24 March 1936 | A French Jew, Jacques Gabai, was born in Quimper.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 February 1944 in a transport of 1214 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 999 people murdered in gas chambers after selection
23andMe as a functioning company was a privacy disaster. 23andMe as a bankrupt, for sale company is a fucking nightmare
404media.co/dna-of-15-million-…
DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy
There is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying genetic data.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Former CEO wants to buy it, but the fate of its customers' genetic data is unclear.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…
Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy
Former CEO wants to buy it, but the fate of its customers’ genetic data is unclear.John Timmer (Ars Technica)
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15 million people around the globe may just have the most impactful pwning of their lives if this isn't treated carefully.
If they sell to a bad actor, anything is possible with that data.
You can reset passwords, you can reset 2FA tokens, you can't reset your DNA.
“Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in #Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.”
propublica.org/article/texas-a…
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.ProPublica
National monuments have grown and shrunk under US presidents for over a century thanks to one law: The Antiquities Act
Public lands are quintessentially American, and in many ways they define and shape the American identity. There are a few ways to better shield them from political whims.The Conversation
SpaceX Preps New Starlink Dishes, Including One for Gigabit Speeds
The company is also developing a dish to follow the Starlink Mini.Michael Kan (PCMag)
As BLACKPINK's members try on solo stardom, only one finds a perfect fit
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5328701/blackpink-solo-rose-jisoo-lisa-jennie-kpop?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#meme #memes #science #humor #clowns #planet #earth
FunHouse Radio
Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.FunHouse Radio
If you are interested in learning more about the security risks associated with connected devices that no longer get software updates please join me, @securesilient and @gigastacey.bsky.social next Tuesday at 3pm ET.
Let's get rid of zombie devices!
secure-resilient.org/virtual-e…
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The Universe is doing weird stuff again. If this pans out, and that looks likely, our understanding of the cosmos will have to fundamentally change. Again.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/is-…
Is the Universe misbehaving again?
Dark energy is probably doing something weird, and we don’t know whyBad Astronomy Newsletter
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Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.The Conversation
Oops: Google Accidentally Deletes Maps Timeline Data of Some Users
The data loss was caused by a 'technical issue,' Google says.Jibin Joseph (PCMag)
But we all listened to the tape, darling - which is still up on Breitbart btw - we all heard you brag that you asked a foreign leader who was threatening Canadian sovereignty to hold off on punishing Canada long enough to let a Canadian you thought he would like better to win a Canadian election.
CBC: 'Offensive and false': Alberta premier's office denies Smith urged U.S. to interfere in federal election #elbowsup #CanadianElection2025
The future of 450 million Europeans is in their hands.
Europe needs to be strong to protect it.
We're taking action: increasing defence spending, supporting Ukraine, and strengthening our industry. This is our ReArm Europe Plan / Readiness 2030, worth over €800 billion.
Our new action plan for competitive and environmentally friendly steel and metals and the Savings and Investment Union strategy will be key to delivering it.
Europe responds with actions.
More: europa.eu/!J9qy7c
#EU
Commission unveils the White Paper for European Defence and the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030
Today, the Commission and the High Representative have presented a White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030.European Commission - European Commission
If you do NOT want to be one of the many who remain blissfully uninformed — those who somehow can stay complacent amid increasing climate chaos — here is an excellent resource for learning what you need to know.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations, provides an annual report on the state of the global climate. This year's effort includes a helpful explainer that covers all the basics with a few minutes reading.
SEE THE EXPLAINER ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4…
I'm going to pick out several highlights and discuss them in a thread below. This post will serve as an introduction. 🧵 1/5
You can find a link to download the full report here ➡️ wmo.int/publication-series/sta…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
State of the Global Climate 2024
The global climate system is complex. In order to unpack such complexity, the WMO State of the Global Climate uses seven Climate Indicators to describe the changing climate.Esri
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This graphic from the WMO report is one of the best visuals I have seen that clearly illustrates the connection between increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, rising temperatures, and reinforcing feedback loops that lead to devastating high-impact events with consequent risks to populations around the world.
It's not a pretty picture.
LEARN MORE HERE ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
State of the Global Climate 2024
The global climate system is complex. In order to unpack such complexity, the WMO State of the Global Climate uses seven Climate Indicators to describe the changing climate.Esri
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The 10 largest Chinese communities in the world https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/posts/diaspora/the-10-largest-chinese-communities-in-the-worldMastodon
ya, I was just reacting to the headline / image, trying to be funny. Reading all the fine print below the image ruins my attempt at "a joke." 🙂
Apparently China is 1.411 billion nowadays.128X "#1 Indonesia"
The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright
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In his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas.
propublica.org/article/energy-…
#News #Energy #Climate #Oil #Gas #RenewableEnergy #ClimateChange
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Oh yes, we do we do have replacements. They don’t have replacements, but I would like to suggest that every community has the capacity to make themselves car free.. we have to do much of this work anyway, because of the first poly crisis of climate, every community has to restore their watershed and then integrate themselves into natural systems, especially for local food production.
Car free plus local food equals 90% reduction in resources needed for modern economy
I identify with the guy on the left at a molecular level. This is following US politics. This is what it is like.
