Take the GOP’s Nazi Group Chats Seriously
Ironic fascism is a disturbing symptom of the Trumpist right’s mounting ethnonationalism and authoritarianism.
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Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Unless publishing gatekeepers adopt drastically more equitable practices and become partners in disseminating knowledge, they will continue to lose ground to open access alternatives, legal or otherwise.
Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have the books they need.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Funny how that plays out, considering the data collection of LLMs have to dance around the copyright issue.
Not that I agree with many of people that say looking at a picture and adjusting weights is considered "stealing an image".
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma Is Ground Zero in Trump’s “America First” Education Push
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, Oklahoma had been there, done that.ProPublica
No Kings Day Needs to Remove Democratic Party Influence in Future Events
We need to swiftly transform No Kings from a Democratic Party spectacle to a grass roots resistance movement.
Trump’s move to pay troops amid shutdown sets dangerous precedent, experts warn
Experts see move as Trump’s latest attempt to shift power of the purse away from Congress and into executive branch
By ordering that US military personnel receive paychecks even though the government is shut down, Donald Trump is seeing to the needs of a politically untouchable constituency that has been caught up in the congressional logjam over federal spending.
But experts who spoke to the Guardian warn that he is doing so in a way that is almost certainly illegal and, if left unchecked, bodes ill for Congress’s constitutional authority to control government spending. Some fear it could set the stage for the president to unilaterally fund other contentious decisions in the future, such as the deployment of the military on US soil.
“I’m with the people who believe that there’s really no good legal justification for moving the money around in this way,” said Phil Wallach, a senior fellow at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute who focuses on the separation of powers in the US government.
Climate change clears northern route for first container ship. The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – which brings fresh political and environmental dangers along with it.
Climate change clears northern route for first container ship
The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – which brings fresh political and environmental dangers along with itJames Tapper (The Observer)
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Aspen [Colorado] leaders sign joint climate statement with 34 other mountain town reps
Aspen leaders sign joint climate statement with 34 other mountain town reps
The Mountain Towns 2030 Climate Summit in Breckenridge this month saw Basalt Town Council Member and Aspen One Senior Sustainability and Philanthropy Manager Hannah Berman join Aspen Mayor Pro Tem John Doyle, Pitkin County Commissioner Francie Jacobe…River Stingray (AspenTimes.com)
Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again
Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again
The former US vice-president made her strongest suggestion to date she will make another bid for the White HouseLaura Kuenssberg (BBC News)
Practical Defenses Against Technofascism
I gave the Saturday morning keynote at BSidesPDX! I spoke honestly and frankly about the terrifying reality that Americans are facing under Trump's fascist regime, alongside practical advise for communities to defend themselves.Watch my talk below. Of if you prefer reading articles over watching video, I've added a copy of my whole talk below the video, mildly edited, and with added links to my sources.
Practical Defenses Against Technofascism
I gave the Saturday morning keynote at BSidesPDX! I spoke honestly and frankly about the terrifying reality that Americans are facing under Trump's fascist regime, alongside practical advise for communities to defend themselves.Micah Lee (micahflee)
Stephen Miller Against Voting Rights
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Mozilla: New Firefox extensions must disclose data collection practices
Starting next month, Mozilla will require Firefox extension developers to disclose whether their add-ons collect or share user data with third parties.
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Toys “R” Us Canada warns customers' info leaked in data breach
Toys “R” Us Canada has sent notices of a data breach to customers informing them of a security incident where threat actors leaked customer records they had previously stolen from its systems.
[Announcement] Console Trade Market Update
Console Trade Market Update
After the Mercenaries Challenge League ends, the existing Trade Market on the Xbox and PlayStation realms will be permanently disabled in preparation for launching the new trade system in Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame.
After the patch, any items that were still in the Trade Market system will be moved into remove-only stash tabs. This includes items placed in offers that you have made that haven't been accepted or rejected by the seller yet, as well as any items you haven't removed from offers that were accepted or rejected by the seller, or from offers that you have accepted from other players. This process may take a few hours to complete.
Console Announcements - Console Trade Market Update - 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
Apple Expanding Ads in iOS: The Maps App Is Reportedly Next
Apple is reportedly moving ahead with its plans to aggressively monetize the iOS ecosystem, with the Maps app rumored to be next in line.
