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#ScribesAndMakers 30 Oct: How do you feel about conceptual art?

It is art and I am totally okay with it. If it works for me, I will recommend it to someone else.




Filings: business services giant Conduent, which was spun off from Xerox in 2017, confirms that a 2024 data breach has impacted over 10.5M people (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…
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Robię upgrade pmOSa na pinephonie. Poprzednio mi się popsuł tak, że nie potrafiłam naprawić. Teraz nie miałam żadnych dziwadeł więc może będzie lepiej.
I przy okazji odkryłam, że klawiaturka bow na bt działa dużo lepiej, niż ostatnio, czyli wtedy gdy jej potrzebowałam, bo nie miałam laptopa. I to lepsze działanie widać na każdym pine-cosiu, no ale teraz mam laptopa...

O, i tak długo się zastanawiałam pisząc tego tootka, że mi się skończył upgrade robić...
I się znowu zjebał...🤦‍♀️




Funky Cafè Noir


14 novembre 2025 22:00:00 CET - GMT+1 - Cafè Noir, 01100, Viterbo, Italy
Nov 14
Funky Cafè Noir
Ven 22:00 - 23:59
📅 Elisabetta Fratoni Jazz Quartet

Dalle note Funky al Jazz riarrangiato al nostro stile.

Piano, basso, tromba, batteria e voce.

Sul progetto musicale


"Jazzy!" è un viaggio attraverso una galleria di composizioni originali e reinterpretazioni audaci, dove la solida base del jazz si fonde con ritmi irresistibilmente funky.

Ma non pensate che sia tutto ritmo e beat: troverete anche momenti di malinconia e riflessione in brani come Sassi dove l'abilità tecnica del gruppo e la sensibilità di Elisabetta si fanno sentire al massimo.

I componenti del quartetto:


Elisabetta Fratoni (🎤 voce e 🎸 basso) – Cantante dalla voce calda e bassista versatile, Elisabetta incanta con il suo talento e la capacità di creare atmosfere uniche.

Sandro Santilli (🎺 tromba) – Trombettista dal suono pulito ed espressivo, Sandro arricchisce il quartetto con una presenza musicale genuina e misurata.

Luciano Tellico (🎹 pianoforte) – Pianista dal tocco elegante, Luciano accompagna il quartetto con armonie raffinate e una grande sensibilità artistica.

Fabio Ruggieri (🥁 batteria) – Batterista preciso e creativo, Fabio dà ritmo e dinamismo a ogni performance, valorizzando ogni brano con il giusto groove

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Coppa Toscana Prima e Seconda, si completa il quadro del secondo turno
Avanti, fra le lucchesi Ghivizzano e New Team, già protagoniste in campionato: vittorie nel derby con A.Castiglione e Borgo a Mozzano

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A paragraph I never in a million years would have ever expected to read in a legitimate news source. (And yes, I do consider @404mediaco a very good news source - better than the tech desks at every mainstream newspaper combined...)

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Perplexed by all this, I reached out to Cuomo’s campaign for an explanation. I wanted a response to the ad and to get his thoughts on AI-generated political content. More importantly, I needed to know their opinion on the pregnancy. “Does that bill look pregnant to you?” I asked. “I think it looks pregnant, but my editors are split. I would love for the Campaign to weigh in.” Out of journalist due diligence, I also reached out to Mamdani’s press office. Neither campaign has responded to my request for it to weigh in on the pregnancy of the AI-generated cartoon bill.



Andrew Cuomo Uses AI MPREG Schoolhouse Rock Bill to Attack Mamdani, Is Out of Ideas


I am haunted by a pregnant bill in Andrew Cuomo’s new AI-generated attack ad against Zohran Mamdani.

Cuomo posted the ad on his X account that riffed on the famous Schoolhouse Rock! song “I’m just a bill.” In Cuomo’s AI-generated cartoon nightmare, Zohran Mamdani lights money on fire while a phone bearing the ChatGPT logo explains, apparently, that Mamdani is not qualified.

The ad bears all the hallmarks of the sloppiest of AI trash: weird artifacting, strange voices that don’t sync with the mouths talking, and inconsistent animation. It feels both surreal and of the moment and completely ancient.

🎶“I’m Just A Shill” (FT. Zohran) pic.twitter.com/ga3JxnYO7B
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) October 30, 2025


And then there’s the pregnant bill.

The Schoolhouse Rock! Bill is an iconic cartoon character that has been parodied by everyone from The Simpsons to Saturday Night Live. There are thousands, perhaps millions, of pictures of the cartoon bill online, all available to be gobbled up by scrapers and turned into training data for AI.

For some reason, the bill in Cuomo’s ad has thick red lips (notably absent in the original) and appears to be pregnant. Adding to the discordant AI jank of the image, the pregnancy is only visible when the bill is standing up. Sometimes it’s leaning against the steps and in those shots it has the slim figure characteristic of its inspiration. But when the bill stands it looks positively inflated, almost as if the video generator used to make Cuomo’s ad was trained on MPREG fetish art of the bill and not the original cartoon itself. The thick and luscious red lips are present whether the bill is leaning or standing.

Towards the end of the ad, an anthropomorphic phone with a ChatGPT logo wanders into the scene. Standing next to the pregnant bill, I could not but help but think that the phone is the father of whatever child the bill carried.

My observation led to an argument in the 404 Media Slack channel and opinions were split. “It does not seem pregnant to me,” said Emanuel Maiberg.

Jason Koebler, however, came to my defense. He circled the pregnant belly of the cartoon bill and shared it. “Baby is stored in the circle area,” he said.

Perplexed by all this, I reached out to Cuomo’s campaign for an explanation. I wanted a response to the ad and to get his thoughts on AI-generated political content. More importantly, I needed to know their opinion on the pregnancy. “Does that bill look pregnant to you?” I asked. “I think it looks pregnant, but my editors are split. I would love for the Campaign to weigh in.” Out of journalist due diligence, I also reached out to Mamdani’s press office. Neither campaign has responded to my request for it to weigh in on the pregnancy of the AI-generated cartoon bill.

This is not the first time the Cuomo campaign has used AI. An ad in early October featured a deepfaked Cuomo working as a train operator, stock trader, and a stagehand. A week ago, the Cuomo campaign released a long, racist video depicting criminals endorsing Mamdani. Critics called the ad racist. The campaign deleted it shortly after it was posted and blamed the whole thing on a junior staffer.

It is worth noting that Cuomo's AI slop is being deployed most likely because the candidate has been utterly incapable of generating any authentic excitement about his campaign in New York City or on the internet, and he is facing a digitally native, younger candidate who just seems effortlessly Good At the Internet and Posting.

This is, unfortunately, how a lot of politics works in 2025. Desperate campaigns and desperate presidents are in a slop-fueled arms race to make the most ridiculous possible ads and social media content. It looks cheap, is cheap, and is the realm of politicians who are totally out of ideas, but increasingly it feels like slop is the dominant aesthetic of our time.




Russia, Reality, and the Bureaucratic Degeneration of the West journal-neo.su/2025/10/30/russ…




UN calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan's al-Fashir after mass killings
https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/30/un-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-sudans-al-fashir-after-mass-killings/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Project Nimbus is the ultimate end goal of imperialism from a tech perspective.

Google and Amazon's Israeli cloud contracts reportedly require them to sidestep legal orders

engadget.com/big-tech/google-a…

#Google #Amazon #Israel #Palestine #ProjectNimbus #Cloud #AI #Tech

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Automated Sociopathy by the brOligarch's Managerial Class. Proving a higher seat at the table of an unjust system, diversity among the ruling class is NOT progress; it is a bribe!

The CEO of Waymo is asked, " Will society accept a death potentially caused by a robot?"
She responds, "I think that society will."
#US #Culture #Capticalists #Economics #Politics #Ai #AutonomusVechicals
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La situazione in cui mio fratello grande mi scrive ex abrupto, senza nemmeno salutare (non è che ci sentiamo tutti i giorni) né un minimo di chiacchiera di cortesia,
unicamente per sapere se può appropriarsi di roba mia (che ho lasciato dai miei solamente perché attualmente vivo in 48 mq senza spazi di stoccaggio),

rappresenta per me un TRIGGER.

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🇷🇺📱Ruští operátoři blokují ověřovací SMS pro Telegram a WhatsApp

🔗 infoek.cz/rusti-operatori-blok…

🇷🇺 📱 Russian operators block verification SMS for Telegram and WhatsApp

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🇷🇺📱Российские операторы блокируют проверочные SMS для Telegram и WhatsApp

🔗 infoek-cz.translate.goog/rusti…

#Russia #TelegramBan #Telegram #WhatsApp #Censorship #tech



Ponte sullo Stretto, separazione delle carriere e tasse: la destra si è fermata a Berlusconi, editorialedomani.it/politica/i…, , Forza Italia ha celebrato l’approvazione della riforma con le foto di Berlusconi, la figlia Marina: «È la vittoria di mio padre». L’opera per collegare Calabria e Sicilia è un grande classico. Il ruolo di Ciucci e Lunardi è l’esempio del passato che è presente


Ring (1998)

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Selfie // nudity 💜

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I finished #TheWarOfTheWorlds last night. A good story and written in a very familiar manner for my sensibilities. What struck me was how familiar the geography described was, i.e. the boroughs of #London, particularly of the west and south west, with which I was familiar when i was at #ImperialCollege, which incidentally was also where Wells went too (although it was not called that then).

