A beautiful encounter during a recent photo tour on Vancouver Island.
It's a photo that I had imagined for years: an owl on a mossy branch.
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Orange Yogurt Cake - Cristina's Kitchen
This moist orange yogurt cake is bursting with citrus flavor, caramelized edges, and a tender crumb. Easy one-bowl recipe with minimal prep—perfect for everyday baking.Cristina (Cristina's Kitchen)
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Brazil Levy Rate, Copper Tariff Begins in Aug. 1st, More
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If Trump wants Gaza ceasefire, he must pressure Netanyahu, experts say
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If Trump wants Gaza ceasefire, he must pressure Netanyahu, experts say
Analysts say Trump’s call for ceasefire is incomplete without using US leverage to push Israel to conclude negotiations.Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)
Yaccarino’s own output on X often reflected the more congenial side of the platform and contained earnest retweets of celebrity birthdays or events.
the everliving fuck is an earnest retweet? does that come with algorithmic flourishes or what?
(you better not fucking boost this unless it’s a goddamn earnest boost, you fuckers.)
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Linda Yaccarino stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X
Yaccarino announces she is leaving company after two years as chief executive officerBlake Montgomery (The Guardian)
Das Geschwätz des Friedrich Merz (Bundeskanzler)
Grausam. Der #Politikwechsel hat begonnen. „Wir wollen allen Menschen in Deutschland den Mut und die Zuversicht vermitteln, dass es sich lohnt, in unserem Land zu arbeiten, dass es Freude macht, in Deutschland zu leben, und dass wir vor allem das gro…Danisch.de
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From Algeria to Palestine: The Long, Hard Road to Freedom
Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris On July 5, 2025, Algeria and its people commemorated the sixty-third anniversary of regaining their sovereignty after 132 years of French colonization. The day p…INTERNATIONALIST 360°
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Menschenwürde erst ab Geburt, Kinder als CO2-Bomben, bereute Mutterschaften: Geborenes Leben, sofern nativ-deutsch, hat in diesem Land mittlerweile einen fast ebenso minderen Stellenwert wie ungeborenes Leben. von Olli Garch Aus einst christliche Werte verkörpernden Parteien sind gnadenlose linke
Todeskult eines sterbenden Volkes
Geborenes Leben, hat in Deutschland mittlerweile einen ebenso minderen Stellenwert wie ungeborenes Leben.Redaktion (anonymousnews.org – Nachrichten unzensiert)
Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions?
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Phrase origin: Why do we “call” functions?
On StackExchange, someone asks why programmers talk about “calling” a function. Several possible allusions spring to mind: Calling a function is like calling on a friend — we go, we stay a while, we come back.Arthur O’Dwyer
Statically checking Python dicts for completeness
A Pythonic way to ensure that your statically-defined dicts are complete, with full source code.
Texas to consider redistricting congressional map in special session
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Driver's license numbers, addresses leaked in 2024 bitcoin ATM company breach
Bitcoin Depot, which operates cryptocurrency ATMs across North America, says information belonging to more than 26,000 people was breached in an incident last year.Jonathan Greig (The Record)
"In molti casi, per garantire le ferie estive e le eventuali assenze per malattie brevi, i turnisti devono fare doppie notti, saltare i riposi e allungare i turni di lavoro fino a 12 ore al luccaindiretta.it/in-sociale/2…
NurSind: "Situazione insostenibile nei reparti ospedalieri e nei servizi territoriali di Lucca, Valle del Serchio e Versilia" - LuccaInDiretta
"In molti casi, per garantire le ferie estive e le eventuali assenze per malattie brevi, i turnisti devono fare doppie notti, saltare i riposi e allungare i turni di lavoro fino a 12 ore al giorno"LuccainDiretta
Der Beitrag CDU blamiert sich mit Selbstbeweihräucherung erschien zuerst auf reitschuster.de. #news #press
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Puppa (Pd): “La candidatura di Giani non può essere messa in discussione: non verrebbe capito”
L'appello del consigliere dem: "Corretti i percorsi all'interno del partito regionale, ma mancano di sincronia"
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Trump says the president of Liberia, where English is the official language, speaks 'such good English'
During a meeting with the leaders of several African nations at the White House, President Donald Trump took a pause Wednesday to compliment Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English.“Well, thank you,” Trump said after Boakai spoke.Alexandra Marquez (NBC News)
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Nominal, which develops AI agents for ERP systems to automate tasks for finance teams, raised a $20M Series A led by Next47, bringing its total funding to ~$30M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
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Ex-Cognigo founders raise $20M Series A to bring AI automation to CFOs | Ctech
Nominal’s agentic platform promises to cut thousands of hours of manual accounting work.Meir Orbach (ctech)
The post „Ja“: Friedrich Merz erklärt, Brosius-Gersdorf wählen zu wollen appeared first on Apollo News. #news #press
„Ja“: Friedrich Merz erklärt, Brosius-Gersdorf wählen zu wollen - Apollo News
Bundeskanzler Merz hat erklärt, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf am Freitag zur Verfassungsrichterin wählen zu wollen. „Ganz einfache Antwort: Ja“, antwortete Merz auf Nachfrage der AfD-Abgeordneten von Storch.Redaktion (Apollo News)
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BOK Stands Pat on Rate as Housing Rally, Tariff Risks Take Focus
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Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an ICE field office in Washington state.Mikael Thalen (Straight Arrow News)
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#Dragonfly Table (Guéridon Libellules)
model designed 1897, table created c. 1898-1902
Mahogany, rosewood, fruitwood, mother-of-pearl
On display at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
“Here, 3 massive dragonflies, a favorite motif of #ArtNouveau artists, serve as supports for the table. The tabletop features a lake scene, with a dragonfly perched on a plant in the foreground.”
