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Posted on 05/08/2025 by apricot
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Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left

Zoe Williams in The Guardian: ‘Iam acutely conscious,” said Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, “that I am the sixth person in the last 10 years to walk [...]

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time
The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

From France 24: Firefighters battling devastating fires in France have had to contend with a new threat: immense fire clouds that create their own wind and even lightning that can [...]

Sean Carroll and Brian Greene talk physics

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Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?
Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

Lynne Peeples at the New York Times: The Sunshine Protection Act, passed by the House this month, promises an easy fix to an unpopular ritual: The bill would halt the twice-yearly [...]

The Renaissance And The Afterlife

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Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage
Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage

Jonathan Slotkin at Noema Magazine: We demand machines that function flawlessly, while accepting human-caused deaths and injuries as the cost of our daily travel. That double standard allows people to [...]

Jon Stewart Offers Comedy Tips

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Fauci’s diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ Trump and his own fame
Fauci’s diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ Trump and his own fame

From The Washington Post: Fauci spent part of the first year of the pandemic working with Trump and trying to counteract the president’s comments downplaying the outbreak — a challenge he [...]

Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique
Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique

Edward Chen in Nature: A small number of fertility clinics around the world are offering a controversial treatment: a procedure to furnish clients’ embryos with donated mitochondria as a way to [...]

Early Chekhov
Early Chekhov

John Stokes at Literary Review: In his introduction to a selection of Chekhov’s short fiction published in 1998, the novelist Richard Ford remarked, ‘there is, of course, no typical Chekhov [...]

Tuesday Poem

—In a letter to Abiah Root, poet Emily Dickinson once asked, “Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you . . . I often get thinking of it and it seems [...]

America Has Squandered the International Commons, Here’s How To Get It Back
America Has Squandered the International Commons, Here’s How To Get It Back

by Bill Murray For most of the last hundred years, ships sailed the globe without much thought to who ruled the sea. Governments agreed on organizations and protocols for getting [...]

The Spirit of Collaboration: A Conversation with Miriam Sagan
The Spirit of Collaboration: A Conversation with Miriam Sagan

by Philip Graham In December of 2025, Miriam Sagan published a stunning merger of memoir and fantasy fiction, Mother of Assassins: A Memoir of the Imagination. In a conversational prose [...]

Perceptions
Perceptions

Zahabia Khozema. Untitled I, 2023. Etching and aquatint. “… Khozema’s enigmatic screen prints, What Remains I, II, III and IV, use the sharp contrast between red and white to create [...]

Arundhati Roy on Cockroach Democracy: The student protesters who have swarmed Delhi are showing us a different future for India
Arundhati Roy on Cockroach Democracy: The student protesters who have swarmed Delhi are showing us a different future for India

Arundhati Roy at Equator: For the first time in years, it feels wonderful to be Indian. Just when hope seemed lost, they came. Young roaches riding in on the rain. [...]

What will more intelligence actually do for us?

Noah Smith at Noahpinion: Intelligence isn’t defined for machines the same way it is for humans — AI’s capabilities are spiky in different ways than ours — but it’s undeniable that the [...]

Book Talk: Daniyal Mueenuddin — This Is Where the Serpent Lives — with Varun Gauri

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This 19th-Century Diary Written by an Enslaved Maryland Man Is a Crucial Record of His Life and Family History—and the Only One of Its Kind Found in the United States
This 19th-Century Diary Written by an Enslaved Maryland Man Is a Crucial Record of His Life and Family History—and the Only One of Its Kind Found in the United States

Michelle Mehrtens at Smithsonian Magazine: In 1841, Adam Francis Plummer decided to keep a diary. Born into enslavement in 1819, he labored primarily at Riversdale House, a plantation owned by the Calvert [...]

“Cockroach Democracy”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth-Led Protest Movement, Modi’s Crumbling Support

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Bizarre CRISPR enzyme kills cancer cells by shredding their DNA
Bizarre CRISPR enzyme kills cancer cells by shredding their DNA

Heidi Ledford in Nature: Scientists have exploited a peculiar CRISPR enzyme so that it fights cancer by shredding the DNA in cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct. The enzyme can be programmed to [...]

The light narrows
The light narrows

My father’s death sent me to the jiu-jitsu mat. Then came defeat, low testosterone and the lure of a chemical cheat code- by Wes BrownRead on Aeon [...]

In search of the northern cassowary
In search of the northern cassowary

Join the search for the elusive cassowary, a big bird that plays an outsized role in maintaining its rainforest home- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

The taming of Black thought
The taming of Black thought

Black philosophers now feature on Western curricula, but the European tradition diminishes their radicalism into reassurance- by Takeshi MorisatoRead on Aeon [...]

Signal then storm
Signal then storm

Allan Basbaum has spent 50 years searching the nervous system for the places where pain begins – and where it can be stopped- by Stephani SutherlandRead on Aeon [...]

All the Queens houses
All the Queens houses

To the trained eye, the personalised homes of Queens, NYC, evoke everything from a Venetian streetscape to a Chinese temple- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

The savage bites back
The savage bites back

Rooted in Brazilian modernism, anthropophagy devours and transforms culture, subverting colonial fears of cannibalism- by Sofía CándanoRead on Aeon [...]

Can cells think?
Can cells think?

Inside the lab of a biologist who is seeking to understand intelligence by focusing on problem-solving, not neurons- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

The people’s atheist
The people’s atheist

Jean Meslier, a rural French priest, argued that religion is designed to produce subjects who will automatically obey- by Nidal TaibiRead on Aeon [...]

The Skinner revolution
The Skinner revolution

A 1979 doc examining the life and ideas of B F Skinner, with a focus on his radical, controversial behaviour experiments- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

Beyond Greece and Rome
Beyond Greece and Rome

A dramatic shift in perspective is producing a much bigger, broader and more exciting view of ‘the ancient world’- by Carlos NoreñaRead on Aeon [...]

Transit of wonder
Transit of wonder

Every 122 years, Venus crosses the Sun as a black and fleeting teardrop, kindling the awe of all those who dare to know- by Ananya PalivelaRead on Aeon [...]

What remains
What remains

In an ingenious restoration project, the humble oyster shell is transformed into a powerful tool to halt coastal erosion- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

Loitering towards war
Loitering towards war

While Vienna’s coffeehouses bred modernism, in Belgrade’s kafanas grew conspiracy and rage. Their clash consumed Europe- by Anton CebaloRead on Aeon [...]

The diffusion pilot
The diffusion pilot

What does it mean to make art in the age of inexhaustible AIs? An animator ponders his purpose and reclaims some control- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

The looting of science fiction
The looting of science fiction

Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future- by Ali Rıza TaşkaleRead on Aeon [...]

Patricia Evangelista on journalism
Patricia Evangelista on journalism

The ‘worst’ and ‘best possible’ job at once: what it’s like to dedicate your life to documenting crimes against humanity- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

Unmothered
Unmothered

We are each a living story, written with those who raised us. But when my most loving co-author ghosted me, my story fractured- by David RobsonRead on Aeon [...]

Lore of the rings
Lore of the rings

Trees contain an archive – tales of planetary shifts, cosmic events, historical pivots – that we’re only just unlocking- by Valerie TrouetRead on Aeon [...]

Africa’s cultural landmarks: rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia
Africa’s cultural landmarks: rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

Most buildings rise from the bottom up, stone by stone. Not so these churches: carved from a single rock, top-to-bottom- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon [...]

How to offset your brain
How to offset your brain

From confirmation bias to loss aversion, everyone suffers from cognitive biases. Skilfully targeted mindfulness can help- by Stephanie DoraisRead on Aeon [...]

ANews Podcast 476 – 7.24.26

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TotW: Conversations We Want to be Having #3: informants

TotW: Conversations We Want to be Having #3: informants thecollective Mon, 07/20/2026 - 06:54 [...]

Why Smash the War Machine (“Knus Krigsmaskinen!”) must also mean Smash Colonialism

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New Hampshire: Live Free Anarchist Bookfair, October 10

New Hampshire: Live Free Anarchist Bookfair, October 10 anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/27/2026 - 16:25 [...]

London [Ontario] Police: Overreach, Misogyny & Investigative Tactics

London [Ontario] Police: Overreach, Misogyny & Investigative Tactics anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/27/2026 - 15:12 [...]

Greece: Hands off our Comrades- Support for persecuted Comrades of the Marfin Case

Greece: Hands off our Comrades- Support for persecuted Comrades of the Marfin Case anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/27/2026 - 07:51 [...]

Seattle Anarchist Bookfair

Seattle Anarchist Bookfair thecollective Mon, 07/27/2026 - 03:03 [...]

Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence Call for Proposals

Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence Call for Proposals thecollective Sat, 07/25/2026 - 15:35 [...]

Call for the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners August 23 -30, 2026

Call for the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners August 23 -30, 2026 thecollective Sat, 07/25/2026 - 15:32 [...]

30 Years Since the Assassination of Anarchist Revolutionary Christoforos Marinos

30 Years Since the Assassination of Anarchist Revolutionary Christoforos Marinos thecollective Sat, 07/25/2026 - 15:30 [...]

AnOther Loves: A Sweet and Salty Scent
AnOther Loves: A Sweet and Salty Scent

Jil Sander expands Olfactory Series 1 with six androgynous scents. Sesame – a salty, buttery gourmand feels fresh, not cloying [...]

Collier Schorr’s Balletic Homage to Chantal Akerman
Collier Schorr’s Balletic Homage to Chantal Akerman

Having spent six years creating a ballet adaptation of Chantal Akerman’s Je Tu Il Elle, the American artist meets filmmaker Matt Wolf at New York’s Metrograph cinema to discuss its [...]

