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'Finding ways of limiting Africans’ advancement was central to #Belgium’s strategy for sustaining its dominance over a land so rich in resources that it was often called a “geological scandal.” '

#HowardFrench reviews #TheLumumbaPlot, #MyCountryAfrica, and the #documentary #SoundtrackToACoupDÉtat

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#Congo #BelgianCongo #imperialism #colonialViolence #PatriceLumumba #CIA #covertOps #ColdWar #cinema #books @histodons @bookstodon @film



If you follow Howes Lane from Northowram to the point when it overlooks the Shibden Valley, you can get wonderful views across that valley towards Halifax. The industry, the heat, the life, and the movement of the town seem to spill over into the quiet valley. I have photographed this cauldron lip many times over the years - here's one from 1967.



wacoca.com/news/2632731/ I’m Reeves Wiedeman、New York Magazineの作家をフィーチャーしています。私は、拡張されたケネディファミリーがRFK Jrを扱っている雑誌の最新のカバーストーリーを書きました。 #politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesPolitics


TIL that a jockey by the name of Frank Hayes died of a heart attack during a race, then won. Posthumously.

While alive he had never won a race. If he had lived only a few minutes longer, he would have.

(By the way, I don’t support the industrialization of animals. Especially for our entertainment. I just thought it was an interesting story.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ha…

#TIL #History #FrankHayes #WinningWhileDead






For 16 years I’ve known that Malcolm Gladwell was an idiot (see The Igon Value Problem) but I didn’t know until today that he was a bigot too.








Meglio se domani mi faccio consigliare quale metodo sia migliore per far in modo che possa eseguire Windows e Linux pur mantenendo i dati da entrambi i lati...

anche se però mi sono già preso un mal di testa per quel dannato errore GRUB che non avevo un'assoluta idea di come funzionano ste cose...

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ti consiglio la wiki di archlinux che per queste cose è incredibile, potrebbero cambiare i nomi dei pacchetti o i percorsi ma le basi sono le stesse
wiki.archlinux.org


Updated Post: Rad Web Hosting Launches New Paris France Data Center to Expand Global Infrastructure#Cloud #Press #VPS

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Tonight I've finally found the time to open a Pixelfed profile. If you're only interested in my drawings, here you have it 🌸 pixelfed.art/zughy

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When you say 'lol' out loud (don't say you don't, I know you do), do you say 'loll' or 'ell oh ell'?


Un coro che canta con le mani tra le novità di Musica Ragazzi: ecco la stagione dei 20 anni
La presentazione tra bilanci e sogni. Nel programma anche i pianisti Filippo Gorini e Andrea Lucchesini, la violoncellista Miriam Prandi e il fischio musicale di Tommaso Novi

luccaindiretta.it/cultura-e-sp…



Congratulations to Joanne Zeis for winning third place with her photo "Long Way Down" $175. Come on out to our art show reception at ValleyCAST! we are here until 8pm tonight! #art #artist #photography


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“Here We Are” (2024) by Fifth Note

This one taps straight into hair metal energy—soaring high-pitched vocals, drums marching in lockstep, and guitars that absolutely shred. It’s Naga rock with arena-sized swagger, and the talent on display is undeniable.

youtube.com/watch?v=WoYEVc7HV8…



There's some really gross hypocricy on Fedi regarding AI by computer scientists/ tech enthusiasts who are vocally critical of some aspects of generative AI for appearances, but who are actively benefiting from the AI bubble professionally, and talking out of both sides of their mouth.

There is also some gross classism in the decrying of people's intelligence who are using it to take shortcuts (as if they are the problem, not the wealth-class or hypercompetitive neo-liberalism).

I think we are making a mistake listening to half-assed criticisms from uncredible sources while focusing on the users of generative AI, instead of directing our ire at the tech industry itself.

There is a complete lack of accountability from the tech world to begin with about all the decisions that led us to the AI bubble.

