IrynaWatch this. Talk about it. Don’t let it vanish into the scroll. A russian bomb struck near homes in Kharkiv this morning. 22 injured. This is happening in Europe. Right now.
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AlternativeToThe News/Media Alliance has announced it's had popular paywall bypass website 12ft Ladder taken offline. The site, which used cached Google articles to skip paywalls and subscription fees, was blocked on July 14, 2025, by its web host.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/news-publishers-secure-takedown-of-popular-12ft-ladder-paywall-bypass-website/
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/news-publishers-secure-takedown-of-popular-12ft-ladder-paywall-bypass-website/
I got a peek at Elron's new Škodas parked in Tapa.
On one hand, they are the first new trains ordered in many years in Estonia, and will be a welcome change from today's, which lack food and sufficient space for strollers and bikes.
On the other hand, they are in Russian 1520mm gauge, which, along with the European gauge Ülemiste Rail Baltica terminal, cement the fragmentation in Estonia's rail network, where suburbanization and cars will remain dominant for the foreseeable future. #railway
@anisa_kunst Käisin! But what was the name of this short film playing about the flying tram? I'd like to find the rahvusarhiiv link.
Tomáš Znamenáček
LucEU age verifier app was released today on github, saying it'll include remote attestation
Is it just me who finds this terrifying?
No more open operating systems for your phone if you want to be able to use it for age verification. For now, it sounds like this will be for porn, but social media (hello Mastodon) recently got a "recommendation" from our government to not be allowed below a certain age
Will we need a Google or Apple attested device to get around on the internet in a few years?
anisaDo you like trams?
I do! To extent that I have written my PhD thesis about trams in art. Being aware that not everyone would want to read a long academic thesis, I also curated the exhibition that is fun and accessible.
The exhibition The Flying Tram (Lendav Tramm) is open in Tallinn City Museum until January 2026.
If you visits Tallinn this summer, don’t miss the chance to see it! More information will follow!
#tram #tramway #publictransport #exhibition #tallinn #estonia #art #phd
I do! To extent that I have written my PhD thesis about trams in art. Being aware that not everyone would want to read a long academic thesis, I also curated the exhibition that is fun and accessible.
The exhibition The Flying Tram (Lendav Tramm) is open in Tallinn City Museum until January 2026.
If you visits Tallinn this summer, don’t miss the chance to see it! More information will follow!
#tram #tramway #publictransport #exhibition #tallinn #estonia #art #phd
@emilymbender
And it's not like this will be some home-grown LLMs developed by Estonians for Estonians. The president specifically compared this "leap" to Estonia's digital transformation, which was a comparatively sovereign, in-house development, founded on open standards and at least partially open source.
This AI "project" amounts to "let's pay Altman a ton of money and export our student's data and conversations to the US"
https://news.err.ee/1609723875/estonia-to-introduce-ai-model-in-high-schools-this-fall
Estonia to introduce AI-model in high schools this fall
Starting this fall, the state will introduce an artificial intelligence model in upper secondary school classes aimed at supporting learning without providing students with ready-made answers. However, the exact model has not yet been developed and the first year will serve as a test period.
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)A strong statement of resistance to the relentless marketing of "AI" in education spaces. I encourage all educators to have a look and consider signing on:
