Endorsed! Timothy Grady for Ohio!
During last Sunday’s Pirate National Committee meeting, members voted to endorse the campaign of Timothy Grady, independent candidate for Governor of Ohio in his 2026 gubernatorial race.
Having joined out meeting, which you can catch the recap of here, Mr. Grady gave us his best pitch for not only why we should endorse his campaign, but also an opportunity for Ohio voters to hear from the independent candidate.
After a long meeting and opportunity to ask questions, the decision was unanimous: the US Pirate Party will support the Grady campaign!
You can see the official announcement from Timothy Grady’s page here.
It should be noted that Tim Grady is not running as a proxy of the Ohio Pirate Party (which is active but unofficial), nor is the Grady campaign strictly a Pirate campaign. The United States Pirate Party values honest campaigns, person-first agendas and anyone who fights for free and open.
The 2026 election cycle will feature explicitly Pirate candidates, running as independents, DINOS/RINOS and explicitly as Pirates. While Timothy Grady is not one of those Pirate candidates, we are happy to throw our support towards a candidate who shares our values.
Ohio, you have a chance to say “Enough is enough”.
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Qualcosa di strano galleggia nei nostri oceani da anni e gli scienziati hanno finalmente capito di cosa si tratta
Gli scienziati hanno scoperto 27 milioni di tonnellate di materiale invisibile nell'Atlantico, il che suggerisce danni profondi e potenzialmente irrevLee Bell (Meteored Italia)
3D-Printing A Full-Sized Kayak In Under A Day
If you want to get active out on the water, you could buy a new kayak, or hunt one down on Craigslist, Or, you could follow [Ivan Miranda]’s example, and print one out instead.
[Ivan] is uniquely well positioned to pursue a build like this. That’s because he has a massive 3D printer which uses a treadmill as a bed. It’s perfect for building long, thin things, and a kayak fits the bill perfectly. [Ivan] has actually printed a kayak before, but it took an excruciating 7 days to finish. This time, he wanted to go faster. He made some extruder tweaks that would allow his treadmill printer to go much faster, and improved the design to use as much of the belt width as possible. With the new setup capable of extruding over 800 grams of plastic per hour, [Ivan] then found a whole bunch of new issues thanks to the amount of heat involved. He steps through the issues one at a time until he has a setup capable of extruding an entire kayak in less than 24 hours.
This isn’t just a dive into 3D printer tech, though. It’s also about watercraft! [Ivan] finishes the print with a sander and a 3D pen to clean up some imperfections. The body is also filled with foam in key areas, and coated with epoxy to make it watertight. It’s not the easiest craft to handle, and probably isn’t what you’d choose for ocean use. It’s too narrow, and wounds [Ivan] when he tries to get in. It might be a floating and functional kayak, just barely, for a smaller individual, but [Ivan] suggests he’ll need to make changes if he were to actually use this thing properly.
Overall, it’s a project that shows you can 3D print big things quite quickly with the right printer, and that maritime engineering principles are key for producing viable watercraft. Video after the break.
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Vulnerabilità nel sistema di accesso online per concessionari auto: un ricercatore trova falle di sicurezza
È stata individuata una vulnerabilità nel sistema di accesso online per i concessionari di una delle più grandi case automobilistiche al mondo: è bastato scavare un po’ nel codice della pagina. Il ricercatore di sicurezza Eaton Zwer di Harness ha riferito di essere riuscito a sfruttare la vulnerabilità per creare un account amministrativo con diritti di accesso completi al portale interno del produttore. La violazione ha consentito di ottenere dati riservati dei clienti, informazioni sul veicolo e persino di controllare da remoto le funzioni dell’auto, incluso lo sblocco.
Zwer, che in precedenza aveva individuato bug nei sistemi delle case automobilistiche , scoprì il problema per caso, durante un progetto personale svolto nel fine settimana. Scoprì che, al caricamento della pagina di login, il browser del cliente caricava un codice errato che poteva essere modificato per bypassare tutti i meccanismi di autenticazione. Ciò rese possibile la creazione di un account di “amministratore nazionale” che dava accesso a oltre 1.000 concessionarie negli Stati Uniti.
Attraverso questa interfaccia, era possibile visualizzare i dati personali dei clienti, inclusi i recapiti e alcune informazioni finanziarie, nonché gestire i servizi relativi ai veicoli. Tra le altre cose, ciò includeva il monitoraggio in tempo reale dei veicoli aziendali e trasportati, l’utilizzo di sistemi telematici e persino l’annullamento delle spedizioni dei veicoli.
