Ok, I start: I like synthwave, synthpop and sovietwave. And it’s not as much a question of focus as the fact music energized me, so lyrics are also ok and even welcome and I don’t get distracted at all.

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Director of the Security and Intelligence Service of Moldova, Alexandru Musteata, said that Russia has begun to use the video platform TikTok more actively to spread propaganda.

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He stated that Russia is already preparing to interfere in the upcoming elections in Moldova and has intensified its disinformation campaigns, as well as its attempts to influence public opinion.

He added that while the messaging app Telegram was previously the main channel for spreading Russian propaganda, the video platform TikTok has now become the primary tool.

In addition, campaigns to manipulate public opinion on Facebook have resumed, and temporary websites created specifically to spread false information have appeared.

According to Musteata, the goal of these campaigns is to undermine citizens’ trust in democratic institutions.

“Campaigns are being carried out to discredit the army, the security sector, law enforcement agencies, and the justice system. The goal is to lower the level of trust so that by the next election cycle, citizens will begin to doubt whether state institutions are functioning effectively,” explained the director of the SIS.

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Seriously, weekly I restart the laptop to clear out the cache and ram and whatnot and from restart to launch then opening chrome it's like a hot minute tops. Meanwhile back on my old hdd laptop a restart was a 10-15 min affair.

Moore's Law!

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Ive been using google's services since 2017-2018, now its time to finally depart from that. I just got it in the mail yesterday and I'm already in love with it. So much lighter and easier to carry than my samsung galaxy. Gonna transfer everything over in a sim card, switch to Tmobile and ill be good to go. 😁

"We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed, they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it," said Khanna, a progressive lawmaker from California in the U.S. House of ​Representatives.

"And these hoodlums come in with machine guns – M4, an American-made machine gun – and they detain us. They block off the road. And then they call the IDF and ​the IDF is on their side, not on the side of the Americans," Khanna said, referring to the Israeli military.

An aide to ⁠Khanna who was in the group, Cameron Kasky, said they were held for more than an hour and made appeals to the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem for help. A group ​of officers who appeared to be police eventually intervened, leading to their release, Kasky said.

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The European Commission ... has approved definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain tires from China used on passenger cars and light trucks and buses.

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The duties range from 4.3% to 45.3%, depending on the manufacturer. The Commission said the measures are intended to offset the effects of dumping and help ensure fair competition for tire makers operating within the EU.

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The measures were adopted under the European Union’s trade defense framework, which permits anti-dumping duties when imported goods are found to be priced below their normal value and to have caused harm to producers in the bloc.

The decision comes amid broader trade frictions between Brussels and Beijing, with both sides pursuing trade-related investigations and other measures affecting a range of industrial products.

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The question is purely academic. I am not having technical issues and I am NOT asking for technical support.

I understand that technically, my ISP had probably choked the previous port.

I also know that some nation states, organizations or other actors - such as ISPs - block Tor connections for whatever (political?) reasons.

What I don't understand is what legal grounds they have to do this. I have read the Terms of Service. Twice. And there is nothing explicit about having specific ports blocked for whatever reason. It does say that they have the right to limit my bandwidth if they deem that my usage is impacting their other customers' connection negatively. Perhaps they somehow force it into this paragraph? As in, according to them, running a Tor relay doesn't count as "normal use"?

If you have any experience or knowledge on the matter, please advise. 😊

The question is purely academic. I am not having technical issues and I am NOT asking for technical support.

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Hello fellow ADHD people!

I had a weird idea today. I've noticed that sometimes I have a single specific task that I avoid incredibly painfully, to the point where, even on my best days, I basically do everything else. And it makes other things easier because the more I think about the task that I'm avoiding, the more my brain is running away to do other things.

It made me wonder, maybe I can make a dummy task that isn't really critical, but make myself think that it is, and avoid it, therefore increasing my motivation to do other tasks as a form of avoidance.

Any opinions or experiences about this?

Has the deal been fulfilled even if it was only a week after?

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49306586

The Houston shooting is just the latest instance of a disturbing trend that continues to play out across the country. And it shows why, when federal agencies deploy lethal force on city streets, city and local governments must not cooperate. 

The chilling blueprint for federal immigration enforcement operations was demonstrated earlier this year with “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, where an unprecedented deployment of 3,000 federal agents — dwarfing the city’s 600-officer police department and essentially occupying the city. 

