After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans
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Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads.
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Watch: UK surgeon shares footage from Gaza hospital after deadly Israeli strike
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Watch: UK surgeon shares footage from Gaza hospital after deadly Israeli strike
Tuesday's strike killed 28 people, the Hamas-run civil defence said. Israel says it was a precise strike on Hamas.www.bbc.com
European airlines extend the cancellation of flights to “Israel” due to the continued Yemeni operations
The Hebrew newspaper “Globes” revealed today, Wednesday, that many European airlines tend to suspend or cancel their flights to “Israel” until at least the end of the current month, following in the footsteps of the German group “Lufthansa,” which pDAILY YEMEN
Stocks, Bonds Climb as Trade-Truce Rally Holds: Markets Wrap
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Burry Bets Against Nvidia, China Stocks in Run-Up to Trade War
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Yamal helps Barcelona seal La Liga title at rivals Espanyol
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Yamal helps Barcelona seal La Liga title at rivals Espanyol
Barcelona win back the La Liga title from rivals Real Madrid with a 2-0 win at neighbours Espanyol.Kevin Hand (Al Jazeera)
Federated Geolocations?
The Social Web Foundation (@swf) recently launched places.pub, a service that ties OpenStreetMap location data into ActivityPub vocabulary. Maybe this could be used as a building block for a federated FourSquare, or event locations?
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places.pub
I’m making an initial version of places.pub available today. places.pub is a collection of Place objects suitable for use in geosocial applications on the ActivityPub network.Part of my work in the Social Web Community Group at the W3C has been participation in the GeoSocial Task Force. This is a sub-group of the SocialCG that focuses on implementing user stories in ActivityPub related to the intersection of geographical systems and social networking, for example, tagging an image with the place it represents, or checking in to a location.
One important need for geosocial software is that all objects in ActivityPub, including Place objects, need to have a permanent URL as their
idproperty, which shares the description of that object in Activity Streams 2.0 format. However, there isn’t a good dataset of geographical objects — countries, states or provinces or regions, cities, buildings, businesses, parks, streets — available in AS2 on the Web right now. That is slowing down experimentation in the Geosocial Task Force.Using the service
So, I worked on making places.pub for geosocial hackers to experiment with. It’s a service that exposes places from the amazing OpenStreetMap collection of data as AS2 objects on the Web. So, given an OpenStreetMap object like the Rogers Centre Ottawa, it provides an AS2 version suitable for use in geosocial activities in ActivityPub. It also has a rudimentary search mechanism, although I think most users will want to use the Nominatim service for searching the OpenStreetMap database, and then map the IDs onto places.pub.Once you know the places.pub ID for a place, you can use it for geotagging objects, people, activities, or using special geosocial activity types like check in, check out, and travel. There is a good list of examples on the places.pub home page, but obviously this is not an exhaustive list!
How it is built
This wasn’t my first time trying to build places.pub; I’d done two earlier versions with different architectures and the same interface. The first time out, about 7 years ago, I created a full NodeJS server that used a full mirror of the OpenStreetMap database, so I didn’t need to hit the OSM API to fetch data. It worked pretty well, but it was really expensive — hundreds of dollars per month to keep a database server of that size running and synched.I tried a second version a few months ago, which did batch generation of AS2
Placeobjects from the OpenStreetMap exports, and then uploaded them to the S3 service at Amazon Web Services. This was a whole lot cheaper, but it took a long time to download, convert, and re-upload the data.This third implementation, with source code available on GitHub, is a little bit easier than both. Instead of sloshing the huge OSM dataset back and forth, I used the version of the data stored in the Google Cloud Public Datasets system on BigQuery. This let me ignore the effort of moving data, and just focus on giving it a good ActivityPub-compatible interface using a Google Cloud Run function. It seems to work pretty nicely.
Next steps
I’d love to see some experimentation with using places.pub for geosocial activity in the social web. I’m going to work on some implementations in my own ActivityPub software. If you find problems with the software, please add an issue on GitHub or let me know on the Fediverse at @evanprodromou.GitHub - swicg/geosocial: Geosocial Taskforce
Geosocial Taskforce. Contribute to swicg/geosocial development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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⚡️🇺🇦News Pulse: Will the negotiations fail? Putin sabotaged talks he called for (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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I'm trying to imagine the kind of person who would think "Bolt sounds like a place I'd like to work and Breslow sounds like the kind of guy I'd like to work for" after reading this.
