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The World Factbook is Gone https://www.datarescueproject.org/guest-post-the-world-factbook-is-gone/

So my translations of al-Dani's Taysir is out! So what is this text about? It is a description of seven canonical reading traditions of the Quran authored by the Andalusi polymath ʾAbū ʿAmr ʿUṯmān b. Saʿīd al-Dānī (371/981–444/1053).

Yet, both in the field of Quranic studies, and even more so in the linguistic study of Arabic and Semitic linguistics, this specific recension is treated as if it is the only game in town. This often yields to misrepresentations of the linguistic character of the Quran.

Is Microsoft's own proprietary codebase included in the training of their coding assistant LLM?

Woran erkennt man einen professionellen Reisenden? Im #db-Bistro bestellt er ein Gericht, das nicht auf der Speisekarte steht, und bekommt es serviert.

RE: https://mastox.eu/@FranceskAlbs/115983932629790950 I too, on both statements.

قبل ما ندخل ننام، نفتكر أن 28 يناير 2011 أعظم يوم في تاريخ مصر الحديث.

Thanks, @hoogla_kalfat , for introducing me to Watermelon Pictures https://www.watermelonpictures.com/

Friends talk about Upscrolled as a haven. But, it's not open protocol, non-FOSS and non-decentralised. Sorry. I'll never do that to myself again. No matter how heavenly it seems now.

Friends who are on #bluesky: Bridge your account to the #fediverse https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started Let's stay in touch across networks. The process to hook your account is easy. Then let your followers know about this.

Doom 93 ported to earbuds https://doombuds.com/

The US bought TikTok in order to keep the lid over its people who were being exposed to pro-Palstinian content that contributed to their understanding the truth of what Israel is.

Somewhere in my Thunderbird's prefs.js there are references to our arcane HP LaserJet 4L which we had since 1990 and stopped using ca. 2005. #archaeology

After two years of genocide, the scum of the earth are discussing not how to prosecute the Israeli criminals, nor the vindication of the Palestinians, secure them, and guarantee their freedom and right to self-determination, but how to control and subdue them.

Lowly #macron, who in #cop27 warmly shook Maduro's hands after having been calling him a dictator few months before that, when the US was brewing a coup d'état in #venezuela which #maduro aborted, has just sent Trump a message saying "We can do things together in #iran and #syria, but I do not […]

So, I downloaded my data from Facebook. Are there any tools that can process, search and display it in a simple, meaningful way?

Mohamed Adel beaten for hours in prison, lawyer files complaint

Which works of speculative fiction depict war between Europe and the USA?

أوعى تفكر في إيران من وجهة نظر الإيرانيين، أوعى - مدونة بودي @BooDzy https://www.slashproc.net/waa~-tfkr-fy-yrn-mn-wjh-nzr-lyrnyyn-waa~/ "الشعوب مبتواجهش كل هذا الموت بسبب شوية عملاء موساد، والأمريكان مش عايزين أي نظام ديموقراطي حر في الشرق الأوسط علشان مفيش شعب في العالم هيقبل جار السو اللي […]

The Five Ways #germany Denies #genocide Political scientist Hanna Pfeifer identifies five distinct forms of genocide denial in German war discourse – showing how Germany explains Israel’s genocide in Gaza away, one concession at a time. https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/on-forms-of-denial […]

Yay, out now: "AI #narrative Breakdown. A Critical Assessment of #power and #promise" https://doi.org/10.1145/3715275.3732083 "This article …] scrutinizes the pervasive narratives that are shaping the societal engagement with AI such as agency and decision-making, autonomy, truthfulness […]

Contemplating the trajectory of e-mail addresses, from being public, non-sensitive information meant to facilitate communication, to being sensitive, PII the handling of which is subject to regulation, protection and a privacy concern.

