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A recent skirmish over the 1 percent's feces is currently being worked out by the Florida state legislature.

One of the places that Jeff Bezos lives is a man-made island off the coast of Florida called Indian Creek Village. The island is predominantly populated by other billionaires and is colloquially known as the “Billionaire Bunker.” In fact, if you’re not a billionaire, it’s quite difficult to get in. The bridge from the mainland to the island is closed to the public and protected by armed guards and a sophisticated security system.

However, if the island is almost entirely cut off from the rest of humanity, the island’s inhabitants still seem intent on sharing one thing with members of the outside world: their piss and shit.

Indian Creek doesn’t have the underground infrastructure to deal with its own poop, so the solution it came up with was to funnel it through Surfside into a wider regional sewage system. Unfortunately, Surfside didn’t want the poop unless Indian Creek was willing to contribute $10 million to the community for future sewer system improvements. Indian Creek has referred to this request as “extortion.”

A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.

Police took the alleged rifleman, Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody Saturday evening on a murder charge, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said at a Sunday news conference. The bystander was Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, a fashion designer from Samoa.

Detectives don’t yet know why Gamboa pulled out a rifle or ran from the peacekeepers, but they accused him of creating the dangerous situation that led to Ah Loo’s death. The Associated Press did not immediately find an attorney listed for Gamboa or contact information for his family in public records.

Like what does a light sleeper sleep through and wake up to?

Isn't it supposed to be ice creams and milkshakes and stuff?

Aliens be judging your kinks and fetishes... 👀

This was not inevitable. This is a war Israel chose. It could have been prevented. Diplomatic talks were ongoing when the bombers took off for Iran. Israel’s continuing, illegal, unjustified airstrikes are unlikely to achieve their stated aim – permanently ending Tehran’s presumed efforts to build nuclear weapons – and may accelerate it. They must stop now. Likewise, Iran must halt its retaliation immediately and drop its escalatory threats to attack US and UK bases.

This conflict is not limited, as was the case last year, to tit-for-tat exchanges and “precision strikes” on a narrow range of military targets. It’s reached a wholly different level. Potentially nothing is off the table. Civilians are being killed on both sides. Leaders are targets. The rhetoric is out of control. With Israel fighting on several fronts, and Iran’s battered regime backed against a wall, the Middle East is closer than ever to a disastrous conflagration.

Reasons can always be found to go to war. The roots of major conflicts often reach back decades – and this is true of the Israel-Iran vendetta, which dates to the 1979 Islamic revolution. The so-called “shadow war” between the two intensified in recent years. Yet all-out conflict had been avoided, until now. So who is principally to blame for this sudden, unprecedented explosion?

Answer: three angry old men whose behaviour raises serious doubts about their judgment, common sense, motives and even their sanity.

No, im not trolling lemmy users..

So in looking for jobs, I do see a lot of them require windows server experience. I've been immersing myself fully in linux learning but figure that is kind of useless for me since a ton of places also use windows for networking.

Will many of the skills transfer? Are there specific large differences to watch for? Also, can one even mess with windows server since it's expensive and enterprise only?

Thought I'd share a success story.

France’s National Gendarmerie (military police) rolled out GendBuntu, their own custom Linux OS

• Around 35,000 desktops/laptops deployed by December 2011, and today 97% of 103,000+ PCs run GendBuntu
• They started by replacing Office, IE & Outlook in 2005, then moved to Ubuntu in 2008, achieving a 40% reduction in total cost of ownership
• The switch slashed annual license and maintenance costs by millions of euros (~€2 M per year and ~€50 M total) .

The switch away from big Tech to Open Source alternatives might not be easy, but it's been successfully done before.

Original question by @OmegaLemmy@discuss.online

This is a 33% hike

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/208177

The Council of the European Union has extended sanctions imposed in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol until 23 June 2026.

Source: an official statement by the Council of the EU on Monday 16 June, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The EU first introduced these sanctions in June 2014. They include a ban on imports of goods from illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol into the European Union, as well as prohibitions on infrastructure and financial investments and the provision of tourism services in these regions.

In addition, the export of certain goods and technologies to Crimean companies or for use in Crimea is banned, particularly in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy. Restrictions also apply to the supply of equipment used for oil, gas and mineral exploration and extraction.

The European Union has once again confirmed that it does not recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol and strongly condemns it as a violation of international law. Brussels emphasised that the annexation contradicts the fundamental principles of the international community.

The EU statement highlights that since 2022, Russia has violated Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity further by launching an unprovoked and unjustified war.

Background:

The EU is currently preparing its 18th package of sanctions against Russia in response to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The draft includes a proposal to lower the price cap on Russian oil from US$60 to US$45 per barrel.However, it was reported that the European Union will not unilaterally reduce the price cap on Russian oil from US$60 to US$45 per barrel, as this initiative is unlikely to be supported by the Group of Seven (G7).The European Commission has proposed that the sanctions package should include additional measures against Belarus and sanctions targeting software used by Russian banks.

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