Veteran Joe Flacco selected as Browns starting QB for season opener against Bengals on Sept. 7
https://apnews.com/article/cleveland-browns-joe-flacco-0a74d90d940a6bde8d86416c372aad32?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Who Invented Backpropagation?
Link: people.idsia.ch/~juergen/who-i…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Its modern version (the reverse mode of automatic differentiation) was first published in 1970 by Seppo Linnainmaapeople.idsia.ch
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What's up NYC ATProto community! There's a Hack Day & Demos coming to East Williamsburg THIS FRIDAY August 22! Come hack with the community during the day, or come out after work to see the demos. We're hosting the event as pay-what-you-can: atprotocol.dev/atproto-nyc-...
ATProto NYC Community Hack Day...
Join us on Aug 22nd in East Williamsburg NYC for a community ATProto hack day & evening social.Boris Mann (ATProtocol Dev)
Big mad I can't make this, should be a great event
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What's up NYC ATProto community! There's a Hack Day & Demos coming to East Williamsburg THIS FRIDAY August 22! Come hack with the community during the day, or come out after work to see the demos. We're hosting the event as pay-what-you-can: atprotocol.dev/atproto-nyc-...ATProto NYC Community Hack Day...
ATProto NYC Community Hack Day & Evening Social
Join us on Aug 22nd in East Williamsburg NYC for a community ATProto hack day & evening social.Boris Mann (ATProtocol Dev)
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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Far-left Politico was busted pushing a hoax about Trump’s federal crime crackdown in their periodical “Playbook” newsletter on Saturday, and the paper was publicly issued a correction from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.Jordan Conradson (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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Legendary WW1 FPS series returns with "most authentic" battles and weaponry yet
Blackmill Games has made a name for itself by concentrating on a specific niche in the FPS genre. Rather than design games with the special abilities and nimble movement of Apex Legends or Call of Duty Warzone, the studio takes a more grounded approach, focusing on the battles of the First World War. After proving itself with games like Verdun, ...
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Gallipoli is a newly announced, realism focused historical FPS game set, like Verdun and Battlefield 1, during the First World War.Reid McCarter (PCGamesN)
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well these ebay sellers, sheesh. i decided to take a chance on a low-rated seller cause they were offering the clutch i want for like $100 cheaper than everyone else
they sent me a giant clutch for a jeep instead. which is stupid cause the one they sent sells for like $1200 vs the $400 i spent.
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“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken Let’s not mi…OffGuardian
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Taking my quarterly HR training for Toxic Masculinity.
Men are bad, yay! 
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Stick it to the Stickman Launches in Early Access for $4.99
Free Lives, the indie team behind Broforce, Anger Foot, and Terra Nil, has officially launched Stick it to the Stickman in Steam Early Access for $4.99. This physics-based brawler puts players into a cutthroat corporate world where every swing, kick, and chainsaw strike brings you closer to that coveted CEO title. The climb up the [...]
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la ferme pédagogique de l'Ile de Loisirs de SQY est menacée de disparition. leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/lapi…
Une pétition est en cours: change.org/p/sauvons-la-ferme-…
De manière plus générale, cela pose la question de la gestion de l'Ile de Loisirs qui va passer en Délégation de Service public (système qu'on connait trop bien pour l'eau): la collectivité délègue pour X années la gestion au privé qui vient à condition d'être assuré de faire un profit annuel conséquent. Les considérations d'intérêt général et de service public deviennent des contraintes qui entament la rentabilité et sont rapidement évacuées. Les élus d'opposition à SQY semblent suivre le dossier: leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/ile-… (article payant, je n'ai pas accès).
On peut s'attendre à ce que le lieu change radicalement de nature, ce sera un gros bouleversement pour beaucoup de personnes qui y ont leurs habitudes.
Pour rappel, suite au projet de stade du PSG à l'Ile de Loisirs (projet abandonné aujourd'hui), un collectif existe pour défendre l'Ile de Loisirs:
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/n…
Il est surtout composé aujourd'hui de militant·es associatifs de Montigny le Bx mais il gagnerait à se diversifier. Faites-moi signe si une participation à ce collectif vous intéresse.
Les 80 animaux de l’île de loisirs de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ont fait le bonheur de milliers de familles mais leur sort est désormais incertain.Virginie Wéber (Le Parisien)
Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown
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Is a movie drive in something you’d wanna try out?
That's so cool! I didn't know they still had fun drive-in stuff like that!
A late-July Gallup poll found that Americans now oppose Israel’s military operation by almost two-to-one.
Incredible, any way you turn it, killing children is a big no-no for any sane human.
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Germany : New Statement by Daniela Klette
On the 24th day of the trial, August 13, 2025, Daniela Klette read a statement, an excerpt of which we reproduce below (see in full here). At the same time, a rally was held near the court in support of the former RAF member who has lived in hiding for 30 years.
[…] Since my arrest, the police and prosecutor’s office have fuelled the myth that we are dangerous to society, unscrupulous and ready to kill, with false allegations, such as the alleged discovery of explosives in my apartment – which they have never denied, although no explosives were found.By insinuating that we were particularly dangerous, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office has created a militarized judicial framework.
The aim here is to revive and reactivate the memories and negative images of previous trials against RAF activists. This was already evident enough in Celle and is further underlined here in Verden-Eitze by the Rambow-like transport and the heightened security measures.
Even if the court wants to present itself as apolitical, it is the political context that determines this trial: the hostile image of the RAF and the enormity of having escaped the grip of the state for more than 30 years constitute the framework. […]
Source: secoursrouge.org/allemagne-nou…abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=…
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Allemagne : Nouvelle déclaration de Daniela Klette
Le 24e jour du procès, le 13 août 2025, Daniela Klette a lu une déclaration, dont nous reproduisons un extrait ci-dessous (voir en intégralité ici).secoursrouge.org
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Shin'en Announces 'The Touryst: Deluxe', Exclusive To Switch 2
New content, improved visuals, and more.Shin'en Multimeda, refusing to rest after the launch of Fast Fusion on the Switch 2, has announced The Touryst: Deluxe.Launching exclusively on the Switch 2, The Touryst: Deluxe will come with brand-new content, including a new island and monument to explore, new items and quests, plus improved visuals in both handheld ...
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good news, Air Canada refunded the cancelled flight for $400
bad news, the only available flights Tuesday tomorrow is $1,700 one way. wednesday is $800… I guess I have no choice considering I still have my return flight on the 25th
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Paris : Récit d’un squat occupé pendant 1 mois dans le 18e
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"Paris-Luttes.info / lundi 18 août 2025 Le récit du squat d’un immeuble destiné à devenir des logements sociaux pour keufs dans le 18e arrondissement, une histoire avec plein de rebondissements et des vigiles qui nous séquestrent. À lire absolument ! … Continuer la lecture →"
UK warns Sally Rooney after novelist pledges to fund Palestine Action
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/uk-warns-sally-rooney-after-novelist-pledges-to-fund-palestine-action?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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PM’s office says it is a crime to fund a banned group after award-winning author promises to back pro-Palestine group.Al Jazeera
Just saved my old Bluetooth speaker from the trash heap thanks to the internet 👍
(There was a hidden menu in the updater web page that I had to activate by typing A, D, V, Up, Down. I kid you not…)
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See How Artist Recreated His Friend's Tabaxi Monk from Dungeons & Dragons Campaign in 3D
Jaaziah Chan showed us the creation process behind The Governor, a tabaxi monk his friend made for a DnD campaign, explaining the techniques used for modeling the outfit and describing how the fur was made.
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@scottdhansen woooo!!!! Brewers 7, Cubs 0.
