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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-05-20 16:52:29

Two police officers who clashed with rioters at the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection in 2021 have sued Donald Trump over plans to create a
$1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
The fund, which critics have argued is essentially a slush fund, is set to compensate allies of the US president who he claims were victims of prosecutorial overreach.
It was created as part of an agreement in which Trump and his sons dropped a $10bn long-shot lawsuit against the US In…

January 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.8bn fund, alleging ‘presidential corruption’
Retired Capitol police officer and DC officer allege Trump’s $1.8bn fund unlawfully rewards January 6 rioters and allies

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-06-21 08:42:02

from my link log —
PostgreSQL is a great pub/sub and job server.
webapp.io/blog/postgres-is-the
saved 2021-12-18

Postgres is a great pub/sub & job server
If you need a publish/subscribe or job server at any point in your project, try using Postgres. It'll give you lots of data integrity and performance guarantees, and it doesn't require you or your team learning any new technology.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-06-20 19:47:31

Bans of and challenges to reading material in K-12 schools have been on the rise since 2021,
when the American Library Association and PEN America noticed a sharp uptick in the number of books on the no-no list.
The classics of the banned-book genre remained
— “Brave New World,” “Animal Farm,”“Beloved”
— but those were joined by an escalating list of picture books of two-dad families, young-adult novels tackling race or suicide, graphic novels in which teens make inf…

Why not just ban all the books?
Keyword searches for "justice" and "pride" drive what ideas are being kept from kids.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-15 12:40:43

Source: Nvidia is marketing its first corporate bond sale since 2021, seeking to raise $20B across seven tranches with maturities ranging from two to 30 years (Brian W Smith/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-05-19 03:20:41

After primary loss, Sen. Bill Cassidy defends his 2021 vote to convict Trump (NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/
memeorandum.com/260518/p134#a2

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-06-12 15:00:20

"Illegal e-waste trade turns Bangladesh into net importer"
#Bangladesh #Technology #EWaste

Illegal e-waste trade turns Bangladesh into net importer
In Bangladesh, poor oversight of unlawful cross-border trade in hazardous electronic waste continues, turning the country into a net importer of electronic waste. The country has rules to control e-waste. It is also a party to the Basel Convention and has introduced its own laws, like the Hazardous Waste (E-waste) Management Rules (2021). However, enforcement […]

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-21 05:28:20

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Self Esteem:
🎵 Prioritise Pleasure (6 Music Session, 23 Aug 2021)
#SelfEsteem

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-04-07 14:15:39

UMG shares jump 10% following Pershing Square's €56B offer, which is a 78% premium to their April 2 close; UMG is down nearly a third since its 2021 listing (Mateusz Rabiega/Reuters)
reuters.com/business/ackmans-p

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-06-17 20:42:02

from my link log —
PostgreSQL text search: balancing query time and relevancy.
about.sourcegraph.com/blog/pos
saved 2021-10-21

Postgres text search: balancing query time and relevancy
How do you balance query time and relevance with Postgres text search? Stephen Gutekanst, an engineer working on Sourcegraph's API docs feature, shares tips for stirring code analysis with search indexing.

@matthiasott@mastodon.social
2026-06-05 06:44:13

Oh, so Svelte is basically also under the Vercel umbrella? 🙄 (Since 2021? I somehow missed that…)
This is why we can’t have nice things.

@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2026-04-11 03:40:11

i'm drinking cheap bordeaux and spinning old wax tonight
what are you up to?

This photo shows a classic Bordeaux wine displayed on a kitchen counter. The Wine: Château de Corneurs 2021 Bordeaux Supérieur Grand Vin de Bordeaux (estate-bottled wine) Appellation Bordeaux Supérieur Contrôlée The Blend: 75% Merlot 20% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Cabernet Franc Producer: Vignobles Fabris 10 Rue de l'Abbé Berdey 33330 Saint-Émilion Mis en bouteille au château (bottled at the estate) Label Design: Classic cream/beige label with burgundy text Illustration of the château with …
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2026-05-27 03:23:04

Second Enphase AC Battery Home Storage (2021-09-15) - And then there were two! 40 minutes to double our grid-coupled storage. #storage #grid #selfConsumption -

Second Enphase AC Battery Home Storage (2021-09-15)
And then there were two! 40 minutes to double our grid-coupled storage. #storage #grid #selfConsumption

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-06-10 11:42:02

from my link log —
Notes from a 1984 trip to Xerox PARC.
commandcenter.blogspot.com/201
saved 2021-09-05

Notes from a 1984 trip to Xerox PARC
Someone at work asked about this trip report I wrote long ago. I had not realized it was ever seen outside Bell Labs Research, but I now kno...

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-31 20:42:02

from my link log —
Smooth voxel terrain: isosurface extraction with marching cubes and surface nets.
0fps.net/2012/07/12/smooth-vox
saved 2021-01-08

Smooth Voxel Terrain (Part 2)
Last time we formulated the problem of isosurface extraction and discussed some general approaches at a high level.  Today, we’re going to get very specific and look at meshing in particular.…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-27 20:42:02

from my link log —
DART: the Disability Attitude Re-adjustment Tool.
kingqueen.org.uk/dart/
saved 2021-09-15 dotat.at/:/XV51Q.htm…

DART – the Disability Attitude Re-adjustment Tool
I’ve written a Guide for Disabled People to Sue Service Providers for Disability Discrimination, as Unrepresented Litigants in Person in England. (Otherwise known as DART – the Disabili…