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Trump Downplays 18 US Soldier Deaths in Iran War Hours Before Dignified Transfer
Trump also said that support for the war is high among Americans
— a claim that multiple polls indicate is delusional
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-do

Trump Downplays 18 US Soldier Deaths in Iran War Hours Before Dignified Transfer Ceremony
Trump also said that support for the war is high among Americans — a claim that multiple polls indicate is false.

from my link log —
Where is the most densely populated square kilometre in the UK?
http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2023/02/where-is-most-densely-populated-square.html
saved 2023-02-05

Where is the most densely populated square kilometre in the UK?
After the recent release of England and Wales Census data for 2021 I decided to take a quick look at which areas have the highest population...

The security industry is somewhat unique. It's probably the only industry created by the worker as a threat. If you talk to hackers who were in the scene before Operation Sundevil, you'll realize that it's always been a Bullshit Job.
Folks in L0ft and cDc were hacking companies and basically blackmailing them into paying for their services. Operation Sundevil "straightened up" the industry. Some people went to prison, some people build security services companies. Pretty much anyone who actually believed in the manifesto was locked up or edged out.
Using the Graeber framework here, hackers are partially duct tapers and partially goons. The critical thing here is that the industry was basically created to give money to people who would otherwise destroy the system.
Neuroatypical folks have always been forced to the margins of society, but computers gave us a super power. Now we were extremely dangerous. Tech, especially hackers, have always been paid a lot to minimize the risk of developing a class consciousness.
Graeber talked about this. Kings and nobles would often find some job or title that they could bestow on potential enemies in order to keep them close, to defang them. What better role than sheriff, a type of goon, for a rebel?
We turned it in to a whole thing. Not only did hackers make their own industry and force everyone else to accept it, we even created a whole parallel box ticker industry of "compliance" as a side effect.
The Hacker's Manifesto was decontectualized and made a fun artifact of the past. We were sold a story of "good hackers" who "protected grandma from the bad hackers." But the whole industry always existed to keep us on a leash. The funny thing is that it was a leash that we made ourselves.
But now we're seeing massive layoffs in tech, even in security. Now that we're this far in, everyone has forgotten the history. Leadership doesn't understand what security people do, so they think that LLMs can replace us. But the people in the industry now, the ones who came to it as a career, don't understand the history.
There was always a split for these weird outsiders, these people who couldn't fit in to the system but now had power over it. Some wanted in and they were willing to use extortion to get in, and others wanted to destroy the system to set everyone free.
Operation Sundevil, and the industry that evolved out of it, existed to neutralize those revolutionary elements by offering extortionists a safe entry. Extortionists trusted the capitalists to not stab them in the back the same way capitalists have stabbed everyone in the back through all of history. Now my LinkedIn feed is full of Meta layoffs, and I wonder if that class consciousness is starting to click for anyone yet.

"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting

Ok, this was hilarious
(Original video is on IG): https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYgeGL_I-WX/
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False Creek Ferries on Instagram: "This was meant for May the 4th, but who has time to edit instagram videos? A long time ago, in a harbour not so far away... It is a restless time on FALSE CREEK. For decades, a brave flotilla of LITTLE BLUE FERRIES has carried locals, wanderers, and the occasionally lost tourist through the waters of Vancouver. But now, from the far eastern reaches of the inlet, there rises a strange and gleaming SPHERE, vast, mysterious, and impossible to ignore. Whispers spread from dock to dock. Could this polished orb signal the end for the humble captains of the creek? Undaunted, the little blue boats gather once more, setting course on a daring voyage to defend their waters, their passengers, and their modest but dependable fares.... Please note: No pedal boats, ferries, Science Worlds, or crew members were harmed in the making of this adventure. False Creek Ferries and @goeasyvancouver are pleased to share the creek in peace. 😊. Tune in next time for the exciting conclusion..."
24K likes, 554 comments - falsecreekferry on May 18, 2026: "This was meant for May the 4th, but who has time to edit instagram videos? A long time ago, in a harbour not so far away... It is a restless time on FALSE CREEK. For decades, a brave flotilla of LITTLE BLUE FERRIES has carried locals, wanderers, and the occasionally lost tourist through the waters of Vancouver. But now, from the far eastern reaches of the inlet, there rises a strange and gleaming SPHERE, vast, mysterious, and impos…

Block launches Buzz, an open source collaboration workspace on Nostr protocol for humans and AI agents to share messages, code repositories, workflows, and more (Block)
https://block.xyz/inside/introducing-buzz-where-humans-and-agents-work-together

Introducing Buzz: where humans and agents work together
Today we're releasing Buzz, a free, open source collaboration platform where humans and AI agents work together in a shared workspace. It's available now at buzz.xyz. Buzz is a collaboration workspace built on the Nostr protocol. It has channels, threads, direct messages, voice, media sharing, code repositories, and automated workflows. The interface will feel familiar to anyone who's used a modern team communication tool.

#GitHub is going great.
Remember the issue where PRs wouldn't show up on repositories? Well, it turns out it wasn't fixed at all. #Microsoft just "resolved" the incident and is rejecting all reports about it now.
https://github.com/conda-forge/amplitude-analytics-feedstock/pulls is one example when you can't see the PRs.
See e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219231

Chargers GM Joe Hortiz: 'Door is not closed' on bringing back WR Keenan Allen https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-gm-joe-hortiz-door-is-not-closed-on-bringing-back-wr-keenan-allen

A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir
where the site has remained underwater for decades,
prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of Nithe Station.
Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers toiled and died building the railway, a supply route through mainland Southeast Asia for the occupying Japanese forces.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand recently draine…

World War II 'Death Railway' train station resurfaces in Thailand
A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades. Researchers have raced to western Thailand for the unique opportunity to survey the remnants of Nithe Station. The reservoir was drained for maintenance at a hydropower dam in Kanchanaburi province. But time is limited as the reservoir may begin to refill in August. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers died while building the rai…

Memo: the Army CIO reinstates limits on Army members' AI token usage; docs show the DOD's Ask Sage tool can access 100M tokens via an annual "enterprise pack" (Vittoria Elliott/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-army-is-burning-through-its-ai-toke…

The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.