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It seems like every app is offering a “Spotify Wrapped”-style yearly review these days. One app where I genuinely find the results fascinating is Träwelldroid, which I use to log my public transport journeys on Träwelling. While the average German drives roughly 10k kilometers per year by car, I traveled approximately 9600 kilometers using public transport, spending a total of 4 days and 8 hours in transit. This is particularly noteworthy since I commuted less frequently this year and didn’t do any interrailing. Sad … ⌘ Read more

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Kennedy’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine
Brenda Goodman,  Reporter  -  CNN Health

_Stephan: Former heroin addict Robert Kennedy, Jr. had a worm in his brain, and I think the worm won. Perhaps that explains a level of stupidity, unlike anything I have ever seen in politics. Anti-vaxxer Kenedy and his lawyer Aron Siri have literally killed hundreds of thousands who followed their anti-vaxxerism. And Kennedy is t … ⌘ Read more

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‘The next recession starts here’: Trump team weighs abolishing bank regulators
Jake Johnson,  Senior Editor  -  AlterNet

_Stephan: The Trump authoritarian oligarchy is trying to take the United States back to the 1930s before there were government regulations that protected the general population from exploitation by the uber-rich the the corporations they controlled. I would not be surprised to see a recession by next summer, and people losing all … ⌘ Read more

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Ontario Threatens to Cut Off U.S. Energy Exports If Trump Makes Good on Tariff Plan
Janna Brancolin,  Staff Writer  -  msn | The Daily Beast

Stephan: I think the U.S. economy will be devastated if the stupidity of Trump’s tariff plan is enacted. Here is an aspect of the Canadian response that neither Trump nor his congressional submissive seems to have even considered.

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‘Burdened by diseases’: Study details what’s wrong with American healthcare
Alex Henderson,    -  AlterNet

Stephan: It is interesting to note that the murder of the Healthcare CEO has finally stimulated people to think and talk about our dreadul illness profit system. Here is some very interesting data.

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Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.5.4
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.5.43 with lots of UI improvements and various bugfixes:

Changes overview


[UI] Use fixed size of fonts, do not resize them
[UI] Rework Top/Bottom bar
[UI] Rework widgets/fonts
[UI] Status: human friendly display of hashrate with right metrics
[Internal] Bundle: bump version of XMRig to 6.22.2
[Internal] deprecate support for mac os 12
[Docs] improve grammar and syntax of various doc files
[Fix] when n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cyrix126-releases-gupaxx-v1.5.4/)

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Kaidan: Kaidan 0.10.1: Media Sharing and New Message Marker Fixes
This release fixes some bugs.
Have a look at the changelog for more details.

Changelog

Bugfixes:

  • Fix displaying files of each message in appropriate message bubble (melvo)
  • Fix sending fallback messages for clients not supporting XEP-0447: Stateless file sharing (melvo)
  • Fix margins within message bubbles (melvo)
  • Fix hiding hidden message part (melvo)
  • Fix displaying marker for new messages (melvo)
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How to Check Battery Cycle Count on iPhone
Some iPhone users may be interested in learning what the battery cycle count is on their iPhone. A battery cycle is counted when a full charge and discharge cycle has completed, and this number can help to determine battery usage, health, as well as longevity. Up until recently and with the latest model iPhone devices, … Read MoreRead more

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Reconsidering Kubernetes deployments: when operators are overkill
Member post originally published on the Devtron blog by Prakarsh TL:DR: Kubernetes Operators are powerful but can be overkill for simple deployments. Explore alternatives like Helm, ArgoCD, and Devtron to streamline your Kubernetes deployments without sacrificing… ⌘ Read more

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Report: Apple to Stop Selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in EU This Month
Apple plans to stop selling the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and third-generation iPhone SE in European Union countries later this month, to comply with a regulation that will soon require newly-sold smartphones with wired charging to be equipped with a USB-C port in those countries, according to [French blog iGeneration](https://www.igen. … ⌘ Read more

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Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him?
Stephen Starr,  Staff Writer  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: As I read or watch American journalism media I have been struck by the interviews with Trump voters who, if Trump does what he says he will, are going to be severely impacted, but don’t seem to think that will happen to them. It is very weird, but it seems to be the case. So by March, I think we are going to … ⌘ Read more

