"This past weekend was a festival of Trump playing the fiddle and many in the mainstream media dancing to it. One of Trump’s few talents is media manipulation. He knows the value of being the first to frame a news development. He knows that many in the media feel obligated to act like the president is telling the truth, even when the president is the most notorious liar of our time. And he knows how to change the subject."

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #media

stopthepresses.news/p/one-of-t…

One of Trump’s few talents: media manipulation

The White House hype machine ran hot over the weekend.

^{Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)}

The Greens should be focusing on Social Media and not wasting time with Old Media which is determined to keep them out and away from a platform.

They have a message for Young People, Labour does not.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

#SocialMedia #UKPOL #UKpolitics #GPEW #ReformUK

Nigel Farage is a hit on TikTok – but are young voters listening or laughing?

Reform gets almost 14 times the engagement per post as the main UK parties on the platform

^{Raphael Boyd (The Guardian)}

"Israel is spiraling. The bombardment, siege, and starvation of Gaza continue unrelentingly, and the direct genocidal incitement coming from senior members of the country’s government toward the people of Gaza is, somehow, getting worse."

~ Ori Goldberg

#Israel #Netanyahu #Gaza

thenation.com/article/world/is…

Israel Is Spiraling | The Nation

The government’s genocidal fervor is ripping through the carefully constructed layers of self-delusion that power this country.

^{The Nation}

Lake Charlotte

Martin County, Minnesota, USA; traditional territory of the Yankton, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, and Wahpeton nations / Explore more at bit.ly/LakeCharlotte_2023-09-1…
#photography #travel #Minnesota #autumn #nature #outdoors #kayaking

Is there a way I can use Stripe in my project if I’m in a country where Stripe isn’t supported, like Namibia?

Honestly, I find Stripe reliable and I’m not ready to try other payment methods. I need advice here for my Django project.

#django #python

Music mogul ‘Diddy’ faces allegations of abuse during first day of US trial
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/12/music-mogul-diddy-faces-allegations-of-abuse-during-first-day-of-us-trial?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

Music mogul ‘Diddy’ faces allegations of abuse during first day of US trial

Witnesses say entertainment superstar physically abused women and used his power to push them into humiliating acts.

^{Al Jazeera}

If you're creating an application that displays URLs to users (chat app for example), please make sure to apply spoof checks to avoid use of UTF-8 confusables in IDN homograph attacks. You may want to block URLs with hostnames that get flagged, or display them in #punycode instead.

As an example, see github.com/chromium/chromium/t…

In particular github.com/chromium/chromium/b… is quite interesting read.

#cybersecurity #infosec

chromium/components/url_formatter/spoof_checks at main · chromium/chromium

The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source. Contribute to chromium/chromium development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Dundee Street this evening flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_g…

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #DundeeStreet #LightTrails #LongExposure #UrbanNight

Dundee Street At Night

Another improvised night shot walking home late from the cinema, so without the tripod I just set the timer, then sat the camera on the flat-topped wall next to this spot on Dundee Street to steady it, and crossed my fingers.

^Flickr

D.C. jail inmate fatally stabbed by fellow prisoner, authorities say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/05/12/jail-death-stabbing-fatal-inmate/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Local @local-WashPost

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
-- Pablo Picasso

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PabloPicasso #Learning #Practice

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico

14 May 1902 | A Polish Jew, Samuel Klein, was born in Nowy Sącz. A merchant.

In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941.
No. 24305
He perished in the camp on 19 March 1942.

“Silent Fellowship”

Genre(s): Landscape Photography

#photography
#NewZealand #AucklandNZ #blackandwhite #photooftheday #landscape #wanderlust #road

Americans’ Trust in One Another
https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-one-another/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Interesting articles @interesting-articles-NewsLitProject

Americans’ Trust in One Another

Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.

^{Janakee Chavda (Pew Research Center)}

Can you trust that permission pop-up on macOS?

Link: wts.dev/posts/tcc-who/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up On macOS? (CVE-2025-31250) | Watch This Space

A security research blog.

^{Watch This Space}

🔰 Muslim nations, do not allow #Palestine to be forgotten.

Imam Khamenei
May 10, 2025

#Gaza

📲 [KHAMENEI.IR](english.khamenei.ir/) | [𝕏 (Official)](x.com/khamenei_ir) | [𝕏 (Website)](x.com/khamenei_m)

✅ @Khamenei_en

Physicist Richard Feynman percieved an relationship between the beauty of math and female models, at least once filling a page with equations and nude sketches.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc…

"Bottomless Helps Nobel Physicist with Figures"
check out No Ordinary Genius

#richardFeynman #mathematics #aesthetics #female #beauty #physics

White House correspondents protest lack of wire reporters on Air Force One
https://apnews.com/article/white-house-wire-reporters-trump-administration-press-cc81e76d7d8b7a54848cc9f1117cb02a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business and Finance @business-and-finance-AssociatedPress

Chicago Taps Loop Capital Founder to Fix $1 Billion Budget Hole
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/chicago-taps-loop-capital-founder-to-fix-1-billion-budget-hole?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into CityLab @citylab-bloomberg

Monday news from ITSPmagazine 🙂 #happymonday!

