
2025-05-21 07:53:01
Forget what Lammy and Starmer say - they're still enabling the genocide.
#IsraelIsATerroristState #BoycottIsrael #IsraeliWarCrimes
Forget what Lammy and Starmer say - they're still enabling the genocide.
#IsraelIsATerroristState #BoycottIsrael #IsraeliWarCrimes
How should libraries respond to the deluge of AI-generated book submissions, sometimes dozens at a time? My Tuesday talk for the MLA considered:
- An outright ban
- Restriction to a specific "AI shelf"
- A required % of human authorship
- Restriction to certain genres (fiction yes/medical advice no)
- Community vetting
What would you do?
#Collections
Got distracted (again....) Told you they have a great Wayland stack over at FreeBSD. Didn't tell you yet about Plasma 6.4 (out last Tuesday) on Wayland on FreeBSD.
Kudos to everyone involved!
N.B. This is not yet 'production' ready (as stated in the forums also). But it's getting damn close! Installable straight from the ports.
#FreeBSD
Dang, it's Patch Tuesday again.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-june-2025-patch-tuesday-fixes-exploited-zero-day-66-flaws/
NFL news roundup: Giants WR Jalin Hyatt exits minicamp practice early; camp schedules announced https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-june-17
Hands-on with Apple's new Speech framework components in the macOS Tahoe beta: the APIs deliver transcription speeds significantly faster than OpenAI's Whisper (John Voorhees/MacStories)
https://www.macstories.net/stories/hands-o…
Britain's parliament voted on Tuesday to
decriminalise abortion
in England and Wales
to stop a growing number of women from being investigated by police
for terminating pregnancies
under legislation dating back to the mid-19th century.
Abortions have been legal in England and Walesfor almost 60 years
but only up to 24 weeks and with the approval of two doctors.
Women can face criminal charges if they decide to end a pregnancy after 24 week…
Look, all I'm saying is, this Kennedy psychopath is trying to kill our children. I feel like self-defense rules apply. Isn't it time for a new HHS Secretary anyway?
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fda-kennedy-covid-shots-rfk-tr…
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
The Amazons are #Ares' daughters
"The Gargarians [...] have intercourse with them for the sake of begetting children, doing this in secrecy and darkness, any Gargarian at random with any Amazon; and after making them pregnant they send them away; and the females that are born are retained by the
sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.
This network has 126 nodes and 28561 edges.
Tags: Soc…
Facebook renames its Videos tab as the Reels tab and says all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels, regardless of their length or orientation (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/face
"Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court"
"In a statement, Lander’s campaign said, “While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.”"
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24 NFL teams open mandatory minicamp on Tuesday https://www.nfl.com/news/24-nfl-teams-open-mandatory-minicamp-on-tuesday
TACO Tuesday -- and why it bothers Trump (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/taco-tuesday-why-it-bothers-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250603/p44#a250603p44
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858131
This is the same group that hacked Sepah Bank.
“The hacker group known as "Gonjeshke Darande," or "predatory sparrow," announced on Wednesday that it stole $48 million in cryptocurrency…
Could Henry Ruggs return to NFL? ‘Teams will kick the tires’ https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/could-henry-ruggs-return-to-nfl-teams-will-kick-the-tires-3386749/
Amazon plans to hold Prime Day 2025 from July 8 until July 11, lasting four days instead of the usual two and open for Prime members (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/685299/amazon-prime-day-2025-dates-when
Next time organize it as a G6 and if the orange felon decides to stay then treat it as a semi-bonus.
https://apnews.com/article/g7-summit-canada-trump-departure-ukraine-6c86a0a8463603c9b1a3e950382af0a2
A round of golf with the Cowboys' specialists: How their bond goes beyond football https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/a-round-of-golf-with-the-cowboys-specialists-how-their-bond-goes-beyond-football
»Longtime ABC News correspondent Terry Moran is out of job after he made a social media post critical of President Donald Trump and White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. The network announced Tuesday that Moran’s contract would not be renewed.« https://www.
I feel this Onion headline from 2008 could be applied (with a light edit) to Sussan Ley today:
https://theonion.com/black-man-given-nations-worst-job-1819570341/
This Thursday the moving truck arrives and the following Tuesday we move into our new home. Therefore, it's time for a new alias, and this poll offers some possible alternatives. Please boost for maximum meaningless results.
