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Authorities warn of ‘destructive winds’ and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island’s northeast., Authorities warn of ‘destructive winds’ and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island’s northeast. Typhoon Champi has struck Taiwan, killing one person and injuring at least 350 others, as authoritiesContinue Reading

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Netanyahu Moves to Fully Lock Down West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections, As The Traitor Threatens New Strikes, U.S. Ambassador Says Iran War Could Last Another Year, Study: European Heat Waves Killed 50,000 in 2026 as Toll of Climate Crisis Grows, French Student Union Denounces Macron Ban on “Illegitimate” Protests,Continue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . Earlier this week, the eminent economist Thomas Piketty published a short intervention on the ongoing youth-led protests across France, which he dubs “the twilight of Macronism.” “Young people,” Piketty writes, “are asking for one simple thing: resources to get an educationContinue Reading

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By now, you must know that mainstream Linux desktop environments, and by extension, distributions, are moving away from X11. If you don’t know what an X11 session is, it is a desktop session that uses the X Window System, typically through the X.Org Server (Xorg). The server handles graphical outputContinue Reading