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Knicks Beat Celtics to Face Pacers in Eastern Conference Finals
https://www.bloomberg.com/en/news/thp/2025-05-17/urgent-knicks-beat-celtics-119-81-in-game-6-and-advance-to-face-pacers-in-eastern-conference-finals?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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MOODY'S DOWNGRADES USA CREDIT RATING: A Historic Shift Amid Rising Debt and Political Polarization
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On May 16, 2025, Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ sovereign credit rating from Aaa to Aa1, stripping the nation of its last triple-A rating from a major credit agency.
This landmark decision, reported by outlets like Bloomberg and The Washington Post, marks the first time in over a century that the U.S. has lost its pristine credit status across all ....
Sources: Indian investment app Groww agrees to acquire wealthtech startup Fisdom in an all-cash deal, valuing Fisdom at $140M to $160M; Fisdom had raised ~$48M (The Economic Times)
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Groww to acquire Fisdom in a $150 million all-cash deal
Groww, India's leading stockbroking platform, is set to acquire wealthtech startup Fisdom in an all-cash deal, valuing the latter between $140 million and $160 million.ETtech (Economic Times)
Dozens reported killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in second day of intense attacks
The strikes reportedly included air raids and artillery fire. Local reports said many bodies remain trapped under the rubble, and officials in Gaza estimate the death toll may exceed 100Rawan Suleiman (Haaretz)
Building vs. Bashing
I am a bottom writer on Medium because I write articles about building a new democracy.
Sometimes I go off script and write articles bashing certain political actors. These articles do better.
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#politics
A imagem é uma quadrinha em três partes, com personagens animados e textos em português. Na primeira parte, uma personagem com cabelo castanho e um colar rosado pergunta: "QUAL SUA POSIÇÃO POLÍTICA?".
Na segunda parte, um personagem com uma cabeça roxa e um sorriso está em frente a uma imagem do mapa do mundo com o símbolo do Partido Comunista Soviético, sugerindo uma associação com ideologias de esquerda.
Na terceira parte, um personagem com uma cabeça branca e um sorriso simples responde: "ACHO QUE EU TENHO MAIS TENDÊNCIAS PRA ESQUERDA", seguido por uma imagem de um edifício em chamas, possivelmente simbolizando conflitos ou revoluções.
A quadrinha parece fazer uma crítica humorística sobre a pergunta sobre a posição política, usando imagens e textos para sugerir uma associação entre ideologias de esquerda e conflitos.
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With a bomb and a chopper, Nationals notch comeback win over Orioles
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Mystics make strong first impression with opening win over Dream
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Claiming that something doesn't exist because there's no evidence that proves it exists is a fallacy in itself, specifically the argument from ignorance fallacy. That's like saying a person isn't guilty of committing a crime because there's no evidence that proves they did commit the crime, but replace "commit a crime" with "not existing" and replace "person" with "God."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argume…(Latin%3A%20argumentum,of%20evidence%20to%20the%20contrary.
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The way a lot of western philosophers define atheism - "lack of belief or disbelief in the claims of existence of a deity" can be confusing. It's saying I don't know for sure but personally, I lean towards non existence. Hence we have words like agnostic atheist to make it precise.
I prefer to phrase the atheist claim this way: "there's no reason to believe in a God". It avoids some side discussions.
The definition of atheism, "lack of belief or disbelief in the claims of existence of a deity," equally applies to both agnostic and gnostic atheist because both kinds of atheist lack belief (disbelieve) in the claims of the existence of a diety; one just claims that God doesn't exist while the other doesn't. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the definition.
Exactly. It doesn't differentiate gnostic or agnostic atheism even though most philosophers mean agnostic atheism. Then you have to clarify that you don't claim that a God doesn't exist. (the side discussion)
That's why I prefer my definition. It conveys agnostic atheism immediately.
"There's no reason to believe in a God" doesn't just apply to agnostic atheism. Gnostic atheists also believe there's no reason to believe in God, which is why they don't believe in one.
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Our latest release is Solus 4.7 Endurance, released at the start of 2025. This release focuses on updating our editions, and refreshing the default kernels. We’ve called this release Endurance to highlight our promise to users that we will continue to deliver timely updates to keep their systems stable and beautiful.