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Rubio to Meet Russia’s Lavrov as US Sends More Arms to Ukraine
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Amid White House pomp, Netanyahu seeks to resume war and displace Gazans after a partial cease-fire deal
Netanyahu refuses to end the war, even as IDF soldiers die in Gaza while he dines at the White House. He is willing to secure a deal to release only half the hostages, alongside plans to expel Gaza residents to the destroyed Rafah area or out of Gaza…Amos Harel (Haaretz)
Defesa de Filipe Martins afirma que fraude em registro nos EUA já tem responsável identificado - Paulo Figueiredo
Advogado aponta participação de autoridades brasileiras na falsificação de dados usados contra ex-assessor de Jair Bolsonaro O advogado Jeffrey Chiquini, que assumiu recentemente a defesa de Filipe Martins, afirmou nesta terça-feira, 8, que as autori…Suhely Bueno (Paulo Figueiredo)
This is a series of stories based on a famous real-life judge in China during the Song dynasty. It was written centuries ago, and one of the defining memories of my childhood is my dad giving me these very books to read. It has pictures but also Chinese and English writing. Rereading them and am amused by the fact that as a kid, I was reading about tortures, poisonings and how every story's "happy" ending ends with a decapitation of a bad guy. We Chinese kids have quite a morbid and grim diet for bedtime stories, looks like 😅
In that sense, I think we have something in common with the Germans 🤣
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• 2016: Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal…
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FEMA chief’s swaggering bravado hasn’t been seen during flooding disaster in Texas
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After deadly Texas floods, where is FEMA?
After deadly flash floods in Texas we should have expected FEMA to be highly visible and active, but why when President Trump wants to shutter the agency?Jarvis DeBerry (MSNBC)
I've been working on my first self published novel as part of a book series penned by ten different authors.
I usually work on my books, on and off, over several years. But this project has a tight deadline. So, very quickly, I changed aspects of one character as she was originally coming across too bitter. I switched to multi-person first person POV (from 3rd person limited) when about two-thirds was written (I didn't feel the connection between character and reader was strong enough). And I've already done about five edits on this thing.
Yesterday I completed edit number six, doing my usual thing of changing the font (this time to one no one would print a book in), and both deleted and added text. I know this story so well, I also caught some behavioural differences in a couple of the characters. They're now fixed.
I'm reading the last two chapters this morning (the ones that have seen the least edits) before I send this off to my designated beta readers.
My obsession with this has kicked it into shape sooner than I imagined. There are a couple of last minute characters who need further development in my next (and final) rewrites before it's off to the editor.
So, just as Halloween approaches, watch out for this year's instalment of the Haunted Hearts Series of MM Horror/Romance novels. The covers have all been done and they look fab.
BTW, the image in this graphic is not the cover. Cover reveals will come soon.
#MM #MMRomance #wizard #warlock #books #writing #writinglife #amwriting #amwritingfiction #thehauntedheartsseries #hauntedhearts #fantasy #urbanfantasy #magicrealism #author #authorlife
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I doubt it as I would have to wear the costs. But I do have two audiobooks released through my publisher.
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I thought Edwin Collins was a one hit wonder.
Turns out, he is one of the most influential post-punk artists of all time. And the 2000s New York garage rock scene owes him a debt. He’s the godfather of the alternative to the alternative.
Pssst. Jerome Powell is NOT the problem.
GOP senators start turning against Powell
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Great article about masking and still coviding in this ongoing pandemic and polycrisis.
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Trump Reacts to Odd Sunbathing Assassination Threat From Iranian Official
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Trump Reacts to Odd Sunbathing Assassination Threat From Iranian Official
An Iranian official warned Wednesday that “Trump can no longer sunbathe” because a small drone might strike him “in the navel.”Erkki Forster (The Daily Beast)
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in reply to fattyfoods • • •You can help
I flashed a $10 orbic to take to local protests.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
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in reply to egrets • • •At the moment, about all you can do is let others know and submit the log to EFF so they can better understand how these stingrays are being used.
Or I guess if you're feeling froggy; look around for a van/trailer with suspicious antenna(s).
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in reply to fattyfoods • • •Well I see a problem there. It doesn’t specify the cause of the danger or the reason the person is in danger in the first place.
