Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece will ban children under 15 from accessing social media starting January 1, 2027, and calls for coordinated EU action (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/greece-ban-social-m…

RE: https://fediscience.org/@tschfflr/116192263709713324
Doing my part for the Streisand effect

Babi

by Ingrid Rice
https://www.instagram.com/iricecartoonist
https://caglecartoons.com/cartoon/307273…

If you want to follow what's happening in the Middle East, @aljazeera.com is #1. Yes, it's from Qatar, but it names its sources. And by now, it's way more neutral than much of the US networks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news…

Iran war updates: Israel kills 254 in Lebanon after US-Iran agree ceasefire
These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Can Ukraine CHANGE the balance of power in the MIDDLE EAST? Defense against "Shaheds": https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/08/can-ukraine-change-the-balance.html

Though I can make great pizza at home, I’m always excited for new options, especially in my neighborhood. 🍕
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/05/07/pizzeria-planned-for-burleigh-street/

Pizzeria Planned For Burleigh Street
Meenk Bros Pizza Co. plans to serve New York-style pies in former Brew City Pickles space.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jeremydmiller/116376329442402250
A really neat blog post about structural concurrency approach using Wolverine but can apply to systems thinking in general

"can't park there, mate" is seared into my brain https://salsa.debian.org/chromium-team/chromium/-/blob/master/debian/patches/llvm-19/keyfactory.patch?ref_type=heads

debian/patches/llvm-19/keyfactory.patch · master · chromium / chromium · GitLab
Chromium packaging

Dumfrieshire, I expected no better of you.
#ScotPol
(#Tory hold)

RE: https://front-end.social/@hdv/116539331105631482
The frustration is people building non-deterministic tools that they claim can replace deterministic systems — but everybody ignores the greater cost and inaccuracies, because the dashboard demands it.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Artemis II: NASA-Livestream zur historischen Mondumrundung ab 19 Uhr

RE: https://mas.to/@jf_718/116190672740820701
Until the system responds appropriately, community protection is a DIY project.

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116376437339303217
tick tock??

Hagelschaden...
Ich denke, das kann mensch so sagen ☺️
#BadenWurttemberg #BadenWuerttemberg

Könnt ihr mal bitte in den nächsten Tagen versuchen das Webradio von #SWR1 im #DuckDuckGo Browser zu verwenden oder die SWR1-App mit deaktivierten #GooglePlayDiensten zu sta…

Over 200 Doctors And Nutrition Researchers Call For Return To Science-Based Dietary Guidelines https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/health/doctors-call-science-based-dietary-guidelines/

Over 200 Doctors And Nutrition Researchers Call For Science-Based Dietary Guidelines
Hundreds of doctors and nutrition researchers have called for a return to science-based recommendations in US dietary guidelines

Last night I had to do some above-the-OS work on a machine that's in the homelab "rack" (read: shelves).
I plugged in my @… and it was actually really helpful. Last time I tried this, it was right after the kickstarter (and shipping), and it was definitely not-quite-ready then. But with the updates in the meantime, it was actually really nice fo…

Någon här som har #podme? Om man betalar, kan man få sina betalpodar i rss så att man kan lägga in dem i egen spelare?

@… kul att se dig här!

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Adi Oasis:
🎵 Dumpalltheguns (Jitwam Remix)
#AdiOasis
https://adioasis.bandcamp.com/track/dumpalltheguns
https://open.spotify.com/track/58SUswMCIg0DRIrLoJ4E6c

Build a 100% renewable East-West Electricity Grid
A new federal government with big promises for “nation-building” projects has the potential to deliver a climate-safe and affordable future for all of us. If we fight for it.
A publicly owned, east-west electricity grid that connects renewable energy projects is the type of ambitious project we need. It would provide affordable, secure and renewable power to people from coast to coast.

Build a 100% renewable East-West Electricity Grid - Leadnow

In 15 minutes on #coronagraphs from the National Solar Observatory, running from 19:30 to 22:00 UTC.

Ups. #ManuelHagel

Blood Clot Pol Pot
bot by @…
This is satire, not sedition: cancel the hit squad.
#satire #potus45

Wer auf Demos gegen Rechts war und sich über einen Sieg von Cem Özdemir freut sollte vielleicht nicht auf Demos gegen Rechts sein.

Diese Vermutung, dass es bei den Wählerwanderungs-Analysen vor allem deshalb keine Fehlerbalken gibt, weil sonst jedem Betrachtery sofort klar würde, dass sie die ungefähre Aussagekraft von Horoskop und Kartenlegen haben…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@1kmadleenfr/116370409979639054
The bravery of these courageous people given the barbaric Israelis have abused, beaten, and raped activists on previous flotillas after illegally detaining them.

