The Boston Celtics are set to be sold for a record-breaking $6.1 billion
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334704/the-boston-celtics-are-set-to-be-sold-for-a-record-breaking-6-1-billion?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Three escalating conflicts in the Middle East threaten the wider region
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5330711/three-escalating-conflicts-in-the-middle-east-threaten-the-wider-region?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Join me on Sunday 23 Mar at 8:30am (AWST) when I’ll be going live on YouTube to talk about fountain pens, inks, accessories and more.
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Garry Live - Fountain Pen chat + more
Join me for a chat focused on Fountain Pens, inks and accessories.See whats been going on this week and general chat around fountain pens and other interests...YouTube
So there's also spam on Mastodon? Does it mean it's becoming a serious concurrent to social networks we avoid?
I guess there's no way to avoid this? @FediTips
There has always been spam on all social networks, but because the Fediverse has a LOT more human moderators than commercial networks it tends to get dealt with pretty quickly here.
For example the spam account you just posted about has already been suspended. If you go to its profile page on its home server access is denied, which means a moderator has already closed the account:
If the spam is still visible on your server, report it to your server admin.
On 'The Pitt,' a mass shooting overwhelms an already exhausted ER
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5333848/the-pitt-episode-12-recap?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Solar Power, Logically
hackaday.com/2025/03/20/solar-…
Solar Power, Logically
We’ve all seen the ads. Some offer “free” solar panels. Others promise nearly free energy if you just purchase a solar — well, solar system doesn’t sound right —…Hackaday
Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5335529/zimbabwean-millennial-kirsty-coventry-gets-olympic-top-job?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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amazon.com/dp/B0CSJMZY6N?ref=t…
HAHA. Tesler is on a roll!
"U.S. safety regulators on Thursday recalled virtually all Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs along the left and right side of the windshield can detach while driving, creating a dangerous road hazard for other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The stainless steel strip, called a cant rail assembly, between the windshield and the roof on both sides, is bound to the truck’s assembly with a structural adhesive, the NHTSA report said. The remedy uses an adhesive that’s not been found to be vulnerable to “environmental embrittlement,” the NHTSA said, and includes additional reinforcements."
apnews.com/article/cybertruck-…
In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks
US regulators are recalling nearly all Cybertrucks, the eighth recall of the Tesla vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago.Matt Ott (AP News)
@mattblaze Sounds like a corollary of the First Rule of Italian Driving from Gumball Rally: "What's behind me is not important"
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.Electronic Frontier Foundation
#CoSocialCa is looking for a System Administrator to work with our TechOps working group to maintaining our open social media services.
For more details on this small contract: blog.cosocial.ca/blog/wanted-s…
Please reach out if you are interested!
Wanted: System Administrator - CoSocial Community Cooperative
CoSocial is looking for a System Administrator to work on maintaining our open social media services. This is a small contract with an initial 3 month term.CoSocial Community Cooperative (Cosocial.ca Canadian Mastodon Cooperative)
Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334497/carl-erik-rinsch-netflix-fraud-fbi?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A more elegant weapon etc
*** if a bunch of nerds line up to correct my paraphrase, I will block them all ***
Whenever there's a bicycle part that i really need for a project, it will be nowhere to be found down by the river or on Craigslist. Right now I'm looking for 20" wheels with aluminum rims for the folding bike. I struck out again tonight.
But i did find this chain guard that fits the folding bike almost perfectly. With some small modifications, it will work.
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Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/poli…
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.Eric Schmitt (The New York Times)
We ran the wrong headline about Trump firing the FTC commissioners
We hedged on whether or not the firings of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter were illegal. Under existing Supreme Court precedent, they are.Sarah Jeong (The Verge)
True #MafiaState:
#Trump rescinds #ExecutiveOrder targeting Paul, Weiss citing *commitments* from #law firm
After a meeting w/ Brad Karp, the firm’s chairman, in which Karp “acknowledged the wrongdoing” of fmr partner #MarkPomerantz, & agreed to some #QuidProQuo — or at least some #QuidProBono 😉 — was agreed to, Trump withdrew the EO.
