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Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae - https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/magnetars-drag-spacetime-to-power-superluminous-supernovae/ " Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae. " #space
Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae

Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae.

Ars Technica

Dutch artist Teun Castelein rented 4 barrel organs to play the Ukrainian anthem in front of the Russian embassy in The Hague (The Netherlands) for a full day, on the day the war started. 4 barrel organs for 4 years of war. They each produce 120 decibels of volume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYZfwRCKwk

Via @JdeB

#Ukraine #SlavaUkraini

Vier draaiorgels bij de Russische ambassade in Den Haag

YouTube

In an open letter, we have joined other organizations in calling for Aura Salla’s appointment as Digital Omnibus rapporteur to be withdrawn.

Before becoming an MEP, Ms Salla was an executive lobbyist at Meta, serving as its Public Policy Director and Head of EU Affairs. And here stated goal is "to cut EU digital regulation".

Therefore, she is not suitable for the job as rapporteur.

Open letter: https://www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/uploads/open-letter-call-to-withdraw-aura-salla-digital-omnibus.pdf

Today is the day, the EU decides on Chat Control 1.0. Will they let the Trojan Horse through the gate and let Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn etc continue to scan all your messages?

We at Tuta say NO. 

❌ No scanning
❌ No mass surveillance
❌ No age verification

Instead we fight for:

✅ Encryption
✅ Privacy
✅ Open Source

And so should the EU. Stop #ChatControl now! 🥊 

Curious if your emails are safe? Check here which providers scan your data:
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/voluntary-scanning-google-microsoft

Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks said to be 17x deadlier than the explosive Ford Pintos of the 1970s. https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/
It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News

We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to compare to the Ford Pinto, a car so notoriously combustible that it has become a watchword for corporate greed. Let’s start with the data […]

FuelArc News
@ruurd @mmalc Heckle him by only asking about the Epstein files.

The schedule for pgDay Paris 2026 has been published! Earlybird tickets are still available!

#pgDay #Paris #PostgreSQL #Conference

https://2026.pgday.paris/schedule/

pgDay Paris 2026 Schedule

pgDay Paris 2026 Schedule

A friend pointed out last night that WinRAR is more profitable than OpenAI and I can't stop thinking about it.
Is there really no one that checked if 8647 is prime?
Political cartoon by Michael de Adder. Thanks to @GottaLaff for original share.