We've prepared a zine version of our text "Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities," describing the dynamic and resilient system that people in the Twin Cities have developed to keep the pressure on ICE.
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/rapid-resโฆ
Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
You can read the entire text of this zine online here, complete with hyperlinks. The rapid response networks people organized to defend their communities against federal agents seeking to kidnap, ...CrimethInc.
passed to me from a minnesotan on the ground in minneapolis, boiled down into bullet points
-- people are hiding others in their houses now.-- ICE is following white people home from the store if they think they might be buying food for someone else.
-- ICE is supposed to be switching to night raids soon to avoid observers.
-- it's generally understood that if you're detained it's a mugging and if you're raided it's an armed robbery because they WILL steal your shit. phones are #1 obviously so they can find more victims, but anything they can steal and sell, they will. pass this on if you have anyone to pass it onto. i have been explicitly given the "PLEASE DO" of sharing on this. social media has slowed down not because it's gotten better but because people have gotten tired or bored and minnesotans are too busy fighting back and trying to survive.
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Made another little sculpture, this time to test the pink phosphorescent paint. (Which looks orange in the dark but that doesnโt make it any less magical. :โD)
#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #Sculpture #LichenSubscribe #Nature #Forest #Bioluminescence
"Across Europe, unnecessary lighting is being extinguished, and a key motivation is to protect nature. Over the past decade an increasing amount of research has shown that illuminating night skies is bad for a wide range of species, including insects, birds and amphibians โ disrupting their feeding, reproduction and navigation."
theguardian.com/environment/20โฆ
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Conservation
โThe normal should be darknessโ: why one Belgian national park is turning off โpointlessโ streetlights
The radical project is an attempt to preserve wildlife in one of Europeโs most light-polluted countries, but can they persuade local people they will still feel safe?Phoebe Weston (The Guardian)
WATCH: Rep. Massie questions Attorney General Pam Bondi on Epstein case
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi in an oversight hearing Wednesday.The hearing offers an opportunity for lawmakers to questio...YouTube
security advice, 1996: writing your passwords down in a notebook is a very bad idea and nobody should do it
security advice, 2026: writing your passwords down in a notebook is one of the most secure storage methods for most users
(fun how threat models change over time, eh?)
The FAA is hosting an #aviation #shitshow right now in El Paso, TX. First announcing closures of the airspace, then re-opening it again, something about 28,000 drones, maybe a new weapon to shoot down drones, DHS says it's for "national security" yada yada yada, Pelosi is piloting the drones...
One this is crystal clear. Today, the media is not talking about the 38,000 times Big Orange is mentioned in the Epstein files.
El Paso is just today's distraction.
apnews.com/live/faa-el-paso-teโฆ
RE: mastodon.social/@leavex/116053โฆ
If Mastodon is chronically underfunded, shouldn't we discuss serious public investment in its development, including its usability and design?
Twitter was purchased for $43 billion and is now widely used to amplify disinformation and polarization through hate speech and an extremist agenda.
How much are we willing to invest in a bold, interoperable, European alternative that strengthens democratic discourse?
If projects like โEuroSkyโ move forward, will public funding be diverted there, instead of supporting and scaling the Fediverse?
Mastodon already exists and has millions of users, official EU servers, and institutional accounts. Why start from scratch when what works can be strengthened?
Cc @EUCommission @HennaVirkkunen @mellifluousbox @alexandrageese @Gargron
#EU #OpenSource #DigitalSovereingty #Mastodon #BlueSky
Leave X - Protect Democracy (@leavex@mastodon.social)
A perspective on Mastodon, by @markus_netzpolitik@chaos.social and Joris Leander: Usability: Decentralization is a feature โ but also a barrier to entry that deters less tech-savvy users.Leave X - Protect Democracy (Mastodon)
Souvenir d'automne ๐
La thรฉcla du bouleau (Thecla betulae) est un papillon de bois, bosquet oรน se trouve des pruneliers. Elle est visible surtout en fin d'รฉtรฉ dรฉbut d'automne.
Comme toutes les espรจces de thรฉclas elle possรจde de petites queues ร l'extrรฉmitรฉ des ailes postรฉrieures.
#Nature #Biodiversite #Insects #Animals #Insectes #Macro #Macrophotography #Entomology #Ecology #Biology #Environment #InventaireNaturaliste #Wildlife #Photography #Photo #Wildlifephotography #Butterfly #Papillon
I no longer have stable employment, so I am going full force on commissions again. Please consider me for pretty much anything, you can see examples on misnina.com from simple icons to full illustrations. Just shoot me an email at nina@misnina.com with what you need.
