Tootfinder

The {conflicted} package makes sure that namespace conflicts are solved explicitly and prevents unpleasent surprises: #rstats

from my link log —
Complicated and complex systems in safety management.
http://www.safetydifferently.com/complicated-complex-systems-in-safety-management/
saved 2019-08-26

Prof. Jeffrey sachs: “Britain is a bully. A lot of the Europeans complaining are bullies. They've all been complicit in the Genocide in Gaza.”
“They stand mute when the U.S. and Israel bomb Iran... What has energized the Europeans is that it turned on them...”
https://x.com/partisan_12/status/20140

The Resonance (@Partisan_12) on X
Prof. Jeffrey sachs: “Britain is a bully. A lot of the Europeans complaining are bullies. They've all been complicit in the Genocide in Gaza.” “They stand mute when the U.S. and Israel bomb Iran... What has energized the Europeans is that it turned on them...”

Ob und wie Social Media für Minderjährige schädlich sind, ist nicht geklärt, auch wenn viele das Gefühl haben, dass das doch völlig klar sei.
Es wird geforscht, aber viele relevante Fragen sind noch offen. Deswegen ist ein pauschales Verbot (Wie? Von was?) keine sinnvolle Lösung.
Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health | TechPolicy.Press

Texas alleges ‘habitual non-compliance’ of wastewater rules at Dow Chemical complex – Houston Public Media https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/environment/2026/02/20/543958/texas-dow-chemical-complex-wastewater-…

Texas alleges ‘habitual non-compliance’ of wastewater rules at Dow Chemical complex
But the lawsuit, filed last Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, could shield the petrochemical giant from harsher litigation from a local citizen group.

A new anonymous Substack alleges AI compliance startup Delve "faked" compliance for startups by generating pre-populated audit reports and fabricating evidence (DeepDelver)
https://deepdelver.substack.com/p/delve-fake-compliance-as-a-service

Delve - Fake Compliance as a Service - Part I
How Delve managed to falsely convince hundreds of customers they were compliant and then lied about it when exposed and called out

Just email someone. I always like it when people email me about some weird blog post or project I’ve done.
https://goodinternetmagazine.com/why-i-email-complete-strangers/

Why I email complete strangers
The first time I emailed a stranger, I swear my cursor hovered over Send for a full five minutes. I had plenty of justifiable reasons to remain hesitant. Not wanting to take up their time, feeling bothersome, worried my question was a silly one... A hundred disparate excuses leading back

I've seen a bunch of "the CA age verification law is the best way to do a bad thing and so we shouldn't oppose compliance" takes, which others are rightly pointing out is a bad stance because it's blindingly obvious that compliance now sets the stage for compliance later and the clearly set up later is mandatory verification of age data. Even if you think that, for example, California's current "progressive" government won't go there, we're all currently seeing just how easy it is for a new government to pick up the oppressive tools the "good" government was using "restraint" with and put them to worse ends.
On the other hand, I'll freely admit that distros *do* need a way to shield themselves from liability right now. The clear (to me; IANAL) correct solution is to say on your website "don't download this OS if you're in a jurisdiction where it's not legal for us to provide it."). Assuming this does put you in the clear liability-wise, it has several positive effects:
- Stops zero people from downloading it.
- Makes it clear that your project will not collaborate with fascists/oppressive regime enjoyers.
- Means that when the next law makes verifying user ages mandatory (and/or explicitly requires using Palantir-adjacent services to do so) you've already got a strategy in place and there's no need for a "debate" in your "community" about compliance.
- Gets users more practice with "the law is malicious/needlessly bureaucratic/oppressive; let's ignore it" which to be honest people in general clearly desperately need at this point.
- Is the most effective political move if you want to resist the way things are going. Forcing the other side to explain why "California bans Linux" is good rhetorical strategy. Make *them* try to explain "well it's actually not so harmful since we let users set it themselves" and answer your follow-up "but what if next year the requirements change; I just refuse to go along with this slippery slope stuff and I'm not bothered if that means you want to *ban* me."
#AgeVerification

from my link log —
Using ASDL to describe ASTs in CPython.
https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2014/06/04/using-asdl-to-describe-asts-in-compilers
saved 2020-05-26

New book “How to sell a genocide”is out today. Adam says “a data-driven account of mainstream media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza.”
all profits go toward mecaforpeace.org:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0745351654?