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.
Exporting extinction: How the Rich World Is Driving Global Biodiversity Loss - Geographical
Western imports are driving deforestation in the global south, reveals a new reportGeographical Staff (Geographical Magazine)
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)
On this day, remember Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, who died in 2018.
bbc.com/future/article/2024012…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_(r…
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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)
Support Helps Gorilla and Human Child Resilience
Young gorillas often suffer horrific events in their childhood: the death of their mother or father due to poachers, kidnapping and rough handling for the illegal pet trade. A study of 250 gorillas…Palm Oil Detectives
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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
When deforestation, corruption and rights violations are just another palm oil family affair
We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuseEIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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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!
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Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn global launch
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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
Robert H
in reply to Palm Oil Detectives • • •Boycotting #palmoil and #coconut oil means giving up shampoo and Dawn. Look for sodium laurel sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate.
You might as well buy #soy and #pork. There is plenty around since #China stopped buying.