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“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce.”

~ James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
Federalist No. 45

How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy Herds
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-bird-flu-went-from-devastating-poultry-farms-to-infecting-dairy-herds/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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[ Android Police: This new Android feature is awful and there's no way to turn it off ]
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Or you can do what I used to do in meetings...

PUT MY PHONE ON DND!

Kids these days......

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“No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?”

~ Daniel Webster
(1782-1852) US Senator

Huawei aggressively expanding, despite US threats against anyone, anywhere using their chips. It's really heart warming to see a cooperatively owned company becoming dominant in the tech sector.

youtu.be/NYLXubOBZDs

#technology #china #huawei

Zohran Mamdani’s apparent victory late Tuesday night represented a sharp rebuke of the Democratic Party establishment

It represented, he said, the ascendance of a new Democratic coalition, one that prioritized the needs of the working class over those of the elite.
“We have won because New Yorkers have stood up for a city they can afford,” he said.
“A city where they can do more than just struggle. One where those who toil in the night can enjoy the fruits of their labor in the day.”
nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregio…

@Theaitetos (Рцяэыоод) - sad news:

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#Fox #Foxes #MikaylaRaines #animals

in reply to mudflap

@mudflap Is that reason enough to be a soft, fucking, pussy suicidal? We have all gotten bullied in multiple ways. Those moments were and still are, opportunities to overcome and win not to surrender and die. It's unforgivable, it's weak and it's superficial.

Imagine caring that much about gaining the acceptance of people, especially people one never even met, that their negative, presumable opinions or attitudes causes one to prefer suicide. That is utter vanity and there may be a special place in hell for people that vain, weak and shallow. Who will take care of her foxes now that she never really cared about them in the first place? She just cared about what favorable opinions, that others had for her.

Jean-Pascal Zadi : interview avec l'acteur et réalisateur du film Le Grand Déplacement | GQ France


#cinéma

Oh purée ça a l'air mortel. Zadi me fait mourir de rire, il est génial.

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fascinating how every culture has its own legends - in Germany our neighbors were horrified we put ice in our drinks - they said it was bad for the stomach. To this day with few exceptions I prefer drinks room temp or hot

@wesyang
I was told by my Korean mother that I could die from an electric fan left running while asleep and only learned well into adulthood that this was an urban legend unique to Koreans

PNG is back!

programmax.net/articles/png-is… (by Chris Blume)

A new PNG spec was just released! […]

[…] After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor!

What's new?

* Proper HDR support (future‐proof, too!)

* Finally recognizes APNGs (animations!)

* Officially supports Exif data

* General tidying up—fixing errata, clarifications, etc.

#png

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"Trapping AI" – Slight Update! 🌀

Activity in the "Trapping AI" project is accelerating: in just under a month, over 26 million requests have hit our tarpit URLs 🕳️. Vast volumes of meaningless content were devoured by AI crawlers — ruthless digital leeches that relentlessly scour and pillage the web, leaving no data untouched.

In the coming days, we’ll roll out a new layer of complexity — amplifying both the intensity and offensiveness of our approach. This escalation builds on fakejpeg, a tool developed by @pengfold.

🖼️ fakejpeg generates fake JPEGs on the fly. You "train" it with a collection of existing JPEGs, and once trained, it can produce an arbitrary number of things that look like real JPEGs — perfect for feeding aggressive web crawlers junk 🗑️.

Explore fakejpeg: github.com/gw1urf/fakejpeg

Learn more about "Trapping AI": algorithmic-sabotage.github.io…

See the tarpit in action: content.asrg.site/

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It is difficult to summon any kind of language to describe the age of Israeli barbarity and horror and remain sane. #Israel #Netanyahu #JewishHitler #warcriminal #Zionazis #Jewishterrorists #psychopaths #hasbara #OccupiedWestBank #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #Iran #CrimesAgainstHumanity #USA #warcrimes theshot.net.au/uncategorized/t…

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I'm curious how many agencies know the that body bags with ice in them can save lives in heatwaves?

