10 Outrageous U.S. For-Profit Schools
Want to avoid massive loan payments for worthless degrees or certificates? In the U. S., go only to regionally accredited post-secondary schools. Avoid those that boast of being nationally accredited and those that aren’t accredited at all. Unless a school’s reputation is impeccable, such as that of an Ivy League school, it’s usually better (and […]
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お知らせ：インシデント報告Webフォームメンテナンス（2025/02/06）のお知らせ ⌘ Read more
next-20250123: linux-next
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Application to take more water from Perth Hills for bottling has locals up in arms
The City of Kalamunda has received an application to extract 30 million litres of groundwater a year from a Pickering Brook orchard, and nearby residents are worried. ⌘ Read more
Putricia the stinky corpse flower blooms in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming. ⌘ Read more
Apple Pressed by India to Pre-Install Government Apps on iPhones
Apple and other smartphone makers are being pressed by India to pre-install government-developed apps on devices before sale, echoing a similar 2021 demand from Russia that Apple ultimately complied with.
The request came during a meeting last month where government officials outlined plans for expanding access to state digital services, accor … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23224”>#224**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2242’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers January 12 - 23 2025 news:
Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposals
Price & Blockchain Stats
Volunteer Opportunities
Support
To support Revuo Monero, you can contribute XMR to the address listed in the footer of each issue and on the Support 4 page.
The hidden cost of cheap asparagus as grower leaves crop to rot
Ed Fagan’s family has been growing asparagus in the NSW central west since the 1950s, but he says supermarket prices and a tight labour market have forced him to abandon the crop. ⌘ Read more
Release Candidate of iOS 18.3 & MacOS Sequoia 15.3 Available for Beta Testers
Apple has issued a Release Candidate build of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and MacOS Sequoia 15.3, to users who are participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. There are also RC builds for tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, and watchOS 11.3 as well. Release Candidate builds are typically made available at the end … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/22/release- … ⌘ Read more
Electric spoons, AI running shoes: The best (and worst) gadgets on show in Vegas
The world’s largest consumer electronics conference was a physical representation of the best and worst of the technology sector in 2025. ⌘ Read more
Kubernetes in 2025: are you ready for these top 5 trends and predictions?
Member post originally published on the Fairwinds blog by Andy Suderman Now that Kubernetes has turned 10, it has firmly established itself as a cornerstone of cloud-native deployment. That means it’s finally fair to request ten years… ⌘ Read more
Announcing the second Cloud Native Heroes Challenge
Help us defeat a patent troll claiming “network isolation with cloud networks” was invented in 2017 We’re excited to launch another Cloud Native Heroes Challenge contest in which you can earn swag, a ticket to attend… ⌘ Read more
Meet the winners of our first Cloud Native Heroes Challenge
Get their best advice on beating patent trolls at their own game We’re delighted to announce the winners of our first Cloud Native Heroes Challenge! In that first challenge, we asked participants to find prior art… ⌘ Read more
From PCAP to SCAP: how Falco’s libraries, registries, and plugins enable cloud native insights
Member post by Nigel Douglas, Sysdig In cloud-native systems, understanding the behaviour of complex, distributed web apps requires powerful tools that can dissect system activity down to its core. As the CNCF graduate project Falco demonstrates,… ⌘ Read more
Sometimes things happen that you did not expect: You hear a song, you really like it, you research who made it, and you find out that person lives in the same town as you: AK – Discovery. ⌘ Read more
Trump ends program to lower prescription prices, make disease therapy available
Josh Moon, Investigative Reporter - Alabama Political Reporter
Stephan: We are only at day two but already you can expect your drug prices to go up. With Executive Order 14087 Trump reversed Biden’s attempt to lower the cost of drugs and treatments for cancers and other diseases. And I think this is just the beginning.
22 states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Mike Catalini, Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: For over a century if your mother gave birth to you in the United States you were an American citizen. Millions of Americans became citizens that way. But that will not continue if Donald Trump has his way. As this report describes, and you have probably heard, with a stroke of his pen Trump seeks to abrogate the 14th Amendment of the C … ⌘ Read more
Trump fires first woman to head a U.S. military service
, - Agence France-Presse (France) | Raw Story
_Stephan: The first woman to head a military service in U.S. history, Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan, has been summarily relieved of her command by the Trump administration. As one of the small team of people who, back in the early 1970s, transformed the American armed forces into an all-volunteer gender and racially neutral military, I find this particularly off … ⌘ Read more
CO2 Levels Rose at Record Rate in 2024
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Contributing Writer - EcoWatch
Stephan: Here is your guarantee that climate change is going to intensify and get worse. Underwriting this guarantee the Trump administration is committed to enlarging America’s dependency on carbon energy.
