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Town’s Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors: futurism.com/artificial-intell…

Town’s Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors

An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
Victor Tangermann (Futurism)

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Niesamowita historia, jak możemy zostać “wyłączeni” z systemu. Amerykańskie sankcje blokują życie sieciowe i finansowe sędziego Międzynarodowego Trybunału Karnego, który wydał nakaz aresztowania Netanyahu.

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La vie de Nicolas Guillou, juge français de la CPI sous sanctions des Etats-Unis : « Vous êtes interdit bancaire sur une bonne partie de la planète »

Six juges et trois procureurs de la Cour pénale internationale ont été placés sous sanctions par l’administration Trump. Dans un entretien au « Monde », le magistrat raconte le poids de ces mesures sur son travail et son quotidien.
Stéphanie Maupas (Le Monde)
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ZaufanaTrzeciaStrona.pl

x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/199…

"In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.

Le Monde has a long article (lemonde.fr/international/artic…) describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.

Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.

He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.

That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund

and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.

Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic relations."

Arnaud Bertrand na platformie X: "In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe. Le Monde has a long article (https://lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/11/19/nicolas-guillou-juge-francais-de-la-cpi-sanctionne-par-les-etats-unis-face-aux-attaques-les-magistrats-de-la-cour-tiendront_6654016_3210.html) describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza. Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction. He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands. That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are: - punishing a European citizen - for doing his job in Europe - applying laws Europe officially supports - at an institution based in Europe - that Europe helped create and fund [...]"

La vie de Nicolas Guillou, juge français de la CPI sous sanctions des Etats-Unis : « Vous êtes interdit bancaire sur une bonne partie de la planète »

Six juges et trois procureurs de la Cour pénale internationale ont été placés sous sanctions par l’administration Trump. Dans un entretien au « Monde », le magistrat raconte le poids de ces mesures sur son travail et son quotidien.
Stéphanie Maupas (Le Monde)
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Jayson Smith

Don't count on that. If it's coming from Bratislava, it's probably making at least part of the journey thanks to some random Eurofly player, which means the plane will probably take on passengers when it's not supposed to, then deliberately crash over water just to hear the loud, scared noises the passengers make when they know that's about to happen. Or it'll have gone on a perfectly-executed flight only to have the pilot accidentally turn off both engines when they're about to land.

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I would like to clarify that while a ceasefire has been announced, what we have on the ground is only a temporary mitigation of hostilities; the war is still ongoing. The Israeli army hasn't withdrawn, and we're still subjected to gunfire and shelling periodically.

The situation is extremely difficult… food is scarce, there are no jobs, no source of income, and people are living on aid. I was surprised to see that donations have stopped, even though we are still in dire need.

#Gaza #Palestine

Mohammed Shobair. 23 years old, from Gaza
#palestine #Gaza
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Mohammed Shobair 🍉 from Gaza

Please, if you can, share our situation with your followers and friends. Perhaps we can amplify our voices and find support to help us survive.

➡️ chuffed.org/project/mohshbairg…

#Gaza #FreeGaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #CeasefireNow #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #GazaMutualAid #DontForgetUs #StopIsrael #Boycott #Donate #Support #PrayForGaza


No shelter, no safety - Help Mohammed survive genocide in Gaza

My name is Thomas and I live in France and in the UK. I'm hosting Mohammed's campaign because Palestinians cannot host their own campaigns. If you've got any questions or if you'd like any proofs, I'm happy to provide you with these.
Chuffed
#MutualAid #palestine #donate #support #boycott #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #ceasefirenow #freepalestine #StopGenocide #freegaza #stopisrael #prayforgaza #gazamutualaid #DontForgetUs

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I didn't even know Microsoft owned Zork. But, I'm glad they've open-sourced it. opensource.microsoft.com/blog/…

Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source

Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
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Matt Campbell

Actually @zarfeblong blogged about this two years ago: blog.zarfhome.com/2023/10/micr…

Microsoft consumes Activision; and a plea

The gavel has fallen; the cup has been stomped; pick your metaphor. Microsoft has succeeded in its almost-two-year quest to gobble up Activision. The peculiar side effect in my corner of the world is that Microsoft now owns the dusty remains ...
Zarf Updates
@Andrew Plotkin

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Finally: HTTP QUERY method is coming.

