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  • The EU Zombie Uses Trump as Cover to Further Feed on Citizens

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  • I have been outstanding supported of the EU till a few years ago... not only a extraordinary powers states are allowing it to gather without no constitutional changes is appalling. It is similar to in the US with the powers Congress keep giving to the presidency... and the courts all quiet. The worse of all, those superpowers are all intended for evil, curtail social freedoms, punish some "rogue" member, or fan a war... no for climate change or really tackled big tech.

    That Europeans elected in the last election a completely different EU representation across all Europe and still these new elect representatives select Ursula to lead the Commission again screams the lack of democratic mandate in the continent.

    Why I have a feeling these top leaders are vetted by some obscure entity before been presented and no candidates that actually have a brain are available to be elected... it reminds me also how Dominique Strauss-Kahn that was posed to lead the EU was charged in a sexual assault...

  • The Privacy Iceberg

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  • Wow... I use Aegis exclusively as my authenticator since 2 years ago and completely did not recognize the logo by itself!!! I used Yandex image search and it told me coincarp... Sorry.

  • The Privacy Iceberg

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  • Pretty good!! I agree with 95%.

    Loved the "As seen on TV" category!

    I agree that Tuta is more secure than ProtonMail.

    Some are blended like Tor, that should be in Activist if used in secured computer.

    Was not aware of the existence of Coincarp (logo by GrapheneOS). Is a crypto price tracker used by Activists? I left crypto a couple of years ago but though Activists just don´t trade much and stick for the long haul and use Monero for purchases.

  • On Sunday, the #UN agency for Palestinian refugees ( #UNRWA) warned that the humanitarian situation across the #Gaza Strip is beyond imagination, calling on the international community to take serious

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  • I completely understand you! Yet, don´t dismiss the good intentions of other, even if misguided, not all of us can be that well informed nor have the time or can allow that level of mental preparation for it. Unfortunately it is true, Israel has calculated to the last calorie how to made the entire population starve but enough not to die in droves... the plan here is to create civil unrest and that they start killing themselves and finally leave.

    Since Palestine is not independent, even before the current genocidal policy, Israel was and is solely responsible to maintain the entire population. "The invader must ensure adequate provisions, even if the population is under siege. Requisitioning civilian resources (e.g., food, fuel) is prohibited if it deprives the population of necessities" (GCIV Art. 55) and always permit Humanitarian access (GCIV Art. 59, 143). All good intentions of, mostly Europe, UN and some NGOs, of paying for the food medicines and infrastructure during all these decades to Palestinians made Israel realize there is no civil cost of maintaining the invasion, see it as aid to subsidize Israel! Horrorized and well intended citizens donating to NGOs for Palestine are great in the short term but enabling Israel to continue at the same time too. But, in the current situation, not even in the short term we are helping since it will be all getting rotted at the border.

  • On Sunday, the #UN agency for Palestinian refugees ( #UNRWA) warned that the humanitarian situation across the #Gaza Strip is beyond imagination, calling on the international community to take serious

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  • As pictures like this one start to trickle through, Israel will end up allowing a tiny bit more of food, even all-powerful Israel knows its limits. But let us not kid ourselves, the conditions in Gaza are horrendous and the physical and specially mental damages inflicting in Gazans are intended and calculated to be as severe as possible. It kind of reminds me of how torture has evolved, from being gruesome and visible, but with the advancement of media exposure now it is perfected to leave less impressionable traces but to continued to be equally psychologically ruinous... I can only imagine the tons of research efforts it has been put into this.

  • Best countries to move to/live in nowadays?

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  • I hear you, I am worry too. But again... this is a risk at the European level, not at the Spanish one; in Spain, it simply would not pass today. with a different government, of course, it can.. Of all freedoms, this one concerns me the least, simply because it is mostly impossible to enforce for citizens.

    Back to the original question though, of the 8 requirements, this one on privacy we could leave as a contentious point. But it is because law, it will affect all EU contenders ( and Switzerland will be pressured to oblige too soon after)

  • Best countries to move to/live in nowadays?

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  • Ad someone who goes to Canada every two months in the last 15yrs, I had witnessed the regression not only in the liberties, but also mood of the people. No one would have guessed a decade ago how a country with so much potential and human capital would had become in this state! I would not only blame the Liberal party though... it is something bigger than them, same in the US... and most of the West.

  • Yemen hits Israel’s Ben Gurion airport with ballistic missile

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  • Who does not have the visual of the movie 300's when Leonidas throws his spear at Xerxes face to prove his mortality?! Yemen and its people will continue to suffer but they will be remembered for their fierce conviction.

  • Finally using Linux as my desktop

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  • True... we should identify those users using just the browser and basic word processor operations. Make sure their printers are well connected and they will notice barely any changes at all... Us, power users, are who actually struggle with the conversion so we tend not to persuade non power users because we think we will bring them similar headaches.

