In Russia according to top managers of major industrial companies, the sales situation for their products this year has become the worst since 1998, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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«Терпение иссякло». Крупный бизнес заявил о наступлении сильнейшего с 1990-х кризиса в промышленности
Усиление санкций, повышение процентных ставок по кредитам и резкое замедление экономики после военного бума — поставили российскую промышленность на грань сильнейшего кризиса.Русская служба The Moscow Times
26 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Samuel Banda, was born in Metz.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 11 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Video history | Gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
The first crematorium at Auschwitz I was already in operation since August of 1940, and the first gas chamber since the fall of 1941. The number of planned c...YouTube
Russian Z bloggers are now openly turning on each other over the Kupyansk failure. Kupyansk has become a blame game, with figures like Romanov accusing Kremlin friendly bloggers, including Kots, of covering up false reports and shifting blame from commanders to propaganda channels.
"Those who were fed cookies at official tea parties in Minsk were given the order to work off the cookies in Kupyansk."
X launched a function to determine the country of origin of accounts and caused a scandal: many
Elon Musk’s social network X has a new feature — determining the country of origin of accounts. This has shaken MAGA and Democrats: many «American» accountsEUROPE SAYS
#Ukraine hits russian oil refinery with British Storm Shadow missiles on Thursday
novoshakhtinsk oil refinery is an operational facility located near the city of novoshakhtinsk. It is one of the largest oil refineries in southern russia and the only oil-processing enterprise in the rostov Region.
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Ukrainian Air Force Strikes Novosakhtinsk Oil Refinery with Storm Shadow Missiles - Militarnyi
A massive fire broke out at an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region, as a result of a strike by Storm Shadow cruise missiles.Приходько Роман (Militarnyi)
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Rep Jasmine Crockett questions Trump administration's border data accuracy - EUROPE SAYS
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who is running for Senate, said she is doubtful the border data coming from President Donald Trump’s administration isEUROPE SAYS
US launches 'powerful strikes' against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump - EUROPE SAYS
President Donald Trump has said the US launched a "powerful and deadly strike" against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria.EUROPE SAYS
Can I pay someone to develop a good open source instrument tuning app?
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw some dollars at the problem.
Habit-maker Release 0.0.41 · dessalines/habit-maker
Release 0.0.41 · dessalines/habit-maker
What's Changed Fixing progress bar padding. by @dessalines in #359 Don't count archived for total progress count. by @dessalines in #360 Add a total tasks completed line, and a setting to disable ...GitHub
VIVALDI: Concierto para dos trompetas en do mayor op. 46 RV 537
MANFREDINI: Concerto Grosso en do mayor op. 3 nº 12
JS BACH: Concierto de Brandeburgo nº 4 en sol mayor BWV 1049
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso en sol menor op. 6 nº 8
HAENDEL: Música para los Reales Fuegos de Artificio HWV 351
Concierto celebrado el 21 de diciembre de 2024 en el Teatro Monumental de Madrid. Barockensemble de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Viena. Director: Christian Birnbaum
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Programa de mano - Barroco en homenaje a la Navidad - 25/12/25
Emisión del programa Programa de mano - Radio Clásica titulado Barroco en homenaje a la Navidad. Todos los contenidos de RNE los tienes aquí, en RTVE PlayCorporación de Radiotelevisión Española
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Russian outlet Kommersant claims the US discussed using the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant for crypto mining and joint control without Ukraine, allegedly with Putin’s knowledge.
If true, it fits Trump’s playbook perfectly: profit over principles, deals over sovereignty, money made on anyone’s back. Morals do not apply.
US Senators have condemned Russia’s Christmas strikes on Ukrainian cities, calling Putin a ruthless killer with no interest in peace. They noted that while Ukraine agreed to a Christmas ceasefire, the Kremlin chose to bomb civilians in cities including Kherson, Chernihiv and Kharkiv instead.
But Trump will say great progress is made 🙃
While progress is reported near Kupyansk, the situation on the Huliaipole axis is deteriorating fast. Russian forces reportedly overran a battalion command post, capturing communications and equipment intact. A deeper command and control failure that demands urgent action before tactical breaches turn operational.
The situation there is absolutely critical.
🇷🇺 Russian authorities are seeking to conceal information about “gray” imports in order to avoid new #sanctions against suppliers of critically important goods — primarily those used by the military-industrial complex.
