Hard Pass

For reference, this is the art piece I made

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https://mastodon.social/@RustyNova/117121587997587163

Passive investing turned everyone into a tech investor without anyone asking permission. That’s the uncomfortable reality your pension statement won’t spell out. Concentration risk isn’t theoretical — it’s sitting inside the funds you forgot you owned, quietly indexed to the same seven companies the ECB just flagged as the core of a potential AI Infrastructure financial stability problem.

New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Jonah Orion Wheeler is again drawing attention for his views on transgender issues after calling “gender ideology” an “illiberal, backwards way of thinking” in a new video. The remarks follow Wheeler’s previous support for legislation restricting transgender rights, adding another chapter to a record that has repeatedly put him at odds with LGBTQ+ advocates and fellow Democrats.

We all have been disappointed by https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/onehundredninetysix/p/928132/holy-rule-of-pride-shirts so i tried to make up for it :D

Edit: modified the image, i missed a T in straight, thank you GalacticSushi for pointing it out!

Ben-Gvir on Saturday called for targeted assassinations of "30 to 40" Palestinians in Gaza every night, stating in an interview that "There are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn't live. They're not even people."

The AJC rightfully condemned Ben-Gvir before issuing a declaration that perfectly encapsulates the U.S. Jewish establishment's cognitive dissonance concerning Israel: "Ben-Gvir's statements do not reflect the policy of the State of Israel."

This is an extraordinary claim to make about Israel's sitting national security minister.

Ben-Gvir isn't a random backbencher, fringe activist or chronically online troll. He is the minister who oversees Israel's police and prison systems. He sits in the cabinet and holds major influence over both Israeli policy and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Saying his views somehow do not reflect those of the Israeli government shows a willful ignorance of Israeli policy itself and the nature of Israeli society as it exists today.

The AJC's farcical distinction captures an instinct and a pattern that is not unique to the American Jewish establishment's usual timid and milquetoast responses to the harm Israel wreaks. Whenever senior Israeli officials do something indefensible, the establishment's first move is not to ask what it says about Israel in 2026, but to explain why it is supposedly the exception to the rule.

Ben-Gvir, time and again, has not counted in their eyes. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other extremist coalition partners have not registered. Nor have the policy suggestions or rhetoric from cabinet ministers that once would have placed them beyond the pale. American Jewish organizations are holding on to the fiction that the Israel worthy of their full-throated defense somehow exists in a metaphysically separate realm from those actually governing the country.

This delusion allows institutions that have spent decades presenting themselves as the authoritative mediators between Israel, American Jews and U.S. policymakers to avoid confronting what Israel has become. For the establishment, there is always another qualification to add or another distinction to draw, a way to rationalize why the latest indefensible moment should not alter anyone's understanding of the country.

"AI bubble? What are you saying bro do you want Microsoft Office 2000 yes or no"

I took this photo today, at a real store in HK Sham Shui Po's New Capital Computer Plaza

https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117117770405639279

I have a headless raspberry PI 4 8GB connected to my TV setup with Kodi and the Jellyfin add-on. Now I would like to have a convenient option to watch Youtube in a privacy-friendly way on the TV.

The experience should be similar to Freetube: creating playlists, search videos, follow subscribed channels. I don't mind running it either directly on the PI or install it on my server.

Thanks for any recommendations of what you folks use!

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