Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 188 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, according to the latest figures from the two countries. The storm is now headed west to Cambodia and Laos after it barrelled through central Vietnam on Thursday with winds of up to 149km/h (92mph). Towns along Vietnam's central coast were littered with debris this morning after taking the full brunt of the storm overnight. The strong winds uprooted trees, tore off roofs, and smashed large windows. Thousands of people sought shelter in schools and other public buildings as the army was deployed to help deal with the damage. Vietnamese authorities have warned of possible flooding in low-lying areas. Central Vietnam has already seen record rainfall in the past week which has killed 50 people. Earlier this week the same storm devastated parts of the Philippines when heavy rainfall sent torrents of mud down hillsides and into residential areas. Some poorer neighbourhoods were obliterated by the fast-moving flash floods. The death toll reported on Friday was a jump from the 114 reported the previous day. Another 135 people are listed as missing. The Philippines government has declared a state of calamity across the country as it prepares for another typhoon which is building up in the Pacific Ocean. Ahead of Typhoon Kalmaegi, Vietnam's military on Thursday deployed more than 260,000 soldiers and personnel for relief efforts, along with more than 6,700 vehicles and six aircraft. Some airports and expressways in the country were closed and hundreds of thousands were evacuated. Shortly after the typhoon made landfall at 19:29 local time (12:29 GMT), hundreds of residents in Dak Lak province called for help, local media reported. Dak Lak province is approximately 350km (215 miles) north-east of Ho Chi Minh City. Many people said their homes had collapsed or been flooded, while strong winds and heavy rain continued to batter the area. AFP via Getty Images A worker in a yellow helmet uses a chainsaw to cut branches off a felled tree with foliage from the tree filling the foreground of the image and houses in the background near Quy Nhon beach in Gia Lai, central Vietnam, as Kalmaegi approached on Thursday.AFP via Getty Images Trees came down in high winds near Quy Nhon beach in Gia Lai, central Vietnam, as Kalmaegi approached on Thursday According to local media reports, Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh held an online meeting to direct the emergency response. "We must reach isolated areas and ensure people have food, drinking water, and essential supplies," he was quoted as saying. "No one should be left hungry or cold." Before making landfall in Vietnam, the typhoon, known locally as Tino, left a trail of devastation in the Philippines. At least 188 people were killed and tens of thousands were evacuated, particularly from central areas including the populous island and tourist hotspot of Cebu, where cars were swept through the streets. Kalmaegi dumped the equivalent of a month's worth of rain on the island in just 24 hours, sending torrents of mud and debris down mountainsides and into urban areas. Stunned survivors who had made it to higher ground watched as buses and shipping containers were tossed about in the raging floodwaters. The storm has wiped out entire neighbourhoods in poorer districts, where building materials are flimsier. In Talisay City, which suffered some of the worst destruction, Mely Saberon looked on in despair at the pile of debris that had once been her home. "We don't have any home anymore," she told the BBC. "We weren't able to salvage anything from our house. "We didn't expect the surge of rain and wind. We've experienced many typhoons before, but this one was different." Residents have now started the backbreaking task of cleaning away the thick layer of mud, and picking through the wreckage for anything that can be used. Early on Thursday, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared a state of emergency, the threshold of which involves mass casualty, major damage to property, and disruption to means of livelihoods and the normal way of life for people in the affected areas.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/344011

Found in this reddit post. The lacking encryption in Komodo is something I miss and I'm not satisfied with how to handle .env files plus it's really big for what it's doing. Of course I discover this the day after migrating one of the last stacks to Komodo but I'm tempted to give this a try at some point.

Full Quote from the reddit post:

Hey all, I just felt like making a post about a project that I feel like is the most important and genuinely game changing pieces of software I've seen for any homelab. It's called Doco-CD.

I know that's high praise. I'm not affiliated with the project in any way, but I really want to get the word out.

Doco-CD is a docker management system like Portainer and Komodo but is WAY lighter, much more flexible, and Git focused. The main features that stand out to me:

• Native encryption/decryption via SOPS and Age

• Docker Swarm support

• And runs under a single, tiny, rootless Go based container.

I would imagine many here have used Kubernetes, and Git-Ops tools like FluxCD or ArgoCD and enjoyed the automation aspect of it, but grown to dislike Kubernetes for simple container deployments. Git Ops on Docker has been WAY overshadowed. Portainer puts features behind paid licenses, Komodo does much better in my opinion, but to get native decryption to work it's pretty hacky, has zero Docker Swarm support (and removed a release for it's roadmap), and is a heavier deployment that requires a separate database.

