Links 29/03/2024: Sam Bankman-Fried Gets 25 Years, Many Updates on Russia and Ukraine
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Leftovers
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Ruben Schade ☛ Visiting Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition!
I’ve been fascinated with ocean liners and early twentieth century history since I was in primary school, as I’ve posted again multiple times recently. Clara and I had penciled in a day to wander the Melbourne Museum, but when we heard there was a Titanic exhibit!? Get out of here!
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Science
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University of Michigan ☛ Mural project offers arts access to science students
A unique collaboration between students, faculty and local artists is bringing a vibrant mural related to the field of nuclear engineering to the Ann Arbor campus this spring.
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Discover Heightened Toxicity Risk For Children With Autism, ADHD
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Hardware
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CubicleNate ☛ Unbreakable Self-Adjusting Vertical Laptop Holder
I requested a new monitor in the office because the one I had was developing a cluster of vertical lines running through it. I actually got what I asked for, an LG DualUp display that is essentially like having two, 1440p monitors stacked on top of one another without the bezel.
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Hackaday ☛ Exploring The Sega Saturn’s Wacky Architecture
In the annals of game console history, the Sega Saturn is probably the most convoluted system of all time, even giving the Playstation 3 a run for its rings. Also known as the system on which Sega beached itself before its Dreamcast swansong, it featured an incredible four CPUs, two video processors, multiple levels and types of RAM, all pushed onto game studios with virtually no software tools or plan how to use the thing. An introduction to this console’s architecture is provided by [Rodrigo Copetti], which gives a good idea of the harrowing task of developing for this system.
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Hackaday ☛ Saving A Clock Radio With An LM8562
Smart phones have taken the place of a lot of different devices especially as they get more and more powerful. GPS, music and video player, email, and of course a phone are all functions tied up in these general-purpose devices. Another casualty of the smart phone revolution is the humble bedside alarm clock as its radio, alarm, and timekeeping functionalities are also provided by modern devices. [zst123] has a sentimental attachment to the one he used in the 00s, though, and set about restoring it to its former glory.
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Hackaday ☛ LoRA, With No Radio
A LoRa project has traditionally required a dedicated radio module, because it’s a commercially licenced protocol. But as the way it works has been progressively reverse engineered, it’s become ever more possible to produce a LoRA radio for yourself. But what about a LoRA radio without a radio at all? [CNLohr] has managed just that, by driving a microcontroller pin and relying on one of its harmonics to provide enough RF to be received by a LoRA gateway.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Science Alert ☛ Experts Confirm First Bird Flu Outbreak in Cows: Is It Safe to Drink Milk?
Mysterious thickening explained.
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Science Alert ☛ Beethoven's DNA Reveals Musical Genius Just Might Lie in Any of Us
Your symphonies could be yet to come.
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New York Times ☛ How 2 Families Faced a Catastrophic Birth Defect
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
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Reason ☛ FDA Aims To Stifle Medical Innovation Again
After botching COVID test approvals, the Food and Drug Administration wants power over thousands of other tests.
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University of Michigan ☛ Mott to house pediatric emergency services fast track clinic
U-M Health's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital plans to build a $5. 4 million emergency services fast track clinic to treat children, teens and young adults with lower acuity conditions.
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PHR ☛ Idaho’s Abortion Ban Seriously Harms the Health of Patients: PHR Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court
An Idaho state law (“The Idaho Act”) that bans pregnancy termination except to prevent the death of a pregnant patient is “demonstrably in conflict” with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires that health facilities offer stabilizing treatment – including pregnancy termination [...]
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Science Alert ☛ An Expert Unwraps Chocolate's Surprising Health Benefits
Not just a guilty pleasure.
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Science Alert ☛ Humans Have a 'Sixth Sense', And It's Actually Vital to Our Health
It tells us a lot.
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Latvia ☛ Spring swing safety warning
One of the essential Latvian Easter traditions is swinging, but anyone planning to swing over the holidays is being urged to check the safety of said swings before dallying with the forces of gravity, momentum and inertia.
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Federal News Network ☛ Pentagon’s reproductive healthcare policy used 12 times from June to December
DoD’s reproductive health care policy implemented last year was used 12 times during Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of military promotions.
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RFA ☛ Desperate farmers in North Korea steal insulating plastic film from each other
Guards have been doubled to stop the theft, driven by a dearth of imports from China.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China lifts punitive tariffs on Australian wine as trade ties improve
China said Thursday it would lift punitive tariffs on Australian wine, as trade ties improve between the two countries after years of tension, with Canberra soon afterwards announcing it would drop its case against Beijing at the World Trade Organization.
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Mozilla ☛ Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: How the U.S. Government is leading by example on artificial intelligence [Ed: Mozilla lobbying on buzzwords instead of focusing on Free software users and on Firefox]
For years, the U.S. government has seen the challenges and opportunities of leveraging Hey Hi (AI) to advance its mission. Federal agencies have tried to use facial recognition to identify suspects and taxpayers, raising serious concerns about bias and privacy. Some agencies have tried to use Hey Hi (AI) to identify veterans at higher risk of suicide, where incorrect predictions in either direction can harm veterans’ health and well-being.
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Defence/Aggression
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The Straits Times ☛ Philippines says it will not yield to submission in row with 'patronising' China
MANILA - The Philippines is not seeking a fight or trouble in the South China Sea but will not be cowed into silence, submission, or subservience, its defence ministry said Friday, in its latest show of defiance in a heated row with China.
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RFA ☛ In isolated South China Sea territory, Filipino fisherman see ‘dwindling catch’
Islanders blame Chinese, Vietnamese ships’ use of dynamite and cyanide for destroying coral reefs.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China says Philippine ‘provocations’ cause of recent tensions
China on Thursday blamed Philippine actions for recent rising tension between the two sides in the hotly contested South China Sea. Beijing and Manila have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in the strategic waterway and there have been repeated confrontations between their vessels near contested reefs in recent months. “The provocations by the […]
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The Strategist ☛ India has its own reasons for preventing a Taiwan war
With expanding national interests, India has stronger compulsions to act against far-off hazards. It finds its interests entangled in disputes on the far edges of Asia, including in Taiwan. China claims Taiwan as its own ...
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Meduza ☛ ‘We’re here and we’ll keep fighting’: How an underground women’s movement fights back against Russian forces in occupied Ukraine — Meduza
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Meduza ☛ Police in cities across Russia arrest people for online comments about Moscow terrorist attack — Meduza
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Meduza ☛ ’No one wants their ear cut off’: Torture of Moscow terror suspects recalls handling of St. Petersburg subway bombing case, rights activist say — Meduza
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Atlantic Council ☛ Putin has repeatedly used terror attacks to tighten his grip on Russia
The March 22 terror attack in Moscow has seriously damaged Putin’s carefully crafted public image as a strongman ruler who offers his subjects security in exchange for restrictions on their personal freedoms, writes Olivia Yanchik.
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Atlantic Council ☛ Putin adds Islamist terror to the list of absurd excuses for Ukraine invasion
In addition to imaginary NATO threats and phantom fascists, Putin has now added Islamist terrorism to the expanding list of absurd excuses for the invasion of Ukraine, writes Peter Dickinson.
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RFERL ☛ Putin Says Russia Does Not Intend To Attack NATO, But Air Bases Hosting F-16s Would Be 'Legitimate Target'
Russia has no plans to attack any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states, or the Czech Republic, but if the West supplies Ukraine with F-16 fighter planes they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said on March 28.
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New York Times ☛ Putin Offers Both Reassurance and Threat on a Wider War
President Vladimir V. Putin said that claims Russia planned to invade other countries were “nonsense,” but warned them against hosting warplanes meant for Ukraine.
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Federal News Network ☛ How to do foreign aid without stepping on federal toes
A large non-profit has been obtaining Tesla battery packs and getting them into Ukraine for when Russia knocks out the electricity.
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France24 ☛ Macron, Lula show unity on global issues despite Ukraine shadow
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday displayed their unity on major global issues, while skirting differences on the war in Ukraine.
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France24 ☛ France takes down fake website inviting volunteers to 'enlist in Ukraine'
French authorities have uncovered a website containing a fake recruitment drive for French volunteers to join the war in Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
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France24 ☛ Russia links Moscow attack to 'Ukrainian nationalists'; US rubbishes claim
Russia said Thursday it had evidence the perpetrators of last week's massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", a claim that the United States called nonsense.
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France24 ☛ Ukraine downs more than 25 drones in latest overnight Russian strikes
Ukraine downed 26 drones overnight as Russia launched its latest salvo of aerial attacks, a senior Ukrainian military official said on Thursday.
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France24 ☛ Blinken and Macron to discuss Ukraine support and Gaza war in Paris talks
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss support for Ukraine during talks in Paris next week with French President Emmanuel Macron, the State Department announced Wednesday.
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RFERL ☛ U.S. Again Dismisses Russian Assertion Of Ukrainian Link To Concert Hall Attackers
The White House has again dismissed Russia's allegation that Ukraine was involved in the attack on the Crocus City concert hall and said that the United States had passed clear and detailed information to Russian security services about an extremist attack in Moscow in advance of the attack.
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RFERL ☛ Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Near Sevastopol, Says Moscow-Installed Governor
A Russian Su-35 fighter jet crashed on March 28 near occupied Sevastopol, the Russia-installed governor of the Ukrainian peninsula said.
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RFERL ☛ Poland Temporarily Opens Ukraine Border Crossing Amid Grain Talks
Poland has temporarily opened one border crossing with Ukraine, Kyiv said on March 28, as government representatives met in Warsaw to defuse a dispute over Ukrainian grain imports.
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RFERL ☛ Czech Republic Sanctions Prominent Pro-Kremlin Ukrainians
The Czech Republic on March 27 imposed sanctions on pro-Russia Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk and his close associate Artem Marchevskiy.
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RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Tells U.S. Speaker Military Aid Package 'Critically Important'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy personally appealed to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (Republican-Louisiana) to help deliver "critically important" military aid to Kyiv to help it fend off escalating Russian attacks.
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teleSUR ☛ Russia Finds Link Between Moscow Terrorist Attack and Ukraine
The criminals received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrencies from abroad.
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teleSUR ☛ Russia Denies Role in Ukraine Peace Talks: Peskov
Despite the peace plan talks, Germany is pretty involved in the crisis, the Kremlin spokesman said.
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The Straits Times ☛ Ukraine urges India to rethink 'Soviet legacy' of Russia ties, FT reports
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged India to stand by Kyiv, saying the nation's close ties with Russia are based on a Soviet legacy that is evaporating, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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New York Times ☛ Taiwan’s Top Diplomat Says U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is Critical for Deterring China
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview that a Russian victory could embolden China to move against Taiwan and would fuel anti-American propaganda.
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New York Times ☛ Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack
The factors behind the failure to prevent a terrorist attack include a distrust of foreign intelligence, a focus on Ukraine and a distracting political crackdown at home.
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New York Times ☛ Thursday Briefing
Russia’s online efforts to derail Ukraine aid.
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Off Guardian ☛ A very curious Crocus video
On Monday I had the privilege of speaking with Steve and Chris from AM WakeUp. Our 90-minute conversation focused on the terrorist attack at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall. During our chat, Steve shared a video with me that was published by Zvezda, a TV network run by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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Atlantic Council ☛ The axis of evasion: Behind China’s oil trade with Iran and Russia
Beijing has developed a way to import Iranian and Russian oil while bypassing the Western financial system and shipping services.
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Defence Web ☛ Pretoria walks a tightrope on US relations
Biden’s administration is resisting hostility towards SA from Congress – but if Trump wins in November, all bets are off. South Africa has been conducting a high-wire act in its relations with the United States (US).
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France24 ☛ Russia veto ends UN monitoring of N.Korea sanctions after arms transfer probe
Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.
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LRT ☛ Terrorism threat level in Lithuania remains low after Russia attacks – intelligence
The possibility of a terrorist attack in Lithuania remains low, the country’s State Security Department (VSD) said on Thursday in response to the recent attack in Russia.
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RFERL ☛ Russian Mathematician Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison On Justifying Terrorism Charge
A court in Yekaterinburg sentenced mathematician Azat Miftakhov on March 28 to four years in prison on a charge of justifying terrorism, which he and his supporters reject.
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RFERL ☛ Russian Veto Ends UN Monitoring Enforcement Of North Korea Nuclear Sanctions
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by UN experts of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, although the sanctions themselves remain in place.
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RFERL ☛ Tajik Man Detained In St. Petersburg Amid Migrant Crackdown
A 26-year-old Tajik national was detained in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, on a charge of justifying terrorism, the Investigative Committee said on March 28.
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RFERL ☛ Russians Visit Pyongyang To Discuss 'Cooperation Against Spying'
A delegation of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) visited North Korea this week and discussed boosting cooperation against spying, state media KCNA reported on March 28.
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RFERL ☛ Supporters Of U.S. Reporter Detained By Russia Demand His Release At Washington Event
Dozens of people are expected to gather on March 28 at a plaza in Washington, D.C., to mark the anniversary of the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia and demand his release.