Some background:
- we are moving to the Barrie area.
- officially, within the Town of Innisfil
- easy walking distance to Belle Aire Beach
- within Innisfil, we are in the community of Belle Ewart
Disclaimer - I am not legally bound by the results of this survey.
Netflix says Netflix House, its in-person experience offering interactive activities, will open in Philadelphia and Dallas in late 2025 and in Las Vegas in 2027 (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts…
https://apnews.com/article/iran-whatsapp-meta-israel-d9e6fe43280123c9963802e6f10ac8d1
Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices
#Satellitendaten zeigen einen Rückgang von 22 % bei 16 #Kaiserpinguin-Kolonien in Teilen der #Antarktis zwischen 2009 und 2024.
Hauptursache ist der Verlust stabiler
UK data privacy regulator fines 23andMe over cyber practices in wake of hack https://therecord.media/uk-data-privacy-regulator-fines-23andme
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was quickly met with sharp questions and criticism Tuesday
by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to deploy troops to Los Angeles,
fire key military leaders
and purge diversity programs.
They expressed bipartisan frustration that Congress has not yet gotten a full defense budget from the Trump administration.
“Your tenure as secretary has been marked by endless chaos,”
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., told Hegseth.
In a memo to employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-
NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Tuesday, June 10 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-june-10
phpc.social is now running Mastodon 4.3.8. Busy week, hence the slow roll on this upgrade (which was made available on Tuesday).
In other news, we're up above 5100 registered users, though that influx has slowed way down of late.
#MastoAdmin
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Toro y Moi:
🎵 Tuesday
#ToroyMoi
https://toroymoi.bandcamp.com/track/tuesday
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sNXFpfYRWrXNzHTqqw3Qb
“…declared in an article based exclusively on LAPD sources. It’s an understandable decision on their part … As of Tuesday morning, the LA Press Club documented over 30 injuries to members of the press. Easier and safer to parrot police talking points than face down their guns.”
https://
Hegel and Literature
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‘I wish I could turn back the hands of time’: Ruggs speaks after fatal Las Vegas DUI crash https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/i-wish-i-could-turn-back-the-hands-of-time-ruggs…
@… is hosting a Eurovision Song Contest watch party!
Join on https://fairmeeting.net/ESC25 and share your comments.
Tuesday 2025-05-13 21:00 CEST semi-final 1
"Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since COVID: IEA"
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #Energy
The Iranian government says it has restricted internet access in response to Israeli cyberattacks; some Western communication apps have reportedly been blocked (Kevin Collier/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/iran-pl…
Terrific response from BBC's Ros Atkins @rosatkins.bsky.social €to Trump administration's unfounded criticisms of BBC coverage of Gaza. The piece of paper held up by press sec was a tweet from student activist -pathetic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9wgq9vv51do…
QB Sanders cited twice this month for speeding https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45545248/browns-shedeur-sanders-cited-twice-month-speeding
Rural Republicans used to back NPR. Then MAGA changed everything.
Polarized views of public broadcasting,
along with a splintered and increasingly online media environment,
pose a problem for NPR, PBS and their audiences,
who will need some Republicans to break ranks to prevent the cuts that Trump is demanding
as part of a larger package of budget reductions that the House will consider as soon as Tuesday.
A round of golf with the Cowboys' specialists: How their bond goes beyond football https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/a-round-of-golf-with-the-cowboys-specialists-how-their-bond-goes-beyond-football
Nabla, which offers an AI copilot for doctors and other medical staff, raised a $70M Series C led by HV Capital and says it now supports 85K clinicians (Judy Rider/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/nabla-ai-copilot-agents-healthcare-fundin…
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
There is one character from #GreekMythology who might have been a male lover to #Ares: Alektryon, a youth dear to Ares, who would guard the door while Ares was with Aphrodite:
"A young man called Alektryon; he was a …
Steelers sign Aaron Rodgers to one-year, $13.6 million deal; QB to wear No. 8, address media Tuesday https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-sign-aaron-rodgers-to-one-year-13-6-million-deal-qb-to-wear-no-8-address-media-…
Henry Ruggs addresses NFL future, desire for reunion with Raiders https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/henry-ruggs-addresses-nfl-future-desire-reunion-raiders/2cbd342bfaeb02…
Facebook renames its Videos tab as the Reels tab and says all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels, regardless of their length or orientation (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/face
Fascism and Literature
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Rams' Sean McVay on Jalen Ramsey: 'Obstacles' preventing potential trade for Dolphins CB https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-sean-mcvay-jalen-ramsey-obstacles-preventing-potential-trade-dolphins-cb
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says the company will invest over €1B in Spain from 2025 to 2028; Netflix has an 8.7M subscriber base in the country (John Hopewell/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/netflix-spain-1-2-billion-…
Browns rookie Sanders cited for driving 101 mph https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45540231/browns-rookie-shedeur-sanders-cited-driving-101-mph
Wind-driven Ranch fire in Apple Valley sparks evacuation order
A wind-whipped brush fire near Apple Valley had grown to 4,205 acres by about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday with no containment, according to Cal Fire #SanBernardino.