Uno degli elementi più inquietanti del sistema era lo strumento di ricerca clienti, che richiedeva solo nome e cognome per accedere alle informazioni su un’auto specifica e sul suo proprietario. Zver ha utilizzato come esempio il numero di telaio di un’auto parcheggiata in strada e ha confermato che questo era sufficiente per associare l’auto a una persona specifica. Secondo lui, era possibile avviare la procedura di trasferimento dell’auto sotto il controllo di un altro utente semplicemente confermando la propria intenzione, senza alcuna verifica. Ha testato questo scenario con il consenso di un amico ed è riuscito a controllare efficacemente l’auto di qualcun altro tramite un’app mobile.
Non meno pericolosa era la possibilità di accedere ai sistemi collegati di altri concessionari utilizzando un unico login. Grazie al meccanismo SSO (Single Sign-On), l’account amministratore creato poteva non solo spostarsi tra diverse parti dell’infrastruttura, ma anche imitare l’accesso di un altro utente. Ciò consentiva l’accesso ai diritti, ai dati e ai sistemi del dipendente preso di mira a sua insaputa: un meccanismo simile era già stato utilizzato in precedenza nel portale dei concessionari.
Il ricercatore ha definito l’architettura una “bomba a orologeria“, osservando che gli utenti potevano visualizzare e utilizzare informazioni critiche, tra cui accordi, lead e analisi interne, senza essere scoperti. L’azienda avrebbe corretto la vulnerabilità entro una settimana dalla divulgazione privata del problema nel febbraio 2025. Tuttavia, un’indagine ha dimostrato che l’exploit non era mai stato utilizzato prima: Zwer sarebbe stato il primo a scoprire e segnalare le falle nel sistema.
Secondo Zver, la radice del problema era ancora una volta qualcosa di banale: falle nel sistema di autenticazione API. Solo due vulnerabilità hanno messo a nudo l’intero mondo interno della rete di concessionari. Zver ritiene che questo sia un ulteriore promemoria: non appena il controllo degli accessi crolla, crolla tutto.
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2025 One Hertz Challenge: Abstract Aircraft Sculpture Based On Lighting Regulations
The 2025 One Hertz Challenge is really heating up with all kinds of projects that do something once every second. [The Baiko] has given us a rather abstract entry that looks like a plane…if you squint at it under the right conditions.
Powered by a coin cell, they effectively create a abstract representation of a plane in the night sky, paired with a flashing strobe that meets the requirements of the contest. [The Baiko] isn’t exactly sure of the total power draw, but notes it must be low given the circuit has run for weeks on a 30 mAh coin cell.
It’s an amusing piece of PCB art, though from at least one angle, it does appear the red LED might be on the wrong side to meet FAA regulations. Speculate on that in the comments.
In any case, we’ve had a few flashers submitted to the competition thus far, and you’ve got until August 19 to get your own entry in!
Design Review: LattePanda Mu NAS Carrier
It is a good day for design review! Today’s board is the MuBook, a Lattepanda Mu SoM (System-on-Module) carrier from [LtBrain], optimized for a NAS with 4 SATA and 2 NVMe ports. It is cheap to manufacture and put together, the changes are non-extensive but do make the board easier to assemble, and, it results in a decent footprint x86 NAS board you can even order assembled at somewhere like JLCPCB.
This board is based on the Lite Carrier KiCad project that the LattePanda team open-sourced to promote their Mu boards. I enjoy seeing people start their project from a known-working open-source design – they can save themselves lots of work, avoid reinventing the wheel and whole categories of mistakes, and they can learn a bunch of design techniques/tips through osmosis, too. This is a large part of why I argue everyone should open-source their projects to the highest extent possible, and why I try my best to open-source all the PCBs I design.
Let’s get into it! The board’s on GitHub as linked, already containing the latest changes.
Git’ting Better
I found the very first review item when downloading the repo onto my computer. It took a surprising amount of time, which led me to believe the repo contains a fair bit of binary files – something quite counterproductive to keep in Git. My first guess was that the repo had no .gitignore for KiCad, and indeed – it had the backups/ directory with a heap of hefty .zips, as well as a fair bit of stuff like gerbers and footprint/symbol cache files. I checked in with [LtBrain] that these won’t be an issue to delete, and then added a .gitignore from the Blepis project.
This won’t make the repo easier to check out in the future, sadly – the hefty auto-generated files are still in the repo history. However, at least it won’t grow further as KiCad puts new archives into the backups/ directory, and, it’s good to keep .gitignore files in your KiCad repos so you can easily steal them every time you start a new project.
Apart from that, a .gitignore also makes working with your repository way way easier! When seeing changes overview in git status or GitHub Desktop, it’s way nicer to, and you even get a shot at reviewing changes in your commits to make sure you’re not adding something you don’t want in the repository. Oh, and, you don’t risk leaking your personal details as much, since things like auto-generated KiCad lockfiles will sometimes contain your computer name or your user name.
Now that the PCB Git-ability has been improved, let’s take a look at the board, first and foremost; the schematic changes here are fairly minimal, and already reviewed by someone else.
Cheap With Few Compromises
There’s plenty of PCIe, USB3, and SATA on this board – as such, it has to be at least four layers, and this one is. The SIG-GND-GND-SIG arrangement is only slightly compromised by a VDC (12 V to 15 V) polygon on one of the layers, taking up about 30% of space, and used to provide input power to Mu and also onboard 3.3 V and 5 V regulators.
Of course, with so many interfaces, you’ll also want to go small – you’ll have to fit a lot of diffpairs on the board, and you don’t want them flowing too close to each other to avoid interference. This board uses approximately 0.1 mm / 0.1 mm clearances, which, thankfully, work well enough for JLCPCB – the diffpairs didn’t even need to be redrawn much. Apart from that, the original design used 0.4 mm / 0.2 mm vias. Problem? JLC has a $30 surcharge for such vias for a board of this size. No such thing for 0.4 mm / 0.3 mm vias, surprisingly, even though the annular ring is way smaller.
I went and changed all 0.4 mm / 0.2 mm vias to 0.4 mm / 0.3mm vias, and that went surprisingly well – no extra DRC errors. The hole-to-copper distance is set to be pretty low in this project, to 0.15 mm, because that’s inherited from LattePanda carrier files, so I do hope that JLC doesn’t balk at those vias during the pre-production review. Speaking of DRC, I also set all courtyard errors to “ignore” – not only does this category have low signal-to-noise ratio, the LattePanda module courtyard also would raise problems at all items placed under the module, even though there’s plenty of space as long as you use a DDR socket tall enough.
One thing looked somewhat critical to me, though – the VDC polygon, specifically, the way it deprived quite a few diffpairs from GND under them.
Redraw, Nudge, Compromise
Remember, you want a ground polygon all along the underside of the differential pair, from start to finish, without interruptions – that ground polygon is where ground return current flows, and it’s also crucial in reaching the right differential pair impedance. The VDC polygon did interrupt a good few pairs, however.
Most of those interruptions were fixed easily by lifting the VDC polygon. Highlighting the net (` keyboard key) showed that there’s only really 4 consumers of the VDC power input, and all of them were above the overwhelming majority of the diffpairs. REFCLKs for M.2 sockets had to be rerouted to go over ground all throughout, though, and I also added a VDC cutout to pull gigabit Ethernet IC PCIe RX/TX pairs over VDC for most of their length.
This polygon carries a fair bit of current, a whole N100 (x86) CPU’s worth and then some, and remember – inner layers are half as thick, only 0. 5oz instead of 1 oz you get for outer layers by default. So, while we can cut into it, the VDC path has to be clear enough. A lot of items on VDC, like some gigabit controller power lines, ended up being moved from the VDC polygon layer to the opposite inner layer – now, they’re technically on the layer under PCIe and gigabit Ethernet pairs, but it’s a better option than compromising VDC power delivery. I also moved some VDC layer tracks to B.Cu and F.Cu; remember, with high-speed stuff you really want to minimize the number of inner layer tracks.
Loose Ends
With the vias changed and polygon redrawn, only a few changes remained. Not all diffpair layer crossings had enough vias next to them, and not all GND pads had vias either – particularly on the Mu and M.2 slots, what’s with high-speed communications and all, you have to make sure that all GND pads have GND vias on them. Again, highlight GND net (`) and go hunting. Afterwards, check whether you broke any polygons on inner layers – I sure did accidentally make a narrow passage on VDC even more narrow with my vias, but it didn’t take much to fix. Remember, it’s rare that extra vias cost you extra, so going wild on them is generally safe.
