Old Soviet joke repurposed for 2025:
Several times daily, a woman opens a news website, glances at the screen, then closes it.
Her spouse, curious, asks what she's doing.
The woman explains she's looking for death notices.
The spouse says that the website only has headlines, not obituaries.
The woman replies, "Oh, the obituaries I'm praying for will be headlines."
Why is elden ring lore so gratuitously obtuse and complicated
'International Obfuscated C Code Contest' Will Relaunch, Celebrating 40th Anniversary https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/12/29/1730224/international-obfuscated-c-code-contest-will-relaunch-celebrating-40th-anniversary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
who decided on the name Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there for the taking
Reminder: RFK Jr caused a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly children.
RFK Jr and his non-profit visited Samoa to lobby the government and spread misinformation that reduced measles vaccination rates.
He may now lead the top US health agency.
> There are no official bilateral relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Holy See. The Holy See instead recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the representative of China ever since the establishment of relations with the ROC government in 1942.
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speaking about the Deutsche Bahn like one would about a god of travel:
- "if the Bahn wants it, I shall arrive at dawn"
- "may the Bahn grant you swift travels"
- "our travels shall be guided by the Bahn's mercy"
This evening I saw "Inhumane Zones", an exhibition of Forensic Architecture's work documenting the Gaza genocide @ Echo Correspondence in Vienna. Harrowing testimony from medics treating civilians with horrific injuries. FA are doing important work in documenting war crimes against civilians.
A significant step to have this exhibition in a country where many people are either in denial that these crimes against humanity are taking place, or worse, try to justify them.
https://www.echocorrespondence.com/program/forensic-architecture-inhumane-zones
A bill called the ‘Stop Resistance Activities by Federal Employees Act’ was introduced in the House yesterday. It covers federal employees at or above GS-15 and would impose very serious penalties for “opposing, obstructing, or impeding lawful directives from the President, Vice President, or any other political appointee”.
The language is….well it’s fascism. And I’m not exaggerating. And maybe it won’t pass this time, but we all see the trend.
China successfully compromised for months the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.
This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...