DIY Polyphonic Synth Sings in 8-Part Harmony
There’s just something about an analog synthesizer. You’d think that for electronic music, digital sampling would have totally taken over by now, but that’s really not true. The world of analog synths is alive and well, and [Polykit] has a new, open-source polyphonic synthesizer to add to the ever-growing chorus of electronic instruments.
The analog part is thanks to the eight identical voice cards that plug into the machine’s mainboard: each one has a voltage controlled oscillator to generate tones, an envelope generator, multiple voltage-controlled amplifiers, and even a pole mixing filter which is also, yes, voltage controlled. Each voice card outputs stereo, and yes, there are controllable mixing circuits for left and right output.
All that voltage control means a lot of lines from digital-to-analog converters (DACs), because while this is an analog synth, it does have a MIDI interface, and that means that a microcontroller needs to be able to speak voltage. In this case, the brains are an ATmega2560. Instead of stacking the board with enough expensive DACs to interpret the MCU’s digital signals, [Polykit] is instead is using some clever tricks to get more work out of the one DAC he has. Some things get tied together on all eight voices, like the envelope parameters; other values are run through a demultiplexer to make the most possible use of the analog lines available. Of course that necessitates some latching circuitry to hold the demuxed values on those lines, but it’s still cheaper than multiple high-quality DACs.
It’s a well-thought out bit of kit, down to the control panel and acrylic case, and the writeup is worth reading to get the full picture. The voice cards, main board and control board all have their own GitHub repositories you can find at the bottom of the main page. If you’re into video, [Polykit] has a whole series on this project you might want to check out on Makertube; we’ve embedded the first one below.
If you want to get your toes wet in the wonderful world of synthesizers, this library of seventy synths is an amazing place to start, because it has great simple projects.
Thanks to [Polykit] for the tip!
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Assistive Radio Tells You What You Can’t See
We think of radios as audio devices, but for people who are visually impaired, it can be difficult to tell which channel you are listening to at any given time. [Sncarter] has a family member with vision impairment and built a radio to help her. Unfortunately, it was difficult to replicate, so he decided to try again. The result is an FM radio that provides audible status notifications about power and frequency. Check it out in the video below.
This isn’t just some hacked-up commercial radio, but a ground-up design that uses a TEA5767 with an ATMega328 for control. There is an LCD for when someone else might use the radio and an audio amplifier. He built the prototype on a breadboard, but moved the finished product to a PCB.
It isn’t just the electronics and the sound that are assistive. The case has raised bosses to help the user find things like the switch and rotary encoder. The Arduino can speak frequency announcements, although the quality of the voice is something he wants to tackle in the next revision.
These radios on a chip give you many design options. These same ideas can be useful for audiobook players, too.
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Com groups: come un moderatore è finito dietro le sbarre
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Nel sottobosco digitale di Telegram, dove l’anonimato e la crittografia offrono un rifugio apparentemente sicuro, si annidano comunità criminali sempre più strutturate e spietate. Una di queste, un “Com group” dedicato allo sfruttamento sessuale di minori, è finita nel mirino della National Crime
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DIY TENS Machine is a Pain-Relief PCB
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is one of those things that sounds like it must be woo when you first hear of it. “A trickle of current that can deal with chronic pain better than the pills we’ve been using for decades? Yeah, and what chakras do you hook this doo-hickie up to?” It seems too good to be true, but in fact it’s a well-supported therapy that has become part of scientific medicine. There are no crystals needed, and you’re applying electrodes to the effected area, not your chakras. Like all medical devices, it can be expensive if you have to buy the machine out-of-pocket… but it is just a trickle of current. [Leon Hillmann] shows us its well within the range of hackability, so why not DIY?
[Leon]’s TENS machine is specifically designed to help a relative with hand problems, so breaks out electrodes for each finger, with one on the palm serving as a common ground. This type of TENS is “monophasic”– that is, DC, which is easier than balancing current flowing in two directions through quivering flesh. The direct current is provided at 32 V to the digit electrodes, safely kept to a constant amperage with a transistor-based current limiting circuit. The common ground in the palm is pulsed at a rate set by an ATmega32U4 and thus controllable: 14 Hz is given as an example.
Obviously if you want to reproduce this work you’re doing it at your own risk and need to consult with relevant medical professionals (blah blah blah, caveat gluteus maximus) but this particular sort of medical device is a good fit for the average hacker. Aside from prosthetics, we haven’t seen that much serious medical hacking since the pandemic. Still, like with synthesizing medical drugs, this is the kind of thing you probably don’t want to vibe code.
Building an Acoustic Radiometer
A Crookes radiometer, despite what many explanations claim, does not work because of radiation pressure. When light strikes the vanes inside the near-vacuum chamber, it heats the vanes, which then impart some extra energy to gas molecules bouncing off of them, causing the vanes to be pushed in the opposite direction. On the other hand, however, it is possible to build a radiometer that spins because of radiation pressure differences, but it’s easier to use acoustic radiation than light.
[Ben Krasnow] built two sets of vanes out of laser-cut aluminium with sound-absorbing foam attached to one side, and mounted the vanes around a jewel bearing taken from an analog voltmeter. He positioned the rotor above four speakers in an acoustically well-sealed chamber, then played 130-decibel white noise on the speakers. The aluminium side of the vanes, which reflected more sound, experienced more pressure than the foam side, causing them to spin. [Ben] tested both sets of vanes, which had the foam mounted on opposite sides, and they spun in opposite directions, which suggests that the pressure difference really was causing them to spin, and not some acoustic streaming effect.
The process of creating such loud sounds burned out a number of speakers, so to prevent this, [Ben] monitored the temperature of a speaker coil at varying amounts of power. He realized that the resistance of the coil increased as it heated up, so by measuring its resistance, he could calculate the coil’s temperature and keep it from getting too hot. [Ben] also tested the radiometer’s performance when the chamber contained other gasses, including hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, and sulfur hexafluoride, but none worked as well as air did. It’s a bit counterintuitive that none of these widely-varying gasses worked better than air did, but it makes sense when one considers that speakers are designed to efficiently transfer energy to air.
It’s far from an efficient way to convert electrical power into motion, but we’ve also seen several engines powered by acoustic resonance. If you’d like to hear more about the original Crookes radiometers, [Ben]’s also explained those before.
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Il consiglio dell’Autorità garante dei dati personali si dimetta. Non lo chiede la politica, ma la dignità
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Dopo quello che è successo e ha investito il Garante della
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È l’ora della “Rinascita”: torna la storica rivista che vuole rilanciare il pensiero politico della sinistra
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È l’ora della Rinascita! Torna la storica rivista di cultura politica e influenza culturale che per quasi mezzo secolo è stata il più influente organo di confronto interno al PCI. Stamattina, in una sala stracolma di Palazzo Ripetta a Roma, Goffredo
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Il Garante si è giocato anche la trasparenza?
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La bufera mediatica passerà. I consulenti del Garante Privacy sono al lavoro per minimizzare ogni cosa, per abbassare i toni, per disinnescare le polemiche, per distrarre l'attenzione, per cercare di far passare il tempo e uscire da questa shit-storm
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I registri dell'FBI rivelano che il Bureau ha spiato una chat di gruppo Signal di attivisti per l'immigrazione
Il fatto che l'FBI tratti la a partecipazione civica come una minaccia terroristica fa capire il profondo disprezzo del regime di Trump anche per le più elementari libertà democratiche.
I documenti sono stati ottenuti da Property of the People , un'organizzazione governativa senza scopo di lucro per la trasparenza, tramite richieste di documenti pubblici.