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Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East this week made headlines for scandals and massive military sales, but equally notable is what was missing: Palestine.
Trump sidelines Israel, ignores Palestine on deal-making trip across the Middle East mondoweiss.net/2025/05/trump-s…
Yemeni forces target Israeli Ben Gurion Airport with hypersonic missile
The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces has announced a missile attack on Ben Gurion International Airport in the occupied territories in response to the Israeli regime’s ongoing atrocities in Gaza.PressTV
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Court Blocks Trump Deportations, US Credit Rating Takes a Hit, More
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"To make it abundantly clear: Reznichenko does not provide any evidence that Ms. Rachel is funded by Hamas, either on her own website or to Tracy. The reporter's manufactured conflict primarily hinges on some Zionist crackpot with a Twitter account and an ongoing defamation lawsuit against her, and yet she receives the benefit of anonymity as well as a helpful ally."
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The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She's Paid By Hamas | Defector
The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy.defector.com
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L'immagine è una quadrupagina di un fumetto intitolato "SPACIES IN SPACE". In primo piano, due personaggi si trovano in un ambiente spaziale. Il personaggio a sinistra, con un abbigliamento scuro e un cappuccio, chiede al personaggio a destra, che indossa un abbigliamento rosso e tiene un ombrello, di leggere il suo oroscopo. Il personaggio a destra legge: "Sirius si alinerà con Cassiopeia e entrerà nel tuo segno. Sarà un anno terribile... eccetto per l'amore." Il personaggio a sinistra, con un'espressione soddisfatta, risponde: "Sirius non è più un problema." In una scena successiva, un'astronave si avvicina a un grande asteroide, con il suono "ZZZHHHHHHHH" che suggerisce un impatto imminente. Il personaggio a sinistra, con un'espressione determinata, premere un pulsante, indicando che ha risolto il problema di Sirius.
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アングル：トランプ米大統領のＡＩ推進、低所得者層への影響に懸念 | ロイター - WACOCA NEWS
トランプ米大統領が進める前例のない規模の連邦政府縮小キャンペーンは、公的給付の支給対象を決定する過程で人工知能（ＡＩ）がどのように使われているのかについて新たな疑問を投げかけている。WACOCA News Editor (WACOCA NEWS)
MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery
Link: economics.mit.edu/news/assurin…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Schiff and the OAE play Schumann and Mendelssohn in Amsterdam - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Sir András Schiff, piano and conductor, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play: SCHUMANN: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato. MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto. Delayed broadcast....www.worldconcerthall.com
(long thread, soon a blog post)
Thinking about setting up a little cooperative called #nerdcert. Where we use letsencrypt style certificate generation, renewals and distribution, with ACME support, but only for certificates that have EKU (Extended Key Usage) entries that go beyond serverAuth, the only thing Google will accept from mid next year 😀 Context: Thread and replies at social.wildeboer.net/@jwildebo…
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The majority of people in Washington fired by Microsoft this week are software engineers. This is reverberating through the ranks as it challenges the idea that SWEs are the most valuable class of workers that would be least likely to get cut.
Ironically, they are the easiest to replace with AI.
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell •Are• software engineers actually being replaced by AI? I have yet to hear credible reports from the field — that is, reports from people who are neither executives nor AI vendors, and who actually understand how software gets built — of AI helping to write code with a net time/cost benefit across the whole arc to production that comes anywhere •close• to justifying the job market shrinkage we’re seeing. Most of the reports I hear amount to “it helped me learn a new thing” but “little or negative net benefit once the code has to actually •work•.” Say what you will about the future, but the •present• just ain’t there.
I tend to think AI is an excuse for the layoffs, not a reason.
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Over 10 years ago, I began crafting a story about Kelpies and a morally grey character—Greer. In 2023, I finally brought it to life in comic form for the Pagaverse. Thank you to everyone who's supported and encouraged me along the way! 🌊✨ Here's a glimpse into 10 years of sketches and story fragments.
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#mermay #scottishfolklore #mastoart #short comic
I shared how science survives in Ukraine — through care, not just access.
