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“Canada’s Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has said he will put less emphasis on AI regulation, amid a global shift in which governments are focusing on AI adoption and away from safety and governance.” theglobeandmail.com/canada/art…

85% of Canadians want government regulation for AI, poll shows

57 per cent of Canadians polled strongly agree that AI tools should be regulated to ensure ethical and safe use
Anja Karadeglija (The Globe and Mail)

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🇪🇺 readers:

"Chat Control" proposes mandated scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos.

Contact your MEPs to express your views 👇
fightchatcontrol.eu/

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Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu

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A message I received today:"While you don't entirely disagree with me? that you disagree with me at all means you can fuck right off!" This is what passes for well-reasoned debate on the internet. What passes for tolerance of different points of view, for challenges to our own. And we wonder why fascism is so successful at the moment. "You're not like me, therefore you don't deserve to be heard". This isn't just the province of the right. Please share widely.

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White mold #fungi split their #genome across several nuclei theconversation.com/white-mold…

"#spores of S. sclerotiorum contain one set of 16 #chromosomes divided across two nuclei, rather than each nucleus containing a complete set... #chromosome composition varies among nuclei, suggesting the division of chromosomes between nuclei is in an irregular manner... to produce the next generation, they need to reform a diploid cell with the full suite... Presumably, this requires the fusion of nuclei"

microscopic photo of threads of fungal spores

White mold fungi split their genome across several nuclei, with implications for future gene editing

Challenging the long-standing assumption that a cell’s nucleus contains a complete set of chromosomes, recent research reveals that some fungi nuclei only contain half.
The Conversation
#fungi #genome #Spores #chromosomes #chromosome

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At least with fixed ALPR cameras, and even certain police departments that heavily use the tech on their vehicles, it's at least theoretically possible to plan travel to avoid constant state surveillance.

This partnership would make surveillance all but ubiquitous, impossible to avoid, and would mark the largest assault on unencumbered freedom of movement that I can imagine.

404media.co/flock-wants-to-par…


Flock Wants to Partner With Consumer Dashcam Company That Takes ‘Trillions of Images’ a Month

That dashcam in your car could soon integrate with Flock, the surveillance company providing license plate data to DHS and local police.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)

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Recently, the meta rayban glasses have kind of been hitting me from all directions, and not gonna lie, I'm starting to consider buying them, since I rely a lot on identifying colours on displays of household appliances, reading documents on paper, recognizing frequencies/channel numbers on radios and so on. Could anyone who owns them please enlighten me if they work for the things I described? And mainly if the AI functions are supported outside of the US (since I'm from Czechia)? I remember reading about this limitation a few months ago, but maybe I'm imagining things. I'd be very glad for any answers, and if you could boost this post, that would really help me out a bunch. Thanks!

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Random thought: What if multitrack recording and stereo hadn't been developed concurrently? What if stereo, and even binaural micing, had come long before multitrack? Would it have become normal to produce music recordings in the studio by setting up binaural mics in a room where a band performed together? When multitrack finally came, would it still be normal to produce the artificial stereo mixes we have now, that IMO don't sound anything like a band playing together in a room?

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"Please do not use Google AI to find out our specials. Please go on our Facebook page or our website," the restaurant wrote in a weary Facebook post. "Google AI is not accurate and is telling people specials that do not exist which is causing angry customers yelling at our employees."

"We cannot control what Google posts or says," the post added, "and we will not honor the Google AI specials."

futurism.com/local-restaurant-…


Local Restaurant Exhausted as Google AI Keeps Telling Customers About Daily Specials That Don't Exist

A restaurant is begging its customers to please stop using notoriously unreliable Google AI to ask about its menu items.
Frank Landymore (Futurism)

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I watched Envision's community call. If I'm understanding this correctly, I can actually buy the Solo AirGo V glasses from the manufacturer's web site. I haven't looked at it in detail. but, the prices appear to be cheaper. I'm confused by the financing here. I understand the first year's pro sub to be free. But, if I subscribe to the annual pro plan right now, I'd get it for $100 and I'd be grandfathered in for following years.