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YLE ☛ City of Helsinki to purchase Helsinki Halli arena
The City Council decided on Thursday to offer to buy the arena which has stood empty for two years due to EU sanctions on its Russian owners.
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CS Monitor ☛ Resilience against Russian lies
A main target for Russian propaganda, Moldova is learning how to shake off such foreign interference.
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CS Monitor ☛ One year in, Evan Gershkovich’s time in Russian prison has no clear end
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia a year ago on accusations of espionage that the U.S. says are baseless. No one knows when he might be released, leaving his family to lean on letters from prison and hold on to hope.
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LRT ☛ Russian opposition figures in Lithuania were under protection during election
A special unit was protecting a number of Russian opposition figures in Lithuania during Russia’s presidential election, the authorities said, adding that the operation is now over. It came in the wake of an attack on Alexei Navalny’s associate in Vilnius.
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RFERL ☛ Court In Russia's Bashkortostan Orders Arrest Of Former Navalny Team Member
A former member of late Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Bashkortostan, Olga Komleva, was sent to pretrial detention on March 28 on a charge of participating in an extremist group's activities.
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RFERL ☛ Russian Journalist Faces Extremism Charge Over Alleged Link To Navalny
Russian journalist Antonina Favorskaya was not released on March 27 after serving 10 days in jail on a charge of disobedience to police orders and was sent to pretrial detention instead.
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Environment
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Science Alert ☛ Study: Planting Trees in 'Wrong Places' Actually Boosts Global Warming
"We can't put trees everywhere."
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University of Michigan ☛ ‘Climate havens’ aren’t safe from climate change
In Michigan, we pride ourselves on our Great Lakes, four seasons and beautiful summers. The state is also often referred to as a “climate haven,” which is an area that is less prone to the damaging effects of climate change.
Debian vs. Arch Linux: Which is Better for You?
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Energy/Transportation
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New York Times ☛ Friday Briefing: Sam Bankman-Fried Gets 25 Years
Plus, three video game adventures for the weekend.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for defrauding FTX users and investors
A Manhattan district judge today sentenced FTX Trading Ltd. founder Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for fraud. The ruling comes about five months after a jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of all seven counts that prosecutors had brought against him.
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Science Alert ☛ Shock Discovery: Huge Carbon Credit Project in Australia Turns Out to Be a Sham
"It's a catastrophe."
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Barry Kauler ☛ Considering heim joints for wheel knuckles
Yesterday I considered ball joints on the wheel knuckles:
https://bkhome.org/news/202403/considering-ball-joints-for-wheel-knuckles.html
At the workshop today, I constructed another design, using two heim joints top and bottom: [...]
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The Straits Times ☛ China’s BYD pulls ahead of Tesla in Indonesia’s EV market
Competitive pricing and tax waivers have secured the Chinese carmaker's footing in the South-east Asian nation.
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RFA ☛ Rising theft of cables and bolts along the Laos-China railway
Police arrested 71 people last year for stealing the equipment – probably to raise cash.
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The Straits Times ☛ WTO: China initiates dispute over US tax credits for EVs, renewables
BERLIN - China has initiated dispute consultations with the United States regarding tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act to promote the production of electric vehicles and renewable energy, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday.
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Wildlife/Nature
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YLE ☛ Finland's 'most-hated dog owner' slapped with fines
David Lopez and his Nordic wolfdog Nala came to public attention last spring after reports that Lopez allowed the dog to roam unleashed around Tampere's forested Kauppi district.
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Finance
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Federal News Network ☛ How to make sure you outlive your investments after you retire
No one avoids death and taxes. But you can make sure an element that is crucial to a comfortable retirement lasts the rest of your life.
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WhichUK ☛ Water bill price hikes: how to save money
Average water bills rise by 6% in England and Wales. Read on to see how you can keep costs down
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YLE ☛ Industrial Union to continue political strikes
As the union announced that work stoppages would enter a fourth week, it urged the government to join further negotiations.
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Federal News Network ☛ Planning on retirement? Beware of killer inflation
TSP is the one element in the TSP-FERS annuity-Social Security trio that is not fixed, or at least not tied to nominal inflation adjustments.
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Mexico News Daily ☛ Finance Ministry makes forecasts for Mexico’s economy in 2024-25
The government has issued predictions on GDP growth, inflation, the USD:MXN exchange rate and oil production for 2024-25 in Mexico.
