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Arguing that the enormous level of lead air pollution in Tacoma, Washington, was responsible for the cluster of several killers who grew up there.
Murderland by Caroline Fraser review – what was behind the 1970s serial killer epidemic?
A compulsive new history suggests the crimes of Ted Bundy et al were – at least partly – down to the air they breathedDorian Lynskey (The Guardian)
Asia Trade Chiefs Travel 800 Hours to Secure Elusive US Deals
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/asia-trade-chiefs-travel-800-hours-to-secure-elusive-us-deal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Iran Ambassador Submits FM's Letter to Oman's Top Diplomat
Iran's Ambassador to Oman presented the Iranian Foreign Minister's letter to Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi on Tuesday.Iran Press
MP Eleitoral pede suspensão de direitos políticos de Nikolas - Paulo Figueiredo
Motivo seria um vídeo feito pelo parlamentar criticando um “livro pornográfico” O Ministério Público (MP) Eleitoral de Minas Gerais formalizou, nesta terça-feira (8), uma denúncia contra o deputado federal Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) e aliados pela divu…Suhely Bueno (Paulo Figueiredo)
Radxa CM5 Gets Adapted for Use with uConsole Pocket Terminal Radxa CM5 Gets Adapted for Use with uConsole Pocket Terminal
The ClockworkPi uConsole is designed for Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 modules, but a growing group of users has been working to run the Radxa CM5 inside this pocket terminal.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
I am delighted to see the publication of the Bristol University Press book, Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene
Edited by Leonie Reins and Alexander Zahar
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Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene
"Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene" published on 08 Jul 2025 by Bristol University Press.Bristol University Press
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Oscillator Negativity is a Good Thing
Many people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators. Even common simulators often need a trick to simulate some oscillating circuits. The Barkhausen criteria state that for stable oscillation, the loop gain must be one, and the phase shift around the feedback loop must be a multiple of 360 degrees. [All Electronics Channel] provides a thorough exploration of oscillators and, specifically, negative resistance, which is punctuated by practical measurements using a VNA. Check it out in the video below.
The video does have a little math and even mentions differential equations, but don’t worry. He points out that the universe solves the equation for you.
In an LC circuit, you can consider the losses in the circuit as a resistor. That makes sense. No component is perfect. But if you could provide a negative resistance, it would cancel out the parasitic resistance. With no loss, the inductor and capacitor will go back and forth, electrically, much like a pendulum.
So, how do you get a negative resistance? You’ll need an active device. He presents some example oscillator architectures and explains how they generate negative resistances.
Crystals are a great thing to look at with a VNA. That used to be a high-dollar piece of test gear, but not anymore.
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An AI That Promises to “Solve All Diseases” Is About to Test Its First Human Drugs
An AI That Promises to "Solve All Diseases" Is About to Test Its First Human Drugs
A secretive, Google-backed lab is using artificial intelligence to invent new medicines for humanity's worst illnesses. But can we trust drugs designed by a mind that isn't human?Luc Olinga (Gizmodo)
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Those who point at everyone but themselves
Are most often to blame.
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I fan tedeschi dei Massive Attack hanno ricevuto una doccia fredda. L’attesa per i concerti a Bonn e Berlino, previsti per lunedì e martedì, si è conclusa infatti con un’improvvisa cancellazione.
A Bonn l’annuncio è arrivato appena due ore prima dello show. È arrivata poi la notizia che sarebbe saltato anche il concerto di Berlino, che avrebbe dovuto tenersi presso la Zitadelle Spandau.
i Massive Attack sono noti sin dal 1999 per le loro posizioni filopalestinesi e il sostegno al movimento BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) e un giorno prima del concerto di Londra hanno accusato la banca Barclays – sponsor della location – di investire in aziende che fornirebbero armi a Israele finanziando, di conseguenza, “i crimini di guerra a Gaza e in Cisgiordania”.
Resta comunque ancora incerto se la cancellazione degli show sia stata realmente causata da pressioni politiche o da semplici problemi di salute interni alla band.
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Massive Attack cancellano i concerti a Bonn e Berlino a poche ore dall’inizio
I fan tedeschi dei Massive Attack hanno ricevuto una doccia fredda. L’attesa per i concerti a Bonn e Berlino, previsti per lunedì e martedì, si è conclusa infatti con un’improvvisa cancellazione. A BoAdmin (il Mitte)
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#Dogs #DogCare #TailWagWisdom
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Think Twice Before You Clip That Retractable Leash On
With 65.1 million households in the U.S. being home to dog owners and their furry family members, and vet costs rising, it’s a great idea to take …tailwagwisdom.com - Terri Rodefer
PPI at the International Labor Organization Conference
PPI´s main delegate in at the UN Office of Geneva, Carlos Polo, attended the 113th International Labour Organization Conference. The event took place in June 2-13, 2025. The ILO predates the UN, and it has a very important place in history. It was founded when World War One came to a close with the Treaty of Versailles. It became the first specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946 with a specialization in social justice. This year´s conference focused on biological hazards in the workplace, but a wide range of employment issues were discussed.
