Japan’s Kato voices concern with yen at weakest since March
Kato’s comments came after the yen slid past the 150 level against the dollar on Thursday, following the BOJ’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged.Erica Yokoyama (The Japan Times)
Les ministères devront adopter Tchap, la messagerie sécurisée d’Etat, dès la rentrée
Afin d’éviter de dépendre d’applications étrangères, les agents publics devront utiliser cette plateforme développée par la direction interministérielle du numérique, à partir de septembre.Le Monde
Ambassador of Armenia to Georgia, Ashot Smbatyan
The Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Georgia, Ashot Smbatyan, believes that EU-Armenia relations have developed into the close and comprehensiveBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The U.S. wants to track the location of every #AI microchip. And it also wants the power to remotely shut them down. Can the rest of the world stomach the risks?
mileskellerman.substack.com/p/…
This Chip will Self-Destruct
The U.S. wants to track the location of every AI microchip. And it also wants the power to remotely shut them down. Can the rest of the world stomach the risks?False Positive
Ukraine approves law restoring independence of anti-graft watchdogs following backlash
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5486729/ukraine-parliament-law-independence-anti-corruption-agencies?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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📷 Fotografie: The Family of Man
De enige universele taal
"Lang werd de legendarische fototentoonstelling The Family of Man uit de jaren vijftig weggezet als sentimentele Koude Oorlog-propaganda. Hoe kijken we er nu naar?"
groene.nl/artikel/de-enige-uni…
De enige universele taal
Lang werd de legendarische fototentoonstelling _The Family of Man_ uit de jaren vijftig weggezet als sentimentele Koude Oorlog-propaganda. Hoe kijken we er nu naar?De Groene Amsterdammer
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
A top letter proposing that the Greens and YourParty should have a pact not to compete. This should be wider and include the other progressive parties, LibDem, Plaid Cymru and so on. * As long as they are all Pro-EU *.
And that's the problem with YourParty right now. We have no idea what they actually want, apart from "Not Labour, Not Right Wing".
Corbyn’s new party and the menace of populism
Letters: The new party should agree a pact with the Greens so as not to split the leftwing vote, says Patrick Cosgrove, while Dr Chris Morris reminds us of Corbyn’s previous electoral support.Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
European publishers say the EU is giving in to AI
Forty European and global organizations, including the Federation of European Publishers, have issued a joint statement formally complaining to the European Commission about the implementation measures for the European Union AI Act.
bookbrowse.com/news/detail/ind…
I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.81 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:
If the propagate_local_purge configuration variable is set to true in server.json, purged local posts generate a Delete activity that is sent everywhere, instead of only deleted from the filesystem.
Included a small tweak to avoid being confused by implementations that return valid webfinger queries for non-account URLs (like i.e. the Wordpress ActivityPub plugin in some configurations). This helps in searching by URL.
Added Ukrainian translation (contributed by wincentbalin).
New command-line option muted, to list all MUTEd actors.
Mastodon API: Fixed metadata and follower approval flag when editing the account.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
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Thank you! (and thanks to wincentbalin as well to any other contributors I may have missed)
I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.81 here:
github.com/macports/macports-p…
GitHub Actions' Continuous Integration checks has passed OK, which hopefully is a good sign?
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
(As a total aside, given the comam.es .es TLD; I'm guessin you're in Spain? I have tentative plans to attend the MIRA Festival [mostly to see Amnesia Scanner] in November. Albeit, that's in Barcelona and I vaguely understand there are linguistic, cultural and socio-political differences? I've never visited before; but thought I would mention it as a possibility to meet up AFK maybe!)
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit
snac: update to 2.81 by artkiver · Pull Request #29032 · macports/macports-ports
Description Type(s) bugfix enhancement security fix Tested on macOS 15.6 24G84 arm64 Command Line Tools 16.4.0.0.1.1747106510 Verification Have you followed our Commit Message Guidelines...GitHub
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xAI di Elon Musk firmerà il capitolo sulla sicurezza del Codice sull’AI generativa dell’UE
L'articolo proviene da #Euractiv Italia ed è stato ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @Intelligenza Artificiale
xAI, l’azienda di intelligenza artificiale di Elon Musk, ha annunciato che firmerà il capitolo sulla sicurezza del Codice di condotta dell’UE
I see this so often when I'm visiting reserves with "Ground-nesting birds. Please keep dogs on leads." notices. It's not as if there aren't a shit load of places that aren't nature reserves they could be walked at.
birdguides.com/news/off-lead-d…
Off-lead dogs damage Little Tern colony
A colony of rare Little Terns on Norfolk's east coast has suffered after off-lead dogs attacked the birds, killing at least four chicks.BirdGuides
Maury Ettleson, Elmhurst car dealer whose catchy commercials made him a star, has died at 93
https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/08/01/maury-ettleson-celozzi-chevrolet-car-dealer-commercials-elmhurst-where-you-always-save-more-money-automobiles?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Maury Ettleson, Elmhurst car dealer whose catchy commercials made him a star, has died at 93
The tagline for Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet — "Where you always save more money" — made him and his partner Nick Celozzi instantly recognizable and became a part of Chicago pop culture.Mitch Dudek (Chicago Sun-Times)
Palumbo patriarch may have had 'day-to-day' involvement in road construction biz despite ban, IDOT says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/01/sebastian-sam-palumbo-builders-paving-road-construction-illinois-department-transportation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Palumbo patriarch may have had 'day-to-day' involvement in road construction biz despite ban, IDOT says
The state agency says that in a court filing in a lawsuit Builders Paving LLC filed against the agency to force it to award road contracts that've been on hold while it investigates Sebastian "Sam" Palumbo's possible involvement in the business.Robert Herguth (Chicago Sun-Times)
Foreign Office Issues Turkey Travel Warning Amid Terrorism Threats
The Foreign Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom has issued an important update regarding travel to Turkey, warning that terrorists are likely to attemptBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Return of Biden, Harris snags Democrats’ push to turn the page on 2024 washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
No, I agree completely with that editorial. I voted for Harris, but this is what essentially all of the American working class wants:
- higher minimum wage
- lower housing costs
- lower medical costs
- lower taxes on the working class
- reversing inflation
Harris ran on *none* of those things, and it's part of the reason she lost. (The other part is bigotry and stupidity by Trump supporters, but that's a separate topic.)
Rick Gundlach
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