#plastic : having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter
- French: plastique
- German: das Plastik
- Italian: plastica
- Portuguese: plástico
- Spanish: plástico
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Trump admin pauses $175M in federal funding to UPenn over inclusion of trans athletes in women's sports (Paulina Dedaj/Fox News)
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Trump admin pauses $175M in federal funding to UPenn over inclusion of trans athletes in women’s sports
UPenn's inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports has prompted the Trump administration to pause nearly $200 million in federal funding to the university.Paulina Dedaj (Fox News)
[$] Better CPU vulnerability mitigation configuration
Modern CPUs all have multiple hardware vulnerabilities that the kernel needs to mitigate; the 6.13 kernel has workarounds for 14 security-sensitive CPU bugs just on x86_64. Several [...]
Reviving a Maplin 4600 DIY Synthesizer From the 1970s
A piece of musical history is the Maplin 4600, a DIY electronic music synthesizer from the 1970s. The design was published in an Australian electronics magazine and sold as a …read more
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Reviving A Maplin 4600 DIY Synthesizer From The 1970s
A piece of musical history is the Maplin 4600, a DIY electronic music synthesizer from the 1970s. The design was published in an Australian electronics magazine and sold as a DIY kit, and [LOOK MUM…Hackaday
Man arrested in Florida for chilling threats against Trump including a challenge to 'fight me naked to the death' (Emily Goodin/Daily Mail)
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Man arrested in Florida for chilling threats against Trump including a challenge to 'fight me naked...
Secret Service arrested a Florida man who was charged with posting online threats to kill President Donald Trump, including a challenge to fight him naked to the death.Emily Goodin (Daily Mail)
Brain’s bedroom chemistry unlocked in mouse sex study, could treat premature ejaculation
A recent study sheds light on the brain chemicals that control different stages of sexual...
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Mouse sex study identifies brain chemicals controlling sexual behavior
Although human sexual activity is multifaceted, the neuroanatomy that allows for pleasure and motivation is similar across mammals.Srishti Gupta (Interesting Engineering)
Tesla crash victims’ families worried about Musk’s influence over investigations
The families of seven victims urge the Department of Transportation to keep a crash reporting rule in effect.
Tesla crash victims’ families worried about Musk’s influence over investigations
The families of Tesla crash victims are worried that Elon Musk’s influence in the Trump administration will water down investigations into his company’s tech.Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)
Another Round Of Rust Compiler Improvements Merged For GCC 15.1
A few days ago there was a batch of 145 patches merged for the upcoming GCC 15 compiler release to enhance the Rust "gccrs" front-end. That big set of patches merged the Polonius borrow checker and made other notable improvements. Today another 144 patches for enhancing gccrs were merged ahead of the GCC 15.1 stable release due out in the coming weeks...
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Another Round Of Rust Compiler Improvements Merged For GCC 15.1
A few days ago there was a batch of 145 patches merged for the upcoming GCC 15 compiler release to enhance the Rust 'gccrs' front-endwww.phoronix.com
Google briefly delays Pixel 9A release to investigate ‘component quality issue’
Google isn’t yet taking preorders for a phone it just announced, which is unusual. A “small number” of early devices exhibited the unspecified issue.
Google briefly delays Pixel 9A release to investigate ‘component quality issue’
Google is looking into an issue that’s affecting a “small number” of early Pixel 9A devices.Chris Welch (The Verge)
Four.Meme suffers second hack in as many months
March 18, 2025
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Four.Meme suffers second hack in as many months
After suffering an $183,000 loss to an attack in February, the BNB-based Four.Meme memecoin launchpad has been hacked again, this time for around $130,000. Four.Meme aims to be BNB's version of pump.fun, the popular Solana-based memecoin platform.Web3 is Going Just Great
Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel
As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.ugc (Atlas Obscura)
Turkish police detain Erdoğan's main political rival (Financial Times)
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Turkish police detain Erdoğan’s main political rival
Lira and stocks fall as Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a key challenger to president, heldMari Novik (Financial Times)
Improvements in Brute Force Attacks
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Improvements in Brute Force Attacks - Schneier on Security
New paper: “GPU Assisted Brute Force Cryptanalysis of GPRS, GSM, RFID, and TETRA: Brute Force Cryptanalysis of KASUMI, SPECK, and TEA3.Bruce Schneier (Schneier on Security)
Kari Lake Accosted Ruben Gallego at a Posh D.C. Club (Adrian Carrasquillo/The Bulwark)
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Kari Lake Accosted Ruben Gallego at a Posh D.C. Club
The incident says a lot about politics and immigration. So, too, did a town hall that Gallego held with Sen. Mark Kelly over the weekend.Adrian Carrasquillo (The Bulwark)
DOGE plays hardball in U.S. Institute of Peace takeover (Washington Post)
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DOGE plays hardball in U.S. Institute of Peace takeover
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