@cdarwin@c.imPope Leo XIV said Monday that
wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed,
urging governments to strengthen resources to combat hunger
after a severe funding shortfall by the United States and other countries.
https://apnews.com/article/italy-vatic
@darkrat@chaosfurs.social
@bourgwick@heads.social
@detondev@social.linux.pizzais there a centralized hoard of resources or links or information on just how much phones are slaughtering the universe
@Dragofix@veganism.socialNew study pinpoints Europe's most critical wetlands for climate action #Europe…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMicrosoft adds funding to the AP Fund for Journalism, enabling APFJ to provide 10 local newsrooms in Washington state with AP elections coverage and resources (The Associated Press)
https://www.ap.org/media-center/press-rele
@servelan@newsie.socialMay you never need to access these resources.
13 Cancer Support Resources for Black Americans
https://www.theroot.com/need-cancer-support-here-are-13-resources-for-black-pa-2000116934/slides/2
@cdarwin@c.imInfrastructure that civilians rely on for survival is not generally considered a legitimate military target,
and striking it could be considered a war crime.
But the attacks on water resources are especially concerning in the Gulf region:
Most nations there lack widespread access to fresh water and rely heavily on hundreds of desalination plants -- complex operations where repairs can be difficult and time-consuming.
Desalination plants produce 90 percent of Kuwait’s…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe FTC says businesses must disclose when they use personalized pricing and it will "deploy enforcement resources" against companies that do not disclose it (Dave Michaels/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.ws…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Measure, Change, Measure: Assessing Changes to a Traditional Approval Plan" @ Library Resources & Technical Services
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/lrts/article/view/8791
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@gse@norden.socialSchaut euch dieses Stuff für Krita an und das, wie es aussieht, für lau ;D
Zeig mir ein komizielles Grafikprogramm, das das leistet und so eine tolle Community hat ;D Einfach super
https://krita-artists.org/c/resources/brushes-and-bundles/32
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialThat's certainly a good start!
Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/18/burnham-to-scrap-starmers-digital-id-scheme-in-reset-of-priorities
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116946142636186759
So very much this: Even if you think AI is net-positive, we have a duty to expand well, not on top of the most marginalized as always.
The way we do it now is the way of paving natural beauty, discarding entire communities, and taking what is often limited resources from those who need them to live.
It is possible to build data centers that do not have these problems. It is possible to power with solar, to cool with a refrigeration cycle instead of evaporating water.
It just costs more energy. And therefore is only viable if we invest in solar, heavily, and require it.
One of the fundamental tenets embedded in capitalism is that if you can't represent it in the market, it doesn't have to be taken into account. Community and ways of life are those things.
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialThe job of management boils down to deciding where to invest company resources to maximize returns.
But saying yes to one thing means saying no to something else. Deciding what gets cut (and getting buy-in for those decisions) is hard! So instead they started agitating for "velocity" in a foolish belief that they would never have to prioritize one idea over another ever again.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
A list of LD_PRELOAD hacks.
https://github.com/gaul/awesome-ld-preload
saved 2020-01-27 https://dotat.at/:/K9MQB.h…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Ebook Call Number Project: Automating Library of Congress Classification Numbers to Ebooks for Reporting" @ Library Resources & Technical Services
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/lrts/article/view/8792
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@netzschleuder@social.skewed.denovember17: November17 members (2009)
A network representing connections among members of the November 17 (N17) Greek terrorist group. Nodes are members, and an edge exists if two members have some connection in the past. Metadata include role, function, resources. Some attributes are missing.
This network has 22 nodes and 66 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThe thing I hate about working in the #JavaScript space is bit-rot. My #ClojureScript swinging needle meter demo, written in 2017, still works, but I can no longer compile it from source.
Probably this won't take too long to fix, but it is work which should not have to be done.