The #Ranchfire ignited south of Apple Valley around 2 p.m., according to fire offi…
Fascism and Literature
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updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:41amfull name / name of organization: PAMLAcontact…
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Shedeur Sanders cited for speeding: Browns rookie quarterback clocked driving more than 100 mph
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/shedeur
Jack Ciattarelli, a former state legislator endorsed by Donald Trump won the Republican nomination quickly Tuesday evening.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot and federal prosecutor, won on the Democratic side, beating out five competitors.
New Jersey is one of two states, along with Virginia, hosting a high-stakes gubernatorial contest this year.
Giants O-line coach: Evan Neal 'doing well so far' in transition from tackle to guard https://www.nfl.com/news/evan-neal-giants-doing-well-so-far-in-transition-from-tackle-to-guard
Revisiting the Uncanny
https://ift.tt/5haKgOS
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The global economy is projected to slow sharply this year
as Trump’s trade policy disrupts international commerce and increases economic uncertainty,
the World Bank said on Tuesday in a report that underscores the toll of America’s trade war.
Despite the weakening outlook, the global economy is not expected to fall into a recession, the World Bank said.
However, the trade tension is setting the stage for the weakest decade of growth since the 1960s.
Economic dev…
Sam Altman claims an "average" ChatGPT query uses about 0.34 watt-hours and about 0.000085 gallons of water, or "roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/685045/sam-altman-average-cha…
Sherman charged with DUI following '24 arrest https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45533363/richard-sherman-charged-dui-stemming-2024-arrest
Peter Nicholls Essay Prize 2026
https://ift.tt/VPGyBqZ
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:22amfull name / name of organization: Science Fiction…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://
OpenAI says it is "working on implementing a mitigation" to a ChatGPT, Sora, and API issue causing "elevated error rates", starting at around 3am ET (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/684141/openai-chatgpt…
Ruggs apologizes to victim's family at Vegas event https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45534886/apologetic-henry-ruggs-speaks-hope-prisoners-event
Elon Musk says Tesla's robotaxi service will "tentatively" begin on June 22 in Austin, with first autonomous deliveries of a car to a customer's home on June 28 (Ari Levy/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/elon-musk-
The military has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could be sent to Los Angeles,
joining National Guard troops who were sent to the city to respond to protests, U.S. Northern Command said in a statement.
Members of the Marine Corps could start arriving in the Los Angeles area as soon as Tuesday.
The Marines are based in Twentynine Palms, a city east of Los Angeles.