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearingsSam Levin (The Guardian)
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Riceviamo e pubblichiamo: *Appello Umanitario ai Politici, alle Istituzioni Internazionali e alla Comunità Sanitaria*
La situazione sociosanitaria a Gaza ha superato ogni soglia di emergenza. Le evidenze più recenti, tra cui il drastico aumento dei casi di anemia grave nei bambini — che in alcuni rapporti supera l’80% nei minori di un anno — mostrano un quadro di malnutrizione acuta, collasso del sistema sanitario e rischi elevatissimi per la sopravvivenza di un’intera popolazione civile.
La combinazione di fattori critici — insicurezza alimentare estrema, scarsità di acqua potabile, interruzione dei servizi sanitari di base, sovraffollamento nei rifugi, diffusione di malattie infettive e impossibilità di accedere a cure salvavita — sta generando una crisi umanitaria senza precedenti nella regione.
Bambini, donne, anziani, persone con disabilità e malati cronici sono oggi esposti a condizioni incompatibili con la dignità umana e con i più elementari diritti alla salute e alla protezione.
Per queste ragioni, rivolgiamo un appello urgente:
1. Ai politici e alle istituzioni internazionali:
adottare misure immediate per garantire la protezione dei civili, facilitare un cessate il fuoco sostenibile e assicurare l’ingresso rapido, sicuro e senza restrizioni degli aiuti umanitari, in particolare alimenti terapeutici, farmaci essenziali, acqua potabile, carburante per le strutture sanitarie e dispositivi di emergenza.
2. Alla comunità sanitaria nazionale e internazionale:
rafforzare gli sforzi di risposta umanitaria attraverso équipe mediche, telemedicina, supporto psicologico, gestione della malnutrizione infantile, riabilitazione, monitoraggio epidemiologico e ricostruzione funzionale dei servizi primari di cura.
3. Alle organizzazioni umanitarie e alle reti professionali:
coordinare interventi basati su standard OMS per emergenze complesse, garantire continuità dell’assistenza e documentare con rigore scientifico l’impatto sanitario della crisi per orientare decisioni basate su evidenze.
Siamo di fronte a una crisi prevenibile e affrontabile, se supportata da volontà politica, interventi tempestivi e collaborazione internazionale.
La tutela della vita, della salute pubblica e della dignità umana deve essere una priorità assoluta, immediata e condivisa.
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Riceviamo e pubblichiamo: *Appello Umanitario ai Politici, alle Istituzioni Internazionali e alla Comunità Sanitaria* La situazione sociosanitaria a Gaza ha superato ogni soglia di emergenza.Telegram
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The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.#TheAbstract
A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From.
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that overthrew the regime, survived outer space, smashed planets, and crafted an ancient mystery from clay.First, a queen gets sprayed with acid—and that’s not even the most horrifying part of the story. Then: a moss garden that is out of this world, the big boom that made the Moon, and a breakthrough in the history of goose-human relations.
As always, for more of my work, check out my book First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, or subscribe to my personal newsletter the BeX Files.
What is this, a regime change for ants?
Every so often, a study opens with such a forceful hook that it is simply best for me to stand aside and allow it to speak for itself. Thus:
“Matricide—the killing of a mother by her own genetic offspring—is rarely observed in nature, but not unheard-of. Among animal species in which offspring remain with their mothers, the benefits gained from maternal care are so substantial that eliminating the mother almost never pays, making matricide vastly rarer than infanticide.”
“Here, we report matricidal behavior in two ant species, Lasius flavus and Lasius japonicus, where workers kill resident queens (their mothers) after the latter have been sprayed with abdominal fluid by parasitic ant queens of the ants Lasius orientalis and Lasius umbratus.”
Mad props to this team for condensing an entire etymological epic into three sentences. Such murderous acts of dynastic usurpation were first observed by Taku Shimada, an ant enthusiast who runs a blog called Ant Room. Though matricide is sometimes part of a life cycle—like mommy spiders sacrificing their bodies for consumption by their offspring—there is no clear precedent for the newly-reported form of matricide, in which neither the young nor mother benefits from an evolutionary point of view.
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In what reads like an unfolding horror, the invading parasitic queens “covertly approach the resident queen and spray multiple jets of abdominal fluid at her”—formic acid, as it turns out—that then “elicits abrupt attacks by host workers, which ultimately kill their own mother,” report Shimada and his colleagues.“The parasitic queens are then accepted, receive care from the orphaned host workers and produce their own brood to found a new colony,” the team said. “Our findings are the first to document a novel host manipulation that prompts offspring to kill an otherwise indispensable mother.”
My blood is curdling and yet I cannot look away! Though this strategy is uniquely nightmarish, it is not uncommon for invading parasitic ants to execute queens in any number of creative ways. The parasites are just usually a bit more hands-on (or rather, tarsus-on) about the process.
“Queen-killing” has “evolved independently on multiple occasions across [ant species], indicating repeated evolutionary gains,” Shimada’s team said. “Until now, the only mechanistically documented solution was direct assault: the parasite throttles or beheads the host queen, a tactic that has arisen convergently in several lineages.”
When will we get an ant Shakespeare?! Someone needs to step up and claim that title, because these queens blow Lady MacBeth out of the water.
In other news…
That’s one small stem for a plant, one giant leaf for plant-kind
Scientists simply love to expose extremophile life to the vacuum of space to, you know, see how well they do out there. In a new addition to this tradition, a study reports that spores from the moss Physcomitrium patens survived a full 283 days chilling on the outside of the International Space Station, which is generally not the side of an orbital habitat you want to be stuck on.
A reddish-brown spore similar to those used in the space exposure experiment. Image: Tomomichi Fujita
Even wilder, most of the spacefaring spores were reproductively successful upon their return to Earth. “Remarkably, even after 9 months of exposure to space conditions, over 80% of the encased spores germinated upon return to Earth,” said researchers led by Chang-hyun Maeng of Hokkaido University. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the survival of bryophytes”—the family to which mosses belong—”following exposure to space and subsequent return to the ground.”Congratulations to these mosses for boldly growing where no moss has grown before.
Hints of a real-life ghost world
Hopp, Timo et al. “The Moon-forming impactor Theia originated from the inner Solar System.” Science.Earth had barely been born before a Mars-sized planet, known as Theia, smashed into it some 4.5 billion years ago. The debris from the collision coalesced into what is now our Moon, which has played a key role in Earth’s habitability, so we owe our lives in part to this primordial punch-up.
KABLOWIE! Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Scientists have now revealed new details about Theia by measuring the chemical makeup of “lunar samples, terrestrial rocks, and meteorites…from which Theia and proto-Earth might have formed,” according to a new study. They conclude that Theia likely originated in the inner solar system based on the chemical signatures that this shattered world left behind on the Moon and Earth.“We found that all of Theia and most of Earth’s other constituent materials originated from the inner Solar System,” said researchers led by Timo Hopp of The University of Chicago and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. “Our calculations suggest that Theia might have formed closer to the Sun than Earth did.”
Wherever its actual birthplace, what remains of Theia is buried on the Moon and as giant undigested slabs inside Earth’s mantle. Rest in pieces, sister.
Goosebumps of yore
You’ve heard of the albatross around your neck, but what about the goose on your back? A new study reports the discovery of a 12,000-year-old artifact in Israel that is the “earliest known figurine to depict a human–animal interaction” with its vision of a goose mysteriously draped over a woman’s spine and shoulders.
The tiny, inch-high figurine was recovered from a settlement built by the prehistoric Natufian culture and it may represent some kind of sex thing.
An image of the artifact, and an artistic reconstruction. Image: Davin, Laurent et al.
“We…suggest that by modeling a goose in this specific posture, the Natufian manufacturer intended to portray the trademark pattern of the gander’s mating behavior,” said researchers led by Laurent Davin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “This kind of imagined mating between humans and animal spirits is typical of an animistic perspective, documented in cross-cultural archaeological and ethnographic records in specific situations” such as an “erotic dream” or “shamanistic vision.”First, the bizarre Greek myth of Leda and the Swan, and now this? What is it about ancient cultures and weird waterfowl fantasies? In any case, my own interpretation is that the goose was just tired and needed a piggyback (or gaggle-back).