Atmospheric [carbon dioxide levels](https://www.ecowatch.com/global-carbon-bu … ⌘ Read more
Samsung Launches Galaxy S25 Smartphones With New AI Features
Samsung today announced the launch of its new Galaxy S25 smartphone lineup, debuting the Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25+, and its top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra. The new devices will directly compete with Apple’s iPhone 16 lineup, and unsurprisingly, AI is a major focus.
_[Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel](https://www. … ⌘ Read more
10 Times People Tried to Weaponize Music
Music has been a powerful tool for expression, unity, and emotion throughout human history. But in some cases, music has been twisted into a weapon—used to intimidate, manipulate, and even psychologically torment. From ancient battlefields to modern interrogations, these moments reveal how sound can be wielded as a force of control and chaos. Here are […]
The post [10 Times People Tried to Weaponize Music](https://listverse.com/2025/01/22/10-times-pe … ⌘ Read more
Macronie : la fabrique de clones
C’est un record, c’est une prouesse, c’est véritablement extraordinaire : selon Annabelle Amélie de Montchalin, la ministre des Comptes publics, le gouvernement va réaliser « le plus grand effort de baisse des dépenses depuis 25 ans ». Mais si. Puisqu’elle vous le dit ! Ah, y’a pas à dire, le gouvernement Bayrou, c’est du sérieux ! Là où le précédent […] ⌘ Read more
10 Incredible Times Ordinary People Performed Movie-Style Stunts
Cinema would not be the same without stuntmen and women. Most of the time, when the world sees movie stars leaping from great heights, engaging in combat, and crashing through glass, it is actually another person with years of training performing the stunts. But every so often, ordinary people find themselves thrust into the same […]
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next-20250122: linux-next
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Apple Reportedly Close to a Deal to Lift iPhone 16 Ban in Indonesia
Apple is closing in on an investment plan deal with Indonesian authorities that would allow it to resume iPhone 16 sales in the country, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Indonesia banned sales of the device in [October](ht … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MAGIC Monero Fund 2025 Election Results
ack-j and kowalabearhugs will serve 2-year terms. rottenwheel, Tacolopo, and XMRfamily will serve 1-year terms. Their terms will begin on January 31, 2025. We would like to thank all six committee candidates! We would like to thank everyone who voted!
Committee Members:
* ack-j
* kowalabearhugs
* rottenwheel
* Tacolopo
* XMRfamily
Link: [https://magicgrants.org/2025/01/21/Monero-Fund-2025-Election-Results.html](https://magicgrants.org/2025/01/21/Monero-Fund-2025 … ⌘ Read more
j-berman posts CCS progress report after 169 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:
* Sped up tree building by ~30% implementing @kayabaNerve's torsion check
* Implemented FCMP++ prove and verify functions in the Rust FFI
* Rebased the WIP PR onto master and updated to include the latest [..]
Consult the previous Monero Observ … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 29 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
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Das Küchenradio (Sagem - My Dual Radio 700) gibt wieder Töne von sich! Der XML-Parser von dem Ding ist sowas von hinüber. Die "Fertiglösungen" YCast und YTuner haben ein zu ordentliches XML erstellt. Per Trial and Error habe ich dann die Formatierung gefunden, die die olle Kiste braucht. 🥳
Einfach, weil es so schön ist.
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4000 km with my pedelec
Today, after a short evening shift in the old/new apartment, I reached 4000 km total distance with my Pedelec (the only legal option for an electric bicycle without insurance in Germany – up to 25 km/h is supported by a motor when pedaling). ⌘ Read more
Two million sailors died of scurvy until the discovery of a simple cure
The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit transformed 19th century naval exploration around the world. ⌘ Read more
Family honours Maroochydore’s last pioneering farmer with fig harvest
Guided by the scribbles in three small notebooks about the orchard, Peter Wise’s family continue to harvest fruit from hundreds of trees. ⌘ Read more
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces CubeFS Graduation
Open source distributed storage system is used by 200+ organizations storing 350 petabytes of data SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 21, 2025 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native… ⌘ Read more
Notary Project completes its second audit!