#PixelArt #Illustration #CommissionsOpen
"Oh," the emperor of the galaxy said, "what happened to that monkey world?"
"Our agents infiltrated them some eight thousand years ago."
"Have they taken over the world?"
"Not yet."
The emperor licked a paw and started washing his ears.
"I'll still count it as one of mine," he purred.
"Mentre noi respingiamo i migranti, la Spagna li regolarizza. Mentre noi investiamo in armi, la Spagna aumenta lo stato sociale. Mentre noi tagliamo i servizi ai poveri, loro aumentano le tasse ai ricchi. Loro crescono, perรฒ. Noi no. Non vi viene il dubbio che stiamo sbagliando tutto?"
fanpage.it/politica/la-spagna-โฆ
#Economia #Welfare #Riarmo #Spagna #Italia
๐ฉ IL CONSULENTE DI CYBERSECURITY ๐ฉ
Ogni azienda ne ha uno. A volte piรน di uno.
#RHC #Cybersecurity #FuffaAsAService #ConsulenzaStrategica #ParlareSenzaDireNulla #redhotcyber #cybersecurity
Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Mรคrchen seit Grimm (1919).
Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive
pdimagearchive.org/images/7ff7โฆ
#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain
Questo film non s'ha da fare!
@cinema @spettacoli @spettacoli@diggita.com
#boomerissimo #brucelee #stevemcqueen #artimarziali #kungfumovies #Unocinema
boomerissimo.it/2024/06/29/bruโฆ
Bruce Lee Vs Steve McQueen: il film della discordia - Boomerissimo
Due giganti del cinema e due caratteri coriacei. La loro amicizia fu messa a dura prova da un film.Antonietta Terraglia (Boomerissimo)
Arriva ZeroDayRAT: il nuovo spyware che minaccia Android e iOS. Cosa cโรจ da sapere
๐ Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/arriva-zeโฆ
#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #spyware #zerodayrat #telegram #android #ios
Arriva ZeroDayRAT: il nuovo spyware che minaccia Android e iOS. Cosa c'รจ da sapere
Scopri il nuovo spyware ZeroDayRAT che colpisce Android e iOS, permettendo agli aggressori di controllare i dispositivi infetti.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
RIP to this poor seal that was stranded and recently passed despite the awesome efforts of The Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
Help rescue stranded animals and see cute seals and stuff at mmsc.org/
We've just published a blog post about our time at #FOSDEM this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
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securityaffairs.com/187869/secโฆ
#securityaffairs #hacking #malware
Reynolds ransomware uses BYOVD to disable security before encryption
Researchers discovered Reynolds ransomware, which uses BYOVD technique to disable security tools and evade detection before encryption.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
Il โnoโ in vantaggio nei sondaggi. La democrazia e la Costituzione possono essere salvate
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2026/02/il-no-iโฆ
Erano partiti sbandierando sondaggi con venti punti di vantaggio, poi dieci, poi quattro, ora Youtrend segna
Speciale TG5: "Sotto Traccia - Parlano gli 007"
Gli esperti DIS, AISE, AISI raccontano l'evoluzione dai conflitti lineari alle minacce ibride e cibernetiche: il lavoro "sotto soglia" per proteggere la sovranitร digitale ed economica, l'importanza delle fonti OSINT e il ruolo dell'IA, che supporta ma non sostituisce l'intuizione umana. L'Italia come modello globale nella sicurezza, grazie a una lunga esperienza nel contrasto a terrorismo e criminalitร .
Speciale TG5 "Sotto Traccia - Parlano gli 007"
Speciale dedicato all'Intelligence italiana, realizzato in occasione del Centenario dell'Intelligence (1925-2025) dalla redazione del TG5 con interviste al D...YouTube
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Fragili alleanze: il nord-est della Siria tra tribรน, Sdf e Governo di transizione
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
A inizio 2026, la Siria ha rischiato di sprofondare in una nuova escalation. La mancata implementazione dellโaccordo raggiunto nel marzo 2025 tra il governo di Damasco e le Forze democratiche siriane (Sdf) โ e le Amministrazioni autonome del nord-est della
Annuario 2025 della televisione italiana: uno spettro si aggira nellโimmaginario
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2026/02/annuariโฆ
Si รจ tenuta ieri alla Camera dei deputati la presentazione dellโAnnuario 2025 della televisione italiana ยซLe sfide dello streamcastingยป,
Ubuntu 26.04 rimuove โSoftware e Aggiornamentiโ
linuxeasy.org/ubuntu-26-04-rimโฆ
Ubuntu 26.04 abbandona lโapp โSoftware e Aggiornamentiโ. Le sue funzioni si spostano in altre applicazioni, mentre restano disponibili strumenti CLI e pacchetti opzionali. L'articolo Ubuntu 26.04 rimuove โSoftware e Aggiornamentiโ รจ su Linux Easy.
