State Department Tells Americans to Leave Middle East for Safety
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/state-department-tells-americans-to-leave-middle-east-for-safety?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Supreme Court preserves only GOP-held congressional district in New York City for 2026 elections
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-redistricting-new-york-trump-2f5e96aea7c5b652b837ec6b80136281?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Sockpuppet n. A puppet made from a sock or similar garment. n. (Internet) An alternate identity used by someone in order to appear as if they are someone else. v. To maintain one or more such alternate identities.Sockpuppet
🔭 The Rubin Observatory’s alert system sent 800,000 pings on its first night
｢ The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s automated alert system is online and already bombarding astronomers with things to look at in the night sky. The system went live publicly on Tuesday, February 24th, and on the first night dropped some 800,000 alerts about asteroids, supernovas, and feasting black holes. And that number is only expected to climb to the multiple millions per night ｣
Gold Rises as Escalating Conflict in Middle East Stokes Demand
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DHS’s use of secretive legal weapon draws congressional scrutiny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/02/subpoenas-free-speech-congress-investigation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/stripe-wants-to-turn-your-ai-costs-into-a-profit-center/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center | TechCrunch
Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
The Gulf In Flames: Shockwaves Of The Iran War
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Sarah Flounders just owned CBS on Iran 🔥
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Le procès antimonopole de Live Nation commence aux États-Unis
« Le géant mondial du divertissement, qui contrôle Ticketmaster, pourrait-il réellement être démantelé? »
Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash
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> Microsoft blocks the word Microslop on its Copilot Discord, bans users, and locks channels after backlash, showing tensions around its AI push
“I sometimes wonder if the young realize how extraordinary a time this is, and one that may not last, when any book one may think of is there to be bought on a near shelf.”
—Doris Lessing (1978)
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The only two questions to ask your politician these mid-terms.
Will we have a full accounting of the Epstein Files and will there be trials?
Will we have accountability and trials for ICE agents that violated people's rights?
If the answer isn't a RESOUNDING YES on both of those, you will not get my vote.
PERIOD. I don't care what your party affiliation is (though I'm sure it won't be the pandering GOP).
#FuckTrump #FuckICE #Nuremberg2 #TrumpEpsteinCoverup #TheTrumpEpsteinFiles
Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch
Link: ntik.me/posts/voice-agent
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on parle trop rarement de l'attente comme forme de violence administrative infligée par l'État aux personnes exilées. Pourtant, n'importe quelle personne sans-papiers ou demandeureuses d'asile la mentionne systématiquement comme l'une des principales raisons d'un syndrome anxio-dépressif.
En comptant en plus toutes les insécurités conséquentes (argent, logement), c'est de la torture psychologique en plus d'être un non-sens politique sur tous les plans. Toustes aimeraient pouvoir taffer légalement, reprendre des études, "s'intégrer" dans la société. Mais non, l'État préfère les maintenir pendant des années dans la clandestinité et l'ultra-précarité pour mieux les asservir à des tafs de sous-fifres et même dégrader encore plus leur peu de droits.
Et inventer en parallèle des paniques médiatiques pour dire que les immigrés sont coupables de tous les maux. Ça rend ouf
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Great to see this published. An 18,000 year record of deep water temperatures on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, which confirms that incursion of warm water onto the shelf has been the main driver of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat throughout deglaciation. About 10,000 years ago the amount of warm water on the shelf decreased and subsequent ice sheet retreat was very slow, until the warm water incursion increased again in the mid 20th century. Excellent work led by Elaine Mawbey and @shelfyice
Ocean heat forced West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum
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Ocean heat forced West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature Communications
Amundsen Sea records show warm Circumpolar Deep Water drove major West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat from 18,000–10,000 years ago.Nature
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Mojave Desert mountains for #MountainMonday
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Dreams of The Mad Frank: Part 1 The Flag Lady
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#Wss366 Flesh #MastoPrompt Inadaquet
The beggar woman sat in a shaded corner. Her cheeks were sallow from her #inadaquet diet of rice, wild grasses, and scraps that people left her. Years of poverty had eaten away at her #flesh until she appeared to be little more than a skeleton under many layers of her tattered robes.
As people walked by, she held out a bowl containing a few stray coins. Accustomed as they were to beggars, her missing arm evoked little sympathy. It was better not to notice beggars.
Her eyes remained dull until children happened by, and then she came alive. From her robes, she would produce bright strings of flags with a dexterity that belied her emaciation. If the parents looked to have money, she produced a dove to delight the child. This might secure her a few more coins, which she would carefully hide to avoid being robbed. The courtesans of Verdigris House and neighboring brothels called her The Flag Lady or just Flag.
Truthfully, she did well at her trade—both of them.
All the time she sought alms, she kept a close watch on “The Mad Frank,” noting anyone who spoke to him. But when Maomao appeared, Flag lowered her head and ceased performing. “Alas, I am too feeble,” she would moan.
In the evening, a man who was half-jokingly referred to as the street steward and his son came by to collect his share. The beggar would perform a few tricks for the son and conclude by saying, “Nothing more.” If anyone had cared to watch closely, the sum she passed the father had little to do with the amount she earned: one, two, three, or four coins. The amount varied not in proportion to her income, but to the number of visitors The Frank had.
The Mad Frank's Dreams: Part 2 Coin Trick
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Days passed. Rumors that the Moon Prince had been ill arose and then subsided. On this particular day, a #forlorn rain fell. Few people were out to tread the #mushy churned road, yet both Flag and The Mad Frank were plying their trade. The former sought aid from passersby, while the latter sought to save their souls. Neither was having any luck.
Late morning came, and one of The Frank's few "regulars" stopped to speak with him. Soon after, The Frank disappeared, and then the beggar vanished as well.
