Only one notch above junk level.

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An eleventh person was just killed by immigration agents in our streets under the second Trump administration. This is a developing situation.

At 8 a.m. this morning ICE shot and killed someone in their car in Biddeford, Maine. The victim has been identified as a 26-year-old man from Colombia who, according to the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition, was authorized to work in the United States. This is the latest senseless killing by Trump's immigration enforcement, following killings in Houston, Minneapolis, and elsewhere.

The White House and Republican majority in congress have injected an unprecedented amount of tax dollars into ICE. With their bloated budget, Stephen Miller and Trump have pivoted ICE and DHS away from the border and into city streets – breaking into homes, smashing car windows, and illegally murdering working people on American soil.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology@piefed.social/p/2207780/ai-giants-learn-what-everyone-else-on-the-modern-internet-already-knows

For years, tech giants have argued that if information is available on the internet, it can be used for AI model development and outputs. They call it fair use. Content owners have tried to prevent this, with no success.

Now Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are discovering what the rest of the internet has already learned through painful experience: once you put something online, people will find ways to use it in ways you don't like and can't stop.

The latest flashpoint is something called "distillation," using the outputs of one AI model to improve another. Anthropic says competitors are harvesting its outputs at scale, turning billions of dollars of research into a shortcut for rivals. OpenAI and Google have made similar warnings recently.

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TLDR: The r/selfhosted subreddit has a Discord server. The owner's account got hacked leaving the server in a precarious state. They submitted a support ticket, but Discord has not taken action in weeks and probably won't at all, so they are considering starting a new Discord server.

Clarification:No, I wasn’t sick before this started occuring. It was a gradual onset.

Feeling really tired all the time. I can sleep well above the amount of hours you need, and wake up feeling like I've been drugged up. If I wake up at 10 AM, I feel almost awake by around 8 PM. I don't have as much of an issue typing but when I'm talking it's like I've had brain damage or something (I haven't, to my knowledge.) My movement and metabolism seem slow but my doctor says my thyroid function is in acceptable limits.

I used to give massive presentations where I was speaking without a script, I couldn't even manage a single sentence without suddenly slurring, mispronouncing a word I know the pronunciation of, fumbling grammar, getting a word back to front or "buffering" for 5+ seconds. I don't know, I just don't feel as "present" like I used to, and everything seems dream-like. I have a bit of anxiety about talking to people in person now, because talking seems to use up 100% of my brainpower (same with remembering how to make coffee and use the machine), when before it was an automatic thing.

There's been several occasions where a sentence will come out perfect but in reverse.

I don't know if this is related, but people have noticed that since then, my movement has also been slow, as if my arms are underwater and are facing water resistance.

I forgot to clarify that. No, I wasn’t sick. It was a gradual onset.

quote take from this interview:

https://resumen-english.org/2026/07/elian-gonzalez-however-tired-the-cuban-people-may-be-they-know-where-the-evil-lies/

Elián says, "I can drink American beer but Americans cannot drink Cuban rum. Who is free?"

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Last month’s midterms were an earthquake for the Democratic establishment. Across the country, progressive challengers sailed to victory calling for abolishing ICE, reducing inequality, and addressing the crisis of affordability.

But one message rang particularly clear: After years of pro-Palestine mobilizations, U.S. voters are rejecting Zionist politicians.

Nowhere has this been clearer than in New York City, a Zionist stronghold and the epicenter of mobilizations for Gaza. Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Chevalier were outspoken about their support for Palestine, openly calling Israel’s assault a genocide. They defeated establishment Democratic opponents who in some cases received hundreds of thousands of dollars from pro-Israeli PACs. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, too, came to power in part due to his stance on Israel.

Pro-Palestine candidates are also racking up wins elsewhere. Melat Kiros (Colorado) and Chris Rabb (Pennsylvania) are poised to win House seats in November, while Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed may win the Democratic nomination for Senate.

In other words, unconditional support for Israel is becoming toxic for Democratic Party politicians. Radicalized by almost three years of livestreamed genocide in Gaza and increasing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, for many young people in particular, Palestine has become a central issue.

But the movement for Palestine can’t let up — especially since the Democrats see which way the wind is blowing.

Don’t Let the Democrats Fool You

The movement against the genocide has forced the Democratic Party to reckon with how their support for Israel is losing voters. In April, 40 Democratic senators supported a Bernie Sanders-backed resolution to cut weapons sales to the Zionist state. (The resolution failed.) More and more politicians are rejecting money from AIPAC, and some are going so far as to describe Israel’s actions as a genocide. A few days ago in Tel Aviv, Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and Obama administration chief of staff, said “unconditional support” for Israel must end.