Aerion: il client email open source leggero e moderno per Linux
linuxeasy.org/aerion-il-clientโฆ
Aerion รจ un client email open source leggero, moderno e progettato per Linux. Offre unโinterfaccia pulita, consumi ridotti e massima privacy grazie alla connessione diretta IMAP/SMTP. L'articolo Aerion: il
Bug critico in Microsoft Notepad: Un semplice file di testo puรฒ hackerarti Windows
๐ Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/bug-critiโฆ
#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #vulnerabilita #windows #notepad #sicurezzainformatica
Bug critico in Microsoft Notepad: Un semplice file di testo puรฒ hackerarti Windows
Scopri la vulnerabilitร CVE-2026-20841 in Notepad che permette l'esecuzione di codice da remoto e come proteggerti con la patch di sicurezzaRedazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
US Vice President JD Vance said if the Iranian people want to overthrow their regime, that is their decision, but Washington is focused on preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Trump on January 13: "Keep protesting, take over your institutions. Help is on its way.โ #Iran
I got my first roll of #Super8 film developed. But, since I filmed near where I live, I cannot share the footage online. Still, it's so cool! Focusing on the Yashica Super-600 is not easy though, especially with a moving subject.
I could not resist sharing at least a part... It was the first snow of this winter.
I ricercatori avvertono: il Wi-Fi potrebbe diventare un sistema invisibile di sorveglianza di massa
una nuova tecnologia puรฒ identificare gli individui anche quando non hanno con sรฉ un dispositivo WiFi, registrando passivamente i segnali nelle reti radio, sollevando seri problemi di privacy e spingendo a richiedere protezioni piรน severe.
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I think imma just keep reposting this every day, as nothing expresses my rage about this farce better:
Supplรฌ chain: i nuovi F-35 arrivano senza radar e i ritardi nell'aggiornamento dell'AN/APG-85 rendono necessario utilizzare la zavorra๐คก
I nuovi caccia F-35 di quinta generazione stanno entrando in servizio presso l'Aeronautica Militare statunitense senza radar e vengono addirittura impiegati in questa configurazione. Il motivo รจ l'ennesimo ritardo del progetto e problemi di fornitura di componenti.
en.defence-ua.com/news/us_deliโฆ
@news
U.S. Delivers New F-35 Fighters Without Radars Due to Upgrade Delays, Mounting Issues | Defense Express
New F-35s arrive without radars as AN/APG-85 upgrade delays force U.S. Air Force to use ballast as temporary fixen.defence-ua.com
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@gazzettadelcadavere l'F-35 ha sempre dato l'impressione di essere il canto del cigno dell'aeronautica USA.
Non รจ un caso che le pressioni USA per far morire il progetto italo-nippo-inglese GCAP stanno diventando sempre piรน insistenti e potrebbero produrre un'escalation drammatica
@news
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@gazzettadelcadavere l'F-35 sconta il fatto di essere il primo aereo progettato per essere riconfigurato facilmente in base all'utilizzo tattico, in un momento in cui la sostenibilitร di un progetto ventennale cominciava a essere un problema per le nazioni NATO.
Quanto ai progetti "europei", intesi come di tutta la UE, semplicemente non possono esistere e l'unica soluzione รจ creare consorzi di massimo due o tre nazioni
Tanto verranno sorpassati tra poco dai droni autonomi con AI, giusto?
@gazzettadelcadavere @news @informapirata @sandropisano
@Imprinted tra poco no di certo... A parte che un programma per la realizzazione di un drone da combattimento vero (non i giocattoli che vediamo nella guerra russo-ucraina) costerebbe piรน o meno quanto il programma del F35, oggi solo due paesi avrebbero la copertura satellitare per di spiegare i droni a centinaia di chilometri da casa propria
@sandropisano "paesi europei" sicuramente sรฌ, ma non "l'Europa", almeno nell'attuale configurazione
@sandropisano @Imprinted @gazzettadelcadavere il problema dei paesi europei รจ la lentezza. Il Tempest ancora non ne vuole sapere di uscire fuori.
Attualmente perรฒ anche l'F-35 รจ eccessivamente avanzato per gli scenari d'uso, considerate, che fino a quando seguivo l'ambiente nei social commerciali, gli usa stavano dismettendo alcuni F-22 per fare posto a F-15 con aggiornamenti.
