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As time goes on, I think there are two surveys which provide the most valuable insight into the voters of Brexit Britain and Trump’s America.

The first, from 2021:

What wild animals do you think you can beat in a fight?

It’s an infographic. Most Americans are convinced they could beat a rat (72%), a house cat (69%) and a goose (61%) in a fight. Nevertheless, 17-24% still feel like they would lose in a struggle with such creatures, with the rest unsure. The only other animal listed that Americans tend to think they could take is a medium-sized dog, although not even half (49%) are sure of this. This confidence drops further with the dogs’ size: only 23% of Americans think they could beat a large dog in a fight, with 58% being sure they would lose. Americans are least likely to think they could beat a grizzly bear in a fight. A confident or foolhardy 6% think they could emulate Leonardo di Caprio’s Revenant character Hugh Glass in taking down a brown bear (although Glass was armed with a dagger). Lions, gorillas and elephants are seen as similarly invulnerable, with only 8% boasting they could beat them. There is a little illustration of a public stockman facing up to a kangaroo, presumably moments before taking a blow to his chest that shatters his ribs.

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the funny thing is, PhD stipends are so low that you could hire me for a year or this "PhD-level agent" for a month 🙃 #academia
A headline: OpenAI Plots Charging $20,000 a Month For PhD-Level Agents By Stephanie Palazzolo and Cory Weinberg
#academia

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#zenzabronica #bronicaetrsi #fp4 #analogphotography #blackandwhite #bassethound
#blackandwhite #analogphotography #fp4 #zenzabronica #bassethound #bronicaetrsi

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Beautiful boy.

#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

A close up of a black cat with green eyes and black whiskers (Jiji). His eyes are very shiny.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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Here I am being the Wattle Fairy Godmother for the Healesville Festival. Much hotter that day than when I have been the fairy godmother in Hurstbridge!
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Muse
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Muse
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You can't see my wings or all the glitter I have on my face!

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Some footage of severe floods in the north of Australia. More to come. Here we are in a heatwave and more fires.

Residents capture footage of severe floods in north Queensland – video

Hundreds of people have been evacuated and dozens rescued after 1.2 metres of rain fell in some areas
Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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eeepee
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The US shit show and the German government shit show are blocking news from around the world. Climate change? Not important any more. Millions of people protesting against the Putin friendly corrupt regime in Serbia and Georgia. Not of interrest...

TV News and papers are getting more and more annooying.

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If you’re interested in the open social web and happen to be in Austin, stop by our live Fediverse corner I’ll be hosting with @mmasnick , @evan , and @pcottle tomorrow at 10am! No SXSW badge required!

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Accelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web — PM

4:30pm: Pre-chat Bluesky cocktail 5pm - 5:45pm: Fireside chat with Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee and Flipboard CEO Mike McCue 6pm - 7pm: Dot Social Live with David Imel, Co-host, Waveform Podcast, and Mike McCue
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@Mike Masnick ✅ @Pcottle @Evan Prodromou
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Eugen Rochko
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Disclaimer: Not in Austin or the US, so can't come either way, but: What does pre-chat Bluesky cocktail mean?

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“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit,” Musk said. “There it’s they’re exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response.”
-Elon Musk, Feb 28, 2025

“In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
-Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials

cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/el…

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Marseille sunset
The sun is setting between two buildings. Two people are bicycling past and a few other people are standing or walking

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there's a certain visual poetry to my badly written code
four closing squiggle brackets, then the keyword "true" floating in the void, then six more closing squiggles

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reminds me of the joke about the hacker who stole a top secret LISP program and published the last page of the code to prove it
text editor with nothing but descending closing parens

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In Germany, where 85 percent of the population say they trust the French, only 16 percent now say they trust the US.

Meanwhile in Denmark a new Berlingske poll came out where 92 percent of Danes say, we need to focus on Europe — not the US — when it comes to security. Only 3 percent disagree.

Trump is completely rebranding the US as an Oblast of Russia.

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I haven't seen this getting passed around, and IT SHOULD BE!

youtu.be/uIHyUqlOlXM?si=uDmRG_…

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
youtu.be
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Muse
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@kennyc I have been reliably told that you put up a link to this before me! So sorry for having missed it!

BTW You have good taste!

@Kenny Chaffin

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The EFF has launched a new open source tool for disrupting covert surveillance.

news.itsfoss.com/eff-rayhunter…


EFF's Rayhunter Is Here To Catch Eavesdroppers

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new open source tool to detect eavesdropping on cellular networks.
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Café-Junkie
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@eff
Why can't that be an app which monitors mobil cells and its parameters (position, network tech version, etc.) I passing by?
If these parameters are shared (of course optionally) it would also be possible to map radio towers and cell specifics on OSM or similar map services for easier checkups...
🤔
@Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Need something secure to communicate? SimpleX Chat can be a great option.

news.itsfoss.com/simplex-chat/


My Experience With SimpleX Chat: Is It The Ultimate Open Source Private Messaging App?

An impressive decentralized open source messaging app that does not require any user ID.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)

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Latest comic: It's profoundly weird to witness what is happening in the US as someone who came of age at the end of the Cold War.

#cartoon #comic #uspol #ukraine

TO GROW UP IN 1980s AMERICA WAS TO BE CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR WITH THE USSR. Jen as kid watching Sting video for the song Russians: BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY TO YOU, I HOPE THE RUSSIANS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN TOO THE U.S. DID TERRIBLE THINGS DURING THE COLD WAR (THANKS, KISSINGER!), BUT AT LEAST WE WERE PROUDLY NOT A DICTATORSHIP. Functioning Local Dewspaper MAY 5, 1986 CHERNOBYL DISASTER FAR WORSE THAN INITIALLY REPORTED Jen: HOW COULD THEY JUST LIE LIKE THAT? A FEW YEARS LATER, THE BERLIN WALL FELL AND THE SCORPIONS' "WIND OF CHANGE" WAS EVERYWHERE. Scene of Scorpions video on TV: WHERE THE CHILDREN OF TOMORROW DREAM AWAY Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Teenage Jen: NOT THIS SONG AGAIN! NOW THAT CHEESILY HOPEFUL VIDEO SEEMS GREAT. News headlines: ZELENSKY ATTACKED BY WHITE HOUSE World stunned by U.S. shift towards Putin Jen: THE FUTURE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO TURN OUT THIS WAY. ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#Comic #cartoon #Ukraine #uspol
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@jacklaridian I was just thinking about that movie too.

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No Lights No Lycra March 19th 7PM, NYC

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#dark #NYC #cooperative #dancing #dance #exercise #hellskitchen #march

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i am an international woman and so you should buy my games thank you store.steampowered.com/bundle/…

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Eniko

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Es gibt WikiTok.

wikitok.vercel.app/

blog.wikimedia.de/2025/03/05/w…


WikiTok – Endlos scrollen, aber ohne Algorithmen

WikiTok ermöglicht endloses Scrollen durch Wikipedia – ganz ohne Algorithmen. Wissen neu erleben!
anmo (Wikimedia Deutschland Blog)

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Did you know? 🤔 Richard Stallman once held an auction for a GNU toy!—and it sold for 120 euros!

Original video - Richard Stallman as Saint IGNUcius (Emacs vs Vi)

#gnu

#Gnu

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Android's native Linux Terminal is here!

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Good News! Google Starts Rolling Out Native Linux Terminal to Android Devices

It looks like Google is rolling out its native Linux terminal app for select Android devices.
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Nova Cat
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I remember that LineageOS 14 (Android 7.1) had a built-in terminal that could be enabled via developer options

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Humble has a chilled Comfort Zone game sale: humblebundleinc.sjv.io/c/57729… (partner link)

Comfort Zone Sale | Humble Store

Humble Bundle

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A single flower in November

📷 Rolleiflex, 1956 model
🎞️ Ilford Delta 100

#BelieveInFiIm
#filmisnotdead
#photography

A single flower blooming on the trunk of a moss covered in moss. Black and white photo.
#Photography #filmisnotdead #believeinfiim

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Réveil glacé

📷 Canon eos 300
Kodak Portra 400

#BelieveInFiIm
#filmisnotdead
#photography

Réveil difficile pour l'oiseau pelucheux qui se trouve dans son lit moelleux. Premiers rayons de soleil à travers la fenêtre. Actualités difficiles.
Tronc d'arbre visible, la neige sur le sol. Le froid semble insistant, la glace n'est jamais très loin...
Feuillages sur la neige, on devine une fragile barrière. La couleur traverse les saisons.
#Photography #filmisnotdead #believeinfiim

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Stay organized with Linkora – the open-source Android app for managing all your links. 📝

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Linkora: The Ultimate Open Source Tool to Organize Links on Android

Just get this Android app if you have trouble with saving links that you want to check later.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)

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Don't let technology, no matter how fancy, be a substitute for visionary politics. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/…

