New Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Chat Bot Your Tongue? @benwhitelaw.bsky.social spend most of the episode talking about a variety of stories regarding AI chatbots... podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...
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Chat Bot Your Tongue? - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats (Financial Times)Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conv...Buzzsprout
Gemini North image of Arp 78, also known as NGC 772.
One of NGC 772’s spiral arms is particularly prominent. This is likely due to gravitational interactions with its companion galaxy NGC 770 (out of frame). The interactions left NGC 772's bottom arm elongated and asymmetrical.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
Source: noirlab.edu/public/images/noir…
#ArpGalaxy #Galaxy #Space #Astronony
Tainacan 1.0.0 – Um Software Livre Flexível e Poderoso para criação de Acervos Digitais em WordPress
Em outubro de 2014, tiveram início reuniões que firmaram a parceria entre o Ministério da Cultura e universidades federais brasileiras para desenvolver uma ferramenta capaz de apoiar a[...]Tainacan
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#Brandmauer #Vorpommern #CDUShitShow
Jahrelange Fehde: Merz geht auf Merkel zu
Sie waren lange verfeindet – jetzt sucht der künftige CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz ein neues Verhältnis zu Angela Merkel, wie er dem SPIEGEL sagte. Richtung AfD will er eine Brandmauer schaffen.Veit Medick (DER SPIEGEL)
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Analysis: "The Right in 2025 Sounds a Lot Like the Nazis in 1925"
Today’s far right may know it’s wrong to talk about a 'superior race', so it calls it a 'superior culture' instead.
"The modern right might not call for extermination camps", but neither did Hitler 100 years ago.
It is the Hitler "who wrote Mein Kampf in 1925 that has most in common with the modern right."
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#USPol #EuroPol #Racism #Press #WhiteSupremacy #palestine #Islamophobia #NeoNazism .
The Right in 2025 Sounds a Lot Like the Nazis in 1925
Today’s far right may know it’s wrong to talk about a “superior race,” so it just frames it as a “superior culture” instead.Alonso Gurmendi (Zeteo)
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「八丈島ではいまも避難生活を送る方がおられるほか500軒以上で断水が続く。氷をつくれず漁に出られない状況が続き、農業生産の多くを占める観葉植物も損害が大きく若い就農者が苦境に。最初の被災から3週間、早くも風化や見捨てられないかとの懸念を語られたことに胸が痛みました。支援はまだまだ途上。」 / X
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Chimps Can Revise Their Beliefs When Shown New Evidence, Study Finds
https://www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-revise-their-beliefs-when-shown-new-evidence-study-finds?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Chimps Can Revise Their Beliefs When Shown New Evidence, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert)
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tests are showing acid jazz levels at 50%
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Windows 11 is, well, shit. But, Windows is modular, and pretty much everything can be removed or modified with the right tools and knowhow.
Here's a 23 minute special showing how to un-enshittify Windows 11 from stock install to finish, using open source and/or completely free tools.
peertube.wtf/w/pqMrXFbzpJAS4r5…
EDIT: The tools links
Windows Debloater - github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloa…
Winaero Tweaker - winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/
OpenShell - github.com/Open-Shell/Open-She…
WindHawk - windhawk.net/
Activator - github.com/massgravel/Microsof…
StopUpdates - greatis.com/stopupdates10/
#enshittification #windows #microsoft #opensource
Winaero Tweaker
Winaero Tweaker is a free app for all versions of Windows that lets you adjust (i.e. tweak) hidden secret settings that Microsoft does not let you adjustSergey Tkachenko (Winaero)
Halloween è tutto da videogiocare. Cinque titoli indie per godersi la notte delle streghe pad in mano su console o al PC
https://startupitalia.eu/lifestyle/videogiochi-da-halloween/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Ischool @ischool-StartupItalia
Halloween è tutto da videogiocare. Cinque titoli indie per godersi la notte delle streghe pad in mano su console o al PC
Quali sono i cinque videogiochi indie da godersi ad Halloween? Ecco una nostra selezione per godersi un lungo week end di pauraAlessandro Di Stefano (StartupItalia)
APEC leaders to open summit after Trump and Xi agreed on steps to ease trade tensions
https://apnews.com/article/apec-south-korea-trump-xi-983929607a2099d204173b6dd8690935?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hoy me he visto ‘Mentes peligrosas’ (1995) con mi madre.
Tengo varios problemas con el género de películas profe-se-hace-con-clase-problemática, aparte de lo cansino por repetitivo que se me hace el tópico.
El principal es que su mensaje es profundamente individualista. Se da por hecho que el sistema (las instituciones educativas) va mal, y se ve con ojos negativos, pero la solución no es colectiva, sino individual: el/la profe-coraje es quien lo va a conseguir gracias a... su vocación.
