Google made itself indispensable. Even competitors depend upon it for survival. Like the parasite taking over the tongue of fish
Mozilla tells DoJ that it would crash if Google cannot make payments to browser developers for preferential search placement news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/…
Mozilla Warns DOJ's Google Remedies Risk 'Death of Open Web' - Slashdot
Mozilla has warned that the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed remedies in its antitrust case against Google would harm independent browsers and reduce competition in the browser market.news.slashdot.org
Trust me, slapstick goblins while the Yakity Sax is playing is an experience you will never forget
#DnD #Dndmemes #funny #TTRPG #TTRPGMemes #DungeonsandDragons
#meme #memes #dogs #doge #pizza #dadjokes #lol #funny
FunHouse Radio
Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.FunHouse Radio
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The Capacitor Plague of the Early 2000s
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The Capacitor Plague Of The Early 2000s
Somewhere between the period of 1999 and 2007 a plague swept through the world, devastating lives and businesses. Identified by a scourge of electrolytic capacitors violently exploding or splurging…Hackaday
Openvibe is here to stay! 🚀
We’re ready to supercharge our mission - bring people to the Open Social Web and make the switch effortless. 🔥
techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/auto…
Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that's unifying the open social web | TechCrunch
Openvibe's clever app that integrates multiple open social networks, including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads, just got a boost toward its futureSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
US appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator reuters.com/world/us/us-appeal…
Good news today!
Tensions mount as DOJ gives sworn response to judge's questions about deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331986/deportation-flight-tren-de-aragua-justice-department-boasberg?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Just keep calling out the horseshit and hypocrisy that is the GOP...
Playboi Carti, a rap superstar who's never acted like one
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5328698/playboi-carti-music-review?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Music @music-npr
"Premier Danielle Smith visited the University of Alberta Faculty of Law today. 👀
Lawyers and future lawyers know that Bill 26 and the UCP’s anti-trans bills are regressive, unconstitutional, and just plain wrong. And they had a message for her today. 👏"
- Janice Irwin, MLA
#abpoli #cdnpoli #transrightsarehumanrights #TransRights
Trump and Putin agree to start talks for a ceasefire in Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331887/trump-putin-ukraine-call?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and even scented.
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#history #archaeology #greece #rome #statues
Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even scented.Sarah Hucal (Deutsche Welle)
I also hate floating shelves that sag.
My utility room had both and now I have a filling job before putting up proper shelves with supports into solid brick at both ends.
#diy
The spending bill fight split Democrats. 2 strategists offer takes on party's future
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330876/democrats-trump-divided-voters?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A 14-year-old is in the National Women's Soccer League. What protections does she have?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330868/mckenna-mak-whitham-youngest-athlete-nwsl-protections-soccer?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New Privacy Guides article 🔐✨
by me:
If you want to keep your password manager local-only, KeePassXC is a great solution!
It's free,
Open-source,
Easy to install and use,
Doesn't require an account,
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
And the team is here! 👉@keepassxc
Here's how to set it up with a YubiKey: privacyguides.org/articles/202…
#PrivacyGuides #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #PasswordManager #Passwords #FOSS
KeePassXC + YubiKey: How to set up a local-only password manager
This tutorial demonstrates how to install the local-only password manager KeePassXC and secure a password database with YubiKey.Privacy Guides
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Does the U.S. deserve the Statue of Liberty? Not anymore, one French politician says
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332084/statue-of-liberty-france-return?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
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Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.
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#News #Trump #Immigration #ICE #Migrants #Immigrants #Detention #History
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Stone House (with Couch), Harvard, CA, 2010.
All the pixels, cozy and perfect for weekend getaways, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/46…
Stone House (Harvard, California)
15 May 2010. Near Harvard, CA (Mojave Desert). Nikkor 24mm/3.5 PC-E lens (@ f/9), Nikon D3x camera (@ ISO 100). No emulsions were harmed in the making of this image. 1574Flickr
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I drove through that area last week and I remembered your photo, I thought I spotted the building about 200 yards off to the side of I-15 not far from the Harvard Road exit.