What was the previous in line?
I ask because I’ve never seen an ad in iOS except in third party apps?
Control personalized ads on the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks - Apple Support
Learn how to limit the personalization of ads delivered by Apple on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac, and how to turn off location-based ads delivered by Apple on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac.Apple Support
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The tragic change a single year has made in America
“The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism,” Garrett Graff, the American historian and author, wrote in August. “In the end, faster than I imagined possible, it did happen here.”
One awakes to new horrors each day. And it is difficult to grasp – and painful to realize – just how far gone we are, and how quickly it has happened.
The tragic change a single year has made in America
As we approach the anniversary of the 2024 election, we awake to new horrors each day. But we must not give up hopeMargaret Sullivan (The Guardian)
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When the oligarchs pay the military, it becomes a private militia
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/36724333
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.— Timothy Snyder
RRF Rassegna stampa 26 10 25. Trump va in Cina per tregua in Ucraina. Manovra contestazioni. Sport Tennis e calcio
Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)?
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GOG asking for more donations from gamers with the new GOG Patrons program
GOG asking for more donations from gamers with the new GOG Patrons program
While it hasn't been properly publicly announced yet, GOG Patrons is a new system launched by GOG to hopefully pull in more people to donate.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Bootstrapping Your Own CPU
Dear community,
Let's just say I'm a country that wants to create my own CPU only using knowledge/tech/techniques that are in the open and nothing proprietary. When I said CPU, let's just say something that can run a C program, and eventually the linux kernel.
Is creating one out of publicly accessed knowledge and resources even possible, and how minuscule the tolerance need to be? Is there even a successful open CPU project out there?
I'm asking this because of an anxiety that I have when knowing only several companies in the world know how to create a CPU.
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Cuomo condemned over racist AI ad depicting "criminals for Zohran Mamdani'
Cuomo condemned over racist AI ad depicting ‘criminals for Zohran Mamdani’
Official X accounts posts and then deletes AI-generated attack ad that prompts widespread denunciationJenna Amatulli (The Guardian)
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Muhammad Alì: vita, vittorie nella boxe, attivismo e morte
Muhammad Ali: vita, vittorie nella boxe e morte
Vita di Muhammad Ali, nato Cassius Clay, vincitore per gli USA della medaglia d’oro dei medio-massimi alle Olimpiadi Roma, il quale si associò alla Nation of Islam, setta islamica militante e radicale che predicava il nazionalismo nero e il separatis…Francesco Caldari (Fatti per la Storia)
Which megathread to use ?
📜 ➜ Megathread
➜ Not so fast sailor! Do this first ✔️ Recommended: Use Firefox + uBlock Origin. Firefox is the top non-Chromium browser, offering nice security and privacy features.rentry.org
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Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too
Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too
Teens have been pushed out of the workforce, and now we’re training robots to take what few scraps are left.Terrence O'Brien (The Verge)
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Van Morrison - Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (2015)
Non è un mistero che i dischi del nuovo millennio, comunque sempre dignitosi, di “Van the Man”, oltre ad un paio di compilations, albums di covers e il nostalgico, storico live di Astral Weeks, siano scivolati progressivamente verso una stanchezza creativa che è andata di pari passo a quella fisica... Leggi e ascolta...
Van Morrison - Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (2015)
Non è un mistero che i dischi del nuovo millennio, comunque sempre dignitosi, di “Van the Man”, oltre ad un paio di compilations, albums di covers e il nostalgico, storico live di Astral Weeks, siano scivolati progressivamente verso una stanchezza creativa che è andata di pari passo a quella fisica, palesata nei concerti degli ultimi anni (ridotti nei tempi per problemi di voce) e nelle dichiarazioni delle ultime interviste (non riesco più a fare tour, mi stanco troppo). Quindi con queste premesse, arrivato l
annuncio del progetto dei duetti (chiaramente con un occhio rivolto al mercato), pur rappresentando una delle figure più ammirate e rispettate del mondo della musica, il rischio di flop artistico non era poi unipotesi così remota... artesuono.blogspot.com/2015/03…Ascolta il disco: album.link/s/5oXBM1hSxdDk2mggn…
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Van Morrison - Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (2015)
di Fausto Gori Non è un mistero che i dischi del nuovo millennio, comunque sempre dignitosi, di “Van the Man”, oltre ad un paio di comp...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
Van Morrison - Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (2015)
Non è un mistero che i dischi del nuovo millennio, comunque sempre dignitosi, di “Van the Man”, oltre ad un paio di compilations, albums di covers e il nostalgico, storico live di Astral Weeks, siano scivolati progressivamente verso una stanchezza creativa che è andata di pari passo a quella fisica... Leggi e ascolta...
Van Morrison - Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (2015)
Non è un mistero che i dischi del nuovo millennio, comunque sempre dignitosi, di “Van the Man”, oltre ad un paio di compilations, albums di covers e il nostalgico, storico live di Astral Weeks, siano scivolati progressivamente verso una stanchezza creativa che è andata di pari passo a quella fisica, palesata nei concerti degli ultimi anni (ridotti nei tempi per problemi di voce) e nelle dichiarazioni delle ultime interviste (non riesco più a fare tour, mi stanco troppo). Quindi con queste premesse, arrivato l
annuncio del progetto dei duetti (chiaramente con un occhio rivolto al mercato), pur rappresentando una delle figure più ammirate e rispettate del mondo della musica, il rischio di flop artistico non era poi unipotesi così remota... artesuono.blogspot.com/2015/03…Ascolta il disco: album.link/s/5oXBM1hSxdDk2mggn…
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Van Morrison - Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue (2015)
di Fausto Gori Non è un mistero che i dischi del nuovo millennio, comunque sempre dignitosi, di “Van the Man”, oltre ad un paio di comp...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
Microsoft threatens to bring Copilot to on-prem Exchange
Microsoft threatens to ram Copilot into Exchange Server on-prem
: Survey probes interest in AI assistance for locally hosted email setupsRichard Speed (The Register)
Rebuilding wrecked Syria vital for regional stability: UN
Geneva (AFP) – After 14 years of destruction, Syria must be swiftly rebuilt to bring stability to the country and the wider region, a top UN official in the war-ravaged nation told AFP.Reconstruction is one of the most significant challenges facing Syria's new Islamist authorities after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December.
"The international community should definitely rush into rebuilding Syria," Rawhi Afaghani, the UN Development Programme's deputy representative in Syria, told AFP this week during a visit to Geneva.
"Being able to help the country to rebound and come out of this war and come out of this destruction is for the Syrians themselves, but also for the stability and the good of the whole region," he said in the interview.
The Syrian civil war, which erupted in 2011 with Assad's brutal repression of anti-government protests, killed over half a million people and devastated the country's infrastructure.
The World Bank this week estimated that Syria's post-war reconstruction could cost up to $216 billion.
Afaghani said he could not put a price tag on rebuilding Syria, but described the needs as "massive".
Across the country, he said governors had told him about the massive need for housing, schools, and health centres, as well as electricity and water.
Complicating the clean-up efforts are the vast quantities of unexploded ordnance littering the entire country, including within mountains of rubble that need to be cleared, he said.
More than one million Syrian refugees have already returned from abroad and nearly double as many have returned to their places of origin after being displaced inside the country, UN figures show.
While those returns are a good sign, Afaghani warned that they were "putting a lot of pressure on the infrastructure, on the transportation, on the education, on the bakeries".
"People are returning to destroyed houses or houses that are actually occupied by other people," he said.
Afaghani warned that the strain on infrastructure "could lead to community tensions".
At the same time, he said the lack of infrastructure, services and jobs was dissuading many Syrians who want to return home from doing so.
"We thought there would be a much higher rate of return," he acknowledged, pointing out that most of those who have returned from abroad had left often difficult conditions in neighbouring Jordan and Lebanon.
From Europe, "we don't see that massive return", he said.
Afaghani voiced hope that swift reconstruction could usher in "a stable Syria", which in turn would draw more returns from Europe.
"Those are high-skilled people -- they can rebuild Syria," he said.
Those returnees, he insisted, could also "be a big, good influence in the whole region from an economic perspective, and from a peace-building perspective".
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