AT&T's Full Autopay Discount Will Soon Require Your Bank Details
The carrier goes further than T-Mobile and Verizon in restricting autopay savings.Rob Pegoraro (PCMag)
For those who don't wake up before dawn::
I did a brief live segment about Signal on NPR's Morning Edition this morning, which is now up online. (Nothing particularly deep here, just the basic outline of what Signal is and why it's not suitable as a classified communications system).
How Europeans are reacting to the Yemen war plans group chat
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55668/signal-yemen-war-plans-europe-reaction?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-npr
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"Nobody was texting war plans," secretary of defense claimed to reporters.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Texts disprove Trump admin claim that no bombing plans were sent to reporter
“Nobody was texting war plans,” secretary of defense claimed to reporters.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
Rally TODAY in Somerville to protest Rumeysa Ozturk's disappearance:
March 26 5:30 PM
Powder House Square Park
#Tufts #SomervilleMA #MedfordMA #CambridgeMA #FuckICE #Events
C’mon, Democrats Abroad can’t even get to 2,300 followers? 😱
Maybe someone with a big account can help!
Or maybe we just need to accidentally include some journalists on a Signal Chat! 😋
‘The system could collapse’ A ceasefire would mean hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers returning home. Moscow is bracing for chaos.
meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/1…
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
I have eaten
the pancreas
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for glucose uptake
Forgive me
It was delicious
so full of hormones
and so cold
🇨🇦 Amid U.S. threats Canada’s national security plans must include training in non-violent resistance
theconversation.com/amid-u-s-t…
#USpol #Trump #fascism #tariffs #TradeWar #neocolonialism
#Canada #sovereignty #never51 #ElbowsUp #resistance #solidarity
CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate
Amid U.S. threats, Canada’s national security plans must include training in non-violent resistance
Amid the ongoing threats against Canadian sovereignty, Canada is an ideal candidate for effective civil defence.The Conversation
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The AOC-Sanders anti-oligarch tour is all about organizing; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/26/not…
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.
Catch me in #CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on Apr 2:
exileinbookville.com/events/44…
And in #BLOOMINGTON on Apr 4:
morgensternbooks.com/event/202…
More tour dates here:
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Authors on Tap: Cory Doctorow and Peter Sagal
Indie bookstore located in the historic Fine Arts Building on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Where books and music meet.exileinbookville.com
🚨🌍 NEW ARTICLE 🌍🚨
We geocoded the #mobility of over 2 million #Erasmus students across #Europe from 2014 to 2022 with @miladmzdh Oula Inkeröinen & Olle Järv. The data descriptor article is published in #ScientificData.
doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-047…
#GIScience #Geospatial #GIS #MobiTwin #OpenData #OpenScience
To support using this data, we have also developed an #EdgeBundling tool to aid in visualising complex origin-destination flow data:
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1453254…
We also provide a ready-made edge-bundled network on NUTS 2 level lead by Oula Inkeröinen:
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1438038…
Edge-bundling tool for regional mobility flow data
Edge-bundling tool for regional mobility flow data This repository hosts the scripts to perform edge-path bundling (Wallinger et al. 2022) for flow data.Zenodo
The full student mobility data and Python scripts used to produce the data are openly available in our #Zenodo:
Read more in our blog post: blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog…
#OpenScience #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #Python #Zenodo
Mobility of Erasmus+ students in Europe: Geolocated individual and aggregate mobility flows from 2014 to 2022
General information This repository holds the spatially enriched Erasmus+ student mobility data from 2014 to 2022. It is based on the official Erasmus+ mobility raw data available from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/erasmus-mobility-raw-data.Zenodo
Schuylkill Co-Generation Plant, with Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
All the pixels, none of the pollution, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/42…
Schuylkill Co-Generation Plant and Arsenal Bridge
12 July 2018, Philadelphia, PA The (partly disused) Schuylkill generating station, across the river from the University of Pennsylvania, as a CSX train passes over the (former) Pennsylvania Railroad's "Arsenal" swing bridge (now welded shut).Flickr
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This was captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens and the Phase One IQ3-100 back. A bit of vertical shift was used to keep everything straight. A 1/2 sec exposure provided just the right amount of motion blur for the passing train.