So, are Democrats becoming anti-Zionist? Not so fast!

While some may be softening their rhetoric and eschewing the most objectionable elements of the pro-Israel lobby (e.g., AIPAC), these actions don’t reflect a change of heart or meaningful policy change. Rather, they’re attempts to de-fang the movement for Palestine and channel disgruntled voters back into the Democratic Party.

Emanuel, who is exploring a 2028 presidential run, is a case in point. Like many other Democrats, he pins the blame squarely on Benjamin Netanyahu, rather than on the Zionist project. If Israel is engaging in something resembling mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing, the reasoning goes, it’s only because of the Israeli prime minister’s reckless “military-only approach,” and his “unwilling[ness] to plan for a day after in Gaza.” And Emanuel’s concern comes from a place of wanting stability and support for Israel, not from any support for Palestinian self-determination.

For evidence that Emanuel is not proposing a break with Israel, look no further than who applauded his speech: lifelong Zionist Hillary Clinton, and Democratic Majority For Israel, who said his words were “grounded in a sincere commitment to Israel’s future security and prosperity.”

In other words, to the extent that Democrats have harsh words for Israeli politicians, advocate sanctions on West Bank settlers, and call for an end to unconditional aid to Israel — with that last proposal supported by Netanyahu himself — it’s only in service of recouping the country’s lost support among Americans and the international community.

Reject the Whole Democratic Party

But why are establishment Democrats so invested in maintaining support for Israel, if their base is overwhelmingly voting them out of office and turning against Zionism?

The U.S. regime’s Zionism isn’t about any one individual’s beliefs, or even about AIPAC funding. Rather, the United States supports Israel because it acts as U.S. imperialism’s guard dog in the Middle East. The Zionist state, armed to the teeth, helps wage Washington’s wars in the region, including most recently the war against Iran. This is why U.S. policy toward Israel does not fundamentally change, whether under Obama, Trump, or Biden. And it’s why the Democrats will never fully abandon Zionism, even if they sand down its roughest edges.

This is just one reason why leftists cannot support the Democrats, and why we call for organizations like DSA to break with the Democratic Party. Lander, Valdez, and Chevalier’s open embrace of the Palestine movement is progressive, and their victories are an auspicious sign of the changing tides in U.S. society. But running as Democrats helps channel this progressive energy into — and rehabilitate — an imperialist, Zionist Party. And once in Congress, they will face enormous pressure to toe the Democratic Party line on Israel.

We have the power to keep the movement for Palestine moving, and to fight for liberation for all Palestinians. After all, it’s our protests, encampments, and mobilizations that have forced a reckoning among Democrats and even caused the labor movement, including the UAW, to take up the Palestinian cause. And we can go much further. Let’s keep it up — in the streets and in our workplaces!

The post Israel Is Becoming Toxic for Democrats. Let’s Keep It Up! appeared first on Left Voice.

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Some gameplay if you have no idea what this is.

Um Jammer Lammy is a sequel to Parappa the Rapper set in the same universe but following a different character. Rather than being a rhythm game about rap, this one is mostly rock with some other genres mixed in.

I'm kind of shocked that despite playing Parappa 1 and seeing some of Parappa 2, I never heard of this one. This one was made in the middle, and despite the name making it sound like a spinoff, it is basically a direct sequel (Parappa is even in this one too).

This game is way better than Parappa 1. The input detection actually works here so you don't randomly lose when you're hitting buttons on the beat. The game's still hard though, just less unfair. The length is similar to the first game but you'd be surprised at how quick you can beat it now that the game works properly, it took me just under 2 hours.

There's a surprising amount of post-game content though, including a hard mode where you get to play as Parappa, and boy does it get insanely hard. People that 100% games are going to have a rough time with this one.

The only thing it doesn't have over the Parappa 1 is the music though. The music here is good but it's not as catchy as the first. The story is also a totally incomprehensible acid trip that I can't even explain if I wanted to. At one point she gets fat from eating pizza that the town thinks she's in labor and drags her into a hospital with a bunch of pregnant women. Yeah.

TL;DR: A great sequel to Parappa the Rapper that got completely overlooked for some reason, which is a shame because it's much better in many ways. Highly recommended if you're a rhythm game fan.

