cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/12537

Ukraine began its involvement in the Iraq War on 5 June 2003, shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. As part of the Multi-National Force – Iraq, they engaged in combat with Iraqi insurgents. On 9 December 2008, Ukraine formally withdrew its last forces from Iraq, ending its participation in the Iraq War. Prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine’s involvement in the Iraq War was the largest military operation ever performed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over 6,000 Ukrainians performed military service in Iraq and Kuwait during the war, including a permanent presence of 1,600, with more than 40 Ukrainians wounded and 18 killed in action.

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https://www.404media.co/man-charged-for-wiping-phone-before-cbp-could-search-it/

Link to video where you can see it freely floating :)

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.

Leaders from across Europe’s electric car industry on Wednesday urged the European Commission to stick to its 2035 zero-emission target for new cars, warning that any retreat would undermine investment and widen the bloc’s gap with China.

So I have seen this for awhile and had not mentioned something before partially because its not a game stopper and so many things are going on with piefed dev I hated to bother. I kinda expected other people would be seeing it and it would likely get attention and maybe it has but I just have not seen it. Anyway I attached a screenshot showing how the dropdown menus get obscured by the site and its not just obscured because the site under the dropdown seems to have interaction priority. The funny thing is when I click on images and get the larger version like sometimes something like this happens and at other times the pop up image will correctly be in front of everything. Im not sure if its the type of image or what but the effect does not always happen with pop up image. It basically always happens with the drop downs though. I changed to default theme and some other themes and this issue consistantly happens.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would pull the United States out of the NATO alliance.

The European Commission has proposed new initiatives to address long-standing issues in the planning and implementation of the EU’s energy infrastructure. They aim to ensure that affordable and clean energy flows more efficiently across the EU. - help lower energy prices - ensure a secure and reliable energy supply - help achieve energy independence

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/14Rau

History and more images: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/35650

The widow of a Noongar man who died at a maximum security prison in Western Australia two years ago says “nothing has changed” for Aboriginal people, after a damning report revealed that more Indigenous people died in custody last year than any year since 1980.

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/12502

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/12518

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/12566

Built for data storage in small personal projects, or mocking an API for development. Advantages are simplicity, interoperability (JSON files, APIs, multiple filesystems) and performance (using the cache system).

Concerns over screwworm ramped up this fall after the parasite was detected in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. One was detected approximately 70 miles from the Texas border in September and a second was detected about 170 miles from the border in October.

I started playing this game not expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised, because it’s a solid game by itself, despite its age. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but overall the game is very well done. There is no nostalgia here, I never even saw this game on the few shareware discs of the late 90s that I had. I played the GOG version, but it’s also available on Steam.

Leaders of the “coalition of the willing” group of nations will hold a video call on Thursday as chaotic American efforts to push through a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine reach a crunch moment.

The basic insight of sewer socialism is bringing people into your politics by improving their lives in obvious ways. “You win someone’s trust through an outcome” is how Mamdani puts it. The sewer socialists of Milwaukee made the case that municipal ownership of systems like sanitation, water, and power could deliver services more efficiently and more equitably than private ownership. They solved practical problems for their constituents while constructing working examples of a postcapitalist political economy in miniature.

The European Commission put a 120M EUR fine on X for DSA violations. But as the European politicians cannot get themselves to leave the platform, it shows the issues with how they understand how power works on social platforms.

My argument is simple: for the first time in history, we can improve human wellbeing while reducing our environmental impact.

Trolling wokesters, disparaging Paul Thomas Anderson, insulting Paul Dano … the controversial director plays to type with his list of the top 20 best films of the 21st century

On 2 December, a new anti-far right alliance was announced: Together. “Together we can reject narratives of division and racism. Together we can build solidarity across communities.”

In early September, a woman, nine months pregnant, walked into the emergency obstetrics unit of a Colorado hospital. Though the labor and delivery staff caring for her expected her to have a smooth delivery, her case presented complications almost immediately.

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The new Microsoft Teams feature aims to improve office coordination by automatically updating location based on Wi-Fi

A “temporary” solution as the company optimizes desktop app performance

Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn’t get into his accounts for months.

Climate change is making insuring homes more risky — and more expensive. And in neighborhoods where that risk is the greatest, higher insurance costs are starting to eat into property values as well.

From https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3m7lih5lhzs2q

An investigation into the abuse of Ukrainian POWs reveals systemic torture and violations of international law within Russian detention centers.

Cardigan in progress

The organisation behind the LGBTQ+ “Pride Match” at the 2026 World Cup say they intend to push forward with their plans despite one of the teams involved objecting to Fifa.

“I am asking now, and stating this openly, for the U.S. to help me. Together with our European partners, we can ensure the security needed to hold elections. If that happens, Ukraine will be ready to conduct elections in the next 60 to 90 days,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

In an antidote to minimalist interiors, artist Emily Powell turns her home into a work of art.

On roughly 1,400 acres of flat and vacant scrubland near the Mexican border, BorderPlex and its partner, Stack Infrastructure, a data center builder, wanted to build a collection of data centers that would cost $165 billion. The number seemed berserk. The entire U.S. Interstate Highway System cost less than half as much in inflation-adjusted dollars. Even the International Space Station, underwritten by more than a dozen countries, was a bargain by comparison. (It was $150 billion.)

I find that I spend too much time ensuring that I get every speck of support material off the print plate long after I’ve removed the actual print.