Sarร che l'F-15 รจ una macchina cazzutissima o che il 22 costa, ma la direzione era quella.
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@gazzettadelcadavere beh, non รจ automatico: il progetto franco-tedesco รจ fallito proprio in questi giorni
@news
Allarme o il solito marketing non convenzionale di Anthropic? Il messaggio di addio del Responsabile Safeguards Research Team di Claude
"Il mondo รจ in pericolo. E non solo per lโIA o per le bioweapon, ma per unโintera serie di crisi interconnesse che si stanno svolgendo proprio in questo momento.
...durante il mio tempo qui, ho visto quanto sia difficile far sรฌ che i nostri valori guidino davvero le nostre azioni".
x.com/i/status/202088172200358โฆ
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Sentiremo parlare di โpolicrisiโ
Il termine va molto di moda per descrivere la situazione economica e politica mondiale, ma sta anche creando scetticismoIl Post
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In the mid 1990's graphical software like Photoshop and Corel Draw became wildly available and easy to use.
Many thought it was the end for all info graphic artist because anyone could, now, create, all by themselves, their own atrocious colourful flyer in Comic Sans.
AI remind me of that now.
@Kingu With time, artists built skills with software like Photoshop and created pieces nobody could ever have done before.
Except you donโt build skills with AI, it seems to be the opposite, you become subservient of a piece of software you canโt figure out the intricacies, by design.
Once again, it is time to level curses at the hoarders of wealth, the architects of brutality, and the stealers of families, innocence, and dreams...
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Inspired by a discussion elsewhere:
I've been on the Internet since 1987, started a career building the commercial Internet in 1995, and have spent the last 25 years writing books about how to build foundational Internet infrastructure. I've consulted for and worked with any number of dot-coms, and the one lesson I've gotten over and over again?
The Internet's business model is betrayal.
We have no smart lights. No voice assistants. No Alexa or Siri. No video doorbell. Our thermostat and appliances constantly complain about their lack of Internet. None of this stuff is safe.
The Internet tech I do use? A desktop PC. Email on my phone is for travel only: airplane tickets, hotel reservations, hockey and concert tix. Location on my phone? Nope, we use a dedicated non-networked GPS in the car. The microphones are off.
How can a light bulb betray me? I don't know. I do know that the vendors have put a LOT of thought into it, though, and I can't out-think all of them.
A female OpenAI executive who raised concerns about the upcoming โAdult Modeโ - which lets you sex ChatGPT girlfriends - has been fired for โsexual discrimination against menโ
russian forces in occupied #Ukraine are forcing children to obtain russian passports to travel abroad, according to reports.
This policy is part of broader efforts to integrate occupied territories into russia, raising concerns over child rights and forced assimilation.
The move is seen as a tool for long-term control and legitimacy of occupation.
united24media.com/latest-news/โฆ
Russia Forces Ukrainian Children in Occupied Territories to Obtain Russian Passports to Travel Abroad
New Russian legislation mandates Ukrainian children in occupied areas to obtain Russian passports for international travel, hindering their mobility.Dariia Mykhailenko (UNITED24 Media)
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ะ ัะตะณะพ ะปะฐะนะบะพะฒ ัะฐะบ ะผะฐะปะพ ั ะฟะพะดะบะฐััะฐ ะฟัะพ ะะตััะฐััะธะบ?
Meshtastic (feat. side2k) - EP06
ะ ััะพั ัะฐะท ะผั ะฟะพะณะพะฒะพัะธะผ ะฟัะพ Meshtastic (https://meshtastic.org) (wiki (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshtastic) ) - ะดะตัะตะฝััะฐะปะธะทะพะฒะฐะฝะฝัั P2P mesh-ัะตัั (https...YouTube
#EU Parliament approves โฌ90 billion #Ukraine support loan package
๐ทโฌ60 billion to strengthen Ukraineโs defence, โฌ30 billion for macro-financial assistance and budget support
๐ทUkraine must commit to continue democratic reforms and fight corruption
๐ทLoan to be financed through common EU borrowing, Ukraine to pay it back once it receives war reparations from russia
Press Releases ๐ europarl.europa.eu/news/en/preโฆ
Parliament approves โฌ90 billion Ukraine support loan package | News | European Parliament
MEPs voted in favour of three pieces of legislation to make a โฌ90 billion EU loan available for Ukraine as it faces Russiaโs continued war of aggression.www.europarl.europa.eu
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Quali sono gli altri rischi di frana in Italia e cosa insegnano i casi di Niscemi e Petacciato
https://www.wired.it/article/rischi-frana-italia-cosa-insegnano-casi-niascemi-petacciato/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su I cambiamenti climatici @i-cambiamenti-climatici-WiredItalia
Quali sono gli altri rischi di frana in Italia e cosa insegnano i casi di Niscemi e Petacciato
Dalla frana di Niscemi ai dati Ispra sul dissesto idrogeologico: perchรฉ quasi tutti i comuni italiani hanno aree a rischio e come, a Petacciato, si prova a fermare una delle piรน grandi frane dโEuropaElena Betti (Wiredย Italia)
Ci vado io
Inchiesta Glovo a Milano: pagati 2,50โฌ a consegna. Tronfio di aver sempre evitato come la peste questi servizi di consegna a domicilio (Glovo, Just Eat, Foodora, Deliveroo) : non voglio essere complice di questa forma moderna e strisciante di schiavitรน. Se voglio una pizza da asporto me la vado a prendere. Al Sushi club ci vado io, si chiama take-away per un motivo.