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Dmitry Medvedev proposes a formal anti-sanctions coalition to weaponize economic countermeasures and challenge Western financial blockades.

Related: OPEC+ is consider increase crude oil supply in August

Anti-Sanctions Coalition: 3 Powerful Nations Defiantly Propose Revolutionary Global Shield

TEHRAN — The establishment of a formal anti-sanctions coalition has been proposed by Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, to institutionalize global economic defense mechanisms against Western unilateral financial blockades.

Speaking directly from the Iranian capital, the former Russian President emphasized that the unilateral coercive measures imposed by Washington and Brussels demand an organized, legally binding multilateral response from sovereign states.

Medvedev delivered these remarks following his leadership of a high-level Russian delegation to Tehran on Saturday, July 4, 2026, where he participated in the state funeral services for Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and held extensive working sessions with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The high-ranking Russian official detailed that the institutional framework of this anti-sanctions coalition will specifically safeguard the financial sovereignty of nations currently targeted by Western economic warfare, primarily Rusia, Iran, and China.

Building a Multilateral Front Against Unilateral Economic Warfare

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – Unilateral Sanctions Reports

The proposed treaty seeks to go beyond temporary bilateral trade agreements by establishing a permanent platform for defensive and offensive financial strategies. This platform will allow targeted states to coordinate synchronized countersanctions against blockading powers.

“We can discuss the idea of creating a formal treaty or, at the very least, an institutionalized platform where states subjected to illegal blockades can define joint strategies to neutralize external pressure,” Medvedev stated during his press briefing.

By shifting from a reactive economic posture to an offensive, organized structure, the anti-sanctions coalition intends to fundamentally disrupt the capacity of the United States and the European Union to arbitrarily deploy secondary sanctions against third-party trading partners.

The institutional mechanics of the initiative will focus heavily on accelerating alternative financial architectures, expanding non-SWIFT cross-border payment networks, and establishing mutual trade guarantees backed by sovereign wealth funds.

The Russia-Iran Strategic Axis and the New Multipolar Infrastructure

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Official Updates

Moscow and Tehran are already bound by a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, which serves as the foundational blueprint for the broader anti-sanctions coalition now being introduced on the world stage.

This bilateral framework has successfully translated into multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects, joint transport corridors like the North-South Transit Path, and deep technical-military cooperation designed to bypass Western maritime and aerial surveillance.

Furthermore, both geopolitical powers maintain an unbreakable voting alignment within the United Nations, consistently voting as a unified bloc to condemn unilateral coercive measures and western-centric resolutions.

This alliance is amplified through their active integration into Eurasian multilateral bodies like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the expanded BRICS bloc, which provide the institutional weight necessary to make the anti-sanctions coalition a viable alternative to the G7-dominated financial hierarchy.

Geopolitical Context: Reconfiguring Global Chokepoints and Trade Security

From a broader geopolitical perspective, the emergence of a formal anti-sanctions coalition signals an architectural shift toward a truly multipolar world order, stripping Western capitals of their traditional monopoly over global trade governance.

The strategic leverage of this coalition is significantly enhanced by Tehran’s operational control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime chokepoint through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s total petroleum consumption passes daily.

Medvedev pointed out that Iran’s ability to effectively restrict or regulate commercial traffic through Hormuz represents a profound geopolitical instrument that alters the balance of power, forcing Western nations to reconsider their reliance on economic coercion.

By linking Russia’s vast energy and agricultural reserves with China’s industrial dominance and Iran’s strategic geographic choke points, this emerging alignment possesses the material capacity to build an insulated, self-sustaining economic ecosystem completely independent of the US dollar.

Stalled Diplomatic Tracks and the Realities of Western Negotiations

Addressing the parallel peace and security negotiations between Iran and the United States, Medvedev offered a highly pragmatic, sobering assessment, labeling the ongoing diplomatic track as “extremely difficult” due to deep-seated systemic mistrust.

The principal friction points remain the permanent, verifiable lifting of all Western financial restrictions and the immediate release of frozen Iranian international assets earmarked for domestic humanitarian and infrastructure reconstruction.

The Russian Security Council official warned that current diplomatic understandings remain fragile because previous agreements were enshrined only in non-binding memorandums of understanding, which lack the strict legal obligations necessary to prevent future Western compliance failures.

Nevertheless, Moscow recognizes that these preliminary texts are indispensable foundations for future security architectures, as they encompass vital clauses regarding the safety of international shipping lanes, border demilitarization, and regional nuclear frameworks.

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