I didn't write this specifically about Bolt's Ryan Breslow, but it very much applies to him and guys like him. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/the-necess...
The Necessary Virtue of Not Be...
The Necessary Virtue of Not Being an Asshole
No matter what you tell yourself, you can't be a moral person if you're an asshole.Aaron Ross Powell
Opinion | House Republicans are about to wreck Trump’s nuclear-powered dream
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Keep calm (but delete your nudes): the new rules for travelling to and from Trump’s America
Many people have decided a trip to the US isn’t worth the risk after recent border detentions. But if you are going, what do you need to know? Immigration lawyers explain it allArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
#Walmart's announcement today that it plans to raise #prices is expected to open the floodgates for #retail price hikes.
The world's largest retailer—whose brand is inextricably linked to low prices & affordability—said despite the #China #trade deal earlier this week it is too late to avoid higher #costs for #consumers.
#Trump #tariffs #inflation #recession
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⚡️🇺🇦Power of language: how Ukrainians struggle for cultural identity | The Committed (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
I am honored to share that I’ve been nominated for an Emmy as host of PBS’s Serving Up Science - a series funded by the National Science Foundation.
This recognition is a testament to what federal science funding & public media can achieve when we invest in #science, education & evidence-based storytelling.
And it’s a reminder that curiosity matters & there is value in making science understandable & available to all.
If this resonates with you, I hope you’ll support science agencies & PBS.
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米国向けスマホ出荷、3月は30％増 関税警戒し駆け込み | ロイター - WACOCA NEWS
調査会社カウンターポイント・リサーチが１４日発表したデータによると、３月に外国から米国向けに出荷されたスマートフォンの台数は前年同月比で３０％もの増加となった。米政府による輸入関税の大幅引き上げを警戒してメーカーが駆け込みで出荷した。WACOCA News Editor (WACOCA NEWS)
Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now
Shopping for an Apple Watch? Whether you’re looking for the Ultra 2 or hoping to save money with the latest Apple Watch Series 10 or SE, we’ve found the best deals.Brandon Widder (The Verge)
TikTok will show teens guided meditation after 10PM
TikTok’s “wind down” prompts will now include guided meditations for users under 18. The prompts will appear if a teen is still using the app past 10PM.Emma Roth (The Verge)
US would make Gaza a freedom zone: Trump
Israel invaded Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas-led attack on southern Israeli communities in 2023.
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#IsraeliPalestinianConflict #PalestineNews #USA #Trump #Palestine #USANews #News
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Catalyst Metals share price
Catalyst Metals (ASX:CYL) is an asset listed on the ASX, and part of the Materials sector. Grafa’s asset page shows Catalyst Metals’s share price, chart, trading volume, earnings per share, dividends per share and P/E ratio.Catalyst Metals
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It's obvious that he doesn't even listen to himself!
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Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
-- Alexander Pope
⛔️🇺🇸‘Trump’s Economy’: Walmart set to raise prices due to Trump’s tariffs (MSNBC News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #Walmart #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #TrumpChickenedOut #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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I talked with @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social of @vox.com about the ideology and rhetoric of the Trumpist right and how well Trump's project of dismantling democracy is going for him. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/how-the-fa...
Alexandre de Moraes será relator de ação que pede suspensão total do processo contra deputado Ramagem -
O ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Alexandre de Moraes assumirá a relatoria da Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental (ADPF) apresentadaGazeta Brasil
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Trump’s Corruption Is a Huge Problem. But It’s a Hard Sell to Voters.
The scant polling evidence suggests that corruption is not a decisive factor for voters—yet there is a way for Democrats to leverage the president’s malfeasance in next year’s midterm elections.The New Republic
Hauptmann in Hauptwache
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
May 2025
#blackandwhite #bnw #photography #street #monochrome #subway #metro #ubahn #underground #Frankfurt #ffm #Hauptwache #person
Il post di @udra
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L’altro giorno, i residenti del nostro rione hanno trovato attaccati negli androni dei loro palazzi, un minaccioso messaggio: “«Oggetto: Eventi Gucci in data 14 e 15 maggio 2025 – informazioni riservate per i residenti. Gentili residenti, siamo lieti di condividere … Continua a leggere→
Actually I find it kind of disheartening that the EU has 449 million citizens and this initiative doesn’t have one tiny million signatures yet.
A ban on conversion practices feels like a no-brainer. Truly.
Please actually do repost this and sign it if you haven’t already. We’re on the final day of it. Give us a tiny bit of hope that this world can change for the better.
The 10 Belgian universities are asking Foreign Minister Maxime #Prévot (Les Engagés) to urge the #EuropeanCouncil to an immediate suspension of the Association Agreement with #Israel. That treaty stipulates that Israeli researchers can participate in European research programmes. Such a suspension would make it easier for universities to stop cooperation with Israeli partners. “We believe that a clearer signal from the European Union is needed to Israel.”
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Belgische universiteiten vragen opschorting EU-verdrag met Israël: "Stopzetting zou sterk politiek signaal zijn" | VRT NWS: nieuws
De 10 Belgische universiteiten vragen aan minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés) om bij de Europese Raad aan te dringen op een onmiddellijke opschorting van het Associatieverdrag met Israël.VRT NWS
Pathfinding
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
#9 - Pathfinding
Hello! I've recently been working on the pathfinding for NPCs in my game, which is something I've been looking forward to for a while now since it's a nice chunky problem to solve. I thought I'd write...JuhrJuhr (itch.io)
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Galushchenko discusses bilateral energy cooperation with European counterparts
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko held a series of bilateral meetings with European sectoral ministers in Warsaw. — Ukrinform.www.ukrinform.net
Work work work
A 4500 pine logg which I cleaned with brushes and vacuum, we became one 🪵
#work #annomuseums #pine #ancient #old #photography #conservation #housekeeping
I'm cool with this if, after three or five sessions, it also starts showing them sutta readings. www.theverge.com/news/668051/...
TikTok will show teens guided ...
TikTok will show teens guided meditation after 10PM
TikTok’s “wind down” prompts will now include guided meditations for users under 18. The prompts will appear if a teen is still using the app past 10PM.Emma Roth (The Verge)
⛔️🇺🇸Near 80 yr old American senile President changes his demand for direct Zelensky-Putin talks, after Putin refuses to appear for talks he called for | Trump now demands he be allowed to negotiate about Ukraine directly to Putin without Ukraine present (RTE - Irish News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
CDT welcomes the publication of the Privacy Principles as a W3C Statement: w3.org/TR/2025/STMT-privacy-pr…
“Privacy is an essential part of the web,” and this document represents the broad community consensus about that importance. But now that we've agreed on the principles, we have to go realize them.
Privacy Principles
Privacy is an essential part of the web. This document provides definitions for privacy and related concepts that are applicable worldwide as well as a set of privacy principles that should guide the development of the web as a trustworthy platform.www.w3.org
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Privacy Principles
Privacy is an essential part of the web. This document provides definitions for privacy and related concepts that are applicable worldwide as well as a set of privacy principles that should guide the development of the web as a trustworthy platform.www.w3.org
Francia confía en que el tratado de amistad con España entre pronto en vigor
Sepideh Farsi, réalisatrice du documentaire sur Gaza: «Fatima Hassouna aurait dû être là»
Sepideh Farsi, réalisatrice du documentaire sur Gaza: «Fatima Hassouna aurait dû être là»
Dans Put Your Soul on Your Hand, l'Iranienne Sepideh Farsi documente la guerre à Gaza à travers les yeux de la jeune photojournaliste gazaouie Fatima Hassouna, tuée dans une frappe israélienne le 16 avril dernier.Sophie Torlotin (RFI)
After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable
Crypto abduction attempts continue to rock France.Nate Anderson (Ars Technica)
Taken with Panasonic DMC-FZ5 (my first digital camera) and hdr.
#amateurphotography #photography #mallorca #spain #panasonic #hdr
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