This Q&A on tariffs is somewhat belated but is an informative read and a good candidate for a social media sharing!
brown.edu/news/2025-02-03/tari…
In a Q&A, Brown University Professor of Economics Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan discussed how the new presidential administration’s planned tariffs could potentially impact the U.S. economy.Brown University
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)
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.
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
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)
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)
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…
Flight attendants for GlobalX, a private charter airline used in migrant deportations, say life on board wasn’t what they signed up for.ProPublica
Org profile for Meta Llama on Hugging Face, the AI community building the future.huggingface.co
Lockdown declared at East Block on Parliament Hill | CBC News
currently #Obsidian for Android requires full file access permissions because it's necessary for certain third-party sync tools and interoperability — but some users prefer narrower permissions
in an upcoming version we're adding this option, do the tradeoffs make sense here?
Microsoft has rolled out a new AI-powered feature to its Edge browser: YouTube video summarization via Copilot. This addition brings the power of generativeSalih Kunduz (Accessible Android)
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.
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
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.
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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
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."
Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.Discord
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Are you connected to Wi-Fi on one device and need the password to log in on another? Here's how to find Wi-Fi passwords in Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.PCMag
This little machine is packing a lot of power, not to mention plenty of ports and Windows 11, at an equally small price.Michael Crider (PCWorld)
"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 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)
this is the correct attitude for open source projects. free software is political.
forum.yunohost.org/t/am-i-hack…
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 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
@margo Tak hlasim, ze merunka prezila.
Ja jsem tomu konceptu rozprasovacu a vodni mlhy moc nadeji nedaval, ale zda se, ze to nejaky efekt ma. Az na tu masivni spotrebu vody, teda.
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! 📰 ☕ 
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization
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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! 📰 ☕
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization
“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…
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.Cult MTL
Still relevant today.
“A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders” #accessibility
tpgi.com/a-web-of-anxiety-acce…
UI/UX design can contribute to feelings of anxiety and panic. Read how urgency, unpredictability, powerlessness, and sensationalism play a role.David Swallow (TPGi)
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Announcing a new Thunderbird email service called Thundermail as part of the Thunderbird Pro suite of additional services.Ryan Sipes (The Thunderbird Blog)
No, this isn't clickbait: These tips will make an immediate difference in your day-to-day work.choffman (Computerworld)
Over half a century, the company has introduced technologies including the Windows operating system, the Azure cloud, video games, and now artificial intelligence.Mario Moreno (Computerworld)
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