Kiddo: ๐ I've been playing a lot of Kitsune Tails lately
Me: ๐ฆ Oh aye? What do you think of it, I'll tell the developer
๐ ...๐ฏ you KNOW the developer?
๐ฆ We're mutuals on Mastodon
๐ *jumping in her seat* OH MY GOD
๐ฆ ๐ heheh yeah your dad's kind of a big deal ๐
๐ OH MY GODDD
This is why you need to buy indie games
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@NOELreports: SitRep - 17/12/25 - Russia still trying to claim Kupyansk An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While geolocated footage clearly shows Ukrainian forces in control over most o...โฆthreadreaderapp.com
The biggest pain points for EU leaders at critical #Ukraine summit
by Seb Starcevic
Ukraine's survival and the EU's credibility are at stake in Thursday's crunch talks
Thursday's European Council is the bloc's last chance to show it can be more than a talking shop
politico.eu/article/7-things-wโฆ
The biggest pain points for EU leaders at critical Ukraine summit
Ukraineโs survival and the EUโs credibility are at stake in Thursdayโs crunch talks.Seb Starcevic (POLITICO)
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โSmartfony na kรณลkachโ
ย Wstฤp I.ย ย ย ย ย Inteligentne samochody: perspektywa ChRLPaulina Uznaลska (Osrodek Studiow Wschodnich)
Two Ukrainian women could face 6-year sentences for their faith as Jehovahโs Witnesses in russian-occupied #Crimea
50-year-old Olena Ivashina and Olha Podlesna (55) are under house arrest following the latest armed raids against men and women for studying the Bible
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๐ท๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ Morning Briefing:
- Putin envoy to hold talks with Trump aides in Miami this weekend
- Putin rejects compromise on Ukraine despite Trumpโs push for peace
- Belgian politicians, finance bosses targeted by Russian intel over seized assets
- MEPs back โmilitary Schengenโ to help withstand potential Russian aggression
- Armed guards have appeared aboard Russian oil tankers
- High-tech spyware seized aboard ship in France
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#ukraine #europe #russia #usa #russiaukraineWar
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๐บ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช Kyiv has signed several new defense agreements with Berlin totaling 1.2 billion euros, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Dec. 17, a day after the Ramstein-format meeting of the #Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-seโฆ
Drone production, air defense sustainment โ Germany backs Ukraine with $1.4 billion in defense agreements
Kyiv has signed several new defense agreements with Berlin totaling 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion), Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Dec. 17, a day after the Ramstein-format meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG).Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
๐บ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an oil tanker in the Port of Rostov overnight on Dec. 18, local officials in #Russia's Rostov Oblast reported.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-โฆ
Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil tanker in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, local officials claim
Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an oil tanker in the Port of Rostov overnight on Dec. 18, local officials in Russia's Rostov Oblast reported.Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ European Union leaders will decide on Thursday how to finance #Ukraine in 2026 and 2027 to keep it fighting Russia's invasion, with the use of Russian assets frozen in the EU the preferred option, but hinging on Belgium's uncertain approval.
ISW:
๐ท๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ Robust security guarantees for #Ukraine are essential to ensure that any future agreement produces a sustainable peace, but the Kremlin has been publicly rejecting the idea of such guarantees.
understandingwar.org/research/โฆ
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Dec. 17, 2025 | ISW
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly and explicitly outlined his continued commitment to his maximalist war aims in Ukraine.Christopher Solomon (Understanding War)
18 December 1894 | Dutch Jew, Jonas Lubig, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1943. He did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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ะััะฐัะธ ะ ะพััั ะฒ ะฃะบัะฐัะฝั - ะพััััะนะฝั ะดะฐะฝั
ะััะฐัะธ ะทะฑัะพะนะฝะธั ัะธะป ะ ะพััะนััะบะพั ะคะตะดะตัะฐััั ะฟัะด ัะฐั ะฒัะนะฝะธ ะฒ ะฃะบัะฐัะฝั. Russian casualties in Ukraine.index.minfin.com.ua
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18 Dec 2025, 18:00โ08:30: #Ukraine repelled a 82-drone attack (50+ Shaheds), shooting down 63 UAVs.
19 strikes hit 12 locations; debris fell at 8 sites. Attack ongoing.
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Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to December 18, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine
๐ท Yesterday 950 enemy, killed or wounded
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LibreWolf remains AI-free!
cross-posted from: lemmy.wtf/post/34364784
cross-posted from: lemmy.cafe/post/28583067
LibreWolf is one of the best browsers for people who don't like generative AI.Here is the statement posted on Mastodon:
As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick "official" toot to then pin: we haven't and won't support "generative AI" related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it "slipped through". As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.
blueorigin.com/news/new-sheparโฆ
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Number of active instances: 216
Number of users: 20 807
Number of statuses: 2 850 217
Number of new users last 1D: 0
Number of new statuses last 1D: 585
#Fediverse
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Una volta a dicembre c'era la neve, adesso ci sono le zanzare da combattere.
Buongiorno
@tecnologia
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/merโฆ
Merriam-Websterโs word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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18 December 1894 | Jewish woman, Clara Benadon, was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiโฆ
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
Three Russian border guards briefly crossed into eastern Estonia near #Vasknarva after arriving by hovercraft on the #Narva River. Estonian officials said the reason is unclear but stressed there is no security threat.
news.err.ee/1609888417/russianโฆ
Russian border guards crossed into Estonia with unclear motives, minister says
Three Russian border guards crossed the Estonian-Russian border in eastern Estonia on Wednesday morning without permission, the Minister of the Interior said. The reason is unknown but there is no threat to Estonia's security, he added.ERR (Eesti Rahvusringhรครคling | ERR)
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump does not support the EUโs plans to confiscate Russian assets, The Times reports citing sources. Washington fears such a move could prolong the war in Ukraine and deprive the West of leverage over Moscow.
moscowtimes.news/2025/12/18/prโฆ
ยซะัะธะดะตััั ะฒะตัะฝัััยป. ะกะจะ ะฒััััะฟะธะปะธ ะฟัะพัะธะฒ ะบะพะฝัะธัะบะฐัะธะธ ัะพััะธะนัะบะธั ะฐะบัะธะฒะพะฒ ะฒย ะะฒัะพะฟะต
ะะดะผะธะฝะธัััะฐัะธั ะฟัะตะทะธะดะตะฝัะฐ ะกะจะ ะะพะฝะฐะปัะดะฐ ะขัะฐะผะฟะฐ ะฝะตย ะฟะพะดะดะตัะถะธะฒะฐะตั ะฟะปะฐะฝั ะะฒัะพัะพัะทะฐ ะฟะพย ะบะพะฝัะธัะบะฐัะธะธ ัะพััะธะนัะบะธั ะฐะบัะธะฒะพะฒ.ะ ัััะบะฐั ัะปัะถะฑะฐ The Moscow Times
U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami this weekend as part of the Trump administrationโs push to bring an end to nearly four years of war between Kyiv and Moscow, according to two people familiar with the matter.
politico.com/news/2025/12/17/uโฆ
Finnish authorities have seized a seaside villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris #Rotenberg in the town of #Hanko over unpaid property taxes amounting to several thousand euros.
themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/18/โฆ
Finland Seizes Sanctioned Billionaire Boris Rotenberg's Villa โ Yle
Finnish authorities have seized a seaside villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg in the town of Hanko over unpaid property taxes amounting to several thousand euros, public broadcaster Yle reported Wednesday, citing enforcementโฆThe Moscow Times
Russiaโs communications watchdog has begun seizing .ru domains before a new law is approved. Reg.ru suspended moscowtimes.ru after a #Roskomnadzor complaint, citing updated rules. The outlet Republic reported a similar domain suspension.
themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/17/โฆ
Roskomnadzor Seizes Domains Including Moscowtimes.ru Without Court Order
Russiaโs state communications watchdog has started seizing .ru website domains without waiting for parliamentary approval of a proposed law, The Moscow Times has learned.The Moscow Times
Less than 24 hours before EU leaders descend on Brussels for vital talks on financing Ukraineโs war effort, Belgium believes negotiations are going in reverse.
politico.eu/article/russia-assโฆ
Belgium says Russian assets plan โgoing backwardโ ahead of EU summit
The EU is in a race against time to appease Belgian concerns over a โฌ210 billion financing package for Ukraine that leverages frozen Russian state assets.Bjarke Smith-Meyer (POLITICO)
Vladimir Putin has said Russia will not back down from its mission to โliberate its historic landsโ and predicted the European โswineโ backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed no readiness to compromise on the goals for his invasion of Ukraine.
ft.com/content/52c0b594-d299-4โฆ
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #UK #EU
US defence act passes in rebuke to Trump administrationโs stance on Europe.
Legislation commits to minimum troop numbers on the continent and continued assistance to Ukraine.
ft.com/content/9bbfd46c-8fb7-4โฆ
The European Union wants to impose strict โBuy Europeanโ rules on Ukraineโs potential loan backed by Russian assets, which leaders will try to finalize during a summit on Thursday.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20โฆ
Chinese scientists have built and are testing a prototype EUV chipmaking machine in a secure Shenzhen lab. Reuters reports it was developed by former #ASML engineers, potentially enabling China to produce advanced chips despite Western restrictions.
reuters.com/world/china/how-chโฆ
#EU wrestles over 11th-hour compromise to rescue summit deal on #Ukraine aid
The key to such a plan would be carving Hungary and Slovakia โ which both oppose giving further aid to Ukraine โ out of the joint debt scheme, four EU diplomats told POLITICO.
politico.eu/article/eu-wrestleโฆ
EU wrestles over 11th-hour compromise to rescue summit deal on Ukraine aid
Countries are sharply divided over whether to use Russiaโs frozen assets to bolster Kyivโs shattered finances.Gregorio Sorgi (POLITICO)
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18 December 1925 | A Czech Jew, Jiลรญ Reinisch, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Video history | Auschwitz-Birkenau
For the world the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination is a symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust.=====Collections used in t...YouTube
Someone takes a photo and posts it online. They didn't photoshop something crazy into it, they didn't add any text, they didn't juxtapose it with another image to make a point. It's not a gif or screenshot or a piece of stock photography. It's just a photo they took.
That photo is not a "meme." Even if it's clever. Even if it's funny. It's their work.
Don't fuckin' repost it without credit. Don't pretend like you took it.
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@elettrona non sono d'accordo. Si puรฒ ridere di tutto, ma dipende se lo sai fare e dipende dal pubblico. Tutti i limiti sono superabili, ma bisogna avere il fisico e l'allenamento tecnico per farlo.
Angelo Duro si prova a superare il limite, ma non ha nรฉ il fisico nรฉ la tecnica per farlo e quindi puรฒ far ridere un teatro pieno di gente che viene lร appositamente per ridere, ma non รจ un grande standup comedian
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/uatโฆ
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 ManagementโฆCisco Talos (Cisco Talos Blog)
La notte di Repubblica e del suo gruppo
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/la-nottโฆ
A dispetto del ministro Valditara che invoca il latino, sono i Greci a sbarcare in Italia. Comโรจ noto (ne ha ampiamente scritto anche il manifesto), lโimprenditore ellenico Kyriakou รจ di una famiglia che divide i suoi interessi tra il petrolio e i media.
Sanitร : presidio al Pirellone, restituiti simbolicamente alla Giunta i โpessimi regaliโ alla sanitร pubblica
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/sanita-โฆ
Milano, 16 dicembre 2025. Questo pomeriggio la rete La
Reports from Bataysk, Russia: a fire has broken out following several explosions.
Debris?
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 donโt understand - if heโs so concerned about that scary Western world, why he continues pushing West? Just fuck off back to East and youโll 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_โฆ
#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 Putinโs vague statements about โachieving his goals as long as it takesโ with a specific tangible metric that may not look actually looks so optimistic from Russian side.
Source: x.com/bundeskanzler/status/200โฆ (sorry, itโs him not me)
๐ฐ๐ช 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 countryโs embassy in Moscow for help returning home.
Kenya repatriates 18 citizens recruited by Russiaโs 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
๐ธ๐ช #Swedenโs navy has confirmed that armed guards have appeared aboard tankers belonging to #Russiaโs so-called โshadow fleet.โ
Swedish Navy says armed guards have appeared aboard Russiaโs โshadow fleetโ tankers
Swedenโs navy has confirmed that armed guards have appeared aboard tankers belonging to Russiaโs so-called โshadow fleet.The Insider
Pintรฉr Christie 50: copertine e piccoli delitti di unโepoca dโoro editoriale
Segreti di copertina e delitti editoriali: come Ferenc Pintรฉr trasformรฒ il nostro immaginario un bozzetto alla volta, e come Mondadori sfidรฒ la censura con Agatha Christie. 50 storie riscoperte in una mostra sorprendente.
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๐ค 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 kidsโ 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
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russiaโs War Escalates for Ukrainian Civilians Despite Ongoing Peace Negotiations, UN Says
united24media.com/latest-news/โฆ
Russiaโs War Escalates for Ukrainian Civilians Despite Ongoing Peace Negotiations, UNย Says
Nearly four years into Russiaโs full-scale invasion ofย Ukraine, the situation for civilians isย growing increasingly dire, even asย high-profile peace negotiations dominate international attention, the United Nationsโ top human rights official warned dโฆVlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)
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The Senate just passed a new $900 billion defense bill. Hereโs whatโs in it.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/2026-ndaa-defense-bill-military-spending/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The 19th @the-19th-19thnews
Senate passes NDAA defense bill for military spending: Hereโs whatโs included
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions related to parental leave โ but notably excludes provisions that would have provided IVF coverage for active-duty military.Mariel Padilla (19th News)
securityaffairs.com/185809/hacโฆ
#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.bskyโฆ
Se vuoi essere informato sulle discussioni intorno alla #IntelligenzaArtificiale puoi seguire il gruppo @aitech by feddit.it
Conte a Meloni: โNon serve Indiana Jones per cercare lโoro degli italiani, basta tassare i giganti del webโ.
ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/12/1โฆ
#Conte #GiuseppeConte #M5s #Movimento5Stelle #Meloni #GiorgiaMeloni #GovernoMeloni #WebTax
Conte a Meloni: โNon serve Indiana Jones per cercare lโoro degli italiani, basta tassare iโฆ
L'intervento del leader del M5s dopo le dichiarazioni di Meloni alla CameraRedazione Politica (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
@news
eunews.it/2025/12/17/il-parlamโฆ
L'Aula sostiene l'iniziativa dei cittadini che chiede di riconoscere il diritto per le donne laddove รจ ancora ostacolato. Ora la parola alla Commissione. Esulta la relatrice: "Grande vittoria"
Il Parlamento UE dice 'sรฌ' 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 รจ ostacolatoEmanuele Bonini emanuelebonini (Eunews)
๐น๐ท ๐ท๐บ #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/tโฆ
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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Russia-Ukraine Daily News
in reply to Russia-Ukraine Daily News • • •2/2
- Erdogan asks Putin to take back missiles to win US favor
- UK gives Abramovich final warning to transfer ยฃ2.5b to Ukraine fund
- Russian guided bomb attack hits apt. buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 32
๐จ Daily newsletter: russia-ukraine-newsletter.beehโฆ
๐ฌ Telegram: t.me/russiaukrainedaily
#ukraine #europe #russia #usa #russiaukraineWar #russianwarCrimes
Russia-Ukraine Daily News
Russia-Ukraine Daily News