From Arles: A New Exhibition Exploring Illusion in Art
From Arles: A New Exhibition Exploring Illusion in Art

From photographs capturing illicit queer encounters in the cinemas of 1970s Bogotá to a playful reimagining of Luis Barragán’s Mexico City home, an exhibition by Cultish Studio invites us to [...]

Alisha Boe on The Bucaneers, Nostalgia and Black Opium
Alisha Boe on The Bucaneers, Nostalgia and Black Opium

With season three of The Buccaneers on the horizon, YSL Beauty ambassador, Boe, reminisces about being a child actor and her first experiences of the ultimate “party girl” perfume [...]

Inside Palomo’s Tom of Finland Collaboration
Inside Palomo’s Tom of Finland Collaboration

Alejandro Palomo celebrates the past and present of queer encounters through a new collaboration photographed by Kees de Klein and Cain Isan Wittenhaus [...]

Rachel Aviv on the Complex Bonds Between Mothers and Daughters
Rachel Aviv on the Complex Bonds Between Mothers and Daughters

In her new essay collection You Won’t Get Free of It, Rachel Aviv reworks her award-winning journalism for The New Yorker to focus on the familial relationship that “seems to [...]

AnOther Loves: A Day to Night Bag
AnOther Loves: A Day to Night Bag

A Valentino bag fit for day to evening – lunch at Le Cirque and nocturnal prowling in the motion picture of the Alessandro Michele woman’s life [...]

Adam Peter Johnson’s Portrait of Apolline Rocco-Fohrer
Adam Peter Johnson’s Portrait of Apolline Rocco-Fohrer

The Paris-based photographer’s debut photo book distils friendship and boredom across suburban Australia [...]

Imran Perretta: The Five Youth Culture Classics That Shaped Me
Imran Perretta: The Five Youth Culture Classics That Shaped Me

Imran Perretta on the British coming-of-age films that informed his beguiling feature debut, Ish [...]

AnOther Photo Dump: Jo Fetto’s Summer
AnOther Photo Dump: Jo Fetto’s Summer

In the first edition of AnOther Photo Dump, London-based photographer Jo Fetto shares new and archival images from summers spent in Naples, the city where he was born [...]

When Willem Dafoe Turned a Photo Shoot for AnOther Magazine on Its Head
When Willem Dafoe Turned a Photo Shoot for AnOther Magazine on Its Head

On Willem Dafoe’s birthday, we revisit our 2003 story for which he requested to wear the crew’s clothes instead, adopting each of their wardrobes as a means for performance [...]

A Guide to the Spectral Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
A Guide to the Spectral Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

As Nostalghia and The Sacrifice return to cinemas in new 4K restorations, AnOther revisits five films that define Andrei Tarkovsky’s oeuvre [...]

Heat and Desire in the Dirty Waters of Paris’ Canal Saint-Martin
Heat and Desire in the Dirty Waters of Paris’ Canal Saint-Martin

As the Paris heatwave turned the murky waters of Canal Saint-Martin into a communal escape and impromptu cruising ground, Pedro Vasconcelos joins photographer José Cuevas to document the strange freedom [...]

Fara Homidi, the Make-up Artist Elevating the Everyday
Fara Homidi, the Make-up Artist Elevating the Everyday

Fara Homidi takes inspiration from a childhood spent at her mum’s beauty salon, archival magazines and a “sexy, lived-in” aesthetic [...]

John Waters: “Tracy Turnblad Would Be a Trans Activist Now”
John Waters: “Tracy Turnblad Would Be a Trans Activist Now”

As Hairspray and Desperate Living get the 4K treatment from Criterion, the cult legend behind them recalls working with Liz Renay, likens Desperate Living’s Queen Carlotta to Donald Trump and [...]

Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9
Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9

The new full-size flagship SUV starts at $87,700 when it goes on sale in Q4. [...]

Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit

"Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link's three reaction wheels currently are not operable." [...]

College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure

Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen. [...]

We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face

10 days passed from OpenAI models exploiting JFrog Artifactory 0-day to release of a patch. [...]

eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign
eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign

eBay sent bloody pig mask and other macabre deliveries to journalists' home. [...]

Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact
Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact

“We're in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour or two." [...]

Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands
Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands

The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.) [...]

Despite AI hype, Google's data shows workers aren't automating themselves away
Despite AI hype, Google's data shows workers aren't automating themselves away

Analysis of 15 million real AI interactions finds most tasks at most jobs are unaffected. [...]

New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France
New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France

Record flight shows viability of Qantas Airways’ Project Sunrise routes in 2027. [...]

Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets
Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets

Judge may allow Minnesota to ban some types of bets, but not all of them. [...]

Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link
Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link

Trump is fixated on the false, long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. [...]

As US measles cases rise, biotech firms start developing new treatments
As US measles cases rise, biotech firms start developing new treatments

The US is making measles great again, so treatment options are needed for the most vulnerable. [...]

Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms
Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms

Microsoft says tools cost less than competing ones and outperform them, too. [...]

Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers
Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers

Starlink has a Texas factory but also makes routers in Vietnam. [...]

Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies
Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies

Kennedy has focused on nutrition but has neglected food safety, critics say. [...]

iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27
iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27

These are likely the last updates of note before Apple's bigger fall updates. [...]

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow. [...]

“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win
“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

Google's and Reddit's use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says. [...]

5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech
5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech

Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find. [...]

Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many
Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many

Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers. [...]

Boarding China’s Last Bus

China’s AI enthusiasm seems real. But for a population that lived through the mass layoffs of the 1990s, optimism and fear can look identical from the outside. [...]

Beware the Permanent Periphery

Most countries will never have frontier AI. They’re the ones who should be worrying. [...]

Rust and Boll

Anthropic should learn from those cotton-picking socialists. [...]

All Work and No Play

Welcome to Issue 15. [...]

We’re All One Crisis Away From Taking Unlicensed Research Peptides

For health hackers, the risk is not experimenting. [...]

These Wild Young People

Gen Z are a bunch of cowards…or are they risking it all on crypto? The editors of The New Critic report on their generation’s Risk-geist. [...]

The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet

Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and what doctors probably want you to know. [...]

The Doomers Are All Right

What is it like to live in a world you believe is about to end? [...]

Shall We Play a Game?

Historian Jon Peterson traces the route from Prussian military headquarters to Gary Gygax’s basement. [...]

Selling Abstraction

What global financial markets have in common with necromancers. [...]

Rust in Numbers

Why do manure spreaders have life cycles? [...]

In Praise of Observational Evidence

Everyone knows RCTs are the gold standard of evidence. ….Right? [...]

How Long Until AI Doesn’t Need Humans?

She thinks it’s nearly imminent. He doesn’t. [...]

Engineering Peace

The development community treats war as inevitable. We’re learning how to pay to prevent it. [...]

Are Prediction Markets Good for Anything?

We all know they’re casinos. It’s time to look at the data behind the froth. [...]

Risk-Adjusted Return

What are we afraid of? [...]

The Sweet Lesson of Neuroscience

Scientists once hoped that studying the brain would teach us how to build AI. Now, one AI researcher may have something to teach us about the brain. [...]

The Institute Behind Taiwan’s Chip Dominance

TSMC (and most of Taiwan’s chip industry) spun out of one government research institute. How did ITRI implement one of the most successful industrial policy programs of all time? [...]

Seeing Like a Sedan

Waymos and Cybercabs see the world through very different sensors. Which technology wins out will determine the future of self-driving vehicles. [...]

Rethinking High-School Science Fairs

America’s earliest science fairs gave students the chance to do independent research. Today, they’re a competitive gloss to glorified internships. It’s time for a new format. [...]

San Francisco: Don’t Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing
San Francisco: Don’t Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing

The concept of “surveillance pricing” is just one part of a much larger problem and business model: corporations maximizing their profits by invading our privacy. The all-too-common business model is [...]

Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?

Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused [...]

Missed EFF's Livestream with Adam Savage and iFixit? Listen Here!
Missed EFF's Livestream with Adam Savage and iFixit? Listen Here!

EFF’s first EFFecting Change livestream was all the way back in July of 2024. Maybe you've caught each stream, or maybe you’ve only caught a few. Or maybe you’re like [...]

EFF at BSides Las Vegas
EFF at BSides Las Vegas

August 3, 2026 - 9:00am PDT to August 5, 2026 - 2:00pm PDTTuscany Suites Hotel & Casino | Las Vegas, NVOnce again, EFF is excited to be back at the [...]

Farmers Are Getting Control Of Their Equipment Back
Farmers Are Getting Control Of Their Equipment Back

For years, John Deere had actively made repairing their tractors near-impossible for anyone but itself and the few "authorized" repair shops—regardless of the ability of its customers to actually visit [...]

Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country
Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country

Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data [...]

The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required

Legal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post. The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which EFF filed an [...]

New EU Court of Justice Ruling on Platform Liability Could Cause Collateral Damage to Freedom of Expression
New EU Court of Justice Ruling on Platform Liability Could Cause Collateral Damage to Freedom of Expression

Intermediary liability laws around the world recognize that social media platforms, search engines, and other online service providers have become an integral part of our lives: they shape how we access information, communicate with others and participate in public debate, and foster innovation [...]

Protect Your Privacy with California's DROP Tool
Protect Your Privacy with California's DROP Tool

Are you a California resident? Then we've got exciting news for you: there's a tool just for you that lets you take a single, relatively easy step to protect your [...]

An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion
An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion

A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the [...]

