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Recorded #OnThisDay 22 years ago:

Soledad Brothers - Peel Session 2003

The complete session recorded by the Soledad Brothers on 12 May 2003 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 25 June 2003.

Tracklist:

1. Bring It On Home (0:07)
2. Handle Song (4:25)
3. Ben's Idea (8:05)
4. Cage That Tiger (11:34)

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#SoledadBrothers #PeelSessions #OTD



"Late last night, House Republicans introduced new language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that will immiserate the lives of millions of Americans by cutting their access to Medicaid, and making life much more difficult for millions more by making them pay higher fees when they seek medical care... the bill has also crammed in new language that attempts to entirely stop states from enacting any regulation against artificial intelligence.

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in reply to Timnit Gebru (she/her).

"...no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,” says the text of the bill introduced Sunday night by Congressman Brett Guthrie of Kentucky.... The text of the bill will be considered by the House at the budget reconciliation markup on May 13.




#News #Racism #MediaAccomplice
theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

Sadly major media refuses to call this gesture for what it is, a Racist endorsement for the #MAGA dream of a #WhitePeopleOnly Country!

in reply to ZZ Bottom

Yes... It's terrible how the media won't call it for what it is.



in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

they are not law enforcers because they are not enforcing any law. They are just enforcing, without law. That's why they wear masks. They are criminals.


Europa Universalis V from Paradox will only support Windows, no Linux or macOS this time

gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/euro…

Discussions: discu.eu/q/gamingonlinux.com/2…

#gaming #linux #unix

in reply to Unix Weekly

majority's proprietary hardware layer, DirectX integration makes linux an afterthought. linux can't emulate dx too closely or the lawyers come knocking. borg win


A Typical Workday at a Japanese Hardware Tool Store

[video]Link: youtube.com/watch?v=A98jyfB5mw…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…



Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal


Before signing its lucrative and controversial Project Nimbus deal with Israel, Google knew it couldn’t control what the nation and its military would do with the powerful cloud-computing technology, a confidential internal report obtained by The Intercept reveals.

The report makes explicit the extent to which the tech giant understood the risk of providing state-of-the-art cloud and machine learning tools to a nation long accused of systemic human rights violations and wartime atrocities. Not only would Google be unable to fully monitor or prevent Israel from using its software to harm Palestinians, but the report also notes that the contract could obligate Google to stonewall criminal investigations by other nations into Israel’s use of its technology. And it would require close collaboration with the Israeli security establishment — including joint drills and intelligence sharing — that was unprecedented in Google’s deals with other nations.

“They’re aware of the risk that their products might be used for rights violations,” said León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, a lawyer with the Asser Institute for International and European Law in The Hague, who reviewed portions of the report. “At the same time, they will have limited ability to identify and ultimately mitigate these risks.”



Trump signs executive order giving drugmakers 30 days to lower prescription costs

In a bid to reduce prescription drug prices, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive...
#engineering #technology
interestingengineering.com/hea…



Thoroughly enjoyed standing in for an episode of Noising Up last week.
Lots of very funny writing and performers 🤪

#BBCRadioScotland
#ComedyUnit #NoisingUp #Satire #Culture #politics



Locataires à Montréal
▶️ "les deux tiers des Montréalais sont locataires" (Luc Rabouin)
lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-m…
#logement #loyer #dépôt #Montréal #Québec #Canada #PLQ #loi #justice #société #politique #election #mairie









Come la Germania, dopo 80 anni, si ripete
pressenza.com/it/2025/05/come-…
Sappiamo già come la Nato ha provocato la Russia quando iniziò l’operazione militare nell’Ucraina orientale nel 2022. La sua costante espansione verso i confini della Russia e il colpo di stato orchestrato dagli Stati Uniti a Kiev nel 2014, che…
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@corby Ehilà...

Sperando di aver capito la cosa di cui ti/vi occupi/occupate: io ho questa "colonna" di CD allegati alla rivista Zeta (in foto si vede quello del primo numero).

Secondo te/voi ci si può trovare un qualche uso "archeologico" o li posso (con la morte nel cuore) depositare in un cassonetto dell'indifferenziata?

Grazie!

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in reply to JJFlash

ci sono demo e driver ormai spariti dal web, a volte video di fiere o interviste, raccolte di sfondi desktop o utility, una capsula del tempo vera e propria. Non li butterei via neanche morto. Difficili spesso da avviare, dal valore commerciale nulli (in Italia, all'estero i veri collezionisti li cercano) ma buttarli mai. Abbiamo nei nostri archivi tutte le iso, il problema è lo spazio per metterli online...
in reply to Retroedicola Videoludica

Ah quindi in sostanza ce li avete anche voi e anche più dei dischi che ho io.

