cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/47501722

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According to official information released by various governments, as well as commercial satellite imagery, there were at least seven groups of Chinese warships operating across the western Pacific at the beginning of the week.

Last week Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed Australia was tracking several Chinese warships in the Philippines Sea, but the Government has not released any further information about their movements since.

On Sunday another PLA-Navy Task Group, which is currently on a far-sea comprehensive training mission, arrived in Jakarta to begin a four-day “friendly” visit to Indonesia.

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This week New Zealand revealed that its largest naval ship, HMNZS Aotearoa, was closely shadowed by seven Chinese warships while helping enforce United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea in the East China and Yellow Seas last month.

New Zealand’s defence force said the warships kept a “safe and professional distance” from its replenishment vessel as it operated alongside ships from Canada, France, and Japan.

The same naval vessel also encountered a Taiwanese warship as it sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait during November.

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Last week Defence Chief David Johnston confirmed an Australian P-8 surveillance plane had observed the Chinese task group operating in the Philippine Sea, approximately 500 nautical miles north of Palau.

“I have previously stated that we have seen a greater PLA Navy presence in our immediate region in recent years, and we do expect to see future PLA in extended area deployments,” Admiral Johnston told a senate estimates hearing in Canberra.

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According to official information released by various governments, as well as commercial satellite imagery, there were at least seven groups of Chinese warships operating across the western Pacific at the beginning of the week.

Last week Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed Australia was tracking several Chinese warships in the Philippines Sea, but the Government has not released any further information about their movements since.

On Sunday another PLA-Navy Task Group, which is currently on a far-sea comprehensive training mission, arrived in Jakarta to begin a four-day “friendly” visit to Indonesia.

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This week New Zealand revealed that its largest naval ship, HMNZS Aotearoa, was closely shadowed by seven Chinese warships while helping enforce United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea in the East China and Yellow Seas last month.

New Zealand’s defence force said the warships kept a “safe and professional distance” from its replenishment vessel as it operated alongside ships from Canada, France, and Japan.

The same naval vessel also encountered a Taiwanese warship as it sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait during November.

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Last week Defence Chief David Johnston confirmed an Australian P-8 surveillance plane had observed the Chinese task group operating in the Philippine Sea, approximately 500 nautical miles north of Palau.

“I have previously stated that we have seen a greater PLA Navy presence in our immediate region in recent years, and we do expect to see future PLA in extended area deployments,” Admiral Johnston told a senate estimates hearing in Canberra.

For user-readable files or media I store them under ~/docker/data, and for everything else I store them under ~/docker/stacks/[service] where ~/docker/stacks is maintained by Dockge.

Is there a better way to do this?

A Jewish woman wearing a Keffiyeh as well as the Star of David was escorted off Bondi Beach by police. The resulting social media storm led to death threats to her and to her friend.

I am writing this knowing it will likely result in more death threats.

That is not a metaphor. It is a statement of fact, based on what happened to my friend Michelle and me this week, and what happened next when we sought protection from the state.

On Monday, at the Bondi memorial for the victims of the mass killing the day before, Michelle – a Jewish local and member of Jews against the Occupation ‘48 – was surrounded by a hostile crowd shouting “get her off”. She was escorted off the beach to the sound of applause by approximately forty police officers, whilst trying to explain her position to the surrounding reporters, and taken to Bondi Police Station, where she was told she couldn’t go back to Bondi Beach for 6 hours.

Her “offence”? Wearing a Keffiyeh.

Whether one agrees with her politics or not is beside the point. The memorial was dominated by Israeli flags – the flag of a state currently accused of genocide and whose leaders are wanted for war crimes. Michelle wore the keffiyeh because she objected to a moment of mourning being politicised. But it is not a crime. Nor is it a provocation warranting mob intimidation.

What followed should concern anyone who believes the rule of law applies equally.

After video footage of Michelle circulated on X, under a post by journalist Hugh Riminton, the abuse escalated rapidly.

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Video of some police interaction with Michelle: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wvWm3zEmygY

As a kid, I just assumed it was aesthetic. Like, someone for an audience of non-musicians to project themselves on to.

