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Israel beginnt Bodenoffensive im Gazastreifen

Kurz nach der Wiederaufnahme von Luftangriffen, hat die israelische Armee jetzt mit einem Bodeneinsatz im Gazastreifen begonnen. Das Rote Kreuz schlägt angesichts hoher Opferzahlen Alarm.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/is…

#Israel #Nahost #Gaza #Bodenoffensive

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Look, is everyone who drives a Tesla a fascist?

No.

(They’re more than likely neoliberal and probably more ashamed than anything else right now.)

Similarly, is everyone who drives a Cybertruck a fascist?

You bet your sweet ass, they are.

#tesla #fascism #ElonMusk #cybertruck mastodon.social/@mattotcha/114…



🚀 GNOME 48 is here!
After months of hard work from contributors worldwide, this release brings exciting updates and improvements. 🎉

🔎 Check out what’s new in #GNOME48 in the release notes: release.gnome.org/48

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Been using it for the last week and it's quite nice, thank you for your hard work on it!
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Can someone using this new release tell me if the battery charging limits work for them on dell laptops? It will require a newer kernel (patches went into the 6.12 kernel).
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So good. The first time I have watched someone from the fediverse on YouTube talk about why Bluesky is problematic. He references @cwebber's blog. Niccolò can be found here @niccolove

youtu.be/D0wbCctcEIA

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"At the Sheriff’s Department, heads must roll,” an ACLU of Southern California attorney tells the Los Angeles Public Press in response to EFF's bombshell report that Los Angeles deputies misused state databases thousands of times in 2023. lapublicpress.org/2025/03/la-s…


European Commission sends preliminary findings to Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act - ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc… "takes the preliminary view that Alphabet self-preferences its own services over those of third parties, thereby failing to comply with the #DMA." #google


Got carried away making an elaborate page on a specific item in the basic first-aid kit for Rabbit Waves: Triangular Bandages.

This is one of many illustrations populating the page ^_^

rabbitwaves.ca/site/triangular…



After a rollercoaster rise and decline that started with Kickstarter and ended with Fitbit kicking the Pebble brand to the curb, co-founder Eric Migicovsky launches new 'Pebble-like' devices. pcmag.com/news/pebble-smartwat…


CURRENTLY IN ROTATION
Tune in to our stream for more!
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People Are Using AI to Create Influencers With Down Syndrome Who Sell Nudes

404media.co/people-are-using-a…



Mapping Israel's wave of strikes

bbc.com/news/videos/cz9n2vp879…

#news #war #israel #gaza #humanrights #genocide #palestine





The kid in me who wanted to build robots is squeeing with excitement, while the rest of me wants to know:
1. Who actually funds the work?
2. What is the revenue model?
3. How long before it's armed and used for "law enforcement"?

youtube.com/watch?v=I44_zbEwz_…

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@rose_alibi I would be amazed if they weren't.


We try HP's trimmed-down version of its 16-inch Omen flagship. With an Intel Core Ultra 200H CPU and a GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, it looks like a fierce competitor to the Razer Blade and Asus Zephyrus. pcmag.com/news/hands-on-with-t…


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This is such a self-own that he must now be a liberal. 😂



Hidden Drawer Shelf - 25x25cm - Unique Wall-Mounted Shelf with Secret Compartment • STL files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2827013
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📉Vamos ya con el observatorio de esta semana:

😭 Al menos 20.000 niños gazatíes han perdido a sus progenitores

▶️Más de la mitad de los menores de Gaza presenta signos de trastorno de estrés postraumático, ansiedad o depresión, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud.

ctxt.es/es/20250301/Firmas/488…




NYC chain pharmacies have always felt like portals to purgatory, but ever since the lockdown days there has been something wrong with “Duane Rede” on a deeper level. They feel like those stores in Cuba that have no product and no customers but are open for obscure tax reasons or something. It’s really noticeable since they are huge, and always the most run down thing on the block even in the most gentrified hoods.
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@saxbrightwell

mmmm I should write a little "chain pharmacy" themed level for the #backrooms wiki. I've never contributed before but this might just motivate me.

(But only AFTER I complete "the short story I'm not allowed to talk about until it's done")

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the other thing that's creepy about chain pharmacies these days is that there's often only 2 or sometimes even 1 employee in the entire huge store
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@jiub

It's just not safe or practical!

Especially in NYC. Even with how horrible they are when I've gone in over the past 3 years once or twice there is always a long line. And people getting mad and leaving since the line isn't moving.

I tried to buy some allergy medicine once and gave up and went to the bodega. I was worried the bodega might not have allergy medicine but they did, and no line. (They have everything, I don't know how they do that.)

@jiub

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@jiub

There are lots of shops making lots of money everyday in NYC. Foot traffic is high and people are spending even with the inflation.

If you can't make money it seems like a "skill issue" as the kids say.

@jiub
in reply to myrmepropagandist

@jiub Since Walgreens bought them, and now Walgreens is seeking to go private equity, my guess is that they are playing a game to spin these back out as soon as possible. I called on Walgreens 3 decades ago, when they were committed to serving the urban market. Having a licensed cometologist in each store was a tactic: female-presenting urban workers prioritized the store because it had what they needed to look good at work. Sad what happened.
@jiub
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@karabaic @jiub

Sephora is *mobbed* everyday and it's kind of shocking how much makeup they sell. It's also all some of students will talk about. I don't even think they know that pharmacies have makeup sections. Why would a young person enter such creepy empty, spaces with everything locked up like you are in some kind of automat from a dystopian novel.

But not an *exciting* dystopian novel.

They are "open" but not trying at all. Not even in their locations near Times Square and Soho!

in reply to jack the nonabrasive

@karabaic @jiub

I'm worked up about this because it irks me to see street store space wasted. Lots of people could use that space better. Move out the way.

in reply to myrmepropagandist

It is a lost opportunity. Once upon a time, drugstores like Walgreens aimed to be the one-stop neighborhood store on the way to work and the way home, with slightly higher prices/margins on things you might not ordinarily get at a drugstore but would because you didn't want to make multiple stops. Having a friendly professional who could sell you the right shade of eyeshadow was *important*.

They completely screwed it up.

in reply to jiub

@jiub Let me guess: you're not an introvert? 😁

I love when I go in and there's hardly anyone inside there. Especially with COVID-19 and no one wearing a mask. It's much safer and more manageable than bigger stores with hardly anyone around.

@jiub
in reply to Nazo

@nazokiyoubinbou @jiub

I'm the biggest introvert, two people just isn't enough to run these stores, they take up a whole city block. They are almost as big as a grocery. And they will have one person in the pharmacy and one at the front. That's not OK.

in reply to jiub

@jiub The last time I attempted to buy something from CVS I couldn’t because all the products were behind glass and I couldn’t actually find an employee, the only other people were a couple kids playing tag in the isles. I haven’t been back
@jiub


Judge disses Star Trek icon Data’s poetry while ruling AI can’t author works
Computer scientist won't give up fight to copyright AI-made art after court loss.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
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imagination-engines.com/founde…

> Thaler is therefore both the founder and architect of confabulation theory and the patent holder for all neural systems that contemplate, invent, and discover via such confabulations.

What an arrogant ass.



A must-read for every Canadian - most especially those with American work or student visas. Powerful testimony about the soul-stripping consequences of being caught up in the American for-profit immigration detention system. Thank you, Ms. Mooney, for bearing witness - and leveraging your privilege to speak for those without voice. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m… #Canada #ICE #cdnpoli

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I'm working on a new parametric design to hold micro:bit boards... You can change the number of boards, space between them, and angle they insert... they also snap into place with a nice little "click" and don't fall out.

