A trip to the city in the clouds yields a truth that some characters can't handle.
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At the halfway point of season 3, The Wheel of Time is getting it done
A trip to the city in the clouds yields a truth that some characters can’t handle.Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)
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One of those days when I'm really happy with how a story turned out! I worked hard to understand the crippling effect of DRM on your right to back up books and audiobooks you've purchased and wrote an in-depth reported piece about it: lifehacker.com/tech/you-can-re…
For this piece, I interviewed @cyberlyra, whose blogs on opting out of Big Tech are just awesome. And I was also able to interview one of the strongest voices against DRM, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic. (1/2)
You Can Remove DRM From Your Digital Books, but It's Probably Illegal
There should be a legal way to back up the books and audiobooks you've purchased.Pranay Parab (Lifehacker)
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news #cringe lawyerherald.com/articles/6259…
TikToker Finds Decomposed Body in Hoarder House Bought at Auction: 'Guess I Gotta Call the Police'
Auction home buyers expect issues in exchange for the low price, but a decomposed body inside a newly purchased house isn't something anyone is prepared for.Morgan Music (Lawyer Herald)
Bot or Not? To Prove You're Human, Look Into This 8-Inch Orb
The Sam Altman-backed startup Tools for Humanity pitches a blockchain-based solution to the bot problem. Chief architect Adrian Ludwig explains how his company's 'World ID' works.Rob Pegoraro (PCMag)
Looks less trustworthy than the Linux-based voting machines we got here.
For the voting machines there are a lot of measures made to confirm their security, like no internet access, limiting what each machine have access (like one machine only have access to voter info and other only have access to vote info), and even a black box testing event open to all parties to scrutinize and verify.
For this machine, you just need to believe that it's not just encrypting user info using a key only the developer knows and even if they can make the code open-source, there is absolutely no way machines you can be sure those are running the code analyzed (same for voting machines). While black box testing could remediate this limitation, it doesn't look like it's possible in this case.
Weeks later, Sonnet's "reasoning" model is struggling with a game designed for children.
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Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten Pokémon
Weeks later, Sonnet’s “reasoning” model is struggling with a game designed for children.Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
Looking to hire someone? Check your wording very carefully.
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#News Musk claims trans people are attacking Teslas the same day his estranged daughter critiques him in Teen Vogue interview https://w.st/UDfrL9C.IM
> Do you ever feel scared? He's the richest man in the world.
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> VW: He's a pathetic man-child. Why would I feel scared of him? Ohhh, he has so much power. Nah, nah, nah. I don't give a f**k. Why should I be scared of this man? Because he's rich? Oh, no, I'm trembling. Ooh, shivering in my boots here. I don't give a f**k how much money anyone has. I don't. I really don't. He owns Twitter. Okay. Congratulations.
The perfect description of Musk by his daughter
The Rich Are Hoarding Wealth — Because They Know What’s Coming
Billionaires hoard their cash while banks stall on climate action. Wealth inequality is spiraling into collapse—and they planned it this way.Angus Peterson (Edge of Collapse)
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I saved this a while ago. I was looking for "where" and mostly got real estate for billionaires. It was planned all along.
Inside Billionaire Bunkers
Some of the world’s wealthiest people have more than fame and fortune in common—some also have luxury underground bunkers.Forbes Publisher
@Thumptastic3 real estate is an optimistic investment and store for wealth. Real estate doesn’t “exist” outside of a regulatory system. No government no borders no property lines no way to resolve disputes without violence.
Now I’m not talking about private islands or like that but for Gates and Turner to buy ag land and BlackRock to go heavy in REITs all seems quite optimistic and a hedge against collapse.
Y'know, we argue over the definition of "planet" a lot.
But… we don't even have one *at all* for "moon".
What makes a moon?
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What’s the Definition of a ‘Moon’?
Defining the word “moon” is harder than you might thinkPhil Plait (Scientific American)
If it does get defined I'm sure it will look something like:
- Must have a stable orbit around a celestial body that is not a star. (Moons can have moons.)
- its own gravity must be large enough to form a regular spheroid, no potatoes or low density collections of rocks/ice.
I'm pretty sure at least one of mars' moons will get demoted if moons become defined.
Hey @arturo182 did you know this site?
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Remembering award-winning sports journalist John Feinstein
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5334668/remembering-award-winning-sports-journalist-john-feinstein?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Why are Germans being detained by US immigration?
Three tourists and a permanent US resident say they were subjected to aggressive interrogation and held for weeks without knowing why. In response, the German government has extended a travel advisory to its citizens.
