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Adrianna Tan1h ago
Just me and the band
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The War on Cars3h ago

Summer Streets in New York City was just awesome today.

So many people of all ages out there enjoying miles and miles of car-free streets! More, please.

#summerstreet #nyc #newyork

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Jay 🆘3h ago

If you want an ebook of some public domain work, either:

1. Check standardebooks.org before Gutenberg. They clean up books from Gutenberg with sane typography and print design.

2. Consider buying a "Dover Thrift Editions" version of the ebook. Many fly-by-night ebook "publishers" are turning a quick buck on selling you a Gutenberg edition. Dover is a real publisher, even in print, and their well-formatted ebooks of public domain works are usually under $4, or even less.

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Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot5h ago

Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

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Norcal Gma 23h ago
Jasper poses for my daughter so I can toot on #Caturday
Family teamwork.
I trade for Summer photos she can post on her blog.
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Joy4h ago

My painting, "Capybara on a Hill"! I painted it in Clip Studio Paint.

#art #cute #capybara #painting

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KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)4h ago

Sending along a fig heart to you fedineighbor

Today I harvested another 2 dozen figs. Washed, dried, cut, and dehydrating now.

#gardening #food

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Simple Sabotage Field Manual6h ago
Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities.
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Climate News Now6h ago

A Wednesday evening city council meeting in Tucson, Arizona ended with boisterous cheers from attendees after lawmakers voted unanimously to kill a massive Amazon-linked data center project amid concerns over its impact on the city's water supply. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://www.commondreams.org/news/tucson-arizona-data-center

Cheers Erupt as Tucson City Council Unanimously Kills Massive Amazon-Linked Data Centers | Common Dreams

Tucson City Council unanimously votes to kill Amazon-linked data center project amid water supply concerns. Residents celebrate victory.

Common Dreams
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J. Nathan Matias 🦣8h ago

The Authors Guild has launched a certification program for asserting that a book has been human authored

https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/

Human Authored Certification - The Authors Guild

Human Authored is a project of the Authors Guild that allows an author to certify that their book is created by a human. “Human Authored” means that the text of the book was written by a human and not generated […]

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European CommissionApr 16

77% of Europeans believe we should have a common defence and security policy.

We are confronted today with extraordinary security and defence challenges. To meet them, we aim to:

🔹 Build a European defence union
🔹 Enhance the EU's preparedness and crisis management
🔹 Ensure a safer and more secure Europe

We stand firm in our commitment to ensure Europe remains safe, secure, together!

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!DDQdk7

Show threadgrob 🇺🇦Apr 16
@EUCommission ahem. May I humbly suggest doing something about CVE falling apart? Maybe ship the whole thing over to Europe? https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/homeland_security_funding_for_cve/
Uncle Sam kills funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program

Updated: Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right?

The Register
Show threadgrob 🇺🇦Apr 16

@EUCommission addendum: there is ENISA https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/vulnerability-disclosure

via @mttaggart https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/114348406186894244

Vulnerability Disclosure | ENISA

ENISA is the EU agency dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity in Europe. They offer guidance, tools, and resources to safeguard citizens and businesses from cyber threats.

Show threadTeknovisApr 16
@EUCommission Agree!
Show threadRejZoRApr 16
@EUCommission Sure, what about the recent proposed bills in EU that are going to undermine encryption through backdoors?
Show threadtichoApr 16

@rejzor @EUCommission Wasn't that rendered moot by last year's ECHR ruling?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/echr_backdoor_encryption/

European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal

Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all

The Register
Show threadRejZoRApr 16
@ticho @EUCommission I've seen some news about it relatively recently. And they always keep trying again with different names until it goes through... Which is why the skepticism.
Show threadSamuelJohnsonApr 16

@EUCommission

👇

https://eupolicy.social/@johnnyryan/114347365991588882

Johnny Ryan (@johnnyryan@eupolicy.social)

Europe is creating a "Democracy Shield". EU countries are racing to rearm. The European Commission must confront 3 new realities 1. The US is turning autocratic and hostile JD Vance’s Munich speech shows that Musk’s boosting AfD and other far-right candidates across the EU has official US support Trump’s St Patrick’s Day photo op with Conor McGregor is more of the same

EUpolicy.social - A Mastodon server for the EU bubble
Show threadwoxom98179Apr 16
@EUCommission We'll get more security if you promote encryption rather than killing it with your dystopian programs like ChatControl & ProtectEU
Show threadJaviApr 16
@EUCommission awesome, but please don't forget to control illegal immigration, as Japan or Switzerland effectively do
Show threadMarty ᗢApr 16

@zgjavi Japan is a bad example of a good policy. They are an island, so it is tremendously easy for them to tightly control what goes in and out.

Nevertheless, since illegal immigration is a totally different subject, I'm confident it is not adversely affected by a new defence policy.

Show threadMarty ᗢApr 16
@EUCommission Fully agree, except we shouldn't aim to do it, we should actually *do it*. There have been enough summits now. Time for action.
Show threadVeza85UEApr 16
@thany @EUCommission Have you considered contacting your (Dutch?) national government about it? #WTFistheCouncil
Show threadPaul in de EmiratenApr 16

@EUCommission the solution is simple and the solution is proven. Simply apply European competition law to all investments in defence.

I’ve said it once I’m saying it again : soon all soldiers in the EU will have Swedish AK-5’s, Italian Berretta’s, Dutch anti-missle equipment, and French Rafales.

Of course, this is not going to happen because protecting the local labour market is waaaay more important than a proper defence against Russia.

Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Apr 16
@EUCommission The United States is our enemy now and we should prepare for this.
Show threadRonald PortierApr 16
@EUCommission First massive and concentrated propaganda to support the massive armaments program, and then measuring the effect of that propaganda....
Show threadKethiannaApr 16

@EUCommission With the American retreat from Europe and NATO commitment, it only makes sense to do this.

We need to set up a common defense and security policy in case NATO fails + as a deterrent.

Either we need to incorporate a proper EU command structure or an EU army alongside our national armies.

I'm more pro the latter option.

We already have a mutual EU defense clause and commitment to each other + we (most?) are in NATO, obligation us to defend each other. An EU army makes sense.

Show threadM.Apr 21

@EUCommission

Another angle of security: It is time to create a "Euro-Linux" and to make its use mandatory within EU (esp. for government staff and schools). The development should be distributed among EU member states and their best IT departments (at the universities). The developers should be employed full time and Europeans.

#linuxmint could be a good starting point.