'Mad House' exposes Congressional disfunction, from petty feuds to physical threats
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338729/mad-house-congress-maga-annie-karni-luke-broadwater?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Fireside Fedi Show
Fireside Fedi is an attempt to learn more about folks within the Fediverse.Fireside Fedi Show
25 March 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Alexander van der Stam, was born in Amsterdam.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 December 1942 in a transport of 811 Jews deported from Westerbork. He and his mother Flora were among the 795 people murdered in gas chambers after selection.
Just throw this story on a bonfire labeled "But why didn't the victim report the rapist to the police??"
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Right. That's kind of the point! The proto-fediverse was dominated by a VC-funded startup -- just like today's ATmosphere. And eight to ten years later the next-generaiton protocols (originally also developed by a corporation) got refined and adopted by a standards bodies -- just like will probably happen with AT Proto.
And presumably just as somebody from a Meta-funded non-profit has repeatedly shut down criticisms of Meta on the W3C ActivityPub mailing list, at some point somebody from a Bluesky-funded non-profit will try to shut down criticisms of Bluesky on whatever standards group is trying to take things forward.
There's a lot to critique with Bluesky but many of the critques apply to the ActivityPub fediverse as well.
Signal Messenger client for terminal
freshports.org/net-im/gurk-rs/
FreshPorts -- net-im/gurk-rs: Signal Messenger client for terminal
gurk-rs is TUI (terminal user inteface) for Signal messaging platform. It is written in Rust. Binary is 15 MB large and depends only on libs from base system.www.freshports.org
Introducing Bobby, our new #Pebble voice assistant! 🐴💬
rebble.io/2025/03/24/introduci…
Rebble · Introducing Bobby, our new Pebble assistant
I’m excited to announce a new Rebble service for our paying Rebble subscribers: Bobby, a voice assistant app foryour Pebble!Bobby is available from the Rebbl...rebble.io
Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model
Gemini 2.5 is our most intelligent AI model, now with thinking.Koray Kavukcuoglu (Google)
A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact
The perfect conditions of s Swedish wetland kept the fragile treasure preserved for centuries.
Orbit is our pilot for a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song by exploring recently played tracks from BBC Introducing!
Find out how machine learning helped us to organise *thousands* of tracks to let you find your next favourite song:
bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-03-…
Then read about the design challenges of creating a way to explore music genres and styles... our experiment is called Orbit - and you can read about it and try it out below:
bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-03-…
Organising music for organic discovery
Details on how we organised thousands of tracks to build a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song from BBC Introducing acts.www.bbc.co.uk
The Vectrex Home Computer You Never Had
hackaday.com/2025/03/25/the-ve…
The Vectrex Home Computer You Never Had
The Vectrex console from the early 1980s holds a special place in retrocomputing lore thanks to its vector display — uniquely for a home system, it painted its graphics to the screen by drawi…Hackaday
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Excellent update video on YouTube revenue in the tech creator space: youtube.com/watch?v=GeCP-0nuzi…
Glad they are transparent about numbers. And provides some context, especially comparing the tech space to others around 7:30
The TRUTH About How LTT Makes Money
Thanks to Odoo for sponsoring this video! Go to https://www.odoo.com/ltt to get a free 15-day trial of Odoo’s all-in-one business solution and see how it can...YouTube
@aethrvmn They make more than half their revenue from their merch/products, the other half is an interesting mix of sponsorships (25%ish total) and 'everything else'.
A lot of interesting details given, though only a few concrete numbers. Surprisingly, my channel seems to have a little higher RPM than theirs.
#ScribesAndMakers If you've sold your work, have you made a net profit?
I have. I've made enough to qualify for full membership of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA): sfwa.org/about/join-us/sfwa-me…
If you're an author of science fiction and fantasy, I would encourage anyone who qualifies to join SFWA at either the associate or full level. SFWA advocates for authors and provides rich opportunities to network and organize to improve conditions for the profession. Join us!
Membership Requirements - SFWA
Looking to become a member of SFWA? Table of Contents Membership Types Full Member Associate Affiliate Estate Lifetime Senior Family/Group Qualifying Markets Application FAQs Application/Upgrade Forms Effective with Bylaws Updated 3/2022 Full Member…SFWA
Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339522/hamdan-ballal-israel-released-settlers-detained?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I'm really sorry to ask but at this moment my gf and me are personally still 274 euros short for rent this month 😟 
It been a rough month.. Luckily all server bills are paid for so thats the biggest part ❤️
If you can miss something, any bit would help out a lot
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stux.me/donate
liberapay.com/mstdn
Boost would also be appricated a lot 
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Most if not all the work I do (online) I give away for free! Personally I dislike advertisements so I won't apply those either.stux (stux.me:~$)
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A Chinese scholar shares some thoughts about what Trump is doing to the U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338532/trump-china-foreign-policy-alliance-usaid?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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When Eleanor Heginbotham's car broke down on New Year's Eve, a group of strangers jumped in
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5336364/unsung-hero-strangers-help-new-years-eve?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5332367/ancient-greece-rome-statues-smell-study-research?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Combining semiconductors with music for my @hackaday Berlin lightning talk - check out this exciting Tiny Tapeout update!
youtube.com/watch?v=EoDauBaAxV…
The future of Tiny Tapeout - Hackaday Berlin Lightning Talk 2025
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Meet Some of the Strangest Deep-Sea Creatures, from ‘Sea Pigs’ to ‘Disco Worms’
A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea creatures—including a “mystery mollusk,” a bioluminescent jellyfish and a “sea pig”
Google's sizeable payments for Safari defaults could be ending.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line
Google’s sizeable payments for Safari defaults could be ending.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I'm still trying to set mine up. I connected it to my wifi but now my watch keeps getting notifications from someone named Pete saying that we will strike the rebels at dawn?
amazon.com/dp/B0C78NJVWK?ref=t…
At dawn? Why am I always the last to hear. Really guys. I made you a potato salad without raisins. And this is how you help????
I effing hate potato salad but I guessed you would include me in your plans. And I’m done ironing you cape. And Darth. You have a very small dick. Tiny. Tiktac size. I would say fuck you, but it’s hard with such a small dick.
That reminds me. They still have yet to make a professional looking ladies (not girl's or women's sports-related) digital watch with multiple alarms, a character based digital read out, and a watch face that's not more than 3/8" inch thick and has a nicely styled, professional looking watch band made of high quality materials.
Thankfully, I'll probably never go on a job interview again anyway, but I did need a watch like that a few years back.
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AMD CEO: Initial Sales for Radeon RX 9070 XT 10x Higher Than Previous Gens
The GPU is out of stock at retailers, but Lisa Su says AMD is working to ramp up manufacturing.Michael Kan (PCMag)
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