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
. 2020 Jan 8;1(1):49–52. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12007

A body bag can save your life: a novel method of cold water immersion for heat stroke treatment

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#heatwaves #heatstroke #heat

Hey folks - for health reasons (mine, not hers!) I may need to soon re-home my amazing cat, Smalltalk! If you live in the SF Bay Area and might be interested, please ping me! She's truly a wonderful sweet creature! (She'd do best as an only pet.)

(Update 6/27: I’ve found a couple wonderful humans and am exploring options w them. Thank you all for your help!)

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High-resolution mapping reveals ocean carbon sink detail


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Ocean acidification is detrimental to coral reefs

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of human-driven climate change by absorbing roughly a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity. However, this uptake is far from uniform across the global ocean. A new satellite-based product can now map the ocean carbon sink at unprecedented resolution, offering unique insights into this highly variable and complex component of Earth’s climate system.

#earth #science #space #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Well! Some excellent news! Fuck you, Cuomo and all your rotten neolib Dems like you. Breath of fresh air.

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@tomcapuder Well--this was just a primary so the next part is beating the repugniqant and/or that asshole Adams. I think he'll do OK--and yes. Once he is mayor, we know how nasty and corrupt politicos can be to preserve funding and turf....I'll be surprised if he lives to the end of the term, frankly.

« … voiced outrage at what they see as an attack on free speech and solidarity with Palestine… »⁣⁣⁣

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#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine @palestine⁣⁣

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️

Frank van der Linde is a long-time activist for racial justice, the environment, and a free Palestine.

In 2018, he discovered that the Dutch police had listed him as a terrorist — and since then, van der Linde has endured legal battles, delays, and cover-ups. Now, he’s demanding accountability.

📄 Read the full article: statewatch.org/news/2025/june/…

For decades, Route 3254 was used by Palestinians and Bedouins to reach the #Ad-Dhariya market. But the traffic bothered the #settlers, so the Apartheid Major General Avi Bluth set up a checkpoint on the road to the market and had some of the stalls destroyed. In order to spare about 1,000 settlers from waiting in line with Palestinians at a checkpoint, a market that serves tens of thousands of people is now being shut down.


Route 3254 in the southern #WestBank had never really attracted settler interest since it was paved in the late 1990s. But in recent weeks, settlers from the South Hebron Hills, led by the toxic head of the regional council, Eliram Azoulay, have launched a new campaign: "The Ad-Dhariya Market is a Security Threat". They handed the narrative off to their loyal allies at “Israel Hayom” newspaper, and they provided with a sensational headline: "Drugs, prostitution, and even weapons: Bedouin residents storm a criminal pirate market”.

But what really bothered the settlers was spelled out clearly in the opening paragraph of the article: "Massive traffic jams have been reported in the Hebron Hills area in recent days, due to thousands of Bedouin residents arriving at a pirate market operating between Eshkolot, Tene Omarim, and Ad-Dhahiriya. The nearby Meitar checkpoint could not handle the pressure, and traffic backed up at the few surrounding checkpoints, which were never intended to accommodate such a volume of vehicles". Link to the “Israel Hayom” article is in the comments.

How did these traffic jams were created? For decades, the Ad-Dhahiriya market has served many Bedouin residents from the negev, who come there to shop. Recently, due to a consumer boycott by the Bedouin communities protesting rampant racism in Beersheba, even more people have begun shopping in the market. At the same time, following October 7th, Israel banned the entry of Palestinian workers. As a result, several dozen Palestinians, trying to make a living, set up roadside stalls along Route 3254. All of this has led to traffic congestion at certain times of day - and that is what upset the settlers from the settlement of Tene Omarim.

Now let us zoom out in order to understand what actually happened there. In the early 1980s, two isolated settlements Eshkolot and Tene Omarim - were established in the southwestern Hebron Hills. Both were built on lands that were looted from the residents of the village of Ad-Dhahiriya by declaring them as "state land". Although these two settlements are relatively small, with a combined population of around 1,700 residents today, the area that the state looted and handed over to them is above 16,000 dunams!

As part of the policy aimed at creating "Jewish continuity", Highway 3254 was paved in the 1990s in order to connect the two settlements, which lie about five kilometers apart. The road is effectively branching out Highway 325, which links the Meitar checkpoint to the settlement of Tene Omarim and was originally intended to continue on to Ad-Dhahiriya. However, the section leading to Ad-Dhahiriya was blocked by the army already in 2001 and has remained closed ever since.

