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ElleGray, 11 hours ago to random

Omg any day now computers will be able to add

cstross, 11 hours ago to random

If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:

You need to vote defensively.

Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.

Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.

The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.

luckytran, 13 hours ago to random

We are living in an age of denial. Denial of a genocide. Denial of an ongoing pandemic. Denial of a climate crisis.

Acknowledging reality is an act of rebellion.

stux, 13 hours ago to random

Dis makes me happy

A person starts playing on a public piano and summons a whole orchestra in a mall

miriamrobern, 16 hours ago to random

molly0xfff, 17 hours ago to web

just realized i've had the mollywhite.net domain for over 10 years(!!)

related sneak peek into an upcoming piece: i firmly believe that if you're going to spend money on one thing online it should be a domain, particularly as online identity gets more fragmented. as platforms come and go, you can always find me there.

#domains #web

GottaLaff, 13 hours ago to random

Via Greg Sargent:

Plainly worse than "deplorables," but to my knowledge, not one major news organization has taken note of it: https://newrepublic.com/article/181973/trump-media-attacks-media-dangerous-turn

Via Patriot Takes:

#Trump Posts Unhinged Video Promising to “Get Rid of All You F*cking Liberals”

Trump amplifies a vulgar, verbal attack on Joe Scarborough

jmsdnns, 11 hours ago to random

I'll never forget the way the tech industry was sacrificed to counter inflation

Nov 2022: The Fed minutes show they want increased unemployment to stop inflation (1st pic)

June 2023: Bernanke and Blanchard say the labor market will have increasing influence of over inflation, and the Fed should continue slowing the economy (2nd pic)

May 2024: Where we are now, and tech roles are still rare. The few openings that exist still receive thousands of applicants

The image shows highlighted text from the Bernanke & Blanchard paper published by Brookings, available here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-caused-the-u-s-pandemic-era-inflation/ > To the extent that commodity prices stabilize and sectoral shortages moderate-processes that both seem well advanced as of this writing (June 2023)—the goods market component of inflation is likely to decrease in importance, and the labor market component to become more dominant. Looking forward, with labor market slack still below sustainable levels and inflation expectations modestly higher, we conclude that the Fed has to slow the economy to return inflation to target.

black_intellect, 8 hours ago to random

New Book Reveals How The U.S. Stole $600B From Black Americans Through Unfair Taxes Post-Slavery https://www.blackenterprise.com/new-book-600b-stolen-black-americans/

dgar, 10 hours ago to random

Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.

br00t4c, 9 hours ago to internet

Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine Under DDoS Cyberattack

#internet #theinternetarchive

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/05/28/2226221/internet-archive-and-the-wayback-machine-under-ddos-cyberattack

ashleygjovik, 8 hours ago to random

I'm finally at the phase of litigation where I get to map out my timelines / facts / theories on big pieces of paper & update as I get new evidence; & this is actually really really fun even though its a living nightmare. I'd like doing this for other people instead of my own life.

alcinnz, 13 hours ago to random

Links and photos (27 May 2024) - Baldur Bjarnason:
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/links-18/

Some links from it...

Distracted - Louie Mantia:
https://lmnt.me/blog/distracted.html
Pixels of the Week – May 26, 2024 - Stephanie Walter:
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-of-the-week-may-26-2024/
Will check out these links tomorrow!
Half-ass it - Mandy Brown "Everything Changes":
https://everythingchanges.us/blog/half-ass-it/
Masonry and reading order - Rachel Andrew:
https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/05/26/masonry-and-reading-order/
Meredith Whittaker @ Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung:
https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin
Well said!

JoBlakely, 17 hours ago to random

“One adviser to major Democratic Party donors provided a running list that has been shared with funders of nearly two dozen reasons why Biden could lose, ranging from immigration and high inflation to the president’s age, the unpopularity of Vice President Kamala Harris and the presence of third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”

This is delusional or a deliberate misrepresentation of why.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/democrats-freakout-over-biden-0016004

I say the latter….

fediforum, 14 hours ago to random

Next FediForum, the online unconference for the fediverse, is September 12-14.

Registrations are open: https://fediforum.org

Join us and discuss the fediverse subjects that are closest to your hear with your peers?

be, 13 hours ago to random

Dislike and unsubscribe

mekkaokereke, 1 day ago to random

Y'all will notice something about all of the dudes that came at me sideways over the past few weeks, asking for "proof" that Biden undermined the goals of the Black Lives Matter protests by over funding police at the federal, state, and city level.

I said that Biden redirected Covid Relief funds to the cops. They didn't believe he did that.

So I provided proof of Biden bragging about it and campaigning on it!

Then... crickets.

Because they were never really asking for proof. 🤷🏿‍♂️

panoptykon, 1 day ago to random Polish

Breaking news: Polish citizens unlawfully surveilled!

#ECHR obliges Poland to introduce:

• mechanism of informing subjects of surveillance
• necessary safeguards to effectively control secret surveillance/effective mechanism of scrutiny over intelligence agencies activity

Press release: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22display%22:[2],%22itemid%22:[%22003-7957259-11092429%22]}

Case background: https://en.panoptykon.org/activists-v-poland-european-court-human-rights-hearing-uncontrolled-surveillance

[More info soon]

timkmak, 19 hours ago to random

Here's what we are reading today:

French military instructors will soon be teaching Ukrainian troops - inside #Ukraine.

Ukraine and #France have just entered an agreement to post French troops inside the country for training.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-commander-french-military-instructors-visit-ukrainian-training-centres-2024-05-27/

ranjit, 1 day ago to random

Ah yes, the five boroughs

QasimRashid, 1 day ago to random

Last week I argued before my city council that we must divest from Israel & refusal will result in the killing of innocent Palestinian lives.

The Rafah massacre killing 32 babies is exactly what will continue to happen if we don't divest Now.

90 U.S. Cities divested from apartheid South Africa & pressured the federal govt to act. Use my comments as a template for your city council. ❤️✊🏽
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/why-we-must-divest-from-the-siege?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true

carspotting, 1 day ago to cars

Cars from British Steel 3 #cars #photography #carspotting

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to poland

#Poland has announced that it will impose restrictions on Russian diplomats’ movements in the country in response to #Moscow’s involvement in “hybrid warfare.”

“These will be limitations on the movement of Russian diplomats in our country,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw #Sikorski said.

He said the restrictions stemmed from Russia’s involvement in destabilising activities against the #EU, including Poland.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/1064100/poland-to-restrict-travel-by-russian-diplomats

#Ukraine #Russia

panoptykon, 1 day ago to random Polish

1/
! Jutro o 9.00 Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka wyda wyrok w sprawie naszej skargi na nielegalną inwigilację. Dowiemy się z niego:

• czy polskie służby inwigilują bez kontroli swoich obywateli i obywatelki,
• jakie zmiany w prawie musi wprowadzić rząd, żeby policja i służby mogły wykonywać swoje zadania nie łamiąc prawa.

--
Skargi przeciwko Polsce wpłynęły do Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w Strasburgu w 2017 i 2018 roku.

GossiTheDog, 7 days ago to random

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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