"Collectively, the 39 panels have a capacity of over 20 kilowatts — enough to power just one large, energy-intensive American household but more than enough for the lightbulbs, cooker plates and fans in the 180 households in Mbiabet Esieyere and Mbiabet Udouba."
Nigeria's minigrids smell like the future.
New, by me: Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist posts resurfaced (and was rehired soon after), violated Treasury rules when he sent an unencrypted email containing personally identifiable information to two Trump administration officials.
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DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data | TechCrunch
Marko Elez emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information to two Trump administration officials.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
Entgegen anderslautenden Gerüchten ist dies keine Bartmeise.
#Birds #Vögel #Naturfotografie #NaturePhotography #Schwanzmeise #LongTailedTit
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Trump blames Iran for Houthi attacks on shipping after U.S. strikes in Yemen
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/g-s1-54274/trump-blames-iran-for-houthi-attacks-on-shipping-after-u-s-strikes-in-yemen?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wow. Diese Leser-Mail »made my day«:
»... ich habe mir vor 3 Wochen ihr Buch "Einstieg in HTML und CSS" gekauft und bin fleißig am lernen ... Sie erklären fantastisch und das mit einem Humor, der genau meinen trifft. Ich wollte einfach kurz Danke sagen!
… und nun bin ich so aufgeregt und voller Freude beim Lernen, dass ich ständig die Zeit vergesse und es kaum erwarten kann wieder aufzuwachen um weiterzumachen. Was haben Sie denn da angerichtet?«
Peter Müller: Buch und Videokurs zu HTML und CSS | html-und-css.de
Sie wollen HTML und CSS von Grund auf lernen? Oder vorhandene Kenntnisse auffrischen? Dann sind Sie hier richtig. Hereinspaziert.html-und-css.de
Four Texans North cover art by Walter Popp, 1955
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#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart
The image depicts a cowboy riding a horse in a snowy landscape. The cowboy is wearing a white cowboy hat with a fur trim, a tan coat with a fur collar, and white gloves. He is holding a revolver in his right hand, which is holstered on his right hip. The horse has a thick, white fur tail and is equipped with a saddle and reins. In the background, a herd of cattle, including a prominent bull with large horns, is visible, suggesting a cattle drive. The sky is overcast, and the ground is covered in snow, indicating a cold environment. The painting style is realistic, with attention to detail in the textures of the clothing, the horse, and the landscape. The artist's signature, "Walter Pott," is visible in the bottom left corner of the image.
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This is the new version of climate denial, ala the Trump Administration:
Oh, we admit that climate change IS real, but it's just an unavoidable consequences of modern society and tough luck, everyone, just suck it up because we're not going to do anything about it.
Mistral Small 3.1
Mistral Small 3 [came out in January](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/mistral-small-3/) and was a notable, genuinely excellent local model that used an Apache 2.0 license. Mistral Small 3.1 offers a significant improvement: it's multi-modal …Simon Willison’s Weblog
I appreciate C# for its unapologetic commitment to just keep adding shit
that doesn't necessarily make it a good idea, but it's just so unafraid to just do more shit all the time
Trump tries to void Biden's pardons, blaming autopen. Many presidents have used it
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ghost has made ActivityPub available to all of its Pro subscribers.
Interesting how they name and describe it:
"Social Web - y/n
Federate your site with ActivityPub to join the world's largest open network"
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/17/navajo-code-talkers-trump-dei-military-websites-wwii?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-AxiosNews
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Bah, I knew I'd read this headline soon.
Take a people from their land, shove them into an inhospitable place, and break every treaty you've ever made with them.
THEN in _your_ hour of need ask them to keep your secrets while risking their lives for a nation that derides them. THEY answer the call in _honor_ and we betray their memory.
I don't know where to put my rage.
Repairing a Legendary Elka Synthex Analog Synthesizer
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Repairing A Legendary Elka Synthex Analog Synthesizer
Somehow, an Elka Synthex analog synthesizer made it onto [Mend it Mark]’s repair bench recently. It had a couple of dud buttons, and some keys produced the wrong tone. Remember, this is a com…Hackaday
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Why forecasting where tornadoes will hit is still hard to do − even though storm predictions are improving
Researchers are turning to computer models, drones and other methods to improve tornado forecasting.The Conversation
"As Trump literally tanks the American economy and the trust of the international business community, where are the voices of America’s business leaders? Are they all hoping that Trump will do a commercial on the White House lawn hawking their products too? ...
