#EU / #UK Paris Summit Plans #Kiev Victory, #Odessa Deployment, Defies #US; Russian Advance On All Fronts
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Arrestato per violenza sessuale Simone Baroncini, libero dopo 16 anni di carcere per l’omicidio di Vanessa Simonini
È accusato di tre episodi di 'needle spiking': punture alle natiche di donne con un ago da siringa. In casa svariato materiale pornografico
A Republican US Senator just said:
"We are all afraid."
Then paused, and added:
"I'm often times very anxious myself, about using my voice, because retaliation is real."
Also she asked people to keep protesting at her offices. "It's going to sound crazy coming from an elected official, but I'm going to continue to urge you to raise your voices."
alaskapublic.org/news/politics…
I can't overstate how important this is. A Republican senator naming the elephant in the room, and encouraging protest!
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Trump Moves to Levy Chinese Vessels in Shipping Shakeup
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/trump-moves-to-levy-chinese-vessels-in-shipping-shakeup?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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You Might Walk Past These—But They’re Tiny Masterpieces in Disguise
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You Might Walk Past These—But They’re Tiny Masterpieces in Disguise
In Milan, Golsa Golchini is reshaping how we see the cracks, rust, and decay of city walls. Her miniature street art scenes don’t cover damage—they embrace it.
A girl swings from rain streaks. A turtle borrows a tank as its shell. A young musician draws music from crumbling plaster. Each piece is site-specific, small in scale but rich in detail, and carefully crafted to interact with its exact surroundings. In this collection, we feature ten of Golchini’s latest public artworks across Milan—where the city’s imperfections become the very foundation of her storytelling.🔗 Follow Golsa Golchini on Instagram
Laundry Day
A woman leans from a real window, painted to appear as if she’s reading the fractured wall like a book. The peeling plaster becomes a cascading page.
The Hidden Melody
Golsa Golchini cleverly integrates minimalist art, depicting a young girl realistically painted emerging from peeling plaster. The girl is holding a bow as if playing Double Bass on the crumbling wall itself, transforming urban decay into a subtle and poetic performance.
Flashlight Beam
A boy holds a large flashlight aimed upward. The beam isn’t painted—it’s a real streak of sunlight on the wall, timed perfectly with the art.
Elephant Friend
A little girl in a striped dress reaches out to gently touch the head of an elephant, its form emerging naturally from the cracked wall. Golsa Golchini uses the contours of the damaged surface to suggest the animal’s shape, turning urban decay into an unexpected moment of connection between child and creature.
Turtle Shell
A green turtle peeks out from behind a public plastic container. The container’s shape mimics its shell in a surreal visual twist.
Boy with Dog
A child walks a dog on a leash. The dog is made from a rust stain and a hole in the wall, blending seamlessly with the texture.
Snail at the Curb
A snail painted near the sidewalk seems to crawl slowly through a pile of real dried leaves. The edge of the street becomes part of its journey.
Rain Swing
A girl swings from two long streaks of water damage on a concrete wall. The stains form ropes, and her painted legs kick out into open space.
Cracked Pikachu
A joyful cartoon face bursts through a chipped section of wall, clearly inspired by Pikachu from Pokémon. The playful eyes and wide pink mouth are painted around the cracks, making it feel like the character is peeking through the surface itself.
Giraffe Peek
A giraffe peeks through an opening in dense ivy, as if hiding behind the greenery. The painted surface perfectly matches the hole.Golsa Golchini’s art doesn’t just live on the walls of Milan—it lives with them. Every crack becomes a canvas, every rust patch a character. These ten interventions remind us that beauty can emerge from erosion, and that even a broken surface can tell a complete story. In Golchini’s hands, the city itself collaborates—every wall is part of the work.