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Bipartisan Plan to “Reform” Energy Permits Is a Brazen Giveaway to Fossil Fuels
Basav Sen ,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: Jennifer M. Granholm, the Secretary of Energy under Biden has done everything she can to  move the United States through its transition out of the Carbon era. She has not always had the support of Biden and others in his administration, because the petroleum industries pour so many millions into the American government t … ⌘ Read more

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Tech billionaires prepare to invade the Pentagon
Paul McLeary and Jack Detsch,  Staff Writers  -  Politico

_Stephan: The transition of the United States into an authoritarian oligarchy is speeding up. By the inauguration which, I think it should be noted, is being paid for with million-dollar donations from billionaires like Musk and Zuckerberg, I think the transition will all be in place. The Republican Party is no longer interested in democracy, and the Democrat Party leade … ⌘ Read more

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Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US
Todd Richmond,  Reporter  -  Associated Press

_Stephan: This is good news about a bad situation. The annual Monarch butterfly migration that has been going on for thousands of years in the past several decades was seriously endangered by human greed and stupidity. But these iconic butterflies have now been placed on the endangered species list and will receive protection as described in this article. … ⌘ Read more

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Quelques scories de la crise pandémique
Il y a quelques jours sortait le rapport officiel de la Chambre des Représentants américaine sur la gestion de la pandémie de 2020 et 2021 et alors qu’il contient plus de matière à pop-corn qu’un champ du Middle West en pleine saison de récolte, la presse occidentale fut particulièrement discrète à son sujet. Peu de […] ⌘ Read more

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WhatsApp Rolls Out Calling Updates for Desktop and Mobile
WhatsApp has announced some improvements to its calling features across desktop and mobile platforms ahead of the holiday season, such as the ability to choose participants from group chats, use new effects on calls, and take advantage of higher resolution video.

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23221”>#221**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #22123 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers December 5-12 2024 news:

Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposals
Price & Blockchain Stats
Volunteer Opportunities
Support

To support Revuo Monero, you can contribute XMR to the address listed in the footer of each issue and on the Support 4 page.

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How to Lock iPhone / iPad Apps with Face ID or Passcode
A handy app-specific security feature is available for iPhone and iPad that requires authentication with Face ID or a passcode before a chosen app can be launched. Essentially this lets you lock any iPhone or iPad app with Face ID or a passcode, and this lock applies even if your iPhone or iPad is already … Read MoreRead more

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Continued security improvements to CNCF projects with OSTIF audits
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, Inc (OSTIF) is thrilled to mark another successful year of helping CNCF projects with security audits. Since this partnership began in 2021, a total of 13 projects have graduated following… ⌘ Read more

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Billions of People Could Benefit from This Breakthrough in Desalination That Ensures Freshwater for the World
Andy Corbley,  Staff Writer  -  Good News Network

Stephan: Here is some good news that will positively affect the lives of millions of people worldwide, and give them enough water to drink.

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‘Grim place’: Famed NY Times columnist unleashes blame in bleak farewell column
Adam Nichols,  Editor-in-Chief  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: I have always had great respect for Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, and I share his views about the current situation and what we are becoming. I can’t use his full column because it is behind a paywall. But this will give you his thinking. Every scholar I know who studies the current economics and geopolitics agrees. … ⌘ Read more

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Increased Christianity in schools opens the door to Satanic Temple education programs
Lexi Lonas Cochran ,  Staff Writer  -  The Hill

Stephan: I doubt the evangelical MAGAt community as they worked to Christianize public education in the United States anticipated that their parody, the Satanic movement would use the same path they are creating against them. But they are.

