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[New York Times] Trump Tells U.K. and Canada That Boosting Trade With China Is ‘Dangerous’


Just to provide context that the narrative Trump conveys is fake as usual and extremely hypocritical. America by sheer numbers trades more with China but even by percentage:

Source:
youtu.be/eQKmPACbKQA?t=911

Source Source:
tradingeconomics.com/united-st…



Recommendations of Open-source P2P clipboard sync (iOS / Android / Windows)


Looking for recommendations for an open-source, peer-to-peer clipboard sync that works across iOS, Android, and Windows and Linux, with no central servers or accounts, best to have end-to-end encryption). Does anything like this already exist, or is this still an unsolved gap?
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in reply to tatoko556

KDE connect.
Copying from pc to phone is automatic, but not vice versa.
in reply to somerandomperson

I found this too, but bidirectional support is important to me. I’m also not sure how it would work between Android and iOS.
in reply to tatoko556

Well...
there really is no tool for full bidirectional support. Probbably android (and ios) not letting random apps get the clipboard on the background.
in reply to somerandomperson

on ios it can be achieved with shorcuts, not sure about android
in reply to tatoko556

Back in the day Tasker was the ultimate automation app. Don’t know how it has aged.
in reply to tatoko556

It supports sharing your clipboard from mobile to desktop you just need to select the click click share & then click on your desktop.
in reply to tatoko556

userbase.kde.org/KDEConnect#Cl…

The log reading workaround seems to solve that issue in my case. The only catch is that I need to allow this permission once (there's a graphical prompt - the adb commands aren't needed) when I start the app for the first time, or after force-quitting the background app.

in reply to tatoko556

If you're not interested in KDE Connect, you can always try ClipShare. It doesn't support iOS but works on Android and all the major desktop OS.


Maybe if you add some cheese...


Cheese Puffs—Wikipedia.

"Cheese puffs were invented independently by two companies in the United States during the 1930s. According to one account, Edward Wilson noticed strings of puffed corn oozing from flaking machines in the mid 1930s at the Flakall Corporation of Beloit, Wisconsin, a producer of flaked, partially cooked animal feed. He experimented and developed it into a snack. Clarence J. Schwebke applied for an improved extruder patent in 1939 and the product, named Korn Kurls, was commercialized in 1946 by the Adams Corporation, formed by one of the founders of Flakall and his sons. Adams was later bought by Beatrice Foods.

Another version was created by the Elmer Candy Corporation of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1936."

in reply to Nyctfall

I often describe cheese puffs as styrofoam coated in cheese dust and I love them for it


Mexico president says Trump tariffs on Cuba’s oil suppliers could trigger humanitarian crisis


Thomas Graham in Tijuana and Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
Fri 30 Jan 2026 13.08 EST

Sheinbaum’s comments came after a week of increasing threats from Washington. US officials briefed that gunboats could be deployed off Cuba, and said efforts were under way to find Cuban ministers prepared to collaborate with the US.

Speaking on Wednesday, Mike Hammer, the US chargé d’affaires in Havana, said: “The Cubans have complained for years about a ‘blockade’, but now there is going to be a real blockade.”

in reply to Peter Link

Disturbing. Not clear what us wants with cuba. They'd be willing to buy all their oil from them whether intermidiary of Venezuela or canada. They don't have massive resources the us wants.


Writing Club - January 2026


Welcome to the 19th writing club update, and first update of the new year! Continuing with my numerical tie-ins that no one asked for and which I refuse to give up, XIX is the number of The Sun card in the tarot deck. It's currently a blistering winter here, so a kiss of sunshine sounds lovely.

Anyway, according to Wikipedia, this card is "often seen as a sign of achievement and authentic self-expression" which sounds great for writing, so whether you put any truck in tarot, you could do worse than to head into the rest of the year with that thought.

I hope you've all had a brilliant year so far, but even if you haven't (maybe especially so) I want to hear from you. That goes for any passersby: feel free to chime in with your thoughts or writerly projects.




The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake


#USA






in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Fecking horrendous. Luckily it doesn't get that hot here in New Zealand but the trouble is that a lot of new units have really good insulation but no way to get the heat out of the room. If it gets to 30 here it's probably going to be 36 degrees in my room until 11pm. If it's going to get hot then I'll chill glass bottles with water in them and pour over my head in the shower.



Israel announces "limited" opening of Rafah crossing; Fighting erupts between Ethiopian troops and Tigray forces; Trump weighs attack on Iran




Israel announces "limited" opening of Rafah crossing; Fighting erupts between Ethiopian troops and Tigray forces; Trump weighs attack on Iran




Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native


"You don't need a DEA warrant or a Justice Department subpoena to see the trend: Europe's 90‑plus‑percent dependency on US cloud infrastructure, as former European Commission advisor Cristina Caffarra put it, is a single‑shock‑event security nightmare waiting to rupture the EU's digital stability."


Israel announces "limited" opening of Rafah crossing; Fighting erupts between Ethiopian troops and Tigray forces; Trump weighs attack on Iran


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