US seeks to use Alberta to destabilize Canada
The Trump administration and MAGA circles are closely watching the conservative, oil-rich province, particularly as a separatist movement has launched a campaign to organize an independence referendum.
Did someone say ~~oil~~ freedom?
US seeks to use Alberta to destabilize Canada
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/7466391
The Trump administration and MAGA circles are closely watching the conservative, oil-rich province, particularly as a separatist movement has launched a campaign to organize an independence referendum.Did someone say ~~oil~~ freedom?
US seeks to use Alberta to destabilize Canada
The Trump administration and MAGA circles are closely watching the conservative, oil-rich province, particularly as a separatist movement has launched a campaign to organize an independence referendum.
Did someone say ~~oil~~ freedom?
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It has finally dawned on Strasbourg’s blob that the European dream is dead
It has finally dawned on Strasbourg’s blob that the European dream is dead
The EU’s conviction that it could be a major global power based on economic might alone has been unmaskedSherelle Jacobs (The Telegraph)
Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza as last Israeli captive is returned; U.S. protests escalate after Minnesota ICU nurse is executed by border patrol agent; Mass graves in Khartoum
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42268336
At least seven Palestinians are killed and at least seven wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza over the weekend, with at least three Palestinians reportedly killed on Monday. Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt to reopen in the coming days, as Israeli police officer Ran Gvili’s remains are recovered by Israeli forces. Settler attack injures four Palestinians in Birzeit in the West Bank. A Minnesota nurse is executed by a border patrol agent. Senate Democrats threaten shutdown over DHS and ICE reforms. Leaked audio reveals Delcy Rodríguez faced U.S. threats after Maduro’s capture. The Trump administration weighs an oil blockade of Cuba. Families protest at Texas detention facility. Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over a pending trade deal with China. U.S. pressures Bolivia to expel alleged Iranian operatives. The Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North launch attacks in Blue Nile. Mass graves found in Khartoum, Sudan’s Al-Riyadh neighborhood. Drone strike kills two civilians in South Kordofan. Syrian ceasefire extends 15 days to facilitate Islamic State detainee transfers. Israeli airstrikes kill two civilians across southern Lebanon and in the Bekaa. U.S. revokes visas of Haitian council members. An attack by militants kills at least 25 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi proceed without a deal. Clashes erupt in Albania as opposition demands Rama’s resignation.
Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza as last Israeli captive is returned; U.S. protests escalate after Minnesota ICU nurse is executed by border patrol agent; Mass graves in Khartoum
At least seven Palestinians are killed and at least seven wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza over the weekend, with at least three Palestinians reportedly killed on Monday. Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt to reopen in the coming days, as Israeli police officer Ran Gvili’s remains are recovered by Israeli forces. Settler attack injures four Palestinians in Birzeit in the West Bank. A Minnesota nurse is executed by a border patrol agent. Senate Democrats threaten shutdown over DHS and ICE reforms. Leaked audio reveals Delcy Rodríguez faced U.S. threats after Maduro’s capture. The Trump administration weighs an oil blockade of Cuba. Families protest at Texas detention facility. Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over a pending trade deal with China. U.S. pressures Bolivia to expel alleged Iranian operatives. The Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North launch attacks in Blue Nile. Mass graves found in Khartoum, Sudan’s Al-Riyadh neighborhood. Drone strike kills two civilians in South Kordofan. Syrian ceasefire extends 15 days to facilitate Islamic State detainee transfers. Israeli airstrikes kill two civilians across southern Lebanon and in the Bekaa. U.S. revokes visas of Haitian council members. An attack by militants kills at least 25 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi proceed without a deal. Clashes erupt in Albania as opposition demands Rama’s resignation.
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Israel shells and bulldozes Gaza City as it finds remains of last captive
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42267611
By Mera Aladam
26 January 2026 15:40 GMTIsrael says it has found the body of the last Israeli captive left in Gaza, amid local reports of heavy shelling and bulldozing during the search.
According to the Wafa news agency, the operations to find Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old policeman, were launched on Sunday morning.
The Israeli army carried out extensive bulldozing operations in the area of al-Sanafour and around the al-Batsh cemetery, located east of Gaza City.
Several graves were desecrated during the search for Gvili, who was found east of Gaza City.
Dozens of injuries and killings in the area have been reported since Sunday as a result of heavy artillery shelling and intense gunfire from military vehicles and quadcopter drones.
Israel shells and bulldozes Gaza City as it finds remains of last captive
By Mera Aladam
26 January 2026 15:40 GMTIsrael says it has found the body of the last Israeli captive left in Gaza, amid local reports of heavy shelling and bulldozing during the search.
According to the Wafa news agency, the operations to find Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old policeman, were launched on Sunday morning.
The Israeli army carried out extensive bulldozing operations in the area of al-Sanafour and around the al-Batsh cemetery, located east of Gaza City.
Several graves were desecrated during the search for Gvili, who was found east of Gaza City.
Dozens of injuries and killings in the area have been reported since Sunday as a result of heavy artillery shelling and intense gunfire from military vehicles and quadcopter drones.