I also dusted off my #CD of #JeffWayne's musical version of the book and listened to it recently. It occurred to me how strange it was to pick 19th century work of #fiction for a #RockOpera. But, then again, why not? Great voice performance by #RichardBurton and contributions by musicians #DavidEssex and #PhilLynott, among others.

#Literature #Books #ScienceFiction #Music

in reply to Khurram Wadee

Excellent choice.. Love that double album.. It gets a regular play along with Alan Parsons "Tales of mystery and imagination"


smh.com.au/environment/climate…

Somehow or other having become a $billionaire selling a shit operating system makes him a climate scientist.

#EatTheBillionaires

in reply to Nearly Normal (=>÷)

@msbw He’s always been a terrible human being. He started a foundation with money he didn’t need to try and wash his reputation.

His ex-wife even spoke out about his dalliances with Jeffrey Epstein.

One of the worst people in history.

in reply to SouprMatt

Yes, he splashes his ill gotten gains around as though he was some sort of saint.

His 'foundation' is proof of how faulty the tax system is.

Charity is an admission of government failure.



Resources for #OccupiedCities: including #KYR Materials

Basic constitutional rights are under attack. We need to educate, agitate and organize quickly, deeply and strategically. This document is a shared resource for organizations and leaders who are stepping up to meet this moment.

GoogleDoc:
docs.google.com/document/d/17E…

#USPol #PosseComitatus #PosseComitatusAct #InsurrectionAct #KnowYourRights #OccupiedCities #SilencingDissent #NationalGuard #NationalGuardReactionForces #DHS #ICE



It is fucking shameful that Keir Starmer just told Labour MPs they could not vote against Farage’s bill aiming to remove the UK from the ECHR.
#ukpolitics
in reply to Rachel Lawson

That's what you get when you elect a 'Human Rights Lawyer' as Prime Minister.

#Hypocrite
#Corrupt
#Craven
#Starmer
#UKPol

(obviously, not all Human Rights lawyers)



Window shutters (if they exist at all) in the US are often non functional and decorative. But shutters are really useful!

The ones on our Airbnb in Roma were clearly regularly used - moved easily, no more dirty than I’d expect. People next door clearly opened and closed theirs each night as well.

So I was surprised when I reached out to close the ones in Firenze to block the morning light, only to discover that they were creaky, filthy, and almost no one nearby was using theirs either! 🤔

in reply to Jonobie

@Jonobie I guess in Firenze every flat nearby was an airbnb only used by tourists who don't have shutters at home?


Skeletal illustrations supposedly replicating a lost 15th-century manuscript by the wine and women–loving Zen monk Ikkyū. The lively images testify to their maker’s sardonic sense of humor: skeletons dancing, drumming, drinking sake, having sex... publicdomainreview.org/collect…



10 mil soldados ucranianos estão cercados em Pokrovsk e Kupiansk, anuncia a Rússia.
- bshpvo
horadopovo.com.br/10-mil-solda…
#Capa
#capa


“Viviamo in un mondo dove tutto è costruito per farci dormire. Lavori finché non muori, ti tengono buono con un po’ di intrattenimento, un po’ di cibo spazzatura e la convinzione che sei libero. Ma non lo sei. Loro controllano tutto: ciò che vedi, ciò che pensi, ciò che desideri. E tu sorridi, grato, mentre ti tolgono tutto.”

- Essi vivono (They Live, 1988)

#citazioni #film #cinema

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Tonight, as I type 60 #antifa have been kettled around the clocktower in #HerneBay by the police to stop over 100 fascists wanting to cause violence to them


LWDW #Linux fun this week!
😂💖🐧🐧🐧

Big magical D20, thank you @Mirppc 🤗,
Hands-on Orange Pi 6 Plus,
Ubuntu Certs: Canonical Academy 🎉,
Microsoft Recall for Linux,
Desktop sync for System76 COSMIC @system76 🚀,
Radxa Dragon Q6A SBC ✨

#SwitchtoLinux #FOSS
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En Nueva York está habiendo una campaña fuerte de resistencia contra una IA en forma de collar que promete ser "tu amigo".

