I set up Wireguard on my phone, server, and computer to let my phone access my home network when I'm outside of it.

It works for the most part, but the inconvenient thing is that on Android you can only have 1 VPN running at a time. I want to use Mullvad VPN for the rest of my network connections for privacy.

I could make a single Wireguard config that defines 2 peers to connect to mullvad and my home VPN at the same time, but by doing this, I lock myself to a single server without the benefits of being able to swap servers at the same time.

Locking myself to a single mullvad server results in:

• less privacy, since my IP is more static
• inability to switch to bypass a VPN block

On desktop, I can have multiple wireguard VPNs at once, but if I have both running at the same time, then my LAN is accessed over the home VPN which is routed through Mullvad VPN. It goes

Computer -> Mullvad server -> Home VPN -> Home server

which is pretty wasteful.

Additionally, I'd prefer not to not do something like: Phone -> Home VPN -> Mullvad server -> destination, as my upload speed is pretty bad and this would throttle every non-local connection

What options do I have?

The proposal was revised after voters rejected the idea in 2021 amid concerns over data protection.

I am done with the burgery of the buorguorese and this has nothing to do with anything else. don't get any weird ideas here okay? Those borgoerios don't deserve to be called that. It's burger now! Imagine a rotting burger

I was in elementary and my mom was picking up me and my sibling up. Truck came by and made a hard turn and a lot of unsecured cabbages feel off of it, we got as many as we could I think ten and went home happy that day.

I wait for the day that this miracle happens again now 🥺 🙏

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/27987196

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A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250920120913/https://www.wired.com/story/data-centers-gobble-earths-resources-what-if-we-took-them-to-space-instead/

German wikipedia defines a biological species as a group where individuals can reproduce offspring with other members of the group, but not with individuals outside of the group.

First of all, to the best of my knowledge, proper sexual reproduction only happens with Eukaryotes. Then this means that no bacteria ever reproduce offspring with other individuals, and therefore each bacterium is its own species.

But that is a meaningless definition. If each bacterium is its own species, then the categorization into species becomes meaningless.

On top of that, bacteria have "pseudosexual" horizontal gene transfer (HGT) which allows them to exchange genetic material with any other bacterium (if the circumstances are right; if i understand this correctly). So all bacteria are in a single species if you look at it that way.

I understand that bacteria normally don't undergo HGT with all other bacteria because some might only open up at hot temperatures while others only open up in cold temperatures - thus creating a natural barrier. But it is also my understanding that while such barriers exist, they're not permanent and can be overcome in nature (without human intervention) for example due to certain virus infections and similar circumstances.

Long story short:

Wouldn't it make more sense to just consider that the concept of "species" only apples to eukaryotes and not to bacteria at all? Wouldn't that save all of us a headache? Maybe we should consider bacterial species to be less strict that eukaryotic species. Maybe we should describe bacteria by their individual features and give that group a name, instead of expecting that diverging lines of evolution cannot ever come together again.

I have a functional gastrointestinal system

A Canadian man visiting Wisconsin for a golf trip was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while walking back to his hotel, according to multiple local reports.

Police found the victim, Giovanni Michael “Mike” Robinson, 32, suffering from a gunshot wound around 12:08 a.m. local time on Wednesday in Sheboygan Falls, according to local police. Despite life-saving measures and medical attention, Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sources tell Global News that Robinson is originally from the town of Stouffville, Ont., and was a former player in the Ontario Hockey League.

Both theoretical or applied is cool

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/43035162

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/43034973

It's sickening that we are so beholden to Israel.

Cross-posted from https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/43044830

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Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a U.K.-based defense and security forum.

The Royal United Services Institute’s analysis is based on around 800 pages of documents, including contracts and lists of equipment to be supplied by Moscow to Beijing, from the Black Moon hacktivist group, which previously published some of the documents online. It does not identify its members but describes itself in a manifesto as opposed to governments that carry out aggressive foreign policy.

The authors of the RUSI report shared some of the documents with The Associated Press and say they appear to be genuine, although parts of the documents may have been omitted or altered. AP is unable to independently verify their authenticity.

The mix of completed and apparent draft Russian documents reference meetings between Chinese and Russian delegations — including visits to Moscow — and payment and delivery timelines for high-altitude parachute systems and amphibious assault vehicles. They suggest that Russia has begun work on the products to be delivered but don’t contain direct evidence from the Chinese side that Beijing has paid any money or received any equipment.

The authors argue the equipment could be used to invade Taiwan. Under President Xi Jinping, China has embarked upon a broad modernization program of its armed forces with the goal of transforming it into a “world-class” military by 2050.

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In the centre of Kyiv in Ukraine, as war continues, a national history museum remains open. It still welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to its impressive underground space despite the ongoing destruction of the city and the country, as Ukrainians grip to any semblance of normality.

The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War has brought a small part of its work to London this week, supported by the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK. The exhibition, Indomitable Ukraine, displays artefacts collected from the frontline of the current war – recovered directly from the battlefield and shipped to the UK for public view for the first time.

A diary of a Russian soldier, remaining parts of a warplane, medals, authentic uniforms, weaponry and artwork are among the 600 exhibits drawn from the frontline and liberated territories. It tells the story of Ukrainian people fighting to protect their independence and freedom.

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This is deeply meaningful for Yuliia Paievska, a Ukrainian medic known as ‘Taira’ who was imprisoned by Russian soldiers in 2022. At the launch event of the exhibition, dressed in uniform, she spoke to the Big Issue about her story and her hopes for the future of her country.

“The world must get inside and must be aware of what we are dealing with,” Paieveska said. “Sometimes our mind is wiped in a way to shield us from what gets us scared. What Russia is doing is totally horrifying. It’s difficult to imagine.”

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Paievska, who is a trained psychologist, described her experience while jailed [by Russian occupiers]. “Just imagine everything that is meaningful to you and valuable to you. You are deprived of those things. You are in full isolation. You are in full suppression. For 24 hours, you are under torture or psychological pressure. They try to beat you.

“Your only possession is what you are wearing. Nothing is given to you. No toothbrush. No soap. Nothing. It is like medieval torture. It does not look like a modern prison at all.”

Paievska says that she received medical treatment and has now rejoined her unit. She has been renowned as a symbol of resilience and heroism in Ukraine, but she says she does not feel that way. “There’s a lot of people like me in Ukraine. I don’t think I’m outstanding or something special. I’m just regular.”

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday a potential $20 billion currency swap arrangement with the government of fascist President Javier Milei in Argentina in a brazen act of election meddling.

Using the funds of the US state to prop up a regime whose support is collapsing ahead of the October 2025 legislative elections and already casting a shadow over the 2027 presidential contest, Bessent was unambiguous in framing the intervention as a direct “endorsement” of Milei.

The Argentine president’s approval rating fell below 40 percent for the first time this month amid an unraveling corruption scandal involving paybacks to his sister through the National Agency for the Disabled.

For Argentina, the swap means the US Treasury would transfer US dollars to Argentina’s central bank, with Argentina supplying pesos in return. This acts as a line of credit or liquidity support—Argentina gets access to the dollars it desperately needs to pay debts and import, and prevent a currency run.

Bessent confirmed that the Trump administration is also preparing to buy up Argentine sovereign bonds and provide massive emergency financing through the US Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF).