Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal
UK leader says Russia cannot veto how Ukraine defends itself as western military officials meet to draft security plansKiran Stacey (The Guardian)
Even as evidence emerges of potentially grave errors in their vetting process, the Trump admin appears ready to argue -they can use the Alien Enemies Act to enter the home of any person they allege is a member of Tren de Aragua, W/O A WARRANT.
Experts say such an interpretation would infringe on basic civil liberties -raise the potential for misuse. Warrantless entries: some precedent in wartime history -not in peacetime.
#DueProcess #Lawless #Trump #Immigrants #USPol
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Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants
It remains unclear whether the Trump administration will apply the law in this way. But such an interpretation, experts say, would infringe on basic civil liberties.Devlin Barrett (The New York Times)
Claude can now search the web
Claude 3.7 Sonnet on the paid plan now has a web search tool that can be turned on as a global setting. This was sorely needed. ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok …Simon Willison’s Weblog
Trump suspends $175 million in funding to University of Pennsylvania over trans athletes
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5333675/university-pennsylvania-upenn-trump-suspends-funding-trans-student-athletes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-npr
Had two CDC drives similar to that, connected to a DEC Vax 11/750 at my first job.
You could measure how heavily used the Vax was by how long it took the empty cannister to vibrate itself off the top of the drive and onto the floor due to the heads shuddering back and forth. 7 days = light load, 1 day = busy
Spanish parliament vote on cutting food waste will end ban on wolf hunting
Amendment to bill brought by coalition of parties says wolves add to food waste due to remains of livestock they killStephen Burgen (The Guardian)
I've been pushing my fundraiser, but I wanna share the incredible supplies we've been given already.
From: @alpenglow, @sjpiper145 and @clomads . Also tools from @flashingjanet (who's made LED outfits for Gaga and Daft Punk, among other things).
Legends. Look them up.
Notice these are all women & queers, who did this *without me asking*, taking immense labor off of me.
Of course. I'm unsurprised, joyful, but I often cry about the complexity.
More requests ⬇️
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We could use:
- Addressable LED strips, including bullets, pebbles, whatever as long as it's addressable.
- More soldering kits, always.
- Tools like those pictured in medium to nice condition.
Exciting community stuff ✨
- Want There U Glow to come to your tech conference? We're branching out. DM me.
- We want connection to sponsors for PCB production, components, off-grid portable power, other great kits, sticker and swag production, beginner lockpicking supplies. Because we gettin big!
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In case you missed this basic info:
✨ To contribute ✨
To subvert GoFundMe fees:
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Donate to There U Glow Radical Educational Electronics Camp Fundraiser, organized by Claire Cassidy
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I’ll repeat — if the goal ISN’T to specifically and deliberately weaken and isolate the United States as quickly as possible, how would a plan to do that look any different than what they are doing?
Every Tesla is a surveillance device. This is worth knowing regardless of whether you plan to engage in protest activity.
This chart shows the locations and ranges of the cameras, presuming they have an unobstructed view.
Fashion tips for preserving your privacy around Teslas:
Fashion Tips for the Brave
Nowadays, entirely apart from the question of whether you’re engaging in illegal activity, it can be important to protect your privacy while participating in public protests. Local and federal law ...CrimethInc.
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A welcome dose of optimism, via @jlpiraux:
❝Either way, this shows that Musk isn’t really the wealthiest man on the planet. A single dose of optimistic reality and his entire empire comes crumbling down. The emperor has no clothes. Do you see why he is distracting you? Why he looks so frantic? Musk is terrified of reality because it means the end for him.❞ wallonie-bruxelles.social/@jlp…
Jean-Louis Piraux (@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social)
#MustRead This Is How Tesla Will Die #Tesla #teslatakedown https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/this-is-how-tesla-will-dieMastodon
Tucked in that optimistic article, though, is this humdinger of pessimism:
❝Some investors see Musk as a point of control, not a point of profit, so they are happy to back him even if it loses them huge piles of money.❞
It’s low key, but when you think through the implications, it’s one of the grimmest sentences you’re going to read in this sea of grim sentences.
I have been reflecting on a role outlined by Machiavelli after a recent and insecure conquest.
The role is a wrecker of opposition whose abuses serve a conqueror's purposes, but who may be disavowed, scapegoated, expropriated, or severely punished once the work is accomplished, to make the conqueror look like a savior.
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I see people are gravitating toward that kernel of pessimism — and believe me, I understand! — but please don’t lose the forest for the trees here, don’t miss the article’s core point:
If Musk doesn’t exist, if you just look at the fundamentals, Tesla is wildly, wildly overvalued, by a factor of…8x? 16x? should be bankrupt already, maybe? And if Musk is in fact toxic, a millstone around the company’s neck instead of a galaxy-brained magical unicorn, well….
The point of #TeslaTakedown isn’t to bring down an otherwise successful company; it’s to knock down a house of cards.
and the Musk house of cards is propping up the Trump House of cards. They've put themselves in a dangerous situation because they've both grifted themselves into a corner where their only options are take over the country or go to jail.
#TeslaTakedown is more important than Occupy and more accessable. #Debillionaritization it's commencing
Ted Mielczarek (@tedmielczarek@mastodon.social)
@carnage4life@mas.to 129.78 P/E while Ford is trading at 6.58 P/E. In maybe a more direct comparison, BYD—the top Chinese EV manufacturer—which actually makes EVs that people like—is trading at 28.75 P/E.Mastodon
Cheers! 🍻
Inexpensive Repairable Laptops, With Apple Style
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Inexpensive Repairable Laptops, With Apple Style
Despite a general lack of real-world experience, many teenagers are overly confident in their opinions, often to the point of brashness and arrogance. In the late 90s and early 00s I was no differe…Hackaday
How three alleged Tesla vandals got caught
Automatic license plate readers, Instagram captions, and fingerprints.
The Head and The Heart return to form on 'Aperture'
https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5321078/the-head-and-the-heart-album-aperture?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Music @music-npr
> Even if help is on the way, it may not come quickly. That has prompted people to step in, an informal response that has grown more organized with each crisis. “We all need to be our own first responders because these things are happening really, really fast,” Zegre said.
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#USPol #MutualAid #Crisis #Disaster
‘We know what it’s like’: How Appalachian towns are learning to help each other after floods
From the Kentucky floods to Helene and back again, people throughout Appalachia are using their experiences to help each other through disaster.Katie Myers (Grist)
Apple is looking to right the ship after a major Siri delay.
arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/…
When the exec branch says to the judicial branch, 'Too bad, I don't have to listen to you.' That's a #ConstitutionalCrisis -serious threat to our democracy.
Trump, Musk, Bannon... are accusing Boasberg & other fed judges of failing to respect Trump's exec powers -critics are countering that the fed judges have every right to block EOs they consider unconstitutional. Trump/allies are🚨threatening Judge Boasberg/family.
🚨Trump defies the court order, >3 hours late.
#USPol alternet.org/politico-scheindl…
'Very serious threat': Ex-federal judge explains how MAGA is provoking a 'constitutional crisis'
When President Donald Trump and many of his MAGA allies called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg — the Barack Obama appointee who temporarily halted the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan nationals allegedly associated with the violent T…Alex Henderson (Alternet.org)
Archaeologists Found a Hidden Tomb That Reveals a Lost Egyptian Dynasty
The tomb could unlock the secrets of the “lost” Abydos Dynasty.
popularmechanics.com/science/a…
#news #science #archaeology #history #egypt #abydos
Archaeologists Found a Hidden Tomb That Reveals a Lost Egyptian Dynasty
This pharaoh's tomb could unlock the secrets of the “lost” Abydos Dynasty.Emma Frederickson (Popular Mechanics)
Again, I feel like I'm missing something. How, in the LSM world, is there no built-in way for a smoke detector to set off the fire alarm?
There's add on 'endpoint protection' systems that can notice log activity and react automatically, but that's an after the fact reaction by an outside program, not something built in to the kernel as an inescapable trap ready to spring shut the moment it's needed.
(Some of them are open source. The others are expensive enterpriseware. Quality ... varies.)
New: Court docs show how three alleged Tesla vandals got caught and shows authorities are increasingly relying on license plate scanners to identify people:
404media.co/how-three-alleged-…
How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught
Automatic license plate readers, Instagram captions, and fingerprints.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught
Automatic license plate readers, Instagram captions, and fingerprints.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
'Scareware' Campaign Targets Mac Users With Fake Computer Lockdown Warnings
The hackers behind the scareware previously targeted Windows users but switched to macOS after Microsoft introduced an anti-scareware feature for the Edge browser.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Bosch's new electronic braking system is enabling Wickens' return to the top level.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/r…
Racer with paraplegia successfully test drives Corvette with hand controls
Bosch’s new electronic braking system is enabling Wickens’ return to the top level.Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music
https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2025/03/20/g-s1-54665/how-women-shaped-a-century-of-music?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Yet another #Tesla recall:
Tesla Recalls Cybertrucks Over Pieces of Trim Coming Loose - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
#musk #Canada
Suspicious spike in Tesla sales in Canada
There was a suspicious spike in Tesla sales in Canada ahead of the deadline for a federal rebate program for EVs. Adrian Ghobrial investigates.Subscribe to C...YouTube
This is why I favor protests at Tesla dealerships but not destroying the cars. They'll brick themselves anyway, so why bother?
Why not at the factories? Stop the cars from being produced. Interrupt supply chains.
@Pineywoozle @Nazani
Yes, look at this peaceful protest in NYC yesterday! People exercising their Constitutional rights- that's the image we want. Nothing more is even necessary.
The point is none of these people are *afraid*. They are harmless, ordinary folks and perfectly happy to be filmed grinning defiantly at the camera. That is kryptonite to fascists!
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Rise and Resist on Instagram: "It’s a beautiful day in NYC. We’re back protesting at Tesla’s showroom in Manhattan. Join the Resistance. #teslatakedown #stopthecoup #resist"
4,327 likes, 469 comments - risenresistnyc on March 19, 2025: "It’s a beautiful day in NYC. We’re back protesting at Tesla’s showroom in Manhattan. Join the Resistance. #teslatakedown #stopthecoup #resist".Instagram
#Resist #ResistEverywhere
#AfternoonNotesToAmerica
#tRump #musk #USPol
Targeting the Judges
Donald Trump and the GOP have ratcheted up their attacks upon the federal judiciary. But that might be a costly mistake.open.substack.com
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in reply to Simon Willison • • •Wouldn't it be awesome to have this working on top of an open search engine index like Marginalia?
marginalia.nu
I believe behind it is still just one person with servers in their basement but we can dream after all.
www.marginalia.nu
www.marginalia.nuSimon Willison
in reply to Simon Willison • • •It's using Brave as the search index, they quietly updated their "Trust Center" and added Brave Search as a subprocessor
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Anthropic Trust Center: Brave Search added as a subprocessor
Simon Willison’s Weblognickalt
in reply to Simon Willison • • •Peter Bhat Harkins
in reply to Simon Willison • • •What's up with Lobste.rs blocking the Brave browser?
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