#SUPRR #OpenScience #UkraineScience
TKP-ML IB Statement On The Commemoration Of The Nakba abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/191…
TKP-ML IB Statement On The Commemoration Of The Nakba
Resistance Until Liberation: The Unfinished Return
On the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, we stand with Palestinians everywhere to shatter the silence that hides ongoing dispossession. In May 1948, more than seven hundred thousand lives were uprooted so that colonial powers could plant their flags in the Middle East. The violence of 1948 did not end with history; it echoes today in Gaza’s relentless blockade, where families endure chronic shortages of food, water, fuel, and medicine; in the West Bank, where airstrikes and sniper fire stalk children playing in the streets; and in Jenin and other refugee camps, where bulldozers raze homes by night and soldiers carry out mass arrests at dawn.We fully expose, in all its brutality, the settler-colonial Zionist ideology that legitimizes the genocide against the Palestinian people. Imperialist states arm occupation forces, spin tales of “peace” and “stability,” and look away as bombs fall on refugee tents and entire neighborhoods are flattened. Their calculated silence is part of a broader strategy of re-division, an ominous prelude to a new imperialist world war in which Palestine is but one battlefield among many. Yet their plots only bind us more tightly together in solidarity.
Our solidarity is rooted in everyday acts: workers refusing to service weapons factories, students organizing divestment campaigns on campuses, and communities hosting Palestinian artists and speakers. We bring Palestinian voices into our unions, our neighborhoods, and our classrooms, offering spaces where their stories are heard, learned, and passed on. Through these actions we make clear that the right to return is not a distant hope but a shared responsibility and collective mission.
As long as checkpoints still choke movement, blockades starve families, and imperialist powers scheme fresh carve-ups under the threat of a third world war, our solidarity will pulse through every corner of the globe. We are bound together in struggle until every Palestinian can walk home again, unhampered by colonial walls.
Long live the struggle of the Palestinian People!
Long live International Solidarity!
Free Palestine!
TKP-ML International Bureau
May 2025
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#guerrilla #iraq #kurdistan #nakba #palestine #resistance #rojava #Solidarity #syria #tikko #tkpMl
Statement of the TKP-ML International Bureau on the Commemoration of the Nakba - TKP-ML Resmi Internet Sitesi
Resistance Until Liberation: The Unfinished Return On the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, we stand with Palestinians everywhere to shatter the silence that hides ongoing [...]editor1 (TKP-ML Resmi Internet Sitesi)
“A woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, you’d step over your own mother just to get one.”
Who said it: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth? trib.al/f00kUIj
Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?
They’re both unqualified for their jobs and love to drink. Can you tell them apart?The New Republic
Transgender Coloradans receive new discrimination protections as Gov. Polis signs bill into law
Colorado law now explicitly protects transgender people from being “deadnamed” or misgendered in certain places under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Jared Polis.Seth Klamann (The Denver Post)
Wie die Smartphonenutzung der Eltern Kleinkinder beeinflusst
Sind Eltern viel am Handy, kann das auch deren Kindern schaden - und das mehr als den meisten bewusst ist. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Allein das Checken von Benachrichtigungen könnte einen Einfluss haben. Von Anja Braun und Emily Burkhart.
Fakt ist, dass #BigTech alles unternimmt, um die Verweilzeit in Apps zu erhöhen. Und das MIT WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN METHODEN.
Warum?
Um ihre Kaufangebote platzieren zu können.
#WirtschaftMussWachsen
#Tracking
Gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen spielen keinerlei Rolle mehr. Es geht nur noch um #GewinnMaximierung .
Und die Politik spielt seit Jahrzehnten mit.
Und dann wird berichtet, die #Wissenschaft hätte noch keine ausreichenden Ergebnisse zum Beleg der neg. Folgen.
Leider nicht das #Weltklima sondern das #Konsumklima !!!
Privater Konsum findet in der #Freizeit statt. Und der wird angeheizt #KosteEsWasEsWolle .
Aufmerksamkeit wird mit allen Mitteln auf den #Konsum gezogen.
Da wird #Aufmerksamkeit für das Wesentliche im Leben MIT WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN METHODEN abgesaugt. Und da gehören halt Kinder und die eigene psychische Gesundheit auch dazu.
