
2025-05-23 08:05:04
The Telegraph leaving its limbo: "aims for the brand to become a force in US and global journalism, targeting an intelligent centre-Right readership which is not currently well-served".
Ok, we'll see. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/
Republicans in Congress illegally vote to end clean air rules they can't actually end | Electrek https://electrek.co/2025/05/22/republicans-in-congress-illegally-vote-to-end-clean-air-rules-they-cant-actually-end/
#fossnorth 2025 is over and I wrote a short summary: https://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2025/04/foss-north-2025/
See you next year!
Welp. I continue my tradition of being bleeped in podcasts as soon as someone asks me about the state of small and underfunded organization security.
*wave hi at 1Password*
https://randombutmemorable.simplecast.com/episodes/malicious-pottery-servic…
📢 The 2025 GÉANT Innovation Programme has been awarded to the GÉANT Digital Research Environment (DRE) initiative!
Based on the @… Research Cloud, the initiative is a close collaboration between SURF & GÉANT.
Four NRENs —SUNET, Switch, HEAnet & Sikt — will also contribute with their own funding by establishing national tenancies of the GÉANT DRE.
"Don't be a fascist."
https://youtube.com/shorts/n834fdAibAI?si=OnwBHa8jla95HrI3
I like deep dives into strange bugs.
"How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2"
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/2025/04/23/gta-san-andreas-win11-24h2-bug/
1/ It's really hard to miss a particular demographic in Italy. Almost every cycle-based food delivery driver, outdoor market fruit/veg/cheap trinket seller, etc., is clearly from South Asia, down to the language and music. It's really stark. #Italy25 ↵
from my link log —
Fixing the traffic jam in the science of technology safety.
https://citizensandtech.org/2025/04/fixing-science-tech-safety/
saved 2025-05-15
“What we ultimately want, and what we believe we need, is a commons that is strong, resilient, growing, useful (to machines and to humans)—all the good things, frankly. But as our open infrastructures mature they become increasingly taken for granted, and the feeling that “this is for all of us” is replaced with “everyone is entitled to this”. While this sounds the same, it really isn’t. Because with entitlement comes misuse, the social contract breaks, reciprocation evaporates, and ultimately the magic weakens.”
Very glad to see that @… is working to address the deep challenges that have arisen at the intersection of the open movement and corporate AI.
https://creativecommons.org/2025/04/02/reciprocity-in-the-age-of-ai/
h/t @…
Can creativity and science-related work go together?
In this post I share four take-aways I had about creativity in relation to our work
1: Innovation requires creativity.
2: Creativity is in the little acts.
3: Constraints can spark creativity.
4: Experiment with saying “no” to rules.
http…
Ein Foto und ein Rätsel (mit Auflösung):
Im Jahr 2013 gab es im Haus der Geschichte in Stuttgart eine Ausstellung über die RAF. Ich war dort und habe Fotos gemacht. Ein Foto zeigt dabei ein "Waffenversteck". Die Anwälte der RAF hatten, zumindest nimmt man das an, in Akten Waffen geschmuggelt, mit denen sich am Ende einige der RAF-Gefangenen selbst töteten.
Das Foto hatte ich auf Wikimedia Commons hcohgeladen:
"When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it. Not with rage but with…resolve."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/earth-day-nature-report-trump.h…
Dutch caretaker-minister of defense joins in with German chancellor Merz, saying "Israel is doing our dirty work". That'd be by attacking Iran while negotiations were ongoing, and after US intelligence concluded that Iran was not actively pursuing nuclear weapons development.
ht…
The #OpenAI paper by Baker et al, "Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation" comes to a troubling conclusion: #LLM s with #reasoning or
Recent hype is that o3 solved AI web search.
But so far I've tried using it for two "hard" search problems (meaning I first tried searching manually and didn't find much). Both times it hallucinated a ton, making claims that weren't actually in the sources.
On the other hand, both times, I did ultimately find nuggets of useful information after picking through all the hallucinations. So I'm glad I used it?
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Save your disrespect for the unrespectable. It's all too easy to let contempt for those in power spread to all like them in any way.
Der Artikel »Softwarelizenzen richtig vergeben« von @… und mir im Linux-Magazin ist nun online: https://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2025
Researchers say the impact of feral cats on native species is greater than previously thought.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/feral-cats-killing-more-native-species-than-estimated/105197140
Our museum 5th-grade tours have been going strong for decades. But they don't just benefit elementary school students. #UniversityOfGeorgia students are involved, too. Read more: https://
Struggling with generic or off-target AI outputs? 🤔 Mastering how you ask – known as Prompt Engineering – is key to unlocking truly useful responses from tools like Gemini and ChatGPT.
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Du suchst neue Formate fürs Sommerfest oder Vereinsabend? Die Schachrallye bringt Spiel, Spaß und Bewegung ins Schachtraining!
➡️ https://www.deutsche-schachjugend.de/termine/2025/akademie/
if you haven't, time to read this book: https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/#zdgaf
yearly costs from car crashes: $500 million
stopping Muni cuts that would make people buy cars: $7.2 million
someone please help me budget this, my city is dying
https://sfba.social/@MLNow/114389440475044251
God's gift to headline writers:
"Pope Dies After Meeting J. D. Vance"
(from @InternetTodayTV on YouTube)
I can't remember if I posted here, but I got word that I'm officially a college graduate! After many long years I'm finally done.
das Seemannshotel Portside in Bremerhaven wird zu Ende des Jahres geschlossen.
Das erste Seemannsheim in der Schifferstraße gab es 1900.
https://seemannsmission.org/seemannshotel-in-bremerhaven-wird-geschlossen/
Post Edited: Originelles Restaurant im nördlichen Wedding: La Carreta: Pizza trifft Mexiko https://weddingweiser.de/la-carreta-pizza-trifft-mexiko/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/america-trump-authoritarianism-global/682528/
"At a time like this, hesitation can mean the difference between freedom and tyranny."
More brain damage-causing lead in our kids food! Another Trump win!
From: @…
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114557960252218755…
Call for postdoc applications!
We are looking for a 1-year postdoc to work on Philosophy of AI here in lovely Umeå.
Deadline for applications is May 26th.
More information about the fellowship and how to apply can be found here: https://www.
La plej forta suna ŝtormo malkovrita ĝis nun okazis en 12350 AKE, laŭ esploristoj el Finlando. La raporto priskribis ĝin kiel tiel forta, ke ĝi kreus tutteran ĥaoson, se ĝi okazus hodiaŭ, kaj estis multoble pli forta ol iu mezurita per niak modernaj satelitoj. Kiel ili scias ĉi tio? Legi pri ĝi:
https://
Civilians butchered, babies left to die, aid workers and journalists deliberately targeted by Israel:
KEIR STARMER - This all seems fine to me. Carry on!
Pop group says something about genocide:
KEIR STARMER - This is an outrage! Ban them! Pull all their gigs! They're TERRORISTS!
#IsraelIsATerroristState
I morgen kveld er det frist for skriftlige innspill til #Stortinget om Representantforslag om en kritisk gransking av skjermbruk i skolen, en sak fremmet av #Rødt
China urges UK and EU to uphold multilateral trade in face of US tariffs | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/china-calls-uk-uphold-international-order-face-rampant-unilateral-bullying-2025-04-22/
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Yup, until the US returns to its senses we should all be working around it.
The United States Bombed Iran. What Comes Next? (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/united-states-bombed-iran-now-what/683276/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p2#a250622p2
Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters
I'm not exactly sure what the specific lesson is, but It's getting close to being able to *credit* the people who stayed on X/Twitter for at least being partially responsible for Musk crashing out. He's getting bullied hard there, in the way he deserves.
"Leave Twitter or you're a Nazi" was always goofy
#socialmedia
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017763753-Use-the-Pocket-App-with-your-Kobo-eReader was the best web->ereader conversion service I've used.
Are you interested in how dependency-heavy your (or another) package is and why? #rstats
Progress! #Aral Preis-Update!
