In a major win for creator communities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has once again handed video streaming site Vimeo a solid win in its long-running legal battle with Capitol Records and a host of other record labels. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/second-circuit-rejects-record-labels-attempt-rewrite-dmca
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Made lemon ricotta cookies for the first time. They came out really well it's going to be hard not to eat them all in one go. What I liked it was easy to prep the dough and then be able to chill it and come back to it to make the cookies at a later time.
Got my G.I. Joe compendium collection today. So excited. It's even better looking then expected. #gijoe #kickstarter #skybound.
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My dad has this very old piece of cross-stitch art in his house. Every time I see it I'm struck by how much it anticipated 1990s pixel art on 16-bit micros like the Amiga, simply because the artist was working under similar constraints: a low-resolution grid of square pixels, and a strong incentive to use as few _different_ colours of yarn as possible, with much less constraint on what those colours should be – just as the Amiga and similar machines let you have a palette of 32 colours on screen at once but they could be chosen from a much larger space.
And the artist has used the same stylistic tricks to compensate for those limitations as Amiga artists did, or at least some of them. I could easily imagine someone having drawn this in Deluxe Paint, and perhaps even used it as an interstitial image in the middle of a period-themed Amiga game, with some important plot dialogue subtitled on the bottom.
I keep thinking it would be kind of cool to digitise it back to pixels + palette. But for proper style the result would have to be stored in an IFF ILBM instead of any more up-to-date image format.
Before Carter got involved, Guinea Worm was prevalent in 21 countries, infecting at least 3.5 million people per year. Today, that figure is down to just 13 cases per year. It’s a reduction of 99.99% in just a few decades, making it one of the most successful public health interventions in history. https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/jimmy-carters-hidden-legacy-565
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Always wanted to love art but never knew how to? A new app called DailyArt is designed to help wannabe experts learn a little bit more and newbie explorers gain a lifelong love of learning about art. Digital (not art) expert Paul Hatton reviews it for @TechRadar:
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TL;DR: In 2024, Section 702 of FISA was reauthorized by Congress, expanding the government's mass surveillance powers without much-needed reforms. With new definitions for electronic communications providers, concerns grow over privacy and the potential for abuse as the law now allows the use of personal data for immigration vetting and other purposes. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/nsa-surveillance-and-section-702-fisa-2024-year-review #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
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Micropose Formula 1 Grand Prix
Source: GamesMaster 1 (January 1993)
Scan Source: RetroMags
While you are shopping for gifts this holiday season, check out the DOBE Gift Guide to support certified Disability Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs) from Disability:IN. #Gifts #HolidayGuide #Disability #ShopSmallBusiness
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There's still time to pass the PRESS Act, which would give journalists critical protections from government spying. You can speak up through our action center with just a few clicks: https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-to-pass-the-press-act-now
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Israel approves plans to up Golan Heights settler numbers as 'new front' opens in Syria
https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/15/israel-approves-plans-to-up-golan-heights-settler-numbers-as-new-front-opens-in-syria?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sci-Tech @sci-tech-euronews
Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably
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Kraven The Hunter Reviews Bury The Film In Spider-Man Villain Infamy
https://kotaku.com/kraven-the-hunter-sony-spiderman-reviews-1851719642?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Kotaku Latest @kotaku-latest-Kotaku
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“Is the Blue Zones Project a genuinely innovative program, or a trendy—and expensive—marketing ploy inspired by sound principles but uncertain data?” —Shayla Love for @newrepublic
https://newrepublic.com/article/188317/blue-zones-longevity-hot-spots-myth
If only we had a congress that had the will to take this up. If we had a congress with the will to make clear reasonable adjustments to this and other issues, we would not be here today.
https://www.newsweek.com/senators-push-supreme-court-term-limits-constitutional-change-1997232
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This is what you inherit when you want to “sell everything.” You also inherit the responsibility and risk of each market you encroach or supplant. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/one-down-many-go-pre-installed-malware-android
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Can you choose to believe something, just like that? https://theconversation.com/can-you-choose-to-believe-something-just-like-that-233054
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For Decades, Calls for #Reform to Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System Have Gone Unanswered
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Idaho’s patchwork of 44 coroner’s offices leaves grief-stricken parents without answers in their children’s deaths and creates disparities in coroners’ investigations.
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OBS Studio 31.0.0 was released. This version of OBS adds integration for Amazon IVS service.
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming service that allows users to create interactive videos.
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Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst