As Bangladesh gears up for election, a new political player emerges
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/g-s1-55611/bangladesh-student-activists-sheikh-hasina-nahid-islam?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A comment by @Spark reminded me that I created this blacklight Haunter mirror art piece.
The Haunter is made from paper and craft foam painted purple and neon pink.
Using a large photo frame from the thrift store, I sprayed some special paint that turned the glass into a mirror. I also spray-painted the picture frame. (In my bathroom. (Because it was too cold. (Those "Gastly" fumes haunt me.)))
Finally, the drool is hot glue squegged across the front.
It's a good thing I never posted a single piece of content on #Pixelfed and its not going to stop now.
Major post leak issues are not going to help.
Yikes!
Malware found on npm infecting local package with reverse shell
For the first time, RL researchers discover malicious locally-installed npm packages infecting other legitimate packages.ReversingLabs
27 March 1897 | A Polish Jew, Ludwik Brinsztejn, was born in Warsaw. A warehouseman.
In #Auschwitz from 20 November 1941.
No. 22807
He perished in the camp on 12 February 1942.
This is TWO students they have abducted today....
thecrimsonwhite.com/120415/new…
UA student reportedly detained by ICE
This is a breaking news story and will continue to be updated. A UA student was reportedly detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning.The Crimson White
Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam's tradition of making fish sauce
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Why are Micro Center Flash Drives so Slow?
hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-ar…
Why Are Micro Center Flash Drives So Slow?
Every year, USB flash drives get cheaper and hold more data. Unfortunately, they don’t always get faster. The reality is, many USB 3.0 flash drives aren’t noticeably faster than their U…Hackaday
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.Carl Zimmer (The New York Times)
CEOs are freaking out that Trump is doing exactly what he told them he would do if he won. They supported him anyway because, for reasons that look quite stupid in retrospect, they didn't believe him. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/trump-prom...
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fwks5…
Trump Promised Disaster. His S...
Trump Promised Disaster. His Supporters Didn’t Believe Him.
Many assumed Trump was all talk, but his return to power proves he meant every word.Aaron Ross Powell
We need legal observer trainings at universities at scale, yesterday. And we need @aclu.org or a similar org to revive the Mobile Justice app, which let folks upload police misconduct to a remote ACLU server in real time, as the abuse was actually happening
“I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period (April-Sept), the number of airline tickets booked between Canada and the United States is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%.” onemileatatime.com/news/airline...
Airline Demand Between Canada ...
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.Ben Schlappig (One Mile at a Time)
I finally won a game of E.T. (on the 2600) for the first time!
Having read Gruber's lament about being blacklisted (take the win, man), I was disappointed to learn that I am still number 80 on the highest-ranking personal blogs of "Hacker" "News".
But that's a lifetime number. My ranking per year, 2009 through now are: 32, 47, 10, 7, 197, 351, 2034, 2127, -, -, -, -, -, 3255, 2605 and -.
"Let's keep this conversation going!"
Exhibit takes visitors inside the annex where Anne Frank lived
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