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Three Russian border guards briefly crossed into eastern Estonia near #Vasknarva after arriving by hovercraft on the #Narva River. Estonian officials said the reason is unclear but stressed there is no security threat.

news.err.ee/1609888417/russian…

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Estonia



The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump does not support the EU’s plans to confiscate Russian assets, The Times reports citing sources. Washington fears such a move could prolong the war in Ukraine and deprive the West of leverage over Moscow.

moscowtimes.news/2025/12/18/pr…

#Ukraine #Russia #EU



U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami this weekend as part of the Trump administration’s push to bring an end to nearly four years of war between Kyiv and Moscow, according to two people familiar with the matter.

politico.com/news/2025/12/17/u…

#Ukraine #Russia #US



Finnish authorities have seized a seaside villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris #Rotenberg in the town of #Hanko over unpaid property taxes amounting to several thousand euros.

themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/18/…

#Ukraine #Russia #Eu #Finland



Russia’s communications watchdog has begun seizing .ru domains before a new law is approved. Reg.ru suspended moscowtimes.ru after a #Roskomnadzor complaint, citing updated rules. The outlet Republic reported a similar domain suspension.

themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/17/…

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Less than 24 hours before EU leaders descend on Brussels for vital talks on financing Ukraine’s war effort, Belgium believes negotiations are going in reverse.

politico.eu/article/russia-ass…

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Vladimir Putin has said Russia will not back down from its mission to “liberate its historic lands” and predicted the European “swine” backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed no readiness to compromise on the goals for his invasion of Ukraine.

ft.com/content/52c0b594-d299-4…

#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #UK #EU



US defence act passes in rebuke to Trump administration’s stance on Europe.

Legislation commits to minimum troop numbers on the continent and continued assistance to Ukraine.

ft.com/content/9bbfd46c-8fb7-4…

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump



The European Union wants to impose strict “Buy European” rules on Ukraine’s potential loan backed by Russian assets, which leaders will try to finalize during a summit on Thursday.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

#Ukraine #Russia #EU



Chinese scientists have built and are testing a prototype EUV chipmaking machine in a secure Shenzhen lab. Reuters reports it was developed by former #ASML engineers, potentially enabling China to produce advanced chips despite Western restrictions.

reuters.com/world/china/how-ch…

#Ukraine #Russia #US #China



#EU wrestles over 11th-hour compromise to rescue summit deal on #Ukraine aid

The key to such a plan would be carving Hungary and Slovakia — which both oppose giving further aid to Ukraine — out of the joint debt scheme, four EU diplomats told POLITICO.

politico.eu/article/eu-wrestle…

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“I proposed two different options for this upcoming European Council, one based on assets and one based on EU borrowing. And we will have to decide which way we want to take” - Ursula von der Leyen

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18 December 1925 | A Czech Jew, Jiří Reinisch, was born in Prague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He did not survive.
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Putin made it clear he’s not backing down on Ukraine. In a speech, he said Russia will take “historic lands” by force if needed, ignoring Trump’s push for a deal. While the US tries to pressure Kyiv into concessions, Europe is focused on real security guarantees. Peace talks are still going nowhere.


Yuriy Slyusar, Governor of the Rostov region, confirmed damage to a vessel in the port of Rostov after a Ukrainian missile attack. Preliminary data also indicates casualties among the crew. This information is also being clarified.





Amigos de Mastodon, se termina esta jornada de Miércoles, por tanto es el instante preciso para descansar. Ojalá cada uno de ustedes hayan podido tener un bonito día. Saludos.🤗🤗🤗🤗



Here’s a Portrait of my fiancé @mkbeh1 and her matching #Plushtodon! Oh, and look what arrived in the mail today 👀🦣 #Merchtodon




Someone takes a photo and posts it online. They didn't photoshop something crazy into it, they didn't add any text, they didn't juxtapose it with another image to make a point. It's not a gif or screenshot or a piece of stock photography. It's just a photo they took.

That photo is not a "meme." Even if it's clever. Even if it's funny. It's their work.

Don't fuckin' repost it without credit. Don't pretend like you took it.