The power plant generates electricity (now oil fired, converted from coal) as well as steam for Philly's Center City steam loop. The rail bridge extends the former Pennsylvania Railroad's "High Line" into south Philly's Greenwich rail yard.
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I shot several versions of this, with exposures that kept the moving train sharp or blurred it to varying degrees. I think this was the most successful attempt, with the train blurred enough to suggest motion, but not so much that it's unrecognizable.
Depicting motion is sometimes a central part of a still photograph.
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Arguably, given the health and environmental effects of things like power plants, perhaps they *should* be ugly. But ugliness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
In any case, if you like this kind of stuff, let me strongly recommend the work of Hilla and Bernd Becher. fraenkelgallery.com/artists/be…
Bernd & Hilla Becher | Fraenkel Gallery
Bernd and Hilla Becher began photographing together in 1959. Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934-2015) Becher documented architectural forms for over 30 yearsFraenkel Gallery
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#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news theverge.com/news/634130/tesla…
People keep putting fake walls in front of Teslas
Kyle Paul responds to Mark Rober’s fake wall vs. Tesla FSD / Autopilot test with one of his own.Umar Shakir (The Verge)
🚀 The Locus Awards have been celebrating the best in speculative fiction for decades! 🧙♀️ Whether you’re a long-time fan or new to the genre, make your voice heard by voting before April 15! 🌌
poll.voting.locusmag.com/ #LocusAwards #SciFi #Fantasy #SFF #books
NEWS: Democratic lawmakers worked with lawyers for Meta, Musk & other billionaires to sculpt new legislation blocking shareholders & workers from accessing corporate records when trying to hold CEOs legally accountable.
Last night, Dems passed the bill. levernews.com/meta-drags-delaw…
Meta Drags Delaware To The Bottom
Delaware just passed a bill to let executives off the hook across the country — and Meta helped write it.The Lever
My wife and I celebrated our 18th anniversary this month. To celebrate, we decided to support the work that the Eaton Fire Collective is doing to surround #Altadena and #Pasadena with the support and care needed in the wake of the #EatonFire
If you're able, you can do the same at eatonfirecollaborative.org/giv…
The "house hippo" is back!
(Those of us who grew-up with this guy the first time, know all about disinformation and media awareness)
youtube.com/watch?v=6r1L9NtBHR…
#Canada #CanadaStrong #Never51 #Disinformation #antifascism #antifa #ai #cdnpol #househippo
House hippo in the age of AI
When is a house hippo not a house hippo? It’s harder than ever to tell what’s real just by looking at it. But you can find out what’s true. Before you share ...YouTube
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Next office hours on 3/26
The next Spritely office hours will be happening on Wednesday, 3/26 at 2pm EDT. The meeting will be held on Big Blue Button.Spritely Networked Communities Institute
truth is not kind
Not only is this auction raising funds for a great cause, but it's also stuffed to the gills with fantastic goodies for book nerds like me – and maybe you?
32auctions.com/writers4transri…
Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025
Silent auction 'Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025' hosted online at 32auctions.32auctions
"I am currently living in a storm drain homeless with a high tech android phone, 3 electronic vapes, a portable battery and 72-hour European Union Survival Kit"
ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc…
EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises
Today the Commission and High Representative launch the Preparedness Union Strategy to support Member States and enhance Europe's capability to prevent and respond to emerging threats.European Commission - European Commission
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It's hard to imagine, but Obama ran as a populist outsider, buoyed to office by a grassroots organizing campaign that used an incredibly innovative online tool called MyBarackObama.com, which directly connected rank-and-file supporters so they could self-organize, creating an unstoppable force.
