Trump administration says it will cut $8 billion for climate projects in blue states, including California's hydrogen hub
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U.S. says it will cut $8 billion for climate projects in blue states
Russ Vought, director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, and a top Trump administration official, said the U.S. Department of Energy will cut funding for energy projects in 16 Democratic states.Hayley Smith (Los Angeles Times)
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Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science
Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science | Quanta Magazine
Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.Yasemin Saplakoglu (Quanta Magazine)
As California glaciers disappear, people will see ice-free peaks exposed for the first time in millennia
The remaining glaciers of California's Sierra Nevada are vanishing
The glaciers of California's Sierra Nevada are disappearing as temperatures rise. Scientists recently found that the glaciers probably have never before melted in human history.Ian James (Los Angeles Times)
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60hz Displays are a slideshow
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I'm the other way. I'd rather have battery life on cell phones, and turn the refresh rate down.
On a desktop, where the power usage is basically irrelevant, then sure, I'll crank the refresh rate way up. One of the most-immediately-noticeable things is the mouse pointer, and that doesn't exist on touch interfaces.
A pure wireplumber way to switch audio devices, no pactl
wpctl set-default $(pw-dump | jaq -r '.[]|select(.type=="PipeWire:Interface:Node" and .info.props["media.class"]=="Audio/Sink")|[.id,.info.props["node.name"],.info.props["node.description"]]|@tsv' | awk -F'\t' -v d="$(wpctl inspect @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@|awk -F'"' '/node.name/{print $2;exit}')" 'BEGIN{c="tofi --prompt-text \"Audio Device: \" --height 40% --width 40% --auto-accept-single true"}$2!=d&&$2!="easyeffects_sink"{a[$3]=$1;devs++;print $3|&c}END{if(devs>1){close(c,"to");c|&getline p;if(p!=""){print a[p];system("notify-send --urgency=low --icon=/run/current-system/sw/share/icons/Flat-Remix-Red-Dark/panel/audio-volume-high-symbolic.svg \""p"\" -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:sink-state")}}else if(devs==1){for(k in a){print a[k];system("notify-send --urgency=low --icon=/run/current-system/sw/share/icons/Flat-Remix-Red-Dark/panel/audio-volume-high-symbolic.svg \""k"\" -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:sink-state")}}}') >/dev/null && pw-play --volume=0.2 /run/current-system/sw/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-volume-change.oga >/dev/null &!
there's probably a lot to improve here, took forever to get this working, did not do a cleanup pass, jfc this took forever, replace tofi with your menu of choice, thought people should have this.
wishlist: change the icon based on volume level
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![thetaT [none/use name]](images/person-80.jpg)
i'd recommend rewriting this in some other shell-friendly language that can do proper text and JSON munging, because this just looks like spaghetti.
Perl comes to mind
Live: Israel says it has stopped several vessels from Gaza aid flotilla
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/36761957
Israeli navy is moving to block a flotilla carrying aid toward Gaza. Activists onboard are demanding humanitarian access, calling the blockade illegal. Reports say the ships are being shadowed as they approach. Situation is still developing.
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft is launching new AI tools in its Office apps. A new Agent Mode comes to Word and Excel, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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The best you can do in any job is to care as little about them as they care about you.
They will barely read it, and they won’t care nearly as much as you do.
I resign my position as a [position], effective [DATE].
How automakers are reacting to the end of the $7,500 EV tax credit
How automakers are reacting to the end of the $7,500 EV tax credit
Tesla is raising lease prices; Ford and GM may have found a loophole.Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
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What are your favorite video game openings?
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My pick as well.
It starts off with such hope, the promise of new beginnings. Then the the initial sense that something is wrong.
Hurry back and the adagio swells as you realize the emensity of the tragedy. Then the desperate attempt to save as much of what's left as you can before fleeing.
I agree, it's a very special game.
What does it for me is the quality of the voice acting. The way I can hear their voice almost but not quite breaking in the sorrow. Superb
President Xi Jinping calls for forging ahead with determination in advancing Chinese modernization
President Xi Jinping calls for forging ahead with determination in advancing Chinese modernization
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on the nation to keep on working hard and forge ahead with determination in advancing Chinese modernization.CGTN
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IR: Câmara aprova isenção para quem ganha até R$ 5 mil
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/47145681
Promessa de campanha do presidente Lula, texto é o único projeto previsto na pauta; proposta prevê alíquota progressiva de até 10% para rendimentos acima de R$ 600 mil por ano.
IR: Câmara aprova isenção para quem ganha até R$ 5 mil
Câmara aprova projeto que isenta do Imposto de Renda quem ganha até R$ 5 mil, promessa de campanha de Lula. Veja como fica a alíquota para rendimentos maiores.G1
America doesn't need half of it's national demand met by domestic production. Just enough to not need to start from scratch should China gain control over Taiwan. South Korea might already be fulfilling that role with GlobalFoundries (though that's owned by the UAE so ... ).
It'd be a nightmare trying to get the skilled foreign labor into America these days though so it's a lost cause anyway.
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facebook and privacy leaks
Before we start, I want to stress that I deleted my facebook account since 2015 (almost 10 years now). Deleted = find the the delete account page, agree to delete and do not log back in. In 2012, I tried to delete but ended up logging back in due to addiction. Before I deleted, I switched the email I was using to some temp email.
Also, this is not some story I pulled out of my ass to get upvotes here on on reddit, r/nosleep. It is true and it shows how fucked up and how deep our privacy is being violated.
Anyway, as this is about privacy, here are somethings that are very disturbing:
1) Back in 2015 (months after the account was "officially deleted"), while browsing the web with a different browser but the same computer and same network, I got ads on the side from facebook showing "My Account Name and 100 like this". It even retained the profile pic I used before deleted.
2) This one is tricky, I'm not sure if I'm paranoid but it scares the shit out of me. Months ago, my family wanted to check out the menu items of a local restaurant before going there. The menu was posted on facebook and half of it is covered unless you log in.
Nobody in my family uses facebook. Nothing on phones or computers.
So we decide to create a fake account with a fake name using a temporary email. This is before the identity validation bullshit. We log on using a burner computer at a different wifi. After viewing the menu, we scrolled down a bit.
Remember, this is a blank account: no friends, no pages, no likes...etc. So there was nothing on the news feed. We clicked on some local posts, liked some others just to get the newsfeed populate.
This time we can see posts on the feed. As we scrolled down, we saw posts from this news sites and from local celebrities, game ads...etc. There was this random post. Underneath, it showed "A B C and 100 like this".
The problem? A B C is my actual last name, middle and first name !
I have never ever used A B C on any facebook accounts. Nick name, yes so like: Z C. But never A B C. In the messages of the deleted account, sometimes I use A like when a friend talk to you using your name: hey sup A. The middle B i never use.
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Months ago, my family wanted to check out the menu items of a local restaurant before going there. The menu was posted on facebook and half of it is covered unless you log in.
Brother....
- Ask for a fucking paper menu
- Walk the fuck out
Please. Don't allow this. I walked away from a place just yesterday because they wanted me to download an app and create a login and give them my phone number just to order some fucking food. Don't tolerate this horseshit.
The funny part? It was a food truck park. I took 5 steps to my left and walked up to a different window.
- Ask for a paper menu
- Walk the fuck out
check out the menu items of a local restaurant before going there
How are they going to walk out or ask for a paper menu if they aren't there? 🤔
'Dumbphones' Are Not Private
Whenever people ask about ways to make their smartphones more private or which is the most privacy-respecting phone to get, there's always a few people confidently asserting "all smartphones are spy tools, get a dumbphone with no apps if you want to be private". Which is ridiculous advice for a few reasons
- Dumbphones usually run either proprietary operating systems or outdated forks of Android. They're almost never encrypted. They rarely get security updates. They're a lot more vulnerable than even a regular Android phone
- With dumbphones, you're usually limited to regular phone calls or SMS/MMS messaging. These are ancient communication standards with zero built-in privacy. Your ISP can read any text message you send and view metadata logs of any phone calls you make. In lots of places (like Australia where I live) ISPs are actually required to keep logs of your messages and phone calls
With even a regular Android phone you at least have access to encrypted messaging apps like Signal or Session so your conversations aren't fair game for anyone who wants to read them. Of course there are better options. iOS (not perfect but better than most bloatware-filled Android devices) and a pixel with GrapheneOS (probably the best imo) are much better options; but virtually anything out there is going to be better for privacy than a dumbphone
Edit: Thanks everyone for giving your thoughts. Some really good points I hadn't thought much about
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Colombia Expels Remaining Israeli Diplomats Amid Gaza Aid Tensions
Colombia's president Gustavo Petro ordered on Wednesday that all remaining Israeli diplomats in the country are to be expelled
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Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap UK climate law
Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party has pledged to ditch the U.K.’s flagship climate law if they get back into government, in the latest signal that the party is firmly walking back on net zero commitments.
Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap UK climate law
Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party has pledged to ditch the U.K.’s flagship climate law if they get back into government, in the latest signal that the party is firmly walking back on net zero commitments.Abby Wallace (POLITICO)
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Shock new poll shows that adults increasingly think political violence is necessary to ‘get country back on track’
Majority of those surveyed still disagree with political violence
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US | Idaho judge bars the release of graphic photos from crime scene where Bryan Kohberger killed 4
A judge in Idaho is blocking the release of graphic photos taken by investigators after Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students in 2022
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US citizen sues after twice being detained by immigration agents
US-born Leo Garcia Venegas says ‘I just want to work in peace’ after agents in Alabama said his ID card was fake
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US to provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range strikes in Russia, WSJ reports
The United States will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, as it weighs whether to send Kyiv weapons that could put more targets within range.
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UK once again demands backdoor to Apple’s encrypted cloud storage
New order in September narrowed access request down to data of UK citizens.
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Apple holding its ground against fascist anti-privacy demands is like the one topic where the anti-Apple brigaders don’t jump in to tell us about how Apple is an evil anti-customer machine.
{posted from my iPhone}
They are still evil anti-customer machine, but reasonable people can acknowledge when they are doing something positive even when it's done for selfish reasons.
Also, their PR person is a joke.
“We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP are not available to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy.”
So if you cared that much, why did you refuse to add iCloud end-to-end encryption for 11 years?
Democratic Leadership Now as Unpopular With Base as GOP Leadership Was When Trump Took Over the Party
Democratic leadership is now as unpopular with its base of voters as the GOP was in 2014, just a year before Trump took over the party, according to a new Pew Research poll. "These are conditions for real change," said progressive journalist David Sirota.
Over 400 People Have Been Charged With “Pregnancy-Related Crimes” Since Dobbs, Report Finds
The report from Pregnancy Justice warns that their numbers are likely an undercount.
Israeli Official: Palestinians Who Don’t Evacuate Gaza City Deemed “Terrorists”
About 500,000 remain, cut off from any provisions coming from the south, including food, water, fuel, and medicine.
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EU leaders give 'broad support' for drone wall and using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine
The European Commission will now fine tune a Roadmap for defence set to be released in two weeks, before leaders convene for another summit to make decisions.
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A Once Unstoppable Luxury Housing Market Is Starting to Crack
Luxury Market Slowdown
- Luxury home sales in the U.S. dropped 0.7% year-over-year for the three months ending August 31, marking the lowest level since 2013, according to Redfin.
- Price growth also slowed: median luxury sale price rose 3.9%, down from 6.1% the previous year.
- Economic uncertainty and volatile household wealth—especially after the April tariff shock—have made wealthy buyers more cautious.
Regional Trends
- Dallas–Fort Worth: Prices returning to pre-pandemic norms; inventory rising; buyers rushing to purchase before interest-rate cuts drive prices up.
- San Francisco Bay Area: August sales above $5 million fell 13% year-over-year.
- Miami: Sales dropped 19.4%, despite a 9.8% rise in median luxury prices; low inventory is driving prices higher.
- Tampa: Hurricane damage and rising inventory led to a 9.4% drop in sales and a 5.5% dip in prices.
Where Sales Are Rising
- Indianapolis: Luxury sales rose 19.1%; inventory up 16.1%; homes selling quickly, including multimillion-dollar estates.
- Fort Worth: Sales up 14%; listings jumped 25.7%; spec homes selling within days.
Buyer Behavior & Market Sentiment
- Buyers in the $2.5M+ range are less rate-sensitive but more value-conscious.
- Luxury prices, inflated during COVID, are now normalizing.
- Life events (job changes, family growth, etc.) are pushing some sellers back into the market.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/luxury-housing-market-slowing-d3338a4b
Israel Illegally Boards Humanitarian Flotilla Heading to Gaza
Participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla are being detained by the Israeli military and taken into custody.
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Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats
Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
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Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses
Apple Inc. has hit pause on a planned overhaul to its Vision Pro headset to redirect resources toward a more urgent effort: developing smart glasses that can rival products from Meta Platforms Inc.
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ICE, Border Patrol Continue Work Under Shutdown
91 percent of homeland security department still on the job
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[Patch Notes] 0.3.1 Hotfix
0.3.1 Hotfix
- Fixed not being able to exit the Caldera Map arena after defeating the boss.
- Fixed Rituals not generating in Maps overrun by the Abyssal.
- Fixed 3 client crashes.
- Fixed an instance crash.
Early Access Patch Notes - 0.3.1 Hotfix - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
Russia Drafts Plan to Seize Assets If EU Acts on Funds
Russia Drafts Plan to Seize Assets If EU Acts on Funds
Russia may nationalize and swiftly sell off foreign-owned assets under a new privatization mechanism in retaliation for any European moves to seize Russian holdings abroad, according to a person close to the government.Bloomberg
More Americans are using PTO to catch-up on sleep
The Edge: More Americans are using PTO to catch-up on sleep - WCCB Charlotte
According to a new Amerisleep survey of more than 1,200 Americans, researchers found that 43% of millennials used PTO days in the past year just to sleep.Miles Ruder (WCCB Charlotte)
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