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from my link log —
PostgreSQL text search: balancing query time and relevancy.
https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/postgres-text-search-balancing-query-time-and-relevancy/
saved 2021-10-21

I live close to nature. I regularly go for a run in the countryside. Over several years, during my runs, I’ve taken pictures from the same position, always roughly the same angle. I had a vague idea in the back of my mind, as an 'artistic' project. One day, I’d turn those photos into a time-lapse video, one that would show the passage of seasons across a single place.
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It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year:
using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations.
Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during
anti-immigration demonstrations across the US,
including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

ICE ‘Crowd Control’ Led to Blindings and Traumatic Brain Injuries
It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year: using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations. Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during anti-immigration demonstrations across the US, including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

So the upcoming NPM publish token changes are a potential lock-out scenario for people who're not using CI-based "Trusted Publishing" (TP) and cannot switch to "Staged Publishing" (SP) for reasons of practicality or feasibility.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-

npm install-time security and GAT bypass2fa deprecation - GitHub Changelog
npm v12 is now generally available and tagged latest. This major release turns on the install-time security defaults we announced in June, and it’s also where we begin a deprecation…

I spent some time #blogging today.
Oh man, why does writing take so much time?! Honestly, this time I tried dictating (Speech-to-text) and curating afterwards ... but it feels like it takes the same amount of time 🤔 Maybe it's just a lack of practice - or a lack of articulation.
Anyways - a bit of story, a peertube video and a couple of photos are waiting to be watched! 😉
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"Is it time for the UK to set maximum workplace temperatures?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.

Is it time for the UK to set maximum workplace temperatures?
A coalition of environmental and anti-poverty organisations has warned ministers that the UK is “built for a climate that no longer exists”, calling for urgent action to protect people from increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves after this year's extreme temperatures were linked to thousands of deaths.

On the Best Time to Fix Your Home Heating: Summer! - Do not wait until ice is forming on your bath to find out that your heating is broken! Upgrade or fix in summer, test early autumn. #OperationTuneup - https://www.

On the Best Time to Fix Your Home Heating: Summer!
Do not wait until ice is forming on your bath to find out that your heating is broken! Upgrade or fix in summer, test early autumn. #OperationTuneup

Lionel Messi ties all-time World Cup goals record; U.S. Open expert picks, player rankings

https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/lionel-messi-t…

Her Time, Her Place
In each episode Amanda Webb sits down with women from diverse careers and walks of life who are stepping into their next chapter...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/her-time-her-place/

For The First Time, Astronomers Detect An Atmosphere Around A Rocky 'Habitable Zone' Planet : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-astronomers-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-ro…

Oops, that's a really nice screwup: bad NTP server taking down a large chunk of .au's phone network.
I guess NTP servers should probably have a 'before the release of this software' check in.
https://www.theregister.com/…

NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage
Telstra skipped a patch, didn’t record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen

lately been playing "liked music" on shuffle and thinking, yeah I've heard that enough, time to remove it. just dropped a string of 90s hits
of course I need to add new liked music to keep the warp drive from imploding, so I alternate with yt music's "discover mix", which ~20% of the time finds a cowpath that works for me, and ~40% of the time makes me go, ugh this sucks, back to shuffling likes.
sometimes I try a mix from a liked song, but that doesn&…

Bernie Sanders proposes legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed via a one-time 50% stock tax on AI companies that reach $200M in annual AI sales (Joey Cappelletti/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-ai-publ…

Bernie Sanders unveils plan for public ownership of AI companies
Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a plan to give Americans ownership stakes in the country’s largest artificial intelligence companies. The legislation shown first to The Associated Press would impose a one-time 50% tax on the stock of major AI companies and place those shares into a sovereign wealth fund overseen by an independent commission. Sanders estimates the fund would be worth roughly $7 trillion and provide annual payments to Americans. While the idea of public ownership of AI compani…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Zombies:
🎵 Time of the Season
#TheZombies
https://admnti.bandcamp.com/track/the-zombies-time-of-the-season-admnti-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pLXlJltmvA6Rq3tNWx0bj

