So now I can boot straight into a barebones GNU Guix system on my StarFive VisionFIve 2 RISC-V board from a MicroSD card. I had to patch "gnu/bootloader/u-boot.scm" in Guix to make this work:
codeberg.org/avp/guix/src/bran…
No success with eMMC yet; it would be nice to create an image that works with eMMC as well.
#riscV #guix #starfive #visionfive2
Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe
The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new reality, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan FreedlandJonathan Freedland (The Guardian)
Un cartel rectangular blanco con una señal de prohibido superpuesta y texto debajo. La señal de prohibido es un círculo rojo con una línea diagonal atravesándolo, y dentro del círculo hay una silueta negra de una persona que camina. Debajo de la señal, en letras negras mayúsculas, aparece el texto "PROHIBIDO ROBAR". Debajo de este texto, con una fuente más pequeña, hay más texto: "EL GOBIERNO NO ACEPTA COMPETENCIA". El cartel está montado en una pared gris clara con una textura que recuerda a los paneles.
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Las Vegas, Ed van der Elsken (attributed to), c. 1960
#LasVegas #EdvanderElsken #Nevada #LasVegas #America #fotografie #photography #EdVanDerElsken #EdvanderElsken
A worker clears mud around buses near a landslide-hit area in Maspanna following the destructive Cyclone Ditwah. December's tropical storms and monsoon rains have devastated Southeast and South Asia, causing landslides and flash floods that killed at least 639 people in Sri Lanka and nearly 1,000 in Indonesia. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]
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"She has taken a mainstream liberal party and steered it towards the radical right, replacing its traditional voter base with embittered PVV supporters. She proclaimed the party’s worst electoral result in half a century as a triumph for herself."
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Dancing at the wake: The curious world of Dilan Yesilgöz - DutchNews.nl
Dilan Yesilgöz is gambling with the VVD’s future, writes Gordon Darroch, in an analysis of the party leader’s failings and self-claimed successes. “We’re going to party tonight.Robin Pascoe (DutchNews.nl)
20 years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple
#Apple #enshittification #dystopia #technology
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple Developer ID, and everything associated with it, and…Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison (hey.paris)
~] ssh benjaminhollon.com uptime
06:46:58 up 203 days, 19:54, 0 user, load average: 0.18, 0.19, 0.18
Europa is geen avondland
nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/12/12/europ… | archive.ph/eCbb6
@eurocaro : "Trumps veiligheidsstrategie is enkel de zoveelste indicatie van het feit dat Europa er echt helemaal alleen voor staat.
Dus wat doen we? Lamenteren dat alles hier zo slecht is? Of het fatalisme achter ons laten en de schouders eronder, door een paar belangrijke keuzes te maken? Dat laatste, mag je toch hopen."
Column | Europa is geen avondland
Donald Trump weet precies hoe hij Europeanen het hardst kan raken: door te zeggen dat ze altijd verdeeld zijn, dat hun economieën in verval zijn, dat er niemand meer naar ze luistert en dat ze als beschaving „uitsterven” doordat ‘vreemdelingen’ het c…NRC
Josh O’Connor plays a sensitive stripper on ‘SNL’ and Lily Allen’s ‘Madeline’ has a surprise
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-12-14/snl-recap-josh-oconnor-lily-allen-madeline-dakota-johnson?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'SNL' recap: Josh O'Connor plays a stripper, Lily Allen's 'Madeline' surprise
The actor and star of "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" was mostly relegated to supporting roles in skits, while musical guest Lily Allen was joined by Dakota Johnson.Omar L. Gallaga (Los Angeles Times)
One million households without electricity in Ukraine after Russian strikes
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One million households without electricity in Ukraine after Russian strikes
The latest overnight attacks come as US envoy Steve Witkoff prepares to hold more talks with Ukraine's president.Alex Boyd (BBC News)
A Palestinian worker operates a digger to move concrete, metal, and debris from destroyed buildings and houses in Khan Younis as part of a United Nations Development Programme-implemented and supervised rubble management project for the Gaza Strip. The effort focuses on reopening and clearing streets blocked by rubble. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
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Brown University shooting latest: Manhunt ongoing for gunman who killed two and injured nine
More than 400 police officers took to the scene in Rhode Island overnight, where they're still searching for a gunman - after an alert incorrectly reported a suspect is in custody.Sky News

Justbeep
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •It could simply be worse due to 'friendly fire'.
Fragarach
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Perhaps because the billionaires who actually run the US are frustrated by all those inconvenient regulations, the ones that keep people alive and help to protect their privacy?
#europe #EU #USA #unitedStates #fascism #regimeChange #war #russia #appeasement
NECB
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