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Women in Elixir - short video with insights for International Women's Day 💜

erlang-solutions.com/webinars/…

Discussions: discu.eu/q/erlang-solutions.co…

#elixir #programming


Women in Elixir - Erlang Solutions

The Elixir community is growing, and so is the participation of women in it. In this webinar, Lorena Mireles will share insights from her own...
Erlang Solutions
#programming #elixir

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I'm so proud that we have the great @safiyanoble with us at @cubouldercmci! She is tracing her path from growing up in a segregated food desert to studying algorithmic racism.
Safiya Noble seated on stage along with Bryan Semaan under the CU Boulder logo
@Safiya Umoja Noble @CU Boulder's CMCI

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A tale of two presidential coverages by WaPo. A stark example of how the legacy media helped push us into this disaster. On the top, Trump today with 151K jobs. On the bottom, Biden in 2021 with 194k jobs.

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diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
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This is why I chose never to have kids. My sister didn't either. This nightmare ended with us and we hope to leave this world a better place. A difficult dream with the Ivy a League narcissists enshitifying everything with layers of more enshitification

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Wine 10.3 released with clipboard support in the Wayland driver, initial Vulkan video decoder support gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/wine…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming


Wine 10.3 released with clipboard support in the Wayland driver, initial Vulkan video decoder support

The Wine 10.3 development release is now available for testing, which includes some new features and the usual assorted bug fixes to make running Windows games and apps on Linux even better.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #linuxgaming #wine

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During the @spritely fundraising campaign, we promised that we'd thank our Diamond, Gold, and Silver tier donors in the credits of our demos/games. So, we just published an update to Cirkoban (our game from 2024) that "backports" our supporters into the credits! Thanks to @a for rewriting the credits sequence code to make this possible.

davexunit.itch.io/cirkoban/dev…

#spritely


Small update: Level select and thanking donors

Hey there! We just published a small non-gameplay update to Cirkoban. You can now press the space key to open a menu and jump to any level you wish! The credits sequence now thanks Spritely donors at...
David Thompson (itch.io)
#spritely @𐌀𐌌𐌙 :emacs: @The Spritely Institute

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Former NIH Director Francis Collins serenading the crowd at the #standupforscience rally at the Lincoln Memorial in DC
Franco Collins singing.
#standupforscience

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Developing apps is even more rewarding with Nextcloud Hub 10! 🧑‍💻

Now built into Nextcloud: develop apps in any dev language using our AppAPI and deploy via #Docker!

#Rust? #golang? Your choice!

🔗 Read more with other improvements in our blog:

nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-h…


Nextcloud Hub 10 – your unified, modular digital workspace - Nextcloud

Welcome Nextcloud Hub 10 - reinforced performance, deeper integration, and dozens of new features that will make your day easier!
Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
#Rust #Docker #GoLang
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Sean Thrailkill
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can you use AppAPI from the official helm chart? I haven't found a way to make that work yet.

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@Friendica Support @Fediverse News @Fediverse @Fedi.Tips 🎄
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Fedi.Tips 🎄
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Ooh nice! I've bookmarked this, I'll do a post about it soon.

Thanks for the info! 🙏

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GNOME 48 to debut HDR and Wayland color management support.

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Discover What's New in GNOME 48 With Our Feature Rundown!

GNOME 48 is just around the corner. Explore what's coming with it.
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AdventureTense
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Colour management in Wayland is the biggie, especially for photo editing.

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Are RSS broken right now?

@Friendica Support
Hi! i tried to add some RSS feed using the guide in the wiki. But i still cannot see a post made from this bots 🙁

Is there another thing i need to do for the bots to start working? thanks in advance i love this software.

#friendicahelp #rss

#RSS #friendicahelp @Friendica Support

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AMD confirm Ryzen 9 9950X3D & 9900X3D price and release date gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/amd-…

#AMD #Ryzen #Gaming #PCGaming


AMD confirm Ryzen 9 9950X3D & 9900X3D price and release date

For those of you wanting a new high-spec processor for all your gaming, perhaps the latest Ryzen X3D will be what you're after. Announced back in January, today we now have the confirmed launch dates and pricing.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#gaming #AMD #pcgaming #ryzen

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Whisker Squadron: Survivor does a barrel roll with Star Fox and survivor-likes smashed together - out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/whis…

#Gaming #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck


Whisker Squadron: Survivor does a barrel roll with Star Fox and survivor-likes smashed together - out now

After a while in Early Access, Whisker Squadron: Survivor has launched that attempts to blend together the on-rails shooting from Star Fox with a few elements of the bullet heaven survivor-likes popularised by Vampire Survivors.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #indiegames #gaming #SteamDeck

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