…
@johl@mastodon.xyz“delightful off grid open tech delightful”
A curated list of technology, Open hardware and Open Source software resources for use off-grid, for power outages and other emergency situations.
https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech
@paulwermer@sfba.socialEnergy efficiency is a cost savings. The real scam is the #47 administration's ideological opposition to any that reduces consumption of energy.
We have benefited in many ways from the new building codes and appliance efficiency standards: lower utility bills & safer buildings for occupants, not wasting scarce resources such as water reduces costs as well.
(And of course, the related environmental benefits)
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialEnergy efficiency is a cost savings. The real scam is the #47 administration's ideological opposition to any that reduces consumption of energy.
We have benefited in many ways from the new building codes and appliance efficiency standards: lower utility bills & safer buildings for occupants, not wasting scarce resources such as water reduces costs as well.
(And of course, the related environmental benefits)
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizzaPro Se Guide for Motion to Change Hearing to WebEx
https://nipnlg.org/work/resources/pro-se-guide-motion-change-hearing-webex
The regime keeps arresting people that follow legal immigration processes, they have been racially profiling and abduct an…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSam Altman says OpenAI's decision to pace its AI development was caused by a collection of research observations showing "various degrees of misalignment" (Alex Heath/Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/08/18/openai-slowing-training/
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialA great choice of image for an important topic: distributed energy resources can collectively respond very effectively to the needs of the grid
https://www.iea.org/reports/scaling-up-demand-flexibility
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngRE: https://mastodon.ie/@andrewg/117098562278114107
By that measure: A forest is merely the delivery mechanism for the timber, wildlife and land resources which, once extracted, generate income, rents, appreciate in value, and provide economically valuable ser…
@isonno@mastodon.socialFor people wondering when the AI bubble is going to pop, I present you with this message, received by a paid-in-full customer of OpenAI.
Not a good look when you have to tell paying customers you've run out of resources.
@grist@fosstodon.orgLearn how to set up Grist n8n automations with four video walkthroughs. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/how-to-use-n8n-automations-with-grist/
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"“Unbury” the Book Chapter? An Investigation of Library and Information Science Book Chapters from Edited Collections in Scholarly Indexes | Swanson" @ Library Resources & Technical Services
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/lrts/article/view/8790
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@geant@mstdn.social🎉 7 years, 11 cycles, 52 ideas turned into real progress
That's the impact of the GÉANT Trust & Identity (T&I) Incubator.
It started in 2019 to give the community a space to experiment, without pulling resources from running services.
Alongside, It's also grown people alongside ideas, welcoming 11 students through its mentorship programme.
Congratulations to our community on pushing these initiatives forward and investing in future generations 👏
@ErikUden@mastodon.deevery app became a website, and now websites take ages to load and insane resources to run
@aardrian@toot.cafeI recalled a G183 discussion on a TPGuy post from a few years ago.
Vispero memory-holed it all when it subsumed TPGuy:
https://vispero.com/resources/well-color-us-surprised-this-sc-can-be-a-tricky-customer/
Thankfully, there’s Way…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialThe job of management boils down to deciding where to invest company resources to maximize returns.
But saying yes to one thing means saying no to something else. Deciding what gets cut (and getting buy-in for those decisions) is hard! So instead they started agitating for "velocity" in a foolish belief that they would never have to prioritize one idea over another ever again.
@cdarwin@c.imAndy Burnham Ditches Digital ID Plan,
Saying Billions Will Go To Cost-Of-Living Priorities Instead
Incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham prioritises cost-of-living support over Starmer's controversial digital ID plan.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/andy-burnham-scr
@johnhobbs@mstdn.caI never thought I’d be doing this at my age…
That’s what my friends Karen and Chris told me recently. She’s a retired teacher; he’s a retired firefighter. They are a Canadian couple from Alberta who, over the past few years, have travelled the world, spent time with their family, and helped over a thousand individuals and couples build an online business that removed financial anxiety from their lives.
