On my blog: Copyright Thoughts https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/18/copyright-thoughts.html #copyright #freeculture #rant
Ten Cities That Promote a Long Life: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth
Steve Calechman, - Super Age
_Stephan: Here is a very interesting list of the top ten cities in the world where people live longer, have better wellbeing, and are happier than any other cities in the world. The first thing you should notice is that, except for Boulder, Colorado, none of these cities are in the United States. Why do you think that is, since we ar … ⌘ Read more
Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment
NIH/Office of the Director, - Science News
_Stephan: Here is a first report on what I think is going to become a major good news trend. I was first introduced to genetic manipulation before it actually existed by remote viewers who, when I asked them about healthcare in the future, told me that many traditional dis … ⌘ Read more
NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?
Patrick Pester , Trending News Writer - Live Science
_Stephan: I chose this for two reasons. First, I saw a misinformation report in a conspiracy group social media saying it showed climate change wasn’t real. Second, because it shows that climate change is more complicated than is generally understood. We are going … ⌘ Read more
DeSantis makes Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water
, - Associated Press | Daily Kos
Stephan: Have you noticed that Red states seem to be becoming increasingly anti-science and going backwards to a lower quality of life, to the detriment of the wellbeing of the people in those states who elected the Republicans who shape their lives? Here is an example of this.
_Stephan: Does it strike you as strange that while masked ICE and Homeland Security agents are pulling non-White immigrants from their homes, out of their cars, and off the streets, White immigrants from South Africa are being welcomed into the United States? Did you know that Elon Musk is a Whit … ⌘ Read more
Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump’s deportation plan
Travis Loller, Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: Just as Hitler began incorporating local police into his Gestapo actions, so aspiring dictator Trump, is beginning to use local state troopers and police to work with his ICE and Homeland Security thugs. Every day, as I begin looking for the trends shaping America, I am struck by how clo … ⌘ Read more
Federal Funds for Rural Health Care Are on the Chopping Block—Here’s What That Could Mean
Rita Rubin, Staff Writer - Journal of the American Medical Association
_Stephan: When I look at the healthcare trends that are shaping America’s future what really stands out for me is the the MAGAt Red state rural voters who overwhelmingly voted for aspiring dictator Trump, did not really seem to understand that Trump cares nothing for the peas … ⌘ Read more
Éoliennes Orsted vs. Tractor Supply : subventions à pertes vs. profits sans subventions
Un article de Henry Bonner L’action d’Orsted, le groupe d’éoliennes sous contrôle du gouvernement danois, baisse depuis 5 ans à la Bourse. Dernièrement, l’annonce de l’abandon d’un projet d’éoliennes à proximité de Grande-Bretagne montre l’ampleur des déceptions dans le secteur. En pratique, les projets dépendent d’aides et directives de la part des gouvernement … ⌘ Read more
The 10 Biggest Celebrity Death Hoaxes Ever
Did you hear about that celebrity who just died? No, not that one… the other one! You know the guy. He was in that thing, with that other guy. And then he was on that TV show, with those two women. Come on, what’s his name?! You remember him, don’t ya? Don’t worry if you’re […]
The post The 10 Biggest Celebrity Death Hoaxes Ever appeared first on [Listverse](https://l … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: CarPlay Ultra Debuts, iOS 18.5 Released, and More
Apple surprised us this week with the official launch of its more advanced “CarPlay Ultra” feature to provide greatly expanded functionality in cars, while the company also released iOS 18.5 and related operating system updates.
This week also saw Apple’s annual announcement of upcoming accessibility features for its products while we looked ahead to wha … ⌘ Read more
Get Network Utility for MacOS Sequoia with Neo Network Utility
Remember Network Utility, the handy tool for Mac that was bundled with the operating system since the origins of Mac OS X? With Network Utility, you had an easy graphical interface to commonly used network tools like ping, netstat, nslookup, traceroute, finger, port scanning, and whois. But for reasons unknown, Apple removed Network Utility from … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/16/get-network-utilit … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 05/12 to 05/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/16/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Once again, we had some very beautiful colors this evening: https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2025-05-16/
Cloud Native Bangkok launched as the official chapter for Thailand
We’re happy to announce that, following the growing interest in and adoption of Cloud Native technologies in Thailand, an official chapter was just launched within the CNCF platform: Cloud Native Bangkok. Local enthusiasts from various companies… ⌘ Read more
DHS requests 20,000 National Guard troops to help with mass deportations
Ellen Mitchell, Senior Defense Reporter - The Hill
_Stephan: I have been waiting for this development in the Trump MAGAt coup, and now it is openly here. Trump is trying to create a militarized Gestapo so that civil resistance ostensibly about immigrants, just as Hitler made it about Jews, can use the military to eliminate people who oppose him. That’s why Hegseth has been firin … ⌘ Read more
We Study Fascism. And We’re Leaving the US.
Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, Reporters - Reader Supported News | The New York Times
_Stephan: Three professors, leading scholars of fascism and how democracies succumb to authoritarianism, have resigned their prestigious positions at Yale and are moving to Canada and accepting positions at the University of Toronto. Once again this is what you saw in Germany as the Nazis took over the democracy and turned it into a fas … ⌘ Read more
Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
arah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker, - Med Page Today | Kaiser Family Foundation
_Stephan: I live on a rural island, and depend on telehealth sessions with doctors, because if telehealth ends, as the Republicans are trying to do, a 15-minute call would become a daylong trip to the mainland. Sadly, even worse plans to extend internet access have not proceeded under Trump and th … ⌘ Read more
Even Once Reluctant Scholars Now Agree on Israel’s Gaza Assault: It’s a Genocide
Julia Conley, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: I have been telling you for months now that, in my view, what has been happening in Gaza is an Israeli-created genocide with the purpose of either killing Palestinians, or forcing them to leave Gaza so that Israel can take it over Gaza and, with the help of the Trump family, turn the area into a Israeli profit-ma … ⌘ Read more
In Memoriam: John L. Young (EFF)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted a somewhat belated memorial\
for John Young, the founder of Cryptome.
John was one of the early, under-recognized heroes of the digital
age. He not only saw the promise of digital technology to help
democratize access to information, he brought that idea into being
and nurtured it for many years. We will miss him and his
unswerving commitment to the public’s r … ⌘ Read more
Nicolas, 35 ans, clashe du boomer
Un article à 4 mains écrit par h16 & Citronne Ah, voilà que se présente un week-end agréable pour Nicolas, 35 ans, marié et deux enfants (de 8 et 5 ans) : ses parents viennent lui rendre visite dans la maison nouvellement acquise ! C’est un samedi matin qui s’annonce guilleret mais alors que Nicolas est en […] ⌘ Read more
10 Horror Films That Failed to Launch Their Franchise
Horror, more than any other cinematic genre, is obsessed with franchise building, owing to the low-cost, high-reward potential. But movie making is big business, and financiers and studios are not afraid to pull the plug if they don’t see a big payday ahead, no matter the project. These movies were set up for sequels and […]
The post [10 Horror Films That Failed to Launch Their Franchise](https://listverse.com/2025/05/16/10- … ⌘ Read more
Am Sonnabend ist es wieder so weit: ESC 20235. Gestern wurde die zweite Hälfte der Kandidaten für das Finale bestimmt. https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025/grand-final
Mir gefällt, dass viele Lieder in Landessprache vorgetragen werden. Meine Favoriten sind:
- 🇮🇹 Italien
- 🇱🇻 Lettland
- 🇱🇹 Litauen
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
🇩🇪 Deutschland hat mich stimmlich leider nicht überzeugt, auch wenn die Musik einen mitnehmen kann - aber für die kann ich ja eh nicht abstimmen.
Apple Again Named the World’s Most Valuable Brand
Apple has been named the most valuable global brand for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2025 edition of Kantar’s BrandZ report, with its brand now valued at $1.29 trillion — a year-over-year increase of 28%.