She was back by evening to do tricks for the street steward’s son. Among these, she extracted a larger coin than usual from the boy’s ear. “Ah, Flag sees you’re holding out on the boss,” she said, and passed the coin to the father, being careful not to reveal the note hidden behind it.
Alternatives to US tech platforms • Cory Dransfeldt
With the US rapidly devolving into a failed state with the endorsement (both full-throated and tepid) of many tech leaders, I’d urge you to reconsider your use of any tech platforms and tools offered by companies based here.Cory Dransfeldt
The Firefly's Dream
📷 Alexander Magedler
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The Firefly's Dream
📷 Alexander Magedler
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Apple might use Google servers to store data for its upgraded AI Siri
The new Siri may rely on Google’s cloud.
Apple might use Google servers to store data for its upgraded AI Siri
Apple has asked Google to look into “setting up servers” for a new version of Siri that’s Gemini-powered and meets Apple’s privacy requirements, The Information reports.Jay Peters (The Verge)
New research ties COVID-19 to a recent increase in heart failure deaths
New research ties COVID-19 to a recent increase in heart failure deaths
A North Texas cardiologist says some of the increase stems from a direct physical impact by the virus on the heart. But much of it resulted from lack of access to health care.Sam Baker (KERA)
I got COVID in June of 2022 and by August my heart would frequently race to over 160bpm when simply walking. I was passing out when I stood… just lots of stuff I never associated with COVID.
My cardiologist took all this information and decided to make me run on a treadmill and asked me if I ever exercised before. I woke up on a tilt table gasping for air with 6 people around me. Doctors at the time didn’t have this information and it took me years to become brave enough to see a doctor again (medical ptsd). My wife left me because she said I just stopped doing anything around the house. My job is suffering, and my family just wants me to walk it off.
Now, because I went untreated for so long, my circulatory system is falling apart but the new doctors are finally believing me and there has been a lot of research into what long COVID is and isn’t. I’ve been diagnosed with POTS & chronic fatigue syndrome. No medical professional is saying there’s a cure for me and I’ve had two heart attacks in three years but I’m hopeful.
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''Versailles in piano sequenza'', speciale di ''Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta''
La reggia come non si è mai vista finora in tvRAI Ufficio Stampa
📣 Contre les intimidations, rassemblement mardi 3 mars à 12h30 - Place Guichard à Lyon
Rassemblement avec la CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires Rhône, Unsa, CNT-SO et CNT du Rhône contre l’attaque à la barre de fer du local de Solidaires Rhône et la menace d’attaque à la bombe à la CGT de Lyon.
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Contre les intimidations, rassemblement le mardi 3 mars à 12h30 Place Guichard à Lyon
Solidaires Informatique se joint au rassemblement du 3 mars à 12h30 Place Guichard Lyon avec les organisations syndicales CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires Rhône, Unsa, CNT-SO et CNT du Rhône pour…Solidaires Informatique Rhône (Solidaires Informatique)
LOL the bar we went to for the Leather Social last Friday shares their POS with a restaurant, so I was confused when the charges came through as Rosemary & Thyme Cafe.
The upside is that this is a restaurant that is part of the Alaska/Atmos program so I got points for it.
According to @fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org :
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to a full committee markup on the package of "child safety" bills they discussed back in December this week (KOSA, App Store Accountability Act, SCREEN Act, etc.).
This will bring us that much closer to an extremely censored internet that will not keep kids safe. It's mass surveillance and censorship.
Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #US #UnitedStates
#Argent
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Spero di non fare la fine di quelli bloccati in qualche aeroporto con le bombe che cadono intorno.
Molti pensano che sia da idioti andare in giro a cercare rogne, ma io credo che invece si debba insistere cercando la normalità.
Andare all'estero apre la mente e fa uscire dal piccolo mondo locale.
Chi non viaggia non può capire, i documentari e i libri non bastano, bisogna provare di persona.
Se si può, chiaramente.
“I never saw the skinny girl everyone else did. I only ever saw something else.” Christina Applegate reflects on playing Kelly Bundy, a character everyone loved in ‘Married … With Children,’ while secretly struggling with her own body image.
Attualmente la presidenza del Consiglio spetta agli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸, che sono stati scelti da #Trump.
FOLLIA!
In midterms coverage: “The working people of Texas are looking for somebody that is actually going through what they are, who can understand what their kitchen table issues are and make sure they have somebody that fights on their behalf. That’s what Taylor and the other labor candidates are about.”
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#DEMOCRATS
Can Labor Candidates Help Texas Dems Win Back Power?
A slate of union-affiliated candidates are taking the labor movement on the campaign trail up and down the ballot.Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
so true. “Nothing ever dies on the Internet” was a lie.
I’ve recently been gathering up Wordpress and Tumblr backups for any contemporaries that have and are willing to share them.
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It proved less upsetting to browse less-than-ideal lab scans than comb through old digital photos this evening. From a lil' walky-boo around this time three years ago.
*Photos made on March 11, 2023 using a Nikomat EL with a Nikkor-S Auto 55mm f/1.2 on Fomapan 200 (🟡 EI100).
Argentina’s top union sues to halt President Milei’s sweeping labor overhaul
Argentina’s largest trade union group has sued to block President Javier Milei’s sweeping labor reform, saying it violates the constitution.
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I am using the #AlphasmartNeo to write the documentation of a project I am working on; and it is very sweet to use it.
I really miss this old technology, ready when on, without needs to save or doing anything else.
Because it essentially a tyepewriter and nothing else, the time I need to get focused is extremely short, because there is nothing I can get distract with...
It looks like toy but it is very enjoyable.
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#astronomy #science #space
The Rubin Observatory’s alert system sent 800,000 pings on its first night
Terrence O'Brien (The Verge)