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Thanks for Hackaday Europe!

We just got back from Hackaday Europe last weekend, and we’re still coming down off the high. It was great to be surrounded by so many crazy, bright, and crazy-bright …read more
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Thanks For Hackaday Europe!

We just got back from Hackaday Europe last weekend, and we’re still coming down off the high. It was great to be surrounded by so many crazy, bright, and crazy-bright folks all sharing what they ar…
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Trump may not be a 'madman,' but his foreign policy shows signs of it
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-foreign-policy-1.7489555?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Reminder that Trump ALSO tried to disqualify Tanya Chutkan, as they moved to DQ Beryl Howell yesterday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Case No. 1:23-cr-257-TSC DONALD J. TRUMP, Defendant. ________________________________/ DEFENDANT DONALD J. TRUMP’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL OF DISTRICT JUDGE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) President Donald J. Trump, through undersigned counsel, respectfully moves to recuse and disqualify the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(a). Fairness and impartiality are the central tenets of our criminal justice system. Both a defendant and the public are entitled to a full hearing, on all relevant issues, by a Court that has not prejudged the guilt of the defendant, and whose neutrality cannot be reasonably questioned.

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Despite being technically “nonpunitive,” these detention facilities are indistinguishable from jails, or are in many cases literal jails that the federal government is effectively renting from local law enforcement.

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No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore

Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.
The New Republic

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“Though #Biden is willing to help, Dems aren’t unanimous in wanting them to. Some party activists believe Biden is an admired figure who remains a draw inside a grateful party.

…Others argue that reminding voters of a 2024 campaign that went sour isn’t the best strategy for a party that is grasping for a message and searching for new, younger leaders”
nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden… nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden…


The Bidens want back in

Former President Joe Biden has told some Democratic leaders he’ll raise funds, campaign and do anything else necessary for Democrats to recover lost ground.
Peter Nicholas (NBC News)
#biden
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I agree about relitigating past battles but it would be well worth identifying anything that can be stopped next time round. Fwiw I always thought he tried in 2020 so I was really surprised Biden and state boards didn't sort out anything they could before his next run. I know it's v tinfoil but he's not exactly known for his rule-following. Stuff seems to have been going on for years but people are always blocked from looking into it. sunlightfoundation.com/2015/08…

Kansas officials rebuff lawsuit seeking voting machine records : Sunlight Foundation

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants…
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@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote
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None of the shenanigans the Right pull can be stopped by government, past warning citizens to stand up and vote & check their registration etc. To change gerrymandering etc requires us to get off our collective asses & vote in state house & senate majorities & blue governors. Obama, Biden etc have been telling us this for literally decades. WE are both the solution & part of the problem. A Representative Democracy doesn’t work unless we “represent”. @GottaLaff
The word VOTE written the way skywriting looks in loopy smokey letters on a blue background. Under it in plain type the words Before Democracy goes up in smoke.
@Laffy

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Illustration d'une scène de chasse à la baleine inspirée de Moby Dick. Un marin sur une embarcation en pleine tempête brandit un harpon tandis qu'une énorme queue de cachalot émerge des flots. Une bulle de dialogue dit : 'Ce monstre me montre encore son horrible queue !'. En bas de l'image, le sous-titre 'Moby Dick pic'.
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From Project Gutenberg:

The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1

by A. M. W. (Anna Maria Wilhelmina) Stirling

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/7253

The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 by A. M. W. Stirling

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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«Le modèle du quatuor? Des hommes qui se détestent»

Emploi du temps, communication, maternité, parentalité... Les quatre femmes du quatuor à cordes Zaïde ont bousculé les traditions et les codes propres aux carrières musicales. Comment et à quel prix? Réponses avec Leslie Boulin Raulet, violoniste.

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Les quatre femmes du quatuor à cordes Zaïde. © Photo La lettre du musicien

« Le modèle du quatuor ? Des hommes qui se détestent »

Emploi du temps, communication, maternité, parentalité... Les quatre femmes du quatuor à cordes Zaïde ont bousculé les traditions et les codes propres aux carrières musicales. Comment et à quel prix ? Réponses avec Leslie Boulin Raulet, violoniste.
Jade Bourgery (La Lettre du musicien) (Mediapart)

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I don’t like it here.

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Eye Opener: Israel strikes military bases in Syria byteseu.com/852987/ #Conflicts #Israel #Syria
Eye Opener: Israel strikes military bases in Syria

Eye Opener: Israel strikes military bases in Syria

Eye Opener: Israel strikes military bases in Syria - CBS News Watch CBS News Israel says it has carried out strikes on two military bases in Syria and shot down rockets from Lebanon.
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#syria #israel #conflicts

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Iran, UAE express deep concern over fatal Israeli, US raids against Gaza, Yemen byteseu.com/852984/ #Conflicts #Gaza #Iran #Israel #U.S. #uae #Yemen
Iran, UAE express deep concern over fatal Israeli, US raids against Gaza, Yemen

Iran, UAE express deep concern over fatal Israeli, US raids against Gaza, Yemen

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a phone call on Friday expressed deep concern over the Israeli regime’s resumption of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and t…
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#israel #iran #yemen #u #Gaza #uae #conflicts

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Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld…
Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses and the Trump administration.
#Tucson #Arizona

Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root

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#Arizona #tucson

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FTR: Fuck #Spotify

However, I found this to be a brief but interesting peek into how music royalties work, how Snoop (of course) didn’t share the full picture with that “only $45K from Spotify for a billion streams of a song” complaint, and a reminder that we rarely get the full story on anything these days.

