The Wikipedia Test
What if there was a simple test to make sure every new internet regulation preserved the spaces and parts of the internet that you love the most?We get it; we really do. Lawmakers across the world are rightly focused on regulating powerful, for-profit platforms to mitigate the harms ascribed to social media and other threats online. When developing such legislation, however, some draft laws can inadvertently place public interest projects like Wikipedia at risk. At the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms, we have found that when a proposed law harms Wikipedia, in many cases it likely harms other community-led websites, open resources, or digital infrastructure.
That is why we have created the Wikipedia Test: a public policy tool and a call to action to help ensure regulators consider how new laws can negatively affect online communities and platforms that provide services and information in the public interest.
The Wikipedia Test – Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikipedia Test is a public policy tool and a call to action to help ensure regulators consider how new laws can negatively affect online communities and platforms that provide services and information in the public interest.Wikimedia Foundation
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The Wikipedia Test
What if there was a simple test to make sure every new internet regulation preserved the spaces and parts of the internet that you love the most?We get it; we really do. Lawmakers across the world are rightly focused on regulating powerful, for-profit platforms to mitigate the harms ascribed to social media and other threats online. When developing such legislation, however, some draft laws can inadvertently place public interest projects like Wikipedia at risk. At the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms, we have found that when a proposed law harms Wikipedia, in many cases it likely harms other community-led websites, open resources, or digital infrastructure.
That is why we have created the Wikipedia Test: a public policy tool and a call to action to help ensure regulators consider how new laws can negatively affect online communities and platforms that provide services and information in the public interest.
The Wikipedia Test – Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikipedia Test is a public policy tool and a call to action to help ensure regulators consider how new laws can negatively affect online communities and platforms that provide services and information in the public interest.Wikimedia Foundation
How These 6 Arab Countries Aided Israel’s Strike on Iran - TMJ News Network
How These 6 Arab States Aided Israel’s Strike on Iran
Israel's strike on Iran exposed hidden Arab-Israel ties, revealing how Gulf states quietly enabled Tel Aviv’s attacks and sidelined the Palestinian cause.Judy El Baba (TMJ News Network)
Gnome is Asking You to Donate Less
Donate Less
We have a new donation page. But before you go there, I would like to impress upon you this idea: We would vastly prefer you donate $10/mo for one year ($120 total) than $200 in one lump sum....Steven Deobald (The Everyone Environment)
Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name
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Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.From this RSS feed
Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Microsoft internal memo: 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Executive Julia Liuson recently told Microsoft managers to include internal AI tool usage when evaluating employee performance.Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)
Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Microsoft internal memo: 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Executive Julia Liuson recently told Microsoft managers to include internal AI tool usage when evaluating employee performance.Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)
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Five tigers found dead in suspected mass poisoning at Indian wildlife sanctuary
Five tigers found dead in suspected mass poisoning at Indian wildlife sanctuary
India has already lost 103 tigers this year, according to India’s National Tiger Conservation AuthorityArpan Rai (The Independent)
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Israeli military to shift focus back to Gaza after Iran war
Israeli military to shift focus back to Gaza after Iran war
Israel's military chief said it will focus on removing the militant group Hamas in Gaza after a ceasefire with Iran. Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Office blamed Israeli forces for over 400 deaths at aid sites since May.Louis Oelofse (Deutsche Welle)
Android phones could soon warn you of “Stingrays” snooping on your communications
Android phones could soon warn you of “Stingrays” snooping on your communications
But it requires specific hardware support that is missing on current phones.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32367585
Opinion - Michelle Goldberg
June 27, 2025"Mamdani’s pro-Palestinian politics have sparked enormous alarm among some New York Jews, but he’s also won considerable Jewish support. In a poll of likely Jewish voters done by the Honan Strategy Group in May, Andrew Cuomo came in first, with 31 percent of the vote, but Mamdani was second, with 20 percent. On Tuesday, he won most of Park Slope, a neighborhood full of progressive Jews, and held his own on the similarly Jewish Upper West Side.
“His campaign has attracted Jewish New Yorkers of all types,” wrote Jay Michaelson, a columnist at the Jewish newspaper The Forward. The rabbi who runs my son’s Hebrew school put Mamdani on his ballot, though he didn’t rank him first. And while Mamdani undoubtedly did best among left-leaning and largely secular Jews, he made a point of reaching out to others. After he gave an interview to Der Blatt, an ultra-Orthodox Yiddish newspaper, Rabbi Moishe Indig, the leader of a faction of Hasidic Jews, told The New York Times, “As mayor, we wouldn’t have a problem with him.” (Though Indig considered adding Mamdani to his endorsement slate, he ultimately decided against it.)"
Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani
Opinion - Michelle Goldberg
June 27, 2025
"Mamdani’s pro-Palestinian politics have sparked enormous alarm among some New York Jews, but he’s also won considerable Jewish support. In a poll of likely Jewish voters done by the Honan Strategy Group in May, Andrew Cuomo came in first, with 31 percent of the vote, but Mamdani was second, with 20 percent. On Tuesday, he won most of Park Slope, a neighborhood full of progressive Jews, and held his own on the similarly Jewish Upper West Side.
“His campaign has attracted Jewish New Yorkers of all types,” wrote Jay Michaelson, a columnist at the Jewish newspaper The Forward. The rabbi who runs my son’s Hebrew school put Mamdani on his ballot, though he didn’t rank him first. And while Mamdani undoubtedly did best among left-leaning and largely secular Jews, he made a point of reaching out to others. After he gave an interview to Der Blatt, an ultra-Orthodox Yiddish newspaper, Rabbi Moishe Indig, the leader of a faction of Hasidic Jews, told The New York Times, “As mayor, we wouldn’t have a problem with him.” (Though Indig considered adding Mamdani to his endorsement slate, he ultimately decided against it.)"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/opinion/jews-zohran-mamdani.html
confungelamento octoso, un gran pericolo per l’estate rottosica
Ancora non riesco a capire che cosa, ma comunque certamente una qualche cosa dai poteri eccessivi, su questo non ci sono dubbi, sta in ogni modo lavorando con gran forza contro di me, per sabotarmi in maniera sempre più definitiva… per farmi crollare oltre ogni remota possibilità di rialzo, per farmi sentire sempre più priva […]
SCOTUS upholds part of ACA that makes preventive care fully covered
SCOTUS upholds part of ACA that makes preventive care fully covered
Cancer screenings, statins, vaccines, PrEP, will continue to be covered in full.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
The Industrial Explosion
To quickly transform the world, it’s not enough for AI to become super smart (the “intelligence explosion”).AI will also have to turbocharge the physical world (the “industrial explosion”). Think robot factories building more and better robot factories, which build more and better robot factories, and so on.
The dynamics of the industrial explosion has gotten remarkably little attention.
This post lays out how the industrial explosion could play out, and how quickly it might happen.
We think the industrial explosion will unfold in three stages:
- AI-directed human labour, where AI-directed human labourers drive productivity gains in physical capabilities.
1. We argue this could increase physical output by 10X within a few years.
- Fully autonomous robot factories, where AI-directed robots (and other physical actuators) replace human physical labour.
1. We argue that, with current physical technology and full automation of cognitive labour, this physical infrastructure could self-replicate about once per year.
2. 1-year robot doubling times is very fast!
- Nanotechnology, where physical actuators on a very small scale build arbitrary structures within physical limits.
1. We argue, based on experience curves and biological analogies, that we could eventually get nanobots that replicate in a few days or weeks. Again, this is very fast!
The Industrial Explosion | Forethought
Once AI can automate human labour, *physical* capabilities could grow explosively. Sufficiently advanced robotics could create a feedback loop where automated robot factories build more and better robot factories which build more and better robot fac…Forethought
Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
Google’s carbon emissions have soared by 51% since 2019 as artificial intelligence hampers the tech company’s efforts to go green.While the corporation has invested in renewable energy and carbon removal technology, it has failed to curb its scope 3 emissions, which are those further down the supply chain, and are in large part influenced by a growth in datacentre capacity required to power artificial intelligence.
The company reported a 27% increase in year-on-year electricity consumption as it struggles to decarbonise as quickly as its energy needs increase.
Datacentres play a crucial role in training and operating the models that underpin AI models such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s GPT-4, which powers the ChatGPT chatbot. The International Energy Agency estimates that datacentres’ total electricity consumption could double from 2022 levels to 1,000TWh (terawatt hours) in 2026, approximately Japan’s level of electricity demand. AI will result in datacentres using 4.5% of global energy generation by 2030, according to calculations by the research firm SemiAnalysis.
Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’sHelena Horton (The Guardian)
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Zohran Mamdani's Battle Against the Billionaire Class and Democratic Establishment Is Just Beginning | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32316533
Jessica Corbett
Jun 26, 2025"Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday beat disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic NYC mayoral primary—but progressives within and beyond the city don't expect the billionaire class and party establishment that lined up against him to give up so easily. Going into the general election, those who believe in Mamdani's vision are encouraging him and his supporters to maintain the momentum of the movement they've built."
Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani
Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani's victory exposes the out-of-touchness of establishment media outlets that twisted like pretzels to scare voters away.FAIR
Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
No data caps: “Four simple national Internet tiers that include unlimited data.”…Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
Invisible, Misrepresented, and Harmed: ME/CFS Voices Demand Accountability from SBS
SBS Insight Invisible Illness – Statement by 4 Studio Participants
Published: 23 June 2025
Invisible, Misrepresented, and Harmed: ME/CFS Voices Demand Accountability from SBS
A Joint Statement from Participants and Advocates in Response to the 20 May 2025 Episode of Insight
This statement has been prepared by a group of individuals who participated in the recent SBS Insight episode on invisible illness. We are united in our deep concern over how the episode was produced, edited, and presented and the serious harm it caused by misrepresenting Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) and its impact on the wider chronic illness community.
We believe this broadcast represents a clear breach of SBS’s own Code of Practice. The program:
- Failed to uphold editorial integrity by platforming a participant with undisclosed commercial interests (Section 3.1: Editorial Independence and Integrity);
- Presented medically inaccurate and misleading portrayals of ME/CFS (Section 3.2: Accuracy);
- Minimised the diversity of lived experiences in favour of a single recovery narrative (Section 3.3: Diversity of Views and Perspectives);
- Caused emotional harm to participants and viewers alike (Section 4.1: Harm and Offence);
As a public broadcaster, SBS has a duty to ensure ethical, accurate, and inclusive storytelling, especially when dealing with marginalised communities.
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Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts
On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that digital platforms are responsible for users’ content — a major shift in a country where millions rely on apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube every day.The ruling, which goes into effect within weeks, mandates tech giants including Google, X, and Meta to monitor and remove content involving hate speech, racism, and incitement to violence. If the companies can show they took steps to remove such content expeditiously, they will not be held liable, the justices said.
Brazil has long clashed with Big Tech platforms. In 2017, then-congresswoman Maria do Rosário sued Google over YouTube videos that wrongly accused her of defending crimes. Google didn’t remove the clips right away, kicking off a legal debate over whether companies should only be punished if they ignore a judge.
In 2023, following violent protests largely organized online by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, authorities began pushing harder to stop what they saw as dangerous behavior spreading through social networks.
Brazil holds social media platforms responsible for user posts - Rest of World
New Brazil ruling makes Meta, X, WhatsApp and other platforms accountable for content and user safety.Karla Zabludovsky (Rest of World)
Does using ChatGPT change your brain activity? Study sparks debate
Liberal supreme court justices’ dissents reveal concerns that the US faces a crisis
As the supreme court upends precedent again and again, the liberal justices reveal the divisions within the legal body
On Friday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered an acidic sermon against the court’s 6-3 decision to end lower courts’ practice of issuing nationwide injunctions to block federal executive orders, reading her dissent directly from the bench in a move meant to highlight its importance.
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates,” states Sotomayor’s dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown-Jackson. “Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from law abiding citizens or prevent people of certain faiths from gathering to worship.”
From Attic to Art: a Raspberry Pi and Python Revive a Vintage Analog HP Plotter
Reviving a 1970s Analog HP X-Y Recorder
Once upon a time all hardware was open sourceStephen Cass (IEEE Spectrum)
Supreme Court Greenlights Republican Crusade to Defund Planned Parenthood
On Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered a decision that could be a death knell for Planned Parenthood health centers across the nation.In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court’s conservative supermajority decided that the federal Medicaid Act does not give an individual the right to bring a civil rights lawsuit challenging the termination of a specific Medicaid provider from that state’s network.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is its latest assault on reproductive health care. The case also marks another victory for the Alliance Defending Freedom, the Christian conservative litigation shop behind the Dobbs decision, in which the high court reversed Roe v. Wade and ended the federal right to an abortion. (ADF lawyers represented the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in Medina.)
Supreme Court Allows South Carolina to Defund Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court’s conservatives issued their latest attack on reproductive health care in “Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.”Tessa Stuart (Rolling Stone)
!wheretopost@lemmy.world - I created this community because I still find Lemmy a bit confusing
I created this community because I still find Lemmy a bit confusing. Since there are so many communities across so many servers, I never know where I should be posting certain topics.
The goal of this community is to help people find the right community to post specific content and, by doing that, hopefully, decrease posting friction and increase content.
Lemmy Verse is extremely helpful for this sort of thing.
In order to link a community, you should be using the format !CommunityName@LemmyServer.com.
Community link: !wheretopost@lemmy.world
Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Microsoft internal memo: 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Executive Julia Liuson recently told Microsoft managers to include internal AI tool usage when evaluating employee performance.Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)
Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Microsoft internal memo: 'Using AI is no longer optional.'
Executive Julia Liuson recently told Microsoft managers to include internal AI tool usage when evaluating employee performance.Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)
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What to know about the Supreme Court birthright citizenship case
What to know about the Supreme Court birthright citizenship case
The court decided that a sole judge cannot block Trump's orders - including his one on citizenship - nationwide.Brandon Drenon and Lisa Lambert (BBC News)
China unveils tiny spy drone that looks like a mosquito
About 2 cm long and weighing just 0.3 grams, the insect-inspired device features two tiny wings and three spindly legs. Its minuscule size would make it difficult to detect using conventional radar systems, experts say.
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Sir Keir Starmer says fixing welfare system is a 'moral imperative'
Sir Keir Starmer says fixing welfare system is a 'moral imperative'
The prime minister described the benefits system as "broken" a day after he was forced to U-turn on plans for reforms.Adam Hale (BBC News)
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The tories didn’t even seriously try decimating PIP in their decade+ in power.
To disabled people, Labour are looking worse than Tories.
There's no international protocol on what to do if an asteroid strikes Earth
Or so hear members of Parliament in the UK
Archived version: archive.is/newest/theregister.…
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.
There's no international protocol on what to do if an asteroid strikes Earth
: Or so hear members of Parliament in the UKLindsay Clark (The Register)
WhatsApp introduces AI-powered summaries for your private messages
WhatsApp introduced a feature called Message Summaries. It is powered by Meta AI.Why would one need this? The Meta-owned messaging app explains that sometimes users may have too many chats to catch up with, and if you want to do so quickly, the new feature will help.
Message Summaries uses Meta's Private Processing, a technology which was introduced in May 2025. Private Processing uses certain optional Meta AI features to process messages off-device in a confidential and secure environment. WhatsApp says that this process is so secure that not even Meta or WhatsApp can read or access your personal messages.
Sure, we may occasionally have to deal with long group chats that we may have missed. But, I'm not sure if the answer to this is AI-powered summaries. It could be useful in a pinch, but the fact is an AI may not be able to determine what is important to you, and what isn't. There's a good chance that some crucial information could be overlooked by the bot. If you want to use the summarization tool when you're in a hurry, that's cool, but I would advise checking your messages when you have the time.
Message Summaries are currently rolling out to users in the U.S., specifically for users in the English language. WhatsApp says it will bring the feature to more languages and countries later this year.