#openScad #3Dprinting #microbit

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So, do you like OpenSCAD more than (Open)JSCAD? I like how JSCAD can run in a browser but lags slightly behind in versions.
in reply to Justin D Kruger

@justindkruger.bsky.social I've been using OpenSCAD for like 13 years and do like it quite a bit. I tend to run a nightly snapshot as well.

I literally hate JavScript so I will avoid anything JSCAD. ;)



There's less than a day left to get in on this bit of #TTRPG hotness written by my friend Benjamin Gray and playtested, in part, by me!
kickstarter.com/projects/benja…
You and your friends can remake the films that disappointed you, just like the pros do on popular #ActualPlay podcast "Roleplay Retcon." The only additional gaming equipment you need is a standard deck of playing cards!
#Tabletop #Movies #BadMovies #Filmstodon #Gamestodon #Kickstarter
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Only a couple hours left on this!
If you're like me (and I know I am) you're still into physical media and would be interested to know that while the game will be for sale as a PDF on digital storefronts after the campaign, this is likely your only chance to get a print copy.
kickstarter.com/projects/benja…
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If you enjoy my style of writing but would prefer to read it as fiction rather than whatever the hell it is I do on fedi, my profile contains a link to my extremely sporadically updated collection of such fiction. There's also the occasional poem, and some things are funnier than others.

What, you're too lazy to go to my profile (wherein you can verify that I am telling the truth and the collection does in fact belong to me? You want a call to action?

Fine. Visit theoppositeofblog.blogspot.com… and read it. It's a blogspot blog for God's sake. Those are thin on the ground these days. It's retro cool. Plus if you visit in desktop mode, you can click the subheading and it'll change to various random things, so that's a fun way to kill fifteen minutes.


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The image shows a countertop with a structure made of white PVC pipes and blue connectors, resembling a framework. On the left side, there are several Red Bull cans, and on the right side, there are bottles of Jägermeister. The PVC structure is arranged in a way that suggests it is holding the cans and bottles in place. The text at the top of the image reads, "Trust me. I'm an Artificer." The background includes a couch and a wall with a mounted light fixture, suggesting an indoor setting.

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Reviving a Maplin 4600 DIY Synthesizer From the 1970s

hackaday.com/2025/03/19/revivi…



"Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news #space #tech
apnews.com/article/nasa-stuck-…
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New: Facial rec company Clearview spent $1 mil trying to buy a database of 390 million mugshots, SSNs, and arrest records. It seemingly got scammed, is now trying to get its money back. Great to have @bmeson on 404 Media:

404media.co/facial-recognition…

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re @404mediaco 's article here: 404media.co/facial-recognition…

I am 1000% in favour of purported sellers of personal data collections turning out to be scammers. If the rest of us have to deal with the enshittification of the internet through AI slop, it's more than fair for AI companies to face the same data quality issues.



New: Facial rec company Clearview spent $1 mil trying to buy a database of 390 million mugshots, SSNs, and arrest records. It seemingly got scammed, is now trying to get its money back. Great to have @bmeson on 404 Media:

404media.co/facial-recognition…

in reply to Jason Koebler

there is no way to purge records from a trained model, is there (aside from reinforcement learning by clicking a “false positive” button)


Volvo reconstructs crashes with AI in virtual worlds to make safer cars
Massive parallel testing means Volvo can work through lots of unusual scenarios.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/v…



T-Mobile is claiming a new 5G download speed record: pcmag.com/news/t-mobile-claims…


Toronto Public Library bringing us the topical issues.


Today discovered that Unity has a builtin function for intentionally causing the game to crash.

It is… possibly the best architected thing I've encountered in the Unity API. It anticipates my use cases and documents them clearly.

I am now willing to call crashing Unity's "core competency".

docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Docume…

in reply to mcc

Such a tool means every Unity game has excellent crash handling, right?

:blobcatfearful:

in reply to mcc

So this is why there are all those indie games that are pretending to be haunted or whatever.

Unity makes it super easy to put up a scary face and “crash” the game.