Just heading to the 2nd installfest... details for those in or around Ōtautahi: https://events.installfest.nz/events/da09b0a4-2e8f-4542-90b1-3bdd58534f7d

Police coordinate with ICE all the time, even in sanctuary cities. They ignore the laws, they ignore orders, because they are a fascist gang. The Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump *AFTER J6 RIOTERS KILLED COPS*. They have ignored anti-black pogroms basically every time they haven't been leading them. Portland Police literally had a squad to "fight communism" made of known Klan members. That kind of shit is *everywhere*. Washington police formed a death squad to assassinate Michael Reinoehl on Trump's orders. ICE is *still* carrying out ethnic cleansing, and police, who have always been racist and anti-labor, help them every chance they can. These cops are enforcing abortion bans, all while protecting Epstein billionaire. I'm not even touching on *half* of the shit.
They are murdering mothers, they are murdering children, they are kidnaping parents using children as bait, and they're doing all this while protecting child predators. This is one system.
Abolish ICE and the fucking police. Now.

How has the Museum Data Service helped Art UK break new records? Through the MDS, record and image ingestion is now at least 20 times faster than at any other time during @artukdotorg.bsky.social 's history.
David Saywell @artukcurations.bsky.social explains in https://museumdata.uk/blog/h…

How has the MDS helped Art UK break new records? - Museum Data Service
How did the Museum Data Service help Art UK set new records? Through the MDS, record and image ingestion is now at least 20 times faster than at any other time during Art UK’s history.

Does being an emoji researcher make me more wary to use them - like am I watching my emoji use all the time? - I'd say the opposite is true, I feel more free and whimsical in using emojis, as I see them all the time in different contexts, and I can easily pretend to just use them ironically or "for work" 🤩 #emojis #linguistics #worldEmojiDay

Trump's Reversal on China Buying U.S. Farmland Angers MAGA Supporters
https://time.com/article/2026/05/17/Chinese-farmland-trump-students/

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies.
-- Ewan MacColl (Jimmie Miller), lyrics to the song: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, 1962
#Quote #Music

I find the discourse about this bizarre. England ended up as one of the top 4 teams.
I call that astounding success
World Cup 2026: Thomas Tuchel did not deliver for England, but his time is not up - Alan Shearer - BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles…

World Cup 2026: Thomas Tuchel did not deliver for England, but his time is not up - Alan Shearer
Former England captain Alan Shearer says Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel will not be fazed by criticism he has faced over the World Cup semi-final defeat.

More data from the #Mars flyby by the #Psyche spacecraft in May have been received: #asteroid Psyche in 2029.

Where have all the singers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the singers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the singers gone?
The yellers have replaced them every one.
Oh, When will we hear singing again?
Oh, When will we hear singing again
#voices #melody

Ireland’s basic income for artists
has been made permanent
after research showed that it boosted the economy.
Other nations have similar schemes.
With more homegrown artists now coming from privileged backgrounds
and AI disrupting the creative industries,
there are calls for the UK to follow suit

‘Imagination and creation are products of time and space’
Artists help power the economy and enrich society, yet many struggle to make ends meet. Ireland's pioneering income scheme aims to change that - and is fuelling debate about whether the UK should follow.

Bikes overtaking cars!
https://road.cc/ebiketips/news/bikes-overtake-cars-square-mile

Bikes overtake motor vehicles in City of London for the first time thanks to surge in dockless hire e-bikes | electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The number of bikes in the City of London has overtaken the number of motor vehicles for the first time, the latest local authority data shows.The increase is due to a staggering surge in the popularity of dockless electric hire bikes – such as Lime and Forest, whilst TfL’s own Santander Cycles, along with cargo ... Read more

Killarney, Ireland
May 21, 2026
A church window
I should have made some record what we saw on our trip at the time. I know the date and time - thanks to the camera - but I can't be very certain as to the location or the name of the church
#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday

I made a little very specific program that you probably only need if you are me.
I keep getting sidetracked during work. With nobody to judge me and nothing to interrupt my tangents I do a lot of interesting things throughout the day but none of them are the work I am supposed to do.
This little message will pop up at regular time intervals and ask me if I'm doing work right now. I have to answer honestly. The time interval is shortened/lengthened based on my answer.

from my link log —
It is high time we let go of the Mersenne Twister.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.06437
saved 2020-11-20 https://dotat.at/:/6EPK8.html…

It is high time we let go of the Mersenne Twister
When the Mersenne Twister made his first appearance in 1997 it was a powerful example of how linear maps on $\mathbf F_2$ could be used to generate pseudorandom numbers. In particular, the easiness with which generators with long periods could be defined gave the Mersenne Twister a large following, in spite of the fact that such long periods are not a measure of quality, and they require a large amount of memory. Even at the time of its publication, several defects of the Mersenne Twister were …

Logged in to Twitter to retrieve these worthy images from a poster session long ago:
#teleportation #commute #biking

Patriots and Cowboys predicted to show interest in $14 million 2-time Pro Bowl pass rusher https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/patriots-and-cowboys-predicted-sho…

Uh, das klingt nicht so gut:
#trello
Update - Our teams continue to work diligently on the mitigation.
During this time, we recommend that you do not move or copy cards or lists between boards. For users whose boards are affected by this issue, you may create and delete cards and edit card descriptions as usual, but you will not be able to see comments or the detailed activity l…

Just been in a Lyft for the first time in years, I remember now why I hate cabs/Lyft/Uber: I can still smell the air freshener and cleaning stuff on my clothes 15 minutes later

macOS-27-Beta : Offenbar Dateisystemprobleme im Zusammenhang mit Time Machine
Die dritte Entwicklerbeta von macOS 27 scheint unter Umständen das SSD-Dateisystem zu korrumpieren. Das Problem: Dies ist auch die erste Public Beta.

macOS-27-Beta : Offenbar Dateisystemprobleme im Zusammenhang mit Time Machine
Die dritte Entwicklerbeta von macOS 27 scheint unter Umständen das SSD-Dateisystem zu korrumpieren. Das Problem: Dies ist auch die erste Public Beta.

Ranking the 25 greatest players in Steelers history: Terry Bradshaw, Ben Roethlisberger among the legends

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-greatest-players-all-time-ranking/

#B3D #blender people,
new 5.2 has real time compositor in material preview mode.
Is there a way to decorrelate material preview from rendered ?
Deactivate real time compositor in material preview but keep it activated in render view.

Needless to say, do not sign up for W or give them your ID information no matter how simple they eventually manage to make it.
You simply don’t need to.
You’re already in a far superior – non-corporate, federated – space.
Do not sign up for W. And warn your friends.
The only time you have any power to stop this is now. If they succeed in gaining network effects, you will be as powerless to stop them as you are with X.
And yes, they’re just another venture capita…

"In May, solar topped coal nationwide for the first time. In California, solar is fast displacing natural gas."
California has invested heavily in solar and batteries and it is displacing fossil fuels quickly.
Interesting to see solar top coal-based energy production nationwide in May.
https://www.

A live map of British trains.
https://www.map.signalbox.io/

"Come to work on time, know your lines and don't bump into the other actors."
—Spencer Tracy
#acting #coaching #inspiration

As a fan of traditional machine learning research, I’ll just register here my sadness and discontent that things are going this way. Time was that an effort like this would follow stringent ethical rules for research involving humans that would never ever allow this kind of phony consent theater, would go through a review board •with actual teeth•, would not involve offloading raw personal data to commercial vendors who have the power to slurp it up and repurpose it, would result in a narrowly purposed-tuned model answering to the ethical parameters of the study, would not leave the barn doors wide open to endless open-ended use of personal data…I could go on.

Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject..
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393/full

Well it’s coffee break time. The sun is out and it’s currently 60°F, which is pleasant. Another 4 hours and I’ll be on my way home.. RIght now, it’s time to get the refuel.

Replacement ADM1270 arrived. Time to see if swapping this out will fix the Analog Discovery Pro or if there's more to the story.

This weekend has been mostly crap. Lots of pain, spent too much time horizontal. Burned my hand. Partner had a really rough day yesterday. I did manage to bake a bunch, and minus the burn everything turned out well. Cleared a few things out of the basement. Napped too much due to pain though, did not get enough work done. Oh well.

Read about my one-time home, #Jakarta, and how it’s transformed from the world’s most congested city into a transit success that provides nearly 90% of its residents with mass transit access.
But, as my recent reporting points out, there’s still a long way to go.

Jakarta’s Remarkable Urban Transit Transformation – In Development
evidence and argument for a developing world

Hey folx! You probably see a lot of stuff from other social networks mirrored to Mastodon, how about we do it the other way around?
Recently, I've starred to mirror my posts to Instagram, Reddit, and other platforms, and I've had quite the success. My biggest post on Instagram, which is just one screenshot of a Mastodon post, has 44.5k likes and 256k views. My

Erik Uden on Instagram: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases, written by Sara Reardon, published on the 20th of May 2026. Though, reading this Science article made me think: aren't we the brain? Am I missing something here? Now, of course the devil lies in the detail and the article makes it clear that this startup only restores “some functions”, which is certainly more complex in action than it is in theory written here, but certain language of the article makes me question the author's understanding of what is a human. The article writes: “Just a day ago, the brain was in a living person. Now, hours after its owner died, it sits on a cart draped in tubes [...]” What do you mean “it's owner” — isn't the brain it's owner? Isn't that where it's owner is? I mean, certainly the brain had no more activity, the person must've been declared brain dead by all standards before being sent to this startup, still it's odd hearing someone donated their brain instead of saying they've donated... themselves? Also “using a set of proprietary brain-sustaining machines” is a terrible sentence I always thought the people who don't donate their full body to hospitals are religious lunatics, but this is the first time I wrote something on my organ donor card. They can take my brain, but not as one piece."
45K likes, 971 comments - erik.uden on May 21, 2026: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to inta…

So amazing.
"Dr. Neumann died on Sunday at the Santa Clara Medical Center in Santa Clara, Calif. He was still working full time on a Pentagon-supported advanced computer security design, which is being adopted by companies such as Google and Microsoft. He was 93."

Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93
For decades, he criticized the industry’s lax attitudes toward both computer security and individual digital privacy. And he developed solutions.

I spent some time re-reading, as one does, Frederic Jameson and Mike Davis only to decide that the original idea for a reply post was maybe too involved (maybe just a little?).

I’m about to board a train again. This time it goes through the left side of the country, so there will be no usable internet.

Every time I'm in #Vienna I can't resist the urge to an impulse purchase at Doblinger. This time it hit on the more mysterious side.. 👻

Once again, we're all wearing masks due to Conservative incompetence. This time it's outdoors instead of indoors.
#WildFires

Two seagull chicks. A parent was nearby absolutely freaking out, so no time for a better picture.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Squirrel Flower:
🎵 Full Time Job
#SquirrelFlower
https://squirrelflower.bandcamp.com/track/full-time-job-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/06ZoxNzzA78HtonVTGfrgZ

Such a long article that can be summarised in "Venezuela is a US's banana republic and there won't be elections any time soon because Trump & friends only care about its natural resources".
Honestly, the article is a shame.
https://…

‘Feels like an illusion’: how Trump seizing Maduro has changed little in Venezuela
Some feel optimistic change will come, but for many it’s business as usual for the movement Hugo Chávez started

That time at Wimbledon Women's Doubles in 2017 when a spectator ran his mouth a little too much from the stands... then this happened:
#tennis #wimbledon #humor

#tunetuesday

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