• That pokemon that's just like some ice cream.

• The transformation of Rimworld into Ribaorld.

• How to make cool noises in a synthesizer like Vital.

• The plot twist in This Monster Wants to Eat Me.

• This post.

• Steve Jobs dying of ligma.

• The themes and symbolism of Yurikuma Arashi.

• Optimal Halo CE speedrunning strats.

• Seriously did he ever even think about the process of making a synthesizer go wubwubwubwubwubwubwub? How could he miss the use of an LFO controlled low-pass filter threshold with moderate resonance?

I recently configured forward auth with Authentik and Envoy Gateway and found the process troublesome enough to warrant a post. If you've been thinking about doing the same then maybe this post will save some time.

The deal marks the rising defense cooperation and strategic investments between Germany and Israel across underwater and air defense systems.

Berlin approved an additional $3.1 billion package for the Israeli Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system in Dec. 2025, bringing the total value of Germany’s Arrow 3 procurement to around $6.7 billion, which is the largest defense export deal in Israel’s history, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry.

The Arrow 3 system, developed with US support, plays a key role in Germany’s broader missile defense architecture in Europe.

I just installed NetBird on a VPS using the Self-Hosting Quickstart Guide. Now I want to connect the VPS using Netbird to another client. When I also use Docker to register the VPS as a Netbird peer the whole network gets messed up because now the server and the client try to manage the network. So how am I supposed to register the VPS as a netbird peer to connect it to other peers?

Hi all, im asking this because yesterday i went to donate blood for the first time and they asked me stuff about my medical history to make sure im ok to donate.

They asked me if i'm taking or took in the past some supplements and i said yes cause i take creatine monohydrate and protein powder. When the doctor heard this said that i absolutely shouldn't because it damages my kidneys.

I was a bit shocked because, being someone that just doesn't trust the internet blindfolded (even when the absolute majoriy of reputable sources are kinda unanimous on saying that creatine is safe to take), before starting with creatine i went to my doctor and asked if i were ok taking it and he said yes just dont exceed the suggested dosage.

so im asking because im no one to dispute a doctor's claim, but i got two very differente responses from two doctors so i'd like a clearer view on which advice to follow.

thank you :)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday as he pushes a campaign against military support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Under Hegseth, the Pentagon has taken aim at the military’s partnership with Scouting America, decrying its historic rebrand in 2024 from the Boy Scouts and other changes in recent years that he sees as part of “woke culture” efforts that he wants to root out.

The U.S. military and the Boy Scouts have had longtime ties, including the military providing logistical support for the National Boy Scout Jamboree since its inception in 1937.

The military also has a long history of sponsoring Scout troops and activities on U.S. military bases and has maintained a strong relationship with the Eagle Scouts, whose members often enlist in the armed forces.

Source code: https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

Played a little of multiple games, so slow and steady progress in all of them.

Got another power up and killed another boss in Darksiders 3. The main story is that we are hunting the 7 sins (we are told this in first scene, so not really a spoiler), and if I am not forgetting any, I have killed 4 of them. I doubt the story would be so simple but unless it changes dramatically, I am guessing 3 more sins, then probably 1 or 2 more bosses at least. So probably around halfway through.

Cleared an area and reached the next boss in Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains. This game can be confusing at times. I was stuck at a place and couldn't figure out what to do. The main goal was to "go to the watchtower and look out", but nothing happened when I went there. After exploring the whole map twice, it turned out, I had to talk to a guy on the way, who will give me a telescope or something, and then I have to go to watchtower, but there was no mention of that any where. Not even some narration like, "I'll need something with which I can look out" or anything. It's an old game though, so I guess some things like these are to be expected.

The story is interesting, and it's kinda refreshing to see a different cultural look at the world. For instance, You meet a group of people who are from "Islamic Navy", and captain is a woman so the protagonist asks something like, "I heard that Arab women are supposed to cover their face", and there is a little chat about that.

Cleared all the main missions till level 10 in Tom Clancy's The Division, but now there are no main missions that match our levels, so will probably be doing some side stuff until we can level up for those. Main goal was to just clear the main game and ignore the side stuff, but Ubisoft won't let us do that.

Played a little of Hard West, and cleared the second chapter of the Campaign. The main Campaign path has 4 chapters, plus one prequel, and then there seems to be a separtae campaign with 4 chapters. Each chapter has some 4-5 missions, so not a very long game.

What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?

• Release Date: March 5
• Price: $69.99
• Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/pokemon-pokopia-switch-2/
• Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
• Description: Play as a Ditto and Build a New Life with Pokémon—from the Ground Up! Befriend Pokémon like DJ Rotom and Chef Dente as you build your world. Pokémon Pokopia Releasing on Nintendo Switch 2 on March 5, 2026.

A small but growing number of U.S. citizens are traveling to Havana for a breakthrough new treatment for Alzheimer’s, a disease that systematically destroys a person's memory, personality, and ability to function.

Studies show that, unlike all other medications available for the disease, Cuba’s NeuralCIM not only stabilizes patients, in more than half of cases it reverses many of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Cuba approved the medication for use last year, following several years of medical trials.

Dr Bill Blanchet from Colorado has been accompanying his patients to Havana, and says the impact of NeuralCIM on many of them, in just six months, has been life-changing.