Community post cross-posted on the OSTIF blog by Helen Woeste, Communications Manager, the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund OSTIF is proud to share the results of our second security audit of Notary Project. Notary Project is… ⌘ Read more
From PCAP to SCAP: how Falco’s libraries, registries, and plugins enable cloud native insights
Member post by Nigel Douglas, Sysdig In cloud-native systems, understanding the behaviour of complex, distributed web apps requires powerful tools that can dissect system activity down to its core. As the CNCF graduate project Falco demonstrates,… ⌘ Read more
Netflix Increases Prices Again
Netflix is raising its prices for all plans in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Portugal, and Argentina. The cheapest Standard with ads plan will be $1 more expensive in the U.S., going from $6.99 to $7.99 per month.
The Standard plan’s price will increase from $15.49 to $17.99 per month, and the Premium plan will now cost $24.99 per month, up from $22.99 per month. The St … ⌘ Read more
Trump withdraws US from landmark Paris climate agreement, expand drilling
, - Agence France-Presse (France)
_Stephan: Well, it is official now. Within minutes of being sworn in as President, the United States under Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement and plans to do nothing to alleviate climate change. MAGAt world has learned nothing from the environmental catastrophes in Asheville, North Carolina, or Los Angeles and, instead, Trump pl … ⌘ Read more
‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad
Danielle Renwick, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: The United States is now going down a well-traveled road, that path many other nations have recently taken as they cease to be genuine democracies and become electoral autocracies It may not be obvious to Americans and American media, but here is what it looks like to journalists from other nations that ha … ⌘ Read more
Trump issues sweeping pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 rioters
Katherine Faulders and Alexander Mallin, - abc News
_Stephan: Today we witnessed the corruption of our legal system by a convicted felon who a majority of us have once again made America’s leader. I predict these people who attacked the the nation’s Capitol, attacked Congress’ defending police and sought to. hang the Vice President will once again become Trump’s militia. Having been once con … ⌘ Read more
Melania Trump joins her husband in the meme coin billions business
Ben Berkowitz , Brady Dale, Reporters - Axios
_Stephan: In the whole of American history there has been no precedent for the corruption, lack of ethics, and greed of Donald and Melania Trump. Convicted sex offender and multiple felon, and his porn sex model wife have, with an existential appropriateness, become the couple leading a country that has lost its way; like an ancient myth come t … ⌘ Read more
6.6.73: longterm
Version:6.6.73 (longterm)Released:2025-01-21Source:linux-6.6.73.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.6.73.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.73 ⌘ Read more
👋👋 Reminders that this weekend our monthly Yarn.social online meetup. Who’s coming? 🤔 Some possible topics:
- Direct Messaging for Twtxt
- @prologic@twtxt.net ’s new EdgeGuard services 🤣
- What’s the weather like? 👍
Details:
- When: 25th Jan 2025 at 12:00PM UTC (midday)
- Where: https://meet.mills.io/call/Yarn.social
**👋👋 Reminders that this weekend our monthly Yarn.social online meetup. Who’s coming? 🤔 Some possible topics:
Direct Messaging for Twt …**
👋👋 Reminders that this weekend our monthly Yarn.social online meetup. Who’s coming? 🤔 Some possible topics:Direct Messaging for Twtxt
@prologic ’s new EdgeGuard services 🤣
What’s the weather like? 👍
Details:
When: 25th Jan 2025 at 12:00PM UTC (midday)
10 Spooky Signs Your House Is Haunted
Picture this: You’ve had a tough day at work. Susan from Accounts annoyed you more than usual, and your boss caught you coming back late from lunch. All you want to do is settle on the couch with a glass of wine and rewatch the first season of Stranger Things to distract yourself. But, as […]
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next-20250121: linux-next
Version:next-20250121 (linux-next)Released:2025-01-21 ⌘ Read more
Apple Falls to Third Place in China’s Smartphone Market Amid Sales Decline
Apple has experienced a significant decline in iPhone sales in China, dropping from the leading position to third place in the country’s smartphone market during the fourth quarter of 2024.