Israel shells and bulldozes Gaza City as it finds remains of last captive
Israel says it has found the body of the last Israeli captive left in Gaza, amid local reports of heavy shelling and bulldozing during the search.Mera Aladam (Middle East Eye)
On Apple M3, a Linux KDE plasma desktop under Fedora Asahi Remix is now working!
Michael Reeves (@integralpilot.bsky.social)
On Apple M3, a Linux KDE plasma desktop under Fedora Asahi Remix is now WORKING! Super excited to share this update and happy to answer any questions! Co-credits to noopwafel and Shiz. :)Michael Reeves (Bluesky Social)
I just wish I could have Secure Boot on a Mac, that's the reason I don't have one running Linux, currently on a ThinkPad X13s with a Snapdragon SoC. Encryption without something like Secure Boot... nah.
Once that's a thing, though, it gets very interesting to me.
(besides the garbage software they include)
The M-series hardware is locked down and absofuckinglutely proprietary and locked down and most likely horrible to repair.
But holy shit, every other laptop I’ve ever used looks and feels like a cheap toy in comparison. Buggy firmware that can barely sleep, with shitty drivers from the cheapest components they could find. Battery life in low single digits. The old ThinkPads are kinda up there in perceived ”build quality”, but I haven’t seen any other laptop that’s even close to a modern macbook. Please HP, Dell, Lenovo, Framework or whoever , just give me a functional high quality laptop. I’ll pay.
I can only offer you garbage specs along with really shitty build quality for 1kEUR. It’s certified as ”not a direct fire hazard”. Take it or leave it. (/s)
I have high hopes for framework, but last time I was in the market they still had some things to resolve.
The Hidden Engineering of Runways
The Hidden Engineering of Runways
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] September 2025 was an unusually bad month for runway overruns in the US.Wesley Crump (Practical Engineering)
Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
In a letter calling to end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, interviews with 45 people report physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport.Haddy Gassama (American Civil Liberties Union)
Kallas privately complains that von der Leyen is a dictator
The 5 hardest jobs in Brussels
Do these people have the most unenviable roles in the EU capital?Jacopo Barigazzi (POLITICO)
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OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
Package JVM applications into self-contained binaries. No JVM installation required.
GitHub - avelino/jbundle: Package JVM applications (Clojure, Java) into self-contained binaries. No JVM installation required to run the output.
Package JVM applications (Clojure, Java) into self-contained binaries. No JVM installation required to run the output. - avelino/jbundleGitHub
I’ve seen tooling for self-contained Clojure apps before, but CRaC is new to me.
The CRaC (Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint) Project researches the coordination of Java programs with mechanisms to checkpoint (make an image of, snapshot) a Java instance while executing. Restoring from the image could solve some of the problems with the start-up and warm-up times. The primary aim of the Project is to develop a new standard mechanism-agnostic API to notify Java programs about the checkpoint and restore events. Other research activities will include, but will not be limited to, integration with existing checkpoint/restore mechanisms and development of new ones, changes to JVM and JDK to make images smaller and ensure they are correct.
What’s in the WHO’s draft plan for Indigenous peoples’ health?
Right to health networks are preparing for the upcoming meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board with a series of in-depth discussions on key agenda items, organized under the umbrella of the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). On January 19, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) launched this discussion cycle with a conversation on WHO’s Global Plan of Action (GPA) for the Health of Indigenous Peoples – an early draft of which Executive Board members will review between February 2 and 7.
In recent years, the health of Indigenous peoples and ancestral medicine have received greater attention in global health forums, following decades of grassroots organizing and advocacy. The document to be reviewed next month builds on discussions from 2023, reflecting growing recognition of Indigenous peoples’ right to the highest attainable standard of health. At the same time, the speakers at the event – as well as the documents under discussion – acknowledged that Indigenous communities continue to face more vulnerability than others, underscoring the need for concerted efforts to realize this right. The draft GPA is thus being developed through consultations, a participatory approach long advocated by civil society within the WHO. As signaled by PHM’s Lauren Paremoer, this has generated cautious optimism among activists.
Read more: World Health Assembly resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples is a landmark moment
Ultimately, however, responsibility for the plan’s expected adoption in 2027 lies with WHO Member States, emphasized Alia El-Yassir, Director of WHO’s Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Sexual Misconduct Prevention. As she walked participants through the current draft and next steps, El-Yassir stressed that many proposed measures – such as ethical data collection and support for Indigenous community members pursuing jobs in health care – require further development and commitment by national governments.
While referring to persistent health inequities faced by Indigenous populations, including higher maternal and infant mortality, higher prevalence of chronic and infectious diseases, and lower life expectancy, El-Yassir also situated these outcomes within broader systems still shaped by colonization and structural racism.
Bolivian Indigenous leader and PHM member Dr. Vivian Camacho echoed these concerns, reflecting on the ongoing marginalization of ancestral knowledge and medicine in spaces dominated by perspectives from the Global North. While traditional medicine has been particularly disparaged, Camacho argued that market-driven approaches to health undermine all forms of health work. “If it’s Western modern medicine or traditional ancestral medicine, it should be a human right, not merchandise, not business,” she said, reiterating a longstanding PHM position. “Without social justice, none of us will have health.”