"Apple has stopped listing its Apple Intelligence features as 'available now' following an inquiry from the National Advertising Division (NAD)."
https://www.theverge.com/news/653413/apple-intelligence-available-now-adverti…
Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/israeli-troops-fire-warning-shots-25-diplomats-visiting-occupied-west-bank
Crepes, egg and bacon, tea and coffee. Lower key day, seeing Hanif Abdurraqib here tonight, then mahjongg. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/iXzqhn2mB4wLQoiTA
once again pissed off at yume nikki for being easily the greatest surrealist artwork of the 21st century, possibly of all time
¿Cušles son los riesgos de bombardear las instalaciones nucleares de Iršn? - BBC News Mundo
#EEUU
View of the Santa Ynez Mountains from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, USA. March, 2025.
#santabarbarabotanicgarden #nature #naturephotography
Statement by Dean Greg Sterling.
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Like many around the world, I am deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis. I am grateful, too, for all he did to advance currents of Christianity that are too seldom seen today...
Read the rest https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15KhqHmUk
@… @… #autism
Fuck the IDU and the Nazis they rode in on. We don't need their bullshit here.
#MapleMaga #cdnpoli
BZ108 Digital Identity – https://buzzzoom.de/108/
Was bedeutet eigentlich Digital Identity?
The term 'metadata' is an inaccurate description of behavioural surplus and helps to downplay the severity of the large-scale incursion on our privacy.
https://theprivacydad.com/why-the-term-metadata-is-not-helpful-in-discussio…
Guter Start in den Tag, inkl. Vertipper🤪
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https://www.pastpuzzle.de
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Of course, what’s really needed is to separate the cluster into two halves on separate UPS’s…. Perhaps with one half in the house and the other in the garage… But this will need to be another project!
Wordle 1,402 2/6*
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„Schütz deine Privatsphäre heute.
Und eines Tages kann deine Privatsphäre dich schützen.“
#Threema #3maRTDeutsch #3maRTD
I suspect that @… will someday be spoken of in the same sentences as Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov.
Die ePetition 181875 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Namensrecht mit dem Titel
Änderung des Namensänderungsgesetzes von Familiennamen und Vornamen
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird eine Änderung des Namensrechts dahingehend gefordert, dass Vornamen a…
Die ePetition 181875 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Namensrecht mit dem Titel
Änderung des Namensänderungsgesetzes von Familiennamen und Vornamen
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird eine Änderung des Namensrechts dahingehend gefordert, dass Vornamen a…
World’s Tallest 3D-Printed Structure Rises 4 Stories into the Air Like a Wedding Cake, Inspired by Local Bakeries https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-tallest-3d-printed-structure-rises-4-…
My CFPs are beginning to get ever more spicy with a side of w/e
Fredagskväll. Ovanför oss. #Paris #Himmel #photography
"AUcH, weNn ES dIe pOlItiSche fÜhRunG zu UNterBinDEN vErSuChT" - die Gruppe jener #noAfD ler, die wegen unverdautem Militärfetisch bei dem Zirkus mitmachen, ist bislang zu wenig erforscht - hauptsächlich deshalb, weil man mit ständigen Lachanfällen nicht gut forschen kann.
Are you looking to accurately measure your organisation's current progress on the path towards digital transformation?
Take the OAV Maturity Model survey!
Developed by the Network eAcademy team of the GÉANT project, it’s designed to help #NRENs and R&E organisations assess where they are on their Orchestration, Automation, and Virtualisation (OAV) journey, and map out the next st…
So there's a thing in AI called MCP
As far as I can tell, it's literally absolutely no different from an API, except this way it can have the same initials as the main villain in Tron.
#ai #technology
Post gig inspiration - 5 tips to catch the wave
#MusicianTips #inspiration
https://muz4now.com/2…
Now for some theology. Since Eve was created by God from Adam's rib, she/he/they had a Y chromosome, therefore she/he/they was biologically male -- not just the first woman but also the fist trans. Her/his/their three children with Adam must have been created by cloning and thus were all male. Were it not for daughters born from Adam's affair with Lilith, the human species would have ended there, since when the couple left Eden they lost access to free health care including furthe…
Vier neue #Elektrobusse ergänzen seit Juni den #Nahverkehr in #Plauen.
