Watch out for these toll scams - they're popular lately. Two things:
1) Look at the URL carefully - it's bogus
2) Look at the weird instructions. This is to get around Apple's protections. If you haven't interacted with someone ever before, links won't be clickable.
Quickening slowly
The winter turns brown to green
And green to blooming.
#dailyhaikuprompt (green) #haiku
今度バンスさんに日本について聞いてみよう
日本GD大賞に「ミセス」 洋楽部門はテイラーさん news.livedoor.com/article/deta…
日本GD大賞に「ミセス」 洋楽部門はテイラーさん - ライブドアニュース
日本ゴールドディスク大賞の「アーティスト・オブ・ザ・イヤー」（邦楽部門）に選ばれた「Mrs.GREENAPPLE（ミセス・グリーン・アップル）」の3人2024年にCDや音楽配信などの合計売上額が最も多かったアーティ共同通信 (livedoor News)
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Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates engadget.com/entertainment/mus…
Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates
The streamer published its own transparency report.Sarah Fielding (Engadget)
Doomers, STFU.
I need a break.
I'm with you.
I do not give a fuck if someone knew from the beginning that something was not going to work.
I do not give a fuck if you already know that some legal/political/social action will not work.
I do not give a fuck so please do not tell me.
If you know something that's *better*, please tell me. I'll help spread it.
If there's something that *you're* trying, please tell me, and I'll join you.
And if you're in despair, share that, and we can comfort each other.
@jztusk My standard response to folks saying that a particular approach or tactic is useless (or harmful) is to tell them they are free to join some group using an approach or tactic that they prefer - or maybe organize such a group themselves.
It’s kind of a joke because I strongly suspect that those pearl-clutchers aren’t doing anything whatsoever.
1. Costco is raising its hourly wage for employees to $30.00.
2. One of my students wrote me a really nice email saying she loved the Poe course I taught this quarter.
3. Someone on mastodon didn't give me the benefit of the doubt and then did.
I have just discovered that another team had decided our security architecture team needs to be a gatekeeper for any DB admin SQL executed.
Who are you people?
If I am the DBA, I can run any SQL I want.
What are they smoking?
If you can not trust your DBA, you have bigger problems.
#USBudget #USCongress #Resist #USSenate
This message should go to your Senators regarding the budget #ContinuingResolution. You will need to copy and paste it into the forms on their websites.
The House passed a stop-gap bill Tuesday to fund the government through September and the Senate must vote on it. The House has gone into recess to force the Senate to accept the bill with no changes.
Dear Senator --
For months Republicans have talked about how they were going to fund their legislative priorities, but here we are again, facing another Continuing Resolution.
In your negotiations in the Senate, constantly remind everyone that the Constitution Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 gives the power of the purse to Congress, not the President. The President has no legitimate authority for meddling in the appropriations process.
The Continuing Resolution must include language forbidding the Executive Branch and DOGE from usurping budgetary power from Congress.
Stand firm in your efforts.
I've been rereading Becky Chambers' "Wayfarer" series this past week and the way humans are organized in that series is such a contrast to how they're organized currently in my country.
I wish I could go to there -- and take my friends and loved ones with me. ☹️
Don't worry, Trump & his team are ON IT!
"Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently ID'd in 4 dairy cow herds, nearly year after H5N1 #BirdFlu 1st reported in TX dairy cattle.
..researchers have dreaded finding bc it is assoc w increased mammal-to-mammal transmission & disease severity.
Mutation appeared in 1st human case. “Finding the same mutation in cows is significant,” an infectious disease expert said"
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Study shows widespread bird flu infection in cattle
New research shows the H5N1 bird flu virus is more widespread in cattle than had previously been reported.Susanne Rust (Los Angeles Times)
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Today's example of overthinking occurred when a tradesperson who is working on the house next door was sat in his van outside my house. Illogically, his presence stopped me from charging my phone (the socket is near the window) and from bringing the bins back in. This was because I didn't want him to think that I was spying on him (I wasn't!).
I would say that this made me a prisoner in my own home, but it was more of a case of being imprisoned by my own mind...again 🧠
Fed up of adverts creeping into Windows 11? You won’t like Microsoft’s latest update, then, although it does provide some important bug fixes
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#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #windows #microsoft
Fed up of adverts creeping into Windows 11? You won’t like Microsoft’s latest update, then, although it does provide some important bug fixes
Windows 11 officially gets Game Pass advert in new updateDarren Allan (TechRadar)
EU says its countermeasures to Trump’s tariffs will go into effect on April 1 | AP News
Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing stiff new taxes on U.S products from textiles and water heaters to beef and bourbon. Canada, the largest steel supplier to the U.S., said Wednesday it will place 25% reciprocal tariffs on steel products and also raise taxes on a host of items: tools, computers…
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EU says its countermeasures to Trump’s tariffs will go into effect on April 1 | AP News
Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing stiff new taxes on U.S products from textiles and water heaters to beef a…Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News
Liveblog zur Regierungsbildung: ++ Steinbrück sieht "massiven Problemdruck" ++
Nach Ansicht von Ex-Minister Steinbrück steht Deutschland unter einem massiven Problemdruck. In Bayern lehnen die Freien Wähler in der Landesregierung das Finanzpaket bislang ab - damit steht Bayerns Zustimmung im Bundesrat auf der Kippe.
