Google removed the social media app UpScrolled from its store. The app is an alternative platform founded by a Palestinian developer based in Australia.

According to developers and observers, the app was launched in response to growing restrictions on content and expression within major social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. UpScrolled aims to provide an alternative space that allows users to share their views and content with greater freedom.

No detailed explanation has yet been issued regarding the reasons for the removal. However, the move has renewed debate over app store policies, the limits of content moderation, and the role of major technology companies in regulating digital speech.

#Stellantis #cars is losing control of its engines, with more than 58,000 recalls in #France this year alone. The PureTech engines have become synonymous with costly pitfalls, with bills reaching up to 12,000 euros for cars just 4 years old. This situation stems from an industrial strategy based on piling up regulatory technologies, rather than on the reliability and simplicity of a well-designed engine 🚗. The oil-immersed timing belt, initially presented as an innovation, quickly deteriorates, leading to engine destruction and serial breakdowns. The race for downsizing and electrification pursued by Stellantis has resulted in extremely complex architectures, where each component must comply with absurd European standards such as Euro 6d and Euro 7, and CO₂ targets that push for forced electrification of vehicles.

The failures are not limited to engines, but also affect pollution control systems like AdBlue, which has become a real headache with its faulty sensors, broken pumps, and leaking tanks. These breakdowns often require costly repairs or vehicle immobilization, often during the peak tourist season, causing frustration and additional expenses. Stellantis has chosen the easy path by piling low-cost technologies on platforms that are not very durable, resulting in the massive use of computers, faulty onboard networks, and electronics that undermine reliability.

The problem also extends to the standardization of vehicles. Thanks to the common platform, models like the #Peugeot 208, #Citroën C3, or #Dacia Duster now share the same architecture, which systematically reproduces the same defects. Traditional brands are losing their technical identity to give way to a logic of economies of scale, at the expense of quality and durability 🚙. At the same time, the forced march towards electrification is exacerbating this crisis, with electric cars deployed in a hurry, often equipped with Chinese batteries, and real-world ranges far from the promises. The resale of these used vehicles is collapsing, further amplifying the market's malaise.

The industry is caught in a vicious circle fueled by increasingly restrictive European standards, which prevent any sustainable innovation. The Euro 7 standard, the need to reduce CO₂ emissions, and the overabundance of electronic gadgets make each model more fragile, more expensive to maintain, and often less reliable. The French industry, once renowned for its robustness and simple mechanics, is now lagging behind these low-cost solutions imported or outsourced to China and Eastern Europe. The result: cars that no one wants second-hand, factories that are closing, and declining industrial know-how.

#black #History month

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the world-famous Putin's poison dart frog.

Sound on! 🔊

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The frog's been found...

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In other news, apparently, evil Putin cut short the innocent and pure life of Alexey Navalny with poison from South American fart dog. Excuse me, dart frog.

What a lovely picture of Alexey and his perpetually drunken with happiness hag, just in time for Valentine's day... Fart is in the air...

You just cannot make this shite up!!

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BBC: Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using toxin from dart frog, UK says.

The FSB agent that took the kill shot:

t.me/RussianBaZa

🇦🇷 Work, Work. Footage shows protests across #Argentina after President Javier Milei enacted sweeping labor reforms that lengthen the workday by 50% and allow employers to offset wages with food and housing.

- 12-hour workdays
- No more 30-day vacations
- No more overtime pay
- Sick leave cut in half

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Alec Zeck's Gangsters Paradise Part 1 of 3

How #Alec #Zeck and his Cronies get you to give up your rights, lose your home and become classified as a common criminal, nbd.

https://medicinegirl.substack.com/p/alec-zecks-gangsters-paradise

Four days after the #Ring doorbell ad aired, #Amazon announced it was canceling its widely-criticized partnership with #surveillance company #Flock.— Article

Netanyahu claims Gaza has almost no heavy weapons, only AK-47s, which he says were used in the October 7 attacks.
Yet, Gaza’s cities have been leveled, tens of thousands killed, and the most destructive modern weapons deployed—raising the question: how can such devastation be justified if the threat was supposedly just “assault rifles”?

يقول نتنياهو إن غـ ـزة لا تمتلك إلا أسلـ ـحة خفيفة تقريبًا، فقط بندقيات AK-47، والتي استخدمت، بحسبه، في هجمات 7 أكتوبر.
ومع ذلك، تم تدمير مدن غـ ـزة بالكامل، وقتـ ـل عشرات الآلاف، واستخدام أكثر الأسـ ـلحة تدميرًا في العصر الحديث — مما يطرح السؤال: كيف يُبرَّر كل هذا الدمار إذا كان التهديد المزعوم يقتصر على “بندقيات هجومية” فقط؟

Edit: this may be unfortunately fake, for now

Trending in #Japan