Officers who fatally shot autistic teen won’t be charged, Idaho AG says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/04/idaho-police-shooting-autistic-teen-victor-perez/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Formula 1, il brindisi è per tutti
https://www.lacucinaitaliana.it/article/formula-1-il-brindisi-e-per-tutti-french-bloom/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Formula 1, il brindisi è per tutti
Piccola grande rivoluzione: a partire dal weekend più attesi del Mondiale di Formula 1 si potrà brindare con bollicine dealcolate. Quelle di French BloomRedazione (La Cucina Italiana)
New from 404 Media: Congress demanding answers on ICE's new facial recognition app 'Mobile Fortify'. App taps into an unprecedented no. databases, uses the same system as when people enter/exit the U.S. Now turned inwards. Directly in response to us revealing the app 404media.co/congress-pushes-dh…
Congress Pushes DHS for Details on ICE’s New Facial Recognition App
Members of a congressional committee have demanded Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for more information about Mobile Fortify, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) new facial recognition app, which taps into an unprecedented array of government databases and uses a system ordinarily reserved for when people enter or exit the U.S. 404 Media first revealed the app in June.The Democratic lawmakers, Bennie G. Thompson, J. Luis Correa, and Shri Thanedar, are asking Noem a host of questions about the app, including what databases Mobile Fortify searches, the tool’s accuracy, and ICE’s legal basis for using the app to identify people outside of ports of entry, including U.S. citizens.
“Congress has long had concerns with the Federal government’s use of facial recognition technology and has regularly conducted oversight of how DHS utilizes this technology. The Mobile Fortify application has been deployed to the field while still in beta testing, which raises concerns about its accuracy,” the letter from the Committee on Homeland Security and addressed to Noem reads.
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Do you know anything else about this app? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.404 Media first revealed Mobile Fortify’s existence through leaked emails. Those emails showed that ICE officers could use the app to identify someone based on their fingerprints or face by just pointing a smartphone camera at them. The underlying Customs and Border Protection (CBP) system for the facial recognition part of the app is ordinarily used when people enter or leave the U.S. With Mobile Fortify, ICE then turned that capability inwards to identify people away from ports of entry.
In the footnotes of the letter, the lawmakers indicate they have a copy of a similar email, and the letter specifically cites 404 Media’s reporting.
In July 404 Media published a second report based on a Mobile Fortify user manual which explained the app’s capabilities and data sources in more detail. It said that Mobile Fortify uses a bank of 200 million images, and can pull up a subject’s name, nationality, date of birth, “alien” number, and whether a judge has marked them for deportation. It also showed that Mobile Fortify links databases from the State Department, CBP, the FBI, and states into a single tool. A “super query” feature lets ICE officers query multiple databases at once regarding “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms.”
“Face recognition technology is notoriously unreliable, frequently generating false matches and resulting in a number of known wrongful arrests across the country. Immigration agents relying on this technology to try to identify people on the street is a recipe for disaster. Congress has never authorized DHS to use face recognition technology in this way, and the agency should shut this dangerous experiment down,” Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, previously told 404 Media.
In their letter the lawmakers ask Noem questions about the app’s legality, including ICE’s legal basis to use the app to conduct biometric searches on people outside ports of entry; the databases Mobile Fortify has access to; any agreements between CBP and ICE about the app; information about the usage of the app, such as the frequency of ICE searches using the tool and what procedures ICE officials follow with the app; the app’s accuracy; and any policies or training to ICE agents on how to use the app.
“To ensure ICE is equipped with technology that is accurate and in compliance with constitutional and legal requirements, the Committee on Homeland Security is conducting oversight of ICE’s deployment of the Mobile Fortify application,” the letter says.
CBP acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide a response in time for publication. ICE did not respond to a request for comment.
You can find a copy of the letter here.
Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images
404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just pointing a phone at someone’s face.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
YO: Ya que DDG está metiendo tanta IA, debería irme a Ecosia.
