Trump Plans Military “Reaction Force” to Use Against Americans
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 19988 |
Comments: 1588
The article reveals that President Trump is planning to create a 'Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force' composed of 600 National Guard troops to suppress civil unrest and protests. The force would operate under Title 32, allowing aggressive actions like arrests, and could begin by 2027. Critics warn this move normalizes military involvement in law enforcement and undermines established procedures for requesting assistance.
Key Points:
Trump plans a 600-troop National Guard 'reaction force' to quash civil unrest, based in Alabama and Arizona.
The force would operate under Title 32, enabling arrests and aggressive actions, similar to Trump's 2020 BLM protest response.
Critics argue this normalizes military involvement in law enforcement and ignores established protocols.
The program could cost hundreds of millions and start by 2027, with concerns about logistics and public impact.
Trump is also seizing control of D.C.'s police force and deploying 800 National Guardsmen, further militarizing domestic policing.
""You don’t want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement. You don’t want to normalize routine domestic deployment.""
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 10776 |
Comments: 630
The article reports that U.S. layoffs in July 2025 reached their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 62,075 job cuts announced. The surge is attributed to government downsizing, corporate restructuring, and the impact of artificial intelligence, with the federal government, tech firms, and retailers leading the cuts.
Key Points:
U.S. layoffs in July 2025 surged to 62,075, the highest since the early COVID-19 pandemic months.
The federal government, tech firms, and retailers are the primary sectors affected by the layoffs.
Factors driving the layoffs include government budget cuts, corporate restructuring, and the growing influence of AI and automation.
The total layoffs for 2025 reached 806,383, a 75% increase compared to the same period last year.
Economic conditions, inflation, and global uncertainty have also contributed to the job cuts.
""We are seeing the federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact nonprofits and health care in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff concerns have impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year," said Andrew Challenger, a senior vice president and labor expert at Challenger, Gray & Christmas."
Trump’s Agents in D.C. Caught on Video Randomly Harassing People
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 4350 |
Comments: 334
The article reports on federal law enforcement officers in Washington, D.C., randomly harassing civilians under President Trump's directive to curb crime. Videos show officers questioning residents for minor infractions like smoking, with one officer explicitly stating their actions are due to Trump's orders. The increased police presence, including military-geared agents and helicopters, has raised concerns about overreach and intimidation.
Key Points:
Federal agents are patrolling D.C. and harassing civilians under Trump's orders.
Officers were caught on video questioning men smoking cigarettes, citing 'quality of life offenses.'
An officer admitted the crackdown is because 'Donald Trump’s tired of it.'
Residents report heightened police presence, including helicopters and military-geared agents.
The actions are seen as fear-inducing and potentially unproductive.
""Trump’s got all federal agencies kind of coming together for seven days, going out, trying to stop the violent crime, all kinds of stuff. So we’re out here contacting people, talking to ’em, right?""
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 1138 |
Comments: 370
The article appears to be a blog post from GitHub, highlighting various topics related to AI, developer skills, engineering, enterprise software, news, open source, and security. It serves as a resource hub for developers, offering insights, best practices, and updates on GitHub's ecosystem.
Key Points:
The article covers a wide range of topics including AI & ML, developer skills, engineering, and security.
It provides resources and best practices for developers to enhance their skills and workflows.
GitHub emphasizes the importance of AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot in improving developer productivity.
The post also touches on open source initiatives and how organizations can adopt open source methodologies.
Security is a key focus, with sections on application security, supply chain security, and DevSecOps.
"How AI code generation worksExplore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation and how it can improve your developer experience."
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 222 |
Comments: 62
The article argues that the focus on AI coding tools for code generation is misplaced, as studies show mixed results on productivity gains. Instead, it suggests that AI should be used to reduce toil in mundane tasks like documentation and testing, which can free developers for more strategic work. The article emphasizes the importance of measuring AI's impact on the entire software development lifecycle rather than just coding speed.
Key Points:
AI coding tools may not significantly boost productivity, with some studies showing developers are slower when using them.
Developers prefer AI tools for mundane tasks like documentation and testing, which can free up time for more meaningful work.
Engineering leadership should focus on AI's broader impact on software quality, speed, and security, not just code generation.
The most effective AI use cases are often the 'boring' ones, like automated approvals or processing receipts, rather than flashy demos.
Organizations struggle to measure AI's impact on software velocity or stability, highlighting the need for better evaluation metrics.
""The cool AI use cases that are all shown on keynote stages are not the ones that are going to be used. Be ready to work in the boring," said Jared Coyle, chief AI officer (CAIO) for the Americas at German software giant SAP."
Built a native OpenWebUI client for iOS & Android (Open Source) — smoother than the PWA, privacy‑first
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 95 |
Comments: 34
The article introduces a native OpenWebUI client for iOS and Android, designed to offer a smoother, privacy-first alternative to the PWA. The app features a native experience, voice input, conversation search, and more, while remaining open-source and connecting to users' own OpenWebUI instances. The developer seeks beta testers to help refine the app and get it on the Google Play Store.
Key Points:
Native mobile client for OpenWebUI, offering a smoother experience than the PWA.
Privacy-first approach with no third-party servers or tracking.
Features include voice input, conversation search, theming, and accessibility improvements.
Open-source project, inviting community contributions and feedback.
Developer seeks beta testers to help bring the app to the Google Play Store.
"It’s also been way easier to get family members using OpenWebUI with something that feels like the commercial chat apps they’re used to, without giving up privacy."
