. They suffer from severe headaches. We’re dealing with an infestation of germs and insects.”
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Dec 16, 2025GAZA CITY—Amin Sabri’s battered tent was among several sitting at the foot of a hillside of rotting garbage towering some 25 feet in the middle of Gaza City. Barefoot children, their clothes caked in grime, scampered nearby. Flies were everywhere, and the stench of fetid waste blanketed the air."This is my tent and this is the garbage dump I’m living across from,” Sabri told Drop Site. “We don’t sleep—not at night, nor during the day—because of the garbage. The smell comes at us constantly, and our children are ill. They suffer from severe headaches. We’re dealing with an infestation of germs and insects.”
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
With Israel controlling all of Gaza’s major landfill areas, 900,000 tons of solid waste have been dumped across the enclave, exacerbating a public health crisis.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Dec 16, 2025
GAZA CITY—Amin Sabri’s battered tent was among several sitting at the foot of a hillside of rotting garbage towering some 25 feet in the middle of Gaza City. Barefoot children, their clothes caked in grime, scampered nearby. Flies were everywhere, and the stench of fetid waste blanketed the air."This is my tent and this is the garbage dump I’m living across from,” Sabri told Drop Site. “We don’t sleep—not at night, nor during the day—because of the garbage. The smell comes at us constantly, and our children are ill. They suffer from severe headaches. We’re dealing with an infestation of germs and insects.”
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
With Israel controlling all of Gaza’s major landfill areas, 900,000 tons of solid waste have been dumped across the enclave, exacerbating a public health crisis.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a suit on Monday against Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL, and Hisense, claiming in a press release that they "have been unlawfully collecting personal data through Automated Content Recognition ("ACR”) technology."Paxton goes on to label ACR as "an uninvited, invisible digital invader," and in one of the five separately filed suits, he calls Samsung TVs "a mass surveillance system."
Low speed when port forwarded
Yesterday I changed my ISP to one that allows port forwarding. Today the port forwarding has been enabled by the company and I set it up on the router.
After enabling it, my download and upload speed dropped from peaks of 50 MiB/s and valleys of 4-6 MiB/s to a very stable 2 MiB/s.
Nothing else has changed in my qBittorrent configuration.
If I close the ports again, the speed goes back to normal.
I checked if the ports were open on various websites and all of them show that they are forwarded.
I was looking forward to be able to port forward and connect with every possible peer for years, and today has been a big disappointment in that regard!
Has anyone else seen something like this and if so, can you point me to the right direction to fix the problem?
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What the fuck?
Maybe they meter incoming speed? Try running a speedtest using a web server or iperf3 or something.
And the reasons they do it run the gamut from 'mildly shitty' to 'profoundly shitty'.
You might consider routing torrent traffic through multiple old garbage laptops on your network, then putting your regular traffic through on an 'unforwarded' looking computer at full speed? Might work.
You are referring to iperf.fr/, right?
When I get home I'll read how to do it properly!
iPerf - The TCP, UDP and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool
iPerf3 binaries - measuring TCP, UDP and SCTP bandwidth performanceiperf.fr
I am a Unix person I just get it from my distro:s package repository. I don't know if that URL is the correct address.
The steps are (simplified):
- Get a server on your home IP (your seedbox will do) and a computer on the outside (you may prefer try a VPN) to stress test your connection.
- Open a port to the machine at your house. Run iperf3 server on that port on that machine.
- Connect to that machine from the one outside your home via a command which runs a speed test.
- See results.
This specifically speedtests incoming connections to your IP address. Regular speedtests like fast.com, etc. Test outgoing. With the way TCP/IP works, your ISP can easily differentiate the two.
Man, if this is the simplified version, I'm totally fucked. I understand every word, but the order in which they are stringed together confuses me.
I'm waiting for a call of my ISP's IT service to see what's what. If they can't (or won't) fix my issue, I'll bite the bullet and I'm gonna buy a subscription to a VPN.
Thank you for the detailed explanation!
Dude, so sorry to reply to you this late. It's been a very chaotic week and I have not even thought about anything else but fucking work.
I'll try tomorrow, today I need to just be an amoeba.
Thank you for your help, and again, I'm sorry for leaving you hanging!
Yes, you got it.
It's possible that however your ISP provided router is designed, it's got some hidden port forward configuration. If that router has an option typically referred to as "bridge mode", you could bypass its routing features altogether and use your own router instead.