Inchiesta Glovo a
monodes.com/predaelli/2026/02/โฆ
#Ethics #YetAnotherReasonToAvoid
Ci vado io
Inchiesta Glovo a Milano: pagati 2,50โฌ a consegna. Tronfio di aver sempre evitato come la peste questi servizi di consegna a domicilio (Glovo, Just Eat, Foodora, Deliveroo) : non voglio essere compโฆPaolo Redaelli personal blog
Soldiers from Ukraineโs Special Operations Forces have joined Olena Smahaโs protest.
Smaha displayed her support for fellow ๐บ๐ฆ athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who competed wearing a helmet with portraits of Ukrainians killed by russiaโs aggression โ a helmet that was subsequently banned by the IOC.
Source: United 24 Media
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No, no: i licantropi si combattono con l'argento.
Per le donne usiamo manipolazione e senso di colpa.
Ma volete studiarlo il manuale delle creature eretiche?
Cosa vi mandiamo a fare in seminario?
Prima di essere il comico campione d'incassi per 2 decenni, fu un bell'ometto. Oggi #LeslieNielsen avrebbe compiuto 100 anni e questo รจ un classico della #fantascienza, godibile anche oggi. Il pianeta proibito [HD] - TokyVideo tokyvideo.com/it/video/il-pianโฆ
Il pianeta proibito [HD]
Una missione spaziale scende su Altair. In tutto il pianeta, di unโintera colonia terrestre solo il professor Morbius e sua figlia, serviti dal robot Robby, sono sopravvissuti alle incursioni di mostr...Tokyvideo.com
#Ukraine racer defies IOC ban by wearing 'helmet of memory' as anger grows
โ๏ธ Sean Ingle in Livigno
๐Luger shares 'remembrance is not a violation' message
๐Officials will allow racer to wear black armband instead
theguardian.com/sport/2026/febโฆ
Ukraine racer defies IOC ban by wearing โhelmet of memoryโ as anger grows
A Ukrainian skeleton racer has accused the International Olympic Committee of โbetrayalโ after it banned his racing helmet showing images of athletes and friends killed following Russiaโs invasionSean Ingle (The Guardian)
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Ukrainian freestyle skier Kateryna Kotsar says the IOC banned her helmet with "Be Brave like Ukrainians" at the 2026 Winter Olympics, citing political neutrality rules.
The decision sparked outrage as russians competes despite its invasion.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-โฆ
Another Ukrainian athlete says IOC barred helmet honoring 'Ukrainian bravery' at Olympics
Kateryna Kotsar, a Ukrainian freestyle skier, said on Feb. 10 that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred her from using a custom helmet with the inscription "Be Brave like Ukrainians" at the 2026 Winter Olympics.Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
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๐๏ธ Honour the Angels of Sport ๐บ๐ฆ โ Ukrainian athletes who gave their lives in the war.
Their passion, courage, and dreams will never be forgotten.
To date, over 600 stories of athletes and coaches have been collected โ from Olympic and world champions to young talents whose journeys were tragically cut short by russians
yangoly-sportu.teamukraine.comโฆ
Angels of sport โ Ukrainian athletes who died as a result of russian-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian athletes who died as a result of russian-Ukrainian warSport committee of Ukraine
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Every morning at 9 AM, #Ukraine pauses.
Will you join us in a minute of silence to honour the fallen heroes who gave everything for freedom?
