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Use-after-free thinker. [he/him/🐻 of very little 🧠] :welp:

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jerry , to Random stuff
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Just announced on LinkedIn I’m no longer going to be a ciso. I wonder how that will impact the number of follows/connections I have, and whether it’ll finally stem the tide of DM spam I get.

rotopenguin ,
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@jerry N U D E S I N S. A. N.

gamingonlinux , to Random stuff
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I have 4TB in my PC 😆

I'm using nearly all of it 💀

No, I will not uninstall all those games I haven't played for over a year.

rotopenguin ,
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@gamingonlinux you're in social media production, the memes are a business expense.

hacks4pancakes , to Random stuff
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We hit 7 tequila bars the other night at RSA and apparently I’m going to HOPE now

rotopenguin ,
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@hacks4pancakes pfffft, priorities

rotopenguin ,
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@hacks4pancakes anybody can find a place to sleep in Queens.

Finding a place where you are also likely to wake up unmurdered is the hard part.

w7voa , to Random stuff
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appears to have ended the media tour to promote her new book. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/kristi-noem-calls-off-disastrous-book-tour-canceling-hits-on-fox-news-and-cnn-at-last-minute/

rotopenguin ,
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@w7voa damn, she was going to bite the head off of a puppy on live TV and everything. It's a shame to lose out on such scintillating TV/politicking.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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M4 iPad Pro CPU cores and RAM amount are tied to storage capacity

Apple has tied RAM to storage capacity in iPads, but it's a first for the CPU.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/m4-ipad-pro-cpu-cores-and-ram-amount-are-tied-to-storage-capacity/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica it must take a loooot of cores and memory to stretch Apple's decrepit filesystem to the unthinkable heights of "1TB".

(Btw you can buy a 1TB ssd for about $35.)

nixCraft , to Random stuff
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Friend: You dating anyone?

Me: Does my Thinkpad laptop running Arch Linux count? We're practically inseparable.

Friend: That's... concerning.

rotopenguin ,
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@nixCraft why don't you settle down with a nice stable distribution, like Debian?

w7voa , to Random stuff
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Headline of the Day from the NY Times:
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

rotopenguin ,
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@w7voa the article has some real bangers

  • Doctors are worried that if they remove the worm, his head would rattle. "Any breeze or gust crossing the presidential candidate's head may even produce a whistling sound", one specialist warned.

Wowzers.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Amid two wrongful death lawsuits, Panera to pull the plug on “charged” drinks

A large previously contained nearly as much caffeine as the FDA's daily safe limit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/amid-two-wrongful-death-lawsuits-panera-to-pull-the-plug-on-charged-drinks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica this is an old artic…

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, PANERA IS STILL SELLING THE DEATH-LEMONADE??

ZachWeinersmith , to Random stuff
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Garrison Keillor is really strange to me career wise. He wrote exactly one outstanding novel - his first. Then ever after he wrote the same novel, only worse, and with more weird sex stuff. He also wrote very good (really!) poems early on, and then over time what he counts as poems is just aw-shucks Minnesota stuff. It's like he noped out of a lasting literary career for kitsch.

rotopenguin ,
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@ZachWeinersmith @Flux being rich has nothing to do with "being financially satiated"

GossiTheDog , to Random stuff
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There’s an act in Eurovision called Windows 95 Man. He’s naked and emerges from an egg with a Windows 95 T-shirt and no pants 🤣🤣🤣

rotopenguin ,
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@GossiTheDog "he's naked, and he emerges from an egg with what appears to be an ugly Windows 95 sweater. Upon closer inspection, there is no sweater. He has actually dyed his body hair that way."

FIFY

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Google Fit APIs get shut down in 2025, might break fitness devices

Scales, trackers, and other fitness devices that don't get updated will stop syncing

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-fit-apis-get-shut-down-in-2025-might-break-fitness-devices/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica it's been several days since Google last killed off a service, I was getting worried that something had happened over there.

briankrebs , to Random stuff
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Random PSA: If you own a motor vehicle that has a spare tire, it's a good idea to check every once in a while that the spare actually has air in it enough to support the car. Had to get the spare out from under my truck (a hugely complicated maneuver that would be really unfun to do for the first time in an emergency), and found it had about 10 percent of the necessary air.

If you can't be bothered to check the pressure once a year or so, better keep an air pump in the trunk as well.

rotopenguin ,
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@briankrebs the 60lb mini spares definitely don't hold on to their air for longer than a year

textfiles , to Random stuff
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I sometimes keep spam that's compelling (not on the archive, but personally) and this lawyer spam from India, I gotta say - here's a solid set of portrait shots.