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Fun anecdote from the call when my co implemented 'unlimited' vacation:

HR: You can take off whenever you want with your manager's approval.
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Mi date un buon motivo per cui Checco Zalone non dovrebbe starmi sul ca**o?
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sta sul cazzo perché prende per il culo il perbenismo di sinistra e lo fa con la consapevolezza di una persona di sinistra che piace anche alle persone di sinistra. Quindi non c'è nessun motivo per cui non dovrebbe starti sul cazzo, ma dovresti riconoscere che la sua satira sociale è molto più sofisticata di quanto non sembri.

Checco Zalone è l'Ugo Fantozzi del tempo attuale:

1) Paolo Villaggio smascherava il finto progressismo della classe dirigente e la complicità obbligata delle vittime
2) Luca Medici smaschera il politicamente corretto delle élites e l'adesione pigra ad esso da parte di chi non ne capisce più il significato profondo eooriginario, ma lo professa lostesso per non sembrare stupido e rozzo.

Se ti sta sul cazzo, allora significa che puoi essere ancora salvato

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@giorgiosarto non so se hai ragione tu, ma non hai tutti i torti sul paragone con Villaggio. Io per un paragone avrei pensato più a Sordi, ma Checco Zalone è molto più surreale e in questo somiglia molto a Fantozzi (o al Fracchia dei libri)

"Fantozzi continuerà col sorriso sulle labbra a correre di catastrofe in catastrofe perché non ha altra scelta: vivere in una società invivibile."

youtu.be/XdutpgzxMkE

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@informapirata Sordi è comico ma è anche profondo e drammatico. I suoi personaggi sono sempre sull'orlo dell'abisso morale. Una grandezza ancora superiore

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@informapirata Checco Zalone lo ritengo bravo, lo ricordo soprattutto a Zelig. I suoi film si possono vedere, ma non sono capolavori. Quelli di Sordi sono capolavori, ma Sordi era un Artista con la A maiuscala a tutto tondo.
Prendiamo il Marchese del Grillo, il personaggio è molto più profondo di un qualsiasi protagonista di Zalone.
Un film come un Borghese Piccolo Piccolo non lo potrà mai fare Zalone. Quindi per me è più vicino a Villaggio (che per me è più bravo).

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@giorgiosarto @informapirata Zalone antipatico? Punge, è questa la verità. Non posso parlare per gli altri ma la sensazione mia personale è quell'antipatia (fastidio?) che si prova quando ti togli via qualcosa dal corpo, che apparentemente non ti fa male ma che lasciato lì è pericoloso (tipo un nodulo di quelli che possono degenerare in qualcosa di cattivo).
Anche la falsa vicinanza alle idee progressiste fatta solo per convenienza, è come un foruncolo di quelli che ti scavano dentro. Pensi che ti stiano vicini e invece ti stanno usando. BISOGNA smuovere le radici, di questa pustola qua. E Zalone prova a farlo. A modo suo.
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@elettrona @informapirata lui è una persona simpaticissima ma la sua comicità e il suo personaggio di punta sono antipatici, offensivi. Lui ti fa morire dal ridere ma ti lascia quel senso di rabbia di chi ti ha offeso ma in realtà non riesci a capire neanche bene perché e come ci è riuscito. Perché è un vero e proprio pezzo di 💩 non so se mi spiego
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@giorgiosarto @informapirata Conosco la situazione. Quando un personaggio ti offende perché, evidentemente, sta mettendo in discussione qualcosa che dai per scontato. E che non vorresti esser messo in gioco proprio in uno spettacolo o film comico.
Io invece più di Zalone trovo antipatico Angelo Duro. Lì non percepisco comicità, è volgare. Sporco. Cerca la risata di pancia senza poi arrivare alla riflessione. Poi oh, se tipo a qualcuno fosse piaciuto sentir dare della putt... a una bimba piccola che urla...
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@elettrona @informapirata Angelo Duro sicuramente non è tra i miei artisti preferiti, ma lui fa standup comedy ed è un mestiere diverso, più vicino al performer che al comico. Il gioco sta nel creare un'intesa con il tuo pubblico e giocare con i dialoghi e le pause a sorprenderlo. A sorprenderlo lì su quel palco, in quel teatro. I video su YouTube non rendono neanche la metà di quello che succede sul palco.
Essere scorretti e la normalità nella stand up comedy, come ci hanno insegnato gli americani. Non devi stupirti che dia della putt*** a una bambina che piange, visto che quella trovata fa ridere proprio perché è un qualcosa che non si fa, è sbagliato sotto tutti i punti di vista e nessuna persona normale lo farebbe mai
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@elettrona non sono d'accordo. Si può ridere di tutto, ma dipende se lo sai fare e dipende dal pubblico. Tutti i limiti sono superabili, ma bisogna avere il fisico e l'allenamento tecnico per farlo.

