US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the work of federal seismologists and engineers.The Conversation
Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership
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"Hey, this is a very precarious situation we're in."
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The harrowing story of what flying Starliner was like when its thrusters failed
“Hey, this is a very precarious situation we’re in.”…Eric Berger (Ars Technica)
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I have no idea what's going on here but I'm very curious.
Ginger on Steam
Kevin wants to know what home is, so he writes a novella within a dictionary. Welcome to the unbeatable home.store.steampowered.com
It's a decent e-reader, but it offers too few benefits for too many drawbacks.
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For regular books, Amazon’s $280 Kindle Colorsoft falls short of the Paperwhite
It’s a decent e-reader, but it offers too few benefits for too many drawbacks.Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)
I just came here for the comments which didn't disappoint like the fascism-supporting #Bezos/#Amazon did. 👍
Defund all despots and autocrats by boycotting them.
Adieu WhatsApp. Retrouvons nous sur Signal.
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The bird is out of the bag! We're introducing Thunderbird Pro (you already know Appointment!), a set of productivity AND privacy boosting services. And that includes...*drum roll*...an email service we're calling Thundermail. Find all the info in this excellent article:
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
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Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service
"Thundermail" will be part of a suite of Thunderbird Pro services, as the team behind the venerable Mozilla email client begins building a complete ecosystem.Forbes
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What does the legendary Lea Salonga — currently starring in Broadway's Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends — do on her one day off? She presents me with the Gary Miller Award at the New York City Gay Men's Chorus' 25th Silver Anniversary Gala!
A heartfelt thank you to NYC Gay Men's Chorus for an unforgettable evening, and to Lea, break a leg as you continue to shine in your latest Broadway triumph.
'Absolute Madness': Trump's Aluminum Tariffs Hit GPUs, Desktop Cases
PC vendors say they thought the 25% tariff was on raw aluminum and steel, not finished products. Unfortunately, the policy also targets aluminum 'derivative' products.Michael Kan (PCMag)
The Great Gatsby: A Free Audio Book
Have a listen. The novel turns 100 this month.
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The Great Gatsby: A Free Audio Book
April 10th will mark the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel, The Great Gatsby. As A.O. Scott notes in a recent tribute, when first published, The Great Gatsby got off to a slow start. Initially, 'Reviewers shrugged.OC (Openculture.com)
Player has a very specific taste in characters
#DnD #Dndmemes #funny #TTRPG #TTRPGMemes #DungeonsandDragons
The image is a meme divided into two parts. The top part shows a control panel with two buttons. The left button is red and labeled "Play a frog for the third time," while the right button is blue and labeled "Play a character that fits the party and has a unique backstory." A hand is pointing towards the blue button. The bottom part of the image features a character from a movie, wearing a red jacket and goggles, with a wide smile, and the text "My player" is overlaid on the image. The character is driving a vehicle, suggesting excitement or enthusiasm.
...the image is haunted by the ghost of a very polite Victorian gentleman.
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What do I expect from a system that let me collapse on the ER floor before nurses had the time to check my O2 despite being sent there immediately by a very concerned walk-in doctor.
That was a decade ago, hear it's not gotten better.
#PPOD: Super Typhoon Trami was the twenty-fourth tropical storm and the tenth typhoon of 2018's annual storm season in the western Pacific. Wind speeds peaked at 260 km/h, the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane on NOAA's scale. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captured the eye of the massive storm from the International Space Station. Credit: ESA/Alexander Gerst
"I did."
"Anything stolen?"
"Just some food."
"Anything else?"
"She messed up the furniture."
"She?"
"Blonde girl. Jumped out the window."
The Everlasting Hunt For The Loch Ness Monster
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The Everlasting Hunt For The Loch Ness Monster
When a Loch Ness Monster story appears at the start of April, it pays to check the date on the article just to avoid red faces. But there should be no hoax with this one published on the last day o…Hackaday
1 April 1911 | Czech Jewish woman, Edita Lagusová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944. She did not survive.
