Sam at BLAG
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@blag Thank you Sam for the fun BLAG goodies!
@idzie Stunning!
@kolombiken it was a truly beautiful place!
How do you keep a research identifier trustworthy for decades — without depending on one company or server? LA Referencia split dARK 2.0 into independent pieces: a tamper-evident ledger for the "proof" layer, and separate storage for descriptive metadata anyone can verify.
This is Component B of a three-part project. Stay tuned for an update on the regional data repository (Component C).
Read the full report → https://investinopen.org/blog/ioi-fund-for-network-adoption-la-referencia-6mo-en/
@ramsey "im not trying to deceive you" DO NOT LOOK BEHIND THE CRAZY EYES
also wont she get royalties from this?
@bobmagicii I don’t know. I’m extremely fascinated with it, though.
Infrastructure alone isn't enough — data services need people who know how to run them. LA Referencia is building a 16-hour MOOC on data management & curation in Dataverse, in Spanish and Portuguese, as part of a 3-part regional training program.
🎓 Check out their MOOC and all of the details: https://la-referencia-ioi.github.io/reports/productos/c2-curso-curaduria-datos/en/index.html
Slow Horses season 6 hailed as ‘the best one yet’ in first reviews https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/08/slow-horses-season-6-hailed-as-the-best-one-yet-in-first-reviews/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Google Chrome starts two-week release cycle with version 153 https://9to5google.com/2026/09/08/chrome-updates-two-weeks/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Google says Europe is making it roll out degraded travel search results
The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/google-says-europe-is-making-it-roll-out-degraded-travel-search-results/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
DC is patrolled by a large number of specialized police departments.
One that I was not aware of until today is the National Zoo Police. You can imagine my severe disappointment when I saw that the patrol car was not being driven by a uniformed rabbit.
@mattblaze The one that always got me when I lived in DC was the Supreme Court Police. I always wondered if there was such a thing as "Supreme Court Jail."
Waarom is bijna geen fietsenmaker in staat een fout toe te geven? Altijd weer dat "Ik doe dit werk al 30 jaar en u bent de eerste die dit niet in orde vindt" Altijd doen alsof ik gek ben (om niet het onnodige leenwoord gaslighting in de mond te nemen).
Of ben ik de enige met deze ervaring en ben ik gewoon die eens-in-de-dertig-jaar zeikerd?
@DePemig wat is er mis met de fiets?
Low Quality Facts
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That's reasonable.
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The tech collective behind NoBlogs.org and a host of other free online initiatives has announced that they are shutting down as a consequence of the US State Department designating them a "global terrorist."
This represents a significant blow to online freedom. It is not just a threat to anarchists or volunteer-run tech collectives; the Trump administration aims to shut down any institution or project that it perceives to stand in the way of its pursuit of totalitarian control.
We must fight them every inch of the way.
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
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Vabbè dai, hanno fatto in fretta.
@rmondello I signed up for a year of NordPass and then was immediately blocked from using with work machines due to security policy. NO VPNs. Which is enforced by blocking the authentication websites for VPN services. NordVPN uses the same authentication site for NordPass so blocked. I was advised to use s service that did not offer a VPN service as well 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@lywyn big oooof. hopefully you can get your money back?
@adamgreenfield I'd be interested if someone points you in the direction of such thought. Makes me think of Honest Eds here in Toronto. It was a hugely successful business, actually, but Ed catered almost exclusively to the poor and to new immigrants. It's hard to describe, but it was a department store w/ a dentist, language services, etc., all as cheap as humanly possible. Dude could have been Sam Walton, but just stayed weird & local. (His kid wants to be a proper magnate, though.)
@fishsauce Oh, wow. That sounds *amazing*. I bet their snack bar was better’n the proverbial Costco hot dog, too.
I hate with a passion any kind of reporting that describes problems among teenagers as caused by "screen time". It depicts it as some kind of flaw among young people who deliberately spend too much time on their phones.
Call it for what it is: abusive practices by a handful of tech corporations. They profit from products deliberately designed to create addiction, and particularly so among children and teenagers.
Stop blaming victims and start blaming the perpetrators.
@gabrielesvelto as a teen I.agree
@idzie yes, this makes sense, i shouldn't giggle at them but i'm certain they've had a "bird's eye view" of me at some of my less glamourous moments, so maybe we're even.
@quietmarc just part of getting to know each other, seeing each other at your more ragged times 😆
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Reunited
Days after Japanese officials have criticized the Kremlin, its toady faketivist group NoName057(16) has announced plans to target Japanese web infrastructure with DDoS attacks
https://blog.checkpoint.com/exposure-management/noname05716-renews-opjapan/
@vapaad for sure!! This is the first hike I've ever been on with her where I was nervous she was just in running shoes, feet slipping a bit more on stones than I would have liked. 😭
I wanted my waterproof/resistant boots (in addition to my everyday merrell hiking shoes) for bad weather mainly (I've gotten wet feet so often in the first couple of months it's warm enough to hike, and all my footwear ends up covered in mud lol), but also so that I could increase the difficulty of the hikes I do over the coming years and get the grip and ankle support I wanted.
But that's a good thought, I'll tell my friend to check sales on trail runners as well as traditional hiking shoes!
@idzie @vapaad I made the switch from big heavy waterproof hiking boots to barefoot trail runners (altra lone peak I think) a while ago and I have zero regrets. Especially for backpacking it makes a huge difference not carrying all that extra weight, but even just for day hikes I love them. Just walking through puddles and streams and let my feet dry out as I keep walking is wonderful
