NIH investigating agency-funded research into mRNA vaccine technology
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325863/nih-investigating-agency-funded-research-into-mrna-vaccine-technology?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Health @health-npr

Mission launches to retrieve 2 astronauts from the ISS
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5323878/mission-launches-to-retrieve-2-astronauts-from-the-iss?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Space @space-npr

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I feel badly for whoever only watches the super-censored Youtube version of my interview with #JessieGender ...because I have to cut my heinous female nipples out of frame to keep the capitalist patriarchy happy, they wont get to see my cute kitty Ophelia!

They'll have to instead go to my website to watch the "real" (patriarchy-unapproved) version ;p toplesstopics.org

Topless Topics – De-stigmatizing female nudity, one video at a time.

^{www.toplesstopics.org}

New COVID vaccine in the works that targets less-mutable parts of the virus, covering all existing variants of the virus and possibly giving us techniques that outpace viral evolution.

Promising, promising....

science.org/doi/10.1126/scitra…

Canada's threat to hike electricity prices highlights U.S. reliance on imported power
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325859/canadas-threat-to-hike-electricity-prices-highlights-u-s-reliance-on-imported-power?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Things Considered @all-things-considered-npr

A little-known law is in the spotlight: What to know about the Privacy Act of 1974
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5323779/a-little-known-law-is-in-the-spotlight-what-to-know-about-the-privacy-act-of-1974?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Things Considered @all-things-considered-npr

The latest on the Trump administration's Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5324679/the-latest-on-the-trump-administrations-ukraine-russia-ceasefire-proposal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World News @world-news-npr

another world is possible

#leftymemes #meme

Took down the mast that was holding up one end of my end fed today. These are the clamps that clamped the mast to a steel fence post. They securely held it up for many years and I highly recommend them. I don't remember where I got them, but it was some company that sells TV antenna masts and associated hardware.

I just cleaned all the spider webs, dirt, and dead insects out of them and wiped them down with WD-40. Now they're ready to go again at the new home.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

John Mulaney brings an 'anti-talk show' approach to his new Netflix program
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5324632/john-mulaney-brings-an-anti-talk-show-approach-to-his-new-netflix-program?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Television @television-npr

#Musk Seeks to Put $100M Directly Into #Trump *Political Operation*

#ElonMusk has signaled he wants to make donations not just to his own #superPAC, …but to an outside entity.

It is unheard-of for a WH staffer, even one w/*part-time* status, to make such large contributions to support the agenda of the boss. But there has never been someone in the direct employ of an admin like Musk, the world’s richest person, who is leading Trump’s #DOGE.

#law #democracy #oligarchy
nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/poli…

Elon Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Into Trump Political Operation

Elon Musk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own super PAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on President Trump in the past, but to an outside entity.

^{Theodore Schleifer (The New York Times)}

A radical proposal: put the EU's counter-tariffs on US social media apps

Rather than imposing broad tariffs, the EU should curb harmful social media via strict regulations, preserving beneficial imports while protecting mental health, democracy, and overall well-being.

(archive.ph/PQnTk)

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-worl…

A radical proposal: put the EU's counter-tariffs on US social media apps

Social media is strongly negatively related to mental health, to inefficient time use, weakened family relations, depressing comparisons with others, a weakening of democracy and for less tax revenue.

^EUobserver

My cat has invented a game where he hides under the bed and I shake his crinkly snake on a stick toy. He waits until I'm not paying attention then explodes out from a different piece of the bed to grab the snake. Having raised my blood pressure and vanquished the snake, he trots back under the bed. Repeat until the cat is done.

To start the game, he brings the snake on a stick to me, drops it at my feet, and howls. I have been well trained.

#CatsOfMastodon

Pokemon Go sale to a Saudi Arabian company owned by govt comes with six separate corporate announcement blogs, not one of them directly addressing what happens to 100 million people's location data, AR mapping capabilities, or the AI maps they have been training:

404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-…

Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data

A company founded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund just bought the most popular AR video game of all time.

^{Jason Koebler (404 Media)}

Northvolt Québec plant’s future is unsure as their North American operations are solvent and the parent filed for bankruptcy in Sweden 🇸🇪

thecanadianpressnews.ca/busine…
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L’avenir de l’usine Northvolt au Québec est incertain tandis que leurs opérations nord-américaines sont solubles et que la société mère a entamé des procédures de faillite en Suède 🇸🇪

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2…

#Northvolt #Québec #Sweden #Suède

Northvolt déclare faillite en Suède, mais pas en Amérique du Nord

Le fabricant de cellules de batteries Northvolt a annoncé mercredi avoir déposé une déclaration de faillite en Suède, mais pour l'heure, sa filiale de l'Amérique du Nord « demeure solvable ».

^Radio-Canada

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Beadwork! Right shoulder is done!

Every bead was hand stitched.

I decided that simplicity in the bugle beads is best to show off the leaves. Was also closer to what I've seen on period garments for this style.

Some parts I pulled out 4 times to get right.

#BeadWork #Sewing #embroidery

I’ve been experimenting with classic flowerpot shapes, like these, inspired by Roman vases. They make a great base for painting or decorating with mosaic tiles for a personalized touch. With heights from 100 to 300 mm and diameters from 175 to 400 mm, there’s bound to be one that fits your printer!

Check it out: printables.com/model/746685

#3DPrinting #FlowerPot

My personal stance on (generative) AI is rather simple: I do not want it.

I am a creative person who like to create, build and design, AI feels like a salesman selling me my own work, no thank youuu

One of the very few exceptions would be for alt-text generation but even then it has to fulfill a whole checklist

Let's keep the social in social media! 🤖

[22:15] Moet Donar het ergste vrezen voor bekerweekend in Den Haag? ‘Veel te druk met de verkeerde dingen’

De derde nederlaag op rij voor de basketballers van Donar, deze keer tegen rivaal ZZ Leiden (65-74), leidde tot een hoop frustratie bij coach Jason Dourisseau.

dvhn.nl/sport/Sombere-tijden-v…

#derde #Donar #ZZLeiden #65_74 #JasonDourisseau

Moet Donar het ergste vrezen voor bekerweekend in Den Haag? ‘Veel te druk met de verkeerde dingen’

^{William Pomp (Dagblad van het Noorden)}

I'm on my way to Berlin for @hackaday Europe. Who else is gonna be there???

On Friday from 6pm I'll be hosting the Bring a Hack pre-event party at Jockel Biergarten, just ten minutes walk from the venue.

Bring a project to show, stickers to swap, or just bring yourself 💖

FYI Canada: This would be an *exceptionally* good time to do something like this with infosec employees

flipboard.com/@globeandmail/ca…

If nothing else I suspect your government could leapfrog up several rungs in the nation-state infosec rankings instantly just by doing targeted hiring from the reported mass firings of queer employees of letter agencies

B.C. looks to attract U.S. doctors and nurses with pitch to fast-track credentials and planned recruitment campaign

British Columbia is hoping to attract doctors and nurses from the United States with its plans to fast-track the recognition of their credentials and launch a recruitment campaign.

^{The Globe and Mail - Kristy Kirkup}