The SATA connector footprint from Digikey was faulty – instead of plated holes for through-hole pins, it had non-plated holes. Not the kind of error I’ve ever seen with easyeda2kicad, gotta say. As an aside, it was quite a struggle to find the proper datasheet on Digikey – I had to open like five different PDFs before I found one with footprint dimension recommendations.
A few nets were NC – as it turned out, mostly because some SATA ports had conflicting names; a few UART testpoints were present in the schematic but not on the board, so I wired them real quick, too. DRC highlighted some unconnected tracks – always worth fixing, so that KiCad can properly small segments into longer tracks, and so that your track moves don’t then result in small track snippets interfering with the entire plan. Last but not least, the BIOS sheet in the schematic was broken for some reason; KiCad said that it was corrupted. Turned out that instead of BIOS.kicad_sch, the file was named bios.kicad_sch – go figure.
Production Imminent
These changes helped [LtBrain] reduce PCB manufacturing cost, removed some potential problems for high-speed signal functioning, and fixed some crucial issues like SATA port mounting pins – pulling an otherwise SMD-pad SATA port off the board is really easy on accident! They’re all on GitHub now, as you’d expect, and you too can benefit from this board now.
8/19: Oppose Police Social Media Surveillance
Boston Police (BPD) continue their efforts rollout more surveillance tools. This time on social media.
On August 19th, the Boston Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing on the Boston 2024 Surveillance Technology Report including police usage of three new tools to monitor social media posts. Any tool BPD uses will feed into the Boston Regional Information Center (BRIC) and Federal agencies such as ICE, CBP and the FBI.
If you want to tell the Boston Public Safety committee to oppose this expansion of surveillance, please show up on the 19th virtually. Details are posted, but to sign up to speak, email ccc.ps@boston.gov and they will send you a video conference link. We especially encourage Boston Pirates to attend and speak against this proposal. The Docket # is 1357.
Continuous-Path 3D Printed Case is Clearly Superior
[porchlogic] had a problem. The desire was to print a crystal-like case for an ESP32 project, reminiscent of so many glorious game consoles and other transparent hardware of the 1990s. However, with 3D printing the only realistic option on offer, it seemed difficult to achieve a nice visual result. The solution? Custom G-code to produce as nice a print as possible, by having the hot end trace a single continuous path.
The first job was to pick a filament. Transparent PLA didn’t look great, and was easily dented—something [porchlogic] didn’t like given the device was intended to be pocketable. PETG promised better results, but stringing was common and tended to reduce the visual appeal. The solution to avoid stringing would be to stop the hot end lifting away from the print and moving to different areas of the part. Thus, [porchlogic] had to find a way to make the hot end move in a single continuous path—something that isn’t exactly a regular feature of common 3D printing slicer utilities.
The enclosure itself was designed from the ground up to enable this method of printing. Rhino and Grasshopper were used to create the enclosure and generate the custom G-code for an all-continuous print. Or, almost—there is a single hop across the USB port opening, which creates a small blob of plastic that is easy to remove once the print is done, along with strings coming off the start and end points of the print.
Designing an enclosure in this way isn’t easy, per se, but it did net [porchLogic] the results desired. We’ve seen some other neat hacks in this vein before, too, like using innovative non-planar infill techniques to improve the strength of prints.
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Thanks to [Uxorious] and [Keith Olson] for the tip!
A DEA agent used a local cop's password "for federal investigations in late January 2025 without [the cop's] knowledge of said use."
A DEA agent used a local copx27;s password "for federal investigations in late January 2025 without [the copx27;s] knowledge of said use."#Flock
Feds Used Local Cop's Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent used a local police officer’s password to the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for someone suspected of an “immigration violation.” That DEA agent did this “without [the local police officer’s] knowledge,” and the password to the Flock account, which belonged to the Palos Heights PD, has since been changed. Using license plate readers for immigration enforcement is illegal in Illinois, and casual password sharing between local police and federal law enforcement for access to surveillance systems is, at the very least, against Flock’s terms of service.The details of the search were first reported by the investigative news outlet Unraveled, which obtained group chats about the search using a public records request. More details about the search were obtained and shared with 404 Media by Shawn, a 404 Media reader who filed a public records request with Palos Heights after attending one of our FOIA Forums.
