Microsoft’s ICE involvement illustrates tech’s denial problem
Nearly a decade ago, I had the good fortune of being one of the last people to interview the founder of Commodore International, Jack Tramiel (famous for...Violet Blue (Engadget)
okay, so i've been trying to find a big repository of old web banner ads for a long time, unfortunately it seems nobody's really ever wanted to archive them (probably because they have a negative connotation), but looking back at them, they're certainly a big part of internet history that i think should be archived
anyways, i found nearly 400 of them from an archived banner ad making website, funnily enough it seems that they stored them by putting each person's full email address in the URL, which is very much not secure at all lmao
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Seeing is no longer believing: Artificial Intelligence’s impact on photojournalism
How might news organizations build public trust in news photography?John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships
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No more rigging your own fixes, download the official part.Ash Hill (Tom's Hardware)
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#Livorno, 'ciclista urta lo sportello di un'auto', 'aperto inavvertitamente' [*Come i giornali e i giornalisti raccontano gli scontri stradali*]
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Livorno, ‘ciclista urta lo sportello di un’auto’, ‘aperto inavvertitamente’ [*Come i giornali e i giornalisti raccontano gli scontri stradali*]
Immagine dal Tirreno al 28 marzo 2025 I giornalisti di cronaca hanno la tendenza a minimizzare le responsabilità degli automobilisti anche nei casi in cui a dinamica dell’incidente è perfetta…Benzina Zero
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Oh my gosh it's twelve minutes to #Monsterdon! Slime stations everyone! Today it's SLUGS. It looks really, really bad. So bad. Just so, so bad. I can't wait! 😁
Let's use #slugs1988 so we don't muck up the hashtag for nature-minded folks who want to behold actual slugs
Don knew what he was getting himself into, we all saw it, we all know it, we know what kind of man Don was, and now all we can do is celebrate him
Thanks to @Taweret for all the slow moving horror!
I hope everyone has a great week and remembers that salt is a thing, and that anchovy in salad is a bad idea for a variety of reasons!
Slime ya later
#TimWilson is considering vying with the shadow treasurer, #AngusTaylor, & #SussanLey for the #LiberalParty #leadership, although a final decision was yet to be made.
I saw this movie as a kid #auspol - “The Incredible Shrinking #RWNJ Party”
A tiny, tiny man standing on the palm of a hand, yelling “We are a major party! Really! Can you hear me? Hello? I’m down here!”
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Marine litter on the EU coastline down by almost one-third
But more needs to be done, as it is still above the agreed threshold value.The Joint Research Centre: EU Science Hub
O vídeo apresenta um indivíduo sentado em um ambiente escuro, vestindo uma camisa escura. Ele está falando e fazendo gestos com as mãos, indicando que está discutindo um assunto importante. Na parte inferior da tela, há uma imagem de um homem em um terno azul, com um texto em português que diz: "BOMBA! CAIU! EDNALDO RODRIGUES É RETIRADO DA PRESIDÊNCIA DA CBF APÓS FUROS DO PORTAL LEODIAS." Este texto sugere que o vídeo está abordando uma notícia surpreendente sobre a demissão de Ednaldo Rodrigues da presidência da Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) devido a vazamentos de informações do Portal Leodias. O fundo escuro e o texto em português indicam que o vídeo é direcionado a um público brasileiro, e a presença do logotipo do TikTok e do nome de usuário "[@]marqs_jansleiz" no canto inferior direito sugere que o vídeo foi compartilhado no aplicativo TikTok.
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8 Beautiful Moments When Nature and Art Became One: streetartutopia.com/2025/05/10…
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Photo: Caring Hand — Glarus, Switzerland
9 Beautiful Moments When Nature and Art Became One
From ivy-blanketed murals to sculptures woven from willow branches, these 9 artworks blur the line between nature and art. You’ll find a dreaming child merging into a hedgerow in Ecuador, a giant girl watering a real tree in Poland, and a sleeping forest maiden who changes with the seasons in Cornwall. Artists around the world are letting nature do more than surround their work—it’s becoming part of it.
More: 8 Beautiful Artworks That Seem to Grow From Nature
1. When Street Art Meets Nature — Imbabura, Ecuador
A child sleeps peacefully against a concrete wall, painted with lifelike softness by El Decertor. Ivy draped across the mural seamlessly forms a textured blanket, and a teddy bear peeks from underneath the greenery.🔗 Follow El Decertor on Facebook
2. Legend About Giants — Białystok, Poland
Painted by Natalia Rak, this towering mural features a young girl in traditional Polish dress gently watering a tree growing from the ground below. The tree aligns perfectly with her tilted watering can, turning the entire scene into a gentle urban myth.More by Natalia Rak!: The Muralist Turning Walls Into Masterpieces
3. Caring Hand — Glarus, Switzerland
Carved by Eva Oertli & Beat Huber, five stone fingers emerge from the earth to cradle a growing tree, as if nature itself is being held by a giant underground guardian.More photos here!: The Caring Hand – Sculpture in Glarus, Switzerland by Eva Oertli and Beat Huber
4. Wendy! I’m Home
A large expressive face inside the hollow of a tree. The grain and curvature of the wood become part of the face, making it appear as though the tree is speaking or laughing.
5. Come into Light — Tulum, Mexico
Created by Daniel Popper, this monumental wooden sculpture of a human figure gently opens its chest to reveal a tunnel of living greenery. The work invites visitors to step inside and walk through the heart of nature.🔗 Follow Daniel Popper on Instagram
6. Mud Maid — Cornwall, UK
This living sculpture by Sue and Pete Hill lies in the woods of the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Covered in moss and ivy, it changes with the seasons, transforming from green and alive in summer to white and frozen in winter.More about Mud Maid here!: Mud Maid – Living sculpture by Sue and Pete Hill
7. Bougainvillea Crown — Corfu, Greece
On a wall in Paleokastritsa, an elegant face is painted alongside a flourishing bougainvillea. The artist positions the real branches as flowing floral hair, giving life and movement to the portrait.
8. Forest Archer — UK
Crafted by Anna & the Willow, this sculpture made entirely of woven willow shows a woman mid-draw with a bow and arrow. Set deep in a forest path, her flowing skirt and hair mimic the wind.🔗 Follow Anna & the Willow on Instagram
9. Vertical Garden — Patrick Blanc in Madrid, Spain
French botanist and artist Patrick Blanc created this monumental vertical garden on the side of a building near the CaixaForum in Madrid. Covering the entire façade, it features hundreds of plant species arranged in layers of color and texture, turning the urban wall into a living ecosystem. More photos!: Vertical Garden – By Patrick Blanc in Madrid and ParisMore: When Street Art Meets Nature (40 Photos)
Which one is your favorite?
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This is interesting. As a truck driver, I think I agree. American trucks should be bigger, more fuel efficient, and more modern.
#trucking #transport #transportation #climate #climateChange
US-China Trade Talks Progress, Hamas to Release Hostage, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-05-12/us-china-trade-talks-progress-hamas-to-release-hostage-more?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Going through my old pics
This is the most gerbil pic I have
The Former Port Sudan Hilton AKA Mapina Hotel — Young Pioneer Tours
Port Sudan’s Mapina Hotel is one of those relics of the past that gets under your skin. The type of place that was once a shining beacon of luxury and westernGareth Johnson (Young Pioneer Tours)
#FourTops
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Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services
Law enforcement dismantled a 20-year botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services and arrested four suspects.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
L’astronauta svizzero Claude Nicollier parla del futuro della Terra e di un’eventuale colonizzazione di Marte
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#programming #gamedev #devlog #commonLisp #series #lazyEvaluation #functionalprogramming screwlisp.small-web.org/lispga… #lispgamejam
Since cl-series generates native common lisp code by working at macro expansion time, I consider it suitable for my software individuals (who want only clos-less common lisp and their own logic (which they have an introspective theory of).
In particular, I use series to cut out rectangular subsequence of sequences -s
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Sometimes all you need to do is go out in the wild wearing a new fave shirt.
Ieri ho scoperto che "Google toglie le facce".
Cioè se hai una foto con persone, fai click su Google Photo e questo toglie le persone.
Nessun altro si sente un attimo inquietato da sta cosa?
Cioè, io ho in mente il lavoro certosino che serve tipo su GIMP per togliere un singolo dettaglio e poi completarlo in modo che non si noti.
Ma Google toglie le persone. Cazzo.
Vuol dire che capisce che sono persone, le rileva nel dettaglio le prende e le cancella e le sostituisce con uno spazio vuoto perfettamente ricostruito.
Tra l'altro come lo ricostruisce lo spazio vuoto? Da cosa? Da foto prese da internet? Con le probabilità?