ISPs often have clauses about using their residential internet for hosting servers or exposed services, and it's possible your has taken a different approach to mitigating traffic from those sources.
If you can, I'd recommend using your own router rather than what the ISP provides.
Just to be sure, did you already test that the port is actually open and forwarded? e.g. with your torrent client running browse to a port test website like canyouseeme.org/ , yougetsignal.com/tools/open-po… , etc. put in your torrent client's incoming port and check if the website can "see" your open port at your torrent client.
And the ISP (or router) itself isn't doing anything weird to block torrents, right? In your torrent client if you click any working public torrent, click on the Trackers tab, you should see DHT as working along with whatever open trackers are on the public torrent. In other words you won't see anything like "waiting" something (I forget the exact message you'll see when DHT is being blocked but it'll definitely not be working).
EDIT: Also if it's a new ISP with new router it might have firewall rules set up that are slowing things down, something to check.
Open Port Check Tool -- Verify Port Forwarding on Your Router
A free open port check tool used to detect open ports on your connection. Test if port forwarding is correctly setup or if your port is being blocked by your firewall or ISP.canyouseeme.org
Yes, I checked if they were open, and the three sites say they are. I used the ones you sent me, and same results!
Some pwople say that they might be throttling my connection, and I think it is what makes more sense. I'll have a call with them to see what is happening.
Thanks for pointing out the router firewall, didn't think about it, but iy is not that either.
15 Signs Linux Is Not For You
- You love giving your data away
- You enjoy being tracked by your operating system
- You’re happy when your computer tells you “no”
- You prefer someone else deciding what you can run
- You feel uncomfortable if you get to have options
- You’d rather battle corporate tech support
- You’d rather rent your software than own it
- You think ads belong on your desktop
- You love being lied to about what’s “industry standard”
- You like rebooting for every little update
- You’re uncomfortable when software is transparent
- You think community-made tools can’t be “professional”
- You want intrusive AI everywhere, whether it helps or not
- You think the command line is only for hackers
- You never really wanted your computer to be yours anyway
15 Signs Linux Is Not For You
If you recognized yourself in a few of these points, that doesn’t mean Linux isn’t for you. In fact, you can count it as an invitation. It just means you’ve spent a long time in an ecosystem that treats you more like a product than a participant.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
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Oh, it's just a list of pro Linux items but in reverse psychology... Kay.
I'm already a Linux user, I was kinda curious about a listing of actual reasons Linux might not be for someone.
1. want to use some specific program or game only available for another os
2. lazy, dumb or afraid of computer stuff.
3. can’t decide from 10,000 different distributions
You forgot the real actual reason: I don't care about computer stuff. My current computer does what I want and I don't care to switch.
It is okay not to have the interest in computers. I could probably change the oil on my car but I don't care and don't want to do the work, so I don't do it (the mechanic does).
- You start making weird passive aggressive lists to shame people into your preferred.....whatever...
- You can't be trusted with keeping your desktop secure (because Linux sure as hell won't do that for you).
- You need software that can't run on Linux even via compatibility tools (Multiplayer AAA games don't count).
- You have access to extended security updates for Windows 10.
1. I just installed some random drivers, I guess without rebooting. Window is intransparent af, but I think so.
2. Reboots are very important and should be done with updates. Atomic systems make sense!
As a long time linux user, antagonizing people who are unsure if the switch is right for them is very clearly a poor interpersonal choice that will not result in the change we wanna see in the world, or more people adopting linux
Fuckin seriously, we can do better than this circle jerk. As someone who cares deeply about software being kinder to people it pains me enormously how much of a dump stat interpersonal skills are for so much of the Foss community
If the authors wanna pat themselves for linux they can do it without creating a unempathetic, condescending, preachy culture that alienates people.
Just call the article "things we love about having switched to linux" so it finds the right audience and its fine, but this shit sucks and its exactly the kind of crap that has made so many of my friends resistant to hearing what I think is good and special about Foss software. They hear me out anyway, but I'd love for it to not be a fucking uphill battle because Foss people routinely emulate the same preachy, condescending, unempathetic interpersonal apprach that everyone bemoans about the worst vegan spaces online
I'm really glad it seems like my thoughts have been appreciated, I was kinda mentally preparing myself for people to be unhappy with me
I find this kind of stuff frustrating enough I needed to edit my first version of the comment cause it was angrier, but I want people to actually hear me out and think about the culture we cultivate in the foss space. It really matters.
