2024-09-17 09:10:58
NYPD: Mass Shooters
It's time for another reckoning with police
by JOSHUA P. HILL
SEP 16
#NYPD
NYPD: Mass Shooters
It's time for another reckoning with police
by JOSHUA P. HILL
SEP 16
#NYPD
Some #GenArtAPI updates from this week:
- switched from Apache 2.0 to MIT license
- started publishing API files & types as package (optional)
- updated readme & diagrams
New installation & getting started instructions:
"We have been in #Palestine for twelve years [i.e., since the #Balfour Declaration] without having even once made a serious attempt at seeking through negotiations the consent of the #indigenous peo…
The WordPress drama seems to be an incredible garbage fire beyond comprehension. I’m very impressed.
https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/fire-matt
One week to go with last places up for grabs! Join us at DINAcon 2024 next week in Bern to hear about:
💠 AI in Parliament: A Roadmap for the Parliamentary Library { Jacqueline Kucera }
🌸 How can large language models be used for sustainable procurement? { Marcel Gygli, Luca Rolshoven }
🌿 Source code sovereignty: local alternatives for an independent digital future { Tobias Brunner }
🧑⚖️ My workshop on open source contracts with Simon Schlauri
🌃
No Sign-Off On Destruction Project at Tomales Bay #TomalesBay #environment
Trump’s love for Laura Loomer is disqualifying
She's beyond the pale even by MAGA standards.
by Noah Berlatsky
Sep 16, 2024
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/trump-loves-laura-loomer-but-why
"#Trump zelf heeft al aangekondigd op de eerste dag van zijn presidentschap een wet uit te vaardigen om ministeries, #universiteiten en digitale media te kunnen vervolgen wanneer ze betrokken waren bij ‘censuur’. De woorden ‘desinformatie’ en ‘misinformatie’ mogen niet worden gebruikt om polit…
From #ArturRehi @arturrehi@youtube.com
#Khanskaya #Airfield in Russia was Destroyed by Ukrainian Drones | Ukraine War Update
2024-09-20 ist Klima-Streik, da kann man anständig Demokratie wahrnehmen:
https://www.klima-streik.org/demos
"But in the end, a majority of American voters chose Trump because they wanted what he was selling: a nonstop reality show of rage and resentment. "
Tom Nichols
Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
https://www.
WASTE LAND | How raw sewage pumped by West Rand municipality is killing rivers, farms, and business
by Sikonathi Mantshantsha
https://www.news24.com/news24/investigations/wa…
#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 02 - Space Fall
BLAKE: Yes! We're all right. But we're still checking.
LEYLAN: Stay in contact, Blake.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/102/628…
IronNet goes bankrupt. Nope, I hadn't heard of 'em either.
"Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake" | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/keith-alexander-ironne…
Urge the University of Bristol to Ban Forced Swimming Tests #AnimalRights #AnimalTests #AnimalTesting
From #AnnafromUkraine @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
KABS & AMMUNITION DEPOT DESTROYED NEAR BRYANSK. Vlog 829: War in #Ukraine
Last night in the #Bryansk region of
An in-depth review of the AsciiDoc workshop with #SimplexaCode at #CHopen #WorkshopTage 🔖 with lots of links on the design of impactful software documentation
It's Time To Oppress Conservatives by A.R. Moxon
Sep 14, 2024
With a generous, diverse, and open world that will care for everyone, even for them.
https://www.the-reframe.com/its-time-to-oppress-conservatives-2/
"The German newspaper #Bild also used a screenshot from the video with the caption: "The hunt for Jews has broken out again: Arab mob chases soccer fans in #Amsterdam."
#DW Fact check: False
Series B, Episode 06 - Trial
BLAKE: Yes ... I don't suppose you know how to speed up the timer on a hom- [Sees that Zil is out of earshot] - homing beacon? Yeah. [He straightens up and starts after her. Zil has collapsed.] Zil, what's wrong?
ZIL: Zil is lost. [The ground opens near her. Blake scoops her up and walks off with her.] The Host will take...
…
"My own hope and belief about what would transpire last night was sadly and profoundly wrong—like many, I have the emotional and intellectual flaw, if that’s what it is, of assuming that people are wiser and more decent than they actually turn out to be. I feel chastened—distraught—about my apparently naive view of human nature."
George Conway
America Did This to Itself
"Technology is, and must always remain, in service to humanity." Inspiring words from Mustafa Suleyman our CEO of Microsoft AI .
Here's 4 different video demonstrations of Microsoft's new Copilot:
An AI companion for everyone - Microsoft
https://blogs.micro…
New Website Helps Researchers Overcome Peer Reviewers’ Preference for Animal Experiments #AnimalRights #AnimalTests #AnimalTesting
This is a shout-out to my colleague @…
Bart is a climate scientist with a lot of experience in fight against climate #denialism and post-truth nastiness.
Next to his work at
Microsoft's Azure Quantum platform for QCaaS already supports 5 different Quantum Computing providers, not incl. Microsoft's own offerings:
✅ Quantinuum
✅ IonQ
✅ Rigetti
✅ Pasqal
✅ Atom Computing (NEW)
"Microsoft announces the best performing logical qubits on record and will provide priority access to reliable quantum hardware in Azure Quantum"
Animal Cruelty Likely at Nova Scotia Rodeo, Says Animal Justice #AnimalRights #rodeo https://a…
Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
BLAKE: We'll pull out. Give it another hour.
[Inside the Security station]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/168 B7B2
"Microsoft and its collaborators on the Azure Quantum project have been consistently breaking new ground with quantum computing research projects, most recently by quadrupling the number of logical qubits they are able to create."
Microsoft Azure Quantum: Accelerating Discovery In The Quantum Age - Forbes
Global Methane Levels Show ‘No Hint Of Decline’ According To New Research #environment #methane https://
#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 08 - Games
TARRANT: Well not exactly. These things chuck the lot at you. Flying the real thing's nothing after one of these.
GAMBIT: Countdown eight minutes, still running.
https://blake…
Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
BLAKE: Well, I doubt whether we'd understand the manuals, so go ahead and try one. Go on.
JENNA: Well, don't blame me if it's self-destruct.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/103/50 B7B2
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 07 - Children of Auron
TARRANT: Here, try her with this. Should snap her out of it.
VILA: That stuff would snap an asteroid out of orbit.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/307/108
#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
AVON: They couldn't. Which means that that one has been fitted with a new form of main drive unit.
ORAC: Which also means that the photonic space drive has been finally perfected by Dr. Plaxton.
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
TARRANT: Wait. Wait. Wait, on the turn... Easy now...
[Space Command]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/308 B7B1
Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
TARRANT: [To Dayna] Stay with him.
[Somewhere else on the Liberator]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/276 B7B3
Series D, Episode 13 - Blake
SOOLIN: Another calculated risk?
DAYNA: Try and get the sums right this time.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/413/180 B7B5
Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
DAYNA: It had a sort of claw.
AVON: Designed to tear things apart. Space craft, for example.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/304/219 B7B4
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 09 - Sarcophagus
VILA: What's Cally supposed to have?
TARRANT: No time for a discussion, Vila. You stay here.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/309/251<…
#Fediverse #Inconography
retooted from wakest ⁂ (@liaizon@wake.st). Expanding collection of #icons & #logos from far-flung corners of the #Fedisphere. Take a brief moment to scroll through all these #images. It's a nice feeling.
🔗 #Graphics #KronoMoonPhotos #MoonOverMastodon #federation #branding #blackandwhite #mastodon #pixelfed
#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
BLAKE: Just get started on the door. [Avon fires again and starts to run but trips and falls.]
BLAKE: Avon! [The wires grow toward each other.]
https://blake.torpidity.ne…
#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: He isn't interested in offers. He doesn't want Federation help or any help. He just wants to be left alone.
SERVALAN: He can't be left alone. Surely you can see that. You have his affection, yes? He trusts you. Then all you do is go and tell him to do a deal with us.
Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
TARRANT: What use will that be? The main drive chamber can't be pressurized. How do you carry out a delicate repair operation wearing a spacesuit and gauntlets?
VILA: I don't.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/404/48 B7B5
Series C, Episode 01 - Aftermath
MELLANBY: Come and sit down.
AVON: Thank you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/301/185 B7B4
Series A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
JENNA: It all happened so quickly. One minute he was crying with pain, then he went beserk.
VILA: I'm glad he's a friend. Could get very painful if he really didn't like you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/110/10 B7B3
Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
JENNA: Avon. Good luck.
AVON: Put us down, Cally.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/302 B7B3
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
CALLY: [V.O. still faint] Help me, please. I don't know where I am.
AVON: Cally, where are you? We need your location.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/98
Series A, Episode 05 - The Web
VILA: All I said was what do you think of the outfit.
ZEN: Repair monitors report explosive device attached to primary power channel.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/105/95 B7B5
Series C, Episode 02 - Powerplay
DAYNA: Whh, he's just one less to deal with, do we care why? [pause] But why leave him sitting there?