DEA agent used Illinois cop’s Flock license plate reader password for immigration enforcement searches
A federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent on a Chicago area task force used Palos Heights Detective Todd Hutchinson’s login credentials to perform unauthorized searches this past January. Group chat screenshots obtained via public records request show the detective and the feds discussing the incident.Unraveled Press
Flock makes automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras, which passively collect the time, plates, and model of cars that drive past them and enter them into a network that can then be searched by police. Our investigation in May showed that federal agents were gaining side-door access into this system by asking local police to perform immigration enforcement searches for them; the new documents show that in some cases, local police have simply given federal agents their passwords.The documents obtained by Unraveled show details of an internal investigation done by the Palos Heights, Illinois police department in response to a series of questions that I asked them for an article we published in May that appeared to show a Todd Hutchinson, a police officer in Palos Heights, performing a series of Flock searches in January as part of their research into an “immigration violation.”
At the time, Palos Heights police chief Mike Yott told me that Hutchinson was a member of a DEA task force “that does not work immigration cases.”
“None of our officers that work with federal agencies have cross designation as immigration officers, and therefore have no immigration authority, and we and our partner agencies are very sensitive to the fact that we and the State of Illinois do not pursue immigration issues,” Yott said. “Based on the limited information on the report, the coding/wording may be poor and the use of Flock may be part of a narcotics investigation or a fugitive status warrant, which does on occasion involve people with various immigration statuses.”
Our reporting set off an internal investigation into what these searches were for, and who did them, according to the documents obtained by Unraveled. According to a July 9 investigation report written by the Palos Heights Police Department, Hutchinson was the only task force member who had access to Flock. Information about what the search was actually for is redacted in the internal investigation, and neither the Palos Heights Police Department nor the DEA has said what it was for.
“Hutchinson advised that it was common that he allowed others to use his login to Flock during the course of their drug investigations. TFO Hutchinson spoke to his group and learned that one of the DEA agents completed these searches and used his login information,” the report says. The DEA agent (whose name is redacted in the report) “did in fact use Hutchinson’s login for federal investigations in late January 2025 without Hutchinson’s knowledge of said use.”
“When I had shared my account with the Special Agent, I believed it would only be used for DEA/narcotics related investigations,” Hutchinson wrote in an email to his bosses explaining why he shared his password. Hutchinson said in a series of text messages to task force officers, which were also obtained by Unraveled, that he had to change the password to lock other members of the task force out of the system.
“What’s the new password?,” a task force member wrote to Hutchinson.
“Sorry man. Keys had to be taken away,” he responded.
The task force member replied with a gif of a sad Chandler Bing from friends sitting in the rain.
“Hey guys I no longer have access to Flock cause Hutch took my access away,” another group text reads. “Apparently someone who has access to his account may have been running plates and may have placed the search bar ‘immigration’.. which maybe have brought undue attention to his account. Effective immediately Defer all flock inquiries to Toss Hutchinstein[sic].”“Dear Todd, I hope you don’t get in trouble cause of my mistake,” the DEA agent joked in the group chat. “U were so helpful in giving the group access but now that is gone, gone like dust,…..in the wind … Trust is broken / I don’t know if bridges can be mended … one day we might be back to normal but until then I will just have to sit by this window and pray things will return … Best Regards. Ps, can u flock a plate for me”
“Only time will tell my fate, I suppose,” Hutchinson responded. “What’s the plate? And confirming it is NOT for immigration purposes…”
“It was a test …… and u passed ….,” the DEA agent responds.
In response to a separate public records request filed by Shawn, the 404 Media reader, and shared with us, the Palos Heights Police Department said “Our investigation into this matter has revealed that while these inquiries appear to have been run as part of a taskforce assignment, no member of the Palos Heights Police Department ‘ran’ those queries. They were, apparently, run by another, non-Palos Heights, task force member who used a Palos Height's member's sign in and password information without his knowledge.”The Palos Heights Police Department said in its investigation files that “this incident has brought to light the need to review our own protocols of LPR use.” The police department said that it had decided to limit searches of its Flock system only to agencies within the state of Illinois, rather than to police departments around the country. The department also turned on two-factor authentication, which had not been previously enabled.
“Lastly, I believe there is a need to start a monthly review of our own flock searches to ensure our officers are working within standards and compliant with all policies and laws,” the report says.
Palos Heights’ casual sharing of passwords to a powerful surveillance system is a violation of Flock’s terms of service, which states “Authorized End Users shall not share their account username or password information and must protect the security of the username and password.”
More concerningly, it shows, as we have been reporting, that there are very few practical guardrails on how Flock is being used. The DEA does not have a contract with Flock, and police generally do not obtain a warrant to use Flock. We have repeatedly reported on police officers around the country who have offered to either run plates for their colleagues or to give them access to their logins, even when those agencies have not gone through proper acquisition channels.