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MacOS Sequoia 15.2 Update Released with ChatGPT Siri, Image Playground, Bug Fixes, & More
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.2 as an update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The software update includes new Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT support for Siri, Image Playground image generation tools, along with some improvements to writing tools AI. Aside from AI, you’ll also find new abilities to share items in … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/11/macos-s … ⌘ Read more

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iOS 18.2 Released with ChatGPT Siri, Image Playground, More AI, Bug Fixes, & Security Updates
Apple has released iOS 18.2 for all iPhone users, and iPadOS 18.2 for all iPad users. The new software updates focus primarily on bringing new Apple Intelligence AI features to compatible devices, including support for ChatGPT integration with Siri, Image Playground image generation, along with smaller new AI features throughout various apps and the operating … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/11/i … ⌘ Read more

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The great disruption: Climate change provoked migration and its effect on American healthcare
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

_Stephan: Trump is turning the United States from a democracy into an authoritarian plutocracy. I think most of the uber-rich he has appointed will be confirmed by the Republican Congressional whores. If this does happen I predict that by March the American healthcare system will be turned o … ⌘ Read more

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Giant Underground ‘Batteries’ Are Shaping the Future of Renewable Energy Storage
,    -  Gizmodo

Stephan: This is an important development in the transition out of the carbon era, how to store excess electric power until it is needed. Here is some good news that also explains the problem which few Americans, including journalists and politicians seem to understand.

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Weakened US public broadcasters will fight for their lives in 2025
Max Tani,  Staff Writer  -  SEMAFOR

_Stephan: If you watch PBS/NPR, or listen to it on the radio as my wife and I do, I am sure you have noticed a significant increase in time spent on fundraising. This article describes why this is happening, and where it is headed. The Trump autocracy and their Republican servants in Congress, I think, and this article confirms, are going to try and cut off … ⌘ Read more

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College enrollment is falling at a ‘concerning’ rate, new data reveals
Erum Salam,  Staff Writer  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

Stephan: The United States population is becoming a notably less educated, and I mean from kindergarten to college. Here is the latest on this trend.

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Le déclin de l’Europe est-il inéluctable ?
Officiellement, l’Union Européenne, « c’est la paix et la prospérité », et c’était peut-être vrai pendant la Guerre Froide. C’était aussi, dans une certaine mesure, probablement exact tant que cette Union se contentait de réduire les différences de normes entre pays européens, et d’abaisser les frontières. Autrement dit, c’était probablement vrai tant qu’il s’agissait de faire du […] ⌘ Read more

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CNCF Ecosystem Continues to Drive Innovation with New Silver Members
Organizations join the ever-growing cloud native ecosystem to drive innovation across industries and geographies NEW DELHI, India – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India – December 11, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable… ⌘ Read more

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How to Use Any Emoji as Tapback Reaction on iPhone, Mac, iPad
The Tapback reaction feature in Messages for iPhone, iPad, and Mac is popular, and with the latest versions of system software for these devices, you can now Tapback with any Emoji, rather than just the handful of defaults. This offers a nice way to further customize a response to a message, and it’s pretty easy … Read MoreRead more

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Ban the spam! 🚫
I’m tired of spam emails flooding my inbox, so I decided to take inspiration from Kev’s approach. I noticed that many of the spam messages were being sent to the email address I published on my legally required imprint. ⌘ Read more

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Jayapal, Sanders Offer Answer to Elon Musk’s Healthcare Cost Question
Julia Conley,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: I see endless nonsense spewing out of MAGAt Republican mouths about how universal birthright single-payer healthcare is socialist or communist. When you hear, see, or read someone saying that the first thing to know is they have no idea what communism or socialism actually is. The second thing to know is that based on objectively ver … ⌘ Read more

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‘Nonsense’: Historians balk at Trump ending birthright citizenship with executive order
Alex Henderson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan: There are probably people reading this who became American citizens by being born in the United States, in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution on July 9, 1868. The Fourteenth Amendment and what is known as the Citizenship Clause which states: “All persons born or naturalized in … ⌘ Read more

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Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says
Fiona Harvey,  Environment Editor  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: To quote from this report, “Barron Orr, chief scientist at UNCCD, said: ‘For the first time, a UN scientific body is warning that burning fossil fuels is causing permanent drying across much of the world, with potentially catastrophic impacts affecting access to water that could push people and nature even clos … ⌘ Read more

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Arctic Refuge Is One of Earth’s Last Truly Wild Places. Trump Calls it America’s “Biggest Oil Farm.”
Maanvi Singh,  Staff Writer  -  Mother Jones

_Stephan: The Trump authoritarian oligarchy is going the significantly increase the use of carbon energy and the destruction of the environment. Nothing I am seeing in this transition period suggests the future holds much good news. Quite the contrary. I think by March we are going to se … ⌘ Read more

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Tap to Pay on iPhone Now Available in the UAE
Apple has announced Tap to Pay on iPhone in the UAE, allowing independent sellers, small merchants, and large retailers in the country to use ‌iPhones‌ as a payment terminal.

