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The European Commission is looking to go further on its bid to remove Huawei and ZTE telecoms networks from its member states.

Vice President Henna Virkkunen has tabled a proposal to make 2020 5G cybersecurity toolbox recommendations legally binding, and could extend beyond just mobile networks to include fixed-line broadband and fibre networks in EU member countries, too.

The development comes despite many countries having already enacted such changes – Sweden banned Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks in 2020, the UK has done the same, and Germany plans a removal from its 5G core networks by 2026.

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The UK has framed the removal of Huawei’s technology as a supply chain necessity: “the security of the company’s products… can no longer be managed due to the impact of US sanctions on its supply chain.”

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Leaked emails show Epstein working on a wire transfer to Ehud Barak's top aide, Yoni Koren, who regularly stayed at his apartment.

It is 50 years today since the Australian governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismissed without warning the elected Labor government of Gough Whitlam.

For decades after Whitlam’s dismissal, a disarmingly simple narrative had been locked in place, which kept the role of the queen and the Palace courtiers out of public view.

The narrative from that Nov. 11 day in 1975 was that Kerr had reached a lonely and isolated decision and that he had had no other option in the face of the Opposition’s blocking of supply but to dismiss the government.

The queen’s then deputy private secretary was an Australian, Sir William Heseltine, and he stated: “The Palace was in a state of total ignorance.” In reality however, nothing was quite so simple, nor as constitutionally proper.

Thanks to a series of archival declassifications, what has emerged reveals a complex web of deception, collusion, and denial in which the Palace was deeply and undeniably involved.*

Following a four-year High Court legal battle, the declassification and release in 2020 of the secret Palace Letters between the queen in England, and the governor-general in Australia, turned that history on its head.

The letters confirmed that the queen through her private secretary Sir Martin Charteris, discussed the possible dismissal of the government with the governor-general and advised him on the use of “reserve powers” to do so, against the advice of both the Australian solicitor-general and attorney-general

No respectable historian or journalist could now accept that the queen had “no part to play” in the dismissal of the Whitlam government as the protectors of the royal family in Buckingham Palace continues to claim.

Having now the benefit of the Palace Letters in their entirety, Heseltine’s claim of the “total ignorance” of the Palace is simply staggering.

My brain is melting. Ain’t slept in two days, should be asleep now. Obviously I don’t think this person should have a driver license but that outcome will hit me.

and by "it", haha, well. lets justr say. My bears.

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/6982

Leaked emails show Epstein working on a wire transfer to Ehud Barak's top aide, Yoni Koren, who regularly stayed at his mansion.

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Sorry for the rant, I don't know if it belongs here, I'm new. But I am just super disappointed and want to maybe help people in the future experiencing something similar so we can cope together.

So, a few days ago, one of my random alt accounts on Reddit gets sitewide banned for harassment because I called someone dumb in the comments (literally no more than that) as a joke on a shitpost a few years ago. I laugh the random account ban off and delete the account and return to my normal Redditing.

Now, I've been a daily commenter and poster on Reddit for several years at this point. You could call it addiction. But I also use it for updates and questions at my local university, so it's also made its way into my personal life, too.

So, after the ban, I figured I was fine and I could continue to use one of my many other accounts. I was wrong.

Nope. A few hours later, ALL of my accounts over the last decade or so get permanently banned for ban evasion. I did not know Reddit bans were global like that. So, obviously I try to appeal the bullshit original ban, but I DELETED the account so I couldn't.

I try to appeal on the alts, but I get the same generic "your request has been denied" message. Over and over again across all of them, same message.

So, I figure that they banned me for having my other accounts on the same device. Really shitty all my accounts were gone but I was reluctantly fine to start over by removing them all and deleting the app.

Those accounts got banned too.

Okay, looks like it's by IP and device. Cool. I'll... use the browser version on Brave and use a VPN when I want to post on Reddit. Super inconvenient but I'll do what I have to do.

All accounts created or largely used on a VPN get shadow banned and appeals are ignored.

Okay, VPNs don't work. I'll delete all my account info on all my devices, reset my router to change my IP, use a new device, and not sign into any accounts other than Reddit and that should be good!

It works for a few hours. Perfectly fine. But, as I scroll more and more, I start to see communities that I recognize from my old accounts. No big deal, they probably recommend those communities to a lot of new users.

But, as I scrolled more and more, even smaller communities showed up that I used. Smaller, smaller, and even smaller, until eventually these were subs under 5k members even though I didn't interact with he vast majority. They caught me, again, on a brand new device with a different IP.

Well fuck. Reddit is going to be the biggest inconvenience ever to use again. But I had one last trick up my sleeve.

A special VPN that uses the network of its users to reroute internet so websites are extremely unlikely to ban each individual server. A fucking virtual linux machine. Brave browser with the most secure settings.