How did they do this? They got involved in an online business a few years ago and helped others do the same. They had a mentor to guide them from day one. But on top of that they had access to and support of other experienced people on the team. They were able to take advantage of a huge library of training resources that showed them how to get started and keep going in an effective manner. And they had the flexibility to work on their new business based on their priorities and schedules.
The results speak for themselves.
If you’re wondering if it’s possible for you, message me to learn more.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caStatement from the Premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston on negotiations. From @… 🇨🇦
PREMIER’S OFFICE–Statement on U.S. Tariffs
Canada’s negotiating team tried to secure a deal for Canadians, which I’ve forcefully and vocally supported.
I continue to stand ready to support and work with the Prime Minister. We will work together to do everything possible to protect the massive number of Nova Scotian and Canadian families, workers and businesses that have now been added to the large list of those directly impacted by President Trump’s devastating tariffs.
It’s clear that we cannot trust or rely on the United States as we once did. This reality must make us more determined than ever to make Nova Scotia and Canada stronger. For Nova Scotia that means developing our own energy, developing our own natural resources and finding new markets for Nova Scotian goods and services.
We have tremendous opportunities and I am fully committed to seizing them.
Building up Nova Scotia is the only true path to protecting our future. Potential doesn’t build hospitals and roads. Turning potential into reality does.
This is our time to find the common ground necessary to build. This is how we make ourselves stronger and protect our future.
Let’s make it happen.
Let’s go Team Canada!
@aral@mastodon.ar.alOh, look, it’s a dickhead.
Hey, dickhead, how goes?
Being a dickhead, you probably don’t care that Palestinians are blocked from setting up fundraisers for themselves as part of the West’s complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide. But hey, facts don’t care that you’re a dickhead so it’s still true.
If I could GoFundMe you a fucking conscience, I would.
Dickhead. @npub1k06ctulq8rcaen067tt6z3y6gxrqtsuje5em5lcn009zfpp0t7gqf0zyu9@momostr.pink
@arXiv_csPL_bot@mastoxiv.pageETAS: An Effect-Typed Language for Agent Systems
Huiri Tan, Yikun Wang, Puyang Zhang, Shangyu Li, Jiasi Shen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.17780 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.17780 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.17780
arXiv:2607.17780v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: ETAS is a programming language for agent systems that treats model-backed agents, tool calls, prompts, typed memory, human approvals, policies, and execution traces as semantic program elements rather than library conventions. It separates deterministic computation from agentic nondeterminism and externally visible actions while preserving a direct programming style.
We present the core design of ETAS. Its static semantics assigns ordinary types through spec conformance and tracks each computation with two behavioral indices: an escaping effect row and a persistent abstraction of the typed action trace it may request. Specs form a terminating compile-time constraint calculus: type specs provide evidence for polymorphism and resource facts, callable specs constrain function and stage shapes, and trace specs express allow, deny, and temporal constraints. Typing checks requested traces against compiled monitors and emits residual obligations when dynamic resources preclude a complete static proof. The dynamic semantics distinguish requested, handled, denied, and committed events; handlers interpret typed actions without making their requests invisible to authorization or audit.
We formalize a core calculus and state preservation, progress, type/effect soundness, handler trace-transparency, and policy safety. We also implement ETAS in Rust with a command-line interface, typed HIR checks, effect and policy diagnostics, handler checks, and trace-aware execution hooks. ETAS provides a programming-language foundation for reasoning about authorization, nondeterminism, recovery, and audit evidence before and during agent execution.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialUK's incoming PM Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer's plans for digital ID cards; last year a petition opposing the cards attracted ~3M signatures (Geraldine McKelvie/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/
@profcarroll@federate.socialPatient Computing: Virtuous Waiting because the output is free as in libre, free as in beer, and free as in it didn't consume more resources than this post.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialLimiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return | UNEP - UN Environment Programme https://www.unep.org/resources/limiting-overshoot-navigating-exceedance
@lpryszcz@genomic.socialAn impressive resources trying to uncover what and why #bigtech is using to train LLMs
AI Watchdog: The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation of the books, videos, and other media used by the world’s most powerful tech companies to train their AI models.
