Author: Jerry Fisayo-Bambi
Published on: 19/09/2025 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
US President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday to finalise an agreement that will allow TikTok to keep operating in the United States. Trump said his relationship with China is “very good” but noted that Russia’s war in Ukraine could end if European countries put higher tariffs on China. This Friday's conversation was first announced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent following a US-China trade meeting earlier this week. Trump and Xi spoke to defuse tensions over China’s restrictions on the export of rare earth elements. The US leader has said TikTok “has tremendous value” and the US “has that value in its hand” Concerns over ByteDance's ownership and origins have been raised by US officials, who have cited Chinese rules requiring Chinese businesses to provide data upon request.

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I had some mixed thoughts on Blorp that I wanted to share so I'll just put them all in this post.

Firstly regarding Peertube embeds. I'm not sure if this is something you can change, but in the iOS app the embeds use the Peertube player UI instead of iOS built in player interface. This only happens with the app, the web version uses the iOS UI. The Peertube player is a bit to convoluted for a phone so it would be nice to use the iOS one.

It would also be nice if you could add an accessibility text when posting an image. If this is implemented it would be nice if it functioned like in Photon, were you can add an alt text to links as well, so it works with external media.

A bug I noticed is after I moderate more communities the list on the startpage keeps jumping from showing the new communities and not showing them. This is on Piefed, but I don't know if it's specific to it and happens on the app and the web version.

When clicking the share button it would be nice if there was an option to get a link to the post/comment on the instance where it was posted originally instead of a Blorp link. Also I noticed that in the web version there is the option to "Share link to comment" that doesn't seem to do anything.

The favicon of website sometimes is the Blorp logo, sometime the favicon of the instance. Be nice if this was consistent.

The lightbox feed has been great so far, however when I use it I just want to see image posts not the thumbnails of articles, so it would be nice if there was a setting to filter these out.

One problem I see with it is that there is no way to unblur a NSFW image without opening the lightbox feed, which is inconvenient if you want to find something in the image mentioned in the comments.

When saving a post the little pink icon appears and I assumed that pressing it would unsave the post. This isn't really a problem, but it would make the UI more intuitive IMO.

I also noticed a bug were some long usernames extend out of the field when hovering over the user eg https://blorpblorp.xyz/inbox/c/[email protected]/posts/https%3A%2F%2Fpiefed.zip%2Fpost%2F491912/comments/1533646

Another thing I’d love to see in Blorp is the ability to automatically set the headline at an article as the post title

This url in this post https://blorpblorp.xyz/home/c/[email protected]/posts/https%3A%2F%2Ffeddit.org%2Fpost%2F19150204 seems to be cut off weirdly

I was just trying to edit this post with the app and I got an error “Unexpected error status code 422”

That's gonna be it, I know this is a bunch of stuff at once but I just wanted to get these thoughts out

(Hakugin) (2025)

Image description: A narrow courtyard with a large tree with golden autumn foliage growing between concrete buildings. The tree's trunk and branches extend from the bottom center, reaching toward natural light streaming down from above. Weathered gray concrete walls with dimly illuminated windows and moss growth frame the scene on multiple levels, creating a canyon effect, with stone steps winding up the right side of the courtyard among the building structures.

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It's a crime series called High Potential

https://archive.is/L24Eh

The world’s largest EV battery manufacturer has been rapidly expanding its share in the European market, which rose to 45 per cent from 37 per cent last year, according to JPMorgan.

Its global share was at 37 per cent in first seven months of the year, compared with 18 per cent for BYD, according to South Korea’s SNE Research.

The group also plans to bring its battery-swapping and recycling technology to Europe.

The Chinese group has invested more than €11bn in Europe, expanding its local manufacturing footprint in Germany and Hungary. It is also building a new plant with Stellantis in Spain, which is expected to start operations by the end of next year.

Shen said CATL was open to discussing joint ventures not only with other carmakers but also with battery makers such as France’s Automotive Cells Company, a joint venture between Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies.

In the US, where protectionism, anti-China sentiment and security concerns has led to an effective ban on new Chinese cleantech manufacturing, the group has instead licensed its battery manufacturing technology to Ford and Elon Musk’s Tesla.