    If the user uses just browser and a word editor, he/she is ready since 8 years ago without any mayor hiccup.

  • Best countries to move to/live in nowadays?

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  • Again, that seems to be a personal vendetta of the minister Grande-Marlaska that keeps going secretly against the government policy (like the recently Israeli munition purchase that wast promptly canceled). No parliament debate on encryption or even public debate has been brought up at all. If it does, the minute it comes up, it would be turned down swiftly by the current coalition government. The President has no made any statement on banning encryption either, nor I think he would either. However, he did talk on identification on social media, but he will not spearhead that, nor it is doable to implement for now.

  • The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War

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  • I can only imagine how casualties are hidden... for a start they probably retain the information whatever they can. Eventually they have to communicate to their families but probably they tell them that it is a matter of "national security" and that the "hero" died for the country in a very secretive operation and not to communicate publicly... who knows, even they may sign them a confidentiality paper...

    I wish people were far more skeptical of governments that for a century is routinely sending hundreds of thousands youngsters thousands of miles away for "defense".

  • Best countries to move to/live in nowadays?

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  • Thanks for that wired link. Was not aware of it. It is 2 years old but important still. Now, that is not from the president of Spain, but its minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, a extremist and, I would say, a compromised guy that works more for foreign entities than Spain's interest and should have been fired long ago. For instance, last week he signed a contract with a Israelś company to purchase munition... the outrage in the coalition government was such that Sanchez had to step in and canceled the already signed contract.

    On wanting to stop anonymity, 100% with you, but hard to find any leader is not on board with that.

  • Warren Buffett: "There could be... Things happen in the United States that... make us want to own a lot of other currencies."

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  • Don´t get me started with the assets seizure (and interest straight robbery), let alone banning apolitical players just for being born within the wrong coordinates. The harm here will be felt for years to come and in the hundreds of billions just for a posture thought by a handful of heads in Washington and Berlin that actually could care less for their own economies, let alone Ukrainians. Switzerland was rapid to stop that and already taking some of the funding usually would have gone to the EU... bu the eyes for capital is looking toward Asia.

  • Best countries to move to/live in nowadays?

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  • For real, where do you get that the President of Spain wants to ban encryption?! That debate has been held in Germany, France and UK but not precisely in Spain... like nothing at all. In that talk President Sanchez just talked about the massive and pernicious powers social media have in the society (true) and that he supports the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), at highly misguided and bad thing, but not spearheaded by Spain. None of that is wanting to ban encryption... letś no mention almost impossible to enforce properly too. If digital freedom is your aim, options like Australia is a bit off, you are good until you touch sensitive things for the US.

  • Warren Buffett: "There could be... Things happen in the United States that... make us want to own a lot of other currencies."

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  • True! It is a mystery the intentions of China regarding the currency. Slowly but steadily disposing of their dollars but nothing mayor in wanting to replace it either... probably a good move not to put wood in the fire. Europe missing the chance of a lifetime meanwhile!

  • What has helped your social anxiety the most?

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  • The are many potential reasons for Social Anxiety, but for most tend to exaggerate enormously what other think of ourselves and the truth is, no one cares much. One single public smile does more for you social skills than talking for three hours. For me the cure was "age" or, better yet, wisdom. Now, if you are inpatient, there are things that you can do to accelerate the cure before that... do get expose, open the window blinds more often and enjoy the sun and wave hi if someone checks you out... Look for activities where you can excuse the talk level like biking.

  • For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs?

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  • First, it is different experience if land crossing or through an airport.

    Your intuition is right, the impression through the media is not accurate. I´d land crossed the border a few times this year and did not notice any changes... if anything is the Canadian side that is a bit more scrupulous with the questioning but nothing concerning. Now, for sure, some border officers may feel more embolden to do harm than before, but it is not much of a noticeable shift from previous years.

    Remember, that border officers have a unusual broad authority that leave us, mortals, without much recourse, so be courteous and the numbers say you will be fine. In the past, I had said a wrong word like "I had to do a training" and zap... I was retained for 8h for "intention to work" and had to contact HR in both countries.. avoid sensitive with words that can be triggers for them... for starters... do NOT mention your username ;-)

  • Finally using Linux as my desktop

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  • Glad for you. It is not as easy as they paint it, specially here, but moving to Linux still good in so many aspects and I applaud you for doing so. Hold on tight on the ride, it is frustrating sometimes but worth it overall.

  • Best countries to move to/live in nowadays?

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  • Chat control, ban encryption? Where do you get that? I follow occasionally Spanish politics and never came across that. It may have been raised by some lone politician but highly unlikely to happen, unless other countries like France or Germany does it first, nor the people will follow with any mandate. The problem is if the main opposition party gets in power... they are more inclined to do that but even there I don´t see it spearheading any of that by themselves.