Malaysia’s ‘fish hunters’ target invasive species, one catch at a time
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/17/malaysias-fish-hunters-target-invasive-species-one-catch-at-a-time?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Malaysia’s ‘fish hunters’ target invasive species, one catch at a time
Invasive species are an issue the world over, and mega-biodiverse Malaysia waterways are threatened by imported fish.Patrick Lee (Al Jazeera)
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Security Theater REALized and Flying without REAL ID
After multiple delays of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and its updated counterpart, the REAL ID Modernization Act, in the United States, the May 7th deadline of REAL ID enforcement has finally arrived.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quando termina un grande festival sorge una domanda: quali brani avranno una vita oltre l’evento? Una selezione di quelli destinati a restare
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It's official, Meta is just a scam mill and Zuckerberg is okay with that.
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Paywall: wsj.com/tech/meta-fraud-facebo…
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Events for the 17th of May from Wikipedia:
• 1967: Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_…
• Birth (1897) of Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Hass…
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TikTok、広告めぐり「法令違反」とEUが暫定見解–詐欺広告を見つけたら？ – CNET Japan
人気ソーシャルメディアアプリのTikTokは、欧州連合（EU）のオンラインコンテンツ規則に違反していると欧州委員会から指摘された。 欧州委の暫定的見解によれば、TikTokはデジタルサービス法（DSA）が定めるアプリ内の広告情報公開の義務を履行していないという。こうした情報は、利用者が詐欺広告を見分けるのに役立つ。 欧州委はTikTokが広告の内容だけでなく、広告のターゲットや支払い元についても、必要な情報を開示していないと指摘した。 暫定的見解が確定した場合、TikTokは世界における年間…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
pipask
Safer python package installs with audit and consent 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 install.
GitHub - feynmanix/pipask: Safer python package installs with audit and consent 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 install
Safer python package installs with audit and consent 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 install - feynmanix/pipaskGitHub
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Meta is paying $50 an hour to train avatars for smart glasses and VR
"Project Warhol" comes as Meta calls 2025 its "most critical year" for VR, avatars, and AI wearables.Effie Webb (Business Insider)
The white rural reckoning: "Given the damage of Trump’s first-term agriculture tariffs, rural American farmers may have forfeited the right to express surprise or dismay about what’s happening to them — again."
publicnotice.co/p/trump-white-…
The white rural reckoning
Trump is betraying the very voters who put him back in power.Tom Schaller (Public Notice)
CBF Recorre ao STF e Pede que Gilmar Mendes Suspenda Afastamento de Ednaldo Rodrigues - Gazeta Brasil-
O presidente afastado da Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, acionou o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) em mais uma tentativa deGazeta Brasil
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
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#ComedyGold #Comedy #AIGeneratedJokes #DailyLaughs #DailyJokes
Thoughts on thinking
Link: dcurt.is/thinking
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Thoughts on thinking • Dustin Curtis
I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time. It’s horrifying. The fun has been sucked out of the process...Dustin Curtis on Svbtle
"#SaudiArabia and #France will host an international conference next month with #UnitedNations backing, establishing an ambitious roadmap for Palestinian statehood with specific timelines and enforcement mechanisms that completely circumvent Israel's position on the matter."
#gaza
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Saudi Arabia, France to impose Palestinian state without Israeli input
A June UN-backed conference will establish binding timeline for Palestinian state with sanctions for non-compliance, while disregarding Israel's security concerns and not requiring Palestinian recognition of Israel.adin (www.israelhayom.com)
The Tree of Gnosis - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism [Amazon, Local Library] (Les gnoses dualistes d’Occident) by Ioan P Couliano Despite the subtitle, which seems to imply a na…John Griogair Bell (The Hermetic Library Blog)
At Least Four Dead After Tornado, Storm Batters St. Louis, Mayor Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/en/news/thp/2025-05-16/severe-thunderstorms-down-trees-knock-out-power-to-thousands-across-parts-of-great-lakes-region?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Security Theater REALized and Flying without REAL ID
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/secu…
"After multiple delays of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and its updated counterpart, the REAL ID Modernization Act, in the United States, the May 7th deadline of REAL ID enforcement has finally arrived. Does this move our security forward in the skies? The last 20 years says we got along fine without it. There were and are issues along the way that REAL
Sviluppi societari e playout: questa sera torna “Curva Ovest”
Questa sera alle 21.30 torna l'appuntamento con Curva Ovest per gli ultimi aggiornamenti sulla Lucchese. In studio Giulio Castagnoli, in collegamento Moreno Micheloni (Slo della Lucchese) e Fabrizio Vincenti (direttore Gazzetta Lucchese). Per domande e commenti whatsapp 360-1038330.
Missouri conservatives have shut down a Democrat-led filibuster by leveraging a rarely utilized maneuver called the "PQ"—in which 10 members sign a motion to force an immediate vote—to overturn the popularly passed abortion rights amendment.
This means Missourians must vote again on abortion rights in 2026.
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Missouri Voters Overturned an Abortion Ban. Republicans Ignored Them.
State Republican senators have usurped the will of the voters on abortion.The New Republic
Singapore Makes a Big Bet on the Future of Air Travel
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-17/singapore-s-changi-airport-terminal-5-is-a-big-bet-on-future-air-travel?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.Courtney Kube (NBC News)
Roucou Is a Cheese Omakase and Bar Offering 12-Course Meals in Hong Kong
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-17/hong-kong-restaurant-review-roucou-takes-cheese-lovers-on-omakase-odyssey?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Walmart Prepares for a Future Where AI Shops for Consumers - Slashdot
Walmart is preparing for a future where AI agents shop on behalf of consumers by adapting its systems to serve both humans and autonomous bots.slashdot.org
"So, instead of having a place where a lot of questions have been collectively answered satisfactorily, indexed, archived, and catalogued, we are choosing the method of individually asking the same questions over and over again. ... All the tokens, and energy, and GPUs, and training data, and models, are doing the same work twice. Or thrice. Or a billion times. "
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Our Favorite Beer Can-Sized Projector Is $130 Off Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
Walker, Dvorák with Ehnes, Smetana and Janácek from Minneapolis - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
James Ehnes, violin, and the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner play: George WALKER: Folksongs. DVORÁK: Violin Concerto. SMETANA: Tabor from Má Vlast. JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta. Live....www.worldconcerthall.com