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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:
pluralistic.net/2025/03/26/not…
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26 March 1910 | A Pole, Bruno Gierszewski, was born in Chojnice. A cleric.
In #Auschwitz from 29 May 1942.
No. 37266
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Mauthausen and liberated there.
Spike Jonze Creates a New Short Film (aka Commercial) for Apple
openculture.com/2025/03/spike-…
Spike Jonze Creates a New Short Film (aka Commercial) for Apple
With his iconic Super Bowl ad in 1984, Ridley Scott began a tradition of accomplished filmmakers creating advertisements for Apple.OC (Openculture.com)
Here's a fun fact. You don't need to pay for the Twitter API if you know the post you want to retrieve.
The Twitter embedding service provides a fully inflated JSON response. It includes parents to replies, quote posts, links to media, total number of likes, retweets, replies, etc.
Here's an example of someone replying to me:
cdn.syndication.twimg.com/twee…
You need to add a token to the end, but it can be any random string. No other restrictions.
Very useful for archiving.
If you just want an *image* of a Tweet, you can use this URl:
platform.twitter.com/embed/Twe…
Replace the ID at the end with the one you want, and use a screenshot tool to grab the post.
Again, no API key needed. Just raw access to Tweets and their contents.
Anyway. Use this knowledge to remove all the Twitter embeds on your site and replace them with static content.
I've written some helper scripts in Python at github.com/edent/Tweet2Embed
GitHub - edent/Tweet2Embed: Convert a public Tweet into embedded semantic HTML
Convert a public Tweet into embedded semantic HTML - edent/Tweet2EmbedGitHub
rustfoundation (@rustfoundation@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image The Rust Foundation is excited to share that Ferrous Systems has agreed to contribute its Ferrocene Language Specification (FLS) to the Rust Project.Mastodon
You know - i do think that with mostly just one implementation has allowed the language to develop faster so far xD
But that probably can't stay like that forever - idk, do the linux kernel folks use their own compiler?
As long as we dont get into multiple Implementations like gnuRust and IntelRust and OracleRust, we'll be fine
White peacock butterfly (Anartia jatrophae)
Butterfly 2018-35
It is easy to lose our bearings in an upside down world.
We are resilient and we will persevere. #staystrong
#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
After strong reactions from both Greenland and Denmark, the US now scales down the Greenland visit.
Originally, Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha were supposed to see tourist sites and take part in local events, but the program has now been changed to the couple only visiting their own military base in northern Greenland.
“Look darling! Canned food! Isn’t that something?”
— That’s the hospitality you get from acting like complete idiots.
Source (in Danish):
dr.dk/nyheder/udland/vi-er-for…
'Vi er fortsat meget, meget langt fra, at amerikanske tropper marcherer ned til Nuuk'
På trods af de seneste dages geopolitiske drama, ser eksperter ikke optræk til militær magtanvendelse i Grønland.DR
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Butterfly 2019-79
It's time to think about what will be done
Rather than what has happened.
#moveforward
#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia)
Butterfly 2019-16
Change often starts within.
Changing my world involves changing myself.
#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Butterfly 2021-36
Always reach to do better, but know somedays
Going through the motions is still an achievement 🏆
#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2022-29
Turning obstacles into opportunities is the goal.
This seems more daunting on Monday 🤣
#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #monarch #monday #beauty #nature #insect #flower #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
Tattered Wing Butterfly (unknown species)
Butterfly 2018-50
Resilience in adversity is the way forward.
Keep pressing forward despite challenges.
#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
JJ Juergensen
in reply to Matt Blaze • • •Ben
in reply to Matt Blaze • • •James Zimmerman
in reply to Matt Blaze • • •I appreciate the clarity of your explanations.
In this news cycle I've been disturbed at hearing a lot about how phones are "easy" to surveil or crack. Is that true?
Only out of a stubborn desire for privacy I am curious to know if there is any way we can use smartphones and also expect real privacy from basic to advanced prying/spying and cracking techniques?