Storm forces Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona port
https://www.euronews.com/2025/09/01/storm-forces-gaza-aid-flotilla-back-to-barcelona-port?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Storm forces Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona port
Organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla have described it as the largest attempt so far to break the Israeli sea blockade of the Palestinian territory.Gavin Blackburn (Euronews.com)
Merz eröffnet den Herbst des Streits: Wer die Schwächsten ins Visier nimmt, regiert nicht für alle – sondern spaltet das Land.
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This weekend I will be at #Connichi !💖
Find me at T17 in the Artist Alley.
I will have new merch, including my brand new carabiners and the summer prints with me! 🤩
AI web crawlers are destroying websites in their never-ending hunger for any and all content
theregister.com/2025/08/29/ai_…
Yes, of course, we can try to fend them off with logins, paywalls, CAPTCHA challenges, and sophisticated anti-bot technologies. You know one thing AI is good at? It's getting around those walls.
As for robots.txt files, the old-school way of blocking crawlers? Many – most? – AI crawlers simply ignore them.
AI web crawlers are destroying websites in their never-ending hunger for any and all content
Opinion: But the cure may ruin the web....Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The Register)
Incidente sul Brennero, atterra l’eliambulanza
Il giovane, 32 anni, ha battuto violentemente la testa
🆕 blog! “A little oddity in the way curl deals with old dates”
For boring technical reasons, computers think the world began on 1st of January 1970. To keep track of the future, they count the number of seconds since that momentous date. So zero seconds represents midnight on that day.
So how do computers deal with dates before The Beatles' Abbey Road was …
👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/a-lit…
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#bug #curl #linux #time
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At the risk of starting discourse, let me be clear about what I personally mean when I say that ATproto is centralized:
• If the bsky.app domain goes down or is blocked, approximately 99.9% of the ATproto network goes down.
• I personally have no way of using ATproto that doesn't depend on self-hosting or relying on bsky.app. (This one might not hold if I had an invite link.)
• ATproto is not under open governance. Bsky PBLLC has promised to donate it to IETF, but that has not happened IIUC.
The Mississippi block is a bit different, because they've done it only on the client level, so using a different client works around that.
But yeah, if all their PDSes and their AppView disappeared, then we'd basically be left with the self-hosters scrambling to put up something AppView-shaped to at least talk between each other and then build up from there.
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“No fault evictions” soar under UK Labour government stuffed with landlords - World Socialist Web Site
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“No fault evictions” soar under UK Labour government stuffed with landlords
Labour was elected on the manifesto pledge: “We will immediately abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, prevent private renters being exploited and discriminated against, empower them to challenge unreasonable rent increases.”World Socialist Web Site
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Power Hits Estate 2025, Lorenzo Suraci racconta la nona edizione
https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/video/2025/09/01/power-hits-estate-2025-lorenzo-suraci-racconta-la-nona-edizione-1032943?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Spettacolo @spettacolo-SkyTG24
Power Hits Estate 2025, Lorenzo Suraci racconta la nona edizione
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Power Hits Estate 2025, Lorenzo Suraci racconta la nona edizioneRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
Harry Potter, addio al Back to Hogwarts Day in stazione a Londra
https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2025/09/01/harry-potter-back-to-hogwarts-day?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Harry Potter, addio al Back to Hogwarts Day per disagi in stazione a Londra: sarà online
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Harry Potter, addio al Back to Hogwarts Day per disagi in stazione a Londra: sarà onlineCamilla Sernagiotto (Sky TG24)
Cosa sono e quando iniziano i "Second Chance Deal Days" di Amazon
https://www.agi.it/economia/news/2025-09-01/amazon-second-chance-deal-days-cosa-sono-sconti-32958035/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Economia @economia-Agenzia_Italia
Stakhanov, 90 anni fa il record che ne fece un mito
https://www.agi.it/cultura/news/2025-09-01/anniversario-stakhanov-lavoratore-trasformato-in-mito-32958075/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Spettacolo e Cultura @spettacolo-e-cultura-Agenzia_Italia
L’intelligenza artificiale a servizio della genetica. Arriva l’AI per decifrare il Dna
[quote]ROMA – L’intelligenza artificiale a servizio della genetica è già realtà e prova ora a raggiungere nuovi traguardi. A farlo è l’azienda statunitense Deepmind che già nel 2020 aveva sfruttato…
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I've never seen that one. It's beautiful. Among what I got today were more ordinary like these.