There are so many issues people care about (eg. Software freedom) specifically because we want a world that is kinder to people, and then we act on that value or interest in a way that isn't kind to people. A little empathy goes a looong way
Thank you for the kind words, I hope you have a lovely day :)
Your points are valid, and if I saw this on a site like pcmag, medium or whatever, i would totally be on the same page. Still, how many "on the fence" people are likely to be here, on Lemmy, subscribed to a linux forum?
I chose to take it as snarky humor for the "in crowd". Benefit: keeps my blood pressure manageable.
My thoughts were more about the article itself than it being posted here. Being an article it could really easily be something that comes up when someone is trying to figure out whether they can make the switch and are doing their research on pros and cons
I think personally I also just really don't enjoy snarky in-group humor, it feels like it often just fosters resentment for those outside of the ingroup. So I do kinda have a bias in general
Point taken. I assure you at least some of us are not going to shame others for choosing something other than Linux. We know it's not simple to switch and get a comfortable environment.
We're just willing to do the work for various reasons that feel important to us, and will gladly evangelize it gently.
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Yeah, I read this as: YOU ARE FUCKING STUPID, I AM MUCH BETTER THAN YOU
That is really a good way to communicate.
Why should I care? Linux has enough users as it is, development is sustainable. I don't want all users to switch at once because that would flood forums with noobs asking silly questions.
It's their loss if they don't use Linux. Why should I encourage them to do so? Just to have some shitty Electron apps more which I don't use?
It's much more painful for me that the places I work at don't use Linux. They won't be swayed by such an article anyway.
Are you serious? Do you really believe linux can't get any better or that linux is perfect for you?
The more people that use linux the more donations it gets from people and the more people use it.
Also if you think linux is so awesome isn't it nice to other people to share that awesomeness with them?
As well the more people that use linux the more apps will be supported on it. Can you say with full confidence that there isn't a single windows or macos app that doesn't work perfectly on linux that you don't want? Even if linux is perfect for you, you rely on the kindness of open source maintainers to maintain linux, can you really not reserve any kindness for other people?
That is the real altruistic, hopeful view, but there are downsides that I enumerated in my other comment. Here's another, though - With large scale acceptance comes a flood of people who just want a tool that works, not something they can build on or improve.
The greatest strength of this community is the love of the platform and the joy of exploration. Most are in it for altruistic or at least self enrichment reasons. Many are able to contribute when they see a gap. That can be diluted quickly.
Then the entrepreneurs see opportunities to make money from those people, and the enshitification begins.
This is why distros exist!
If the masses come to linux they will use distro's like zorin os a distro that costs a bit of money but gives you premium support options so you can have the just works experience.
My point is thay the more niche distros for people like us won't be used by the masses and neither will there forums, and I agree there probably will be some distros that get enshitified, honestly if linux gets popular enough we might even see a microsoft linux distro. But it won't be the distros that we use because we rely on distros built by the community, not corporations.
This is the same argument I see people use for the fediverse but this is why instances are so useful.
I did not say I don't want more Linux users. I just don't want them all to switch at once and make it unbearable for "community support" to help each other and improve the ecosystem.
When everyone switches to desktop (!) Linux all of a sudden, it will make both the current users' lives and the new users' lives worse as the community can't handle such a huge influx.
Organic growth is fine. You don't need to market Linux to the masses, as that would only lead to enshittification.
I'd rather have Linux be imperfect and rough around the edges, but with sustainable, positive growth, than have everyone use Linux and flood bug trackers with so much work that maintainers give up and move to less demanding hobbies. Then the companies would take over and well, we know how it ends (see Windows 11).
The more people that use linux the more donations it gets from people
I don't know if that's true.
Also if you think linux is so awesome isn’t it nice to other people to share that awesomeness with them?
Sure, but I won't force it onto them. They can choose to use it.
Do you know what consent is?
Countless FOSS maintainers have lamented that millions of users use their software and nobody donates. (Lib)Curl for example is used in countless applications, basically all of them used by huge corporations, and they get flooded with bug reports for software they don't even maintain, AI slop merge requests and pennies in donations (excuse the hyperbole).
The lead dev of curl has some funnysad stories to tell: @bagder@mastodon.social 💔🫶
I'm a bit less nihilistic about it, though. I acknowledge the benefit if being a small enough "market" that the enshittification doesn't hit Linux like a tsunami as you alluded.
More users means more bullshit money grubbers, more dishonesty, more incentive for greedy hackers to attack.
I enjoy the snark, but also agree it's condescending. Folks, take it as cynical humor, and don't be so harsh.
