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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:
Then, for 24 hours, the Baltic Power System will operate solo in an "island operation mode." The next day, the power system is set to merge with the Continental European and Nordic grids through several links with Finland, Sweden and Poland.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and Belarus — and turn to their European Union allies.
The severing of electricity ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia is steeped in geopolitical and symbolic significance.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petersuber@fediscience.org wrote:
"Elon #Musk’s Enemy, #USAID, Was Investigating #Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine"
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
JosephMenn@infosec.exchange wrote:
I interviewed two despairing Office of Personnel Management employees for this story. Musk's people at DOGE were granted full access to sensitive records on millions of people within hours of Trump being sworn in. They can now make further actions harder to spot. Please read and share, this version should be free with an email address. https://wapo.st/3WNsOik #musk #opm
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Unbelievable
#ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service are feeding sensitive data into #AI software via #Microsoft’s #cloud
#Musk’s US #DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the #Education Dept into #ArtificialIntelligence software to probe the agency’s programs & spending…. > The AI probe includes data w/personally identifiable info for people who manage grants, & sensitive internal financial data…
#law #security #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #Trump #TrumpCoup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ami_angelwings@urusai.social ("Ami Angelwings") wrote:
don't discourage people from trying or learning
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dinosven@sciencemastodon.com ("Sven Sachs") wrote:
! Big plesiosaur news !
Our paper that might change the way we look at plesiosaurs is published in Current Biology. We describe for the first time evidence for pigment cells and provide a detailed analysis of scales in a plesiosaur. We found scale-like structures at the limbs that may had a hydrodynamic effect and stiffened the paddles. Body and tail were scale-less.
I thank Miguel Marx and my fellow co-authors for being part of the team.
Artwork: Joschua Knüppe.
#science #news #biology #nature
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
the IU compilers course (https://github.com/IUCompilerCourse/IU-Fall-2024/blob/main/index.md) with @jeremysiek's "essentials of compilation" book (PDF available on link above) was what I was looking for, tx to @leah for the tip 🎩
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
Some_Emo_Chick ("Frankie ✅") wrote:
Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault.
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #elonmusk #nazi #corruption
Mastodon FeedReblogged by nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi"):
ostifofficial@fosstodon.org ("OSTIF") wrote:
Join us later this month on Feb 19th at 2PM CST (Chicago) for an OSTIF.org meetup with Nadim Kobeissi, Senior Applied Cryptography Auditor at Cure53, who will be presenting "Unmasking Cryptographic Risks: A Deep Dive into the Nym Audit".
RSVP at https://lu.ma/o2dasp0m
Mastodon Feedchipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
What's surprisingly bad about it for Apple, though, is the UI. It changes from app to app (!), varying from functional but cryptic in TextEdit to basically unusable in BBEdit and Ulysses (where I actually do most of my writing). Bonus: in BBEdit, it silently removes Markdown formatting.
Mastodon Feedchipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
I am surprised and faintly alarmed that Apple Intelligence’s "proofreading" function is…fine? It's really just proofreading, not doing pedantic rewriting, and it's about at the level of a decent but unimaginative copy editor. You could do worse.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Who is lying to me -- scientists and engineers, or Billy Bob's character in this oil propaganda show?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:
Internet Archive played a crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals
Internet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online.
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2074526?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:
Every damn media outlet should be blasting this.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Joe_Hill@union.place ("Joe Hill 🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦") wrote:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
JoshuaHolland ("Joshua Holland") wrote:
I was expecting there to be a few GOP senators who took their oaths seriously enough to sink Trump's most ludicrous nominees--the ones that are both dangerous and also just an embarrassment to the country--and fold on his other vicious, unqualified wingnuts.
But I was wrong.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘According to NBC News, in 2023 “online sleuths who aided the FBI in cases against hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters identified Marocco and his now-wife as being among the rioters who stormed the Capitol in 2021.” The online group Sedition Hunters — which worked to identify participants in the Capitol riot using open source research and facial recognition technology — alleged in November that Marocco and his wife, Merritt Corrigan, entered the Capitol during the riot […]’
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:
An interesting development. I wonder if Trump told Elon that the plan has changed now that America is next of kin to mine all Ukraine’s precious bodily fluids, I mean metals.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
medigoth@qoto.org ("Daniel Dvorkin") wrote:
A tiny complaint compared to all the other crap going on, but ... I really hate it when #icon-and-#text #interfaces are replaced by icon-only, and there's no way (or at least no obvious way) to change it back. #Bluesky seems to be the latest site to embrace this very bad idea.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sam@social.coop ("Sam Whited") wrote:
If you know anyone looking for a rather unique bicycle mechanic job in the Atlanta area, one of my favorite places in the world, Sopo Bicycle Co-op, is hiring a part-time shop coordinator! We've been struggling to stay open consistently for a while, and we're hoping having someone there on set nights will let us sell more bikes, and recruit more volunteers!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
It Is Time to Standardize Principles and Practices for Software Memory Safety – Communications of the ACM by @david_chisnall https://lobste.rs/s/dp5e4g #security
https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/it-is-time-to-standardize-principles-and-practices-for-software-memory-safety/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Those of us trying to dig teams out from under megabytes of JS *see you*, Vercel.
You want to help? Take some bloody responsibility for your actions and *stop sending JS down the wire by default*.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It is gobsmacking to see the primary hucksters of the JS-industrial-complex simultaneously duck accountability for their role in frontend's lost decade while cosplaying performance leadership because *they just noticed mobile*.
The cheek of these shysters is impossible to overstate.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social ("Meanwhile in Canada") wrote:
January Tesla sales are down 75% in Spain, 63% in France, 59% in Germany, 44% in Sweden, 38% in Norway, 42% in the Netherlands, and 33% in Australia. I guess being a nazi is bad for business. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mastodon Feedinthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:
Merriam-Webster homepage having a moment over here
Mastodon FeedIt's an older meme, but it checks out.
https://jwz.org/b/ykhV
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
r.gilmore@threads.net ("Rachel Gilmore") wrote:
The tech broligarchs are getting organized and political.
No, I’m not talking about what’s happening in the United States.
This is right here in Canada.
A group of CEOs, founders and other executives have decided they’re tired of their voices going unheard (lmfao)
Here's what's going on:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
scott@typetura.social ("Scott Kellum :typetura:") wrote:
digital.gov is getting shut down… My wife worked for years to write the design guides for the federal government, and poof, they’re just deleting them…
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Since NYC began congestion pricing, subway ridership is up, subway crime is way down, traffic fatalities are down. Also, trip times for drivers and buses are faster and bus ridership is up. https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/nyc-subway-crime-plummets-ridership-jumps-2025/