Read more: 5th People’s Health Assembly calls for the transformation of health systems
Indigenous knowledge, participants noted, has not only been sidelined but also exploited for commercial gain, with catastrophic results. This point was raised by Putira Sacuena of Brazil’s Secretariat of Indigenous Health, who cited the example of açaí – a fruit with health-promoting properties that has been recently so aggressively commercialized that it has contributed to environmental degradation in its native ecosystems. The extractivist dynamics that have accompanied the appropriation of ancestral knowledge in the West, speakers agreed, represent serious dangers for both climate justice and planetary survival.
As a result, discussions at the WHO have implications beyond Indigenous communities alone. Over time, they may contribute to a reinvention of health systems and care with the wellbeing of people in mind. However, this outcome should not be taken for granted, Tido von Schoen-Angerer from the Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Coalition cautioned, noting that some WHO Member States, particularly European states, had previously shown limited understanding of alternative systems.
Read more: Silenced voices: intercultural perspectives in the prevention, preparation and response to pandemics
PHM’s discussion concluded with a renewed call to continue campaigning for Indigenous participation in all health-related decision-making processes and to strengthen collaboration between progressive organizations in global health. “It is not interculturality to continue foreign programs imposed on our people, but to have a respectful dialogue between both modern Western medicine and traditional ancestral medicine,” Camacho said. Invoking the legacies of left physicians such as Ernesto Che Guevara and Salvador Allende, she emphasized the need for continued struggle. “From the Global South, we must keep speaking out, because we are places that have been colonized, and we are resisting with our own ways and views.”
People’s Health Dispatch is a fortnightly bulletin published by the People’s Health Movement and **Peoples Dispatch****. For more articles and subscriptions to People’s Health Dispatch, click here***.***
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Executive Board, 158th session
The 158th session of the WHO Executive Board take place on 2–7 February 2026.www.who.int
What’s in the WHO’s draft plan for Indigenous peoples’ health? : Peoples Dispatch
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2268…
Right to health networks are preparing for the upcoming meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board with a series of in-depth discussions on key agenda items, organized under the umbrella of the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). On January 19, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) launched this discussion cycle with a conversation on WHO’s Global Plan of Action (GPA) for the Health of Indigenous Peoples – an early draft of which Executive Board members will review between February 2 and 7.In recent years, the health of Indigenous peoples and ancestral medicine have received greater attention in global health forums, following decades of grassroots organizing and advocacy. The document to be reviewed next month builds on discussions from 2023, reflecting growing recognition of Indigenous peoples’ right to the highest attainable standard of health. At the same time, the speakers at the event – as well as the documents under discussion – acknowledged that Indigenous communities continue to face more vulnerability than others, underscoring the need for concerted efforts to realize this right. The draft GPA is thus being developed through consultations, a participatory approach long advocated by civil society within the WHO. As signaled by PHM’s Lauren Paremoer, this has generated cautious optimism among activists.
Read more: World Health Assembly resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples is a landmark moment
Ultimately, however, responsibility for the plan’s expected adoption in 2027 lies with WHO Member States, emphasized Alia El-Yassir, Director of WHO’s Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Sexual Misconduct Prevention. As she walked participants through the current draft and next steps, El-Yassir stressed that many proposed measures – such as ethical data collection and support for Indigenous community members pursuing jobs in health care – require further development and commitment by national governments.While referring to persistent health inequities faced by Indigenous populations, including higher maternal and infant mortality, higher prevalence of chronic and infectious diseases, and lower life expectancy, El-Yassir also situated these outcomes within broader systems still shaped by colonization and structural racism.
Bolivian Indigenous leader and PHM member Dr. Vivian Camacho echoed these concerns, reflecting on the ongoing marginalization of ancestral knowledge and medicine in spaces dominated by perspectives from the Global North. While traditional medicine has been particularly disparaged, Camacho argued that market-driven approaches to health undermine all forms of health work. “If it’s Western modern medicine or traditional ancestral medicine, it should be a human right, not merchandise, not business,” she said, reiterating a longstanding PHM position. “Without social justice, none of us will have health.”
Read more: 5th People’s Health Assembly calls for the transformation of health systems
Indigenous knowledge, participants noted, has not only been sidelined but also exploited for commercial gain, with catastrophic results. This point was raised by Putira Sacuena of Brazil’s Secretariat of Indigenous Health, who cited the example of açaí – a fruit with health-promoting properties that has been recently so aggressively commercialized that it has contributed to environmental degradation in its native ecosystems. The extractivist dynamics that have accompanied the appropriation of ancestral knowledge in the West, speakers agreed, represent serious dangers for both climate justice and planetary survival.As a result, discussions at the WHO have implications beyond Indigenous communities alone. Over time, they may contribute to a reinvention of health systems and care with the wellbeing of people in mind. However, this outcome should not be taken for granted, Tido von Schoen-Angerer from the Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Coalition cautioned, noting that some WHO Member States, particularly European states, had previously shown limited understanding of alternative systems.
Read more: Silenced voices: intercultural perspectives in the prevention, preparation and response to pandemics
PHM’s discussion concluded with a renewed call to continue campaigning for Indigenous participation in all health-related decision-making processes and to strengthen collaboration between progressive organizations in global health. “It is not interculturality to continue foreign programs imposed on our people, but to have a respectful dialogue between both modern Western medicine and traditional ancestral medicine,” Camacho said. Invoking the legacies of left physicians such as Ernesto Che Guevara and Salvador Allende, she emphasized the need for continued struggle. “From the Global South, we must keep speaking out, because we are places that have been colonized, and we are resisting with our own ways and views.”People’s Health Dispatch is a fortnightly bulletin published by the People’s Health Movement and **Peoples Dispatch****. For more articles and subscriptions to People’s Health Dispatch, click here***.***
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What’s in the WHO’s draft plan for Indigenous peoples’ health?
Right to health networks are preparing for the upcoming meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board with a series of in-depth discussions on key agenda items, organized under the umbrella of the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). On January 19, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) launched this discussion cycle with a conversation on WHO’s Global Plan of Action (GPA) for the Health of Indigenous Peoples – an early draft of which Executive Board members will review between February 2 and 7.In recent years, the health of Indigenous peoples and ancestral medicine have received greater attention in global health forums, following decades of grassroots organizing and advocacy. The document to be reviewed next month builds on discussions from 2023, reflecting growing recognition of Indigenous peoples’ right to the highest attainable standard of health. At the same time, the speakers at the event – as well as the documents under discussion – acknowledged that Indigenous communities continue to face more vulnerability than others, underscoring the need for concerted efforts to realize this right. The draft GPA is thus being developed through consultations, a participatory approach long advocated by civil society within the WHO. As signaled by PHM’s Lauren Paremoer, this has generated cautious optimism among activists.
Read more: World Health Assembly resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples is a landmark moment
Ultimately, however, responsibility for the plan’s expected adoption in 2027 lies with WHO Member States, emphasized Alia El-Yassir, Director of WHO’s Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Sexual Misconduct Prevention. As she walked participants through the current draft and next steps, El-Yassir stressed that many proposed measures – such as ethical data collection and support for Indigenous community members pursuing jobs in health care – require further development and commitment by national governments.While referring to persistent health inequities faced by Indigenous populations, including higher maternal and infant mortality, higher prevalence of chronic and infectious diseases, and lower life expectancy, El-Yassir also situated these outcomes within broader systems still shaped by colonization and structural racism.
Bolivian Indigenous leader and PHM member Dr. Vivian Camacho echoed these concerns, reflecting on the ongoing marginalization of ancestral knowledge and medicine in spaces dominated by perspectives from the Global North. While traditional medicine has been particularly disparaged, Camacho argued that market-driven approaches to health undermine all forms of health work. “If it’s Western modern medicine or traditional ancestral medicine, it should be a human right, not merchandise, not business,” she said, reiterating a longstanding PHM position. “Without social justice, none of us will have health.”
Read more: 5th People’s Health Assembly calls for the transformation of health systems
Indigenous knowledge, participants noted, has not only been sidelined but also exploited for commercial gain, with catastrophic results. This point was raised by Putira Sacuena of Brazil’s Secretariat of Indigenous Health, who cited the example of açaí – a fruit with health-promoting properties that has been recently so aggressively commercialized that it has contributed to environmental degradation in its native ecosystems. The extractivist dynamics that have accompanied the appropriation of ancestral knowledge in the West, speakers agreed, represent serious dangers for both climate justice and planetary survival.As a result, discussions at the WHO have implications beyond Indigenous communities alone. Over time, they may contribute to a reinvention of health systems and care with the wellbeing of people in mind. However, this outcome should not be taken for granted, Tido von Schoen-Angerer from the Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Coalition cautioned, noting that some WHO Member States, particularly European states, had previously shown limited understanding of alternative systems.
Read more: Silenced voices: intercultural perspectives in the prevention, preparation and response to pandemics
PHM’s discussion concluded with a renewed call to continue campaigning for Indigenous participation in all health-related decision-making processes and to strengthen collaboration between progressive organizations in global health. “It is not interculturality to continue foreign programs imposed on our people, but to have a respectful dialogue between both modern Western medicine and traditional ancestral medicine,” Camacho said. Invoking the legacies of left physicians such as Ernesto Che Guevara and Salvador Allende, she emphasized the need for continued struggle. “From the Global South, we must keep speaking out, because we are places that have been colonized, and we are resisting with our own ways and views.”People’s Health Dispatch is a fortnightly bulletin published by the People’s Health Movement and **Peoples Dispatch****. For more articles and subscriptions to People’s Health Dispatch, click here***.***
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Executive Board, 158th session
The 158th session of the WHO Executive Board take place on 2–7 February 2026.www.who.int
What’s in the WHO’s draft plan for Indigenous peoples’ health? : Peoples Dispatch
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/7454380
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2268…
Right to health networks are preparing for the upcoming meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board with a series of in-depth discussions on key agenda items, organized under the umbrella of the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). On January 19, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) launched this discussion cycle with a conversation on WHO’s Global Plan of Action (GPA) for the Health of Indigenous Peoples – an early draft of which Executive Board members will review between February 2 and 7.In recent years, the health of Indigenous peoples and ancestral medicine have received greater attention in global health forums, following decades of grassroots organizing and advocacy. The document to be reviewed next month builds on discussions from 2023, reflecting growing recognition of Indigenous peoples’ right to the highest attainable standard of health. At the same time, the speakers at the event – as well as the documents under discussion – acknowledged that Indigenous communities continue to face more vulnerability than others, underscoring the need for concerted efforts to realize this right. The draft GPA is thus being developed through consultations, a participatory approach long advocated by civil society within the WHO. As signaled by PHM’s Lauren Paremoer, this has generated cautious optimism among activists.
