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On March 28, Amazon will get rid of a setting on Echo devices that let people store voice recordings locally rather than on Amazon’s cloud servers. Here’s what that means. pcmag.com/news/amazon-to-axe-s…

in reply to Nonilex

#Ratcliffe said much the same: “My communications, to be clear, in the #Signal message group were entirely permissible & lawful & did not include classified information.”

#Trump, asked yesterday afternoon…, said, “It wasn’t #classified information.”

These stmnts presented us w/a dilemma. In #TheAtlantic’s initial story about the Signal chat—the “Houthi PC small group,” as it was named by #MikeWaltz—we withheld specific info related to weapons & to the timing of attacks…in certain texts.



TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.

The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.
propublica.org/article/tce-ban…

#News #Environment #Health #Trump #Cancer #Congress #GOP

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Hallo liebe Menschen! Wenn ihr unserem Kindergarten* zu einer #Spende 💸 verhelfen möchtet, gibt es hier eine tolle Gelegenheit: spardaimpuelsle.de/projekte/67…

Aktuell sind wir auf Platz 105, nur noch 7 Stimmen und wir würden 250€ mehr bekommen. Mitmachen und weiterteilen wäre großartig! 🥰 DANKE!

(Da das eine deutsche Bank ist hab ich da auch wenig Bedenken zwecks Datenschutz bei einer SMS-Abstimmung mitzumachen, habe aber vollstes Verständnis, wenn ihr das nicht wollt.)

* urwuechsig.org

in reply to Cheatha

Aktuell Platz 64 😱 Großartig, damit bekommen wir vermutlich die 500€! DANKE DANKE! Ihr seid die Besten! 😁

Würden wir auf Platz 30 oder besser kommen, dann wären es sogar 750€. Aber aktuell haben wir 279 Stimmen, Platz 30 hat 437 Stimmen. Da kommen wir nicht mehr dran. Läuft ja nur noch 3 Stunden.

Vielen Dank für's mitmachen, liebes Fediverse ❤️

EDIT: Achje, es ist ja noch ein Tag und 3h! Aber das bekommen wir trotzdem nicht mehr hin, denke ich…

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Firm wins Space Force funding to provide an “aircraft carrier” in orbit
Taking tactically responsive space to the next level. Literally.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/…


And that's the self tests for enumeration declarations passing.

#quiche #compiler #z80



Effectively as a punishment for winning an Oscar, this Palestinian director was beaten in front of his home. Instead of helping him, the Israeli army arrested him, blindfolded him and forced him to sleep under a freezing air conditioner www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning P...





Our new-to-us Zeiss DSM 962 is not entirely broken anymore!

Resolution isn't great, but there's a whole bunch of low hanging fruit: eg. reducing the working distance by making a proper sample holder, and actually installing a vibration isolation system (currently there's no isolation between the lab floor and the column).



I'm gradually starting to regret some choices I have made in my life, particularly where I have decided to paint hazard stripes on this tank.

#Warhammer #Warhammer40k #MiniaturePainting #3DPrinting #Nerdlings #WipWednesday



This article is so interesting. It was written in 1990 about how Gen X is entering the workforce and how we aren’t buying into the boomer propaganda about work.

This is why I still am still shocked to see the people I went to high school with boot licking like they do. This is why their simping for capitalism was so shocking to me in 2020. Especially after people told me for years that it “must be so nice to sit home all day!”

Then I watched them flip out when they could stay home with their family and collect an extra $600 on top of unemployment. The TANTRUMS OMG LOL

Living: Proceeding With Caution | TIME time.com/archive/6715389/livin…

#GenX #WorkLifeBalance #slackers #latchkeykids



So I put up a YouTube post about the Tesla protests happening in Amsterdam this Saturday:

actionnetwork.org/events/taked…

It made a few people mad, and a handful of people unsubscribed (almost entirely Americans: I can see from the stats).

That was to be expected.

But what really surprised me was the number of people who said something like, "Why are you against Tesla when they are in favour of everything this channel stands for?"

Uh ... wut? What channel are these people watching?

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in reply to Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

Obviously if somebody has to drive a car into the city, then electric is better than gas, but at the same time, almost any other electric car (especially EU-made) is better than a Tesla!

If I said "American cars don't belong in Dutch cities" everybody would agree, but "Tesla cars don't belong in Dutch cities" is equally true.

We have lots of other electric cars to choose from in Europe these days, including microcars, which are much better for European city streets.

in reply to Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

Teslas are also dangerous! Besides having oversized engines that encourage people to speed, they're also very heavy compared to most EU electric cars.

Tesla doesn't care about road safety either. They've released "Full Self Drive" when it was clearly unsafe, and I almost got in a serious crash myself because of FSD slamming on the brakes on a highway for no reason.

The CyberTruck is not sold in Europe because it cannot pass safety tests, especially pedestrian safety.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

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Ukraine's successful use of unmanned attack drones has sunk or damaged about 15 of Russia's prewar fleet of 36 warships in the Black Sea, limiting Moscow's maritime capabilities. A political science professor explains: buff.ly/mT7727U


Offering paid time off dramatically cuts odds of employees quitting their jobs, study reveals

phys.org/news/2025-03-paid-odd…

#news #business #finance #work #worklife

in reply to Frankie ✅

i have 30days (paid) vacation time plus new years and Christmas Eve. I dont even think of vacation as PTO because it is normal that vacation days are paid. The minimum by law is 20days (paid) vacation per year. I couldn't imagine living in a country where I live to work instead of working (being a necessary evil) to live.