The Palos Heights police department did not respond to a request for comment from 404 Media. The DEA told 404 Media “we respectfully refer you to the Palos Heights Police Department.” Flock also did not respond to a request for comment. The House Oversight Committee announced last week that it had launched an investigation into how Flock is being used to search for immigration violations.
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Come celebrate with us and catch a LIVE recording of the 404 Media podcast.#party
You're Invited: 404 Media's Second Anniversary Party and LIVE PODCAST!
We've survived and thrived for two years and are ready to celebrate with you, the ones who made it possible!Come have a cocktail or locally-brewed beer on us at vertical farm and brew lab farm.one. We'll also record a live podcast with the whole 404 crew, for the first time in person together since... well, two years ago!
Doors open at 6, programming begins at 6:45, good hangs to continue after. Open bar (tip your bartenders), and pizza will be available for purchase on-site if you're hungry.
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If getting into the coolest party of the summer isn't enticing enough, you'll be supporting the impact of our journalism, which so far this year has included:
- Nvidia was sued after we revealed the company scraped YouTube and other sites en masse to build its own AI systems.
- GeoSpy, an AI tool that let anyone geolocate photos in seconds and whose users could include stalkers, dramatically restricted access after 404 Media published an investigation into it.
- Congress repeatedly grilled Apple and Meta over their association with nonconsensual nudify and deepfake apps after we exposed the connections.
- A public library ebook service said it was going to cull AI slop after we found low quality books were flooding libraries.
- Congress just launched an investigation into automatic license plate reader company Flock; After 404 Media’s investigations this year, Flock removed a number of states from its national lookup tool. In July, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon announced an agreement by Flock to block any out-of-state police searches related to abortion or immigration.
Our earlier work has shut down surveillance companies and triggered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines too. Our paying subscribers are the engine that powers this impactful journalism. Every subscription, monthly or annual, makes a real difference and makes it possible to do our work.
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Bravo Donald: sono gli americani a pagare l'86% dei rincari innescati dai dazi
Secondo un rapporto di Goldman Sachs gli esportatori stranieri hanno sopportato solo il 14% degli aumenti innescati dalle tariffe americane. Il resto le impres…Claudio Paudice (HuffPost Italia)
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Lezioni di conversazione in italiano
Uso spesso podcast e video di persone di madrelingua inglese per migliorare la conoscenza della lingua.
Mi piacerebbe restituire il favore.
Ho pensato che magari da qualche parte sul pianeta c'è qualcuno che studia italiano a cui potrebbe fare altrettanto comodo avere uno sparring partner, quindi non podcast e video ma vere conversazioni on-line (gratuite).
Non so da che parte partire per far arrivare la notizia a chi potrebbe essere interessato, voi come fareste?
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«Non c’è nessun caro ombrellone»
ci vuole coraggio a definire i prezzi in italia non esosi e non un'emergenza... pazzesca la ghigna che ha la gente. fosse per me renderei obbligatoria una spiaggia libera accanto a ogni stabilimento a pagamento.
Public consultation on ”retention of data by service providers for criminal proceedings”. Answering guide for civil society organisations and individuals.
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather your views about the impact of data retention rules in view of adoption of legislative and non-legislative measures at EU level. Here's EDRi's guide on how to answer the tricky consultation.