#Awareness #Werbung
Wie gefährlich beim Fliegen Powerbanks im Handgepäck sind
Im Januar brach an Bord eines Airbus A321 der südkoreanischen Air Busan ein Feuer aus. Die Ursache: eine verschmorte Powerbank. Erste Airlines ziehen Konsequenzen. Was Reisende beachten müssen. Von Jens Eberl.
Inside every QA tester there are:
- Two wolves
- One wolf
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- 2,147,483,648 wolves
- -2 wolves
- Beer wolves
- Two coyotes
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- Два волка
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I am reliably informed by Google Shield that my site krebsonsecurity.com on Monday was the target of the biggest DDoS attack Google has ever had to deal with, clocking in at ~6.3 Tbps. This is not quite a record; apparently, an attack Cloudflare had to deal with in April is the largest known DDoS to date -- at ~6.5 Tbps.
It's been a while since we've seen a big DDoS. For reference, this one was about 10x the size of the Mirai botnet attack that launched a record DDoS against my site in 2016, knocking it offline for nearly 4 days until I got the site behind Google Sheild.
I'll know more in a bit. Below is the CF blog about their April attack.
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Targeted by 20.5 million DDoS attacks, up 358% year-over-year: Cloudflare’s 2025 Q1 DDoS Threat Report
DDoS attacks are surging. In 2025 Q1, Cloudflare blocked +20M attacks (a 358% YoY spike) along with 5.6 Tbps and 4.8 Bpps record-breaking attacks. And that's just the beginning. Read more in our latest DDoS Threat Report.The Cloudflare Blog
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Gardener shares ultimate hack for seemingly endless supply of green onions: 'Magical' - All For
Did you know you can regrow produce from lots of your kitchen scraps? One gardener showed how they are working on a never-ending supply of green onions.Gardening (All For Gardening)
ClojureScript 1.12.42
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Forse sono di quelli a cui bastano quattro ore di sonno a notte.
O forse non avrei dovuto mangiare cinese.
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A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as well as the GOP's pitch, for the amendment to ban state-level AI regulation, added to the budget reconciliation bill (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)
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Behind Silicon Valley and the GOP’s united campaign to ban state AI laws
Inside the effort to de-democratize AIBrian Merchant (Blood in the Machine)
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The image shows a container of Klimon Cherry Bomb dairy-free ice cream. The container is placed on a white plate with an embossed floral design. The ice cream is pinkish in color, with a dusting of white powder on top, likely a cherry-flavored topping. The container is labeled "Klimon No Dairy. No Difference. Cherry Bomb Dairy Free," indicating it is a non-dairy product. A silver spoon is positioned to the left of the container. The background is slightly blurred, but it appears to be a kitchen setting with a countertop and some indistinct objects.
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Pentagon’s War Itch? Talk of Direct US-Russia Clash Contradicts Trump’s Policy
Scott Ritter- There are “several plausible pathways” for the Ukraine conflict to escalate into a direct US-Russia war, claimed head of US Northern Command, who labeled Russia as one of the US'thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)
"Last Saturday, the White House abruptly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, a renowned expert with deep knowledge of the importance of copyright to authors. In her place, the White House is attempting to install an administration official with no apparent copyright expertise."
Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights
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Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights - The Authors Guild
Last Saturday, the White House abruptly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, a renowned expert with deep knowledge of the importance of copyright to authors.The Authors Guild
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in reply to hanshi • • •The video showcases a chess game between two players, 'h4ncmason' with a rating of 1218 and 'h4nshi' with a rating of 1208. The game is displayed on a chessboard with alternating light and dark squares, and the pieces are arranged according to their standard starting positions. The sequence begins with a black knight on d6, a white pawn on e4, and a white knight on c3. The video highlights various moves, including a white pawn advancing to d4, a black pawn moving to e5, and a white pawn advancing to d5. The focus then shifts to a white pawn on d5, a black pawn on e5, and a white knight on c3. The video continues to show the progression of the game, with the white knight moving to e4, capturing a black pawn on d5, and the black pawn moving to d6. The video concludes with a white pawn on d5, a black pawn on d6, and a white pawn on e4, indicating the ongoing strategic maneuvers and tactical exchanges between the players.
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