My neighbor took this picture of our shared backyard last night.
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B2B media brand DatacenterDynamics says revenue rose 175% to £11M per year since 2020 amid the AI boom, and it hit 22.5M views in 2025, up from 2024's 17.3M (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
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Just pulled the @… card on #WikiGacha 🤣 #noxp
Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--A database with 149 million usernames and passwords was exposed on the internet,
--Venezuelan nationals who stole cash from ATMs using malware will be deported from US,
--FBI asked Microsoft to unlock encrypted laptops,
--Under Armour is investigating massive data breach,
--Tech investors want the US government to prob…
Fediverse Punk Month — We can grow something better!
We invest too much of our culture in centralized, for-profit, corporate social media platforms. These platforms enrich billionaires, expand surveillance, and fund the cult of capitalist war, all while trapping us with addictive algorithms that feed us mindless content. […]
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Alex Vindman is not a man to hold a grudge.
Ask him about the bullying, intimidation and retribution meted out by Donald Trump and Maga acolytes following his appearance as a key witness in the first of the president’s two first-term impeachments, and he almost shrugs it off.
“I’m an optimist by nature. I’m more focused on the future than the past, and this idea of vindictiveness or grievance is completely opposite of my personality.
-- Now, accountability is essential …”
"I have always believed in deeds, not words."
As the ongoing Russian attacks keep crippling our infrastructure (as seen from a cold unpowered home with a failing cell connection), I am left with few options. One of them, ruminating before sleep on a strange recurring phenomenon. If not careful, we become what we fight.
We're not infallible. It's the values we keep, the tradeoffs we make to succeed that shape us.
Be vigilant. Watch yourself.
And stay sa…
As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba,
a general told Congress that the military will
“set up a camp” at Guantšnamo Bay
to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis inflicted by the United States.
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But also, don't just rely on primaries. Go hound them, right now. Go picket their offices. Figure out where they live and protest at their houses. If they're spotted in restaurants, call them the fuck out for being Nazi collaborators. Make them regret ever casting their vote.
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