Their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Stand with Ukraine.๐ฏ๏ธ
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As of 08:00 11 Feb 2026, russiaโs invasion of #Ukraine (Day 1,449) saw 126 clashes, 100 air strikes, 284 guided bombs, 7,719 drones, and 3,310 shellings.
Ukraine repelled attacks, destroyed 820+ russian troops, 5 tanks, 59 artillery systems, and 1,551 drones.
Heavy fighting in Pokrovsk, Huliaipole, and Sloviansk directions.
Source: Ukrainian Army.
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11 Feb 2026 (18:30โ08:00): #Ukraine repelled a massive drone attack, - 129 UAVs (80 Shaheds) launched from russia/occupied Ukraine.
112 UAVs (88%) shot down/suppressed
15 hit 8 locations.
Attack ongoing.
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Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to February 11, 2026 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine
๐ท Yesterday 820 enemy, killed or wounded
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La troupe di E' ancora Carta Bianca si presenta davanti all'ingresso del palazzo occupato che รจ il quartier generale di CasaPound.
Sopraggiunge la Polizia di Stato. Gli agenti procedono allโidentificazione dei reporter, rimproverandoli per non aver concordato le interviste con i portavoce delle tartarughine frecciate.
Non รจ da tutti avere l'ufficio stampa in divisa.
Sensitive content
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I should not be allowed to internet ...
#Wordplay #NerdHumor #ComicStrip #VisualPun #SciFiParody #StarWars #YodaSpeak
OK, that's concerning. Got a message from the police that tell me about a new register for my weapons.
I don't have any weapons!? What?
Nobody knows how the whole system works
surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/02โฆ
<- this is THE single key defining truth of 21st century computing
Nobody knows how the whole system works
One of the surprising (at least to me) consequences of the fall of Twitter is the rise of LinkedIn as a social media site. I saw some interesting posts I wanted to call attention to: First, Simon WโฆSurfing Complexity
Yes, [AI] represents a significant shift in how we build software, it moves us further away from how the underlying stuff actually works, but the benefits exceed the risks.
I don't know about that last one. If it weren't for the numerous massive externalities the current crop of AI currently has, it might have been easier to argue for it, but in the current situation, I don't think it's that clear-cut.
Of course it's easier to clump the people who are concerned about these never-before-seen externalities with the people who are averse to change in their craft in order to dismiss both wholesale.
@Liam Proven Also the difference between AI and the entirety of the technologies mentioned in this article is that machine learning (of which LLMs are an outcrop) is deliberately designed to obscure its inner working. It is a feature that makes it incredibly effective to reach its goal, but as a result even machine learning experts cannot explain how a system produced a given outcome, by design.
So "nobody can't understand everything" as a hand-waving for AI is terribly reductionist. We voluntarily made computer systems inaccurate in order to bring about God in the machine and we ended up with a shitty climate change acceleratory Eliza.
It's not intentional. The images are still replicating from the old storage to the new storage bucket. I will see if there's something I can do to accelerate that.
I am not sure what's going on with the trending page. I will take a look. Apologies for the trouble
Oh sure - they're all talking about balloons now - but we all know the real reason for the closure.
"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didnโt trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid ... I realize now that Prince wasnโt paranoid, he was prescient."
Hello UK #GreenParty members on here: I would really like the Green Party to set up on #Mastodon. Our local party (closed down after last election by somewhat erratic unilateral decision) has just reestablished and it is all X, FB and Insta. I have suggested Mastodon but noone knows it. I will work on it locally but is there any way to take it to the top somehow? Can we get together on here to write an email? Any suggestions welcome. #UKpolitics
I'm rather certain I've posted this one before. but looking at this picture pleases me so much, I decided to share it again
#LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon #NaturePhotography #Macro #Photography
j'ai une question con (ou pas) aux gens de la technique qui font de l'avant vente.
vous apprenez de votre cรดtรฉ ร mettre en place un outil qui se retrouve au catalogue de services de votre boรฎte. vous en faites aussi la dรฉmo et l'avant vente (avec un commercial pour l'approche initial)
le commercial touche sa part de commission, vous n'avez rien et on ne vous en parle mรชme pas, d'avoir une commission.
vous estimez รงa :
- normal (0%, 0 votes)
- anormal (83%, 5 votes)
- zblurf (juste voir le rรฉsultat) (16%, 1 vote)
@Marud Pour moi les deux sont liรฉs. Pourquoi lโingรฉnieur/technicien prรฉtendrait ร une commission non nรฉgociรฉe quand les commerciaux doivent se contenter de leur compensation fixe rรฉduite en pรฉriode de disette commerciale ?