“L’état, c’est moi.” – DJT
From @Nonilex: masto.ai/@Nonilex/114197693985…
Nonilex (@Nonilex@masto.ai)
Attached: 1 image NEW The #DOJ is moving to substitute itself for #Trump in the #Jan6 civil litigation against him, swearing in a new court filing that Trump was acting in his official capacity as POTUS [which also would make it subject to his #SCO…Mastodon
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT It will come to 👇🏼
🇨🇦Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the USA 🇺🇸
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Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big 30-Minute Compilation
openculture.com/2018/07/watch-…
Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big 30-Minute Compilation
Some filmmakers start in commercials, honing their chops in anticipation of making personal projects later.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
Why is that? YouTube video is normally available to me.
bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lkttui7sdk24
It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
MAGA Influencer And Fox News Guest Indicted On Child Sex Abuse Charges
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MAGA Influencer And Fox News Guest Indicted On Child Sex Abuse Charges
The right-wing personality known as Raw Ricci built his following by filming homeless people in San Francisco.Pocharapon Neammanee (HuffPost)
I have pico-mac playing the system beep on an i2s dac (though when @adafruit @ladyada made a build locally, it didn't work for her, hmmmm, I'll get that sorted tomorrow)
in the process, I discovered an interesting problem that might be randomly corrputing a certain 740 bytes of RAM when pico-mac or umac is configured for a non-power-of-two memory size! github.com/evansm7/umac/issues…
the fix seems to be another rom patch:
/* Fix up the sound buffer as used by BootBeep */<br> ROM_WR32(0x292, RAM_SIZE - 768);<br>and is also included in github.com/evansm7/umac/pull/1…
you also avoid the problem if you configure pico-mac for 256kB, 512kB, 1024kB, etc.
#marchintosh #picoMac #umac #rp2 #rp2350
SystemBeep splats memory on memory sizes like 208k · Issue #15 · evansm7/umac
The ROM disassembly I'm following shows that the Mac Plus ROM is just always using the highest possible address for the audio buffer: P_mBootBeep: ; return address in A6 28A 4BF9 00EF E1FE Lea.L (V...GitHub
what a #Marchintosh contribution, nice!
Do you have a guide up for the beep hardware setup? Would like to replicate it as well
GitHub - jepler/pico-mac at rp2350-fruitjam
Run the popular umac emulator right on your Pi Pico! - GitHub - jepler/pico-mac at rp2350-fruitjamGitHub
Here are the standout video games at the Independent Games Festival awards
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334560/here-are-the-standout-video-games-at-the-independent-games-festival-awards?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency
The consequences of shutting down the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be particularly dire for smaller museums and rural museums.The Conversation
Just one example: bbc.com/news/articles/cly67j35…
Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'
Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.Nelli Bird (BBC News)
"I’ve terminated 11 major contracts in less than three years."
arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/…
The ax has become an important part of the Space Force’s arsenal
“I’ve terminated 11 major contracts in less than three years.”…Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)
Space programs don’t have the same safety requirements that all other programs do since humans are indirectly involved in the use/operation of the resulting products, so claiming they are finding “new” ways to save costs is a fabrication to make them look like they’re saving money that was always being saved.
Would you really want safety requirements loosened for the vehicle you or your family is driven in everyday?
#Blind users, users that rely heavily on #keyboardNavigation or anyone else with a preference on that matter (please indicate what applies in the comments):
Do you have a preference for or comments on the format of URLs? During user research, we have learned that URLs that are easy to handle are a good thing.
We are currently considering to introduce URLs that do not need more reserved usernames in #Forgejo, such as codeberg.org/-/something/ or codeberg.org/_something/.
Writing Fri 21 Mar Nahvalur Schuylkill and Diamine Walnut
Todays tools
Nahvalur Schuylkill <Medium> + Diamine Walnut
#edc #fountainpen #fountainpens #penoftheday #dailypen #NahvalurSchuylkill #Nahvalur #Diamine #DiamineWalnut
21 March 1923 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Perelsztajn, was born in Warsaw. A shoemaker's helper.
In #Auschwitz from 21 April 1942.
No. 31914
He perished in the camp on 4 June 1942.
NKT
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