Mystic Chords of Memory

As the allure of American exceptionalism fades, Western liberals still cling to illusions about the nation’s past and present [...]

Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous

The student protesters who have swarmed Delhi are showing us a different future for India [...]

The Gods Are Still Crazy

Separating truth from fiction in the most successful African movie of all time [...]

Football Belongs to Us

Trump and Infantino have tried their best to spoil the World Cup, but the joy of the game remains undefeated [...]

Gaza and the Problem of Moral Stupidity

Forty years after Edward Said demanded ‘permission to narrate’, the truth from Palestine has never been more widely known. And yet the annihilation continues. [...]

Standing on the Rubble

On Gaza, ruins and mourning [...]

The King of Fruits

My life as a durian influencer [...]

We All Get Desperate Sometimes

An excerpt from the rediscovered cult classic Fixer Chao [...]

In Evil Hour

A leading Colombian climate activist on the right-wing resurgence and the fate of Gustavo Petro’s green reforms [...]

The Suitcase of Language

How Russia’s new generation of political exiles is redefining what it means to lose a homeland [...]

Fire in Soweto

Fifty years later, South Africans cannot put Sam Nzima’s photograph behind them [...]

Picturing the Enemy

The graphic novelist discusses his research into rising political violence – in India and around the world [...]

¡No es Posible!

For Mexican fans, disillusionment begins at home [...]

Scenes of the Crime

Why an Indian publisher dropped Joe Sacco’s new book on a riot in north India [...]

To Dwell in Possibility

A Vatican adviser explains how the Pope became the most formidable critic of the algorithmic age [...]

As Long as There Is Football

Palestine’s pitches are in ruins, but the game lives on [...]

On the Occasion of a Magazine

In a previously unpublished essay, the German novelist reflects on America’s ‘terrifying moral decline’ [...]

Hope Against Hope

Generations of organisers and dissidents have kept the Iranian struggle alive [...]

This Hoe Is My ID Card

What have Indonesia’s revolutions done for the poor? [...]

‘Why Don’t You Just Die?’

Surviving torture and brutality inside Israel’s prisons [...]

Statement regarding GNU Savannah security reports
Forty-six free software meetups on six continents

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, May 19, 2026) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) reports that its global call for free software supporters to organize LibreLocals this May resulted in free [...]

Job opportunity: Engineering and Certification Manager at the Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom, seeks a motivated and talented individual to be our new Engineering and [...]

The FSF announces global call for FSF's LibreLocal 2026 meetups

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, February 24, 2026), — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has just launched its global call for LibreLocal 2026. [...]

Eko K. A. Owen joins the FSF board as the union staff pick

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (December 29, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that Eko K. A. Owen will follow in Ian Kelling's footsteps by becoming the second union [...]

Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations

Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Wednesday, December 24, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced it received two major contributions totaling around $900,000 USD. [...]

Free Software Awards winners announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, December 9, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today the recipients of the 2024 Free Software Awards, which are given annually by the FSF [...]

Announcing the winners of the FSF40 Photo Contest

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Thursday, November 6, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the winning photo submissions in the FSF40 Photo Contest held in August. [...]

FSF announces Librephone project

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, October 14, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced its project to bring mobile phone freedom to users. "LibrePhone" is an initiative to reverse-engineer [...]

FSF turns forty with a groundbreaking new project and a new president
FSF confirms Ian Kelling as its new president

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Thursday, October 2, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that Ian Kelling, senior systems administrator for the organization and the first union member to [...]

FSF confirms Alexandre Oliva to board of directors

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Monday, September 22, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the addition of Alexandre Oliva to its board of directors after a three month trial [...]

Job opportunity: Program Manager at the Free Software Foundation

This position has been filled. [...]

FSF40: Free software activists to speak on their history of involvement

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Wednesday, September 17, 2025), The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced a panel talk made up of long-time GNU and FSF volunteers will be held at the [...]

Electronic Frontier Foundation, F-Droid, and Sugar Labs leaders to speak at FSF's fortieth anniversary

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, September 10, 2025), The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced that representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), F-Droid, and Sugar Labs will speak at the [...]

Legal Corner: How Apple’s attack on interoperability failed
Legal Corner: How Apple’s attack on interoperability failed

8 July 2026 marks a significant milestone in the fight for interoperability and software freedom, for both developers and users: the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed Apple’s [...]

SFP#53: FSFE is turning 25! Come and celebrate with us!

Times goes by… Did you know the FSFE was founded in 2001, 25 years ago? Of course, we have planned something for our silver anniversary! We are dedicating a full [...]

Apple held accountable under the DMA - A victory for developers and computer users!
Apple held accountable under the DMA - A victory for developers and computer users!

The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected Apple's challenge to the interoperability obligations under the Digital Markets Act. The Court also confirmed the App Store as a [...]

YH4F 2026 wraps up, Android interoperability, and the Teufel Mynd speaker to test
YH4F 2026 wraps up, Android interoperability, and the Teufel Mynd speaker to test

The past few weeks have been busy for YH4F 2026 participants: the programming period wrapped up on 30 June with project submissions for evaluation. We also submitted our position on [...]

Open Hardware and Free Software: Teufel Mynd, a case study
Open Hardware and Free Software: Teufel Mynd, a case study

The FSFE's volunteer and open hardware passionate, Nicole Faeber read about the Teufel Mynd speaker announced as an "Open Source Project", so she decided to put it to the test. [...]

DMA: Protecting Device Neutrality in Android Devices
DMA: Protecting Device Neutrality in Android Devices

The FSFE has submitted its position to the European Commission’s Android interoperability consultation under the Digital Markets Act, calling for, among others, the right to fully uninstall AI-based features from [...]

SFP#52: Policy and EU: Insights from the T-DOSE conference and the Dutch community

In our 52nd episode, we turn our attention to the European stages, this time going to the Netherlands. There, on 6 and 7 June, Dutch volunteers and Free Software enthusiasts [...]

Decades-long victory, bold Apple survey findings, legal workshop success & our 50th podcast episode
Decades-long victory, bold Apple survey findings, legal workshop success & our 50th podcast episode

In the last weeks, we got the green light to intervene against Apple before the European Court of Justice for the second time (!) while the European Commission has included [...]

EU Tech Sovereignty: A milestone for Public Code? Now implementation is key
EU Tech Sovereignty: A milestone for Public Code? Now implementation is key

The European Commission published its Technological Sovereignty Package on 3 June 2026, containing the new "Open Source Strategy". If implemented, it could mark a paradigm shift by adopting the Free Software [...]

Restack: a new European consortium for a digital Europe
Restack: a new European consortium for a digital Europe

Recent geopolitical events have highlighted Europe's need for a resilient, homegrown technology ecosystem free from critical dependencies. The new Horizon Europe project Restack aims to accomplish it. The FSFE is [...]

South Sudan: Abuse of Civilians in Western Equatoria

Click to expand Image Makeshift shelters for communities displaced from Nagero County to Bazia, Wau County, South Sudan, November 18, 2025. © 2025 Joe Falzetta South Sudan’s army, opposition forces, [...]

Bangladesh: Fair Trial Concerns at Tribunal

Click to expand Image Bangladesh military personnel guard the International Criminal Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 17, 2025. © 2025 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London) – Bangladesh authorities are failing [...]

Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted

Click to expand Image An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed by an industrial logging company during a media interview in Sei Gawing village, Kapuas regency [...]

Strikes Endangering Civilians in Yemen and Saudi Arabia

Click to expand Image Smoke rises following an airstrike by Yemeni government forces in coalition with Saudi Arabia on Sanaa International Airport, Sanaa, Yemen, July 13, 2026. © 2026 Reuters [...]

Saudi Arabia: New Executions of Ethiopian Migrants

Click to expand Image Ethiopian migrants seeking asylum or a better life in Gulf States, walk along a highway to Saadah province to cross into Saudi Arabia, on August 23, [...]

Proposed DHS Work Authorization Rule Threatens Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors

Click to expand Image In Homestead, Florida, women and their children listen to an explanation of their legal rights and strategies for preparing their families if a parent is detained [...]

Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners

Click to expand Image Can Thi Theu in the dock during her appeal at the Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, on November 30, 2016. © 2016 Vietnam News Agency/AFP via Getty [...]

DR Congo: Oil Company Operations Pose Grave Pollution Threat

Click to expand Image Oil well at Perenco’s concession in Democratic Republic of Congo. © 2026 Human Rights Watch Pollution linked to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s only oil producer [...]

No Justice 20 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Muttur Massacre

Click to expand Image The shuttered former office compound of Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in Muttur, Sri Lanka, October 22, 2015.  © 2015 James Ross/Human Rights Watch I was [...]

End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Yemen

Click to expand Image Mohammed Aydah's car in the yard of a police station, where it had been moved to after an explosive device planted in the car detonated and [...]

West Bank: Surge in Settler Violence Threatens Mass Atrocities

Click to expand Image Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinians and journalists covering military operations and settler activity in the nearby village of Tal, in the West Bank, July [...]

US, Iran Threaten Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure

Click to expand Image A woman looks out from her destroyed apartment in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2026. © 2026 Majid Saeedi/Getty Images (Washington, DC) [...]

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Removed

Click to expand Image Seventeenth session of the International Criminal Court's Assembly of States Parties in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2018. © 2018 Syd Boyd/Coalition for the International Criminal Court [...]

When You Watch the Tour de France, Think Sudan War

Click to expand Image UAE Team Emirates - XRG Pro Cycling team during the team presentation of the 109th Giro d'Italia in Burgas, Bulgaria, on May 6, 2026.  © 2026 [...]

