all he needed was a $10 billion cash infusion from nvidia

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39039807

By Alex MacDonald
Published date: 15 November 2025 15:42 GMT
Last update: ~1100 ET

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to get to the bottom of a "mysterious" plane carrying 153 Palestinians who he said had apparently been "flushed out" of Gaza by Israel.

The 153 men, women and children who arrived in Johannesburg on board a flight from Nairobi were detained by border police on their plane for more than 12 hours because their passports lacked an exit stamp from Israel.

The Department of Home Affairs eventually authorised the passengers' entry into South Africa that evening, after receiving assurances from NGO Gift of the Givers that they would be taken care of.

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1. 0:00.000 - 0:05.000 Intermission
2. 0:05.000 - 0:16.000 Introduction of Guest
3. 0:16.000 - 0:26.000 Unpaid/Self Promotion
4. 0:26.000 - 10:32.000 The Kash Patel Scandal: Mossad Honeypots & First Amendment Threats
5. 10:32.000 - 17:52.000 The GOP Civil War: Donor Control vs. The Grassroots
6. 17:52.000 - 23:13.000 JD Vance, TPUSA, and The Fight for the GOP's Future
7. 23:13.000 - 27:01.000 The Inconsequential and Complicit Tulsi Gabbard
8. 27:01.000 - 34:01.000 The Motives Behind Trump's Push for War in Venezuela
9. 34:01.000 - 38:56.000 The Death of "America First" and the Trump Betrayal
10. 38:56.000 - 44:47.000 Syria: The Ultimate Proof of US-Al Qaeda Collaboration
11. 44:47.000 - 48:34.000 Future Conflicts: Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran
12. 48:34.000 - 52:02.000 The Test for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani
13. 52:02.000 - 52:07.500 Closing Remarks
14. 52:07.500 - 52:15.944 Endcards/Credits

Generated Summary:

Summary with Timestamps:

0:00 - 0:05 | Intermission

• Analysis: Introductory segment with no substantive analysis.
• Key Takeaway: N/A

0:05 - 0:16 | Introduction of Guest

• Analysis: Nima Alkhorshid introduces the guest, Max Blumenthal, and sets the date.
• Key Takeaway (Nima): Establishes the forum for a discussion on contemporary political issues.
• Key Takeaway (Max): Acknowledges the platform to present his reporting.

0:16 - 0:26 | Unpaid/Self Promotion

• Analysis: Nima promotes Max Blumenthal's work and platforms, The Grayzone website and YouTube channel.
• Key Takeaway (Nima): Directs the audience to the primary source for Max's investigative work.
• Key Takeaway (Max): N/A

0:26 - 10:32 | The Kash Patel Scandal: Mossad Honeypots & First Amendment Threats

• Analysis: Max Blumenthal details a complex scandal involving FBI Director Kash Patel. He explains how Patel, once a hero to the MAGA grassroots for promising to release sensitive files (JFK, Epstein), has betrayed that base by blocking their release. Max connects this to Patel's relationship with Alexis Wilkins, a former employee of PragerU (linked by Max to Israeli intelligence via its founder). He outlines how online theories labeling Wilkins a "Mossad honeypot" have led to Patel using his foundation to sue right-wing podcasters for defamation, which Max characterizes as a severe threat to the First Amendment and a sign of Israeli influence over the Trump administration.
• Key Takeaway (Max): The Trump administration, embodied by figures like Kash Patel, is actively suppressing its own base and undermining core promises (like draining the swamp and releasing classified files) due to external influence, leading to a grassroots revolt.

10:32 - 17:52 | The GOP Civil War: Donor Control vs. The Grassroots

• Analysis: The conversation shifts to the broader conflict within the Republican party. Max argues that pro-Israel donors (the "Zionist billionaire class") control the party's leadership and major organizations like TPUSA and The Heritage Foundation. He uses the example of canceled debates involving Tucker Carlson and the humiliation of Heritage's president, Kevin Roberts, to illustrate how donor pressure stifles dissent and debate on Israel. He contends that the grassroots, which is increasingly skeptical of Israel, is being silenced by an "astroturfed" leadership.
• Key Takeaway (Max): The internal GOP conflict over Israel is not a debate of ideas but a power struggle where a donor class uses financial leverage to enforce orthodoxy, creating a fundamental split between the party's leadership and its future base.