Following the killing of Renée Good, federal authorities simultaneously refused to investigate and completely stonewalled local oversight. The FBI seized Good’s vehicle, blocking local forensic teams from examining it, while the Department of Justice refused to provide investigative files to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. 

Seventeen days later, a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 

These incidents closely resembled prior encounters across the country where DHS accounts were later determined to be false. In October, federal agents shot Carlitos Parias in Los Angeles, accusing him of ramming vehicles; a U.S. District Judge later dismissed the indictment with prejudice due to blatant prosecutorial misconduct. In October, Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago under similar claims; a federal judge dismissed those charges after bodycam footage proved the agent had steered his own vehicle into Martinez’s truck. In an earlier incident in Harrisburg, Pa., federal agents relied heavily on the designation of a “weaponized vehicle” — a controversial term that has itself been weaponized by DHS to justify immigration agents’ rampant use of excessive force. 

Let’s start with federal immigration agents’ high-risk traffic stops, a common theme of these shootings. This maneuver falls well outside their core purview, and agents are dangerously ill-equipped for it, as evidenced by their frequency of firing upon moving vehicles — a tactic local police heavily restrict. 

Constraining these stops would save lives, but that would require either a major DHS policy shift or congressional action. Neither is realistic. The Trump administration won’t curb the practice, and a Republican-controlled Congress continues to acquiesce to the president, locking in, through budget reconciliation, nearly a quarter-trillion dollars in immigration-enforcement funding through the end of Fiscal Year 2029. Federal intervention isn’t likely.

That’s precisely why Houston Mayor John Whitmire should be ordering a city-led investigation.  

Local authorities aren’t powerless bystanders. Though state and local governments cannot dictate how federal agents operate within their boundaries, they can limit federal involvement. Like federal officials, state and local officials take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Taking this oath seriously creates a clear tension, as cooperating with federal immigration enforcement has become fundamentally incompatible with the solemn oaths state and local officials take to uphold the Constitution. 

When local authorities assist or stand aside for an unaccountable federal apparatus that operates beyond standard police protocols, violates constitutional rights with impunity, and actively evades oversight, they betray their sworn duty to defend their constituents’ constitutional rights.

Local authorities that resist are on strong legal footing. Though the Trump Administration may try to subpoena recalcitrant officials, threaten to withhold federal funds or even remove Customs agents from “sanctuary city airports,” the anti-commandeering doctrine is a cornerstone of American federalism rooted in the Tenth Amendment. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that the federal government cannot conscript, coerce or commandeer state and local officials or resources to enforce federal prerogatives like immigration enforcement. The doctrine ensures that state and local governments remain responsive to their own communities rather than serving as an involuntary, uncompensated extension of federal power.

Despite Texas’ history of challenging federal authority, Gov. Greg Abbott has taken a page out of the Trump administration’s playbook in an attempt to restrict the autonomy of Texas municipalities as they attempt to protect their residents from federal overreach. 

Local authorities retain the sovereign option to safeguard their communities by immediately withholding local law enforcement personnel, intelligence, facilities and logistical support from federal operations that run afoul of constitutional parameters. Withholding that cooperation is the only way for local officials to stay true to their constitutional oaths.

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Original title (ZH): 魔方小姐 (Mófāng xiǎojiě, Miss Rubik's Cube)

Grandma Zhao Yanhong (Michelle Yeoh), whose mental state is "30 years ahead of her age," refuses to admit defeat, is fearless, and loves to cause trouble! After meeting the genius but ultimately useless Wu Youwei (Liu Haoran), who "would rather lie down than sit," she becomes involved with the Rubik's Cube, and together with her mentor, best friend, and family, stumbles and bravely ventures into the "Rubik's Cube world"! What kind of magic will she achieve after picking up a Rubik's Cube at 70? What bizarre opponents and chaotic unexpected events will she encounter...?

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1257942

Original title (MS): Mojoku Hilang! (My Mojo is Gone!)

Adi, a corporate climber at Moo Magic Farms who turns a distinctive cow named Mojo into a viral sensation while pursuing aggressive rural farm acquisitions. His plans take an unexpected turn when he encounters a resistant farming community and its determined inhabitants.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1425085-mojoku-hilang