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Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance. The AP and Seattle Times teamed up on this investigation.

From their overview: "But these tools raise serious questions about privacy and security. In fact, when The Seattle Times and The Associated Press partnered to investigate school surveillance, reporters inadvertently received access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents through a records request. The documents were stored without a password or firewall, and anyone with the link could read them."

Read more at apnews.com/article/ai-school-c…

#databreach #EduSec #infosecurity #surveillanvce #AI

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AI surveillance on school Chromebooks has security issues, investigation shows

Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school shootings.
Sharon Lurye Of The Associated Press (AP News)
#ai #databreach #edusec #infosecurity #surveillanvce @funnymonkey @Doug Levin

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#PPOD: NASA's Curiosity rover captured this image of the Sun through the dusty martian atmosphere in July 2018 while the dust storm that ended the Opportunity rover's mission was still raging. Curiosity was not affected by the decline in solar input because it is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Thomas Appéré

#space #science #scicomm

#science #Space #scicomm #PPOD

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As promised, here is an interview with @ryanleesipes from #Thunderbird, on the whole #Mozilla and #Firefox terms of use situation.

We talk about why this had to happen, how Thunderbird will handle their own Terms of Use, what's happening at Mozilla, and what's changing.

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Clarifying what's happening at Mozilla: an Interview with Ryan Sipes from Thunderbird

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Open Source underpins almost 90% of the software used around the world today, but very little of the money used for public procurement reaches Open Source developers. opensource.org/blog/overcoming… #OpenSource

Overcoming barriers to Open Source procurement in the European Union

The EU has just started a review of European public procurement rules, and have asked for input on potential changes to the rules.
Open Source Initiative
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Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women medievalists.net/2025/03/11000… #medieval #medievalmanuscripts #medievalwomen

Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women - Medievalists.net

A new study reveals medieval women copied over 110,000 manuscripts—far more than once believed.
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A 1912 metamorphic toy celebrates the escape of suffragist Christabel Pankhurst to France to avoid arrest. When you pull the tab, she vanishes and two police detectives crash into each other. rylandscollections.com/2025/03…

Rylands BlogVotes For Women! Making Light Of The Fight

The first blog in our series for International Women’s Day.
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404 Media has obtained a list of 200+ sites monitored by a contractor for ICE (Amazon, Apple Music, BabyCenter, Bluesky, Facebook, Github, GoFundMe, etc.). They can “pull a target individual’s publicly available data” from these sites “all at once”. 404media.co/the-200-sites-an-i…

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring

404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)

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Check this out..

@mirlo is killing it right now, and working hard to do the important (but un-shiny) work of making a site for #Musicians that anyone can host **inexpensively**

This is the endgame for the #Fediverse - thousands of indie sites, not mega instances - but it’ll take this kind of work to pull it off.

Good job, guys. I’m super jealous of you rn.

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Mirlo

Buy and sell music directly from musicians.
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Ben Pate 🤘🏻

Two different projects, but yes. I believe #Mirlo is working on Federation: github.com/funmusicplace/mirlo…

Today, we celebrate Mirlo 🎉

My project, #Bandwagon federates with ActivityPub, but is still missing other important features that Mirlo supports (like paid album sales)

The good thing is that we’re all converging on a similar point, and that will be a huge win for indie artists and labels everywhere.

@ilfabbro @mirlo

Integrate ActivityPub · Issue #146 · funmusicplace/mirlo

I wonder if this would be the way to do activity-pub-express at the easiest level, though it seems to be primarily based around a mongo database.
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Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners

So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/blue…)

Not so fast.

1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt file

h/t @Lydie tech.lgbt/@Lydie/1141490233448…

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#Bluesky

Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI | TechCrunch

Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin on Monday, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said the social network has been working on a framework for user consent over
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“The goal is to cast vaccines into the shadows. That has deadly consequences.”