It went well for longer this time, a few days, but the same Orwellian shit happened. More and more tiny subs until I saw ones with mere single digit upvotes on all the posts on subs with just a few thousand members. And then, just a day or two after my account creation, boom. Permanent ban there, too.

There is literally nothing you can do to get back on Reddit if you're banned and want to use it in even a slightly normal way. I have submitted an appeal on the reddithelp form, but this is also extremely unlikely to be accepted even though the ban was bullshit; they haven't responded yet. I don't think I can ever use Reddit again because their system uses the most advanced AI to detect evaders I have ever seen. They're definitely spending tens of millions monthly on computer costs and research SOLELY to catch evaders and it fucking works.

So, I guess I'm a Lemming from now on. Super upset, Lemmy doesn't have subs for my favourite games and even the more popular games are super inactive. But, there is nothing I can do. Sorry for the rant but I know I started reading ban posts like these for hours when I first got banned, so I hope I can help people in the future realize they're completely done for unless their appeal gets accepted.

TL;DR: Even with a completely unrelated device, IP, and a virtual machine, Reddit's AI will detect what types of posts you like until they are slightly confident it's you. Then, permanent ban. You cannot avoid this. I'm super bummed out.

Edit: For peoples who have had site-wide bans doomscrolling about it in the future like I was, I'm not saying evading a ban is impossible. If you really want to get back on don't give up hope, I'm just saying it's going to be very difficult. But definitely consider contributing to the awesome Lemmy community. I know it's missing a lot, but it does help scratch the itch. I recommend the Blorp app as it's the most similar to Reddit's UI.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45483961

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Manila and Canberra are preparing to sign a new defense agreement that will grant expanded mutual military access and rights on each other’s soil. This signals not only deeper cooperation but also a shared anxiety over China’s increasingly aggressive behavior, including in the South China Sea. The forthcoming pact, which is expected to be finalized next year, follows a Statement of Intent on Enhanced Defense Cooperation that was signed in August by Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles in Manila. The deal will include the development of defense infrastructure in the Philippines, with eight projects planned across five undisclosed locations.

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While careful not to overstate the move, the subtext was clear. “China’s behavior, as a whole, is becoming more assertive and as China’s military power has grown, it’s become more confident in how it uses that military capability in the region,” one of the officials said. Its aggressiveness has also gone beyond the South China Sea, they said. “While we see that the People’s Liberation Army are operating in the South China Sea, it is also occurring simply into the Southwest Pacific. We increasingly see PLA assets operating and also out into the Indian Ocean,” one of the officials said, mentioning the PLA naval task group that conducted a full circle around the Australian continent and also conducted a live-fire exercise in the oceans between Australia and New Zealand early this year.

The partnership of the two Indo-Pacific nations builds on an already extensive framework of defense accords, including the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), which for years made Australia the only country other than the United States to enjoy that level of military access to the Philippines. In the last two years, however, Manila has rapidly expanded that circle to include Japan, New Zealand, and most recently, Canada. Similar talks are also underway with France and will soon start with the United Kingdom. This recalibration of the Philippines’ defense posture reflects the increasingly volatile nature of the maritime environment. The Philippines sits at the frontline of regional power competition. Its geography makes it a potential flashpoint in both the South China Sea and any future Taiwan contingency. Strengthening its defense posture, therefore, serves the bigger goal of maintaining a “free and open” Indo-Pacific – a principle that is among Australia’s national core interests.

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Manila and Canberra are preparing to sign a new defense agreement that will grant expanded mutual military access and rights on each other’s soil. This signals not only deeper cooperation but also a shared anxiety over China’s increasingly aggressive behavior, including in the South China Sea. The forthcoming pact, which is expected to be finalized next year, follows a Statement of Intent on Enhanced Defense Cooperation that was signed in August by Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles in Manila. The deal will include the development of defense infrastructure in the Philippines, with eight projects planned across five undisclosed locations.

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While careful not to overstate the move, the subtext was clear. “China’s behavior, as a whole, is becoming more assertive and as China’s military power has grown, it’s become more confident in how it uses that military capability in the region,” one of the officials said. Its aggressiveness has also gone beyond the South China Sea, they said. “While we see that the People’s Liberation Army are operating in the South China Sea, it is also occurring simply into the Southwest Pacific. We increasingly see PLA assets operating and also out into the Indian Ocean,” one of the officials said, mentioning the PLA naval task group that conducted a full circle around the Australian continent and also conducted a live-fire exercise in the oceans between Australia and New Zealand early this year.