AVON: To delay discovery and give the murderer a chance to get away.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/302/286 B7B4
Warming Temperatures Threaten Sloths, Especially in High-Altitude Regions #environment #weather #temperature #wildlife
Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
MORI: [V.O.] If you come in that approach, you will find no detectors to pick you up, and no opposition.
SERVALAN: Excellent. We will regroup immediately and approach on that bearing.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/565 B7B3
Series D, Episode 02 - Power
GUNN SAR: Go where?
NINA: Escape.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/402/358 B7B2
Series B, Episode 09 - Countdown
VETNOR: There's a main rotonoid link. If I cut through its primary impulse vein, it might break the circuit. Then again -
CAUDER: It might not. We'll chance it. [Vetnor reaches into the console and drops a tool, Grant and Cauder exchange looks. Vetnor pulls out some wires and cuts them. There is small explosion and the ticking that marks the countdown stops]
#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
RASHEL: What do you think's out there?
COSER: How should I know? I don't care as long as it stays there.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/355
UK Power Giant Drax Faces Scrutiny for Pollution in US Communities #UnitedKingdom #UK #UnitedStates #USA
Series B, Episode 04 - Horizon
BLAKE: They don't.
GUARD: You. [Signals to Selma] Come with me.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/204/475 B7B5
Series B, Episode 08 - Hostage
AVON: Blake, there's a mass of ionized particles, vector three nine. If we can fly into it it could confuse their scanners for just long enough.
BLAKE: Avon might be right. Tangent one eight. Go for it.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/208/38 B…
Series D, Episode 12 - Warlord
ORAC: Why not ask them?
TARRANT: [Into comm] This is Xenon base, identify yourselves. [static] I repeat, identify yourselves. [more static] You have ten seconds or I'll open fire.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/412/23 B7B3
Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
ZEN: Course and speed confirmed.
AVON: With our speed we'll probably outrun them. This time. But they'll keep coming. Pushing us, tracking us. They'll never give up.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/103/588 B7B2
Series C, Episode 09 - Sarcophagus
CALLY: [Enters] I've finished with the book screen, Dayna. You said you wanted it.
TARRANT: Ah, Cally. I've been going over that theory of yours about the teleport bracelets boosting each other. As you're aware, it doesn't make sense.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/3…
Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
TRAVIS: And the slave pits?
SERVALAN: When you're of no further use to me, Travis.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/68 B7B2
Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
SERVALAN: [V.O.] Message received. Battle fleet, withhold action.
[Two troopers enter, one carrying Orac.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/435 B7B5
Four atmospheric studies in #gray #silver & a #cream colored #Moon nested in the #mountains. #MoonPhotos retooted from #photographer Lehi's Photography (@…). Cool series of #lunar #images.
🔗 #PinkMoon #KronoMoonPhotos #MoonOverMastodon #photography #landscape #nature #moon #lune #luna #写真 #月
C08 - Rumours of Death
[Avon and Tarrant break into Servalan's empty office, and leave. They then break into Surveillance. Avon shakes Grenlee in his chair.]
AVON: Hey! Wake up! [Grenlee groans throughout.] Where is Servalan? Where is Servalan!?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/308/477…
Series A, Episode 11 - Bounty
JENNA: Goodbye.
TYCE: Goodbye, Blake. You'll always be welcome on Lindor.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/111/541 B7B3
Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
AVON: [Completes his dash with Gan catching him. Places his hand on Blake's arm.] Thank you.
BLAKE: [To Vila] How long?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/449 B7B5
Series D, Episode 06 - Headhunter
TARRANT: Vila, no! [Vila approaches the box. As he touches it, the same electrical power surge occurs again. Vila tries again with the same result.]
TARRANT: Slave?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/406/202 B7B4
Series B, Episode 04 - Horizon
AVON: What did it say - decode.
ZEN: It is in Federation code nine. Message reads, "Top priority signal to any Federation pursuit unit, from Kommissar, planet Horizon. Request assistance. Ruler of Horizon unreliable, am disposing of him. Rebel spaceship at grid reference ten by thirteen double-u zed. Request you destroy this spaceship at once. Also inform Federation Central Control of this action. Await confirmation."
Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
TARRANT: The harvest week ended twelve hours ago. Whatever goes on down here is about to start.
DAYNA: If it hasn't started already.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/432 B7B2
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
CALLY: What sort of answer's that?
ORAC: A succinct one. - To elaborate, the Sardoans avoid any form of social contact which might lead to genetic change. Their decision to avoid the normal evolutionary process followed exhaustive computer projections into their future.