Doco-CD is the closest thing we have to a true Git Ops tool for Docker, and I just came across it last week. And beforehand I've desperately wanted a tool such as this. I've since deployed a ton of stuff with it and is the tool I will be managing the rest of my services with.

It seems to be primarily developed by one guy. Which is in part why I want to share the project. Yet, he's been VERY responsive. Just a few days ago, bind mounts weren't working correctly in Docker Swarm, I made an issue on Github and within hours he had a new version to release fixing the problem.

If anyone has been desperately wanting a Docker Git Ops tool that really does compete with feature parity with other Kubernetes based Git Ops tools. This is the best one out there.

I think for some the only potential con is it has no UI. (Like FluxCD) Yet, in some ways that can be seen as a pro.

Go check it out.

Found in this reddit post. The lacking encryption in Komodo is something I miss and I'm not satisfied with how to handle .env files plus it's really big for what it's doing. Of course I discover this the day after migrating one of the last stacks to Komodo but I'm tempted to give this a try at some point.

Full Quote from the reddit post:

Hey all, I just felt like making a post about a project that I feel like is the most important and genuinely game changing pieces of software I've seen for any homelab. It's called Doco-CD.

I know that's high praise. I'm not affiliated with the project in any way, but I really want to get the word out.

Doco-CD is a docker management system like Portainer and Komodo but is WAY lighter, much more flexible, and Git focused. The main features that stand out to me:

• Native encryption/decryption via SOPS and Age

• Docker Swarm support

• And runs under a single, tiny, rootless Go based container.

I would imagine many here have used Kubernetes, and Git-Ops tools like FluxCD or ArgoCD and enjoyed the automation aspect of it, but grown to dislike Kubernetes for simple container deployments. Git Ops on Docker has been WAY overshadowed. Portainer puts features behind paid licenses, Komodo does much better in my opinion, but to get native decryption to work it's pretty hacky, has zero Docker Swarm support (and removed a release for it's roadmap), and is a heavier deployment that requires a separate database.

Doco-CD is the closest thing we have to a true Git Ops tool for Docker, and I just came across it last week. And beforehand I've desperately wanted a tool such as this. I've since deployed a ton of stuff with it and is the tool I will be managing the rest of my services with.

It seems to be primarily developed by one guy. Which is in part why I want to share the project. Yet, he's been VERY responsive. Just a few days ago, bind mounts weren't working correctly in Docker Swarm, I made an issue on Github and within hours he had a new version to release fixing the problem.

If anyone has been desperately wanting a Docker Git Ops tool that really does compete with feature parity with other Kubernetes based Git Ops tools. This is the best one out there.

I think for some the only potential con is it has no UI. (Like FluxCD) Yet, in some ways that can be seen as a pro.

Go check it out.

• Description: Step onto the battlefield as Princess Zelda, King Rauru, and other legendary heroes as you fight to reclaim your homeland—and live the story of Demon King Ganondorf’s invasion. Band together to battle hordes of enemies and experience the canonical events that lead to the Imprisoning War in the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom game.
• Price: $69.99
• Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/hyrule-warriors-age-of-imprisonment-switch-2

Something different today. Nothing related to Linux or whatever, this time it's all about hardware. And art! Musical art to be more precise.

I wanna introduce you to the Open Theremin, probably the first and only musical instrument you play by NOT touching it AND that's fully open source, both the soft- and hardware.

It arrived yesterday and I played around with it for a few minutes. Because I haven't learned yet how to play proper notes (it has a HUGE range of sounds it can make!), it sounded more like a tinnitus than music for now. Still, I had LOTS of fun just jamming around 🙃

What even is a theremin?

The theremin is a IMO pretty underrated and unknown musical instrument.

Traditionally, it's fully analog, but the Open Theremin is based on an Arduino, which makes it better (less expensive, better playability, etc.) from what I've read.

The theremin was the first synthesizer invented about 100 years ago. Due to its high prize tag, limited pitch and very steep learning curve, it hasn't really caught up with other musical instruments yet and mostly found its niche in sound effects, because there just aren't that many professional players out there.

Carolina Eyck is one of those. Here for example is a very well done song played on the instrument by her.

How is it played? In theory, very simple. You have two antennas: one for the pitch, and one for the volume.

When you increase or decrease the hand distance from them, you can change the sounds it can produce. So you pretty much play it by just wiggling your arms around in the air.

This 2 minute video explains all of it very well.

The Open Theremin

As already mentioned, the OT is based on an Arduino and therefore digital.
Everything is open source, both the hardware (schematics, instructions, etc.) and the software.

It's a very cool project with a great focus on community.
Here for example you can find lots of cases people designed for the instrument. It's highly modular and customisable, including people who turned it into a MIDI input device.

I bought it for 130€, but had to pay extra ~40€ duty because I imported it from Switzerland.

It came like this:

Just the board, the antennas, knobs, a thread and some screws.

Assembled it looks like this:

I will also craft a case for it soon.

While you can (and traditionally DO) play it as standalone device, I also ordered a Pocketmaster effect "pedal" you usually use for electric guitars.

Without it, it sounds pretty "flat" imo, a bit like a mosquito, because it just creates one signal (and because I have zero experience!). With the effect pedal, you can add some reverb for example, which gives it a lot of depth and makes it sound more like a proper musical instrument. And because it's digital, I can change the sound entirely, from a bass humming up to a metal chainsaw guitar effect and whatever. There are so many modifications in the pedal that I'm quite overwhelmed right now to be fair. I really have to dive into it first.

Are you guys interested in that kind of stuff?
If so, I could post another update in the future regarding the case, some tips and maybe even a few songs I make as soon as I get the hang of it.
When I researched I found it a bit disheartening to find barely any information about this device and think more people should be aware of that cool project...

Think of This As: What Would You Suggest To People Who Want to Grow And Be Part of Open Source Community?

What should I/other people know about for events to go to, and what groups to join to be part of online to help make the most positive impacts? What organizations should I get in contact with to assist their missions to grow what is possible?

(Whatever you suggest can help other people too who are just now and onward joining the community. Think of any way that can really grow it)

I am learning a lot by doing for various things for my own projects and contributions to open source but what would I have to do to fully be part of the community In-Person and Online to grow it in various good ways?

Near-term I want to help in spare time with growing Mobile, UI/UX, Marketing, Ways to Show Which Projects Need Funding, Bring New Devs To Open Source, Ways to Help Encourage Collaboration on Projects That Need Devs/Other Fields, Animation, and Social Media parts of open source community.

Also want to grow long-term the worldwide movement to make open source transportation of anything and everything a reality: HSR, trains, trams, cars, bike-cars, bikes, walking bikes, submarines, motorcycles, VTOLs, airships. etc

Help me/other people help you all! Please and thanks!

Paywall? http://archive.today/zPFmH

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45227830

Chinese police harass filmmakers in the U.S. and their families in China to shut down film festival in New York City, rights group says

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Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York City, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 6, 2025, the festival’s organizer, Zhu Riku, announced that the film festival, scheduled for November 8-15, had been “suspended.”

“The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City,” said Yalkun Uluyol, China researcher at Human Rights Watch. “This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China.”

Chiang Seeta, a Chinese artist and activist, reported that nearly all participating directors in China faced intimidation. Even directors abroad, including those who are not Chinese nationals, reported that their relatives and friends in China were receiving threatening calls from police, said Chiang.

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Archived version

Germany’s parliament recently held a special session to discuss whether members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) may have been deliberately acting in Russia’s interests. The debate was initiated by lawmakers from the Social Democrats (SPD) and the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, who demanded explanations from AfD’s leadership after the populist party made a series of unusually detailed parliamentary inquiries into the state of the country’s defense and cybersecurity systems, according to a report by Der Spiegel.

Thomas Röwekamp, chair of the Bundestag’s Defense Committee and a CDU member, said AfD lawmakers had submitted “systematically connected and extremely detailed” questions about the Bundeswehr’s capabilities and “combat readiness gaps.” The scope and level of detail, he said, “cannot be explained by a legitimate interest in parliamentary oversight of the government.” Röwekamp suggested that the effort appeared to be “a targeted and systematic collection of military information from the Defense Ministry and the Bundeswehr, information of significant value to foreign powers — in particular Russia, which has for years continuously intensified its espionage and hybrid attacks against Germany.”

Georg Maier, interior minister of the German state of Thuringia, earlier said his ministry had observed similar AfD inquiries in the state parliament, focusing on transport, energy, and digital infrastructure. He suggested the party might be “acting on the Kremlin’s orders” in its inquiries.

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bravo!

• Austria's Ministry of Economy has migrated to a Nextcloud platform
• It's the latest move in a European trend to shift away from Big Tech
• Other agencies that have taken the same path away from Microsoft include the Austrian military, Danish government organizations, and the French city of Lyon

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Even before Azure had a global failure this week, Austria's Ministry of Economy had taken a decisive step toward digital sovereignty. The Ministry achieved this status by migrating 1,200 employees to a Nextcloud-based cloud and collaboration platform hosted on Austrian-based infrastructure.

This shift away from proprietary, foreign-owned cloud services, such as Microsoft 365, to an open-source, European-based cloud service aligns with a growing trend among European governments and agencies. They want control over sensitive data and to declare their independence from US-based tech providers.

