Speculations about coups and rebellions in Russia have been constant throughout the full-scale war. All of them, except one, were wishful thinking.

The latest rumor shared by British tabloids suggests that recent internet outages in Moscow were triggered by fears of an "imminent" coup by figures close to Sergei Shoigu, a senior security official and former defense minister.

The claim originates with the VChK-OGPU channel, known for sharing stories it says are leaked from Russian security services. The channel itself acknowledges it is merely a "conspiracy theory" from an undisclosed source.

Russia experts speaking to the Kyiv Independent have flatly dismissed the rumors.

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• I had a decent connection over wifi - occasional stutter but totally manageable.
• Fiber internet with a high capacity wifi6 router
• Suddenly, I get ping spikes for 10 seconds.
• no other network activity at time that I'm playing.
• router is one room over.
• Only recent update is maybe a Fedora system update, or a Deadlock update.
• Please help. I don't want to go beneath house to run cat6. It's dark and there are spiders.

Instead of TERFery, we could just hang out with lots of cool queer people and vibe to some 90's dance anthems.

China has approved a sweeping new law which claims to help promote "ethnic unity" - but critics say it will further erode the rights of minority groups.

On paper, it aims to promote integration among the 56 officially recognised ethnic groups, dominated by the Han Chinese, through education and housing. But critics say it cuts people off from their language and culture.

It mandates that all children should be taught Mandarin before kindergarten and up until the end of high school. Previously students could study most of the curriculum in their native language such as Tibetan, Uyghur or Mongolian.

Trump is now caught in the oldest trap of modern warfare – believing a swift, surgical military operation will yield quick, enduring political results. The Soviets did it in Afghanistan; the US in Iraq in 2003; Putin did it in Ukraine, and is still fighting. Whatever force a military fails or succeeds in applying at the start, the people it is attacking have greater commitment to defending their lands and homes.

The White House may have rushed into this, seizing the opportunity for a decapitation strike, provided by Israeli intelligence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has very different objectives regionally, and a long US involvement against Tehran suits his desire for an Iran in rolling collapse that is no longer a threat. But the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on February 28 has caused as many problems as it has solved.

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In some ways, de-extinction risks becoming a comforting fantasy. It lets us imagine that technology might save us from having to do the harder, less glamorous work of protection, restoration and care. Because biodiversity collapse won't be solved in a lab. It will be solved, if at all, by rapidly reducing carbon emissions, protecting habitat, listening to First Nations knowledge, reducing invasive species, funding ranger programs, and taking conservation seriously while species are still alive.

The Thylacine should not just be a symbol of loss. It should be a warning. And perhaps also a lesson. The people who knew this animal on Country understood something important straight away. Rather than indulging in techno-fantasies about resurrecting the dead, we should be protecting what remains. That is the real test of whether we have learned anything at all.

Ruminate on that for a moment

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60653374

Company executives have met with China’s Xiaomi and Xpeng to discuss options for an overhaul of Stellantis in Europe, including acquiring stakes in Maserati or other brands

AIPAC, the crypto industry, and the gambling industry are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Illinois primaries to stop progressive candidates and install corporate Democrats. In this episode of Let’s Address This, I break down the money, the candidates being targeted, and why corporate media refuses to report on it. HasanAbi recently highlighted my investigation—watch the clip and read the full article linked below.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/aipac-crypto-and-draftkings-are-buying

Totally real guy with blurred out face: "What up man I got this watch from Facebook marketplace, it's a Rolex, give me $2 million dollars for it!"

Some asshole in a suit: "Well this isn't a Rolex, and even if it was it'd only be worth like $40k. But it's a pretty good watch, I'd give you like 3 grand for it."

"I'm gonna kill you and you're entire family!"

"Well that was kind of mean so my offer is now 2.5 grand."

"DEAL!"

Rep. Finke, an openly transgender lawmaker, next raised a point that her critics have since tried to distort: age-verification laws like the Minnesota bill are already being used to block young LGBTQ+ people from exercising their First Amendment rights to access information that may be educational, affirming, or life-saving. Referencing the Supreme Court case Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, she noted that state attorneys general have been “almost jubilant” about the ability to use these laws to restrict queer youth from accessing content. “We know that ‘prurient interest’ could be for many people, the very existence of transgender kids,” she added, referring to the malleable legal standard that would govern what content must be age-gated under the law.

But despite years’ worth of evidence to back her up, Finke has faced a wave of attacks from countless media outlets and religious advocacy groups for her statements. Rep. Finke’s testimony was repeatedly mischaracterized as not having young people’s best interests in mind, when really she was accurately describing the lived reality of LGBTQ+ youth and advocating in support of their access to vital resources and community.

In fact, this backlash proves her point. Beyond attempting to silence queer voices and to scare other legislators from speaking up against these laws, it reveals how age-verification mandates are part of a larger effort to give the government much greater control of what young people are allowed to say, read, or see online.

You can tell that they don’t have any artists within their ranks

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