Anyway I commented to say that #10 is creeping into at least some distributions.
My Ubuntu sends security updates that frequently impact system libraries and thus demands (politely) a reboot.
Gnome software does it all the time, but a regular "check for updates" will often install without demanding reboot. I suspect the update won't be in effect until reboot, though.
You’re happy when your computer tells you “no”
This also an affliction of the GNOMEs.
What is the deal with packagekit? ARM kernels/Hardware config passing?
I'm playing with a pinetab2. Apparently it may have some kind of thing to patch the kernel and I think it is using packagekit, but am not certain.
The device ships with an obscure Arch ARM64 distro on the built in EMMC. I'm exploring other distros and playing with Fedora Workstation now. Maybe I'm mistaken here, but I think some part of the old kernel is transferred or patching or something. I'm not positive. Stuff like the buggy built in WiFi module are not present, but I think the peripheral hardware and display memory map may be passed. That or packagekit may be an ARM64 kernel thing?
I'm more curious about the broader security/privacy implications, and what kinds of mechanisms are built into the kernel within this kind of application. I thought that the kernel was always built independently and that it defaults to never trusting unregistered code execution. How exactly that intersects with peripheral devices that may have their own memory is something I do not understand yet. Like the WiFi module on this device is a dual core µc slightly more advanced than an ESP32 with its own persistent memory.
- Is this embedded onboard kernel modding/patching a thing?
- How does one explore or monitor it?
- How is trust established with a modem that can execute code in its own compute hardware with persistent memory?
These are just some things I am exploring if anyone feels like chatting casually about them. I'm not interested in tech support like nonsense or attitudes. This is just intended as high level, abstract overview like curiosity between hackers at various levels.
Packagekit (at least last I heard of it) was just a higher level package manager (wrapping around dnf/apt/etc), not anything specific to kernel patching. Maybe that has changed?
You can live patch a kernel, each distro has their own way of doing things, usually, you get a kernel module that is loaded that fixes the bug live, and there is a real fixed module to go with it that gets loaded next boot. The kernel patch module is just a hack to avoid rebooting. Ubuntu has some doco on their system LivePatch which is worth a read.
I am not sure that kernel module signing is super commonly used, but there may be some distros that ship with it enabled. If it is enabled, then loading an unsigned kernel module should be impossible.
As for trust a modem, thats a tricky one. Firmware level hacks have been theorised for a long time, but there is very few examples of actual exploits. Its mostly security through obscurity.
‘My advice actually would be don’t go’: Expert warns Canadians about U.S. travel risks
‘My advice actually would be don’t go’: Expert warns Canadians about U.S. travel risks
A growing number of Canadians, including several young children, have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities over the past two years, according to newly released government data obtained through a U.S. federal court case.Tammy Ibrahimpoor (CTVNews)
Anyone traveling to the US for one reason or another are playing IRL games of Buckshot Roulette against ICE
At this point I've got no clue who's still traveling to the US but either way, good luck👍
I have to go once a year because veterinary services are about 4x more expensive in my area of Canada.
Edit: but I'm not sure it's worth it anymore.
With flights likely being cheaper due to increased demand; perhaþs Mexico might be a good option nowadays👍🍀
More Canadians head to Mexico for winter getaways
Vacation travel to U.S. down as Canadian tourists make strategic decisions on where to spend time, moneyAs Mexico sees steady growth in Canadian tourists, the U.S. is experiencing a decline.
Data from Tourism Economics and the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office reveals a 24% drop in Canadian tourism to the United States during the first six months of 2025.
Major cities such as Las Vegas (down 50%), New York (down 46%) and Honolulu (down 41%) are being hit hardest, said Amra Durakovic, communications director with Flight Centre Travel Group in Toronto.
Florida remains the most resilient, but is down 22%, she said.
At this point I’ve got no clue who’s still traveling to the US but either way, good luck
Anyone who still goes to the U.S. when they don’t absolutely have to is an open supporter of fascism, and deserves whatever happens to them.
I'm Indigenous from northern Ontario and we have family all over the province. A month ago I had a group of friends tell me that they crossed over for day shopping over at Cornwall.
I told them that was stupid because they were brown non-white native people and that there was a high chance they would get in trouble.
They didn't care and said that all that was just stuff that happened somewhere else and wouldn't happen to them.
Now it worries me that at some point, we're going to hear news of some stupid thing happening soon where a group of native people will just get in trouble at a border crossing just because they were dumb enough to go there.