Eine Geschichte über Verschwendung – und wie wir sie gemeinsam stoppen. Südlich von Leipzig lagern 4.000 Tonnen beste Speisekartoffeln. Sie könnten Hunderttausende Menschen ernähren. Die Osterland Agrar GmbH hat sie angebaut, geerntet, eingelagert – doch der Markt will sie nicht. Zu viel […]

I was wondering what happened to ThinkGeek, so I checked its history. Could there be worst luck! They decided to switch from online-shop to brick and mortar shop in 2019 right as Covid was about to hit!

كل ما يتصل بالقانون الجنائي الدولي بين يديك https://cilrap-lexsitus.org/ar

"If you read political scientists, they will tell you that billionaire preferences are the single biggest determinant of policy outcomes. Things billionaires want, we get. Things billionaires don’t want, we don’t get. There is nothing more billionaire-friendly than monopoly." […]

How my students taught me that Github’s monopoly is hurting the Open Source ecosystem even more than I thought. https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html #github #floss

Fuck the USA

فيروس لعين. أعراضه حرارة و رعشة و يخلي الواحد سامع "وحياة قلبي و أفراحه" طول الوقت.

انتقاد أممي لصفقة الغاز المصرية: دليل لا يصدق على دعم إسرائيل خلال الإبادة الجماعية | المنصة https://manassa.news/news/29256

Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the Israeli public intellectual, said in a speech in 1980: "The corruption of occupation does not stop with the occupiers - it also deforms the lives of the occupied Some may even be driven to acts of terrorism. I cannot bring myself to moral outrage over this fact, because […]

Gideon Levy, once again, has the correct take on Bondi. Full text of his Haaretz column here: 1/ #israel #palestine #gaza #bondi

Germany keeps its spot on the podium of the states who are most responsible in the destruction of the Palestinian people #israel #palestine #gaza #germany

In Warsow, a person who is born in public transportation rides free for life. I remember there used to be similar schemes in airlines, when they were still pretending to be humane and friendly, giving reduced tickets to the youth, etc.

Has there ever been a slower #firefox on Android than what became of the latest update!

@thunderbird should at least open a path to allow us to replace their OpenPGP implementation, RNP, with other implementations, like @sequoiapgp's Octopus. Integrating #enigmail was not seamless. Functionality was lost, including #gnupg's keyring and trust model. (e.g […]

Duolingo's free, ad-supported offering is a gamified addictive scam. It doesn't teach languages. Children should not be allowed to use anything that employs so-called "streaks". #gamification of free, ad-supported anything should be made illegal. #digitalservicesact #dsa #childprotection

النازية لمّت

#israel says #palestinians will NOT be able to return to #gaza through the crossing until the last hostage remains are returned from Gaza if then]. [#Egypt, which controls the other side, said the crossing would open only if movement goes both ways. #geopolitics #middleeast #humanitariancrisis […]

خوارزمية الهمزات عندك هايلة..محتاج بس تعمل XOR لكلّ المخرجات و كلّه يبقى صح.

Diese Petition fordert, ehrenamtliche Arbeit an Open-Source-Software rechtlich wie klassisches Ehrenamt zu behandeln – mit steuerlichen Vorteilen. https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland

I do not twitch or stream, but I find the concept of the audience influencing the game interesting: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359960/Choice_Chamber/

@khaled أي أدوات التصميم الحرّة يدعم التلوين في المحارف و الحركات؟

@khaled ما الفرق بين Raqq و RaqqSura?

TIL that #Alexandria (EG) operates the oldest tramline in the #MiddleEast and #Africa. Operations started on January 8th, 1863. It is also one of the very few networks that uses double-deck cars […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

و لا نزال لا نعرف أي شيء عن حدود المعلومات التي تحتفظ بها شركات المحمول عن زباينها و لا حدود نفاذها إلى بيانات السجل المدني كما تدل الشواهد، و الآن تُضاف إليها البيانات البيومترية […]

More demolitions of Bedouin homes, this time in Ka'abiyye, in Northern Israel. Inside or outside the green line doesn't matter. Israel's ethnic cleansing targets Paleatinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and within Israel's recognized border […]

Today is the day! Happy #Halloween everyone! 🎃