The latest Kantar BrandZ Global Top 100 ranking … ⌘ Read more
2025 年了，npm 與 pnpm 我們該如何選擇
在前端開發的工具鏈中，包管理器是極爲關鍵的一環，它就像一位高效的管家，幫助開發者管理項目中的各種依賴包。npm（Node Package Manager）作爲 Node.js 生態系統中最老牌、最廣泛使用的包管理器，已經成爲衆多開發者的首選。然而，隨着項目規模的擴大和依賴管理複雜度的增加，新的包管理器應運而生，pnpm（performant npm）便是其中的佼佼者。它以高效、節省空間等特性逐漸嶄 ⌘ Read more
Docker at Microsoft Build 2025: Where Secure Software Meets Intelligent Innovation
This year at Microsoft Build, Docker will blend developer experience, security, and AI innovation with our latest product announcements. Whether you attend in person at the Seattle Convention Center or tune in online, you’ll see how Docker is redefining the way teams build, secure, and scale modern applications. Docker’s Vision for Developers At Microsoft Build… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Descent, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/15/descent-1.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Touch Bar Not Working After MacOS Update? Troubleshooting Black Touch Bar on MacBook Pro
A fair number of MacBook Pro users with Touch Bar equipped Macs have discovered the Touch Bar stops working or goes black after installing a MacOS update. Given that the Touch Bar serves as Function keys, F1, F2, F3 etc keys, as well as toggles for adjusting brightness, system audio, and accessing many MacOS and … Read More ⌘ Read more
Apple Stops Signing iPadOS 17.7.7 After Reports of App Login Issues
Apple has stopped signing the iPadOS 17.7.7 update that was released earlier this week for devices unable to run versions of iPadOS 18, meaning that users will not be able to install the update even if they see it available in Software Update. Affected devices include the sixth-generation iPad, the 10.5-inch [iPad Pro](https://www.macrumors … ⌘ Read more
Rust 1.87.0 released
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1.0 release
of the Rust language,
version\
1.87.0 was announced live today at the 10 Years of Rust
celebration in Utrecht, Netherlands. Notable changes
include the addition of anonymous pipes to the standard library and
the ability for inline assembly ( asm!) to jump to labeled
blocks within Rust code. ⌘ Read more
[$] A new DMA-mapping API
Leon Romanovsky began his session at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF) by explaining that the improved DMA-mapping API that he has been
working on is a group effort. He, Chaitanya Kulkarni, Christoph Hellwig,
Jason Gunthorpe, and others are proposing to modernize the API and to
“make it more suitable for current kernels”. He told the assembled
storage and filesystem developers that the progress on the proposal has
stalled, but that it was the basis for further … ⌘ Read more
Grok’s “daddy” teaching it the good stuff early on:
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has been repeatedly mentioning “white genocide” in South Africa in its responses to unrelated topics and telling users it was “instructed by my creators” to accept the genocide “as real and racially motivated”.
Get the iPad Mini 7 for $399.99 at Amazon This Week ($99 Off)
Amazon this week is providing record low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.99 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. Colors on sale at this price include Purple, Space Gray, and Blue.
. The M4 MacBook Air features an M4 chip with Apple Intelligence support, LCD display in 13″ … Read More ⌘ Read more
Huge System Data Filling Storage on Your Mac? 7 Possible Fixes
Many Mac users are reporting that “System Data” is taking up huge amounts of disk storage capacity on their Macs. While this issue is reported more commonly with MacOS Sequoia, some users find the bloated System Data storage on older versions of MacOS as well. In many cases, the “System Data” in MacOS is taking … Read More ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: April 2025
In April, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
The post GitHub Availability Report: April 2025 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Podman 5.5.0 released
Version\
5.5.0 of the Podman container-management tool has been
released. Notable features include the addition of a podman machine cp command to copy files into a running Podman\
VM, a podman artifact extract command to copy
contents of an OCI\
artifact to disk, and a --mount=artifa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1021217/)
Introducing k0rdent v0.3.0: Smarter observability, smoother operations
In my previous blog I wrote a detailed version describing how k0rdent eases platform engineering at scale. For those of you who are unaware, k0rdent is a Kubernetes-native distributed container management environment (DCME) designed to help… ⌘ Read more
Apple Music Gets New Transfer Tool to Make Switching From Spotify Easier
Apple this week introduced a new feature designed to allow prospective Apple Music users to import their saved music and playlists from third-party music services to Apple Music.
The feature is either in an expanded testing phase or it has started rolling out, and it is available in Australia and New Zealand acco … ⌘ Read more
Announcing Kyverno Release 1.14!
TL;DR We are excited to announce the release of Kyverno 1.14.0, marking a significant milestone in our journey to make policy management in Kubernetes more modular, streamlined, and powerful. This release introduces two new policy types… ⌘ Read more
RIP GitHub https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-08-updated-rate-limits-for-unauthenticated-requests/
Good thing I left long ago.
On my blog: Firefox’s Local Storage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/14/firefox-local-storage.html #programming #techtips
visionOS 3 Will Let Apple Vision Pro Users Scroll With Their Eyes
Apple Vision Pro users could soon be able to scroll through content with their eyes, according to Bloomberg. Apple is working on a visionOS 3 feature that would eliminate the need for hand gestures when browsing websites, reading, and more.
_Stephan: In my view, the Chinese have played Donald Trump like a flute in the trade war crisis he created. I don’t know why corporate media hardly mentions that Trump has gone bankrupt six times; he couldn’t even make a success of a gambling casino. He is a terrible businessman. What he does understand is how to manipulate American media with big … ⌘ Read more
Crossing the U.S. Border? Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Nikita Mazurov , - The Intercept
_Stephan: I live up near the Canadian border and a lot of people I know go back and forth between the U.S. and Canada, and a number own properties in Canada. Today I got a very disturbing email from a reader who had been up in Canada and drove back down with a Canadian friend who has family in Burlington. When they got to the border, the border guards, who were very confrontatio … ⌘ Read more
10 Human Inventions That Are Rewriting the Future
Watching the local news in most parts of the world might lead one to believe that we’re completely surrounded by disaster, conflict, and societal decline. Bad news dominates the headlines because it demands our attention. However, it rarely tells us the full story of what’s happening across the planet. Behind the scenes, countless scientists, engineers, […]
The post [10 Human Inventions That Are Rewriting the Future](https://listver … ⌘ Read more
En France, les prisons sont solubles dans la politique
La prison, vraiment, c’est trop pénible ! Et puis, en France, les prisons sont trop pleines, comme une boîte qui déborde. Alors un gentil rapport explique que pour faire de la place, on devrait laisser sortir un peu plus tôt certains détenus, sauf bien sûr les méchants qui ont fait des choses très très graves. Et […] ⌘ Read more
Top 8 Best Vulnerability Scanning Tools (2025 Guide) ⌘ Read more
20th Anniversary iPhone’s Display May Have No Visible Frame or Bezels
Apple is reportedly considering a radical redesign for the 20th anniversary iPhone that could feature a completely bezel-less display that curves around all four edges of the device, claims a new report out of Korea.
ETNews writes that Apple is aiming to use “four-edge bending” display t … ⌘ Read more
[$] A look at what’s possible with BPF arenas
BPF arenas are areas of memory where the verifier can safely relax its checking of
pointers, allowing programmers to write arbitrary data structures in BPF. Emil
Tsalapatis reported on how his team has used arenas in writing
sched_ext schedulers at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management, and BPF Summit. His biggest complaint was about the fact that
kernel pointers can’t be stored in BPF arenas — someth … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sonoma 14.7.6 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 Updates Released
macOS Sonoma 14.7.6 and MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 have been released by Apple for Mac users who are not running the MacOS Sequoia operating system. These updates focus exclusively on security updates, with no other changes or features. The release of MacOS 14.7.6 and 13.7.6 comes alongside the MacOS Sequoia 15.5 update that was simultaneously released. … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/13/macos-sonoma-14-7-6 … ⌘ Read more
How to install and run Minikube with Rootless Podman on ARM-based MacBooks
minikube provides a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube’s primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit into that environment…. ⌘ Read more
PayPal Brings Contactless Payments to German iPhones Under New EU Rules
Earlier this month, PayPal said that it would debut contactless iPhone payments in Germany, and German iPhone users now appear to be able to use the feature. According to German site _[iPhone Ticker](https://www.iphone-ticker.de/kontaktlos-zahlen-mit-paypal-nfc-funktion-erreicht-erste-nutzer-in-deutschland- … ⌘ Read more
Scientists Just Found Who’s Causing Global Warming
Joe Wilkins, Staff Writer - Futurism
_Stephan: The oligarchs who bought Trump his presidency by misinforming and confusing a majority of American voters are also the same people, as this article reports, who are also destroying the wellbeing of Earth. To quote them, “A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the richest 10 percent of … ⌘ Read more