17:52 - 23:13 | JD Vance, TPUSA, and The Fight for the GOP's Future

• Analysis: Nima and Max discuss the positioning of JD Vance. Max notes that while Vance appears uncomfortable with the pro-Israel orthodoxy (evidenced by his weak answers to activists), he is beholden to a donor network (like Peter Thiel) that is strongly pro-Israel. Max asserts that there is no middle ground on this issue in the GOP; one is either fully with the pro-Israel lobby or against it, like Tucker Carlson. The future of figures like Vance depends on whether they bow to this pressure.
• Key Takeaway (Max): Rising GOP stars like JD Vance are caught between the party's pro-Israel donor base and the anti-interventionist grassroots, a tension that will define the 2028 nomination and the party's future direction.

23:13 - 27:01 | The Inconsequential and Complicit Tulsi Gabbard

• Analysis: Max is highly critical of Tulsi Gabbard's role as Director of National Intelligence. He states she has been sidelined on key issues like Iran but was instrumental in providing a deceptive intelligence pretext to justify Trump's escalating conflict with Venezuela, directly contradicting her previously stated non-interventionist principles.
• Key Takeaway (Max): Tulsi Gabbard has been completely co-opted by the Trump administration, used for her credibility while being forced to abandon her principles to support a neoconservative foreign policy agenda.

27:01 - 34:01 | The Motives Behind Trump's Push for War in Venezuela

• Analysis: Max and Nima explore the reasons for the Trump administration's focus on Venezuela. Max dismisses simple oil plunder as logistically unlikely and points to a combination of factors: ideology from the "Gusano industrial complex" in Florida, a desire to weaken Russian and Chinese influence in the hemisphere, and pure greed from Trump-world figures seeking "day after" contracts. He concludes that the most likely outcome is destabilization and civil war, not a profitable victory.
• Key Takeaway (Max): The drive for war with Venezuela is a mix of ideological vendettas, great-power competition, and grift, which is likely to backfire and cause regional chaos without achieving its stated goals.

34:01 - 38:56 | The Death of "America First" and the Trump Betrayal

• Analysis: Nima asks if Trump has become the establishment he once railed against. Max delivers a sweeping condemnation, stating that Trump has betrayed every key promise he made to his base: he has not ended wars (instead reviving "Dick Cheney's greatest fantasies"), he is not draining the swamp (but engaging in "out of control bribery"), and he is attacking the few politicians who still represent the "America First" ethos, like Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
• Key Takeaway (Max): The "America First" movement is a "sham." Trump has fully integrated into the warmongering, corrupt political establishment, leaving his base disillusioned and the movement's future in doubt.

38:56 - 44:47 | Syria: The Ultimate Proof of US-Al Qaeda Collaboration

• Analysis: Max points to the recent White House meeting between Trump and the leader of Syria's al-Qaeda branch as the ultimate validation of his book, The Management of Savagery. He argues this proves the U.S. national security state has long used jihadist groups as proxies to destroy independent states like Syria, with the current goal being to use Syria as a base against Iran.
• Key Takeaway (Max): The U.S. alliance with al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria is an open secret and the logical endpoint of a long-standing strategy, confirming that the "war on terror" is a cynical facade.

44:47 - 48:34 | Future Conflicts: Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran

• Analysis: Max assesses the likelihood of a wider Middle East war. He believes Israel is already in a low-level "mowing the lawn" conflict with Hezbollah but is too exhausted from Gaza for a full-scale invasion. He states that while Iran has deterrence, Netanyahu is desperate to attack Iran and believes he can drag the U.S. into a conflict, which is most likely to happen before the U.S. midterm elections while Trump is still politically strong.
• Key Takeaway (Max): The region is a tinderbox. A major war with Iran is a real possibility, likely triggered by Israel and enabled by a compliant Trump administration before the political winds shift.