Your tax cuts will not be large enough to cover your shame. And we will remember."
~ Sherrilyn Ifill
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #economy #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts
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It Is Not Enough to Fight. You Have to Meet the Moment
“There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation.Sherrilyn Ifill (Sherrilyn’s Newsletter)
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"One way to think about this is to say that Trump is doing to America what Elon Musk is doing to Tesla, destroying a valuable brand through erratic behavior and repulsive ideology. Did I mention that Tesla sales in Europe appear to be cratering?"
~ Paul Krugman
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #economy #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts
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"Trump’s belief that America holds all the cards, that the rest of the world needs access to our markets but we don’t need them, is all wrong. We are rapidly losing the world’s trust, and part of the cost will be financial."
#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #economy #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts
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A Tour of Ancient Rome’s Best Graffiti: “We Have Urinated in Our Beds … There Was No Chamber Pot” & More
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A Tour of Ancient Rome's Best Graffiti: "We Have Urinated in Our Beds ... There Was No Chamber Pot" & More
Apart from the likes of bravo and pizza, graffiti must be one of the first Italian words that English-speakers learn in everyday life.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
The image features a humorous meme with text and a photograph. The text at the top reads: "DM: Your party's invited to sit at the negotiation table for working out a truce with the BBEG. Party: Let's roll a group insight check... rolls 8, 3, 7, 1 and a 4. DM: Do you accept? Party: Let's do it, It'll be fine." Below the text is a photograph of a modern conference room with a large, irregularly shaped rock suspended from the ceiling. The rock appears to be a natural stone, with a rough texture and a grayish-brown color. The room has large windows, allowing natural light to enter, and the walls are a light gray color. There are several people seated at a long, stone table, which matches the suspended rock, with laptops in front of them. The chairs are black and have a modern design. The overall atmosphere of the room is contemporary and minimalist.
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Alphabet's Potential Starlink Rival Becomes Its Own Company
Rather than use orbiting satellites, Taara plans to deliver fiber-like internet through the air using ground-based equipment that beams light.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Trump invoking Alien Enemies Act to deport is 'a threat to everyone,' lawyer argues
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5329815/alien-enemies-act-lawsuit-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I wrote up a post about how I get around silly macOS security stuff to run rsync jobs from cron by embedding shell commands inside of Automator applications...
(AI Alt-Text)
'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter' is Stephen Graham Jones' horror masterpiece
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330583/buffalo-hunter-hunter-review-stephen-graham-jones-horror?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Most apps fail to reach $1,000/month revenue within two years.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
17 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Barnett Greenman, was born in Rotterdam.
In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
AI running out of juice despite Microsoft's hard squeezing theregister.com/2025/03/14/ai_… via @theregister & @sjvn
To use Gartner jargon, #AI is dropping from the Peak of Inflated Expectations to the Trough of Disillusionment as businesses realize AI is not a miracle after all.
AI running out of juice despite Microsoft's hard squeezing
Opinion: Biz leaders still dream of obedient agents replacing workers. In the actual workplace, they're going AWOLSteven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The Register)
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Freedom of speech?
Freedom of assembly?
Not recognized in Orbán's #Hungary.
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Hungary’s government submits bill to ban Budapest Pride event
Ruling coalition continues its crackdown on LGBTQ+ people under its ‘child protection’ legislationGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
In this era of anti-science activism, it‘s wise to take steps to protect your research and reputation in the digital realm.Brooks, Michael
“The basement gallery of London’s Japan House has been transformed into a woody wonder world of chisels and saws, mortises and tenons, and brackets of infinite intricacy, alongside traditional clay plastering, shoji paper screen making and tatami mat weaving.
It is a dazzling display of the phenomenal skills behind centuries of timber architecture and joinery, celebrating elite master carpenters”
Photo: Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
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I am in awe at the skills and techniques of Japanese woodworking. My own efforts pale into insignificance in comparison: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/17/the-craft-of-japanese-carpentry-exhibition-japan-house-londonmastodon.scot
Several nuclear scientists, bomb engineers, and safety experts critical to national security were among the cuts made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
More than 130 members of a top secret agency, the National Nuclear Security Agency, either took the Trump administration’s deferred resignation “buyout” or were fired in the past six weeks, putting an effort to upgrade the American nuclear arsenal at risk
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Guts U.S. Nuclear Agency
DOGE cuts have hit some of the country’s top nuclear scientists.The New Republic
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