Download 10,000 of the First Recordings of Music Ever Made, Courtesy of the University of California-Santa Barbara via Open Culture
[Shared]Long before vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs and MP3s came along, people first experienced audio recordings through another medium — through cylinders made of tin foil, wax and plastic. In recent years, we’ve featured cylinder recordings from the 19th century that allow you to hear the voices of Leo Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Walt Whitman, Otto von Bismarck and other historic figures. Those recordings were originally recorded and played on a cylinder phonograph invented by Thomas Edison in 1877. But those were obviously just a handful of the cylinder recordings produced at the beginning of the recorded sound era.
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Supreme Court maintains block on some Trump deportations of migrants
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S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Close Higher | Closing Bell
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Fatma Hassona's death in Gaza was ‘targeted’ killing, film director tells Cannes:
Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian photojournalist whose death in an Israeli missile strike has sparked global outrage, was the victim of a targeted assassination, Iranian director Sepideh Farsi told Cannes audiences on Thursday as festivalgoers crammed into theatres to watch her documentary on Hassona's life in Gaza.
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Fatma Hassona's death in Gaza was ‘targeted’ killing, film director tells Cannes
Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian photojournalist whose death in an Israeli missile strike has sparked global outrage, was the victim of a targeted assassination, Iranian director Sepideh Farsi told Cannes audiences on Thursday as festivalgoers crammed …Benjamin DODMAN (FRANCE 24)
Opinion | AI is getting smarter. But are we? - The Washington Post
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Flensburg: "Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der rechte Kräfte immer stärker werden und sozial-ökologische Krisen zunehmen", sagt Carla Tempel. "Gerade jetzt sollten wir an Hochschulen keine Kooperationen mit Rüstungsunternehmen aufbauen, sondern zukunftsfähige Lösungen für eine Welt im Wandel entwickeln."
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Flensburg: "Militär-Modul" an Hochschule abgelehnt
Sollen Hochschulen für das Militär forschen? Darüber herrscht Streit an der Hochschule Flensburg. Am Mittwoch (14.5) hat der Konvent vorerst gegen ein neues Modul "Wehrtechnik" gestimmt.Ben Armstrong (NDR)
Der Flensburger Campus bleibt frei von Waffen und Rüstungskonzernen.
Der studentische Widerstand hat das Fach »Wehrtechnik« an der Hochschule #Flensburg verhindert.
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#Zivilklausel #BundeswehrWegtreten #IfWentwaffnen #FFGentwaffnen
Antimilitarismus: Campus bleibt frei von Waffen
Der Campus der Hochschule Flensburg bleibt frei von Waffen, eine antimilitaristische Zone. Denn dank des studentischen Widerstands ist das Studienfach »Wehrtechnik« an der Universität in Schleswig-Holstein vom Tisch.Ralf Wurzbacher (junge Welt)
President Trump’s visit to the Gulf culminated in the announcement of plans for a UAE-US AI Campus spread out over 10 miles in Abu Dhabi.
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UAE secures AI chips after Donald Trump’s visit
US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf culminated in the announcement of plans for a UAE-US AI Campus spread out over 10 miles in Abu Dhabi.Kelsey Warner (www.semafor.com)
Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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An Alabama man will spend more than a year in prison for his role in the January 2024 SIM-swap hack of a Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that resulted in swings to the price of bitcoin.
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Hack of SEC social media account earns 14-month prison sentence for Alabama man
The January 2024 attack resulted in fraudulent posts on the SEC’s account that altered the market value of bitcoin.Joe Warminsky (The Record)
En vergeet niet dat #Hamas een kweek is van #Israel en alle blaam heeft door zo repressief meer dan 70 jaar te handelen. #IsraelWarCrimes Dat heb je als je je ogen sluit voor het leed wat daar geschiet. Niet alleen in #Gaza maar ook op de #Westbank waar het leven onmogelijk wordt gemaakt door kolonisten en hun landjepik.
Agema: kabinet bezorgd over onrust in Nederland als gevolg van oorlog in Gaza nos.nl/l/2567571
Agema: kabinet bezorgd over onrust in Nederland als gevolg van oorlog in Gaza
Agema, vicepremier en minister van Volksgezondheid namens de PVV, spreekt van een open zenuw in de Nederlandse samenleving.NOS Nieuws
In Deutschland gibt es noch 89 Bahnübergänge, die sich nur nach einem Telefonanruf öffnen. Einer davon befindet sich zwischen #Aachen und #Kelmis und ist womöglich von der #Digitalisierung bedroht.
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Attached: 1 image Kurioser Bahnübergang wird zu Grenzfrage #Bahn #Bahnstrecke #Bahnübergang #Belgien #DeutscheBahn #Grenze #NRW #Rufschranke https://bahnblogstelle.com/232903/kurioser-bahnuebergang-wird-zu-grenzfrage/Mastodon
Masticazzi! Che ce annavo a fà pure a sti miting in mezzo a Gran Bretagnia, Francia, Polognia, Germagnia e Ucraina?
Questi vojono pijà na posizzione su la guera... che centro io che nun pijo na posizzione da quando Gianbru mà ingravidata?
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Nach ner ganzen Weile heute mal wieder aktiv @thunderbird als Mailclient im #Agenturleben vorgestellt und weiterempfohlen.
Schnelle und total simple Einrichtung, einfache Bedienung, cooles Featureset. Hat sich richtig gut angefühlt. #FOSS
Das Bild zeigt eine Bildschirmansicht eines Sprachlern-Apps auf einem Smartphone. Oben links ist die Uhrzeit 22:44 Uhr angezeigt, und oben rechts befinden sich verschiedene Symbole, darunter ein Herz mit der Zahl 5, ein "3 IN A ROW" Banner und ein "NEW WORD" Banner. Der Titel des Bildschirms lautet "Translate this sentence" (Übersetze diese Satz). Darunter ist eine animierte Figur mit lila Haar und Kleidung zu sehen, die mit einem skeptischen Gesichtsausdruck in einer Sprechblase steht, in der "Eu não entendo." (Ich verstehe nicht.) geschrieben steht. Unter der Figur sind die Wörter "I", "do", "not" und "understand" in grünen Kästchen angeordnet. Darunter befinden sich weitere Kästchen mit den Wörtern "car", "catches", "he", "my" und zwei weitere, die leer sind. Am unteren Bildschirmrand ist ein grünes "Good job!" Banner mit einem Häkchen und der Aufschrift "CONTINUE" zu sehen.
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Employee’s Change Caused xAI’s #Chatbot to Veer Into #SouthAfrican #Politics
#Grok , the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about #SouthAfrica to unrelated questions.
#xai #ai #whitegenocide #Musk #artificialintelligence
Du charbon d’Afrique du Sud brûlé dans la centrale biomasse de Gardanne
Jusqu’à 10 % du combustible de la centrale biomasse de Gardanne est constitué de charbon importé d'Afrique du Sud, a découvert Reporterre. La structure avait pourtant assuré être sortie du charbon en 2020.Reporterre 🌍 le média de l'écologie - Indépendant et en accès libre
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Floating naked in a tank would be so nice and relaxing if it weren't for the men in white labcoats with clipboards always coming around inspecting you
I keep meaning to go to the float tank business that is in our neighborhood, which seems nice and relaxing.
Float On - Portland Oregon's Largest Float Tank Center
Experience sensory deprivation in an isolation tank at our 6 Float Tank Center, located in Portland, Oregon.Float On - Float Tank Center
Grim Outlooks Take Centerstage as Tariffs Loom: Earnings Watch
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Say cheese! Tourists in China pose for CCTV cameras to snap ‘surveillance souvenir photos’
Chinese tourists have been using publicly accessible surveillance feeds to capture their group travel photos at iconic locations.CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
Massive quilt celebrating transgender Americans to be unveiled on the National Mall
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Trans lives celebrated on National Mall in D.C. — in photos
In a fraught time for transgender people in the U.S., the quilt — the Freedom to Be Monument — will call attention to the lives of those affected by dangerous policies and laws.Christopher Wiggins (Advocate.com)
@benjedwards never fails to deliver
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The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs
Fortnite AI voice trained on James Earl Jones spoke curse words and insults before patch.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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Screaming about a deleted Instagram post that she knows wasn't a death threat, just to deflect Trump's sinking poll numbers and corruption, is a disgrace.
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Tulsi Gabbard Hyperventalates Over James Comey
MAGA snowflakes are out in forceJohn Amato (Crooks and Liars)
Tax bill shows House GOP isn't serious about federal deficit (or even governing at all).
Melania Trump statue missing from her hometown in Slovenia
The bronze depiction of the US First Lady is a replacement for a previous wooden version, which was set on fire in 2019.Guy De Launey (BBC News)
ISTANBUL TALKS A ‘NOTHING BURGER’: Russia, Ukraine Not Ready for Ceasefire, End to War –Mark Sleboda
All eyes are on Turkey, as Russia and Ukraine sent teams for talks… they just arrived in different cities. Now, the Russian delegation in Istanbul is giving Kiev one more chance to attend talks at 10:...Odysee
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The hypocrisy of the GOP is astounding. The GOP party cares only for itself, lacking all principles of good government and American constitutionalism. progressivecafe.social/@TonySt…
In the last 40 years the only party that cut the deficit is the Democrats. That's true whether you believe it or not. Raise taxes on the top and the math "magically" works, but Republicans want to give the top more tax cuts.This bill also removes a $200 tax on gun silencers that has been in effect since 1932.
Your gun silencer is cheaper but you lose Medicaid. How nice. Priorities.
Conservatives block Trump agenda bill from advancing in major setback for GOP leaders:
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WASHINGTON — The GOP-led House Budget Committee voted to reject a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda on Friday, dealing an embarrassing setback to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Republican leaders.Scott Wong (NBC News)
█ Israel deixa un centenar de morts a Gaza, en una nova jornada d'atacs ▓▒░ Trump ha fet una gira pel Golf sense mencionar els atacs i ha dit que "passaran coses bones" a Gaza
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in reply to Douglas E. Welch • • •The image features a vintage Edison Records cylinder and its protective sleeve. The cylinder is cylindrical with a light brown color and a label that reads "EDISON RECORDS WHO ALL OVER THE WORLD." The label is ornate, with decorative elements and text in a serif font. The top of the cylinder is open, revealing a green paper insert with the text "No. 4705 Minstrel Record. Three Minutes with the Minstrels." The insert is partially pulled out, showing the text clearly. Next to the cylinder is a matching protective sleeve, also light brown, with a threaded top, indicating it was designed to fit over the cylinder. The background is black, providing a stark contrast to the objects.
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