Why is There a Question Mark Icon in the Dock on Mac?
You may occasionally find a situation where a question mark icon appears in the Mac Dock, sometimes it’s even several question mark icons. If you click on the question mark icon in the Dock, nothing happens. What is the question mark? Why is there a question mark icon in the Dock? How do you remove … Read More ⌘ Read more
Beta 2 of iOS 18.3, MacOS Sequoia 15.3, iPadOS 18.3, Available for Beta Testers
The second beta versions of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and MacOS Sequoia 15.3, are now available for users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. There are also second beta versions of watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3 and visionOS 2.3, if you’re a developer testing software for those devices and operating systems. While … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/ … ⌘ Read more
Dragonfly v2.2.0 has been released
Dragonfly v2.2.0 is released! 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks the contributors who made this release happend and welcome you to visit d7y.io website. Features Client written in Rust The client is written in Rust, offering advantages such as ensuring… ⌘ Read more
Docsy 2024 review: adoptions and enhancements
By Patrice Chalin (CNCF), for the Docsy Steering Committee As we reflect on 2024, it’s exciting to see steady progress toward the goals outlined in our 2024 priorities. This year, we focused on enhancing stability, improving internationalization, and delivering long-anticipated… ⌘ Read more
Social media is in a worrying state. TikTok in the hands of autocratic China, X (formerly Twitter) in the hands of Elon Musk, who gets crazier every day and hangs out too much with Donald Trump (and recommends a fascist party in Germany), and now Mark Zuckerberg with Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) is also joining the group of friends around Trump and removing fact checks in the name of “free speech”. What could possibly go wrong? ⌘ Read more
New iPhone SE and iPad 11 Launch Timing Allegedly Revealed by Leaker
A new iPhone SE and an iPad 11 might be coming very soon.
In late December, a private account on X with a track record of leaking accurate iOS-related information said devices codenamed “V59” and “J481” will be released alongside iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Bloomberg’s Mark G … ⌘ Read more
Mark Cuban spills about ‘penultimate global power war’ between billionaires
David McAfee, Senior Editor - Raw Story
_Stephan: I confess I had not thought that the struggle amongst the uber-billionaires is actually about which of these men is going to control AI and, thus, have the power to shape human civilization. But I think billionaire Mark Cuban, who knows these people is, upon my doing further research on this issue, probably correct. I don’t … ⌘ Read more
White Bread Out, Salmon In: FDA Releases ‘Healthy’ Food Claim Rule
Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent - MedPage Today
Stephan:
Credit: MedPageTodaySalmon, low-fat yogurt, trail mix, olive oil, and eggs are among the foods that can now be called “healthy” under a [final rule](https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/use-t … ⌘ Read more
Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
Patrick Greenfield, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Creating climate change is just one of the major changes humanity is causing in Earth’s matrix of life. Here’s is somthing you probably have never heard or even thought about. We, as a species, must evolve in our thinking to make fostering the wellbeing of the matrix humanity’s highest priority. A … ⌘ Read more
Why the American dream of owning property is dying
Josh Kirby, Senior Money Writer - The Telegraph (U.K.)
_Stephan: Like virtually everyone I knew buying a first home for my wife and myself was a prime objective. It was 1969, I was 27, and the managing editor of Seapower Magazine. My wife didn’t work and was in the 7th month of her pregnancy. We bought the house in Chevy Chase, Maryland just past the border with D.C. for $68,000. It was not a large house, but on a nice … ⌘ Read more
10 Anomalous Fossil Finds That Stumped Scientists
Fossils serve as time capsules, offering glimpses into the ancient past and helping scientists reconstruct the evolutionary story of life on Earth. Most fossils fit neatly into our understanding of biology and history, but every so often, a discovery emerges that doesn’t align with established theories. These anomalies spark debate, challenge long-held beliefs, and sometimes […]
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10 Amusing Tales of Lost and Stolen Celebrity Items
Many good things come with fame, but it is not without its downsides. Many people lose the respect that they would normally have for another person’s privacy, personal space, and possessions if that person is a celebrity. When famous people’s belongings fall into the hands of others by theft or accident, the chances of finding […]
The post [10 Amusing Tales of Lost and Stolen Celebrity Items](https://listverse.com/2025/01/07/10-am … ⌘ Read more
Apple Stepping Up Plans to Expand News App to More Countries
Apple plans to scale up its News app by adding new countries to the platform beyond the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, according to the Financial Times.
