Peter Holderith published a build for an electric go-kart for around $750, and made improvements to make it more robust and supportive for various riders.
My Cheap Electric Go-Kart Is Better Than Ever—and Now You Can Build It Too
We spent months designing and building a cheap electric go-kart that anyone can assemble at home. Now, we're releasing the plans for free.Peter Holderith (The Drive)
It’s comical to watch liberals twist themselves into knots as they decry an oligarch they dislike for wielding his wealth like a cudgel to force through his self-serving political agenda.
Elon Musk Biographer Details Why He Thinks Billionaire Is ‘Going Mad’
Seth Abramson writes that his subject may be “deeply unwell.”Josh Fiallo (The Daily Beast)
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Israeli Forces Admit to Hiding Soldiers in Ambulance in West Bank Raid
Israeli Forces Admit to Hiding Soldiers in Ambulance in West Bank Raid
The incident represents “a flagrant violation” of international law, a UN expert said.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
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Why the fuck did you even bring up Jewishness into this?
Israel is not Jewish people.
Because a ton of bad faith actors are equating the two.
Fucking Jerry Seinfeld.
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Israel is not Jewish people.
That's exactly what I said, and I said it because it's necessary to remind people of that. Antisemitism is absolutely on the rise, so the distinction matters to me.
Come on now. "Jewish" can of course refer to the religion of Judaism but "Jew" is definitely a term for an ethnicity, both in common usage and more formal realms.
Who is a Jew? "Jewish identity is also commonly defined through ethnicity. Opinion polls have suggested that the majority of modern Jews see being Jewish as predominantly a matter of ancestry and culture, rather than religion." "The term "Jew" lends itself to several definitions beyond simply denoting one who practices Judaism."
If you don't like Wikipedia "Jews are a distinct ethnicity due to a combination of shared cultural, historical, and ancestral ties. Below are some examples of key factors that make Jews an ethnicity..."
University of Michigan, "Religion or Ethnicity? : The Evolution of Jewish Identities". "Jewish identity has been defined as an ethnicity, a nation, a culture, and even a race."
Pew Research "Religion is not central to the lives of most U.S. Jews. Even Jews by religion are much less likely than Christian adults to consider religion to be very important in their lives (28% vs. 57%)."
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Eh, I find that not very convincing, especially when distinct religious groups like the Ethiopian Jews and other such groups exist that have very little other than religion in common with the dominant group that is commonly referred to as Jews.
Confusing Jewishness and Judaism with culture and ethnicity is IMHO a tactic that Zionists (and funnily enough also antisemites) use to push their agenda and it usually comes with discrimination of other Jews like for example those from Ethiopia.
And most Christians in Europe are also not very religious.
So Ethiopian Jews don't exist? It clearly refers to a religion, just like Christian does.
The rest is Zionist propaganda.
And what "ethnicity" is that supposed to be? "White" Jews are for the most part ethnically and largely also genetically indistingishable from central Europeans.
US Americans have a strange obsession with "race", and Zionists played right into that by establishing the false idea that Jewishness is a race or ethnicity.
In Europe this is a very uncommon view by the way, and most people consider Jewishness a purely religious description and the last people that tried to make it an ethnic description were literal Nazis.
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There are plenty of Jewish people who consider "Jewish" as being both a religious and ethnic identifier. I used to think of Jewishness as purely a religious description until I actually met some Jews (I moved from a tiny village to a larger town that had a decently sized Jewish community, and one of my close friends was Jewish), who disagreed with my impression. For additional context, I live in the UK, so your blanket statement about Europe does not apply to the level that you state it.
"the last people that tried to make it an ethnic description were literal Nazis."
Given that there are many Jews who recognise "Jewishness" as pertaining to both religion and to ethnicity, in the present day, it seems quite inappropriate to make this comparison. I realise that you're seeking to denounce Israel's ethnonationalism, but it's possible to criticise Zionism without having to deny the existence of Jewish ethnic groups. Hell, one of the things I found especially powerful about my local pro-Palestine demonstrations was seeing how much I learned about Judaism by working alongside secular Jews and religious Jews brought together by anti-Zionism.