LocalAI (the self-hosted OpenAI alternative) just got a major overhaul: It's now modular, lighter, and faster to deploy.
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 93 |
Comments: 15
LocalAI, a free and open-source self-hosted alternative to OpenAI, has undergone a major update making it modular, lighter, and faster to deploy. The new version separates the core binary from AI backends, allowing users to download only what they need and customize backends easily. Additional features include object detection, text-to-speech, and image editing capabilities.
Key Points:
LocalAI is now modular, with the core binary separate from AI backends, reducing Docker image size and improving customization.
Backends are automatically optimized for hardware (CPU, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel) and can be manually installed or sideloaded.
New features include object detection, text-to-speech (TTS), and image editing via API.
The project is community-driven and emphasizes privacy and self-hosting.
LocalAI has gained significant traction, with 34.5k stars on GitHub and 1k for LocalAGI.
"We built this for people who, like us, believe in privacy and the power of hosting your own stuff and AI. If you've been looking for a private AI 'brain' for your automations or projects, now is a great time to check it out."
PSA - Namecheap are increasing renewal prices for obscure domains
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 42 |
Comments: 13
Namecheap is increasing renewal prices for obscure domains, including .xyz, .ceo, and others, effective August 26, 2025. Users with domains like 111222333.xyz, which previously cost $1 or less to renew, should check their admin panels to avoid unexpected fees. The price hike affects registrations, transfers, renewals, and reactivations.
Key Points:
Namecheap announced price increases for obscure domains like .xyz, .ceo, and others.
Renewal costs for domains like 111222333.xyz will rise from $1 or less to higher rates.
The changes take effect on August 26, 2025, and apply to registrations, transfers, renewals, and reactivations.
Users can renew now at current prices to buy time before the hike.
Some domains, like 1.111B, may not be affected, but users should confirm with their registrar.
"On August 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET the domain registry for the following domains will implement universal price increases for registrations, transfers, renewals, and reactivations."
The article highlights critical security vulnerabilities in the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standardized protocol for AI models to interact with tools and data sources. It discusses real-world risks like tool description injection, poor authentication, and supply chain threats, emphasizing the gap between rapid adoption and inadequate security practices.
Key Points:
Tool Description Injection is a serious risk where malicious instructions hidden in tool descriptions can trick AI agents into executing harmful commands.
Authentication in MCP implementations is often weak or skipped, leaving servers vulnerable to unauthorized access and data breaches.
Supply chain risks are underestimated, with tampered packages posing significant threats to MCP deployments.
Real-world incidents, such as exposed servers and data leaks, demonstrate the urgent need for better security practices.
The latest MCP spec introduces security best practices, but many implementations ignore them, exacerbating vulnerabilities.
"The Tool Description Injection Issue: MCP servers describe their tools using natural language that AI agents must read to understand what each tool does. However, these descriptions are fed directly into the AI's context, making metadata another vector for attack, where attackers can hide malicious instructions."
The article discusses the implementation of low-rate land value taxes (LVT) in various countries and questions whether landlords absorb the tax or pass it on to renters by examining ROI data. It seeks empirical evidence to determine if landlords' ROI decreases proportionally with LVT introduction, suggesting rental price adjustments if no such evidence exists.
Key Points:
LVT is implemented in countries like Denmark, Estonia, and Singapore, typically at rates of 1% to 3%.
Landlords' typical ROI ranges from 5% to 10%, raising questions about whether they absorb LVT or adjust rental prices.
The article calls for real-world data to verify if LVT reduces landlords' ROI or if rental prices are adjusted to maintain profits.
Without evidence of lower ROI, the implication is that landlords pass the tax burden to renters.
The author requests concrete numbers from countries with LVT to support or refute the claim.
"If the idea is that landlords are meant to swallow the entire tax (without raising the price to the renter) then surely in countries with LVT we would see landlords typically make less ROI."
The EU Commission has reactivated its bug bounty program, allocating nearly 8 million euros to audit critical open source software used by European public services, including both public and internal projects. This initiative, part of the FOSSA project, aims to enhance the security of OSS, which is vital for EU systems, and follows previous efforts like the German government's Sovereign Tech Fund.
Key Points:
The EU Commission has awarded a contract to organize bug bounties for open source software, with a budget of almost 8 million euros.
The program will audit both public and internal open source projects used by European public services.
This initiative is part of the FOSSA project, inspired by past vulnerabilities like the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug.
Previous efforts include the German government's Sovereign Tech Fund, which audited OSS like LibreOffice and Mastodon.
The push for OSS adoption in the EU includes moves like transitioning 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice in Schleswig-Holstein.
"A State-sponsored bug bounty comes as refreshing news in that it shows that amongst the bureaucrats there are tech savvy people who understand the true value of OSS software to society, and as such the impact when its security goes wrong."
The article discusses how security policies can be encoded as types in dependently typed languages like Agda or Lean, enabling static type-checking for provably correct access control. It contrasts this approach with existing systems like Rego (OPA), Sentinel, and Cedar, highlighting its superior ability to ensure policy correctness and application.
Key Points:
Security policies can be expressed as types in dependently typed languages.
Static type-checking ensures policies are provably correct and correctly applied.
This approach outperforms existing systems like Rego (OPA), Sentinel, and Cedar in handling complex policies.
Dependently typed languages like Agda or Lean are sufficiently rich to encode complex policies.
The method provides robust protection against security risks by ensuring well-defined policies.
"Well-defined, provably-correct, and correctly applied policies are your best protection against criminal malice and incompetence."