The plans reportedly include building its locally focused news coverage in the UK, as well as bringing its puzzles section to the coun … ⌘ Read more
What’s new at CES
Tech expert Trevor Long takes a look ay what’s new for 2025 at CES Las Vegas. ⌘ Read more
“2025” doesn’t look right. That looks like a date which is absurdly far into the future. Like 2199 or something.
iOS 18.2.1 Released for iPhone & iPad with Bug Fixes
Apple has released iOS 18.2.1 for iPhone users, and iPadOS 18.2.1 for iPad users. The new software updates are said to include important bug fixes, and are therefore recommended for all users to install. No published security updates are included in the release, and it’s not entirely sure what the specific bug fixes are either. … Read More ⌘ Read more
Synthesizing Music from JSON
tl;dr: pl_synth is a tiny music synthesizer for C & JS and an editor (“tracker”) to create instruments and arrangements.
You can try it out at [phoboslab.org/synth/](https://phoboslab.org/synth/#eJytk9mNwCAMRBuaD8xhoBaU/tvYGSCH9pKyWpDBNiaYZzJaboYxRgWbRYNhqt2Q6AhBzohSLMEocFjnkkIdHKAtsR8YnHAKTo3+YanBcsGcS8B72287t7e2Ukvl4an4m5227W/t4xCGhbgLixPwqUcdwyPYYG6FahbT3iJaF+TCoVYhTXCRvujScfWLNGUfHDC/dbUJhrIJreUTD2Xn/XXbt8vSKNpPVIrL+9aaywxTKlkH0r0jPgcmkdBAM0puWoLDDQ91vk … ⌘ Read more
Parsing 101 with Fluent Bit
Member post originally published on Chronosphere’s blog by Sharad Regoti Introduction Fluent Bit is a super fast, lightweight, and scalable telemetry data agent and processor for logs, metrics, and traces. With over 15 billion Docker pulls, Fluent… ⌘ Read more
CES 2025 Day 1: Samsung Adds AI to TVs and Companies Get Clever With MagSafe
It’s time for the annual CES event where all kinds of tech products and accessories are being debuted, and we sent MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera to check out what’s new this year. While CES officially begins tomorrow, there are pre-show events like CES Unveiled, plus Samsung shared highlights.
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On my blog: Developer Diary, Epiphany https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/06/epiphany.html #programming #project #devjournal
Fact Check: Melania Trump’s Nude Photos Aired on Russian State TV
Aleksandra Wrona, Staff Writer - Yahoo! News | Snopes
_Stephan: Russian state media a few days after the U.S. election aired soft porn photos of soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump. I am leading with this story today because I think it is telling us something very important about the geopolitical trend showing the decline of the United States. Think about it for a moment. The American people … ⌘ Read more
Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don’t seem to care
Amanda Marcotte, Senior Writer - Salon
_Stephan: A major part of the Great Schism Trend I have been reporting on for years, which both politicians and media largely ignore is politicians not physicians making healthcare laws, and legalizing the government’s – read men’s – control over women’s bodies. Nowhere is that made clearer than in Texas where, as this ar … ⌘ Read more
The Fossil Fuel Industry Spent $219 Million to Elect Trump and Republicans in Congress
Karin Kirk, Staff Writer - Reader Supported News | Yale Climate Connections
_Stephan: The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, as I have told you many times, legalized the renting of politicians like hiring prostitutes. A large percentage of American voters either don’t realize this, or don’t care but it has corrupted American democracy so compl … ⌘ Read more
Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch next week
, - Agence France-Presse (France)
_Stephan: I have been thinking about this report from France for several days. Think about this: Because of the way the Republicans rigged the tax code during the Reagan administration to overwhelmingly favor the rich, we now have two men so wealthy they own and are running their own competitive space programs. Ahh, but you must also remember this. Because of the c … ⌘ Read more
UK : Des milliers de gamines violées, les gauchistes accusent l’extrême-droite
L’année 2025 est encore jeune, mais elle démarre dans l’horreur, celle de la prise de conscience (enfin !) des abominables viols massifs de jeunes filles au Royaume-Uni qui ont lieu depuis plus de trente ans et sur lesquels la presse britannique et occidentale avait consciencieusement choisi de rester fort discrète. Des affaires anciennes Ces affaires ne […] ⌘ Read more
10 Disturbing Superstitions That Killed
Humanity has always had a thing for superstitions—those quirky, often nonsensical beliefs that spice up our lives with a touch of paranoia. They have us knocking on wood when we tempt fate, giving black cats the side-eye, and detouring around ladders like they’re crime scenes. Harmless, right? Not always. While most superstitions are charming little […]
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2025, be good or else.
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@bender@twtxt.net @movq@www.uninformativ.de I appreciate you! and don’t you worry about it, if 2025 doesn’t behave itself we Will make it! 🦾 (now I know the real meaning behind the expression of Making it)
iPhone 17 Design to Feature Smoother Edge-to-Rear Material Transition
The design of this year’s next-generation iPhone 17 will allegedly feature a smoother transition between the edges of the device and the back cover, owing to Apple’s use of a new glass-and-metal splicing material process. That’s according to the Weibo-based leaker Fixed Focus Digital.
In a post on Monday, the Chi … ⌘ Read more
Happy 2025! My first gopher experience.
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 13 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Monday, January 13 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 2 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner73 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis4/JAMTIS5, FCMPs6, and other long-term Monero development issues.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Obser … ⌘ Read more
wishing everyone an awesome 2025! Less go
** Not what I was expecting **
A while ago I was talking with someone about books. I mentioned that I like to read capital R romance novels, and like 19th century literary realism.
This person excitedly recommended Victor LaValle’s The Changeling. Knowing nothing about it, and because I pretty much say“yes” to any book recommendation I get from a real live person that I can find at the library, I’ve been reading it.
My dude. What the fuck!? This is just horror. 🥲😨 ⌘ Read more
happy 2025
CES 2025: Lutron Debuts HomeKit-Compatible Caséta Smart Shades
Lutron today announced the launch of new Caséta Smart Shades that are able to integrate with HomeKit and other smart home platforms. Priced at $399, the Caséta shades can be controlled using schedules, in-wall controls, remotes, the Lutron app, the Home app, or Siri voice commands.
_Stephan: I found the research paper upon which this report is based in the medical research literature and then found this excellent article on the research in The Guardian which is one of the most reliable sources of fact-based journalism. If you are still smoking please consider what this research is saying about your life. If you know som … ⌘ Read more
Top Ten Ways to Become a Zombie
Zombies aren’t just figments of horror movies and video games—they’re inspired by very real and very horrifying diseases. The world is teeming with ways to turn you (or something else) into the walking undead. Whether it’s a syndrome that convinces you you’re already dead or a virus that rewires you to bite your neighbors, this […]
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10 Book Adaptations You Forgot About
Books are an excellent source of inspiration for filmmakers. If they take a literary classic and adapt it to the screen, they practically guarantee the project’s success. After all, the story already works on the page, so all the screenwriters have to do is translate it. Doing so will put the movie, TV show, or […]
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Get the AirTag 4-Pack for the All-Time Low Price of $69.99 on Amazon
Today we’re tracking the return of an all-time low price on Apple’s AirTag 4-Pack, which has hit $69.99 on Amazon, down from $99.00. This deal was first introduced during Black Friday back in November, and we’ve only seen it return twice so far since then.
 This is better:
proxy-1:~# ./audit-log-by-ip.sh 4.227.36.76 | coraza-log-formatter -m -
2025/01/04 23:17:04 4.227.36.76 58982 GE ...**
This is better:
proxy-1:~# ./audit-log-by-ip.sh 4.227.36.76 | coraza-log-formatter -m -
2025/01/04 23:17:04 4.227.36.76 58982 GET /external?aff-HY0BLO=&f=mediaonly&f=noreplies&nick=g1n&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-president-codes.linegames.org null 0 On OWASP_CRS/4.7.0
Actionset: OWASP_CRS/4.7.0
Message: Bad User Agent
Severity: 0
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How in da fuq do you actually make these fucking useless AI bots go way?
proxy-1:~# jq '. | select(.request.remote_ip=="4.227.36.76")' /var/log/caddy/access/mills.io.log | jq -s '. | last' | caddy-log-formatter -
4.227.36.76 - [2025-01-05 04:05:43.971 +0000] "GET /external?aff-QNAXWV=&f=mediaonly&f=noreplies&nick=g1n&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-hero-ultra-impact-codes.linegames.org HTTP/2.0" 0 0
proxy-1:~# date
Sun Jan 5 04:05:49 UTC 2025
😱
**How in da fuq do you actually make these fucking useless AI bots go way?
proxy-1:~# jq '. | select(.request.remote_ip=="4.227.36.76")' /v ...**
How in da fuq do you _actually_ make these fucking useless AI bots go way?
proxy-1:~# jq ‘. | select(.request.remote_ip==“4.227.36.76”)’ /var/log/caddy/access/mills.io.log | jq -s ‘. | last’ | caddy-log-formatter -
4.227.36.76 - [2025-01-05 04:05:43.971 +0000] “GET /external?aff-QNAXWV=&f=mediaonly&f=noreplies&nick=g1n&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-hero-ultra-impact-codes.linegames.org HTTP/2.0” … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 1 2025: 18 PRs, 4 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (17)
monero-project/monero:
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter December 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of December 2024.
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 thes … ⌘ Read more
It was probably my most productive first week of January so far. Big progress in the apartment: lots of furniture (and a large wall unit) dismantled, two rooms painted and much more. Tomorrow maybe a bit more relaxed program, so that I don’t need a vacation from vacation straight away. 😅 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Trans Girl Project, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/04/trans-girl-2.html #freeculture #bookclub
New Year’s attacks fuel fears of extremism in military
Brad Dress, Staff Writer - The Hill
_Stephan: Did you particularly note that the two terrorists that recently murdered innocent Americans were militarily trained MAGAts? The rising percentage of MAGAts in active service, or recent retirement, in the armed forces is a trend I having been following and reporting on (see SR archive) in SR for years. It really concerns me because if Trump orders the use of the militar … ⌘ Read more
Gun Violence by the Numbers in 2024
Chip Brownlee , Reporter - The Trace
Stephan: Here, as bad as it still is, is some good news about gun violence in the United States. Gun violence is going down, so are gun sales. Children killed by gun violence is down. Mass shootings are down, although still high. Federal spending for research on gun violence is much larger. We still have the most gun violence in the developed democracies, but the trends are better, so that is good news.
Stephan: This column is a confirmation of what I said in the previous comment. This is why what Australia is doing is so important, and why the United States has to act.
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- j-berman’s!527 3: full-time development (4 months) 4
- tobtoht’s!529 5: full-time feather + core development (3 months) 6
To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addre … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/30 to 01/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/03/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Optimising prompt engineering for better AI outputs
Member post originally published on the yld blog by Afonso Ramos Remember when searching for information online involved typing in a few keywords and sifting through pages of results? Thankfully, those days are long gone. Today’s… ⌘ Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook to Donating $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund
Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, reports Axios. The donation will be a personal donation directly from Cook rather than a donation from Apple.
Following Trump’s wi … ⌘ Read more
The devastating truth about the GOP’s war on education
Thom Hartmann, Commentator - Raw Story
_Stephan: I listened to Joy Reid on MSNBC this evening, and agreed with her news hour showing how the United States is becoming a billionaire-owned oligarchy, as a result of a decades-long strategy to achieve where we are today by using unethical morons like Ronald Reagan and the younger George Bush in the White House, faithful servants like Leonard Leo to transform the judic … ⌘ Read more
The billionaires and tech barons vying to build a private space station
Matthew Field, Senior Technology Reporter - The Telegraph (U.K.)
_Stephan: NASA for decades the U.S. approach to space exploration is dying. It is being taken over by billionaires who are using your tax money and mine coming to them through government contracts to increase their wealth and create their own space exploration programs. This is getting virtually no coverage in the A … ⌘ Read more
Trump Bibles, Rudy coffee, Tucker nicotine pouches: the rightwing knick-knack racket
Adam Gabbatt, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Here is another American trend that is getting almost no coverage in the increasingly coorrupted U.S. billionaire owned media. Once again I saw the trend but have had to go to another British newspaper to get a decent article describing the trend. The Republican Party has become a billionaire-controlled organiz … ⌘ Read more
KAIST Develops Foundational Technology to Revert Cancer Cells to Normal Cells
KAIST Research Team, - KAIST
Stephan: Here is what looks like it is going to be very good healthcare news. If cancer is an issue for you or someone you know or care for you might alert your oncologist about this research.
Despite the development of numerous can … ⌘ Read more
10 Exciting Things Entering the Public Domain in 2025
When a work enters the public domain, it’s like releasing an immortal animal into the wild after it has been caged for a hundred years. Now freed from copyright restrictions, the work can be studied, reinterpreted, and explored in ways that better reveal its true nature. Scholars, creators, and fans are granted new freedoms to […]
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10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic
Alcohol and traffic are two opposite terms—two parallel lines that should never meet. A driver is not expected to have even a little alcohol while planning to drive; it is unsafe, dangerous, and downright immoral. An intoxicated driver poses a threat to the lives of others aside from himself. While drunk drivers have taken innocent […]
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Apple Fitness+ Announces New Programs, Strava Integration, and More
Apple today announced that Apple Fitness+ is set to gain new workout programs, breath meditation, Strava integration, and more.
Strava users will be able to share a Fitness+ workout to the Strava app, whi … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 6 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Monday, January 6 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 2 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner73 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis4/JAMTIS5, FCMPs6, and other long-term Monero development issues.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Rascals https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/02/rascals.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Binge Watch Apple TV+ This Weekend for Free
If you’d like to start the new year with some binge watching, you can enjoy a free weekend of all-access to Apple TV+ films and shows starting on January 3 and continuing through January 5. The free weekend is available on any device where you can stream Apple TV+, all you will need is an … Read More ⌘ Read more
Deals: Get Apple Watch Series 10 for $329 (Discounted from $399)
Want to start the new year off with a great fitness tracker to help motivate your workouts and track your health stats and vitals? Then don’t miss this great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 10 is available for just $329 in select color and band options, available right now on Amazon. Maybe … Read More ⌘ Read more
Unlocking cloud native security with Cilium and eBPF
Ambassador post originally published on Dev.to by Syed Asad Raza Introduction 🌐🔒🚀 As cloud-native applications scale, securing workloads while maintaining performance becomes critical. This is where Cilium, an open-source networking, observability, and security tool, shines. Backed… ⌘ Read more
What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?
Rachel Wolfe, Reporter - The Wall Street Journal
Stephan: The American culture is dramatically changing as this report describes in some detail; all sorts of trends have changed from previous generations. When one adds this to the Great Schism Trend one sees how very different the country is now than it was as recently as the 1990s.
![Cody Harding, 38, in the Brooklyn apartment he rents with three roommates, on Dec … ⌘ Read more
Washington Post Top Political Reporters Flee for The Atlantic As Part of Ongoing Staff Exodus
David Gilmour, Staff Writer - MEDIAite
_Stephan: It is getting very little coverage but, as the oligarchs buy the major newspapers or television channels, journalists of integrity are fleeing and finding other positions. I don’t know how any of the major papers could do the equivalent of SR, because the owners wouldn’t permit it. The re … ⌘ Read more
Carter, in death, becomes symbol of lost political ‘decency’ in U.S.
, - Agence France-Presse (France)
_Stephan: Carter was elected President just as I was walking away from a career in government because of what I saw as the indecency of the Nixon administration, and the weakness of the Ford administration. I had been appointed by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird to the MIT/Secretary of Defense Study Group on Innovation, Technology, and the Future, and b … ⌘ Read more
Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
RUSS BYNUM and SAM MEDNICK, Reporters - Associated Press
Stephan: This article describes what policies that foster wellbeing look like. This is multi-decade work by President Carter before and after his presidency. Do you think we will see anything remotely like this during the Trump Presidency. I don’t.
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New MacBook Air Models Coming Soon With These Rumored Features
One of Apple’s first product announcements of 2025 will likely be updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip.
Below, we recap rumors about the next MacBook Air models.
New Features ExpectedThe new MacBook Air models are expected to be equipped with Apple’s already-released M4 chip, which has a 10-core C … ⌘ Read more
** Laser sword new years **
Through a series of improbable events on new years eve we ended up watching Darth Maul ignite his duel bladed lightsaber right at the stroke of midnight. Mind blown. Duel of the fates ringing in the new year. ⌘ Read more
We had a faint yellow-orange-redish sky this evening. Only subtle, but it was actually one of those rare 360° sunsets. Just when I thought, that was it, it’s now over, the colors took off like crazy: https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2025-01-01/
A much nicer start into the year than all the hell yesterday. However, just as I type this, there come also the next round of explosions as darkness falls. Those bloody fuckers, please blow yourselves up!
Editor’s Note — Happy New Year
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
Stephan: I think we are about to enter a very difficult year but, whatever the societal complexities, I wish the best possible 2025 for you, your friends, and family. And remember the Quotidian Choice, make each of your decisions in 2025, of the options available to you, the one that is the most compassionate, life-affirming, and fostering of wellbeing.
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Trump Medicare Pick Dr. Oz Says Uninsured ‘Don’t Have Right to Health’ in Resurfaced Clip
David Badash, Staff Writer - The New Civil Rights Movement
_Stephan: Both my wife and I, like many of you, pay for and receive Medicare so we could be affected by what Mehmet Oz has in mind. This should not be mistaken for the evil Medicare Advantage programs designed to enrich insurance corporations. You would think Mehmet Oz’s heartless nonsens … ⌘ Read more
Where the minimum wage will rise in 2025
Emily Peck, Staff Writer - Axios
Stephan: Here is some good news. Even in some Red states, and many Blue states the minimum wage will be going up.
Millions of workers are getting a raise on Jan. 1, when the minimum wage is set to rise across 21 states, and 48 cities and counties.
Why it matters: Th … ⌘ Read more
A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
Jennifer Chu , - MIT News
Stephan: A reader sent me this fascinating potentially good news. I am so happy to get such stories because they tell me that even in the midst of all the crises that currently plague America there are still pockets of people striving to develop technologies designed to help us exit the carbon era.
![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/S … ⌘ Read more
Apple Shares Special Wallpaper and Watch Face to Celebrate New Store
Apple recently announced it will be opening a new retail store at the MixC Hefei shopping mall in Hefei, China on January 18 at 10 a.m. local time.
To celebrate the store’s upcoming grand opening, Apple has shared both a special wallpaper and [Apple Watch face](https://www.apple.com.cn/nso/hefei/images/wallpap … ⌘ Read more
Bible Back in Texas Schools After Being Pulled for Sexual Content
Elizabeth Nolan Brown , Staff Writer - reason
Stephan: This is how weird book censorship is getting in the Red States. Did you ever think of the Bible as being too sexually explicit to be read by a minor?
Is the Bible too “sexually explicit” for minors? The Canyon Independent School Dis … ⌘ Read more
10 Events from 2024 That’ll Be in History Textbooks One Day
We’re not entirely sure if they still have history books in school or if they just teach kids these days using TikTok videos and Instagram reels to account for their short and fractured attention spans. Okay, we’re kidding about that little quip… we hope. We’re pretty certain that textbooks are still a thing, whether in […]
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2024 was okay for me, but 2025 is gonna be real shit. 😂 So much annoying stuff coming up. Gotta enjoy the moment, who knows how long it will last. 😅
Happy new year, you guys. 🥳
Apple Broke a 13-Year Hardware Streak in 2024
For over a decade, Apple has consistently announced all-new hardware product lines, from the iPad in 2010 to the Vision Pro in 2023. But for the first time in 14 years, Apple failed to announce any major new hardware products in 2024, focusing solely on updates and refinements to its existing product lines.
While Apple unveiled a l … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 8 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 8th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
- Updates. What is everyone working on?
- Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography3
This meeting’s chairperson should be Rucknium4. The full dis … ⌘ Read more
Good riddance 2024…
2025, be good or else.
Happy new year Twtxt people. I’m grateful for getting to meet/talk to you all, It certainly was the best thing to have happened to me in this “2024” chapter of my life.
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!
We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.
A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more
Happy New Year y’all ! 🥳 Hello #2025 👋
What to Expect From Apple in 2025
Apple is going to have a busy year in 2025, based on the rumors that we’re hearing right now. All of the rest of the Mac lineup will be updated with M4 chips, plus there’s a new iPhone SE coming, and a whole new iPhone 17 “Air” that’s slimmer than any iPhone to date.
_[Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.c … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 4 January 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 4th of January 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.
Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing story and the … ⌘ Read more
Elon Musk quits Tesla, flying cars take off: The predictions for tech in 2025
The past year has been wild for the global technology sector, and the next year is set to be even more unpredictable. ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 1 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 1st 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
- Updates. What is everyone working on?
- Discussion: preventing P2P proxy nodes3
- Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography4
This meeting’s cha … ⌘ Read more
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 4 January 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 4th 2025 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 2025[5]( … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: iOS 19 Compatibility, Top 5 Apple Products for 2025, and More
It’s shaping up to be a busy 2025 for Apple, with a number of rumors and articles this week highlighting some of what we can expect.
While the unveiling of iOS 19 is still over five months away, we’re already hearing about which devices are likely to support it, while in the much nearer term Apple is currently preparing an iOS 18.2.1 bug fix u … ⌘ Read more
Five Apple Intelligence Features Coming in 2025
Even though iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2 added multiple Apple Intelligence features like Image Playground, Genmoji, Writing Tools, and more, there are still new Apple Intelligence capabilities that we’re waiting on. Apple has at least one more major Apple Intelligence update coming in 2025, and the … ⌘ Read more