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Many Western economists and media outlets claim that Americans are wealthier than Europeans, but this is not true; it's based on a misunderstanding of the difference between average wealth and median wealth. Ben Norton explains how the extreme inequality in the US make its average wealth misleadingly look high, and why GDP per capita is not a good measurement. He debunks the myth of "Europoors", which is often spread by Donald Trump supporters.

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[2026-07-12] Al-Thawra

Israeli forces set up a temporary military checkpoint in Kodna village in central Quneitra countryside using six military vehicles, the Syrian “Sijel” Center reported on Saturday.

The move follows the establishment of another checkpoint in Eastern Samadaniyah village, amid rising Israeli violations in border areas of Quneitra and ongoing tensions near the separation line.

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A lot of distro recommendation threads focus on the questions that novices think are important, but leave out the questions people would have after experiencing the differences (things that distro-hoppers might ask). As such, answers vary between "use _____, I found it very user friendly" and "use whatever, you can turn any distro into any other, and tweak it to your needs."

What are some questions that newbies should ask when deciding on which distro to use as the basis for their system. Things like "what package manager suits my needs and how do I try out different ones without changing distros?" Or "what is a desktop environment/window manager, and how do I figure out which suits me?" Or "how does an init system affect my user experience as a newbie?" Or "how what are the choices made by such-and-such distro during install?"

Bonus points for also answering the questions you propose (I don't have answers, picked a distro and stuck with it)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/49934242

July 10, 2026

[weekly newsletter about Cuba from the Belly Of The Beast news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Also:

• MEDICC Brings Solar Power to Cuban Maternity Homes
• Despite U.S. Pressure, Most Nations Oppose Embargo
• How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
• We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
• Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks U.S. Buyer

Demo is out now.

I have been out of the game for a while, but intend to pirate games of the classical asshole-publishers, such as Ubisoft. I know how to do all of that with Movies and TV Shows, but for PC Games, I am lacking legit sources and unfortunately, Impress is out as well.

How does one pirate PC Games in 2026, via torrent or usenet?

1. Rogers
2. Bell
3. Telus
4. Sasktel
5. Freedom
6. Chatr
7. Fido
8. Koodo
9. Lucky
10. Public Mobile
11. Videotron

Japan's largest taxi operator, Nihon Kotsu, announced that its systems were compromised in a cyberattack, forcing the company to shut down part of its infrastructure. [...]

In the months leading up to Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest on federal sex trafficking charges on July 6, 2019, a small U.S. Virgin Islands bank he owned that had employed no one and laid dormant for years suddenly came alive.

A flurry of transactions totaling more than $20 million passed through the bank named Southern Country International from April to early July that year, according to a Miami Herald investigation based on the recently released documents by the U.S. Justice Department.

And months after the disgraced financier was found dead in a Manhattan detention facility on Aug. 10, an additional $25 million was moved through Southern Country, with roughly a quarter of that amount coming from unspecified sources.

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They make the person look like an honest face when it gleams or catches the light just so

I used to digitize old family photographs with my mom about five years ago. We used a Canon LiDE 300 on Windows 10.

Since then, I have matured. 🤣

I switched to Linux about two years ago - Artix btw - and now I want to revive this cozy tradition of digitizing photos. I'm looking at the Canon LiDE 400, but that's partially irrelevant. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SANE says it should be supported.

Question: do you have any experience with the frontends? Do you know if there is one that - like the proprietary Canon software for Windows - can pick out individual photographs from the scan surface? So that I don't have to manually crop the file afterwards.

Thanks in advance! 😊