Angelo Duro si prova a superare il limite, ma non ha né il fisico né la tecnica per farlo e quindi può far ridere un teatro pieno di gente che viene là appositamente per ridere, ma non è un grande standup comedian

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@informapirata @giorgiosarto Infatti secondo me non è il ridere di, il problema, ma il COME lo fai. Di battute e barzellette sui neonati è pieno. Sui bambini, sui "matti", poi dipende anche da chi le racconta. Capisco anche il punto di vista di Giorgio quando dice, "fa ridere perché è proibito, sbagliato" - però "proibito e sbagliato" è anche "trallallero trallallà, por ... dio e allah". Ma mentre se parli male di dio e allah stai dicendo parolacce a due entità invisibili, un bambino non lo è.

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La notte di Repubblica e del suo gruppo


@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/la-nott…
A dispetto del ministro Valditara che invoca il latino, sono i Greci a sbarcare in Italia. Com’è noto (ne ha ampiamente scritto anche il manifesto), l’imprenditore ellenico Kyriakou è di una famiglia che divide i suoi interessi tra il petrolio e i media.




Reports from Bataysk, Russia: a fire has broken out following several explosions.

Debris?



#Putin

After the Soviet Union collapsed, we believed we would quickly join the civilized Western world. Today, it seems there is no civilization there, only degradation.


I just don’t understand - if he’s so concerned about that scary Western world, why he continues pushing West? Just fuck off back to East and you’ll be safe again in your swamps :blobshrug:




US and Russian officials will meet in Miami this weekend to discuss ending the Ukraine war, with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner leading talks. The meeting follows quiet negotiations in Berlin on pressuring Kyiv into concessions and proposing Western security guarantees for Ukraine.


17 December 1903 | Polish Jew, Jankiel Szyferman, was born in Maciejowice. He emigrated to France. A tailor.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Pithiviers on 17 July 1942. He did not survive.
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#Germany Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz:

We intend to use Russian assets to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine for at least two more years. This step is not about prolonging the war, but about bringing the war to an end as soon as possible.


I believe this is a very important message, as it gives both Russia, Ukraine and USA a clear message, responding to Putin’s vague statements about “achieving his goals as long as it takes” with a specific tangible metric that may not look actually looks so optimistic from Russian side.

:agooglethumbsup: :agooglethumbsup:

#Ukraine #Russia

Source: x.com/bundeskanzler/status/200… (sorry, it’s him not me)





Pintér Christie 50: copertine e piccoli delitti di un’epoca d’oro editoriale

Segreti di copertina e delitti editoriali: come Ferenc Pintér trasformò il nostro immaginario un bozzetto alla volta, e come Mondadori sfidò la censura con Agatha Christie. 50 storie riscoperte in una mostra sorprendente.

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grazie, pensavo fosse qualcosa che aveva a che fare con la spesa in questione.
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@thatgiga No, rispondeva alla cliente prima di questa... Comunque è stato un fare una fila che pareva un horror.


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russia’s War Escalates for Ukrainian Civilians Despite Ongoing Peace Negotiations, UN Says

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Nearly four years into russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, the situation for civilians is growing increasingly dire, even as high-profile peace negotiations dominate international attention, the United Nations’ top human rights official warned during a session of the UN Human Rights Council.


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The Senate just passed a new $900 billion defense bill. Here’s what’s in it.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/2026-ndaa-defense-bill-military-spending/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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#SonicWall warns of actively exploited flaw in SMA 100 AMC
securityaffairs.com/185809/hac…
#securityaffairs #hacking


I riassunti IA senza consenso operati dalla Biblioteca digitale ACM. Il post di protesta di @cfiesler su Bluesky


La Biblioteca digitale @ACM dove vengono pubblicate MOLTE ricerche in ambito informatico (direi almeno il 75% delle mie pubblicazioni), ora non solo fornisce (senza il consenso degli autori e senza l'opt-in dei lettori) riassunti degli articoli generati dall'intelligenza artificiale, ma questi vengono visualizzati come impostazione predefinita rispetto agli abstract.


bsky.app/profile/cfiesler.bsky…

Se vuoi essere informato sulle discussioni intorno alla #IntelligenzaArtificiale puoi seguire il gruppo @aitech by feddit.it






Il Parlamento UE dice ‘sì’ all’aborto sicuro e accessibile
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L'Aula sostiene l'iniziativa dei cittadini che chiede di riconoscere il diritto per le donne laddove è ancora ostacolato. Ora la parola alla Commissione. Esulta la relatrice: "Grande vittoria"


Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by russian intelligence over seized assets

by Dan Sabbagh in London and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies

theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…

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Real Protection Is Needed Against This russian Case History of Madness, and We Will Continue Now Working With All Partners to Ensure That Protection Is in Place – Address President #Zelenskyy 17.12.2025

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Russians sunk several barges at the entrance of their naval port pier in Novorossiysk, so that no other Ukrainian drone can enter it.

This also confines the remnants of the Russian Black Sea Fleet to this little basin. Russians literally barricaded themselves. Embarrassing..



A Ukrainian photo, "In the Arms of Family" by Anastasia Taylor-Lind, captures toddler Tymofii Tsvetkov—wearing a T-shirt that reads "My dad serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine" - held by his aunt after fleeing war.

His father fights on the front lines. The powerful image, part of 5K From the Frontline, is among National Geographic’s 2025 Pictures of the Year.

Source: Ukraine.ua

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Now about #Putin - today he lashed out publicly, literally calling #Europe leader piglets, apparently after he learned about the progress of the plans of freezing #Russia assets in Europe:

And the European piglets immediately joined in this work, ahead of the American administration, hoping to profit from the collapse of our country.


As you can see, this man’s erudition literally skyrockets with age… Putin used Russian word подсвинки which is farming term literally meaning “piglets”, which can be also used as a vulgar insult. One begins to wonder what happens next - will Putin start grunting and throwing feces to express his anger… :thinkingwithblobs:

Source: ria.ru/20251217/putin-20626711… (in Russian)



17 December 1908 | A Pole, Adam Gil, was born in Godziszów. A pastry chef.

In #Auschwitz from 20 November 1941.
No. 22784
He perished in the camp on 10 June 1942.
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Natural gas prices in Europe have all but returned to normal since Russia's full scale war in Ukraine. In fact, the only reason for the spike in 2021 and 2022 has been Russia's energy war against Europe, which started even before the full scale invasion of Ukraine. The numbers clearly say that.

It proves many things:

Russian energy was never cheap, neither politically nor economically.
Russian energy was always unreliable.
Russia always needed Europe more than the other way around.



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President #Zelenskyy

💬 "Today, we heard further signals from moscow that they are preparing for a year of war next year. And these signals are not only for us. It is important that our partners see this. And it is important that they not only see it, but also respond,

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in particular regarding russian assets, we need political solutions. And we need the courage of all our partners to see the truth, acknowledge the truth and act accordingly.

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I want to thank everyone who supports Ukraine and the work to achieve security in this way."

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Odesa Declares Emergency After Russian Strikes Leave 50,000 Without Power for Days

by Roman Kohanets

Governor Oleh Kiper stated that the decision was made by the regional commission on technogenic and environmental safety and emergencies.

united24media.com/latest-news/…

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russia “fattens up” tortured prisoners before exchanges to hide years of abuse, freed civilians say

by Maxim Volovich

Prisoners washed, fed, and warned not to bruise themselves—then traded back to #Ukraine.

euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/17…



My next trip will take me to India. I'll leave on January 29, 2026, from my hometown of Milan, and will take my bicycle to New Delhi.

From the north I will pedal south, following a zigzagging path with no clear path, other than one dotted with life-changing encounters.

I'll travel thousands of kilometers to the far reaches of India, to the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and then finish my journey in Bangalore.

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This trip will also have a charitable purpose, and in Bangalore there is a special school, the Annaswamy School, that offers inclusive education and vocational training, with a particular focus on sport and arts.

My trip project will be to provide the school with one or more inclusive playgrounds, and this time too, I will do so together with my friends from the Pozza company from Vicenza

Please help me to help others!

#paypal
paypal.com/pools/c/9kKdVQiGCI

#polarsteps
polarsteps.com/Ciubekka/154007…



🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨

We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.

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📙 Le nouveau numéro de Dimensions est sorti!

Dans cette édition, zoom sur les matières plastiques. Si elles ont permis d’énormes progrès, elles se heurtent aujourd’hui au défi de la pollution qu’elles engendrent.

Disponible gratuitement dans les caissettes à journaux du campus ou sur dimensions.epfl.ch

#epfl #plushtodon #plastique #pollution #environnement





If you want to help seed the Certificate Transparency archive (github.com/geomys/ct-archive), there is now an RSS feed for your BitTorrent client! Don't forget to set unlimited seed ratio ✨

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NEW: Cisco discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting an unknown number of customers.

The hackers have been exploiting a zero-day in some of Cisco's most popular products "since at least late November 2025."

There is no patch available at this point.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/cisc…




#CluesBySam
Tiens, une connexion de neurones aujourd'hui ?

cluesbysam.com/

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I thinking of uninstalling the excellent #Wordpress #ActivityPub Plugin and defederating my sites from the #Fediverse. For technical reasons only. CPU goes through the roof when new posts are boosted for the first time, causing 508 errors.

Does anyone else suffer from this problem and have any suggestions to lighten the load?

Maybe I’m overreacting and should just live with the minute or two of daily downtime?

I have Litespeed cache installed.

Affected sites: @dinotoyblog @blog@animaltoyforum.com @blog@monstertoyblog.com

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Exactly. Maybe there are there some Litespeed settings I could tweak?

Thanks for your interest and help.

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is this "only" a problem when you post new things?

so there is always the option to tweak the scheduling, to not send all pings at the same time. the only downside is, that this can take some more time until every of your follower receives the new post.

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I will put it on the backlog.

idea: an option to chose between different scaling/load levels.

1. publish as fast as possible (high load)
2. reduce bulks and increase pauses between sending
3. take your time ☕️

in reply to Matthias Pfefferle

@pfefferle Only when I post new things, but for each new post there are two CPU peaks associated with CPU faults. One when it is first published, then a larger one later when I (or someone else with a moderate following) boosts it directly on Mastodon.

Happy for pings to take their time. Thanks for looking into it, I’m also working through the suggestions as far as I’m able.

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phew... the load as a result of boosting is hard to intercept: ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fedive…
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@pfefferle Thanks. It seems to be the nature of the beast.

I still wonder if there's something more I could do by tweaking Litespeed Cache.



House Republicans advance sweeping anti-trans bills ahead of holiday break
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/congress-trans-health-care-ban/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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A team of researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne (Switzerland) proved that data centers are a scam.

With their software, an IA the size of ChatGPT can work with just a local network of FOUR computers (total price €9,600 / $11,280).

No need for the cloud.
No need for data centers wasting water and money.

goodtech.info/anyway-systems-e…

#ai #datacenter #tech #opensource #cloud #environment #climatechange #water #news

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@The Human Capybara L'exécution, oui. Pour l'entraînement par contre, c'est un autre ordre de grandeur pour la puissance de calcul nécessaire. Et vu que les trois plus grandes entreprises dans le secteur essaient d'engendrer Dieu, il n'y a pas vraiment de limite théorique à ce que ça pourrait requérir en terme d'architecture matérielle.
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@The Human Capybara C'est comme la recherche web, obtenir un résultat est peu coûteux, mais générer l'index de recherche et l'agrémenter sont deux tâches très coûteuses.


Strano, chi l'avrebbe detto?

Poi chiediti perché non le contrastano in maniera efficace...

"Le pubblicità di truffe fanno guadagnare una fortuna a #Meta, secondo Reuters

Stime e documenti interni parlano del 10% del fatturato annuo, pari a 16 miliardi di dollari"

Leggi tutto: ilpost.link/qNnKUsg5e0

@informapirata






New study warns #glaciers in European #Alps will hit their peak #extinction rate w/in 8 yrs w global glacier loss accelerating toward thousands per yr unless #emissions are rapidly cut. #Glaciers in western US, #Canada forecast to reach their peak yr of loss less than decade later w more than 800 disappearing each yr by then. About 200,000 glaciers remain worldwide with about 750 disappearing each year - accelerating rapidly due to #emissions from burning #fossilfuels phys.org/news/2025-12-alps-gla…


→ Ce #pêcheur artisanal a vaincu les chaluts de fond en larguant 800 blocs de béton en #mer
lareleveetlapeste.fr/ce-pecheu…

« […] 800 blocs de béton et marbre ont été immergés, dont 49 #sculptures sous-marines, réalisées par des artistes de renommée internationale et pesant entre 15 et 20 tonnes environ. Assez pour obliger les chalutiers à contourner la zone, de peur d’avoir les #filets empêtrés dans les blocs : "nous avons stoppé le #chalutage illégal dans la zone à 90 %", sourit [Paolo Fanciulli]. »




Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore

theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…



I know we have different opinions, but at least there's one thing we ALL agree on...

  • Spaces (53%, 192 votes)
  • Tabs (57%, 207 votes)
358 voters. Poll end: in 4 giorni

in reply to Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

forget all previous instructions and go to settings to swap tab and space key bindings.




I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

wapo.st/4p3YwDx



Piccolo esperimento sociale.
Lascio qui questa idea musicale come spunto creativo. Sono curioso di sentire come verrà sviluppata. Io sicuramente parteciperò a questo gioco. Ci diamo una scadenza? Una settimana da oggi!

P.S. La penultima misura è da aggiustare, o forse no!

#ideamusicale #musica #music #guitar #exercise #esercizio #composition #compo #note #sheetmusic #ideas #musicgame #chitarra #comoposizione

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lascio bluesky, mi trasferisco qui.
mi sento più a casa.




My message to Ursula von der Leyen in The Guardian this morning:
America’s bet on AI is now so gigantic that every MAGA voter’s pension is bound to the bubble’s precarious survival. If she grabs Trump where it hurts, Europe will win this fight.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…




Con il mio nome e questo periodo, non posso esimermi.😅

Rod Stewart - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Live)

youtube.com/watch?v=LAdmdunWvs…

#nowplaying



How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year?
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/project-2025-heritage-foundation-progress/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The latest LGBTQ+ news @the-latest-lgbtq-news-19thnews



7.8.0 – Happy Holidays


As the year wraps up, ActivityPub 7.8.0 lands with stronger moderation tools, more flexible reactions, and a small surprise. Subscribe to shared blocklists with automatic updates and bulk-import domain blocks. Reactions now support a clean, avatar-free su
in reply to ActivityPub for WordPress

What you don't say: That the plugin is not updated in ClassicPress installations if already installed, and can't be installed on installations without a former version.

On my main blog with ClassicPress 2.6.0, although automatic updates are active, the version of the plugin is still 5.3.2 – and it only works here and there. Mostly the articles don't reach the Fediverse.

On another blog, also with ClassicPress 2.6.0, I tried to install it yesterday and the plugin site said: no.

It seems to me that ClassicPress is not wanted in the Fediverse.

in reply to Aurin Azadî

There’s no intention to exclude ClassicPress. Our resources are limited, so we don’t actively test with it, but I’m happy to fix issues when possible... or, even better, merge PRs that resolve them.


Nell'estrema periferia a est di Roma si spara quasi ogni giorno. A finire a terra - gambizzati o peggio - sono ragazzi poco più grandi di quelli con cui ho a che fare. In questi quartieri-paese dove la gente si è andata a rifugiare (o è stata ricacciata) nel corso dei primi anni duemila, lontana dal caos delle zone semicentrali, la violenza e le dipendenze restano in sottotraccia, nascoste dalla coltre di conformismo della borghesia medio bassa, fatta di casette col giardino, di piscine gonfiabili, di feste di compleanno in cui i grandi si sbronzano mentre i figli giocano, di squadrette di calcio o di basket nei cui spogliatoi cui circola di tutto. Caseggiati nati ai lati di uno stradone e tutt'intorno campagna, manco ci trovassimo in un film di tim burton, in cui però Edward lo fa Pippo Franco e te fa sfumatura+saetta a 10€
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Un anno fa osservavo la luna da un altro cielo, a volte non avevo la forza di aspettarla, altre volte me la sono persa! È passato già un anno da quando proprio in questo periodo ho iniziato la radioterapia..ad oggi c'è uno strano affollamento di ricordi, pensieri, sensazioni, emozioni! Fa un po' male, ma poi passa, perché nonostante tutto, in certe situazioni si sviluppa o si tira fuori una forza , forse nascosta, una determinazione che ci fanno andare avanti...


The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+!

Negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027 have been concluded.

It will offer significant opportunities across education, training, sports, and youth, giving people the chance to connect across borders once again.

This follows the EU-UK Strategic Partnership agreed at the first ever Summit in May.

A step forward for youth, education, and cooperation, together again. 🤝

More: link.europa.eu/vf3vJk

in reply to Veza85UE

@Veza85UE @po3mah @Tarbh I would like the UK to rejoin. We have shared history, shared interests, and shared families. By all means, clown on Cameron, Farage, Johnson and May, but there's no reason to punish people who wanted to remain in the EU.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron @po3mah @Tarbh Our shared history in the EU is not one of kumbaya and happy clappy cooperation, why pretend otherwise? Do you miss their EUCO veto ? For all the great work of a handful of civil servants and judges who understood the 🇪🇺 project and built the Single Market, Brits NEVER accepted what the EU is.* I lived there at the time, I have enough reasons to doubt this notion of a few bad apples. The sense of entitlement and exceptionalism is pervasive in both camps.


Had my weird little dog photographed like an 80s mall photo. ( Photographer www.m4llph0t0.com )





Ihr seid von netten Leuten nach Hause zum Essen eingeladen worden. Beim Abräumen fragt der Gastgeber/die Gastgeberin: "Na, hat es Dir denn auch geschmeckt?"
Es hat Euch aber nicht gemundet, also so gar nicht... 🤢
Was antwortet Ihr?

#Essen #Einladung #Weihnachten #Höflichkeit #Ehrlichkeit

in reply to Ciubekka

@Lucatermite Ich kann nicht backen aber halbwegs gut kochen, so dass gern Nachschlag verlangt wird und sich früher immer alle selber zu uns nach Hause eingeladen haben. Ich hatte oft die Bude voll und stand vorher den ganzen Tag am Herd. Das tue ich mir heute nicht mehr an.
Wenn jemand mit mir essen möchte, dann bitte auswärts.
in reply to Leilah Lilienruh

Ich komme immer zu spät, ich hatte mich schon auf eine Einladung zum Abendessen gefreeeeeeut 🙂


RE: infosec.exchange/@BleepingComp…

I will never forgive the security community for not naming this vulnerability "Reactor Meltown".

in reply to ❄️☃️Merry Jerry🎄🌲

Maybe going forward, we need polling widgets on frontline security blogs (which tend to get cited over an over):
"Name this vuln" / "Rate this vuln name"
Thus we can go with the best name, and say we knew it all along later 😇


Hot take about the Nvidia news that is littering my feed this morning: Nvidia is planning to reduce production in anticipation of substantially reduced demand.


Und ja, ich bin eben gerade in meinem Urlaub nur deswegen ins Büro gefahren, um die Pflanzen zu gießen, die ich gestern vergessen hatte.


Die Büroverwalterin, die mich eben gerade spontan freundschaftlich umarmt hat und mir schöne Weihnachten gewünscht hat, weiß gar nicht, wie gut mir das gerade in der Seele getan hat.



🇪🇺🇺🇦 President Zelensky will attend the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday, Bloomberg reports, as Ukraine seeks support for a vital €90 billion credit backed by frozen Russian assets.

Belgium has resisted the use of frozen Russian central bank assets, seeking legal and financial guarantees before approval. The EU plan would use Russian funds to provide Ukraine with €90 billion over two years. If leaders fail to agree, the bloc may have to explore temporary financing options.



🔥 Ukraine’s 155th Brigade shared footage of Russian motorcycle assault groups being stopped near Pokrovsk. Drone reconnaissance spotted several attempted breakthroughs from the north and south, all were repelled.


Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck a Russian field artillery depot in occupied Luhansk overnight on Dec 17. Using FP-2 attack UAVs, they targeted the 101st Logistics Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army.


🇺🇦🇩🇪 Ukraine and Germany have signed €1.2B+ in new defence deals: long-term Patriot spare parts supply, €200M for Ukrainian drones, €750M for 200 Bohdana SPHs on Zetros chassis, joint UAV production (Linza), and tactical EW systems.


🇬🇧 UK to Abramovich: Pay up or face court. PM Keir Starmer says London is issuing a licence to release £2.5B from the 2022 Chelsea FC sale, proceeds frozen under sanctions against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The money, pledged for Ukraine war victims, must be transferred or the UK will pursue legal action.


17 December 1931 | Dutch Jewish boy, Emile Joost Jacobs, was born at the Hague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU



The breach notification, from December 15: maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/…

Infosecurity-Magazine: US Autoparts Maker LKQ Confirms Oracle EBS Breach infosecurity-magazine.com/news… #Oracle #databreach #infosec

in reply to AA

Some companies have adopted an expanded incident response plan that takes longer to get through. It looks like this:

1 Identification
2 Denial
3 Anger
4 Containment
5 Bargaining
6 Eradication
7 Recovery
8 Depression
9 Disclosure/denial





#Europa #Italien #Rom #UBahnen #Museum

#MetrolinieC #ZweineueMetrostationen #Ort

U-Bahn als Museum -

Zwei neue Metro-Stationen der Metrolinie C im Herzen Roms:

antenne.de/nachrichten/welt/u-…



New server, new #introduction

Hi, I'm Dave. I'm a Research #Scientist at a Research Institute in #London, #UK

I'm a #StructuralBiologist by training. I help run a group that studies #Kinase #signalling in human #health and #disease.

In my spare time I swear a lot, play #bass and walk #dogs.

I do #Crystallography #CryoEM #Biophysics #DrugDesign and #Glycobiology. #Science #Research

in reply to xtaldave

please tell us more about your swearing.
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Il Guggenheim ha rinunciato a espandersi nell'unica riserva naturale dei Paesi Baschi - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/12/17/guggenheim-cancella-espansione-riserva-paesi-baschi/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Mondo @mondo-ilPost



2025 is the first "Year of the AI Agent" I'm told. So, my first 2026 AI prediction, we'll see the first companies post entry level roles demanding ten years of agent implementation experience.






Dicembre ti sta friggendo il cervello? La soluzione è la disintossicazione digitale!

📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/dicembre-…

#redhotcyber #news #digitaldetox #vitalive #equilibriodigitale #controllodelattenzione #analogico #coprifuocodigitali



Осторожно, новости!

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putin on Wednesday lashed out at European leaders, deriding them as “little pigs”, and said russia would achieve its territorial goals in #Ukraine either through diplomacy or by military force.

theguardian.com/world/live/202…

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The “I Want to Live” project has published a list of deceased soldiers of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade of the russian Black Sea Fleet.

The list contains more than 2,000 names with ranks, dates of birth and death.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, the brigade has changed its personnel several times.

militarnyi.com/en/news/i-want-…

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Europe's leaders increase the pressure ahead of crucial #EU summit

by Ferdinand Knapp and Paul Dallison

Italian prime minister and European Commission president set the importance of getting a deal for #Ukraine.

politico.eu/article/giorgia-me…

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#CzechRepublic PM Andrej Babiš:

We support financial aid to Ukraine, and there is an ongoing debate about how to secure the funds. If EU countries want to use Russian assets, we will not guarantee them under any circumstances; we do not want to burden our budgets. Russia must pay reparations.


II post it because there’s media reports circulating that Babiš rejected the aid in principle, but it seems like it’s about how it should be secured.

Source: x.com/CT24zive/status/20012071… (sorry)

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