The partnership of the two Indo-Pacific nations builds on an already extensive framework of defense accords, including the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), which for years made Australia the only country other than the United States to enjoy that level of military access to the Philippines. In the last two years, however, Manila has rapidly expanded that circle to include Japan, New Zealand, and most recently, Canada. Similar talks are also underway with France and will soon start with the United Kingdom. This recalibration of the Philippines’ defense posture reflects the increasingly volatile nature of the maritime environment. The Philippines sits at the frontline of regional power competition. Its geography makes it a potential flashpoint in both the South China Sea and any future Taiwan contingency. Strengthening its defense posture, therefore, serves the bigger goal of maintaining a “free and open” Indo-Pacific – a principle that is among Australia’s national core interests.

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Australia's spy chief says hackers linked to the Chinese government and military are targeting the country's critical infrastructure, warning the country was increasingly at risk of "high-impact sabotage".

Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio), said "unprecedented levels of espionage" meant a growing threat of "cyber-enabled sabotage" in the next five years.

He singled out "one nation state - no prizes for guessing which one - conducting multiple attempts to scan and penetrate critical infrastructure in Australia" and its allies, "targeting water, transport, telecommunications, and energy networks".

The Chinese embassy has been contacted for comment.

Authoritarian regimes were now more willing to "disrupt and destroy," Burgess warned.

He cited two Chinese hacking groups, Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, who have targeted telecommunications companies in the US and Australia.

"These groups are hackers working for Chinese government intelligence and their military," he told business leaders at a forum in Melbourne on Wednesday.

"Both groups were involved in the theft of sensitive information, but the real danger was the threat of sabotage - disruption to critical infrastructure."

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Nov 11, 2025

Yoni Koren made his intelligence career working in covert operations alongside the Mossad, and remained a lieutenant colonel in reserve duty after he officially left the intelligence directorate. He stayed in Epstein’s apartment again for two weeks, in October 2014, and a third time for ten more days in September 2015.

On all three trips, Koren appeared to be conducting official or unofficial business. A Times of #Israel article from late January 2013, a few weeks before Koren’s first documented stay, identifies him as still actively serving as the “bureau chief” for the Israeli Ministry of Defense that month.

I have a developmentally disabled family member who would love all the content on my Jellyfin server. I worry that they would also click each and every option in the settings and they may struggle if navigating to the content is too complex. Picture someone who does not understand how Facebook works, but has created 20+ profiles and has 5-10 google accounts because their favorite YouTube got banned and they don't understand that it's not something wrong with the account. :-D LG WebOS is probably too cluttered and chaotic for them and they wouldn't be able to tell the sponsored/pushed content apart from our self-hosted stuff and would probably just add Prime video and try to rent the same movies they already own over and over again. :-/ I have a Shield on my partner and I's main TV and while it is way more logical and easy to use than LGs webOS or any of the stuff like that, it might be too much.

What I'm looking for is some kind of streaming stick or Jellyfin capable solution that is as simple and easy to use as possible.

Can anyone recommend a very simple easy to use streaming stick that can do Jellyfin and accept Chromecast streams? I know that second half isn't self-hosted, but this is how I'm weening my family off big-streaming and big tech, one step at a time.

Hi, all. I hope you are doing well.

TL;DR, there is a very creative Wayland compositor named NEWM that needs some help being maintained. If you are at all interested, follow the Github link and check it out.

So a while ago I stumbled upon NEWM, a fascinating Wayland compositor made with laptops and trackpads in mind. It operates similarly to scrolling compositors such as Niri, yet also very differently. Really, there is no comparison to be drawn, as NEWM does something quite unique.

Unfortunately, the project is barely being maintained at the moment. There is only one dev still attached to it, and he has a full time job, which makes things tricky. I'm not any kind of coder to speak of, so I would be of no use on that front. But I spoke to him, and he said I could reach out here and try to find someone who wants to tinker with it. As far as I understand it, the main issue right now is getting NEWM up to date with wlroots. If you have any Python / Wayland experience, any contribution would be greatly appreciated. There is also a Discord where you can talk to the dev directly to coordinate your efforts.

Thanks in advance.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/49652767

Palantir seemed an obvious contender to implement the government’s digital ID plans, but the company’s UK chief was adamant he didn’t want the job. At the start of October, less than a week after Keir Starmer announced proposals for mandatory ID for UK workers, Louis Mosley told Times Radio his firm wouldn’t be bidding for the contract. In a video of the interview posted online, Mosley, a clean-cut and boyish 42-year-old, appeared earnest as he raised his “personal concerns” about the Labour government’s policy. “But also it’s a problem on a corporate level,” he said. Digital ID had not been tested at the last election. “It wasn’t in the manifesto.”

Opting out of a major government data project was, on the face of it, a surprising move for Palantir. The American data analysis firm has spent the past decade lobbying for and winning UK government contracts, with clients ranging from the Ministry of Defence to the Cabinet Office and the NHS. Days before Starmer’s digital ID plans were set out, the government triumphantly announced that Palantir was entering into a £1.5bn “strategic partnership” with the British state. In a podcast appearance that day, Mosley said: “We’re only just getting started. We’ll look back in five years’ time and we’ll think those were small deals.”