According to a new report from [Counterpoint Research](https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insight/post-insight-r … ⌘ Read more
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus detected in Victoria for first time
Authorities work to eradicate the tomato brown rugose fruit virus, which has already had devastating impacts on South Australian growers. ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 27 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 27 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis3/JAMTIS4, FCMPs5, and other long-term Monero development issues.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer[6](#fn … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 28 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, January 28 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code … ⌘ Read more
To continue my recovery today, I didn’t do much other than lie in bed and watch Netflix (I’ve been binge-watching a lot since we subscribed to Netflix a few weeks ago): I watched the miniseries The Playlist. ⌘ Read more
I hope to ignore US politics as much as I can in the next few years – it can really bring you down. Let’s also hope Trump and his oligarch friends don’t cause too much harm until then. ⌘ Read more
Why don’t Australians source more coffee from our region?
Australia is surrounded by coffee-growing countries like Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, but it imports most of its coffee from the other side of the world. With climate change and coffee bean prices skyrocketing, is it time to look closer to home? ⌘ Read more
To continue my recovery today, I didn’t do much other than lie in bed and watch Netflix (I’ve been binge-watching a lot since we subscribed to Netflix a few weeks ago): I watched the miniseries The Playlist. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Turkish Constitution of 1921 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/20/turkiye.html #programming #project #devjournal
New memo shows ‘exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people’: senator
Matthew Chapman, Staff Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: I think that within the next month, starting with this coming Tuesday, we are going to see just how radically felon Trump and his MAGAts plan to restructure American society. If felon Trump does what he says he wants to do by June you and I will not recognize the United States we have known all our liv … ⌘ Read more
US to hit debt ceiling Tuesday, starting Congress’ countdown clock
Tami Luhby, Senior Writer - CNN
Stephan: This isn’t what everyone is talking about today but starting tomorrow we will see this and newly inaugurated Trump’s executive orders sweep across the United States like a hurricane. Buckle up it is going to get strange and, I am afraid, very chaotic.
, Liudmila Molkova (Microsoft) As organizations increasingly adopt Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI technologies, ensuring reliable performance, efficiency, and safety is essential… ⌘ Read more
10 Times the Might of the British Empire Was Defeated in Battle
During the reign of Elizabeth I in the late 16th century, the British Empire began to take shape. Although the 1707 Act of Union brought Scotland into the fold, strictly speaking, it was the English Empire. That aside, by 1913, the Empire encompassed some 400 million subjects at a time when the actual British population […]
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HelloQuitteX, les ingérences des uns et la panique des autres
Nous sommes le 20 janvier et le moment tant attendu est arrivé : non, je ne veux pas parler de l’investiture de Donald Trump comme 47e président américain, ce qui est – on le reconnaîtra aisément – complètement anecdotique mais bien du départ officiel de Sandrine Rousseau du réseau X, qui devrait provoquer une onde de […] ⌘ Read more
Ten More People Who Give Christianity a Bad Name
This list is a sequel to one written years ago. It is not intended to promote or denigrate any religion. It only looks at ten prominent people who call themselves Christian yet whose words and deeds prove them to be quite disingenuous. Only living people are included, and they are not listed in any particular […]
The post [Ten More People Who Give Christianity a Bad Name](https://listverse.com/2025/01/20/ten-more-people-who-give-chris … ⌘ Read more
Apple Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Apple has updated the home page of its website to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today. The page highlights some of King’s most impactful quotes, and invites people to explore his legacy further through the Apple Books and Apple News apps.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also honored King in a social media post … ⌘ Read more
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「APTアクターの分類“中毒”―Lazarusのサブグループ分類に見るアトリビューションの実務的課題―」 ⌘ Read more
6.13: mainline
Version:6.13 (mainline)Released:2025-01-19Source:linux-6.13.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.13.tar.signPatch:full ⌘ Read more
Flat white price likely to skyrocket this year, no matter where you live
Industry insiders say coffee lovers — even in regional Australia — are unlikely to escape paying more for their flat whites as cafes are forced to push up prices. ⌘ Read more
Blocking AI bots ⛔
Every few months, I inevitably catch a cold or some other virus and end up stuck at home for a few days. Right now, I’m in one of those phases again. Thankfully, this time hasn’t been too bad, and I’m already on the mend. After a lot of Netflix marathons, I realized I couldn’t just sit around doing nothing – I’m the kind of person who needs to feel productive, even when I’m under the weather. ⌘ Read more
TikTok is Working Again in the U.S., But Still Removed From App Store
Well, that didn’t last long. Less than a day after TikTok became temporarily unavailable in the U.S., the app is now functional again. In an in-app notice, TikTok says the app has been restored “as a result of President Trump’s efforts.”
Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential na … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Grappling with AI Usage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/19/ai-usage.html #artificialintelligence #harm #rant
Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
Heather Vogell, Reporter - ProPublica
_Stephan: Housing costs are one of the difficult problems faced by middle class and poor Americans. And much of the source of their stress and struggle is, at its source, an aspect of our economy being taken over by oligarchs. They are able to cause a … ⌘ Read more
Real Estate Vultures Eye Middle-Class Enclave of Ravaged LA
Michelle Ma, Jennifer Epstein and Kelsey Butler , Staff Writers - msn | Bloomberg
_Stephan: Even as the fires still rage, the real estate profit vultures have descended on the burned-out neighborhoods of Los Angeles. We are far far from the end of this story. And, I predict, it is going to play out all over the nation as climate change wreaks havoc. To his credit, California’s Democratic Governor Gavin … ⌘ Read more
Nearly half of GOP voters support using military to put immigrants in camps
Russell Contreras, - Axios
_Stephan: If the criminal a majority of Americans have chosen for their President, a man who sees himself more as a king than a President, does as he says he will do because he knows that half of his MAGAt voters support the use of the military in his deportation schemes by the end of this coming week we may see members of the armed forces invo … ⌘ Read more
‘Sign language is woke now’: Outrage over right wing’s new culture war
Erik De La Garza, - Raw Story
Stephan: I keep thinking we must surely have reached the outer limit of MAGAt world’s stupidity and nastiness. But I keep being surprised. Who even suspected that sign language for the deaf would be ranked by MAGAts as something “woke.” and offensive to them? Well, as this article describes, they do.
Add sign language to the growing list of [right-wing … ⌘ Read more
6.1.126: longterm
Version:6.1.126 (longterm)Released:2025-01-19Source:linux-6.1.126.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.1.126.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.126 ⌘ Read more
10 Fashion Trends That Were Ruined by One Person
It’s not always easy to stay on top of the newest trends. Whether it’s an exclusive pop-up shop or just raiding thrift stores, everyone wants to have the latest looks and express themselves. Some fashion choices have been spoiled by a single person or event, while others became taboo due to political associations. Here are […]
The post [10 Fashion Trends That Were Ruined by One Person](https://listverse.com/2025/01/19/10-fashion-trend … ⌘ Read more
10 Animals That Made Archaeological Discoveries
Every child dreams of finding buried treasure. They may long to be Indiana Jones-style adventurers delving into ancient mysteries. But at some point, they learn that archaeology is less about looting sites for gold and more about painstakingly excavating locations to preserve and record our shared past. Animals, however, have no concept of protecting history […]
The post [10 Animals That Made Archaeological Discoveries](https://listvers … ⌘ Read more
iPhone SE Inventory ‘Quickly’ Dwindling at Apple Stores Ahead of New Model
Apple is widely rumored to be planning a new iPhone SE, and there is now a fresh hint that the device’s launch is approaching.
In his [Power On newsletter today](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-19/sonos-woes-spark-apple-deal-talk-mail-with-ai-coming-in-macos-15-4-iphone-se … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Istanbul Monero Meetup - Monero ve Dağıtık Borsalara Erişim: RetoSwap
Date/Time: Thursday, January 30, 2025 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM GMT+3
Location: Altcointurk Trader Base & Cloak Blockchain Academy
MoneroTurko is hosting a Monero Meetup event in Istanbul to discuss Decentralized Exchanges and how it affects Monero.
Link: https://www.meetup.com/moneroturko-istanbul/events/305699269
u/detherminal (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 3 2025: 66 PRs, 12 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 (13)
monero-project/monero:
Apple Removes TikTok From App Store on iPhones and iPads in the U.S.