Pernille for 3 uger siden:
“Aj mand, nu skal jeg holde fast i den fantastisk afslappethed vi har opnået i ferien og ikke starte for mange projekter op. Det må vi hjælpe hinanden med”.
Mand for 3 uger siden:
“Uhm det siger du nu, men…”
Pernille nu: “Aj hvor fedt, jeg skal da have kolleger til havevandring, starte ny vane med søndagsmorgenbadning med nabo, lære at sy en særk (og kjolen som passer til sgu), plante de frugttræer jeg mangler, tage stiklinger af alt, aldrig sige nej til fede nye brainstorming ideer på arbejde” .
🤯 hvornår har vi ferie igen?
Det har du ikke råd til, primært pga. prisen på at sende chokoladen.
Gør også svartiden på api’et lidt langsomt.
#DogsOfMastodon #MonDog
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Today is house meeting day for us at DMI as we find out where the state's budget cuts will land and who will be affected (i.e. made redundant).
Coincidentally, one of our #Ukraine #AntarcticScience centre colleagues has just sent us a draft deliverable report to review.
They apologise for lack of polish (it's actually really good! And very interesting science looking at climate change impacts in Antarctica) and they appended this photo of their apartment block after a visit by a Russian drone last week.
And suddenly, Danish state budget cuts seem much less worse...
And now I am going to find someone to swear at.
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China–Türkiye Leaders Pledge Deeper Ties at SCO Summit | The Daily CPEC
Xi Jinping and Erdoğan met in Tianjin, pledging stronger China–Türkiye ties through Belt and Road, trade, and multilateral cooperation.News Desk (The Daily Cpec)
New post! C’era poi una terza corrente che faceva riferimento al pensatore Julius Evola Read more here collasgarba.wordpress.com/2025…
C’era poi una terza corrente che faceva riferimento al pensatore Julius Evola Non è possibile utilizzare la categoria di destra nell’Italia del secondo dopoguerra senza fare i conti con «“l’invasione” del concetto di destra da parte del fascismo» <1. È quella che è stata
Tyler Denk, CEO of beehiiv: Substack just killed the creator economy
Good for them:
I wish the Tunisian people well: they've had better-quality democracy, enough to taste their real rights, & hope they take all the wisdoms/insights of Ghandi, & Nelson Mandela, & systematically force the earning of their civil-rights..
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GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA: PARTITE LE PRIME BARCHE. ALTRE SE NE AGGIUNGERANNO GIOVEDÌ DA CATANIA
Domenica 31 agosto sono partite, da Genova e da Barcellona, le prime imbarcazioni della Global Sumud Flotilla con l’obiettivo di rompere l’assedio su Gaza e portare aiuti. L'intervento ai microfoni...Radio Onda d`Urto
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criirad.org/03-08-2025-mediapa…
"« L’ancien directeur du laboratoire de la Commission de recherche et d’information indépendantes sur la radioactivité (Criirad) publie un livre foisonnant et […]"
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Watching season 1 of The White Lotus. Greg is a stone cold legend.
"Come here, crazy. You're not really cuckoo."
#TV #comedy #drama #TheWhiteLotus
Donnarumma al City, Juventus con Openda. Rabiot-Milan: ore calde prima del gong
[quote]MILANO – A poche ore dal gong finale che chiuderà la sessione estiva di calciomercato, previsto alle 20:00, le squadre della serie A sono alla ricerca degli ultimi tasselli per…
L'articolo Donnarumma al City, Juventus con Openda. Rabiot-Milan: ore calde prima del gong su
I've been working with content and data since the mid-1990s. Most techies see data as bit and bytes. All of it is good. Even if it's badly written, out of data, plain wrong--or whatever. The more data, the better. Don't delete the data because you never know. We can never have enough data.
