America’s immigration system was a landmine, and Trump set it off
https://www.theverge.com/policy/667369/ras-baraka-arrested-newark-cbp-phone-search-hasan-piker-trump-due-process?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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America’s immigration system was a landmine, and Trump set it off
Congress granted the executive branch broad latitude on immigration matters. For Trump, discretionary immigration enforcement means mass deportations.Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)
Romania’s Election Rerun: What’s at Stake as the Far Right Rises
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/romania-election-far-right-simion-bucharest-mayor-to-face-off-in-vote?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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米国、不確実性改善で景気後退回避の可能性高まった－ＪＰモルガン – Bloomberg
ＪＰモルガン・チェースのグローバル市場戦略責任者ドゥブラフコ・ラコスブハス氏は15日、ブルームバーグテレビジョンとのインタビューで、世界貿易に関する見通しが改善したことで、米国は景気後退を回避できる可能性が高まったと述べた。 ラコスブハス氏は、自身の見解と前置きしたうえで、景気後退の可能性を35％と見積もっているとした。ＪＰモルガンが今週発表した公式評価は、景気後退の可能性は「依然として高い」リスクだが、50％未満としている。ＪＰモルガン・チェースのグローバル市場戦略責任者ドゥブラフコ・ラコス…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
Episode 16 - Cory Doctorow - Livestream 2025-05-13
Welcome Fedi Friends to episode 16 of Fireside Fedi! I'm your host ozoned. Fireside Fedi is a show about folks within the Fediverse. If you're seeing this, you are a part of the Fediverse.
With me today is Cory Doctorow! You might know Cory from such classics as the term "enshittification" that he coined during one of his many presentations. But besides having catch terms that even your grandparents can agree with about today's big tech platforms, Cory is also a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He's had a few books that us on the open social web might enjoy such as "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" and "The Internet Con : How to Seize the Means of Computation". Cory works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, a visiting professor for numerous colleges. Cory holds and multiple honorary Doctorates. And might I add, I consider Cory to be one of the most charismatic and vocal advocates for digital privacy rights and I am claiming he is now King of the nerds. And there's just so much more to say about Cory, but I recommend everyone just go look up his Wikipedia, because if I have to talk about all of his accomplishments we'll run out of time. Cory thank you so much for joining me and I'm just blown away and honored to be able to speak to you.
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FTC Delays 'Click To Cancel' Rule Implementation To July - Slashdot
The Federal Trade Commission has postponed enforcement of its consumer-friendly "click to cancel" rule from May 14 to July 14, giving businesses two additional months to comply.news.slashdot.org
Violent Threats Against US #Judges Are Skyrocketing Online
Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows.
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So, if I were idly sitting around thinking it might be interesting to try and compress the first month of @shriramk's Programming Languages course into just two days, and I wanted to discourage the use of ChatGPT, and I wanted to make everyone start crying tears of, ugh, "joy" for everything being coded in Rust, I might come up with something like my "Ruckus" course. Ok, who wants some?
(was working on this today. It's kind of nuts).
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Intel Core i7-14700: potência monstruosa com menor preço histórico nesta oferta
https://canaltech.com.br/hardware/intel-core-i7-14700-potencia-monstruosa-com-menor-preco-historico-nesta-oferta/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Looking into why the Liberals are opting against a spring budget
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/05/15/looking-into-why-the-liberals-are-opting-against-a-spring-budget/460387/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into News @news-TheHillTimes
Looking into why the Liberals are opting against a spring budget
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says his government will offer a fall fiscal update, with no plans for a spring budget.Peter Mazereeuw (The Hill Times)
Is Gulf money eclipsing the Israel lobby’s influence? In their Daily Kickoff newsletter, the pro-Israel Jewish Insider (JI) comes very close to asking this question directly.
They’re clearly chagrined that Trump is in the Middle East this week, cutting business deals with some of the richest countries and the world and ignoring Israel amid important developments in the region.
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-shi…
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#Press #News
The Shift: Is Gulf money eclipsing the Israel Lobby’s influence?
Is Gulf money eclipsing the Lobby’s influence? Pro-Israel groups are expressing some concerns.Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)
The UK will allow foreign states to own a 15% stake in British newspapers and magazines.
The proposed change comes a year after the former Conservative government banned foreign newspaper or magazine ownership amid concerns over an Abu Dhabi-led takeover of the Telegraph, one of Britain’s best-known papers.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the move would allow media outlets to seek investment while limiting the risk of outside influence.
mediafaro.org/article/20250515…
#UK #Media #Press #Investment
Crises lend themselves to authoritarian rule and afterwards it’s extraordinarily difficult to return to republican government.