Furthermore, Palantir was seen as a frontrunner to work on digital ID precisely because the proposal was controversial. In the United States, its software has reportedly been used as part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s deportations programme, allowing agents to use cellphone data to track individuals in real time. For six years, the company worked on a secret programme in New Orleans, combining police data with public records and social media analysis to predict future perpetrators of crime. Critics alleged this tool had entrenched racial bias and discrimination, claims Palantir denied. Since the 7th October terror attacks and the start of the Gaza war, Palantir has emerged as a particularly vocal supporter of Israel, entering into an agreement for the country to “harness Palantir’s advanced technology in support of war-related missions”. In 2020, the company’s chief operating officer Shyam Sankar predicted a world in which Palantir’s software will be “inside every missile, inside every drone”.

Palantir seemed an obvious contender to implement the government’s digital ID plans, but the company’s UK chief was adamant he didn’t want the job. At the start of October, less than a week after Keir Starmer announced proposals for mandatory ID for UK workers, Louis Mosley told Times Radio his firm wouldn’t be bidding for the contract. In a video of the interview posted online, Mosley, a clean-cut and boyish 42-year-old, appeared earnest as he raised his “personal concerns” about the Labour government’s policy. “But also it’s a problem on a corporate level,” he said. Digital ID had not been tested at the last election. “It wasn’t in the manifesto.”

Opting out of a major government data project was, on the face of it, a surprising move for Palantir. The American data analysis firm has spent the past decade lobbying for and winning UK government contracts, with clients ranging from the Ministry of Defence to the Cabinet Office and the NHS. Days before Starmer’s digital ID plans were set out, the government triumphantly announced that Palantir was entering into a £1.5bn “strategic partnership” with the British state. In a podcast appearance that day, Mosley said: “We’re only just getting started. We’ll look back in five years’ time and we’ll think those were small deals.”

Furthermore, Palantir was seen as a frontrunner to work on digital ID precisely because the proposal was controversial. In the United States, its software has reportedly been used as part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s deportations programme, allowing agents to use cellphone data to track individuals in real time. For six years, the company worked on a secret programme in New Orleans, combining police data with public records and social media analysis to predict future perpetrators of crime. Critics alleged this tool had entrenched racial bias and discrimination, claims Palantir denied. Since the 7th October terror attacks and the start of the Gaza war, Palantir has emerged as a particularly vocal supporter of Israel, entering into an agreement for the country to “harness Palantir’s advanced technology in support of war-related missions”. In 2020, the company’s chief operating officer Shyam Sankar predicted a world in which Palantir’s software will be “inside every missile, inside every drone”.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/41645330

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Here is s brief summary by a news agency: Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs, ECB study finds

Weak domestic demand appears to be the missing link in explaining China’s strong exports to Europe – more so than tariff-related trade diversion, according to an analysis by the European Central Bank (ECB).

Escalating trade tensions between the United States and China might result in a further diversion of Chinese exports to Europe. However, the rise in China’s exports to the EU predates the latest tensions and coincides instead with the onset of weakness in domestic demand in China, the ECB says.

In the fourth quarter of 2024 the average monthly value of domestic sales was around four times higher than total exports and over 28 times larger than exports to the United States. This suggests the pool of goods that could be redirected to the EU is much broader than trade data alone would suggest. Redirecting even a small share of domestic sales abroad could boost overall exports – including to the EU – more than a sizeable diversion of exports from the United States.

The ECB argues that the start of rising exports and slowing imports dates back to 2021, when China's crisis in its domestic real estate market - typically an import-sensitive sector - sharply curtailed household demand.

At the same time, state-imposed manufacturing investment created overcapacity in industries that would otherwise face market-driven constraints, which eventually resulted in fierce price wars in Chinese home markets forcing companies to seek relief in exports.

The ECB writes:

This has eroded profit margins and discouraged spending in a deflationary environment with significant labour slack – prompting firms to redirect sales toward foreign markets.This shift reflects the “vent-for-surplus” theory of international trade, which posits that a demand-driven decline in domestic sales generates excess capacity that can be redirected abroad. The mechanism assumes fixed investment in the short term, which is particularly relevant in China, where investment is often guided by central planning. To expand abroad, firms must gain competitiveness in foreign markets. They typically do so by reducing short-run marginal costs and prices, or by accepting narrower profit margins, and in some cases even losses.

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Belgium is getting in on the act with a party named after Trump himself – the “Tous Réunis pour l’Union des Mouvements Populistes” (Trump) party.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52893857

Japan decried as "absolutely unacceptable" on Wednesday Russia's extension of an entry ban to 30 more citizens

Japan, however, continues to import energy from the far-eastern Russian island of Sakhalin, despite calls by the United States for allies to sever ties to pressure Moscow.