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Reason ☛ Report: Trump's Proposed Tariff Would Cost Families $1,500 Annually
A 10 percent tariff on all imports would trigger more inflation at the grocery store, particularly for products such as fresh fruit and coffee.
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Reason ☛ Most Americans Aren't Buying Biden's Misleading Narrative That the Economy Is Getting Better
The question of how best to measure inflation has no single and straightforward answer, but most people know that the president's economic claims aren't true.
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YLE ☛ Political strikes throttling the Finnish textile and fashion sector
Two-thirds of companies in the textile and fashion sector say that the strike has negatively affected their operations.
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The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia defers roll-out of luxury tax
The high-value goods tax was initially scheduled to be implemented on May 1.
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RFA ☛ China’s Pooh-tin meets US execs as Beijing aims to woo, reignite investor interest
The meeting’s effectiveness lies in whether business leaders could tell Pooh-tin directly what is needed, says expert.
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RFA ☛ Chinese cities ban burning of 'ghost money' ahead of grave festival
The move sparks a public outcry after officials say paper offerings for the dead are 'feudal superstition.'
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New York Times ☛ Bidenomics Is Making China Angry. That’s OK.
Trump talked tough, but Biden is wielding a big stick.
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WhichUK ☛ Kitchen costs soar by 22% in 4 years
The pandemic, labour shortages and supply-chain disruption have all contributed to inflation-busting price hikes
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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FAIR ☛ In Unhiring Ronna McDaniel, NBC Made the Right Move for the Wrong Reason
NBC created a stir when it announced on Friday that it had hired former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel to be a paid on-air contributor. After three days of vocal pushback from star employees across the company’s outlets, the company heeded the criticism and let McDaniel go. While it’s a positive course correction, the tale as a whole is an inauspicious sign for how corporate media will deal with Donald Trump as the pivotal 2024 presidential election nears.
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Craig Murray ☛ Injured
My run of bad luck with health continues. A week ago I fell, dislocated my shoulder and damaged my knee. I am very strapped up and won’t have the use of my right arm and hand for a minimum of another week. Am working on a post by auto dictation but it’s not easy.
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Craig Murray ☛ The Assange Hearing Permission Appeal Judgment: Mad and Bad.
The latest judgment by the High Court In the Assange case achieved completely the objectives Of the UK and US states. Above all, Julian remains in the hell which is Belmarsh maximum security prison. He is now safely there alone and incommunicado, from the authorities’ point of view, for at least several more months.
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Pro Publica ☛ Louisiana’s Plan to Imprison People Longer Imperils Sickest Inmates
Janice Parker walked into the medical ward at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola several years back, looking for her son, Kentrell Parker.
He should have been easy to find. The 45-year-old New Orleans native had been bedridden since an injury in a prison football game left him paralyzed from the neck down more than a decade earlier. His bed was usually positioned near a window by the nurses’ station.
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JURIST ☛ Fiji ex-PM avoids jail in sentencing hearing following guilty verdict
Fiji’s former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Thursday was granted “absolute discharge” by the Magistrates Court, after previously being handed a guilty verdict by the country’s High Court for “perverting the course of justice.”
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New York Times ☛ What to Know About South Korea’s 2024 Parliament Election
Results for the Assembly-controlling opposition party are likely to be a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s two years in office.
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RFA ☛ Did South Korean medical group parrot Kim Jong Un’s remarks?
Verdict: False
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Techdirt ☛ California State Senator Pushes Bill To Remove Anonymity From Anyone Who Is Influential Online
What the fuck is wrong with state lawmakers?
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Techdirt ☛ PA State Senator Piles Into The Chemtrail Ban Clown Car, Announces Dumbass Bill Of His Own
Earlier this week, we covered a truly insane and insane bill being pushed by the Tennessee State Senate that vowed to ban something that actually isn’t happening and, indeed, has never happened.
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YLE ☛ Niinistö: Little chance of Finland changing refugee conventions
The government's proposed Border Procedures Act would allow authorities to quickly deport people if they are found to have no grounds for seeking asylum.
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France24 ☛ Provisional results confirm large win for Senegal’s Faye in presidential vote
Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday.
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France24 ☛ France will help Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, Macron says
President Emmanuel Macron and counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday celebrated the launch of Brazil's third French-designed submarine, which will help secure the country's immense coastline, dubbed the "Blue Amazon."