#ietf #HTTP

datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft…

IESG IESG state Approved-announcement to be sent

The HTTP QUERY Method

This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that processing.
IETF Datatracker
#http #ietf
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Intense snark

Sensitive content

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Zach Bennoui

@vol4life8657 @NicksWorld @LeonianUniverse Exactly. I'm all for blind people leading blindness specific companies and organizations, but I think it's just as important to have the right people working there. The two aren't mutually exclusive, you can have a sighted person who really cares and knows a lot about AT, just as you can have someone who is blind know next to nothing about the subject and be unwilling to learn. When you say stuff like "we should just ban all cited people from leadership positions at blindest specific companies" all you're doing is perpetuating a stereotype. That's not helpful.
@Darrell Bowles @LeonianSantaVerse🎄 @Nicks World

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👐BREAKING: Google made Quick Share compatible with AirDrop WITHOUT Apple's help!

Google's statement heavily implies this.

We don't know how Google did it, but Apple was seemingly NOT involved in making Quick Share work with AirDrop.

More details👇

🔗androidauthority.com/quick-sha…

Google made Quick Share compatible with AirDrop without Apple's help

Google just announced that Android's Quick Share is now compatible with AirDrop on iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks, but Apple didn't help.
Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)

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@ZBennoui Hi, I'm not asking for a lot - all I need is to provide food and medicine for my mother. She has Type 1 diabetes and hasn't been able to get her medication for over 3 months, plus she requires eye surgery.
I lost my father in the war - can you imagine? I'm having to step into his role as a father figure by seeking donations? ‼️‼️
Please, don't ignore me; I truly need your help, Please help where possible. Donation link in bio/Pinned post.🙏🍉🕊
@Zach Bennoui

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Small change, huge improvement. They replaced and moved this single streetlamp on one of main #Prague #bike ways A22. Originally there used to be the old lamp with bulky base placed almost in the middle of the road. It used to be very uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous place as it is just behind a turn and two cyclists couldn't pass each other here. Now it's fixed. 👏🚲
Narrow bikeway next to a road with a streetlamp on the side
Point on the map
#Prague #bike

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If the Canadian government wanted to do something nice for me, the absolute best single thing they could do for me¹ is cap UPS's import/brokerage fees at the amount I would have had to pay in self clearance. Or at self clearance levels plus ten percent.

Or just fucking make self clearance possible in downtown Toronto without spending $10 and two hours to take the train to Pearson. Please. I am dying

¹ I mean short of something really expensive like OHIP covering medication.

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Pitermach

@sclower The preview doesn't show anything either, and ironically they picked the episode Holoship which starts with the crew watching a movie. The BBC did this in a really cool way with Faulty Towers where they had one of the characters occasionally interject with descriptive commentary while staying in-character. Could have been fun to see how something like that could have worked with red dwarf
@Steve

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Soooo viele Daten, so viele Behörden, so viele Websites…

warum also nicht 'ne kleine Pest sein und Behinderten beim Melden von Barrieren helfen, indem man das alles massiv vereinfacht und dann noch mit Profis drüberschaut? Und alles das öffentlich zugänglich, damit sich nie wieder jemand rausreden kann? Könnte ja Behörden überlasten und Durchsetzungsstellen was zu tun geben.

2026. #sneakpeek

Ein Screenshot eines Online-Tools, mit dem man Barrieren melden können soll. In diesem Beispiel eine Barriere bei „Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe“, deren Beschreibung und Informationen direkt aus einem Prüfgutachten übernommen wurden.
#sneakpeek
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Thunderbird Pro is getting closer to its Early Bird release! Find out what that means and what it includes in our latest update.