Legislators are bent on dismantling our vaccine safety net even as this deadly disease sees a frightening resurgence in our state. texasobserver.org/measles-outb…

#politics #USpol #Texas #measles #antivax #vaccines #health #healthcare #news #TXlege #Republicans

Amid Texas Measles Outbreak, Conservatives Double Down on Anti-Vax Crusade

Spread of the virus is due to low immunization rates in certain communities. Meanwhile, some legislators are cheering for more “medical freedom.”
Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
#news #Texas #uspol #txlege #politics #healthcare #health #republicans #measles #antivax #vaccines

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A bug in a recent Windows 11 update is causing some USB printers to produce random, programming-related text. pcmag.com/news/is-your-printer…

Is Your Printer Producing Gibberish? A Windows 11 Update May Be to Blame

After installing a Windows 11 preview update, some USB printers are churning out random, programming-related text. Microsoft is working on a fix, but there is an interim workaround, too.
Michael Kan (PCMag)

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How one’s hand configuration affects the sound of clapping
Faster clapping yields lower-frequency sounds, as does cupping one's hands while clapping.
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How one’s hand configuration affects the sound of clapping

Faster clapping yields lower-frequency sounds, as does cupping one’s hands while clapping.
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Voracious Reader

Right at the end is the scary part:

"It might even be possible one day to identify someone based on their distinctive claps and use it as a kind of acoustic login for electronic devices."

More surveillance - AI to be used to review footage of every concert, theatrical performance etc. ever, and produce a massive database linking you to the sounds of your hand claps.
Then you can be tracked by the sound you make whenever your flat hand contacts something 🤯😱

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ACH has confirmed reports that DOGE is at the NEH. Chair Shelly C. Lowe has been replaced by Acting Chair Michael McDonald. ACH remains committed to a diverse, inclusive, and supportive DH. To engage in advocacy efforts: secretary@ach.org. Read our statement of support for NEH: buff.ly/bQeRaGw

ACH Statement of Support for NEH

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Meeting Leah was a real highlight for me at WorkbenchCon a couple weeks ago. We carried those logs across the hotel singing the log song. I’m very grateful for such a fun shoutout and a great log reveal. #woodworking instagram.com/reel/DHGeul5gxY6…

LEAH HOUGHTALING | Woodworking on Instagram: "When I was in Atlanta two weeks ago @heartwood410 brought me crepe Myrtle. It’s stunning, and full of figure, and chatoyancy. It’ll need a few months to dry before I’m able to use it. Thank you, Jonathan! ❤️❤️

1,036 likes, 49 comments - leahhoughtalingwoodworking on March 12, 2025: "When I was in Atlanta two weeks ago @heartwood410 brought me crepe Myrtle. It’s stunning, and full of figure, and chatoyancy.
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Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Leather Hole Punch Tool. I carry mine everywhere. You never know when someone's leather jacket will get wrapped around their face, and they'll be in need of a hero to punch an air hole into it so they don't suffocate.
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Firing the refs doesn't end the game; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/12/epi…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Firing the refs doesn’t end the game (12 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Let me tell you how I became a proud science denier, and how it saved my life.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2025/03/12/epi…

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LonM

I don't think this science denial. A big part of science is rigorous debate of the evidence. If you have evidence to the contrary, whether it's "anecdotal" lived experience or published data, then not blindly trusting established narrative *is* science. Dissenting views and contradictions are more valuable to the scientific process than confirmations* because it's evidence of some misunderstanding that can be used to push science as a whole forward.

*Of course you need some confirmations, and the replication crisis is a whole separate issue that leads to mistrust in science

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In case you weren’t paying attention, most of the people that understand economics told you that Trump was going to be a disaster. Only those that were part of the cult told you otherwise. So now you are going to act surprised because you voted for a felon, a bigot, a con man, and a dolt.

fastcompany.com/91294460/trump…

#Economics

#economics

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A true story: at one point Microsoft was selling four entirely unrelated products all pronounced "link". Microsoft Link, Linq, Lynq and Lync.

You'd think whoever let that happen would have lost their job, but years later as we were struggling to fix a Teams interop problem in Firefox, we discovered that the real problem was that MS had _two unrelated products called Microsoft Teams_ who never talked to each other.