Ecosia. PRUEBA NUESTRA IAI!!!!
Ya en serio. no puedo moverme de DDG hasta que alguien mas tenga bangs
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sí pagué el profesional/ilimitado por un año. Lo que vi ahora que estaba leyendo sobre los bangs, es que los bangs no cuentan como búsquedas pagadas, pero 300 no son muchas la verdad.
Y desafortunadamente Kagi tiene AI, pero no lo usa o te lo muestra a menos que lo habilites manualmente.
The Perfect Host: JWST Cepheid Observations in a Background-Free SN Ia Host Confirm No Bias in Hubble-Constant Measurements
by Adam Riess and co-authors
arxiv.org/abs/2509.01667
#HubbleTension #HubbleConstant #Astrodon #science #jwst
The Perfect Host: JWST Cepheid Observations in a Background-Free SN Ia Host Confirm No Bias in Hubble-Constant Measurements
Cycle 1 JWST observations of Cepheids in SN Ia hosts resolved their red-giant-dominated NIR backgrounds, sharply reducing crowding and showing that photometric bias in lower-resolution HST data does not account for the Hubble tension.arXiv.org
Con su mismo pantalón, con sus mismos tenis, con sus mismos calzones."
Our top story: I studied water. I studied rivers and tributaries and floodplains and watersheds. But theory is one thing, and seeing 100-year-old cypress trees laying flat on the ground, completely uprooted, is another.
texasobserver.org/where-the-wa…
#ClimateChange
Photos: Where the Water Reached
One photographer’s view of the July 4th Hill Country flood, the state’s deadliest in more than a centuryBrenda Bazán (The Texas Observer)
Von X zu Mastodon und Bluesky: Warum der Wechsel sinnvoll ist
Immer mehr Unternehmen und Organisationen stellen sich die Frage: Sollten wir unsere Kommunikation weiterhin von zentralisierten Plattformen wie X abhängig machen – oder ist es an der Zeit, die Kontrolle zurückzugewinnen?
Die Probleme zentralisierter Plattformen
1. Algorithmische Macht
X (ehemals Twitter) steuert, welche Inhalte sichtbar sind – und welche nicht. Algorithmen entscheiden, welche Beiträge in den Feeds landen. Dadurch erhalten Nutzer:innen nicht mehr automatisch die Inhalte, denen sie eigentlich folgen wollten. Stattdessen werden Trends, Werbekunden oder politisch „passende“ Inhalte bevorzugt.
Das bedeutet: eine enorme Machtkonzentration bei einer einzelnen Firma, die faktisch zum Gatekeeper globaler Kommunikation wird.
2. Zensur & Manipulation
Zentralisierte Plattformen haben die Möglichkeit, Inhalte gezielt zu blockieren, zu verschieben oder unauffällig in der Reichweite einzuschränken („Shadowbanning“). Damit können ganze Bewegungen, Unternehmen oder Meinungen unsichtbar gemacht werden – unabhängig davon, ob sie gegen Gesetze verstoßen oder nicht.
Für demokratische Gesellschaften und Organisationen bedeutet das eine ernsthafte Gefahr für Meinungsvielfalt.
3. Kostenfalle durch Werbung
Wer auf X sichtbar sein will, muss in Werbung investieren.
Da die Algorithmen organische Reichweite künstlich begrenzen, sind Unternehmen gezwungen, Inhalte kostenpflichtig zu „pushen“.
Dies führt zu unfairen Zusatzkosten, die keinerlei Mehrwert in Bezug auf Unabhängigkeit oder Transparenz schaffen.
4. Reputationsrisiko durch fehlende Moderation
Durch den Abbau von Moderation auf X steigt die Gefahr, dass Werbeanzeigen unmittelbar neben menschenverachtenden oder extremistischen Inhalten auftauchen.
Das führt nicht nur zu Imageschäden, sondern auch zu einem hohen Risiko für Markenreputation.
Viele große Werbekunden haben ihre Budgets daher bereits abgezogen – ein deutliches Signal für die wachsende Unsicherheit.
Mastodon, Bluesky und mehr – ein eigener Social Media Kosmos
Mit Mastodon und Bluesky stehen zwei leistungsfähige Open-Source-Alternativen für Kurznachrichten und Microblogging bereit. Doch Infinito.Nexus geht noch weiter:
- 🐘 Mastodon – Ersatz für X (Twitter)
- 🌌 Bluesky – moderne ATProto-Plattform für Microblogging
- 🎬 PeerTube – Ersatz für YouTube, mit voller Kontrolle über Videoinhalte
- 👥 Friendica – Alternative zu Facebook, für Netzwerke & Communities
- 📸 Pixelfed – Ersatz für Instagram, mit Fokus auf Bilder & Kreativität
- 🎶 Funkwhale – Alternative zu Spotify und SoundCloud, für Musik & Podcasts
Alle diese Dienste sind im Infinito.Nexus-Ökosystem integriert, vorkonfiguriert und über ein gemeinsames Login (SSO via Keycloak) erreichbar.
Damit entsteht ein vollständiges Social-Media-Universum, das Unternehmen, Organisationen, Verwaltungen oder ganze Communities unabhängig von Big Tech macht.
Was bietet InfinitoNexus konkret?
- Single Sign-On (SSO) via Keycloak für alle Dienste
- Zentrale Benutzer- und Rechteverwaltung über LDAP
- DSGVO-konforme Infrastruktur
- Einheitliches Branding & Analytics durch Matomo-Integration
- Deployment in <2 Stunden: Ein kompletter Social-Media-Kosmos steht sofort bereit
So können Unternehmen eigene Plattformen betreiben, die nicht nur sicher und unabhängig sind, sondern auch alle relevanten Social-Media-Funktionen abdecken – von Videos über Bilder, Musik bis hin zu Communities.
Einstieg
🔗 Mastodon Code: https://s.infinito.nexus/mastodoncode
🔗 Mastodon Demo: https://s.infinito.nexus/mastodon
🔗 Bluesky Code: https://s.infinito.nexus/blueskycode
🔗 Bluesky Demo: https://s.infinito.nexus/bluesky
👉 Damit ermöglicht Infinito.Nexus nicht nur den Umstieg von X, sondern den Aufbau eines ganzen Social-Media-Kosmos, der unabhängig, transparent und souverän betrieben werden kann.
infinito-nexus/roles/web-app-mastodon at master · kevinveenbirkenbach/infinito-nexus
Infinito.Nexus is a turnkey framework built on Docker, Ansible and ActivityPub for deploying a server with LDAP-based IAM and Keycloak SSO. Its unified interface lets you access infinite open-sourc...GitHub
New on my #blog: "Books Reviewed: August 2025"
itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.c…
My monthly wrap up of #books read and reviewed. It also includes couple of #cartomancy decks.
#reading #BookReview #reviews #AlchemicalThoughts #occult #cartomancy #divination #pagan #heathen #witch #esoterica #bookstodon 💙📚
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Books Reviewed: August 2025
Welcome to my wrap up of books I reviewed in August 2025. Links go to the reviews over at The Itinerant Librarian. I reviewed the following books: Be More Vader. This book is a career advic…Alchemical Thoughts
Germany leads a military exercise in the Baltic as tensions with Russia simmer
https://apnews.com/article/germany-military-exercise-nato-baltic-russia-quadriga-3ec000f1274972af2e32840938a61bdb?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Gaza Health Ministry says Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 64,000
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-war-death-toll-8f3c3dd986c9a78da944997c2eb5f79b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Steel porcupine: A metal metaphor for our times.
March 7, 2025
By Brigitte Nerlich
blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makings…
Steel porcupine: A metal metaphor for our times - Making Science Public
When Covid spread I started to collect metaphors. Now the world has suddenly changed again. Metaphors of fighting a virus are replaced by talk about fighting literal wars. But metaphors are never far away.Brigitte Nerlich (Making Science Public)
https://www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/09/android-agora-permite-conectar-dois-fones-ao-mesmo-tempo-mas-ha-um-porem-edapps.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Android agora permite conectar dois fones ao mesmo tempo — mas há um porém
Android permite emparelhar dois fones de ouvido Bluetooth e compartilhar áudio em grupo; outras novidades incluem recursos de IA como assistente de escrita e mais; vejaTechtudo
Banking expert predicts no significant fluctuations on FX market next week
The second week of September will not be anything extraordinary for the foreign exchange market. The exchange rate situation will not change significantly. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Only 2 days left to claim your exhibitor spot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/only-2-days-left-to-claim-your-exhibitor-spot-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into All About Apps @all-about-apps-Techcrunch
Only 2 days left to claim your exhibit table at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Tomorrow is the last day to amplify your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 on October 27-29 in SF with an exhibit table. Book now.TechCrunch Events (TechCrunch)
Giorgio Armani, non solo abbigliamento: la creatività nelle sue fragranze
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/bellezza/a35944873/giorgio-armani-fragranze/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Bellezza @bellezza-CosmopolitanIta
Giorgio Armani, non solo abbigliamento: la creatività nelle sue fragranze
Uno stilista come Giorgio Armani non limita la sua creatività a felpe, occhiali da sole e abiti, ma si esprime anche nei profumi come Sì e Acqua di GioiaCosmopolitan
I'm reading BLOOD IN THE MACHINE (history of Luddites & rise of #AI) for a bookclub in #Pittsburgh! Super excited. We're tackling it in 2 sessions (9/11 and 10/9) & in Oct @bcmerchant.bsky.social will join us for Q&A!
If you're in #PGH join us at @staygoldbooks.bsky.social !
#booksky #bookclub
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Related: this brilliant piece from @anthonymoser.com is exactly how I feel about AI and have from the start.
"I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response. Miyazaki said, “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.” Scam Altman said we can surround the solar system with a Dyson Sphere to hold data centers. Miyazaki is right, and Altman is wrong."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing…
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.moser’s frame shop
"Scam Altman said we can surround the solar system with a Dyson Sphere to hold data centers. Miyazaki is right, and Altman is wrong." @anthonymoser.com
This reminded me of my hatred of dyson spheres & space locusts so I resurrected a 2yo post & added to it: susankayequinn.com/2022/01/dys…
#AI
Dyson Spheres for Space Locusts
I’ve always thought Dyson spheres were the most absurd idea. What “civilization” would be so rapacious as to *enclose an entire star* to meet their “energy needs”. That’s not a sign of “advanced in…SUSAN KAYE QUINN
Round 1, FPO | 2025 Discraft Great Lakes Open presented by Gerrit J. Verburg Co youtube.com/watch?v=rg0yeAVwKj…
Live from our favorite park: Kensington!
#DiscGolf #live #Kensington #DGLO
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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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#photo, #photography, #NemanoDruskininkai, #autumn,
T-Systems names new chief to reduce reliance on US tech companies
German tech giant appoints sovereignty officer as European businesses seek alternatives to American cloud providers amid rising data control concerns.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
Mfe, Pier Silvio Berlusconi acquista 75,61% capitale di ProSiebensat
https://tg24.sky.it/economia/2025/09/04/mfe-pier-silvio-berlusconi-prosiebensat-acquisizione?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Economia @economia-SkyTG24
Mfe, Pier Silvio Berlusconi acquista il 75,61% del capitale di ProSiebenSat
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Mfe, Pier Silvio Berlusconi acquista il 75,61% del capitale di ProSiebenSatRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
Stellantis chiede agli operai italiani di andare a lavorare in Serbia
https://tg24.sky.it/economia/2025/09/04/stellantis-serbia?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Economia @economia-SkyTG24
Stellantis chiede agli operai italiani di andare a lavorare in Serbia
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Stellantis chiede agli operai italiani di andare a lavorare in SerbiaRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
EuGH-Urteil: Polens Gerichte sollen höhere Instanz ignorieren
Der EuGH hat ein Urteil gefällt, das sich erheblich auf Polens Justiz auswirken dürfte. Nationale Gerichte müssen demnach Urteile einer höheren Instanz ignorieren, wenn diese Mindeststandards nicht erfüllt. Was bedeutet das? Von P. Żuk
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Das ist ein direktes Misstrauensvotum gegen die Instanzen.
Gibts das bald auch für Ungarn, Tschechien und gegen die deutsche Bundesregierung?
KCWM 1460 • Hondo, Texas, USA
Rolleiflex 3.5 MX-EVS • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2025
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film120 #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #Photography #TX #Hondo #Texas #Outdoors #KCWM #Radio #Station #Country #Music #August_30_2025
fallen September leaf
#korozija ,#RimgaudoFoto©, #gamta, #nature ,
,#Druskininkai,#cannonphotography,
#photo, #photography, #NemanoDruskininkai, #autumn,
Microsoft shuts down the Community Forums
The Microsoft Community Forums has debuted since 2009 when Windows 7 was released. Since then, it has devolved to a colossal amount of “Run DISM and SFC” and other copy-pasted solutions that usually don’t solve the problem that users were facing. It became so overwhelming that there were internet memes being made specifically to target those answers. Of course, there was some solid advice, but the majority of the “answers” were expressing the same thing.
Now, Microsoft Answers has been shut down starting today, since all links to answers.microsoft.com now point to Microsoft Learn instead. Google and other search engines won’t be able to use those as a reference to solve the problems that users sometimes face in Windows.
Instead, users are advised to either ask the AI assistant or open a question and wait for others to answer the question. Hopefully, generic solutions like “Run DISM and SFC” or “Reset your PC” won’t be here again, unless they become absolutely necessary.
If you’re still uncomfortable about using the Microsoft Learn Q&A feature or the AI chatbot, you can refer to the computer forums, some of which we recommend.
- Bleeping Computer Forums
- Overclock Forums
- Eleven Forum (for Windows 11 users)
- Ten Forums (for Windows 10 users) and sibling forums…
- Tom’s Hardware Forums
Otherwise, you can ask a question here.
To learn more about the shutdown, read this blog article from Windows Latest.
#microsoft #news #Tech #Technology #update
So long, “run SFC”: Microsoft kills Microsoft Answers brand in favour of Microsoft Learn Q&A
Microsoft has retired the Windows Community forum and has moved all its contents into Microsoft Q&A, which works under Microsoft Learn domain.Abhijith M B (Windows Latest)
Microsoft shuts down the Community Forums (answers.microsoft.com)
#Microsoft #Windows #MicrosoftWindows #TechNews #TechUpdates #Forums
Russian missile strike hits demining humanitarian mission in Chernihiv, casualties reported – photo
On 4 September, the Ukrainian Air Force issued a warning of a ballistic missile threat from the north. Local authorities say a missile has struck near a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Novoselivka in Chernihiv Oblast.Alona Mazurenko (Ukrainska Pravda)
Com'è Il Mostro, la serie sul Mostro di Firenze presentata a Venezia 82
https://www.esquire.com/it/cultura/film/a65979183/il-mostro-netflix-recensione-venezia-82/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Cultura @cultura-Esquireitalia2
Com'è Il Mostro, la serie sul Mostro di Firenze presentata a Venezia 82
Sollima, per Netflix, a sorpresa sul mostro di Firenze non fa un thriller né un horror, ma un ottimo melodramma sociale.Stefano Piri (Esquire)
The safest place for a child is Drag Queen Story Hour.
The most dangerous place for a child is church.
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