Sono anni che non uso app Google e forse questo mi lascia un attimo con una prospettiva strana, non lo so, ma seriamente sta cosa mi fa impressione.
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Uh.
Bewegung über einer Verwerfung.
Not the formation of a fault. Movement on an existing fault.
Google translate:
Nicht die Entstehung einer Verwerfung. Bewegung auf einer bestehenden Verwerfung.
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我們咖啡店很小，但盡用了店舖外面的空間，今天多雲，生意算可以，但當然可以更好，希望越來越好。🙏
Our cafe is very small. We have used the space outside our cafe as much as possible. Today is cloudy. Business is OK but certainly can be better. Hope that our coffee business will become better and better.
#TsukikageCoffee
#Coffee #咖啡 #珈琲 #コピー
#CoffeeRoaster #珈琲焙煎所
#Dessert #甜品
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Kyiv is halfway to #ThirdRome.
The tsar remanifestation is deep, savage, and incoherent with reality.
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Reddit now offering double karma for cat pics—because ignoring fascism is twice as rewarding https://redd.it/1kjfqoz @r_latestagecapitalismTelegram
La imagen muestra una notificación en la aplicación de Reddit. En la parte superior, se ve el nombre del subforo "r/pics" junto con un icono de un personaje de Reddit y una flecha roja hacia arriba, indicando un aumento en la popularidad o el número de votos. A continuación, se indica que la notificación fue publicada hace 16 horas.
La notificación principal es un cuadro blanco con un borde redondeado, conteniendo una flecha roja grande apuntando hacia arriba. Debajo de la flecha, hay un texto en negrita que dice: "Earn double karma when you post non-political content!" (Obtén doble karma cuando publiques contenido no político!). Esto sugiere que los usuarios pueden ganar más karma al publicar contenido que no sea político en el subforo "r/pics".
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“BREAKING NEWS: #Hamas has announced that they will release Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander. israeli media reports that #Israel was not aware of contacts to release Israeli-American prisoner Edan Alexander and was not involved in the negotiations.”
BREAKING NEWS: #Hamas has announced that they will release Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander.israeli media reports that #Israel was not aware of contacts to release Israeli-American prisoner Edan Alexander and was not involved in the negotiations.
#Gaza #HostageExchange #USpol #Palestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
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A Narvilaite and a Martinaityte world premieres, Shaw, Janulyte and Greenwood from Vilnius - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Gaida Festival. Hugo Ticciati, violin and conductor, and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra play: Loreta NARVILAITE: 'Where the dune path leads' for violin and string orchestra, world premiere. Zibuokle MARTINAITYTE: EKAGGATA for violin...www.worldconcerthall.com
EVERYONE!!!!! Before you go to bed tonight, donate to my buddy Jon Dugger. He needs to earn his ticket to ride AIDS/LifeCycle and he's only 400ish away. We can push him over the line tonight, I'm sure of it!!!!!
This is kinda last minute but he's recovering from a MASSIVE car accident and he just pulled the trigger deciding to ride
Let's make this happen Fediverse!!!!
#Cycling #Training #ALC #Fundraising
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As a huge fan of benches ("Bänkli" in Swiss German) in the mountains, I was thrilled with the particularly fine example. 😍
Reminded me of the fantastic website bankgeheimnisse.ch/map?l=de where a lot of them are plotted on a map.Lots of them still to visit 🙂
I still haven’t slept 
I guess time to get get some meow meows 
Goodnight my dear friends 
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
https://www.politico.eu/article/elections-albania-exit-poll-results-democratic-party-socialist/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
Observers forced to wait for outcome of contest seen as pivotal to the country’s path to EU membership.Una Hajdari (POLITICO)
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Wie Klingbeil die SPD nach Esken umbaut
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Wie Klingbeil die SPD nach Esken umbaut
Während Friedrich Merz in Kiew mit Selenskyj, Macron und Tusk auftritt, kämpft Lars Klingbeil an der SPD-Basis mit Wut und Vertrauensverlust. Der Rückzug von Saskia Esken ebnet den Weg für einen Ne…Gordon Repinski (POLITICO)
As the car pulls away, nudging into the thick crowd, the daughter shrieks another horrible horrible horrible shriek,
communicating the non-communicable
as the disappearers take another step toward disappearing her mother.
As the car breaks from the crowd she runs after it.
A Worcester police officer, his voice frothing with anger, shouts,
“Arrest her right now. You are under arrest.”
And then four cops swarm her, grab her, throw her to the ground.
All the while she’s crying crying crying.
Her hair’s caught in her mouth and matted to her face, wet with spit and tears.
Four cops hold her pinned to the ground.
Then they march her away -- Her and another member of the community who had tried to intervene.
They take the pair away from the crowd.
I follow.
They have the daughter by both arms, same as the ICE agents had her mother.
I still don’t know either of their names.
Next to me is a TV reporter from a Spanish language station and her cameraman.
She yells out, “What’s your name?”
and the woman responds in Portuguese. I can’t make it out.
She asks her age and this one I catch: “dezesseis.”
Not a woman—a girl.
A 16-year-old girl.
Now in custody for the crime of reacting in an unruly way to the sudden forceful disappearance of her mother.
I keep asking about the charges.
The only cop who doesn’t ignore me explains “I’m not the arresting officer.”
The arresting officers go on ignoring me.
We get to the spot where the wagon is set to arrive.
I ask again.
Eventually I get an answer,
and it’s the usual package job:
disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly.
The charges they throw on anyone they want to arrest for the sake of arresting them,
knowing they’re unlikely to stick.
But sticking isn’t the goal.
The officer who tells me this has a tactical K9 Unit vest on.
He tells me the 16-year-old girl was interfering with police business.
“Worcester police business?” I ask.
What was the police business here exactly?
He looks at me like I’m a smart ass.
He doesn’t say anything.
I press him again:
“Kind of a grey area, huh?”
“Not really,” he says
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“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.Mother Jones
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"minicrypt is dedicated to Alice and Bob."
phunnee!
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While we waited for a new #Catholic #Pope recently, I shared a #Vatican news article on Sede Vacante coins: historians.social/@CoinOfNote/…
E-Sylum this week also has an article on the coins, linking to a longer #Numismatic News article: coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n1…
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Histodons @numismatics @histodon
CoinOfNote (@CoinOfNote@historians.social)
Attached: 1 image Posted by the Vatican News (on Facebook): "The Sede Vacante during the 2025 Holy Year evokes historical parallels with the Jubilee of 1700, which was also marked by the death of a Pope, Innocent XII, who died before the end of the …Mastodon
Dev-log # 5.0 Brainstorming and scoping
We had a nice brainstorming session with @YannKervran , @khaleer , @esklarski and @NiwlCraft , focusing on gameplay.
We explored various options for the way players will transform scrap metal and mechanical parts into ingots in the Solar Foundry, and then cast ship parts to assemble in the Hangar, engines in the Makerspace.
Giiba had the idea to model the crafting system after the cooking in BotW.
#gamedev #indiegame #solarpunk #shipbuilding
This week, we've added a few artists to the team!
I will introduce everyone one at a time as their work rolls in.
Here is Mostrovska working on illustrations for the storm events. Check out more of their portfolio at mostrovskaa.tumblr.com/
#mastoart #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #indiegame #indiedev
More event illustration sketches by Mostrovska ( mostrovskaa.tumblr.com/ ).
We're going for a stylized look, almost like a digital linocut style to represent each idea.
#digitalart #digitalpainting #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #illustration #solarpunk #ecopunk #gamedev
Ben
I'm sorry to tell you that Ben passed this morning. He was 16 years and two months. We had many adventures together over the years. I miss him.
Good morning, fiends. 🌺🌸🪷
10 May 2025
Thank you all for the overwhelming support yesterday. I read every post, and they truly meant a lot. The truth is, I had been mourning all week—I knew what was coming, but a part of me hoped that wanting it badly enough might change things. Some things in life, however, are beyond our control, and loss is one of them. And while grief has its place, there also comes a time to move forward.
After this post, my plan is to feed Charlie, then we’ll hook up the leash and head out for a long walk. Maybe stepping away from these moments will help ease their strangeness. The house feels too quiet—which is ironic, because Ben was always the quietest among us. Charlie isn’t himself either.
"The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it." — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
#morning #mourning #flowers #grief
Medicaid Work Requirements Sought in Bill to Fund Trump Tax Cuts
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S. Korean Conservatives Choose Right-Winger as Campaign Begins
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Voltaire, International Newsletter N°132
Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world.Voltaire Network
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
comics.lucentinian.com/7751
#AIComedy #Laughs #NewsLaughs #DailyLaughs #DailyJokes
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