As an adult, I recognize that this is almost certainly not the case. Presumably the conductor plays a role that is necessary and helpful to the rest of the orchestra... but I'll be damned if I can't quite figure out what that is. Surely its not just timing? Can't the players just... listen to one another to work that out?

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The German Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) have released their annual threat assessment reports, prepared against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war. Both documents note a further deterioration of the security environment for NATO and EU states.

The intelligence agencies of these countries reach similar conclusions: Russia remains the primary source of military, espionage, and hybrid risks. MAD notes that the Bundeswehr continues to be a priority target for Russian intelligence due to its role as a NATO logistical hub and its support for Ukraine. FE emphasizes that Moscow is already conducting hybrid warfare against NATO. Danish military intelligence assesses the risk of Russian sabotage against its armed forces as “high” and considers the possibility of a conflict with Russia in the Baltic region likely.

China is identified in the reports as a long-term strategic threat. Beijing’s intelligence activity encompasses technological and scientific espionage, infiltration of European defense and research programs, and the use of economic and political influence tools. According to MAD, in 2024 the number of Chinese intelligence incidents in Germany increased by 15% compared to 2023, and Chinese intelligence systematically recruits its citizens for espionage activities.

The deepening of Russia-China interaction is considered an additional risk factor. FE highlights China’s supply of components to the Russian defense industry, enabling Moscow to increase its weapons production.

The intelligence agencies also forecast a further rise in hybrid threats. Focus areas include more extensive disinformation operations, economic pressure, cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, and attempts to destabilize European armed forces.

The published reports confirm a persistent trend: Russia’s hybrid activities are intensifying, while China is gradually expanding its tools of influence over European states.

Got confused b4 I learned this for the first time LOL

So, first you're going to start with "burger"...

"But for just one time, I would like to be your neighbor!

To find the hand of McFeely delivering my package!

Tracing one trolley line, to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe!"

A New South Wales police officer unlawfully arrested a man, choked him, made offensive comments and tried to delete the man’s recording of the incident, an investigation by the police watchdog has found.

It recommended that two police officers involved be dismissed from the force, and said it would seek advice from the director of public prosecutions about whether they should be charged.

See how this plays out I guess ?

There's this red sails article that pops up every once in a while. Don't get me wrong it's a fine article, but there's a bit that goes "something something don't think people are brainwashed and just need to be exposed to uncomfortable truths."

And like, I get it. But...that's exactly what happened to me. I mean, I'm not going to say it was exactly one thing that caused it. However, genuinely when i learned about the Iraq War in detail*, that was basically what flipped the switch in my head. Obviously I wasn't as theoretically developed as I am today, but thats what made me genuinely want to read Marx, Lenin, Mao, etc. It was exactly that process of being exposed to information like that that made me want to be a communist, and want to fight for it.

This isn't some debunking thing. I think what I'm trying to explain is that my story seems to be very different from other people's, and applying my own experiences might not really work if it's not how things commonly work.

And, as much as it is important, I do want something more in depth than just "organize and educate." Don't get me wrong, that's good advice. What I'm trying to ask moreso is, what is the actually psychology going on behind these decisions here? Obviously there's no cookie cutter/one size fits all strategy here, but some direction would be helpful in actually attempting to convince people.

*To elaborate, I always heard of Iraq as just "the war." Kinda like how Vietnam was. But no one ever explained to me what it was and school didn't really neither. So when I learned it was basically the US invading Iraq almost explicitly for oil and no one got punished for it and basically everyone got rich off of it besides normal people while hundreds of thousands Iraqis died, it really shook me.

Elon Musk’s X is updating its Terms of Service to indicate it still lays claim to the “Twitter” trademark. The move to add this detail to the company’s terms follows an announcement from a Virginia-based startup, which recently filed an application to trademark the term “Twitter.”

The startup, Operation Bluebird, claims that X had abandoned the brand “Twitter” by renaming its social networking service “X.” In its petition to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed on December 2, the startup pointed to a post from X owner Musk on July 23, 2023, which proclaimed that the social network would soon “bid adieu to the twitter brand.”