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Kane Parsons, the award-winning “Backrooms” director, died earlier today in his Athens home.
He was 20 degrees.

It’s the dead of winter where I am; nonetheless, where @… blazes a trail, I can but follow. #BurningHeat is this week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme:
1. Goat—“Let…

Montag: Neue Digitalsteuer für Big-Tech, Meta-Smartglasses mit mehr Funktionen
US-Steuer für Cloud-Software Ray-Ban Display erkennt Handschrift Finanzratschläge von ChatGPT SaaSpocalypse für Tech-Riesen Alternativen zu MS-Office

Montag: Neue Digitalsteuer für Big-Tech, Meta-Smartglasses mit mehr Funktionen
US-Steuer für Cloud-Software + Ray-Ban Display erkennt Handschrift + Finanzratschläge von ChatGPT + SaaSpocalypse für Tech-Riesen + Alternativen zu MS-Office

You're Invited: 404 Media's Third Anniversary Live Podcast and Party! https://www.404media.co/three-years/

Is it too early to plant beans? Probably a little. But I did anyway. I also mixed all the seeds up so I'll end up with a wall of vines with colors scattered everywhere. Hopefully. No guarantees in gardening. #gardeningthoughts

RE: https://eldritch.cafe/@miranda_blue/116935608086213327
This is showing one thing that I think should become general principle: Using an LLM for someone else _is rude and bad_. Presenting something untranslated that _they_ can have an LLM translate is better than doing it yourself, and not showing that input — the prompt here is not included and is a key piece of context, and the results are also bad _with no recourse_.
Information has been destroyed. Trust has been broken (or in the case of commerce, failed to be established). Even if the total amount of LLM-use were the same, this is worse than the reader using it.
PROMPTING AN LLM FOR SOMEONE ELSE IS RUDE.

Dude, seriously — this last week has been the longest month of my life.
Both utterly unforgettable, and unfathomable relief having completed it.

Procurement records: the FBI seeks a vendor that can provide access to automated license plate readers nationwide; Flock and Motorola are among the few options (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-li…

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers
Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

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Defekt heißt nicht gleich wegschmeißen! https://weddingweiser.de/defekt-heisst-nicht-gleich-wegschmeissen/

No, you cannot embed ANSI escape sequences in the mailmap names. That would be horrifying.
(Does this nerd-snipe @… ?)
#git

Wow, Qatar draws level deep into stoppage time. Quality cross and a thumping header.
Switzerland have been far better, but wasteful. Massive point for Qatar.
#QATSUI #worldcup #fedifc

Thank goodness today has not been so hot. I can go into the ~~sauna~~ loft and get my camping gear out for #EMFCamp

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to pay data broker giant
Thomson Reuters $125 million
for access to its databases of personal data
— which includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, social media posts, and geolocation information
— to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigate what it describes as
“voters fraud” and immigration fraud,
according to procurement documents reviewed by 404 Media.

ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.” It also plans to use the data to investigate immigration fraud.

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-license-plate-readers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p88#a260518p88

What is a “Polish swipe”?
I know what an Italian ice is, and a Swedish bun, and a Dutch oven pancake, but this one is new.

aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 18-05-2026 10:30
Temperatur: (min: 6,3C) 18,9C (max: 18,9C)
Feuchte: 56%
Luftdruck: 1013,9 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: 223 Grad
Win…

Canada is planning something huge: doubling its electricity grid capacity by 2050. The National Electricity Strategy focuses on clean power generation, cross-provincial transmission, and grid modernization—potentially saving $15 billion by mid-century. The key? An electrification-first approach, Indigenous participation, and federal coordination to move clean energy across provincial lines. It's the infrastructure challenge of our generation.

Canada Needs A Second Golden Spike For Electricity - CleanTechnica
Carney has put electricity at the centre of Canada’s economy. Now the strategy needs a ranked build order, not a broad technology menu.

@… FileNotFound, surely? https://thedailywtf.com/articles/What_Is_Truth_0x3f_

If you see someone describing something complicated as "A scam" or "a con", a complex economic situation as "theft", you're probably seeing a version of a phenomenon called "splitting". It's a behavior very common among people who've had a lot of psychological trauma. All-or-nothing. It's a self-protective thing. But it's also very much a problem because it keeps them from accurately seeing the world around them, and makes reactions much larger than they should be (and also less considered, so when action is important they tend to be ineffective.)

Apples KI-Trick: Wie ein 20-Milliarden-Parameter-Modell aufs iPhone passt
Lokale KI braucht viel Arbeitsspeicher. Und genau der ist auf dem iPhone rar. Apple bedient sich deshalb bei seinem neuen KI-Modell eines besonderen Tricks.

Apples KI-Trick: Wie ein 20-Milliarden-Parameter-Modell aufs iPhone passt
Lokale KI braucht viel Arbeitsspeicher. Und genau der ist auf dem iPhone rar. Apple bedient sich deshalb bei seinem neuen KI-Modell eines besonderen Tricks.

What up everyone! Been travelling with spotty access to the internet (and an unwillingness to be ripped for better access heh heh)

Is there an option hidden somewhere in git log / ref-log / mailmap which would support colorizing output lines differently depending on whether a author/committer matches some pattern (eg Mine vs Another Maintainer vs Unknown Contributor)?
I know I could post-process the output of git log or use other plumbing tools, but I'd rather not if something is built-in.
#git #askfedi #devlog

Can anyone recommend a #coworking space in or near Greenford in #London that does one-off drop-ins? Need to work around there on 21st July

Book Review (with spoilers) - There Is No Antimemetics Division
https://www.quora.com/profile/Ben-Curthoys/Book-Review-There-Is-No-Antimemetics-Division-Here-be-spoilers-this-is-for…

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants' Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p62#a260617p62

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US indicts three Russians tied to sanctioned bulletproof hoster, offers $10 million reward,
--Microsoft patches record 570 flaws, including two exploited zero-days,
--White House launches AI vulnerability-sharing hub dubbed Gold Eagle,
--Oracle leads race to build Japan’s top-secret cloud infrastructure,
--Finnish hacker Kivimäki wanted after losing final…

US indicts three Russians tied to sanctioned bulletproof hoster, offers $10 million reward
Microsoft patches record 570 flaws, including two exploited zero-days, White House launches AI vulnerability-sharing hub dubbed Gold Eagle, Oracle leads race to build Japan’s top-secret cloud infrastructure, Finnish hacker Kivimäki wanted after losing final appeal, much more

Uber übernimmt Delivery Hero für Milliardensumme
Uber kauft den Berliner Essenslieferanten für knapp 13 Milliarden Euro. Was das für den Hauptsitz in Berlin und die Beschäftigten bedeutet.
https://www.

Uber übernimmt Delivery Hero für Milliardensumme
Uber kauft den Berliner Essenslieferanten für knapp 13 Milliarden Euro. Was das für den Hauptsitz in Berlin und die Beschäftigten bedeutet.

the non-news of the solstice is that, surprising no-one, there will not be a leap second at the new year
the difference between UT1 and UTC remains very close to zero and the earth is rotating at very close to 24h per day
BUT LOOK
since i previously posted these charts in march, the length-of-day line (green) has popped upwards
https…

And so to, confusing the present state of systems as their essential nature, and their behavior as intent.

Gio moved just laterally enough to drag the defenders into unsighting the keeper. 🧠 Then a tasty, tasty outside of the boot finish. 🧑‍🍳
#USMNT #usapar #worldcup

Minha torcida agora vai pra Colômbia, Marrocos, Egito e Noruega, nesta ordem. E contra os EUA, contra todo e qualquer adversšrio rs (ainda mais depois dessa roubalheira da FIFA voltar atršs do cartão vermelho).
#Copa #Copa2026

how are you gonna be 380 years old and not found time to become a doctor yet. smh

Looking forward to getting my shingles vaccine.

@… You can get a lot closer to Glasgow proper than East Kilbride. Glasgow has the second biggest commuter rail network in the country after London, so have a look at Scotrail’s timetables before plumping for a far-off new town that most Weegies laugh at.

We really need to stop confusing our country (whatever country that is) for the world when thinking about things.

ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop
The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

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A hacker claims to have accessed Suno user info and source code, showing how it scraped music; Suno says no sensitive info was compromised in a November hack (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator…

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius
Hacked source code reveals how Suno scraped decades worth of music and podcasts from the internet to train its AI tool.

The Synthetic Exercise World Format provides fictional countries, companies, sectors, and threat actors with structured metadata for neutral CTI examples, exercises, interoperability tests, and standards documentation without referencing real-world sensitive entities.
I just released version 1.0.
#cti #opensource

Bombe Š Monaco, exécution en Ukraine : l’inquiétante affaire Ermolaev - Podcast
https://podcasts.leparisien.fr/le-parisien-code-source/202607141504-bombe-monaco-execution-en-ukraine-linquietante-affaire-ermol

Bombe à Monaco, exécution en Ukraine : l’inquiétante affaire Ermolaev
Le lundi 29 juin, à 20h58, une explosion retentit aux abords d’un luxueux immeuble de Monaco, tout près de la frontière avec la France. Un couple et leur fils ...

Poch needs to instruct the squad to rotate their shin guards to the back of their calves. Referee not cracking down on late cynical challenges. A bit chippy.
If memory serves, the last head to head had a fight in stoppage time.
#USMNT #usapar

I always wonder, do the people in power not appreciate their own communications being secure against surveillance? Or do they think they're somehow going to get the secret not-backfires option?
#canpoli #c22

Rather a lot of pieces of computer technology in my life have exploded at once. It's gonna be one of those weeks.

#berwickupontweed #Northumberland

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/

@… I think the problem is that strict TDD and 100% coverage just says “I have tested the happy path and documented errors”. It does not also say “…and I have made sure the code doesn’t do some stupid thing it might well have done”.

Captain bunks double #Monsterdon

A host country always has a bit more energy, but my god the #USMNT work rate is incredible. Out of possession, they are closing down Paraguay and turning them right back over. Dream start.
#USAPAR #worldcup…

E, pra piorar, ainda topa essa música bosta desta banda merda quando a Inglaterra ganha rs.
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

I see France supplied the SST #Monsterdon

One post each at Smashing Magazine and CSS-Tricks in the last few weeks about scrolling containers which are now 404.
I am _guessing_, but I assume it’s owing to authors not understanding native browser support, getting caught out in responses.
Support is good. Well, except Safari OF COURSE:
https://

Keyboard-Only Scrolling Areas
I have spent a few years banging on about ensuring scrolling areas on a page are accessible to keyboard-only users. This is partly because the term “keyboard” maps to other input types that we distill to “keyboard” for ease of reference (speech input, sip-and-puff, on-screen keyboards, scanning software, etc.). When…

What a gorgeous step through by Balogun, followed by a decisive cut back and cool finish! 🤩
But fortunate in the tackle’s bounce, but he won’t care.
#USMNT #usapar #worldcup

Let’s go! #Monsterdon

Two gorgeous passes, the first even better than the assist.
This formation is the absolutely the right setup for #USMNT
#USAPAR #worldcup

ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop
The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

O México perdeu, mas com que garra, hein?
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

Great touch and finish, but it must be said that it took a generous deflection to push it out to the side netting. #BIH has been strong in defense, but also fortunate and generally luck doesn't hold over 90 minutes.
If there is to be a winner, it looks more likely to be Canada.
#CANBIH

Mamdani doing it right.
This is the message worthy of this country. Happy 250th!!

Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI https://www.404media.co/researchers-wanted-preschool-teachers-to-wear-cameras-to-train-ai/

Pflanzen machen es uns seit Jahrmillionen vor, jetzt haben Forscher es endlich nachgebaut. 🌱
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11319292?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon…

Do you remember being able to safely breathe air you couldn't see?
#ClimateEmergency

Wow! Canada with beautiful combination passing that should have been a goal. Somehow, they were robbed by an incredible (and fortunate!) clearance.
#CANBIH #WorldCup #fedifc

Eu não lembro dos jogos nas copas anteriores serem tão cheios de agarra-agarra assim dentro da šrea e os juízes considerarando estes lances normais.
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

RE: https://corteximplant.com/@revengeday/116851393348321146
Everyone should read this 🧵.
A) it's a dismaying loss for the music community and
B) Mastodon has a toxic left wing element, and this is one person's reaction to it.

Este jogo terš mais gols. Só não sei pra qual lado.
#Copa
#Copa2026
#Futebol

Social Justice Corsair, chasing down ships that have already sailed, armed to the teeth.

Finished reading “Touched” by Walter Mosley.
Martin wakes up to cops with guns drawn. From there the story splits into something stranger: a possible alien alteration, a second consciousness sharing his body, and a man uncertain of his own sanity.
Reminded me of American Gods: mythic forces colliding with the mundane.
A blistering critique of qualified immunity. racist enforcement, and police militarism wrapped in a propulsive, strange novella.
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

RE: https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk/116852074571881157
Oh man, as much as I would like to gawk at this car crash, I just don't have it in me to deal with more stupid.
But I do remember feeling that way tomorrow.

Pq o técnico da Inglaterra não colocou pra bater este pênalti um cara que só bateu três pênaltis na vida? rs
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116584783523036568
I'd love to know how people's expectation of financial privacy lines up with reality.
I'd never connect this but it's more to do with not having or wanting a relationship with most of these companies, and it's not an open access standard.
There's huge risks, but I suspect that the ones people most fret over are on ships that have already sailed.