Iranians Face Double Peril of Gallows and Bombs

Click to expand Image Two members of Iran’s security forces stand guard in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 8, 2026. © 2026 Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran’s authorities executed [...]

Nepal: Government Actions Threaten Judicial Independence

Click to expand Image Nepali lawyers stage a protest against the Supreme Court administration's refusal to register writ petitions and applications in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 19, 2026. © 2026 [...]

UK: Manchester Mayoral Candidates Should Condemn UAE Abuses

Click to expand Image From left to right: Bev Craig, Geraldine Coggins, Phil Eckersley, and Richard Kilpatrick, in Manchester, UK, July 8, 2026. © 2026 Gary Roberts/Sopa Images via Reuters [...]

Philippines: Rights Advocates in Mining Areas Face Prosecution

Click to expand Image Edgardo Balgos (in blue shirt) and Fidel Santos (in cream shirt) in discussions with the residents of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. © Photo courtesy of Ellice [...]

China’s Police Harass Animal Protection Supporters

Click to expand Image A pedestrian walks a dog in Chongqing, China, on December 17, 2024. © 2024 Cheng Xin/Getty Images Two incidents of videoed cruelty of stray animals in [...]

Uganda’s Military Forcibly Disappears Opposition Politician

It has been 13 days since armed soldiers seized Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy president for the National Unity Platform, Uganda’s main opposition party. He has not been heard from since [...]

ESP32s3APRS
air quality motherboard for sensor.community project
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M2BLPT
USB Temperature sensor interface
Syma S107g - Bluetooth control mod
SimSpirit Motion Simulator Support 360° Yaw, Pitch and Roll
VR-Shield
Epi 32U4 Arduino-compatible, 4-layer version
Pinect Hand-Free Game Console
Easy Switch Box
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Anna2040 RP2040 Uno-shaped board
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Call for the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners August 23 -30, 2026

You can find the call in different languages here.If your language is missing, feel free to contribute with your translation: tillallarefree@riseup.net Marius Mason, an environmental and animal rights activist, anarchist, [...]

Update on Yorch: Saying Goodbye

Translated from the Spanish-language post on the Auditorio Che Facebook page.Learn more about Mexican anarchist political prisoner Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel. December 6, 2025, 3:40pm Dear family, compas, friends, and community: [...]

Update on the repressive situation of Gabriel Pombo da Silva

The latest update on the repressive situation in Italy involving Gabriel Pombo da Silva is as follows: In July 2022, the Italian trial related to the repressive operation “Scripta Manent” [...]

Month of Solidarity for Taylor

Bristol Anarchist Black Cross is calling for a Month of Solidarity for Taylor from November 24th to December 12th. Who was Taylor Taylor was a working-class trans man who spent [...]

Thanks for participating in WOSWAP 2025

Thank you for participating in this year’s International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners.It is important not to forget our comrades in prison, but to work together and build our [...]

Uruguay: Radio Tempestad
Uruguay: Radio Tempestad

Hello comrades, we are writing to you from the territory of Uruguay. We would like to share an audio clip that we took from our radio station for International Solidarity [...]

Komotini, Northern Greece: banner drop & solidarity action

Responding to the international call for solidarity with anarchist prisoners, we placed banners and posters in central locations Freedom for Anarchist Prisoners Around the World Whoever Forgets the Imprisoned Revolutionaries [...]

Vienna, Austria: Poster Campaign for Solidarity Week

Text for the poster campaign as part of the International Week ofSolidarity with Anarchist Prisoners in Vienna Prisons are institutions of violence. Anyone who has ever been locked away behind [...]

Updated version! Starting an Anarchist Black Cross group: a guide

Just in time for this year’s International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners, comrades have revised the zine Starting an Anarchist Black Cross group: a guide. Thanks a lot for [...]

UK, Bristol: LETTER WRITING & TALK W/ TOBY SHONE – SUN 31ST AUG @ 6PM

Letter writing + Talk with Toby Shone for the International Week ofSolidarity with Anarchist Prisoners – BASE Bristol Sunday 31 August 2025 BASE Bristol – Easton – 14 Robertson Road [...]

Inside The Lab Growing Mutant Bacteria To Terraform Earth
Inside The Lab Growing Mutant Bacteria To Terraform Earth

The post Inside The Lab Growing Mutant Bacteria To Terraform Earth appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

The 2026 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition Topic: ‘A New Axial Age?’
The 2026 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition Topic: ‘A New Axial Age?’

The post The 2026 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition Topic: ‘A New Axial Age?’ appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

The Real Problem Underlying India-China Tensions
The Real Problem Underlying India-China Tensions

The post The Real Problem Underlying India-China Tensions appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

What Humanity Needs To Flourish In The Next Decade
What Humanity Needs To Flourish In The Next Decade

The post What Humanity Needs To Flourish In The Next Decade appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

The Heated Debate In Europe Over Air Conditioning
The Heated Debate In Europe Over Air Conditioning

The post The Heated Debate In Europe Over Air Conditioning appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

How AI Is Rewriting Human Nature
How AI Is Rewriting Human Nature

The post How AI Is Rewriting Human Nature appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage
Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage

The post Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

China’s Open AI Models Are Advancing Its Global Soft Power
China’s Open AI Models Are Advancing Its Global Soft Power

The post China’s Open AI Models Are Advancing Its Global Soft Power appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

AI’s Greatest Gift To Humanity
AI’s Greatest Gift To Humanity

The post AI’s Greatest Gift To Humanity appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

Pakistan’s Rise To A Middle Power
Pakistan’s Rise To A Middle Power

The post Pakistan’s Rise To A Middle Power appeared first on NOEMA. [...]

Life and Death

by Rick Lewis [...]

News: June/July 2026

Hertfordshire scraps philosophy • Nancy Cartwright honoured for phil sci work • Cops raid Moscow philosophy institute — News reports by Anja Steinbauer [...]

Philosophers on Butterflies

by Matt Qvortrup [...]

A Critique of Antinatalism

Deniz Kose thinks there’s good reasons to want human life to continue. [...]

Socrates (c.470-399 BCE)

by Terence Green [...]

Making Omelettes & A Future Like Ours

Jimmy Alfonso Licon wonders what’s wrong with killing – first chickens, then humans. [...]

Death as Life’s Picture Frame

Joshua Clements puts us in the picture. [...]

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Dan Pollen weighs up the pros and cons of indefinitely extended life. [...]

Immortality & A Galactic Future

Andy Yee looks forward to humanity’s technological ascension. [...]

Being

by Lisa Roberts [...]

Jürgen Habermas: Defender of the Enlightenment

Patrick West on postmodernism and communicative reason. [...]

Breakfast with Habermas

Matt Qvortrup recalls chat over coffee and scrambled eggs with a champion of reasoned debate. [...]

Margalit & Limits to Political Compromise

Laure Gillot-Assayag reflects on the political philosophy of Avishai Margalit. [...]

Great Minds, Flawed Lives

Tony Shenton asks, should we cancel the compromised intellectual, or read them? [...]

What’s the Value of Mountaineering?

Suleyman Moollan wonders why people climb mountains. [...]

Why Sport Needs Good & Evil

Kola Adeosun & Ato Kenya Rockcliffe on the dynamics of sporting greatness. [...]

Antonio Negri (1933-2023)

Antonio Negri was an Italian political philosopher who in his time courted controversy, and was even jailed for links with Communist organisations. Leonardo Caffo talked with him about the future [...]

Carl Schmitt (1888-1985)

Marco Pandolfini on the ideas of a highly contentious legal theorist. [...]

Letters

Law or Philosophy? • Minds, Machines, Metaphysics • Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom • Kicking Against The Pricks • Education Lessons • Nietzsche Feature • Collapsing The Universe [...]

Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari

Frank S. Robinson ponders our AI future. [...]

Pluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026)

Today's links Discernment: How can you fact-check AI when you're asking it to teach you something you don't understand? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: How to [...]

Pluralistic: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump) (27 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump) (27 Jul 2026)

Today's links How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump): Grant me the courage to change the things I can. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Chilling [...]

Pluralistic: Apple's robo-repo (25 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Apple's robo-repo (25 Jul 2026)

Today's links Apple's robo-repo: Privatizing the risk premium, socializing its costs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Printed batteries; Monopoly credit cards; Mapping airport power outlets; EMI [...]

Pluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026)

Today's links AI solipsists and AI cynics: You don't have to believe that AI "works" to believe that it's a good investment. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object [...]

Pluralistic: California's privacy obstacle course (23 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: California's privacy obstacle course (23 Jul 2026)

Today's links California's privacy obstacle course: Malice or incompetence (why not both?). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Continuous partial attention, TSA is the worst; Trump's FCC [...]

Pluralistic: Trump's America can't even win a rigged game (22 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Trump's America can't even win a rigged game (22 Jul 2026)

Today's links Trump's America can't even win a rigged game: America has created a post-American world. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Fagin"; Scott McCloud on comics' [...]

Pluralistic: Dealing with dickovers (21 Jul 2026) dickovers
Pluralistic: Dealing with dickovers (21 Jul 2026) dickovers

Today's links Dealing with dickovers: The web is an open platform, and that matters. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Broadcast's bad week; Congress v wifi; EFF [...]

Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)

Today's links Deranged billionaires and their syndromes: The Mad Kings do love a syllogism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: PoGo v binding arbitration; Trump beat some [...]

Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026)

Today's links Gerontocracy's failure mode: Where are the designated survivors? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT v MP3; UK industry v schoolkids; Gary Larson v comics [...]

Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)

Today's links Why aren't AI companies competing directly with their customers? Why sell picks and shovels if you've already struck gold? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: [...]

Pluralistic: Workplace "flexibility" isn't (11 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Workplace "flexibility" isn't (11 Jul 2026)

Today's links Workplace "flexibility" isn't: What the gig economy calls flexibility is just risk-shifting. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Alanya to Alanya"; ToS are the internet's [...]

Pluralistic: "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)

Today's links "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy: When we were robots in Egypt… Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Awkward questions for the entertainment [...]

Pluralistic: Post-political (09 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Post-political (09 Jul 2026)

Today's links Post-political: What a "leftist" is. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT x OSCON; Parental spyware; "Resurrection Man"; Brexit do-over petition; Workplace email spying; Record [...]

Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech (07 Jul 2026)

Today's links How US states and international trustbusters can beat Big Tech: Their common enemies are Trump and his tech giants. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: [...]

Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code (03 Jul 2026)

Today's links CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code: With great abstraction comes great power comes great responsibility comes great loss of fidelity. Hey look at this: Delights to [...]

Pluralistic: The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" (02 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" (02 Jul 2026)

Today's links The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work": Sometimes, "I got it working" is fine, but sometimes it isn't. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: [...]

Pluralistic: Technocarcinization (01 Jul 2026)
Pluralistic: Technocarcinization (01 Jul 2026)

Today's links Technocarcinization: Enshittification is the great leveler. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Grampa's backyard Disneyland; Elizabeth Warren on monopolies; Spotify v Apple (antitrust edn); Exxon [...]

Pluralistic: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect" (30 Jun 2026)
Pluralistic: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect" (30 Jun 2026)

Today's links Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect": A mystical tour-de-force that makes you feel like your mundane life until this point has all been a boring dream. Hey look at this: [...]

Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)
Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)

Today's links Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search: We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: [...]

Pluralistic: Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers (27 Jun 2026)
Pluralistic: Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers (27 Jun 2026)

Today's links Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers: Under no circumstances should you rush out and read the book that prompted Mark Zuckerberg to demand $111m and eternal auctorial silence. [...]

Humanless Resources? Uncovering AI recruitment software
When algorithms go to war
PI’s submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
Collateral Damage: Claude Mythos and the Privacy Risks of AI
Key highlights of our 2026 results by season
World Food Programme expand Palantir partnership
Time to address the human rights implications of AI in the military domain
Bad Vibes: AI coding tools and privacy issues
How New EU Access to Documents Rules Can Reduce Transparency and Shield Big Tech
The ILO Convention on decent work in the platform economy
A New Way That a Cow’s Inner World Shapes Earth’s Atmosphere
A New Way That a Cow’s Inner World Shapes Earth’s Atmosphere

An organelle discovered inside a microbe inside a cow’s gut helps explain how livestock burps contribute to warming our planet. The post A New Way That a Cow’s Inner World [...]

How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding?
How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding?

One of the most contested issues in astrophysics is our understanding of the Universe’s expansion. Adam Riess discusses why there is disagreement and what might resolve it. The post How [...]

Fields and Abacus Medals 2026
Fields and Abacus Medals 2026

Every four years, the math world’s preeminent awards are given to the finest minds of a generation. The young winners — all under 40 on the first day of the [...]

A Master of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Finds His Own Path
A Master of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Finds His Own Path

Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for using tools from across mathematics to boost the power of algorithms. The post A Master of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Finds [...]

Living Fully in the Math World Means Threading the Needle
Living Fully in the Math World Means Threading the Needle

Focus, commitment, and insight resulted in a “once in a century” proof. Hong Wang is now just the third woman to win a Fields Medal. The post Living Fully in [...]

xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation
xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation

Nothing in the text of Minnesota's law distinguishes a nonconsensual deepfake from a satirical picture. The post xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation appeared first [...]

UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers
UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers

Just when you thought the UK's online censorship law couldn't get any worse... The post UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers appeared first on Reclaim [...]

Xbox Outage Stops Players From Launching Physical Disc Games
Xbox Outage Stops Players From Launching Physical Disc Games

Players who owned games on disc got the same license error as digital users, because the Xbox verifies each disc online before it spins. The post Xbox Outage Stops Players [...]

Can You Escape the Device Identifiers?
Can You Escape the Device Identifiers?

Every platform remembers you in its own language. The post Can You Escape the Device Identifiers? appeared first on Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights. [...]

GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta
GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta

Border search law, Fifth Amendment claims, and Cop City politics collide in an Atlanta federal court case. The post GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta appeared [...]

Canada’s New “Hate” Law Is Already at People’s Doors
Canada’s New “Hate” Law Is Already at People’s Doors

Royal assent came in June, the law landed in July, and by the end of the month somebody was standing on a porch asking about a post from three years [...]

EU Court Rules VPN Providers Not Liable When Users Bypass Geoblocks
EU Court Rules VPN Providers Not Liable When Users Bypass Geoblocks

A tool is a tool, and there is no appeal. The post EU Court Rules VPN Providers Not Liable When Users Bypass Geoblocks appeared first on Reclaim The Net: Free [...]

Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat
Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat

The Online Safety Act has arrived in Azeroth, and it has questions about your ID. The post Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat appeared first [...]

Facebook Verified: Meta Now Wants a Video Selfie of Your Face
Facebook Verified: Meta Now Wants a Video Selfie of Your Face

Meta's Facebook Verified badge requires a video selfie, part of a fast growing push to collect biometric data. The post Facebook Verified: Meta Now Wants a Video Selfie of Your [...]

EU DSA Ruling on TikTok Points to ID Checks
EU DSA Ruling on TikTok Points to ID Checks

The Commission wants TikTok to know which users are children, which means TikTok has to know exactly who everybody else is too. The post EU DSA Ruling on TikTok Points [...]

Why Scientists Redesigned the Botox Enzyme With AI
Why Scientists Redesigned the Botox Enzyme With AI

Researchers say AI vastly improves a technique used to engineer proteins. As a proof of concept, they redesigned the Botox enzyme to snip a protein linked to ALS. The post [...]

Weak AI Regulation Could Be Worse Than None at All
Weak AI Regulation Could Be Worse Than None at All

A Cornell University study uses game theory to model how poorly designed AI regulation could backfire. The post Weak AI Regulation Could Be Worse Than None at All appeared first [...]

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 25)
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 25)

Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 25) [...]

Scientists Are Designing CRISPR Gene Editors With AI
Scientists Are Designing CRISPR Gene Editors With AI

To make CRISPR better at its job, researchers are turning to algorithms like DeepMind's AlphaFold. The post Scientists Are Designing CRISPR Gene Editors With AI appeared first on SingularityHub. [...]

OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face
OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face

The incident is a first and signals a seismic shift in cybersecurity. The post OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face appeared first on SingularityHub. [...]

Scientists Inch Closer to Creating Human Sperm in the Lab
Scientists Inch Closer to Creating Human Sperm in the Lab

Researchers could use lab-grown sperm to develop infertility treatments or, more controversially, make babies. The post Scientists Inch Closer to Creating Human Sperm in the Lab appeared first on SingularityHub. [...]

Spaceflight Nears Its Steamship Era
Spaceflight Nears Its Steamship Era

Cambridge University researchers say launch costs fell from $87,000 to $3,868 per kilogram between 1960 and 2025—or roughly 96%—and could hit $273 by 2040. The post Spaceflight Nears Its Steamship [...]

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 18)
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 18)

Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 18) [...]

Anthropic Says Chatbots Have What May Be a Key Feature of Consciousness. Are They Right?
Anthropic Says Chatbots Have What May Be a Key Feature of Consciousness. Are They Right?

The AI company says a new finding about how Claude works echoes an influential theory of consciousness. That doesn't prove the AI is itself conscious. The post Anthropic Says Chatbots [...]

Is AI Making Us Dumber?
Is AI Making Us Dumber?

Research suggests offloading mental work to AI is like debt: an immediate payoff with long-term consequences. But collaborating with the technology may boost our work without eroding skills. The post [...]

Trump Administration Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robots
Trump Administration Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robots

The Trump administration has banned newly authorized foreign-made humanoid and four-legged robots, along with power inverters, citing "unacceptable risks" to the country's national security. FCC chairman Brendan Carr said the [...]

Workplaces Look For Cheaper AI As 'Tokenmaxxing' Fades As a Corporate Fad
Workplaces Look For Cheaper AI As 'Tokenmaxxing' Fades As a Corporate Fad

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: A corporate fad of "tokenmaxxing" on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are [...]

Apple Retires iPhone Upgrade Program For Klarna-Backed Leases
Apple Retires iPhone Upgrade Program For Klarna-Backed Leases

Apple has replaced its iPhone Upgrade Program with Apple Upgrade, a Klarna-backed U.S. leasing service covering most iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. MacRumors reports: Apple Upgrade has lower base [...]

AI-Found Bugs Aren't Proving Any Easier to Exploit Despite the Hype
AI-Found Bugs Aren't Proving Any Easier to Exploit Despite the Hype

AI-assisted vulnerability discovery has yet to produce the expected surge in real-world attacks: VulnCheck found that only 14 of 1,061 attributed discoveries, or 1.3 percent, had been exploited, which is [...]

eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019
eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019

eBay and several former executives have agreed to pay $56 million to Ina and David Steiner, the newsletter writers targeted in a 2019 corporate harassment campaign that involved threats, surveillance [...]

Anthropic AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms
Anthropic AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has "found flaws in a weakened version of a digital encryption standard that is in pervasive use throughout the internet," reports The New York Times. Researchers [...]

Judge Blocks First State Law That Would Have Banned Prediction Markets
Judge Blocks First State Law That Would Have Banned Prediction Markets

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Minnesota, the first US state to prohibit prediction markets, was prevented from enforcing the law by a federal court ruling just [...]

DEF CON Bans Meta-Style 'Pervert Glasses'
DEF CON Bans Meta-Style 'Pervert Glasses'

DEF CON has banned "Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities," with no exceptions being made even for those with prescription versions. "Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them," [...]

GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search
GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search

GrapheneOS is defending its duress-password feature after an environmental activist used it to wipe his Pixel phone during a U.S. Customs search and was later indicted for allegedly destroying property [...]

Review Roundup: Framework Laptop 13 Pro
Review Roundup: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

The review embargo has lifted for the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and the consensus across the board is that it is a massive leap forward in terms of build [...]

Tons of Peoples' Claude Chats and Creations Are Exposed On Google
Tons of Peoples' Claude Chats and Creations Are Exposed On Google

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Claude is exposing a wealth of users' chats and creations in Google search results, meaning anyone can dig through conversations or [...]

Arizona State Launches Influencer Degree Where Students Must Gain Real Followers
Arizona State Launches Influencer Degree Where Students Must Gain Real Followers

Arizona State University has launched a 120-credit bachelor's degree in content creation that teaches video, podcasting, branding, analytics, media law, and social strategy. For their capstone, students are "expected to [...]

Earth's Biggest Disasters Strike In a Hidden Pattern Every 27 Million Years
Earth's Biggest Disasters Strike In a Hidden Pattern Every 27 Million Years

A new analysis of 89 major geological events over the past 260 million years found evidence that mass extinctions, volcanic eruptions, ocean crises, and other upheavals may cluster around a [...]

A Missing Underscore Sent Innocent Man To Prison For 18 Months
A Missing Underscore Sent Innocent Man To Prison For 18 Months

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring [...]

Peacock to Be Included With YouTube Premium In Major Streaming Tie-Up
Peacock to Be Included With YouTube Premium In Major Streaming Tie-Up

YouTube Premium will include Peacock Premium at no extra charge beginning in early 2027. "The deal brings a slew of premium content to the [$15.99 per month] YouTube Premium subscription, [...]

Benjamin Tucker - Why I Am an Anarchist
Benjamin Tucker - Why I Am an Anarchist

Author: Benjamin TuckerTitle: Why I Am an AnarchistDate: 1890Source: https://www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/anarchist-beginnings/benjamin-r-tucker-why-i-am-an-anarchist-1892/ Why am I an Anarchist? That is the question which the editor of the Twentieth Century has requested me to [...]

Usufruct Collective - Philosophy of Freedom
Usufruct Collective - Philosophy of Freedom

Author: Usufruct CollectiveTitle: Philosophy of FreedomSubtitle: From the Science of Logic to Dialectical NaturalismDate: 2026 July 28Notes: By the Usufruct Collective, first digitally published 07/28/26, public draft #1 (this will [...]

Jeanne Deroin - Letter to Proudhon
Jeanne Deroin - Letter to Proudhon

Author: Jeanne DeroinTitle: Letter to ProudhonDate: January 28, 1849Notes: L’Opinion des Femmes. No. 1, Year 1. January 28, 1849.Source: Retrieved on 2026-07-25 from libertarian-labyrinth.org Monsieur, I know that, preoccupied most [...]

Anarcho - Proudhon: “start by being right”
Anarcho - Proudhon: “start by being right”

Author: AnarchoTitle: Proudhon: “start by being right”Date: 2025Notes: This article discusses various claims made against Proudhon by the likes of Engels, Schapiro, Draper and others. Some are correct (if usually [...]

Anonymous - Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust
Anonymous - Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust

Author: AnonymousTitle: Confidence. Courage. Connection. TrustSubtitle: A proposal for security cultureDate: 2019, NovemberSource: Retrieved on December 29, 2019 from https://north-shore.info/2019/11/05/confidence-courage-connection-trust-a-proposal-for-security-culture/ When we talk about security culture, people tend to have [...]

Anonymous - The Disunity of White Women
Anonymous - The Disunity of White Women

Author: AnonymousTitle: The Disunity of White WomenSubtitle: Against Collaboration and TransmisogynyDate: 2026-07-27Notes: “Nothing for Snitches: For a Revolutionary Anti-Repression”: https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/35212/ The hetero-settler nation remains the political center of gravity here [...]

Dan Gallin and Pat Horn - Women’s Unions in Bolivia
Dan Gallin and Pat Horn - Women’s Unions in Bolivia

Author: Dan Gallin and Pat HornTitle: Women’s Unions in BoliviaDate: 2005Source: Excerpted from Organizing Informal Women Workers. Women workers’ unions in Bolivia were formed in the 1920s as part of [...]

Leo Tolstoy - Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy - Resurrection

Author: Leo TolstoyTitle: ResurrectionDate: 1899Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1938 TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE Opinions about Tolstoy and his work differ, but on one point there surely might be unanimity. A writer of world-wide reputation should [...]

Eric Fleischmann - Historical Materialism
Eric Fleischmann - Historical Materialism

Author: Eric FleischmannTitle: Historical MaterialismSubtitle: A Brief Overview and Left-Libertarian ReinterpretationDate: May 26th, 2022Notes: This piece is part of a series on "red mutualism" at Mutualism Co-op. Read more here: [...]

Kevin Carson - Communal Property: A Libertarian Analysis
Kevin Carson - Communal Property: A Libertarian Analysis

Author: Kevin CarsonTitle: Communal Property: A Libertarian AnalysisDate: 2011Notes: Center for a Stateless Society Paper No. 13 (Summer/Fall 2011)Source: Retrieved 03/24/2023 from c4ss.org INTRODUCTION The dominant market anarchist view of [...]

Logan Marie Glitterbomb - Funding Worker Cooperatives
Logan Marie Glitterbomb - Funding Worker Cooperatives

Author: Logan Marie GlitterbombTitle: Funding Worker CooperativesSubtitle: A SolutionDate: December 20th, 2023Source: https://c4ss.org/content/59286 Worker cooperatives have long been championed by anarchists, socialists, communists, Marxists, anti-capitalists, and post-capitalist types as a [...]

Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism Project - Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism
Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism Project - Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism

Author: Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism ProjectTitle: Entrepreneurial Anti-CapitalismSubtitle: Radical Mesh NetworkingDate: May 29th, 2014Source: https://c4ss.org/content/27704 Net Neutrality is dead. An unstable equilibrium that’s persisted as the default since the 90s, wherein ISPs [...]

humanityfluff - A fluffy analysis of Youth Liberation
humanityfluff - A fluffy analysis of Youth Liberation

Author: humanityfluffTitle: A fluffy analysis of Youth LiberationSubtitle: an excerpt from H.I. W.O.T.L.Source: https://youthlibfluff.wordpress.com/excerpt-1/ Youth Liberation: We youth, or as we are usually called, Children, are slaves. There is not [...]

Wulfinna - In Free Courses
Wulfinna - In Free Courses

Author: WulfinnaTitle: In Free CoursesDate: 28 April 2026Notes: Additional source: https://ignitedindark.surge.sh/2026/04/28/in-free-courses/Source: https://ignitedindark.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/in-free-course/ Be Still & Sated, Hearts at Here & Nowor, In Free Courses ; These. And these, and these [...]

Rai Ling - Anarchism and Cryptocurrency
Rai Ling - Anarchism and Cryptocurrency

Author: Rai LingTitle: Anarchism and CryptocurrencyDate: 10/20/2022Source: www.mutualismcoop.com Introduction Cryptocurrency, a digital currency in which transactions are verified and recorded by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by a [...]

Daniel Guérin - Proudhon, Father of Self-Management
Daniel Guérin - Proudhon, Father of Self-Management

Author: Daniel GuérinTitle: Proudhon, Father of Self-ManagementDate: 1978Notes: Proudhon oui et non (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1978)Source: Retrieved on 2026-07-25 from anarchistfaq.org In pondering the problems of workers’ associations or, as [...]

Jeanne Deroin - Letter to the Associations on the Organization of Credit
Jeanne Deroin - Letter to the Associations on the Organization of Credit

Author: Jeanne DeroinTitle: Letter to the Associations on the Organization of CreditDate: 1851Source: Retrieved on 2026-07-25 from libertarian-labyrinth.org LETTER TO THE ASSOCIATIONS The delegates of the association and the members [...]

Nolan Peltz - A Pending Decision in the Case of the Political Persecution of Miguel Peralta
Nolan Peltz - A Pending Decision in the Case of the Political Persecution of Miguel Peralta

Author: Nolan PeltzTitle: A Pending Decision in the Case of the Political Persecution of Miguel PeraltaDate: June 2, 2023Notes: Translated from Peltz, Nolan, “Resolución pendiente en el caso del perseguido [...]

Blazing Truth - A New Mutualist Manfesto
Blazing Truth - A New Mutualist Manfesto

Author: Blazing TruthTitle: A New Mutualist ManfestoDate: September 22, 2012Source: blazingtruth.com This essay seeks to accomplish multiple tasks, although its focus remains one. In its many modalities, which range from [...]

Iain McKay - A Few Notes about Anarchist Economics
Iain McKay - A Few Notes about Anarchist Economics

Author: Iain McKayTitle: A Few Notes about Anarchist EconomicsDate: June 6, 2026Notes: A short discussion of what anarchist economics could be. While there is no “Anarchist” economics as such, there [...]

