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Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

As Russia’s war rages, therapy for servicemen becomes increasingly innovative.

At the Kyiv Hippodrome, horses are being used in therapy for soldiers. This week, Zoriana witnessed their healing up close.


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RE: mastodon.social/@tusk81/115435…

Trump admin agents have shot clergy members with pepper balls as recently as Thursday.

β€œOur role was to bear witness and to give a message about why we’re unhappy that ICE is here,” said Rev. Jorge Bautista, who was shot directly in the face.

sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…


Rev. Kardon β€œsaid she has been shot multiple times w/pepper bullets, including while she was praying w/her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar ...”

But Mike Johnsonβ€”who once compared himself to Mosesβ€”says he β€œnot seen” ICE β€œcross the line yet.” open.substack.com/pub/americas…




"So what about conservation of mass?" "What about it?" "Well, you weigh.. what? 170? 190 pounds? In human form? Then you turn... – @ralfmaximus on Tumblr


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#microfiction n


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Trump tried to shut down Ontario’s Reagan anti-tariff ad. Tonight, Premier Doug Ford paid to air it during the World Seriesβ€”to MILLIONS, including Trump himself. Reagan’s own words: β€œTariffs are a tax on the consumer.” Trump melted down. Ford doubled down. This is legacy warfare. A Canadian province just outmaneuvered a sitting U.S. president using his own party’s icon. #ReaganVsTariffs

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At the top left corner of the image is a sticker that reads "Try with Hot Dogs instead of Ground Beef". To the right and slightly below the sticker, there's another sticker that says "Help Yourself". Lastly, there is one more sticker that says β€œReal Cheese".

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The image is a political cartoon depicting the White House being demolished by an excavator. The excavator is bright yellow and labeled "Trump". Debris and rubble surround the White House, which is in a state of disrepair. In the background is a cloudless blue sky and green grass. The words "Democracy itself" are written in large, black letters across the top of the image. At the bottom right corner is the text "Chattanooga Times Free Press".

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The cartoon depicts a black and white drawing, split into two panels. The first panel shows a person standing on a hill, looking upward at a bright, circular sun. The person has a large, spiky hairstyle and is wearing a shirt with a wide collar and what appears to be a long skirt. Text above the figure reads "BEAUTIFUL DAY!" with an exclamation point. The second panel shows the same person standing on a hill, looking upward at a crescent moon. Text above the figure reads "ARE THE...?" with a question mark. The bottom right corner of the image contains the copyright notice "Β© John Hart Studios. All rights reserved." and the date "10-25."

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We are aware of roskomnadzor just having ramped up their blocking efforts in #russia against #deltachat 's default onboarding chatmail relay. Signal, Whatsapp are degraded/blocked for a longer time already.

1) Delta Chat has first class shadow-socks proxy support (try ss:// links you can find ... Delta has management-proxy UX)

2) many other chatmail relays work fine and inter-chatmail/email server traffic continues unimpeded

3) if you can help with analyzing please drop into our DMs.

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I am in Russia. By the way, how can I use a proxy in Delta Chat?
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@qyahxm я ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΡƒΡŽ прокси Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€,Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡˆΠΈΡ‚Π΅ Π² ΠΌΠΎΠΉ Π²Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ„ΠΈΠ»ΡŒπŸ₯›
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@Milk31 @qyahxm settings - advanced - server/proxy but you need to find proxy links / configs yourself. We don't publish any lists.

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I really hope that people realize that "AI browsers" are just an even faster way for all of your data to end up with some data broker being sold on the web somewhere.

I really hope people realize that "AI" is mostly a tool for doing that, and that's part of why it's getting pushed so hard.

I really hope...

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When I was a kid, I could just walk outside. There were no cameras, there was no smartphone betraying my every move, there was nothing but me, the breeze, and the quiet of the countryside as I walked.
Most of us will never know how that feels ever again. To be truly outside the reach of the constant surveillance state we now live in. I feel so bad for the people that will never experience real privacy, those who will never be able to truly "get away from it all". But we're already past that point for the majority of people, at least in the U.S., and increasingly in other countries.

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I was lamenting about this very thing to my wife last night. There is nowhere to go to really escape for a while. I wander around our yard and garden sometimes to distract myself, but it’s really only temporary.






'Scrapheap challenge' response to hotel blaze shows #IsleOfWight #fire service on brink of critical failure


The service was unable to initially send the right number of fire engines (three) due to the poor availability of appliances on the Island. Instead, it initially sent two, leaving just two fire engines available to cover the whole of the Island.

The service was also unable to provide a second aerial ladder platform, again due to a lack of firefighters.