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'All Attempts Denied' - Israel Blocks Humanitarian Aid to Northern Gaza
'All Attempts Denied' - Israel Blocks Humanitarian Aid to Northern Gaza - Palestine Chronicle
Amidst a humanitarian catastrophe, Israel continues to deny the delivery of humanitarian aid to northern Gaza, the United Nations has said.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
Amnesty International Israel ‘Publicly Discredited’ Human Rights Research - Israel Branch Suspended
Amnesty Israel ‘Publicly Discredited’ Human Rights Research - Branch Suspended - Palestine Chronicle
The International Board of Amnesty suspended Amnesty International Israel’s membership for two years for criticism of recent reports.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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“Amnesty Israel was given two reasons from Amnesty International for the suspension: first, the branch conducts itself in a racist manner against Palestinians; second, the reports and messaging coming from Amnesty Israel do not align with Amnesty International,” the Israeli i24 news channel reported on Tuesday, citing “a source inside Amnesty International.”The Jerusalem Post cited “leaked internal memorandums issued on Monday” that includes allegations that the Israel branch “systematically excluded Palestinians.”
“We take this action in response to evidence of endemic anti-Palestinian racism within AI Israel, which violates core human rights principles and Amnesty values, and evidence of AI Israel’s misalignment with and hostility to Amnesty positions,” an email from the IB Amnesty International interim chair Tiumalu Lauvale Peter Fa’afiu reportedly stated, said the Jerusalem Post.
Ourabi and Kader reportedly said that they left because Amnesty Israel “supposedly ignored Israeli human rights violations, and was focused on the impact of October 7 when a year later the war barely impacted Israelis as Palestinians continued to suffer.”
Bild published pro-Netanyahu disinformation. Where is the outcry?
Bild published pro-Netanyahu disinformation. Where is the outcry?
The role of Germany’s largest newspaper in the ‘Bibileaks’ scandal highlights the need for a reckoning on Israel-Palestine in German media.Ben Reiff (+972 Magazine)
“The fear of being defamed as an antisemite or Israel-hater by Bild reverberates through politics, reaching the highest echelons,”
It is impossible in Germany to voice anything even resembling critique of Israel's government.
supposedly left-wing publications like Die Tageszeitung
I can't find the article in question by the taz but in any case they are (now) firmly on the side of condemning the genocide. Yes, I'm miffed at the implication on behalf of a newspaper, I know it's silly.
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I didn't downvote myself, but did consider it.
For one, it felt a bit out of place; Fedora isn't defined by systemd, nor Red Hat or IBM. One clear example would be how Fedora has chosen to stick with Btrfs; contrary to Red Hat's demands. Don't get me wrong, I don't deny any partnership or whatsoever. But it's not like Fedora's community has no agency.
Secondly, corsicanguppy's comment seems to imply that Fedora only sticks to systemd out of some obligation towards IBM/RedHat or something. As if the overwhelming majority of distros don't default to systemd.
Thirdly, Poettering works for M$ now. Sure. But systemd remains a Linux project. And quite a good one at that. Even if the likes of dinit and s6 are starting to offer some healthy competition, it's undeniable that systemd continues to have the advantage in terms of received man-hours (in development) and adoption. I hope that Fedora eventually gives others the chance to shine. But outright ditching systemd without a perfect replacement is just foolish.
Systemd is bloated
The bloat argument has absolutely no weight as long it's not properly defined. One's bloat is the other's sane default and vice versa. Please, if you're engaging in good faith, come up with a definition by which the likes of dinit and/or s6 are not bloated while systemd is. Please be complete and rigorous in your assessment.
and known to present security risks.
If you're referring to what's addressed in Madaidan's article, you should not forget that Whonix -the very distro Madaidan used to be a security researcher at- employed systemd to enhance security. And while one might say a lot about Poettering, one simply can't deny that they've got a sound understanding of good security standards and how to implement them. It's therefore unsurprising that both Kicksecure and secureblue (i.e. Linux' finest when it comes to hardened distros) heavily rely on systemd for their bidding.
Don’t see why looking at alternatives wouldn’t be seen as positive growth.
At least we can agree on this 😉.
Ah, I get what you mean now by inflammatory statements (after a thorough reread) and why there may have been downvotes from that. Though interestingly, I didn't feel my comment was very inflammatory and it got downvoted too. 😅
I was looking at it more from just a standpoint of systemd itself, and honestly, just looking at it from the standpoint that fedora and rhel can tend to be industry leaders for change. Honestly, if RHEL and Ubuntu together made some sort of meaningful change from a system perspective, I think we would see that move downstream.
As far as my use of the term bloated, I'm looking at it strictly from a standpoint for the amount of code that goes into the system. The more code you have, the more entries for security risks. I'm not saying that there's anything that's particularly better out there right now, but I think we should always be looking for alternatives regardless of what your views are for the people that created the code. KISS philosophy, basically. That and being open to change to avoid stagnation.
Ah, I get what you mean now by inflammatory statements
Actually, it wasn't me that said that 😅. I do find it in jrgd's reply, though.
Though interestingly, I didn’t feel my comment was very inflammatory and it got downvoted too. 😅
For the record, I also didn't downvote your comment 😜. Though, looking at how well-received my previous reply has been, I can't ignore the possibility that peeps that agreed with what I said also chose to downvote your comment.
I was looking at it more from just a standpoint of systemd itself
Sorry, I don't think I completely understood you here.
just looking at it from the standpoint that fedora and rhel can tend to be industry leaders for change.
I absolutely agree with you that Fedora and Red Hat are very effective agents of change. So yes, if they would get behind an alternative for systemd, then that would definitely get traction.
if RHEL and Ubuntu together made
Has something like this ever happened in the past? I can't recollect a collaboration of sorts between these two entities. If anything, they seem to be at odds with eachother: Mir vs Wayland, Snap vs Flatpak and even Upstart vs systemd. Though, at least so far, Red Hat holds an impressive winning track record.
I think we would see that move downstream.
Absolutely. But, and this is my inner-systemd-skeptic talking, systemd is ridiculously intertwined with the current Linux landscape and often times new updates even show a glimpse of how much more intermingling we'll get in the future. I hope we'll eventually get something to systemd like what PipeWire has been to PulseAudio. That's why development into alternatives like dinit and s6 is of utmost importance.
As far as my use of the term bloated, I’m looking at it strictly from a standpoint for the amount of code that goes into the system.
Suckless it is 😜. It's a fine definition. Thank you for that. But, I got to ask, where is the line drawn? Like, the Linux kernel, by virtue of being monolithic, has to be bloated as well. Right? So, if that's the case, is somehow the kernel's bloat okay while bloat is unaccepted for the system and service manager? If so, why? I'm genuinely curious.
The more code you have, the more entries for security risks.
Sure~ish. Deep discussion. I'm fine with giving this to ya.
I’m not saying that there’s anything that’s particularly better out there right now
I suppose some peeps will enjoy themselves with what's out there. Do you happen to use an alternative on a daily-basis?
but I think we should always be looking for alternatives regardless of what your views are for the people that created the code. KISS philosophy, basically. That and being open to change to avoid stagnation.
Wholeheartedly agree 😊.
The Blood in Our Phones
The Blood in Our Phones - Truthdig
A lawsuit by the Democratic Republic of Congo seeks to hold Apple and its suppliers to account for decades of profiting off conflict minerals.James North (Truthdig)
It is soo crazy that there are still Cinnamon, Budgie, XFCE, LXDE and basically LXQt with no Wayland support.
While KDE and GNOME have it literally for years.
Fedora has Wayland by default for GNOME since 25, which is 7 years ago!
Edit: I know that the others have plans, but they are not ready, after 7 years!
LXQt is in theory usable but still shipped with XOrg. Cinnamon too, mainly XOrg, the Wayland session has issues like wrong keyboard layout (tried it). XFCE? No idea.
LXDE is dead.
LXQT is working on it, and I believe are already shipping some initial version: lxqt-project.org/release/2024/…
XFCE 4.20 introduced initial Wayland Support: xfce.org/about/news/?post=1734…
Cinnamon has an experimental Wayland Session: 9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-0-des…
Budgie, as per the article, will be Wayland-only from Budgie 10.10, to be released in Q1 2025.
So I'd say the Wayland transition will be complete for all in either 2025 or 2026 at the latest.
Horror video shows two men and a dog trapped in fire-ravaged home
Nightmarish video shows two men and a dog trapped in home being engulfed by wildfire
Harrowing video shows two terrified men and their dog trapped in their home as flames from the Pacific Palisades wildfires close in around them.Patrick Reilly (New York Post)
Anytime I've done some world building in my head for the great human empire :tm: it involves some sort of rotational labor period in each citizens early 20's to give them exposure to a few different styles of work
It's a nice way to give back to the community while also getting to see how the rest of the world lives
I'm sure there's flaws with it but sounds a hell of a lot better than what we have now
That's not how it should work, but it does. It's a conservative thing to lack empathy. They struggled 20 years ago, so 1. It must be the same exact struggle and 2. Instead of making life better for all, they'll actively contribute to maintaining shitty life for these "entry" people because that's apparently just how it works.
