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#NYC Council pushes to ban stores from collecting #biometric data
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Stores like Macy's and Wegmans use #FacialRecognition software to track customers in #NewYork City.
Stores like Macy's and Wegmans use facial recognition software to track customers in New York City.Liam Quigley (Gothamist)
New research shows Victoria’s commitment to open justice is under serious threat – and that has big implications for all of us.The Conversation
First find a journalist ... from my view they were all replaced by churnalists decades ago ...
And churnalists have played a crucial role in upholding the narrative that the bloke up on domestic violence charge is a good bloke really ... and how the woman who was attacked was wearing the wrong clothes and in the wrong place ... then there's the many cases where they stir up their subscribers' outrage when they decide a person's guilt on a case before the court ... even before it gets there ... Like they did with Erin Patterson ...
I have no sympathy for any within the Australian Media Streaming Misinformation ...
Cali at the #MLKShorelinePark in 2020.
Me: Linux has gotten so much more user-friendly and beginner-friendly, I really think it can be a mainstream consumer OS now.
Also me: Man, I'm glad I finally figured out that the reason my file browser kept crashing because of a memory leak and my text editor couldn't save documents and I couldn't access part of my start menu was because a .desktop file I set up didn't escape a character so for some reason all three of those would hit a gigantic memory leak and crash out every time
Honestly, I truly want to believe that if World War 3 broke out, as horrible as it would be, that only the aggressors get attacked.
I want Europe to remember what Trump, Vance, and the rest of the US said.
I want them to remember what Bibi said.
When the guns get turned on the Empire, everybody better shut the fuck up!
Close up shop. Close your blinds. We ain't home.
The US Empire and Israel needs to pay what they fucking owe!
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From the Wikipedia page on the Nuremberg trials: "The International Military Tribunal agreed with the prosecution that aggression was the gravest charge, stating in its judgment that because "war is essentially an evil thing", "to initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole".
From the Wikipedia page on Hideki Tojo: he was "found guilty of, among other actions, waging wars of aggression; war in violation of international law; unprovoked or aggressive war against various nations; and ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of prisoners of war".
Is this at all relevant today?
🚨 My father needs your help
His medication is about to run out, and missing even a single dose could be dangerous for his health.
I need to raise $200 to buy his medicine. Any amount, no matter how small, will help keep him stable.
@palestine #gaza #gazaverified
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I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza.Chuffed
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Three Palestinian citizens were injured and a house caught fire on Sunday evening after Israeli police forces launched a teargas attack in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem.Raouf (The Palestinian Information Center)
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Pakistan plans backup crude oil supplies from Saudi Arabia as Gulf tensions risk blocking the Strait of Hormuz and disrupting energy imports.News Desk (The Daily CPEC)
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The Queen of Hell — Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
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Αν όλοι αυτοί- ο Τραμπ, ο Νετανιάχου και οι ευήθεις Ευρωπαίοι- είναι οι υπερασπιστές του «ελεύθερου κόσμου», αλίμονο στον ελεύθερο κόσμο. Ζήτω που καήκαμε…Γιώργος Καρελιάς (News 24/7)
Middle East Conflict Halts 500 Pakistan Flights as regional airspace restrictions and security risks disrupt nationwide aviation operations.News Desk (The Daily CPEC)
Wizards of the Coast has announced that D&D 2024 is now officially "D&D 5.5e." We look at why they made the name change and whether it was the right call.Jason Volk (Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics)
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“I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support,” says Campbell.
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Follow-ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:Hebrew media have revealed serious Israeli efforts to involve Saudi Arabia in the war against Iran, following the violent attacks that targeted American and Israeli military centers in the region.i24NEWS quoted a polDAILY YEMEN
#adventofcode day 9 in #p5js - a pastiche of xkcd.com/208/ . I'd prepared this one meaning to use it later but then got stuck on a stupid typo today and ran out of time to think of another visualisation.
Where's the hair, I hear you ask. Well, I'm bald as a coot and it's important that we can all see ourselves represented in art (also, I couldn't be bothered)
A web editor for p5.js, a JavaScript library with the goal of making coding accessible to artists, designers, educators, and beginners.editor.p5js.org
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Someday ImageMagick will finally break for good and we'll have a long period of scrambling as we try to reassemble civilization from the rubble.nesbitt.io
Operation Ghazab lil Haq Destroys Afghan Posts after cross border aggression as Pakistan forces respond with artillery and drone strikes.News Desk (The Daily CPEC)
SUPREME COURT DECISION: The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a series of California laws that can limit the sharing of information with parents about the gender identity of transgender public school students without the child's permission, handing a victory to Christian parents who challenged these protections.
I am having trouble getting Linux (Linux Mint Debian Edition) to boot after installing on a Dell Optiplex 5040 and 3040 models with UEFI booting.
I am pretty sure it would work fine in Legacy mode.
Since UEFI is newer, I am guessing that is the recommendation... but will Linux work fine on Legacy boot with current kernels in the current year? Any reasons or features that I really should have with UEFI? Or is Legacy boot going to be fine?
Yes. And told the Dell BIOS exactly what file in the EFI partition to use (the one with "shim" in the name).
No luck.
The "boot-repair" program says that the NVRAM is locked. Same thing on both Optiplex 5040 and 3040 models. I have both and have been testing them.
The Optiplex 5040 has more potential, as it has an m.2 SSD slot onboard as well as four memory slots.
I may try Artix on it tomorrow to see it is just a Debian problem (I have seen that before).
However, the goal is to get a system out to a customer with Debian for an in-house web-server for wiki (documentation) and custom PHP web app and database.

PM Shehbaz Sharif Reviews Pakistan Security Situation and oversees evacuation of citizens from Iran amid regional tensions.News Desk (The Daily CPEC)
Closure of the Weatheradio Service in Canada
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Radio Amateurs du Canada réagit à la fermeture du service Radio-Météo au Canada For immediate release | February 25, 2026Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) is saddened to learn about the closure of the Weatheradio service provided by Environment and Clim…Alan Griffin (Radio Amateurs of Canada - Welcome to the Radio Amateurs of Canada website!)
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We've barely moved beyond years of lies from our government, from state governments, from the media about COVID, the vaccines, masks, social distancing, lockdowns, Remdesuvir, and tens of millions of people worldwide have paid the price with their lives, and 100 million injured.
Now they're lying about the Epstein files. Violating a law. Redacting half of them, and refusing to turn over the other 3 million.
When are people going to stop believing what these people tell us?
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History seems to prove that patience does little more than reveal what we were lied about.
And we are, and have been lied to about nearly everything of importance for our lifetimes.
People in cults stay because they believe, without reservation, what their leaders say.
I used to be one of those people. But apparently, everyone has different points where they finally awaken that it's all lies.
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in reply to Δρομογράφος • • •If you are forced to shop at Big Box stores to eat, there are some available defenses. If only some stores admit to biometrics, boycott them if possible of course.
Assume however that the big chains like Wal-Mart collect biometric data whether they admit it or not.
Their best face pictures are probably those at the self-check cashier stations. When using them, DO NOT stand in front of the screen or if the store follows Home Depot practice they record a high-resolution face shot with each item you buy! Instead move the width of your shoulders down the belt from the scanner and scan your items from there. The camera gets empty air.
I've never been hassled for doing this, probably because they don't want to admit to how they are using the cameras.
For me the goal of combining this with never making a credit card purchase or shopping with ID is to deny the store the abiity to put a name to a purchase history. This does mean defective products may be non-returnable as I refuse to release my name.