An upcoming Belly of the Beast documentary, ‘Teresita’s Dream’, tracks the research and development of NeuralCIM. It meets the Cuban scientists behind it, focusing on Dr Teresita Rodríguez, who was driven by her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Y5FBR0pnU

Help shift the conversation on Alzheimer’s - for press inquiries or to host an early screening of the film visit the “Teresita’s Dream” section of our website: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/teresitas-dream

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis. The five-percentage-point difference is not statistically significant, but it contrasts with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years.

From 2001 to 2025, Israelis consistently held double-digit leads in Americans’ Middle East sympathies, with the gap averaging 43 points between 2001 and 2018. However, public opinion began narrowing in 2019, several years before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. The cumulative effect of gradual changes in U.S. attitudes since then has led to the Israelis no longer being viewed more sympathetically.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/51515199

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The Chinese embassy’s new-found rigor in launching tirades against Philippine institutions seems to have found a new target: a long-running independent news organization, after it released a video version of a months-old report on Chinese propaganda and China’s influence operations in the country.

In a statement on February 26, the embassy’s deputy spokesperson Guo Wei first assailed the embassy’s usual target: Commodore Jay Tarriela, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea for “[echoing] the so-called exposing ‘pro-China propaganda’ (sic).”

Tarriela had shared a video report by journalist Regine Cabato for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) where she outlined “5 Red Flags to Watch Out For” to determine if a social media post is pro-China propaganda.

[...]

Guo didn’t address any points Cabato raised in the video, which includes critiques of influence operations of other countries like the United States. Instead, the embassy mouthpiece said it was “worth noting” that the PCIJ had received funding from the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

Curiously, neither Guo nor the embassy seemed to have reacted in October 2025 when a text article and investigative report also by Cabato — from which the video is based on — was first released.

Funding from NED is not covert. Since it’s sourced from US federal funds, grants are public and made available on its official website. Grants that the PCIJ received are also not new — the screenshots posted by the Chinese embassy indicate funding from 2015 until 2021.

So why bring up NED at all?

[...]

NED, as well as NED-funded projects and organizations, is a sore point for Beijing.

A page on the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MFA) official website is dedicated to a discussion of NED, where it claims that it’s the US government’s “white gloves,” which Beijing characterizes as engagements “in subverting state power in other countries, meddling in other countries’ internal affairs, inciting division and confrontation, misleadingpublic opinion, and conducting ideological infiltration, all under the pretext of promoting democracy.”

Under the Philippines, the same 2024-published MFA FAQ page mentions NED’s grants to Rappler and what it terms as a “lobby” to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) “for access to internal information including election trends and campaign spending.” Campaign spending in the Philippines is public information, released once elections are over. Election trends, if the MFA meant polling, is not conducted by the Comelec but by independent polling firms either for public release or for internal use by private groups such as political parties.

The underlying dynamics here, of course, is the competition between the only superpowers in the world – the United States and China. It’s a competition that’s felt not only in military supremacy and economic dominance, but in either countries’ attempts to exercise influence across the world.

[...]

In addressing the PCIJ report, the embassy focused on attacking Tarriela and the PCIJ’s funding, implying that since the organization gets funding from NED, its integrity is compromised.

“People can’t help asking: whose interests do they serve?” said Guo. Who those “people” are, the embassy did not say.

In another February 26 statement, Guo went further in attacking PCIJ, after the independent news organization issued a statement expressing “regret” and “alarm” over the Chinese embassy’s allegations against both the organization and Cabato.

“We have zealously guarded our independence since our founding in 1989. We are nobody’s tool. And yet, we have watched as pro-Duterte partisans amplified the Chinese Embassy’s allegations, posted at 11:34 PM Manila time on Facebook and X. The virality of the Embassy’s message within a few hours attest to the coordinated nature of this online attack,” said the PCIJ, which also noted that it “receives funding from multiple sources, including from UN organizations.”

The PCIJ added: “We are alarmed that the Chinese Embassy is attacking independent reporting by Filipinos. Their actions only lend credence to our story.”

[...]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43640522

If ChatGPT wants to replace health professionals, it should be held liable for the "advice" it gives.

For those willing to stake their lives on surviving what the IOM says is the world’s most dangerous migration route, European deterrence means little.

Nevertheless, the European states most exposed to departures from Tunisia and Libya, principally Italy, have adopted increasingly punitive measures. Under a new Italian bill approved earlier this month, the country can indefinitely prohibit boats from entering its waters “in cases of grave threats to public order or national security”.

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Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of failing to act against militant groups that carry out attacks in Pakistan, which the Taliban government denies. [...] An Afghan official reported multiple civilians wounded near the Torkham border crossing, at a camp for people returning from Pakistan.

The groups in question are the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and ISIS-K.

A tanker believed to be carrying Russian oil that was on its way to Cuba changed course and diverted from the island, which continues to experience severe fuel shortages.

The Sea Horse is now drifting in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The vessel is believed to be carrying some 200,000 barrels of gas oil, the outlet added, based on shipping analytics from Kpler Ltd.

Cuba didn't receive any oil in January for the first time in a decade. Bloomberg noted in another report that the lack of shipments illustrates the acute lack of fuel taking place in the country, with an analyst telling the outlet that he expects it to run out in the coming weeks.

Spanish startup Habitacion.com sells bedrooms in shared flats, pairing buyers through a compatibility test

In Britain, mortgages are tailored to groups of friends and in several countries zero-deposit mortgages are making a comeback