Game 2 in 3 hours. Brewers back up to a 9 game lead over Chicago.
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Stanford researchers used an implantable brain-computer interface to decode the inner speech of patients with up to 74% accuracy. The study used a “mental password” to activate the decoding for privacy. (via thenewpaper.co)
(The potential for people with speech pathologies or impairments is enormous, but so is the risk posed by any security vulnerabilities. -- ed.)
euronews.com/next/2025/08/15/a…
Researchers said the technology could one day help people who cannot speak communicate more easily.Gabriela Galvin (Euronews.com)
Not just regulated but properly secured against people who don't care about regulations.
Also, what if your health insurance does not cover the cost but the price drops by half if the company can use all the data you produce "to improve their service"?
What if "participation" in this stuff becomes non-optional? Or, you know, compliance is done Microsoft-style, where they make a "reasonable" effort to obey the letter of the law unless there's a good business reason not to?
Or your employer requires you use the interface?
Nope. Those things need proper open-sourced e2e encryption, and even then they could probably be used for horrible things. Once your captor punishes you for your thoughts, you'll learn to control them in ways you didn't think possible.
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I'm actually scared they might already have been asked, and answered in the wrong way.
Ultimately, I wonder if the economic incentive is actually in helping people who otherwise have difficulties to communicate, or in human/machine interfaces and human communication that could benefit from not requiring body movements or spoken words because it's quiet and invisible, and could be triggered faster. That is: military stuff.
@Mr_Teatime @aral @errant “assume good intent, but be prepared for the other kind” has served me well over the years.
(But also there often isn’t huge profit to be made doing things that are primarily humanitarian.)
CEO of speed reading app that shows one word at a time to me at conference dinner: So it turns out the app helps people with dyslexia read.
Me: That’s great, how do you make money?
CEO: We know what you’re reading.
"Don't think about my mental password...don't think about my mental password...
Dammit."
Le Lion-d’Angers (Maine-et-Loire) : Ravalement de façade pour le bar des fachos
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"extraits d’Ouest-France / vendredi 15 août 2025 La façade du Café des sports au Lion-d’Angers (Maine-et-Loire) est maculée de peinture rouge et l’inscription « raciste » y a été taguée. Les gendarmes ont constaté les dégradations vers 8 h, ce vendredi 15 août 2025. … Continuer la lecture →"
For August's Bookclub we will be reading Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey.
We will meet (virtually) at 7pm (UK time) on the
19th of August.
Read it and come along...
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Our Next Book 19th August 2025 – Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (309p) 7 – 9pm (UK time) virtual meeting. Please follow and tweet, toot or email us for the link to join the discussion. We lo…Manchester SciFi Book Club #mcrsf
By Hamas – Islamic Resistance Movement August 15, 2025 Hamas leader Osama Hamdan made the following statement to Al-Araby TV. It was posted on Resistance News Network on Aug. 10.Janet (International Action Center)
New Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners
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"via NYC ABC We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing by clicking here. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners. Thankfully, this edition includes the removal of Jesse “Tall Can” Cannon."
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Trump Says if Americans In D.C. Don’t Start Cooperating He Will Call in the IDF
WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened the residents of the nation’s capital by saying that if they don’t fall in line and obey the orders of…
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President Trump threatened the residents of the nation’s capital by saying that if they don’t fall in line and obey the orders of American law enforcement agencies he will be forced to call in the IDF to restore order.The Hard Times Staff (The Hard Times)
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Class-action suit claims Otter AI records private work conversations
Link: npr.org/2025/08/15/g-s1-83087/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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JUST IN: Texas Democrats Cave and Return from Two-Week Walkout, Clearing Path for GOP to Secure Redistricting Victory
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The Texas Democrat lawmakers who fled the state in a dramatic walkout to block Republican redistricting plans have announced their return, ending a two-week standoff and paving the way for the GOP to pass a new congressional map that streng…Cassandra MacDonald (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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