https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwJFuntco4 #lastweektonight #johnoliver

https://youtu.be/BcOSfJR9VtM #Milana #youtube #music #classical #kannada #purandara Dasa #dasa Sahitya #karnataka #Hindustani #bhajan #devotional #Bhakti #haridasa #dasarapada #devaranama #Rama #Ramayana #rama#ramayanaNavami #vishnu

[Puzzles] Strands #754 “Just right” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵💡🔵🔵

when mr. rogers died nobody had to defend him, say he was a loving father with kids, or claim we was quoted out of context, everyone knew he was a nice guy. lots to learn here.

Mathematicians are threatening to boycott the field’s largest, most prestigious gathering this summer if it takes place in the U.S., as currently planned. Every four years since the turn of the twentieth century, the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) has brought together […]

I mean, hell, just look at the 2024 Olympics! Imane Khelif was born a girl, raised as a girl, assumed she was just like any other girl. Then suddenly, she's the target of a hate campaign and now might be banned from ever competing in sports again. Have some empathy.

If we don't act, we enter an era when Chatbots powered by "MechaHitler" can scan your entire life, all the data available about you, and determine whether or not you're a "threat." Send a letter NOW and demand your elected officials act to stop it: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...

From our new poll: ICE agents are the least trusted law enforcement personnel in the country www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-03-26...

Friendly reminder: last year I built FediMod FIRES, a protocol and reference server implementation for sharing moderation data. I haven't yet been able to get anyone to adopt it or even signal intent to adopt. But regularly I see people complaining about the lack of data sharing when it comes […]

The #europeanparliament has again rejected #chatcontrol v1 in a dramatic vote today. This means that the current chat control regulation will expire on April 3rd. The fight continues over chatcontrol V2! #DemocracyInAction

[Puzzles] Strands #753 “I blew it!” 💡🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Hey Pennsylvania folks, get rid of Fetterman: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00069.htm#position #JohnFetterman #pennsylvania #uspol #IranWar

Nice to see national outlets covering Sen. Rose threatening to punch the Holler’s Justin Kanew for pressing him on his bizarre West Bank “Judea & Samaria” renaming bill: www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-r... (Haven’t seen much from local outlets, who continue to keep us out of their “journalism” club)

A #newmexico jury ruled Tuesday that #meta knowingly harmed children’s #mentalhealth & concealed what it knew about #child sexual #exploitation on its #socialmedia platforms. The landmark decision comes after a nearly 7-week trial, & as jurors in a federal court in California have been […]

@janefriedman is reporting that the amount authors will receive in the Anthropic book settlement has gone up because the class-action lawyers have reduced their fees. It was $3,000 per book (usually split 50/50 with your publisher), but now it's likely to be $3,700 per book (before split) […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116291194139809146 Big Tech burned through an enormous amount of goodwill over the past decade. And now the chickens are coming home to roost. This is only the tip of the iceberg.

Abolish ICE is now the _moderate_ position. Or it should be. Oh, and hold them accountable, as both an organization _and_ as individuals, for the crimes they have committed. #abolishice

" #Epstein wrote to propose an idea. “I might want to fund an exhibition entitled statutory,” he wrote. “girls & boys ages 14-25 where they look nothing like their true ages. Juvenile mug shots, photo shop, make up. Some people go to prison because they can’t […] [Original post on newsie.social]

Democratic ofcls recoiled this week at the detention. Mr. Garamendi, a #democrat, said that it was the latest example of how the #trump admin was rounding up mothers & children instead of focusing its #immigration enforcement on dangerous criminals. He also condemned the sharing of passenger […]

Lopez-Jimenez, 41, a native of Guatemala, & her daughter, Wendy Godinez-Lopez, were flagged by #tsa ofcls Friday when they showed up on a passenger list for a Sunday flight from San Francisco to Miami. TSA then tipped off #ice, acc/to the documents. Lopez-Jimenez & her daughter were living in […]

Government documents obtained by NYT explain the events leading up to the tense scene, including the exchange between the agent & Ms. Lopez-Jimenez. The documents shed new light on how the #tsa is sharing with #ice officials the names & birth dates of travelers believed to have been ordered out […]