The ILO is an organization that PPI would like to be involved with more to help strive for digital freedom in the workplace. Many freelance workers and small businesses have contacted us about problems they have with antiquated copyright legislations and big corporations that tie up workers with legal malaise that prohibits them from ever gaining an advantage. Engaging with the ILO helps us advance international policies. By neglecting the rights of workers, big corporations stifle innovation and keeps small players from ever gaining a foothold in making their own technological advancements.
We share some photos of Carlos from the event. Pirate Parties International will continue to join these events and update our community about our activities at the UN. We also currently have represenatives at the World Summit on Information Society, WSIS +20. We will be updating soon with pictures from that event as well.
If you or any other Pirates you know would like to participate in ILO or other UN events, please let us know by filling out the volunteer form: lime.ppi.rocks/index.php?r=sur…
If you would like to help PPI continue to send representatives to these meetings, please consider making a small donation to our organization or becoming a member. If you would like to be involved personally in the movement, by writing about these issues or attending events, please let us know.
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Millions of China's gig workers are having to endure record heat waves without legally mandated "heat wave allowances", cooling breaks, or adequate insurance (Karoline Kan/Bloomberg)
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Millions of China's gig workers are having to endure record heat waves without legally mandated “heat wave allowances”, cooling breaks, or adequate insurance
By Karoline Kan / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
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“Throwing caution to the wind, Jackson wrote, the majority clears the way for ‘the immediate and potentially devastating aggrandizement of one branch (the Executive) at the expense of another (Congress), and once again leaves the People paying the price for its reckless emergency-docket determinations.’”
#Politics #USPolitics #USConstitutionalOrder #SCOTUSIsCompromised #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #FederalWorkforceCuts #FederalProgramsAtRisk #FederalProgramsMatter
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KBJ Rips “Senseless” Supreme Court Decision on Trump’s Mass Firings
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out her colleagues for greenlighting Trump’s “legally dubious” layoffs in the federal government.The New Republic
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A recent thread here, about the epic blog posts by @tchambers, got me to wondering;
Is anyone hosting spaces for fediverse UX collaboration? I'm looking for friendly, in-depth, *constructive* discussions. Chat rooms are OK, but forums are better.
Spaces I already know about;
Matrix: #fediverse-devs-ux:matrix.org
Forum: discuss.coding.social/
Curious to know if there are others.
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Discuss Social Coding
Build better together and create solutions that people loveDiscuss Social Coding
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@deadsuperhero
> Most of my UX work is at a hobbyist level, but I love exploring designs, and think this is one of the critical areas
This is me too, although I'm starting to think imposter syndrome is making me ignore my decades of experience in various aspects of UX stuff. I probably could go pro on this, and given your extensive background going right back to Diaspora (and probably before), you certainly could.
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A quotation from John Maynard Keynes
[Capitalism is] the astonishing belief that the nastiest motives of the nastiest men somehow or other work for the best results in the best of all possible worlds.
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist
(Attributed)
Vague sourcing, extensive notes: wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #keynes #avarice #benefits #capitalism #commongood #commonwealth #endsandmeans #evil #greed #idealism #meme #motivation #nastiness #optimum #results #selfinterest #wealth #wickedness
(Attributed) - Keynes, John Maynard | WIST Quotations
[Capitalism is] the astonishing belief that the nastiest motives of the nastiest men somehow or other work for the best results in the best of all possible worlds.WIST Quotations
Blackout elettrici, indennizzi automatici in bolletta: quando (e quali) ci spettano
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Blackout elettrici, indennizzi automatici in bolletta: quando (e quali) ci spettano
Arera ha stabilito regole precise in materia, alle quali gli operatori del settore sono tenuti ad attenersiFederico Formica (la Repubblica)
Gli editori indipendenti denunciano l’IA di Google alla Ue: "Grave furto di articoli, fermateli"
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Gli editori indipendenti denunciano l’IA di Google alla Ue: "Grave furto di articoli, fermateli"
La coalizione Independent Publishers Alliance porta il colosso all'Antitrust Ue per via dell’IA integrata nel motore di ricerca. Ultimo episodio di una battagl…Alessandro Longo (la Repubblica)
Looks like a woman bent slightly at the waist. She's facing either 10:00 or 8:00. Her arms are up helping balance a large parcel on her head.
