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Privacy Guides: Independent Privacy & Security Resources #privacy #recommendations

Privacy Guides
Established in 2021, Privacy Guides is the largest impartial, non-profit media outlet focused on finding privacy tools and learning about protecting your digital life.

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: https://anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pri…

How Prince won the Super Bowl
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Surprising ctags behaviour.
https://joshleeb.com/posts/surprising-ctags.html
saved 2021-01-10 https://dotat.…

Heute vor 5 Jahren: Am 5. März 2021 veröffenticht das Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists einen Text über das #Kernkraftwerk #Mezamor in #Armenien. Es zählt zu den unsichersten u. somit gefährlichs…

A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Neuer Höchststand: Deutschlands Berufstätige bekommen pro Tag über 50 E-Mails
Die Mailflut in den beruflichen Postfächern wächst, allein seit 2021 hat sich die Zahl der täglichen Mails verdoppelt. Wie wichtig die alle sind, ist unklar.

me in 2021 considering Drew to be too much of a free software purist but deciding to use sourcehut anyways
me now and where sourcehut and codeberg are the two best slop-free git hosters

From The Conversation
Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself?
Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet, the double standard associated with this is hardly sustainable in the long run.
The worst-kept secret in the world of nuclear politics is that Israel possesses a formidable arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Irgendwie sind es immer wieder Mitglieder der gleichen Partei, bei denen sowas passiert. Aber das ist sicher nur Zufall 🤡
'In Friesoythe haben #CDU-Mitglieder im Stadtrat jahrelang mehr Sitzungsgelder abgerechnet als die Vertreter der SPD. Der Vorsitzende der Ratsfraktion sieht darin kein Fehlverhalten. [...] Seit Herbst 2021 gab es laut der Stadtverwaltung 20 Abende, an denen die CDU/FDP-Fr…

Kommunalpolitik im Oldenburger Münsterland: CDU-Stadträte kassierten doppelt
Im niedersächsischen Friesoythe haben CDU-Mitglieder im Stadtrat jahrelang mehr Sitzungsgelder abgerechnet als die Vertreter der SPD. Der Vorsitzende der Ratsfraktion sieht darin kein Fehlverhalten.

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Hosting SQLite databases on Github Pages (or any static file hoster).
https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-databases-on-github-pages/
saved 2021-05-02

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1228115 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Investment in Austin-based startups grew to a record high of $7.19B in 2025, up from $4.37B in 2024 and topping a pandemic peak of $6.1B in 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/all-time-high-f…

Austin's Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City's Startups Hits All-Time High
Austin’s startup scene is stronger than ever. That’s the consensus among investors in the city, and it’s borne out by Crunchbase data, which shows startups headquartered in the Lone Star State’s capital raised a record $7.19 billion in venture funding in 2025.

😿 Myanmar’s election is derided as fake, but the nation’s suffering is all too real
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/asia-pacific/myanmar-election-people-suffering/

Myanmar’s election is derided as fake, but the nation’s suffering is all too real
The vote, the first since the 2021 coup, has been almost universally dismissed as political playacting.

Sensation: im #Enzkreis gibt es womöglich bald einen badisch-württembergischen kooperativen Kirchenbezirk. So die hier anwesenden Presseleute.
Man sagt ja immer:
"Einen Zusammenschluss mit den Württembergern werde es frühestens am jüngsten Tag 'und dann auch erst am Nachmittag' geben"
Ein klares Zeichen, dass wir in der

Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta-to-shut-down-instagram-end-to-end.html?m=1

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging oversight.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Midlake:
🎵 Roscoe
#Midlake
https://mommusic4.bandcamp.com/track/midlake-roscoe-mom-2021-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/01qJhVPCHFFR6wJ5ptyw17

Exploring Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana
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CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
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CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 "liquidation cascade" (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/1

More than half of all crypto tokens have failed — and most died in 2025
Over 13.4 million tokens have been erased between mid-2021 and 2025, according to a new analysis by CoinGecko.

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What engineers can teach (and learn from) programmers.
https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/what-we-can-learn/
saved 2021-01-22

Deadline Approaching: New England Regional Fellowship Consortium
https://ift.tt/Znt9cYq
CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
via Input 4 RELCFP

"China expects up to 287 GW of new PV capacity additions in 2026"
#China #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables

China expects up to 287 GW of new PV capacity additions in 2026
China’s PV industry expects 238 GW to 287 GW of domestic capacity additions in 2026 as it pivots away from volume-led growth after a loss-making year driven by overcapacity and sharp price declines. The shift follows rapid expansion in 2021-25 that lifted cumulative capacity above 1.2 TW, annual additions beyond 300 GW and exports over $180 billion.

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Of donkeys, mules, and horses: data structures for network prefixes in Rust.
https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/donkeys-mules-horses/
saved 2021-05-27

Of Donkeys, Mules & Horses
A quest for the perfect data-structure to store and retrieve a full table of IP Prefixes, while maintaining the hierarchical relations.

Deadline Approaching: New England Regional Fellowship Consortium
https://ift.tt/7Uyumdf
CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
via Input 4 RELCFP

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Buddhism: 4 January - 11 January
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CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
via Input 4 RELCFP

CFP> Hybrid Symposium on Hangzhou Buddhist Culture (April 24–25, 2026)
https://ift.tt/5FLe290
CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
via Input 4 RELCFP