The ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Who Weren’t: Chicago Protest Cases Collapse in Court
The ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Who Weren’t: Chicago Protest Cases Collapse in Court
Ever since the Trump Administration started to blitz Chicago with a surge of federal immigration enforcement, it’s touted the arrests of people who’ve gathered…Josh Kovensky (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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Frieren - Capitolo 15
Ciò che in questo nuovo capitolo immediatamente si scopre è che, mentre i demoni servi di Alba hanno ovviamente le loro intenzioni nascoste...
Gaddafi’s Ghost Haunts French Ex-President Sarkozy - CovertAction Magazine
Gaddafi’s Ghost Haunts French Ex-President Sarkozy - CovertAction Magazine
The criminal case of ex-France President Nicolas Sarkozy touches the historical tensions between Muammar Gaddafi's Libya and Western powers, particularly France.Nicholas Reed (CovertAction Magazine)
Visual glitching on fedora 42
Come scrivere in una pagina web
Non possiamo scrivere in una pagina web usando direttamente la tastiera come facciamo in un documento qualsiasi, ma dobbiamo prima creare un documento HTML e poi salvare con estensione .htm o.html. Se si tratta di un testo dove non compaiono accenti, apici, pedici, apriamo l’editor e poi digitiamo il testo con la tastiera, se nel testo compaiono accenti o apici e pedici allora abbiamo bisogno degli accenti e quindi delle entity che sono costrutti SGML; nel caso di apici e pedici abbiamo bisogno di tag che sevono proprio a questo e che sono testo oppuretesto.
Facciamo degli esempi
Voglio creare una pagina contenente il seguente testo:
L’energia cinetica di un corpo è l’energia di movimento del corpo.
In questa riga di testo compare una e con l’accento. Come faccio a scriverla nella pagina web? Uso la entity è
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, says that it’s seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking through to the site.The Wikimedia Foundation said that this poses a risk to the long term sustainability of Wikipedia.
“We welcome new ways for people to gain knowledge. However, AI chatbots, search engines, and social platforms that use Wikipedia content must encourage more visitors to Wikipedia, so that the free knowledge that so many people and platforms depend on can continue to flow
Sustainably,” the Foundation’s Senior Director of Product Marshall Miller said in a blog post. “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
Ironically, while generative AI and search engines are causing a decline in direct traffic to Wikipedia, its data is more valuable to them than ever. Wikipedia articles are some of the most common training data for AI models, and Google and other platforms have for years mined Wikipedia articles to power its Snippets and Knowledge Panels, which siphon traffic away from Wikipedia itself.
“Almost all large language models train on Wikipedia datasets, and search engines and social media platforms prioritize its information to respond to questions from their users,” Miller said. That means that people are reading the knowledge created by Wikimedia volunteers all over the internet, even if they don’t visit wikipedia.org— this human-created knowledge has become even more important to the spread of reliable information online.”
Miller said that in May 2025 Wikipedia noticed unusually high amounts of apparently human traffic originating mostly from Brazil. He didn’t go into details, but explained this caused the Foundation to update its bot detections systems.
“After making this revision, we are seeing declines in human pageviews on Wikipedia over the past few months, amounting to a decrease of roughly 8% as compared to the same months in 2024,” he said. “We believe that these declines reflect the impact of generative AI and social media on how people seek information, especially with search engines providing answers directly to searchers, often based on Wikipedia content.”
Miller told me in an email that Wikipedia has policies for third-party bots that crawl its content, such as specifying identifying information and following its robots.txt, and limits on request rate and concurrent requests.
“For obvious reasons, we can’t share details publicly about how exactly we block and detect bots,” he said. “In the case of the adjustment we made to data over the past few months, we observed a substantial increase over the level of traffic we expected, centering on a particular region, and there wasn’t a clear reason for it. When our engineers and analysts investigated the data, they discovered a new pattern of bot behavior, designed to appear human. We then adjusted our detection systems and re-applied them to the past several months of data. Because our bot detection has evolved over time, we can’t make exact comparisons – but this adjustment is showing the decline in human pageviews.”