Alternately, her hands are up, and she's screaming "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah", because that's what I frequently think of doing :^D
Das Bild zeigt eine kleine, isolierte Insel in der Mitte eines tiefblauen Meeres. Die Insel ist von steinigen Felsen umgeben, die in verschiedenen Brauntönen und mit rauen, unregelmäßigen Formen zu erkennen sind. Auf der Insel wachsen mehrere Palmen und andere tropische Pflanzen, die grüne Blätter und dichte Blätter aufweisen. Die Vegetation ist dicht und verstreut, wobei einige Bäume höher und schlanker sind als andere. Das Wasser um die Insel herum ist ruhig und glatt, mit leichten Wellen, die an den Felsen vorbeiziehen. Der Himmel ist klar und ohne Wolken, was auf einen sonnigen Tag hinweist. Die Insel ist relativ klein und scheint unberührt und unzugänglich zu sein, was sie zu einem idyllischen und ruhigen Ort macht.
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artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: Situated west of the U.S. Naval Observatory, Beecher Street NW is likely […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Trump blasts MAGA focus on Jeffrey Epstein after memo causes uproar
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/trump-blasts-maga-focus-on-jeffrey-epstein-after-memo-causes-uproar?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump blasts MAGA focus on Jeffrey Epstein after memo causes uproar
US president dismisses lingering questions about accused sex trafficker after law enforcement review dismays supporters.John Power (Al Jazeera)
We've found the best Prime Day Garmin deals so you don’t have to
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We've found the best Prime Day Garmin deals so you don’t have to
Looking for a discounted Garmin watch? We've rounded up the top Garmin deals to shop in the Amazon Prime Day sale this July.Ali Ball (Runner's World)
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*[Deportation thug] raids leave crops unharvested at California farms: "We need the labor."* Beyond the obvious irony of this, I note that the wrecker hates California and seems to look for any way to cause harm there. This may part of the purpose of the raids, rather than collateral damage.
Ice raids leave crops unharvested at California farms: ‘We need the labor’
Trump’s immigration crackdown has made many immigrant farm workers scared to go to workGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Tukan（トゥカン）は、デンマーク出身のプロデューサー、Lars Frederiksen（ラース・フレデリクセン）とSøren Weile（ソーレン・ヴァイレ）からなるトランスプロジェクト。Zekt、ATNなどの別名義でも活動。
Under Trump, the CIA is still covering up its Russiagate fraud
A new CIA review faults top Obama intelligence officials for "procedural anomalies", while ignoring the core deceit in their allegations of "Russian interference."Aaron Maté (Aaron Mate)
Condannato per stalking, pedinava e minacciava la ex moglie. Un anno di reclusione
Nei guai un uomo di 42 anni che perseguitava l’ex coniuge di 32. Per lui era scattata anche la misura del braccialetto elettronico
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Mark Kraft
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Meanwhile... while he's mulling over whether to send a Patriot system or two, Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is talking about producing over 100,000 drones this year for Ukraine, with many of them being drone interceptors designed to take down a ton of Shaheds.
If Trump wants our attention, he should do something on a Presidential scale, not hemming and hawing around the edges.
Randahl Fink
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Schmidt signed a letter of intent at Denmark when Zelensky visited. He's the big money behind Swift Beat, which appears ready to produce drones in Estonia, at what is likely to be a highly automated factory. Schmidt has had some of the best minds in Silicon Valley robotics & production focused on this for over a year now, but has been pretty hush hush as to details, subsidiaries, etc.
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in reply to Mark Kraft • • •Mark Kraft
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Here he is with Zelensky and Umerov, at the signing ceremony.
See also: youtube.com/watch?v=H8wzfTf0Ed…
He's recruited top-name talent lined up to help from Stanford, SpaceX, and within the AI community. Initial focus on taking Ukr. approved designs that are currently printed, and cranking them out w/ better, faster, cheaper manufacturing methods, providing smart software & selling AT COST.
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Another vid w/ Schmidt on White Stork from a year ago.
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One of the most important bits is that since Schmidt is working initially w/ pre-existing designs, he can have the experts who cranked out things like the Pixel, and turn them loose on the HW & SW for drones, which suggests an upgrade path for LOTS of drones to roll out AI and LOTS of capability on a chip.
Think ease-of-use, auto-targeting & AI, but also auto-configuration. Drones as consumer items?!
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Be careful, this could be compensation for the Russian attack on Ukraine. But please think further: Although people prefer peace, they often choose war. The argument "It won't be possible to stop the development either way" is certainly true. But where this leads us is also clear. Please keep in mind that breakthroughs in AI development are not only progressing exponentially faster, but are inevitably converging on an ASI.
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in reply to Philipp • • •Samson - tief In Berlin
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