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This Australian sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus) warns us to avoid approaching her nest too closely. Melbourne, Australia.
Would you say they are more bity than Camponotus pennsylvanicus?
Those mandibles do look a bit sharper.
Greenpeace verdict is ‘weaponization of legal system’, advocacy groups say
Campaigners condemn North Dakota jury’s ruling as Greenpeace must pay Energy Transfer at least $660mMarina Dunbar (The Guardian)
There's a big difference between the currently hyped AI (LLMs are mostly huge sunk costs in search of a revenue-generating application) and this sort of AI: this gets performance tested, and hard, against the data (and the existing software) and it has to show it doesn't hallucinate.
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AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported
Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systemsRachel Hall (The Guardian)
Russia names former FSB officer behind Ukraine invasion to lead peace talks
Terms of proposed ceasefire remain unclear as Moscow launches airstrikes and Kyiv hits Russian airbasePjotr Sauer (The Guardian)
Thousands protest in Israel over ‘attack on democracy’ by Netanyahu
Protesters accuse PM of continuing Gaza war for political reasons and ignoring plight of hostages still held by HamasJason Burke (The Guardian)
OpenAI.fm
An interactive demo for developers to try the new text-to-speech model in the OpenAI APIwww.openai.fm
AI is taking over your favorite fast food restaurants as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC team up with Nvidia - 500 locations by the end of 2025
Hate AI? This might be your new weight-loss hack
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#news #tech #technology #AI #nvidia #fastfood #business #economy
West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel's military fear they'll never go home again
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/g-s1-54280/west-bank-displaced-palestinians-israel-idf-military?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The relevant personal risk assessment being “is it worth potentially getting disappeared by a fascist regime for attending a Python conference?”
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@hpk@chaos.social thank you for the suggestion. We have been receiving similar questions through other channels and have developed a refund policy for international attendees to help our community plan for PyCon US 2025 more confidently.Fosstodon
Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) - Queen of Swords Press | DriveThruFiction.com
Outlaws. Lovers. Heroes. Villains. With their peg legs, their parrots and the skull and crossbones flying from the mastwww.drivethrufiction.com
He likes to sun himself on the very warm coffee machine too.
Anything warm, "yes please". Here he's got double happiness, from strong morning light and magic bean juice extractor heat.
He is a Chestnut eared aracari named Steve.
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Shit. I forgot it was you that made that. I've been meaning to make one.
My wife does casting and painting things, she has a ram skull mold that I could piss around with to save drilling things for an ESP32 and LEDs.
@mihobu @roguefoam If you want to build your own, the info is here:
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Internet of Skull
Sometimes projects are born from ideas that sprout and keep growing until you pluck them out and do something with them. A friend mine calls these brain weeds. Other times, projects are born out of need.mle-online.com
'Dark Elf' by Sungryun Park
Source: artstation.com/artwork/x9JVr
#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart #dndart
The image depicts a fantasy character, likely an elf, standing against a plain gray background. The character is dressed in dark, layered armor with a high collar and intricate detailing, including straps and buckles. The armor appears to be made of leather or a similar material, with a mix of dark brown and black tones. The character's long, silver hair cascades down their back, and they have pointed ears, a common trait of elves in fantasy lore. They are holding a curved sword in their right hand, which is sheathed and extends downward. The character's stance is confident and poised, with a serious expression on their face. The overall color palette is dark and muted, with the character's pale skin and silver hair providing contrast.
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Why There Isn’t a Bridge from Italy to Sicily – And Why the 2,000-Year-Old Dream of Building the Bridge May Soon Be Realized
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Why There Isn’t a Bridge from Italy to Sicily – And Why the 2,000-Year-Old Dream of Building the Bridge May Soon Be Realized
We've all heard of the great American road trip. If you've ever dreamt of taking a great Italian road trip, you've surely come across this inevitable hitch in the plan: you can't drive to Sicily.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
The guy enacting a coup, using projection and deflection to blame judges upholding the law. Some people are beyond hope.
This will end in catastrophe for everyone, including him and, unfortunately, countless innocent people.
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LG’s NFT marketplace for TVs is shutting down https://www.theverge.com/news/633272/lg-art-lab-nft-marketplace-shutdownMastodon
There's something of a @DoESLiverpool takeover of the @oshwassociation Show and Tell this month - I'm going to be on talking about @MCQN_Ltd's My Bike's Got LED boards and @huffeec and @Snoof will be repping their company STEAM Engineers too!