48:34 - 52:02 | The Test for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

• Analysis: In a final question, Max offers a skeptical but wait-and-see view of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He says Mamdani's rhetoric on Israel is positive (like arresting Netanyahu) but that his true test will be his actions: divesting city pensions from Israeli bonds and ending the NYPD's liaison with Israel.
• Key Takeaway (Max): Politicians must be judged on their actions, not their rhetoric or associations. Mamdani will be immediately tested by pro-Israel forces, and his response will reveal his true commitments.

52:02 - 52:15 | Closing Remarks

• Analysis: Nima and Max exchange pleasantries and conclude the interview.
• Key Takeaway: N/A

52:07.500 - 52:15.944 | Endcards/Credits

• Analysis: Standard closing segment.
• Key Takeaway: N/A

About:

Max Blumenthal:

The editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America’s state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.^[[1] https://thegrayzone.com/author/max-blumenthal/]

Nima Alkhorshid:

Nima Rostami Alkhorshid holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Azad Shoushtar University (Iran 2007), a master's degree in Civil Engineering (Geotechnics) from Eastern Mediterranean University (Cyprus Turkey 2012) and a PhD from the University of Brasilia (Brazil). He is currently an adjunct professor linked to the Mobility Engineering course at the Federal University of Itajuba - Campus Itabira (Brazil). He has experience in Civil Engineering, with emphasis on Geotechnics.

Analysis of geosynthetic encased columns in very soft soil [June 2017] Thesis for: PhD. Advisor: Gregório Luis Silva Araújo and Ennio Marques Palmeira

The Federal University of Itajuba is extremely reputable among Brazilian engineering schools, it carries more than 100 years of tradition in teaching, with emphasis on Electrical Engineering – which is one of the best research institutes on Power Systems field in Latin America – Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering, Automation and Control engineering and Computer Engineering.

Nima Rostami Alkhorshid is an Iranian Professor of Civil Engineering, teaching in Brazil.

At Dialogue Works, Nima believes there’s nothing more unstoppable than when people come together. This group’s mission is to create a global community of diverse individuals who will support, challenge, and inspire one another by providing a platform for Dialogue. We encourage you to share your knowledge, ask questions, participate in discussions, and become an integral part of this little community. Together we can become a better community and provide our members with a much better experience.

Here Nima Rostami Alkhorshid asks questions of many well known geo-political experts on matters of current importance - for example aspects of the conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen, Palestine, as well as the global implications of US government and NATO decisions.^[[2] https://rad-patriot.com/bio-nima-r-alkhorshid/]

Dialogue Works:

Dedicated to dialogue and peace!

At Dialogue works, we believe there’s nothing more unstoppable than when people come together.

This group’s mission is to create a global community of diverse individuals who will support, challenge, and inspire one another by providing a platform for Dialogue.

We encourage you to share your knowledge, ask questions, participate in discussions, and become an integral part of this little community. Together we can become a better community and provide our members with a much better experience.

Edit:

1. Fixed name, Cash to Kash Patel
2. Fixed name, Mamani to Mamdani
3. Fixed name, Mamani to Mamdani

I think car privacy isn't talked about amongst any privacy enthusiasts online ever, and it apparently is one of the biggest data collectors out there. For someone like me who values electric cars for there affordability and environmental reasons, but still want physical car buttons and control over my data, how would I go about this?

OQB @PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39038372

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
November 15, 20252:52 AM EST

Summary

• Hamas authorities levy fees on some privately imported goods, Gazans say
• Government denies raising taxes but is regulating markets
• Hamas will not govern in Gaza, US State Dept spokesperson says
• Hamas government committed to 'smooth transition', spokesperson says

Where do u think

Hey all, I started my self-hosting by using the script here and modifying it to suit my needs:

https://github.com/geekau/mediastack

My only question is how I get the authentik/headscale/tailscale/cloudflare pieces working as a reverse proxy.