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in reply to plz1 • • •I assume it's the same as the Internet (or more specifically HTTP): It wasn't designed with security in mind.
Unlike HTTP, for some reason it wasn't included in a new specification, though. My guess is that's because of the more centralized nature of cellular networks. The barrier for entry is a lot higher as well so there are few but big players who have little incentive to improve over the bare minimum.
IIRC encryption was initially proposed to be part of 5G but got shot down in the process.
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in reply to einkorn • • •Wait, 5G isn't encrypted? I think it does have some protections still. I mean, not that it would matter to me, they only use NR-NSA in my country so it isn't even full 5G with all its advantages.
At the risk of sounding like an AI-generated ad, I use an app called Privacy Cell on Fdroid, that confirmed there is no true 5G anywhere in my country. I just wish there was a way to differentiate between the two versions of 5G natively, kinda like 4G-LTE showing up as LTE instead of just 4G.
mkwt
in reply to theshatterstone54 • • •Encrypted data channels can still be vulnerable to man in the middle attacks. Like when you connect to an unknown host with SSH, and the client pops up a big warning.
In this case, ICE or whomever sets up a "valid" cell tower that your phone connects to, and they (law enforcement) route your packets onto the rest of the Internet. They can decrypt the 5G data, and see all of the IP headers. They can't necessarily read the TLS traffic, such as https. But most important of all, they can log all of the IMEIs that connect, which effectively gives them a database of all of the protestors.
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in reply to plz1 • • •I believe it's because they assume it's not necessary because it was until now
places) wireless band allocation before you could deploy anything
... so I imagine there was no authentication because there was no practical threat beside few "fun" examples in CCC or DEF Con.
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in reply to utopiah • • •The use of Stingray by US law enforcement has been challenged on grounds that the law enforcement agencies have no spectrum license. Those challenges seem not to have found success.
On the other hand, prisons in the US have been stopped from operating cell phone jammers on prison grounds, on the same complaint of no spectrum license.
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in reply to plz1 • • •I don't know the specific methods, but 3G, 4G and 5G do authenticate bidirectionaly, just 2G doesn't, partially why Android now has "Disable 2G" toggle.
Also probably why they said they can downgrade you to 2G to intercept communication.
What's happening here is probably similar to anyone being able to send Wi-Fi deauthentification frame to your device to disconnect you. Unless you're using WPA3.
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in reply to fattyfoods • • •At protests you should not bring your smartphone but instead rely on anonymous drvices such as Meshtastic.
If you want to bring your smartphone to a protest, set Airplane mode and communicate with others through Bluetooth or WiFi networks using Briar or Bitchat
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in reply to Maeve • • •Not at the same scale as mobile traffic
Bluetooth by definition doesn’t go much past 10-20 meters
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in reply to tired_n_bored • • •It's amazing how many times I saw this knowledge being spread, together with thousands of umbrellas and hard hats during the Hong Kong riots from day one with "Hong Kong, add oil" as their first slogan combined with very mild mannered arguments (we don't know if it could lead to more serious things) against the extradition law which was supposed to affect maybe half a dozen people per decade, all serious criminals. A law almost every country has on earth that the US used against the daughter of the owner of one of the largest companies in the world, for the flimsiest of reasons, in contrast to the walled-off-to-arrest-one-particular-teen-girl-axe-murderer-to-be-shipped-to-Taiwan-law Hong Kong tried to implement.
How many people have been affected by the Alien Enemies Act again?
And how did the ~~The protests were call "No kings" remember that? Remember that it was called NO KINGS "Unbiased. Straight. Facts" SAN? Do you remember that? No? Okay, well...~~ "anti-ICE" ~~it is~~ protests go?
Because apart from the shocker that you were being surveilled, I think the protests needed a little bit less "Zero demands, not one more" chants and a little more 'We demand and protest until we win and get what we want' kind of thing.
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in reply to tired_n_bored • • •Meshtastic with 3 jumps would be stretching for actual communication. Plus Bluetooth is even worse for security. Direct connection might be a better way to use the device.
I've had meshtastic for about 2 ish years now and its still being worked on.
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in reply to mesa • • •What is unsafe about cell communication is that there is virtually no way to prevent being tracked. Bluetooth is not necessarily more secure but has several advantages:
1) Its Mac address can be easily changed. With a fake Mac address it's more difficult to track someone down, albeit it needs some "technical skills" (going in the developer settings)
2) With these apps communication is encrypted by default unlike cell tower communication
3) The range is limited. If police listens over Bluetooth they'll be able to track less people down
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in reply to fattyfoods • • •This is exactly why I was railing against some of the earlier protests which featured politicians openly asking protestors to take out their phones and send texts to opt-in for fundraisers. Besides all the obvious bullshit, it put those protestors who didn't know better at serious risk.
Thankfully, I haven't seen too much of that at the protests I've been to recently, but this is a good reminder that we have to keep educating people to leave their phone at home.
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