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
Cosa siamo per il signor Trump
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Siamo meravigliati dalla meraviglia di tante e tanti cortigiani e cortigiane di Trump nell’apprendere dei cosiddetti piani di pace per Ucraina e Palestina. Trump è da sempre un sodale di Netanyahu e Putin, ne condivide gli stessi valori illiberali e repressivi, come loro odia le
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Basta con Garlasco e il sangue in tv: l’Agcom si faccia sentire
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“Avvocato Lovati: incarico revocato e denti nuovi in Albania”. E’ il titolo autentico visto in onda qualche settimana fa, durante uno dei mille “approfondimenti” che le tv hanno dedicato
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L’abbraccio del teatro Miele a Francesca Albanese che h a ritirato il Premio Luchetta
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Inaugurata nel pomeriggio di venerdì 21 novembre al Teatro Miele la 22ª edizione del Premio giornalistico
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Omnibus digitale - Prima analisi legale
Il team noyb ha effettuato una prima analisi del Digital Omnibus, concentrandosi sui problemi della proposta nella pratica e per gli utenti e le aziende.
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L’epocale migrazione della gendarmeria francese a GendUbuntu: centomila PC portati al software libero
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Segnalato [url=https://softwareliberoliguria.org/]dall'Associazione Software Libero
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Una celebrazione che offre un'importante occasione di sensibilizzazione sul tema della sicurezza negli istituti.
Ministero dell'Istruzione
Il #22novembre ricorre la Giornata nazionale per la #sicurezza nelle #scuole, istituita dal Parlamento italiano il 13 luglio 2015. Una celebrazione che offre un'importante occasione di sensibilizzazione sul tema della sicurezza negli istituti.Telegram
Vietato disturbare Giorgia Meloni.
Il messaggio è arrivato chiaro anche al Parlamento europeo, tanto che con un blitz in Conferenza dei presidenti il capogruppo e presidente del Partito Popolare Europeo, Manfred Weber, ha chiesto e ottenuto, con l’aiuto dell’estrema destra, il blocco di una missione in Italia dell’Eurocamera con focus sullo stato di diritto, la libertà di stampa e la giustizia.
Lo stop ordinato, e ottenuto, dal Ppe non solo getta l’istituzione europea di nuovo nell’imbarazzo e fa gridare opposizioni, ma non solo, al servilismo dell’Ue nei confronti di alcuni governi, ma rappresenta il terzo punto di rottura all’interno della maggioranza Ursula, con i Popolari che per la terza volta usano le destre per far passare le proprie posizioni.
Leggi l’articolo completo di Gianni Rosini su Il Fatto Quotidiano:
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Berlino, a George Soros il Premio europeo per i diritti civili • Imola Oggi
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L'amas ouvert des Pléiades, M45
Les Pléiades, M45, est un amas dominé par des étoiles bleues chaudes et lumineuses qui se sont formées au cours des 100 derniers millions d'années. Il est situé dans le constellation du Taureau. À une distance d'environ 444 années-lumière, il fait partie des amas d'étoiles les plus proches de la Terre. Il fait 8 années-lumière de diamètre et se caractérise par la poussière spatiale enveloppante illuminée par les étoiles.
Les soleils les plus brillants sont: Alcyone, Atlas, Electre, Maia, Mérope, Taygeta, Pléione, Celaeno et Astérope.
On pensait autrefois que les nébuleuses de réflexion autour des étoiles les plus brillantes restaient du matériel de leur formation, mais sont maintenant considérées comme susceptibles d'être un nuage de poussière sans rapport avec le milieu interstellaire à travers lequel les étoiles passent actuellement. On estime que ce nuage de poussière se déplace à une vitesse d'environ 18 km/s par rapport aux étoiles de l'amas.
Des simulations informatiques ont montré que les Pléiades étaient probablement formées à partir d'une configuration compacte qui ressemblait à la nébuleuse d'Orion. Les astronomes estiment que l'amas survivra encore environ 250 millions d'années, après quoi il se dispersera en raison des interactions gravitationnelles avec son voisinage galactique.
L'amas contient plus de 3000 membres confirmés, un chiffre qui exclut un nombre supplémentaire probable non résolu d'étoiles binaires. Sa lumière est dominée par de jeunes étoiles bleues chaudes, dont jusqu'à 14 peuvent être vues à l'œil nu.
La masse totale contenue dans l'amas est estimée à environ 800 masses solaires et est dominée par des étoiles plus faibles et plus rouges.
Une estimation de la fréquence des étoiles binaires dans les Pléiades est d'environ 57%.
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En analysant des images dans l'infrarouge profond obtenues par le télescope spatial Spitzer et le télescope Gemini North, les astronomes ont découvert que l'une des étoiles de l'amas, HD 23514, qui a une masse et une luminosité légèrement supérieures à celles du Soleil, est entourée d'un nombre extraordinaire de particules de poussière chaudes. Cela pourrait être une preuve de la formation de planètes autour de HD 23514.
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Pour savoir où est située HD 23514, allez sur l'image de la page suivante et utilisez la molette de votre souris pour élargir le champ. Vous verrez que cette étoile est très modeste dans l'amas. Notre Soleil paraît aussi modeste vu des Pléiades.
Arms supplier to press murderers welcomes press murderer to DC
Dear Friend of Press Freedom,
Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 241 days for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like. Read on for more about the federal government targeting noncitizen journalists for what they write, say and think.
Journalist-hating president kisses up to journalist-killing crown prince
President Donald Trump shamefully welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House this week. He brushed aside questions about Crown Prince Mohammed’s role in the gruesome 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, commenting that “things happen” and “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.”
Freedom of the Press foundation (FPF) Director of Advocacy Seth Stern remarked:
“Somehow calling a female reporter ‘piggy’ was only the second-most offensive anti-press utterance to come out of the president’s mouth in recent days. And somehow Biden’s infamous fist bump is now only the second-most disgusting public display of flattery by a U.S. president to journalist-murderer Mohammed bin Salman.”
DHS targets journalists for speaking out about Gaza
Texas journalist Ya’akub Ira Vijandre and British journalist and commentator Sami Hamdi are the two latest examples of the Department of Homeland Security targeting journalists.
Hamdi self-deported to England after 18 days enduring inhumane conditions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Vijandre, a Filipino American Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who has lived in the U.S. since 2021, remains in custody as he awaits deportation proceedings.
Hamdi and his wife, Soumaya, joined us for an online event this week alongside attorneys and friends of both Hamdi and Vijandre. As Hamdi said, “If the American public finds out the realities of what’s happening, ICE will be dismantled in an instant.”
A $50 lesson in press freedom
Prosecutors in Kentucky have finally dropped charges against journalist Madeline Fening, who was arrested while covering a July protest on the Roebling Bridge for CityBeat.
But, as Stern wrote in an op-ed for CityBeat, the damage is already done. Kenton County drew condemnation from civil liberties advocates across the country and sacrificed any credibility it had when it came respecting First Amendment rights — and all to recover a combined grand total of $50 from Fening and her colleague, Lucas Griffith.
Journalists targeted at Oregon protests
You’ve probably seen the inflatable frogs, the dance parties, the naked bike ride. Maybe you’ve also seen the darker images: a federal officer aiming a weapon at protesters, or federal agents hurling tear gas and flash bangs into peaceful demonstrations at a Portland, Oregon, immigration facility.
FPF Senior Adviser Caitlin Vogus writes about how journalists in Portland have been attacked for bringing images like these to the world.
Court suspends journalist injunction in Chicago
A judicial order won by Chicago area journalists that limited protest policing tactics by federal law enforcement was put on hold this week, with a federal appellate court calling the order overbroad.
As Stern told FPF’s U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, “It is difficult to understand how it is overbroad to ‘enjoin all law enforcement officers within the Executive Branch’ when the president, who last I checked runs the executive branch, expressly demands that those under him brutalize, censor and arrest activists and journalists who interfere with their narrative — the exact conduct restricted by the injunction.”
Immigration agents claim routine reporting violates federal law
Independent news outlet Status Coup reported Wednesday that federal immigration agents threatened its reporter, Jon Farina, with arrest for following and filming them, despite well-established First Amendment protections.
Stern said in a statement, “It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction. The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses. … If they’re too thin-skinned for the public scrutiny that comes with being a part of that, they can go find a job that doesn’t involve abducting people for an authoritarian regime.”
What we’re reading
The secrecy surrounding the Trump’s immigration agenda (NPR). FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy joined NPR’s “1A” to talk about the shroud of secrecy at virtually every level of the immigration system.
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’ (The Hill). This is exhibit “A” for why the National Security Council should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks (The Guardian). So the president went from feigning outrage about allegedly biased public media to making deals with centibillionaire friends to make corporate media more biased. Got it.
After Donald Trump’s attack on correspondent Mary Bruce, White House goes after ABC again with ‘fake news’ press release (Deadline). It looks like $16 million – the amount ABC paid to settle Trump’s frivolous lawsuit last year – only buys you so much protection these days.
Will Trump destroy the BBC? (Unherd). “So I presume by the name of your organization that you’re not very keen on sitting presidents suing news organizations.” That’s correct! Listen to our interview with Unherd about Trump’s lawsuit threat against BBC.
The SLAPP Back Initiative (First Amendment Watch). Congratulations to First Amendment Watch at New York University for launching the first database in the U.S. documenting alleged strategic lawsuits against public participation.
This week, we discuss how data is accessed, AI in games, and more.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: A Risograph Journey and Data Musings
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 how data is accessed, AI in games, and more.JOSEPH: This was a pretty big week for impact at 404 Media. Sam’s piece on an exposed AI porn platform ended up with the company closing off those exposed images. Our months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers led to the closure of the Travel Intelligence Program (TIP), in which a company owned by the U.S.’s major airlines sold flyers data to the government for warrantless surveillance.
For the quick bit of context I have typed many, many times this year: that company is Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), and is owned by United, American, Delta, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Lufthansa, Air France, and Air Canada. ARC gets data, including a traveler’s name, credit card used, where they’re flying to and from, whenever someone books a flight with one of more than 10,000 travel agencies. Think Expedia, especially. ARC then sells access to that data to a slew of government agencies, including ICE, the FBI, the SEC, the State Department, ATF, and more.
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Campania, Puglia, Veneto. Si vota: portiamo le nostre battaglie in consiglio regionale!
Il 23 e il 24 di novembre i cittadini e le cittadine di Campania, Puglia e Veneto andranno a votare per il rinnovo del Consiglio Regionale e del Presidente di Regione.
Se puoi votare o conosci qualcuno che può votare in queste Regioni, puoi sostenere le candidature espresse o appoggiate da Possibile. Aiutaci a portare nei consigli regionali le persone che portano avanti le battaglie in cui crediamo! Passaparola: il tuo sostegno è fondamentale!
CAMPANIA
Per una Campania più giusta e più verde, in cui nessuno sia lasciato indietro, in cui nessuno sia costretto a emigrare, barra il simbolo della lista Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra con Roberto Fico Presidente. A Napoli e provincia scrivi il nome di Andrea Davide e Souzan Fatayer (detta Susan). Ti basta scrivere “Davide” e “Susan” nell’apposito spazio per le preferenze.
PUGLIA
In Puglia, barra il simbolo della lista Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra con Antonio Decaro Presidente. A Taranto e provincia scrivi il nome di Rosa d’Amato. A Bari e provincia scrivi il nome di Francesca Sbiroli.
VENETO
In Veneto, per cambiare passo alla Regione, barra il simbolo della lista Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra con Giovanni Manildo Presidente. A Padova e provincia scrivi il nome di Elena Ostanel. A Vicenza e provincia scrivi il nome di Carlo Cunegato.
Puoi esprimere fino a due preferenze purché siano in alternanza di genere.
L'articolo Campania, Puglia, Veneto. Si vota: portiamo le nostre battaglie in consiglio regionale! proviene da Possibile.
#Scuola, il Ministro Giuseppe Valditara ha firmato il decreto da 223,7 milioni per il Piano antincendio e per interventi urgenti di messa in sicurezza.
Qui tutti i dettagli ▶️ mim.gov.
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#Scuola, il Ministro Giuseppe Valditara ha firmato il decreto da 223,7 milioni per il Piano antincendio e per interventi urgenti di messa in sicurezza. Qui tutti i dettagli ▶️ https://www.mim.gov.Telegram
Ma fuggire dall'AI come se fosse il demonio non è un errore uguale (a meno del segno) al buttarsi tra le sue braccia come se fosse una panacea?
Perché alla fine c'è pur sempre la possibilità di usarla con il caro vecchio "grano salis".
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Ma infatti, io leggo quasi solo di gente che fa di tutto per scappare e di altri che te la vendono come se fosse il sol dell'avvenir.
Si è concluso ieri il Salone dello Studente di Roma! Il #MIM ha partecipato con un info point...
Si è concluso ieri il Salone dello Studente di Roma! Il #MIM ha partecipato con un info point per l'orientamento, spazi per conoscere gli ITS Academy e un'area dedicata al progetto #MadeinMIM.
Ministero dell'Istruzione
Si è concluso ieri il Salone dello Studente di Roma! Il #MIM ha partecipato con un info point per l'orientamento, spazi per conoscere gli ITS Academy e un'area dedicata al progetto #MadeinMIM.Telegram
European Business Wallet: EU-Kommission plant digitale Identität für Unternehmen
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Il 23 e il 24 di novembre i cittadini e le cittadine di Campania, Puglia e Veneto andranno a votare per il rinnovo del Consiglio Regionale e del Presidente di Regione.
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Berlino stacca gli europei e insegue Cina e Usa nello spazio. Ecco la strategia spaziale tedesca
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
Il riarmo tedesco è pronto a procedere anche in verticale. Berlino ha svelato in questi giorni la sua prima strategia nazionale per la sicurezza spaziale. La “Space safety and security strategy”, approvata dai ministeri della
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Con la corsa al riarmo Meloni rischia di sacrificare l’economia reale sull’altare della sicurezza
@Politica interna, europea e internazionale
L’Italia si trova in una posizione paradossale sul fronte economico-militare. Con un rapporto debito/Pl pari al 144% – tra i più alti del mondo sviluppato – dovrebbe concentrare le proprie risorse sulla riduzione del debito e sul rilancio dell’economia reale. Eppure,
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Stanno facendo anche cose buone 😁
In Italia non si vota più coi registri elettorali divisi per genere
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/11/21/registri-elettorali-genere-elezioni-voto-divisione/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypubPubblicato su News @news-ilPost
In Italia non si vota più coi registri elettorali divisi per genere
Ora ci sono solo due scaglioni alfabetici, che eviteranno disagi per le persone trans e non binarieIl Post
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in reply to Elezioni e Politica 2025 • • •- Il Fatto Quotidiano;
- Tpi;
- Fanpage;
- Geopop.
Ogni settimana alterno tra questi.
Ultimamente sto anche evitando di guardare i programmi Tv, perché mi sento come intossicato. Almeno con gli articoli, esercito la lettura e comprensione del testo 🫣😉.
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