Mastodawn

You know how in every movie set during WWII there’s a scene where Nazis are checking papers on the trains? That is the USA as of today

https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-airport-tsa-federal-immigration-agents-4cfb93f7d2ff5a1ccb87d1bdbf54b959

ICE seen at Atlanta airport amid partial shutdown

Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide. The officers have not screened passengers so far. The Trump administration said they would supplement Transportation Security Administration staffing at certain airports but provided few details about exactly what they would be doing. After intensified immigration enforcement and protests in cities across the country over the past year, their presence has unsettled some travelers and raised new questions.

AP News

Jairaj Devadiga 2d ago

Anonymous 2d ago

The United States committed this crime on Cuba

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/post/3mhjhvvwd6k2t

Jairaj Devadiga 3d ago

Honora Niwlcraft 3d ago

Microsoft in 2022: All your old computers are too unsecure to run our new flagship windows OS.

Microsoft in 2026: Vibecoded kernel & cybersecurity, YOLO!

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Mikko Tuomi 5d ago

Most of Europe’s original natural #forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper and timber.

The few remaining “old-growth” natural forests are relics of the past that illustrate how forests would have looked in the absence of human management.

Most Swedish forests are so-called #boreal forests.

This type of coniferous woodland #ecosystem encompasses most of the northern regions of the planet.

After mapping and measuring the most natural old-growth forests in Sweden, scientists found that they differ much more from managed forests than previously thought, even if some of those managed forests looked old.

Old-growth forests store 78-89% more #carbon than managed forests do, a difference in carbon storage larger than Sweden’s cumulative emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels since 1834.

These new results underscores the much larger carbon storage benefits that flow from protecting forests than using them to produce bioenergy and wood products.

#climate #nature #ecology #biological
https://theconversation.com/swedens-old-growth-natural-forests-store-83-more-carbon-than-managed-woodlands-new-study-277150

Sweden’s ‘old-growth’ natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands – new study

Old-growth forests store 78-89% more carbon than managed forests do.

The Conversation

Jairaj Devadiga Mar 18

The Indian government has come up with lot of rules, supposedly to protect smartphone users. In reality these rules will make phones less safe, and enable greater mass surveillance and authoritarianism.

https://jairajdevadiga.com/2026/03/17/phony-security-rules-will-make-indias-phones-less-safe/

Phony security rules will make India’s phones less safe

The Indian government has introduced countless rules supposedly to make smartphone safer. In reality, the rules will make phones less safe, and enable further mass surveillance and authoritarianism…

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Julian Oliver Mar 14

Buzzfeed's shares go from $15 to 70 cents, now approaching bankruptcy, seemingly as a result of going all-in on 'AI' generated content.

This emerging pattern does not speak to a wicked problem. Rather, it should be no surprise that people don't want to read machine-generated content that outwardly pretends to come from a person. Because it is innately &intrinsically deceptive, which people do not like, so ending trust that will be very hard to win back. If at all

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

#ai

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI

Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

Futurism

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Eugen Rochko Mar 10

Machine translations are often brought up as a gotcha whenever I criticize LLMs. It's worth pointing out two things: Machine translations existed decades before LLMs, and yes, machine translations are useful. However: I would never in my life read a machine translated book. Understanding what a social media post is talking about in rough terms? Sure. Literature? Absolutely not. Hell, have you ever seen machine translated subtitles? It's absolute garbage.

Jairaj Devadiga Mar 9

Claire McNab Mar 9

Don't be distracted. #Trump's attacks on #Iran are a war of aggression, the ultimate #WarCrime.

The attacks were badly planned, but don't follow the American #Democrats into the folly of criticising lack of planning. Courts treat good planning of a crime as an aggravating factor, not as mitigation.

This imperialist slaughter would be no less criminal if meticulously planned. On the contrary, it would be much worse.

Only #imperialists want competent #imperialism.

Focus on the criminality.