I think I've configured cloudflare correctly since I can hit my external url and it will try to redirect to authentik, but that's really where I'm stuck.

Has anyone else used a similar stack and got it to work? Is there a guide (other than the ones used for this exact stack because they aren't good) I can use somewhere?

Edit: to be clear, I'd like to be able to access my jellyseerr and jellyfin instances from an external url at minimum, but the more I can access, the better. I have cloudflare DNS entries for the whole stack, pretty much

Like my fight or flight meter skyrockets and I feel like I'm in danger.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5614693

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5614691

Archived version

China’s exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over alleged use of forced labour in Xinjiang and complaints about misleading origin labelling by some Italian companies.

The western Chinese region of Xinjiang dramatically increased tomato cultivation and processing in recent years, but slumping sales to Italy and other western European markets have left it sitting on a vast stockpile of unsold paste, industry analysts say.

Italian farming association Coldiretti has led a high-profile campaign to defend the national staple red fruit against an influx of Chinese paste costing less than half of that made from their farmers’ crops.

“This is an important victory,” said Francesco Mutti, chief executive of the eponymous maker of Italian tomato-based ingredients including passata, pulp and purée. “It is a very positive signal.”

Scrutiny of the tomato supply chain in Europe has heightened since some companies in Italy — the world’s largest exporter of finished tomato ingredients ready for consumers — were found to have mixed Chinese tomato paste into wares promoted as Italian.

[...]

Tomato News, which tracks the global processing industry and trade, estimates China has a stockpile of 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of tomato paste — equivalent to roughly six months of its exports.

While China’s total tomato paste exports by volume fell 9 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, sales to western EU countries dropped 67 per cent, and Italy’s purchases were down 76 per cent, Tomato News said.

“Clearly Europe has become a difficult place to export to,” said Martin Stilwell, president of Tomato News. Chinese customs data shows the value of processed tomato exports to Italy plunged to less than $13mn in the first nine months of 2025 from more than $75mn in the same period of last year.

[...]

China has turned Xinjiang, home to the mainly-Muslim Uyghur minority, into a low-cost, export-oriented tomato paste production hub spearheaded by large state companies, one of which is a subsidiary of the paramilitary Production and Construction Corps that helps run the region.

China processed 11mn tonnes of fresh tomatoes into paste in 2024, up from 4.8mn tonnes in 2021, according to Tomato News. With European demand collapsing, the Asian nation has more than halved the volume of the fruit processed to an expected 3.7mn tonnes this year, Stilwell said.

[...]

“They are struggling to sell, which explains why they have to cut back — otherwise they would merely be building inventory in China,” he said.

Xinjiang’s tomato industry has been dogged by allegations of use of forced Uyghur labour

[...]

The influx of Chinese tomato paste into Italy came under the spotlight in 2021 when the Carabinieri police raided a leading processing company and seized tonnes of canned tomato concentrate that included Chinese paste but was falsely labelled “100 per cent Italian”.

[...]

...I wish they'd take more dirt naps, tbh

my eternal struggle

Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said Saturday that Brazilian exported goods to the U.S. including coffee, beef and tropical fruits would still be tariffed 40%, despite Donald Trump’s decision to remove some import taxes.

In a dramatic move on Friday, Trump scrapped levies announced in April on what he called ‘Liberation Day’ in hopes of encouraging domestic production and lifting the U.S. economy. Brazil at the time was hit with a 10% tariff.

