⚡️Incursion into Kursk Oblast could ‘change the tide’ for Ukraine, US Senator says. During an interview on CBS’ Face the Nation on Aug. 18, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly said that Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Oblast could help Ukraine change the course of the war in the country’s favor. kyivindependent.com/incursion-…
During an interview on CBS' Face the Nation on Aug. 18, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly said that Ukraine's incursion into Kursk Oblast could help Ukraine change the course of the war in the country's favor.
⚡️The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), founded by Hollywood actor George Clooney, has been declared an “undesirable” organization, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said on Aug. 19. kyivindependent.com/russia-lab…
The Prosecutor General's Office claimed that the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) "carries out work aimed at discrediting Russia on a Hollywood scale."
⚡️Ukraine downs all 11 Russian drones launched overnight. Ukrainian air defense shot down all 11 of the Shahed-type attack drones that were launched by Russia overnight on Aug. 20, the Air Force reported. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-do…
⚡️Russian attack on Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast kills 1, injures 3. Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in the town of Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 18, killing one person and injuring three others, including an 11-year-old girl, the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported. kyivindependent.com/russian-at…
Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in the town of Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 18, killing one person and injuring three others, including an 11-year-old girl, the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported.
⚡️Putin arrives in Azerbaijan for first state visit since full-scale invasion began. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Baku on Aug. 18 for a two-day visit for talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. The trip marks Putin’s first visit to the capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. kyivindependent.com/putin-arri…
⚡️Russia denies reported indirect negotiations with Ukraine to halt energy strikes. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova denied on Aug. 18 a report that the country was entering indirect talks with Ukraine in Qatar on mutually halting strikes on energy infrastructure. kyivindependent.com/russia-den…
A second key bridge has been destroyed in Russian Kursk Oblast by Ukrainian forces operating there, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on Aug. 18. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-wa…
Key developments on Aug. 17-18:
* Ukraine claims another key bridge destroyed in Kursk Oblast
* Syrskyi says Ukrainian forces 'strengthen' their positions in Kursk Oblast
* Belarus moved third of its army to Ukraine border due to what L…
⚡️Ukraine aims to create buffer zone in Kursk Oblast, destroy as much Russian war potential as possible, Zelensky says. President Zelensky said “coming weeks will be crucial for diplomatic efforts with partners in Europe, America, and the Global South.” kyivindependent.com/zelensky-w…
In his address, President Volodymyr Zelensky also said that the "coming weeks will be crucial for our diplomatic efforts with various partners in Europe, America, and the Global South."
⚡️Russian nuclear giant Rosatom directed income through Dutch subsidiary. Rosatom uses a Dutch subsidiary to move “hundreds of millions in profits,” Dutch news outlet NOS reported, citing a report from Uranium One Cooperative. kyivindependent.com/media-russ…
Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy company, uses a Dutch subsidiary to move "hundreds of millions in profits," Dutch news outlet NOS reported, citing a report from Uranium One Cooperative.
⚡️Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast kill 4, injure 4 more. Russian troops attacked different settlements in Donetsk Oblast, killing four people and injuring four more on Aug. 18, Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported.
Vivid dreams mostly occur during a phase of sleep called REM. During REM sleep, the brain's internal representation of direction keeps shifting like that of an awake animal moving through its environment.
Il 15 agosto, giorno di ferragosto, in molte carceri italiane ci sono state protesta per denunciare ilsovraffollamento, le condizioni inumane di detenzione inflitte a chi sta recluso.
La prima rockstar della storia I concerti del pianista ungherese Franz Liszt generavano isterie di massa come quelle che si sarebbero viste oltre un secolo dopo per i Beatles: era la “Lisztomania” ilpost.it/2024/08/17/franz-lis…
В Германии снесли выведенную из эксплуатации атомную электростанцию в Графенрайнфельде. Об этом сообщает Euronews. haqqin.az/news/325240... mostra di più
В Германии снесли выведенную из эксплуатации атомную электростанцию в Графенрайнфельде. Об этом сообщает Euronews. haqqin.az/news/325240
TIL: There used to be a "Bedding Ceremony" during a marriage where the bride and groom are put together in a marital bed in front of numerous witnesses. In 16th century Germany, the guests would leave and play pipes, drums, and celebrate loudly outside the room while the couple consummate.
⚡️Kadyrov praises Musk, says he will send Tesla Cybertruck to fight in Ukraine. “I had the pleasure of testing the new technology … I am sure this ‘beast’ will be of great use to our fighters,” Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov said on Aug. 17. kyivindependent.com/kadyrov-pr…
⚡️Italian journalists reporting from Kursk to return home after Moscow’s threats. The RAI news team were the first to publish a foreign media report of Ukraine’s incursion in Kursk Oblast. kyivindependent.com/italian-jo…
We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Yellow Archangel” 2024.08. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains several fixes for security issues reported by apexrabbit, Devilx86 and ponlayookm – Thank you for the reports! We strongly recommend all Friendica admins to update their installations to this stable release.
The highlights of Friendica 2024.08 are
the usage of system resources and performance has been improved in various parts of Friendica,
added monitoring endpoints for e.g. Zabbix and Grafana,
added shortened display of links (default 30 characters, admins can define the length in the config file via the display_link_length)
Note that the minimal PHP version for Friendica was raised to PHP 7.4 with this release.
For details, please the CHANGELOG file in the repository.
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We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Yellow Archangel” 2024.08. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains several fixes for security issues reported by apexrabbit, Devilx86 and ponlayookm – Thank you for the reports! We strongly recommend all Friendica admins to update their installations to this stable release.
The highlights of Friendica 2024.08 are
the usage of system resources and performance has been improved in various parts of Friendica,
added monitoring endpoints for e.g. Zabbix and Grafana,
added shortened display of links (default 30 characters, admins can define the length in the config file via the display_link_length)
Note that the minimal PHP version for Friendica was raised to PHP 7.4 with this release.
For details, please the CHANGELOG file in the repository.
What is Friendica
Friendica is a decentralised communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumbler and BlueSky.
Ensure that the last backup of your Friendica installation was done recently.
Using Git
Updating from the git repositories should only involve a pull from the Friendica core repository and addons repository, regardless of the branch (stable or develop) you are using. Remember to update the dependencies with composer as well. So, assuming that you are on the stable branch, the commands to update your installation to the 2024.08 release would be cd friendica git pull bin/composer.phar install --no-dev cd addon git pull If you want to use a different branch than the stable one, you need to fetch and checkout the branch before your perform the git pull.
Pulling in the dependencies with composer will show some deprecation warning, we will be working on that in the upcoming release.
Using the Archive Files
Due to problems with the build pipeline we cannot provide archive files at the moment that contain all dependencies as usual. We will update this documents as soon as possible.
Do not use the archive files provided by github as they do not contain the dependencies.
Post Update Tasks
The database update should be applied automatically, but sometimes it gets stuck. If you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script bin/console dbstructure update from the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned below.
Please note, that some of the changes to the database structure will take some time to be applied, depending on the size of your Friendica database this update might run for days.
Known Issues
At the time of writing this, none
How to Contribute
If you want to contribute to the project, you don’t need to have coding experience. There are a number of tasks listed in the issue tracker with the label “Junior Jobs” we think are good for new contributors. But you are by no means limited to these – if you find a solution to a problem (even a new one) please make a pull request at github or let us know in the development forum.
Contribution to Friendica is also not limited to coding. Any contribution to the documentation, the translation or advertisement materials is welcome or reporting a problem. You don’t need to deal with Git(Hub) or Transifex if you don’t like to. Just get in touch with us and we will get the materials to the appropriate places.
Thanks everyone who helped making this release possible, and especially to all the new contributors to Friendica, and have fun!
We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Yellow Archangel” 2024.08. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains several fixes for security issues reported by apexrabbit, Devilx86 and ponlayookm – Thank you for the reports! We strongly recommend all Friendica admins to update their installations to this stable release.
The highlights of Friendica 2024.08 are
the usage of system resources and performance has been improved in various parts of Friendica,
added monitoring endpoints for e.g. Zabbix and Grafana,
added shortened display of links (default 30 characters, admins can define the length in the config file via the display_link_length)
Note that the minimal PHP version for Friendica was raised to PHP 7.4 with this release.
For details, please the CHANGELOG file in the repository.
What is Friendica
Friendica is a decentralised communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumbler and BlueSky.
Ensure that the last backup of your Friendica installation was done recently.
Using Git
Updating from the git repositories should only involve a pull from the Friendica core repository and addons repository, regardless of the branch (stable or develop) you are using. Remember to update the dependencies with composer as well. So, assuming that you are on the stable branch, the commands to update your installation to the 2024.08 release would be cd friendicagit pullbin/composer.phar install --no-devcd addongit pull If you want to use a different branch than the stable one, you need to fetch and checkout the branch before your perform the git pull.
Pulling in the dependencies with composer will show some deprecation warning, we will be working on that in the upcoming release.
As many files got deleted or moved around, please upload the unpacked files to a new directory on your server (say friendica_new) and copy over your existing configuration (config/local.config.php and config/addon.config.php) and .htaccess files. Afterwards rename your current Friendica directory (e.g. friendica) to friendica_old and friendica_new to friendica.
The files of the dependencies are included in the archive (make sure you are using the friendica-full-2024.08 archive), so you don’t have to worry about them.
Post Update Tasks
The database update should be applied automatically, but sometimes it gets stuck. If you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script bin/console dbstructure update from the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned below.
Please note, that some of the changes to the database structure will take some time to be applied, depending on the size of your Friendica database this update might run for days during which the site might not be accessible.
Known Issues
At the time of writing this, none
How to Contribute
If you want to contribute to the project, you don’t need to have coding experience. There are a number of tasks listed in the issue tracker with the label “Junior Jobs” we think are good for new contributors. But you are by no means limited to these – if you find a solution to a problem (even a new one) please make a pull request at github or let us know in the development forum.
Contribution to Friendica is also not limited to coding. Any contribution to the documentation, the translation or advertisement materials is welcome or reporting a problem. You don’t need to deal with Git(Hub) or Transifex if you don’t like to. Just get in touch with us and we will get the materials to the appropriate places.
Thanks everyone who helped making this release possible, and especially to all the new contributors to Friendica, and have fun!
As a note, I upgraded a test server with a very small database size and it was stuck with a white screen for several minutes. No idea how long that is going to be on a larger db. Anyway, it does come back automatically, so no need to worry if anyone encounters this. The error in the log was:
Call to undefined method Friendica\App::getLoggedInUserNickname()
which seems to go away after the server comes back.
Please note, that some of the changes to the database structure will take some time to be applied, depending on the size of your Friendica database this update might run for days.
A common type of plastic has been linked to autism in boys. Researchers at the Florey Institute have discovered higher levels of the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in pregnant mothers who gave birth to sons with autism.
We celebrate our 31 year anniversary today with hobbyists, tinkerers, enthusiasts, visionaries, innovators, and dreamers. We see you change the world every day and we are proud to explore with you. You made this happen, Thank You! p.s. we kind of have an official thing going on: wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2024 #debian #debianday.
CAUTIONS. The four cautions: I. Beware of a woman before.--II. Beware of a horse behind.--III. Beware of a cart side-ways.--IV. Beware of a priest every way.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
Hedgehogs at a vineyard. Diez-Album, Persia 15th century. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Diez A fol. 73, s. 59. #medieval #MedievalArt
La sinistra latinoamericana non sa come comportarsi con Maduro Dopo i brogli alle elezioni in Venezuela, il presidente cileno Boric ha avuto un approccio meno conciliante rispetto a quello di altri leader più anziani, tra cui Lula ilpost.it/2024/08/16/divisioni…
Major water main break near Jacques-Cartier bridge floods Montreal streets A major water main break flooded parts of downtown Montreal near the Jacques-Cartier bridge Friday morning. Notre-Dame Street has been blocked off as of Frontenac Street, and morning traffic will be interrupted. #cbc #news #News #Canada #Montreal cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ma…
Il mondo sarà distrutto dall’indifferenza al male assoluto. Siamo tutti colpevoli. Tolleriamo che a Gaza un padre vada a prendere l’atto di nascita dei suoi figli appena nati e torni a casa trovandoli dilaniati insieme alla loro mamma da una bomba is…
Amazingly, somebody made a functional 35mm film camera out of LEGO, and put it on LEGO Ideas. It needs about 2300 more votes to have a chance of being made into a real set.
