
2025-06-12 19:05:46
Google services, AWS, Spotify, Cloudflare, and other services appear to be in a partial outage, according to Downdetector (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/12/google-cloud-outage-june-12/
Google services, AWS, Spotify, Cloudflare, and other services appear to be in a partial outage, according to Downdetector (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/12/google-cloud-outage-june-12/
“Two European journalists were hacked using government spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech provider Paragon.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/researchers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware/
'Impeccable results' — New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/13/impeccable-results-new-skynex-video.html
Corruption & incompetence all in one!
Amtrak brings in Elon Musk's "Hyperloop" company to reassess plan for building new Northeast Corridor rail tunnel in Baltimore.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12…
"The Agriculture Department will restore information about climate change that was scrubbed from its website" - Farmers Sued Over Deleted #Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. - The New York Times
If only people used their brains (fish or not) to construct non-fallacious arguments.
Professor Caravello was swarmed by ICE agents and thrown into a van after he tried to assist a protestor in a wheelchair by getting a tear gas canister out from under their chair.
https://dailynous.com/2025/07/12/philosophy-profess…
Tell everyone you know in the Netherlands to hurry up and sign.
https://eliitin-some.fi/@miiamustang/114495332170190839
@… @… メールアドレスが違えば同じサーバ…
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen: YouTube accounted for 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May and Netflix 7.5% (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/bu…
Trump threatens to strip Rosie O'Donnell of U.S. citizenship. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/trump-rosie-odonnell-citizenship.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p43#a250712p43
Me: Hey Apple, can you fix the Finder?
Apple: Here's "Liquid Glass"!
Me: sigh...
Heute starten die Teams beim #RAAM.
Ein besonders illusteres Team hat Joey Kelly zusammengestellt: https://biele.bike/mit-influencer-power-beim-race-across-america-2025/
Apelujemy do @… o zainteresowanie się tematem stron kandydatów, które bez pozwolenia zbierają dane obywateli odwiedzających ich strony.
Raport: http…
“We’re in a moment when the moral forces of the world and religious forces of the world have a deep responsibility to say it doesn’t have to be this way.”
—The Divinity School's William Barber in today's NY Times speaking about the wars, polarization, inequality, disinformation, and other challenges #PopeLeo must contend with as he begins his papacy
Eurovision with only the vocals is... even weirder. #ESC2025
"DOGE had by fiat the authority to give thumbs up or down to grant applications which had been systematically vetted by layers of subject matter experts" https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
John€ 15€:12€ NRSV€€
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.15.12.NRSV
Abide in My Love - Pray As You Go
The amount of self-harm in the US is amazing., geopolitical opponents are grabbing some extra popcorn. 🍿
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/state-department-layoffs-00449590
'Firefox is fine. The people running it are not'
#Firefox
Hey @… you're using efinix FPGAs right?
Have you played much with the Titanium transceivers?
Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/science/don-pettit-photos-nasa-astronaut.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G08.1G-C.CySQayfSrI-l&smid=url-share
Ingraham: Migrant Farm Workers Are "Dangerous" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/07/ingraham-migrant-farm-workers-are-dangerous/
It's makes sense that Apple has created a new, faster disk image format - it's hard to get people on board with Linux VM's on macOS when they have SD card disk speeds.
https://eclecticlight.co/2025/06/12/macos-tahoe-brings-a-new-disk-ima…
Working with an #acting #coaching client on a great speech, and the tremor that came into and under their voice as they delivered was really a thing of beauty just now. So glad to see them finding that.
#ActingCoach
🌍🛰️ How do NRENs & RRENs support Earth Observation research?
At our April infoshare with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), RedCLARA & ASREN, we explored how R&E networks enable Earth Observation research, supporting data access, policy, training, and cross-border collaboration.
Daniela Brauner also shared these insights at GEO Global Forum 2025 last week.
📅 Don’t miss Part 2 of the infoshare series on 27 May!
🔗 Register today:
Raspberry Pi or Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q? (just saw a used Lenovo for a good price). The Lenovo is ways more powerful but maybe a bit of hazle to install Linux 🤔
Or just none of them and spend the time reading & outside?
Let's play Cyberpunk 2077, meine Folge 7 ist online.
Wir besuchen Jackies Trauerfeier, hören uns die Probleme von Delamain, der Auto-AI an und lernen dann Panam kennen: Auf in die Badlands, die wüstenartigen Outskirts von Night City, wo die Nomads zu Hause sind und wir uns gleich wie in Fast & Furious fühlen. Salute, mi Wahlfamilie!
https://
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"Fundamentally, what we're trying to do when we have evidence here in medicine or science is prevent ourselves from confusing randomness for a signal. ... we don't want to mistake something, we think it's going on and it's not. And the challenge, particularly with any intervention is you only get to see one version of reality. You can't give someone a drug, follow them, rewind history, not give them the drug and then follow them again."
- Adam Kucharski, being interviewed by Eric Topol
#science
Answer (Jaydn, opus 26)
Inspired by my spouse
#PianoImprov #NowPlaying
“ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds”
It’s going to get much, much worse. I’m afraid for so many people. #USpol
UN expert Albanese rejects ‘obscene’ US sanctions for criticising Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/un-expert-albanese-rejects-obscene-us-sanctions-for-criticising-israe…
Read That Before You Trust Anything by Microsoft Once Again
#Microsoft
this isn't the retro I remember... by harke
#youtube
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Chicane (2) ATB (1) Ayla (1) Ben Nicky (1) Darude (1). #myweekcounted 11 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @…
has anyone been to Kubla Con? How is it?
#trrpg
When I get elected Pope, I will choose my name to be "X". Then I will immediately resign and get re-elected nine times; so that in the end I will be Pope X X.
All that just for the fun of seeing Elon Musk become green with envy.
It would be cool if Python had a way to run custom code when a .py file is compiled to .pyc, which could precompute data that then gets cached in the .pyc file.
Жюстин Томс представя “Claire de Lune” в Прага на 5 май
На 5 май 2025 година в Прага, Жюстин Томс ще представи книгата си "Claire de Lune". Aко сте в града тогава и искате да присъствате или имате познати, които биха искали да научат повече за тежките и емоционалните моменти засегнати в книгата - посетете тази препратка, за да си запазите място.
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Büschn windich heute
What the ...? Ich wundere mich jedes Mal, weil ich wie ein Depp husten muss, wenn ich durch den Stuttgarter Schlossgarten fahre, und jetzt postet @… was von "Platanenhusten".
Es ergibt alles einen Sinn!
https://fedihum.org/@spinfocl/114500233766405355
(Wohlbemerkt: Es sind nicht die Platanen, die husten!)
from my link log —
The crisis of zombie social science.
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-crisis-of-zombie-social-science
saved 2025-04-04
Well, this day is off to a shitty start. It appears that some magat militia moron is trying to kill DFL legislators in Minnesota.
https://www.startribune.com/brooklyn-park-police-searching-for-suspect-in-multiple-targ…
israel has just announced that your own eyes are antisemitic. Please do not believe your own eyes.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing
“Human brains are made from the same building blocks as fish brains, therefore it is obvious that my hammer is intelligent”
—Mastodon replyguy (paraphrased)
Malaysia says individuals and companies must get a permit 30 days before exporting AI chips, effective now, signaling it is clamping down on China chip exports (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/mala…
Russia vows to 'firmly defend' interests in Baltic after Estonia HIMARS test: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/russia-vows-to-firmly-defend.html
説明しよう。
パコスは眠くなるとパフォーマンスが下がるということを熟知しているので、切り替えてしっかり寝てから活動するのである!
Trump administration appears to be pausing plans to ramp up Guantanamo transfers (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/12/trump-guantanamo-bay-transfers-pause-00402743
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p126#a250612p126
You could 3D print a little sign holder handle...
➡️ https://www.printables.com/model/1248678-ergonomic-foam-board-holder-for-rallyprotest-signs
Baltimore mayor & council members introduce comprehensive yimby package. Has backing of city's main business & community action organizations:
● Legalize 2-, 3- & 4-unit houses in 1-family districts
● Abolish minimum off-street parking requirements
● Legalize single-staircase structures with more than 3 stories
I don't think I've seen all this in one package anywhere up to now.
Sources: Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel have bought out investors in their media company, Tucker Carlson Network; the two had raised $15M for TCN in 2023 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/13/tucker-carlson-investors
@… Just posted about the start of the "CELTMAN! Extreme Scottish Triathlon".
I never heard about it before but Woah!! The members must be beasts!
https://cxtri.com/
Israel attacks Iran, targeting nuclear program with airstrikes
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/israels-defense-minister-announces-special-situation-after-israeli-attack-on-iran.html
omg Murderbot is here. I hope badly they haven't fucked it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjqajM7gCcE
@… It comes out of the Dept and goes to the DPC.
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Voice of America’s Farsi-language broadcast,
dismantled under Trump and DOGE,
was abruptly reactivated today,
recalling dozens of staff from paid leave
as tensions between Israel and Iran escalated.
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social…
"The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a major milestone, the agency is dealing with job losses, massive proposed budget cuts and talk of consolidation." #NRCS (h/t Tom Gill)
from my link log —
MySQL transactions per second vs fsyncs per second.
https://sirupsen.com/napkin/problem-10-mysql-transactions-per-second
saved 2025-03-21
Science statt Fiction: Wie Mars-Fotos mit Mythen aufräumten
Mit der Vorstellung von Marsmännchen war es spätestens 1965 vorbei. Damals sendete die US-Sonde Mariner 4 erstmals Bilder vom Roten Planeten.
https://w…
Goodness, does this mean we can expect a strongly-worded letter next? https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/114675920702558762
@… @… 同じサーバでもできるよ!
A look at Xiaomi AI Glasses, launched in China on June 26 with a starting price of ~$278, featuring a 12MP ultra-wide camera and powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chip (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/art…
Balkan countries release joint statement supporting Ukrainian NATO accession after summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/13/balkan-countries-release-joint-statement.html
You could always 3D print a whistle...
➡️ https://www.printables.com/model/969146-antifascist-loud-protest-whistle
Good morning!
This will be a rest day today.
Capitalism − Big Tech − single points of failure https://mas.to/@nemo/114676003248609889
Trump: Obama And Hillary Wrote The Epstein Files - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/07/trump-obama-and-hillary-wrote-the-epstein-files/
Calif. Senator Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/politics/senator-alex-padilla-handcuffed.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p82#a250613p82
「きさまら にんげんだな!」
「つれていけ!」
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Cyberangriff auf nius.de: mutmaßlich Nutzerdaten veröffentlicht
Please don’t watch this video. It is antisemitic. (In other words, it documents the reality of israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people.)
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing
Somewhere in this room there is half a jammy dodger.
I do not understand why it is not in my hand, as I have only just finished chewing the first half.
But where did I put it down?
Is "Explore" now "Trending"?
I don't like that... I'm an Explorer, not someone who follows Trends.
Trump ordered to return control of California National Guard to governor
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/trump-guard-california-newsom602riya.html
At Graduation Time, ICE Targets Young Dreamers (Emma Winger/Immigration Impact)
https://immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p122#a250613p122
“Bray Air Display has dropped US defence and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin as a sponsor for this year’s event over the company’s supply of arms support to Israel in the Gaza war.”
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/…
New Gist: Not Mandatory, Not Compulsory, Not Legal
The DPC has fined the Department of Social Protection €550,000 for processing PSC card biometric data.
This is the Gist.
(at no point do I use the words "I told you so")
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-not-mand…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bahnticket nur digital: Pflichtangabe von E-Mail oder Handynummer rechtswidrig
11 Dems voted for this b.s.
House passes bill that would void DC ‘sanctuary’ policies - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2025/06/12/house-passes-bill-that-would-void-dc-sanctuary-policies/
University of Utah student is being held at Colorado immigration detention center (Courtney Tanner/Salt Lake Tribune)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/06/12/university-utah-student-being-held/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p138#a250613p138
Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Texten auch bei Blackout | Meshtastic ausprobiert
https://www.
Trump wanted ‘90 deals in 90 days.’ Instead, he’s finding wins where he can. - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/12/trump-wanted-90-deals-in-90-days-instead-hes-finding-wins-where-he-can-00403638
Harvard, Trump admin clash over court protection for foreign students (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/12/harvard-trump-administration-foreign-students-00403417
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p158#a250612p158
Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Anker ruft über 1,1 Millionen Powerbanks zurück wegen Brandgefahr
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Abschied bis Herbst: Dänisches Digitalministerium kehrt Microsoft den Rücken
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ | Los Angeles Ice protests | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale
F.T.C. May Put Unusual Condition on Ad Mega-Merger: No Boycotting (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/business/ftc-omnicom-interpublic-merger.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.n6Rb.0DJnT0vuw02y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=g
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p164#a250612p164
Abwicklung von Afrinic beantragt: Afrikas IP-Adressverwaltung vor Gericht
Die Zukunft von Afrinic wackelt: Cloud Innovation fordert vor Gericht die Auflösung der afrikanischen IP-Registry.
https://w…
How MAGA Took Over America's 250th Birthday (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/military-parade-army-trump-american250-a250/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p88#a250613p88