People, media personalities, and/or accounts who try and sell you on “Democrats aren’t doing anything to stop Trump” are lying to you.

I don’t know what every one of them is up to behind the scenes, but uniting us all against Trump isn’t it.

Trump administration to restore $6.8bn in education funds after multi-state suit | Trump administration | The Guardian
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

Trump administration to restore $6.8bn in education funds after multi-state suit

California attorney general Rob Bonta says agreement secured after lawsuit brought by 23 states

^{Maanvi Singh (The Guardian)}

Now DeSantis will try and outlaw even individual school systems setting their own, because they’re not small government they’re fucking tyrannical murderers.

Florida plans to end vaccine mandates statewide, including for schoolchildren | CNN
cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/flor…

“Contemplation” (2018) by Powerfaith

This track leans hard into the Christian side of Naga rock—no surprise, since Nagaland is the most Baptist place on Earth. But what makes it special is how it weaves in touches of indigenous melody and rhythm, folding that heritage right into the rock foundation. It’s faith-driven, but still unmistakably Naga.

youtube.com/watch?v=OSd9cS_QeR…

Are there any exceptions the police can use to search your phone?

One of the reasons why the police will be able to search your phone without your consent is if they are able to justify using legal powers such as *terrorism*

This is just a little reminder for those attending this Saturday's #PalestineAction demonstration

Failure to supply a passcode, what is known as an RIPA notice, can lead to a maximum sentence of 2 years in prison

Pro tip: leave it at home

"As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study, coauthors Petter Törnberg, AI and social media assistant professor, and research assistant Maik Larooij simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI chatbots, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o large language model, to see if there was anything we could do to stop social media from turning into echo chambers.

They tested out six specific intervention strategies — including switching to chronological news feeds, boosting diverse viewpoints, hiding social statistics like follower counts, and removing account bios — to stop the platform from turning into a polarized hellscape.

To their dismay, none of the interventions worked to a satisfactory degree, and only some showed modest effects. Worse yet, as Ars Technica reports, some of them made the situation even worse.

For instance, ordering the news feed chronologically reduced attention inequality but floated extreme content to the top.

It's a sobering reality that flies in the face of companies' promises of constructing a "digital town square" — as billionaire and X owner Elon Musk once called it — where everybody coexists peacefully.

With or without intervention, social media platforms may be doomed to devolve into a highly polarized breeding ground for extremist thinking."

futurism.com/social-network-ai…

#SocialMedia #AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #Chatbots #Echochambers #Disinformation

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.

^{Victor Tangermann (Futurism)}

AustralianSuper CIO Says He’s Unfazed By Trump’s Fed Attacks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-04/australiansuper-labubu-podcast-albanese-trump-australia-briefing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Emerging Markets @emerging-markets-bloomberg

Yesterday, I saw Marjorie Taylor Greene hug a Democrat.

youtube.com/watch?v=JDPPl4XJcH…

#Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #Trump

"Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A Danish wind power company filed suit against the President Donald Trump administration Thursday seeking to reverse a stop-work order on its nearly completed Revolution Wind project off the coast of New England. ....

"The offshore wind farm is 80% complete and was expected to begin operations next year. It has 65 turbines, would have a production capacity of 704 megawatts and would give off enough power for more than 350,000 homes across Rhode Island and Connecticut."

upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/09/04…

#energy #wind #trump #climate

Wind farm company sues Trump administration for stop-work order - UPI.com

A Danish wind power company filed suit against the President Donald Trump administration Thursday to reverse a stop-work order on its nearly completed project.

^{Lisa Hornung (UPI)}

Rivian makes its second small workforce cut of the year ahead of R2 SUV launch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/rivian-makes-its-second-small-workforce-cut-of-the-year-ahead-of-r2-suv-launch/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech Layoffs @tech-layoffs-Techcrunch

Rivian makes its second small workforce cut of the year ahead of R2 SUV launch | TechCrunch

The company previously laid off around 140 workers in its manufacturing division in June.

^{Sean O'Kane (TechCrunch)}

Silksong did something only Kim Kardashian could allegedly do.

Hollow Knight: Silksong causes server chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo as platforms grind to a halt

eurogamer.net/silksong-causes-…

#HollowKnight #Silksong #Servers #Xbox #Steam #Nintendo #Gaming

Chart: The retiring coal power plants Trump could revive.

The Energy Department keeps ordering expensive, polluting plants to keep running at the eleventh hour. Here’s what’s on the line through the end of Trump’s term. #ClimateChange

canarymedia.com/articles/fossi…

Chart: The retiring coal power plants Trump could revive

The Energy Department keeps ordering expensive, polluting plants to keep running at the eleventh hour. Here’s what’s on the line through the end of…

^{Canary Media}

Fidèle à sa tradition les libéraux cherchant à se faire passer pour des démocrates, ils sont tout de suite à genoux prêts à astiquer l'auto-proclamé roi des français en échange de leur part du gâteau, ce sur le dos des serfs et vilains qui font vivre leurs châteaux ('vilains' au sens médiéval du terme : aujourd'hui on aurait pu dire "pa-culs" s'ils n'étaient pas devenus petites mains de la FNSEA et de ses lobbies de l'agrochimie).

La droite anti-républicaine commence à la gauche du PS.