@cdarwin@c.imHow Santa Barbara County Made Strong Progress on Addressing the Unmet Need for Child Care
Strategy 1: Building Cross-Sector Relationships
Strategy 2: Creating a Data-Informed Plan for Addressing Santa Barbara County’s Needs
Strategy 3: Focusing on Child Care Facilities
Strategy 4: Prioritizing Child Care Provider Recruitment & Retention to Maximize Family Choice
Lessons Learned
@Dragofix@veganism.socialArgentine mining threatens scarce water resources in the Andes #Argentina…
@cheryanne@aus.socialWhat If We Were Taught..
A podcast developed to bring a collective amount of resources, wisdom and knowledge to couples surrounding pregnancy, birth, the postpartum and parenting...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/what-if-we…
@dcm@social.sunet.seWhen discussing scientific achievements made mostly or partly by AI systems, especially the headline-making ones, it's good to think about the resources being allotted to such projects, which are plausibly incomparable to previous investment. For instance, I suspect that no one had previously invested several millions of dollars to hire a team of mathematicians exclusively to tackle a single millennium problem.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialThe World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Electric School Bus Initiative reports that a number of fully deployed vehicle-to-grid (V2G) projects involving some 230 electric school buses are now able to supply 8 MWh of power back to the grid at any given time – enough electricity to power about 1,600 typical US homes for up to four hours and significantly shave peak load demand for the utilities they serve.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe brand-new 360-or-so-page book "Testing Einstein: One Hundred Years of Experimental #Relativity" is completely open access as a series of PDF files at https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6160/Testing-EinsteinOne-Hundred-Years-of-Experimental (and talking about OA science & tech books: at https://www.nasa.gov/history/history-publications-and-resources/nasa-history-series/ NASA has countless more).
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotWrong priorities, reckless waste of resources
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4532454/generation-opportunity-uk-nuclear-manufacturing-set-benefit-100bn-investment-drive
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social“As a YDS alum, I am so proud of Dean Sterling's leadership and his message of environmental stewardship. It exemplifies what’s possible when institutions and communities commit to honoring Earth's resources.” - Rev. Luis Perez ’01 MDiv
https://
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
TEMPEST@Home: finding radio frequency side channels.
https://duo.com/labs/research/finding-radio-sidechannels
saved 2020-04-27
@brian_gettler@mas.toUniversity admin at some point cleary thought to themselves, "human resources is insufficiently dystopian, we really ought to come up with something better." After years of meetings, they congratulated themselves on a job well done. "Yes," they purred, "'people strategy' is so much worse."
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialIt's been more than 60 years of forking.
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2010/06/102687219-05-08-acc.pdf
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCfP: Interreligious and Intercultural Perspectives on Resources and Sacred Boundaries
https://ift.tt/YDpvm5P
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@johl@mastodon.xyzTowards a practice of knowledge commoning: academics’ ethical duties to defend Wikipedia in the age of generative AI
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-026-01373-z?status=info&saved-doi=10.1007/s43681-026-…
@grist@fosstodon.orgHad an ambitious idea for a Grist automation? You can probably do it with n8n in the mix. See how: https://www.getgrist.com/blog/how-to-use-n8n-automations-with-grist/
@PwnieFan@infosec.exchangeSometimes I get frustrated with the conversations around communism/socialism/capitalism. Did communism in the USSR work? No, because it concentrated all the resources with a privileged group that became corrupt. Did socialism work as practiced in many countries? Not if it concentrated all the resources with a privileged group.
Does capitalism work? Sometimes. If it's counterbalanced with regulation and social safety nets. Otherwise, capitalism runs into the same problems as socialism/communism. Market forces concentrate wealth with a privileged class that becomes corrupted. Because power corrupts. Even if that power belongs to a privileged group rather than one despotic ruler. (Forgive the amateur art, doing my best)
@geant@mstdn.social📅 Join our next #eduVPN community meeting
We'll cover the current status, the roadmap for future development, and updates on the upcoming Version 4.
Designed for the R&E community and already used by over 270 institutions, eduVPN enables students, researchers and staff to securely connect to the internet and get remote access to internal institutional resources, anywhere in the…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTop Trump official asked for more resources to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/08/14/top-trump-official-asked-more-resources-fight-small-fire-near-his-idaho-ranch/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg2NjgwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg4MDYyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY2ODAwMDAsImp0aSI6IjZmOGU1ZDczLTdmODgtNDdhYi04MmM2LTZhMDAyOWMyM2MzMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWF0aGVyLzIwMjYvMDgvMTQvdG9wLXRydW1wLW9mZmljaWFsLWFza2VkLW1vcmUtcmVzb3VyY2VzLWZpZ2h0LXNtYWxsLWZpcmUtbmVhci1oaXMtaWRhaG8tcmFuY2gvIn0.wnIUnkPrtIIbDjTAz6_F5_suQnUYKx8I21fAGxWdjYg&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260814/p14#a260814p14
@blackknight95857669@social.linux.pizzaFree game alert: State Of Mind on GoG.
When mind and machine become one – what will remain of humanity?
Berlin, 2048 – The world is on the brink. Lack of resources, illnesses caused by polluted air and water, crime on the rise, war. Governments and companies promise remedies through technological progress. Drones and humanoid robots replace humans in the public sector, everything is interconnected, surveillance has become omnipresent.
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialStronger Together
Distributed Energy Resources (solar, wind, battery) providing grid support together benefit more: “resulting in both improved power system dynamics and DER economics, as shown by the cooperative gain of 16% compared to standalone operation.”
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.31728
@cdarwin@c.imTech journalist Karen Hao has been covering OpenAI’s astounding rise for years
and is the author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
She says that while many in Silicon Valley warn of AI’s sci-fi-like threats, the real risks are already here.
“We are allowing the tech industry to consolidate this extraordinary degree of resources unlike anything ever before,” she tells More To The Story host Al Letson.
“We thought that they were already powe…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alIt’s ok, it’s not like we’re all going to die or anything (only billions, not everyone). @… https://slrpnk.net/post/39707961
@PaulWermer@sfba.social"Like US presidents before him, Trump has found that Netanyahu can be a difficult ally."
Ally? With allies like that, who needs enemies? Manipulating Trump into a pointless war that squanders the US defense budget and depletes our military's resources? That's an ally?
Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump
@paulwermer@sfba.social"Like US presidents before him, Trump has found that Netanyahu can be a difficult ally."
Ally? With allies like that, who needs enemies? Manipulating Trump into a pointless war that squanders the US defense budget and depletes our military's resources? That's an ally?
Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump
@grist@fosstodon.orgGrist n8n: get started quickly with tutorials and templates. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/how-to-use-n8n-automations-with-grist/
@Dragofix@veganism.socialNew digital tool shows exactly where California's water goes—and how climate change might disrupt it https://phys.org/news/2026-09-digital-tool-california-climate-disrupt.html
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCFP (ONLINE SEMINAR / PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY): Borders and Sustainability: Human, Natural, and Textual Resources — Entangled Histories Seminar Series 2026–2027
https://ift.tt/7mhbZ5p
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@cdarwin@c.imFirefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say
the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters
– with especially large gaps in essential management positions
– the Trump administration has increased pressure on firefighting forces to rapidly and aggressively contain the flames.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at London-based AI startup Cosine, which is building a frontier model with UK government backing, as some question if it has the talent and resources (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/02e29d7f-9e3e-4977-a5d3-ea3f2d9efd10
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotModern industrial fertilisers are made from fossil hydrocarbons. In future we can't use that. But, although I am prejudiced in favour of #organic agriculture, I'd be interested to know whether it would be possible to synthesise fertiliser from widely available resources without using fossil hydrocarbon.
Anyone got any pointers?
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng"The thing that concerns me most is violence, the use of force and the threat or the implementation of damage to enforce an opinion. As I said at the beginning, I'm a scientist. I relish facts. I'm interested in ideas. I'm curious about relationships. Violence is just the opposite of that. Violence is the way to gain power without ideas, and it reduces your resources, it stifles dissent and experimentation which we desperately need." — Dennis Meadows (Club Of Rome, Limits Of Growth)
@cdarwin@c.imTycoon Harold Hamm is one of the US’s most successful oilmen,
the son of Oklahoma sharecroppers who hit it rich as a “wildcatter”
and pioneered fracking techniques that drove the shale boom in 2008 that reversed declining US oil production.
Donald Trump describes him as a “long time” friend and is said to have called him his “original oil guy”
The Continental Resources founder has also faced scrutiny from climate advocates and groups and some Democratic lawmakers ov…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Amazon overhauls its AI strategy, deprecating several flagship Nova AI models, as it shifts resources to its Frontier Model Research initiative (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-overhauls-ai-strategy…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration is accelerating efforts to make artificial intelligence an integral part of medical care in the United States,
throwing the resources and support of the federal government into projects that deploy A.I. agents to diagnose and prescribe treatments to patients.
The multifront effort at the Department of Health and Human Services has raised concerns among some officials over the past few months that change is moving too quickly,
with inadequate evidenc…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCfP "Matter, Materials, and (Un)Natural Resources in Science Fiction" - Enthymema Dec 2027
https://ift.tt/AFhqM2P
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialInterview with mathematician Tristan Buckmaster on being drawn into the OpenAI-Anthropic fight; OpenAI says it made progress on another Millennium Prize problem (Kenneth Chang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.co…
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialMaybe, instead of spending so much time, thought, debate and money to find ways to keep people from arriving, we should put the resources into figuring out how to make it attractive to stay in the country of origin?
Education, local industry, strengthening the local economies seem like things worth fostering everywhere.
Not a simple problem to solve, but the status quo seems to be remarkably unsuccessful.
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting
@cdarwin@c.imAs in many US resort areas,
the suicide rates in the Tahoe region,
including the city of Truckee,
are far higher than the state average
– and these communities don’t have enough resources to deal with the issue.
Since 2022, there have been nearly 40 confirmed suicide deaths in Truckee,
South Lake Tahoe and four lakeside counties,
an area with a combined population of about 73,000,
according to an analysis by the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
Nearl…
@grist@fosstodon.orgMulti-table updates, AI automations, scheduled changes, and more with Grist's n8n integration. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/how-to-use-n8n-automations-with-grist/
@cdarwin@c.imIn partnership with California Native American tribes,
the California Natural Resources Agency has developed a goal of expanding tribal stewardship over at least 7.5 million acres of lands and coastal waters.
The Tribal Stewardship Policy and Toolkit will provide policy and resources to institutionalize durable tribal-state partnerships
and to advance durable tribal access, collaboration, and ancestral land return across California.
The Tribal Stewardship Policy will…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Venezuelan opposition leader,
María Corina Machado,
has questioned Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela’s interim government,
declaring that the country’s natural resources do not belong to “an illegitimate regime”.
In her first public comments since Trump announced what he called “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela last Friday,
Machado walked a diplomatic tightrope between challenging the controversial agreement and trying not to rile t…
@grist@fosstodon.orgSee how to set up Grist automations with n8n, step-by-step. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/how-to-use-n8n-automations-with-grist/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAWS launches an internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers, backed by $1B in resources, following OpenAI and others in launching FDE teams (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/amazon-launch…
@grist@fosstodon.orgHow to use n8n automations with Grist – walkthroughs and examples https://www.getgrist.com/blog/how-to-use-n8n-automations-with-grist/
@cdarwin@c.imAs midterms loom, voters who rightly blame Trump’s war-mongering and indifference for high prices are only going to get angrier. Republican operatives are reportedly panicking.
