A suspected Chinese APT is exploiting a new Cisco zero-day
-impacts Cisco Secure Email Gateway And Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
-CVE-2025-20393
-CVSS score: 10
-APT is UAT-9686
blog.talosintelligence.com/uat…
UAT-9686 actively targets Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager
Cisco Talos is tracking the active targeting of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway, formerly known as Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly known as Cisco Content Security Management…Cisco Talos (Cisco Talos Blog)
La notte di Repubblica e del suo gruppo
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/la-nott…
A dispetto del ministro Valditara che invoca il latino, sono i Greci a sbarcare in Italia. Com’è noto (ne ha ampiamente scritto anche il manifesto), l’imprenditore ellenico Kyriakou è di una famiglia che divide i suoi interessi tra il petrolio e i media.
Sanità: presidio al Pirellone, restituiti simbolicamente alla Giunta i “pessimi regali” alla sanità pubblica
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/sanita-…
Milano, 16 dicembre 2025. Questo pomeriggio la rete La
After the Soviet Union collapsed, we believed we would quickly join the civilized Western world. Today, it seems there is no civilization there, only degradation.
I just don’t understand - if he’s so concerned about that scary Western world, why he continues pushing West? Just fuck off back to East and you’ll be safe again in your swamps 
17 December 1903 | Polish Jew, Jankiel Szyferman, was born in Maciejowice. He emigrated to France. A tailor.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Pithiviers on 17 July 1942. He did not survive.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…
#Germany Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz:
We intend to use Russian assets to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine for at least two more years. This step is not about prolonging the war, but about bringing the war to an end as soon as possible.
I believe this is a very important message, as it gives both Russia, Ukraine and USA a clear message, responding to Putin’s vague statements about “achieving his goals as long as it takes” with a specific tangible metric that may not look actually looks so optimistic from Russian side.
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Source: x.com/bundeskanzler/status/200… (sorry, it’s him not me)
🇰🇪 Kenyan authorities have secured the return of 18 citizens who were recruited inside #Russia to take part in the ongoing invasion of #Ukraine, Nairobi-based outlet The Standard reported.
In total, at least 82 Kenyans have appealed to the country’s embassy in Moscow for help returning home.
Kenya repatriates 18 citizens recruited by Russia’s Ministry of Defense, shuts down hundreds of agencies lu...
Kenyan authorities have secured the return of 18 citizens who were recruited inside Russia to take part in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Nairobi-based outlet The Standard reported.The Insider
🇸🇪 #Sweden’s navy has confirmed that armed guards have appeared aboard tankers belonging to #Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.”
Swedish Navy says armed guards have appeared aboard Russia’s “shadow fleet” tankers
Sweden’s navy has confirmed that armed guards have appeared aboard tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.The Insider
Pintér Christie 50: copertine e piccoli delitti di un’epoca d’oro editoriale
Segreti di copertina e delitti editoriali: come Ferenc Pintér trasformò il nostro immaginario un bozzetto alla volta, e come Mondadori sfidò la censura con Agatha Christie. 50 storie riscoperte in una mostra sorprendente.
🤖 Secret phrases to get you past AI bot customer service
Get a real human on the phone fast, plus PayPal scams from legit emails, AI mistake triggers a school lockdown, and why parents are now running kids’ dating profilesThe Current
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further info on the "AI mistake that triggered a middle-school lockdown" (in thumbnail)... not only was the kid carrying his musical instrument like a gun, he was also dressed in a costume (for legit purposes) that involved camo and body armor
the dreaded AI actually got it right... dammit
russia’s War Escalates for Ukrainian Civilians Despite Ongoing Peace Negotiations, UN Says
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Russia’s War Escalates for Ukrainian Civilians Despite Ongoing Peace Negotiations, UN Says
Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the situation for civilians is growing increasingly dire, even as high-profile peace negotiations dominate international attention, the United Nations’ top human rights official warned d…Vlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)
The Senate just passed a new $900 billion defense bill. Here’s what’s in it.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/2026-ndaa-defense-bill-military-spending/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Senate passes NDAA defense bill for military spending: Here’s what’s included
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions related to parental leave — but notably excludes provisions that would have provided IVF coverage for active-duty military.Mariel Padilla (19th News)
securityaffairs.com/185809/hac…
#securityaffairs #hacking
SonicWall warns of actively exploited flaw in SMA 100 AMC
SonicWall warned users to patch a SMA1000 AMC flaw that was exploited as a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in attacks.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
I riassunti IA senza consenso operati dalla Biblioteca digitale ACM. Il post di protesta di @cfiesler su Bluesky
La Biblioteca digitale @ACM dove vengono pubblicate MOLTE ricerche in ambito informatico (direi almeno il 75% delle mie pubblicazioni), ora non solo fornisce (senza il consenso degli autori e senza l'opt-in dei lettori) riassunti degli articoli generati dall'intelligenza artificiale, ma questi vengono visualizzati come impostazione predefinita rispetto agli abstract.
bsky.app/profile/cfiesler.bsky…
Se vuoi essere informato sulle discussioni intorno alla #IntelligenzaArtificiale puoi seguire il gruppo @aitech by feddit.it
Conte a Meloni: “Non serve Indiana Jones per cercare l’oro degli italiani, basta tassare i giganti del web”.
ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/12/1…
#Conte #GiuseppeConte #M5s #Movimento5Stelle #Meloni #GiorgiaMeloni #GovernoMeloni #WebTax
Conte a Meloni: “Non serve Indiana Jones per cercare l’oro degli italiani, basta tassare i…
L'intervento del leader del M5s dopo le dichiarazioni di Meloni alla CameraRedazione Politica (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
@news
eunews.it/2025/12/17/il-parlam…
L'Aula sostiene l'iniziativa dei cittadini che chiede di riconoscere il diritto per le donne laddove è ancora ostacolato. Ora la parola alla Commissione. Esulta la relatrice: "Grande vittoria"
Il Parlamento UE dice 'sì' all'aborto sicuro e accessibile
L'Aula del Parlamento sostiene l'iniziativa dei cittadini che chiede di riconoscere il diritto all'aborto per le donne dove ancora è ostacolatoEmanuele Bonini emanuelebonini (Eunews)
🇹🇷 🇷🇺 #Turkey is seeking to return S-400 air defense systems it bought from #Russia nearly a decade ago, a move that would end a controversial deal that roiled its relationship with the US and other NATO members.
turkishminute.com/2025/12/17/t…
Turkey seeks to return Russian S-400s to rejoin F-35 program: report - Turkish Minute
#Turkey is seeking ways to return the Russian-made S-400 air defense system it purchased nearly a decade ago, a step that could remove a major obstacle in its relations with the US, @Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.Turkish Minute (TurkishMinute)
Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by russian intelligence over seized assets
by Dan Sabbagh in London and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies
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Real Protection Is Needed Against This russian Case History of Madness, and We Will Continue Now Working With All Partners to Ensure That Protection Is in Place – Address President #Zelenskyy 17.12.2025
Full address president.gov.ua/en/news/potri…
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Security measures are needed, financial measures are needed – including actions on russian assets – political measures are needed. And the courage of all partners is required: to see the truth, acknowledge the truth, and act accordingly.
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A Ukrainian photo, "In the Arms of Family" by Anastasia Taylor-Lind, captures toddler Tymofii Tsvetkov—wearing a T-shirt that reads "My dad serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine" - held by his aunt after fleeing war.
His father fights on the front lines. The powerful image, part of 5K From the Frontline, is among National Geographic’s 2025 Pictures of the Year.
Source: Ukraine.ua
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Путин угрожает Европе | Виталий Портников @i_gryanul_grem
Путин не только собирается продолжать воевать с Украиной, но и угрожает войной Европе. Это и есть «сухой остаток» мирного плана Трампа. Беседа с Вадимом Ради...YouTube
Now about #Putin - today he lashed out publicly, literally calling #Europe leader piglets, apparently after he learned about the progress of the plans of freezing #Russia assets in Europe:
And the European piglets immediately joined in this work, ahead of the American administration, hoping to profit from the collapse of our country.
As you can see, this man’s erudition literally skyrockets with age… Putin used Russian word подсвинки which is farming term literally meaning “piglets”, which can be also used as a vulgar insult. One begins to wonder what happens next - will Putin start grunting and throwing feces to express his anger… 
Source: ria.ru/20251217/putin-20626711… (in Russian)
"Европейские подсвинки" хотели поживиться на развале России, заявил Путин
"Европейские подсвинки" включились в работу прежней администрации США, надеясь поживиться на развале России, заявил президент РФ Владимир Путин. РИА Новости, 17.12.2025РИА Новости
🇷🇺 🇧🇪 Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn assets for #Ukraine, according to European intelligence agencies.
theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…
Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets
Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agenciesDan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
17 December 1908 | A Pole, Adam Gil, was born in Godziszów. A pastry chef.
In #Auschwitz from 20 November 1941.
No. 22784
He perished in the camp on 10 June 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_0…
🇺🇲 The fiscal 2026 NDAA provides $800 million for #Ukraine - $400 million in each of the next two years - as part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which pays U.S. companies for weapons for Ukraine's military.
It also authorizes the Baltic Security Initiative and provides $175 million to support Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia's defense.
Natural gas prices in Europe have all but returned to normal since Russia's full scale war in Ukraine. In fact, the only reason for the spike in 2021 and 2022 has been Russia's energy war against Europe, which started even before the full scale invasion of Ukraine. The numbers clearly say that.
It proves many things:
Russian energy was never cheap, neither politically nor economically.
Russian energy was always unreliable.
Russia always needed Europe more than the other way around.
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President #Zelenskyy
💬 "Today, we heard further signals from moscow that they are preparing for a year of war next year. And these signals are not only for us. It is important that our partners see this. And it is important that they not only see it, but also respond,
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in particular regarding russian assets, we need political solutions. And we need the courage of all our partners to see the truth, acknowledge the truth and act accordingly.
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I want to thank everyone who supports Ukraine and the work to achieve security in this way."
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Odesa Declares Emergency After Russian Strikes Leave 50,000 Without Power for Days
by Roman Kohanets
Governor Oleh Kiper stated that the decision was made by the regional commission on technogenic and environmental safety and emergencies.
united24media.com/latest-news/…
Odesa Declares Emergency After Russian Strikes Leave 50,000 Without Power for Days
Authorities in Odesa have declared an emergency due to Russian attacks damaging energy facilities, leaving thousands without power for days.Roman Kohanets (UNITED24 Media)
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russia “fattens up” tortured prisoners before exchanges to hide years of abuse, freed civilians say
by Maxim Volovich
Prisoners washed, fed, and warned not to bruise themselves—then traded back to #Ukraine.
🇷🇺🇩🇪 While German intelligence services arrest one Russian-hired spy after another for photographing trains and ships, Kadyrov’s loyalists enjoy legal access to #Germany’s most vulnerable objects of critical infrastructure.
The mob’s humanitarian backdoor: Ramzan Kadyrov’s mafia connections reach deep into German critical infrast...
As Germany cancels humanitarian visas for anti-war Russians, loyalists of Ramzan Kadyrov continue to travel back and forth between Chechnya and Germany as if nothing has happened, having previously obtained residence permits in Germany on humanitaria…Roman Dobrokhotov (The Insider)
My next trip will take me to India. I'll leave on January 29, 2026, from my hometown of Milan, and will take my bicycle to New Delhi.
From the north I will pedal south, following a zigzagging path with no clear path, other than one dotted with life-changing encounters.
I'll travel thousands of kilometers to the far reaches of India, to the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and then finish my journey in Bangalore.
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⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
This trip will also have a charitable purpose, and in Bangalore there is a special school, the Annaswamy School, that offers inclusive education and vocational training, with a particular focus on sport and arts.
My trip project will be to provide the school with one or more inclusive playgrounds, and this time too, I will do so together with my friends from the Pozza company from Vicenza
Please help me to help others!
🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
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📙 Le nouveau numéro de Dimensions est sorti!
Dans cette édition, zoom sur les matières plastiques. Si elles ont permis d’énormes progrès, elles se heurtent aujourd’hui au défi de la pollution qu’elles engendrent.
Disponible gratuitement dans les caissettes à journaux du campus ou sur dimensions.epfl.ch
#epfl #plushtodon #plastique #pollution #environnement
Dimensions
Dimensions, une publication scientifique de référence, qui met en avant l’excellence de l’Ecole par le biais de dossiers approfondis, d’interviews, de portraits et d’actualités.EPFL
If you want to help seed the Certificate Transparency archive (github.com/geomys/ct-archive), there is now an RSS feed for your BitTorrent client! Don't forget to set unlimited seed ratio ✨
raw.githubusercontent.com/geom…
GitHub - geomys/ct-archive: A directory of archived Certificate Transparency (CT) logs and tools to archive RFC 6962 and Static CT logs.
A directory of archived Certificate Transparency (CT) logs and tools to archive RFC 6962 and Static CT logs. - geomys/ct-archiveGitHub
NEW: Cisco discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting an unknown number of customers.
The hackers have been exploiting a zero-day in some of Cisco's most popular products "since at least late November 2025."
There is no patch available at this point.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/cisc…
Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day | TechCrunch
Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's most popular products.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
What The 19th loved in 2025
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/what-the-19th-loved-in-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The 19th @the-19th-19thnews
The Gilded Age, Rosalía, knitting: What The 19th loved in 2025
What we did, watched, listened to and wore that brought us joy in 2025.The 19th Staff (19th News)
#CluesBySam
Tiens, une connexion de neurones aujourd'hui ?
I thinking of uninstalling the excellent #Wordpress #ActivityPub Plugin and defederating my sites from the #Fediverse. For technical reasons only. CPU goes through the roof when new posts are boosted for the first time, causing 508 errors.
Does anyone else suffer from this problem and have any suggestions to lighten the load?
Maybe I’m overreacting and should just live with the minute or two of daily downtime?
I have Litespeed cache installed.
Affected sites: @dinotoyblog @blog@animaltoyforum.com @blog@monstertoyblog.com
Exactly. Maybe there are there some Litespeed settings I could tweak?
Thanks for your interest and help.
is this "only" a problem when you post new things?
so there is always the option to tweak the scheduling, to not send all pings at the same time. the only downside is, that this can take some more time until every of your follower receives the new post.