Google is making a change to Gemini, which will allow it to access WhatsApp and other content by default. Imagine that, both Gemini and Meta AI can access your WhatsApp. Don't forget, WhatsApp has ads now.
Would you allow AI to access your private conversations?
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This really all depends how its implemented. If done right could be a cool accessibility tool for people who don’t have the congnitive capacity to read dozens of messages.
Done by meta, sounds like a late stage capitalist nightmare.
OVHcloud and Crayon partner on European infrastructure
OVHcloud and Crayon have announced a strategic partnership that will provide organizations with access to cost-effective cloud services across more than 45 regions. The deal is designed to help businesses accelerate their digital transformation with sustainable and sovereign cloud solutions.
OVHcloud and Crayon partner on European infrastructure - Techzine Global
OVHcloud and Crayon launch global partnership for cost-effective cloud services in 45+ regions with a focus on digital transformation.Berry Zwets (Techzine)
Ahold Delhaize says 2.2M affected after cyberattack
Finance, health, and national identification details compromised
Data spill in aisle 5: Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize says 2.2M affected after cyberattack
: Finance, health, and national identification details compromisedConnor Jones (The Register)
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven't yet shared
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven't yet shared | TechCrunch
Facebook is asking users for access to their phone's camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos -- including ones thatSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Germany asks Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores
The German regulator has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores. The request follows similar measures in other European countries and is driven by concerns about data security.
Germany asks Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores - Techzine Global
Germany asks Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores due to concerns about Chinese data processing and privacy violations.Berry Zwets (Techzine)
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Finale del Premio Nazionale di Arte Contemporanea “Rotary”: un evento di cultura, solidarietà e comunità
È in corso, con grande partecipazione e interesse, la finale del Premio Nazionale di Arte Contemporanea “Rotary”, ospitata nella magnifica cornice di Palazzo Celesia a Rivolta d’Adda, splendida villa del Cinquecento gentilmente messa a disposizione da Don Francesco Gandioli, parroco della comunità locale.
La mostra, aperta al pubblico domenica 29 giugno dalle ore 10:00 alle ore 17:30, rappresenta non solo un importante momento artistico e culturale, ma anche un’occasione di solidarietà, poiché i proventi dell’evento saranno devoluti in beneficenza.
Tra le autorità presenti, si segnalano il prof. Luigi Mennillo, attuale presidente del Rotary Club di Rivolta d’Adda, il prof. Francesco Mazzola vicepresidente, Avv. Guido Corsini, prefetto del club e il prof. Francesco Garofalo, presidente di Minerva – Associazione Europea dei Critici d’Arte.
La mostra raccoglie opere di grande valore simbolico e artistico. Particolarmente emozionante è il quadro realizzato dai pazienti del reparto geriatrico (Alzheimer) della Fondazione Sospiro, testimonianza viva del potere terapeutico dell’arte. A rappresentare la fondazione sono presenti la dottoressa Valeria Stringhini, il CAV. Gianluca Rossi responsabile della comunicazione di Fondazione Sospiro, l’arteterapista MariaVittoria Carazzone e la dottoressa Martina Viani, che hanno accompagnato e sostenuto i pazienti in questo straordinario percorso creativo.
Non mancano anche le giovani promesse dell’arte: all’interno dell’esposizione è possibile ammirare le opere in ceramica realizzate dai ragazzi della Scuola Media Dalmazia Birago, che confermano quanto l’arte possa essere strumento di educazione, espressione e crescita per le nuove generazioni.
Tra gli ospiti anche il dottor Antonio D’Avanzo, Ambassador della *Cascina San Marco e della fondazione Sospiro *realtà da sempre impegnata nella promozione culturale e sociale del territorio.
Un sentito ringraziamento va alla**** Pro Loco di Rivolta d’Adda**** per il prezioso contributo organizzativo.
La cerimonia di premiazione delle opere si terrà alle ore 16:30, momento conclusivo di una giornata intensa, all’insegna della bellezza, dell’inclusione e della condivisione.
Un appuntamento imperdibile per chi crede che l’arte possa, e debba, essere motore di umanità.___
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