Interesting how many right AND left leaning posts I’m seeing about prepping for nuclear fallout. Wondering if this really was the past MAGA wanted to return to.
Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

Hypixel Skyblock hooked me, and it made me understand why some people like Genshin Impact.
I saw people play it and it seems boring. Grinding, grinding, grinding. So repetitive, so tiring. Surely I won't play these kind of games.
Then, I discovered Hypixel Skyblock. And, here I am, somehow hooked on it, spent hours on it, installed legal mods, asked LLM bots to understand the mechs, and somehow I'm already level 90.
And it's the same thing. Same as Runescape. Sa…

Happy 5/8 to those who celebrate

Jets, Breece Hall agree to 3-year, $45.75 million extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7264196/2026/05/08/breece-hall-jets-contract-extension-nfl/

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Zoh Amba:
🎵 Eyes Full
#NowPlaying #ZohAmba
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/5OlWw39hFkSc8GTULhwbKE

How SpaceMob, an online community of ~50,000, has fueled a meme-stock-like rally in satellite networking company AST, which is up ~6,000% over a 22-month period (Bloomberg)

This whole thread.
It's a love letter to the Fediverse..
https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116368379234020589
_elena@mastodon.social - Dear Fedi friends,
Next week I have the honor of doing a presentation advocating for the Fediverse in a really prestigious venue (I can't share more now, but I will after it takes place).
I'm currently working on slides and I would love to hear testimonies from YOU. Why the Fediverse is so special to you in contrast to Big Tech platforms (bonus points if you speak French & can reply en français).
I'll share a selection of your testimonies in my slideshow presentation.
Merci beaucoup ❤️

RE: https://thepit.social/@peter/116376219055579156
I know a lot of people, in software and otherwise, who are feeling things along these lines.
Hold on, whatever tools you’re using, just hold on to your sense of purpose and meaning. There are a lot of forces at work in this world that want to rob you of that. Your feeling of losing that is not recognition of some new fact of our reality; it is you experiencing a psychological weapon.

@… those building block components are next level 🏆

Ukraine's Shrike Fiber drone reportedly wins top place in Pentagon drone procurement program: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/08/ukraines-shrike-fiber-drone-reportedly.html

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Artemis II: NASA-Livestream zur historischen Mondumrundung ab 19 Uhr

Sources: CBS News has invited Pete Hegseth to sit at its WHCD table; Fox News plans to host Tulsi Gabbard and Sean Duffy, and NY Post will host Scott Bessent (Lachlan Cartwright/Breaker)
https://www.breakermedia.com/p/whcd-battle-for-big-names…

🔎 WHCD Battle For Big Names; NYT AI Fight; Air Puck’s Phishy Business
New Netflix Book; Talese’s Rare Read; Breaker Barometer

Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/portugal-fined-eu-court-biodiversity-protection-failure

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Jean Knight:
🎵 Mr. Big Stuff
#JeanKnight
https://blacksomenoise.bandcamp.com/track/jean-knight-mr-big-stuff-1971
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Bls0igCm79XQQ95IoUbhq

Wie konnten wir es so weit kommen lassen? Wir haben die letzten zwei Jahre einen Völkermord unterstützt, jetzt kommt lediglich der Zweite.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@ChrisShort/116370419594236213
I guess “iPhone Jumped The Shark” was too much of a mouthful.

Zelensky says Ukrainian forces retake up to 435 square kilometers in the south, foiling Russia’s plans: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/08/zelensky-says-ukrainian-forces-retake.html

Why 🚿 when you can 👅⁠?

NFL Network: Jets RB Breece Hall signing three-year, $45.75 million contract https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-network-jets-rb-breece-hall-signing-three-year-45-75-million-contract

Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are among private credit lenders in talks with Broadcom over a ~$35B financing deal to fund the development of AI chips (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/apollo-bla…

Filing: ABC accuses the FCC of violating the First Amendment, after the FCC made extensive document requests and probed whether The View broke equal time rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-t…

ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment
The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

This bird is disappearing from Indonesia’s forests for its song https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/this-bird-is-disappearing-from-indonesias-forests-for-its-song/

This bird is disappearing from Indonesia's forests for its song
The rising popularity of songbird singing competitions in Indonesia has led to the dramatic decline of the white-rumped shama, a bird known locally as murai batu. Mongabay Indonesia video contributor Rizky Maulana Yanuar recently reported that keeping such birds is deeply rooted in local culture. In Javanese society, a man is considered to be successful […]

Artemis II: NASA-Livestream zur historischen Mondumrundung ab 19 Uhr
Die Orion-Kapsel der Artemis-II-Mission fliegt heute am Mond vorbei. Die NASA überträgt das historische Ereignis ab 19 Uhr live.
https…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Missy Elliott:
🎵 The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
#MissyElliott
https://butterfactory.bandcamp.com/track/missy-elliott-the-rain-supa-dupa-fly-butter-factory-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2WRzpLD8qDRrxMXc63E5WJ

Es haben mir schon viele Leute gesagt das Ich verrückt bin, die wenigsten davon setzten sich für bessere psychotherapeutische Versorgung ein. Vor allem auf Podien seitens der CDU kommt dieser Vorwurf immer wieder, nur damit sie dann die Unterstützung psychischer Hilfsangebote kürzen.
Ich bekomme hier gemischte Signale

:minecraft_dirt:

“[…] in prompt engineering, it is not only the prompt that is being engineered, but also the prompter.”
https://zenodo.org/records/19452872

Broncos reach 5-year extension with GM Paton https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48713728/broncos-reach-5-year-extension-gm-george-paton

Research shows 41 US states are getting warmer, all in slightly different ways #UnitedStates

Research shows 41 US states are getting warmer, all in slightly different ways
Different regions of the United States are experiencing different patterns of warming climate, requiring region-specific adaptation, according to a study published in PLOS Climate by María Dolores Gadea Rivas of the University of Zaragoza, Spain and Jesús Gonzalo of University Carlos III, Spain.

Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $125-$135 after drawing orders for more than 20x the number of shares available (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/ai-…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Lucius:
🎵 Right Down the Line
#Lucius
https://ilovelucius.bandcamp.com/track/right-down-the-line
https://open.spotify.com/track/2QkrXvBAfhE4QAr9Y5kOvh

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Post zum Freitag: Schluss mit dem Mythos vom unlöschbaren E-Auto

Post zum Freitag: Schluss mit dem Mythos vom unlöschbaren E-Auto
Wir zeigen, wie Feuerwehren brennende Stromer heute bändigen und Akkus effektiv kühlen. Dies und weitere Themen in der Post zum Freitag.

RE: https://norden.social/@SheDrivesMobility/116370491015213134
Auch das Justizministerium in Niedersachsen stellt sich gegen den Vorschlag aus Berlin. Aus Sicht der Landesregierung gilt das Schwarzfahren weiterhin als strafwürdiges Ers…

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/114542503945495258
Wed(NES)day

TIL the Orion spacecraft (used for current Artemis II mission!) uses the same primary engine as the Apollo spacecraft had.

NFL, referees association ratify new 7-year CBA https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48713349/referees-association-nfl-ratify-7-year-cba-avoid-work-stoppage

A hack of Instructure's Canvas locked out students at schools and universities across the US in the middle of finals period; some US colleges postponed exams (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/canvas-outage-college-studen…

Canvas outage wreaks havoc for students during college finals
Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage tied to a cyberattack that knocked down Canvas. The online platform manages exams, course notes, lecture videos and grades. The disruption hit in the middle of finals period for many colleges, a high-stress time when students and instructors rely heavily on the platform. Instructure is the parent company of Canvas and says the platform is available again to most users as of late Thursday. A threat analyst at the cybersecu…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Bobbie Gentry:
🎵 Ode to Billie Joe
#BobbieGentry
https://mercuryrev.bandcamp.com/track/ode-to-billie-joe-feat-lucinda-williams
https://open.spotify.com/track/1RqdlofSKipp1HltBvCqXi

Kahlschlag beim Datenschutz: Baden-Württemberg plant massive Stellenkürzungen
Die neue grün-schwarze Landesregierung in Stuttgart will bei der Datenschutzaufsicht 40 Prozent der Stellen streichen. Kritiker befürchten einen Rechtsverstoß.

Kahlschlag beim Datenschutz: Baden-Württemberg plant massive Stellenkürzungen
Die neue grün-schwarze Landesregierung in Stuttgart will bei der Datenschutzaufsicht 40 Prozent der Stellen streichen. Kritiker befürchten einen Rechtsverstoß.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dielinke/116194923563201559
Tod und Hass dem „taktischen Wählen”. Mal schauen wie sozial und grün Baden-Württemberg jetzt wird! Prognose: Gar nicht.

:blobcatscience: I recommend increasing your daily cat dosage :3

Any vexillologists around? What’s the flag on the left? (We’re in Pima county, Arizona)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Sampa the Great:
🎵 Final Form
#SampatheGreat
https://open.spotify.com/track/6nUXH6o7OXDVykgwAtIIFU

An Ohio man is the first convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing real and AI-generated explicit images of 10 victims (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

First man convicted under Take It Down Act kept making AI nudes after arrest
Ohio man used more than 100 AI tools to make fake nudes of women and minors.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Pariser Staatsanwaltschaft macht Ermittlungen gegen X und Musk zu Strafverfahren

Pariser Staatsanwaltschaft macht Ermittlungen gegen X und Musk zu Strafverfahren
Die französischen Ermittlungen gegen X und Elon Musk wurden zu einem Strafverfahren ausgeweitet. Zur Vorlesung der Anklagepunkte wurde er wieder vorgeladen.

