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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-03-26 06:41:36

A newly expanded policy from the Trump administration could require travelers from five World Cup-qualified countries to front a bond of up to $15,000 in order to enter the United States for the tournament.
Visa bonds operate like security deposits:
a one-time payment meant to be refunded after a traveler exits the US under the terms of their visa.
The amounts generally run between $5,000 and $15,000, and are required for passport holders from certain countries to enter the…

Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US
The US state department will expand the program on 2 April, which will require bonds from Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, and Cape Verde travelers

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-04-26 09:28:56

OK, the Arch runner is now set up and working after my rather annoying tangle with llvmpipe.
The entire six-job build ran for 17 minutes. I could probably optimize it further: right now the Windows and Ubuntu 24.04 builds are among the slower ones and they share the same GPU forcing them to run sequentially. If I shuffled around which VM ran which job, I could probably fine tune a bit.
Max concurrent jobs was four, three using nvidia cards plus the Ubuntu 26.04 using llvmpipe. I …

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-02-26 00:30:04

Urban Demons VII 👻
城市鬼魂 VII 👻
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 400 Plus, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo of a tall street lamp with an old‑fashioned design. The lamp has a decorative metal top shaped like a scalloped dome and glass panels around the light. Several cables run from the pole outward in different directions. The sky behind it is cloudy and empty, giving the scene a quiet, nostalgic feeling. A faint outline of another pole or structure appears in the distance. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，画面中是一盏高高的老式路灯。灯罩呈波浪形金属顶，四周是玻璃面板。电线从灯杆向外延伸。背景是…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white image of a traditional Chinese bell tower. The structure features layered, upturned eaves and intricate wooden carvings. It stands on a stone platform with a decorative railing. A plaque on the stone wall bears Chinese characters meaning “Bell Tower.” 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，呈现一座传统中国钟楼。建筑有多层飞檐和精致木雕，立于石基之上，周围有装饰性栏杆。石墙上的牌匾写着“钟楼”二字。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photograph of an ornate building combining Chinese and Western architectural styles. The entrance is framed by carved columns and arches, and two statues stand on a balcony above it. The roof has traditional Chinese tiles and decorative ridges. Chinese characters above the entrance and balcony indicate themes related to theater or drama. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，展示一座融合中式与西式元素的华丽建筑。入口由雕刻柱子和拱门围成，上方阳台上立着两尊雕像。屋顶为传统中式瓦片和装饰脊。入口和阳台处的中文文字与戏剧相关。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A traditional Chinese-style building with a large, detailed dragon sculpture mounted above the entrance. The dragon appears to leap outward with its mouth open and claws extended. The building has curved roof tiles, hanging lanterns, and ornate wooden details. Chinese characters are displayed on signs near the entrance. 中文替代文字 一座传统中式建筑，入口上方有一条雕刻精细的大龙，张口伸爪，仿佛从屋檐跃出。屋顶是弯曲瓦片，门口挂着灯笼，木雕装饰繁复。入口处的牌匾和窗上可见中文文字。
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-26 12:15:55

Mistral launches Voxtral TTS, an open-source enterprise text-to-speech model that supports nine languages, including Hindi and Arabic, based on Ministral 3B (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/mist

Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation | TechCrunch
Mistral's new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-02-26 05:27:08

Even if ICE CBP presence in the Twin Cities goes back to pre-Dec levels (which to be clear it •has not• yet done), we will be living with this for a long time. The world will be moving on, the national press will forget about us no doubt, but we’ll be living with this.
Nobody here thinks we’re done. But a lot of us are cautiously hopeful that we are now entering a time where this is some room for repairing and rebuilding.
Cautiously hopeful. But vigilant.
/end

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-03-26 11:24:49
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Are these gaming pieces or locker room tokens at the Roman baths?
The term "spintria" to describe these erotic, coin-like tokens is a modern term from scholarship. We don't know what the Romans called them. In #ancientRome, a spintria was a male prostitute.
#PhallusThursday

Coin-like bronze token depicting a man and a woman in the act of coitus. He is standing upright, holding her by the arms. She is reclining on a couch or bed, her legs resting on his shoulders. The scene is shown from the side and his big phallus can be seen entering her.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-26 22:31:00

Far from Hormuz, a second Middle East strait enters the crosshairs (Scott Waldman/Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/03/26/i
memeorandum.com/260326/p132#a2

@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-03-26 21:51:59

The way Dodford pulls off a narrative arc for a half-hour-long biopic almost entirely out of quotes and clips never ceases to amaze me.
The Vanishing of Ryan Gosling.
youtube.com/watch?v=12GADjataDQ

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-25 03:50:28

The driver of a lifted Chevrolet Silverado was so oblivious behind the wheel of a three-ton truck that she missed an entire Lamborghini Huracan,
drove onto it, and then put it in park to see what was going on.
From the footage, the Lamborghini appears to be moving slowly through a parking lot, likely searching for a space.
The Silverado enters with noticeably more speed than the setting calls for.
There’s no meaningful correction, no obvious braking in time, and then C…

Florida Woman Drove Her Lifted Truck Over A Lamborghini And Didn’t Even Notice
The Huracan was crawling for a parking spot when a three-ton lifted Chevy Silverado climbed right over its front end without stopping

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-25 01:35:56

Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta launches Abundance, a hedge fund that aims to have AI agents run the entire fund, with $100M in seed funding (Hema Parmar/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20