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"At least two dozen countries worldwide have already made the sensible transition to some form of automatic tax filing, not necessarily just for low-income citizens, but in many cases for everyone. The UK, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Chile, and Portugal have implemented some version of an automated, digital tax system, and none of them have turned back."
How the tax industry is keeping automatic filing out of reach – Canadian Dimension

How the tax industry is keeping automatic filing out of reach
In the unfair fight for automatic tax filing, Canadians need to get behind the underdog. While many of us might welcome and benefit from this service, it’s our vulnerable friends and neighbours who need it the most. We must come together to join the chorus calling for this crucial tax reform—and be louder than those motivated by nothing more than greed.

So, I've been recently having a conversation with several folk about Slack vs Discord and which platform may be more advantagous for organizing events and building community. I and others were surprised to learn of how wide the gulf is on various people's ranges of experiences on each service, in terms of community, harassment, security tools, and users feeling welcomed.
I recognize that my experience as a femme-presenting person who uses my real identity is different from that of an anonymous person with a profile photo showing a bearded guy in a Patagonia vest holding up an IPA. This tracks with the discussions I've had today: tech bros generally seem to lean toward one platform while all of my other business-owning women friends opt to steer away from that service almost entirely.
If you're femme and use your real identity online, do you have a preference for Slack or Discord? Have you ever opted out of using either Slack or Discord? In addition to discussion of general vibes and security tools, we also can all recognize that there are some surveillance/privacy tradeoffs in play, as well. (Just as, if you're an organizer, maybe you have thoughts about which service offers tools or features or pricing that steers you one way or another, as well?)
What are your stories on this topic?

Trigger crossbar front panel board is back from fab.
It looks like I mostly pulled off the 0.5mm pitch BGA, but the Vbat via looks to be insufficiently tented so I might get it failing open there. Should have moved the via slightly further away from the ball to reduce the risk of such a failure.
Good news is, I don't think this will matter for two reasons.
1) The actual Vbat ball is not the one next to the via, it's the one to the right. The outer-ring ball is an un…

Hey friends!
The weather forecast today was "a lot of rain". In the morning it had changed to "rain from 3pm".so we decided to do a small hike on the local #blomberg.
In the photos you see a couple of impressions from our 3h activity. It was really the best decision to go out.
We just returned, had a coffee are relaxing on the couch and the rain and thunder …

Local magnetic moment formation and Kondo screening in the presence of Hund exchange: the two-band Hubbard model analysis
T. B. Mazitov, A. A. Katanin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20036

Local magnetic moment formation and Kondo screening in the presence of Hund exchange: the two-band Hubbard model analysis
We study formation and screening of local magnetic moments in the two-band Hubbard model in the presence of Hund exchange interaction using dynamic mean field theory approach. The characteristic temperatures of the formation, beginning and full screening of local magnetic moments are obtained from the analysis of temperature dependencies of the orbital, charge, and spin susceptibilities, as well as the respective instantaneous correlation functions. At half filling we find the phase diagram, wh…

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most important infosec developments you should know, including
--FBI's Wray ramps up rhetoric on Chinese hackers, says they're poised to deal a 'devastating blow'
--Frontier Communications forced to shut down some systems following cyberattack,
--Akira gang has earned $42M,
--Jury finds Mango Markets exploiter guilty,
--Hacker claims theft from financial crime database,
--LastPass users targeted by CryptoChameleon,
--FIN7 targeted US carmaker,
--Ransomware attack threatens US and European blood supply,
--Cybersec pros ask Congress to solve NVD problems,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/fbis-wray-ramps-rhetoric-chinese-hackers-says-theyre-poised-deal-devastating-blow

Hey friends!
We are just back from another nice 42km #cycling loop. Lots of headwind, lots of up and down and a little mistake in starting the tour at the highest point of the loop. The final, long ascent was a bit... Not so much fun.
But the views were just ace, more streets than yesterday but very few traffic! I was rather happy to have sun cream today.
Just a great Sunday!

Forgot to mention the training montage, to train 100 farmers to shoot guns and swing a sword at a straw man
Can't make this up
The army is flying in about 2 dozen six-legged armored tank things, each with its own dropship. Both the dropships and the tanks have multiple laser cannons.
Dozens of troops stand in formation, armored, with rifles.
It's not straining disbelief, it's just absurd
#RebelMoon

Hey friends!
We are just back from another nice 42km #cycling loop. Lots of headwind, lots of up and down and a little mistake in starting the tour at the highest point of the loop. The final, long ascent was a bit... Not so much fun.
But the views were just ace, more streets than yesterday but very few traffic! I was rather happy to have sun cream today.
Just a great Sunday!

Hi friends!
The last two #photos from my photowalk in January! I rarely do macros but that day I wasn't out for hiking but really for #photography. So I thought, I could also step down into the frozen stream, take some time and look for tiny structures.
Needless to say that I was…

A Frozen Day: Capturing the Chill Through the Lens
In the midst of a frigid January, I embarked on a daring photo expedition to capture the frozen beauty of a nearby waterfall. Battling bone-chilling temperatures, I ventured into the icy landscape, armed with determination and camera in hand. Join me on this chilly adventure of exploration and disco