CHARLES RAFFERTY
The Problem with Early Warnings
People don't like to leave a party
unless the house is actually
on fire. Even then, if the flames
are far enough away
to be pretty, they'll finish
their drink, take one more pass
at the hors d'oeuvres.
How things happen has always been
unclear. Hurricanes begin
in a place where no one lives.
Agents of the government start
to wear masks. 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 is
a word my neighbors won't use
yet. They are following
the law, they say, and the sirens
are coming for someone else.
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The flat-headed cat has long been feared extinct in the tropical kingdom, where it inhabits peatlands, mangrove forests, and marshes that are difficult to access.
The last confirmed sighting was in 1995. Now 30 years later, the flat-headed cat has surfaced following a camera trap survey in southern Thailand’s Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary.
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‘This is sell America’ — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets
Treasury Prices Fall Over Trump's Greenland Demands
#OurModernTimes #Finances #Trump #T-Bills #Greenland #CNMC
'This is sell America' — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets
The 'sell America' trade is in full swing Tuesday morning.Alex Harring (CNBC)
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Dow slides 870 points, S&P 500 drops 2% for worst day since October on Trump tariff threat over Greenland
Stock Market Sinking... Trump Will Bankrupt America
#OurModernTimes #MoreDoomToCome #FincialDisaster #Trump #Greenland #CNBC
Dow slides 870 points, S&P 500 drops 2% for worst day since October on Trump tariff threat over Greenland: Live updates
Treasury yields spiked and the U.S. dollar declined as Trump's threat caused a flight from U.S. assets.Sean Conlon (CNBC)
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techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/trum…
#politics #USPol #DOGE #SSA #infosec #privacy
Trump administration admits DOGE may have misused Americans' Social Security data | TechCrunch
The revelation comes as part of a series of corrections in a legal case over DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration data.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
Mozilla is asking for your opinion about what it's doing, and the survey appears to be aimed at getting you used to the idea that "AI" will become an integral focus area.
I told them that I want Mozilla to focus SOLELY on improving Firefox and Thunderbird, with zero AI in the product.
"The Social Security Admin🚨has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results.
In a remarkable court filing, #DOJ🚨also revealed that DOGE employees traded Social Security data on an unapproved third party server — #Cloudflare — & may have sent private SSA info to a top DOGE adviser.:
-K Cheney
#Musk #DOGE #SocialSecurity #Betrayal #Fraud #TrumpRegime #Elections #USPol
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Companies want to get their hands on your data 🤑 But keeping it safe can be easy.
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Nextcloud Special Event Winter 2026 edition
Be the first to experience the new must-watch Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter launch keynote, press conference and businesses-oriented key updates.Nextcloud
The world’s smallest ‘fanged’ frog found in Indonesia
Researchers have identified a species of frog Limnonectes phyllofolia completely new to science. The tiny Indonesian amphibian is in the possession of little fangs. Researchers think that their fan…Palm Oil Detectives
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@mirth the word-at-a-time swipe on a phone keyboard (originally swype, now in most of them) is the modern equivalent and does roughly what you're looking for here, probably even faster.
It degrades poorly when you have to correct individual letters for some reason because the word match is incorrect.
I'd like to be able to swipe either words or graffiti-style letters in a way that doesn't involve too much mode-change.
@csepp @uep @mirth youtube.com/watch?v=q3OuCR0EpG…
I just found this video explanation. It's fucking wild!
- 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
Borneo Forest Dragon Gonocephalus bornensis
The #Borneo Forest Dragon, also known as the Borneo Anglehead #Lizard is a vividly coloured lizard native to Borneo. This arboreal #reptile is known for their prominent crest and beautifully camouf…Palm Oil Detectives
Borneo Forest Dragon Gonocephalus bornensis
The #Borneo Forest Dragon, also known as the Borneo Anglehead #Lizard is a vividly coloured lizard native to Borneo. This arboreal #reptile is known for their prominent crest and beautifully camouf…Palm Oil Detectives
Obey the Insect God brings live-action digitized sprite weirdness to action platformers gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/obey…
#Demo #IndieGames #ObeytheInsectGod #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck
Obey the Insect God brings live-action digitized sprite weirdness to action platformers
Remember how the original Mortal Kombat used live-action sprites for characters? Now imagine if someone stuck that style into a modernised action platformer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Survive an elevator trying to eat you in co-op horror KLETKA when it releases February 19 gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/surv…
#KLETKA #IndieGames #CoopGames #PCGaming #Gaming
Survive an elevator trying to eat you in co-op horror KLETKA when it releases February 19
A bunch of criminals sent down the depths of a massive structure using a living elevator - what could go wrong? Lots and you'll find out in KLETKA.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Meat giant 🥩☠️ #JBS is driving #deforestation in the #Amazon🐆 ❌ Jaguars are losing their home to cows killed for burgers 🤮💰 Billions in profits to #Barclays and zero accountability 📣 Divest NOW! NO to #BigCat #extinction! #Boycott4Wildlife #Vegan
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Jaguars vs Cows: JBS Fuelling Biodiversity Collapse in Brazil’s Forests
Global Witness report finds JBS, the world’s largest meat company, is directly linked to deforestation in the Amazon and Pantanal putting jaguars at riskPalm Oil Detectives
Giving some Undertale and OMORI vibes, the strange looking Immortal Boy gets a new trailer gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/givi…
#ImmortalBoy #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames
Giving some Undertale and OMORI vibes, the strange looking Immortal Boy gets a new trailer
Immortal Boy is an upcoming retro-styled fantasy RPG adventure due out this year, and now it has a first proper full gameplay trailer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
tinyBuild are shutting down and delisting Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/tiny…
#PandemicExpress #tinyBuild #PCGaming #Gaming
tinyBuild are shutting down and delisting Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape
We're about to say a permanent goodbye to another multiplayer title, as Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape is set to be fully shut down.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Monster taming adventure Stories of Somnia is one to keep an eye on gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mons…
#StoriesofSomnia #Steam #PCGaming #Gaming
Monster taming adventure Stories of Somnia is one to keep an eye on
Stories of Somnia is an upcoming mixture of real-time adventuring with monster taming and battling, one that looks quite sweet you need to keep an eye on.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
🔊 Es hat ein bisschen gedauert, aber jetzt ist das Ding da:
Unser #WhitePaper zum Projekt #ReinventSocialPlatforms. 🙌
Unsere Erkenntnisse aus 6+ Monaten Recherche, Analyse und Prototypengebastel.
Themenfeld: #Fediverse, #SocialMedia, #Journalismus, #Medien, #Demokratie, #DigitaleSouveränität.
Viel Freude mit dem Report. Ich bin gespannt auf euer Feedback.
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Chancen des Fediverse für Journalismus
Kann das Fediverse eine Alternative zu den Social-Media-Monopolisten sein? Zusammen mit dem Media Lab Bayern und sechs fantastischen Fellows sind wir, das SWR X Lab, bei "Reinvent Social Platforms" dieser Frage nachgegangen.SWR
Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mara…
#Marathon #Bungie #AntiCheat #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck
Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux
Halo and Destiny developer Bungie confirmed that Marathon will be launching March 5th, but it will most likely be unplayable on SteamOS Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Oh look: #discord outsourced their age verification to some vendor. You know, the #ageverification that countries like the UK want to make mandatory for basically every online service. And the vendor had a data breach exposing photos of government IDs for 70,000 people.
Do you feel safer? How many children did we protect by exposing the IDs of these 70,000 (presumably) adults? Thanks for taking one for the team, you 70,000 canaries in the #privacy coal mine.
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Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service | Discord
At Discord, protecting the privacy and security of our users is a top priority. That’s why it’s important to us that we’re transparent with them about events that impact their personal information.discord.com
@carbonatedcaffeine Will be giving a talk about mobile Linux at PLUG next month. If you coincidentally find yourself waking up near Palmerston North, New Zealand, come say hi!
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PLUG meeting February 11th 2026: Mobile Linux and home automation: plug.org.nz/2026/01/february-m…
hehehehehehe!
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An Opportunity to Address Mining Abuses Globally
When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers of dead fish and the water had a strange smell. The cause was a major mining disaster.Human Rights Watch
Adobe's creative software seems to be running on Linux with this.
itsfoss.com/news/photoshop-ins…
Photoshop Installer Runs on Linux Despite Adobe Not Giving a Damn For Years
Still early to say whether this will make it into Wine officially, this should rekindle some hope for Linux users and users-to-be who have been missing Adobe's creative suite on the platform.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Let’s Dismantle the Existential Threat Known as the Military-Industrial Complex
No other industry — not even Big Pharma or Big Oil — can match its power in shaping policy and dominating spending.David Vine (Truthout)
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A browser that respects you and your time…
Is Helium the Browser Brave Was Meant to Be?
An in-depth look at 'another new Chromium-based web browser" that is "different from the other Chromium-based web browsers".Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
ICE detaining Native American tribal citizens at concentration camp - Boing Boing
The Oglala Sioux Tribe demands ICE release its citizens and stop detaining Native Americans from sovereign nations.Ellsworth Toohey (Happy Mutants, LLC.)
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It took me nearly a week to get to this article, but it was worth it!
Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income
Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.The Conversation
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the ingenuity is remarkable. instead of creating a feature that people want to use, you can co-opt an existing popular feature (being able to share a link to a song) and tie its functioning to the unwanted feature.
PROBLEM: nobody wants to use microsoft outlook to read their gmail/yahoo mail/whatever.
SOLUTION: whenever someone else forwards an email from their outlook client to you, instead of forwarding the email, outlook should forward an "email preview". to view the full message, the recipient can simply install outlook and sign in with their email provider.
see, this is a joke, and microsoft, famous for their understanding of user consent, would never do something like this.
as a completely unrelated thought,
PROBLEM: nobody wants to give microsoft access to every single email they have ever sent, received, or drafted.
SOLUTION: whenever someone signs in to outlook with a non-microsoft account, simply copy their entire inbox to the outlook servers to "enhance [the user's] Microsoft 365 experience".
N33R "Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses" ⚸ 🩸 :lesbian: (@N33R@fops.cloud)
Do you think Microsoft understands what consent is?fops.cloud
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