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Inside: You can't save an institution by betraying its mission; and more!

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The Columbia University library, a stately, columnated building, color-shifted to highlight reds and oranges. The sky behind it has been filled with flames. In the foreground, a figure in a firefighter's helmet and yellow coat uses a flamethrower to shoot a jet of orange fire. Image: Ajay Suresh https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajay_suresh/52009406881/ CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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Get ready for a continuous occupation of the National Mall until Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. #3E #EndOligarchy #USProtests
Mayday May 1: Camp Mayday, a vision of protest, art and change. Daily demonstrations. Art as resistance.
#3E #USprotests #EndOligarchy

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Forget tarrifs in response. We should just nationalise exxonmobil Aust and fix the tax loopholes for the multinationals…ooh and ban the use of z for s.

Surely that would be an election winner. Oh and a Murdoch hanging….one may dream #auspol #uspol

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Top 40 Tax Dodgers of 2023 - Michael West

Fossil fuel giants and other foreign multinationals are again the biggest tax dodgers in Australia, topping the Top 40 Tax Dodgers charts.
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#uspol #auspol

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My friend Matt Seddon was doing some open source work and found a huge amount of spam from some sort of LLM project.

github.com/sankalp112kashyap/S…

It's "debloating" projects, but the "debloating" seems to be doing things like, you know, just undoing all the linting because that reduces lines of code:

github.com/Textualize/rich/pul…

It looks like all the OS maintainers are being spammed so the LLM folks can get research data or something

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Thank you, GenAI!


This repository seems to be responsible for a high amount of spam directed at open source repositories · Issue #3 · sankalp112kashyap/SoftwareCode-Debloat-LLMs

While I appreciate this may be a university project, you are essentially stealing the time of open-source maintainers by generating these PRs.
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In solidarity and light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their #films about #Palestine available online for free.

In this thread you'll find links to films you can view and share to get the message out to the world:

• A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary:bit.ly/3yp2nBI - bit.ly/2SSpMeC - bit.ly/3f0KK3P

• "Keeper of Memory" documentary:youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg

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#freePalestine #documentary


قصة فلسطين

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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#freepalestine #palestine #films #documentary
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Earlier I quickly commented on the apparent discrepancy in date the executive branch claimed Amy Gleason become head of DOGE and date of her employment at HHS as "expert/consultant". A couple of folks have asked me to clarify the significance of this. (For reference, here's the link to my earlier post: mastodon.social/@heidilifeldma….) I shall try, in this thread. 1/

Heidi Li Feldman (@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Well, well, well. It appears the executive branch appointed Amy Gleason as an “expert/consultant” to HHS on March 4, in an effort to bolster their claim that DOGE itself was not acting at HHS.
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Paula Le Dieu's one of the smartest, most committed archivists I know. Years ago, she shared a neat analogy with me about the paywalling of public archives, a phenomenon that has become rampant as public institutions have been pushed to seek private funding to close the gaps left by swingeing cuts.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

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The Columbia University library, a stately, columnated building, color-shifted to highlight reds and oranges. The sky behind it has been filled with flames. In the foreground, a figure in a firefighter's helmet and yellow coat uses a flamethrower to shoot a jet of orange fire. Image: Ajay Suresh https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajay_suresh/52009406881/ CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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Pixelfed App (v1.1.0)

- Improved comments
- Profile feeds
- Fixed DMs to show all conversations and improved chat layout
- Moved Notifications to the bottom navigation
- Fixed private accounts
- Improved support for larger images and newer formats

Now available ✨

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Release v1.1.0.1 · pixelfed/pixelfed-rn

Improved comments Profile feeds Fixed DMs to show all conversations and improved chat layout Moved Notifications to the bottom navigation Fixed private accounts Improved support for larger images a...
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doI need a separate account from a pixelfed instance to log in? Or can I use the pixelfed app with my mastodon.social account? #fediverse
#fediverse

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@f4grx you may like to watch this, even if only for entertainment purposes:

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3D printed concrete lathe, part 1

Second version of the https://github.com/kachurovskiy/modulathe project - now with plastic molds used to make the concrete lathe parts.Concrete lathes are su...
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Why are you sending me this now, when the idea and urgent need for a lathe resurfaced in my mind yesterday? Are our minds connected somewhat? Thanks for this, will look in great detail.