Tune in at 5pm GMT youtube.com/watch?v=LwPf12toLq…
Show & Tell Monthly: March 2025
Check out three newly certified open source projects and hear their stories from their creators!YouTube
If The Phantom Menace turns out to have had an incisive and topical plot, I'm going to be pissed
Help me run There U Glow, my annual radical femme & queer founded and fronted electronics camp? 😘
A bit of where the fun funds go:
- More potent solar power system⚡🤤
- Projecting video showing over 100 femme/queer engineers on the wall of our space on a raspberry pi running VLC ✨
- USB-C soldering irons & tools
- Opensource die-cut educational PCB art badge (that I'm learning KiCad 9 doing!)
- Swaaag 😎
www.thereuglow.club
You in?
(Direct $ apps in 🧵below)
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Donate to There U Glow Radical Educational Electronics Camp Fundraiser, organized by Claire Cassidy
There U Glow is back this year babes! The more help we get fr… Claire Cassidy needs your support for There U Glow Radical Educational Electronics Camp Fundraisergofundme.com
so... you can just pour some goo-gone or acetone or whatever on a cybertruck and it will just come apart?
youtube.com/watch?v=3WldSl3HGr…
Cybertruck Stainless Panels are falling off in Freezing Temperatures- THIS needs to be fixed
There has been a huge issue I have been noticing not only with my own Cybertruck in the cold but also tons of other owners and my customers Cybertrucks that ...YouTube
ah, so that's what the whole-fleet recall is about. They used glue tape.
Here for the acetone/d-limonene combo tho
Criminals are using a virtual hard disk image file to host and distribute dangerous malware
Newly discovered phishing campaign utilizes a unique file type to spread
techradar.com/pro/security/cri…
#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #malware #phising #vulnerability
Discord looks for more ways to make money ahead of expected IPO.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
Putin's calendar yesterday:
Afternoon: Agreeing to a Ukraine peace agreement in a phone meeting with Trump.
Midnight: Sending 200 drones to bomb civilians in Ukraine.
This is exactly what Zelensky said would happen when he was at White House. It was precisely this betrayal of agreements is that Zelensky pointed out that got Vance angry. Russia can't be trusted to uphold the deals they make so any deal-making without real deterrence is pointless.
It's good that Ukraine will supposedly get real air defense out of the deal and it's good that Trump is yet again humiliated, but what a clusterfuck...
Part 3 of my Intro to #Zephyr series is out 🎥 🎥 🎥 I show how to use Kconfig to enable software components and how to create your own Kconfig symbols. Check out the full video!
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#IoT #embedded #esp32 #microcontroller @zephyr
Introduction to Zephyr Part 3: Kconfig Tutorial | DigiKey
Configuring embedded systems can feel overwhelming, especially when dealing with complex frameworks like Zephyr. In this video, we’ll break down the fundamen...YouTube
Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention
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Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen as DOGE steamrolls the national security sector. “This is the government getting out of the terrorism business,” said one grant recipient.
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#News #Terrorism #Security #Government #Trump #DOGE #USPolitics
Good day to call your representative to opppose HB 899 terminating the Dept of Ed
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The Dire Consequences For A Society With No Department of Education | Revolving Door Project
With rumors growing that Trump plans to sign an executive order which would effectively dismantle the Department of Education, this factsheet highlights the likely deleterious effects for millions of students across the country.Christopher Lewis (Revolving Door Project)
Character.AI takes down bots bearing likeness of boy at center of lawsuit.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2831342
💡 Designed by ValeriaMomo
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Now there is no longer any magic or witchcraft in the world, for the Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses are kept under lock and key.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic #witch #witchcraft @germany @folklore
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#Gnome #Flatpak #Linux
We are the Borg
English version of the Borg transmission from the movie Star Trek VIII First ContactYouTube
Tune in to our stream for more!
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I Wish I Was A Car - Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy
Obscure 50's pop, written by David Seville, creator of Alvin and the ChipmunksYouTube
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In the 80s, I made a headlamp for caving. I don't remember if I actually used it. But I did go caving with some headlight. Maybe the experienced cavers made me use a reliable one.😅
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