Trump as usual pretended he had a solution.
Ever since American forces kidnapped Venezuela’s dictator Nicholas Maduro in January, Trump had been trying to arrange for US seizure of the country’s oil.
Last week the White House claimed Trump had succeeded and “secured the biggest oil deal in world hi…
@cdarwin@c.imThe focus of the GOP’s first ever midterm convention in September
won’t be Trump’s dismal approval rating, how to end the war on Iran, or the stagnant economy.
They will be spending their time, resources, and funds focusing on
⚠️democratic socialism.
Axios reported Friday that the GOP has spent months pulling together an
👉 “endless” video trove of attack ads targeted at progressive commentators like Hasan Piker, and Democratic Senate nominees Abdul El-Sayed and J…
@cdarwin@c.imMaterials in lithium-ion battery cathodes have continuously evolved since the 1990s,
but anodes have stubbornly remained graphite.
Now, finally, there’s some innovation on that side: silicon anodes,
which engineers have struggled to master for a decade,
are finally coming into wide commercialization.
They enable up to five times the energy density of graphite anodes,
charge many times faster,
and are poised to revolutionize the battery market
@cdarwin@c.imGuards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell
with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck
and the other tied to the door handle.
If they opened the door, the sheet would tighten and strangle him.
The detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, had been in detention at Camp East Montana for a month by then.
The facility itself was still relatively new and had been opened as part of the Trump administration’s plans to …
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$5 is what I’m asking you to donate to Gina Hinojosa’s campaign today.
$5 because Gina is within 1 point of Greg Abbott in the latest polls.
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@cdarwin@c.imCalifornia wants to list 'Jewish' as an ethnicity.
Jews are divided over the idea
California is poised to become the first state to treat Jewish identity as an ethnicity on official forms,
with a new optional checkbox heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
Supporters say the change could reveal gaps in healthcare, education and hate-crime response for the state’s 1.2 million Jews,
giving officials better data to direct resources.
Opponents warn a s…
@cdarwin@c.imNearly 39,000 Acres of Land Returned to California Tribes
The California Natural Resources Agency,
in partnership with the CAL FIRE and the Ocean Protection Council
awarded $107.7 million to fund 33 projects
and support the return of approximately 38,950 acres of land to California Native American tribes
through the Tribal Nature-Based Solutions grant program.
Funding will support the return of ancestral lands to tribal ownership and stewardship,
pla…
@cdarwin@c.imFrequent readers know that I often think about LLM-“AI”,
and that I think, um, poorly of it.
Most of my objections are systemic in nature, relating to climate, resources, extractive capitalism, job displacement, tool of the oppressor
-- you know what I mean.
But I can see how one could get a similar kind of joy to successfully guiding a deeply flawed program with a conversational interface, until it produced a program sort of like what one had in mind...
So I see …
@cdarwin@c.imFor generations, Saudi Arabia exported oil.
Now it wants to export one of the digital era’s most coveted resources:
computing power.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seizing a chance to turn Saudi Arabia’s oil wealth into tech influence.
Few nations can match the kingdom’s cheap energy, deep pockets and open land
— the ingredients that tech firms need to operate the vast, power-hungry data centers that run modern A.I.
Already, Saudi Arabia has been neg…
@cdarwin@c.imA federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s changes to a $4 billion federal homelessness program
that would limit resources for permanent housing
and shift the focus to temporary housing and services.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s efforts to modify the so-called
"Continuum of Care Program"
have been tied up in litigation since November,
with plaintiffs citing concerns with policy changes that place new con…
@cdarwin@c.imthe U.S. war against Iran passes the six-month mark,
the conflict’s disastrous impacts are being compounded by
the inability of the United States to negotiate or implement a resolution,
with the two sides trading attacksagain as of today.
The war’s “triple illegality,”
the tremendous cost to human lives and civilian infrastructure,
the immense and mounting economic costs,
the dangerous drain on military resources and readiness,
and the sheer m…
