Mastodon decided against quote posts so far, so Hubzilla and (streams) should not allow quoting Mastodon posts.

And where are you reading that Mastodon will reinvent the wheel? To me it reads like they are working on Fediverse-wide interoperability for these features.

They're winning.

They have no compelling reason to do that.

Putin needs to rebuild his military after Trump surrenders Ukraine to him.

China needs to match U.S. naval power while it still has a population young enough to do that.

#america #russia #china #news

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@axios
Trump is looking to convince the U.S. adversaries to cut their defense spending while also getting them to commit to denuclearization. https://t.co/MJLtvtaT0p

Fascists don't care how many people must suffer and die as they act out their sick fantasies, which they need to promote in order to keep their followers mesmerized and distracted.

And I cannot help but think of chapter 13 in Revelation:

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. 

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@dymaxion
With the "shutdown" of USAID, the State department has ordered an emergency evacuation of all staff from over a hundred countries by Saturday. In their wake they will leave massive chaos. USAID feeds 53 million people a year, among other things. Many, many people are dying because of this, and many countries will never trust the US again.

USAID is a major part of American international soft power. The damage that this is causing can only be described as treasonous, even ignoring the human cost.

To be clear, this evacuation is impossible. Doing it from one country is very hard. Doing it everywhere all at once, even with all available military airlift assets, cannot happen. Regardless, on whatever schedule they do do this, this is not a normal international move. They are telling staff who in some cases have been in country for decades or who expected to be their for the rest of their careers that they have 48 hours to pack suitcases and leave everything else they own behind, to return to a country where they have no where to live and no job.

But then, that's the point.

This does not look like an environmentally-friendly technology. How are they going to produce all that electricity and what are they going to do with all the excess heat?

#climatechange #computing #technology #datacenters #quantum

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@arstechnica
Why every quantum computer will need a powerful classical computer

Error-correcting a quantum computer will mean processing 100TB every second.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/why-every-quantum-computer-will-need-a-powerful-classical-computer/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

This stupid law has done nothing but harm people and enrich greedy corporations. It did not in ANY WAY protect or encourage "innovation" in technology. That's a FUCKING LIE so don't even bother replying to me with your lame long-debunked arguments about innovation.

We innovated just fine without granting free license to online companies to ignore their ToS and abuse policies.
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@arstechnica
Lawmakers say Section 230 repeal will protect children—opponents predict chaos

Repeal bill is bipartisan but has opponents from across the political spectrum.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

ublacklist does the trick.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe

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SERIOUS INQUIRY: Does anyone know of a browser extension (preferably available in the Google Extensions Store) that filters out IMDB, Quora, Reddit and StackExchange from #Google's SERPs? I'm fed up with seeing bullshit answers to queries.

@dangillmor
(If Mastodon had #QuoteToot feature, I'd post that...) When I update Wikipedia articles, I try to reference sources like AP, Reuters, UPI, ABC, CBS, NBC, as well as local reporting, especially indy weekly muckraking, to help get their local perspective, insights.

It won't deescalate the violence.

In 2005 Israeli PM Ariel Sharon withdrew all Israeli forces and settlements from Gaza.

The Gazans responded by bringing Hamas back and giving them political power. Hamas subsequently drove out their Fatah rivals (with violence).

How was Israel responsible for that?

In 2008 Ehud Ohlmert offered to recognize a fully independent Palestinian state with complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and the construction of a tunnel to connect Gaza with the West Bank.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the offer (and only admitted to doing so in 2015).

Israel has TRIED to make peace with the Palestinians.

The Palestinians chose to keep the conflict going.

Acknowledge those facts, George, or stand down.

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@georgetakei

The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza as part of its campaign to stamp out Hamas terrorism. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. It is what my community once endured in World War II, all because of the actions of others who happened to share our ethnicity. Have we learned nothing? How will this possibly help deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.

@adrienne @siderea @isagalaev @jwz

This would be the best solution, imo.

Outright *deleting* other people's writing is sacrilegious to me as a writer and an editor. It gives the OP control over someone else's feed and the ability to destroy someone else's work, rather than merely lessening the boost ratio (which severing from the OP would do more than well enough).

To me, it's like saying, "I don't like the books in your personal library, so I should have the right to come in your home and take them."

My feed is my feed. Keep your mitts off of it.

If you want folks to be able to #QuoteToot / #QT, that's another subject.