El concepto de vocación tiene un origen religioso. Max Weber, en ‘Ética protestante y espíritu del capitalismo’, explica cómo este concepto se volcó en una ética del trabajo. Dicho simple: se nos dice que nos autorrealizaremos como seres humanos subordinando toda nuestra vida a nuestra “misión” laboral.
Y así ocurre en estas películas: profesores sin vida personal fuera del trabajo, que hasta ponen de su propio dinero —¡y esto se representa como una virtud!— para compensar la falta de recursos en las escuelas. Sacrificando todo por “vocación” se hacen dignos de la admiración del espectador y, supuestamente, de los alumnos, que por primera vez se sienten tenidos en cuenta.
En estas películas, los profesores protagonistas no se sindican, su “lucha” se limita a sacar adelante a *su* grupo de alumnos. Aparentemente, todos los demás profesores son incompetentes, autoritarios o apáticos. No parece que existan asociaciones de profesores que se forman y se organizan colectivamente para construir estrategias juntos.
Este es el modelo ideal de profesor: el que se deja la piel y es más admirable cuanto más ascético sea —no se queja de sus condiciones laborales o su salario, sacrifica su vida y recursos personales en pos de su trabajo—.
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The text superimposed on the image reads: “US citizen, 67, ‘has ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents after being dragged out of car while driving home.”
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@ginaintheburg A photograph shows a scene on a residential street, with several people surrounding a dark-colored sedan. Three individuals wearing camouflage and tactical gear next to the open driver's side door are kneeling on the back of a man who is lying face down, as is clearly evident from the direction his feet are sticking out, obviously cuffing him. Another person, wearing a blue plaid shirt and khaki pants, stands nearby watching the scene.
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Multiple economic indicators in Xinjiang are among the fastest-rising in all of China. In 2024, its GDP surpassed 2 trillion yuan for the first time. Significant progress has also been made in high-level opening up, infrastructure, people's livelihood and well-being, cultural heritage protection and the battle against desertification.
news.cgtn.com/news/2025-09-19/…
Graphics: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's all-round development in 70 years
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has seen historic achievements in all undertakings since its establishment in 1955 and has brought huge benefits for people of all ethnic groups.CGTN
The culprit has been found: the former mayor of Odessa has come under suspicion after the city flooded.
The flooding situation in Odesa came as a real surprise to Gennady Trukhanov. According to him, after the city services' report, neither the Cabinet of Ministers nor the State Emergency Service voiced any concerns—everything seemed to be going accord…omyndar (Военное обозрение)
Genode-Powered Sculpt OS 25.10 Brings Performance Improvements & Better Drivers
The Genode operating system framework continues innovating over a decade and a half later on this original open-source OS creation and with that Sculpt OS as its general purpose OS. Out today is Sculpt OS 25.10 to incorporate the latest enhancements to the platform...
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The day after: the tasks of the left after Erhurman’s victory - DiEM25 Calendar
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L’economia si blocca. Pil a crescita zero. Il turismo non basta
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/10/31/news/pil_italia_zero_stagnazione_terzo_trimestre_turismo_non_basta-424949552/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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L’economia si blocca. Pil a crescita zero. Il turismo non basta
L’Istat fotografa un Paese in stagnazione nei mesi estivi. L’obiettivo massimo è chiudere l’anno con un +0,5%Valentina Conte (la Repubblica)
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,345
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/31/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1345?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,345
Here are the key events from day 1,345 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Al Jazeera
CNN asked Johnson why he wouldn’t consider moving money around to fund SNAP. He responded, “Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire government, Chuck Schumer and the radicals over there will continue to play games."
It's pretty clear who's playing games with people’s livelihoods. trib.al/2xXpjBZ
Mike Johnson Accidentally Lets Slip Why He Won’t Fund Food Stamps
Mike Johnson accidentally gave away his whole game.The New Republic
The International Criminal Court will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a open source alternative
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Die Office-Suite für die Öffentliche Verwaltung
openDesk bietet kollaborative Office-Anwendungen für die Öffentliche Verwaltung: Textverarbeitung, Chat, Dateifreigabe, Videokonferenzen und Projektmanagement.openDesk
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Minecraft HDL, an HDL for Redstone
Link: github.com/itsfrank/MinecraftH…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
GitHub - itsfrank/MinecraftHDL: A Verilog synthesis flow for Minecraft redstone circuits
A Verilog synthesis flow for Minecraft redstone circuits - itsfrank/MinecraftHDLGitHub
GrapheneOS is great and I recommend it all the time for Android users who are concerned about spying by governments and law enforcement.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/1…
Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking
Cellebrite can apparently extract data from most Pixel phones, unless they’re running GrapheneOS.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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@GrapheneOS
I‘m fully aware that you guys made a conscious and well thought-through decision with regard to the hardware, there was no criticism implied 😀.