Island services were transferred to the mainland for cost savings. Unreliable ferry service to #IOW used in emergency to move mainland fire engines

onthewight.com/scrapheap-chall…

#Safety #fire #Hampshire #fails




Bystanders Horrified by Slightly-Too-Honest AI Billboard


futurism.com/artificial-intell…

#noai

#noai

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Aztec dancers, peaceful protestors throng S.F. immigration court day after Trump threats

The picket line comes within hours of federal officials calling off further action in the surrounding Bay Area.

missionlocal.org/2025/10/aztec…

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me in 50 years: 50 years ago we had this thing called mastodon and i had so many followers, and i even made my own projects.

grandkids: a follower? like on your neural link? also you kept an extinct elephant?

me: no no it was an app whereβ€”

grandkids: what's an app

me: πŸ’€

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BTW, Dan, swore I would never make a TikTok video, and I never have, and never will. But now I am looking forward to making videos. Soon. Thanks for that.



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The image is a close-up photograph of an individual with short, wavy gray hair. The person is wearing a dark suit jacket and a black shirt. The lighting is bright and illuminates the individual's face, highlighting their facial features. The background is a plain, light-colored wall. The text "Here's the alt-text description:" is visible in the top left corner of the image, and "Here" is visible in the bottom right corner.

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The image is a meme with a black and white portrait of a person looking directly at the viewer. There's text overlaid on the image, both at the top and bottom. At the top it says, "They say" in a simple font. At the bottom, it says, "I died in 1537." The background of the image appears to be a flat, neutral gray. The overall presentation creates a humorous and slightly unsettling effect due to the serious portrait paired with the stark text.

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The image is a portrait of a person framed in a dark oval shape. The person has dark hair and skin, with traditional jewelry around their neck and ears. They are wearing a dark-colored garment. The lighting creates a focused glow around their face. The word "ARUNDHATI ROY" is printed in a clean, sans-serif font below the portrait.

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Repair is officially in stock. We’ve teamed up with Micro Center to make repair more visible and accessible than ever.

That means:
- iFixit Toolkits and parts now available in 30+ Micro Center stores.
- Free in-store repair consultations with certified technicians.
- Pros using iFixit toolsβ€”like the FixHub Power Series Portable Soldering Stationβ€”for every fix.

Learn more here: ifixit.com/collaborations/micr…
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that looks like jaycar design.
Thats fantastic news though. You should do the same in Australia!
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The image is a stark, solid red background with large, white text overlayed. The text is a sequence of phrases, each separated by a newline. It begins with "Denying aid" and continues with "Destroying farms," "Flooding streets," "Releasing troops," "Releasing boats," "Releasing farmers," "Releasing troops," "Releasing boats," "Releasing farmers," "Releasing troops," "Releasing boats," "Releasing farmers." The phrases are repeated several times throughout the image, creating a chaotic and alarming visual effect. The text is uniformly white and sans-serif. The overall impression is one of disruption, crisis, and potentially political commentary.

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Ok, that's it for #altbot, its completely FUBAR, so out the door it goes, guess I'll have to find another solution, check my last meme post if'n you want to see how bad its gotten, its utterly worthless at this point.

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@kali Yep, you can look through my last few posts, I assume its descriptions are public comments, and see a lot of really creative alt text.
@kali

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Fedora will now accept generative code contributions. This is the policy users will have to follow. TL;DR: Fedora will accept generative code so long as it is disclosed as such.

The burden will be on reviewers to determine whether contributors adhere to the pinkie promise.

pagure.io/Fedora-Council/ticke…

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Norway has some good ideas that we should all take a closer look at. But do remember how much of their wealth comes from their oil reserves.


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If stupid sprouted hair, wore too-tight pants, and had a diet of creatine and coffee, it would be named Markwayne "I can't wait to punch someone" Mullen
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This is Trump and republicans' shutdown. Trump ordered it. Republicans obeyed. Oklahoma families lose SNAP if the government shutdown continues or not. Republicans voted to cut SNAP program funds in the Big Beautiful Bill and in their CR. Democrats keep SNAP funds in their CR.

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The image shows a person standing at a podium with a United States flag behind them. They are wearing a dark suit, a light blue shirt, and a black tie. The person is looking to the left and smiling slightly. The background includes a banner that says "White House Briefing Room". There are microphones positioned in front of the podium. The text in the image reads "Cheri Jacobus [@]CheriJacobus".

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If you want to understand how untenable, radically new, and ridiculous the anti-trans idea of gender is, just consider Laker Jackson. He's an eighth grader in Arizona that is no longer allowed to participate in sports with his peers or use the boys facilities, despite having done so his entire life up until now without issue. He's a kid just trying to play sports with his friends and pee in peace.

He's also not trans.

Laker is a cis boy, but his birth certificate listed his assigned gender at birth as female. Because of anti-trans laws, his family can't correct the problem. Literally just a clerical error is all it takes for the government to decide, against all reason, that Laker is a boy.

Congratulations, the government now gets to decide your gender. That's a new power that the far right has decided the government should have over the past few years.



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