Senate passes bill to stop shutdown, sending it to President Biden's desk
cross-posted from: thelemmy.club/post/20455336
Congress managed to pass a short-term spending bill through both chambers after going through three different versions of it.
IOF admit to opening fire on protesters in southern Syria
The Israeli occupation forces acknowledged their use of live ammunition against protesters in southern Syria, claiming the action targeted what they described as a "threat."
According to an IOF statement, one protester sustained a gunshot wound to the leg in the village of Maaria.
The incident unfolded during a demonstration against the Israeli military presence and its encroachment on agricultural lands in the area.
It is worth noting that the IOF recently occupied two villages in the Yarmouk Basin region of Daraa province in southern Syria. These actions are part of what appears to be an ongoing expansion of Israeli-occupied territories in Syria, particularly since the emergence of new regime forces in the country.
IOF admit to opening fire on protesters in southern Syria
The incident unfolded during a demonstration against the Israeli military presence and its encroachment on agricultural lands in the village of Maaria.Al Mayadeen English (IOF admit to opening fire on protesters in southern Syria)
James Gunn Says 'Superman's Trailer Is The "Most Viewed" In The "History Of Both DC & Warner Bros."
James Gunn Says 'Superman's Trailer Is The "Most Viewed" In The "History Of Both DC & Warner Bros."
James Gunn is celebrating the rollout of the trailer for Superman after releasing the preview for the DC Studios film on Thursday, December 19.Armando Tinoco (Deadline)
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
Congress did not manage to send a spending bill to President Biden's desk before the pre-Christmas deadline.Julia Johnson (Fox News)
rick and morty said it best for me:
your boos mean nothing to me; i've seen what make you cheer!
it works well in the realm of politics because now centrists are a-okay with genocide so long as they believe that the other guy is going to genocide harder.
Slovak PM accuses Zelensky of attempted bribery
Slovak PM accuses Zelensky of attempted bribery
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico reveals that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked if he would vote in favor of Ukraine's NATO membership in exchange for €500 million from Russian assets frozen in the West.Al Mayadeen English (Slovak PM accuses Zelensky of attempted bribery)
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Wayland Protocol 1.39 released
This new release contains two new protocols:
- ext-data-control - allow privileged clients to control data devices, e.g. a clipboard manager.
- ext-workspace - receive events about and control workspaces, useful for e.g. workspace indicators.
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Betterbird: A Thunderbird Fork That Promises Better Features
Betterbird: A Thunderbird Fork That Promises Better Features
A better Thunderbird? Let's take a look!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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The homepage of their website also has a very 'holier-than-thou' feel to it, it's not horrifically bad, but something about how it's written makes me feel like I'm being preached to by a televangelist.
Report: German Xmas market attacker is Saudi anti-Islamist who shared pro-Israel content
The suspect in the deadly ramming at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an anti-Islam activist who shared pro-Israel content on social media in the wake of the October 7 attacks, The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to the Journal report, the suspect, a Saudi national who had moved to Germany in 2006, ran a website and social media channels warning against Islam and discussing women’s rights, as well as posting content in support of Israel.
He also showed support for Germany’s far-right anti-immigration AfD party, the report said.
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He was wrong, but Im not sure he had contradictory beliefs.
The only thing that stands out IMO is him being for AfD - but that makes sense if you note that anti-immigration sentiment among ex-muslims when it shows up is actually specifically against muslim immigration, not immigration in general (Im exmuslim and spent a bunch of time in online exmuslim spaces).
He ran a forum to help atheist Saudis seek asylum, and his last tweets were among other things anger at the German failure to help Saudi asylum seekers. Clearly not anti-immigration.
Israelis Continue to Leave Country - Official Reports Indicate
Israelis Continue to Leave Country - Official Reports Indicate - Palestine Chronicle
It is possible that 2024 “ends with more Israelis leaving the country than coming in,” the Independent has reported.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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Lift Sanctions to Give Syria a Chance to Recover
Lift Sanctions to Give Syria a Chance to Recover
Syrians have created a historic opportunity, albeit precarious, to build a democratic, pluralistic state. The moment of opportunity dawned on December 8,Dara (The Century Foundation)
Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank
Governor of Salfit says the settlers had previously entered the village ‘under the protection of the Israeli army’.Al Jazeera
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that star of david in the pic reminds me of the same star being used by nazis to identify jewish business in nazi germany.
they've gone full circle from being oppressed to being the oppressors and; like our own facists; they're completely unaware of it despite the evidence in front of their faces.
UN Asks International Court to Probe Legality of Israel’s Ban on UNRWA
UN Asks International Court to Probe Legality of Israel’s Ban on UNRWA
The US was one of only 12 states to vote against the resolution aimed at affirming Palestinian refugees’ rights.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
Terroristen i Magdeburg som dödade minst 5 och skadade fler än 200 är en man från Saudiarabien som fick asyl i Tyskland på grund av sin antimuslimska hållning. Han sympatiserar med det högerextrema partiet AfD samt hatar muslimer och vänstern.
En person åtalad för mordförsök i Vårberg. En 18-årig man åtalats Vid Södertörns tingsrätt för förberedelse till mord, mordförsök, grovt vapenbrott, människorov och grovt olaga hot. Händelserna ägde rum vid tre tillfällen i december 2023 i Vårberg i södra Stockholm.
Tonåringar skyldiga till att ha planerat ett mord. Nyköpings tingsrätt har dömt en 18-årig man för bland annat stämpling till mord och anstiftan av försök till rån. Samtidigt fann tingsrätten att en annan tonåring, som då var 14 år, också är skyldig till mordplanen.
Elon Musk applauds the German neo-Nazi party
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/29791263
After rallying behind Trump, the tech billionaire supports AfD and other anti-immigration parties.
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For many years, I considered buying a Tesla model S. But I hesitated because the privacy invasion conducted by modern automobiles on their drivers - not just Tesla - puts me off.
Now I will for sure never purchase any Tesla vehicle.
And I closed my Paypal account. [EDIT: Musk doesn't own any Paypal stock anymore, so nevermind that}
And I left Twitter.
And I will never get the Starlink service.
And I will never use OpenAI or xAI products if I can avoid it.
At this point, I think it's a moral duty to boycott any and all products or services that Musk invests in or makes money out of.
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Hmm yeah, I thought he still owned Paypal shares, but he doesn't.
Well, Paypal sucks anyway. So no biggie.
He's obviously doing all of this to get less regulation, which in turn means more money and more power, more being able to do what he wants. Big corporations and rich businessmen will benefit from that short-term, but long-term we all suffer, because we'll get a neo-nazi government and do even less against climate change.
Even if we manage to prevent or at least overcome the neo-nazi government once people realize that's not a good thing to have, nature will be standing right next in line to punish us really hard for being so goddamn stupid.
History will not remember us fondly. Future survivors will think of our generation(s) as insane and/or stupid, when they learn that people willingly voted for entities which destroy the planet even more, and make living conditions for citizens even worse, despite knowing better way ahead of time (earth heating up is known since the 1970s or so, and the results of nazi-governments are also known very well), and despite having the internet as an easy means of global communication and coordination.
and do even less against climate change
Their plan is to just skedaddle to somewhere relatively unaffected by climate change. That's something you can do when you have more money than god. That's why a lot of the richest people already have bought large tracts of land and villas in areas they think will be okay, like New Zealand.
History will not remember us fondly. Future survivors will think of our generation(s) as insane and/or stupid
Kinda like how we wonder about the people of the Weimar Republic now.
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