Harper is an English grammar checker designed to be just right. I created it after years of dealing with the shortcomings of the competition.

Grammarly was too expensive and too overbearing. Its suggestions lacked context, and were often just plain wrong. Not to mention: it's a privacy nightmare. Everything you write with Grammarly is sent to their servers. Their privacy policy claims they don't sell the data, but that doesn't mean they don't use it to train large language models and god knows what else. Not only that, but the round-trip-time of the network request makes revising your work all the more tedious.

LanguageTool is great, if you have gigabytes of RAM to spare and are willing to download the ~16GB n-gram dataset. Besides the memory requirements, I found LanguageTool too slow: it would take several seconds to lint even a moderate-size document.

That's why I created Harper: it is the grammar checker that fits my needs. Not only does it take milliseconds to lint a document, take less than 1/50th of LanguageTool's memory footprint, but it is also completely private.

GitHub - Automattic/harper: Offline, privacy-first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered

Offline, privacy-first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered - Automattic/harper

^GitHub

Last week, I wrote about alternatives to Meta’s WhatsApp. While WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption, the many privacy issues with both Meta in general and WhatsApp in particular provide many reasons to stay away or move away from WhatsApp. I, myself, have never used WhatsApp, but I want to be as thorough as possible in providing solutions for the Meta problem.

This week, we take a look at Threads, the micro blogging service which Meta released in 2023 to take advantage of the mass exodus from Twitter after Elon Musk’s purchase in 2022. As with other Meta services, Threads comes with its fair share of issues. Before Threads was out of beta, TechCrunch reported that Threads was a “privacy nightmare”:

Information provided about the app’s privacy via mandatory disclosures required on iOS shows the app may collect highly sensitive information about users in order to profile their digital activity — including health and financial data, precise location, browsing history, contacts, search history and other sensitive information.

Lomas, N. (2023, July 5). Meta’s Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won’t launch in EU yet. TechCrunch. techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/thre…

‌While Threads initially grew quickly, reaching 100 million users within days of its launch, Meta stopped reporting their user count, so any reported current user counts are estimates at best.

Threads other issue is that, as part of Meta, there is no longer any fact-checking to attempt to counter misinformation and extremism on the platform. This decision came shortly before Donald Trump began his second term as US President and was a clear capitulation to Trump and Republicans, who have used misinformation and extremism as tools in their continuing war to establish fascism.

Export Your Threads Data

Before leaving Threads, the first thing we’ll do is export our account data for backup and archival purposes. Fortunately, Meta provides instructions on how to do this.

1. Go to instagram.com.
2. Click Menu in the bottom left, then click Settings.
3. Click Account at the top.
4. Click Download your information.
   
   • Enter the email address where you’d like to receive a link to your data, then click Request Download.
   • Enter your Instagram account password and click Next in the top right, then click Done.
   • You’ll receive an email titled Your Threads Data with a link to your data. Click Download data and follow the instructions to finish downloading your information.

   
   

View and download your Threads information | Instagram Help Center. (2017). Facebook.com. facebook.com/help/instagram/25…

What’s confusing is that the option to download your Threads data is actually under your Instagram account. Be sure to select your Instagram account, choose the “Some of your information” option, and then check the box for Threads in the list of information choices under your Instagram accounts. You will also have the ability to select the data format (HTML or JSON) and how far back you want to download (I selected “all time”). Once your data is ready to download, you will receive an email notification with a link to start the download.

Since I’ve only been on Threads for a few months, my download was ready within minutes and was just a few megabytes in size. If you’ve been on longer or posted a lot of media, your data will take longer to process and download. You should also note that you only have 4 days to download your data before it expires, though you can re-submit your request at any time.

Delete Your Threads Account

Originally, you couldn’t delete your Threads account without also deleting your Instragram account. That, of course, was very unpopular, and Meta eventually made it possible to just kill your Threads account. Just follow these simple steps:

To permanently pull the plug on your account, make sure you’re signed into the Threads app. Tap the profile icon in the lower right on the bottom toolbar, tap the double-lined icon in the upper right, and then select Account. At the Account screen, tap Deactivate or Delete profile. Tap the button at the bottom for Delete profile.

Enter your password in the password field and then confirm your action by tapping Delete Threads profile. A message pops up telling you that your account is scheduled for deletion, an action that will occur in another 30 days. Until that time, you will no longer be visible on Threads. If you change your mind, just sign back into your account. Otherwise, wait for the 30 days to pass for your account to be permanently removed.

Whitney, L. (2025, January 13). How to Delete a Threads Profile Without Getting Rid of Your Instagram Account. PCMAG; PCMag. pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-delete…

Threads Alternatives

When Elon Musk bought Twitter and started morphing it into his own personal Truth Social, I had looked at alternative micro blogging sites I could move two. There were two main alternatives then and they are still the front-runners now.

Bluesky

Bluesky first appeared as an invite only service in October 2022, right around the time Musk took over Twitter. The service has iOS and Android apps for mobile and has released its code as open source, allowing anybody to create an account on the service for free. The service grew in a big way thanks to the influx of Brazilian accounts created with the impending shutdown of Twitter in the country in late 2024. There are even projects in the works to make the Bluesky service federated and visible to other services, including…

Mastodon/Pleroma

I am listing these two services together as they are both similar. Both Mastodon and Pleroma are free open source micro blogging platforms, similar to Bluesky. The difference is that these services are decentralized and federated. What this means is that, unlike most major social media platforms like Threads and Facebook, which are their own “walled gardens” and won’t play nice with others, there are many Mastodon and Plerorma servers on the web which CAN talk to one another. This is similar to how email works, but for micro blogging. For example, my Mastodon account is hosted on a server called twit.social, but I can see and respond to posts from other Mastodon servers such as mastodon.social, writing.exchange, social.coop, and others. I can also see and respond to other services on the “Fediverse“, including Pixelfed (photo sharing), Diaspora (Facebook alternative), Bookwyrm (book and reading social sharing), and others.

Do you have a Bluesky, and/or Mastodon/Pleroma account? Post your account info in the comments. My accounts are located at:

• Bluesky – bsky.app/profile/medi-nerd.com
• Mastodon – twit.social/@kevingamin

From a commenter under the video:

Summarized the measurements, with rough timestamps:

Stock blades (6:43): 1 m/s, 64.3 W,

simple airfoil (7:55): 0.8 m/s, 66 W

modern airfoil (9:12): 1.2 m/s, 64.5 W

stock motor no blades (13:49): 53.8 W

BLDC motor no blades (16:24): 8 W

BLDC stock blades (18:27): 1.8 m/s, 59 W

BLDC stock blades at reduced speed (19:35): 1.0 m/s, 27.3 W

For many thousands of Albanians, Filma24 was the top destination for pirated movies and TV shows. This weekend, however, that routine came to an abrupt halt when the site and many of its backup domains went offline. All signs point to an intervention from anti-piracy group ACE and parent organization the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which is the new owner of Filma24's domain names.

ACE Shuts Down Filma24, Albania's Movie Piracy Juggernaut * TorrentFreak

Filma24, Albania's most popular pirate website, has been pulled offline by ACE and now points to an official takedown notice.

^{Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)}

The Redditor was experiencing problems with his Asus TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition graphics card, leading him to return it to Micro Center for a replacement. Although the replacement GPU's packaging is labeled for the Asus TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition, the actual card inside features a shroud marked with both AMD Radeon and GeForce RTX branding. This unusual hardware issue appears to be a manufacturing mistake by Asus, directly stemming from the company's production line.

Rare Franken-GPU has both AMD and Nvidia branding — AMD Radeon GeForce RTX 9070 XT is the new ultimate midrange gaming champ

Gaming GPU suffers from an identity crisis.

^{Zhiye Liu (Tom's Hardware)}

Brett Wilkins
Jun 24, 2025

[Since this article was written, #Mamdani has won the Democratic primary.]

"The prospect a Mamdani victory is deeply worrying to many of the Wall Street bankers, corporate executives, real estate developers, mega-landlords and others who are bankrolling #Cuomo... Backers include billionaire former Mayor Michael Bloomberg; financiers Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb; Wall Street titans Blair Effron, Steve Rattner, and Antonio Weiss; Palantir founder and co-CEO Alex Karp; and former President Bill Clinton."

Oligarchs 'Terrified' Democratic Socialist Mamdani Might Win NYC Mayoral Primary

"This is a tale that we're seeing across this country, where it's a battle of organized money versus organized people," Zohran Mamdani said on the eve of the election.

^{brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)}

The partnership will help both Ottawa and Brussels to deliver NATO’s new capability requirements.

Canada signs defense pact with EU

^{Csongor Körömi (POLITICO)}

By MEE correspondent in Tehran
Published date: 24 June 2025 15:22 BST

"In the middle of an empty street in Tehran, a young man stood playing the violin. As fear of Israeli air strikes drove people indoors at nightfall, his music carried through the quiet neighbourhoods, offering residents a moment of solace and peace.

“I just wanted to remind my fellow citizens that the lovely sound of love and music is louder than the terrifying sound of bombs and explosions,” the musician, who didn't want to share his name, told Middle East Eye.

“I’m not into politics at all, but I wanted to give love to the people around me and remind them that life is still going on.”"

Violins over violence: Tehran’s musicians fought fear with music

As Israeli bombs fell and Iran's air defence systems lit up the skies over Tehran, music drifted through parts of the city. In the middle of an empty street in Tehran, a young man stood playing the violin.

^{MEE correspondent (Middle East Eye)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32192782

By MEE correspondent in Tehran
Published date: 24 June 2025 15:22 BST

"In the middle of an empty street in Tehran, a young man stood playing the violin. As fear of Israeli air strikes drove people indoors at nightfall, his music carried through the quiet neighbourhoods, offering residents a moment of solace and peace.

“I just wanted to remind my fellow citizens that the lovely sound of love and music is louder than the terrifying sound of bombs and explosions,” the musician, who didn't want to share his name, told Middle East Eye.

“I’m not into politics at all, but I wanted to give love to the people around me and remind them that life is still going on.”"

Peter Link

2025-06-24 15:06:04

Violins over violence: Tehran’s musicians fought fear with music

By MEE correspondent in Tehran
Published date: 24 June 2025 15:22 BST

"In the middle of an empty street in Tehran, a young man stood playing the violin. As fear of Israeli air strikes drove people indoors at nightfall, his music carried through the quiet neighbourhoods, offering residents a moment of solace and peace.

“I just wanted to remind my fellow citizens that the lovely sound of love and music is louder than the terrifying sound of bombs and explosions,” the musician, who didn't want to share his name, told Middle East Eye.

“I’m not into politics at all, but I wanted to give love to the people around me and remind them that life is still going on.”"

Violins over violence: Tehran’s musicians fought fear with music

As Israeli bombs fell and Iran's air defence systems lit up the skies over Tehran, music drifted through parts of the city. In the middle of an empty street in Tehran, a young man stood playing the violin.

^{MEE correspondent (Middle East Eye)}

L’evento di Valdobbiadene del 28 settembre introduce il “tempo minimo”: partenza alle 8.30 e non entrerà in classifica chi completerà i 100 km di percorso tra i vigneti prima delle 11.40. L’organizzatore Massimo Stefani: “Vogliamo garantire la massima sicurezza e rendere l’evento ancora più originale e divertente”

Alla Prosecco Cycling non fa difetto l’originalità, la capacità di proporre nuove idee per rendere l’evento sempre più coinvolgente e attrattivo. La novità dell’edizione 2025, in programma domenica 28 settembre, è l’introduzione di una sorta di “tempo minimo”: chi concluderà il percorso tra le splendide colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene prima delle 11.40 non entrerà in classifica.

Considerando che la partenza in Piazza Marconi a Valdobbiadene è prevista alle 8.30, significa che i partecipanti alla Prosecco Cycling 2025 non potranno giungere al traguardo in meno di 3 ore 10’. Ne uscirà rafforzato l’invito che da sempre la Prosecco Cycling rivolge ai partecipanti - pedalate senza fretta, alzate la testa dal manubrio e godetevi il paesaggio che incontrerete lungo il tragitto tra i vigneti - ma soprattutto l’evento di Valdobbiadene offrirà un’esperienza ancora più inedita e coinvolgente: perché da queste parti, dove la festa inizia alla fine, non c’è motivo per spingere sempre a fondo sui pedali.

Valdobbiadene (TV): PROSECCO CYCLING, domenica 28 settembre 2025 - ViaggieMiraggi

PROSECCO CYCLING, VIETATO PEDALARE TROPPO VELOCE L’evento di Valdobbiadene del 28 settembre introduce il “tempo minimo”: partenza alle 8.30 e non entrerà in classifica chi completerà i 100 km di percorso tra i vigneti prima delle 11.40.

^{Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)}

Findings by Defense Intelligence Agency suggest Trump’s declaration that sites were ‘obliterated’ may be overstated

An initial classified US assessment of Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend says they did not destroy two of the sites and likely only set back the nuclear program by a few months, according to two people familiar with the report.

The report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency – the intelligence arm of the Pentagon – concluded key components of the nuclear program, including centrifuges, were capable of being restarted within months.

The report also found that much of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be put to use for a possible nuclear weapon was moved before the strikes and may have been moved to other secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran.

US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set back program by months, Pentagon report says

^{Hugo Lowell (The Guardian)}

A Colombian woman describes how she was recruited for sexcam work at 17 and encouraged to livestream from school.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/bbc.com/news…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Sexcam industry recruited us while we were schoolgirls, say models

^{Sofia Bettiza (BBC News)}

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail in Tennessee on Wednesday, only to be taken into immigration custody.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/apnews.com/a…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

The discovery raises fresh concerns about the risk of animal pathogens infecting people.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimes…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Viruses related to deadly human diseases found in Chinese bats

The discovery raises fresh concerns about the risk of animal pathogens infecting people.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

^{The Straits Times}

Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters searching through the debris of Russia's nightly assault on their cities found a drone that was different to the rest.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/apnews.com/a…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

The military usually conducts such missile drills at bases in the US, but those are costly.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimes…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Japan conducts first domestic surface-to-ship missile test

The military usually conducts such missile drills at bases in the US, but those are costly. Read more at straitstimes.com.

^{The Straits Times}

​FAA cited for ineffective oversight of Boeing’s known recordkeeping issues

WASHINGTON (June 24, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday said the probable cause of last year’s in-flight mid-exit door (MED) plug blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 was Boeing’s failure to “provide adequate training, guidance and oversight” to its factory workers.

The NTSB also found the Federal Aviation Administration was ineffective in ensuring Boeing addressed “repetitive and systemic” nonconformance issues associated with its parts removal process.

The NTSB also concluded that in the two years before the accident, Boeing’s voluntary safety management system, or SMS, was inadequate, lacked formal FAA oversight, and did not proactively identify and mitigate risks. The investigation found that accurate and ongoing data about overall safety culture is necessary for an SMS to be successfully integrated into a quality management system.

On Jan. 5, 2024, the Boeing 737-9, operated as Alaska Airlines flight 1282, was climbing through 14,830 feet about six minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, when the left MED plug departed the airplane. During the rapid depressurization, some passengers’ belongings were sucked out of the airplane, oxygen masks dropped from the overhead passenger service units, and the door to the flight deck swung open, injuring a flight attendant. In addition to the flight attendant, seven passengers received minor injuries. The two pilots, the other three flight attendants and the remaining 164 passengers were uninjured. The flight was destined for Ontario, California.

“The safety deficiencies that led to this accident should have been evident to Boeing and to the FAA — should have been preventable,” NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said. “This time, it was missing bolts securing the MED plug. But the same safety deficiencies that led to this accident could just as easily have led to other manufacturing quality escapes and, perhaps, other accidents.”

The MED plug was found in a Portland neighborhood two days after the accident. When investigators examined the recovered plug, they found evidence that the four bolts needed to secure the plug were missing before the accident occurred. Without the bolts, NTSB investigators found the unsecured plug “had moved incrementally upward during previous flight cycles” until it departed the airplane during the accident flight.

The airplane had been delivered to Alaska Airlines three months earlier. Investigators determined that the door plug was opened without the required documentation in Boeing’s Renton, Washington, factory on Sept. 18, 2023, to perform rivet repair work on the fuselage. The door plug was closed the following day. While Boeing’s procedures called for specific technicians to open or close MED plugs, none of the specialized workers were working at the time the door plug was closed. The absence of proper documentation of the door plug work meant no quality assurance inspection of the plug closure occurred.

The investigation also highlighted the need for additional training on flight crew oxygen masks and their communication systems and the need for greater voluntary use of child restraint systems by caregivers of those under two years of age.

The NTSB issued new safety recommendations to the FAA and Boeing. Previously issued recommendations were reiterated to the FAA, Airlines for America, the National Air Carrier Association and Regional Airline Association.

The executive summary of the report, including the findings, probable cause and safety recommendations, is available online​. Additional material, including the preliminary report, previously issued safety recommendations, news releases, the public docket, investigative updates and links to photos and videos, is available on the accident investigation webpage.

The final report will be published in the coming weeks on NTSB.gov.

​FAA cited for ineffective oversight of Boeing’s known recordkeeping issues

WASHINGTON (June 24, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday said the probable cause of last year’s in-flight mid-exit door (MED) plug blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 was Boeing’s failure to “provide adequate training, guidance and oversight” to its factory workers.

The NTSB also found the Federal Aviation Administration was ineffective in ensuring Boeing addressed “repetitive and systemic” nonconformance issues associated with its parts removal process.

The NTSB also concluded that in the two years before the accident, Boeing’s voluntary safety management system, or SMS, was inadequate, lacked formal FAA oversight, and did not proactively identify and mitigate risks. The investigation found that accurate and ongoing data about overall safety culture is necessary for an SMS to be successfully integrated into a quality management system.

On Jan. 5, 2024, the Boeing 737-9, operated as Alaska Airlines flight 1282, was climbing through 14,830 feet about six minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, when the left MED plug departed the airplane. During the rapid depressurization, some passengers’ belongings were sucked out of the airplane, oxygen masks dropped from the overhead passenger service units, and the door to the flight deck swung open, injuring a flight attendant. In addition to the flight attendant, seven passengers received minor injuries. The two pilots, the other three flight attendants and the remaining 164 passengers were uninjured. The flight was destined for Ontario, California.

“The safety deficiencies that led to this accident should have been evident to Boeing and to the FAA — should have been preventable,” NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said. “This time, it was missing bolts securing the MED plug. But the same safety deficiencies that led to this accident could just as easily have led to other manufacturing quality escapes and, perhaps, other accidents.”

The MED plug was found in a Portland neighborhood two days after the accident. When investigators examined the recovered plug, they found evidence that the four bolts needed to secure the plug were missing before the accident occurred. Without the bolts, NTSB investigators found the unsecured plug “had moved incrementally upward during previous flight cycles” until it departed the airplane during the accident flight.

The airplane had been delivered to Alaska Airlines three months earlier. Investigators determined that the door plug was opened without the required documentation in Boeing’s Renton, Washington, factory on Sept. 18, 2023, to perform rivet repair work on the fuselage. The door plug was closed the following day. While Boeing’s procedures called for specific technicians to open or close MED plugs, none of the specialized workers were working at the time the door plug was closed. The absence of proper documentation of the door plug work meant no quality assurance inspection of the plug closure occurred.

The investigation also highlighted the need for additional training on flight crew oxygen masks and their communication systems and the need for greater voluntary use of child restraint systems by caregivers of those under two years of age.

The NTSB issued new safety recommendations to the FAA and Boeing. Previously issued recommendations were reiterated to the FAA, Airlines for America, the National Air Carrier Association and Regional Airline Association.

The executive summary of the report, including the findings, probable cause and safety recommendations, is available online​. Additional material, including the preliminary report, previously issued safety recommendations, news releases, the public docket, investigative updates and links to photos and videos, is available on the accident investigation webpage.

The final report will be published in the coming weeks on NTSB.gov.

China's auto industry has inflated car sales for years through a burgeoning government-backed grey market that registers new cars right off the assembly line and then ships them overseas as "used" vehicles.

These so-called "zero-mileage" cars have never been driven but they are being exported as used to markets like Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East, allowing Chinese automakers to show growth and to dispose of cars that it would be difficult to sell domestically, according to a Reuters review of government documents and interviews with five auto dealers and car traders.

"This is the outcome of an almost-four-year price war that has made companies desperate to book any sales possible," said Tu Le, Michigan-based founder of consultancy Sino Auto Insights.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/local-chinese-governments-promote-zero-mileage-used-car-exports-inflating-sales-2025-06-23/

Dire che con questo quindicesimo lavoro i R.E.M. ritornano alle origini, è assai azzardato.
Eguagliare ottimi dischi e capolavori come Document dell ’87, Green dell '88, Out of Time dell ’91 e Automatic for the People dell '92, non è cosa semplice... Leggi e ascolta...

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2025-06-25 06:22:40

R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now (2011)

Dire che con questo quindicesimo lavoro i R.E.M. ritornano alle origini, è assai azzardato. Eguagliare ottimi dischi e capolavori come Document dell ’87, Green dell '88, Out of Time dell ’91 e Automatic for the People dell '92, non è cosa semplice. Personalmente, dopo il buon New Adventures in Hi-Fi dell '96, li avevo trascurati se non per qualche ascolto di Up dell '98 e Reveal del 2001. In realtà in questi “anni duemila” il loro suono è diventato “piatto” e privo di emozioni, un continuo girare e rigirare nella stessa pentola di note. D'altronde in trent’anni di carriera non è facile rimanere in auge e sfornare nuovi lavori originali. Proprio per questo qualche maligno aveva simpaticamente consigliato di sciogliersi [sic!] Per pura curiosità ho voluto mettere il naso, o meglio le orecchie, su queste dodici tracce e, ascolto dopo ascolto, con meraviglia il disco mi ha preso come mai avrei pensato... artesuono.blogspot.com/2014/07…

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R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now (2011)

di Silvano Bottaro Dire che con questo quindicesimo lavoro i R.E.M. ritornano alle origini, è assai azzardato. Eguagliare ottimi d...

^{Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)}

Ciao a tutti, vi chiedo di supportare questa richiesta ufficiale al comune du Milano.

Tra poco la M2 verrà chiusa tra Cadorna e Garibaldi, per due mesi, e ATM non ha messo neanche un autobus sostitutivo.

Le soluzioni proposte da ATM fanno perdere come minimo mezz'ora, ogni volta. Un pendolare deve buttare un'ora ogni giorno, per questo scherzetto.

La richiesta linkata chiede al comune di Milano di istituire un autobus sostitutivo all'altezza, per minimizzare o disagi

Tutti i dettagli sono nella descrizione al link.

Può firmarla con SPID chi è residente a Milano, ma anche chi la frequenta perché ci lavora (io sono in questa categoria), o frequenta qualcuno che ci abita (i cosiddetti city users). In tal caso, quando si prova a firmare, bisogna compilare un'autocertificazione, seguendo le istruzioni, e poi aspettare che sia approvata (qualche info a questo link)

Grazie!

https://partecipazione.comune.milano.it/initiatives/i-302

Murkowski is seemingly keeping a door open to potentially caucusing with Democrats moving forward, or at the very least in a more independent mode to avoid the current hardened partisan divide, according to an interview being released in full on Tuesday.

Galen Druke, host of the GD Politics podcast, asked a hypothetical question about Murkowski being open to caucusing outside of the GOP if Democrats were to pick up three Senate seats in next year's elections, and if she had more opportunities to help her Alaskan constituents.

"There may be a possibility," Murkowski said, later adding, "There is some openness to exploring something different than the status quo."

It's an open question whether this being couched as a hypothetical allowed that response. It seems plausible that this is a gambit for other reasons.

Democrats' Chances of Winning Back Senate Surge After Murkowski Bombshell

Lisa Murkowski's potential openness to caucusing with Democrats could sway power in the Senate next year.

^{Nick Mordowanec (Newsweek)}

This “just use linux” mentality is peak broke-brain logic.

You think spending an hour every day troubleshooting and googling how to fix it is some badge of honor? Congrats, you saved $0 and burned the only free hour you had after work. Hope the "Freedom" was worth it.

Linux isn’t free. It costs time, energy, and attention — the three things high-performers guard with their life. Compile time, Maintenance, debugging, dependancies, cleanup — you’re bleeding hours to save pennies. That’s not frugality, that’s time poverty.

You’re not a developer. You’re a tired guy distro hopping at 10pm convincing yourself it’s “self care.” Meanwhile someone else paid $100 for Windows, finished a deck, hit the gym, and got 8 hours of sleep. But hey, you configured your system by hand. King shit.

And don’t even start with the “but privacy!” cope. 90% of y’all using Linux aren’t toppling goverments or hacking banks. You’re watching Youtube, checking Gmail, Twitter, and scrolling the same niche subreddit every night. You’re not optimizing for privacy, you’re optimizing for feeling morally superior while wasting time.

Time is the only real flex. You get more of it by buying it back. If that costs $100 for Windows, that’s a steal. If you’re in any field where leverage matters — CAD, Excel, Adobe — and you’re still compiling Linux from scratch like it’s 1999, you’re not serious.

This isn’t about being rich. It’s about understanding what moves the needle. High-output people don’t micromanage their PCs — they outsource. You want to be productive? Stop pretending Linux is a virtue. It’s not. It’s a time sink.

Based on: https://x.com/j0hnwang/status/1935839092542963826