Trump has created a permanent crisis state.
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How Trump’s “Emergency” Powers Could Become Permanent
The president is declaring emergencies on everything from an “invasion” of immigrants to a mythical shortage of fossil fuel production. But it’s all just a ploy for him to act like a Roman emperor.The New Republic
I am puzzled by the large number of photos in the mass media showing this quintet happily fraternizing, seemingly oblivious to the murders in Ukraine and the economic and political crises in Germany, France, Britain, and Poland. Why the happy faces?
#ukraine #germany #france #uk #poland #Macron #zelenskyy #Starmer #Merz #Tusk
📱 Trump vs Apple: Alta tensione sul terreno indiano per la produzione di iPhone. Gli affari si tingono di politica. #AppleVsTrump #TechWar
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Trump contro Apple: tensioni per la produzione di iPhone in India
La produzione di iPhone in India sta assumendo un ruolo sempre più strategico per Apple, ma Trump non sembra essere contento.Andrea Maiellano (Tom's Hardware)
Israel has imposed a complete block on humanitarian aid into Gaza since March 2, with hundreds of trucks with lifesaving aid waiting at the border.
Democracy Now speaks with Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University, author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.
“The majority of people in Gaza are facing emergency or catastrophic levels of food insecurity,” says de Waal.
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#Press #News
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Marc Benioff Buys Stake in Influencer Agency Whalar at $400 Million Valuation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/marc-benioff-buys-stake-in-influencer-agency-whalar-at-400-million-valuation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Proofpoint To Buy Hornetsecurity For Around $1B
Cybersecurity company Proofpoint announced that it plans to acquire Hornetsecurity, a security provider specialized in Microsoft 365 software tools, in a deal reportedly valued at around $1 billion.Joanna Glasner (Crunchbase News)
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A Braindead Georgia Woman is Being Used as an Incubator Because of Georgia's Heartbeat Law
In a story drawing comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale, a Georgia woman has spent over three months on life support—not for her own survival, but to sustain the pregnancy she was carrying when she was declared brain dead.Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)
Trump riscrive la politica estera con una teoria complottista: gli afrikaner bianchi trattati da rifugiati, il resto ignorato
[📬 il numero di oggi di Diario di bordo accessibile a tutti. Iscriviti, abbonati, diffondi]
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La Casa Bianca contro Pretoria: quando il complotto diventa politica estera
Trump riscrive la politica estera con una teoria complottista: gli afrikaner bianchi trattati da rifugiati, il resto ignorato. E poi la consueta rassegna stampa.Giulio Cavalli (Diario di bordo - di Giulio Cavalli)
Apple is ‘dying to make’ Vision Pro affordable, says Bono
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/15/apple-is-dying-to-make-vision-pro-affordable-says-bono/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple is ‘dying to make’ Vision Pro affordable, says Bono - 9to5Mac
Bono stars in a new Apple TV+ film coming soon, and in an interview shared about Vision Pro and Apple’s desire to make it affordable.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Das Bild zeigt eine Panoramaansicht eines Waldes mit zwei sich kreuzenden Wanderwegen. Die Wege sind mit Erde und kleinen Steinen bedeckt und durch das dichte Blätterdach der Bäume sind Sonnenstrahlen sichtbar. Links führt der Weg durch dichtes Unterholz und es gibt ein kleines Hindernis, das aus abgestorbenen Ästen besteht. Rechts ist ein Fahrrad an einem Baum gelehnt, was auf die Nutzung des Weges für Radfahrer hinweist. Die Bäume sind hoch und dicht, und die gesamte Szene ist von einer ruhigen und natürlichen Atmosphäre geprägt.
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UAD Studio Classics Bundle on sale for $79 USD + FREE Pultec Passive EQ Collection rekkerd.org/uad-studio-classic…
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UAD Studio Classics Bundle on sale for $79 USD + FREE Pultec Passive EQ Collection
Offered at 86% off, the UAD Studio Classics Bundle also comes with a free copy of the Pultec Passive EQ Collection with a purchase.Ronnie (Rekkerd.org)
Davide contro Golia. J Ryan ha abbattuto il mostro che tutti ritenevano invincibile, incrollabile, invulnerabile. Grazie al suo lavoro ci svegliamo in un nuovo mondo e spero che le conseguenze di questa decisione siano presto visibili a tutti. Consiglio a gestori di siti: togliete subito TCF
Threads now lets creators add up to 5 links to profiles, track clicks
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/threads-now-lets-creators-add-up-to-5-links-to-profiles-track-clicks/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Threads now lets creators add up to 5 links to profiles, track clicks | TechCrunch
Instagram Threads is taking on Linktree and other "link-in-bio" solutions by introducing a way for creators to use their Threads profile to share links toSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Oh hey, #Linux kernel 5.16.0-rc6 seemingly fixed a render issue I had with #AMD Strix Point's iGPU. Nice. 🙂
Only persisting problem right now seems to be VAAPI occasionally causing amdgpu to crash and recover. Everything else seems to work fine now, even the NPU (although I didn't use it for anything yet).
