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Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...
I live in a small, rural town in New Hampshire. This morning, ICE was here arresting people. Seems like they were particularly targeting the road crews working on construction projects in town. It feels and looks like terrorism to see these masked men in unmarked cars grabbing people on their way to work. Everyone should be ashamed of this country. Everyone should be afraid. We all have to do whatever we can to stop this.
Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked if anyone could clean it up. Well-meaning people turned to #AI. Lots of responders seemed happy with the results, but this is how you destroy historical records.
I got locked out of my work email because I forgot to reset my password before it expired, and apparently there's no way to reset it now without someone in university IT doing it for me.
Trying to enjoy the freedom of being locked out of my email rather than being stressed about it...
🚨 Today, the EU Commission will present the #DigitalOmnibus to the European Parliament (EP) for the first time. We urge the EP to oppose any changes that would undermine the fundamental right to privacy.
All the details on the planned GDPR reform 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-commission-wants-wreck-core-gdpr-principles
Pebble Watch Software Is Now 100% Open Source https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-watch-software-is-now-100percent-open-source/
I absolutely despise when a recipe tells me to add 2 cups of onion. They don't come in cups. They come in onions.
I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
Methods of preservation:
Pickling - we make the environment too acidic for rot.
Salting - we make the environment too salty for rot.
Drying - we make the environment too dehydrated for rot.
Freezing - we make the environment too cold for rot.
Fermentation - we embrace the rot.
The GrapheneOS project has announced on X that they are ceasing all operations in France, asserting that the country is no longer safe for "open source privacy projects".
Citing the government's support of the European Union Chat Control proposal, GrapheneOS developers are also refusing travel to France.
Interview with Peter Beck about Rocket Labs and he brags that the staff carpark is full on Sunday, just like SpaceX.
That’s not something to be proud of. That’s embarrassing that you’re squandering the best years of your staff for your own gain.
Also comparing against SpaceX is a negative. They’ve spent longer than the Apollo programme took to “move fast and break things”. Another rocket has just exploded at their test facility. Is there a third part to that slogan where they land on the Moon?
Half the emails I get about my YouTube channel: "Love that your channel has no intro, no CTAs, no editing - please never change"
The other half: "I noticed your channel has no intro, no CTAs, no editing - our agency can fix this for $2,000/month"
Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.
The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.
In the category, 'better late than never': good choice.
https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-plaatst-vanaf-vandaag-geen-nieuwsberichten-meer-op-x/
A sentence that makes me all warm and happy inside?
"220 CI jobs completed green within twenty minutes"
Violence against women must end, now!
This nonverbal Signal for Help is a way to discreetly communicate when you need help.
But, of course, a hand sign isn’t enough.
Violence against women is not inevitable. It is preventable.
For a world where women can live free from fear 🧡
Find out more about what the EU’s doing to fight it: https://link.europa.eu/PPBCf4
New peer reviewed research confirms that gender affirmative care reduces the rate of suicide in gender diverse youth over time.
These findings published in the Journal of Pediatrics are consistent with other studies.
Access to timely care is critical.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234762500424X?dgcid=author