Also: Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam

European companies are encouraging this trend. Many of them have joined forces in the newly created non-profit foundation, the EuroStack Initiative. This foundation's goal is " to organize action, not just talk, around the pillars of the initiative: Buy European, Sell European, Fund European."

What's the motive behind these moves away from proprietary tech? Well, in Austria's case, Florian Zinnagl, CISO of the Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism (BMWET), explained, "We carry responsibility for a large amount of sensitive data -- from employees, companies, and citizens. As a public institution, we take this responsibility very seriously. That's why we view it critically to rely on cloud solutions from non-European corporations for processing this information."

Austria's move and motivation echo similar efforts in Germany, Denmark, and other EU states and agencies. The organizations include the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which abandoned Exchange and Outlook for open-source programs. Other agencies that have taken the same path away from Microsoft include the Austrian military, Danish government organizations, and the French city of Lyon.

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What kind of beanis are you? wow this line will still be remembered after many revolutionary suns Bravo!

Archived

Czech President Petr Pavel said on Wednesday, November 5, that security in the Indo-Pacific region is closely linked to Europe’s security. Speaking at the European Values Summit in Prague, he commended the European Values Center for Security Policy (EVC) for establishing an office in Taiwan, underlining the importance of understanding the Indo-Pacific situation for Europe’s trade stability and security.

The summit, organized by the EVC, aimed to promote dialogue and cooperation on security policy. This year’s meeting focused on Taiwan’s security, resilience, technology, and the relationship between NATO allies and the Indo-Pacific Four: Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. Experts from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Germany, and the United Kingdom also attended.

In his address, Pavel highlighted the EVC’s role since its founding in 2005 in defending freedom, democracy, and the rule of law through public awareness and expert analysis. He noted that after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the center was among the first to warn about Russian disinformation and hybrid warfare.

Pavel warned that democracy now faces both external and internal threats. He urged democratic nations to restore public trust through persuasive and reasoned communication, stressing that no country can truly isolate itself in today’s interconnected world, where security challenges in one region quickly affect others.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5502362

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The EU in October floated plans to double tariffs on foreign steel -- taking a leaf from US President Donald Trump's book to shield the bloc's struggling industry from cheap Chinese exports.

The bloc's executive proposed hiking levies on steel imports to 50 percent and slashing the volume allowed in before tariffs apply by 47 percent.

"I will support these proposals to the best of my ability and hope that appropriate regulations will be put in place," [German chancellor Friedrich] Merz said.

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As an addition:

• The steel industry is one of the most subsidized industrial sectors across all countries, mainly to preferential loan terms as debt is the sole source of funding in the industry.

• Across all countries, larger steel firms are subsidized than smaller ones, and state-owned enterprises receive more subsidies than other firms.

• China is by far the largest steel maker, producing more than half of all crude steel in the world. China's subsidization rate is ten times that of OECD countries. In addition to government grants and below market borrowings, measures include subsidized energy prices and preferential tax treatment for steel firms.

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The EU in October floated plans to double tariffs on foreign steel -- taking a leaf from US President Donald Trump's book to shield the bloc's struggling industry from cheap Chinese exports.

The bloc's executive proposed hiking levies on steel imports to 50 percent and slashing the volume allowed in before tariffs apply by 47 percent.

"I will support these proposals to the best of my ability and hope that appropriate regulations will be put in place," [German chancellor Friedrich] Merz said.

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As an addition:

• The steel industry is one of the most subsidized industrial sectors across all countries, mainly to preferential loan terms as debt is the sole source of funding in the industry.

• Across all countries, larger steel firms are subsidized than smaller ones, and state-owned enterprises receive more subsidies than other firms.

• China is by far the largest steel maker, producing more than half of all crude steel in the world. China's subsidization rate is ten times that of OECD countries. In addition to government grants and below market borrowings, measures include subsidized energy prices and preferential tax treatment for steel firms.

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I'm just disappointed

I haven't been following the ins and out of all this but John Tamahere has a history of manipulative horrible bullshit so I'm inclined to believe Kapa-Kingi on this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tamihere#Other_political_controversies_while_in_office

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tamihere#Radio_career_and_the_%22Roast_Busters%22_controversy

I'd bet money on Tamahere having a lot of dark triad stuff going on.

If you are on this platform you will be familiar already with everything in this video, but the reason i'm posting it is because this is a masterclass in how to communicate to "normies" about socialism, communism, China, imperialism, the global south, etc. Textbook example of how it's done.

This is exactly how we should talk about these topics with people who know virtually nothing about them. Clear, simple, concise, using language anyone can understand, and in a very disciplined way staying on message and talking about what really matters, not getting lost in tangents, details, jargon, etc.