Cousins: I shouldn't play if not Raiders' best QB https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48432916/kirk-cousins-raiders-need-play-best-qb-even-not-me

When in history has it ever been about being a good person in a vacuum. It never mattered what you'd do if the time was right, you had infinite money, no status to lose, and no other hurdles to rush through. It was always about what you'd do given the circumstances you find yourself in.
Would you offer someone refuge with little to spare for yourself? Would you stop and help someone in need even if it meant having to justify being late to an event or not showing up at all? Would you he…

Treat Model :3

If you want to be your own expert for literally everything and never want to learn from or seek out advice from other human beings you are mentally unwell and need professional help.

Altersüberprüfung: EU-Rechtsberater warnen vor Umgehungsoption durch VPNs
Der Wissenschaftliche Dienst des EU-Parlaments stuft VPNs als Gefahr für den Jugendschutz ein und fordert Auflagen gegen das Umschiffen von Altersverifikation.

Altersüberprüfung: EU-Rechtsberater warnen vor Umgehungsoption durch VPNs
Der Wissenschaftliche Dienst des EU-Parlaments stuft VPNs als Gefahr für den Jugendschutz ein und fordert Auflagen gegen das Umschiffen von Altersverifikation.

EFF says it is leaving X, as "X is no longer where the fight is happening" and an X post now gets less than 3% of the views a tweet got seven years ago (Kenyatta Thomas/Electronic Frontier Foundation)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

EFF is Leaving X
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

Ich kann mich noch im Wahlkampf rundum Baden-Württemberg erinnern wie die Position der Grünen war das unbedingt aus taktischen Gründen sie gewählt werden müssen und nicht Die Linke, auch wenn das knapp bedeuten würde das letzteres keine Fraktion bekommt, weil den Ministerpräsidenten zu stellen so wichtig ist. Die Linke sei eine vergeudete Stimme, auch wenn dessen Einziehen mehrere Mandate und Millionen Euro der AfD entziehen würde.
Nun haben wir den Wahlkampf in Sachsen-Anhal…

As for other things, like looking up medical advice, "traditional" search engines on the Internet worked much better than any LLM to get you to trustworthy sources of information.

Muse Spark: Meta präsentiert neues KI-Modell
Nach Milliardeninvestitionen in seine Superintelligence Labs versucht der Meta-Konzern, mit seinem neuen KI-Modell den Rückstand zur Konkurrenz aufzuholen.
https://www.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece will ban children under 15 from accessing social media starting January 1, 2027, and calls for coordinated EU action (Antonis Pothitos/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/gr…

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116195593568322335
The only Agents of Chaos you should trust are cats⁠! :angery:

Like the whole fart-shite about “make your own custom movies!” is a soup-to-deez-nutz power-fantasy wankery of tech bros who have a sad that they’re not as cool as “the creatives”.

How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase, and others are building stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

One thing I don't get about how "AI" is marketed is this:
Almost no people want to be their own software designer, or their own doctor, or their own lawyer, or their own structural engineer or indeed their own artist.
They want to get advice from trained and experienced professionals and enjoy art and stories and entertainment from great artists.

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Artemis II: NASA-Livestream zur historischen Mondumrundung ab 19 Uhr

SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since Nov. 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI involvement grows; on Monday, SoftBank fell 9.8% on Stargate delay reports (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d7dc7ba4-66d3-4e31-83cb-44efdd00c67c

I know there's lots of people being giddy and excited about high oil and gas prices, but those high prices are directly hurting poor people, disabled people and people living in areas with bad or no public transportation.
Please don't be an asshole.

Anthropic debuts a Code Review feature for Claude Code, which uses agents working in teams to check pull requests for bugs, available in research preview (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/claude-code-review-ai-agents-pull-request-bug-d…

This new Claude Code Review tool uses AI agents to check your pull requests for bugs - here's how
Each pull request can cost up to $25. Here's why companies might still pay to prevent catastrophic bugs.

Very much do not recommend waking up at 2am from a sudden gout flare

Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a "seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution" is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
…

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@lcamtuf/116191554824571567
“I” should write a book about the AI toot revolution

One of the best features of personal computing is that it’s not renting capacity from centralized data centers that are vulnerable to missile attacks computing

RE: https://floss.social/@jani/116187254218422311
That’s fine there’s at least 1 vendor to choose from!
A vendor that is financially completely stable and not running of a pyramid of investments and definitely not burning more money than they make.