Join Marc Manzano, Sean Martin, CISSP and me on this week SandboxAQ Webinar!

After an incredible conversation with Marc on the #RSAC floor in San Francisco — where Sean and I used every second of our time and still had more to explore — I knew the #Sandbox Story couldn’t stop there.

If you missed that on-location episode from #RSAC2025, catch it here:

👉 Security at the Edge of Change – A Brand Story with Marc Manzano from SandboxAQ

itspmagazine.com/their-stories…

Now, we’re keeping the momentum going with a live ITSPmagazine webinar you don’t want to miss — and I won’t either. 🤘😬

🔐 How To Detect And Mitigate Non-Human Identity And Cryptographic Vulnerabilities | An ITSPmagazine Webinar with SandboxAQ

Join Marc, Sean, and me as we dig deeper into how SandboxAQ is tackling one of today’s most urgent security challenges.

Unmanaged cryptographic assets and non-human identities have left security teams blind to critical risks. These gaps have fueled vulnerabilities, breaches, compliance challenges, and operational drag across enterprise environments.

By attending, you’ll:

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Share the news and join us!

See you live on Thursday!

#infosec

#cybersecurity

#technology

#tech

#infosecurity

#AIsecurity

#postquantum

#cryptography

#identitymanagement

#webinar

So....the #MangoMussolini wants to accept a $400M "flying palace" from the country providing shelter and significant funding to #Hamas. Are we NOT going to talk about the state sponsored terrorism aspect of this "gift"?

#Corruption
nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/poli…

"BREAKING: Ivanka Trump gets pelted by an errant golf shot, while visiting her Mother's grave to pay her respects on Mother's day." - PaulleyTicks

#Mastodon #Monday #MothersDay #humor

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icloud Private Relay
support.apple.com/en-us/102022

#Tor Browser isn’t available for iphones ( #mac mobile ) but private relay utilizes tor technology. Android seems to be the preferred partner of Tor, but it would be interesting to know more about the Tor Project’s relationship with #Apple.

Ticketmaster announces it will now show the full price of your ticket up front, ahead of the FTC's ban on junk fees, which goes into effect on May 12 (Emma Roth/The Verge)

theverge.com/news/665087/ticke…
techmeme.com/250512/p29#a25051…

Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front

Now you can see how much Ticketmaster tacks on before you reach checkout.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

Countdown by Sara Scoles

“I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum”
– Richard #Feynman

“Now we are all sons of bitches”
– Kenneth Bainbridge

Wellerstein Restricted Data NukeMap
nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

#infasound – Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, Thule Greenland

STP-sat-6 (2021), JASON (thinktank),
Hugh Gusterson Nuclear Rites pg. 111 “totemic secrecy”
Martin Pfeiffer

Northwest Nuclear Lab
nwnlabs.org/
tokamak
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak

pg. 50 Everettian Split (multiverse)

pg. 59 #DOE #Quantum QSCOUT, 97 Ignition, 116 ‘Q’ Clearance (nuclear), pg. 130 #Honeywell National Technological and Engineering Solutions of Sandia,

Lawrence Livermore Warmspot detector
NARAC Cobalt Magnet

#FederalLabs #Nuclear #Science #LANL

device using a magnetic field to confine a plasma in the shape of a torus with the plasma stabilized by a current

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

Seldom do Ben Shapiro and I agree completely.
youtube.com/shorts/cD0w_uUo7tA…

Can't call this TDS when a leading Conservative voice has the same arguments as far left voices. USA is not up for sale yet.
#Quatar #corruption

RT @volksvargas
Vota AD, por um país sem perguntas incómodas

x.com/volksvargas/status/19219…

Most people don't trust most news most of the time, according to research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. “Our problem is not simply that the public does not trust us, it’s that they do trust other dishonest brokers,” said Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb. He says that journalists should be more transparent in order to create trust. Nieman Lab's Gretel Kahn spoke to editors and journalists in Spain, Sweden, the U.S. and the U.S. about what that might look like. "We often make mistakes," says Eva Belmonte, managing editor of Spanish news outlet Civio. "But if you have explained how you've reached your conclusion and then you have done it wrong, at least you have explained your process."

Do you think greater transparency would increase trust in media?

flip.it/boMzUf

#News #NewsMedia #Media #Journalism #Transparency #Misinformation #Disinformation

These newsrooms are trying to boost trust through transparency. Is it working?

"Our work is the most valuable where we're creating a discourse that isn't just informing people, but actually getting them involved with the creation of good information."

^{Nieman Lab}

• Greater transparency would increase trust (63%, 60 votes)
• Greater transparency would make no difference (24%, 23 votes)
• Greater transparency would reduce trust (2%, 2 votes)
• Something else — explain in the comments (9%, 9 votes)