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For some insane reason, #Utah decided to implement a “medical #AI” system.
Among other things, it can “diagnose” your illness, and send a report to a physician that includes recommended #prescription

Utah’s new medical chatbot can be easily hacked to give dangerous medical a - Mindgard
A medical chatbot can be hacked to give dangerous medical advice.

"RECOMMENDED: What Altering Historical Images Can Teach Us About History"
https://dhandlib.org/recommended-what-altering-historical-images-can-teach-us-about-history/

#Webmention for Craft v1.3.0 is out 🎉 – first in a short series of #security releases. 🔒
Fixes a stored XSS vulnerability in author/entry URLs, adds per-IP rate limits, and failure-backoff to harden the public endpoint against abuse.
Upgrade recommended!

Release v1.3.0 — Security & abuse hardening release · matthiasott/webmention
🔒 Security Fixed a stored XSS vulnerability in author and entry URLs displayed in the control panel and front-end Webmention templates. The plugin now validates URL schemes (only http(s): allowed)...

LOL
On my recommended videos list, one goes "Humans are the only animal with a chin and we finally know why".
The thumbnail? A photo of Jay Leno.
😂

My favorite financial/economic podcast, this time about the energycrisis and coming recession. Recommended.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/571sQ6yPfnYZZ2YpJL1Ylw?si=vzqcnupzTtqcbQ7TFmpfZg&t=1973&ct=1947

The Next Global Recession?
The David McWilliams Podcast · Episode

Can anyone explain why the security people have recommended such an extremely dangerous exploit script to test for the copyfail vulnerability? And why they haven't developed and promoted a much more benign exploit?
Seems like the height of irresponsibility.

Wow, I sure am glad we have such diversity in the CSS world and that AIs consider all of the options fairly, instead of hypothetically being hyper focused on any specific library.

The Funeral of Handwriting: What We Lose When the Hand Stops Moving
In 2010, the Common Core State Standards Initiative dropped cursive instruction from its recommended curriculum. The decision arrived without ceremony. No public debate, no period of mourning, no recognition that a cognitive practice stretching back to the Sumerian reed stylus was being retired from American education. Forty-one states adopted the standards. Cursive, along with its slower sibling…

The Funeral of Handwriting: What We Lose When the Hand Stops Moving | David Boles, Blogs
In 2010, the Common Core State Standards Initiative dropped cursive instruction from its recommended curriculum. The decision arrived without ceremony. No public debate, no period of mourning, no r…

Made some "cider." It's 13% ABV, and still quite sweet. 4.2L Lidl shelf-stable apple juice 1kg white sugar 2tsp Angel Red yeast 1tsp yeast nutrient 30°C a week. Recommended.

Just started In the Woods, by Tana French, recommended by a friend in a #mystery reading group. First in a series. A detective in a Dublin murder squad gets a new case: a young girl’s been murdered. It happened where 2 friends of his had disappeared & never found 20 years before when he was a kid. Never solved, that case appears to him in flashbacks as he works on the new one. Are they connecte…

I have recommended this album on here more than once. It's a marvellous reproduction of 70s aesthetics and the sonic texture of telephone hold music of yore.
The Beat Index, "I Don't Wanna Get Over You (Hotline Mix)" (2022)
https://thebeatindex.bandcamp.com/trac…

An analysis of 1,000 YouTube Shorts videos recommended to kids: the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, AI-generated videos, and many lack disclosures (Arijeta Lajka/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/ai-videos-children-youtube.html…

How A.I.-Generated Videos Are Distorting Your Child’s YouTube Feed
Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting information, lack plot structure and can be cognitively overwhelming — all of which could affect young children’s development.

An analysis of 1,000 YouTube Shorts videos recommended to kids: the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, AI-generated videos, and many lack disclosures (Arijeta Lajka/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/ai-v…

How A.I.-Generated Videos Are Distorting Your Child’s YouTube Feed
Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting information, lack plot structure and can be cognitively overwhelming — all of which could affect young children’s development.

Cisco said there are no workarounds for the vulnerability and urged customers to apply available patches immediately. The company also recommended reviewing system logs, validating controller integrity, and implementing additional hardening measures where possible.
Five Eyes issue emergency directive on exploited Cisco SD-WAN zero-day

Five Eyes issue emergency directive on exploited Cisco SD-WAN zero-day
The Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies warn that a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability is under active exploitation and should be patched immediately.

RE: https://swecyb.com/@orlysec/116144639827797601
Maybe you’ve noticed that I’ve repeatedly recommended that you should block access to *.vercel.app ? Well, here are 31 more reasons. Also, block pastebin.com too.

canonical back on their bullshit again. nothing is sacred
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

I finished reading a novel, Playground, by Richard Powers. It came recommended by Markus Krötzsch. I have to admit I rarely read novels, and this one was a good one to make an exception.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playground_(novel)

Playground (novel) - Wikipedia

Friday Links 26-13
I caught up with my YouTube, two good videos from NotJustBikes about cars and oil being bad.
I really liked all the links in leadership this week, all highly recommended.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/friday-links-26-13.html

I don't often go to the movies, but being able to share #projecthailmary with my wife and son was awesome. Some differences with the book, yes, but I didn't hate them. It had all of the same emotional impact as the book, and they kept the ending intact. Highly recommended.

From @…, a magistrate just has recommended the suit against UserWay (Level Access) from BloomsyBox move forward.
BloomsyBox sued UserWay for violation of the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act.
More info and links to recommendation:

Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business
Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit against UserWay by a small online florist, described below, is similar in scope to the class action laws

'Twas a fun romp! highly recommended if you are in the mood for a "super playful yet not without profound thoughts and insights into humanity" romp :-) !!!!!!!
https://mastodon.social/@scalzi/116441061267453250

We went to a record fair yesterday and I found 13 CDs to buy, these cost me 48 CHF altogether.
So less than 4 CHF per CD and some of them were even still sealed.
I really enjoyed the experience to dig through boxes of CDs, looking at the covers and asking the sellers what kind of style the CDs were and wether they recommended it.
Now I have to rip them and add them to my digital collection.

I don’t think it’s necessary to introduce Gregor Hohpe. I’m a big fan, having read Enterprise Integration Patterns, and I’ve recommended the book ever since.
His latest #book is: "The Software Architect Elevator". Here's my #review

Honey, wake up, another episode of Cultures of #Energy dropped, a #waste one!!
Highly recommended, with haunted insights from landfills in Czechia, based on Dan Sosna’s book “Europe’s Disappearing Waste.” Lovely, lovely stuff!

Thanks to everyone who recommended Wipr. Bought it and installed it on the iPhone.
On the mac I am also trying uBlock Origin Lite.

Just a quick “Thank You” to the folks who recommended the show “Deadloch” (Amazon Prime)
We started watching season 1 last week and last night my wife was like ”oh good, season 2 starts tomorrow!” (We’ve 2 eps left)
“Imagine a (queer) Fargo mixed w/Letterkenny set in Australia”

🔀 Interleaved multimodal input: combine image text in one request — the model captures complex cross-modal relationships for more accurate semantic understanding.
📐 Matryoshka Representation Learning (MRL): output dimensions scale dynamically from 3072 down. Recommended: 3072 / 1536 / 768 — balance quality vs. storage costs.
⚡ Real results:
− Paramount Skydance: 85.3% text-to-video Recall@1
− Sparkonomy: 70% lower latency, ~2x semantic similarity scores

Haven't recommended Mastodon Starter Packs for a while!
Accounts posting on #mountains, #hiking, #mountaineering, trail-running and the

Mastodon Starter Pack: For Mountain Enthusiasts 🏔️ - Mastodon Starter Pack
Accounts posting on mountains, hiking, mountaineering, trail-running and the outdoors in general.

Wow.
What a clusterfuck.
https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian

March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended

HagioClass, by José Pablo Iriarte
Lightspeed Magazine
Basically, an @… Hanna Fresh AI Hell segment in the form of a short story
Highly recommended the podcast form narrated by Steven Rudnicki, whose Hemingway growl is amazing.