Die zwölf Meter langen eCitaro bieten 85 Plätze und erleichtern mit Niederflur und breitem Gang das Einsteigen für Rol…
YouTube is 20 years old? That means I’m……yeah……
A post from the archive 📫:
Debug managed Linux core dumps with Visual Studio
https://www.poppastring.com/blog/debug-managed-linux-core-dumps-with-visual-studio
Small churches aren’t meant to die: YDS alum Karen Halac on small congregation renewal https://divinity.yale.edu/news/small-churches-aren-t-meant-die-yds-alum-karen-halac-small-congregation-renewal
Transcript of Trump's speech on US strikes on Iran (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-speech-transcript-text-ff4b286992309ec1337e04260247bb1e
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p1#a250622p1
This afternoon I herded 30-50 feral sheep back into their field.
Having, started a zoom call with a colleague, I noticed said flock of sheep wandering down our road!
So I got a long stick from the garage, and proceeded to do my best "One man and his dog" impression (without the dog, obvs) It turned out that the gate to the field wasn't properly closed and the sheep had made a bid for freedom.
The only feature I want from new personal tech is reduced total energy use. Maybe longer battery life.
So, the opposite of this shit.
https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/114374812564672612
Ein Sommer voller Spiel, Spaß und neuen Möglichkeiten. Du möchtest, dass Chessy und die DSJ dich besuchen kommen? Dann bewirb dich noch bis Sonntag auf einen der begehrten Plätze der Schachtour!
Auch diesen Sommer freut sich Chessy quer durch Deutschland zu fahren und dabei Vereine, Schulen und Marktplätze zu besuchen.
Alle weiteren Informationen findest du über den nachfolgenden Link im Terminkalender, wo du dich auch bewerben kannst:
Tired El Dorado Sunflower, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, USA. March, 2025. #santabarbarabotanicgarden #flower #flowerphotography
Die ePetition 181743 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Sachenrecht mit dem Titel
Reform des § 1093 BGB (Wohnrecht an heutigen Lebensverhältnissen ausrichten)
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird eine Änderung des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuchs dahingehend gefor…
Die ePetition 181743 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Sachenrecht mit dem Titel
Reform des § 1093 BGB (Wohnrecht an heutigen Lebensverhältnissen ausrichten)
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird eine Änderung des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuchs dahingehend gefor…
Trees Can Warn Us When Volcanos Are Ready to Erupt–and NASA Satellites Can Read Their Signals https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trees-can-warn-us-when-volcanos-are-ready-to-erupt-and-nasa-satellites-can-read-th…
Storbritannien lämnar över ögrupp - efter anklagelser om ”brott mot mänskligheten” https://www.dn.se/varlden/storbritannien-lamnar-over-ogrupp-efter-anklagelser-om-brott-mot-manskligheten/
Des chimpanzés ont été observés en train de partager des fruits contenant de l'alcool - pas dans des quantités suffisantes pour s'enivrer, mais un peu comme l'effet d'une bière.
#science #éthologie
In less than a week I'll be spending a month with @…. This will the longest I've ever been away. Very excited for the trip and looking forward to celebrating my college graduation with him.
"...the emails manage to bypass the DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) authentication that would normally flag fake emails, because they came from Google’s own tool."
https://www.theverge.com/news/652509/google-no-reply-dkim-phishing-scam
On the way to the PyConDE in Darmstadt. I look forward to hopefully see you soon.
@… #Python
Die ePetition 181164 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Eherecht mit dem Titel
Anerkennung einer Verlobung/Hochzeit zwischen einem Menschen und einer Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI)
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition werden gesetzliche Regelungen gefordert, welc…
Die ePetition 181164 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Eherecht mit dem Titel
Anerkennung einer Verlobung/Hochzeit zwischen einem Menschen und einer Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI)
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition werden gesetzliche Regelungen gefordert, welc…
This option on Copilot for "Think Deeper" makes a night and day difference in results. #AI
It always impresses me how easy it is to upload local files to the iTunes Music Library and immediately get it on every device along with my Apple Music library.