Rams LT Jackson dealing with blood clots in leg https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45533272/tackle-alaric-jackson-not-rams-minicamp-due-blood-clots
Queer-Class Relations Conference
https://ift.tt/QdTnBLm
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:41amfull name / name of organization: CLAGS: The Center for…
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Orlando Brown expects more from 'special' Bengals offense after Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins deals https://www.nfl.com/news/orlando-brown-expecting-more-from-special-bengals-offense-following-ja-…
Memo: Google offers voluntary buyouts to US staff in the knowledge and information organization, which includes core search and much of the ads organization (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-offers-buyouts-empl…
The Minotaur: From Antiquity to Today
https://ift.tt/Z5drJ28
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:40amfull name / name of organization: North East Modern Language…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://…
Lexicon for Animacy (Call for entries)
https://ift.tt/znUIlGk
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 10:03amfull name / name of organization: Lexicon for…
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2025 Chiefs mandatory minicamp: Biggest storylines, key position battles, players to watch
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-ch
NFL news roundup: Free-agent WR Gabe Davis scheduled to visit Steelers https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-june-3
Early Modern Narrative Theory (RSA2026)
https://ift.tt/0RiZbjM
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:22amfull name / name of organization: Renaissance Society of…
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Special Issue: Apocalypse and the Biopolitics of Time
https://ift.tt/ukUy849
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:37amfull name / name of organization: Käte Hamburger Centre for…
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Call for Papers: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’
https://ift.tt/BwDRnhk
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:35amfull name / name of organization: Short Fiction in Theory &…
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Call for Papers: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’
https://ift.tt/BwDRnhk
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:35amfull name / name of organization: Short Fiction in Theory &…
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Call for Papers: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’
https://ift.tt/BwDRnhk
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:35amfull name / name of organization: Short Fiction in Theory &…
via Input 4 RELCFP
Europe from Its Margins: Toward Alternative Visions of the West
https://ift.tt/bY6muQ5
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:39amfull name / name of organization: NeMLAcontact…
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Europe from Its Margins: Toward Alternative Visions of the West
https://ift.tt/bY6muQ5
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:39amfull name / name of organization: NeMLAcontact…
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NeMLA 2026: World Literature and Cultural Globalization (Roundtable/Virtual)
https://ift.tt/REldWiN
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:40amfull name / name of organization: Northeast Modern Language…
via Input 4 RELCFP
NeMLA 2026 (Panel) Regenerative Blackness—Skin, Flesh, and the Future of Being
https://ift.tt/c5spIXf
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:41amfull name / name of organization: Zay Dale/ University of…
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Dobbins: 'No-brainer' joining ascending Broncos https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45494632/jk-dobbins-no-brainer-joining-forces-ascending-broncos
NeMLA 2026 (Panel) Regenerative Blackness—Skin, Flesh, and the Future of Being
https://ift.tt/c5spIXf
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:41amfull name / name of organization: Zay Dale/ University of…
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Home Sweet HOMES: Literature, Art, and People of the Great Lakes (book chapters)
https://ift.tt/gQWGx74
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 8:35amfull name / name of organization: Rhonda…
via Input 4 RELCFP
Cowboys mandatory minicamp takeaways: George Pickens showcases diverse skillset; Micah Parsons can't stay away
https://www.cbssports.com/n…
Creative Explorations of the Post-Industrial City: (Re)generations of the Rust Belt
https://ift.tt/iKuJkjt
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:40amfull name / name of organization: Northeast Modern Language…
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Edited collection: Entanglements: Place-Based Literatures for Ecological Liberation
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updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:35amfull name / name of organization: Dr. Gayathri Goel (Boston…
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Texans QB C.J. Stroud throws at minicamp, downplays any shoulder concerns https://www.nfl.com/news/texans-qb-c-j-stroud-says-he-s-fine-after-dealing-with-shoulder-soreness
NeMLA 2026 Panel -- Regenerating the Humanities Online: Digital Criticism and the Public Sphere
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updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:41amfull name / name of organization: Northeast Modern Language…
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Cards QB Murray feels 'great' entering his 'prime' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45487756/cardinals-kyler-murray-feels-best-entering-prime
**Deadline Extended** (CFP: PAMLA 2025) Haunted Belonging: Memory, Erasure, and Identity in Diasporic Literatures
https://ift.tt/mVurDfg
updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 9:41amfull name / name of organization: Wenyuan Wang / Pacific…
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Kirk Cousins 'moving forward' in role as Falcons backup QB for 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/kirk-cousins-moving-forward-in-role-as-falcons-backup-qb-for-2025-season
Poetics of Embedded Narratives and Images in the Literature and Arts of the English-speaking World: Moving Borders
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Bengals first-rounder Shemar Stewart sounds off on lingering contract dispute https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-first-rounder-shemar-stewart-sounds-off-on-lingering-contract-dispute
Bolts' Harbaugh had cardiac ablation, hip surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45488352/chargers-coach-jim-harbaugh-gives-update-offseason-medical-procedures
Aaron Rodgers says decision to sign with Steelers 'was best for my soul' https://www.nfl.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-decision-to-sign-with-steelers-was-best-for-my-soul