Futurology Today

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This summer and last I started feeling the bite of mosquitoes, like, not the itch, but the moment they "bite". Like a thin shot or a thin plant spike but more than fiberglass. Is there an evolutionary or environmental change to mosquitoes happening, or am I becoming immune to their numbing agent? What's happening?

I'm picking up a new Google Pixel and want to put GrapheneOS on it. Heard about Graphene since before their splits at CopperHead, but I havent had the chance the try the OS out. So I searched around and GrapheneOS allowed Google Play sandbox.

Does this function similar to a "Private Space" on newer Android or "Secure Folder" on Samsung? So I can enjoy the Graphene stuff but whenever I need Google Play specific apps, I use the sandbox environment?

Mostly, I will be using bank apps under the sandbox. Are there problems with OTP in this environment? In Samsung's Secure Folder, my bank app will have problems sending OTP unless I send it outside, i.e. out of Secure Folder.

Krista Copelan’s home didn’t burn in the Eaton Fire. But for months afterward, it was filled with poisonous traces of things that did.

Arsenic from treated wood and pesticides in the soil. Copper, likely from the wiring systems of the thousands of homes reduced to ash. Lead, discovered on the floor of her daughter’s bedroom, from old paint and leaded gasoline that leached into the ground only to be vaporized by flames.

And on Copelan’s kitchen floor: beryllium.

A little-known earth metal prized for being lighter than aluminum but > more rigid than steel, beryllium is safely used commercially in numerous products, including electronics and cars.

But when heated, objects containing beryllium can release the metal as microscopic particles that infiltrate the lungs. The substance is so dangerous that even a minuscule concentration in air over time — equivalent to a few grains of salt in an Olympic-size swimming pool — can spur development of cancer cells, or a lifelong and sometimes fatal respiratory disease.

UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.

Hello my name is Daniel Hanrahan and I created a barter facilitator application and do you think it is the future of commerce: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Barter_Facilitator Sincerely, Daniel Hanrahan

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• According to the most recent IMF data on foreign investment, EU member states held €72.1 billion in foreign investment in Israel in 2023, compared to €39.2 billion for the US.
• Israel itself has invested €65.9 billion in the EU, seven times as much as in the US (€8.8 billion). That makes the EU the main destination for Israeli investment.
• Despite Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and its unlawful occupation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the EU increased exports to Israel by €1 billion, standing at €25.5 billion in 2023 and €26.7 billion in 2024.
• The EU is Israel’s largest trading partner, and its total trade with Israel in 2024, including imports and exports, amounted to €42.6 billion. This is significantly more than the US, whose trade with Israel totalled €31.6 billion in the same year.
• Of all EU member states, the Netherlands is by far the largest investor in Israel and is responsible for two-thirds of EU investment in Israel. In fact, no other country worldwide has more investments in Israel. With €50 billion in investment held by Dutch companies in 2023, the Netherlands even tops the US. Conversely, the Netherlands is also the largest destination for Israeli investment, attracting six times as much investment as the US.

The Work of Gary Larson: The Far Side

Two years ago I created MoneroOS, a plug and play live operating system that starts mining Monero on boot. Kind of like NiceHashOS but for Monero. You flash the OS to a USB drive, enter your mining settings, boot it up and start mining!

See the announcement thread from two years ago (https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/s/geHQmPdE8y)

Life got busy and I couldn't keep up with development. Now I’ve got more time, and I’d love to rebuild it properly and add all the things I wanted to include from the start.

I created a CCS proposal to rebuild MoneroOS.

https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/596

If you want to see MoneroOS revived and improved please upvote the proposal and leave a positive comment to show support. Every bit of community feedback helps!

Thank you for being a part of this journey, your support means a lot!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/38609043

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European Commission vice-president Teresa Ribera has warned China that the EU will not tolerate “dumping” of low-cost Chinese electric vehicles in Europe. And she rejected the idea that the EU should accept “cheap equipment” to help member-states to reach their decarbonisation goals.

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“There is this assumption that counting on cheap equipment could be good to boost the potential of new developments and new decarbonisation pathways in the European market that could be beneficial. And there may be truth on one side, but as you also know, it may be difficult in terms of how it could impact on the capacity to ensure a level playing field. So we cannot accept any type of dumping practices.”

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Trade figures on Monday showed that China’s exports continued to grow in June, jumping by 5.8 per cent compared to a year earlier, despite US tariffs of about 55 per cent on Chinese goods. China ended the first half of 2025 with a record trade surplus of about USD586 billion.

Analysts suggest that Chinese manufacturers have been front-loading exports to the US in case tariffs rise higher in the coming months. But exports to other parts of the world, including the EU, have also continued to rise.