#BOTD sci-fi horror author John Wyndham. So-called “master of the middle-class catastrophe" his stories often centre around ideas of genetic manipulation and augmentation, but set within ordinary homes and small communities. Works include Chocky & The Day of the Triffids. #books #horror #scifi #bookstodon
Don Watkins (@linuxnerd) fixed a pesky right-click issue on Fedora KDE Plasma 42. If your touchpad’s not working right, here’s a quick fix that might help.
After setting up my new Lenovo V15 laptop with Fedora KDE Plasma 42, one frustrating problem kept nagging me: I couldn’t get the right-click function to work with the touchpad.... Read More
EFF was founded at a time when governments were hostile toward technology and clueless about how it would shape your life. While threats from state and commercial forces grew alongside the internet, so too did EFF’s expertise. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/its-…
Today we celebrate 35 years of EFF bearing the torch for digital rights against the darkness of the world. While threats from state and commercial forces grew alongside the internet, so too did EFF’s expertise.
And yet, the US government is still hostile and clueless. Perhaps a senate with a median age of around 65 has something to do with it. That's when most Americans retire.
@fringemagnet hah. Looks like it paid off. Where are you now in the saga? Should I rewatch episodes 1-3? I only watched them once in the theater when they first came out. So disappointed back then.
Funny enough the prequels are next on my list, I caught up with a couple of the animated shows that I had never watched, and The Phantom Menace is next. I plan to go in with a much more forgiving mindset, I will let you know if the plan works. XD
That's the combo! Though I was pretty young and very impressionable when Episode I was released back in 1999, so it may all backfire and just end up disappointing me more as an adult. 😁
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that the South African athlete's right to a fair trial was partially violated by a Swiss court, which ruled against her in 2020 for refusing to lower her naturally high testosterone levels, resulti…
While we know that many of you are reading Hackaday via our Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed, we suspect that most people on the street wouldn’t know that it underlies a lot of the modern internet. [A. McNamee] and [A. Service] have created an illustrated history of RSS that proudly proclaims RSS is (not) dead (yet)!
While tens of millions of users used Google Reader before it was shut down, social media and search companies have tried to squeeze independent blogs and websites for an increasingly large part of their revenue, making it more and more difficult to exist outside the walled gardens of Facebook, Apple, Google, etc. Despite those of you that remember, RSS has been mostly forgotten.
RSS has been the backbone of the podcast industry, however, quietly serving feeds to millions of users everywhere with few of them aware that an open protocol from the 90s was serving up their content. As with every other corner of the internet where money could be made, corporate raiders have come to scoop up creators and skim the profits for themselves. Spotify has been the most egregious actor here, but the usual suspects of Apple, Google, and Amazon are also making plays to enclose the podcast commons.
If you’d like to learn more about how big tech is sucking the life out of the internet (and possibly how to reverse the enshittification) check out Cory Doctorow’s keynote from our very own Supercon.
Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine on July 10 that lasted almost 10 hours, according to Kyiv officials. The strike killed at least 2 people and injured over a dozen more in the capital.
In mostra da domani al 4 novembre al Museo Horne di Firenze la Croce su fondo oro dipinta di Lippo di Dalmasio, proveniente dalla collezione di Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero a Firenze, di grande rilevanza per la pittura trecentesca, restaurata e ricompo…
Un passo indietro della Corte Costituzionale sui fermi amministrativi delle navi di soccorso pressenza.com/it/2025/07/un-pa… Mentre la sentenza della Consulta n.96/2025 pur dichiarando l’inammissibilità della questione sollevata dal giudice di pace di Roma in merito alla legittimità costituzionale della detenzione amministrativa prevista dall’art. 14 comma 2 del Testo Unico sull’immigrazione
Recipients of a #US #Climate #Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave Researchers in the #NOAA program were furloughed because funds to pay them were not available. The awards, under the Climate and Global Change #Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, have supported more than 230 researchers, many of whom have gone on to be leaders in global climate and atmospheric research. nytimes.com/2025/07/09/climate… archive.ph/MfjgL #NCAR
La Cina è pronta "a lavorare con la Russia per elevare il coordinamento strategico, per tutelare i rispettivi interessi in materia di sicurezza e sviluppo, e sostenere reciprocamente il ringiovanimento" nazionale. (ANSA)
E' stato ufficialmente firmato oggi dal governo britannico e da quello ucraino l'accordo, annunciato tempo fa da Londra, per la consegna di 5000 nuovi missili di difesa anti-aerea modello Thales a Kiev: accordo definito "storico" dai media ucraini.
