In PA, our State Board approved ignoring RFK so everyone should be able to get the COVID vax in PA. But the CVS hasn't updated their website yet. I'll wait a few days but not too long — RFK's minions meet on 9.18 and who TF knows what they'll do.
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How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of respiratory illnesses.defector.com
Ryder Cup Week Set to Generate $200 Million in Economic Impact
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/ryder-cup-week-set-to-generate-200-million-in-economic-impact?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business @business-bloomberg
Lululemon Cuts Outlook as Sales Rut, Tariff Pressures Persist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/lululemon-cuts-outlook-as-sales-rut-tariff-pressures-persist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business @business-bloomberg
Apple Seeks Researchers for 2026 iPhone Security Program
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#Infosec #Security #Cybersecurity #CeptBiro #Apple #iPhoneSecurityProgram
"[I]n the post warning users that the company will call the authorities if they seem like they're going to hurt someone, OpenAI also acknowledged that it is "currently not referring self-harm cases to law enforcement to respect people’s privacy given the uniquely private nature of ChatGPT interactions."
While ChatGPT has in the past proven itself pretty susceptible to so-called jailbreaks that trick it into spitting out instructions to build neurotoxins or step-by-step instructions to kill yourself, this new rule adds an additional layer of confusion. It remains unclear which exact types of chats could result in user conversations being flagged for human review, much less getting referred to police. We've reached out to OpenAI to ask for clarity.
While it's certainly a relief that AI conversations won't result in police wellness checks — which often end up causing more harm to the person in crisis due to most cops' complete lack of training in handling mental health situations — it's also kind of bizarre that OpenAI even mentions privacy, given that it admitted in the same post that it's monitoring user chats and potentially sharing them with the fuzz.
To make the announcement all the weirder, this new rule seems to contradict the company's pro-privacy stance amid its ongoing lawsuit with the New York Times and other publishers as they seek access to troves of ChatGPT logs to determine whether any of their copyrighted data had been used to train its models.
OpenAI has steadfastly rejected the publishers' request on grounds of protecting user privacy and has, more recently, begun trying to limit the amount of user chats it has to give the plaintiffs."
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#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection
OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
OpenAI has authorized itself to call law enforcement if users say threatening enough things when talking to ChatGPT.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
Folks thinking of making up a fresh excuse not to #vote in 2026 would do well to digest this article.
Sure, it's "complicated." But if one can pass a driver's license exam or similar piece of cake it's no problem to understand. Special pleading won't cover apathy or indolence.
Cliff Note version: start at "In 2023, it was Republicans controlling 26 delegations, Democrats 22 and two split delegations."
(Not voting is a slap in the face to those who've been disenfranchised, while actually voting is a way of being a proxy for those victims)
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Another Element of the Equation—Electoral Nuclear Options
One big threat that looms over free and fair elections for president is that a tie in the Electoral College or a disputed race gets thrown to the House.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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GhostRedirector Hacks 65 Windows Servers Using Rungan Backdoor and Gamshen IIS Module
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GhostRedirector Hacks 65 Windows Servers Using Rungan Backdoor and Gamshen IIS Module
GhostRedirector compromised 65 Windows servers since Aug 2024 using Rungan and Gamshen malware, driving SEO fraud.The Hacker News
ok, forget the character
how do you conceive a gun so ... uh. is there even a word for whatever this thing is
This really shouldn't as any surprise, as the US govt has declared war on trans people and their rights, but it is worth nothing that these are the same people who opposed Red Flag laws to stop known abusers from purchasing firearms.
DOJ Plots Banning Trans People From Owning Guns
I’m not eating much so my weight is dropping. I’m still working out and, mostly, eating healthy stuff, so I’m not particularly concerned about muscle loss.
I will say there are much better ways to diet than an ugly break-up in the hottest time of the year.
Pare che la statua del leone alato a Venezia sia cinese, potrebbe averla portata Marco Polo. Abbiamo chiuso il cerchio.
Iconic winged lion statue in Venice may actually be from China's Tang dynasty, study finds
A new study of the trace amounts of lead in Venice's famous winged lion statue suggests that its metal originated in China — and Marco Polo's family may have brought it over.Kristina Killgrove (Live Science)
Tips for Homebrewing Inductors
How hard can it be to create your own inductors? Get a wire. Coil it up. Right? Well, the devil is definitely in the details, and [Nick] wants to share his ten tips for building “the perfect” inductor. We don’t know about perfect, but we do think he brings up some very good points. Check out his video below.
If you are winding wire around your finger (or, as it appears in the video, a fork) or you are using a beefy ferrite core, you’ll find something interesting in the video.
Of course, the issue with inductors is that wires aren’t perfect, nor are core materials. Factors like this lead to inefficiency and loss, sometimes in a frequency-dependent way.
It looks like [Nick] is building a large switching power supply, so the subject inductor is a handful. He demonstrates some useful computational tools for analyzing data about cores, for example.
We learned a lot watching the tricks, but we were more interested in the inductor’s construction. We have to admit that the computed inductance of the coil matched quite closely to the measured value.
Need a variable inductor? No problem. Before ferrite cores, good coils were a lot harder to wind.
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L’IA, menace et protection pour les identités
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#Infosec #Security #Cybersecurity #CeptBiro #IA #ProtectionPourLesIdentites
Every day I'm on #Mastodon I like to jot down #3goodThings #threeGoodThings for #today... things done, things to do, or just a good thing...
