ubuntu-25.04:-the-best-new-features

The upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 release is set to ship with a plethora of new features, UI improvements and core changes that will be worth upgrading for. Feeling plucky, kid? In this post, I run through some of the best new features Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ takes under its wing. IfContinue Reading

“kidnapped”:-1,000+-protest-after-masked-ice-agents-abduct-tufts-phd.-student-rumeysa-ozturk

Over a thousand protesters gathered near Tufts University on Wednesday after masked plainclothes immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar, from the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Surveillance video shows agents approaching her on the streets near her home Tuesday evening and handcuffing her while sheContinue Reading

sanders-announces-senate-votes-to-block-arms-sales-to-israel

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) today released the following statement announcing his intention to bring to the Senate floor two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel:Next week, I will force Senate votes on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval I have introducedContinue Reading

french-algerian-author-boualem-sansal-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison

Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France., Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France. Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of “undermining national unity”.Continue Reading

israel’s-parliament-passes-law-to-expand-coontrol-over-judge-appointments

Israel’s government reshapes judiciary, triggering renewed protests and amplifying concerns over democratic erosion., Israel’s government reshapes judiciary, triggering renewed protests and amplifying concerns over democratic erosion. The Israeli parliament has approved a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary in defiance of a years-longContinue Reading