Example: There were two other major artists on that track *and thirteen credited writers*

reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/s/ia…

#spotify
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to make things more interesting: if that song had a billion plays on the radio, Snoop, as an artist and/or songwriter would have gotten NOTHING. Only the label gets money for radio plays (which is why a lot of artists create their own labels). With digital the artists at least get something, but the labels still get the biggest cut.
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@gregatron5 Oh wow, that’s really surprising. I always thought artists got *something* from radio. That’s rough
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@gregatron5 I’ve always found the radio plays vs streams difference to be interesting. A billion streams is a billion individuals plays of a song. But it’s so hard to say who is actually listening to the radio. I know they’ll have listener numbers for advertising, but that’s still a big assumption that every listener is wanting to hear your song.

I’d expect a billion ears on radio to be worth a lot less than a billion direct streams as a result (even to the label).

@Gregatron5
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@mkelly interestingly, satellite radio has a similar problem. They just broadcast but can’t verify how many people were actually listening, so they have a different payment structure than streaming services.
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@gregatron5 @mkelly Huh. I always assumed radio could measure listeners with some semblance of accuracy. Like maybe distributing antennas had to increase power to the main deflector or whatever as more people turned a radio on to pull in signal. That’s wild.
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@gregatron5 @mkelly Radio waves are extremely non-directional so there is no way of actually measuring who is intercepting and listening to the signal they transport.
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@ariaflame @gregatron5 @mkelly All these years and no one has invented directional radio waves?? The US really *is* falling behind
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@gregatron5 @mkelly And the point of them would be? I mean there are some ways of doing it for radio waves but due to the large wavelengths it's not easy. But the whole point of radio that you listen to is that it's easy to just broadcast it in all directions and then pick up as you need it. So there are limited applications where the effort to focus radio waves becomes relevant, but trying to do ratings is not one of them.
@Gregatron5 @Mo

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In Hamburg byteseu.com/852981/ #Europe
In Hamburg

In Hamburg

In Hamburghttps://i.redd.it/t5ofcpwvt7qe1.jpegPosted by KipferlAG
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For this week’s (free to read) newsletter, I did a deep dive on the history of NCAA seeding. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/…

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“President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order targeting a prestigious international law firm after it promised to abandon diversity policies and provide $40m (£31m) worth of free legal work to support White House initiatives.” Sounds rather like extortion. #Trump #MAGA
#Trump #MAGA

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#GiftArticle #influencers #aging #NDAs

'For nearly a decade, Mr. Johnson has wielded confidentiality agreements to control his image and the companies he built atop that image. His employees, sexual partners, vendors and contract workers have all had to sign the documents, sometimes in exchange for settlements, severance or continued employment at his firms, according to people close to him and his start-ups, internal documents and court records.'

nytimes.com/2025/03/21/technol…


How Blueprint Founder Bryan Johnson Sought Control Via Confidentiality Agreements

That control is starting to fray as Mr. Johnson, a longevity guru known for performing experiments on his body, faces a backlash over the agreements.
Kirsten Grind (The New York Times)
#aging #influencers #giftarticle #ndas
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'Publicly, Mr. Johnson focused on other things. This month, he announced his own religion, which is named after his longevity slogan, “Don’t Die.” It would save the human race, he said.'

It is my personal opinion that this guy is a raging nutcup.

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"Ms. Southern, 38, was Mr. Johnson’s former fiancée and an employee of his brain-technology start-up, Kernel. In February 2020, Mr. Johnson fired Ms. Southern from the company after breaking up with her while she had Stage 3 breast cancer, according to a 2021 lawsuit she filed against him."

*John Edwards vibes intensify*

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In a Purrfect World podcast- "Teaching Our Cats"

Learn Pam's easy training methods, that she has been using on her own cats for decades.

This time, RJ and Olwyn get into the act! Listen to it happen, in real time.
#Caturday #Podcast #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue

#podcast #caturday #catsofmastodon #Rescue #catstodon #catsofthefediverse #catlovers #humane #catappreciators

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4-Panel Comic by War and Peas Panel 1: A nun sits at a wooden desk in a simple room with yellow walls, a small bed, a crucifix on the wall, and a picture of Jesus. She begins writing in a diary, with the words "Dear Diary," appearing at the top. Panel 2: The nun pauses thoughtfully, staring at the paper. The room remains silent, with a window showing the sky outside. Panel 3: The nun gazes at the framed picture on the wall of Jesus glowing with a saintly aura. Panel 4: The nun returns to her diary and writes, "I miss banging dudes."

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Trump threatens to send those who vandalize Tesla to prisons in Salvador: “I can’t wait to see these terrorists take 20 years” byteseu.com/852975/ #France
Trump threatens to send those who vandalize Tesla to prisons in Salvador: "I can't wait to see these terrorists take 20 years"

Trump threatens to send those who vandalize Tesla to prisons in Salvador: “I can’t wait to see these terrorists take 20 years”

Trump threatens to send those who vandalize Tesla to prisons in Salvador: 'I can't wait to see these terrorists take 20 years'https://www.lalibre.
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#France
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