kyivindependent.com writes that russian state duma passed a bill to create a state messaging app as it considers to block whatsapp.
@bender@twtxt.net @aelaraji@aelaraji.com Sorry this was my fault 🤦 For whatever reason my pod had never seen that particular Twt from @movq@www.uninformativ.de – And… There’s a bit of a “behavioral” problem with the Trusted Peers functionality that means operators have to periodically re-trust peers manually 😭 Need to rework this 🤞
@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz awwww, wish I could help you with that! Is there anything people could do to help you manage it?
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@bender@twtxt.net i’ve been trying to lock in!! it’s so hard but i really gotta relearn how to focus and just zero-in on what i need to do. ADHD kicking my ass but i’m fighting it!!
@movq@www.uninformativ.de That’s cool! I think I never ran across a moorhen in the wild. Nor such a goose, just the “normal” ones. I should maybe try to sit on a watch to shoot some birds. With my cam, not a rifle of course. :-)
() @aelaraji@aelaraji.com I am missing the root for this twtxt. What was it? Hmm, referring to https://twtxt.net/twt/g5sjnlq.
Raducanu sees off Bucsa ‘in style’ to win Queen’s opener
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Passing of Jean-Raymond Abrial
Jean-Raymond Abrial, father (in particular!) of the Z notation, but also of the B method, and then Event-B, passed away on May 26. I was surprised to see that this piece of news, which may be of some interest to formal method folks, doesn’t seem to be very well known (there’s not much material on the web).
Here are some links (on LinkedIn, sorry):
[by Bertrand Meyer](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bertrandmeyer_i-am-saddened-to-report-from-todays-print-activity-7335684948974034944-SJf1? … ⌘ Read more
**PM denies bowing to political pressure over winter fuel **
Sir Keir Starmer says his decision to give more pensioners the payment was the result of an improving economy. ⌘ Read more
[$] Improving iov_iter
The iov_iter interface is used to
describe and iterate through buffers in the kernel. David Howells led a combined storage and
filesystem session at
the 2025 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF) to discuss ways
to improve iov_iter. His topic\
proposal listed a few different ideas including replacing some
iov_iter types and possibly allowing mixed types in chains of … ⌘ Read more
Sizewell C pledged to lower bills but will take at least 10 years
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**Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning if they disagree over Gaza **
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de you have no idea what a soul sucking, heartbreaking SOB 2025 turned out to be. I wish you the best of luck with whatever annoyances life might have thrown your way. Power to you, my friend.
[$] An end to uniprocessor configurations
The Linux kernel famously scales from the smallest of systems to massive
servers with thousands of CPUs. It was not always that way, though; the
initial version of the kernel could only manage a single processor. That
limitation was lifted, obviously, but single-processor machines have always
been treated specially in the scheduler. That longstanding situation may
soon come to an end, though, if this patch\
series from Ingo M … ⌘ Read more
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NT police boss faces political questioning over Kumanjayi White death probe
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Marines to arrive in LA as ABC camera operator hit by less lethal round during protests
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Miliband defends winter fuel payment U-turn
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South Korea’s new president vows to ‘restore democracy’
Reuters Editorial Staff, - Reuters
_Stephan: I am leading today’s SR with this story because it represents exactly how the population of a country can end a fascist authoritarian coup. First, millions go into the streets for nonviolent demonstrations, then citizens overwhelmingly vote for democracy. As Trump tries to stir up violence in the Los Angeles demonstrations so he can claim it is an insurrection and susp … ⌘ Read more
Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear
Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: What is see in Trump is a bully in a panic. He wants to create misdirection so the media stops covering his bully-off with Elon Musk, and the nasty oligarch benefit bill his morally spineless Republican vassals in Congress are trying to pass. Like all cowardly bullies, his solution is to over … ⌘ Read more
Here’s all the new features coming to your Apple device
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Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
Jeremy Kohler, Contributing Writer - ProPublica
_Stephan: The Republican Party at both the state and federal level has been completely taken over by fascists. It is a fascist anti-democratic party that cares nothing for the voters they are supposed to serve, but which they seek to dominate. Nowhere is this made clearer than in Republican cont … ⌘ Read more
M&S restarts online orders after cyber attack
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Looser gun laws tied to thousands more US child shooting deaths
Issam Ahmed, Staff Writer - Agence France-Presse / Raw Story
Stephan: The failure of the Democrats and Republicans, and the corrupt Supreme Court MAGAt majority to deal with gun violence in the United States has made death by gunfire the leading cause of nonmedical death. The Trump coup fascists have even gone so far as to legalize functional machine guns in civilian hands.
 vulnerability could be the golden ticket to a full Account Takeover (ATO)? No…
[Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »](https://infosecwriteups … ⌘ Read more
Crafting Standalone Python Proof of Concept Exploits
Creating standalone proof of concept exploits implementing a zero-to-hero method, requiring a single action to run.
[Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »](https://infosecwriteups.com/craf … ⌘ Read more
Breaking: Rockliff set to visit governor to ask for Tasmanian election
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Irukandji jellyfish sting two swimmers in a day in northern WA
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We weren’t close as kids but ended up with matching sibling tattoos
Last year, my brother Asitha and I got matching tattoos to remember our dad. I couldn’t have predicted this barfy bonding moment because we weren’t close growing up. ⌘ Read more
Ex-military officers raise concerns about ‘combat unit’ marines sent to LA
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F1’s new era to begin at Australian Grand Prix with first race of 2026
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Couple stranded in blizzard rescued in 20-hour operation
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Ketamine swapped for salt as smugglers exploit Europe loophole in booming market
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Israel to deport Gaza activists including Greta Thunberg
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This filmmaker couldn’t say he was coming to Sydney until he was on the plane
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Australian costume designer Marg Horwell on her ‘surreal’ Tony Award win
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Radxa UFS/eMMC Module Reader and Storage Solution Enables Fast Flashing and Scalable Embedded Storage
Radxa’s UFS/eMMC Module Reader is a compact USB 3.0 adapter for flashing OS images, accessing firmware, and transferring large files. It supports both eMMC v5.0 and UFS 2.1 modules with speeds up to 5 Gbps The adapter is compatible with eMMC and UFS modules from Radxa, and also works with modules from platforms like PINE64 and […] ⌘ Read more
Peak Jewish group calls Islamic preacher’s speech ‘dangerous’ in court
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Sanjeev Gupta’s ‘rapidly collapsing house of cards’ across Australia
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watchOS 26 Features New Gesture to Dismiss Notifications
Apple in watchOS 26 has added a new one-handed wrist-flick gesture to easily dismiss notifications, but the gesture only works on newer Apple Watch models.
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Man missing at Cradle Mountain since Sunday
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What the Socceroos need to qualify for the World Cup
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Tasmanian speaker delivers parting shot at own party as she calls it quits
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Illicit tobacco crop worth $4.4m discovered near Shepparton after tip-off
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iFLYTEK Wins CNCF End User Case Study Contest for Scalable AI Infrastructure Breakthroughs with Volcano
Company to present large-scale Kubernetes model training success at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 Hong Kong, China — 10 June 2025 — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software,… ⌘ Read more
CNCF Kubestronaut Program Momentum Highlights Asia’s Role in Growing Cloud Native Talent
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Why this top AFL selection feels for his fellow number one draftees
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Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says
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Man charged with attempted murder after alleged stabbing
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Fertility group incorrectly transfers wrong embryo for second time
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been a while! i’ve been using my laptop more to kind of change my workflow, but without my browser bookmarks to remind me to check some sites, i’ve forgotten to check yarnverse! forgive me friends T_T
Boy with disabilities put in house akin to ‘correctional facility’, whistleblower says
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Out of despair come $1m: Lost Rodin ‘copy’ turns out to be authentic
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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter May 2025
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of May 2025.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Int … ⌘ Read more
Live: Erin Patterson returns to give more evidence in triple-murder trial
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GitOps in 2025: From Old-School Updates to the Modern Way
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West Australian fire volunteer’s decades of service honoured
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‘Bellamy’s daring Wales unafraid to lose in pursuit of glory’
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