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Running a full-network Bluesky relay costs less ($19) than my beefy but ~single user Mastodon hosted instance ($24). People underestimate how much data optimized software can move through efficient protocols on modern non-cloud hardware. https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lo7a2a4qxg2l

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In case you want to know, here is a list of European alternatives to popular digital services. (This is not an official EU site.) european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

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the difference here is that climate experts are talking about the overwhelming majority of global science in their field for decades, whereas "AI experts" are more like guys who declare "these new Cheetos are so dangerously cheesy, we run the risk of a Cheese-splosion"

submitted 28 days ago • 10 comments

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster. Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

submitted 59 days ago • 2511 comments

Trump presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history. Tempers flared, voices were raised and protocol was shredded in the once-hallowed Oval Office.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

...what childish pathetic behavior on full public display by both trump & vance ...they're just lazy ass bullies ..here's a 7 min clip if you have the stomach for it; edition.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

submitted 66 days ago • 5 comments

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence. That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received. The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.

submitted 68 days ago • 94 comments

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? | Apostolis Fotiadis

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“Appears” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

Look @cnn.com @npr.org @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ...

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Also interesting because... not all birds can walk! Crows can, as can eagles, herons, and turkeys. Often birds that can walk spend a lot of time on the ground and tend to have larger legs than birds that can't, like the passerines, such as warblers and tanagers. Why? 1/?

submitted 111 days ago • 10 comments

I have 80% of a design for passkey-based age encryption. I think it can be pretty smooth and secure! Same UI as passkeys, works cross-device just like logins, using the PRF extension. Also, if you use a hardware token, you can use a companion CLI, and can choose to require an additional secret.

submitted 114 days ago • 42 comments

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"The other main problem for many scientists in dealing with SpaceX is that they find it difficult to accept Musk’s rightwing politics". As it seems increasingly like far-right/neo-Nazi/white supremacist, this is going to become a v. tricky issue for space science. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 120 days ago • 8 comments

I started a hike to Fagradalsfjall (2021) at 2am. Just after sunrise, the last few people left. I was completely alone out there, face-to-face with the erupting volcano. To witness and feel the warmth of the creation of Earth without another soul in sight was the most surreal experience I've had.

submitted 163 days ago • 37 comments

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Crikey. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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"EIGHT MEN HAVE THE SAME WEALTH AS HALF THE WORLD" Instead of asking where does this end - we should be asking where does action to change this begin? Extreme inequality - we can start calling this out and demanding social and political change VOTE FOR CHANGE www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

submitted 290 days ago • 0 comments

thats basically hot enough to cook a steak rare. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

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Wildlife and plants are going to be dying in increasing numbers as global warming worsens: Mexico is so hot that monkeys, birds and bats are falling dead from trees #ClimateCrisis #globalwarming #ecosystems www.euronews.com/green/2024/0...

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Climate change is our “unescapable reality”, said Joeri Rogelj, at Imperial College London. “Running away from it is impossible and will only increase the challenges of dealing with the consequences and implementing solutions.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 360 days ago • 1 comment

A marvelous observation: the first record of self-medication by a wild orangutan for a facial wound. 🧪🦊🌏

submitted 368 days ago • 1 comment

"Zoopharmacognosy." By trial and error, wild animals learn to self-medicate. Jaguars eat hallucinogenic yagé to kill parasites (ostensibly). Bears chew oshá root into an insecticidal paste. Elk get drunk on overripe apples. Caribou trip on amanita muscaria. www.bbc.com/news/science...

submitted 367 days ago • 1 comment

NO FUCKING WAY

submitted 368 days ago • 14 comments

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“On Tuesday, Tesla is expected to report a 40% plunge in operating profit and its first revenue decline in four years.”

submitted 378 days ago • 60 comments

Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its workforce (about 14,000 people) And, “effective immediately” - didn’t learn from the first employment-related lawsuits that there’s a protocol, did ya? still Winning, eh ELNO 🤭

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Why isn’t this the top story worldwide? www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/c...

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cosmosmagazine.com/science/phys...

submitted 417 days ago • 3 comments

🧵With the discussion around AI and the theft, I think there are two points to sum it up: - theft and copyright infringement is fundamental to the business model the companies engage in (there will be a lot of academic and legal ink spilled as to where that theft occurs) they begged for an exemption

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