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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University of Michigan ☛ RIP the internet, we hardly knew thee
It’s impossible to navigate the internet today in any capacity without encountering bots, yet in recent months (particularly on X), there has been an observable phenomenon of bot-generated content posts, which might neglect to link the video they refer to, write in obviously generated sentences or use artificially generated images of things which don’t exist [...]
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Techdirt ☛ The Murthy Arguments Went So Poorly For The States That The FBI Feels Comfortable Talking To Social Media Companies Again
How badly did the arguments in the Murthy v. Missouri case go for the states last week? So badly that the FBI has already re-established communications with social media companies that had stopped in light of the earlier rulings in that case.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Pro-gov’t lawmaker Paul Tse deactivates own Facebook (Farcebook) page to review ‘sensitive’ posts
A Hong Kong pro-establishment lawmaker who came in for criticism from the city’s leader has deactivated his Facebook (Farcebook) page to review its content and delete “sensitive posts,” days after the new domestic security law came into force.
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Press Gazette ☛ Journalists strike over pay at Scottish broadcaster STV
STV called the NUJ's pay request "unrealistic and unaffordable".
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Press Gazette ☛ Video brand TLDR finds way to make money providing news for the young [Ed: Junk food of "news"]
TLDR News is a profitable, Youtube-native publisher staffed mostly by twenty-somethings.
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Press Gazette ☛ Podcast 68: How to make news pay on Youtube with TLDR News
Bron Maher talks to Youtube publisher TLDR.
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Civil Rights/Policing
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France24 ☛ UN top court orders Israel to take action to address Gaza famine
Judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the Palestinian population in Gaza. The move came amid reports of close combat around Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, where the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they attacked Israeli soldiers and tanks with rockets and mortar fire. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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APNIC ☛ DNS topics at IETF 119
Current and competing work items in DNS at the IETF.
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APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: IPv6, IXP, Data centre — Policy and Regulation International Trends Forum, Mongolia
Che-Hoo Cheng presented on peering and connectivity at the Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia's IPv6, IXP, Data centre - Policy and Regulation International Trends Forum held on 7 March 2024 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Trademarks
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TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: Is OTTO'S for Soda Pops Confusable With OTTO'S OATMEAL STOUT for Beer?
The USPTO refused to register the mark OTTO'S for "soda pops," finding confusion likely with the registered mark OTTO’S OATMEAL STOUT for “beer” [OATMEAL STOUT disclaimed]. Applicant C&D Brewing argued that the marks differ in sound, appearance, and connotation, and C&D pointed to "83 pairs of registrations that contain identical or nearly identical marks where one in the pair is registered for beer and the other for soda pop/soft drinks (from distinct owners)." How do you think this appeal came out? In re C&D Brewing Ventures, Inc., Serial No. 88935220 (March 26, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Wendy B. Cohen).
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Copyrights
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Techdirt ☛ Site That Listed Information About 3rd Party Pokémon Fan-Games Shuts Down Under Threat
The battle The Pokémon Co. decided to wage against its own best fans in the form of DMCA takedowns on video game mods and fan-created content has now escalated into a full-blown war. This has all the hallmarks of Nintendo’s anti-emulation war from a few years ago, except this probably makes even less sense than did that whole thing. As of late, The Pokémon Co. has been on a DMCA blitz for all kinds of content, including mere video content from nearly a decade ago showing mods injecting Pokémon content into 3rd party games. If you’re wondering why the company is bothering with any of this, given the prevalence of these sorts of mods for all kinds of content out there, well, welcome to the damned club.
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Digital Music News ☛ Travis Scott Scores Legal Victory Over Sony Music Partner Ceremony of Roses — But a Torrent of Lawsuits Lie Ahead
Travis Scott has scored a legal victory in another Astroworld lawsuit brought forth by Sony Music partner Ceremony of Roses. Here’s the latest. Ceremony of Roses (CoR) was contracted to provide various attractions and carnival games during the Astroworld festival.
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Technology and Free Software
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An offline city database
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An offline city database
Somehow March is already drawing to a close, and I'm scrambling to handle all the things I have obligated myself to handle this month, one of which is my submission for the inaugural OFFLFIRSOCH. To this end I've just pushed to a public repo[1] the rough first implementation of my very imaginatively tool, `city`. Hey, after ROOPHLOCH and OFFLFIRSOCH plus VF-1 and AV-98, I am entitled to one exceptionally mundane project name, okay? I had hoped to have this a little more polished by now, but the essential functionality is already there. It'll likely be "done" in the space of a week or so.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.