#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdPro #Thundermail #OpenSource

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/t…


Thunderbird Pro November 2025 Update - The Thunderbird Blog

Our team remains hard at work on Thunderbird Pro! Get the latest developments on Thundermail, Appointment, and Send, and our Early Bird plan.
Ryan Sipes (The Thunderbird Blog)
#opensource #thunderbird #thunderbirdpro #thundermail

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Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda
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Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda - Michael Geist

Last month, the government seemingly reversed course on its lawful access plans to grant law enforcement powers to demand warrantless access to personal information from any provider of a service in Canada.
Michael Geist

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Never do this. NEVER

Remember the pain of being held back by 2.6.32 ??

canonical.com/blog/canonical-e…


Ubuntu Pro now supports LTS releases for up to 15 years through the Legacy add-on. More security, more stability, and greater control over upgrade timelines for enterprises. […]

Ubuntu Pro now supports LTS releases for up to 15 years through the Legacy add-on. More security, more stability, and greater control over upgrade timelines for enterprises.
Canonical (Ubuntu)
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Phantasm

I don't think glibc maintainers care about compatibility considering their constant ABI breakage. New features? Maybe. But as I've said, this might stop some developers from trying out the new shiny things which I consider a good thing. Or if they want to use it, hide it behind #ifdef and supply an alternative. What this does isn't hold back improvement, it forces writing portable code again which everybody forgot in the last 5-10 years. And I'm getting tired of having to package some random new library from a year ago whose version must be from the last 3 months and the Python version must be _latest_ for a piece of software to even consider building itself. Examples: HomeAssistant, Gitea and much more.

This is also mostly a non-issue for open source software where you can always patch it to work on older libc, or make multiple packages if you are the developer. The developer might not want to do it, but maybe the distro maintainers want to which is also fine. And pre-built binaries without source will always suffer since glibc ABI compatibility barely exists.

#ifdef

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Finally, NVAccess has agreed to separate links from the adjacent non-link text and display them on separate lines as a toggleable option. It’s still unclear when this will be implemented, but it's a good step forward in my opinion. I opened this issue in April 2020, and many users really want it.
Their comment states:
"We appreciate the constructive community feedback. We've triaged this issue, meaning we would accept this feature as a toggleable option."
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
@NVAccess

Issue displaying text after links when the Screen Layout mode is turned off

Steps to reproduce: First and foremost, make sure the Screen Layout mode is turned off. It can be done via Insert+V when placed on a webpage. The issue can be duplicated everywhere but, as an examp...
amirsol81 (GitHub)
@NV Access
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Jamie Teh

@kaveinthran This isn't even a question of design philosophy, so a fork wouldn't help that. This is ultimately about what a very small team of developers has the capacity to handle. The fact that this (and other issues) have been triaged means that pull requests would be accepted for them, so I don't see how a fork would change anything here. @amir @Dennislong82
@Kaveinthran @Amir @Dennis long

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Mental note of an idea before I forget and never tell anyone: @thunderbird should adopt and dig in deep on being the best in class mobile and desktop client for #DeltaChat in addition to being an email and RSS reader. Compete on simplicity and features against closed, commercial Messangers, not just corporate email. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

cc: @delta

#deltachat @Delta Chat @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Delta Chat

you are 6 years late :) We already invited the Thunderbird core team for two days of discussing joint futures in 2019. For several reasons (pandemic disruption among them) they didn't follow up much. Maybe they also believed, like many others, that instant messaging via email can not work? In any case, they recently integrated a Matrix client, but TB's chat interface remains very bare bone. Should they revise their approach, we'd be happy to collaborate.

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If any Jaws home users were wondering if they're missing out on AI Web page summaries, from my testing, the answer is no. These summaries are pretty good if you are a beginner, they give you an overview of important links, how to navigate the page, remind about potentially useful shortcuts, and so on. From my testing on several large forum topics, these summaries do not summarize the text content itself, They just briefly mention what it is about.

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A worrying number of influential people seem to have forgotten how bubbles work. When the bubble starts to burst it won’t first manifest in Nvidia’s results, but in smaller loss-making AI start-ups struggling to secure the investor funding they need to keep operating. This will slowly propagate to larger loss-making AI companies, and the collapse will be well underway by the time it shows up in Nvidia’s results.
Guardian headline: Markets rally after Nvidia’s strong results calm AI bubble fears
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