Read more: World Health Assembly resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples is a landmark moment
Ultimately, however, responsibility for the plan’s expected adoption in 2027 lies with WHO Member States, emphasized Alia El-Yassir, Director of WHO’s Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Sexual Misconduct Prevention. As she walked participants through the current draft and next steps, El-Yassir stressed that many proposed measures – such as ethical data collection and support for Indigenous community members pursuing jobs in health care – require further development and commitment by national governments.While referring to persistent health inequities faced by Indigenous populations, including higher maternal and infant mortality, higher prevalence of chronic and infectious diseases, and lower life expectancy, El-Yassir also situated these outcomes within broader systems still shaped by colonization and structural racism.
Bolivian Indigenous leader and PHM member Dr. Vivian Camacho echoed these concerns, reflecting on the ongoing marginalization of ancestral knowledge and medicine in spaces dominated by perspectives from the Global North. While traditional medicine has been particularly disparaged, Camacho argued that market-driven approaches to health undermine all forms of health work. “If it’s Western modern medicine or traditional ancestral medicine, it should be a human right, not merchandise, not business,” she said, reiterating a longstanding PHM position. “Without social justice, none of us will have health.”
Read more: 5th People’s Health Assembly calls for the transformation of health systems
Indigenous knowledge, participants noted, has not only been sidelined but also exploited for commercial gain, with catastrophic results. This point was raised by Putira Sacuena of Brazil’s Secretariat of Indigenous Health, who cited the example of açaí – a fruit with health-promoting properties that has been recently so aggressively commercialized that it has contributed to environmental degradation in its native ecosystems. The extractivist dynamics that have accompanied the appropriation of ancestral knowledge in the West, speakers agreed, represent serious dangers for both climate justice and planetary survival.As a result, discussions at the WHO have implications beyond Indigenous communities alone. Over time, they may contribute to a reinvention of health systems and care with the wellbeing of people in mind. However, this outcome should not be taken for granted, Tido von Schoen-Angerer from the Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Coalition cautioned, noting that some WHO Member States, particularly European states, had previously shown limited understanding of alternative systems.
Read more: Silenced voices: intercultural perspectives in the prevention, preparation and response to pandemics
PHM’s discussion concluded with a renewed call to continue campaigning for Indigenous participation in all health-related decision-making processes and to strengthen collaboration between progressive organizations in global health. “It is not interculturality to continue foreign programs imposed on our people, but to have a respectful dialogue between both modern Western medicine and traditional ancestral medicine,” Camacho said. Invoking the legacies of left physicians such as Ernesto Che Guevara and Salvador Allende, she emphasized the need for continued struggle. “From the Global South, we must keep speaking out, because we are places that have been colonized, and we are resisting with our own ways and views.”People’s Health Dispatch is a fortnightly bulletin published by the People’s Health Movement and **Peoples Dispatch****. For more articles and subscriptions to People’s Health Dispatch, click here***.***
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What’s in the WHO’s draft plan for Indigenous peoples’ health? : Peoples Dispatch
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2268…Right to health networks are preparing for the upcoming meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board with a series of in-depth discussions on key agenda items, organized under the umbrella of the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). On January 19, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) launched this discussion cycle with a conversation on WHO’s Global Plan of Action (GPA) for the Health of Indigenous Peoples – an early draft of which Executive Board members will review between February 2 and 7.In recent years, the health of Indigenous peoples and ancestral medicine have received greater attention in global health forums, following decades of grassroots organizing and advocacy. The document to be reviewed next month builds on discussions from 2023, reflecting growing recognition of Indigenous peoples’ right to the highest attainable standard of health. At the same time, the speakers at the event – as well as the documents under discussion – acknowledged that Indigenous communities continue to face more vulnerability than others, underscoring the need for concerted efforts to realize this right. The draft GPA is thus being developed through consultations, a participatory approach long advocated by civil society within the WHO. As signaled by PHM’s Lauren Paremoer, this has generated cautious optimism among activists.
Read more: World Health Assembly resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples is a landmark moment
Ultimately, however, responsibility for the plan’s expected adoption in 2027 lies with WHO Member States, emphasized Alia El-Yassir, Director of WHO’s Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Sexual Misconduct Prevention. As she walked participants through the current draft and next steps, El-Yassir stressed that many proposed measures – such as ethical data collection and support for Indigenous community members pursuing jobs in health care – require further development and commitment by national governments.While referring to persistent health inequities faced by Indigenous populations, including higher maternal and infant mortality, higher prevalence of chronic and infectious diseases, and lower life expectancy, El-Yassir also situated these outcomes within broader systems still shaped by colonization and structural racism.