But you're still noticably better off from what I can tell.
I believe we are but we mustn't be so foolish as to think we couldn't slip further. I don't think we will, partially because of the states' example, but I'm still cautious.
nothing to hide
for now
who can say what mundane topic could be necessary to hide in the future
Years after you've submitted the data.
The worst thing is, we're in Germany. Stasi wasn't that long ago.
Oh boy that adds another level of irony for sure.
Stasi was the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit of the GDR. It kept tabs on everyone and everything, decided if you were a citizen good enough to be allowed to go to college, decided if you were allowed to be in certain positions, spied on you with technology, friends, neighbors. They captured citizens they thought were a danger for their government, they killed people they deemed spies, they let people vanish over night.
This ended 1990 when the Berlin wall fell. It's been some time, but it's something you learn in school over here. And I would expect people to see parallels. But no, some have nothing to hide.
I wish I could get out!
Since you are stuck there, hopefully you can work together with others in the same position to fix your country's problems.
Gotta love America still subtly implying that they are the leaders by assuming we need their word to not come to their fascist state. Yeah bud. We know. We've been watching the whole time
Are they that oblivious?
Yes, I think Australia travel to the US is down 4-7% or some such.
Probably a mix of the oblivious, the aligned (we have our contingent that's OK with the direction of the U.S. They just suck), and people with family in need of support (lot of retirees in warm/dry places).
I was praying my grandfather would get his head out of his ass and come back to Canada for familial support after my grandmother died, but he's a stubborn old bastard who still gripes about PET and apparently renounced his Canadian citizenship at some point. So it's scheduled visits from his kids and a system where they get a text message if people don't see him at the dog park two days in a row. They kinda have to go, he's got no one else at this point.
Yes. That's the result of decades of American propaganda.
My university just notified us about this academic year's round of an exchange program with the US. You'd be surprised how many students legitimately consider it a great opportunity.
It depends on the country, but in general it looks like about half of the general population has no idea what is going on in the US. Even fewer realise what has been going on for years.
were you not paying attention during COVID? People are childish, and self centered assholes and don't give a shit about anything but themselves.
I'm fucking disgusted by the number of people, that I personally know, who still go to Detroit for concerts...
Does any mobile Linux use systemd-sysupdate?
I've read a bit about systemd-sysupdate and it seemed like something we might want to have for our mobile devices.
Then I was wondering whether any distribution already uses it on mobile devices.
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systemd-sysupdate atomically updates the host OS, container images, portable service images or other sources, based on the transfer configuration files described in sysupdate.d(5).
Most package managers already have something like this, or can be configured to work in the same way.
This is also a relatively new systemd addition. Let it settle for a while. Conservative distros like Debian Stable don't have it yet anyhow.
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says he thinks Mozilla and Firefox still have a role to play in the web, even as things shift toward AI.David Pierce (The Verge)
Robotic vacuum pioneer iRobot files for bankruptcy, Chinese firm Picea to acquire 100% ownership
Robotic vacuum pioneer iRobot files for bankruptcy, Chinese firm Picea to acquire 100% ownership
iRobot, widely regarded as a pioneer of robotic vacuum cleaners, yesterday formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the US BankruptcyTechNode Feed (TechNode)
Ukraine Support Tracker: Europe fails to offset US aid drop
Ukraine Support Tracker: Europe fails to offset US aid drop
New aid allocations in 2025 might drop to their lowest level since the outbreak of the war in 2022. Europe allocated only about EUR 4.2 billion in new military aid to Ukraine—far too little to offset the halt in US support.Kiel Institut
French and German adults lean toward dialing back Ukraine support, new POLITICO poll shows
French and German adults lean toward dialing back Ukraine support, new POLITICO poll shows
With key peace talks underway to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the U.S., U.K. and Canada tilt toward continuing material support for Kyiv.Stephan Faris (POLITICO)
GitHub will begin charging for self-hosted action runners on March 2026
Coming soon: Simpler pricing and a better experience for GitHub Actions - The GitHub Blog
On January 1, 2026, GitHub will reduce the price of GitHub-hosted runners by up to 39% depending on the machine type used. The free usage minute quotas will remain the…Allison (The GitHub Blog)
GitHub will begin charging for self-hosted action runners on March 2026
Coming soon: Simpler pricing and a better experience for GitHub Actions - The GitHub Blog
On January 1, 2026, GitHub will reduce the price of GitHub-hosted runners by up to 39% depending on the machine type used. The free usage minute quotas will remain the…Allison (The GitHub Blog)
Why The AI Bubble Was DESIGNED To Burst
The rise of AI has left big tech companies performing mass layoffs and pushing artificial intelligence, chatgpt, and machine learning systems faster than the public can fully understand them. As investors pour billions into the next wave of automation, many are beginning to question whether the ai bubble is being built on genuine progress or on hype designed to inflate valuations. The pressure to dominate artificial intelligence has fueled mass layoffs, restructuring, and sweeping promises about what ai will eventually become, creating a widening gap between the narrative of innovation and the realities of the tech industry. Amid soaring expectations, concerns about an ai bubble burst continue to grow, especially as companies position automation as the future while quietly removing the workers who once powered their success.
Across the industry, the excitement around ai has transformed into an economic engine that rewards speed, disruption, and scale above all else. Tech leaders frame artificial intelligence as the cornerstone of a new economy, while investors treat every advancement as a signal for explosive growth. Yet the aggressive push for ai adoption has created instability, encouraging companies to chase breakthroughs without clear long-term strategies. This environment has led to speculation about whether the ai bubble is sustainable or whether the rapid expansion of big tech will eventually collide with financial limits, power shortages, and market exhaustion. As more companies cut costs under the banner of automation, the link between stock growth and real productivity becomes harder to trust.
Workers across the country are feeling the impact of this shift as mass layoffs accelerate in the name of “efficiency.” The fear of losing jobs to ai has created uncertainty in nearly every profession, from white-collar office roles to creative industries, customer service, and engineering. Many now worry that artificial intelligence is being used less as a tool for progress and more as a justification for reducing payrolls and protecting profits. This tension has fueled wider conversations about wealth inequality, big tech influence, and the expanding power of billionaires who shape the future of work. With each announcement of new automation tools, concerns about job displacement and long-term stability become harder to ignore.
The possibility of a market crash tied to artificial intelligence underscores the fragility of the current boom. Investors have seen similar patterns in past economic bubbles, where enthusiasm outran reality and companies relied on speculation to maintain growth. The momentum behind the ai surge has created a culture where breakthroughs are expected on a constant cycle, placing enormous pressure on companies to deliver results that may not be achievable. As questions grow about the limits of computation, energy demands, and the cost of scaling large-language models, many believe the hype surrounding ai could lead to a significant correction.
The conversation around the ai bubble reflects deeper anxieties about technology, power, and the future of the job market. As big tech reshapes the economy, people are increasingly aware of how artificial intelligence, automation, and corporate influence intersect with mass layoffs, wealth concentration, and economic instability. This moment represents more than a technological shift — it reveals a struggle over who benefits from innovation and who carries the consequences when that innovation is pushed too far.
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Ah, yes, the effect is made of cause
Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
The controversial Victims of Communism memorial in downtown Ottawa will no longer feature the names of specific individuals after federal officials determined a significant number could be linked to the Nazis.
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The memorial, located near the corner of Wellington and Bay streets, was intended to honour those who suffered under communism.
But concerns have been raised over the years by Jewish organizations and historians that names of eastern Europeans who collaborated with the Nazis in the Holocaust have been put forward in an attempt to whitewash their past.
The Ottawa Citizen reported in 2024 that the Department of Canadian Heritage was told by historians that more than half of the 550 names to be inscribed on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism should be removed. The reason was because of potential links to the Nazis or questions about affiliations with fascist groups.
Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
Historians raised alarms years ago. Ottawa changed course only after the memorial opened.David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa Citizen)
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so if i understood this correctly there will still be a monument commemorating the nazi "victims".... except their names won't be on it?
whitewashing nazis to be anticommunist should not surprise me anymore by this point but still.
Pam Bondi wants the government to create cash bounties for turning in trans equality activists - LGBTQ Nation
[A]lso after Charlie Kirk’s death, the Heritage Foundation twisted data to claim that “50% of all major (non-gang-related) school shootings since 2015 have involved or likely involved transgender ideology.” That was in an effort to get the FBI to create a new domestic terror threat category for “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Extremism.”
How much longer until they decide to just round up the transgender people with the ~~Gestapo~~ ICE? It's getting scary for transgender people.
Pam Bondi wants the government to create cash bounties for turning in trans equality activists - LGBTQ Nation
Bondi wants the FBI to ignore right-wing terror attacks and target anti-fascists and trans people instead.Faefyx Collington (LGBTQ Nation)
It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser "
Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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