#accessibility #blind

#Accessibility #blind

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To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands

Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring significant environmental benefits.

france24.com/en/europe/2025082…


To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands

Joanna YORK (FRANCE 24)

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Wir brauchen die Großen!

Damit wurde ich letztens in Sachen #digitaleKirche belehrt.

Gemeint sind Konzerne wie z.B. Meta, Google, MS...

Diese Ansicht teile ich so pauschal nicht!

Klar, nicht nur in digitaler Kirche haben wir uns von den Großen abhängig gemacht. Wenn sie den Stecker zu wichtigen Diensten ziehen (z.B. Seekabel, DNS, Cloud-Infra usw.), ginge zur Zeit nix mehr.

Trotzdem, oder gerade deshalb möchte ich diese Herangehensweise nicht zur Grundlage meiner Arbeit machen.

Dankbar bin ich, dass es viele Engagierte gibt, die die Freiheit eines Christenmenschen (frei nach Luther, die Theologen mögen mir verzeihen 😉 ) auch im Digitalen erproben und sich für eine, soweit wie möglich, selbstbestimmte digitale #Kirche und #Gesellschaft einsetzen.

#FediKirche #RespektDerDigitalenPrivatsphäre #selbstbestimmtDigital

#gesellschaft #digitalekirche #fedikirche #kirche #selbstbestimmtdigital #respektderdigitalenprivatsphäre

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Is it time to add support for another TLS backend to #curl ? github.com/curl/curl/discussio…

Adding openHiTLS as a New Cryptographic Backend for curl ？ · curl curl · Discussion #18429

Hello curl community, I'd like to discuss the possibility of adding openHiTLS as a new cryptographic backend for curl. About openHiTLS openHiTLS is an open-source cryptographic library that provide...
GitHub
#curl
in reply to Tuta

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Pheonix

Thanks, I'll it to the no-ai list.

github.com/thatshubham/no-ai


GitHub - thatshubham/no-ai: This repository will be a community-curated list of software and resources that explicitly avoid the integration of artificial intelligence.

This repository will be a community-curated list of software and resources that explicitly avoid the integration of artificial intelligence. - thatshubham/no-ai
GitHub

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🍲 Novinka na Oscloudu: Mealie – sdílená kuchařka a plánovač jídelníčků!

Mealie je open-source aplikace, kde můžeš:

- ukládat a třídit recepty,

- plánovat jídelníčky,

- generovat nákupní seznamy,

- importovat recepty z webových stránek

- sdílet recepty s rodinou nebo komunitou.

🔑 Přihlášení je jednoduché přes Oscloud účet. Registrace probíhá jen na pozvánku nebo přímo zde:
👉 helpdesk.oscloud.cz/help/30202…
Více zde:
👉 docs.oscloud.cz/apps/mealie/

#oscloud #mealie #opensource #fediverse #recepty

Mealie - Oscloud Docs

Oscloud je váš osobní cloud a hosting webových aplikací.
docs.oscloud.cz
#opensource #fediverse #oscloud #mealie #recepty

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I've just published a blog post listing exciting new features in Debian 13, focusing on practical changes that can improve your workflow for better performance and productivity.

This is also useful for users of other distributions, as most of the features come from projects also packaged outside of Debian.

samueloph.dev/blog/debian-13-m…


Debian 13: My list of exciting new features | Samuel Henrique (samueloph)

My personal website
Samuel Henrique (samueloph)

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News: Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech at news conference on reported Trump military plan for Chicago

cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illin…

#Pritzker


Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech at news conference on reported Trump military plan for Chicago

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker spoke at a news conference Monday afternoon, addressing reports President Trump is planning to send the military to Chicago. Here is the full text of his remarks.
CBS Chicago Team (CBS Chicago)
#pritzker

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When the Washington Post asked 604 DC residents about Trump’s takeover, Post editors didn’t like what they said, so they took it out of the headline.

fair.org/home/wapo-editors-doi…


WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters’ Vital Work on DC Occupation

Washington Post editors have been slapping misleading headlines on Post reporters' invaluable coverage of the military occupation of DC.
FAIR
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