Esta campaña está siendo desplegada en el metro de NY, y la gente está pintando cosas como "la ia no es tu amiga", "a la IA no le importas", "la conexión humana es importante"...

La idea es que te graba 24/7, a ti, y evidentemente a tu entorno.

Esto parte de que muchos adolescentes están utilizando la IA para contarles cosas personales, o consejos de salud mental...

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📊 Halloween Axes of Evil Warning.

👹 Don't let any of these cross your threshold.

Cartoon by Grant Snider:
incidentalcomics.com/2011/10/a…

#Halloween #Dataviz #Data



Mutual Aid! [225/600]

Big news: I finally landed a job! I’ll be starting on November 1st, which means my first paycheck won’t arrive until December. Until then, I have no other income -- the donations I receive here will be the only money I have to get by.

I’ve been scraping through ever since losing my last job two and a half months ago, and your support so far has genuinely kept me afloat. You’ve helped me make it this far -- and I’m endlessly grateful.

Now I just need to hang on a little longer. The future is finally looking up, but right now I still need a bit of help to bridge the gap. If you’re able to chip in -- even a few euros or dollars -- it makes a huge difference.

Every boost and donation helps me stay safe, fed, and stable until that first paycheck comes through. Thank you all so much for your kindness and support. Genuinely. You're all THE BEST.

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PayPal: radnow@tutanota.com

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest




🪷 New saints of #Antinous for 2025 were consecrated today during Zoom ceremonies with international worshipers commemorating the founding of #Antinoopolis by #Hadrian on 30 Oct 130 AD and the deification of #Antinoos. Names here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/202… Art: #AntoniusSubia 🪷



@economics_that_works
3 min

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Unpatched Bug Can Crash Chromium-Based Browsers in Seconds it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30…

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Una pila de tres rocas se encuentra sobre un montón de piedras cubiertas de musgo. La roca de arriba es más pequeña que las otras dos. La roca de arriba es de color marrón claro con una textura rugosa. Las dos rocas de abajo son más grandes y de color marrón oscuro, y también tienen una textura rugosa. En el fondo, hay un follaje verde brillante y ramas de árboles. El cielo es azul claro. La escena es iluminada por la luz del sol.

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La imagen muestra una estructura de concreto con una serie de arcos sobre un terreno rocoso y una costa al fondo. La estructura, aparentemente un acueducto o puente, tiene varios arcos de tamaño similar, conectados por una sección superior de concreto. El terreno debajo de la estructura es irregular y está cubierto de roca y vegetación, con un color predominante entre el marrón y el gris. En la distancia se puede ver una costa accidentada y el mar azul oscuro. El cielo es de un color grisáceo uniforme. La imagen está tomada desde una perspectiva ligeramente elevada, que proporciona una vista general de la estructura y su entorno.

La imagen es una vista aérea de un terraplén con un canal de agua. La parte inferior de la imagen muestra un canal de agua que serpentea a través de un paisaje rocoso y cubierto de hierba. El canal está parcialmente rodeado de vegetación. En el centro de la imagen hay una estructura de hormigón curva que forma una presa. En la parte superior de la imagen, la tierra sube en una pendiente empinada cubierta de hierba seca y rocas. En la parte superior derecha de la imagen, hay una pequeña casa de piedra. El cielo azul está visible sobre el terreno. La luz del sol está presente.

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the most reliable donor and voting blocks are those whose industries and lifestyles cannot exist without subsidy.

the crony predators conjure them into existence, hook them on largesse, then use them to accumulate treasure and power.

here’s the perspective shift one needs to understand this:

from the politician’s viewpoint, the fact that none of these people or industries are self-sustaining is a feature, not a bug.

if your existence is predicated upon them and impossible without them, you are bound to them.


#politics #economics




It's been a while since I iconically posted that you should invite me into your comics podcast, but you should invite me into your comics podcast


*Fratello, inviandomi la foto di roba mia rimasta a casa dei miei, probabilmente con l'intenzione di appropriarsene*

- È tuo questo?

Ciao fratello, sì, tutto bene, grazie. Dimmi pure.



Boh, Slow Horses S5 è un po' sciacquatura di piatti, ma oggi sono talmente poco ispirato per fare cose creative che credo farò il consumatore di contenuti.

O magari contiunuo a leggere l'autobio di Gabo Marquez.

Who knows, potrei anche lavarmi i denti e dormire diretto...



Kristi Noem openly denies indisputable fact: 'No US citizen has been arrested or detained' - Raw Story

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