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2nd RC Build of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, iPadOS 18.2, Released for Testing
A second release candidate build of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and iPadOS 18.2, has been made available for all beta testers. The 2nd RC build follows after issuing the first RC build a week prior. RC, or Release Candidate, are usually the finalized beta version of system software that is made available to beta … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/09/2nd-rc-build-of-io … ⌘ Read more

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What is authorization? Examples and definitions
Member post originally published on Cerbos’s blog by Omu Inetimi When building a secure application, there are plenty of factors to be considered. Who is allowed into the application, how users are allowed in, measures in… ⌘ Read more

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Wealth of World’s Richest Has Doubled Over Past Decade
Julia Conley,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: Yet another fact shows that the United States has become a neo-medieval oligarchy. This was all done by the Republicans rigging the tax code to favor the rich grotesquely. Think about it: “The wealth of the four richest people in the U.S.—Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—has hit $1 tril … ⌘ Read more

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Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System
David Blumenthal, Evan D. Gumas, Arnav Shah, Munira Z. Gunja, and Reginald D. Williams II,    -  The Commonwealth Fund

_Stephan: As we prepare to be a nation whose healthcare, already the worst amongst the developed democracies, is about to be taken over by incompetent weirdos, I thought it might be useful to readers to see how really bad the American illness profit system already is. By March I … ⌘ Read more

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Nine States Poised To Shrink Medicaid Coverage
Phil Galewitz,  Senior Correspondent  -  Kaiser Family Foundation | Truthdig

_Stephan: The Republican Congressional prostitutes whose services have been rented out to the illness profit system corporations are just waiting for Trump to come into power so that they can cut Medicaid. As this article describes, this would leave over 3 million Americans, many of whom voted for Trump, without health coverage.  If you live in any of the … ⌘ Read more

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Choosing Empathy Is Critical to Democracy
C. Daryl Cameron,  Associate Professor of Psychology, Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, and Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University.  -  Scientific American

_Stephan: You have heard me talking about why fostering wellbeing by always choosing in every decision you make the option that is the most compassionate, life-affirming, and fostering of wellbeing is both the best choice … ⌘ Read more

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Apple Seeds Second Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration
Apple today seeded the second release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 updates to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, a week after releasing the first RCs. The first iOS 18.2 RC had a build number of 22C150, while the second RC’s build number is 22C151. Release candidates represent the final version of beta software that’s … ⌘ Read more

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Les mondialistes perdent leur sang-froid
Avec l’élection de Trump aux États-Unis, et, moins récemment, celle de Milei en Argentine et de Bukele au Salvador, les évidences socialistes qu’on nous ressassaient jusqu’à présent se sont brutalement fanées et comme l’évoque un précédent billet, l’observateur attentif peut même commencer à déceler un « effet domino » : puisque ces politiciens montrent qu’une autre voie est […] ⌘ Read more

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World’s First Apple Pay Alternative for iPhone Launches in Norway
Norwegian payment service Vipps has become the world’s first company to launch a competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone, following Apple’s agreement with European regulators to open up its NFC technology to third parties.

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Apple Store Coming to Saudi Arabia Both Online and In Person Next Year
Apple today announced that its online store will be available in Saudi Arabia starting in summer 2025.

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A short winter bike tour
Yesterday, I watched some cycling videos and that somehow gave me some motivation to do at least one more short bike tour this year. Today, I did a short round around the city and saw some new places. With 5° Celsius and some sun, the temperature wasn’t the best, but at least it didn’t rain. To keep the motivation high, I listened to some music with my new headphones. ⌘ Read more

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Editor’s Note – Can You Help
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Stephan:

The news is getting ever bleaker and it is getting more complicated to get fact-based data. I want to thank all who have been sending in monthly contributions or who have sent in support over the past several days. This makes a great deal of difference to me.