Il y a pour moi une sรฉparation forte des prรฉoccupations entre ces deux profils professionnels qui nโa peut-รชtre pas forcรฉment lieu dโรชtre, mais que cet exemple isolรฉ ne justifie pas vraiment pour super favoriser le profil technique aux dรฉpends du profil commercial.
Today is European 112 Day ๐ช๐บ
๐ 112 is the EUโs single emergency number.
It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. Itโs free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
"Switzerlandโs military has terminated its contract with Palantirโฆ following a security auditโฆ concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense dataโฆ significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
Card of the day from the Thoth Deck for February 11
Seven of Disks
hermetic.com/crowley/book-of-tโฆ
๐ #tarot #ThothDeck #CardOfTheDay #DailyTarot #divination #cartomancy
I was just sitting on the sofa, considering what to do about dinner, when some guy whose face I didnโt see came up my steps and put something in my mailbox. He had a blue heeler waiting at the water bowl. By the time I got up and opened the door, they were gone. And this was in the box. 1/
Dunque, bella gente fediversica e mastodontica, mi ricordo benissimo di aver ricevuto diverse richieste, nel tempo, riguardanti la ricerca storica, ultima delle quali quella di @valhalla relativamente ai passaporti tra le varie "regioni" (semplifico) d'Italia ai tempi dell'unificazione.
Purtroppo, perรฒ, non ricordo l'ordine, nรฉ l'argomento, nรฉ il richiedente ๐
Quindi facciamo cosรฌ: se avete #Curiositร Storiche scrivetemi qui sotto, cosรฌ con ordine farรฒ il possibile per rispondervi.
LA AEC2 SE SUMA A LA CELEBRACIรN DEL 11F - AEC2
11F: 30 actividades para celebrar a las mujeres y niรฑas en la ciencia El 11 de febrero es una fecha para celebrar el trabajo de las mujeres en la ciencia.AEC2
41 days? Oh really?
Anyway, just putting my wetsuit on to take the dog out again.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/fโฆ
โIโm thinking of building an arkโ: the Cornish village soaked by 41 consecutive days of rain
In Cardinham, which has had 366mm of rain this year, thereโs little need to check the weather forecast: more rainSteven Morris (The Guardian)
Haha...
Bryant said he didnโt believe in global warming, and climate change was a โhobgoblinโ being used to scare people. โThis is just a wet winter. Weโve had wet winters before,โ he said.
Sorry mate, it's not going to stop because you don't believe in it.
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/posโฆ
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โMany doctors have also criticized Dr. Attiaโs credentials: He completed medical school and spent several years as a resident in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, but dropped out before the residency was over, then left the medical field to work at McKinsey & Company and an energy company before opening his health care practice. He is not board certified in any specialty.โ
Can Europe free itself from Visa/Mastercard?
Europeans are dependent on American payment systems for their day-to-day commerce. What would happen if they suddenly didn't work? Christine Lagarde says a European payment system is urgently needed.Dave Keating (Gulf Stream Blues)
X:
Sulaiman Ahmed
@ShaykhSulaiman
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In 2011 Bill Gates discussed with Jeffrey Epstein the murder of the poor peoples of the worldโฆ
Leseempfehlung!
#TaxTheRich
#Vermรถgenssteuer
Nach Fake-Hinweis habe ich den Autor des Tweets angeschrieben und ihn gebeten einen Quellennachweis zu liefern, kommt er nicht, wird dieser Post gelรถscht
Domenica 15 febbraio, in occasione della chiamata nazionale alla mobilitazione locale " #NoSuiNostriCorpi ", ci sarร un'assemblea pubblica anche a #Grosseto riguardo il nuovo ddl sulla violenza sessuale, organizzata dal centro antiviolenza locale, associazione Olympia de Gouges APS*
*www.olympiadegouges.org/
#25n
And a major #AMOC change would seriously impact the world at large, even the tropics - not just Iceland. ๐
adn.com/nation-world/2026/02/1โฆ
How a warming planet could turn Iceland into a glacier
The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter while turning Iceland into โone giant glacier.โChico Harlan, The Washington Post (Anchorage Daily News)
reshared this
7.9.0 โ Spring Cleaning ๐ชฃ๐งน
pre_wp_update_comment_count_now filter conflicts with Gutenberg on WordPress.com
Description The ActivityPub plugin's pre_wp_update_comment_count_now filter at priority 10 conflicts with Gutenberg's identical filter, causing one of them to fail at excluding their respective com...pfefferle (GitHub)
Hi @activitypub.blog @pfefferle , the plugin is not publishing my blog (danstonchat.com) posts anymore on #actitiypub : @danstonchat.com
Last post here is from Jan 24, but since then, I published 4 posts on the website. They do not appear on any instance afaik.