But in July, Trump imposed a further 40% tariff, citing — among other reasons — the trial of his ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, which he called a “witch hunt.” Proceedings went ahead regardless and in September Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting a coup.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/movies/p/1479981/academy-nudges-voters-to-actually-watch-all-the-oscar-contenders-this-year

[S]ince launch back in June, we've seen reports of players having issues with wired internet connections. Some point to the Realtek port as the culprit, others think it's a specific firmware or software glitch, or a USB-C-related handshake issue where something periodically goes awry. But whatever the reason, there seems to be a group for whom Switch 2's Ethernet port just isn't functioning correctly.

In a post on X, Greene said that “a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”, without referring to Trump by name, adding it was “the man I supported and helped get elected”.

Hi all :)

I need to replace my Xiaomi Mi 10t Lite 5g, so my wife has agreed to buy me a replacement for Christmas. I'm clueless when it comes to phone chipsets though, so I need some help.

I posted a similar request last year for my wife, and we're in pretty much the same boat now, so I've quoted the relevant part of that post below. The main differences are, she went for a Motorola Moto G85, but I can't stand the wraparound screen, and if possible, I'd like to get a phone with usb 3 that can potentially act as a desktop replacement and connect to AR glasses, but the last part isn't important.

The main things she needs are, decent battery life, an SD card, NFC, and more than 64GB of internal storage. If the OS can be changed in the future to get security updates, that would be a bonus. Given the direction that they seem to be going, with collecting data and locking down the bootloader, I'd prefer to move away from Xiaomi if possible.

The catch is though, we're on a small budget. Thanks to Christmas, we've only got around £200 to £250 to spend. If there's a significant upgrade, we can go to about £300, but that's a stretch.

I did look at the Poco M6 Pro, the Samsung A55, and the Tecno Spark 20 Pro, which seems to be ridiculously cheap, but don't know if they're still considered decent.

Thanks :)

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot this bit. Pixels are no good for me because of the lack of SD card support. I'm regularly in places with no internet connection, so keep my media on my SD card.

Hi! I wanted to share a project I've been working on that lets you set up a huge variety of applications really quickly and painlessly. For example, instead of setting up and configuring a large docker compose for a complicated application like Immich, this playbook lets you simply write:

immich_enabled: true

And it will orchestrate all the containers, networks, directories, etc for you with reasonable defaults. All of which can be overwritten, for example to enable extra features like hardware acceleration:

immich_hardware_acceleration: "-cuda"

Or to automatically get a letsencrypt cert and expose the application on a subdomain to the outside world:

immich_available_externally: true

Included in the playbook is a ton of complicated applications, like Paperless, Meelo, TTRSS, Dawarich, as well as common self-hosted apps like Jellyfin, Home Assistant, Syncthing, Navidrome, Grafana, and a whole lot more (totaling 116 right now!).

It also comes with scripts and tests to help add your own applications (ansible roles) and ensure they work properly

I've been using this project myself for awhile, including to assist with moving from one homelab computer to another (point the playbook to the new address, run it to install everything, and restore a backup from the previous computer for data), and I hope it can help someone else build up their homelab without sinking too much time into setting things up

Here's the repository: https://github.com/Dylancyclone/ansible-homelab-orchestration

And the documentation (that I'm really proud of :D): https://dylancyclone.github.io/ansible-homelab-orchestration/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39029271

By Cathleen Gutekanst
Nov 15, 2025

Thousands of Chicago-area residents have undergone training in how to respond quickly to ICE raids as part of Rapid Response teams. These people are out on the street, blowing whistles and honking horns when they see ICE and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents, and warning those in danger to seek cover. Rapid Responders also take regular shifts walking children to school so that their parents do not have to risk an ICE abduction at the drop-off site. Responders stand at nearby school corners to reassure school children that someone is there to protect them, to document what ICE does, and to seek help, if necessary.

The now numerous Rapid Response group networks in both the city of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs operate mostly with the guidance of ICIRR. The immigrant rights coalition notifies groups and individuals in its “Eyes on ICE” text chain, and conducts Zoom training sessions for those seeking to become Rapid Responders in their neighborhoods. The ICIRR hotline offers help in 13 languages — including Spanish, Polish, and Urdu.