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NYT - The DoJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador is now on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department. nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/poli…

Justice Dept. Lawyer Who Criticized Administration in Court Is Put on Leave

Erez Reuveni is the latest in a series of career officials who have faced punitive action after refusing to comply with a directive they deemed illegal or unethical.
Glenn Thrush (The New York Times)

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Negation in human languages (and why LLM struggle with negation) youtube.com/watch?v=cp0QhCV5uH…

(I tested with ChatGPT and it passed the test. May be it was trained on this video to avoid this error.

Why NO and NOT Are Not Words That Never Get Confusing | Otherwords

One of the first words a baby learns is NO! But negation is a deceptively complex linguistic process!Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep...
YouTube

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NYT - A video on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a Gaza mass grave, shows ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency lights on when Israeli troops fired on them. nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/m…

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On

The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
Farnaz Fassihi (The New York Times)

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Kyiv Independent - The US Embassy’s response to Russia's lethal attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih was "unpleasantly surprising," says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. kyivindependent.com/us-embassy…

US embassy's response to Russia's Kryvyi Rih attack 'surprisingly disappointing,' Zelensky says.

The U.S. Embassy to Ukraine's response to Russia's attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4, which killed 19 people and injured 68, was "unpleasantly surprising," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 5.
The Kyiv Independent news desk (The Kyiv Independent)

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LEt's retweet this again!

GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.

Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.

“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
propublica.org/article/inside-…

#News #ICE #Immigration #Deportation #Aviation #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump newsie.social/@ProPublica/1142…


Inside ICE Air: What It’s Like to Be a Deportation Flight Attendant

Flight attendants for GlobalX, a private charter airline used in migrant deportations, say life on board wasn’t what they signed up for.
ProPublica
#Trump #News #aviation #immigration #immigrants #ice #deportation #migrants

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Microsoft Edge for Android Now Summarizes YouTube Videos with Copilot accessibleandroid.com/microsof…

Microsoft Edge for Android Now Summarizes YouTube Videos with Copilot - Accessible Android

Microsoft has rolled out a new AI-powered feature to its Edge browser: YouTube video summarization via Copilot. This addition brings the power of generative
Salih Kunduz (Accessible Android)

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I have now filed a bug report about the web version of #Element (the flagbearing #Matrix client) constantly using/waking my CPU while it is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox: github.com/element-hq/element-…

I'm hoping I'm not the only one observing this issue, and that some power saving improvements can be made, because to me this would look like a big drain on battery life for modern #laptops that *need* you to let their CPUs sleep while idle.


Constant CPU wakeups and CPU usage while the web version of Element is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox · Issue #29682 · element-hq/element-web

Steps to reproduce Launch Firefox with just one normal static website loaded (ex: this GitHub ticket), observe CPU usage to be roughly 0% on idle. Open a Firefox tab to app.element.io (with your us...
GitHub
#matrix #element #laptops

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Read this, weep, refuse to comply, & don't be paralyzed by the evil.

"I understand that we have an immigration problem. I do," Riggs said. "I understand that our country cannot harbor every single person that crosses its borders. I understand that there are really bad people that we have to find." But starting w/a 73-year-old grandfather who has a #heart condition & who is the primary caretaker of his wife w/#dementia is not the solution, she said.

theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…

#Fascism
#USPol


ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years

The Lafayette man was detained outside of a gas station on his way to work, and his family posted a video begging for prayers and help to bring him home.
The Advocate
#uspol #fascism #heart

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Thank you Dr. Brittany Charlton (& others taking legal action) for suing #RFK's evil, stupid cuts to #NIH research b/c he doesn't realize or care that "We are all connected."
"Some of our research may seem narrowly targeted. For instance, we may study why a particular population has a higher-than-expected risk of colon cancer. If you’re not a member of that group, you might question why your tax dollars should fund such research. One answer is that we are all connected."

thehill.com/opinion/healthcare…

#RFK #nih

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My new tool KK Browser provides a Komplete Kontrol browsing experience similar to what the KK standalone or plugin browser does, but with accessibility built right in. Also, no keyboard is required.
You can get your hands on a test build here, feel free to send me any ideas or bug reports.
Windows: nightly.link/Timtam/kk-browser…
Mac OS: nightly.link/Timtam/kk-browser…
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"Pakistan isn’t trying to become a Silicon Valley of solar. It’s not chasing unicorn valuations or plastering press releases with blockchain buzzwords. It’s solving energy poverty with sunlight and silicon. It’s trading diesel for distributed storage. It’s moving from grid collapse to gridless competence. It’s trading petrol for electrons. And it’s doing it at a pace that should embarrass countries with ten times the GDP."

Edit: sorry for posting a story with an AI-generated image. Didn't notice at the time.

cleantechnica.com/2025/04/04/p…


Pakistan’s 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy - CleanTechnica

Pakistan’s solar boom, EV rise, and climate action signal a historic shift from fragility to clean tech leadership across Asia’s most unexpected energy frontier.
Michael Barnard (CleanTechnica)
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this is the correct attitude for open source projects. free software is political.

forum.yunohost.org/t/am-i-hack…


Am I hacked or is this something new?

Regarding the comments along the lines of “is it really necessary to have politics involved in open-source projects?”, “can’t you be neutral?”, “what is this shit?”… Yes, it’s necessary.
YunoHost Forum

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ArcaneChat 1.56.1 released!

ArcaneChat 1.56.1 is already available in Google Play and should be available in f-droid in the upcoming days, for other download options check arcanechat.me/

🔮 What's new?

★ ignore click in info-messages from deleted in-chat apps

★ data saving: do not send messages to the server if user is the only member of the chat in single-device usage

★ protect metadata: encrypt message's sent date

★ do not fail to send messages in groups if some encryption keys are missing

★ synchronize contact name changes across devices

★ fix changing group names that was not working in some situations

★ fix: do not show outdated message text in "Message Info" of an edited message

★ some more small bug fixes and updated translations

★ update app core to 1.158.0

💜 Show your love and support ArcaneChat development: arcanechat.me/#contribute


ArcaneChat

Private chats for the family
arcanechat.me
#arcanechat

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The #XMPP Newsletter for March 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕ :xmpp:

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization

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XMPP - The universal messaging standard
xmpp.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #chat #interoperability #decentralization #standards #rtc

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The #XMPP Newsletter for February 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/03/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕ :xmpp:

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization

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XMPP - The universal messaging standard
xmpp.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #chat #interoperability #decentralization #standards #rtc

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“The ‘Freedom Convoy’ was — without question — one of the low points for conservatism in Canada; one of the most divisive & disturbing events in recent Canadian political history. Its goal was to overthrow a legally elected government & Poilievre championed their cause.”

"It backfired on Mr #Poilievre when the convoy squatters, squatted for too long & the rest of #Canada watched in horror as they tormented the innocent citizens of #Ottawa & trashed the city for weeks"

cultmtl.com/2025/04/observatio…


Observations from Montreal

An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
Cult MTL
#canada #ottawa #poilievre
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Still relevant today.
“A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders” #accessibility

tpgi.com/a-web-of-anxiety-acce…


A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders [Part 1] - TPGi

UI/UX design can contribute to feelings of anxiety and panic. Read how urgency, unpredictability, powerlessness, and sensationalism play a role.
David Swallow (TPGi)
#Accessibility
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