They want $15/hr for flipping burgers? I only got $4! (inflation is meaningless, intangible, and not calculable)
They want more savings and less money? Stop buying coffee! (bespoke coffee has tracked way lower than inflation, making daily Starbucks pretty insignificant compared to rent)
They want more respect in customer service? Why, I dealt with all kinds of bullshit! (as demonstrated by their shitty attitude, with less working hours, better benefits, lower population density, less stripped work force, local management support, and a higher percentage of people speaking the common language)
It's not walking a mile in their shoes, to them. It's walking in very different shoes and assuming everyone's shoes are the same. Just look at any meth overdose death story when it's a nice white girl. She just made a mistake, or got tricked, or was down on hard times. If the case looks like their own daughter, there's empathy. Anyone else? Victim's fault.
Compulsory service exists in many parts of the world and it is rarely good.
Forcing people to do work they don't want to do leads to very unproductive environments that are also very open to abuse. Being forced by law to do the work has a tendency to create super unhealthy power dynamics.
It does make sense and the issue here isn't communal service periods but for making it only the young which "by chance" makes it so almost everyone who had any hand in it wouldn't have to do it ever.
If it were every citizen had to do some form of labor for some period I don't think anyone would have much of an argument.
Yeah, can't wait to see what a bunch of bored teenagers and twenty somethings will do to our food supply after the first couple of seasons fucking around. Forced labor also doesn't mean quality labor.
Authoritarians never learn that forcing people to act like they want doesn't work.
You will quickly find all the rich have bone spurs which prevents their service.
Now get back to the fields peasant.
The thing about forced labor is that quantity is its own quality.
You can also use certain government controlled documents as an incentive. For instance, it was common in the Soviet Union to use agricultural service as a requisite for graduation.
RFK Jr has seriously proposed sending drug addicts, which he defines as people taking prescribed medication for mental health reasons, as well as your more stereotypical hardcore drug addicts... to basically agricultural work / detox camps.
No meds, no phone, live in a barracks, do farm work... while you and everyone else are cold turkey quitting heroin, or fentanyl, or ritalin or zoloft or wellbutrin.
That sounds like a program ripe for abuse.
Thankfully, that will never happen. /heavy amount of sarcasm
I for one will be sowing all my seed incredibly close together, the plants will grow stronger together. Also all birds are now counter revolutionary, get out your noisiest banging pans my dudes.
Also, how do I invest in pig iron futures?
+3,000 student athletes in The A-Team. And yes it went horribly wrong. Some students started unionizing immediately.
"Then you go out in the field, and the first ray of sun comes over the horizon. The first ray. Everyone looked at each other, and said, 'What did we do?' The thermometer went up like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. By 9 a.m., it was 110 degrees."Garden gloves that the farmers gave the students to help them harvest lasted only four hours, because the cantaloupe's fine hairs made grabbing them feel like "picking up sandpaper."
The farmers sheltered them in "any kind of defunct housing," according to Carter — old Army barracks, rooms made from discarded wood, and even buildings used to intern Japanese-Americans during World War II.
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Wrong thread, sorry.
Over a decade ago, Obama proposed significantly expanding AmeriCorps, the tea party Republicans basically did everything they could to water down the expansion to amount to basically nothing.
I wonder if Twitter Republicans even know AmeriCorps exists...
Anyway, what we should actually do is mandate that everyone who earns double area median income for 3 years in a 5 year period has to spend 6 months working in a call center, retail, customer service, fast food.
Stop demonizing your neighbor. Demonize the 1%.
That income range still very much encompasses “normal” people who already pay a large share of income taxes.
Tax the super rich (both income and wealth), and redistribute that money via healthcare, education and social programs like UBI.
Stop demonizing your neighbor. Demonize the 1%.
Even more than the 1%, the 0.0001%. An excellent resource to illustrate this point:
I feel like everyone should go through this at least once. It’s eye-opening. Even people who we generally think of as crazy rich, like the average hedge fund manager, are just a drop of water in a pond compared to the ultra-wealthy.
We still live in a world with mandatory military service in many countries. I'd trade it for that.
But otherwise thanks, I'd rather have neither.
Military service exists for a reason though, and a good one. I disagree with it but I understand its need all too much.