I have been doing SR now for 33 years; I give it away freely and don’t permit advertising because I don’t have time to dig out whether a potential advertiser fosters wellbeing. Over the years i … ⌘ Read more

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Trump’s ‘Government of Billionaires’ Boasts Combined Wealth Greater Than New Zealand’s GDP
David Gilmour,  Staff Writer  -  msn | MEDIAite

_Stephan: On January 20th we will officially become a government of oligarchs, grifters, and sex offenders, headed by a multiple felon, rapist, and traitor.  Welcome to the USA. That may sound like a politically partisan statement, but it isn’t. It is a simple statement of fact. One can only imagine h … ⌘ Read more

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‘Dirty and dumb!’ Trump may cancel major government contract
Jessica Corbett,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet | Common Dreams

Stephan: A first taste of Trump’s new administration’s corruption, further damage to an already deeply wounded postal service, with more sure to follow.

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The deep roots of Americans’ hatred of their health care system
Dylan Scott,   Editor and Senior Correspondent  -  VOX

_Stephan: The expense, quality, and social outcome data of America’s illness profit system (IPS) has become so expensive and bad that many apparently see the shooting of United Healthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson as a killing done by someone enflamed with rage by something that happened to them done by the IPS.  I think Trump, the oligarchs who serv … ⌘ Read more

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There’s only one way to defeat Trump’s billionaires boys club
Thoma Hartmann,  Commentator  -  Raw Story | AlterNet | Commentary

Stephan: I think Thom Hartmann has it right. I have been quite struck by the contrast between how the people of the nations of Georgia and South Korea responded to authoritarianism, and the weakness of the American response. I don’t think most Americans have a clue as to what is about to happen to them.

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Editor’s Note – Can You Help
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Stephan:

The news is getting ever bleaker and it is getting more complicated to get fact-based data. I want to thank all who have been sending in monthly contributions or who have sent in support over the past several days. This makes a great deal of difference to me.

I have been doing SR now for 33 years; I give it away freely and don’t permit advertising because I don’t have time to dig out whether a potential advertiser fosters wellbeing. Over the years i … ⌘ Read more

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Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever
Rebecca Gordon,  Lecturer Department of Philosophy - University of San Francisco  -  The Nation

_Stephan: As I study the trends shaping the United States, it has become clear to me that one of the most central trends is the MAGAt attempt to reimpose on American society a kind of late 19th century genderism, mostly by defining what is acceptable behavior for women. Women are supposed to be … ⌘ Read more

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What Trump’s Victory Means for the Private Prison Industry
Lauren-Brooke Eisen,    -  Brennan Center for Justice

Stephan: The United States has the shame of being the country with the largest  and most racist incarcerated population in the world.

In 2024, there were over 1.9 million people incarcerated in the United States, including:

_- 1,566 state prisons

  • 98 federal prisons
  • 3,116 local jails
  • 1,323 juvenile correctional facilities
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Republican senator prepares ‘DOGE Act’ targeting agencies
Kevin Bogardus,    -  Politico

_Stephan: Tennessee MAGAt Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn has always been a notably inferior and incompetent member of the Senate, although the people of Tennesse don’t seem to see this. She has also always been a submissive doxy to Trump, and I am not surprised that he chose her to introduce legislation to legalize his previously non-existent DOGE agency that is going to gut d … ⌘ Read more

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The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society
Negin Owliaei and Maya Schenwar ,    -  truthout

_Stephan: The MAGAt Republicans under Trump’s guidance first with Project 2025 and now with legislation like HR 9495 have made it very clear what they intend, and this is what I think is going to happen to the United States. By March, I think America will have become a plutocracy with Trump as an authoritarian leader. What I w … ⌘ Read more

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Chute du gouvernement Barnier : victoires des déficits !
Un article de Henry Bonner Je me trouve à Baltimore, sur la côte Est des États-Unis, pour la fête de Thanksgiving. Je rends aussi visite à des cousins, qui habitent en Virginie, juste au Sud. Un membre de ma famille enseigne le français dans un collège-lycée et me propose une visite pour une journée, devant […] ⌘ Read more

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Top Stories: iOS 18.2 Coming Soon, iPhone 17 Rumors, and More
2024 is rapidly drawing to a close, but Apple isn’t quite done with releases for the year as iOS 18.2 and related operating system updates are arriving very shortly. Apple Intelligence is a major focus for these updates, but there are some other tweaks and improvements arriving for all users.