His stick is better than bacon! This Star Wars action figure model was crafted by @Playactiontoys, and I was 3D printing it live on twitch.tv/MakerDeck yesterday.
#starwars #3dprinting #moss #mosstodon #pnw #nature #naturephotography #seattle #tree #toys #photo #photography
Another quotable snippet of clarity from @pluralistic :
》 The role of this "human in the loop" isn't to prevent errors. That human's is there to be blamed for errors.
In re the "reverse centaur" AI sales pitch:
"The role of this 'human in the loop' isn't to prevent errors. That [human] is there to be blamed for errors … The human is there to be a 'moral crumple zone' … The human is there to be an 'accountability sink'" . — @pluralistic
Ho shit, illegal abduction, detention, interogation, are coming in the US, way less fun than bread DRM @pluralistic
chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati…
Suburban Chicago family pleads for ICE to release dad, a local business owner
Abel Orozco Ortega was among 22 people from the Chicago area whose arrests by federal immigration agents violate a federal settlement, according to attorneys with the National Immigrant Justice Center and ACLU of Illinois.Elvia Malagón (Chicago Sun-Times)
The role of this "human in the loop" isn't to prevent errors. That human's is there to be *blamed* for errors
The human is there to be a "moral crumple zone"
The human is there to be an "accountability sink"
- @pluralistic
#Enshitification #AISlop #USPolitics
pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asb…
This is good. Very good. Worth reading.
thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/…
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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.www.thecrimson.com
I’m not a fan of Harvard as an institution. Certain •people• at Harvard, yes, for sure. The institution, as a public institution, serving the systemic purpose it serves in practice? Eh.
BUT…if there’s any good at all in having a school position itself as a luxury brand that kisses the feet of the ultra-ultra-wealthy so that it may itself may accumulate the wealth and power of a small nation-state, it’s in having a school so self-sufficient and so independent that it can, in times of crisis, take a stand for what’s right and absorb the damage of being a leader.
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Or, as The Crimson puts it:
❝Harvard’s failure to speak out discourages other, more vulnerable universities from taking action, which undermines our collective defenses. If Columbia or another university confronts the administration on its own, it will lose. If America’s nearly 6,000 universities and colleges launch a campaign in defense of higher education, odds are that Trump will lose.
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Someone must lead this collective effort. And if Harvard and other leading universities remain in their protective shells, there is a good chance that no one will.❞
They go on to make a strong argument about ceding the public battle via silence. (They say “debate” instead of “battle,” which puts them ~5 months behind events, but I imagine they’re speaking the language they can stomach and that their audience can hear. We meet people where they’re at.)
Worth a read.
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thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/…
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.www.thecrimson.com
That’s well said. And furthermore, unlike even most wealthy private colleges, they don’t actually strictly need tuition or donors •at all•. They could trim some of their expensive growth plays and basically exist forever on their endowment and nothing else until the collapse of civilization.
Putting it more succinctly:
What is Harvard •for•, if not total institutional independence?
What moment calls for exercising that independence, if not this one?
They also did this, recently;
theguardian.com/education/2025…
Harvard offers free tuition to students from families earning under $200,000
Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to ‘more students than ever’Marina Dunbar (The Guardian)
Fair fair, and sorry that you hit my little tripwire! And it really •is• a good thing that they provide financial aid to the people who get it, don’t get me wrong. It’s just a thing that pushes one of my buttons, given the history and context.
Harvards is probably worried about the Trump regime’s proposal to tax university endowments.
Someone said it’s an investment company with a university attached. Their endowment is mindblowing.
I’m really proud of Berkeley for speaking up.
Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd
By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a specific location.The Conversation
18 March 1898 | A German Jewish woman, Edith Müller, was born in Berlin. She lived in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 30 October 1943 in a transport of 1000 Jews from Drancy. She did not survive.
A police officer investigates her own sister's disappearance in 'Long Bright River'
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331883/long-bright-river-review-liz-moore-amanda-seyfried?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple Loses Appeal Against German Regulatory Controls
Apple on Tuesday lost its appeal in Germany's Federal Court of Justice against a regulatory assessment that subjects the company to heightened...Tim Hardwick (MacRumors.com)
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