Dems want to investigate Signal blunder. And, federal return-to-office complications
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55962/up-first-newsletter-war-plans-signal-ukraine-russia-black-sea-federal-workers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Giant "nightmare bee" that was once thought to be extinct is discovered alive
While the world's largest bee may seem horrifying, discoverers celebrated its survivalCaitlin O'Kane (CBS News)
Living ‘Bee Fences’ Protect Farmers from Elephants, and Vice Versa
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Living 'Bee Fences' Protect Farmers from Elephants, and Vice Versa
A string of hives between posts can fend off the pachyderms better than other deterrents, research showsCari Shane (Scientific American)
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Fast and elegant and clear. A real achievement in my view.
The Ultimate Raspberry Pi & Maker Store
The #1 Raspberry Pi & Maker superstore. Official Raspberry Pi reseller. The largest range of maker products with all your favourite brands under one roof. Next Day delivery available.The Pi Hut
A US Senator comments
Watch the trailer. 6 minutes.
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Donald Trump's Colossal F*ckup
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The nice thing about cybertrucks is that you can dunk on them endlessly without ever hurting someone who didn't earn it.
In 1962, an artist from Philly named Howard Smith was invited to a youth festival in Helsinki. He went — and stayed — becoming one of Finland's most notable artists and designers.
Years later, he found out the journey (and the festival) had been funded by the CIA.
My story:
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The CIA and the Collagist
Howard Smith found fame overseas but stayed obscure at home. Discover how a CIA-funded trip to Finland launched a boundary-breaking art career.Carolina A. Miranda (Alta Online)
EuroMillones.com - EuroMillions results, information and statistics
Euromillones.com, the latest EuroMillions draw results as they happen and all the information and statistics about the game.euromillones.com
(Und man müsste ja gar nicht hinfahren, sondern kann ganz bequem online mitspielen 😉 )
The AI bots that desperately need OSS for code training, are now slowly killing OSS by overloading every site.
The curl website is now at 77TB/month, or 8GB every five minutes.
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Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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Who are ECRA and What is an Ethiscore? - Ethical Revolution
ECRA is the Ethical Consumer Research Association: a member-led, independent co-operative specialising in consumer engagement and best practice in ethical markets for businesses and NGOs.Ethical Revolution
'Felt like a kidnapping': Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5335524/wrong-turn-bridge-detention-ordeal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Google Patches Chrome Sandbox Escape Zero-Day Caught By Kaspersky - Slashdot
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Google late Tuesday rushed out a patch for a sandbox escape vulnerability in its flagship Chrome browser after researchers at Kaspersky caught a professional hacking operation launching drive-by download …slashdot.org
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney
Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Traitor Trump Nazi regime handles classified information
#signalgate
#TrumpIsARussianAsset theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney
Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Trump administration handles classified informationLeyland Cecco (The Guardian)
🐶 Bei einer PKW-Kontrolle erschnüffelte #Zollhund Haze 2 kg #Heroin und 1 kg #Kokain im Wert von 150.000 Euro.
Die Drogen waren im Motorraum des aus den Niederlanden kommenden Fahrzeugs versteckt.
👮♂️ 3 Personen festgenommen
🔎 Die weiteren Ermittlungen durch das Zollfahndungsamt Hamburg im Auftrag der Staatsanwaltschaft Kiel dauern an
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ZOLL-HH: Kiloweise Drogen auf der Vorderachse Heroin und Kokain im Wert von 150.000 Euro wurden unter...
Hamburg (ots) - Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung der Staatsanwaltschaft Kiel und des Zollfahndungsamtes Hamburg Mitte März reisten drei Personen mit dem Auto nach Deutschland ein....Zollfahndungsamt Hamburg (Presseportal.de)
Why don't diving seals drown? Scientists finally have an answer
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55440/why-dont-diving-seals-drown-answer-in-their-blood-scientists?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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My own feelings on AI slop are "it's complicated" but to ill-advisedly paraphrase, in addition to "fuck exploitive and monopolizing tech, literally bring out the guillotines" I will also say that (1) we should respect and pay artists, (2) copyright itself has long been fucked, (3) everything is a remix, and (4) many musicians in the 1870s were deeply opposed to the idea of recording performances.
@hko I don't have answers, but our fight is with the structural issues as manifested through the tools. After spending literally decades screaming "NOT LIKE THAT" at my screen, I have zero, no, *negative* faith that moralizing about this stuff will influence how and where these tools get used.
I wish I had a handle on how to approach the problem, but it's somewhere between @rudyfraser.com "Find Joy" and @zephoria's stance here: techpolicy.press/we-need-an-in…
We Need an Interventionist Mindset
To stabilize and enhance democratic practices, danah boyd advocates for an interventionist approach to AI regulation.danah boyd (Tech Policy Press)
my point was not so much to moralize, and I appreciate your words.
My feeling is that these tescreal freaks need to go bankrupt as soon as possible. To my mind, one way to hasten this inevitable course of things is to make it quite clear that no upstanding nerd will have anything to do with their bullshit.
No quarter for hyper vc funded morons on the search for the machine God. Or a trillion USD. Or whatever the fuck it is they want.
Fuck them.
#politics
Trump’s desire to ‘un-unite’ Russia and China is unlikely to work – in fact, it could well backfire
During the Nixon era, the US encouraged a split between the Soviet Union and communist China. But things have changed since the Cold War ended.The Conversation
Evil bastards are hitting me where I live now.
Anyway, you can still get these comics. I made sure to save local copies. I probably should mirror some of this stuff.
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You Can Still Read NASA's Deleted "First Woman" Graphic Novels (Update) - NASA Watch
in 2021 NASA issued the first of two interactive comic books/graphic novels] depicting young women dreaming of - and then training for - a future that would comprise the so-called "Artemis Generation."Keith Cowing (NASA Watch)
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