Well good news everyone, that guy got promoted:

theverge.com/news/627483/micro…

Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app

Microsoft is replacing its Remote Desktop app with the new Windows app. The transition will take place on May 27th.
Tom Warren (The Verge)
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Axon’s Draft One, which produces AI-generated police reports, purports to cut in half the amount of time officers spend writing police reports. But a recent police agency’s decision to discontinue use of the software and a new scientific study cast doubt on those assertions. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/anch…

Anchorage Police Department: AI-Generated Police Reports Don’t Save Time

The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axon’s Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police reports for officers—and has decided not to retain the technology.
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Protect Net Plurality! 🦾

Broad brush duties under the UK Online Safety Act threaten any website with possible penalties.

Small, safe sites can't shoulder this burden. We'll see the lights going out on blogs, Fedi instances and forums from 17 March with a devastating impact for online communities.

The Fediverse is under attack!

We must #SaveOurSites 🌐

openrightsgroup.org/blog/save-…

#netplurality #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #mastodon #fediverse #activitypub

Save our Sites: Deadline 17 March

Incredible as it may seem, thanks to the Online Safety Act, dozens of harmless, safe, small websites are closing down by 17 March, rather than face threats of fines that could lose their operators their homes.
Open Rights Group
#fediverse #mastodon #activitypub #ukpol #ukpolitics #onlinesafetyact #saveoursites #netplurality #onlinesafety
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Are blogs exempt?

While Ofcom suggests they are, the UK Online Safety Act is far from certain.

The result is that small scale, non-commercial blogs will simply shutter the window.

This will push users from safely moderated sites onto services like Facebook and X – the fountainhead of online harms.

#SaveOurSites 🌐

#netplurality #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol

#ukpol #ukpolitics #onlinesafetyact #saveoursites #netplurality #onlinesafety
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Open Rights Group

The UK government must tighten up the definitions and exemptions in the Online Safety Act to avoid the loss of safe spaces online.

The Secretary of State has the power to change the categorisation of sites NOW.

⏰ Write to your MP to exempt small and harmless sites BEFORE 17 March ⬇️

#SaveOurSites 🌐

action.openrightsgroup.org/sav…

#netplurality #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Save our sites - Write to your MP

Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act.
Open Rights Group
#ukpol #ukpolitics #onlinesafetyact #saveoursites #netplurality #onlinesafety
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Deadly Headshot

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Online speech went the moment the law was passed. Mastodon is the least safe from the law too, as there's no big lobbyist to help us. I'm starting to think if they're going to make us criminals just for talking to each other (the law talks about groupchats and email too), we might be better off just accepting it and talking via Tor anyway, sadly...
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Here's the second installment of my Paramilitary Leaks series. How you can set up your computer to read through the leaked militia chats yourself micahflee.com/step-by-step-gui…

Step-by-step guide to reading the leaked militia chats yourself

Welcome to the second installment of my series on the Paramilitary Leaks! In case you missed it, the first installment is here: Exploring the Paramilitary Leaks. Since I published that, several people reached out offering to help.
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Blaise (@Beerbruin@makersocial.online)

756 Posts, 430 Following, 178 Followers · Engineer, Dad, Maker, Artist, Ballroom Dancer, Entrepreneur, Axe-flinger...
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Trump has been asking #Ukraine for mineral rights in exchange for aid, but extracting those minerals will require new infrastructure, new roads, more processing technology, investment, technical expertise, and, above all, an end to Russia’s invasion.
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US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple

Critical minerals are in demand around the world for military, technology and other uses. A geoscientist shares what’s known about Ukraine’s reserves, which could help the country recover from war.
The Conversation
#ukraine

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[ It's decided, OPNsense is currently installing over pfSense! ]

So my Intel N100 quad core with 16Gb ram and a 256GB NVME drive and 4 x 2.5Gb ethernet ports has arrived with pfSense preinstalled but I'm thinking I'd be better off with #OPNsense installed instead?
Am I right as this is going to be my main router / firewall ? Feel free to comment and thank you.
No I'm not using #OpenWRT anymore sorry.
#FreeBSD #IntelNUC #RunBSD

#FreeBSD #runbsd #OPNsense #OpenWRT #IntelNUC
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