The blog is hosted on wordpress.com (business plan) and always up-to-date.
Is there something I should check / do?
Thanks for any help! ๐
do you use the classic or the block editor!?
if should default to "Public", the only exception is if you edit an old post that was not federated before... do you have a plugin that might hook into the publishing process and add an old date before it gets published?
Block editor. ;)
Yes, the thing is, my website is based on user generated content, so users can submit posts, they are in a queue as "pending", and then, if good enough, I edit and publish them.
I guess the "visibility" setting did not exist before, and it is set to "do not federate" for old posts or posts that are not public?
you can update one of them. no need to change something, simply hit save.
but please only one at a time :)
Sure, the one I updated is: danstonchat.com/quote/%f0%9f%aโฆ
Also these 2 do not appear: danstonchat.com/quote/%f0%9f%aโฆ and danstonchat.com/quote/%f0%9f%8โฆ
๐ซ Byyyyyyyyyye
Lui: Tu savais que quand plus quelquโun met de โuโ ร โSalutโ, plus tu lui plaรฎtLui: Saluuuuuuut, au faitElle: SaltDans Ton Chat / BashFR
They now appear! Thanks!
I'm not sure what you mean by "importing" a post into mastodon.social
And also what you mean by "distribution"?
(non-native english speaker here!)
you can put the url of a post into the search of mastodon and then mastodon will โimportโ the post. The result is the same as when your blog would have sent it.
With distribution I ment the process of sending the post to all followers. This is done via WP_Crons. Sometimes a cron is blocking the rest.
Thank you again for the clarification! Good to know. :)
I don't know about distribution and WP_Crons, but since this is hosted on Wordpress.com I guess this is working fine. Maybe it wasn't automatic anymore because the posts were "old"?
Anyway, they're all here now! It's all good. Thanks ๐
WP Crontrol
WP Crontrol enables you to take control of the cron events on your WordPress website.WordPress.org
It's been too long since I took a good photo with the bass guitar, so here is one from rehearsal yesterday.๐
My favourite bass line right now is probably from Feel Good Inc,by Gorillaz, which has also become my go-to to sing at Karaoke.
Can you recommend cool bass lines for beginners?
#BassTodon #BassGuitar #Lilac #Purple #Bass
2026-01-14: Il giorno in cui telnet morรฌ
Il 14 gennaio 2026, il traffico #telnet globale osservato dai sensori di GreyNoise รจ crollato. Una riduzione sostenuta del 59%, diciotto ASN completamente silenziosi e cinque paesi completamente scomparsi dai nostri dati. Sei giorni dopo, la CVE-2026-24061 รจ scomparsa. La coincidenza รจ una delle possibili spiegazioni.
labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/202โฆ
2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died โ GreyNoise Labs
On January 14, 2026, global telnet traffic observed by GreyNoise sensors fell off a cliff. A 59% sustained reduction, eighteen ASNs going completely silent, five countries vanishing from our data entirely. Six days later, CVE-2026-24061 dropped.GreyNoise Labs
Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/school-vaccine-mandates-children-doctor-visits/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The 19th @the-19th-19thnews
Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor
As a growing number of states weaken childhood immunization requirements, physicians fear many families will miss critical wellness checks.Sarah Carr, The Hechinger Report (19th News)
The Filipino-American legacy of fighting for freedom is taking on Trump
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/filipino-american-freedom-marcos-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The 19th @the-19th-19thnews
The Filipino-American legacy of fighting for freedom is taking on Trump
Caregivers are applying lessons from resisting authoritarianism under Philippine dictator Marcos Sr. in the 1980s.Jasmine Mithani (19th News)
Ugh ๐ฉ I met my new doctor today, had my yearly exam, and got three vaccines. Now I feel like shit from the jabs, and lemme tell you...
I'd get them again in a fucking heartbeat, because science and social responsibility fucking rock ๐ค
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
in reply to giga ๐ป • • •marcell_o
in reply to giga ๐ป • • •se รจ immobile sรฌ, se si muove no, fa parte del regno animale
kuro
in reply to giga ๐ป • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to giga ๐ป • • •@giga ๐ป annusalo e guardalo con attenzione, la maionese industriale potrebbe pure essere ancora buona
(aspetta, quanti anni?)
giga ๐ป
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •AL.FA (NONOINO)
in reply to giga ๐ป • • •G ๐ฎ๐น
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