I will put it on the backlog.
idea: an option to chose between different scaling/load levels.
1. publish as fast as possible (high load)
2. reduce bulks and increase pauses between sending
3. take your time ☕️
Add configurable distribution modes for federation delivery
Summary Add a setting to allow site administrators to choose how aggressively the plugin distributes activities to remote servers. This helps manage server load from HTTP signature verifications on...pfefferle (GitHub)
@pfefferle Only when I post new things, but for each new post there are two CPU peaks associated with CPU faults. One when it is first published, then a larger one later when I (or someone else with a moderate following) boosts it directly on Mastodon.
Happy for pings to take their time. Thanks for looking into it, I’m also working through the suggestions as far as I’m able.
Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)
Every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. What does this say about the design of Mastodon and ActivityPub and the future of the fediverse?Aral Balkan
@pfefferle Thanks. It seems to be the nature of the beast.
I still wonder if there's something more I could do by tweaking Litespeed Cache.
House Republicans advance sweeping anti-trans bills ahead of holiday break
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/congress-trans-health-care-ban/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Republicans advance sweeping anti-trans bills in Congress
One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.Orion Rummler (19th News)
A team of researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne (Switzerland) proved that data centers are a scam.
With their software, an IA the size of ChatGPT can work with just a local network of FOUR computers (total price €9,600 / $11,280).
No need for the cloud.
No need for data centers wasting water and money.
goodtech.info/anyway-systems-e…
#ai #datacenter #tech #opensource #cloud #environment #climatechange #water #news
L'EPFL dynamite les GAFAM : L'IA de la taille de ChatGPT tourne sur 4 PC à 2300 € (et sans le Cloud)
Des chercheurs de l'EPFL lancent Anyway Systems, un logiciel qui permet d'exécuter des modèles d'IA massifs sur un cluster local de quatre machines standard. C'est la fin de la dépendance au cloud.Rédaction (Linagora)
Strano, chi l'avrebbe detto?
Poi chiediti perché non le contrastano in maniera efficace...
"Le pubblicità di truffe fanno guadagnare una fortuna a #Meta, secondo Reuters
Stime e documenti interni parlano del 10% del fatturato annuo, pari a 16 miliardi di dollari"
Leggi tutto: ilpost.link/qNnKUsg5e0
Il divorzio involontario
@cinema @spettacoli @spettacoli@diggita.com
#boomerissimo #rocky #sylvesterstallone #mrT #clubberlang
boomerissimo.it/2024/05/30/il-…
Il divorzio tra Clubber Lang e Rocky: tutta colpa del reality - Boomerissimo
La saga di Rocky è una delle più popolari, tutti ricordano il pugile capace di soffrire, ma anche i suoi avversari.Antonietta Terraglia (Boomerissimo)
Il divorzio involontario
@cinema @spettacoli @spettacoli@diggita.com
#boomerissimo #rocky #sylvesterstallone #mrT #clubberlang
boomerissimo.it/2024/05/30/il-…
Il divorzio tra Clubber Lang e Rocky: tutta colpa del reality - Boomerissimo
La saga di Rocky è una delle più popolari, tutti ricordano il pugile capace di soffrire, ma anche i suoi avversari.Antonietta Terraglia (Boomerissimo)
The Alps set to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade, study warns
Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely. Looking at the number of glaciers disappearing, the Alps could reach their peak loss rate as early as 2033 to 2041.ETH Zurich (Phys.org)
→ Ce #pêcheur artisanal a vaincu les chaluts de fond en larguant 800 blocs de béton en #mer
lareleveetlapeste.fr/ce-pecheu…
« […] 800 blocs de béton et marbre ont été immergés, dont 49 #sculptures sous-marines, réalisées par des artistes de renommée internationale et pesant entre 15 et 20 tonnes environ. Assez pour obliger les chalutiers à contourner la zone, de peur d’avoir les #filets empêtrés dans les blocs : "nous avons stoppé le #chalutage illégal dans la zone à 90 %", sourit [Paolo Fanciulli]. »
Ce pêcheur artisanal a vaincu les chaluts de fond pour protéger la mer
Le pêcheur italien Paolo Fanciulli a fait larguer 800 blocs de béton pour empêcher les chaluts de racler les fonds marins.Laurie Debove (La Relève et La Peste)
The regent sits on his throne (and follows it up with a nap)
#WhiskersWednesday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #Cats #SiberianCats #Knold
Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore
theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts sayOliver Milman (The Guardian)
- Spaces (53%, 192 votes)
- Tabs (57%, 207 votes)
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Piccolo esperimento sociale.
Lascio qui questa idea musicale come spunto creativo. Sono curioso di sentire come verrà sviluppata. Io sicuramente parteciperò a questo gioco. Ci diamo una scadenza? Una settimana da oggi!
P.S. La penultima misura è da aggiustare, o forse no!
#ideamusicale #musica #music #guitar #exercise #esercizio #composition #compo #note #sheetmusic #ideas #musicgame #chitarra #comoposizione
A close-up photograph shows a slice of bread resting on a wooden surface. The bread appears to be white bread, with a golden-brown crust along the edges and a lighter, porous interior. The slice is cut unevenly, revealing a crumbly texture and visible air pockets throughout. The wooden surface has a visible grain and warm tone. The lighting is fairly bright, highlighting the bread’s texture and the wood grain.
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A rectangular baking dish sits on a speckled countertop. Inside the dish is a light brown, baked food item, likely a dessert. The food item appears to be mostly flat and somewhat irregular in shape, with a slightly bubbly texture across the surface. Crumpled pieces of parchment paper are visible along the edges and partially under the baked item. The baking dish is black and has rounded corners, and the countertop is speckled with various shades of brown and gray.
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La crosta un po' troppo dura per i miei gusti.
Devo imparare a regolare la temperatura con la stufa a legna, ma non è facile.
My message to Ursula von der Leyen in The Guardian this morning:
America’s bet on AI is now so gigantic that every MAGA voter’s pension is bound to the bubble’s precarious survival. If she grabs Trump where it hurts, Europe will win this fight.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble
Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny RyanJohnny Ryan (The Guardian)
How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year?
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/project-2025-heritage-foundation-progress/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The latest LGBTQ+ news @the-latest-lgbtq-news-19thnews
How much of Project 2025 has been implemented this year?
As the year ends, The 19th takes a look at how the conservative policy wishlist for Trump’s second term impacted women and LGBTQ+ Americans.Mariel Padilla (19th News)
7.8.0 – Happy Holidays
What you don't say: That the plugin is not updated in ClassicPress installations if already installed, and can't be installed on installations without a former version.
On my main blog with ClassicPress 2.6.0, although automatic updates are active, the version of the plugin is still 5.3.2 – and it only works here and there. Mostly the articles don't reach the Fediverse.
On another blog, also with ClassicPress 2.6.0, I tried to install it yesterday and the plugin site said: no.
It seems to me that ClassicPress is not wanted in the Fediverse.
The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+!
Negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027 have been concluded.
It will offer significant opportunities across education, training, sports, and youth, giving people the chance to connect across borders once again.
This follows the EU-UK Strategic Partnership agreed at the first ever Summit in May.
A step forward for youth, education, and cooperation, together again. 🤝
More: link.europa.eu/vf3vJk
Joint Statement by Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency Maroš Šef\u010Dovi\u010D and HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP
In May, the United Kingdom and the European Union held their first ever Summit and agreed to strengthen cooperation through a new strategic partnership. This partnership will make us more secure, willEuropean Commission - European Commission
Rapporto Amnesty: tre anni di governo Meloni e diritti in caduta libera
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/rapport…
Nei tre anni trascorsi dall’inizio della XIX legislatura e dall’insediamento del governo diretto dalla presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni, in Italia c’è
Ihr seid von netten Leuten nach Hause zum Essen eingeladen worden. Beim Abräumen fragt der Gastgeber/die Gastgeberin: "Na, hat es Dir denn auch geschmeckt?"
Es hat Euch aber nicht gemundet, also so gar nicht... 🤢
Was antwortet Ihr?
@Lucatermite Oh, das ist sehr poetisch! Die poetischste Beleidigung, die ich ke hörte... 🤣
(Ich bin zum Glück nicht betroffen. Mich läd man höchstens mal in ein gutes Restaurant ein.) 🙂
Wenn jemand mit mir essen möchte, dann bitte auswärts.
RE: infosec.exchange/@BleepingComp…
I will never forgive the security community for not naming this vulnerability "Reactor Meltown".
BleepingComputer (@BleepingComputer@infosec.exchange)
A ransomware gang exploited the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) to gain initial access to corporate networks and deployed the file-encrypting malware less than a minute later. https://www.bleepingcomputer.BleepingComputer (Infosec Exchange)
"Name this vuln" / "Rate this vuln name"
Thus we can go with the best name, and say we knew it all along later 😇
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 President Zelensky will attend the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday, Bloomberg reports, as Ukraine seeks support for a vital €90 billion credit backed by frozen Russian assets.
Belgium has resisted the use of frozen Russian central bank assets, seeking legal and financial guarantees before approval. The EU plan would use Russian funds to provide Ukraine with €90 billion over two years. If leaders fail to agree, the bloc may have to explore temporary financing options.
17 December 1931 | Dutch Jewish boy, Emile Joost Jacobs, was born at the Hague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
Video history | Temporary gas chambers at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
In the spring of 1942, Nazi Germany began deportations of mass transports of Jews to Auschwitz doomed to immediate extermination. By a decision of the camp a...YouTube
The breach notification, from December 15: maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/…
Infosecurity-Magazine: US Autoparts Maker LKQ Confirms Oracle EBS Breach infosecurity-magazine.com/news… #Oracle #databreach #infosec
US Autoparts Maker LKQ Confirms Oracle EBS Breach
LKQ confirmed that over 9000 individuals saw their personal data compromised because of the breachKevin Poireault (Infosecurity Magazine)
>The company reported that it had taken steps to deploy additional safeguards on its systems, reinforce its security practices, and enhance security monitoring and controls to strengthen protections.
So they moved EBS behind a firewall instead of letting the entire internet hammer on it? That doesn't sound very zero trusty
Some companies have adopted an expanded incident response plan that takes longer to get through. It looks like this:
1 Identification
2 Denial
3 Anger
4 Containment
5 Bargaining
6 Eradication
7 Recovery
8 Depression
9 Disclosure/denial
Sono comportamenti che andrebbero incoraggiati: le liste di persone in attesa di un donatore d'organi sono sempre troppo lunghe.
Non il cervello, però. Io il cervello di uno che spippola sul cellulare mentre guida il motorino non lo vorrei...
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17
"Copper and Lime"
pastel on UART paper - 12x18 in
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Original Fine Art By © Tamami Tokutake in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art GalleryDaily Paintworks
#Europa #Italien #Rom #UBahnen #Museum
#MetrolinieC #ZweineueMetrostationen #Ort
U-Bahn als Museum -
Zwei neue Metro-Stationen der Metrolinie C im Herzen Roms:
antenne.de/nachrichten/welt/u-…
U-Bahn als Museum: Zwei neue Metro-Stationen im Herzen Roms
Wer sich in Rom fortbewegen will, braucht gute Nerven. Zwei neue U-Bahn-Stationen im historischen Herzen der Stadt sollen Abhilfe schaffen - und zeigen besondere Fundstücke.ANTENNE BAYERN
New server, new #introduction
Hi, I'm Dave. I'm a Research #Scientist at a Research Institute in #London, #UK
I'm a #StructuralBiologist by training. I help run a group that studies #Kinase #signalling in human #health and #disease.
In my spare time I swear a lot, play #bass and walk #dogs.
I do #Crystallography #CryoEM #Biophysics #DrugDesign and #Glycobiology. #Science #Research
Il Guggenheim ha rinunciato a espandersi nell'unica riserva naturale dei Paesi Baschi - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/12/17/guggenheim-cancella-espansione-riserva-paesi-baschi/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Mondo @mondo-ilPost
Il Guggenheim ha rinunciato a espandersi nell’unica riserva naturale dei Paesi Baschi
Il progetto, molto contestato, è stato accantonato per i problemi legali di una delle due nuove sedi che il museo avrebbe voluto costruirciIl Post
RE: mstdn.social/@RickGaehl/115734…
Thanks for all the well wishes. 🙏
Rick Gaehl (@RickGaehl@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image I'm having a minor operation this morning, and am already in the recovery room. We're so lucky to have the #NHS. Back to normal posts tomorrow... #Photography #HospitalMastodon 🐘
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
AI “Phone Farm” Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam
Andreessen Horowitz has injected $1 million into Doublespeed, a startup meant to flood social media with gobs of for-profit spam.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
Dicembre ti sta friggendo il cervello? La soluzione è la disintossicazione digitale!
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/dicembre-…
#redhotcyber #news #digitaldetox #vitalive #equilibriodigitale #controllodelattenzione #analogico #coprifuocodigitali
Dicembre ti sta friggendo il cervello? La soluzione è la disintossicazione digitale!
Scopri come il sovraccarico digitale influisce sulla nostra vita e come una disintossicazione digitale possa essere la soluzione per ritrovare l'equilibrio.Gaia Russo (Red Hot Cyber)
"Ho provato a far fare i regali di Natale all'intelligenza artificiale ed è stato un disastro
Storia tragicomica di come mi sono ritrovato a scegliere chattando con i bot e ho rischiato di rovinare i rapporti con la famiglia"
wired.it/article/regali-di-nat…
Regali di Natale e ChatGPT, che fallimento: i suggerimenti sono (quasi) tutti sbagliati
Storia tragicomica di come ci siamo ritrovati a scegliere i regali di Natale chattando con ChatGPT e Perplexity, rischiando di rovinare i rapporti con la famigliaAndrea Romano (Wired Italia)
Sulla falsariga dell'articolo ho chiesto ad Euria che cosa potrei regalarmi per Natale e la risposta è stata intelligente:
"Non posso suggerirti regali specifici senza conoscere i tuoi interessi, budget o preferenze"
putin on Wednesday lashed out at European leaders, deriding them as “little pigs”, and said russia would achieve its territorial goals in #Ukraine either through diplomacy or by military force.
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Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - Europe live
Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’Jakub Krupa (The Guardian)
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The “I Want to Live” project has published a list of deceased soldiers of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade of the russian Black Sea Fleet.
The list contains more than 2,000 names with ranks, dates of birth and death.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, the brigade has changed its personnel several times.
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Europe's leaders increase the pressure ahead of crucial #EU summit
by Ferdinand Knapp and Paul Dallison
Italian prime minister and European Commission president set the importance of getting a deal for #Ukraine.
politico.eu/article/giorgia-me…
Europe’s leaders increase the pressure ahead of crucial EU summit
Italian prime minister and European Commission president set the importance of getting a deal for Ukraine.Ferdinand Knapp (POLITICO)
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#CzechRepublic PM Andrej Babiš:
We support financial aid to Ukraine, and there is an ongoing debate about how to secure the funds. If EU countries want to use Russian assets, we will not guarantee them under any circumstances; we do not want to burden our budgets. Russia must pay reparations.
II post it because there’s media reports circulating that Babiš rejected the aid in principle, but it seems like it’s about how it should be secured.
Source: x.com/CT24zive/status/20012071… (sorry)
UK will transfer £2.5bn of abramovich cash to #Ukraine fund, Starmer says
The UK Prime minister says oligarch must commit funds from sale of London football club or face court action
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17 December 1904 | A Czech Jewish woman, Vlasta Lamplová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi…
Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
"On Auschwitz" (44): Women at Auschwitz
The Auschwitz camp was established in June 1940 for male prisoners. The first groups of women were incarcerated by the Germans more than a year and a half la...YouTube
⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — DEC 17, 2025
■ Highest casualties since Mar 28; both land-based equipment losses and engagements well above average
■ Overnight attacks: double-digit, all drones; interception rate could be better, with twelve locations hit
■ Also overnight: 🇺🇦 struck another oil refinery, this time in Krasnodar
📈 See dashboard for full data:
lookerstudio.google.com/s/ief6…
Dashboard on Russia's war against Ukraine
Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.Looker Studio
Sorpresa: pure i Servizi francesi si affidano a Palantir
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
L’intelligence interna francese (DGSI) ha rinnovato il suo contratto pluriennale con Palantir, mostrando la dipendenza della sicurezza nazionale della République dalle capacità tecnologiche statunitensi. Altro che macronate anti Usa... L'analisi di Alessandro Aresu
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Google abbandona il Dark Web: Stop allo strumento di monitoraggio nel 2026
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/google-ab…
#redhotcyber #news #google #darkweb #sicurezzainformatica #protezionedatidigitali #cybersecurity #hacking #malware
Google abbandona il Dark Web: Stop allo strumento di monitoraggio nel 2026
Google chiude il Dark Web Report, strumento per scoprire se i dati personali sono finiti sul dark web. Scopri cosa offre ora per la sicurezza digitale e come proteggere i tuoi dati.Luca Galuppi (Red Hot Cyber)
Y a -t-il un intérêt à avoir une clef physique USB pour de l'authent à 2 facteurs à titre personnel ?
(celle qui se branche au PC)
Haben Ansgar #Heise oder der DM-Chef sich jetzt eigentlich in der AfD-Causa erklärt? Oder glauben die, wir (potenzielle) Kund:innen vergessen das einfach?
In meinem Fall habe ich den heise-Verlag um Stellungnahme gebeten und keine bekommen. Tja, werde ich 2026 wohl andere Informationsquellen benötigen …
Anthropy
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Anthropy (Mastodon)Eugen Rochko
in reply to Anthropy • • •Anthropy
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •hm, i guess that's fair if you know people on the team personally (unless I misunderstood).
but, there are a lot of direct firefox forks that also have a strong anti AI stance.
it personally feels weird to switch to 'closed source chrome' away from firefox when there are open firefox forks too.
as mentioned in the post i quoted, Waterfox points users to addons if they want AI things and says they won't have these features built in. ( waterfox.com/support/ai-chatbo… )
AI Chatbot in Waterfox - Waterfox Support
WaterfoxCaptain Jack Sparrow
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Derek Teague
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mike Stone
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Good choice. I've been using #Vivaldi for years and years now, and it's always been great.
@Vivaldi
Kpl Klink
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Walter Tross
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •(forum.vivaldi.net/topic/25289/…)
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Vivaldi ForumГригорий Клюшников
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •There are occasional annoying bugs and performance regressions, and the feedback on bug reports could've been better, but overall, I like it.
rainynight65
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@Vivaldi
Dawid Wiktor
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Vivaldi is good browser and very customizable.
As for Firefox, Mozilla's leadership still has no idea how to choose the right direction for the project. The browser is behind competitors, Mozilla depends on Google's funding, there is no clear vision and goals for Firefox and Mozilla.
I'm not saying it because I don't like Firefox as long time ago I was using it for years, but there are problems that put a lot of doubt over the project's future.
Open Risk
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •vivaldi also autodiscovers #rss feeds on a page (small detail yet speaks volumes about their value system).
It will be heartbreaking to part ways with firefox after decades, but alas mozilla does not seem to have a way out of its enshittification predicament. Pacts with the Devil eventually extract their pound of flesh.
pjrm
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Barry Cook 🇨🇦
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Still on Firefox here (despite the increasingly bad news), albeit it with the Betterfox user.js file, to limit much of the damage.
Another option for the Mac crowd is the Orion browser, which uses Safari’s guts, but actually makes that browser useful by allowing for most of Chrome and Firefox’s extensions.
Vile Lasagna
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I'm still on Vivaldi and love it but they have said more than once already that they do plan to drop support for manifest v2. Once they do I'll be spinning the Firefork roulette so... Maybe don't get too attached?
We cannot, in fact, have nice things
Frdl
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Or you can use Librewolf.
librewolf.net
LibreWolf Browser
librewolf.netinfinite love ⴳ
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Bart Champagne ON6BC
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •If memory serves me well, my first browser was Netscape - guess my age 😉
Briefly used Mozilla and Opera but Firefox has been my dominant browser after Netscape ever since.
I'm not liking certain decisions within the Mozilla group, including the AI hype, but so far I'm sticking to it.
ppw
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •The question is how much longer browsers dependent on Chromium upstream will still be able to support uBlock Origin against Google's will.
The better choice would have been a Firefox-based browser like Waterfox, which takes Firefox and strips it of all the annoying telemetry and AI nonsense
waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-r…
No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter
Alex Kontos (Waterfox)Miro Collas
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-u…
which breaks uBlock origin. Only Lite will work.
Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality | Vivaldi Browser
Team Vivaldi (Vivaldi Technologies)Mike Smale
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dan V Peterson
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Nu Modular
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Eugen Rochko
in reply to Nu Modular • • •CpyJx 🍉
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •> Firefox being open-source isn't really doing much for me in this situation
Except it is. Firefox, being completely open source, has enabled a viable fork - #Waterfox - that addresses your primary concern.
You say you don't have any faith in Firefox forks and just give in to Google and move to a re-skinned Chrome browser? This reads like a paid ad. It's disappointing.
And privately owned just means it can be sold to the highest bidder whenever it makes financial sense to do so.
Xander
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ernesto Acosta 🗯️
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Alex Semёnov
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Vint Prox
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •donut (see ya👋)
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •why not #waterfox
Its what Firefox should be open and extremely user-friendly 🩵 #noai
Ondrej Zizka
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •PcXT
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •What about Librewolf ?
Jon Koops 🇪🇺
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •That seems like a step backwards to be very honest. Firefox is a truly open-source project, with its own nuts and bolts under the hood, whereas Vivaldi is just another Chromium fork with a bunch of proprietary bits strapped to it.
I don't agree with the choices from Mozilla, but if everything is opt-in, local, and respects user privacy, what is the problem? And if it does bother you, why not use something like LibeWolf?
Distante
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I think the problem is somewhat exaggerated until we see actual negative actions from Mozilla.
mastodon.social/@Distante/1157…
Distante (@Distante@mastodon.social)
Distante (Mastodon)Trit’
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Kerplunk
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Unlike chrome UngoogledChromium also supports UBlock and it can be sideloaded.
Vivaldi sends a unique user ID to its servers every 24 hours.
UngoogledChromium sends
NOTHING home.
Goldmaster
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •GachaNoUta
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Bye AI crap 🚮
D Ingram
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Derick
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thomas Traynor
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •razze
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Alex
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •wojtek
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •ah yes… it doens't have AI (yet) but every now and then spams my toolbar with VPN offer :D
Also: you can install uBlockOrigin *NOW* but at one point maintaining support may stop be feasible and surprise - you will endup with the same crappy chromium engine…
dan
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Taffer 🇨🇦
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •MrGrumpyMonkey
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ati
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dizzy
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Tommaso Gagliardoni
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I'm not sure whether moving to Vivaldi makes sense or not, but this is a very wise sentence:
Seriously, recently I happened to browse random stuff from a "normie Chrome" and, fuck my life, how do people manage to live with that? No wonder everybody seems to be getting crazier by the day.
chad006
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Farhood
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •how long till chromiom chore absolutely gets in the way of the likes of Vivaldi threading around manifest 3?
Use waterfox or librefox instead. That way you wouldn't contribute to the chromium monopoly that is the fault of all this.
fedithom
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •doragasu
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •gbsills
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Demian
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jens Johansson
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Welcome to the resistance
(BTW for me Vivaldi synchs bookmarks, open tabs, notes, reading list etc flawlessly between multiple mobile/pad/ desktop instances)
ĞÖKÜ👻👻™
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Denis
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Borris
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •