This is pretty great if it works: Zenni Optical can add a privacy coating to their lenses to prevent facial recognition data collection/tracking.
From their site:
“Built-In Privacy
Proprietary pink sheen coating reflects infrared light to disrupt unwanted tracking—upgrade any lens.
Our proprietary anti-infrared coating offers up to 80% more near-infrared protection than standard lenses, helping disrupt unwanted facial tracking. That subtle pink sheen? It’s the visible signal of invisible protection. Plus, it reduces glare, resists scratches, and defends against the sun’s infrared rays for added comfort and clarity.”
#privacy #FacialRecognition #zenni
Zenni ID Guard: Helps Disrupt Unwanted Tracking & Defend Your Privacy | Zenni Optical
Anti-infrared lens technology reflects near-infrared light—reducing unwanted tracking signals and long-term IR exposure from the sun.Zenni Optical
This article argues we are in not one but three AI bubbles.
1. A classic financial bubble where companies are overvalued.
2. An infrastructure bubble where big tech are overbuilding data centers.
3. A hype bubble where the capabilities of the technology are far below the promises of its proponents.
All three seem highly likely to me.
Play together, stay together with these co-op games on Linux.
itsfoss.com/co-op-games-linux/
15 Co-Op Games for Linux Steam Gamers in 2025
Squad up with your friends in these awesome co-op games!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Ok, then. So, the super-rich think it’s a bad idea to have a tax that ensures they contribute a *tiny fraction* of their worth to the public purse, thus ensuring governments can provide services for all. How very surprising. theguardian.com/business/2025/…
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man
LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’Jasper Jolly (The Guardian)
Beef up your Linux system's security with Pledge.
itsfoss.com/pledge-linux-port/
From OpenBSD to Linux: How Pledge can Enhance Linux Security
BSD's pledge() system call forces the current process into a restricted-service operating mode. A Linux port is now available..Community (It's FOSS)
Do you remember
The 21st night of September?
Love was changin' the minds of pretenders
While chasin' the clouds away...
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Hey video folks! Hyper 8 Video System 0.24 - the last beta ahead of the 1.0 release in October (!!) ^^ - is out as of today!
Above all else this release turns #hyper8 into a full-fledged desktop application. 👍 This in turn means that I'm overhauling and extending all packaging processes (and will keep doing so the coming days) and today is therefore more of a "soft launch" 😀
Debian, Arch and Windows are already provided with packages for the full desktop edition, macOS for the time being still with a homebrew-based CLI only build (with an apple silicon .app release in the making) and there are likely more Linux packages coming still. 8) I'll do the full, formal announcement as soon as all packages are in place ...
... until then check out these exciting exciting release notes ヽ(⌒▽⌒)ﾉ and test away!!
Power up your Raspberry Pi and start self-hosting with CasaOS.
itsfoss.com/casa-os-raspberry-…
Enjoying Self-Hosting Software Locally With CasaOS and Raspberry Pi
I used CasaOS for self-hosting popular open source services on a Raspberry Pi. Here's my experience.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
So Larry Ellison, the 2nd richest man in the world... is now the owner of TikTokUSA.
It's fine... everything is fine.
#Fascism #Billionnaires #EatTheRich #Democracy #LarryEllison
fair.org/home/as-ellison-buys-…
As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media
The Ellison duo taking over both CBS and CNN, as well as controlling a major social media network like TikTok, would be dangerous for democracy.FAIR
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@h5e agreed. i tried searching the languagetool github repo for the phrase(s) but couldn't find anything. i have no clue where the corresponding file is - couldn't find it with github search or sourcegraph. the identifier DT_NNS_AGREEMENT doesn't appear anywhere in the code.
i considered cloning the repo and git grepping for it, but after i saw i'd download a gigabyte of data and was only 12% done, i gave up on that idea 😅
Final stretch to the global release! 🔥
We’re launching Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn on Sept 27 at 10 AM (CEST).
Join us!
✅ Discover what’s new
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Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn global launch
Register now — be the first to experience the new Nextcloud Hub 25 AutumnNextcloud
MS Office -> Typst
Edge -> Firefox
Mail -> WinoMail
Various Android Apps -> Fossify Suite
Google Maps -> organic maps
I'm fascinated by this image. Meta's planned 5GW Hyperion Data Center overlaid on Manhattan to demonstrate its size.
If you ever needed an image of how digital colonialism looks at home, here it is. And, remember, Zuckerberg published it himself. Btw, 5 GW requires 5 dedicated nuclear power plants (probably more if you factor in redundancy).
threads.com/@zuck/post/DMF6tMA…
Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads
For our superintelligence effort, I'm focused on building the most elite and talent-dense team in the industry. We're also going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into compute to build superintelligence.Threads
Today at 3 pm EDT, @melissa will stream Stray Fawn Studio's The Wandering Village! Come chill with us as they build a village on the back of a large moving creature and chit-chat about game design.
#WanderingVillage #streaming #IndieGame
AveryMD - Twitch
I'm one-half of Future Proof Games, creators of Rosette Diceless (https://rosetterpg.com), Exploit: Zero Day (https://exploitzeroday.com/), The Majesty of Colors (https://majestyofcolors.com), and Ossuary (http://fpgam.es/Ossuary).Twitch
Another “Blender in the wild” discovery from one of my favorite musical artists, Kitty Ray, with 3D sculpting and animation by Liza Desya!
kitty.bandcamp.com/track/cassa…
(The music video is embedded on the page)
Here is an expose about some of the snake oil salespersons at the heart of MAHA
youtube.com/watch?v=N2lh-r7poL…
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
They want us to be like outdoor cats.
Such a good analogy.
Outdoor cats have less chronic disease and obesity than indoor cats. So is there "something" about "nature" that's good for cats?
Outdoor cats only live for 3 years, indoor cats? live for 10 years or more. **Outdoor cats don't live long enough to get chronic disease.**
And there is even that kernel of truth in the grift. Indoor cats don't get enough exercise. TRUE! Processed cat food isn't as nutritious.
The amazing adventures of a free speech absolutist! | Fiona Katauskas | The Guardian
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The amazing adventures of a free speech absolutist!
The leaps of logic will astound youFiona Katauskas (The Guardian)
I had no idea the raw milk story was so crazy.
Great video by @sarahtaber
I learned a lot and now feel a little gross.
Raw milk and farm literacy
Léon Spilliaert: A Mysterious World Between Light And Darkness
Léon Spilliaert takes us into a world of light, shadow and mystery. His art draws us in and threatens to smother us.
flashbak.com/leon-spilliaert-a…
About Spilliaert:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o…
Proton Experimental adds fixes for various games not running on CPUs with high core counts gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/prot…
#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #LinuxGaming
Proton Experimental adds fixes for various games not running on CPUs with high core counts
Valve updated Proton Experimental for September 19th, adding their usual assortment of fixes for running Windows games new and old on Linux PCs and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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You're laughing, but at this point I'd pretty much recommend downloading a copy of Wikipedia
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away - The Onion
theonion.com/fearful-americans…
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away
WASHINGTON—Alarmed at the prospect of unconstitutional overreach by the Trump administration, millions of fearful Americans have already begun stockpiling facts before the federal government comes to take them away, sources confirmed Friday.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
Meet our new English budgie! Like his brother Kiwi, he has a few unusual quirks, but we think he’s perfect!
Now this little peanut needs a name… He arrived as “Moe” so that’s a possibility, but what would you name this sweet boy?
Of all the stupid things that this regime has done, this is right up near the top. Postdoctoral researchers come to the US on H-1B visas. This will further destroy the US science enterprise. Stupid stupid stupid.
cbsnews.com/news/trump-h1b-vis…
Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
The Trump administration is targeting a visa widely used by tech companies and other employers to hire foreign workers.Aimee Picchi (CBS News)
Fediverse! I need some help!
I have a fellowship to go to Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks, and also an offer of an additional fellowship to give lectures around NZ. This is INCREDIBLY EXCITING!!
...but I have a lot of animals! And it's going to be during Saskatchewan winter! The potential farm sitters I've reached out to locally have all fallen through, so I need help to find someone.
Not sure if I should put out an actual farm sitting job ad here? Or if there are better places to try?
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony was held this week with lots of interesting winners.
My favourite study:
NUTRITION PRIZE
[NIGERIA, TOGO, ITALY, FRANCE]
Daniele Dendi, Gabriel H. Segniagbeto, Roger Meek, and Luca Luiselli, for studying the extent to which a certain kind of lizard chooses to eat certain kinds of pizza.
REFERENCE: "Opportunistic Foraging Strategy of Rainbow Lizards at a Seaside Resort in Togo," Daniele Dendi, Gabriel H. Segniagbeto, Roger Meek, and Luca Luiselli, African Journal of Ecology, vol. 61, no. 1, 2023, pp. 226-227.
Now I know what to feed my lizard! (if I had one)
Drunk Bats and Pizza-eating Lizards: The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony was held Thursday night by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, at Boston University in Massachusetts.Neatorama
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Republicans: 👇🏽
Andreas K
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •So you only now noticed the double standards in political discourse?
If applied the same standards to the GOP that they apply to the Democrats, republicans would probably complain about being victims.
Please note that this pattern is now, not eg how the Union and the Greens have been treated by German media over the past years.
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
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