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If only some group of people had been warning about the risks of massive government data collection, loudly, for decades and decades

imagine then getting freaked out when the government, which holds all that data in thousands of isolated silos just decides to...be efficient. talk to other parts of government. coalesce and aggregate its data.

imagine your entire defense for doing nothing about this is that you just assumed the government would never get its shit together and use the data you let it collect

in reply to Blurry Moon

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feld

it's so WEIRD because the Republicans were staunchly against this kind of thing for so long. It's literally why the ATC only has access to paper records for gun purchases! The Repubs were terrified about this being a searchable database for the government to have control over

thetrace.org/newsletter/atf-gu…


The ATF's Record-Long Gun Trace Times

PLUS: Americans are increasingly worry about threats to democracy, new survey finds.
The Trace

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Just what I always wanted. A 24/7 stream of Dugga Doo from the Interstellar Song Contest. This is truly the Baby Shark of the 30th century. #DoctorWho
youtube.com/watch?v=uR30rwqtib…

⭐️LIVE: 24/7 DUGGA DOO | The Interstellar Song Contest | #DoctorWho

You asked for it! Here’s the FULL version of the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest finalist from the planet Grimbald: DUGGA DOO! 🗣️🎶LYRICS:Dugga doo dugga do...
YouTube
#doctorwho

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Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders (including Markdown support!)
blogs.windows.com/windows-insi…

Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update to Notepad to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Notepad (version 11.2504.50.0) [caption id=
Windows Insider Blog

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Are any other @thunderbird users seeing the issues that @winterschon wrote about in this post? I've been seeing the high resource usage, just not quite as high (but almost as high). This is one of the reasons that I'm moving back to Emacs for my email or looking for a client that is a bit "lighter" on the resource usage.

#thunderbird #email

prose.winterschon.com/2025/05/…


prose — Complex systems emerge naturally; Complications are optional and often self-induced.

Eva Winterschön's micro-blog for occasional thoughts and happenings.
prose.winterschon.com
#email #thunderbird @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @Eva Winterschön

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I know I will hear a lot of flack for posting this, but here you guys go. I didn't write it, this comes from one of our local TV stations.

Smoke it or eat it, cannabis is bad for your heart, new research shows | WLNS 6 News
wlns.com/top-stories/smoke-it-…


Smoke it or eat it, cannabis is bad for your heart, new research shows

A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has a sobering message for regular cannabis users.
Marc Sternfield (WLNS 6 News)

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Rocketman was released in movie theaters 6 years ago today.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and Taron Egerton's performance was top notch. I'm going to have the song Rocketman in my head all day.

youtu.be/kyfMjDlcisQ?si=qgvegS…

#Movies #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Filmastodon


Rocketman (2019) - Rocket Man Scene (7/10) | Movieclips

Rocketman - Rocket Man: Elton (Taron Egerton) goes from overdose to performing "Rocket Man" at Dodgers Stadium.BUY THE MOVIE: https://www.fandangonow.com/det...
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#movies #cinema #cinemastodon #filmastodon

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🚀 Thanks for all the feedback on my German post about AI & critical thinking! I’ve just published the English version: »AI makes us humans unlearn how to think — and we mistake it for progress.«

If you care about culture, education, and how convenience can quietly erode our judgement, give it a read and let me know what you think. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/ai-makes-us-hum…

#AI #CriticalThinking #EdTech #KI


AI makes us humans unlearn how to think – and we mistake it for progress

How AI is changing our thinking — and why we risk unlearning it. An analysis of cultural shift, education, and convenience.
www.kuketz-blog.de
#AI #edtech #ki #criticalthinking

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Get ready to bank on winning! 🎉 Aira is giving away a pair of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses OR 200 minutes of service! Use Aira with our banking partners between June 1-30, 2025 for a chance to win. Details here: mailchi.mp/aira/bank-on-it-giv… #AiraGiveaway #SmartGlasses #BankingAccessibility

Bank on It Giveaway with Aira | Win a Pair of Meta Ray-Bans!

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#smartglasses #airagiveaway #bankingaccessibility

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[Podcast] AppleVis Extra 107: Exploring Apple’s Latest Accessibility Innovations with Sarah Herrlinger applevis.com/podcasts/applevis…

AppleVis Extra 107: Exploring Apple’s Latest Accessibility Innovations with Sarah Herrlinger | AppleVis

In this AppleVis Extra episode, David Nason and Thomas Domville (AnonyMouse) interview Sarah Herrlinger, senior director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives at Apple.
www.applevis.com

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WordPress may be run by… that guy, but it still has a massive user base. They all need better accessibility documentation.

@rianrietveld wants to improve it, but needs sponsors:
rianrietveld.com/2025/05/19/wp…

Rian is good people and I’d love for her to be able to do this.

#a11y #accessibility #WordPress

WordPress needs documentation about accessibility, help me work on it - Rian Rietveld

The goal During my 25 years working as a web accessibility specialist I noticed the biggest hurdle to create an accessible web, is the lack of knowledge.
Rian Rietveld
#a11y #Accessibility #wordpress @Rian Rietveld

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A neat project: from Brazil, a tool to print a star map that folds into a dome! Written by a physics professor. Teachers use it to introduce children to the night sky.

It had _never_ occurred to me that, instead of simply reciting to students _yet again_ the old speech about how flat maps and flat star charts distort the sphere, you could just _fix the map_ instead and make it dome-shaped. Brilliant!

They hope to open-source soon. Uses my Skyfield library.

nox-minima.net/en/

A small paper dome whose inside surface shows the night sky, plotted for the location and date from which students will be observing.

Nox-Minima | Planetário

Nox-minima é um lindo planetário 3D de grande precisão, para imprimir, montar e apreciar.
Nox-Minima

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Many consider #Bluesky a success, but in fact its activity has steadily declined since Trump's inauguration. The #Fediverse has had similar trends. Rapid growth caused by an external event is always followed by a slow decline back to a small base of loyal users. In a world full of dopamine addiction, it's hard to be a social network without dark patterns.

#SocialMedia

A chart of daily posters that is slowly declining since since an uptick in January.
#fediverse #socialmedia #bluesky
in reply to Jiří Eischmann

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Jamison Alexander

This pattern correlates with news intake from past elections with a lead up during high profile events. Adoption is tough. My friends aren’t on Mastodon and beyond news or science it seems like a struggle to get information on other fun social topics like sports. Where it isn’t a mirror bot no one interacts with.

The removal of the dark patterns is wonderful tho. It feels like you can really time out because you don’t see anything interesting sometimes and that’s okay.

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IMHO dobré srovnání *celkových* emisí aut s různým pohonem. Včetně tradiční odborné :D diskuze pod článkem. #auta @autickariczsk

autickar.cz/clanek/pravda-o-ce…


Pravda o celkových emisích elektromobilů v ČR

Nulové emise? Výfuk v elektrárně? Kde je pravda odhaluje nedávno publikovaná studie výzkumníků z brněnského VUT FEKT.
Autickar.cz
#auta @Autíčkáři CZ/SK
in reply to Schmaker

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Jiří Eischmann

@schmaker Jo, po Polsku máme nejšpinavější výrobu elektřiny v EU. To je pěkně vidět tady: app.electricitymaps.com/
Ale i tak je ekologičtější jezdit na naši elektřinu nebo benzín/naftu.

Live 24/7 CO₂ emissions of electricity consumption

Electricity Maps is a live 24/7 visualization of where your electricity comes from and how much CO2 was emitted to produce it.
app.electricitymaps.com
@Schmaker
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