Notices by Yogthos (yogthos@social.marxist.network)

60 years of CIA history

@adiz that's why we have open source :)

Incidentally, I was thinking how pressures for companies like Huawei are different where they have a lot more incentive to make software efficient since it runs on slower chips.

People keep forgetting that you can get a huge performance boost in software without needing bleeding edge hardware.

Two EU citizens have been stripped of their basic civil liberties without process, and in defiance of the most basic principles of the rule of law.

With the snap of a finger, EU officials have swept aside centuries of legal development. Core principles such as the separation of powers, proportionality and the foundational concept of nulla poena sine lege — no punishment without law — have effectively been discarded.

https://www.public.news/p/eu-travel-ban-on-three-journalists

China's commercial space company Beijing Sepoch Technology Co (Sepoch) announced on Thursday that the nation's first reusable rocket featuring liquid oxygen-methane propulsion, a full-scale stainless steel structure, and offshore soft landing recovery successfully completed its maiden sea-based flight and recovery test.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1335084.shtml

#china #space #technology

Windows 11 Start Menu revealed as a resource-heavy React Native app 🤦♂️

https://winaero.com/windows-11-start-menu-revealed-as-resource-heavy-react-native-app-sparks-performance-concerns/

#technology

China & 20+ Global South nations launch the International Organization for Mediation, a treaty-based rival to the ICJ.

The IOM pursues "win-win" mediation, prioritizing restored relations.

Why it matters:

• It poses a direct challenge to Western monopoly over global dispute resolution.

• Lets Global South bypass Western-designed institutions.

• It's a symptom of decaying western led world order.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1334972.shtml

#geopolitics

A new antibiotic is set to enter late-stage human trials for tackling the superbug Acinetobacter baumannii.

This drug is the first new class of antibiotics in decades and could potentially destroy drug-resistant bacteria that have an outer and inner membrane, making them harder to kill.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/antibiotic-medicine-superbug-final-testing-sxjclpwp5

#science #medicine

Sponsorblock lets users mark YT video segments as sponsored, and will automatically skip those segments during playback.

https://sponsor.ajay.app/

#youtube

China is deploying self-driving parcel delivery cars nationwide.

#china #technology #robotics

@ZDL nice

@ZDL sad part is that most people in Canada/US have no idea how far behind they are technologically

The Democratic Party's efforts to prevent a leftward shift and maintain control, as seen in their actions towards Bernie Sanders in 2020 and their handling of Joe Biden's infirmity, highlight the party’s ironically undemocratic nature.

By installing a weak successor in Kamala Harris and keeping her closely controlled, the party inadvertently led to a lackluster campaign and a disastrous election outcome.

https://jacobin.com/2025/05/democratic-party-joe-biden-decline

#uspol

Lo! Upon the isle of outcasts who inscribe eldritch sigils into the heart of crystals, each glyph a shard of an inhuman tongue. They toil to forge a thinking slab, meant to usher in the eschaton.

Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg71v533q6o

#europe #economy

@bluevelvet321 yeah neoliberalism needs to die, it's the only way progress will be possible

Chinese college gives Harvard international students "unconditional offers"

https://www.newsweek.com/harvard-hkust-china-college-international-students-offer-2076257

Huawei’s new 5G smartphones and the advanced, made-in-China chip for these handsets have become symbols of the country’s victory against US sanctions.

Formerly China’s biggest smartphone vendor, Huawei has scrambled to adapt its production of handsets amid tightened tech restrictions imposed in 2020.

https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3236295/huaweis-5g-smartphone-comeback-advanced-chip-wrapped-secrecy-releases-chokehold-us-sanctions-china

#china #technology

@adiz I'm still amazed people genuinely thought they could hold China back technologically

@adiz I very much agree, and I very much think that capitalist relations shape the way people think in general. Since the whole system is focused on short term outcomes, that necessarily translates into how planning and politics are done.

I had some thoughts on the whole thing, I ended up writing up here.

https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/when-market-fundamentalism-collides

JPMorgan forecasts that the war in Ukraine is nearing its end, expecting a ceasefire by the end of the second quarter of 2025.

This assessment comes from the bank’s newly established Center for Geopolitical Risk, designed to help clients navigate global instability.

Analysts believe the conflict has entered the "endgame" phase with the most likely outcome that post-war Ukraine drifts into Russia’s sphere.

https://www.jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jpmorganchase/documents/center-for-geopolitics/jpmc-cfg-russia-ukraine.pdf