Is Russia really ‘grooming’ Western AI?
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/8/is-russia-really-grooming-western?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Is Russia really ‘grooming’ Western AI?
The panic is there, but the evidence is thin – at best.Maxim Alyukov (Al Jazeera)
French chipmaker SiPearl raised a €130M Series A from Taiwan's Cathay Venture and others to develop its Arm-based Rhea1 AI chip, set to feature 80 cores (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg)
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French chipmaker SiPearl raised a €130M Series A from Taiwan's Cathay Venture and others to develop its Arm-based Rhea1 AI chip, set to feature 80 cores
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Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.
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#News #Utah #Housing #PublicLands #Conservation #Law
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A sudden flood in the river flowing from Tibet has caused extensive damage in the Timure area of the Rasuwagadhi customs region. The flood has swept away the Friendship Bridge that connects the Nepal-China border with Tibet.
Due to the massive flood in the Lende River, located at the Nepal-China border in Rasuwa district, the Friendship Bridge linking Nepal and China has been completely washed away. The flood has also carried away several goods containers and electric vehicles (EVs) parked at the Rasuwagadhi customs office.
Similarly, cargo trucks on the Chinese side of the border have been submerged as the floodwaters blocked their passage.
There are fears of significant damage to both life and property due to this natural disaster.
We sincerely urge all brothers and sisters residing along the banks of the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers to move to safe locations. 🙏🙏
Merlin Entertainments: Leisure Sector Picking up in China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-07-08/merlin-entertainments-leisure-sector-picking-up-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Budget Watchdog Warns on UK Welfare Costs After Policy U-Turns
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/budget-watchdog-warns-on-uk-welfare-costs-after-policy-u-turns?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Dairy cows in distress: New study shows extreme heat is shrinking milk production
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/08/dairy-cows-in-distress-new-study-shows-extreme-heat-is-shrinking-milk-production?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Dairy cows in distress: New study shows extreme heat is shrinking milk production
A new study reveals extreme heat slashes dairy yields, and even high-tech cooling can’t fully fix the problem.Craig Saueurs (Euronews.com)
No more silence: UK to ban controversial NDAs silencing abuse at work
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/07/08/no-more-silence-uk-to-ban-controversial-ndas-silencing-abuse-at-work?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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No more silence: UK to ban controversial NDAs silencing abuse at work
The UK government has announced plans to ban the use of NDAs to silence employees reporting workplace abuse.Hannah Brown (Euronews.com)
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Leonard Bernstein: The Greatest 5 Minutes in Music Education
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Leonard Bernstein: The Greatest 5 Minutes in Music Education
We’ve previously written about one of Leonard Bernstein’s major works, The Unanswered Question, the staggering six-part lecture that the multi-disciplinary artist gave as part of his duties as Harvard's Charles Eliot Norton Professor.OC (Openculture.com)
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"Mordant, décalé et toujours drôle. Chaque semaine, la dessinatrice Twister pose son regard sur une publication de Mediacités. Cette fois-ci : les révélations de notre partenaire Mediapart sur des dérapages commis par des étudiants de l'EM Lyon."
60% of Teachers Used AI This Year and Saved up to 6 Hours of Work a Week
Survey: 60% of Teachers Used AI This Year and Saved up to 6 Hours of Work a Week
New study of 2,232 U.S. public school teachers found they use artificial intelligence tools to create worksheets, modify student materials, make testsLauren Wagner (www.the74million.org)
📺La Xunta del PP termina su plan de control sobre la CRTVG tras escoger a su nueva directora en solitario.
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La Xunta del PP termina su plan de control sobre la CRTVG tras escoger a su nueva directora en solitario
La periodista Concepción Pombo sustituirá, con el único aval del Partido Popular, a Alfonso Sánchez Izquierdo. El Gobierno de Alfonso Rueda modificó la ley de medios para que los votos de su partido fueran suficientes para elegirla.www.elsaltodiario.com
Alcàn x FOA BOCCACCIO (Last affront, Warhead97, Anarchia futura)
Martedì 22 luglio, dalle 21:00 alle 23:00, presso circolo libertà, viale Libertà 33, Monza
ALCÀN x FOA BOCCACCIO presentano:
22 luglio 2025
Circolo Libertà
ore 21.00:
LAST AFFRONT - Londra Fast and Furious
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WARHEAD 97 - Brighton Loud and rowdy
* brainrotterrecords.bandcamp.co…...
ANARCHIA FUTURA - Milano Punx
Viale Libertà 33, Monza
Aperitivo + presentazione POLICE ABOLITION
Sabato 19 luglio, dalle 19:00 alle 22:00, presso Giardini pubblici di via San Rocco, Monza, via San Rocco, Monza
FOA Boccaccio 003
presenta
Sabato 19 luglio 2025
Giardini pubblici di via San Rocco, Monza
(in caso di maltempo l'iniziativa si terrà presso il Circolo di viale Libertà 33)
POLICE ABOLITION
Corso di base sull'abolizione della polizia Edizione italiana a cura di Italo di Sabato Postfazione di Italo di Sabato e Turi Palidda
Dalle ore 19 APERITIVO e PRESENTAZIONE a cura di Italo di Sabato
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«Abolire la Polizia significa costruire un mondo nuovo». «La polizia: da dove viene? A cosa serve? A chi serve? A che serve tutta questa meticolosa militarizzazione del territorio, tutta questa sorveglianza dei comportamenti, tutta questa brutalità istituzionalizzata? Perché la Polizia è così violenta nell’approccio con le classi subalterne? Perché è addestrata a considerarle il nemico. Ciò che la Polizia difende con tutti i mezzi a sua disposizione non è l’ordine e la società, ma un certo ordine e la sua società». Police Abolition è una fanzine americana che racconta, con illustrazioni e testi semplici e divulgativi, come quella che sembrava una proposta impossibile e insensata sia diventata, in poco tempo negli Usa, un’opzione politica concreta e ragionevole. Questo non è un banale libretto di slogan contro la Polizia (che non avrebbe senso), ma sull’utopia e su come le cose che sembrano impossibili, in realtà, non lo sono mai.
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Aperitivo e presentazione di "Milano Horror Stories, incubi della rigenerazione urbana"
Venerdì 11 luglio, dalle 19:00 alle 22:00, presso Giardini "Angela Ronchi", via San Fruttuoso, Monza, via San Fruttuoso, Monza
Venerdì 11 Luglio 2025, h 19:00
Giardini "Angela Ronchi", via San Fruttuoso, Monza
Aperitivo e presentazione di "Milano Horror Stories, incubi della rigenerazione urbana" di Ivan Hurricane (INSERIRE TAG) per la rassegna "LABYRINTHUS 4.0. Forme di resistenza nello spazio urbano" promossa dalla FOA Boccaccio.
"Milano Horror Stories" è una autoproduzione AFA (INSERIRE TAG afa produzioni fighissime underground) 160 a colori.
Il volume, nato prima in forma di striscia settimanale sui social, è una raccolta di queste strisce più altri fumetti e illustrazioni inedite che raccontano attraverso lo sguardo di Ivan l'orrore della rigenerazione urbana nella città di Milano. Attraverso un racconto horror/comico dal tono acido, l'autore prova a svelare la vera natura della città vetrina, modello a cui tendono tante altre città: un deserto di cemento invaso da vampiri succhiasuolo che si fanno belli con parole da brivido tipo sicurezza, green, riqualificazione, smart.
Per sapere quale incubo ti aspetta (anche) nella Monza di Pilotto... non mancare!
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60% of Teachers Used AI This Year and Saved up to 6 Hours of Work a Week
Survey: 60% of Teachers Used AI This Year and Saved up to 6 Hours of Work a Week
New study of 2,232 U.S. public school teachers found they use artificial intelligence tools to create worksheets, modify student materials, make testsLauren Wagner (www.the74million.org)
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Leaked: Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 & Watch 8 Classic posters “revealed” ahead of 9th July debut #featured #galaxyunpacked #googlewearos #leak #leaked #news #samsung #samsunggalaxyunpacked #samsunggalaxyunpacked2025 #samsunggalaxywatch8 #samsunggalaxywatch8classic #samsunggalaxywatchultra #samsunggalaxywatchultra2025 #samsunggalaxyzflip7 #samsunggalaxyzfold7 #smartwatch #tech #wearable #wearables #wearos
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Per anni Frontex ha condiviso informazioni con le polizie europee in modo illegale - Il Post
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> Soprattutto dati di migranti e attivisti, in maniera sistematica e spesso senza ragioni precise: lo ha raccontato una grossa inchiesta
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@naufraghi Mi hai fatto venire in mente un mio vecchio post di inizio millennio.