This, however is just the new extremist and inept government making decisions that break things, so to fill those holes they'll just break other things.
It won't last
Again, any country without military is at great risk of being subjugated.
I don't want armies, I don't want militaries but there is a reason for having them. You want Putin to rule Europe? Because that's what happens when you remove Europe's armies
As a scientist (i.e. someone who went through a lot of academia) who's strictly opposed to taking a gun, especially in the name of a state, hell no.
A better idea would probably be to advocate for peace, so that people wouldn't have to learn these things to begin with.
Military is not productive labor, it's just draining countless lives and resources in the name of some guy's fucked up ambitions.
Silly "leftists" when Conservatives reinvent Maoism: 😱
Seriously though, horseshoe theory is nonsense.
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You are right. The government disregard for anything contributed largely for the demise of the union.
However, I am fortunate enough to never experience this, but my parents had to participate in kolkhozes and it was terrible.
I guess, what I am trying to say is, MAGA would not appreciate such an agricultural system.
When we still had mandatory military service in Germany, one could alternatively choose to work in social services for 1-1,5 years. I worked a year in a hospital as an assistance nurse. Others worked in youth centers, community center or retirement homes.
That year was not a pleasant one, as Zivis (thats what we were called) got exploited by the hospital stuff (always getting the worst shifts, always getting the shitty jobs, being used for jobs we were not qualified to do and so on).
Despite that I honestly think it was worth it. It helped to find oneself to do something different before starting university and it also helped to improve social and medical services.
The only real criticism I have is the aforementioned exploitation. There should have been better mechanisms in place to prevent this. And maybe the payment should have been a little better. I think we got ~8€/calender day plus free board and lodging; this wasn't great.
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When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.Gustavo Arellano (KVPR)
Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat
Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat
JAKARTA — The Indonesian company responsible for the largest amount of deforestation, PT Mayawana Persada, has largely ceased clearing peatlands in the western part of Borneo.Karen Coates (Conservation news)
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American Historical Association votes overwhelmingly to support resolution to oppose scholasticide in Gaza
American Historical Assoc. Votes Overwhelmingly to Support Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza
The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system.Democracy Now!
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SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck (upcoming SteamOS beta for other devices)
Steam News - SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck - Steam News
The Legion Go S - Powered by SteamOS is the first officially licensed third-party handheld powered by SteamOSstore.steampowered.com
Ahead of Legion Go S shipping, we will be shipping a beta of SteamOS which should improve the experience on other handhelds, and users can download and test this themselves. And of course we'll continue adding support and improving the experience with future releases.
Putin plus Trump spells trouble for European security
Putin plus Trump spells trouble for European security
German rearmament is crucial to shoring up Europe’s defencesGideon Rachman (Financial Times)
Indonesia Joins BRICS to Help Boost Global South on World Stage
Indonesia Joins BRICS to Help Boost Global South on World Stage
Indonesia has become the newest member of the BRICS group of developing nations, in a move that could further bolster the Global South as Donald Trump’s trade policies pose risks to world economy.Claire Jiao (BNN Bloomberg)
Wars are fueling the rise of resistant superbugs in the Global South
Wars are fueling the rise of resistant superbugs in the Global South : Peoples Dispatch
Antimicrobial resistance, a full-fledged global health crisis, is compounded by the devastating impact of war and armed conflictsAna Vračar (Peoples Dispatch)
Israeli soldier killed in northern Gaza, IDF announces
Staff Sergeant Ido Shamik, 20, from the central Israeli city of Ganei Tikva, was killed by gunfire Tuesday morning in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun. The Israel Defense Forces said that the incident is under investigation.
A day earlier, two Israeli army officers in the Nahal Brigade were killed by anti-tank missile fire in Beit Hanoun. The two officers were named as Capt. Eitan Israel Skiknazi, 24, from the Eli settlement in the West Bank, who served as a deputy unit commander, and Maj. Dvir Zion Revah, 28, from Jerusalem, who served as a unit commander.
Israeli soldier killed in northern Gaza, IDF announces
After the fatal shooting of Staff Sergeant Ido Shamik in Beit Hanoun, the IDF announced an investigation into the incident. Since the ground operation in north Gaza began in October, 42 soldiers have been killed in the areaYaniv Kubovich (Haaretz)
Imagine one post per one Gazan martyr.
It's an army, you can be killed, unless civilians whose are protected under the international laws.
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