Eh so bene cosa c'è dentro, non li avrei tenuti tutti questi anni sennò. È che il problema dello spazio ce l'ho pure io, benché sul piano fisico...

Grazie per la risposta! 🙏



Cade la Versilia horse Show, fantino in coma
Stefano Margheriti, di Follonica, è rimasto gravemente ferito a seguito di una caduta avvenuta venerdì sera mentre stava partecipando ad una delle gare in corso.

noitv.it/2025/05/cade-la-versi…




How dare Keir Starmer tell my family that we have caused incalculable damage to the UK? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/0… I am going to find it hard to forgive a man as deeply racist as Keir Starmer.
in reply to Totts

@Geri @Lazarou @Colman it frustrates me as I think he does have it in him to be more of a leader but something stops him doing so.

He needs his ‘let Bartlet be Bartlet’ moment to borrow from The West Wing.



Sinner wins second match back from doping ban at Italian Open
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has overcome a brief lapse during the first set of a straight-sets victory over No. 93 Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong in his second match back on tour in front of his home crowd at the Italian Open
lasvegassun.com/news/2025/may/…
#doping #cleansport #antidoping #datajournalism



Google paga 1,375 miliardi al Texas: la multa sulla privacy più alta di sempre


Google ha accettato di pagare allo Stato del Texas 1,375 miliardi di dollari per risolvere due cause legali sulla privacy. L’azienda è stata accusata di tracciare la posizione degli utenti e di archiviare i loro dati biometrici, tra cui impronte vocali e geometrie facciali, senza il loro consenso.

L’importo del pagamento supera tutte le sanzioni precedentemente imposte da Google in casi simili. In precedenza, nel novembre 2022, la società aveva accettato di pagare 391 milioni di dollari a un gruppo di 40 stati. A gennaio 2023, 29,5 milioni di dollari all’Indiana e a Washington e a settembre, 93 milioni di dollari alla California.

La causa, intentata nel 2022, riguardava la raccolta di dati di geolocalizzazione , attività in modalità di navigazione in incognito e dati biometrici . Secondo i procuratori, Google ha monitorato gli utenti anche quando la funzione Cronologia delle posizioni era disattivata e ha memorizzato i dati biometrici senza preavviso.

Per anni, Google ha tracciato segretamente i movimenti delle persone, le ricerche private, le impronte vocali e la geometria facciale attraverso i suoi prodotti e servizi”, ha affermato il procuratore generale del Texas Ken Paxton. Ha sottolineato che l’accordo rappresenta una “vittoria storica” ​​per la privacy dei residenti dello Stato.

In risposta alle critiche, Google ha modificato il modo in cui archivia i dati degli utenti: Maps Timeline viene ora archiviato localmente sui dispositivi anziché nel cloud. Sono stati introdotti anche nuovi strumenti che consentono di eliminare automaticamente la cronologia delle posizioni.

Meta, accusata anche di aver raccolto illegalmente i dati biometrici di milioni di utenti, in precedenza aveva pagato la somma equivalente a 1,4 miliardi di dollari al Texas.

Questa iniziativa si inserisce nel contesto della crescente attenzione rivolta alle attività di Google negli Stati Uniti e in Europa. Le autorità di regolamentazione chiedono che il monopolio dell’azienda venga limitato e che venga rivisto il suo approccio al trattamento dei dati personali.

L'articolo Google paga 1,375 miliardi al Texas: la multa sulla privacy più alta di sempre proviene da il blog della sicurezza informatica.





Simple & type-safe localization in Rust

aarol.dev/posts/rust-simple-i1…

Discussions: discu.eu/q/aarol.dev/posts/rus…

#programming #rustlang




mistress met a real yapper. she really was speechless lol i could listen to her yap for 3 hours.
youtube.com/watch?v=TUaYjB7UEV…
in reply to ☃️ snowman john ☃️

finally watched this, god i love hearing thorgy talk. there's just so much of it and at such speed that it really turns my brain off in the best way




Je retombe dessus alors je vous reposte ce chef d'œuvre d'il y a 11 ans.

"Rien ne vaut l'œil acéré d'un annonceur pour sublimer une création."




🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 70F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Trump is defending the prospect of Qatar gifting a 747 to be used as Air Force One.

White South Africans given refugee status have arrived in the US.

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts graduate student taken off the street in Somerville by ICE, was released from detention in Louisiana and is now back in Massachusetts.



Politico: Following New York City lobbying push, DoorDash spends $1M on Cuomo's mayoral bid

NYT:

"Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was denied more than $600,000 in public matching funds on Monday after the New York City Campaign Finance Board found that he most likely engaged in illicit coordination with a super PAC supporting his campaign for mayor." nytimes.com/2025/05/12/nyregio…