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This reminds me how in 2022 in the West we canceled all Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky concerts and took out all Dostoyevski and Tolstoy books from the bookstores.
Both things are absurd woke behaviour.
@tuparev
- I can’t see the now-deleted post to which you’re replying, but I suspect you may be confusing symbolic gestures with economic boycotts.
- At this point, in 2025, to use “woke” as an insult in the manner you just did is to explicitly align yourself with a fascist movement — regardless of what your intent was. Like it or not, that’s the unstated connotation of the term. If you meant it that way, let me know and I’ll gladly block you. But in case you didn’t mean in that way: now you know.
It was a piano player who canceled US concerts. As if the people who he is protesting against even know his name. To cancel cultural events is idiotic!
About the woke. Think whatever you want. It is free world. As life-long leading in my country (and in Germany before) green politician I am probably way more to the left than you.
Perhaps you need to read this book..
This piece from Wired might be a good one to share with somebody who’s a few steps behind the news, and hasn’t quite put together the big picture yet.
One of the important pieces of work we need to be doing is just meeting people where they’re at and awakening their anger and their capacity for action.
This is another story that seems like a good big picture catch-up for people who haven’t been following the news, or who are lost in the news details:
wie tesla untergeht.
spannend die rechnung, dass tesla, gemessen an der p/e ratio von toyota, selbst bei einem kursverlust von 93% immer noch überbewertet wäre.
und wenn tesla sich dahinbewegt, wird es ein glockenspiel von margincalls geben, die all seine anderen projekte und unternehmen mit den abgrund reißen werden.
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This Is How Tesla Will Die
The vultures are circling the tech giant.Will Lockett (Planet Earth & Beyond)
U.S. cuts funding for global network testing for measles as cases grow worldwide
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/03/19/g-s1-54683/measles-u-s-diagnosis-vaccination?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.Tesla Takedown
Apple Sued for False Advertising of iPhone 16's AI Capabilities
Delaying Apple Intelligence features shown in ads for the iPhone 16 is unfair and misleading, the class action lawsuit claims.Jibin Joseph (PCMag)
Musk to visit Pentagon amid reports of briefing on potential war with China – US politics live
Trump and Hegseth deny NYT report that ally due to be briefed on US military’s plan for any war that might break out with ChinaChris Stein (The Guardian)
We can no longer say “Gilded Age"
We must now say “The First Gilded Age”
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The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror)
“I would just like to know what information they’re reviewing that sways their determination to renew this man’s license,” said Lisa Warwick, whose husband, Scot, died after 11 years of chemotherapy and other treatments for a cancer he never had.
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#News #Montana #Medicine #Doctor #Hospital #Cancer
Why Has MT Renewed Dr. Thomas Weiner’s License Despite Harm Allegations?
The Montana hospital that fired Dr. Thomas C. Weiner turned over thousands of pages of documents, but members of the board say they were unaware of them.ProPublica
Consumer authorities take welcomed first steps against suspected unfair practices in video games
Today, the European Commission and the network of consumer protection authorities (CPC-Network) announced a coordinated action against Swedish video games developer Star Stable for suspected infringements on EU consumer law.BEUC
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How power imbalance, misread signs and strategic blunders clouded Hamas’ judgment over Gaza ceasefire
More than 400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since fighting resumed following a weekslong ceasefire.The Conversation
Wow, it's been 5 years ago to the day (actually it *was* the day up till a few minutes ago) when this photo was taken.
It was our last "dine in" meal at a restaurant before the first COVID lockdown, shortly after Ardern's first 1pm nationwide address.
This photo then went on to be one that I wound up staring at longingly for *months*, desperately craving some Cheng Fun (and being unable to make any ourselves) 😅
@sybren
It *is* delicious! "Tai Chi" at Spitfire Square here in Christchurch
Another very tasty delicacy only served there (at least here in town) are these "Wu Kwok" 😋
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Comedians will celebrate Conan O'Brien at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Will they take on Trump?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5333694/conan-obrien-kennedy-center-mark-twain-prize-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Today's art is as "Out There" as it is possible to be... I am very proud of it!
It portrays two alien civilizations that communicate instantly over billions of light years and multiple galaxies.
To accomplish this, the technology utilizes quantum entanglement:
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •BronMason
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Why would trump have any “respect for the rule of law” — after the sCOTUS ruled that nothing he does in his official capacity is criminal?
My question is did sCOTUS intend to give a criminal like trump a pass to turn the US government into a transnational criminal organization?
OR could they have been merely trying to protect a generic future president from being second-guessed & hounded after one’s term was over?
Whatever the intent, they created a monster.
Ulrich Mehlis
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Jeaux
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