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
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США повністю відновили постачання зброї для України — якої саме
Вашингтон відновив постачання зброї в рамках пакетів допомоги, схвалених ще адміністрацією Джо Байдена.Ольга Покотило (online.ua)
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
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#LGBTQ
Two Boston doctors sue Trump regime for censoring articles in an online medical forum
Two Longwood Medical Area doctors today sued the Musk/Trump Administration, including Secretary of Vaccine Denial Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Universal Hub
Just being honest.
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.
The rest of the thread propagated...
I can't even look at it by the usual "open on original site" because it's locked.
Oh well.
Hawaii Takes a Stand for Privacy: HCR 144/HR 138 Calls for Investigation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
In a bold push for medical privacy, Hawaii's House of Representatives has introduced HCR 144/HR 138, a resolution calling for the Hawaii Attorney General to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are violating patient privacy laws.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Фіцо каже, що підтримує "всі мирні плани" щодо припинення вогню в Україні
Прем'єр-міністр Словаччини Фіцо підтримує мирні плани щодо припинення вогню в Україні. Він заявив, що виступає проти війни та за багатовекторну політику.Вадим Хлюдзинський (UNN)
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
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#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)
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Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits
WikiPortraits, a group of volunteer photographers, has been covering festivals and shooting celebrities specifically to improve images in the public domain.Jules Roscoe (404 Media)
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.
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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
Heroic work to recover and repair a CVR.
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Peace is impossible until 2026: European intelligence received an important document from the Russian Federation, – WP
Kateryna Chornovol23:17, 12.03.25 The document rejects Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg’s initial proposals for a peace agreement. A European intelligence service has seen…Ukraine Today .org
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.
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:
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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)
Colysium
Or
Elysseum
A paradisiacal amphitheatre afterlife in which you are eternally pitted against gladiators in challenging combat scenarios.
Northvolt Québec 
plant’s future is unsure as their North American operations are solvent and the parent filed for bankruptcy in Sweden 🇸🇪
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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 🇸🇪
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#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.
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
Classic Curved Flower Pot in Various Sizes by Metikumi | Download free STL model | Printables.com
A classic Roman vase-inspired flower pot available in multiple sizes, from compact to large. | Download free 3D printable STL modelswww.printables.com
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! 
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Elite Omega Unit Storms Russian Positions in "Ukraine’s Jungle" | Military Mind
Operators from the Omega unit’s 5th Separate Special Purpose Detachment have recently executed a high-risk assault on Russian positions hidden deep in dense ...YouTube
[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.
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 💖
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FYI Canada: This would be an *exceptionally* good time to do something like this with infosec employees
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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
Somewhere out there in the [gestures ambiguously at the entire observable universe] …anyway, there's some CPU out there somewhere that just wasted literally several clock cycles on that one.
For shame.
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