HagioClass - Lightspeed Magazine
Hayley stands by the exit to the bookstore, eyeing the torrent coming down in sheets over the parking lot. Behind her, Matt hides the tiniest of fist pumps and says, “You don’t want to go out in that. Come on, let me buy us a couple of drinks at the café.” She takes a long look at the tempest outside, checks the time on her phone, and says, “I guess I have time for a cup of tea. I’ll get my own.”

https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian
This is the only war analysis I’ve been able to stomach this week, bc although the information is still awful, at least it centers the absurdity of it all. This might be the most self-destructive, and bystander-des…

March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended

Finally got my copy of "Gödel, Escher, Bach" that my friend @… first recommended to me. As it is not available as an eBook, I had to get a paper copy.
Now I wish I searched more for an eBook version. This brick needs its own bag 😳
After reading the biography of K…

Just finished reading the latest #SlowHorses novel, Clown Town. Man o man this is a nasty one. Lamb is pissed that his joes keep getting killed, and that Taverner is more or less responsible. Dunno if this one will ever be televised. #recommended

TransLink outlines future transit improvements in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster
Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan will guide improvements to bus service, active transportation, and goods movement
TransLink has released the Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan, outlining recommended transit and transportation improvements across Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster, as well as UBC and the University Endowment Lands, which are part of Electoral Area A.

#music #bandcamp Recommended listen, a band I’ve been following for a while: The Fierce and the Dead - News From The Invisible World — have a promo - free or pay what you want:

Proud of the release of the latest version of Vienna.
The list of changes is long…
#RSS

@… recommended: https://it-notes.dragas.net/categories/server/ by our host, @…

Incredible...stupid also, if it is true,
"Rheinmetall’s CEO went on CNBC and said the thing that nobody in his position is supposed to say. “If the war lasts another month, we will have nearly no missiles available. All European, American, and also Middle East country warehouses are empty, or nearly empty.” This wasn’t a leak. Not an anonymous source. Not a think tank estimate. This was the CEO of Europe’s largest defense manufacturer, on camera"

March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended

I've been making spicy stews lately. 🥘
All the time, essentially. I cannot get enough. 😋
It's based on 🥔 potatoes and 🥕 carrots plus some fresh meat 🥩 and veggies, like 🍆 eggplant, zucchini, 🥦 broccoli, celery,🫑 bell peppers, 🍅 tomatoes, or whatever, plus some leek or 🧅 onion, and a good bunch of crispy chili oil.
Damn, it's just sooo good!
11/10 highly recommended! 💯

Just a quick “Thank You” to the folks who recommended the show “Deadloch” (Amazon Prime)
We started watching season 1 last week and last night my wife was like ”oh good, season 2 starts tomorrow!” (We’ve 2 eps left)
“Imagine a (queer) Fargo mixed w/Letterkenny set in Australia”

If I haven't used any of them, what would you recommend as a first experience: OpenAI Codex or Anthropic Claude Code?
Most of my code is in Java, Go.
I intend to use the recommended one also to create a macOS and an iOS app.
I've been reading @… for long and still can't make this decision.

📋 System Requirements: Linux machine with WebSockets enabled, minimum 1GB RAM & 2 vCPUs recommended
🛠️ Multiple installation methods: automated install script, manual setup, cloud deployment or devcontainer features
🎯 Install script automates most setup using system package manager when available
☁️ One-click deployment guides available for major cloud providers with quick setup
🏢 Enterprise teams can deploy with coder/coder for infrastructure management & tea…

Okay, but you do not gotta hand it to the anti-fluorinated water people! #Iran #fluoride #Israel #BDS

US fluoride shortage: Iran war is affecting supply
Some U.S. water utilities are reporting that the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water. Israel is a major supplier of the chemical used to fluoridate drinking water. The number of water utilities affected so far is small, but the shortage is affecting hundreds of thousands of people. The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies says it expects additional shortages as the war stresses the supply chain. Dentists say a short-ter…