Multitasking On The Humble Z80 CPU
Multitasking is something we take for granted these days. Just about every computer we use, from our desktops to our phones, is capable of multitasking. It might sound silly to implement multitasking on lower-spec machines from many decades ago, given their limited resources, but it can be done, as [bchiha] demonstrates on a Z80-based machine.
[bchiha] has achieved pre-emptive multitasking on the TEC-1G Z80 computer, a modern reimagining of the classic Talking Electronics TEC-1 from the 1980s. The proof of concept code allows running up to eight separate tasks at once. Task switching runs on interrupts, triggered at approximately 50 Hz. When an interrupt fires, the CPU registers are transferred onto that task’s stack, and the next task’s stack is swapped to the stack pointer to allow execution of the new task to proceed. There is an overhead, of course, with [bchiha] noting that the task swapping routine itself takes about 430 clock cycles to run in between tasks.
Multitasking took some time to appear on home computers for good reason—it’s not very useful unless you have a machine with enough power to practically run multiple tasks at once. While a Z80 machine like this can do multitasking, you’d better hope each task is pretty tiny to avoid each individual task taking forever to run.
[bchiha] has made the simple multitasking code available on Github for the curious. We’ve featured multitasking work on other unconventional platforms before, too, like the Arduino Uno. Video after the break.
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An Audio Brick For Your Smart Home
If you’ve ever wanted to pump sound to all the rooms of your house, you might use any one of a number of commercial solutions. Or, you could go the more DIY route and whip up something like the Esparagus Audio Brick built by [Andriy].
The concept is simple—it’s a small unit, roughly the size of a brick, which streams high-quality audio. It’s based around an ESP32, which pulls in digital audio over Wi-Fi or Ethernet. The microcontroller is hooked up to a TAS5825M DAC, which comes with a built-in amplifier for convenience. The Esparagus is designed for integration with Home Assistant, allowing for easy control as part of a smart home setup. It’s also compatible with Spotify Connect, AirPlay, and Snapcast—the latter of which provides excellent sync when using multiple units across several rooms.
Design files are available on Github for the curious. We’ve seen other neat projects in this space, before, too—like the charmingly-named OtterCast. Video after the break.
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Building a PV Solar-Powered Quadcopter
One of the most frustrating parts about flying a quadcopter is having to regularly swap battery packs, as this massively limits what you can do with said quadcopter, never mind its effective range. Obviously, having the sun power said quadcopter during a nice sunny day would be a much better experience, but how workable is this really? While airplanes have used solar power to stay aloft practically indefinitely, a quadcopter needs significantly more power, so is it even possible? Recently, [Luke Maximo Bell] set out to give it a whirl.
His quadcopter build uses a large but very lightweight carbon fiber frame, with large 18″ propellers. This provides the required space and lift for the solar panel array, which uses 27 razor-thin panels in a 9×3 grid configuration supported by a lightweight support frame.
Due to the lightweight construction, the resulting quadcopter actually managed to fly using just the direct power from the panels. It should be noted however that it is an exceedingly fragile design, to the point that [Luke]’s cat broke a panel in the array when walking over it while it was lying upside-down on a table.
After this proof of concept, [Luke] intends to add more panels, as well as a battery to provide some buffer and autonomous flying hardware, with the goal of challenging the world record for the longest flying drone. For the rest of us, this might make for a pretty cool idea for a LoRaWAN mesh node or similar, where altitude and endurance would make for a great combo.
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Il 2 novembre sit in per la “strega” Francesca Albanese sotto la statua di Giordano Bruno a Roma
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2025 Component Abuse Challenge: A Transistor As A Voltage Reference
For our 2025 Component Abuse Challenge there have been a set of entries which merely use a component for a purpose it wasn’t quite intended, and another which push misuse of a part into definite abuse territory, which damages or fundamentally changes it. [Ken Yap]’s use of a transistor base-emitter junction as a voltage reference certainly fits into the latter category.
If you forward bias a base-emitter junction, it will behave as a diode, which could be used as a roughly 0.7 volt reference. But this project is far more fun than that, because it runs the junctions in reverse biased breakdown mode. Using one of those cheap grab bags of transistor seconds, he finds that devices of the same type maintain the same voltage, which for the NPN devices he has works out at 9.5 volts and the PNP at 6.5. We’re told it damages their operation as transistors, but with a grab bag, that’s not quite the issue.
We’ve got a few days left before the end of the contest, and we’re sure you can think of something worth entering. Why not give it a go!
DIY Pinball Machine Uses Every Skill
Pinball machines have something for everyone. They’re engaging, fast-paced games available in a variety of sizes and difficulties, and legend has it that they can be played even while deaf and blind. Wizardry aside, pinball machines have a lot to offer those of us around here as well, as they’re a complex mix of analog and digital components, games, computers, and artistry. [Daniele Tartaglia] is showing off every one of his skills to build a tabletop pinball machine completely from the ground up.
This is the latest in a series of videos documenting [Daniele]’s project, so he already has the general arrangement of the game set up. He has some improved ball-counting devices to enhance the game’s ability to keep track of ball position. [Daniele] also builds a few chutes and chimneys for the ball to pass outside of the play field. Next up are flippers and some of the bumpers. The video is rounded out with conductive targets built completely from scratch using metal zip ties. With a machine as complex as this, there are many points during the build where he has to stop and redesign parts. Prototyping as he goes, [Daniele] adds to the distinctive flair of this unique game.
This build truly puts every tool in [Daniele]’s toolbox to work, from a laser cutter, lathe, and 3D printer to various microcontrollers, solenoids, and electronics. He seamlessly blends the analog world of steel ball bearings and rubber bumpers with the digital world of scoring, automation, lighting, and sound. Pinball machines are experiencing a bit of a resurgence, meaning many of the classic tables are expensive collector’s items. If you want to build your own, we featured a great resource for others like [Daniele] who want to build one of these intricate machines themselves.
Thanks to [Aaron] for the tip!
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Non riuscendo a trovare un interlocutore umano che seguisse il mio pensiero e che chiarisse i miei dubbi, ho pensato di consultare Gemini.
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il problema di questa riforma da quello che ho capito è che in sostanza l'elettore vota un progetto, la cui pericolosità o meno non è contenuta nella riforma, ma in regolamenti attuativi esterni che il parlamento dovrà redarre successivamente. questo è estremamente pericoloso. la scelta della rossa dei candidati non togati dei 2 csm, come dei membri dell'alta corte disciplinare è estremamente critica e in quello sta l'indipendenza della magistratura dal potere esecutivo, pur con tutti i difetti e i disequilibri dell'attuale magistratura, certamente stra-potente.
come scrive gemini stesso: "In sintesi, la garanzia di imparzialità si riduce drasticamente, perché la casualità del sorteggio viene neutralizzata dalla selezione preventiva e mirata della lista di base (la "rosa")."
Alla fine è come quando fanno le elezioni in russia o iran, dove tu voti MA i candidati sono prima scelti dal governo o sa una sola parte politica... è lo stesso tipo di difetto originale.
Sarebbe molto diverso se la riforma contenesse criteri rigorosi e vincolanti sa parte del parlamento per la scelta della rosa. Ma così non è. Ed è grave perché si chiede all'elettore di votare una riforma costituzionale "incompleta" e "indefinita" fidandosi di un parlamento.
Mandando alle ortiche l'indipendenza democratica tra potere esecutivo, parlamento e magistratura.
Invito a leggere il mio "dialogo" con Gemini o magari andare su gemini a fare domande alternative.
The mummified remains of two duck-billed dinosaurs exposing skin, spikes, flesh, the first reptilian hooves ever discovered.
There’s a Dinosaur ‘Mummy Zone.’ Here’s What Scientists Found There.
Welcome back to a special scary installment of the Abstract! Is Halloween over? Technically yes. But as lovers of spooky season will know, the fallout from Halloween—when dawn reveals the remains of the festivities—is an extension of the day itself. That is why I have assembled a parade of horrors for you this morning.First, ancient mummies from a watery grave. Then: : let’s get tangled up in one of the great mysteries of spider webs; watch out for the venomous snakes; and lastly, scientists literally ask where the bodies are buried.
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And now, Halloween is over but the darkness lingers on…
Prepare to enter the “mummy zone”
If you think human mummies are scary, wait until you meet dinosaur mummies.
Paleontologists have discovered the mummified remains of two duck-billed dinosaurs that belong to the species Edmontosaurus (go Oilers!) annectens, which lived 66 million years ago in what is now Wyoming.
The immaculate preservation of the animals—a 2-year-old juvenile and young adult that was roughly 5 to 8 years old—exposed unprecedented corporeal details, such as intricate polygonal scales, spinal spikes, fleshy contours, skin wrinkles, and the first hooves ever identified in a dinosaur (or any reptile), making them the oldest hooves in the fossil record.
The scaly skin of a crest over the back of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens, nicknamed "Ed Jr." Image: Tyler Keillor/Fossil Lab
“The late juvenile is the first subadult dinosaur mummy on record and the first large-bodied dinosaur preserving the fleshy midline over the trunk,” said researchers led by Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago. “The early adult is the first hadrosaurid to preserve the entire spike row from hips to tail tip and the first reptile preserving wedge-shaped pedal hooves.”
These “end-Cretaceous E. annectens preserve the oldest hoof renderings for any tetrapod, the first record of hooves in a reptile” and “the first instance of a hooved tetrapod capable of bipedal locomotion,” the team added.
Dinosaur hoof. Image: Tyler Keillor/UChicago Fossil Lab
For more than a century, paleontologists have discovered dinosaur mummies in what the team delightfully calls the “mummy zone” of the Lance Formation of east-central Wyoming. In addition to adding new specimens to this collection, Sereno and his colleagues have also shed light on the rare process of “clay templating” that produces this preservation of mummified flesh, skin, and other soft tissues.
As the carcasses of these Edmontosaurs dried in the Cretaceous sun, they were suddenly immersed under a flash flood that left a thin biofilm over their skin, preserving the three-dimensional soft tissues in time. The team concluded that “the extraordinary preservation of the ‘mummy zone’ is due to rapid subsidence in a coastal setting subject to seasonal drought-flood cycles.”
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While it’s sad that these dinos died young, it’s a miracle that we can observe their flesh, skin, and hooves 66 million years later. Anyway, it’s not as if they had much to look forward to, since the die was already cast for the non-avian dinosaurs. In this case, the die is an apocalyptic space rock to which we humans owe our existence—and the reality of these cosmic gambles of fate is frankly scarier than any mummy, even a dinosaur mummy, ever could be.In other news…
Deck the halls with stabilimenta
Halloween revelers will be taking down their decorative spider-web today, but real spiders keep their web decor up all year long. Researchers have long struggled to make sense of the silky zigzag ornaments that some spiders weave, known as “stabilimenta,” which could serve as insect attractors, predator defense, thermal protection, or water collection. Nobody is really sure!
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Now, a team has suggested that stabilimenta might be vibrational amplifiers that help alert spiders to prey impacting the web. “No studies have yet investigated how web decorations affect vibration propagation in orb webs,” said researchers led by Gabriele Greco of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. By studying wasp spiders in Sardinia, the team found that in certain cases, ”the presence of the stabilimentum enhances the spider’s ability to detect prey location…compared to webs without a stabilimentum.”
“However, from a biological standpoint, the high variability in stabilimentum geometry suggests that the observed differences in elastic wave propagation are unlikely to have a consistent or significant functional role,” the team added.
In other words, these web decorations still defy a one-size-fits-all explanation. My own hypothesis is that they are just the dorm room posters of the spider world.
A new antivenom bites back
Though I am a militant ophiophilist, even I can see how a clade of dangerous limbless weirdos ended up becoming so widely feared and maligned. Snakes kill tens of thousands of people per year, an ongoing tragedy that has galvanized researchers to develop antivenom “cocktails” that could treat snakebit emergencies across many species while also mitigating adverse immunological reactions.
A new study has now addressed this challenge “by immunizing an alpaca and a llama with the venoms of 18 different snakes, including mambas, cobras and rinkhals,” said researchers led by Shirin Ahmadi of the Technical University of Denmark.
The cocktail “effectively prevented venom-induced lethality in vivo across 17 African elapid snake species” and “shows considerable promise for comprehensive, continent-wide protection against snakebites by all medically relevant African elapids,” the team added.
While it will take much more research to prove it is safe and effective in humans, the antivenom is a significant step toward preventing snakebite deaths and injuries. It's also about the only cocktail that you hope you’ll never have the desire to order.
The more (dead), the merrier
We’ll close on that most hallowed of Halloween traditions—a trip to the haunted cemetery.
In an unprecedented study, researchers mapped out tens of thousands of ancient Chinese tombs spanning the past 4,000 years since the Xia Dynasty. The team used mapping software to analyze the age and location of the tombs to search for clues about the social and political impacts on burial locations.
The shift trajectory of burials across different historical periods. Image: Ma et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/b…)
“The number of ancient tombs varied significantly across historical periods” with the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1912) accounting for 47.012 percent of the national total, while the Sui dynasty (581 - 618) had only 0.134 percent, according to researchers led by Quanbao Ma of the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
“From a temporal perspective, periods of frequent dynastic transitions and wars in Chinese history were often accompanied by significant population declines and migrations,” the team added. “However, during post-war recovery and periods of societal stability, population numbers typically rebounded and grew rapidly, which was also reflected in the increasing number of deceased individuals requiring burial.”
In other words, contrary to Halloween lore, it can be a good sign to find a lot of dead bodies in one place because it’s often an indicator of more peaceful and stable times (dead bodies, after all, are the product of living ones). What might be more creepy is an absence of graves in your general vicinity. With that in mind, go visit your local ghosts; they are great company this time of year.
Thanks for reading! See you next week.
First Contact
A narrative and visual exploration of humanity’s age-old search for and fixation with extraterrestrials.First Contact explores the ancient idea—and epic ...Hachette Book Group
Dolcetto o scherzetto?
Ecco cosa dice il Global Peace index del 2025 - Info Data
I decessi causati dai conflitti globali hanno raggiunto il livello più alto degli ultimi venticinque anni.Enrico Calabrese (Info Data)
Un ponte sul mare dei conti.
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Il dibattito sul ponte sullo stretto di Messina di questi giorni va oltre la politica. I rilievi della Corte dei conti non sono un atto di ostruzionismo, ma l’esercizio di una funzione di garanzia che tutela la legalità, la trasparenza e la corretta gestione delle risorse pubbliche. In un sistema democratico equilibrato, il controllo non è un freno, ma uno strumento di responsabilità.
Il progetto del ponte muove circa 14 miliardi di euro, coinvolge interessi strategici e incide sull’ambiente, sull’economia e sulla coesione territoriale. È naturale, e necessario, che la Corte chieda chiarezza su piani finanziari, sostenibilità economica e conformità giuridica degli atti, per assicurare che ogni fase rispetti le norme sui contratti pubblici e sulla spesa dello Stato.
Nel caso del governo Meloni, la spinta verso una realizzazione rapida dell’opera è ovvia: il ponte è diventato un simbolo politico, un progetto identitario che promette infrastrutture e sviluppo. Tuttavia, l’urgenza non può sostituire la trasparenza né giustificare forzature amministrative. Il ruolo della Corte è proprio quello di ricordare che una grande opera vive solo se fondata su basi legali solide e su una gestione finanziaria sostenibile.
Parlare di “attacco” o “ostacolo” da parte della Corte significa travisare la sua missione costituzionale. La funzione di controllo serve a rafforzare la credibilità dell’azione di governo, non a limitarla. In un periodo in cui il debito pubblico pesa e i margini di spesa sono stretti, è fondamentale che ogni euro investito sia tracciabile e coerente con i vincoli di legge.
La correttezza dei rilievi contabili sta nel richiamare l’attenzione su elementi tecnici che non possono essere ignorati: la revisione dei contratti con i concessionari, la copertura finanziaria pluriennale, la valutazione dei rischi ambientali e la trasparenza delle gare. Sono queste le condizioni per evitare arbitrio, sprechi o contenziosi futuri che rallenterebbero ulteriormente i lavori. La vera modernizzazione non è solo costruire infrastrutture, ma farlo rispettando le regole e garantendo che la spesa pubblica sia un investimento per tutti, non un rischio collettivo.
Ora serve che il governo Meloni abbandoni la retorica distrattiva. Se davvero la priorità è costruire il futuro dell’Italia, si dimostri di saperlo fare passando dal rispetto delle leggi e dall’ascolto delle istituzioni di controllo. Solo così questa opera potrà essere il simbolo di un paese credibile, non di una stagione di scorciatoie, e non divenire l’ennesimo fallimento di un esecutivo che, per ora, non ha portato a casa quasi nulla.
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Cosa è successo al Linux Day Fabriano 2025 👀
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Sabato 25 ottobre abbiamo celebrato insieme la 22ª edizione del Linux Day Fabriano, in contemporanea con la
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E bravo Crosetto...
«Quelle persone vanno prese a calci e mandate via» - Il Post
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«Quelle persone vanno prese a calci e mandate via»
L'ha detto il ministro della Difesa Guido Crosetto, di Fratelli d'Italia, del gruppo che cantava cori fascisti nella sede del suo partito a ParmaIl Post
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Anduril accelera sul suo loyal wingman. Effettuati i primi test di volo del “Fury”
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Il loyal wingman di Anduril prende ufficialmente il volo. Venerdì scorso, secondo quanto affermato dalla stessa Us Air Force, il prototipo dell’Yfq-44A “Fury” realizzato dalla start-up americana avrebbe iniziato ufficialmente i test di volo in una località
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Presentazione del volume di Antonella Attanasio “Don Diego alla corte roveresca di Casteldurante: l’Historia naturale dell’elefante” 12 novembre 2025, ore 17.00
Conoscete la storia dell’elefante Don Diego?
Venite a scoprirla il 12 novembre alla Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina!
Verrà presentato il volume “Don Diego alla corte roveresca di Casteldurante: l’Historia naturale dell’elefante” di Antonella Attanasio.
Primo dei “Quaderni” della collana “Immaginare i Saperi” per De Luca Editori d’Arte
Interventi di:
Daniela Fugaro, direttrice della Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina
Massimo Moretti, Sapienza Università di Roma
Lucia Tomasi Tongiorgi, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Antonella Sbrilli, Sapienza Università di Roma
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io credo (ma non è che ci si possa basare alcuna strategia) che l'arsenale atomico russo, dopo tutti questi anni di incuria, sia ormai da considerare per lo più "scaduto". per mancanza di manutenzione e rinnovamento. le atomiche non sono cose che metto in un magazzino e durano secoli. il materiale fissile è instabile per necessità stessa di essere bomba e generare un'esplosione. un'instabilità "finemente" "calibrata". e tutti questi proclami di putin, non fanno che alimentare questi dubbi. le atomiche nel mondo sono in dato "acquisito" e ovvio, e pure parlarne rende per certi versi più dubbia l'esistenza. se puoi già nuclearizzare tutto il mondo perché hai bisogno di nuove armi? esiste la possibilità, ma spero di non dovermi mai cacare sotto per provarlo, che in caso di vero conflitto atomico, la russia sia nuclearizzata (2-3 città in tutto, tanto basta) ma sospetto che in europa o usa arriverebbero i classici missili armati di bandierina con la scritta ("il materiale fissile si trova nel magazzino AB92S").
ovviamente ripeto, non è il caso di provare questa cosa.
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Sotto i ghiacci dell’Antartide scoperto un enorme corpo granitico sepolto da 175 milioni di anni
Sotto il ghiacciaio di Pine Island, in Antartide occidentale, è stato scoperto un enorme corpo granitico largo circa 100 km e spesso circa 7 km, nascosto da 175 milioni di anni.Ilaria Polastro (Geopop)
Public records are for the public
Dear Friend of Press Freedom,
It’s been 220 days since Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like. Read on for news from California, Washington D.C. and Maryland as the government shutdown drags on.
Public records are for the public
When Wired made public records-based stories free, subscriptions went up.
When 404 Media published reporting that relied on the Freedom of Information Act without a paywall, new sources came forward.
Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) spoke to Wired Global Editorial Director and FPF board member Katie Drummond, and 404 Media co-founder Joseph Cox about why giving the public access to public records reporting is good for journalism — and for business. Read more here.
Shutting down the government doesn’t shut down the First Amendment
It’s absurd and unconstitutional to exclude reporters from immigration hearings unless they get government permission to attend, especially when it’s impossible to obtain permission due to the government shutdown, and particularly when the current government despises First Amendment freedoms and will use any opportunity to evade transparency.
And yet that’s exactly what an immigration court in Maryland did this week. We wrote a detailed letter to the top judge at the courthouse explaining why they need to reverse course, both to comply with the law and for the sake of democracy. The next day, Capital News Service reported that the court had backed down and lifted the ban. Read the letter here.
No secret police in LA
Award-winning journalist Cerise Castle sued Los Angeles County in July and obtained a court order for the department to release the sheriff’s deputy ID photographs.
But now the county is appealing. Its objection to allowing the public to identify law enforcement officers is especially striking when Angelenos and others across the country are outraged by unidentified, masked federal immigration officers abducting their neighbors. It also comes on the heels of the city of Los Angeles embarrassing itself with its failed effort to sue a journalist for publishing officer photographs.
We connected with Castle’s lawyer, Susan Seager, to try to figure out what the department is thinking. Read more here.
Top three questions about the White House ballroom
FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy Lauren Harper has lots of questions about the demolition of a section of the White House to construct a ballroom.
She wrote about three of them for our government secrecy site, The Classifieds: (1) Is there a budget? (2) Who are the donors, and what do they get in return? and (3) Where should we look for answers about what’s going on at the East Wing? Read more here.
What we’re reading
U.S. assessment of Israeli shooting of journalist divided American officials (The New York Times). A retired U.S. colonel has gone public with his concern that the Biden administration’s findings about the 2022 killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli military were “soft-pedaled to appease Israel.” There has been “a miscarriage of justice,” he says.
ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour (The Guardian). The detention of Sami Hamdi by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement solely for his views while on a speaking tour in the U.S. is a blatant assault on free speech. These are the tactics of the thought police.
Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling (Salon). “As the press becomes more subservient and less independent, the firsthand knowledge needed to even stage a fight to get our mojo back is a whisper in the ether,” writes Brian Karem. That’s why veteran journalists who know how abnormal this all is need to be extra vocal these days.
Atlanta journalist says he ‘won’t be the only’ one deported by Trump officials (The Guardian). “It’s not the way I wanted to come back to my country – deported like a criminal,” journalist Mario Guevara told Briana Erickson of FPF’s U.S. Press Freedom Tracker from El Salvador. Read The Guardian’s story, based on reporting by the Tracker.
One third of all journalists are creator journalists, new report finds (Poynter). It’s no time for gatekeeping. There aren’t enough traditional J-School trained journalists to adequately document every ICE abduction – let alone everything else going on. We appreciate everyone who is exercising their press freedom rights, no matter how they’re categorized.
Transparenzbericht 3. Quartal 2025: Unsere Einnahmen und Ausgaben und verschiedene Hüte
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This week, we discuss keeping FOIA reporting in front of a paywall, Ray-Bans, and what pregnate Schoolhouse Rock bills say about our current AI-driven hellscape.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Ray-Bans Are No Longer Cool or Timeless
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss keeping FOIA reporting in front of a paywall, Ray-Bans, and what pregnate Schoolhouse Rock bills say about our current AI-driven hellscape.JOSEPH: Yesterday I did a livestreamed event with Freedom of the Press Foundation and WIRED. It was called Unpaywalled: The case for making public records-based reporting free and you can check it out here.
As you might know, we made a decision very early on with 404 Media, I think in the first week maybe, to not paywall our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reporting. There are a few reasons, but the main one simply is that with public records, we think people should be able to see those records without paying. It’s like a government agency publishing certain databases, or census data, or whatever. These are public records and should be published or re-published as such.
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Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.#FOIA #ICE #CBP
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
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This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it free to read as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work. Or send us a one time donation via our tip jar here.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not let people decline to be scanned by its new facial recognition app, which the agency uses to verify a person’s identity and their immigration status, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media. The document also says any face photos taken by the app, called Mobile Fortify, will be stored for 15 years, including those of U.S. citizens.
The document provides new details about the technology behind Mobile Fortify, how the data it collects is processed and stored, and DHS’s rationale for using it. On Wednesday 404 Media reported that both ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are scanning peoples’ faces in the streets to verify citizenship.
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