From this culture comes the crappy AI that we know. Feed it enough data and because of the sheer quantity, intelligence will flow. It's Cult of Volume. A high art of stupidity. Smartest guys in the room?
Australia’s government trial of age‑assurance tech to keep under‑16s off social media says social media age checks can be done, despite errors and privacy risks
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36686657
Main Report.::: spoiler 12 Key Findings
1. Age assurance can be done in Australia privately, efficiently and effectively: Age assurance can be done in Australia – our analysis of age assurance systems in the context of Australia demonstrates how they can be private, robust and effective. There is a plethora of choice available for providers of age-restricted goods, content, services, venues or spaces to select the most appropriate systems for their use case with reference to emerging international standards for age assurance.
2. No substantial technological limitations preventing its implementation to meet policy goals: Our evaluation did not reveal any substantial technological limitations that would prevent age assurance systems being used in response to age-related eligibility requirements established by policy makers. We identified careful, critical thinking by providers on the development and deployment of age assurance systems, considering efficacy, privacy, data and security concerns. Some systems were easier for initial implementation and use than others, but the systems of all technology providers with a technology readiness level (TRL) 7 or above were eventually capable of integration to a user journey.
3. Provider claims have been independently validated
against the project’s evaluation criteria: We found that the practice statements provided by age assurance providers with a TRL of 7 or above fairly reflected the technological capabilities of their products, processes or services (to the extent applicable to the Trial’s evaluation criteria). Some of the practice statements provided have needed to be clarified or developed during the course of the Trial, but we observed that they offer a useful option for transparency of the capabilities of the available age assurance systems. Those with a TRL below 7 will need further analysis when their systems mature.
4. A wide range of approaches exist, but there is no one-size-fits-all solution for all contexts: We found a plethora of approaches that fit different use cases in different ways, but we did not find a single ubiquitous solution that would suit all use cases, nor did we find solutions that were guaranteed to be effective in all deployments. The range of possibilities across the Trial participants demonstrate a rich and rapidly evolving range of services which can be tailored and effective depending on each specified context of use.
5. We found a dynamic, innovative and evolving age assurance service sector: We found a vibrant, creative and innovative age assurance service sector with both technologically advanced and deployed solutions and a pipeline of new technologies transitioning from research to minimum viable product to testing and deployment stages indicating an evolving choice and future opportunities for developers. We found private-sector investment and opportunities for growth within the age assurance services sector.
6. We found robust, appropriate and secure data handling practices: We found robust understanding of and internal policy decisions regarding the handling of personal information by Trial participants. The privacy policies and practice statements collated for the Trial demonstrate a strong commitment to privacy by design principles, with consideration of what data was to be collected, stored, shared and then disposed of. Separating age assurance services from those of relying parties was useful as Trial participants providing age assurance services more clearly only used data for the necessary and consented purpose of providing an age assurance result.
7. Systems performed broadly consistently across demographic groups, including Indigenous populations: The systems under test performed broadly consistently across demographic groups assessed and despite an acknowledged deficit in training age analysis systems with data about Indigenous populations, we found no substantial difference in the outcomes for First Nations and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other multi-cultural communities using the age assurance systems. We found some systems performed better than others, but overall variances across race did not deviate by more than recognised tolerances.
8. There is scope to enhance usability, risk management and system interoperability: We found opportunities for technological improvement including improving ease of use for the average person and enhancing the management of risk in age assurance systems. This could include through one-way blind access to verification of government documents, enabling connection to data holder services (like digital wallets) or improving the handling of a child’s digital footprint as examples.
9. Parental control tools can be effective but may constrain children’s digital participation and evolving autonomy: The Trial found that both parental control and consent systems can be done and can be effective, but they serve different purposes. Parental control systems are pre-configured and ongoing but may fail to adapt to the evolving capacities of children including potential risks to their digital privacy as they grow and mature, particularly through adolescence. Parental consent mechanisms prompt active engagement between children and their parents at key decision points, potentially supporting informed access.
10. Systems generally align with cybersecurity best practice, but vigilance is required: We found that the systems were generally secure and consistent with information security standards, with developers actively addressing known attack vectors including AI-generated spoofing and forgeries. However, the rapidly evolving threat environment means that these systems – while presently fairly robust – cannot be considered infallible. Ongoing monitoring and improvement will help maintain their effectiveness over time. Similarly, continued attention to privacy compliance will support long-term trust and accountability.
11. Unnecessary data retention may occur in apparent anticipation of future regulatory needs: We found some concerning evidence that in the absence of specific guidance, service providers were apparently over-anticipating the eventual needs of regulators about providing personal information for future investigations. Some providers were found to be building tools to enable regulators, law enforcement or Coroners to retrace the actions taken by individuals to verify their age which could lead to increased risk of privacy breaches due to unnecessary and disproportionate collection and retention of data.
12. Providers are aligning to emerging international standards around age assurance: The standards-based approach adopted by the Trial, including through the ISO/IEC 27566 Series [Note 1], the IEEE 2089.1 [Note 2] and the ISO/IEC 25000 [Note 3] series (the Product Quality Model) all provide a strong basis for the development of accreditation of conformity assessment and subsequent certification of individual age assurance providers in accordance with Australia’s standards and conformance infrastructure.
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Australia’s government trial of age‑assurance tech to keep under‑16s off social media says social media age checks can be done, despite errors and privacy risks
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36686657
Main Report.::: spoiler 12 Key Findings
1. Age assurance can be done in Australia privately, efficiently and effectively: Age assurance can be done in Australia – our analysis of age assurance systems in the context of Australia demonstrates how they can be private, robust and effective. There is a plethora of choice available for providers of age-restricted goods, content, services, venues or spaces to select the most appropriate systems for their use case with reference to emerging international standards for age assurance.
2. No substantial technological limitations preventing its implementation to meet policy goals: Our evaluation did not reveal any substantial technological limitations that would prevent age assurance systems being used in response to age-related eligibility requirements established by policy makers. We identified careful, critical thinking by providers on the development and deployment of age assurance systems, considering efficacy, privacy, data and security concerns. Some systems were easier for initial implementation and use than others, but the systems of all technology providers with a technology readiness level (TRL) 7 or above were eventually capable of integration to a user journey.
3. Provider claims have been independently validated
against the project’s evaluation criteria: We found that the practice statements provided by age assurance providers with a TRL of 7 or above fairly reflected the technological capabilities of their products, processes or services (to the extent applicable to the Trial’s evaluation criteria). Some of the practice statements provided have needed to be clarified or developed during the course of the Trial, but we observed that they offer a useful option for transparency of the capabilities of the available age assurance systems. Those with a TRL below 7 will need further analysis when their systems mature.
4. A wide range of approaches exist, but there is no one-size-fits-all solution for all contexts: We found a plethora of approaches that fit different use cases in different ways, but we did not find a single ubiquitous solution that would suit all use cases, nor did we find solutions that were guaranteed to be effective in all deployments. The range of possibilities across the Trial participants demonstrate a rich and rapidly evolving range of services which can be tailored and effective depending on each specified context of use.
5. We found a dynamic, innovative and evolving age assurance service sector: We found a vibrant, creative and innovative age assurance service sector with both technologically advanced and deployed solutions and a pipeline of new technologies transitioning from research to minimum viable product to testing and deployment stages indicating an evolving choice and future opportunities for developers. We found private-sector investment and opportunities for growth within the age assurance services sector.
6. We found robust, appropriate and secure data handling practices: We found robust understanding of and internal policy decisions regarding the handling of personal information by Trial participants. The privacy policies and practice statements collated for the Trial demonstrate a strong commitment to privacy by design principles, with consideration of what data was to be collected, stored, shared and then disposed of. Separating age assurance services from those of relying parties was useful as Trial participants providing age assurance services more clearly only used data for the necessary and consented purpose of providing an age assurance result.