And now we return to the present. The Meitar checkpoint is the checkpoint used by Bedouins that are heading to shop in Ad-Dhahiriya. Meaning, the settlers from Tene Omarim, the residents of Ad-Dhahiriya riding to the checkpoint, and the Bedouins that are coming from the Negev to shop in the market, all use the same road. Now, settlers occasionally find themselves standing in traffic - and even worse, standing in traffic with Arabs! And so, they concocted a story about drugs, prostitution, weapons, and nonsense.

At this point, Major General Avi Bluth entered the picture. On June 8, the Facebook page of the head of the Mount Hebron Regional Council reported that Bluth met with settlers who had "demanded solutions". Two days later, the council head announced that a solution had been implemented: a permanent checkpoint was installed at the junction of Highways 325 and 3254, blocking Bedouin access to the road leading to Ad-Dhahiriya. At the same time, bulldozers were sent to demolish the stalls that were built along the road. Links to the head of the Mount Hebron Regional Council posts are in the comments.

And what about the Bedouins who still want to reach Ad-Dhahiriya? For now, they can take a long detour of several dozen kilometers and approach the town from the north, via Highway 60. But who knows how long that option will remain open. Sooner or later, settlers will likely start complaining that there are too many "Arabs" on Highway 60 as well - and then that route will be closed to them also.

This is how a market that served tens of thousands of Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line - for livelihood and shopping - was destroyed. A gift to the settlers, just so they can drive without traffic jams from the settlement of Tene Omarim to the Meitar checkpoint. After all, they were promised "quality of life”.

#KeremNavot - Naboth’s Vineyard
Naboth’s Vineyard (Kerem Navot) is an Israeli NGO established in 2012, which monitors and carries out research on Israeli land policy in the #WestBank.

#Palestine
#apartheid #Israel #apartheid-Israel
#History #settlers
#Kerem-navot
#EU #US #US-Israel #US-Israel-terrorism #Israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine
keremnavot.org/english
https://x.com/nabothVin

It has been Confirmed those involved with the Biden Autopen Scandal will meet in a closed door meeting with Congress

The whole thing done in secret

Remember, Peter Doocy found ONLY ONE signature may have actually been signed by Biden IN 4 YEARS
#minds minds.com/newsfeed/17845830856…

“I think that Earth 2024 means stupidity,” Kathy said. We all laughed. It was a time when the leaders were both clowns and dangerous. It was a new age on Earth after a pandemic when the stupid were put into positions of power with the hope that stupidity would be the new path to the future. It didn’t work and caused World War Three. They did everything backwards. It was as if they went to stupid school and learned to carry out every activity in a way where it didn’t work and not only that, came back to hurt them.

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Reunião de estratégia para divulgação da petição Dinheiro Público Código Público


A carta Dinheiro Público Código Público é uma petição organizada pela Comunidade Software Livre #43 para reivindicar uma legislação que exija que sistemas utilizados por instâncias públicas sejam softwares livre.

A carta abaixo assinado (softwarelivre.tec.br/campanha-…) foi lançada em maio deste ano e precisamos construir uma estratégia de divulgação da campanha para recolher o maior número de assinaturas possíveis.

Além disso, planejamos construir uma cartilha mapeando o que já existe de legislação a respeito no Brasil e os casos de sucesso de uso de software livre no setor público.

Participe!

Precisamos de mais braços para alavancar esta campanha!
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Η εξαίρεση του κανόνα: ραδιόφωνο της Κρήτης κάλυψε την απόφαση του ΕΔΔΑ για το τουρκικό σωματείο (και την ανάρτησε όλη) ενώ κανένα ραδιόφωνο ή εφημερίδα της Αθήνας, της Θεσσαλονίκης ή της Θράκης (πλην των τουρκόφωνων) δεν το κάλυψε
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I am sure I don't have the most demanding job in the tech world, but it really seems like whenever I am somewhat stuck, ChatGPT is completely blown out of the water. Here I got lots of blather that I had to correct twice in order to be offered the obvious solution I was trying to avoid: chatgpt.com/share/685bdad2-caf…

Whoever considers this a useful technology must be using it for freshman homework assignments or something like that.

#Windows10 #updates will #cost you $30 - #Linux updates are for free 👍


Source: windowslatest.com/2024/10/31/m…

#Microsoft #cybersecurity #security #Software #os #update #Problem #fail #news #freedom #change #Windows #Windows11 #money #finance #economy

Not entirely unreasonably, if you're old enough to remember that the “UN weapons inspection programme in Iraq, was "infiltrated and fatally compromised" by the American and British intelligence agencies”…

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#ynet news alert

Deri rejects Trump’s claim: “No one has visited Fordow yet”

Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri said in an interview with the “Kikar Hashabbat” website that “damage was certainly caused to Iran’s nuclear facilities,” and rejected the claim by US President Donald Trump that “people on behalf of Israel visited the Fordow facility.” Deri was asked what damage was caused to the Iranian nuclear program and whether there was enriched uranium inside the facilities, and replied: “No one knows for certain, because no one has visited there yet.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@israel

My bank, business, changed their site, but lost my entire account I set up 15 yrs ago. It was like a new acct. All day, I spoke to 4 people & they didn't know what I meant. My bill pay is gone, no tax documents, no mortgage documents. Just one loan document. The "operations" dept tried to blame me. Nope. The last girl said, "Just fool around with the buttons. That's what I had to do." Like I didn't try that already many times. 🙄 I'll face them, just not today. I'm too tired. SMH
in reply to Rose

My sympathies for your situation. I had to contact two of my banks yesterday to straighten out situations similar to yours. (though not as extreme, thank God!) At the first bank I spoke on the phone with a rep who apologized for the situation, promised to resolve it, but it will take aprox. 10 days to get me new cards, etc. At the 2nd bank I dealt with an AI chat bot. Resolved this situation quicker. I expect to see everything back to normal there tomorrow. We'll see.

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@roscoeellis That's awful! We started the business just before the crash under Obama & committed to pay back a venture capitalist within a year. We talked to many banks. This is the only one that would give us a refi to pay him back @14%. No buyers, so we had to rent. And so it goes, the crime, destruction of property, rehabbing them over and over, shocking filth. We needed Hazmat once for the slimy filth, drug dealers, too. One was set on fire. Insurers dumped us. We got thru it all. 😆

The beginning of Ignis Mission


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Video: 00:03:10

These are the highlights of the launch on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) of ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland to the International Space Station. The mission is called Ignis.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 25 June 2025.

Sławosz is mission specialist on the Dragon spacecraft. The other crew members are Shubhanshu Shukla from India and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. They fly under the command of Peggy Whitson from USA.

Sponsored by the Polish government and supported by ESA, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MRiT), and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), the mission will include an ambitious technological and scientific programme with several experiments led by ESA and proposed by the Polish space industry.

#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Good Morning to New York's 1 Million New Illegal Gun Owners
2014 - THEY REFUSED TO REGISTER THEIR WEAPONS WITH THE STATE
The deadline for New York residents to register their so called “Assault Weapons” and “High” (read standard) Capacity Magazines came and went. An estimated million plus, formerly law abiding, gun owners have refused to comply with Cuomo and down state Democrat’s naive belief that the NY Safe Act, passed in a so called emergency session of the New York legislature, could force free people to register their hard earned property.
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« … if you listen to Smotrich, the Finance Minister, last week [...] talking brazenly and openly about cleansing Gaza of all Palestinians... that is ethnic cleansing... that is a war crime… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · youtube.com/watch?v=x5AcNZ02Ja…

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine @palestine⁣⁣

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️

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@Otto Pureblood They can take their alleged Jewish genius and move the fuck to Israel with no money or weapons from the US. We'll gladly revert to our traditional lifestyle of planting potatoes, raising livestock and learning eternally.

However, this is an apt presentation of what goes on in the mind of our greatest allies ever and presumably, God's chosen folk. They can have all their ornaments of deception back, we no longer want them. The novelty has worn thin. One wonders, if the Amish are also parasites feeding off alleged Jewish genius? We will not be jealous, one doubts that anyone ever was. What we will be and continue to be, is contemptuous.