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State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded (Matt Hamilton/Los Angeles Times)

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Erneut Tote bei Kämpfen zwischen Kurden und Islamisten im Norden Syriens de.rt.com/der-nahe-osten/23239… Seit Beginn der Großoffensive islamistischer Kämpfer in Syrien Ende November, die zum Sturz von Präsident Baschar al-Assad geführt hatte, haben die von der Türkei unterstützten Kämpfer im Norden Syriens ihre Angriffe auf die von der kurdischen Selbstverwaltung kontrollierten Gebiete wiederaufgenommen. #news
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It has been "be needlessly aggressive to Den" day today.

If I saw it was happening to one out of every 12 people I would assume it was a horoscope thing.

I'm expecting a bunch of people to jump up from behind the sofa and yell "SURPRISE!!"

Chill out people, life is way too short, and stress just makes it shorter.

Have a cookie.



Had a blast designing six fun, hip #mascots for an exciting new Torta restaurant! While the project was ultimately scrapped due to a branding shift, I'm proud of the creative work I did.

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#illustration #design #mastoart #mastoillustrator #creativebranding

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That was unexpected. I had no idea. I just applied for this job, and now I've got a review document in my hand, signed by two Danish professors and one German professor, concluding that "Martin Rundkvist meets the requirements of a Professorship level in all respects."

#academia


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38F going into the weekend here in #SomervilleMA, but maybe a need for eggs, bread, and milk on Saturday.

Still - perhaps the weather (and increasingly later sunset) will draw you out of the house. Its your #BostonWeekend thread once more!

  • I have picked up and compressed snow this winter (14%, 4 votes)
  • I've thrown a snowball this winter (7%, 2 votes)
  • I've had snowball thrown at me this winter (0%, 0 votes)
  • no snowball fights...yet (77%, 21 votes)
27 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago

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oh hey its the #BostonWeekend thread where I work on building local community here in the fediverse - by compiling a thread of interesting and iconic boston area events. Its a fun social thing, and I hope you find this useful. If this sort of thing resonates, boost, favorite, follow the #bostonweekend tag, tell your off-'verse pals about this thing (esp if you're trying to encourage them off facebook/insta platforms), invite others to join the #BostonWeekend party thread (13/x).
#boston #Maine #PortlandME #NewHampshire #NewEngland #Connecticut #Vermont #CambridgeMA


Donald Trump’s Greenland push is smart geopolitics byteseu.com/640555/ #Canada #DonaldTrump #geography #Geopolitics #GREENLAND #Opinion #Panama
in reply to Bytes Europe

No!!!!

An interest in Greenland is smart strategic thinking.

But bellicose threats to your allies is absolute insanity and a great way to destroy your alliances. And THAT is dumber geopolitics than gaining access to Greenland (which frankly, they would likely get thru the NATO alliance)



A question framing Richard J. Evans' book Hitler’s People (2024):

“Why did so many leading Germans in responsible positions, in the key institutions of society, go along with dictatorship, war and genocide? And what did those of them who survived the war think about their conduct under the Third Reich? Did they gain a moral perspective on it, did they repent, did they come to an understanding of what they had done?”

#Hitler #Trump #EconomicElites #TechBros #CorporateLeaders #media
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There were many many ppl who did resist in Nazi Germany (famously Schindler, the members of The White Rose and other resistance groups around the country. )
The ones who didn't or couldn't resist, and to all extents and propose "went along with it", DID repent and regret when faced with what they had done . Which is why in WGermany they vowed never again and developed a politics of humanity and de-Nazification. They also banned Nazi free-speech which would be a problem for your 1st Amendment.

In EGermany that self reflection NEVER happened under the manipulation and censorship of the USSR overlords until 1989. They didn't want ppl to THINK. Nowadays that historical lack of regret and repentance is evident in East German cities like Dresden and Leipzig where Fascists are very strong and prominent.

in reply to Godfrey642

@Godfrey642 Yes. I don't think that recognizing that a huge percentage of influential people went along with and laid the foundations for Nazism obliterates the legacy of those courageous people who resisted. On the differences in how East and West Germany chose to deal with the Nazi heritage, you may find Susan Neiman's book Learning from the Germans really good.



Sembra che TikTok vada ancora dritto verso il ban dopo le sue argomentazioni alla Corte Suprema

I giudici non sembrano aver accettato l'interpretazione di TikTok sul motivo per cui la legge viola i diritti sanciti dal Primo Emendamento.

theverge.com/2025/1/10/2434085…

@informapirata

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Seeing that the USA has a 25 million bounty on Nicolas Maduro one would think he's guilty of carrying out a genocide in Gaza or something...
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Mehr als 60 deutsche Hochschulen verlassen Musks Plattform „X“ in konzertierter Aktion
„Nicht mit den Werten Weltoffenheit, wissenschaftliche Integrität, Transparenz und demokratischer Diskurs“ zu vereinbaren. Aktionsbündnis plädiert für das Fediverse als neue Basis der #Wissenschaftskommunikation

Hintergründe von mir frisch bei @riffreporter:
riffreporter.de/de/wissen/hoch…

#wissenschaft #musk #SocialMedia #mastodon #X #Rechtspopulismus #Demokratie
@neuSoM @wikimediaDE @amreibahr



Confessing to be a fan of “vice signaling” isn’t the win you think it is, bro 🤷🏻‍♂️

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MEIOC by twitter.com/AndreaDraghetti

#Python automation tool to extract information from EML files:

Headers

Detailed server relay hops (IP addresses involved)

Extracted URLS/domains
Attachments with calculated hashes.

SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)

github.com/drego85/meioc



OR-tools

Niedawno xpil wrzucił zagadkę dotyczącą rozmieszczenia liczb na wierzchołkach dwunastościanu foremnego. Nieco rozochocony zeszłorocznym Advent of Code (który w znacznym stopniu odpuściłem, za wiele srok) stwierdziłem, że "to się zaprogramuje".

Suma liczb na każdym boku była dość spora, ale istniało ograniczenie w postaci wymogu, że muszą być liczbami pierwszymi, więc może nie będz

zakr.es/blog/2025/01/or-tools/

#fun #nauka #optymalizacja #program #Python #skrypt



Mark Zuckerberg says Biden officials would ‘scream’ and ‘curse’ when seeking removal of Facebook content byteseu.com/640551/ #Politics