The Foundation’s findings align with other research we’ve seen recently. In July, the Pew Research Center found that only 1 percent of Google searches resulted in the users clicking on the link in the AI summary, which takes them to the page Google is summarizing. In April, the Foundation previously reported that it was getting hammered by AI scrapers, a problem that has also plagued libraries, archives, and museums. Wikipedia editors are also acutely aware of the risk generative AI poses to the reliability of Wikipedia articles if its use is not moderated effectively.
Human pageviews to all language versions of Wikipedia since September 2021, with revised pageviews since April 2025 Image: Wikimedia Foundation.
“These declines are not unexpected. Search engines are increasingly using generative AI to provide answers directly to searchers rather than linking to sites like ours,” Miller said. “And younger generations are seeking information on social video platforms rather than the open web. This gradual shift is not unique to Wikipedia. Many other publishers and content platforms are reporting similar shifts as users spend more time on search engines, AI chatbots, and social media to find information. They are also experiencing the strain that these companies are putting on their infrastructure.”Miller said that the Foundation is “enforcing policies, developing a framework for attribution, and developing new technical capabilities” in order to ensure third-parties responsibly access and reuse Wikipedia content, and continues to "strengthen" its partnerships with search engines and other large “re-users.” The Foundation, he said, is also working on bringing Wikipedia content to younger audiences via YouTube, TikTok, Roblox, and Instagram.
However, Miller also called on users to “choose online behaviors that support content integrity and content creation.”
“When you search for information online, look for citations and click through to the original source material,” he said. “Talk with the people you know about the importance of trusted, human curated knowledge, and help them understand that the content underlying generative AI was created by real people who deserve their support.”
AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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West instructed Russia on freedom of speech for years, now it wants to ban it — Putin
West instructed Russia on freedom of speech for years, now it wants to ban it — Putin
The Russian leader noted that the reaction of Western elites on a new interpretation of events was primitive and straightforwardTASS
RT a ‘voice of truth’ despite West’s attempts to silence it – Lavrov
RT a ‘voice of truth’ despite West’s attempts to silence it – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has congratulated RT on two decades of broadcasting successRT
Russian journalist killed by Ukrainian drone
Russian journalist killed by Ukrainian drone
A Russian war correspondent has been killed in a Ukrainian drone attack, his employer has saidRT
Bodycam: ICE Officer Arrested for DUI w/ Kids in Car
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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Okay cool.
So I'm sure there's good evidence somewhere that that NK isn't a cult of personality built around eternal president Kim Il Sung and the Kim family.
I'm here for it. Lay it on me.
I'm willing to accept that there's been some exaggerations made about how bad the DPRK is.
That doesn't mean I think it's good.
And obviously false memes like the OP don't convince me that there is any sincerity in its defenders.
That doesn't mean I think it's good.
It's a state formed as a result of an anti-colonial movement fighting for liberation against your empire. Your empire killed millions of its people, destroyed what they had, and currently maintains a genocidal blockade against it.
Despite all that, it manages to hang on, and, considering the harrassment and assault from your empire, it also manages to provide its people with much better living standards than what one would expect from many states that you do not complain about (and which are not targets of the same sort of blockades). Also, you just plain haven't even brought up any wrongdoings that the DPRK has supposedly done.
Overall, I would say that that does make the DPRK fairly good as far as states go.
And obviously false memes like the OP don't convince me that there is any sincerity in its defenders.
Either you are unfamiliar with the resolution in question and are assuming that the OP lied (without you double-checking), or you know that the OP didn't lie and are trying to engage in spreading your genocidal empire's false propaganda.
UN Security Council Resolution 2397… signed 2017 summarizes the travel section as:
Strengthens the ban on providing work authorizations for DPRK nationals by requiring Member States to repatriate all DRPK nationals earning income and all DPRK government safety oversight attachés monitoring DPRK workers abroad within their jurisdiction within 24 months from 22 December 2017. Member States are required to submit a midterm report after 15 months from 22 December and a final report after 27 months from 22 December to the Committee of all DPRK nationals that were repatriated based on this provision;
So… specifically about repatriation after 24 months if they’re earning income out of DPRK. Nothing about free travel.
Let’s look at the actual resolution text. I’ll add some emphasis
Expresses concern that DPRK nationals continue to work in other States for the purpose of generating foreign export earnings that the DPRK uses to support its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs despite the adoption of paragraph 17 of resolution 2375 (2017), decides that Member States shall repatriate to the DPRK all DPRK nationals earning income in that Member State’s jurisdiction and all DPRK government safety oversight attachés monitoring DPRK workers abroad immediately but no later than 24 months from the date of adoption of this resolution unless the Member State determines that a DPRK national is a national of that Member State or a DPRK national whose repatriation is prohibited, subject to applicable national and international law, including international refugee law and international human rights law, and the United Nations Headquarters Agreement and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, and further decides that all Member States shall provide a midterm report by 15 months from the date of adoption of this resolution of all DPRK nationals earning income in that Member State’s jurisdiction that were repatriated over the 12 month period starting from the date of adoption of this resolution, including an explanation of why less than half of such DPRK nationals were repatriated by the end of that 12 month period if applicable, and all Member States shall provide final reports by 27 months from the date of adoption of this resolution.
So the text, and the resolution itself, is about limiting nuclear and ballistic programs. This resolution does not prohibit free movement or refugee status… only limits DPRK nationals who are generating foreign funds to send back to DPRK because the Council believes those funds were going to nuclear weapons.
All permanent members of the council have a veto, including PRC and Russia.
Are either of those countries supporters or enablers of the US Empire?
Israel is not sanctioned by the UN. They don’t need to send nationals to work abroad to patriate funds… they can just sell goods and services on the free market. Same as the US and Pakistan.
I’m confused what you’re arguing for. More nuclear weapons?
What I'm arguing for? Logical consistency. Moral consistency.
If the reason to sanction DPRK is that they acquired nuclear weapons without the consent of the current nuclear powers, then all states which do the same should be sanctioned.
If the reason to sanction DPRK is because they might wreak havoc with massive weapons, then countries that are already wreaking havoc with massive weapons should be sanctioned.
Your argument is that Israel and the US should not suffer the consequences of sanctions because they aren't sanctioned.
My argument is that there is not logical or moral consistency in sanctions.
And no, I don't accept that this is an argument for nuclear weapon proliferation. Those countries that developed nuclear weapons pulled the gate shut behind them, forbidding any other countries from getting them. We can see the hypocrisy in that. But then when a US ally like Israel, or a strategic partner like Pakistan acquires nuclear weapons it is ignored. Only DPRK or Iran could possibly be dangerous because... well because they aren't cooperating with the US.
Billionaire Illinois Gov. Pritzker wins blackjack pot of $1.4M in Las Vegas
Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt hotel chain, has a net worth of $3.9 billion, tied for No. 382 on the Forbes 400 list of the nation’s richest people. A campaign spokesperson said via email that Pritzker planned to donate the money to charity but did not respond when asked why he hadn’t already done so.
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Pakistani Security Forces Hunted and Killed Anti-Israel Protestors While Prime Minister Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37680687
Waqas Ahmed, Ryan Grim, and Murtaza Hussain
Oct 16, 2025
On Breaking Points yesterday, we covered the grisly massacre that unfolded this week in Pakistan, as state security services gunned down an unknown but considerable number of people marching to protest against looming normalization with Israel. The segment was controversial, with critics arguing that the group in question, the TLP, is not genuinely “pro-Palestine” but is a far-right, religious extremist organization that regularly incites and carries out violence. But we noted all that in the report.Pakistan does not actually have a history of this sort of mass state violence, and so the military-backed government needs to normalize it if it is to become part of their weaponry in building and defending what Field Marshall Asim Munir describes privately as his end goal, “a hard state.” Authoritarian governments often target groups with the least public support first, hoping to establish a principle for how other dissent will be dealt with. In this report we document how the Pakistani military appears to be using the same tactic with the justly unpopular TLP to set the tone for how other groups may expect to be treated if they do not toe the line on their emerging Israel-Gaza policy.
Pakistani Security Forces Hunted and Killed Anti-Israel Protestors While Prime Minister Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Waqas Ahmed, Ryan Grim, and Murtaza Hussain
Oct 16, 2025On Breaking Points yesterday, we covered the grisly massacre that unfolded this week in Pakistan, as state security services gunned down an unknown but considerable number of people marching to protest against looming normalization with Israel. The segment was controversial, with critics arguing that the group in question, the TLP, is not genuinely “pro-Palestine” but is a far-right, religious extremist organization that regularly incites and carries out violence. But we noted all that in the report.Pakistan does not actually have a history of this sort of mass state violence, and so the military-backed government needs to normalize it if it is to become part of their weaponry in building and defending what Field Marshall Asim Munir describes privately as his end goal, “a hard state.” Authoritarian governments often target groups with the least public support first, hoping to establish a principle for how other dissent will be dealt with. In this report we document how the Pakistani military appears to be using the same tactic with the justly unpopular TLP to set the tone for how other groups may expect to be treated if they do not toe the line on their emerging Israel-Gaza policy.
Pakistani Security Forces Hunted and Killed Anti-Israel Protestors While Prime Minister Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Protestors from the hardline military-linked religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan were killed by Pakistani security forces during a rare demonstration.Waqas Ahmed (Drop Site News)
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Pakistani Security Forces Hunted and Killed Anti-Israel Protestors While Prime Minister Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Waqas Ahmed, Ryan Grim, and Murtaza Hussain
Oct 16, 2025
On Breaking Points yesterday, we covered the grisly massacre that unfolded this week in Pakistan, as state security services gunned down an unknown but considerable number of people marching to protest against looming normalization with Israel. The segment was controversial, with critics arguing that the group in question, the TLP, is not genuinely “pro-Palestine” but is a far-right, religious extremist organization that regularly incites and carries out violence. But we noted all that in the report.Pakistan does not actually have a history of this sort of mass state violence, and so the military-backed government needs to normalize it if it is to become part of their weaponry in building and defending what Field Marshall Asim Munir describes privately as his end goal, “a hard state.” Authoritarian governments often target groups with the least public support first, hoping to establish a principle for how other dissent will be dealt with. In this report we document how the Pakistani military appears to be using the same tactic with the justly unpopular TLP to set the tone for how other groups may expect to be treated if they do not toe the line on their emerging Israel-Gaza policy.
Pakistani Security Forces Hunted and Killed Anti-Israel Protestors While Prime Minister Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Protestors from the hardline military-linked religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan were killed by Pakistani security forces during a rare demonstration.Waqas Ahmed (Drop Site News)
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So...hang on,
Pakistan, officially, supports israel...?
Really?
This timeline is so f_ing pretzeled
Despite its role in undermining the rule of law in Pakistan—or, perhaps, because of it—the TLP has maintained a close relationship with the Pakistani military and the government. It is widely understood in Pakistan to be a tool of Pakistani intelligence that has been used to incite protests that could serve various domestic political purposes. Only when the group turned critical of the state’s emerging policy towards Palestine did the security services lash out.The crackdown has elicited little sympathy from many in Pakistani civil society who had justifiably opposed the TLP for its attacks on minorities and enforcement of barbaric blasphemy punishments. But the military turning on one of its own closely-aligned organizations over the subject of normalization with Israel sends a strong message about what could happen to other sectors of society that publicly oppose the widely unpopular move.
Up until October 2025, the TLP had only called for a few small demonstrations in support of Gaza. In early October, it appeared that Pakistan was beginning to play a role in the Gaza ceasefire when the prime minister tweeted in support of Trump’s ceasefire plan as one of the “Muslim countries” supporting the deal. Rumors started circulating that Pakistan would be normalizing ties with Israel. On Friday, after the ceasefire was signed and Sharif traveled to Trump’s Egypt summit, Rizvi announced his plans to march towards the U.S. embassy in Islamabad during his prayer sermon.
Over the weekend, thousands of TLP members gathered from various areas of Punjab and started making their way up on the Grand Trunk Road towards Islamabad. On the outskirts of Lahore, thousands of protestors faced stiff resistance from the police, who fired at the protestors with tear gas.
But it was Pakistan’s support for Trump’s Gaza deal that threatened domestic stability most significantly.
RIght, so you can hang someone for blasphemy, but can't vouch for the Falastinis, in Pakistan?
Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37680503
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Oct 16, 2025Since the ceasefire went into effect on Friday, the Israeli military has killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, at least five of them in one attack on Shujaiya on Tuesday. The Israeli military admitted to the killings, claiming a group of people approached its soldiers stationed there. That same day, the Israeli military spokesperson reiterated a warning to Palestinians not to approach certain areas in Gaza, including Shujaiya, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia in the north, as well as locations in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south.Al-Sawwaf, 78, has lived in Shujaiya ever since her family fled there during the Nakba shortly after she was born. “I got married in Shujaiya and gave birth to all my children here—14 of them,” she told Drop Site. Two of Al-Sawwaf’s children, her husband, grandson, and another relative were all killed in the war. Amid a famine and no clean water, Al-Sawwaf’s health has deteriorated. “I used to weigh 86 kilos, now I’m 60. I can’t walk, and I’m ill. I’m sick all day,” she said, breaking down in tears.
Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Oct 16, 2025Since the ceasefire went into effect on Friday, the Israeli military has killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, at least five of them in one attack on Shujaiya on Tuesday. The Israeli military admitted to the killings, claiming a group of people approached its soldiers stationed there. That same day, the Israeli military spokesperson reiterated a warning to Palestinians not to approach certain areas in Gaza, including Shujaiya, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia in the north, as well as locations in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south.Al-Sawwaf, 78, has lived in Shujaiya ever since her family fled there during the Nakba shortly after she was born. “I got married in Shujaiya and gave birth to all my children here—14 of them,” she told Drop Site. Two of Al-Sawwaf’s children, her husband, grandson, and another relative were all killed in the war. Amid a famine and no clean water, Al-Sawwaf’s health has deteriorated. “I used to weigh 86 kilos, now I’m 60. I can’t walk, and I’m ill. I’m sick all day,” she said, breaking down in tears.
Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops
Parts of Shujaiya lie inside the “yellow line,” an invisible demarcation where the Israeli military withdrew as part of the initial phase of the ceasefire agreement.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
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Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Oct 16, 2025
Since the ceasefire went into effect on Friday, the Israeli military has killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, at least five of them in one attack on Shujaiya on Tuesday. The Israeli military admitted to the killings, claiming a group of people approached its soldiers stationed there. That same day, the Israeli military spokesperson reiterated a warning to Palestinians not to approach certain areas in Gaza, including Shujaiya, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia in the north, as well as locations in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south.Al-Sawwaf, 78, has lived in Shujaiya ever since her family fled there during the Nakba shortly after she was born. “I got married in Shujaiya and gave birth to all my children here—14 of them,” she told Drop Site. Two of Al-Sawwaf’s children, her husband, grandson, and another relative were all killed in the war. Amid a famine and no clean water, Al-Sawwaf’s health has deteriorated. “I used to weigh 86 kilos, now I’m 60. I can’t walk, and I’m ill. I’m sick all day,” she said, breaking down in tears.
Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops
Parts of Shujaiya lie inside the “yellow line,” an invisible demarcation where the Israeli military withdrew as part of the initial phase of the ceasefire agreement.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Body Cam Footage Shows Alleged ICE Officer Pulled Over for Drunk Driving Racially Profiling Arresting Officer | Common Dreams
Body Cam Footage Shows Alleged ICE Officer Pulled Over for Drunk Driving Racially Profiling Arresting Officer
The man has been charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence and two felony counts of reckless child endangerment.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
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Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly
Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly
WebAssembly (abbreviated Wasm) is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. Wasm is designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages, enabling deployment on the web for client and server applications.webassembly.org
Are Hard Drives Getting Better? Let’s Revisit the Bathtub Curve
I always love Backblaze's analysis. It's how I learned I wasn't special for having those notorious 4TB Seagate drives (I want to say DM003) shit the bed in short order.
Increased longevity is undoubtedly a plus; however, whether doing a RAID rebuild or just being out a 24TB drive (hopefully, you've got a backup), that's a lot of time and effort to get back to square one.
If you’ve hung around Backblaze for a while (and especially if you’re a Drive Stats fan), you may have heard us talking about the bathtub curve. In Drive Failure Over Time: The Bathtub Curve Is Leaking, we challenged one of reliability engineering’s oldest ideas—the notion that drive failures trace a predictable U-shaped curve over time.But, the data didn’t agree. Our fleet showed dips, spikes, and plateaus that refused to behave. Now, after 13 years of continuous data, the picture is clearer—and stranger.
The bathtub curve isn’t just leaking, and the shape of reliability might look more like an ankle-high wall at the entrance to a walk-in shower. The neat story of early failures, calm middle age, and gentle decline no longer fits the world our drives inhabit. Drives are getting better—or, more precisely, the Drive Stats dataset says that our drives are performing better in data center environments.
So, let’s talk about what our current “bathtub curve” looks like, and how it compares to earlier generations of the analysis.
The TL;DR: Hard drives are getting better, and lasting longer.
Are Hard Drives Getting Better? Let’s Revisit the Bathtub Curve
After 13 years, the data is clear—the bathtub curve does not apply to hard drives. And, more importantly, hard drives are failing less and lasting longer.Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup
New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools | CNN
TL;DR: piece-of-shit Evangelical anti-woke superintendent who was busted watching porn in his office on a conference call resigned last month.
New Superintendent: Yeah nah we're not gonna do the bible thing.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/17/us/oklahoma-schools-bible-mandate-rescinded
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Teachers get an F on AI-generated lesson plans
When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive, or effective learning experiences compared with existing techniques, we found in our recent study. The AI-generated civics lesson plans we analyzed also left out opportunities for students to explore the stories and experiences of traditionally marginalized people.
The allure of generative AI as a teaching aid has caught the attention of educators. A Gallup survey from September 2025 found that 60 percent of K-12 teachers are already using AI in their work, with the most common reported use being teaching preparation and lesson planning.
Without the assistance of AI, teachers might spend hours every week crafting lessons for their students. With AI, time-stretched teachers can generate detailed lesson plans featuring learning objectives, materials, activities, assessments, extension activities, and homework tasks in a matter of seconds.
Teachers get an F on AI-generated lesson plans
AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking.The Conversation (Ars Technica)
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God Mode: Vatican AI summit wants global AI rules
Recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff warned investors to avoid the "false prophets" of AI. Now, the Pope has brought real theological weight to the bot debate, hosting a Vatican seminar that called for global AI regulation and fair distribution of the technology's benefits.The seminar [PDF] – dubbed Digital Rerum Novarum: Artificial Intelligence for Peace, Social Justice, and Integral Human Development – was organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences together with the University of Notre Dame.
The newly installed, American-born Pope Leo XIV, said, in a message to the attendees, that while it has great potential, AI poses deep questions, not least how to create a "more authentically just and human global society."
More bluntly, he quoted his predecessor to remind his flock, that "While undoubtedly an exceptional product of human genius, AI is 'above all else a tool.'"
Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules
: 'AI is a tool', Pope tells attendeesJoe Fay (The Register)
Wow look at all these persecuted small business tyrants.
Job: Entrepreneur and owner of a construction company.Job: Runs a business called Smugglers Runs, which does “postapocalyptic off-road” rallies
Jobs: Frank is a consultant in the health care industry; Diane is a dog mom and former zookeeper
Job: Small business owner
Job: Stock trader
Job: Entrepreneur
Jobs: Shawn sells window coverings; Nannette is a branch manager for a credit union
Job: Cybertruck wrapper
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"It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is." [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.
Hahahahahaha
Anything you don’t like about it?
I can't really see the front out of the windshield because it’s so long.
Best car I ever owned, can't see shit out of it.
The Worst Bug In Games Is Now Gone Forever by Two Minute Papers [Video, 11:41 min]
Invidious: inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=VOORiyi…
YouTube: youtu.be/VOORiyip4_c
The video talks about a new paper in a techniqe to eliminate clipping of vectors. The only problem is, it is extremely computational expensive. I compare this to RayTracing, which will be viable in the future only if all the tools implement it. I assume the hardware chips that support RayTracing could be used for this new technology too, but that is just my personal assumption here.
I left the original title of the video, as it would be editorial otherwise.
Video description (only relevant parts):
📝Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1OrOKJH_im1L4j1cJB18sfvNHEbZVSqjL/view
Code and examples are available here: github.com/st-tech/ppf-contact-solver
Guide on how to try it: drive.google.com/file/d/1n068Ai_hlfgapf2xkAutOHo3PkLpJXA4/view
Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=5GDIoshj9Rw
youtube.com/watch?v=X53VuYLP0VY
youtube.com/shorts/x0WjJgotCXU
youtube.com/watch?v=Qu4Of18Kf2M
📝 My paper on simulations that look almost like reality is available for free here:
rdcu.be/cWPfD
Or this is the orig. Nature Physics link with clickable citations:
nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01788-5
John Bolton surrenders to authorities after federal indictment
Just in: John Bolton surrenders to authorities after federal indictment
John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser during his first term, surrendered to authorities Friday after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that allege he mishandled classified information.MSNBC
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Aurora alert! Several coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week
Aurora alert! Several coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week
Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across northern North America.Daisy Dobrijevic (Space)
Hackers Dox Hundreds of Trump’s Masked ICE Agents
A hacking group called "The Com" released personal information of hundreds of federal agents, including 680 DHS employees, 190 Justice Department officials, and 170 FBI employees1. The hack revealed names, office locations, and home addresses of agents.
The incident occurs amid heightened tensions, with ICE claiming a dramatic rise in assaults against officers, though these statistics are disputed. Colorado Public Radio found only a 25% increase in assaults rather than the administration's claimed "1000% increase"2.
The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Kristi Noem promised prosecutions against those who dox ICE agents in July 2025, but three months later no charges have been filed2. This contrasts with California, where prosecutors have charged three activists for allegedly following and broadcasting an ICE agent's home address2.
The hack comes as the Trump administration has pushed tech companies to remove ICE-tracking apps, with both Meta and Apple recently complying with requests to take down such tools2.
- New Republic - Hackers Dox Hundreds of Trump's Masked ICE Agents ↩︎
- OPB - ICE promised doxing cases against Portland 'anarchists.' Months later, no charges filed ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
ICE promised doxing cases against Portland ‘anarchists.’ Months later, no charges filed
The lack of follow-through could be a reflection of the First Amendment concerns most doxing laws and charges pose, legal experts say.Shaanth Nanguneri (OPB)
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Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37677612
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDT
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDTIsraeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities. Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
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Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37677612
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDT
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDTIsraeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities. Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
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Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37677612
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDT
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDTIsraeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities. Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
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Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
17 October 2025 13:52 BST
Last update: 1040 EDT
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities.Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.
Shortly after the ban was announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned it as the "wrong decision", criticising West Midlands Police and saying: "We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets."
Ministers are now reportedly looking into reversing the ban.
The ban is far from unprecedented. In November 2023 Aston Villa banned fans of another club, Legia Warsaw, from attending the match on the advice of West Midlands Police after supporters of the Polish club engaged in violence.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a long track record of causing violence and disruption in European cities.
Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned
Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans are notorious for stoking violence and disruption in European cities. Now they have been banned from attending the club's Europa League match at Aston Villa in England's Birmingham.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
Zohran Mamdani Has Pushed the Liberal Consensus on Palestine. The Left Isn’t Satisfied.
I'm not trying to start another Zohran struggle session, time will tell if he sells out. The article itself isn't even particularly bad, what I want to discuss is the liberal framing it uses.
Taking the democrats seriously. Taking Cuomo seriously. But the part that really bothers me is the idea that Zohran pushed the liberal consensus on Palestine. Little-known fact: the world outside of NYC actually does exist and the people in it have been hating "Israel" more and more as well. Zohran is popular partly because he reflected a changing opinion many had on "Israel", not the other way around. Journalists understand cause and effect challenge.
Zohran Mamdani Has Pushed the Liberal Consensus on Palestine. The Left Isn’t Satisfied.
The debate over Mamdani’s candidacy highlights the ongoing identity crisis within the Democratic Party as he seeks to toe the line on Israel.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
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