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Never Again is Now.
Never again for anyone.
Not in our names.
Permanent Ceasefire Now!

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

"In the last 24 hours Israel broke the ceasefire and murdered 400 people and injured many hundreds more. Every life is a universe. We reiterate our original call from October 2023. The voice of the Jewish people, now more than ever, must be clear and united: Never Again is Now. Never again for anyone. Not in our names. Permanent Ceasefire Now!"
#Gaza #israel #palestine
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Yes. This shouldn't be controversial.

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RFA - Chinese officials have ordered Uyghurs to send video proof that they’re not fasting during Ramadan. rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/03…

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The Trump administration doesn’t want you to know a record number of people visited national parks last year

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The Trump administration doesn’t want you to know a record number of people visited national parks last year

The highest-ever 331.9 million visitors in 2024 is not being promoted by the agency after more than 1,000 Park Service workers have been fired.
Jason Blevins (The Colorado Sun)

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19 March 1937 | French Jewish boy, Henri Flamenbaum, was born in Paris.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 17 August 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Vintage black-and-white photo of a young child in a formal double-breasted suit, standing next to a pedestal.
#auschwitz

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"Musk is transforming key government functions into high-speed error-generating machines whose human minders are only on the payroll to take the fall for the coming tsunami of robot fuckups." - @pluralistic pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asb…

Pluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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linkspam!

Youtube2Webpage, if you much better from text than from videos.

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GitHub - obra/Youtube2Webpage: I learn much better from text than from videos

I learn much better from text than from videos. Contribute to obra/Youtube2Webpage development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#yorkshire #whitby #pier #coast #seaside #sea #coastline #ColourPhotography #LightAndShade #shadow #lighthouse #SonyCamera
This is a landscape format colour photograph taken from underneath a wooden pier. Taken standing on the concrete sea wall, the wooden struts of the pier curve away from the viewer to the left. Light falls through the boards of the walkway above creating a grid of shadows and light. Between the struts to the left, the sea is visible together with a further seawall on which stands a lighthouse. The light is diffuse and the colours muted: it almost appears grey scale. Taken with a Sony RX100 in Whitby, Yorkshire.
#lighthouse #seaside #sea #coast #Yorkshire #Whitby #coastline #pier #shadow #sonycamera #colourphotography #lightandshade

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President Zelenskyy's response to the Trump/Putin phone call:
Zelenskyy posting: Right now, in many regions, you can literally hear what Russia truly needs. Around 40 "Shahed" drones are in our skies, and air defense is active. Unfortunately, there have been hits, specifically on civilian infrastructure. A direct hit by a "Shahed" drone on a hospital in Sumy, strikes on cities in the Donetsk region, and attack drones currently in the skies over the Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions.
Zelenskyy posting: It is these types of nighttime attacks by Russia that destroy our energy sector, our infrastructure, and the normal life of Ukrainians. And the fact that this night is no exception shows that the pressure on Russia must continue for the sake of peace. Today, Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire. It would be right for the world to respond by rejecting any attempts by Putin to prolong the war. Sanctions against Russia. Assistance to Ukraine. Strengthening allies in the free world and working toward security guarantees. And only a real cessation of strikes on civilian infrastructure by Russia, as proof of its willingness to end this war, can bring peace closer.

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So, it is what I said few ago. A week shouting worldwide "we'll talk, we'll talk, we'll talk next week and it will be the peace. You'll see what you'll see." just for what exactly?
This.

#Putin #Krasnov #KGB #Trump #Ukraine

Putin, seen from the middle of his torso, just over his left shoulder, holds a little Trump in his arms who looks clearly not frankly happy. Putin says, "And now, little (crossed-out 'moron') Krasnov, I'm going to stick two more fingers in you."
#ukraine #trump #Putin #Krasnov #kgb
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What if serifs were fractal

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Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5332868/un-sexual-misconduct?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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also murdering 3 million people a year, most of them probably children, through ending government aid.

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ddvus…

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INCREDIBLE Ruling! Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus. Trans military members may continue to serve.

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📢 New podcast episode!

▶️ Our St. Patrick's Day show is out now! Beers, Guinness Half & Halfs, lore, legends and more! Sláinte! 🍻 #CraftBeer

🎧Listen on all popular (and unpopular) podcasting apps!

Ireland may not have snakes any more (or ever), but this leprechaun is down to party with snakes as long as he's got a beer, and a kettle overflowing with gold. Hell, I'd be pretty flexible about who I partied with too if that much gold was involved. Don't judge me, that's alotta gold.
#craftbeer

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Mexico City bans violent bullfighting, sparking fury and celebration
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Spy Tech: Build Your Own Laser Eavesdropper

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Spy Tech: Build Your Own Laser Eavesdropper

Laser microphones have been around since the Cold War. Back in those days, they were a favorite tool of the KGB – allowing spies to listen in on what was being said in a room from a safe dist…
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I’m a day late, but I hope everyone had a fun and safe #StPatricksDay! This year I enjoyed a variety of #Irish inspired #beers as well as a #cider, and of course you can't ignore a bit o’ Irish #whiskey! Here’s a roundup. Sláinte!

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#Beer #CraftBeer #Block15Brewing #AncestryBrewing #OneTreeCider #FermentBrewing #StPaddysDay

A pint of Charmed Life Irish-style Red Ale from Block 15 Brewing of Corvallis, Oregon. The beer is a bright copper color with a creamy head, poured into a McMenamins pint glass festooned with a shamrock and snake weave logo. The can from Block 15 is yellow with a large shamrock design and a river shaped a bit like a horseshow.
A pint of Dark Irish Irish-style Lager from Ancestry Brewing of Tualatin, Oregon. It's a dark lager, a deep reddish colored beer, while the can has Ancestry's anchor logo on it with some stylized hops but is lacking a St. Patrick's Day type of design in my opinion.
A glass of St. Paddy's Pressed Hard Cider from One Tree Cider of Spokane, Washington, and no, your eyes are not deceiving you, that is a green-tinted cider; One Tree colored it green and also added edible glitter, I believe, although I didn't swirl the can so the glitter didn't make it into the glass.
A black pint of Nitro Dry Stout from Ferment Brewing of Hood River, Oregon. It's a nice black ale with a light tan head, while the can follows the overall minimalist design typifying all of Ferment's branding.
#irish #beer #craftbeer #cider #stpatricksday #whiskey #stpaddysday #beers #block15brewing #ancestrybrewing #onetreecider #FermentBrewing
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Additional St. Paddy's Day drinking roundup, including that Irish whiskey (Bushmills) and don't forget the Baby Guinness!

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#Beer #CraftBeer #Whiskey #IrishWhiskey #BabyGuinness #StPaddysDay #HettyAliceBeers

A pint of Dry Irish Stout from Hetty Alice Beers of Portland, Oregon. It's a black ale with a big head of foam as a nitro beer should have. It's poured into my McMenamins St. Paddy's-adjacent pint glass with the neat snake and shamrock design.
A shot of Bushmills Irish Whiskey, sitting next to a glass of Charmed Life Irish-style Red Ale that has mostly been consumed. The shot glass is handmade, we found it in Ashland, Oregon from a vendor at Ashland's Saturday Market, and it's one of my favorite shot glasses.
Don't forget the Baby Guinness! These tiny shots, in the cutest stemmed mini glasses, are actually shots of homemade kahlua coffee liqueur with half and half cream floated on top to mimic the look of a pint of Guinness Stout. Actually the proper preparation is kahlua/coffee liqueur with Irish cream floated on top, but we didn't have any of that so I settled for the half and half (it sounded better than oat milk). They were yummy.
#beer #craftbeer #whiskey #stpaddysday #irishwhiskey #babyguinness #hettyalicebeers
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The streams in the vicinity of the Oderteich lake have a deep red-black color, as they are draining the higher-laying boglands.

#landscape #Harz

A stream rimmed by grass and trees with very dark water.
#landscape #harz

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VTM is an open-source text-based desktop environment that pushes Windows Terminal to the limit. NUTS youtube.com/watch?v=OKaHruJEo7…

VTM is a based open-source text-based desktop environment that pushes Windows Terminal to the limit

https://github.com/directvt/vtm
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Well I learned of 2 really cool things here. I’m going to check out vtm in a bit for macOS. But also, I can have a blood sugar segment on OhMyPosh? I’m definitely implementing that. Not sure if my work will be happy with me putting REST requests in my server shells, so might have to leave it on my client shells for now!