Bolivian Indigenous leader and PHM member Dr. Vivian Camacho echoed these concerns, reflecting on the ongoing marginalization of ancestral knowledge and medicine in spaces dominated by perspectives from the Global North. While traditional medicine has been particularly disparaged, Camacho argued that market-driven approaches to health undermine all forms of health work. “If it’s Western modern medicine or traditional ancestral medicine, it should be a human right, not merchandise, not business,” she said, reiterating a longstanding PHM position. “Without social justice, none of us will have health.”
Read more: 5th People’s Health Assembly calls for the transformation of health systems
Indigenous knowledge, participants noted, has not only been sidelined but also exploited for commercial gain, with catastrophic results. This point was raised by Putira Sacuena of Brazil’s Secretariat of Indigenous Health, who cited the example of açaí – a fruit with health-promoting properties that has been recently so aggressively commercialized that it has contributed to environmental degradation in its native ecosystems. The extractivist dynamics that have accompanied the appropriation of ancestral knowledge in the West, speakers agreed, represent serious dangers for both climate justice and planetary survival.As a result, discussions at the WHO have implications beyond Indigenous communities alone. Over time, they may contribute to a reinvention of health systems and care with the wellbeing of people in mind. However, this outcome should not be taken for granted, Tido von Schoen-Angerer from the Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Coalition cautioned, noting that some WHO Member States, particularly European states, had previously shown limited understanding of alternative systems.
Read more: Silenced voices: intercultural perspectives in the prevention, preparation and response to pandemics
PHM’s discussion concluded with a renewed call to continue campaigning for Indigenous participation in all health-related decision-making processes and to strengthen collaboration between progressive organizations in global health. “It is not interculturality to continue foreign programs imposed on our people, but to have a respectful dialogue between both modern Western medicine and traditional ancestral medicine,” Camacho said. Invoking the legacies of left physicians such as Ernesto Che Guevara and Salvador Allende, she emphasized the need for continued struggle. “From the Global South, we must keep speaking out, because we are places that have been colonized, and we are resisting with our own ways and views.”People’s Health Dispatch is a fortnightly bulletin published by the People’s Health Movement and **Peoples Dispatch****. For more articles and subscriptions to People’s Health Dispatch, click here***.***
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Executive Board, 158th session
The 158th session of the WHO Executive Board take place on 2–7 February 2026.www.who.int
Flying blind at Mach 1: how China brings world’s first supersonic rail to life
Flying blind at Mach 1: how China is bringing world’s first supersonic rail to life
Peer-reviewed paper sheds light on Chinese research team’s sonic breakthrough, achieved by ‘listening’ to system’s power supply.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
I published my first app on Flathub
Hi. I recently published my app on Flathub and have been steadily updating it to make it better.
With it you can download Music from Youtube and tag it to create a beautiful collection of local Music. Check it out: flathub.org/apps/net.fhannenhe…
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That's what things like deb and rpm are for, or scripts to download and compile locally.
Edit: thank you tomalley8342 for being the single person to reply with any basic sense. It's a hell of a thing to thank someone for but with how stupid everyone else has made this comment thread I really do mean it.
I don't even like Flatpak, yet here I am thinking this is a stupid comment.
Congrats to Katzenmann for publishing this app. Will try it on my Debian phone, was looking for something like this!
tl;dr rust yt-dlp frontend in a flatpak for some reason
This is why we can't have nice things.
~~The community~~ Vocal members thereof, instead of seeing genuine effort as something praiseworthy always find the worst stupid angle to belittle well-meaning people from.
I'd sure like to know where I belittled OP. The comment is factual, no judgments were made. Not by me anyway.
I'm judging the shit out of you now though.
yt-dlp is amazing, but not everyone likes to use CLI tools (and, looking down the thread, not everyone prefers native packets as they may cause dependency issues and need extra tools for permissions control).
Even in a geeky Linux space, many people just want to push a button in a nice interface and get what they want. This app provides just that.
Abandon elitism, embrace variety. And use the tools you prefer - after all, plenty of Linux video/music downloaders have yt-dlp under the hood, and I use it on a regular.
Abandon elitism
Especially the made up kind. 🙄 The good news is lots of people here won't show up in my feeds anymore.
I had similar problems where the logs say it moved the file to my Music directory, but the directory was empty. I made multiple attempts using different directories and making sure the app has permissions with flatseal, but no luck.
It seems like a nice app though, I'm gonna keep an eye on it!
That may be a mistake on my part
Hey, thanks for the response! I tried again with the recent update (--version says 1.2.1) and still having the problem. The button you refer to opens my file manager in the system root directory, instead of the download directory shown in settings which is now by default set to my home folder instead of ~/Music like in the prior version.
To recreate, I ran the app from the CLI and searched the videos tab for "flowers", then clicked download on the top result. The metadata pages had blank values (are they supposed to populate automatically somehow?), and I clicked through until I got to the final page below.
::: spoiler flowers
~$ flatpak run net.fhannenheim.musicfetch --version
musicfetch_gui 1.2.1
~$ flatpak run net.fhannenheim.musicfetch
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
MESA: error: ZINK: failed to choose pdev
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
MESA: error: ZINK: failed to choose pdev
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
[2026-01-28T19:22:43Z INFO musicfetch_gui::app] Starting download of 1 songs
[2026-01-28T19:22:43Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::download] running yt-dlp with args ["--ignore-config", "-x", "-f", "ba", "-o", "/tmp/musicfetch/%(id)s.%(ext)s", "--load-info-json", "-", "-O", "after_move:filepath", "--progress-template", "download:%(progress.downloaded_bytes)s-%(progress.total_bytes)s-%(progress.downloaded_bytes_estimate)s", "--newline", "--progress"]
[2026-01-28T19:22:44Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::download] All songs downloaded
[2026-01-28T19:22:52Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::tagwriter] reading filetype from path /tmp/musicfetch/G7KNmW9a75Y.opus
[2026-01-28T19:22:52Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::tagwriter] filepath extension: Some("opus")
[2026-01-28T19:22:52Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::rename] moving song to: //1 - .opus
[2026-01-28T19:22:52Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::rename] creating parent dir: /:::
PS: I tried again with another song (Big Boogie - Shut Up) that seems to have metadata available from however MusicFetch is finding metadata. The logs are slightly different in that it seems to attempt to save the file where it is configured to do so (the home folder), but there's still not actually a file saved in that location when I click to open in my file manager:
::: spoiler big boogie
$ flatpak run net.fhannenheim.musicfetch
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
MESA: error: ZINK: failed to choose pdev
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
MESA: error: ZINK: failed to choose pdev
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
[2026-01-28T19:31:10Z INFO musicfetch_gui::app] Starting download of 1 songs
[2026-01-28T19:31:10Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::download] running yt-dlp with args ["--ignore-config", "-x", "-f", "ba", "-o", "/tmp/musicfetch/%(id)s.%(ext)s", "--load-info-json", "-", "-O", "after_move:filepath", "--progress-template", "download:%(progress.downloaded_bytes)s-%(progress.total_bytes)s-%(progress.downloaded_bytes_estimate)s", "--newline", "--progress"]
[2026-01-28T19:31:11Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::download] All songs downloaded
[2026-01-28T19:31:17Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::tagwriter] reading filetype from path /tmp/musicfetch/B9RNRhoUr6E.opus
[2026-01-28T19:31:17Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::tagwriter] filepath extension: Some("opus")
[2026-01-28T19:31:17Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::rename] moving song to: /home/luke
/Big Boogie/Shut Up/1 - Shut Up.opus
[2026-01-28T19:31:17Z INFO musicfetch_gui::modules::rename] creating parent dir: /home/luke
/Big Boogie/Shut Up
[2026-01-28T19:31:23Z INFO musicfetch_gui::app::update] Opening directory at /home/luke
/Big Boogie/Shut Up:::
Edit: forgot to mention, I'm using Fedora Workstation 43, in case that's relevant for you.
Good luck with the app, it's a really good idea!
flatpak run --command=bash net.fhannenheim.musicfetch and running xdg-user-dir MUSIC in the bash shell?
$ flatpak run --command=bash net.fhannenheim.musicfetch
[📦 net.fhannenheim.musicfetch ~]$ xdg-user-dir MUSIC
/home/lukeFlatseal shows that the app has requested permission to access xdg-music, which in my case is my home directory. I would assume that means it should be able to write there, but maybe the "All user files" toggle being off supercedes that? I'm not sure how flatpak permissions work, exactly.
I've now tried a fresh install in a Fedora Workstation 43 VM with the language set to German and it worked.
You could try rm .config/cosmic/net.fhannenheim.musicfetch -rf to reset the app and try again.
Well. I don't know why I didn't catch this earlier but I've found the bug now. I had a trailing newline in the download path. This sucks.
It's fixed now and should be released in 1-2 hours on flathub
I tried the new version of the app (1.3.1) and it works a little better. As mentioned in my other comment, the app tries by default to write to my home directory, which fails. However, if I manually tell the app to use ~/Downloads instead, then it works!
On the other hand, closing and relaunching the app again clears out what I've manually configured and it tries to write to my home directory again until I change it every time.
(Also, apologies, I should be reporting to your issue tracker instead.)
Hmm. You can set the Download directory in the settings, by clicking on the settings button on the top left.
I didn't anticipate Localized Music directory names
It doesn't seem to be set in the Flatpak container. Also .config/user-dirs.dirs is inaccessible.
I'll probably have to request access to that file
our politics in the last decade are full of this shit, more than usual. there are some delicious moments only brazil can provide you.
for the next shenanigans, tune in to the next episode where bolsonaro and his gang try to break out of prison.
You aren't wrong for liking what you like. But I love subtext, make me riddle out the meaning.
I know this isn't all 'non-subtext' works, but I hate when theres a beautiful passage that neatly implies what a character is thinking and feeling indirectly... Followed by them just blithely stating their current emotional state out loud. Hits like a sack of bricks every time.
i don't hate subtext, but reading some authors who most people consider garbage (very likely on the spectrum), it made me realize that there should be no rules.
who decided that subtext was superior than direct text. or poetry better than vulgarity? those are arbitrary rules and stuff that breaks all convections can be amazing.
and I will genuinely hold that Chuck tingle is worth a read. he breaks every single convection, and still makes books are that so loving and wholesome I actually had to hug his trans Harry Potter finalist erotica.
not saying one is bad or better. just that those rules are made up and it's ok to break them.
70 ish people were struck
No, the funniest thing is that was exactly 72 people which is the best meme Bolsonaro's gang gave us: "Só mais 72hrs..."(Only 72 more hours...).
Windows 10 theme for XFCE4 or Mate
Hi guys.
My mom has pretty old and shitty home HP notebook and I was thinking that since she mainly uses it for browsing Facebook and watching Youtube that I would upgrade it for her to Linux instead of Win 11. The only thing is that I want some lightweight desktop like XFCE or maybe Mate and to make it as painless as possible for her I would like to install Windows 10 looking theme on that machine.
Do you guys know of any good themes that are updated at least on semi-regular?
Thanks. ;)
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First of all, I apologize for not answering your specific question about themes but.
To be honest, instead of struggling with themes on XFCE or MATE, you should consider that there isn't much difference in performance right now between those and Cinnamon or KDE Plasma. Both have a workflow very similar to Windows 10 out of the box, which would make the transition much more painless for your mom.
I highly recommend Linux Mint (Cinnamon Edition); it's the gold standard for 'it just works' and feels like Windows 10 without needing extra themes. If you prefer Plasma, Kubuntu or Tuxedo OS are excellent, stable, and beginner-friendly options that run great on older hardware without being 'bleeding edge' or unstable.
So I checked the specs, I misremembered. The CPU in the systems I'm using is a Pentium G630 @2.7 GHz with 4gb of ddr3. Benchmarks put that at about double the Celeron N3060 in performance. I'm also booting from an internal SATA SSD.
I think the most limiting factor for you is the live boot, it is pretty much always slower to boot from a live image than from an install.
Cinnamon, maybe... But KDE plasma? You must be joking. How do you get KDE plasma down to 300 to 500 mb memory use?
There's a good reason xfce is the de of choice for low-resource systems like raspberry pi.
The only criticism I agree with here is the footprint, KDE is indeed heavy and not recommanded for old machines.
KDE? Lightweight? Even cinnamon is incredibly heavy next to xfce and lxde.
Have you ever used a sub-4GB of memory machine?
I do second mint (LMDE) for a non gamer and non tech savy windows 10 refugee though, it's debian so, stable, and cinnamon is an okay-ish middle ground between KDE usability and xfce weight.
I second the recommendation of Linux Mint. Try a Live USB, and see if it feels fast. If it does, it is a great option.
In terms of theme, have you considered that Linux Mint's theme is sexy as hell? I wouldn't install it apologetically. I think it sells itself well.
Edit: and the practical stuff is all in the same places as on Windows, anyway. Start menu is in the lower left. Bar is along the bottom. Time and network applet are in the lower right.
The few ways I have noticed it is different seem to be because Mint doesn't require corporate branding and names a few things in plain language, instead of MS jargon.
I found a Windows XP theme for Cinnamon. Not because I need it to look like Windows, but because nostalgia can be fun and XP was iconic. The bit I really like is the actual Windows XP default system sounds I also got my paws on, though. That was back when software developers cared about good soundscapes!
Though I have to admit, the classic grey boxy look basically every computer GUI had in the 90s is also something I really like. So maybe I'm just way more stuck in the old days of tech than my chronological age might suggest is possible.
Yes, it's possible, look here: mastodon.social/@eugenialoli/1…
My XFce Win11-like theme under Linux #Mint. The theme has a couple of bugs, but overall it works well.I found that XFce is the most themeable of the DEs, however it has started showing its age. For example, no connection of open apps to their launcher (they open a second icon), no "live" thumbnail of an open app, etc.
#linux #opensource #foss #theme #xfce #win11 #windows #windows11 #linuxmint
PIJ says it gave location of last Israeli captive’s remains to mediators weeks ago
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson of the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), says the group handed the coordinates for the location of the body of Ran Gvili to the mediators three weeks ago based on new information.
“But the enemy deliberately delayed the coordination and search operations,” Abu Hamza alleged.
Updates: Gaza residents demand aid, Rafah opening after last captive found
Palestinians in Gaza urge mediators to pressure Israel into fulfilling humanitarian commitments outlined in ceasefire.Faisal Ali (Al Jazeera)
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Remains of last Israeli captive recovered from Gaza, says Israeli military
The Israeli military says the remains of Ran Gvili, the last Israeli captive in the Gaza Strip, have been retrieved, clearing the way for the next phase of a ceasefire deal agreed in October.
“Following the completion of the identification process by the National Centre of Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israel Police and the Military Rabbinate, [military] representatives informed the family of the late Ran Gvili that his body has been returned for burial,” said army spokesman Avichay Adraee.
Remains of last Israeli captive Ran Gvili recovered from Gaza, says Israel
Retrieval of Gvili’s body could pave the way for next phase of the ceasefire, including reopening the Rafah crossing.Al Jazeera
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