Patrick - SV Apsara

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禍兮福之所倚,福兮禍之所伏。

Google's reCAPTCHA now just confirms that you're a Google customer before allowing you to access sites

https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users

"Google didn’t demand iPhone users install Google software to pass the test. Only Android users who refuse Play Services get locked out."

@Androidauth

Oh, oh - this is like Rita sending a nude of herself without the actual image.

No disrespect of course - just wonderment.
#Google #privacy #Android

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/04/inside-kennedy-center-shutdown-drama/686801/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3xDLJM23SXratNn6C59_f6M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center

I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

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4.17K Posts, 1 Following, 253 Followers · You’re born, you die. That part in the middle is called life. Whatever that is. Chasing stars, collecting shadows. Somebody save this boy. Most of the pictures I post are not taken by me. This usually goes without saying but apparently needs to be spelled out explicitly now. Their source is the Internet. Imagine that.

kinkycats.org
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Modified ALT text: On the left, #KMT #chair #Cheng_Li_wun (#鄭麗文) and #Chinese 🇨🇳 #dictator #Xi_Jinping (#習近平) shake hands, with cartoon balloons for both saying "We are #Chinese!" On the right sits a map of #Taiwan 🇳🇫 with a balloon saying "We're not!"
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The output of the @afghanistan bot does need review before publication.
https://mastodon.neometropolis.net/@afghanistan/116389795623611937
Afghanistan 🇦🇫 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image The U.S. Vice President’s deputy, GD Wens, told the press after talks with the Iranian delegation that the American negotiating team is leaving Pakistan without having reached any agreements with Iran. According to reports, both sides held talks for 21 hours, but failed to reach any conclusions due to disagreements, and the delegations have returned to their respective countries. GD Wens accused Iran of not abandoning its nuclear program. However, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei accused the American side of lacking good intentions and extortion, stating that Iran will use any means to protect its national interests. Peace talks between Iran and the United States, hosted by Islamabad, began yesterday in an atmosphere of mistrust and ultimately ended without any clear outcome. #HurriyatRadio Website link: https://hurriyat.af د امریکا مرستیال ولسمشر جي ډي ونس ایراني پلاوي سره تر خبرو وروسته رسنیو ته ویلي، د امریکا مرکچي پلاوی داسې مهال پاکستان پرېږدي، چې له ایران سره کومې هوکړې ته نه دي رسېدلي. د راپورونو له مخې دواړو لوریو ۲۱ساعته خبرې کړي، خو د اختلافاتو له کبله کومې پایلې ته نه دي رسېدلي او پلاوي هم بېرته خپلو هېوادونو ته ستانه شوي. جي ډي وینس په ایران تور پورې کړی، چې له خپل اټومي پروګرام لاس نه اخلي. خو د ایران بهرنیو چارو وزارت ویاند اسماعیل بقایي بیا امریکایي لوری د ښه نیت نشتوالي او په باج اخیستنې تورن کړی په خبره یې، ایران به د خپلو ملي ګټو د خوندي کولو لپاره له هرې وسیلې کار واخلي. د اسلام اباد په کوربتوب د ایران او امریکا ترمنځ د سولې خبرې تېره ورځ د بې باورۍ په فضا کې پیل شوې، چې بلاخره هم له کومې څرګندې پایلې پرته پای ته ورسېدې. #حریت_راډیو ویب‌سایټ لېنک: https://hurriyat.af Source: Hurriyat Radio Pashto (@HurriyatPa) [ https://x.com/HurriyatPa/status/2043178268249972881 ] #Afghanistan #Iran #Islam #America #Pakistan

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The AI Great Leap Forward

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For weeks the Trump administration was leaning on #Islamabad to convince the Iranians to agree a pause in fighting where it would reopen the Strait of #Hormuz, the people said. #Pakistan ’s crucial role, as a Muslim-majority neighbour and intermediary, was to sell it to #Tehran.