🇭🇺🇦🇿 #Hungary signed a framework agreement with Azerbaijan for the purchase of up to 800 million cubic meters of natural gas over two years.
The deal between Hungary's state-owned MVM and Azerbaijan's SOCAR is the third gas deal that Hungary signed since September that could help the country diversify from Russian gas.
I’ve just switched Telegram to PeerTube mirror script from OpenAI (easier for protytyping) to 100% local LLM using Ollama.
The actual LLM is IBM’s granite4. On the server it takes ~2 GB RAM resident.
Don’t let anyone tell you that you 1) must always use OpenAI and 2) LLMs suck in general 😄
I’ve also tried a few smaller LLMs like granite4:350m, BERT Mini etc but they just produce semi-random ramblings rather than useful responses.
Pretty cool, and the #Python code is trivial:
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💬 #Germany is inviting the United States to join a high-stakes meeting in Berlin early next week on a potential #Ukraine ceasefire, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday after talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
politico.eu/article/germany-as…
Germany asks US to join Ukraine peace talks in Berlin
European countries sent a territorial proposal on a peace deal to Washington as pressure grows for a deal to end the war.Chris Lunday (POLITICO)
🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸 Germany, France and Spain will try this week to break a deadlock over #Europe’s next-generation fighter jet programme, a project worth up to €100 billion and seen as vital for the continent’s defence ambitions as the war in Ukraine grinds on.
Russia’s federal military spending hit a record 11.854 trillion rubles in January–September 2025, analyst Janis Kluge says. That is 30 percent more than last year, 95 percent higher than 2023, 173 percent above 2022 and nearly four times the 2021 level.
moscowtimes.ru/2025/12/11/2-mi…
2 миллиарда рублей в час. Кремль увеличил расходы на войну еще на 30%
Расходы федерального бюджета России по военным статьям в январе–сентябре 2025 года установили новый рекорд — 11,854 трлн рублей, подсчитал на основании данных Минфина научный сотрудник германского Института проблем международной безопасности Янис Клю…Русская служба The Moscow Times
🇺🇸 “A large majority of Republicans ... in the Senate and the House believe Russians are adversaries of the United States, that Moscow’s war on #Ukraine is a Russian aggression that must not succeed," said John Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine with the Atlantic Council think tank.
“There’s more willingness to challenge (Trump) policies they think are flawed and it’s not, of course, just related to Ukraine.”
Cuban musician Frank Dario Manfuga says a Facebook ad seeking carpenters in Russia prompted him to fly to Moscow in January. He is now held in a western Ukraine POW camp alongside people from 30 countries, including #Togo, Sri Lanka, #Italy and #Slovakia.
wsj.com/world/for-a-cuban-pris…
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Cuba #SriLanka
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold urgent talks Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that are supporting Kyiv’s effort to obtain fair terms for an end to the war with Russia.
Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the U.S. as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.
politico.eu/article/danish-int…
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US #Denmark
Danish intelligence classifies Trump’s America as a security risk
Denmark sounds the alarm about the U.S.’s increasingly antagonistic posture toward Europe.Antoaneta Roussi (POLITICO)
Europe’s strategy for convincing the Belgians to support its plan to fund Ukraine? Warn them they could be treated like Hungary.
politico.eu/article/europe-bel…
EU plans to treat Belgium like Hungary if it doesn’t back Ukraine loan
Frozen out and cold-shouldered: The reality facing Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever if he torpedoes the EU’s plan.Zoya Sheftalovich (POLITICO)
Germany is inviting the United States to join a high-stakes meeting in #Berlin early next week on a potential Ukraine ceasefire, Chancellor Friedrich #Merz said Thursday after talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark #Rutte.
politico.eu/article/germany-as…
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US #Germany #NATO
Germany asks US to join Ukraine peace talks in Berlin
European countries sent a territorial proposal on a peace deal to Washington as pressure grows for a deal to end the war.Chris Lunday (POLITICO)
11 December 1906 | A Polish Jew, Icek Krzepicki, was born in Częstochowa.
In #Auschwitz from 16 October 1941.
No. 21606
He perished in the camp on 1 November 1941.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…
As US-led efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine lurch forward, there is one considerable obstacle that could derail an agreement: territorial concessions.
ft.com/content/ec490909-80e5-4…
Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace
Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasionChristopher Miller (Financial Times)
Russia's revenues from exports of crude oil and refined products fell again in November due to lower export volumes and weaker prices, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, touching their lowest level since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
reuters.com/business/energy/ru…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that all "misunderstandings" with the United States over Ukraine had been resolved following a meeting earlier this month between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
reuters.com/world/europe/russi…
#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Lavrov #Witkoff
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was interested in attracting additional foreign investment after the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine includes proposals to invest in Russian rare earths and energy.
reuters.com/business/kremlin-s…
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🇷🇺Lavrov claims that Putin and US Envoy Witkoff resolved all misunderstandings between Russia and the US from the Alaska summit pause. He also warned that European peacekeepers in Ukraine would instantly become lawful military targets for Russia.
Putin and Witkoff resolved misunderstandings. How convenient.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine has carried out its first-ever strike on #Russia’s offshore oil infrastructure in the Caspian Sea, disabling a major production platform with long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine.
united24media.com/latest-news/…
Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Platform in the Caspian—A First-Ever Strike on Moscow’s Offshore Energy Empire
Ukraine has executed a historic strike on a major Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea, disrupting production from over 20 wells, sources report.Vlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Lavrov says Russia has submitted “additional proposals” to the U.S. regarding Ukraine, specifically on collective security guarantees.
This is Moscow’s latest attempt to influence the negotiation process and push its terms in exchange for potential concessions or shifts in U.S. security commitments.
11 December 1894 | A Czech, Karl Halphen, was born in Kolín.
In #Auschwitz from 22 May 1942.
No. 36081
He perished in the camp on 8 July 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
"On Auschwitz" (19): Registration photographs of Auschwitz prisoners
In the thousands of preserved registration photographs of Auschwitz prisoners, we can see faces of the men and women imprisoned in the camp.Dr Wojciech Płosa...YouTube
Overnight, Russia launched a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack drones and ground‑launched missiles.
Shot down:
83/151 Shahed and other type drones
2/3 Iskander‑M/KN‑23 ballistic missiles
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⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — DEC 11, 2025
■ Engagements up, and casualties at their highest level since April 18
■ Considerable equipment losses, including both APVs and unarmored vehicles; relatively few drones
■ Overnight attack data not released at the time of writing
■ Russian MLRS strikes above average, no Ukrainian strikes reported; the 30-day 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 strike ratio is up from the previous day
📈 See dashboard for full data:
lookerstudio.google.com/s/rfnO…
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
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Russian losses per 11/12/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1460 men
+7 ACVs
+23 artillery
+1 MLRS
+82 UAVs
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#CyberSecurity
securebulletin.com/a-silent-ki…
A Silent Killer Sneaking into Your Code: New Campaign Targets VS Code Developers
From seemingly innocuous extensions to stealthy trojans, the threat landscape for developers is evolving.securebulletin.com
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Where: #Turin
When: Monday,Dec. 15
You're very welcome to the #NexaCenter conf.
I'll be speaking about the urgent need for a beacon of #GlobalResistance against a state of permanent war, authoritarianism,militarism
Thank you, #JuanCarlosDeMartin and #NexaCenter!
siete a #Torino lunedì 15 dicembre?
Siete tutti graditi al convegno di #NexaCenter
Io parlerò dell'urgenza di avere un faro della #Resistenza globale contro uno stato di guerra permanente,autoritarismo,militarismo
grazie, #JuanCarlosDeMartin e #NexaCenter!
The Paxful cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to laundering crypto-assets linked to scams, fraud, and extortions
Will pay a $4mil fine only
justice.gov/opa/pr/virtual-ass…
Virtual Asset Trading Platform Pleads Guilty to Violating the Travel Act and Other Federal Criminal Charges
Paxful Holdings Inc., an online virtual currency trading platform, agreed to plead guilty yesterday to a three-count information filed in the Eastern District of California and agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $4 million based on its ability to pa…www.justice.gov
This constant stream of malicious VSCode extensions won't end anytime soon....
This batch hid its payload, a Rust-based trojan, as PNG files inside the dependencies folder
reversinglabs.com/blog/malicio…
VS Code extensions contain trojan-laden fake image | ReversingLabs
RL researchers have identified 19 malicious extensions on the VS Code Marketplace — the majority containing a malicious file posing as a PNG.ReversingLabs
Them: If it wasn’t for America, you’d probably all be speaking German right now.
Me: Bitch, it wasn’t the language we were worried about.
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'She was very, very thin': witness tells of Ukrainian journalist's final days in russian prison
by Stas Kozliuk, Poline Tchoubar, Guillaume Vénétitay and Juliette Garside
Soldier's account corroborates reports Viktoriia Roshchyna was taken to prison deep inside russia, where it is believed she died
theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…
‘She was very, very thin’: witness tells of Ukrainian journalist’s final days in Russian prison
Soldier’s account corroborates reports Viktoriia Roshchyna was taken to prison deep inside Russia, where it is believed she diedJuliette Garside (The Guardian)
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An interpreter at the European Parliament couldn't hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike in Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother.
After the tragedy, Roman endured 36 surgeries and a lengthy rehabilitation process due to severe burns and injuries.
Despite everything, he has returned to school, dance, and music.
U24 Gov UA / Instagram
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Human pet bed. I don't know what makes me think mastodon is the place to post this.
lidl.co.uk/p/silentnight-snugg…
A popular reverse proxy and ingress controller shipped misconfigured versions for the past five months.
The Traefik setting that enabled TLS verification was actually disabling it across the board.
aisle.com/blog/cve-2025-66491-…
CVE-2025-66491: Traefik's "Verify=On" Turned TLS Off
Learn how CVE-2025-66491 exposed a critical TLS verification flaw in Traefik, where "Verify=On" accidentally disabled security for 5 months.AISLE
Pffff... the Coupang insider, who allegedly stole the company's data, was apparently a cybersecurity employee
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/n…
Alleged Coupang data leaker had only worked at company for two years, say police
The former Coupang employee accused of leaking 33.7 million customer data had worked at the company for just two years, according to police on Thursday.Korea JoongAng Daily
Ed quindi ho ritrovato vecchie foto come questa.
Credo fosse intorno al 1988.
В России разработали системы для запуска 65-нм техпроцесса — технология появилась у Intel ещё 20 лет назад
В России впервые созданы отечественные кластерные системы для плазмохимического осаждения (ПХО) и травления (ПХТ), необходимые для выпуска интегральных микросхем по топологическим нормам 65 нм, сообщают «Ведомости».3DNews
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News
in reply to Russia-Ukraine Daily News • • •💬 Putin’s talking points on ending the war in #Ukraine are alarmingly being parroted by #Trump
It is clear from his interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns that he is buying into the Russian narrative.
thehill.com/opinion/national-s…
#usa #russia