E pensa che l'ho pure trovato.
Era un rant da schizzato sulla pubblicità di una sedia a rotelle.
Tralascio il post, ma agevolo la pic.
Presa attraverso la vetrina.
Artist Rachel B. Hayes conjures striking patchwork installations that transform our experiences of both interior spaces and expansive natural landscapes.
thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/rac…
#installation #quilts #textiles #craft #design
Site-Specific Textiles by Rachel B. Hayes Radiate Within Vast Landscapes and Sunlit Interiors — Colossal
From myriad swaths of vivid, translucent fabric, Tulsa-based artist Rachel B. Hayes conjures striking installations.Kate Mothes (Colossal)
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L'onorevole Lisei mente sui Cpr. E lo fa con metodo | Left
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> L’Italia sicura, per la destra meloniana, è un’enorme distesa di servi e di quelli che servono
So
If I wanted to learn to draw, let's say...mecha stuff, are there some pseudo-free resources I could start from?
I mean yes, I could simply start from Into the Breach simple designs or literally choose the Gundam I like the most BUT:
-I'll do it so I'm asking you wise ppl for something more structured
-I'm somewhat dissatisfied by most mecha concepts, I'd kinda like to fill an artistic void in the genre (aka *non purely militaristic mecha*)
So thanks in advance
Mapping Russia’s Internet blackouts The Russian authorities keep shutting down mobile Internet. Here’s where it happens most, and how the outages are spreading.
Mapping Russia’s Internet blackouts
The Russian authorities keep shutting down mobile Internet. Here’s where it happens most, and how the outages are spreading.Meduza
Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with European police.
In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing it on to Europol, the EU police cooperation agency.
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#Frontex #Migration #BorderProtection #Europe #EU #Europol #Surveillance #PersonalData #PeopleSmuggling
Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with European police.
In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing it on to …Le Monde
Monsters rinnovata per una 4a stagione, Ryan Murphy racconterà la storia di Lizzie Borden?
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> A fine 800 venne accusata di aver ucciso suo padre e la sua matrigna a colpi di ascia. Ma a fine processo la giuria sorprese tutti.
"You cut things out and paste things over..." – Walt Disney (1919)
This is a real Walt quote, and probably one the Disney PR team could trot out to justify the baffling closure of the Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom.
Like many, I’m disappointed. But I remind myself that I don’t have control over such things, and it’s okay to grieve when something you love changes.
I'm grateful for reminders that bring back those meaningful memories. Even trash cans. 🙂 #TrashCanTuesday
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Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #TrashCan #DisneyTrashCan #Photography #Orlando #WDW #MagicKingdom #Frontierland #TomSawyerIsland
Proposal to Sell Gaza Land Via Crypto Tokens Met With Backlash
The Tony Blair Institute helped form a plan that proposed selling land in Gaza via blockchain tokens, the Financial Times reported Monday, after paying Palestinians to leave their land. The tokenization project would have also seen the region rebuilt with Dubai-style artificial islands and “blockchain-trade initiatives,” complete with Elon Musk and Donald Trump-themed areas.
A slide deck titled the “Great Trust” was developed by the Boston Consulting Group, or BCG, the FT reported on Sunday, with participation from two staff members from the Tony Blair Institute—an organization founded by the former UK prime minister. It was shared with the Trump administration, according to the FT, which echoed similar sentiments in February.
The deck suggested paying half a million Palestinians to leave Gaza to attract private investors to redevelop the area, following Israel’s bombings. It proposed that the public land in Gaza be put into a trust and sold via “digital tokens traded on a blockchain.” Gazans could add their private land into the trust in return for a token that would give them the right to a housing unit.
'Evil' Proposal to Sell Gaza Land Via Crypto Tokens Met With Backlash
Palestinian activists blasted the proposed plan to sell Gaza via crypto tokens and establish “blockchain-trade initiatives.”Ryan S. Gladwin (Decrypt)
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Your data privacy is slipping away – here’s why, and what you can do about it
Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies that take personal privacy into account.The Conversation
Dissenso, incitamento all'odio e terrorismo | InOltre
Esplora il dissenso, l'incitamento all'odio e il terrorismo nell'era digitale, dove la libertà di espressione si fa complessa.Alessandra Libutti (InOltre)
木製のテーブルの上に、青白いチェックのテーブルクロスが敷かれています。その上には、4つの異なる料理が盛り付けられています。左上には、薄切りにしたキュウリが入った緑色のボウルがあります。右上には、卵黄が鮮やかに見える炒め卵が入ったオレンジ色のボウルがあります。左下には、甘煮にした肉と野菜が入った白いボウルがあります。中央には、赤いトマトが盛り付けられた白い皿があります。箸が2本、テーブルクロスの上に置かれています。全体的に、家庭的な雰囲気の食事のシーンです。
@altbot によって提供され、Ovis2-8B を使用してローカルでプライベートに生成されました
🌱 エネルギー使用量: 0.191 Wh
Tanked
Atticus Lambord was known for his mountain dew. It had a distinctive gas tank rust flavor. But, after the first sip, you couldn't really taste anything anyway, so, no one fussed about the odd flavor. One of his most popular batches was what he called '84.
Bakersfield, California 2003
#Tanked #Hogwash_Book_Two #gas_tank #rust #Bakersfield #California #Kern_County #Hogwash #Hog_Wash #photography
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Green Sea Turtle at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday
Find me at @hawaiianeye797.bsky.social
Prints available - DM me. #turtle #swim #Tuesday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #followme
Meteo Valle d'Aosta del 08/07/2025 ore 14:00
Meteo Valle d'Aosta. Le ultime notizie della regione Valle d'Aosta aggiornate in tempo reale. - Edizione del 08/07/2025 - 14:00
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"Le Grand Lyon vient d'émettre un avis favorable à la future ligne de bus à haut niveau de service qui doit relier la Part-Dieu à la bourgade de l'Ain, mais avec quelques réserves. Le projet fait l’objet d’un bras de fer entre la collectivité et la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes depuis plusieurs années."
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WhatsApp para iPhone já permite criar wallpapers com Inteligência Artificial
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#ios #iphone #Meta #tecnologia #whatsapp
ICYMI, via Politico: "Reform Leader of Kent Council Linden Kemkaran said transgender-related children’s books have been removed from local libraries in a 'victory for common sense'"
But: "The Reform Exposed [account] reckons there were never any trans-related books in the kids’ section."
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Antonino vittima di omofobia: “Mi hanno augurato di morire, perché sono gay”, il racconto dal palco del Napoli Pride - Gay.it
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> Dal palco del Napoli Pride, Antonino racconta l’omofobia subita online: “Mi hanno scritto di comprare una corda e togliermi la vita”.
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11 years ago we were down at the Boulder County Courthouse signing a marriage certificate while the state-by-state battle for marriage equality played out.
Thanks to a rogue county clerk, hundreds of LGBTQIA+ couples were able to get married, while the issue played out in the 10th circuit Court, and the Boulder county clerk herself faced lawsuits and attempts to remove her from office.
after a few months of back and forth the governor at the time, hickenlooper, finally decided that Colorado be a state of marriage equality. almost a year later, just a few weeks before first anniversary, marriage equality was passed nationwide.
while it's hard to find the spirit to celebrate with everything going on in the world right now, it is also more important than ever to be visibly, loudly, and proudly queer.
#lgbtqia #equality #marriage #queer #farmlife #colorado
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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
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#environment @environment @indigenouspeoples
#nature #tiktok #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #climatechange @xrfrance @ExtinctionR
@blackmastodon #africa #china #eu #cuba #venezuela #spain #geopolitics #politics #economy #protest #resistance
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Fuck Mike Lee.
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