Covering their trail: Russia’s customs service has started concealing data on sanctioned imports
The Insider has discovered that Russian customs data for 2025 lack information on shipments in 180 previously reported categories of high-tech goods, mainly in the areas of electronics and industrial manufacturing.Andrey Zayakin (The Insider)
Frank Sinatra, rivoluzionario raffreddato: lo show perfetto che quasi non si fece
Novembre 1965: un raffreddore, un pugno sul pianoforte e uno show quasi cancellato. Dalla furia di Sinatra nacque il suo capolavoro televisivo assoluto.
25 December 1903 | A Polish Jew Aron Najmiler was born in Łódź. He emigrated to Belgium. A cutter.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Mechelen / #Malines on 4 August 1942. He did not survive.
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🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0
"On Auschwitz" (4): Transformation of Auschwitz concentration camp into an extermination center
In planning the construction of Auschwitz, the Germans assumed that the camp would eventually hold some 30,000 prisoners. As late as the beginning of 1941, t...YouTube
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Five-year-old Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN flaw actively exploited
Fortinet reported active exploitation of a five-year-old FortiOS SSL VPN flaw, abused in the wild under specific configurations.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
Cosa positiva: il prete di qui deve seguire così tante chiese che sta facendo la messa di mezzanotte ORA.
Almeno se vado a dormire prima di mezzanotte non mi sveglia.
russian opposition leader sentenced to six years in prison
Sergei Udaltsov, putin critic affiliated with the Communist party, convicted of justifying terrorism
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Russian opposition leader sentenced to six years in prison
Sergei Udaltsov, Putin critic affiliated with the Communist party, convicted of justifying terrorismGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Smoke is rising in #Dnipro city after violent explosion
Source: liveuamap.com/en/2025/25-decem…
Smoke is rising in Dnipro city after violent explosion Dnipro - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com
Smoke is rising in Dnipro city after violent explosion . Live Universal Awareness Map Liveuamap is a leading independent global news and information site dedicated to factual reporting of a variety of important topics including conflicts, human right…Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com
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#securityaffairs #hacking
Five-year-old Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN flaw actively exploited
Fortinet reported active exploitation of a five-year-old FortiOS SSL VPN flaw, abused in the wild under specific configurations.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
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@Lucatermite ... Qui in bici è difficile 🙈 ho visto poche persone osare circolare in Bangalore su due ruote.
La campagna è migliore. A presto! Buon Natale 🎄
The Songs for #Ukraine Chorus performed for millions of people at His Majesty The King's annual Christmas address one of Britain's most-watched programmes during the holiday season.
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25 December 1910 | Nikolay Makarchov was born. A Soviet army soldier.
In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-2933 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 27 October 1941.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz:
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"On Auschwitz" (54): Soviet prisoners of war at Auschwitz
Soviet prisoners of war are the fourth largest group of victims of the German Auschwitz camp, after Jews, Poles and Roma. A total of 11,964 prisoners of war ...YouTube
We Have Some New Ideas in Terms of Formats, Meetings, and Timing on How to Bring a Real Peace Closer – Address by President #Zelenskyy 25.12.2025
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Today, we also spoke for nearly an hour with envoys of the U.S. President – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. It was a truly good conversation: we went into many details.
Full address president.gov.ua/en/news/ye-de…
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Trump's plan to gut program that houses homeless veterans prompts panic among experts
During Donald Trump's second presidency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) plans to redirect $3.9 billion away from Housing First — a program that got underway under President Bill Clinton during the 1990s.Alex Henderson (Alternet.org)
Ora non resta che finire tutte le mezze bottiglie rimaste.

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in reply to pasjrwoctx👽 • • •Tealk
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •@Droppie [opensoc] Because I wasn't satisfied with the color theme, I created a GNOME variant.
If theming weren't so complicated, I'd like to create a theme from scratch that's more dynamic for the end user.
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Droppie [opensoc]
in reply to Droppie [opensoc] • • •well well well, i have synthesised a pretty comfy workaround. the basic problem ofc remains, which is why i call this a workaround not solution.
- my daily browser is :firefoxnightly: , hence can/does use the Mozilla-created AddOn #SideView (which tbh i always misremember as being #OpenInSidebar)
- i have reverted my #Friendica Settings Display theme to the default Light [ow ow ouch, my poor eyes!]
- i have re-enabled the AO #DarkReader for this site (eyes go phew!)
- once again now, per my OP, if i access my received Friendica Notifications in the main page, Dark Reader entirely hides the momentary shading / highlighting of the applicable post... ie, most unhelpful
- however, when viewing my account in the sidebar, via Side View, the Dark Reader AO does not work, so i see only th
... mostra di piùwell well well, i have synthesised a pretty comfy workaround. the basic problem ofc remains, which is why i call this a workaround not solution.
fwiw.