1. Decided it might be an idea to think about updating the campervan.
2. Went to local dealer just looking. Absolutely no intention of buying one. Really, none at all.
3. Sold! And we have history, every time we go 'just looking' we end up buying.
US immigration officers raid Georgia site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raid-hyundai-georgia-electric-vehicles-191904f42f540898035feb2a6623d98e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business and Finance @business-and-finance-AssociatedPress
É FALSO que todos os queijos que têm "furinhos" apresentam coliformes fecais
https://canaltech.com.br/internet/e-falso-que-todos-os-queijos-que-tem-furinhos-apresentam-coliformes-fecais/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into CORPORATE @corporate-canaltech
the trump family #crypto grift (#WorldLibertyFinancial, token #WLFI) just froze the account of #JustinSun, the single biggest backer of the entire grift, after Justin transferred millions of dollars “worth” of WLFI tokens to #Binance (a large crypto exchange where he was probably going to sell them).
impossible to say for sure why this happened but occam’s razor suggests the WLFI team is desperately trying to keep the price from continuing to crash (it’s down ~45% from when it became tradable on Monday) so they intervened to prevent Justin from selling.
there’s not a small amount of irony in the fact that the trump kids said they founded WLFI as a “decentralized” platform to “prevent debanking”.
maybe also worth noting that Justin has publicly claimed he has not sold and will never sell his WLFI tokens... but this being the world’s most infamous chinese crypto grifter literally zero people in the cryptoverse believe that.
#trump #corruption #uspol #uspolitics #china #cryptocurrency
CVS Will Not Cover Long-Acting HIV PrEP Lenacapavir For Now
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> CVS won’t add Gilead’s Yeztugo (lenacapavir) to its coverage list. Plus, regular PrEP denials remain common.
hacker: I took over your computer, give me money or I release video of you watching porn
me: You fixed the camera driver on my Linux machine? omg thank you so much
Bomba criptografada será padrão e promete fim dos golpes nos postos de gasolina
https://canaltech.com.br/carros/bomba-criptografada-sera-padrao-e-promete-fim-dos-golpes-nos-postos-de-gasolina/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Dès son installation, Windows 11 appliquera des patchs de sécurité
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#Infosec #Security #Cybersecurity #CeptBiro #Windows11 #PatchsDeSecurite
Dès son installation, Windows 11 appliquera des patchs de sécurité - Le Monde Informatique
Microsoft a commencé à déployer les mises à jour pour Windows 11. Ces actualisations changent notamment le comportement de l'OS en en forçant...LeMondeInformatique
İsrail'de Filistin depremi! Son dakika Fransa kararı! Macron'a izin vermediler: SON DAKİKA HABERİ: İsrail ve Fransa arasında diplomatik kriz patlak verdi. İsrail Dışişleri Bakanlığı, Filistin devletini tanıma kararı aldıklarını duyuran Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron'a yaptırım uyguladı.
MACRON'A İSRAİL'E ZİYARET EDEMEYECEĞİ İLETİLDİ
Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan yapılan açıklamada, İsrail Dışişleri… eshahaber.com.tr/haber/israil-… EshaHaber.com.tr #İsrail #Filistin #Macron #Diplomasi #Haber
İsrail'de Filistin depremi! Son dakika Fransa kararı! Macron'a izin vermediler
Son dakika haberi... İsrail Dışişleri Bakanı Gideon Saar, Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron'un Filistin Devleti'ni tanıma girişimini sürdürdüğü sürece İsrail'i ziyaretini kabul etmeyeceklerini bildirdi.Eshahaber (www.eshahaber.com.tr - EshaHaber Yerel ve Ulusal Güncel Gündem Haberleri)
Ares CEO Arougheti Sees PE and Sports Investing Colliding
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-09-04/ares-ceo-arougheti-sees-pe-sports-investing-colliding-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ryder Cup Strategy Prestige With Derek Sprague
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-09-04/ryder-cup-strategy-prestige-with-derek-sprague-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Bloomberg Television @bloomberg-television-bloomberg
March, 2023
#Polaroid #InstantPhotography #FilmPhotography #Film #BelieveInFilm #Analog #FilmIsNotDead
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •""Based on the current regulatory environment," CVS said it's offering COVID-19 vaccinations in the following states: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming."
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CVS and Walgreens limit access to COVID vaccines as required by some state guidelines
Kierra Frazier (CBS News)Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
defector.comBryan L. Fordham
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
in reply to Bryan L. Fordham • • •Bryan L. Fordham
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •Absolutely agree with you. It's infuriating
My wife runs a nonprofit clinic in a heavily red county. She was telling me about the vaccines they have available, free of charge, but they'll expire at the end of the month and people aren't getting them
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
in reply to Bryan L. Fordham • • •Bryan L. Fordham
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •Yep
It's wild to me how people are so hate filled that the idea that they're hurting "them" (however you define that group) is worth whatever suffering you inflict on yourself. I've seen some people that I considered good people just go off the rails
Hard to process. A lot of people who claim to be a Christian like me just being so hateful. So, apparently not like me, or more accurately I'm not like that anymore.
So yes, it's all painfully eye opening.
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
in reply to Bryan L. Fordham • • •Bryan L. Fordham
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •Oh yeah, I'll be able to get it. And I haven't checked, but our pediatrician is a huge science nerd lol so I imagine we'll have no real issue getting the kids vaccinated, either. But I've been in this area my whole life and I know a lot of people, plus we can afford to pay out of pocket if we need to.
But so many others don't know where to go, and can't afford it anyway, and it makes me so mad
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in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •spiegelmama
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
in reply to Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 • • •bsky.app/profile/luckytran.com…