Things you don’t want to hear from a policeman talking to someone trying to deliver building materials to the house across the street… “see the issue is, the chap’s found a shell”
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I thought that yet more of Ventnor had collapsed for a minute, but no, only an unexploded historic bomb!
Hope you can get back inside soon. At least it's not raining I suppose.


I modelled the whole enclosure for the face mechanism, the in-game version is made of sheet metal, but this one will probably work fine for my wall mounted ornamental version of the thing.

I really need to look into FreeCAD's sheet metal workbench thing, this wouldn't probably be too hard to do out of metal after some lasering.

I also really need to learn the Assembly workbench that came with the 1.0. There's so many mechanical things I'd need to try out before printing.

#freecad

in reply to Ari [APz] Sovijärvi

The sheet metal workbench is not super hard to learn, and it's flexible. If you put radiuses for bends into your existing designs, you can "unfold" without starting over. Or you can design the whole thing using sheet metal workbench knowing the material you are going to fold.

The built-in Assembly is still a bit limited compared to Assembly3 and Assembly4, but a lot of the simplifications work really well. My initial impression was that I'd need more joint types, and then I realized that actually no I mostly don't. I haven't figured out yet how best to use it with the Fasteners workbench.

in reply to Michael K Johnson

@mcdanlj I'll definitely look into the sheet metal bench in the close future, this project I'm working on needs a metal enclosure and I could see myself making a small batch of them for other hobbyists.

What comes to the Assembly, from what I've seen on Youtube videos of the 1.0's integrated one, it'll do for the relatively simple projects I make.



Human rights of trans people are under attack by governments and cruel people. It's a cause too often forgotten, but needs attention. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these mugs ($25 per mug) will go to our local gender affirming closet 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #pottery #ceramics #lgbtq #trans



California lawmakers take on ‘surveillance pricing’ as FTC retreats

A series of bills in California go after AI tools that let companies use personal data to set individualized prices.

fastcompany.com/91304742/calif…

#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #business



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26 March 1906 | A Czech Jewish woman, Markéta Kafková, was born.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from the Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.



When you have a big laser cutter, all kinds of stupid things become possible.

This morning, I'm cutting rags from old tshirts.

in reply to Stephen Nourse

@san they are amazing (and IMHO underused) for cutting fabric, especially tiny fiddly things

If one were going to do a lot of these, having a frame or jig to stretch/flatten them would be advisable.

in reply to John T

Much agree.. I LOVE combining laser cutting fabric and inkstitch/digital embroidery, even with a single colour machine you can make some ace stuff!
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#Aitutaki is known for its incredibly #turquoise #lagoon, deserted white sand #beaches and great #swimming and #snorkeling. Our Aitutaki Travel Guide has the best things to see and do in Aitutaki including non-beach activities. backpackandsnorkel.com/Aitutak…



🐉 U2 Dragon Lady 50mm • STL files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2843015
💡 Designed by ptikyle


Reason To Hate Capitalism #233 - We have solutions to our worst problems but they don’t happen because they don’t make Capitalists enough money #capitalism #anticapitalism


The initial podcast feature release for #faircamp will come with playback speed control already yay. 😀 Wasn't sure I could fit it in, but it's done, yess!

(this is opt-in in general, you can also enable it for your music if you want •ᴗ•)

in reply to Simon Repp

Each release now comes with Vaporwave and Happy Hardcore remixes out of the box! 😜
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Stories are coming soon to our official app!

The best part?

They are federated, so you can view/react/comment on Stories from friends on other servers.

Stay tuned ✨

#pixelfed #stories

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can optionally disable this feature entirely? I don’t want to see anyone’s story ever.

Edit: actually just saw you told someone else “yes” already

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I am experimenting with the new Chat GPT image generation tool to see if it can help with my lousy thumbnail skills. Most impressive is that it is able to finally generate text that isn't a garbled mess. I'm not so sure about the polish it did on my photo 😀


We now have an official account on BlueSky!

Follow us bsky.app/profile/pixelfedapp.b… and join us in expanding the fediverse.

Come say hi! 👋

#pixelfed #bluesky



Brachial lässt Donald Trump Inhalte von Behörden löschen, die nicht seiner rechtsradikalen Ideologie entsprechen. Im #DataRescueProject archivieren Hunderte Freiwillige, was Trump vernichten will – und mittendrin ist ein Historiker aus Köln.

Mein Interview mit @storytracer für @netzpolitik_feed.

netzpolitik.org/2025/digitale-…



Parisians have approved an ambitious plan to block 500 streets to road traffic and replace miles of asphalt with plants and trees, signaling a willingness to support climate policies even if they might have a disruptive impact on daily life.

This is what progress means putting traffic and congestion last. Finally.
washingtonpost.com/world/2025/…

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This video is a bit of a slog but there are some interesting nuggets in here relating to tools for generating graphics and animations to use on little oled screens. #maker #electronics

youtube.com/watch?v=QOoszpg0Bs…

in reply to Andy Warburton ❌❌❌

love the concept. I have a few of these screens but found the burn-in was so fast I had to stop.
I got animations working in esphome. Did it for things like weather happening to a tiny isometric home floorplan.


Struggle Boat is online! First mate @juliancheal.dev got the WIFI sorted and it’s speedy hot, with no Starlink fascists involved and mostly just hose clamped to a broom handle.


Build Customized Raspberry Pi OS Images With rpi-image-gen

hackaday.com/2025/03/26/build-…