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rotopenguin ,
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@textfiles look at all of those very important law books that he still has in the original wrapper! This is an absolutely indomitable legal mind that we are paying witness to

w7voa , to Random stuff
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Judge again finds Trump in contempt. https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-hush-money-trial/?id=109946276

rotopenguin ,
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@w7voa and Trump again finds the legal system impotent at imposing meaningful sanctions against him

whitequark , to Random stuff
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one of my least favorite things in computing are progress bars that straight up lie to you until getting to the very end

just make it a puck that goes back and forth and grows bigger as you actually receive data or something

stop fucking lying to me you piece of shit

rotopenguin ,
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@foone go directly to jail

cat jail GIF

hacks4pancakes , to Random stuff
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LOL, I’m living rent free in someone’s head, apparently. Absolutely screaming.🍸

rotopenguin ,
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@hacks4pancakes

foone , to Random stuff
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So I got this thing at ewaste.

It's a Richtech Automated "AI" Temperature Screening System.

Time to open it up.

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rotopenguin ,
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@foone well that's a fair chunk of aluminium milled out there

jerry , to Random stuff
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The air show also has an LCAC because, ya know, there’s air under there

rotopenguin ,
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@jerry is that a piece that they also want to have on hand in case if an aircraft has an "oh shit"?

molly0xfff , (edited ) to Random stuff
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fascinating review of studies on Internet use and cognition — including potentially negative effects on concentration and memory — found by way of an excellent article in Nautilus titled "Viva la library"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502424

rotopenguin ,
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@molly0xfff

Shocked The Princess Bride GIF

w7voa , to Random stuff
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Judge chides Donald Trump for claiming gag order prevented him from testifying in his NYC criminal case.

rotopenguin ,
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@w7voa man, should I vote for Sleepy Joe, or Beautiful Blue Eyes Clamped Shut While He Deeply Concentrates On Things??

gamingonlinux , to Steam
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HELLDIVERS 2 will soon actually require a PlayStation Network account https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/helldivers-2-will-soon-actually-require-a-playstation-network-account/

rotopenguin ,
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@gamingonlinux as it should, when you take someone's money and then change the deal on them.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Apple’s Q2 2024 earnings reveal a drop in iPhone, iPad sales

Services growth looked rosy as Apple's hardware revenue in China slowed.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/apples-q2-2024-earnings-reveal-a-drop-in-iphone-ipad-sales/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica number not go up? Shut Apple down!

nixCraft , (edited ) to Linux
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Poll: If you were designing a new distribution, which existing distro would you use as your foundation?

rotopenguin ,
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@nixCraft I would start my distro with Ubuntu, strip out all of Canonical's stuff until I was left with Debian. I would then add in all of "oh no it's not free" packages that you need to use it on real (not imaginary Gnutopia) hardware. If there was still time left before supper, I would bump the shipping Gnome up about three major versions.

w7voa , to Random stuff
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House bill to extend the definition of anti-Semitism gains enough votes with bipartisan support for passage.

rotopenguin ,
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@w7voa oh, do tell me that antisemitism now means "not wanting to help Bibi with doing a genocide"

Jennifer , to Random stuff
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Holy shit. Thanks @pluralistic now I don't want to fly anymore 😱

Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner" is manufactured ... in a non-union shop in Charleston, South Carolina. At that shop, there is a cage full of defective parts that have been pulled from production because they are not airworthy.

Hundreds of parts from that Material Review Segregation Area (MRSA) were secretly pulled from that cage and installed on aircraft that are currently flying the world's skies.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/#mrsa

rotopenguin ,
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@5ciFiGirl @artlung @Jennifer @pluralistic @alex I would wait until we're up to at least three guys suicided before I start considering the possibility of it being enemy action. Yeah, definitely three.

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jerry , to Random stuff
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Good fodder for your IT/Infosec budget discussions: https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/microsoft-security-debt-crashing-down/714685/

rotopenguin ,
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@jerry on the other hand, MS still has piles of cash and is still indispensable.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks

“Deceptive advertising and misinformation posed a risk to public health."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/ftc-fines-razer-for-every-cent-made-selling-bogus-n95-grade-rgb-masks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica wtf? I want to see some Razer executives taking time off to turn big rocks into smaller rocks.

briankrebs , to Random stuff
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Say what you will about Tesla, but they were the only car company who said they both require a court-ordered warrant before sharing your vehicle's location data AND tell customers about demands for their data.

This finding comes from the office of Sen. Ron Wyden, which asked the association representing automakers how their members respond to law enforcement requests for location information collected from internet-connected cars and trucks.

rotopenguin ,
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@briankrebs your only choice is going to be a three-wheeler made by an old portuguese guy, working out of a single-car shed, who has one stick welder and zero goggles. Your petrol tank is now a 2L Pepsi bottle.

nixCraft , to Random stuff
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Poorly explain what you do for a living.

I'll go first: I pretend to be a penguin online.

rotopenguin ,
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@nixCraft now hold on one dang second

dangoodin , to Random stuff
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Looks like the anti-smartTV alarmism is out in full force today on the feditubes. A reminder: connecting a smartTV to the Internet is perfectly safe as long as you take 2 minutes to follow common sense guidance:

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/

SmartTVs don't collect anymore data than Microsoft Windows, Google, Facebook, Twitter or even your credit card company.

Don't be fooled by the people trying to shame or scare you. And definitely don't get tricked into the magical thinking that streaming with a Roku is somehow safer than with a TV. It's not.

rotopenguin ,
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@dangoodin ugh, those damned anti-smart-tv luddites are the worst

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/

rotopenguin ,
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@dangoodin "i have a shitty, abusive, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 relationship with this one vendor, so I shouldn't mind another vendor trying to push the same shit on me".

No man, you've lost the plot.

rotopenguin ,
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@dangoodin I didn't shoot first, the TVs did. When the toasters start forcing worse terms on me, I'll give them shit too. I promise you.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/roku-issues-a-mandatory-terms-of-service-update-that-you-must-agree-to-or-you-cant-use-your-roku/

nixCraft , to Microsoft Windows
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You can rename OS. What would you name it? 🤔

rotopenguin ,
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@nixCraft Quick & Dirty Windowing System

w7voa , to Random stuff
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"President Biden spoke today with Prime Minister Netanyahu. A readout will be released soon." - White House

rotopenguin ,
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@w7voa "Biden told Bibi that if he wanted to continue his genocide in Palestine, he can do it without US support. Oh and if Iran decides to take Israel, too damn bad. We already gave you all the weapons you needed to defend yourselves, you chose to spend them on the wrong war."

nixCraft , (edited ) to Random stuff
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Poll: What value is typically used to represent the concept of "true" (Boolean) in most programming languages?

rotopenguin ,
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@nixCraft True anInstance.

nixCraft , to Linux
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You can rename . What would you name it? 🤔

rotopenguin ,
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@nixCraft Windowsless WSL

Or as I've come to call it, GNU/Windowsless WSL.

foone , to Random stuff
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I wonder if anyone has proposed a PNG/EXIF extension to let you embed an image description in an image file. It'd live with the image so as you upload it to different sites, the description stays with it

rotopenguin ,
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@foone you can embed however much you want.

https://hackaday.com/2018/11/07/shakespeare-in-a-zip-in-a-rar-hidden-in-an-image-on-twitter/

jerry , to Random stuff
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In other news, I am now “my kid is a homeowner” years old today.

rotopenguin ,
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@jerry don't forget the proper pronunciation of "ho𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚠ner"

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade."

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/04/can-an-online-library-of-classic-video-games-ever-be-legal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica it cannot be legal, because Copyright is not here to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". It is to give Corporations the power to maximise revenue, no matter what they may destroy along the way.

Praise and glory to the righteous Firemen! Let the bonfires they light lead the way to a more glorious future!

malwaretech , to Random stuff
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    rotopenguin ,
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    @malwaretech we have Freedom, and zones very specifically designated for that freedom.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zone

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Business groups sue FTC to block ban on noncompetes, claim they help workers

    Noncompete clauses "benefit employers and workers alike," Chamber tells court.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/business-groups-sue-ftc-to-block-ban-on-noncompetes-claim-they-help-workers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    rotopenguin ,
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    @arstechnica where are the employees writing their own noncompetes?

    If it's "beneficial to both sides", then why are they being written by just one side?

    w7voa , to Random stuff
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    "What's happening in America's college campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty. This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s." - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in a video message https://www.gov.il/en/pages/event-campuses240424

    rotopenguin ,
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    @w7voa "if you're not enabling my genocide of Palestine, you're basically Hitler" - Bibi

    nixCraft , to Linux
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    What's the one or command-line tool you absolutely can't live without?

    rotopenguin ,
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    @nixCraft ld.so

    foone , to Random stuff
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    arch linux is the best propaganda for using windows that I've ever seen

    rotopenguin ,
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    @foone I use Windows 11 with the best-in-class Edge web browser and Copilot digital AI assistant, btw

    ProPublica , to Law
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    Resists U.S. Plan to Bring Sanctions Against Israeli Unit

    After months of inaction, Secretary of State Antony is poised to bar U.S. aid to an unit accused of human rights abuses.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/netanyahu-resists-blinken-plan-sanction-against-israeli-military-unit

    rotopenguin ,
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    @ProPublica what if we "just stopped providing Bibi with weapons"?

    I know, I know, it's utterly unthinkable

    ZachWeinersmith , to Random stuff
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    The Test
    Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/the-test

    rotopenguin ,
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    @ZachWeinersmith You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. You're just standing there, with a Sharpie in your hand, not drawing a dick on it. Why is that?

    shakal , to Random stuff German
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    Vor einigen Jahren begegnete ich Felix Juhl, schon zu der Zeit eine sehr dubiose Person, so wirkte er auf mich. Er wollte zu der Zeit Software beschaffen, die er nicht frei am Markt kaufen konnte. Es wurde schnell klar, dass er als Strohmann (Nachrichtendienst DE) agierte, was später auch bestätigt wurde (Bundestag Drucksache 17/7902, https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/17/079/1707902.pdf), denn Anfragen zu ihm wurden als geheim eingestuft. Nach und nach tauchte er in die Schweiz ab, war da noch in einer Firma tätig ...

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    @shakal @mastoreaderio unroll

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