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k9s – manage your Kubernetes cluster and it’s objects like a pro!
Community post originally published on Dev.to by Sunny Bhambhani Introductionk9s is a terminal based GUI to manage any Kubernetes(k8s) cluster. Using this single utility, we can manage, traverse, watch all our Kubernetes objects. More information around… ⌘ Read more

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Understanding k0s: a lightweight Kubernetes distribution for the community
Ambassador post by Prithvi Raj, CNCF Ambassador and Community Manager at Mirantis As Kubernetes continues to grow as the de-facto orchestration platform for containerized applications and is massively adopted by large, medium as well as small… ⌘ Read more

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Why I’d never switch to an 🍎 iPhone
Recently, Kev announced he’s switching back to Android, and judging by his first impressions, he seems to be enjoying it. Coincidentally, I came across a video from Linus Tech Tips, where Linus shared his thoughts after using an iPhone for 30 days – and let’s just say, he wasn’t impressed. ⌘ Read more

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Editor’s Note – Can You Help
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Stephan:

Two readers wrote me, and my wife told me, I should have left this note up for a couple of more days. And so I do.

First of all, I want to thank all who have been sending in monthly contributions or have sent in support over the past two days. This makes a great deal of difference to me. I am going to run this one more day.

I have been doing SR now for 33 years; I give it away freely and don’t permit advertising because I don’t have time to dig out … ⌘ Read more

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This is how many animals could go extinct from climate change
Benji Jones,   Environmental Correspondent   -  Vox

_Stephan: Nothing I see suggests to me that the coming christofascist autocracy is going to do anything substantial about protecting the matrix of life from the devastation of climate change. Here is a sense of what is coming. I urge you to get involved with some citizens’ movement that works to protect democracy and prepare meaningfully to change the … ⌘ Read more

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How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized
Oliver Milman ,  Environment Reporter  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: I have given you a number of articles about what climate change is doing, and is going to do to the cost of home and business insurance if you can get it at all. The insurance industry, both healthcare and real estate, poured millions of dollars into getting Trump elected, so I doubt he is going to d … ⌘ Read more

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Transcript: Expert Stunned as Trump Picks 9th Billionaire for Top Job
Greg Sargent,  Contributing Writer  -  The New Republic

Stephan: When I tell you that the United States is about to become a racist, genderist, christofascist authoritarian nation, that is not a politically partisan statement. It is an emerging factual reality.

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China’s plan for 621MPH floating train that goes faster than a PLANE takes step forward with first track laid down
James Evenden,  Reporter  -  The U.S. Sun

_Stephan: The United States is falling further and further behind the infrastructure standards of the rest of the developed world, and China particularly is leaving us in the lurch. Most of our infrastructure was built between the administrations of Democrat … ⌘ Read more

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L’Occident meurt par la tête
Un précédent article notait que, d’années en années, les « élites » auto-proclamées (à peu près 1%) n’étaient plus correctement sélectionnées : ces élites, de plus en plus déconnectées de la réalité, imposent progressivement des réformes égalitaristes et une féminisation la société qui a pour conséquence directe d’imposer un conformisme étroit. Ceci provoque deux problèmes. D’une part, les […] ⌘ Read more

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Every Display Upgrade Rumored for Apple’s iPhone 17
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 17 lineup may bring some of the most significant display improvements we’ve seen in recent years. While the iPhone 17 series isn’t expected until late 2025, multiple rumors suggest Apple is working on substantial screen upgrades across its entire smartphone range.