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Liveblog zur Regierungsbildung: ++ Koalitionsvertrag könnte bis Mitte April stehen ++
Die Union will laut Informationen der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters den Koalitionsvertrag mit der SPD am 14. April unterzeichnen. Führende Sozialdemokraten sind gegen eine einzelne Abstimmung über Sonderausgaben zur Verteidigung.tagesschau.de
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying.ssd.eff.org
4D Chess in Ukraine
A surprise agreement by Ukraine to a ceasefire deal looks like a win for Trump, but that’s probably intentional.open.substack.com
[19:11] High Court approves adoption of boy (13) by his aunt against birth mother’s wishes
A High Court judge has approved the adoption of a 13-year-old boy by his aunt against the wishes of his birth mother.
Mind-blowing.
Department of Justice attorney Liz Oyer was told by Trump’s administration to restore Trump supporter and actor Mel Gibson’s gun rights. She refused to do so because Mel Gibson is convicted of a violent crime, but then she was immediately fired and escorted out of her office building.
Trump’s United States is the new Russia.
youtu.be/A0u0GgcGnRw?si=jmk7XU…
DOJ attorney says she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights
Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer says she was fired after she refused to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights. Oyer says the request came from an official work...YouTube
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[19:03] Senan Molony: Sighs of relief from the White House to Leinster House as Taoiseach earns Trump’s respect in Washington showdown
Phew! Taoiseach Micheál Martin survived a marathon open-mic session at the Oval Office as questions flew like bullets.
Ok, giving up for now. I'll check how long I need the beam to be for the sawmill foundation and then I'll cut it into parts.
It's just too heavy to pull from the soft soil there. Dug over half the yard with the wheels. Broke off the concrete crown with the chain. Even fetched the stone sled from the forest and winched it onto that (actually winched the sled under the beam, because beam don't move). Even with that it won't budge more than a few mm at a time.
#Homestead #Farm #Tractor #Concrete
@davepolaschek Yup, now I gotta decide early if I need 315cm or 510cm long chunks: woodlandmills.eu/hm122-portabl…
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Yeah. I mostly buy lumber in 4 foot (1⅓m) lengths, as my pickup (now sold) only had a 6 foot bed. And most of the time, that’s plenty of length for me. Though I’m working on a chair, and needed a bunch of 30 inch sticks, which is pretty wasteful when things are all cut to 4 foot lengths.
But I’m not rehabbing an old farm, so perhaps your needs are different.
@mcSlibinas Lever bent. 25mm steel rod. But it's not the problem anyways. Friction of 1.1 ton beam on garden soil higher than wheel traction is the problem.
Solution is angle grinder 😀
Regina Folk Festival shuts down after 55 years - Global | Canada (Destiny Meilleur) globalnews.ca/news/11078432/re…
This is sad news. I loved the live music.
#yqr #regina #saskatchewan #music
Regina Folk Festival shuts down after 55 years
After 55 years, the Regina Folk Festival has been shut down. Since 1969, the festival has been a summertime staple in the Queen City.Destiny Meilleur (Global News)
It’s really weird how authoritarians love obeying orders. Hate questioning orders. Or— well *is* it?
Seems like a paradox at first, but I guess it’s not. Not if you really think that some people simply know better than others (or *are* better than others)
It seems so sad to have that view and yet not a hope of ever really being one of the “betters” no matter what you do or learn. how depressing.
i think it makes more sense when you notice that a lot of them talk like they're happy enough to be *the same kind of person* as all the people numbered among the betters
there's a lot of symbolic magical thinking involved
[19:02] Imme en Roosmarijn bij Levi’s in Groningen: ‘Amerikaanse jeans nóg duurder? Dan maar tweedehands’
De verwachting dat Amerikaanse jeans duurder worden door importheffingen wordt met gemor ontvangen in de Groningse binnenstad. „Ik vind het nu al heel duur”, zegt Roosmarijn van der Hilst.
1. Gavin Newsom launched his podcast where he "completely aligned" with far-right activist Charlie Kirk on some transgender issues. Now, members of his party says he's worked behind the scene to kill pro-LGBTQ+ bills in California. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Gavin Newsom pressured behind the scenes to kill pro-LGBTQ+ bills, state lawmakers say
The bombshell revelation from Politico is part of a disturbing trend among some Democrats.s. baum (Erin In The Morning)
iPhone 16e camera review: The Essentials
Our deep dive into the latest single-camera star in the iPhone lineup.Sebastiaan de With (Lux)
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Attached: 1 image Built a new toy: CPU monitor peripheral #rustlangchaos.social
[19:18] Oscarwinnaar Walter Salles: ‘Onder Bolsonaro werd 4 jaar lang geen interessante speelfilm gemaakt in Brazilië’
Walter Salles, regisseur I’m Still Here won de Oscar voor beste internationale film. Het is de kroon op het werk van regisseur, miljardair en autoracer Walter Salles, die met de film voor de tweede keer een renaissance van de Braziliaanse film inleidt.
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#WalterSalles #I’m #Oscar #tweede
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[19:11] When Martin met Trump - 5 takeaways from their meeting
Everything from the Apple Tax case to his Doonbeg resort and beyond were raised in Donald Trump's meeting with Taoiseach Micheal Martin this afternoon. Here are five takeaways from the meeting.
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#Apple #DonaldTrump's #MichealMartin #thisafternoon #five
When Martin met Trump - 5 takeaways from their meeting
Everything from the Apple Tax case to his Doonbeg resort and beyond were raised in Donald Trump's meeting with Taoiseach Micheal Martin this afternoon. Here are five takeaways from the meeting.Jackie Fox (RTÉ)
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in reply to Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons • • •And of course besides other signs, there is the classic scam tactic of making it seem urgent; in this case at threat of unspecified "legal action".
It's not going to be true in every case, of course; but far more often than not, the more urgent a message (or other communications) makes something seem, the more likely that message is to be a scam.