Putin orders talks with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on updating mutual arms supply treaties
Putin orders talks with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on updating mutual arms supply treaties

Vladimir Putin has authorized his government to begin negotiations with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on amending military-technical cooperation agreements. Two related executive orders were signed on July 27 and published on [...]

New road bridge between Russia and North Korea could make military shipments harder to track, analysts say
New road bridge between Russia and North Korea could make military shipments harder to track, analysts say

The first road bridge between Russia and North Korea, spanning the Tumen River, could become a key artery for military supplies for the war in Ukraine, The Guardian reported, citing an investigation [...]

Russia declared its Sarmat ICBM to be ready before it could actually be deployed
Russia declared its Sarmat ICBM to be ready before it could actually be deployed

Russia’s RS-28 Sarmat strategic missile system, which Moscow first claimed had entered combat duty in September 2023, was sent to military units without the appropriate paperwork, agreed prices for components, or [...]

Russia builds 24 new Pantsir air defense towers around Moscow, OSINT researcher says
Russia builds 24 new Pantsir air defense towers around Moscow, OSINT researcher says

Over the past two months, at least 24 new Pantsir air defense system towers have been built around Moscow, the open source intelligence (OSINT) researcher Jembob recently reported on X after [...]

Serfdom for migrants: Why Russia’s new migration policy is so ineffective
Serfdom for migrants: Why Russia’s new migration policy is so ineffective

In July 2026, the deputy head of Russia’s Interior Ministry announced plans to require all migrants to buy phones equipped with a special app that will track their movements and prevent [...]

Andrea Pirlo dropped from Italian national team coaching talks after Russian betting company sponsorship deal
Andrea Pirlo dropped from Italian national team coaching talks after Russian betting company sponsorship deal

Andrea Pirlo is no longer in contention to coach Italy’s national football team after controversy arose over his ties to Russian bookmaker Fonbet. He had been considered the leading candidate [...]

Russian police are preparing to target “radical-minded” teenagers based on their clothing and accessories
Russian police are preparing to target “radical-minded” teenagers based on their clothing and accessories

Employees of St. Petersburg’s Kontakt social center and representatives of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Center for Countering Extremism (also known as Center “E”) are preparing to conduct raids at shopping [...]

Russia’s planned 500-ton naval drone sparks criticism from pro-war commentators
Russia’s planned 500-ton naval drone sparks criticism from pro-war commentators

Russia is building its largest ever uncrewed naval vessel — with a displacement of 500 metric tons — designed to search for submarines and other underwater objects, Russian navy commander-in-chief [...]

Beryllium on the radar: Kazakhstan has become an indispensable supplier of materials to the Russian defense industry
Beryllium on the radar: Kazakhstan has become an indispensable supplier of materials to the Russian defense industry

On July 25, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed that Russia end its war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, however, The Insider found that Kazakhstan continues to serve [...]

EU cancels ban on Russian sable fur due to pressure from Italy and Greece
EU cancels ban on Russian sable fur due to pressure from Italy and Greece

The European Union has removed dressed and processed Russian sable pelts from its list of goods banned from import. The restriction was lifted a mere three months after being introduced [...]

Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia
Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia

Russian travel agencies are taking stock of the first half of the summer, and the results are dismal. Hotel bookings in June were down by 15% year-on-year, and the situation [...]

Brussels set to sanction Georgia’s only oil refinery if it fails to stop using Russian crude in the next six months
Brussels set to sanction Georgia’s only oil refinery if it fails to stop using Russian crude in the next six months

Georgia’s only operating oil refinery, located in Kulevi on the Black Sea coast, has been included in the European Union’s 21st sanctions package. Brussels is demanding that the refinery stop buying [...]

EU includes support ship and crewing agency on “shadow fleet” sanctions list for the first time
EU includes support ship and crewing agency on “shadow fleet” sanctions list for the first time

The European Union has added 41 more vessels to its Russia sanctions list, bringing the total number of listed ships to 673. The sanctions also targeted Aquamarine Ship Management LLC, a crewing [...]

EU sanctions A7 cryptocurrency network and Russian banking executive exposed by The Insider
EU sanctions A7 cryptocurrency network and Russian banking executive exposed by The Insider

The European Union has imposed sanctions on participants in the A7 cryptocurrency network, adding A7A5 project head Leonid Shumakov and Promsvyazbank chairman Mikhail Dorofeev to its lists, along with the companies [...]

GRU officer who procured military technology in Japan for Russia leaves Tokyo after being exposed by investigations
GRU officer who procured military technology in Japan for Russia leaves Tokyo after being exposed by investigations

Maxim Filchenkov, an officer of Russia’s GRU military intelligence directorate who posed as an Aeroflot employee, has left Japan, where he had been involved in sourcing high-tech equipment for Russian [...]

Russian construction project prompts UNESCO to add ancient Tauric Chersonese site in occupied Crimea to its list of World Heritage in danger
Russian construction project prompts UNESCO to add ancient Tauric Chersonese site in occupied Crimea to its list of World Heritage in danger

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has added the ancient city of Tauric Chersonese to its list of World Heritage in Danger, with the site’s “chora,” or surrounding agricultural lands belonging to the city-state, [...]

Russian court hands teenager 8 years in prison for setting fire to a Mi-8 helicopter at Noyabrsk airport in 2024
Russian court hands teenager 8 years in prison for setting fire to a Mi-8 helicopter at Noyabrsk airport in 2024

A Russian court has sentenced a 16-year-old boy from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District to eight years in prison over the arson of an Mi-8 helicopter at the airport in the [...]

German military engineers deployed to help Poland build defenses in Suwałki Gap against possible Russian attack
German military engineers deployed to help Poland build defenses in Suwałki Gap against possible Russian attack

Bundeswehr military engineers and Polish sappers have begun building defensive fortifications along Poland’s border with Belarus and Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad, including in the strategically important Suwałki Gap, Germany’s Operational [...]

New Ukrainian commander-in-chief Mykhailo Drapatyi offers “second chance” for army reforms, military experts tell The Insider
New Ukrainian commander-in-chief Mykhailo Drapatyi offers “second chance” for army reforms, military experts tell The Insider

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently made another round of changes to the top command of the country’s armed forces. Major General Ihor Skybiuk was appointed chief of the General Staff, replacing [...]

Trial opens in Warsaw for Russian lawyer accused of organizing attacks on opposition figures abroad
Trial opens in Warsaw for Russian lawyer accused of organizing attacks on opposition figures abroad

A trial has begun in the Warsaw District Court for Russian citizen Anatoly Blinov, a lawyer who stands accused of organizing attacks on Leonid Volkov and other Russian opposition figures. [...]

The Bird in You, the World in You, and the Art of Trusting Time: A Ceramics and Serpentine Raffle
The Bird in You, the World in You, and the Art of Trusting Time: A Ceramics and Serpentine Raffle

One December afternoon, I arrived in Patagonia with a big blue backpack, a small bilingual edition of Pablo Neruda’s love poems, and a broken heart. (Though a heart, of course, [...]

Do the Next Right Thing: Carl Jung on How to Live and the Origin of His Famous Tenet for Navigating Uncertainty
Do the Next Right Thing: Carl Jung on How to Live and the Origin of His Famous Tenet for Navigating Uncertainty

"There is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the right effort at the right place... do the next thing with diligence and devotion." [...]

The Donkey and the Meaning of Life
The Donkey and the Meaning of Life

"Come with me. I'll teach you the flowers and the stars." [...]

Love Anyway
Love Anyway

You know that the price of life is death, that the price of love is loss, and still you watch the golden afternoon light fall on a face you love, [...]

Ursula K. Le Guin on the Meaning of Life
Ursula K. Le Guin on the Meaning of Life

We are the survivors of immense and minute events — violent cosmic collisions and subtle genetic mutations, the deaths of innumerable suns and the births of innumerable cells, the splitting [...]

The One Hundred Milliseconds Between the World and You: Oliver Sacks on Perception
The One Hundred Milliseconds Between the World and You: Oliver Sacks on Perception

“If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But we are finite creatures, in time and in space, and [...]

How to Live a Miraculous Life
How to Live a Miraculous Life

Suppose we agree that we are here to love anyway — to love even though the work is almost unbearably difficult, even though we know that everything alive is dying, [...]

How Two Souls Can Interact with One Another: Simone de Beauvoir on Love and Friendship
How Two Souls Can Interact with One Another: Simone de Beauvoir on Love and Friendship

It is in relationships that we discover both our depths and our limits, there that we anneal ourselves and transcend ourselves, there that we are hurt the most and there [...]

How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James
How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James

"It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything." [...]

Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming Yourself Across the Sweep of Life
Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming Yourself Across the Sweep of Life

A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of "the great aloneness which knows not what is far and what is near, nor what is small nor great." [...]

Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Ms. Boodle: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Advice on Writing to a Young Woman Aspiring to Be an Author
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Ms. Boodle: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Advice on Writing to a Young Woman Aspiring to Be an Author

In late 1884, Adelaide Boodle — talented, timorous, still in her twenties — received news so thrilling she thought she was dreaming: Her favorite author was moving into the small [...]

Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life
Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life

"In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among men, a greater sincerity." [...]

Dostoyevsky in Love
Dostoyevsky in Love

“I love her happiness more than my own.” [...]

Antidotes to Fear of Death: Astronomer and Poet Rebecca Elson’s Stunning Cosmic Salve for Existential Tremors
Antidotes to Fear of Death: Astronomer and Poet Rebecca Elson’s Stunning Cosmic Salve for Existential Tremors

"Sometimes as an antidote to fear of death, I eat the stars." [...]