More: Natalia Rak: The Muralist Turning Walls Into Masterpieces
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Microsoft Researchers Develop Hyper-Efficient AI Model That Can Run On CPUs - Slashdot
Microsoft has introduced BitNet b1.58 2B4T, the largest-scale 1-bit AI model to date with 2 billion parameters and the ability to run efficiently on CPUs. It's openly available under an MIT license.slashdot.org
Nuova perturbazione, prolungata l’allerta meteo gialla per pioggia
Sulla costa della Versilia esteso il rischio di mareggiate fino alle 6 di domattina
A Blacksmith Shows Us How To Choose An Anvil
No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but it’s fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle. For anyone not knowing where to turn there’s a video from [Black Bear Forge], in which he takes us through a range of budget options.
He starts with a sledgehammer, the simplest anvil of all, which we would agree makes a very accessible means to do simple forge work. He shows us a rail anvil and a couple of broken old anvils, before spending some time on a cheap Vevor anvil and going on to some much nicer more professional ones. It’s probably the Vevor which is the most interesting of the ones on show though, not because it is particularly good but because it’s a chance to see up close one of these very cheap anvils.
Are they worth taking the chance? The one he’s got has plenty of rough parts and casting flaws, an oddly-sited pritchel and a hardy hole that’s too small. These anvils are sometimes referred to as “Anvil shaped objects”, and while this one could make a reasonable starter it’s not difficult to see why it might not be the best purchase. It’s a subject we have touched on before in our blacksmithing series, so we’re particularly interested to see his take on it.
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And we're live! Congratulations to all those involved in the development and release of #Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin!
Press release:
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Release notes:
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The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces “devpacks” for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware. 17 April 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puf
The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces “devpacks” for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware. 17 April 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.Canonical (Ubuntu)
"Como judía humanista que soy, se me desvía la mirada llena de escenas parecidas que me interpelan hoy: desplazados para ir a donde no tienen nada y volver a donde solo quedan los escombros de sus viviendas y los alaridos de sus muertos, restringidas o denegadas las ayudas humanitarias, recalando sus heridas en hospitales que ya no son, constreñidos en ese campo de concentración, de aniquilación moral y de exterminio que es su tierra, #Gaza"
—Elina Malamud
Fuck yes! Finally a WIN for trans people's access to HRT
Washington state, USA, passed a law requiring health insurance carriers to cover 12 month supplies of hormone medications.
Call your state representatives and urge them to pass a similar bill!
erininthemorning.com/p/washing…
Washington State Passes Bill To Cover Some 12-Month Hormone Therapy Stockpiles
“The bill will alleviate a lot of suffering,” one Republican lawmaker said.s. baum (Erin In The Morning)
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Latter Day Saints portrait group. These people, man and wife, are both eighty-five years old. Converts to Mormonism from South Africa. She was the first schoolteacher in Escalante. They are dressed in their Sunday clothes
#Mormonism #SouthAfrica #first #Escalante #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Q&A: The legendary VFX artist who brought Captain Davy Jones, ‘The Abyss,’ and more to life
https://www.popsci.com/science/john-knoll-visual-effects-lucasfilm/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Q&A: The legendary VFX artist who brought Captain Davy Jones, ‘The Abyss,’ and more to life | Popular Science
The award winning VFX artist discusses the past and future of the field ahead of a new season of ‘Light & Magic’ on Disney+.Laura Baisas (Popular Science)
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CFPB workers are receiving mass layoff notices
https://www.theverge.com/news/651570/cfpb-layoffs-notices-doge?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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CFPB workers are receiving mass layoff notices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is terminating employees en masse after a court said they could only do so following a “particularized assessment.”Lauren Feiner (The Verge)
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Aha.. "When asked why she’s in Washington, #Meloni says she believes in "West unity".#Trump then says Meloni "believes in the president", which she agrees with, and adds: "We need to grow together, that's why I'm here."www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Italy's Meloni says 'we hope t...
Italy's Meloni says 'we hope to make the West great again' in Trump meeting
The US president also confirms that he will visit Italy after a meeting with its prime minister.BBC News
Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez is in ICE detention despite being a citizen. Welcome to Trump’s America.
U.S.-Born Citizen Detained Under ICE Hold Despite Birth Certificate
Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez is in jail despite a judge seeing his birth certificate. Welcome to Trump’s America.The New Republic
"When asked why she’s in Washington, #Meloni says she believes in "West unity".
#Trump then says Meloni "believes in the president", which she agrees with, and adds: "We need to grow together, that's why I'm here."
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cewgn4jnkd…
Italy's Meloni says 'we hope to make the West great again' in Trump meeting
The US president also confirms that he will visit Italy after a meeting with its prime minister.BBC News
China surges ahead in the energy revolution, achieving stable operation of a thorium molten salt reactor producing 2MW of power. Chinese scientists are already working on scaling up to 10MW and pioneering thorium-powered ships.
Since these types of reactors use molten salt, they don't have to be built near large bodies of water as is the case with traditional uranium based reactors.
scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
#china #technology #nuclearpower #nuclear
China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’
Team working on project reportedly achieves milestone by completing fuel reloading while experimental molten salt reactor was running.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
Maior página de pirataria de jogos do Brasil é derrubada, mas criadores querem voltar
[Exclusivo]https://www.tecmundo.com.br/voxel/501199-maior-pagina-de-pirataria-de-jogos-do-brasil-e-derrubada-mas-criadores-querem-voltar-exclusivo.htm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Maior página de pirataria de jogos do Brasil é derrubada, mas criadores querem voltar [Exclusivo]
Coordenado por jovens, Projeto Ecológica Verde repercute com público ao tratar pirataria como uma forma de protesto contra preços abusivos! EntendaAdriano Camacho (TecMundo)
John Ray, veteran D.C. lawmaker and frequent mayoral candidate, dies at 81
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/17/john-ray-dead/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has resoundingly rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to block an order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
'The relief the government is requesting is both extraordinary and premature.
It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done.
This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.
The Executive possesses enormous powers to prosecute and to deport, but with powers come restraints. If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?∗ And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies? The threat, even if not the actuality, would always be present, and the Executive’s obligation to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” would lose its meaning. U.S. CONST. art. II, § 3; see also id. art. II, § 1, cl. 8.'
Download the order here in PDF:
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[Yikes. No personal info is a rule I live by. This creeps up to the line]
Okay, so, yes; me being “me”—artist turned scientist turned educator turned social justice lawyer turned writer/analyst??? [I know.→talk to my shrink🖕🏻]—
I have, predictably, been a graphic novel consumer for many years.
[Personal aside: my forever bestest best friend Stef; who I will NEVER let go; RIP; was a brilliant graphic novelist]
tcj.com/day-three/
[brief 🧵 purleeeease feel free to disregard my meanderings]
Vanessa Davis: Day Three - The Comics Journal
The third day in a week of the life of cartoonist Vanessa Davis.Vanessa Davis (The Comics Journal)
"It is unclear what Mr. Rogen was referring to with the $320 million."
No, Derrick Bryson Taylor, it's not at all unclear if you read the previous paragraphs in your own article.
Rogen is obviously referring to $320m underwriting the Trump campaign provided by the people you name as being in the room.
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Virginia Democrats reap fundraising gains as they center campaigns around Elon Musk
https://apnews.com/article/virginia-elections-donors-report-elon-musk-8ee4a569bc5a043cbd21f3d8c2d4f0fe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Haley Joel Osment charged with cocaine possession and being drunk in public
https://apnews.com/article/haley-joel-osment-arrest-f8bb94aa134400b30c44fb821dabdc6f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth deve ganhar novos personagens jogáveis no PC
https://www.adrenaline.com.br/games/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-deve-ganhar-novos-personagens-jogaveis-no-pc/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth deve ganhar novos personagens jogáveis
Graças ao incrível mundo dos mods, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth deve ganhar novos personagens jogáveis no PC; saiba mais!Guilherme Pinheiro (Adrenaline)
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