Sette milioni di euro più i diritti d'asta: questo il prezzo pagato per la borsa Birkin creata appositamente da Hermes per l'attrice, cantante e icona di stile Jane Birkin. (ANSA)
This week marks two months of the giving circle 🌹 every week, you’ve helped six families and fifteen more at a displacement camp get food & water, medicine & healthcare, and SO much more.
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter.
Hotel at Vegas… There’s a glimpse of #kodohealth formally @GreenHeartPT COMING SOON, awaiting new studio to film content, and app completion. #code #php #vuejs #python #ruby…
Vacanza in Danimarca finita, ultima foto fatta nel suolo patria dell'Higge, vedere posti che funzionano mi fa venire voglia di scendere in politica per cambiare le cose, poi mi ricordo in che paese vivo...
La vittima, Gaia Costa, 24 anni, era figlia di un sindacalista della Cisl. È stata investita mentre attraversava sulle strisce. La cinquantunenne alla guida de…
Kommentar zur Enquete-Kommission: Wenn aufklären, dann richtig
Die Aufarbeitung der Corona-Pandemie ist aus Sicht von Birthe Sönnichsen überfällig. Doch es müsse um mehr gehen, als bekannte Probleme neu zu benennen. Und benötigte Hilfe dürfe durch die Aufarbeitung nicht aufgeschoben werden.
Aber klar, ich wäre als Kind auch enttäuscht, wenn ich miterlebe, daß es nicht um meine Bildung geht, sondern ich nur irgendwo abgestellt werden muss, während meine Eltern arbeiten.
Politiker*innen im Landtag bekommen Luftfilter...aber die Kids müssen, zum großen Teil ungeschützt, in die Schule.
»Ebenso sollte klar sein, dass der Blick nicht nur auf die gerichtet werden darf, die besonders gefährdet sind. Von Beginn an müssen auch Kollateralschäden im Blick behalten werden. Welchen Preis sind wir bereit zu zahlen, um Menschenleben zu schützen?« 🤡
Ganz bestimmt muss NICHT aufgearbeitet werden, wie ohne Präzedenzfall versucht wurde eine Pandemie einzudämmen.
Was endlich aufgearbeitet gehört: Wie "Impfgegner" uns allen auf der Nase herumtanzen durften. Wie das die Rechten gestärkt hat. Wer die Notlage skrupellos und korrupt ausgenutzt hat, um sich auf unser aller Kosten zu bereichern. Warum Kinder nicht geschützt wurden. Wie mit vulnerablen Personengruppen umgegangen wurde. 1/2
"As AI-generated content becomes more common online, concerns about its impact are growing. Some users worry about the spread of misinformation, especially as it becomes easier to generate convincing but entirely AI-fabricated videos.
“Even if the content is informative and someone might find it entertaining or useful, I feel we are moving into a time where ... you do not have a way to understand what is human-made and what is not,” said Henry Ajder, founder of Latent Space Advisory, which helps businesses navigate the AI landscape.
Others are frustrated by the sheer volume of low-effort AI content flooding their feeds. This kind of material is often referred to as “AI slop” — low-quality, randomly generated content made using artificial intelligence.
“The age of slop is inevitable,” said Ajder, who is also an AI policy advisor at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. “I’m not sure what we do about it.”
While it’s not new, the surge in this type of content has led to growing criticism from users who say it’s harder to find meaningful or original material, particularly on apps such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram."
The ruling also found Russia responsible for the deadly downing of Flight MH17, a Malaysian airliner shot down by Russian proxy forces in Ukraine in July 2014.
Un’incursione nella musica elettronica e nelle sue deviazioni artistiche che non lascerà indifferenti i molti appassionati del genere musicale che rivoluzionò la musica della secondo Novecento.
Minaccia di licenziamento per il lavoratore che si è opposto al traffico di armi pressenza.com/it/2025/07/aerop… Il delegato USB dell’aeroporto di Montichiari, vicino Brescia, è stato raggiunto da una contestazione disciplinare da parte dell’azienda presso la quale lavora da più di vent’anni, per aver divulgato la notizia del passaggio di missili che era previsto per lo… Unione Sindacale di Base
Il delegato USB dell’aeroporto di Montichiari, vicino Brescia, è stato raggiunto da una contestazione disciplinare da parte dell’azienda presso la quale Il delegato USB dell’aeroporto di Montichiari, vicino Brescia, è stato raggiunto da una contestaz…
"Israel is committing the worst possible crimes in broad daylight. Its cheerleaders are flooding the zone with shit to deflect from these crimes - and to shut down scrutiny and justice. Don’t let them" Owen Jones on Israel’s plan for a Gaza concentration camp.
Dopo l’ultimo aggiornamento “anti-woke”, l’intelligenza artificiale di Elon Musk ha cominciato a postare contenuti antisemiti, razzisti e revisionisti. XAI minimizza, mentre le reazioni esplodono.
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