It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/60675401

Archive article: https://archive.is/FmFAC#selection-647.1-647.51

Okay. Yes. This sounds like the dumbest question.

I just have a PDF that has a bunch of data in the ugliest possible way and I've attempted to pull it into an Excel sheet by myself and mess with the powershell to make it better, but it's awful, I'm too novice, and I frankly don't have the time.

This is a personal request, not actually condoned by my workplace, but the data wouldn't be sensitive. So could I find someone on like fiverr? Or, I dunno where to even look honestly.

Any suggestions?

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/7315022

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Spanish court has labeled VPN services as "technological intermediaries," ordering them to actively block IP addresses that host illegal LaLiga matches. The "dynamic" injunction compels NordVPN and ProtonVPN to intervene, similar to local ISPs. But with both companies operating outside EU jurisdiction with privacy-centric business models, it remains unclear if and how the order will actually be enforced.

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What’s the story?

U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on several African nations and cut off almost all aid programmes. Lesotho, a small country in the south of the continent, has been hit hardest by these measures.

In recent decades, Lesotho responded to Western calls to industrialise, and built up a textile industry focused on exports to the United States. Now thousands of jobs are at risk and the government has declared a ‘‘state of disaster”.

Lesotho tried to appease Trump with a range of U.S.-friendly measures and proposals, including a quickly granted licence for Elon Musk’s internet provider Starlink. But these moves have made little impact in Washington and officials in the African country fear the damage has already been done.

Why does it matter?

Other potential partners are stepping in to fill the gap left by the United States. The EU is looking for allies in Africa, but China is already acting “quickly and aggressively” to forge ties, according to a government minister in Lesotho. The extreme events in Lesotho illustrate Trump’s increasingly erratic approach to foreign policy that is alienating even traditional allies across the world.

How was this investigated?

Follow the Money visited Lesotho and spoke with a minister, entrepreneurs, civil servants, NGO workers, diplomats, academics and journalists.

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Spanish court has labeled VPN services as "technological intermediaries," ordering them to actively block IP addresses that host illegal LaLiga matches. The "dynamic" injunction compels NordVPN and ProtonVPN to intervene, similar to local ISPs. But with both companies operating outside EU jurisdiction with privacy-centric business models, it remains unclear if and how the order will actually be enforced.

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Spain’s leftist government, which has

championed the fight against gender-based violence, grappled with another sex scandal on Feb 18 after a police chief it appointed resigned, accused of raping a woman colleague.

The latest setback lengthens a string of sexual harassment scandals that have embarrassed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s ruling Socialists, while ongoing corruption investigations have threatened to topple his minority coalition.

Jose Angel Gonzalez, the second most senior police officer who was appointed in 2018, quit on Feb 17 after Spanish media reported a junior woman colleague had filed a complaint against him in January for an alleged rape in April 2025.

A judge has summoned him as part of the investigation, they added.

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It's the flag of short-lived PSSR.

I wish the Tudeh Party could return to Iran and launch the proletariat's revolution...

Hello,

I greatly enjoy taking notes on various news, people, and events to do with socialism.

I take great pride in these notes, and I really think that they strike a very good balance, providing a good summary, as well as all the necessary details.

For context, here's an example:

https://share.note.sx/g89t6c6h#d8HPAz1GPc6bF692Hy2Cb8jCtmTKxcyaZ00V72kQLSw

For the past two years, I've been making notes like this for countless topics, and I can't help but feel like they're basically just going to waste. Sure, they might come in useful in the future, but just letting them sit there feels like a waste.

I was wondering if anyone had some idea as to what I could possibly do with these. Should I post them here? Is there some other community that might appreciate these? Is there some obvious answer that I'm just missing?

Many thanks.

Pay attention America - this is what you do with anti-Democratic leaders if you want to respect and preserve democracy.

Palestinian journalists detained by Israel have described systematic torture, sexual violence and starvation inside Israeli prisons, according to a report published on Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

The report, titled ‘We returned from hell’, draws on interviews with 59 Palestinian journalists jailed since October 2023.

All but one said they endured “torture, abuse or other forms of violence”.

Testimonies detail baton beatings, electroshocks and being forced into prolonged stress positions, including being forced to stand under sewage water. Two journalists said they were raped by their Israeli captors.

Journalist Sami al-Sai recounted how soldiers stripped him and penetrated him with a baton and other objects inside a small cell at Megiddo prison, leaving him in a “severe psychological state”.