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Seth Rogen lands the 'tragic job' of studio executive in his new comedy series
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5328523/seth-rogen-the-studio?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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If you vote in #Wisconsin, today is the first day of early in-person voting for the very important Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Electing Susan Crawford is vital.
Visit myvote.wi.gov/en-us/ to make a plan to vote.
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A friend who tried to make #BobbinLace but did not stick the landing sold me her #Mundillo pillow today. It is absolutely adorable and I'm really looking forward to trying it out. I need some Mundillo patterns.
But the pillows are hard to get.
"People are fleeing Austin, #Texas in droves. The city lost -13,500 ppl to outbound migration in 2024.
The biggest drop the city has ever experienced.
This outmigration has now caused Austin's #housing market to collapse. With home prices down 19.5% over the last two+ years.
Some of these ppl leaving Austin head to the suburbs like Williamson & Hays County, others are going back to CA & NY."
-N Gerli
It's hell living in TX -many ppl are fleeing the fascist state.
#Fascism #RedStates #USPol
#blender 4.4 is out! Here's a showcase video: youtube.com/watch?v=TQElJP1AaS… and release notes page: blender.org/download/releases/…
Section about video things on that page might have been my f̶a̶u̶l̶t̶ work 🙂
Blender 4.4 - Showcase Reel
Enjoy this showcase of amazing work done by the Blender Community.See everything new in Blender 4.4 https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-4/Credits:Dre...YouTube
2 NASA astronauts head back to Earth after an unexpectedly long mission in space
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331907/nasa-astronauts-return-long-space-station-suni-williams-butch-wilmore?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump Tests How Many Law Firms He Can Destroy Before Someone Stops Him
It took exactly three days for Trump to prove that Judge Beryl Howell’s “Alice in Wonderland” comparison wasn’t just apt, but prescient. After the judge blocked his executiv…Techdirt
The FreeBSD team conquered a massive 7,000 bug backlog 💪 Once overwhelmed by thousands of open issues, the team, with the help of data visualization tools, turned chaos into clarity.
Their approach involved setting up custom dashboards using GrimoireLab, which provided valuable insights into their Bugzilla system. They introduced new metrics like "unattended" and "abandoned" tickets to prioritize their efforts.
Check out their full blog post: freebsdfoundation.org/blog/fro…
From Chaos to Clarity: How We Tackled FreeBSD’s 7,000 Bug Backlog | FreeBSD Foundation
TL;DR The FreeBSD team got on top of a huge backlog problem with help from data visualization tools. We set up dashboards to track and sort over 7,000 old bugs. Now we fix bugs twice as fast as new ones come in and respond to users more quickly.Mark Phillips (FreeBSD Foundation)
Public Records Reveal How Agencies Complied With Trump's Anti-Trans Order
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Public Records Reveal How Agencies Complied With Trump's Anti-Trans Order
FOIA documents show how agencies dropped everything to comply with Trump order—and that FOIA is still sort of working.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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More than 10.000 scientists from or working in Germany have by now signed the Scientists for Future @S4F appeal to politicians, parliament and the next government.
Calling on them to not make the mistake of considering climate and nature protection a side issue; but to communicate about it honestly, and soberly base socially aware environmental politics on facts.
To be handed over next Monday, when our new parliament convenes.
Can still be signed until then:
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S4F: Ein Appell von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Deutschland an die Politik
als Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland sind wir in großer Sorge. Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe ...www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de
The Culture Corner: Kendrick Lamar's opus turns 10 years old : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/1239156789/the-culture-corner-on-kendrick-lamar?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Cheesy Keyboard
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Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Cheesy Keyboard
Let’s just kick things off in style with the fabulously brutalist Bayleaf wireless split from [StunningBreadfruit30], shall we? Be sure to check out the wonderful build log/information site a…Hackaday
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Thoughts and Prayers.
Anyone wanna bet that the GOP will react more furiously to stop this than they ever did to stop kids from getting shot in schools?
"California legislators have begun debating a bill (A.B. 412) that would require AI developers to track and disclose every registered copyrighted work used in AI training. At first glance, this might sound like a reasonable step toward transparency. But it’s an impossible standard that could crush small AI startups and developers while giving big tech firms even more power."
Trash take.
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The idea that you shouldn't be expected to know what data you're using to train your systems and that doing so is "an impossible task" is so normalized that its hard to know that this was not always the case even in the field of AI.
Data theft and scraping became completely normalized, along with the exploitation of crowdworkers, with the advent of photo sharing and other platforms and others like amazon mechanical turk.
So now NOT exploiting people and stealing data is the anomaly.
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B&H Photography Podcast: AI-Powered Wedding Photography Workflows, with Sam Hurd & Justin Benson
Photographers often react instinctively against artificial intelligence, typically focusing on controversial generative AI.bhphotopodcast.libsyn.com
A cell pulls off one of the 'Holy Grails' of biotechnology
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Roberts Pushes Back on Trump's Judicial Impeachment Calls (2)
Chief Justice John Roberts spoke out against President Donald Trump’s call for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against his effort to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.Jacqueline Thomsen (news.bloomberglaw.com)
Here's what we're reading today:
#Trump will talk with #Putin over phone today to discuss a 30-day ceasefire, the NYT reports.