Hello friends! Two illusionist cartoons and a trick with an unexpected result. Find out in the following animated short. The characters are made in Grease Pencil and the background with Krita. Greetings
BOLOGNA: REVOCATE MISURE CAUTELARI A DUE COMPAGNX Diffondiamo
Il 6 agosto sono state revocate le misure cautelari (obbligo di firma) disposte a inizio maggio nei confronti di 2 compagnx anarchicx di Bologna per l'occupazione di una gru in centro città nel dicembre 2022 in solidarietà con Alfredo e contro il 41 bis. Restano invece invariate le mis brughiere.noblogs.org/post/202… #Bologna #Notizieaggiornamenti #Repressione
So sad to hear today about the passing of Emilio Quadrelli. An Italian autonomist active since the 1970s, we were so lucky to interview Emilio for our upcoming series on the period. Extremely generous with his time, he will be sorely missed.
Il professor Graziano Onder, geriatra del Policlinico Gemelli di Roma, spiega al FattoQuotidiano.it quali sono le regole e i comportamenti più a rischio nell'assunzione dei farmaci L'articolo Tutti gli errori da evitare quando si prende una medicina: dalla…
Nel volume Il costo della spedizione gratuita due studiosi americani curano un’indagine critica sul più grande colosso del capitalismo globale. Da Collettiva
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Enrico Lai* Risulterebbe parecchio singolare che la politica si affidi al capitale e al libero mercato per avviare la transizione energetica in Sardegna.
Пациенты с онкологическими заболеваниями и сахарным диабетом как минимум в 68 регионах России не могут купить зарубежные рецептурные препараты в аптеках
Министр обороны США Ллойд Остин распорядился направить на Ближний Восток атомную подводную лодку USS Georgia, а также ускорить переброску авианосца Abraham Lincoln. Об этом говорится в заявлении, распрос... mostra di più
Министр обороны США Ллойд Остин распорядился направить на Ближний Восток атомную подводную лодку USS Georgia, а также ускорить переброску авианосца Abraham Lincoln. Об этом говорится в заявлении, распространенном пресс-службой Пентагона. haqqin.az/news/324757
Губернатор Белгородской области Вячеслав Гладков объявил о начале эвакуации населения из Краснояружского района, который граничит на западе с Сумской областью Украины, а на севере — с Курской областью, где продолжается операция ВСУ
Дверь посольства Литвы в Москве, расположенного в Борисоглебском переулке в районе Арбата, облили красной краской, а на табличке на входе оставили отпечатки ладоней.
Vogliamo provare a dare un quadro più chiaro possibile riguardo alle enormi differenze che si andranno a creare nella scuola se dovesse essere messo in atto il decreto che spaccherà l’Italia non in due, ma in venti.
🎯 Calling all Elixir developers to take on a bounty and get compensated for contributing to the commons! Help us overcome key technical challenges and move closer to the Bonfire v1.0 release.
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Astronaut Ron Garan captured a Perseid #meteor from the ISS, 380 km above #Earth. The meteor, part of debris from #comet Swift-Tuttle, streaked through the atmosphere at 60 km/s. Viewers on Earth can enjoy the 2024 Perseids peak around August 12, with clear dark skies and no moonlight interference.
Della chiusura della linea per i lavori di ammodernamento previsti (urgenti e necessari) come il raddoppio di alcune tratte, l'eliminazione dei passaggi a livel
Per politici e imprenditori il turismo è il «petrolio dell’Europa meridionale». In effetti come l'industria del fossile estrae benefici dalla natura a vantaggio di pochi e danno di molti.
Dopo cinque anni e mezzo Tel Aviv ha negato il rinnovo del visto ad Andrea De Domenico, capo dell’Ocha, l’Ufficio per il coordinamento degli Affari umanitari dell’Onu per i Territori palestinesi occupati.
NPR: Prosecutors concluded that the staff at the Marion County Record committed no crimes before former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody led a raid on its offices and the home of its publisher.#news #NPRnpr.org/2024/08/05/g-s1-15539/…
Building on our earlier thread about Mosaic's federated publication theme, we're excited to dive deeper into some of the key features. Our goal is to co-design the theme with pilot projects, to make this platform ideal for knowledge dissemination on the Fediverse. #Mosaic Earlier thread for context: indieweb.social/@bonfire/11290…
This week, we'll be sharing a glimpse into the diverse themes and possibilities we'll offer with Mosaic, an all-in-one platform built with Bonfire and tailored to each organization's unique needs. We begin with a federated journal and magazine theme—ideal for journalists, editors, and communities looking to organize and disseminate knowledge on the Fediverse. Explore what's possible with #Mosaic 🧵 1/3
L’Italia stanzia altri 6 miliardi per il Global Combat Air Programme, caccia di sesta generazione, oltre a F35 e Eurofighter Typhoon, a cui è interessata Ryad.
Apple and Mozilla will take a big hit if the Google search ruling is upheld; in 2021-2022, $510M out of $593M of Mozilla's revenue came from its Google deal (Jason Del Rey/Fortune)
Se i maltrattamenti sugli animali possono essere propedeutici a quelli sugli esseri umani, è probabile che la corrida sia strettamente imparentata con la tortura.
TIL that the forerunner of the bicycle, the Dandy horse, was invented largely as a result of the climatic changes brought about in Europe by the explosion of Mount Tambora (1815), which widespread crop failures which have led to the deaths of thousands of horses, means of transport at the time.
Giovanna Ricoveri ci ha lasciati. Ma resta tutto il lavoro straordinario fatto in decenni di militanza sociale e culturale. Giovanna entra di diritto nel gotha
Fatima Ouassak è una politologa e militante ecologista, femminista e antirazzista. Il suo ultimo libro Per un’ecologia pirata (tradotto in italiano da Valeria Gennari per Tamu edizioni (2024))...
La Polizia ha lanciato una decina di lacimogeni al gas tossico CS contro i volti e i corpi dei manifestanti No MUOS "rei" di aver tagliato le reti della base USA di Niscemi, realizzata in violazione a tutte le normative di legge di tipo ambentale e p…
Da infoaut.org
L'assemblea di Confluenza domenica 28 luglio 2024 durante il Festival Alta Felicità a Venaus è stata un successo! Cogliamo l’occasione per ringraziare tutti e tutte coloro che hanno partecipato attraversando il Piemonte per raggiung…
This week, we'll be sharing a glimpse into the diverse themes and possibilities we'll offer with Mosaic, an all-in-one platform built with Bonfire and tailored to each organization's unique needs. We begin with a federated journal and magazine theme—ideal for journalists, editors, and communities looking to organize and disseminate knowledge on the Fediverse. Explore what's possible with #Mosaic 🧵 1/3
Powered by Bonfire's topics module, communities can organize their digital content into magazine-style layouts, showcasing discussions and posts prominently. This ensures that valuable knowledge isn't lost in timelines but is easily accessible on the homepage. Our flexible role system allows communities to establish editorial team, sharing responsibilities and moderation duties. Bonfire Taxonomies enable users to create multiple sections, providing a structured magazine experience. 🧵 2/3
We are seeking pilot communities interested in co-designing this theme with us and supporting its development by joining the Mosaic program. Full details will be available in September, but if this sounds like something you've been waiting for, feel free to DM us or email team@bonfire.cafe to learn more.
Aumentano in modo preoccupante le aggressioni alle sedi e a compagn* di Rifondazione Comunista, da parte di fascisti e sionisti, essendo individuati come princi
Questa mattina a Roma un sostenitore di Israele ha aggredito il nostro compagno Giovanni Barbera e ha infranto la vetrata della nostra federazione di Roma a Pia
TORNANO IN SERVIZIO GLI SBIRRI TORTURATORI! È notizia recente che sei agenti della polizia penitenziaria imputati nel processo per i pestaggi avvenuti nel carcere di Santa Maria Capua Vetere nell'aprile del 2020, sono stati riammessi in servizio. I sei erano sospesi con stipendio ridotto dal 2021. brughiere.noblogs.org/post/202… #AbusiForzeDellordine #Carcere #Notizieaggiornamenti
Ukraine has won its first gold medal of the Olympic Games in Paris by defeating South Korea in the final of the women's team saber fencing tournament. — Ukrinform.
TARIFS DOUANIERS SUR LES VÉHICULES ÉLECTRIQUES FABRIQUÉS EN CHINE Ottawa s’apprête à emboîter le pas à Washington
« La Chambre de commerce du Canada (CCC) exhorte le gouvernement Trudeau à emboîter le pas à l’administration Biden en imposant à son tour des tarifs douaniers sur les véhicules électriques fabriqués en Chine. »
Russia’s total combat casualties since the invasion have amounted to an estimated 581,760, including 1,170 killed and wounded in the past day. — Ukrinform.
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