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Reminder: public protest is about visibility, not hiding. The power comes from people being willing to be visible, put their time on the line, and if needed, their bodies.
If you're going to start shit, maybe just ... don't. Direct action of the illegal sort requires careful planning and a tactical and strategic plan for why it will win. It happens sometimes, but it's not the mode, it's not the mode of the No Kings protests. This is a popular, public demonstration of outrage. It's legal (for now, and I hope, ever).
Yes, the police may try to kettle protesters and then trap them into curfew violations in places that have curfews. Masks won't save us from that where it happens. Just running the system with competent representation (and enough bodies to make it A Problem for the system) will.
We don't all need to be masked vigilantes at protests, and in a lot of cases, we need to be worried about the people masking up and starting shit. Remember that this is our opponents current tactic: masked, violent attacks. Don't look like them.

"Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters"
#Otters #Animals #Conservation

Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters
“They’re big, like an overweight Peruvian dog,” is how photographer Santiago Romaní describes giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis). In 2022, on his trip to the Imiría Regional Conservation Area, a protected area in the Ucayali region of Peru’s east-central Amazon, he observed the aquatic river giants. That same year, the area’s administration confirmed the presence of […]

Neuralink raised a $650M Series E from ARK Invest, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Sequoia, Thrive, and others; it was reportedly valued at ~$9B pre-money (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/elon-musks-neuralink-closes-a-65…

Elon Musk's Neuralink closes a $650M Series E | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's brain chip implant startup Neuralink raised a $650 million Series E funding round, the company announced.

Even though the main trope in #StarTrek is peaceful coexistence, there is still sometimes a need for weapons. And for today's #TrekTriviaTuesday question we will look at a very special one.
As always no googling and no spoiling the answer for others. Please boost after voting! :BoostO…

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https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/114780127363368557

EXPOSURE THERAPY FOR INTERNET ADDICTED DEBATE PEOPLE
1. strap them to a chair, show them a mild take they disagree with by someone who's otherwise 99% aligned with their goals
2. watch them thrash angrily, unable to crash out on their socials, for the next 4 days
3. they settle, and think about this reaction after a week of being stuck there. they sheepishly set it aside in favor of teamwork
4. repeat with bigger and bigger issues until they have reasonable expec…

VC firms Thrive Capital and General Catalyst are adopting the "roll-up" strategy from the PE playbook, as Khosla Ventures, 8VC, and others explore similar moves (George Hammond/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/74db4959-5980-4ca3-8a46-f058ef4774…

Tech venture firms deploy private equity ‘roll-up’ strategy
Thrive Capital’s backing of Savvy Wealth is part of growing effort to fund groups that go on to buy similar companies

Training Strategies for Modality Dropout Resilient Multi-Modal Target Speaker Extraction
Srikanth Korse, Mohamed Elminshawi, Emanuel A. P. Habets, Srikanth Raj Chetupalli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06566

Training Strategies for Modality Dropout Resilient Multi-Modal Target Speaker Extraction
The primary goal of multi-modal TSE (MTSE) is to extract a target speaker from a speech mixture using complementary information from different modalities, such as audio enrolment and visual feeds corresponding to the target speaker. MTSE systems are expected to perform well even when one of the modalities is unavailable. In practice, the systems often suffer from modality dominance, where one of the modalities outweighs the others, thereby limiting robustness. Our study investigates training st…

"Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions"
#Mushrooms #Fungi

Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions
Often hidden from view, fungi are a critical part of our ecosystems. Some can be eaten as mushrooms; others help trees and forests thrive. But that’s not all: they’re also helping us create low-cost, sustainable housing materials and additional income for farmers, says Gabriela D’Elia, director of the Fungal Diversity Survey and a fungi enthusiast, […]