The talk will concern territorial concessions and energy infrastructure.
Putin agreed to #ceasefire on March 13, but said there were 'nuances'.
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Trump Says He Will Call Putin to Discuss Ending Ukraine War
President Trump said negotiations over a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal had continued over the weekend and that discussions had included “dividing up certain assets.”Tyler Pager (The New York Times)
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The next play at the theater is Mary Chase's Harvey (perhaps best known the film version starring Jimmy Stewart).
I'm helping design the set this time -- an exciting step up from just building the set.
A friend suggested that we play Harvey by Her's after curtain, and now I've got this dreamy little song very stuck in my head.
Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
The Alien Enemies Act, first used in the late 1700s, was last invoked during World War II.The Conversation
"Our federal courts form the last guardrail against autocratic rule in the U.S. And the Trump administration hates that about them. ...
Over the weekend, the White House crossed the line and defied direct court orders, no matter what it claims now and no matter how it tries to spin it."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #courts #RuleofLaw
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Crossing the Line
The White House brazenly defied judges’ orders over deportations this weekend, setting up high stake showdowns in federal court later todayJay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
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"The Rule of Law, a centuries-old institution believed by some experts to be necessary for the functioning of democracy, was reportedly in critical condition at a Washington, DC hospital today, having been found bleeding and semi-conscious in a back alley behind the White House."
~ Lewis Grossberger
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #courts #RuleofLaw #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #PresidentialImmunity
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Rule of Law Spotted in ER on Life Support!!!
Doctor: 'in Critical Condition'Lewis Grossberger (Lewis Grossberger's Raw Truth Bulletin)
"We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
~ ICE Director Tom Homan
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #ICE #Homan #courts #RuleofLaw #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #PresidentialImmunity
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Executive Order on Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Governance
Tribal Sovereignty
BY LEVI RICKERT | MARCH 15, 2025
The White House on Friday revoked 18 executive actions from the Biden administration, including an order designed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes.
A 6‑Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports: Meditate, Relax, Study
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A 6-Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno's Music For Airports: Meditate, Relax, Study
Robert Wyatt, Music for Airports started the idea of slow, meditative music that abandoned typical major and minor scales, brought in melodic ambiguity, and began the exploration of sounds that were designed to exist somewhere in the background, beyo…OC (Openculture.com)
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Merger revived after falling apart in 2024 on concern about regulatory approval.
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I came across this and wondered if you had heard about it?
I tried the demo but a lot of it is in French lol
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This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany
Real-time editing and collaboration, with a European twist.Corbin Davenport (How-To Geek)
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CloudFlare connaît vos mots de passe.
Ils en font même un article.
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Hé les techies, on pourrait arrêter de trouver CloudFlare merveilleux alors que cette boîte récupère littéralement tous le trafic de vos utilisateurs ?
En sécurité informatique, ça s'appelle une attaque MITM.
Est-ce que la "protection" que vous apporte CloudFlare est assez intéressante pour livrer en contrepartie tous les mots de passe de vos utilisateurs à une boîte privée américaine ???
Why is the UK So Pro-Ukraine?
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This may be a point of pedantry, but why do I, as a road user, care that this is a "temporary" road surface.
I may care that it is unfinished, or uneven, but the time period for which this road surface will persist is surely not relevant?
Experiments with robotic spiders and prey suggest spiders can detect differences in natural web frequencies.
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We have announced the release of Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta!
As this is a beta release, we expect that you may encounter bugs or missing features. You can try out Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta by following our installation guide. Existing systems, running Fedora Asahi Remix 40 or 41, can be updated following the usual Fedora upgrade process.
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Announcing Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta - Fedora Magazine
Annoucement for Beta release of Fedora ASAHI remix 42Neal Gompa (Fedora Project)
Fedora Linux 42 Beta is available now! Help us test the next version of Fedora across all of our editions and spins, including Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop and the upcoming Fedora COSMIC!
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We also have the Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta also available!
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Happy testing!
Announcing Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta - Fedora Magazine
Annoucement for Beta release of Fedora ASAHI remix 42Neal Gompa (Fedora Project)
While Trump and Putin are massaging each other’s egos over the phone, it appears Ukraine is attacking the Russian oblast of Belgorod.
According to Russian telegram channels there is Ukrainian troop presence near the Russian villages of Prilissya, Grafivka, and Demidivka, and the area is being evacuated.
This is happening while Ukrainian forces are being pulled from Kursk, so it may be these troops relocating (red arrow).
This is a new development which has not been confirmed by either side.
For every force holding a line or on an offensive, there are actually two, even if they have the same name. They rotate.
#Ukraine was not pushed out of #Kursk, it chose to leave. So as they exit Kursk to be rested, there is another group of rested top fighters somewhere doing something.
Belgorod actually makes sense.
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