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Tonight I’m playing the first known LGBTQ game, Caper in the Castro by C.M. Ralph! It’s a point-and-click murder mystery made in HyperCard, released in 1989 via BBS. “It’s not just a game… it’s a Gayme!” twitch.tv/robotspacer #Twitch #MARCHintosh
Screenshot of the game, showing a simple, black-and-white pixel art drawing of a “Red Herring Cafe.” On the right side of the screen is a “Map” with arrows pointing to the left and right, and a set of eight icons including a folded map, a gun, and a notebook. To the right of the screenshot are inset photos of me smiling at the camera, and an overhead view of my desk showing a keyboard, a Field Notes notebook, and a pen.

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Caper in the Castro (1989) ~ first LGBTQ game
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The individual ingredients in thier bowls
The ingredients prepared for cooking
The cooked dish
The individual subconscious in thier bowl.

Three Cup Chicken - Jo Cooks

Three Cup Chicken - Tender chicken cooked in a sweet and savory glaze made with sesame oil, soy sauce and Shaoxing wine. Easy and delicious!
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#cooking #thisweeksmeals

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Parks Dept. Says Cybertruck Fires Must Be Put Out By 10 p.m.: theneedling.com/2025/03/18/par…
Gathering of people at Golden Gardends basking in the warm glow of a Cybertruck on fire.

Parks Dept. Says Cybertruck Fires Must Be Put Out By 10 p.m.

After a few late-night gatherings got rowdy recently, today Seattle Parks instituted a new rule that everyone must put out their Cybertruck fires by 10 p.m. at the latest. “There’s nothing wrong wi…
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In other words… fucking lead you pathetic fuckers. mastodon.online/@brianward/114…

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I assume the Dems have fired their consultants by now, so here’s some free advice: STOP TALKING, START SHOWING. You control states – pass universal healthcare, paid leave, labor rights. Make red states jealous.
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🗿 Bat-Hulk maquette • STL files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2293119
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People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true buff.ly/ZLHkkF0

People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true

Participants in a study were willing to spend just as much time and money on an AI-generated story as one they were told was written by a human.
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Ugh. This study is so full of holes. First, if you lie about who created a work, people are going to feel pressure to match assessment to their preconceived ideas of the author. Next, once people start a story, it's human nature to want to finish. Finally, people can genuinely prefer stories by other people *even if* they truly believe the stories are equal! What do these "researchers" think a boycott is?! 🙄
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"Eichorn recently introduced a bill that would declare 'Trump derangement syndrome' a mental illness."

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Minnesota senator arrested, accused of soliciting minor for prostitution

A Minnesota Senator from Grand Rapids was arrested, accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution. 
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Feeling a little under the weather so I stayed home and built circuits and now I'm contemplating V=IR
A breadboard with a green LED, a resistor, a switch, and a power source. The LED is glowing because I'm squashing down the button on the switch.
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W00t! 🤩✨

...but feel better, tho! (My mind instantly scrubbed the first part upon seeing the blinky)

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Skin and organ cells can generate electricity when injured, potentially revolutionizing wound treatment approaches. Polymer science scholars explain: theconversation.com/cells-lini…
#bioengineering

Cells lining your skin and organs can generate electricity when injured − potentially opening new doors to treating wounds

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But researchers discovered they can produce electrical signals like neurons.
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Faesers Unschlüssigkeit
Frau Faeser könnte immer noch anweisen, das AFD Gutachten zu veröffentlichen. Das tut sie aber nicht. Der bisherige Grund für die Nichtveröffentlichung war, dass […] …

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#AfD #Faeser #wahl

illustration: Frau Faeser ihre durch eine Sanduhr dargestellte, verrinnende Zeit betrachtend. Textzeile: Frau Faeser unschlüssig, was bei der Veröffentlichung des AfD Gutachtens zuerst eintritt: dass ihr noch ein Hinderungsgrund einfällt oder dass ihre Zeit abläuft.

Faesers Unschlüssigkeit – Guidos Welt

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