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Author: ROB GILLIES Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 21/09/2025 | 13:12:57

AI Summary:
Canada recognized a Palestinian state on Sunday despite opposition from the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on the social platform X that Canada recognized the Palestinian state. He had already said in late July he would do so.

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I finished the puzzle #550 (9x9) in 
19 minutes, 49 seconds  

I found today's puzzle hard.

Source: Bluesky

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In Berlin, Köln und Zürich demonstrierten fundamentale Christ:in­nen und Rechte gegen Schwangerschaftsabbrüche – in Berlin so wenige wie zuletzt 2004.

Lima (AFP) – Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with police in the Peruvian capital Lima on Saturday, throwing stones and sticks as officers fired tear gas on the demonstrators, AFP journalists reported.

The protest, organized by a youth collective called "Generation Z", is part of growing social unrest in Peru against organized crime, corruption in public office, and a recent pension reform.

"Today, there is less democracy than before. It's getting worse... because of fear, because of extortion," said 54-year-old protester Gladys, who declined to give her last name.

Around 500 people gathered in the city center, under heavy police presence.

"Congress has no credibility, it doesn't even have the approval of the people... It is wreaking havoc in this country," said protester Celene Amasifuen.

The clashes broke out as demonstrators tried to approach executive and congressional buildings in Lima.

The radio station Exitosa said that its reporter and a cameraman were hit by pellets, commonly fired by law enforcement.

Police said at least three officers were wounded.

Approval ratings for President Dina Boluarte, whose term ends next year, have plummeted amid rising extortion and organized crime cases.

Several opinion polls show the government and conservative-majority Congress are seen by many as corrupt institutions.

This week, the legislature passed a law requiring young adults to join a private pension fund, despite many facing a precarious working environment.

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Yo yo!

I have very little technical knowledge so please excuse any senseless mistakes.

I want a phone that I can use that is private and secure for the next couple of years. I understand that new android phones will be made differently so I can't side load (whatever that means, I just know it is important). I have an iPhone 12 rn but I'd rather leave the iOS ecosystem. Rn I'm typing this message on a pixel 3.

Is a pixel 3 old enough to still be a safe and secure phone that I can side load apps on in the future?

A call to action to spread the message of "tax wealth, not work".

In times of crisis people are desperate for stories to explain why their lives are getting worse. This is why storytelling is the most important – and most ignored – aspect of politics right now. The far right offer a simple story, repeated over and over: it's the immigrants. The Trumps and Farages of the world are surging on the back of this simple, effective storytelling. Can we come up with a better story?

Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 21/09/2025 | 10:19:56

AI Summary:
Taliban government rejects bid to retake Bagram Air Base. It is unclear what conversations the U.S. Has had with Afghan officials about returning to the country. But Trump hinted that the Taliban could be open to allowing the US military back. Afghanistan had an economy-oriented foreign policy.

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Andrea Junker Via Mastodon.

"Cette ligne, surnommée ligne du Tonkin, n’est longue que de 18,5 km entre la gare d’Evian, devenue terminus depuis la suppression des services voyageurs à l’est d’Evian en 1938 par le nouveau monopole d’État, la SNCF, celui des marchandises en 1988 et la fermeture administrative de la section en 1998."

A la fin:

"Terminons en rappelant que l’État français, s’il rechigne à l’évidence à remettre en service cette ligne internationale, va concéder à APRR [société d'autoroutes] pour 55 années la future autoroute du Chablais, à l’ouest de Thonon, dont les travaux vont démarrer l’année prochaine. Cette autoroute à deux fois deux voies va doubler partiellement la branche Evian de la ligne du RER Léman Express puisqu’elle reliera Machilly à Thonon, soit 16,5 km. La mise en service est prévue en 2029 après trois ans de travaux et d’importantes acquisitions foncières. Le coût estimé de cette infrastructure fermement contestée par le gouvernement de la République et canton de Genève est de 315 millions d’euros, soit 19 millions d’euros par kilomètre. Approximativement le coût d’une ligne ferroviaire à grande vitesse..."