All y'all have the average ethical sense of “we should build more housing" while opposing development of housing, y'know that, right? Like, that's the baseline quality of ethical position.

Finished “The Language of Liars” by S.L. Huang.
Ro is a linguist trained to jump into the mind of a Star Eater — a mysterious species whose ability to mine a critical element makes interstellar travel possible. When he succeeds, he finds a civilization far more complex than anyone prepared him for.
Colonial justifications corrupt everything they touch. Once the “lives are at stake” argument becomes available, there’s no moral high ground left.
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Language of Liars
A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of lang…

Qual de vocês estš torcendo para o México e, temendo meu pé-frio, estš sabotando minha internet? rs

Incredible: huge, extremely isolated thunderstorms about 40 miles NW of me this evening. Spectacular sight!

Tš mais fšcil torcer pelo México do que pelo Brasil. Vocês também estão com essa impressão? rs
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

Finished reading "Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View"
Forty short stories, written by an all-star collection of authors, retell "A New Hope" through the eyes of the supporting, fringe characters... each with their own life to lead and their own shift to get through.
Fun throughout, with my favorites being "The Sith of Datawork" and "Born in the Storm" — both find comedy in the mundane machinery of the Empire.
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View (From a Certain…
Forty years. Forty stories. On May 25, 1977, the worl…

Classic craft

Estamos todos de acordo de que o México é quem deve ganhar este jogo, certo? rs
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

É, vou voltar lš a corrigir provas. Ancelotti, Neymar e os outros perderam mas estão com a vida ganha, com dinheiro suficiente para o resto da vida dele e de mais dez gerações. Nós não.

#silentsunday

Goddamn it. I guess I'll be canceling my TopazAI sub... if I can
https://petapixel.com/2026/07/01/godox-made-a-weird-camera-and-adobe-buys-topaz-the-petapixel-podcast/

Godox Made a WEIRD Camera and Adobe Buys Topaz | The PetaPixel Podcast
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Godox became a camera manufacturer with the introduction of the C100, a very weird, screen-less point and shoot

Neymar, além de tudo, ainda traz um clima péssimo para o jogo. Uma coisa antiesportiva.
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

RE: https://glammr.us/@TeamMidwest/116754577266981148
The ivory tower isolates. That gives safety but it has downsides.

The question is not whether they "consider themselves" above the law. A system is what it does; if the elites are able to exist beyond legal repercussions then it doesn't matter what they claim in public.
This will only change when the people at the top are thrown in jail, and the fear of being thrown in jail for decades makes them behave differently.
As the Eagles said, we haven't had that spirit here since 1969. @…

ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) on Threads
being us president should not be a primary opportunity for personal enrichment. americans’ dissatisfaction with a two tier system of justice will only grow in the face of trump’s latest billions. in midterms and 2028, voters will demand leaders who do not consider themselves above the law.

I knew Roku was on the bad path with respect to advertising data for a while now but the Fox purchase is yet another blow. All y'all media companies giving really good reasons for piracy. Geez.

Calma, acreditem no Neymar. Vai fazer uma cesta de três e o Brasil vai virar em um único lance! rs
#Copa2026 #Copa #Futebol

Hot take but any time someone says 'findom' or 'finsub', a breakup needs to happen ASAP. That shit ain’t good, yo.

Calma, gente, Neymar irš nos salvar! Kkkkk
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

Neymar entrou. Meu pé frio ficou insignificante em comparação com essa zica rs.
#Copa #copa2026 #Futebol

Vai entrar Neymar?! Pq, ó céus?!
Mas pelo menos agora teremos quem pentelhar se o Brasil perder rs.
#copa #copa2026 #Futebol

O goleiro da Noruega é o melhor jogador desta partida.
#Copa2026 #Copa #Futebol

Este jogo não estš fšcil, mas eu diria que o primeiro tempo foi mais pro Brasil do que pra Noruega.
#Copa #Copa2026 #Futebol

O Brasil não estš mal não. Começou pessimamente mas depois melhorou muito. Estou esperançoso.
#Copa2026 #copa #Futebol

Ooh, the secret sauce is SEXISM. That's a new one! #monsterdon

"You've given me care about mankind. That is: RACISM" #Monsterdon

How much of your anti-capitalism is "hoarding wealth and power is bad" and how much is "I don't want things to cost money" ?

@… follow

I gotta say a huge part of my sentiment about LLM coding is basically the same as ebikes:
"Acceleration is now almost free. You can be extra polite.”
Yes, you can go way faster and make bigger messes and be a menace.
Or: you can use that new capability to be _better_ with lower cost to you.