Mastodawn

From the archives and for #ThickTrunkTuesday : an arbutus tree also known as madrone (Arbutus menziesii) on Denman Island.

#photography #nature #trees #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦2h ago

Catalin Cimpanu 8h ago

One of the most popular JavaScript packages on earth Axios has been compromised

https://opensourcemalware.com/blog/axios-compromised

One of the most popular JavaScript packages on earth Axios has been compromised

The Axios NPM package has been compromised and the maintainer of the project has been locked out of their account. This will go down in history as one of the most successful software supply chain attacks ever

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦2h ago

Andy Piper 8h ago

Nice to see a Mastodon shout-out on The Daily Show last night, thanks to @eff Executive Director Cindy Cohn!

It's a longer segment, with some interesting nuance around social media and censorship later in the conversation.

(disclosure: I am an EFF Member / sustaining donor)

YouTube link (I don't think there's a Peertube version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkC1aK7jfLo

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦2h ago

Catalin Cimpanu 6h ago

So, while I was looking to refine my Google search results and remove AI garbage news sites, I found that you can now tell Google to rank preferred sources above other results

https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=risky.biz

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦4h ago

404 Media 4h ago

How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.

https://www.404media.co/how-thomson-reuters-powers-ice-and-palantir/

How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used ICE.

404 Media

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦14h ago

Big Tech's bloodbath could be sticky this time

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/tech-stock-selloff-ai

#bigtech #aibubble

Big Tech's bloodbath could be sticky this time

Tech stocks aren't showing signs of recovering any time soon.

Axios

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦14h ago

@CatherineBabault

Satellite Spots a Spawn

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/satellite-spots-a-spawn/

#nature #wildlife

Satellite Spots a Spawn

The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.

NASA Science

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦15h ago

In Expanding de Sitter Space, Quantum Mechanics Gets Even More Elusive

https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-expanding-de-sitter-space-quantum-mechanics-gets-even-more-elusive-20260330/

#science #physics #cosmology

In Expanding de Sitter Space, Quantum Mechanics Gets Even More Elusive | Quanta Magazine

The basic shape that best describes our expanding universe is also the hardest shape for physicists to understand.

Quanta Magazine

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦15h ago

Study shows some dogs have true musical ability, perceiving pitch and adjusting their vocals

https://www.earth.com/news/some-dogs-have-true-musical-ability-perceiving-pitch-and-adjusting-their-vocals/

#dogs

Study shows some dogs have true musical ability, perceiving pitch and adjusting their vocals

Some dogs may actually have musical ability, listening along and trying to match the pitch in their own way.

Earth.com

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦17h ago

Obsidian Urbex Photography 17h ago

👻Ghost In The Machine. Despite being abandoned for nearly a decade, this old power plant control room in France was anything but silent.

A persistent, ominous humming still filled the air. A modern router blinked with green lights, sending data to unknown locations from this dead, decaying site.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/lady-red-power-plant/

#Photography #Industry #AbandonedPlaces #Urbex #UrbanExploration #France #Powerplant #Industrial

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