I'd love to have some funny counter. "How many swear words occurred in both code & kernel mailing list until problem x was solved".
Post-war rules-based system is up for negotiation, says Eurogroup president
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/15/post-war-rules-based-system-is-up-for-negotiation-says-eurogroup-president?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Post-war rules-based system is up for negotiation, Eurogroup president tells Euronews
Irish Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe believes that the institutions that emerged after World War II are being challenged by the United States.Shona Murray (Euronews.com)
Dem told Kristi Noem that ICE agents can be impersonated with $20 Etsy jackets. She had no response. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/dem-told-kristi-noem-that-ice-agents-can-be-impersonated-with-20-etsy-jackets-she-had-no-response/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How to Survive Friend Group Drama—Without Picking Sides
https://www.self.com/story/friend-group-drama-tips?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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@Nonilex live coverage of SCOTUS Birthright Citizen case is riveting!
Begins here: masto.ai/@Nonilex/114501084626…
Latest post: masto.ai/@Nonilex/114512537515…
#SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship caseOne of #Trump's most contentious policies - his attempt to restrict automatic #birthright #citizenship - arrives at the #SupremeCourt this week with a predictable twist: The justices may focus on something else entirely.
Federal judges in #Washington state, #Massachusetts & #Maryland issued orders blocking Trump's January #ExecutiveOrder nationwide, finding it violated language in the #Constitution.
#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower
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Shriram Krishnamurthi
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in reply to Shriram Krishnamurthi • • •I fought with the SMoL tutor. Just plain didn't like it. But I did it grudgingly.
A friend's son is reading PLAI, so I directed him to it. I ended up answering a ton of questions about semantics and he realized that he had made a ton of assumptions that weren't valid.
SMoL Tutor == indispensable
Shriram Krishnamurthi
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in reply to Shriram Krishnamurthi • • •For me, it felt all along that it was a "gotcha" test. It might be the format, or that I prefer the axiomatic method where things are laid out clearly.
The turning point for me came when I used the stacker to investigate a scope question with my friend's son--this brought out the value of the SMoL tutor.
Shriram Krishnamurthi
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Yeah, well, nobody reads anything "axiomatic" any longer — if they ever did. It's not like we're doing anything new.
Also, you can't change anyone's pedagogy. So the Tutor is designed to *complement* the way people do whatever it is they do (probably poorly, else the Tutor wouldn't need to exist <-;).
@dabeaz
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in reply to David Beazley • • •I would wait for the 3rd part of Dune to drop and then watch the whole thing on a decent TV.
The new version is not bad and worth watching if you've read the first book of the series.
Shriram Krishnamurthi
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in reply to Andres Moreno • • •@monkey1 The time to read Dune is when you are 16. So too late, Shriram.
The movies are barely good enough for a flight (that's where I saw them, and I like and respect Denis Villeneuve in general). There is no real reason for them to have been made.
Shriram Krishnamurthi
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in reply to David Beazley • • •David, I am still mulling your take on Rust.
I started reading PLAI with a friend's son who decided to implement everything in Rust. Wheels screeched to a halt but he kept at it. Failure.
We just reengaged last week and he's now working on macros for objects. The pedagogical advantages of parenthesis are clear, at least to me.
The Rust exodus in the wilderness probably did him a lot of good. And I am still encouraging him to learn Rust but maybe have him go at it after we finish PLAI?
David Beazley
in reply to Andres Moreno • • •@monkey1 So, you're saying that the Rust adventure ended in disaster? (If so, I can certainly guess why).
On that note, I'd probably just say that if you can implement SMoL in Rust, you might haved earned the right to say that you actually understand some Rust. And maybe a bunch of other programming languages too (because of the SMoL part).
Just to be clear, I think the Rust version of this project is pretty amazing from a learning perspective.
Shriram Krishnamurthi
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in reply to David Beazley • • •@monkey1 One other curiosity of this exercise is that the Rust implementation revealed a blind spot in PLAI that's also present in the first part of Crafting Interpreters. That is, you can implement something that seems like it is fully correct according to the book (implementing even closures and scopes correctly), but it is still not correct.
Saying more would require more space. Though, I'd be curious, based on your intuition, what you think this oversight might be.
Shriram Krishnamurthi
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