Trump says nuclear deal with Iran ‘getting close’
Washington has targeted several Iranian individuals and entities with sanctions since the conclusion of the latest round of nuclear talks with Tehranthecradle.co
Proseguiamo il nostro viaggio tra le vetrine in rosa del Comune di Lucca, che partecipano al concorso "La vetrina più bella", indetto da Comune di Lucca e Confcommercio di Lucca e Massa Carrara per celebrare la tappa lucchese del Giro d'Italia. A vincere il concorso saranno i tre negozi le cui vetrine otterranno più "mi piace" nelle noitv.it/2025/05/seconda-tappa…
Building software on top of Large Language Models
I presented a three hour workshop at PyCon US yesterday titled Building software on top of Large Language Models. The goal of the workshop was to give participants everything they …Simon Willison’s Weblog
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A good chunk of the United States is getting ground water with significant amounts of fluoride already in it.
Sometimes more than four times the recommended level, just from natural deposit erosion.
I wonder how Bobby Brainworms expects to "fix" that, especially considering that these deposits where it goes above the action level cover a lot of the Southwestern part of the United States.
Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing
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Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember 'your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing | TechCrunch
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
Automatic Transmission For Manual Transportation
The drivetrain of most modern bicycles has remained relatively unchanged for nearly a century. There have been marginal upgrades here and there like electronic shifting but you’ll still mostly see a chain with a derailleur or two. [Matthew] is taking a swing at a major upgrade to this system by replacing the front derailleur with a torque converter, essentially adding an automatic transmission to his bicycle.
Most of us will come across a torque converter in passenger vehicles with automatic transmissions, but these use fluid coupling. [Matthew] has come up with a clever design that uses mechanical coupling instead using a ratchet and pawl mechanism. There are two gear ratios here, a 1:1 ratio like a normal bicycle crank and a 1.5:1 ratio that is automatically engaged if enough torque is applied to the pedals. This means that if a cyclist encounters a hill, the gear automatically shifts down to an easier gear and then will shift back once the strenuous section is finished.
[Matthew] machined all the parts for this build from scratch, and the heavy-duty solid metal parts are both impressive but also show why drivetrains like this haven’t caught on in the larger bicycling world since they’re so heavy. There have been some upgrades in internally geared hubs lately though, which do have a number advantages over traditional chain and derailleur-based bikes with the notable downside of high cost, and there have been some other interesting developments as well like this folding mechanical drivetrain and this all-electric one.
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📰 Minstens 115 Palestijnen gedood op dag herdenking Nakba
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🔸 #Nakba #Dode #Volksgezondheid #Gaza #Palestijnen
Minstens 115 Palestijnen gedood op dag herdenking Nakba
Minstens 115 Palestijnen, voornamelijk vrouwen en kinderen, zijn gisteren omgekomen bij een golf van Israëlische aanvallen door de hele Gazastrook. Dat meldt de zender Al Jazeera op basis van cijfers van het ministerie van Volksgezondheid in Gaza.RTL Nieuws
Taking my dog…less seriously.
I look at some of the photographers I admire, like Takuma Nakahira and Saul Leiter and Vivien Maier and plenty of others.
I want to be like them. I want every photo to speak, to capture the essence of the moment. The zeitgeist. The Koan.
Scrolling back through my file of keepers, I mostly fall short. Every so often I approximate a little glimpse. Mostly by accident. The harder I try, the more I miss. The closer I focus, the more distant I expose.
Then I remember not to take the whole thing too seriously. It is perfectly OK, I say to myself, to just post the process. The journey.
Sometimes that journey is just a cute picture of your dog taken at home. On the couch. That’s all I got.
Its enough.