20minutes.fr/politique/4170851…

#PS #macron #faure

Le PS d’Olivier Faure est « à la disposition » de Macron pour discuter de l’après Bayrou

Le patron du PS, Olivier Faure, s’est dit « à la disposition » d’Emmanuel Macron pour discuter d’une possible entrée de la gauche au gouvernement après le départ annoncé de François Bayrou

^{Laurent Garrigues (20 Minutes)}

おはようございます。

#マストドン写真部
#どうでもいい写真部
#photography
#photo
#landscape
#snapshot
#fedibird

Ein neuer Blogbeitrag wurde in unserer Galaxie veröffentlicht: '„Zeit mit Paps“'
Link: lunaria-galaxie.de/blog/zeit-m…

#Forum #Community #Blog #Spiele #Radio

My son recently introduced me to the music of the Japanese jazz group Tri4th. They're fun!

youtu.be/D7oTKqvdf9M?si=h9XPNq…

#music

Kim porta sulla scena la figlia 13enne: Ju-ae dai francobolli alle parate
https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2025/09/05/news/kim_porta_sulla_scena_la_figlia_13enne_ju-ae_dai_francobolli_alle_parate-15295727/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Le notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo @le-notizie-dall-italia-e-dal-mondo-LaStampa

Kim porta sulla scena la figlia 13enne: Ju-ae dai francobolli alle parate

Colpo di scena nella dinasty nordcoreana: la sorella Yo-jong finisce relegata in seconda fila

^{Lorenzo Lamperti (La Stampa)}

Sad and scary to hear about the funicular crash in #Lisbon yesterday.

I've been on that and other old funiculars over the years – Lisbon, Hong Kong, Austria, Lyon, Paris – you assume they're well maintained and have backup safeties like elevators. Clearly not in this case.

A Ruota visita guidata alla chiesa romanica di San Bartolomeo
L'appuntamento con l'iniziativa è per domenica (7 settembre) alle 18: la guida è lo storico dell'arte Riccardo Massagli

luccaindiretta.it/capannori-e-…

A Ruota visita guidata alla chiesa romanica di San Bartolomeo - LuccaInDiretta

^{LuccainDiretta}

Trentamila uomini da dieci nazioni. Ecco lo scudo che voleva Zelensky
https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2025/09/05/news/trentamila_uomini_da_dieci_nazioni_ecco_lo_scudo_che_voleva_zelensky-15295799/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Le notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo @le-notizie-dall-italia-e-dal-mondo-LaStampa

Trentamila uomini da dieci nazioni. Ecco lo scudo che voleva Zelensky

Per la prima volta il progetto dei Volenterosi ha preso corpo. Ma prima serve il cessate il fuoco

^{Anna Zafesova (La Stampa)}

Xi, Putin e la dittatura dell’immortalità
https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2025/09/05/news/xi_putin_e_la_dittatura_dell_immortalita-15295854/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Le notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo @le-notizie-dall-italia-e-dal-mondo-LaStampa

Xi, Putin e la dittatura dell’immortalità

I due leader sorpresi a dialogare di giovinezza e biotecnologie. La vita eterna, da sempre sogno di sette e regimi, oggi è la speranza dei tecnocrati

^{Assia Neumann (La Stampa)}

Center for American Rights, a self-proclaimed protector of free speech, files FCC complaint against Jimmy Kimmel for "unlawful politicking".
Kimmel is accused of hosting too many Democratic guests and not disclosing which candidates he's donated to.
I am thinking I should register complaints of my own about Fox "News" and Newsmax.
#jimmykimmel
#FCC
#firstamendmentrights

sg.news.yahoo.com/center-ameri…

Comunque prima che vada a letto ho sentito parlare che Windows 11 può sovrascrivere le partizioni di Linux se usi Windows Update, cosa che già mi sta facendo sudare.

Qualcuno mi dia una mano... voglio installare Mint ma l'errore GRUB mi sta impedendo di farlo

Why should we rent the essentials of daily life we already own? Paywalling them behind monthly fees is absurd.

Imagine being told your stove won’t cook dinner unless you’ve paid this month’s subscription, it’s the same scammy logic as locking the full performance of a car you already bought behind a monthly fee.

Enshittification is just corporations selling you the same thing twice, and calling it ‘innovation.’

#Enshittification #Subscription #DigitalRights #ConsumerRights #Tech #CorporateGreed #Capitalism

How to stop Israel from starving Gaza

aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/9/…

> Despite US cover for Israel’s darkest crimes, the family of nations still has the means and duty to act.
#stopZionists
#stopTheWar
#stopTheGenocide
#unitingForPeace
#UN
#protectPalestinians

@palestine

How to stop Israel from starving Gaza

^{Jeffrey Sachs (Al Jazeera)}

Blood will tell.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #Lübeck @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/tales-of-lub…

Proprio vero, si vedono di quelle cose indecenti nei bagni pubblici ed al #lavoro che verrebbe da augurare mettano dei lanciafiamme, altro che salviette o asciugatori.
#Articolo da Internazionale 1325 "Salviette contro asciugatori" Samanth Subramanian, The Guardian

#archivio

🧪Experiment 🧪

If you bought any iPhone 16 line phone shortly after release last year, I have 3 questions for you:

1. What iPhone do you have?
2. How many cycles do you have on your battery?
3. What's your battery health percentage?

I'll for first...

1. 📱 Phone: 16 Pro Max
2. ♻️ Cycles: 282
3. 🏥 Health: 98%

[I'm collecting anecdotal data for a story]

🌐 Cloudflare’s “signed agents” raises alarms—security upgrade or online gatekeeping? The TWiT panel debates it all.
📺 Clip: youtu.be/v-F7NvTSOjY
🎧 Full: twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tec…

#TechNews #Internet

Nerd Harder! | TWiT.TV

Cloudflare’s latest moves to police who can access the internet and governments’ push for age verification set off alarms for the future of the open web, as panelists debate

^TWiT.tv