The woman & her 9-yr-old daughter were walking through Terminal 3 at SanFrancisco International Airport [#sfo] on Sunday night, heading to their gate to fly to Miami to visit a relative, when a stranger in plainclothes approached. “Angelina?” he asked. “Sí,” she responded. Minutes later […]

#giftarticle #tsa Tipped Off #ice Agents Before Arrests at #sanfrancisco #airport Transportation Security Administration officials told ICE that a mother & daughter under a detention order had planned to fly domestically, federal documents show. #law #entrapment #immigration #trump […]

[Puzzles] Strands #752 “Intermission mission” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

How ICE's Surveillance System Works: Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/wendover-how-ices-surveillance-system-works YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRUhgrqnpGY #wendoverproductions #nebulatv #stopice #ice #cbp

Wow, this was an amazing read: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/

#dei vs. #whiteprivlidge. #marquain #dhs

Americans are going to die for MBS' and Netenyahu's war. This is such bullshit. https://ground.news/article/7dbf5c42-3f30-4da7-a49e-8c46417269a6

"More than 30 hyperscalers, utilities, and grid operators have signed onto an open letter calling for industry-wide collaboration to create a standardized approach to bringing large, flexible loads onto the grid." - Heatmap When the #solar #wind folks begged for this - it was considered a […]

Stairs of Knowledge at the University of Balamand, Lebanon. Walking up these stairs is literally a step toward higher education. A Tribute To Modern Day Thinkers (10 Photos): https://streetartutopia.com/2026/01/09/a-tribute-to-modern-day-thinkers/

What percentage of Americans know about our involvement in the coup in #iran in 1953? What do they think happened afterward? How do they understand the revolution in 1979 and many of them hating us? #USpol

[Puzzles] Strands #751 “Get over it ... or get through it” 🔵🔵🔵💡 🔵💡🔵🟡 🔵

This is the literal definition of blowback. https://ground.news/article/iran-fires-long-range-missiles-for-first-time-strikes-israel-near-dimona-reactor-and-injures-nearly-200

I feel like we all knew this. https://ground.news/article/trump-approved-iran-operation-after-netanyahu-argued-for-joint-killing-of-khamenei-report

#billcosby Loses #sexassault Lawsuit & Faces a $19 Million Judgment A California jury found that #cosby had abused Donna Motsinger in 1972 after inviting her to attend one of his comedy shows. #criminal #law #power #abuse #violenceagainstwomen […]

#ice seen at #atlanta airport as #trump admin ramps up political pressure to get govt partial shutdown to end and he can get elections-reordering SAVE Act passed https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-airport-tsa-federal-immigration-agents-4cfb93f7d2ff5a1ccb87d1bdbf54b959

1. The Portuguese Parliament has advanced sweeping anti-trans legislation past a pivotal vote. In doing so, they borrowed terminology from the American Far Right, calling it a "victory against woke." It hits trans youth, name changes, and more. www.erininthemorning.com/p/portuguese...

The question is not whether you can create software using LLMs - you can - most software is just boring CRUD shit. But you do pay a hefty price: In lowering quality (security issues, less maintainable), in skill decay in the people "guiding" the stochastic parrots, etc. It's not "can 'AI's […]

The US National Academies of Sciences refused to remove a climate change chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, despite pressure from Republican attorneys general. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/

[Puzzles] Strands #750 “In pieces” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵

Okay, I'm asking the Mastodon Hivemind something. It concerns GNU/Linux (specifically Debian), Signal Messenger, and Proton VPN. #protonvpn #signalmessenger #GNUlinux #debian 1/?

Thousands of non-Mexican migrants deported from the US are being left in southern Mexican cities far from the border, often without legal status or resources. Many are elderly, ill, or have lived most of their lives in the US, and now face unsafe conditions and limited access to aid. Human […]

[Puzzles] Strands #749 “Trademarked no more” 🔵🔵🔵💡 🔵🟡💡💡 🔵

Wonderful! https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179

Married women: our right to vote is at risk if you took your husband's name. Weirdly, I'd say this is going to encourage newly married women to keep their maiden names. #votingrights #USPol

[Puzzles] Strands #748 “Sniff sniff” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

Did @signalapp stop working for anyone else on desktop through @protonprivacy VPN? I tried a few different servers (all plus) and anything other than messages to myself doesn't go through (it just sits there spinning until I turn off the VPN). #signalmessenger #protonvpn