Yesterday I met a lovely couple who have recently settled here. Both musicians too (which brings the musician count in our village up to 3, as far as I know). We had a nice evening and we were very interested in each other's #music
I received a spontaneous nice compliment for #malershüs:
"It's beautiful... is anyone here aware that you do something like this?"
"Ah you know how it is…", I replied. And they both nodded. It's nice when you don't need more words.
Made me blush.
And smile.
Trump wants to eliminate all federal funding for the Integrated Ocean Observing System’s regional operations.
Scientists say the cuts could mean the end of efforts to gather real-time data crucial to navigating treacherous harbors, plotting tsunami escape routes and predicting hurricane intensity.
“It’s the last thing you should be shutting down,” Enos said.
“There’s no money wasted. Right at a time when we should be getting more money to do more work to benefit the public, they want to turn things off.
That’s the wrong strategy at the wrong time for the wrong reasons.”
apnews.com/article/trump-budge…
Come dressed up (or not). Eat. Celebrate story.
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ROJAVA. La crise de l’eau s’aggrave dans le nord-est de la Syrie
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…
"SYRIE / ROJAVA – La sécheresse, l’insuffisance des précipitations et l’impact des politiques hydriques aggravent la crise de l’eau dans le canton de Cizire, signale l’agence kurde ANF. Les habitants des villages sont confrontés à une grave crise humanitaire en raison de l’assèchement des ressources en eau potable et des
Exitpoll: Polen kiest voor klassieke tweestrijd tussen de liberalen en conservatieven
Met een kleine verkiezingszege van 30,8 procent haalt liberaal Rafał Trzaskowski de tweede ronde van de presidentsverkiezingen. Hij wordt op de voet gevolgd door de conservatieve Karol Nawrocki.Arnout le Clercq (DPG Media)
The Genocide Will Be Televised
The Genocide Will Be Televised (Single) | Jimi Cullen :
Old Vines | Sugaree String Society :
Bulldozers & Drones & Guns Bulldozers & Drones & Guns | Michael Burns : From Manchester To Palestine: Volume 2
'Til Everybody's Free | Arend Lee Jessurun : Two Anti-War Songs
Missiles | Benefits : Constant Noise
The Urgent Call of Palestine | Zeinab Shaath : The Urgent Call of Palestine
may you wake up where it's home | hawwa alam : From Manchester To Palestine: Volume 2
Never Ending Genocide Blues | History History : Never Ending Genocide (Single)
The New Crucifixions (Palestine 2023) | patrick jones : A Constellation of Sorrows
Stolen Lands | Julian Taylor : Beyond The Reservoir
Untitled Track For Palestine | Danni Rowan : Songs Of Resistance
Strong Tree | Taina Asili :
Letter to a Gun tower (Bethlehem June 2023) | patrick jones : A Constellation of Sorrows
Song For Our Times | Joe Solo :
GAZA | Samrai : From Manchester To Palestine: Volume 2
The image is a collage of six distinct photographs arranged in two rows. The top row features three images: the leftmost image is a sepia-toned portrait of a man with a beard, wearing a gray t-shirt, set against a plain background. The middle image is a stylized, artistic depiction of a man with glasses, surrounded by a chaotic web of wires, set against a cityscape background. The rightmost image is a red-tinted, repeated portrait of a man with curly hair, set against a plain background.
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I'm sorry to keep asking for help, but this is a small thing and it would mean a ton to me.
I've had to put off paying for my domain renewals, for this instance and for my personal writing website I'm building. Money has really been that tight.
I've got about three days and they're going to be up for sale -- I'd really like to not lose them (especially this instance's domain, since it's pretty much my only social connection.)
Together, they are $35. If anyone has a couple bucks they feel like kicking towards this, it would save me some heartache.
Here is my Paypal & Venmo:
P: paypal.com/paypalme/tmvshek
V: @onychamaze
As always, thank you for boosts, and any helping hands. The kindness on here amazes me pretty much all the time.
#MutualAid #transMutualAid #transCrowdFund
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S'Albufera de Mallorca
#Mallorca #Spain #BalearicIslands #CCBYSA #Espana #Wetland #Wetlands #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #Nature #NaturePhotography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography
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#JazzSunday
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Parce qu'il nous manque de gros bureaux de vote (voir l'image - le pourcentage est le niveau de dépouillement).
Et en Roumanie, tout le monde est prudent.
Donc, si les principaux concernés sont prudents, écoutez-les #Roumanie
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My questions:
1. AI's mass theft of copyrighted material.
The moral equivalent of "Everybody's Doing it, It Can't be Wrong" manipulation of legislation & public acceptance of discompensation for creative workers.
wired.com/story/new-documents-…
cybersecuritynews.com/meta-tra…
A backhanded effort to thwart the Internet Archive & shut down other sources of affordable public education & life-long learning? Wikipedia
2. Fossil fuel usage, fossil fuel industry AI investments & climate action.
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Meta Trained Its Llama AI Models Using 81.7 TB of Books Stolen From Torrent Shadow Libraries
Meta Platforms, Inc. is facing serious allegations in a copyright infringement lawsuit, with plaintiffs claiming the tech giant used 81.7 terabytes of pirated books from shadow libraries to train its Llama AI models. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S.Balaji N (CybersecurityNews)
2/
Who profits from AI at the expense of the public & the climate? Is it an effort to keep captive consumer markets for oil?
desmog.com/2025/04/22/ai-energ…
The over-the-top investment by petrostate despots, is it a drive towards international state surveillance platforms?
businessinsider.com/larry-elli…
theregister.com/2025/02/12/lar…
3. AI's impact on mass layoffs, unionization, wage suppression, & de-skilling of labor markets.
counterpunch.org/2025/01/24/la…
theglobeandmail.com/business/a…
Lost gigs and lower pay: How AI is already affecting freelance artists and writers
Some freelance workers, who may have no union protection or benefits, are experiencing lost opportunities, more competition or having to work with AI applications for less payJoe Castaldo (The Globe and Mail)
- Why can't AI actually replace workers?
- Why won't AI save healthcare or education?
- Why is AI bad at productive things but good at destructive things?
FYI I had the chance to debate with Anthropic reps a couple of weeks ago and created this set of "Questions for Anthropic (or any other LLM-pusher)" danmcquillan.org/questions_for…
The question I get the most:
- Are there today-real-life examples of where you would consider "AI" of value? (like translation, auto-generating transcripts, X-ray analysis etc.)
I'd love to hear your answer on this. Thank you.
Pro-EU Nicusor Dan on course to beat hard-right rival in Romania election
George Simion rejects the exit poll soon after it is released, says he is ahead in the presidential vote.Al Jazeera
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