It is just one of a long string of disastrous failures (#enshittification) and framing it as an AI-only issue, or an issue of degrees ("I know how to use it ethically!"), evades responsibility for the decades long growth of tech-surveillance capitalism.

AI is the logical endpoint of early 21st century tech, and criticisms of it need to be grounded in criticisms of the tech industry in general. #AI #Tech

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AI isn't a bubble quercus

LLMs are a generational advance in computer science and cybernetics. there's nothing faddish about them.

AI, or synthetic intelligence or general intelligence - whatever you want to call intelligent machines - have only to become somewhat more imaginative and specifically motivated to be indistinguishable from most articulate, intellectual humans.

those scientists aren't being hypocrites: they're voicing the same dismay at the use of GPT etc. to produce so-called "slop" as most folk.
but they're better informed with respect to the broader applications of machine intelligence - which of course pre-date chatGPT etc. - and are more positive, and no doubt excited by, the future of the technology.


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incredible that people can tell that apart from when it's "working normally"


Today, #Strauss thrice with Lam once from #Sydney worldconcerthall.com/en/schedu… #wch


Illustrations made for the new Fantasy Brawl minigame update on aes.land during my streams.

Come try it if you like blocky games: it's all libre software

#Luanti #PixelArt #GameDev #Videogames #Gaming #FreeSoftware #Art #PixelfedArt

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#Alberta Canada picks of the day:

➡️ @livewirecalgary - Independent news outlet based in Calgary

➡️ @VintageEdmonton - Newspaper articles, images, other materials from history of Edmonton

➡️ @albertawildernessassociation - Wilderness conservation group in Alberta

➡️ @alberta_palaeo_society - Promoting palaeontology & connecting palaeontologists in Alberta

➡️ @PopAlberta - Organisation of doctors, nurses, citizens advocating for public health in Alberta

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#Alberta Canada picks of the day (continued):

The accounts below are discussion groups. Follow a group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention a group to post to it. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on…)

➡️ @alberta - Alberta discussion group

➡️ @calgary - Calgary discussion group

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUPS.

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Monochrome – Hector Lake, Canadian Rockies 🌄

This black and white fine art photograph captures the serene stillness of Hector Lake, where towering peaks reflect in calm alpine waters. The absence of color highlights contrast, light, and texture—bringing timeless beauty to life.

Explore prints here: dansproul.com/featured/monochr…

#Photography #CanadianRockies #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Landscape #Nature #FineArt

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Maresco e De Gregori illuminano la Mostra vicina al tramonto
https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/2025/09/05/video/maresco_e_de_gregori_illuminano_la_mostra_vicina_al_tramonto-15295325/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su La Stampa Video @la-stampa-video-LaStampa




#gazetadobrasil #jornalismo #noticias #politics STF suspende julgamento sobre perda antecipada de bens em acordos da Lava Jato gazetabrasil.com.br/justica/20…


Basketball Club Lucca, il test con Pielle Livorno lascia sensazioni positive
Squadra imballata per le prime due settimane di lavoro e con rotazioni frequenti ma comunque all'altezza della squadra di categoria superiore

luccaindiretta.it/sport/basket…




"Minutes after the perpetrator of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis last week was identified, YouTube appeared to delete several videos they had shared that morning.

But not before the videos were downloaded and reshared in full on X.

Within hours, the platform was flooded with wild claims about the shooter and her motivation, with everyone from Elon Musk, the site’s owner, to the head of the FBI and left-wing activists posting half-baked allegations blaming anti-Christian hate, transgender genocide, and white supremacy. Many of the posts racked up millions of views per X’s public metrics.

While other social media platforms were also used to share unfounded claims about the shooter’s motivations, X, under Musk, has become the perfect platform to supercharge the spread of dangerous disinformation during breaking news events. The entire team tasked with tackling disinformation on the platform was first culled years ago, and now X's biggest users claim they are incentivized by the platform to share out-of-context clickbait content over verified facts."

wired.com/story/disinformation…

#SocialMedia #Disinformation #Twitter #Propaganda