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Alexa+ Takes a Page From Apple Intelligence With Staggered AI Rollout
Amazon's upgraded voice assistant is limited to newer Echo devices at launch and can only do a few specific things, like call for an Uber.Emily Forlini (PCMag)
Google's generative AI is not ready to serve as your virtual assistant.
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Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant
Google’s generative AI is not ready to serve as your virtual assistant.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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#hugops for vibe coders | Fastly
What happens when a vibe coder gets hacked? Learn how to create secure and scalable applications, while fostering a supportive community for both new and experienced developers.Fastly
I'll admit to taking a quite dismal view of using the same language to dismantle gatekeeping as to validate vibe-coding scams.
I don't believe we gain anything by pretending that complexity doesn't exist when we reach out to beginners — rather, I posit that helping beginners navigate and understand that complexity is much more effective at dismantling institutional gatekeeping.
If it's interesting, I wrote a bit more on that over at:
Badger Badger Badger | 1 Hour | Weebl
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ah when the internet was fun and not just a portal to the daily horrors
The Queen's Retinue, Sandara Tang
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#art #artwork #character #characterart #TTRPG #ttrpgart #dnd #dndart #digitalart
The image depicts a fantastical scene set in a misty, cavernous environment. At the center stands a figure in a flowing, green gown with large, leaf-like wings, holding a glowing green staff. This figure is surrounded by various creatures, including humanoid beings with animalistic features, such as fur and horns, and wolves. The creatures are adorned with armor and carry weapons, suggesting a sense of guardianship or protection. In the background, large, shadowy faces loom, adding to the mystical atmosphere. The color palette is dominated by shades of green and blue, enhancing the ethereal quality of the scene. The overall composition is rich with detail, blending elements of fantasy and nature.
...a time traveler from Ancient Rome is just out of frame, taking notes.
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The first V5 box proofs are in!
The real ones will be on brown craft paper (with a printed white background in certain areas) and the foam insert will be a cooler shape, but that's exactly why we do these.
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Someone asked how much these cost to make on the other place, so prepare to laugh: ~$1.40 each at MOQ 1000.
idk if I got some deal because I've worked with them before, but yeah Zhibang Packaging does insanely good work and are great to deal with.
www.zhibangpackaging.com
Travel Guide for the Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand - New Zealand Purple Travel Guide
Rotorua is famous for its geysers, bubbling mud pools, and hot thermal springs and for Hobbiton, where the Lord of the Rings movies were filmed, Our detailed itinerary shows you the best things to see in the Rotorua area and has lots of photos which…Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
We all knew it was coming: I finally built myself a #cyberdeck. 
It is basically just a 3D-printed case that holds my phone and a few essential electronics. It is going to be really useful at events.
#cyberpunk #3dprinting #diy #3dprinting
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Cyberdeck
I finally created my first "cyberdeck". It is basically just a 3D-printed case that holds my phone and a few essential electronics. It is going to be really useful at events.Glow (glow.li)
"I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit."
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Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles
“I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit.”…Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)
:goose_honk: mama STILL nesting 😲⏰️⏰️⏰️⏰️⏰️🤔
⚡️The new internet/wifi hub arrives today or tomorrow, and hopefully, I'll be back posting bad pics from my walkabout soon 🤞😜😂
RK3588 - Adventures with an external GPU through PCIE Gen3 x4 (Radxa Rock-5b)
One of the interesting features of the RK3588 is the pcie controller because of it support for a Gen3 X4 link. I'd started looking into usin...jas-hacks.blogspot.com
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New priorities for the GIMP team in April 2025 - so-called “obscure” image formats
*Well, that's science writing, but it's not "popular science writing" and it's not a scientific paper, either.
*Kind of confessional science-diaristic writing with a look-at-me fanfic flavor, maybe, sorta
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Numerical Free Physics Intuition: Is It Faster to Fall Through the Earth or Orbit to the Other Side?
Figure 1: The Shuttle Radar Topology Mission, a collaboration between the DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, www.dlr.de), ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, www.asi.it/) and NASA, used…Selena Routley (The Quantastic Journal)
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