Summary

Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg rejected National Security Adviser Mike Waltz’s claim that Goldberg’s number was accidentally added to a Signal group chat about a U.S. strike on Houthi rebels.

Goldberg called the defense implausible and said Waltz already had his number.

The leak, dubbed “Signalgate,” raised security concerns as it involved classified discussions. Trump denied Waltz offered to resign and defended him.

Critics, including Sen. Mark Warner and Susan Rice, condemned the breach as reckless, with Rice calling it “unprecedented” and grounds for immediate termination in any prior administration.

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“I saw that six investigations were opened by the Military Police (MP) regarding the use of Palestinians as human shields, and I almost choked. I’ve seen cover-ups in my life, but this is a new low. In Gaza, human shields are used at least six times a day. If the MP wants to do its job seriously, they should open at least 2,190 investigations. But the MP just wants to pretend to the world that we’re investigating ourselves, so they find a few scapegoats and pin everything on them.

I was in Gaza for nine months. I saw many new procedures. One of the worst was the “Mosquito Procedure”: innocent Palestinians were forced to enter homes in Gaza and “clear” them, meaning checking for militants or explosives. We gave it various names, “Mosquito Procedure,” “Shawish” (slaves), “Platforms.”

I first encountered this in December 2023, two months into the ground maneuver. This was long before the shortage of “Sting” dogs became the insane and unofficial excuse for this insane and unofficial procedure. I didn’t understand back then how common it would become. Today, almost every company holds “Shawish,” and infantry forces don’t enter a house before the “Shawish” clears it. This means there are 4 “Shawish” in a platoon, 12 in a battalion, and 36 in a brigade. At least. We’re holding a layer of slaves, and the MP is trying to cover it up with six investigations.

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Aldi Süd hat kürzlich das Bekenntnis zu Diversität von seiner US-Website entfernt. Der Bereich "Aldinclusive", der Initiativen für Diversität und Inklusion auflistete, wurde durch ein allgemeines Statement zur Chancengleichheit ersetzt. Diese Änderung steht im Zusammenhang mit Donald Trumps Anti-Wokeness-Feldzug, der viele US-Unternehmen dazu gebracht hat, ihre Diversitätsprogramme zurückzufahren. Aldi Süd erklärte lediglich, sich weiterhin für ein inklusives Umfeld einzusetzen, nannte jedoch keine Gründe für die Änderung.

-- Zusammenfassung durch Le Chat - Mistral AI

I realized that I haven't spent time on Pixelfed in a while, and that it would be great to find more content to add to my feed! So I logged in to my instance (social.photo) and then... hit a wall.

With Lemmy and Mastadon, it is super easy to peek at what is going on at other instances and find communities to subscribe to, but it looks like Pixelfed does not make this easy. The biggest issue I have run into is that many of the largest servers do not seem to let you explore what is on them unless you first create an account, and the main Pixelfed Server Directory at https://pixelfed.org/servers does not indicate which servers can be explored or not, so you have to click a few times (since the link takes you to the registration page) to even find this out for a given server. It also does not help that navigating to an instance does not show you the content for that instance, like it does for Lemmy or Mastadon, but for a login page that may or may not have an "Explore" tab at the top.

Am I missing something here? I just logged into Tumblr for the first time in years and my immediate next thought was, "Gee, I should be using Pixelfed instead!" But if in practice it is simply not possible to find content I am interested in without a great deal of hassle then it is not a realistic replacement. In particular, it seems like the way Pixelfed is set up requires me to register on particular instances to get a better view of what content is available (not just locally, but pulled in from other instances). This seems contrary to me to one of the biggest advantages of the Fediverse, which is that you are able and encouraged to pick an instance that best suits you rather than the one where all of the content lives; in particular I could not imagine self-hosting a Pixelfed instance without being left out of most of the content available.

And just to be clear, I am willing to put up with some degree of hassle resulting from the inherently decentralized model of the Fediverse, since I switched completely over to Lemmy from Reddit about a year and a half ago after the API fiasco (and the only reason why I do not use Mastadon more is because I was never that into Twitter-style content to begin with). But having to go out of my way to get through artificially constructed walls to even find content to subscribe is a bit much.

However, again, maybe I am missing here. If someone is willing to point me to a resource that solves this problem problem and makes this entire rant sound completely ignorant then that would be great! 😀

Edit: Fixed silly typo.

It was a really good turn out, I was really encouraged. I was afraid I would be the only one there. I heard these usually happen around noon Saturday at any dealership, so make a sign and go to one! It hits Elon the only place he cares about, the wallet.

#TeslaTakedown

The Observer spoke to three Palestinians from Gaza whose immediate family were killed while they were held by the Israeli military or in Israeli civilian prisons without charge or trial. They only learned about their losses when they were released months later.

The three men are civilians – a nurse, a civil servant and a headteacher of a primary school – who say they have never taken up arms. They had no access to a lawyer in jail and were not allowed to communicate with their families.

Legal rights groups say there are likely to be many other detainees from Gaza who have lost close family in Israeli attacks, but have not been told of their deaths.

Ihr könnt euch nicht vorstellen, wie die zwei sich vor Lachen fast bepisst haben und heute den ganzen Tag das nachgesprochen haben.
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Summary

Donald Trump refused to rule out seeking a third term as president, telling NBC News there are “methods” to do so and emphasizing, “I’m not joking.”

Though the 22nd Amendment bars presidents from serving more than two terms, Trump suggested possible workarounds, including a VP succession plan.

He cited strong poll support and added, “a lot of people want me to do it.”

Allies like Rep. Andy Ogles and Steve Bannon back the idea. Amending term limits would require a complex constitutional process.

This picture was taken in lower Yukon on our road trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada

The future of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen – and France’s political landscape – will be decided on Monday when a court hands down its verdict on charges she and party officials embezzled money from the European parliament.

If convicted, the three-time presidential candidate of the National Rally (RN) could be barred from standing to succeed Emmanuel Macron in the 2027 presidential election.

Public prosecutors have demanded Le Pen be given a €300,000 (£250,000) fine, a prison sentence and that she be prevented from holding or seeking to hold a political position or five years.