The post Public consultation on ”retention of data by service providers for criminal proceedings”. Answering guide for civil society organisations and individuals. appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
L’Italia investe nelle startup tecnologiche israeliane
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
La Cassa Depositi e Prestiti destina decine di milioni di euro a imprese israeliane di intelligenza artificiale e calcolo quantistico. L’obiettivo è attrarre in Italia competenze e innovazione, dimenticando la distruzione di Gaza
L'articolo L’Italia investe nelle startup tecnologiche israeliane
#Trump e #Putin al caminetto
Trump e Putin al caminetto
L’appuntamento è per il 15 Agosto in Alaska e sarà il primo del secondo mandato di Trump alla Casa Bianca. Il fatto che vi sarà un incontro è di per sé un fatto positivo, quando le due superpotenze nucleari dialogano il mondo intero respira meglio.www.altrenotizie.org
Il ritorno dell’autorizzazione a procedere rafforzerà le tutele degli eletti nelle Camere
@Politica interna, europea e internazionale
L'articolo Il ritorno dell’autorizzazione a procedere rafforzerà le tutele degli eletti nelle Camere fondazioneluigieinaudi.it/il-r…
Anduril accelera nell’Indo-Pacifico. Nuovi accordi con Taiwan e Corea del Sud
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Dopo America ed Europa, Anduril ha messo gli occhi anche sull’Indo-Pacifico. L’emerging tech Usa, leader nel comparto dell’IA applicata alla difesa, ha recentemente concluso due accordi che pongono le basi della sua futura espansione in estremo oriente. Da un lato
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#NoiSiamoLeScuole, con i fondi del #PNRR finalizzati alla costruzione di nuove scuole sono stati demoliti e sono in corso di ricostruzione due istituti in Sicilia e uno in Lombardia.Telegram
Terre rare, gli Usa puntano a estrarle e raffinarle in casa. Ecco come
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Il rafforzamento dell’ecosistema della Difesa Usa non passa solamente per l’assegnazione di nuove commesse, ma anche dal consolidamento di una filiera interamente radicata sul territorio nazionale. Il Dipartimento della Difesa statunitense ha infatti concesso il primo prestito
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GAZA. Attacco aereo all’ospedale Shifa: ucciso il giornalista Anas al Sharif di Al Jazeera
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Uccisi sette palestinesi tra cui due reporter della televisione del Qatar e due cameraman
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GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA. A fine agosto e inizio settembre decine di imbarcazioni salperanno per Gaza
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Prima dalla Spagna e poi dal Nordafrica gli attivisti di 44 paesi proveranno a rompere il blocco navale israeliano di Gaza e a portare aiuti umanitari ai civili palestinesi. A bordo ci sarà ancora Greta
Pace tra Armenia e Azerbaigian. Il passo falso di Mosca e i timori dell’Iran
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L'intesa firmata a Washington favorisce l'Azerbaigian, la Turchia e gli Stati Uniti, che rimettono piede nel cortile di casa russo. Teheran teme e denuncia la manovra a tenaglia
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Israele ha ucciso l'intera troupe di Al Jazeera a Gaza City, inclusi giornalisti e cameraman:
Reporter: Anas Al-Sharif
Reporter: Muhammad Qariqa
Cameraman: Ibrahim Zahir
Cameraman: Moamen Aliwa
Autista: Muhammad Nofal
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Israele ha ucciso l'intera troupe di Al Jazeera a Gaza City, inclusi giornalisti e cameraman: Reporter: Anas Al-Sharif Reporter: Muhammad Qariqa Cameraman: Ibrahim Zahir Cameraman: Moamen Aliwa Autista: Muhammad NofalTelegram
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Il tribunale di Torino ha condannato la questura della città e il ministero dell'Interno per le file davanti all'ufficio immigrazione - Il Post
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Mio racconto brevissimo scritto per Minuti Contati, link originale.
Pecunia non olet
Adam entrò in ufficio, appese il soprabito e si accostò al mobile bar per un drink.
«Non dovresti bere nelle tue condizioni» disse una voce calda alle sue spalle.
Si voltò di scatto: c’era una ragazza bionda in un elegante tubino bianco sul divano. Sorrideva.
«Come sei entrata? Chi sei?»
«È inutile agitarsi, vado dove voglio e di nomi ne ho tanti. Sono qui per un affare.»
Lui tirò fuori il cellulare e chiamò la sicurezza, il telefono rimase muto.
«Dovresti ascoltarmi» commentò la donna.
Adam fece per andare verso la porta ma si bloccò, non c’era nessuna porta. Lei si alzò, aveva un corpo da mozzare il fiato.
«Chi diavolo sei?» chiese confuso.
Lei rise divertita: «L’hai detto. Mettiti comodo e ascolta la mia proposta.» Lo spinse sulla vicina poltrona.
«Tu sei ricco Adam, uno dei più ricchi del mondo, eppure non ti servirà, tra poco morrai e perderai ogni cosa.»
«Lo so questo, è il nostro destino.»
«Non proprio. Dovrai morire, lo ammetto, ma in quanto al denaro, ti offro la possibilità di portarne parte con te nell’aldilà.»
Adam rise forte: «Vorrai dire all’inferno!»
«Ah, l’inferno, sei così sicuro di meritarlo?»
«Ci puoi giurare» rispose ridendo «quello mi tocca di sicuro.»
La donna sorrise: «Inferno, paradiso, sono solo parole, il luogo dove finirai non è troppo diverso da questo: meglio essere ricchi che altrimenti.» Sollevò la gonna e si sedette sulla scrivania. «La mia offerta è questa: lascerai la somma che vorrai a una fondazione che io ti indicherò, in questo mondo, e noi te ne faremo avere un decimo nell’aldilà.»