7. Systems performed broadly consistently across demographic groups, including Indigenous populations: The systems under test performed broadly consistently across demographic groups assessed and despite an acknowledged deficit in training age analysis systems with data about Indigenous populations, we found no substantial difference in the outcomes for First Nations and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other multi-cultural communities using the age assurance systems. We found some systems performed better than others, but overall variances across race did not deviate by more than recognised tolerances.
8. There is scope to enhance usability, risk management and system interoperability: We found opportunities for technological improvement including improving ease of use for the average person and enhancing the management of risk in age assurance systems. This could include through one-way blind access to verification of government documents, enabling connection to data holder services (like digital wallets) or improving the handling of a child’s digital footprint as examples.
9. Parental control tools can be effective but may constrain children’s digital participation and evolving autonomy: The Trial found that both parental control and consent systems can be done and can be effective, but they serve different purposes. Parental control systems are pre-configured and ongoing but may fail to adapt to the evolving capacities of children including potential risks to their digital privacy as they grow and mature, particularly through adolescence. Parental consent mechanisms prompt active engagement between children and their parents at key decision points, potentially supporting informed access.
10. Systems generally align with cybersecurity best practice, but vigilance is required: We found that the systems were generally secure and consistent with information security standards, with developers actively addressing known attack vectors including AI-generated spoofing and forgeries. However, the rapidly evolving threat environment means that these systems – while presently fairly robust – cannot be considered infallible. Ongoing monitoring and improvement will help maintain their effectiveness over time. Similarly, continued attention to privacy compliance will support long-term trust and accountability.
11. Unnecessary data retention may occur in apparent anticipation of future regulatory needs: We found some concerning evidence that in the absence of specific guidance, service providers were apparently over-anticipating the eventual needs of regulators about providing personal information for future investigations. Some providers were found to be building tools to enable regulators, law enforcement or Coroners to retrace the actions taken by individuals to verify their age which could lead to increased risk of privacy breaches due to unnecessary and disproportionate collection and retention of data.
12. Providers are aligning to emerging international standards around age assurance: The standards-based approach adopted by the Trial, including through the ISO/IEC 27566 Series [Note 1], the IEEE 2089.1 [Note 2] and the ISO/IEC 25000 [Note 3] series (the Product Quality Model) all provide a strong basis for the development of accreditation of conformity assessment and subsequent certification of individual age assurance providers in accordance with Australia’s standards and conformance infrastructure.
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All'alba, il mare!
✍️Osservare il mare non mi stanca, anzi non mi basta mai, per questo poi fuggo, per non soffrire...
Il mare è un enigma, un'eterna danza tra onde, zampilli, gocce, e le sue innumerevoli creature... È un palcoscenico senza fine in cui si alternano e poi si intrecciano
i pensieri in fuga, le illusioni, le delusioni e si affidano i sogni per farne spettacoli!
Nel suo abbraccio materno e avvolgente ci si abbandona e lì che si annidano le paure di un cuore ferito, di un' anima in pena e di un corpo malato!
Così nella burrasca, tra onde che ci sovrastano, ci confondono, ritroviamo il nostro faro, la speranza, i ricordi passati, la nostra alba!
Nell'azzurro immenso, a volte condiviso col cielo, si intrecciano con voli di gabbiani,
gioie e dolori, perché
il mare ci accoglie, ci rinnova ci infonde speranza! Cosi le onde, come battiti di un cuore antico, nascondono segreti e attraverso le note del suo canto,
ci invitano a sognare, a perderci,
in questa immensità che ci rende finalmente liberi e leggeri.
(By Marty)
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#RSF and #Avaaz launch international media operation: “At the rate #journalists are being killed in #Gaza by the #Israeli #army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”
Hundreds of media outlets, brought together by the campaigning platform Avaaz and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are waging a campaign calling for the protection of #Palestinian #journalists in Gaza, the emergency evacuation of reporters seeking to leave the Strip, an end to impunity for Israeli crimes against Gaza’s reporters and that foreign press be granted independent access to the territory.
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#PressFreedom #Journalismisnotacrime
RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”
Hundreds of media outlets, brought together by the campaigning platform Avaaz and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are waging a campaign calling for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the emergency evacuation of reporters seeking to l…rsf.org
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