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[ANN] MAGIC Monero Fund 2025 Election

5 December 2024: Committee and voter nominations open
31 December 2024: Committee and voter nominations close
6 January 2024: Voting opens
20 January 2024: Voting closes
~23 January 2024: Election results announced
31 January 2024: Newly elected members join the committee

Link: https://magicgrants.org/2024/12/05/Monero-Fund-2025-Election.html

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RC of MacOS Sequoia 15.2, iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, Released for Testing
Apple has issued the release candidate build for iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and iPadOS 18.2, for all users that are involved in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. RC, or Release Candidate builds, are typically the final version of a beta before it gets released to the general public, indicating the final … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/05/rc-of-macos-sequoia-15-2-ios … ⌘ Read more

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AirPods 4 With ANC Drop to $139, Beating Black Friday Deals ($40 Off)
Amazon has just significantly dropped the price on Apple’s AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation to $139.00, a $40 discount from their usual $179.00 pricing. This beats Black Friday pricing by around $25, making this a tremendous opportunity to pick up Apple’s latest AirPods a … ⌘ Read more

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How to Record Calls on iPhone
One of the potentially most useful newer features on iPhone is available in iOS 18.1 and later, offering a remarkably simple way to record calls on iPhone. Now, iPhone has an easily accessible call record button, available on the same phone screen that you use to toggle speaker phone, mute, and end the call. When … Read MoreRead more

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Announcing Linkerd 2.17: Egress, rate limiting, and federated services
Project post originally published on the Linkerd blog by William Morgan Today we’re happy to announce the release of Linkerd 2.17, a new version of Linkerd that introduces several major new features to the project: egress… ⌘ Read more

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Why we, as knowledge workers, should take care of work-life balance
Community post by Annalisa Gennaro At the beginning of this year, I fell apart. I found myself in pieces, struggling to say a single word without bursting into tears. I had severe sleep issues, suffered from… ⌘ Read more

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watchOS 11.2 Lets You Pause iPhone Video With Camera Remote App
In watchOS 11.2, Apple has added a useful new feature that’s designed to allow you to pause video that you’re recording on the iPhone using the Camera Remote app on the Apple Watch.

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The Camera Remote app has been available since the Apple Watch initially launched, and while there was an option to start … ⌘ Read more

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Billionaire investor with military contracts picked to be No. 2 at Trump’s Pentagon
Sarah K. Burris,  Senior Editor  -  Raw Story

Stephan: Welcome to the christofascist authoritarian oligarchy the United States is about to become.

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President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he intends to … ⌘ Read more

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Builders have 108,000 unsold homes. Good luck trying to buy one
James Rodriguez,  Senior Reporter  -  msn | Business Insider

_Stephan: Something very strange is happening to the housing market, as this article describes. It is getting very hard for younger first-time buyers to own a property because interest rates are close to 7% if they can find a house and afford the down payment and monthly costs. But even if they can do that finding a home, as described, is … ⌘ Read more

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The US supreme court’s trans rights case threatens decades of civil rights precedent, experts say
Sam Levin,    -  The Guaardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: The MAGAt-controlled Supreme Court, like Republicans in general, don’t seem to understand or even care about the wellbeing and medical reality of children as well as the LGBTQ subpopulation. With Trump in the Presidency, Congress dysfunctional, and the corrupt MAGAt majority dominating … ⌘ Read more

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Walmart rolls back DEI programs after right-wing backlash
y Nathaniel Meyersohn,  Reporter  -  CNN

Stephan: As MAGAt world becomes increasingly dominant in the United States the emerging trend is we are becoming an increasingly nasty country, and I predict it is going to get much worse, particularly in states controlled by the Republican MAGAt Party.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States, will curb some [diversity, equity … ⌘ Read more

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Apple Card Savings Account Receives Yet Another Interest Rate Cut
The Apple Card’s high-yield savings account received an interest rate cut overnight, the fourth time it has done so this year.

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The ‌Apple Card‌ savings account’s annual percentage yield (APY) dropped from 4.1% to 3.9%. Push notifications regarding the cut were sent to ‌Apple Card‌ users on Tuesday evening. Savings account inte … ⌘ Read more

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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter November 2024

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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of November 2024.

Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help thes … ⌘ Read more

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