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josh, 5 days ago to random

On tenterhooks waiting to see EU election results, and the policy priorities that follow.

This is the single biggest election year in human history, with at least 64 countries going to the polls, almost all of which are understood to be massively consequential.

Whatever may come: onward together, my friends ❤️

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

59 years ago today, Griswold v. Connecticut guaranteed the right to birth control.

Justice Thomas says the Supreme Court should "reconsider" that ruling.

And this week, 38 GOP senators voted against the Right to Contraception Act.

Republicans are coming for birth control.

augieray, 6 days ago to random

STUDY of Long #COVID19 in US:

• One of every 15 adults has or had Long COVID.
• 69% more common in women than men.
• Not significantly correlated with household income.
• More common in adults 35 to 64 than in younger or older cohorts.
• Almost 50% more common in the unvaccinated and unboosted than those who got a vaccine booster.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2819957

danderson, 6 days ago to random

Finally, I have defeated my own website and successfully posted something.

For your amusement, I humbly present: what the hell is PID 0?

https://blog.dave.tf/post/linux-pid0/

kepano, 6 days ago to random

Obsidian is local, offline, and privacy-first, so we won't consider adding AI features until they can fit with the principles in our Manifesto.

In the meantime, there are dozens of awesome #Obsidian plugins that allow you to work with LLMs.

https://obsidian.md/about

onelson, 6 days ago to random

I love love love that Criterion Channel have showcased a collection of movies with Synth Soundtracks and there are so many bangers on this list!!

https://www.criterionchannel.com/synth-soundtracks

LinuxAndYarn, 6 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

I was today years old when I learned

chown rachel: foo

was equivalent to

chown rachel:rachel foo

All those years of keystrokes wasted!

#LinuxTips
(Thanks to Wyatt for noting that period can be dangerous. Stick to the empty colon.)

Miriamm, 8 days ago to random

These are the type of statues we should be putting up. Danuta Danielsson hitting a neo Nazi (1985).

LLS, 7 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

You know how you can smell a cigarette from far away, across the room, or after they left, or outside across the yard, or up the sidewalk, or on a restaurant patio, or even not even know where it’s coming from, but you can smell it?

Covid is aerosolized, it spreads across distances like that too. But you can’t smell it.

Think about that next time you smell cigarette smoke. Think about it next time you get that “just a cold” again.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

SmudgeTheInsultCat, 8 days ago to random

mekkaokereke, 8 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

99.7% of Venture Capital money goes to people that are not Black women.

0.3% of Venture Capital goes to Black women.

The 11th circuit court cited civil rights law when it said that it is racist to stop anyone from having access to VC based on their race, and that setting aside VC for people of a given race is racist.

So they ruled against a group of Black women looking to give their own money to Black founders. For violating the civil rights. Of white men that want that 0.3% too.🙂🙃

1/N

Skepticat, 8 days ago to random

BREAKING: Senate Republicans just voted to block the Right to Contraception Act, which would enshrine the right to contraceptive access nationally.

When people say, "They'll never take that away," They're WRONG!!!

No Rights are Safe with Republicans in Office.

MrLovenstein, 8 days ago to random

Secret Panel HERE 🍦 https://tapas.io/episode/53928

jonty, 9 days ago to random

If you are the person who abandoned a tent full of crap at EMF: We are going to find you.

You have enraged a group of people who enjoy puzzles and suddenly have a lot of free time.

Run.

cstross, 8 days ago to random

We are going to end up with half a million low-orbit comsats turning the night sky into a streaky blur because everyone uses Starlink or similar for broadband because the telcos have allowed their terrestrial cable infrastructure to decay, in the interests of maximizing profit. And of course the satellite broadband will be slow and buggy because overloaded.
https://mastodon.social/@verge/112565885370238705

CindyWeinstein, 9 days ago to random

This is really good. "When Lactose Meets Intolerance."

davidho, 9 days ago to random

What if making progress on climate change doesn't mean doing everything the same way, except with less CO₂ emissions, but fundamentally changing the way we interact with nature and with other people?

danderson, 8 days ago to random

Looking for wisdom in Research Unix V2

davidsirota, 8 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Auto industry interests funneled huge money to NY Gov. Kathy Hochul before her decision today to block congestion pricing.

One group fighting the initiative funneled $92,700 to her & is holding a $5k-$10k-a-person fundraiser for her next week.

https://www.levernews.com/big-auto-and-the-death-of-traffic-congestion-reform/

phildini, 8 days ago to python

Oh this is extremely handy... someone on the #python core team seems to be really focusing on CLI utilities and I love this
https://mastodon.social/@treyhunner/112554261035770847

tek, 10 days ago to random

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability. Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

luckytran, 9 days ago to random

4+ years into COVID and many still missing the nuances:

Often 6ft isn't enough, but increasing physical distance reduces risk

N95s are much better, but surgical masks do help

Outdoors is safer, but you can still catch it

Vaccines reduce transmission, but don't eliminate it

lizbarr, 9 days ago to random

I had this moment of smugness when I heard about Windows Recall, because hey, my work is all in the Mac ecosystem. But now I'm thinking of all the legal professionals and support staff and the privileged and/or confidential documents they handle, and I'm wondering how to raise this issue without sounding like I'm scaremongering.

https://techhub.social/@SomeGadgetGuy/112556398250955057

lapcatsoftware, 10 days ago to random

Bartender app has been acquired.

It’s not clear by whom, though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1d7zjv8/comment/l73h9gv/

brainwane, 26 days ago to python

Here is a blog post with links and references to accompany my closing keynote today at #PyConUS , on stories from a few years working on #Python packaging.

http://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/references-pycon-us-keynote/

#PyConStories