#blackAndWhite #dogs #meditation #photography
How Takuma Nakahira’s “Circulation” Breathed Life into Photography
During the 1971 Paris Biennale, Nakahira photographed, printed, and exhibited his daily images of the city—creating a landmark photo-installation that pushed the bounds of a "living" work.aperturewp (Aperture)
Granted, just because project 2025 wants this doesn't mean it will happen, but it's good to know where their head is at
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The Big Takeover: The secret plans to give Trump command of America’s police
For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump's thumb. We have their files.Beau Hodai (Phoenix New Times)
I must remind myself constantly not to take myself too seriously.
And not to try to be Tauma Nakahira.
And not to try to be Saul Leiter.
etc.
#photography #blackAndWhite #dogsOfMastodon #dogs #blueSkyDogs #monochrome
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I was briefly a foster carer. The system is almost impossible for anyone to thrive in, for the kids and young people, the carers and the workers.
Even putting aside the systematic unfairness that sees certain kids (Aboriginal, Black, refugees) much more likely to be removed, it's a trainwreck.
These kids need our political attention. Please pay attention when fostering hits the news.
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Katri Uibu (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
"The business of universities is to exemplify + create the conditions of liberty. There are reasons why tyrants come after universities first, + this is the main one."
—Timothy Snyder, the great scholar of 20th-century authoritarianism, on leaving Yale + Trump's America for Canada.
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SNYDER: On leaving Yale - Yale Daily News
I did not leave Yale because of Donald Trump, or because of Columbia, or because of threats to Yale — but that would be a reasonable thing to do and that is a decision that people will make.David Yaffe-Bellany (Yale Daily News)
The value of institutional memory
In 1978, a dredging gang working for British Waterways was struggling with a problem. They were trying to clear obstacles on the Chesterfield Canal so they could stabilise a concrete wall — not an easy day’s work. But what really had them stumped was a heavy iron chain on the canal bottom. After various attempts, they hooked the chain to their dredger. That did
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The value of institutional memory
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Tigray Genocide
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Social Media Platforms Are Spreading Violent Warmongering Content Encouraging All-Out War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Again
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"At a hospital in the Ethiopian city of Adigrat, the second largest in the Tigrayan region, a nurse said she regularly treats women raped by Eritrean soldiers in the occupied areas."
"New cases of sexual violence are still coming to our medical facility, on average 15 to 20 cases daily including victims of gang rapes by three or more Eritrean soldiers," she told AFP by telephone.
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Life Under Eritrean 'Occupation' In Northern Ethiopia
From his home in the far north of Ethiopia, Hagos can see Eritrean soldiers positioned on the other side of his town, Alitena, and says all his neighbours fear a full occupation.Barrons
Teen athlete schools "hateful" GOP rep who used her 2nd-place finish to harm trans kids - LGBTQ Nation
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Nissan Doesn’t Need a Savior to Get Back on Track, Says CEO
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Depois de mudanças no foro especial, ações contra Sérgio Cabral são enviadas ao STJ - Paulo Figueiredo
Depois de mudanças sobre foro especial, as ações contra Sérgio Cabral foram transferidas do STF ao STJ.Suhely Bueno (Paulo Figueiredo)
"Bicicletta amore infinito". Da Gino Bartali a Mario Cipollini. Una mostra racconta il Giro d’Italia
Inaugurata al Loggiato di Palazzo Pretorio l’esposizione fotografica che immortala 40 anni di corsa. Il presidente della federazione Castellani: "Un omaggio al passato, ma anche l’auspicio di un futuro roseo".
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
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#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Quando Premonição 6 será lançado no streaming? Veja previsão de estreia online
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Quando Premonição 6 será lançado no streaming? Veja previsão de estreia online
Premonição 6 deve seguir o histórico de outros filmes da Warner Bros. e demorar pouco mais de 2 meses para chegar à MaxFelipe Gugelmin Valente (TecMundo)
US judge dismisses case against migrants caught in new military zone
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US judge dismisses case against migrants caught in new military zone
The magistrate ruled that apprehended migrants may not have been aware they were crossing into a military zone.Al Jazeera
“Não colocaria meu mandato em risco por uma brincadeira”, diz Zambelli após condenação - Gazeta Brasil-
A deputada federal Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) afirmou nesta quinta-feira (15) que jamais colocaria seu mandato em risco por uma "brincadeira sem graça", aoGazeta Brasil
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yeh, people took it too far for the last few, so AEC kind of cracked down on it.
This shit is hilarious, no matter the party, the swastikas and racism, was not
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Channel 13: #Israeli cabinet ministers criticized the #Trump administration at a security session regarding the agreement to release Alexander.
- The relationship between Tel Aviv and Washington has become more tense despite Netanyahu's attempts to draw a pink picture of it.
- #Netanyahu said during the security meeting that this is the way Trump administration is pushing toward a broad agreement.
- #Ben-Gvir told Netanyahu that if the Trump administration is bypassing us, we must not make our commitments to #Hamas.
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine group @israel group
Today's under 100 game is... Bossgame!
Listen, i know i'm preaching to the choir here, but I can only assume the reason a game this targeted at trans lesbian losers like me has under 100 reviews is because all of us are equally poor.
A one button boss rush game with TONS of style, check it out!
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BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart on Steam
BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart is a lesbian romance boss rush! Sophie and Anna are broke and trying to pay rent by hunting devils.store.steampowered.com
Under 100 is where i talk about games on steam with under 100 reviews. Some are old, some are new, all deserve more respect then they've gotten. Check out yesterday's game, the stylish arcade puzzle game Bauhaus Bonk
Apple says a warning on EU App Store listings for apps with no IAP has been live since March 2024, and the EU told it to hold off on tweaks that Apple proposed (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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Viral outrage over Apple's EU payment warnings misses key fact | TechCrunch
Apple says the warning messages now appearing next to EU App Store listings that use third-party payment systems are not actually new. According to aSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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"America this is quite serious." Allen Ginsberg, "America" 1956.
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America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twentyseven cents January 17, 1956. America when will we end the human war? I don’t feel good don’t bother me. I won’t write my poem till I’m in my right mind.The Poetry Foundation
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I love City Lights, too, and Ginsberg. He would be saying Kaddish for our country and fighting like mad. That's what I'm aiming for.
Voice of Korea
Голос Кореи,Voice of Korea,Voz de Corea,صوت كوريا ,Stimme Koreas,공화국,vokwww.vok.rep.kp
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OpenAI may be planning to challenge Microsoft Teams Copilot integration with a new "Record" feature in ChatGPT.
⚡️🇺🇦Front News: New powerful AFU attack | Is Putin preparing an “Oreshnik” strike? (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Justice Elena Kagan called out the government’s attorneys, flaming Justice Department officials for being “dead wrong,” while asking the administration to explain why they would bring a case they had uniformly lost in lower courts.
Trump Justice Department Makes Insane Claim About Obeying Court Orders
Donald Trump’s lawyers made the argument to the Supreme Court during a hearing on birthright citizenship.The New Republic
Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data, demanding $20M ransom
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Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data and are demanding $20 million ransom
The incident may cost Coinbase up to $400 million to fix, the company estimated.Tanaya Macheel (CNBC)
’Good Night And Good Luck’s Penultimate Performance To Air Live On CNN
’Good Night And Good Luck’s Penultimate Performance On Broadway To Air Live On CNNLynette Rice (Deadline)
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Ben Cohen, the founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, who is Jewish himself, is kicked out of Congress for protesting the US government starving and bombing kids in Gaza. Every Democrat and Republican voted for this tragedy.
As to The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, criticism of Israel's apartheid state and genocide is "anti-Semitic." In other words, Jews like Ben Cohen are anti-Semitic. Do you see how upside down this is?
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#israel #usa #genocide #gaza #bencohen #ben&jerrys
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested for protesting Gaza blockade at US Senate hearing
Ben Cohen and others interrupted RFK Jr at hearing to protest Israel’s Gaza blockade and Medicaid cutsEd Pilkington (The Guardian)
Cedar Rock State Park
Quasqueton, Iowa, USA; traditional territory of the oθaakiiwaki‧hina‧ki (Sauk) & Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox), Báxoje Máyaⁿ (Ioway), and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations / Explore more at bit.ly/CedarRock_2023-10-01
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“Early in life I had to choose . . .” … between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.” ~ Frank Lloyd WrightSouthern Minnesota Guy
8 Times Someone Gave the City Eyes and It’s Perfect
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The City Has Eyes (8 Photos)
From an earthquake detection “kit” in a school hallway to a trash bin channeling Cookie Monster, googly eyes have quietly become one of the most playful forms of street-level intervention. This collection brings together eight clever, charming, and unexpected urban artworks from around the world — where a pair of eyes is all it takes to give life to objects, trees, and everyday structures. Featuring moments from sidewalks, forests, parks, and roundabouts, this is public art at its most fun.
More: 16 Googly-Eyed Street Art Gems That I Love
Cookie Monster Bin
A blue trash bin with white googly eyes becomes a comical likeness of Cookie Monster, especially with a real cookie placed just inside the opening like a mouth. The transformation invites smiles from passersby and encourages playful interaction with public infrastructure.
Earthquake Detection Kit
A neon yellow sign taped to a beige brick wall reads “Earthquake Detection Kit,” with a pair of wobbling googly eyes stuck below the text. A tongue-in-cheek joke, it turns an otherwise dull wall into a moment of humor.
Tree Stump Creature
A weathered tree stump near a lake is brought to life with two oversized googly eyes. Its gnarled roots resemble crawling limbs, making the stump appear like a wide-eyed forest creature peeking out from the shoreline.
Staring Sculpture
A perforated spherical sculpture at a roadside location in Bend, Oregon has had a pair of googly eyes added. The eyes give the metal orb an expressive, animated look that humorously contrasts its abstract, static design.
Pac-Man Bollards – By Vanyu Krastev
A cracked concrete traffic bollard shaped like a ball is transformed into a character resembling Pac-Man with the simple addition of two googly eyes. The mouth-like crack and playful gaze give personality to the damaged structure.
Tree Hug – By Vanyu Krastev
A tree growing through a metal fence is given a whimsical face using googly eyes placed on the bars. The tree’s growth forms a natural mouth-like shape that, combined with a stub resembling a nose, creates a surprisingly expressive character.
Giant Tree Monster
A tall evergreen tree is turned into a towering creature using two oversized inflatable eyeballs. The result is a hilarious and surreal visual that transforms an ordinary tree into a cartoonish park guardian.
Deer Sculpture Surprise
A bronze sculpture of a mother deer and her fawn is playfully transformed with large googly eyes. The addition gives the pair a startled, cartoon-like expression, making this realistic public artwork suddenly feel animated and silly.With just two plastic eyes, artists and pranksters around the world are giving personality to the inanimate. These small interventions highlight the joy of noticing the overlooked and reshaping the mundane. Whether it’s a trash bin, tree, or bollard, nothing is safe from being googly-eyed — and we’re all better for it.
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Kurginyan explains what Ukraine’s strong point is
Kurginyan explains what Ukraine’s strong point is Rossa Primavera News from RussiaBill Oliver (Rossa Primavera International News)
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in reply to nullagent • • •In Seattle we never actually defunded our police force but we still managed to reduce the total number of cops by a staggering amount with one simple hack: We were mean and rude to ALL cops for a year or two and they ACTUALLY just quit their jobs in droves.
The cop exit interviews were full of statements like:
"In 2020, where everyone hated us"
So to the Patrick Hanlon's of the world, be sure to tell that no good pig that he's a monster who should quit his job.
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#ACAB
'SPD is dying': What Seattle police officers say as they depart
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