Carl Jung on Creativity
Carl Jung on Creativity

The question of what it takes to create — to make something of beauty and substance that touches other lives across space and time — is one of the deepest, [...]

How to Keep Life from Becoming a Parody of Itself: Simone de Beauvoir on the Art of Growing Older
How to Keep Life from Becoming a Parody of Itself: Simone de Beauvoir on the Art of Growing Older

"In old age we should wish still to have passions strong enough to prevent us turning in on ourselves." [...]

G.K. Chesterton on the Dandelion and the Meaning of Life
G.K. Chesterton on the Dandelion and the Meaning of Life

Recovering the "forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence" alive in the back of our modernity-deadened minds. [...]

Epictetus on Love and Loss: The Stoic Strategy for Surviving Heartbreak
Epictetus on Love and Loss: The Stoic Strategy for Surviving Heartbreak

"Who is good if he knows not who he is? and who knows what he is, if he forgets that things which have been made are perishable, and that it [...]

From Mitochondria to Minds: The Illustrated Science of the Psychedelic Dream Called Life
From Mitochondria to Minds: The Illustrated Science of the Psychedelic Dream Called Life

Like consciousness, like music, like love, life itself didn’t have to exist — nothing in the fundamental laws demands it. The universe could have gone on lapping at itself as [...]

How to Bear Your Sorrows: Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life
How to Bear Your Sorrows: Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life

Few things in our culture are more wounding than the concept of healing — as if the pains and losses that we suffer are an illness, a malfunction of the [...]

What backup solution do you use?

What backup solution do you sue for your laptop? - Please say you use one ;) For years I've used Deja Dup which is fine but relies on snap shots. [...]

T440p in good condition to be sold

Hi, I have bought some times ago the T440p to run free software on it. Everything works well, everything was upgraded (screen, keyboard, RAM and storage). Everything is technically in [...]

Disabling sticky Alt+Fn

Something on the to-do list is try to resolve the function key issue with my Advent laptop. An example, if I press Alt F6 (Volume down), the key press "sticks" [...]

Trisquel Repository(ies)

Does Trisquel MINI use the same Repository as Trisquel? Thanks. [...]

ARM hardware compatibility

Hi to everyone! As in this previous release annoucement, https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-110-aramo-release-announcement, where can I read about the 32bit and 64bit ARM hardware compatibility of Trisquel GNU/Linux? [...]

Do you still run Trisquel, even if...

Do you still run Trisquel, even if your hardware is unsupported without free software? Or do you choose another distribution? As someone who has many computers (and computer hardware) laying [...]

download repository

I bought an external harddisk for downloading the Trisquel repository. 1. In order to download the repository in which format should I format the harddisk? ext4 or other ? 2. [...]

add-packagesource continued answer

I can´t send it through the website, so via email. What can I do, that it does not create a new topic? here the output that I wanted to send [...]

Non Member

Today the whole website of Trisquel is unavailable. Writing a message to the users list I am getting the anser: I am a NON-MEMBER and this mail has to be [...]

[AI] Could FSF use AI to complete and develop the GNU kernel, Hurd/Mach?

I just though of that. [...]

Tufawon, No One Is Illegal, Exclusive Music Video Release and Artist Spotlight on Minneapolis Rapper
Tufawon, No One Is Illegal, Exclusive Music Video Release and Artist Spotlight on Minneapolis Rapper

Minneapolis, MN — Making music and caring for community has always been a symbiotic relationship for Rafael Gonzalez, aka Tufawon (two for one), a Minneapolis-based rapper, singer and producer. He [...]

As Senegal Cracks Down on LGBTQ Rights, Activists Seek Help From Abroad
As Senegal Cracks Down on LGBTQ Rights, Activists Seek Help From Abroad

Since February, Senegalese authorities have initiated a crackdown against the LGBTQ community, reportedly arresting hundreds across the country. The post As Senegal Cracks Down on LGBTQ Rights, Activists Seek Help [...]

The District of Calamity: Freedom 250 and the Semiquincentennial in Washington
The District of Calamity: Freedom 250 and the Semiquincentennial in Washington

Residents and tourists of the nation’s capital saw the city transformed into a circus for more than a month – a site for media spectacles and thinly-veiled celebrations of the [...]

Inside Greece’s Refugee Camps, Gender-Based Violence Is Built Into the System 
Inside Greece’s Refugee Camps, Gender-Based Violence Is Built Into the System 

Since 2022, the German collective Rosa Rolling Safespace has been providing a mobile safe space for women living in refugee camps around Athens. Their work shows that gender-based violence in [...]

NYC Activists Maintain Boycott Against ‘Blood Money Rave’ Boiler Room
NYC Activists Maintain Boycott Against ‘Blood Money Rave’ Boiler Room

The fight for nightlife goes on as Boycott Room, a group of DJs, organizers and activists that have been calling for a coordinated boycott of the event series and video [...]

In Athens, Albania’s Diaspora Watches a Revolt at Home, and Finds Its Own Voice
In Athens, Albania’s Diaspora Watches a Revolt at Home, and Finds Its Own Voice

What started as an environmental protest in Albania related to Trump's son-in-law's business ventures became something bigger — addressing long-standing corruption, the right to information and transparency and who gets [...]

Government Says Terabytes of Signal Chats are Central to the Case Against Minnesota 15
Government Says Terabytes of Signal Chats are Central to the Case Against Minnesota 15

The Minnesota 15 case is about conversations, thousands of pages of it, harvested from encrypted group chats on Signal and loaded into an Everlaw database for prosecutors to build conspiracy [...]

At the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, WITNESS Calls for Human Rights to Shape the Future of AI

WITNESS calls for human rights to shape the future of AI at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva. [...]

Sam Gregory to Step Down as Executive Director of WITNESS
Sam Gregory to Step Down as Executive Director of WITNESS

After 25 years of visionary leadership at WITNESS, Sam Gregory to step down as Executive Director. [...]

WITNESS convenes experts in Geneva and launches new report on AI, content authenticity, and surveillance risks

On July 8, WITNESS and the Forum on Information and Democracy hosted Trustworthy by Design: AI, Content Authenticity, and the Future of Reliable Information, a convening that brought together experts [...]

Consent at the Centre: Meta’s Oversight Board Decision Reflects WITNESS’ Key Concerns on AI-generated Sexualized Impersonation

The Meta Oversight Board, an independent body that reviews the company’s content moderation decisions, today overturned Meta’s decision to keep online an AI-generated sexualized video that had been reported by [...]

WITNESS Calls for Stronger AI Transparency Standards in the EU Code of Practice

Over the last months, stakeholders all over Europe have been united around the goal of coming up with clearer rules for AI transparency and AI-generated or manipulated content. These efforts [...]

WITNESS Raises Concerns to Meta Oversight Board on Generative AI in Elections

On 7 May 2026, WITNESS submitted a public comment to Meta’s Oversight Board, an independent body that reviews Meta’s content moderation decisions, in response to a case involving an AI-generated [...]

WITNESS welcomes new board members

WITNESS is pleased to welcome Irene Mwendwa, Raffi Krikorian, and Suzanne Stoller to its Board of Directors. Bringing experience across technology, human rights, public policy, organizational leadership, and advocacy, the [...]

Meta Oversight Board Decision on AI-Generated Conflict Video Validates WITNESS’ Long-Standing Warnings, Now Meta Must Act

Today, the Meta Oversight Board, which reviews Meta’s content moderation decisions and makes policy recommendations to Meta for Facebook and Instagram, published its decision concerning an AI-generated video purporting to [...]

WITNESS Named Beneficiary of Proton Lifetime Charity Fundraiser

WITNESS is thrilled and honored to announce we have been named as a beneficiary of the Proton Lifetime Charity Fundraiser organized by the Proton Foundation, the governing non-profit organization behind [...]

WITNESS Submits Public Comment to Meta Oversight Board on AI-Generated Sexual Exploitation

Meta ignored recommendations from its Oversight Board on the last AI non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) case and continues to fail in addressing the structural issues with technology-facilitated gender-based violence.   WITNESS [...]

QnA: Houston Anarchist Bookfair

As part of an ongoing series of short Question and Answer sessions with fellow Anarchists who are organising in their local community, today we’re talking to a member of the [...]

Usufruct Collective – Philosophy of Freedom

Author: Usufruct Collective Title: Philosophy of Freedom Subtitle: From the Science of Logic to Dialectical Naturalism Date: 2026 July 28 Notes: By the Usufruct Collective, first digitally published 07/28/26, public [...]

3 Songs for 3CR – THIS Sunday

3 Songs for 3CR – THIS Sunday 29th July 2026 Get along to The Boite’s annual fundraiser for 3CR THIS Sunday 2 August, featuring community choirs who generously donate their songs [...]

Bristol Solidarity for Indonesia

via Act For Freedom Now! COMMUNIQUE On 10th June in Kingswood, Bristol, HSBC Bank was attacked and the windows were smashed. HSBC Bank are a large investor and financial bloodsucker [...]

The “Jeffrey Epsteinization” of Power and the ODRC Repression Files by Sean Swain

I have to be careful here. Very, very careful. I go up for my next parole hearing in September. I will be appearing for the fifth time. I’ll have 35 [...]

Chicago, IL Freedom Tree

Cook County Jail, Chicago, June 2026 Made of ripped-up prison uniform [...]

Aaron Cambridge – Sacramento WLM Propagandist and NorCal Active Club Member

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