Only the "audience" keeps begging for more tricks and saying "no no no it's going to be real magic this time" over and over no matter how many tricks get debunked.
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So many of those tricks were in my "magic set" back in the 80s.
I wanted to be a stage magician when I grew up.
#Trump is now complaining about a portrait of him.
He said a portrait of him hanging in the Colorado State Capitol "was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before".
But I cannot see the problem. Can you?
news.sky.com/story/truly-the-w…
'Truly the worst': Donald Trump demands removal of 'purposefully distorted' portrait
The US president said a portrait of him hanging in the Colorado State Capitol "was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before".Sky News
I threatened y'all with it, so it's time to make good on the promise, and deliver my first real review/report on a non-fiction book from my reading queue.
In today's #blog post, I analyze (as best I can) Shohaku Okumura's Realizing Genjokoan, itself an analysis of the much older Shobogenzo Genjokoan text by the foundational 13th-century master Dogen Zenji.
It might be the most important book I read last year.
arcanalabs.ca/essays/reviews/2…
#reading #nonfictionbook #zen #analyticalreading
Why We Practice: Shohaku Okumura's Realizing Genjokoan
Arcana Labs - Puzzles and Proverbswww.arcanalabs.ca
That is some serious tone-deafness from #Wyoming Rep Hageman.
From the Politco Weekly #Agriculture newsletter.
Subject line is: "Lawmakers face angry farmers"
@pdiff1 I saw Tim Walz recently saying that we have done a terrible job of telling people what government does. I think he's right.
Some people have tried. But we are swamped by people who think it's only taxes.
Project 2025 is now 42% complete. Impressive for an administration run by a guy who said he had no idea who they were... Despite many of them being former and future employees.
Only 1,398 days to go...
Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Grasshopper Typewriter
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Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Grasshopper Typewriter
Do you consider your keyboard to be a fragile thing? Meet the glass keyboard by [BranchNo9329], which even has a glass PCB. At least, I think the whole thing is glass. There are so frustratingly fe…Hackaday
“'What I’m saying is hang on to your stock,' Musk said."
And while he was saying this to the rank-and-file, board members and other insiders have been cashing out in a big way. (abcnews.go.com/Business/tesla-…)
Exactly the same thing happened at Enron when things started to go south.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
#elonmusk #tesla #trump
Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks
Shares of Tesla have plunged nearly 50% since a peak in mid-December.Olivia Rubin (ABC News)
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"This is the way fascism starts, with the few not the many, but the many are next. ...
Tomorrow it could be you and me."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism
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luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…
Trump moves toward a more efficient fascism
Donald Trump is in the process of issuing a series of executive orders targeting law firms he doesn’t like.Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"The Wisconsin man, who is white, voted for the candidate who said he would expel all those who “poison the blood of the country.” The man told USA Today that he didn’t believe Trump meant his wife. She was different, he said. He thought Trump 'would target people who snuck over the border and weren’t vetted.' And now that his wife has been detained by ICE, he still can’t believe it. 'It doesn’t make any sense.'”
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #fascism #immigrants
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editorialboard.com/nows-the-ti…
Now's the time for the Democrats to demoralize Trump voters
Think of it as a humanitarian effort.John Stoehr (The Editorial Board)
Travel Guide for Hokitika and Paparoa National Park, New Zealand - New Zealand Purple Travel Guide
Paparoa National Park is known for its limestone karst formations, caves, diverse flora and fauna, outdoor activities and the spectacular Charleston Glowworm Cave.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
Alta ! 😵💫
Die #LetzteGeneration sollen rechtlich #Terroristen sein, weil sie "das Sicherheitsgefühl der Bevölkerung" negativ beeinflussen und weil sie "den Staat schlecht dastehen lassen".
Für ersteres kannste den gesamten Springer-Verlag & Twitter einknasten und zweiteres is ne Selbsteinschätzung von Polizei / Innenministerium, für die alles unterhalb totaler Kontrolle eh völlig inakzeptabel ist.
Mei-ne Fresse. 👹
lto.de/recht/justiz/j/letzte-g…
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StA Berlin: 'Letzte Generation' kriminelle Vereinigung?
Ein internes Justizgutachten zeigt, dass die Klimaaktivisten in Berlin knapper der Einstufung als 'kriminelle Vereinigung' entgangen sind, als angenommen.Legal Tribune Online
New from me: Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy
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The Renditions Are Backfiring
The White House is facing growing resistance and outrage from all quarters for its summary deportations of migrants and defiance of court orders.open.substack.com
Tomorrow, March 25th at 1400 Eastern/UTC-4 #Episode 7 of #FiresideFedi with #special #guest @andypiper head of communications with #Mastodon.
Catch it #live via #Owncast: stream.firesidefedi.live
#Peertube #VOD: video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast: audio.firesidefedi.live
Fireside Fedi Show
Fireside Fedi is an attempt to learn more about folks within the Fediverse.Fireside Fedi Show
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e506 with Andy and Michael M - stories and discussion on the attention economy, focus, pirated data used in training LLMs, snarky software and much more.
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