Was just pointing out the irony 😅.
But fully appreciate what you guys are doing, it’s important in many many ways!
Thx for that, and also for the answer here 😀.
Cheers!
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POWER SHUT OFF in home with disabled adult and two small autistic children. we paid on time but they shut if off anyways and now there's a bunch of unexplained fees. please help! 🙇♀️ total $689.11
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#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest
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We partnered with @labornotes.bsky.social for a symposium on unions in the Trump era. What can unions do over the next few years to help stop the MAGA agenda and best position the labor movement for the future? All the stories in this symposium are at this link:prospect.org/2025/10/30/h...
How Can Unions Defend Worker P...
How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Under Trump 2.0?
A Labor Notes RoundtableLuis Feliz Leon (The American Prospect)
Magpie and Decorative Green Pattern 🌿🌿🌿
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Wildlife-inspired art to brighten your decor. Ideal for bird lovers and interior stylists and designers.
#magpie #bird #BirdArt #JanMatsonArt #australianwildlife #DecorativeArt #InteriorDesignArt #birds #artist #painting #BirdsOfMastodon #CreativeToots
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@sleepy62
The second guy, I think he shows up in this video sequence. It’s got pretty effective way of confronting these guys by saying you know you do what you’re doing to your own children something to that effect.
They get really upset. The federal official who apparently ejaculated into his own pants as he shot a pepper ball into the face of a clergy man in Oakland or Alameda.
This is them and they should be made to look at it. It’s what gets them out of bed.
Denmark surprisingly abandons plans for chat control
Surprising turn: the Council Presidency has buried its plans to oblige WhatsApp & Co. to search for depictions of abuse
heise.de/en/news/Denmark-surpr…
#Chatkontrolle #Datenschutz #EU #Netzpolitik #WhatsApp #news
Denmark surprisingly abandons plans for chat control
Surprising turn: the Council Presidency has buried its plans to oblige WhatsApp & Co. to search for depictions of abuseFalk Steiner (heise online)
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Durrell Trust finally ends blood sports tourism on its Scottish estate
The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) has finally bowed to pressure from its supporters and ended pay-to-shoot deer stalking on the Dalnacardoch Estate in Scotland’s Cairngorms where the Trust runs a rewilding project.Protect the Wild
Did you know you can get married in The Shire in NZ? and that Frodo may just crash it?
On #Colbert last night as he is a well known #LOTR megafan. He thought this was great, just too bad that after the wedding, Elija Wood threw their rings into an active volcano.
nypost.com/2025/10/30/entertai…
'Lord of the Rings' star Elijah Wood crashes couple's Hobbit-themed wedding — in the Shire!
It was their precious. “Lord of the Rings” star Elijah Wood surprised and delighted a couple of fans who were getting married on the Shire set, which is still standing in New Zealand. “We wer…Lauren Sarner (New York Post)
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I have tried many many clients but have arrived at: IceCubes on iOS and Moshidon on Android!
Both have hashtag group timelines, displays which hashtag you're following when a post shows up on your timeline (from following said hashtag) and the UX & UI is very well thought out for both as well.
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i thought this pic of the WEF guy went so fucking hard
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Gas companies are raking in high profits while our household bills go up. I've had enough, haven't you? Let's make the UK Government reign in greedy gas for good.action.greenpeace.org.uk
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#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Art #AnalogPhotography #中文 #中国 #看见中国 #China
100-Year Old Wagon Wheel Becomes Dynamometer
If you want to dyno test your tuner car, you can probably find a couple of good facilities in any nearby major city. If you want to do similar testing at a smaller scale, though, you might find it’s easier to build your own rig, like [Lou] did.
[Lou’s] dynamometer is every bit a DIY project, relying on a 100-year-old wagon wheel as the flywheel installed in a simple frame cobbled together from 6×6 timber beams. As you might imagine, a rusty old wagon wheel probably wouldn’t be in great condition, and that was entirely true here. [Lou] put in the work to balance it up with some added weights, before measuring its inertia with a simple falling weight test. The wheel is driven via a chain with a 7:1 gear reduction to avoid spinning it too quickly. Logging the data is a unit from BlackBoxDyno, which uses hall effect sensors to measure engine RPM and flywheel RPM. With this data and a simple calibration, it’s possible to calculate the torque and horsepower of a small engine hooked up to the flywheel.
Few of us are bench testing our lawnmowers for the ultimate performance, but if you are, a build like this could really come in handy. We’ve seen other dyno builds before, too. Video after the break.
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