«E tu credi che io abbocchi a un’imbroglio del genere? Proprio io?»
Lei gli mise in mano un biglietto. «I dati per la donazione, pensaci, non tutti hanno questa possibilità.» Lui abbassò lo sguardo per leggerlo, quando lo rialzò la donna non c’era più.
«Cavolo…» mormorò, ma andò a riporlo nel soprabito. Quando si voltò in mezzo alla stanza c’era un’altra donna, bruna, sui quaranta, con un tailleur scuro molto elegante e sobrio.
«Non ti fidare di quella, ti frega» disse la nuova arrivata.
Adam si guardò intorno, forse era il cancro a causargli quelle allucinazioni. Gli restava poco.
«Certo che non mi fido, non si portano soldi all’inferno.»
«Bravo!» esclamò lei soddisfatta. «Devi farle con la gente giusta queste cose. Se ti affidi a noi, non solo garantiamo un trasferimento di denaro doppio, ma assicuriamo anche il passaggio in paradiso.»
«Cosa?»
«Ma certo! Perché con la donazione giusta, con un gesto di generosità vera, noi possiamo assicurarti il perdono.»
«Il perdono?»
«Assicurato!»
Adam sentiva la testa pulsare, non stava affatto bene.
«Questo non è corretto» il grido veniva dalle sue spalle, si girò, era di nuovo la bionda. Furiosa.
«Gli affari sono affari» ribatté la bruna.
Le due si presero per i capelli.
Adam quasi sorrise vedendole avvinghiate, non era più sicuro di quale delle due fosse il demone e quale l’angelo.
Non ha importanza, in ogni caso è troppo tardi – pensò, con un filo di rimpianto, mentre spirava.
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Qualcuno ha visto il PD?
Quel partito ha la caratteristica di riuscire a sparire completamente dalla scena per mesi, per anni, tra un'elezione (persa) e l'altra.
O governa, e sappiamo come, o sparisce completamente dalla circolazione.
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Beh immagino che chi non ha votato PD si stia godendo i nipotini del duce esattamente come chi ha votato il PD si sarà goduto il suo supporto agli stupratori della guardia costiera libica, il suo jobs act, la sua delegittimazione delle ONG che salvano vite in mare, ecc.
Però quelli del PD in effetti alla manifestazione del 25 aprile partecipano convintamente, cantano "bella ciao" quindi posso capire che qualcuno li consideri migliori di quegli altri.
Comunque la mia domanda era: ma questi "migliori" dove sono finiti? Che fanno? Stanno aspettando le prossime elezioni per tornare a riproporsi come quelli che vanno votati perché gli altri sono peggiori?
"Soltanto il 35,5% delle persone intervistate ha detto di essere «preoccupata» dalla situazione umanitaria a Gaza, mentre il 61,5% ha detto di non esserlo per niente, o solo in minima parte. L’80% ha detto di ritenere che l’IDF sia un esercito «morale»".
La manifestazione a Tel Aviv contro il piano per occupare la città di Gaza - Il Post
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La manifestazione a Tel Aviv contro il piano per occupare la città di Gaza
Decine di migliaia di persone hanno protestato contro il governo di Netanyahu per chiedere la fine della guerra e la liberazione degli ostaggiIl Post
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Salvare politica dal ricatto mediatico-giudiziario. Se non ora quando?
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in reply to Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹 • • •ricordo app, forse "Hello Talk" e "Tandem", che potrebbero essere utili in questo caso ma non mi viene in mente nessuna alternativa open.
Se invece ti va bene anche offline, al mio circolo arci di fiducia, organizzano lezioni di italiano per stranierз, giusto per fare un esempio.
Magari prova a vedere se nella tua zona ci sono progetti simili. Credo ci sia sempre bisogno di volontarз.
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Sì in effetti è una buona idea, non ci avevo pensato. Grazie.
Anche se a me piacerebbe di più farlo con gente che sta dall'altra parte del mondo, così potrei approfittarne per farmi raccontare qualcosa di come vivono laggiù 😀
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in reply to Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹 • • •capisco! Ci sta effettivamente! Sono sicuro però che anche chi arriva qui da lontano avrà qualcosa da raccontare in merito.
Se trovo altre cose online ti scrivo ma adesso mi vengono in mente solo quelle 😅