Apple tonight removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., meaning that the app can no longer be freshly installed on iPhones and iPads there. In other countries, the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional.
iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app either as of tonight, as TikTo … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Blood of the Ancient Star, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/18/bloodstar-2.html #freeculture #bookclub
A Tale of Two Justice Systems: Only Trump Gets Convicted of 34 Felonies and Receives No Punishment
Jessica Washington, Staff Writer - The Intercept
_Stephan: No one seems to be properly discussing this in the media, but I think it is very important that Americans realize they have elected a President who is not only a convicted sex offender but a 34-count multiple convicted felon, and six-time bankrupt, and that this demonst … ⌘ Read more
It’s not just social media giving violent white supremacists a pass
Thom Hartmann, Commentator - Raw Story
_Stephan: Thom Hartmann gives us an accurate snapshot of the state of America as we prepare to inaugurate for President a man who could not get a job as a janitor if all they saw was his resumé. And his demand for loyalty over ethical behavior reminds me more of Hitler or Putin than any prior President. Get ready, I think we are in for something we h … ⌘ Read more
U.S. Political Parties Historically Polarized Ideologically
Megan Brenan, - The Gallup Organization
_Stephan: I have been telling you for years about what I call The Great Schism Trend. As this report from Gallup confirms this trend is real, and the split is growing ever greater. We are increasingly becoming two countries in a single nation. I think we will stay one nation, but I also think real power is going to move to the states, and they are going to become … ⌘ Read more
Patient Care Deteriorates After Private Equity Acquisition of Hospitals
Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting - MedPage Today
_Stephan: American healthcare is getting worse, as this evidence proves. Under Trump, I think the trend will continue downward because of the people he is appointing and his Congressional subservients are going to confirm. Think about it. Mehmet Oz, Robert Kennedy, Jr. both incompetent conspiracy fre … ⌘ Read more
Ten Times Google Maps Solved the Case
In these ten cases, everything from Street View snapshots to Google Earth satellite imagery played a key role in uncovering crazy truths, finding missing persons, and piecing together unsolved mysteries. Some of these crimes are bizarre, some are tragic, and others are almost too coincidental to believe. But they all share one thing in common: […]
The post [Ten Times Google Maps Solved the Case](https://listverse.com/2025/01/18/ten-times-google-maps-solved … ⌘ Read more
anyone have any fun plans for 2025?
anyone have any fun plans for 2025?
Top Stories: iPhone 17 Rumors, MacBook Air Updates, and More
We’re finally coming out of Apple’s slower holiday season for news and rumors, and it looks like we’ve got some hardware and software updates arriving in the fairly near future to kick off what’s expected to be a busy year for Apple.
The iPhone 17 lineup will be the big launch of the year as usual, but there’s plenty more on the docket that should keep our att … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 3, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 25 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 25th 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.
It is worth mentioning that the associated XMRpos 4 project is currently looking for extra funding5.
Logs for the previous meetin … ⌘ Read more
Dry weather in South Australia hits native plant sales to farms
Native plant suppliers are reporting a downturn in sales to farms for revegetation projects after historically low rainfall in much of the state last year. ⌘ Read more
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Why Lunar New Year has driven up fruit prices
Australian fruit producers are gearing up for Lunar New Year. At the centre of these celebrations are North Queensland lychees and Tasmanian cherries, which serve as symbols of prosperity and good fortune in Asian culture. ⌘ Read more
Instagram Adds New Features to Reels as TikTok Ban Looms
With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based feature that’s modeled after TikTok.
Going forward, there will be a new Reels feed that includes videos that your friends have liked or commented on, so you can see what your friends have watched and what they like. Your friends … ⌘ Read more
6.6.72: longterm
Version:6.6.72 (longterm)Released:2025-01-17Source:linux-6.6.72.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.6.72.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.72 ⌘ Read more
6.1.125: longterm
Version:6.1.125 (longterm)Released:2025-01-17Source:linux-6.1.125.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.1.125.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.125 ⌘ Read more
What is GitLab Runner?
Ambassador post by Natalia Granato, CNCF Ambassador GitLab Runner is an open-source application that runs jobs defined in your GitLab CI/CD pipelines. It can be installed on different platforms, including virtual machines, bare-metal servers, and Kubernetes…. ⌘ Read more
In farewell speech, Biden warns an ‘oligarchy’ in America is threatening democracy
Zoë Richards and Megan Lebowitz, Politics Reporters - NBC News
_Stephan: Normally, I would not feature something so well-covered by all manner of media, as President Biden’s final national address, but these comments by the President are not getting the kind of coverage they should. We are on the edge of becoming an electoral autocracy, and I think this is goin … ⌘ Read more
Oligarchs already own much of U.S. – can they buy democracy?
, - Agence France-Presse (France) / Raw Story
Stephan: Can the oligarchs buy control of the United States? They already control many of the levers of power, corporations, media, and influence in government. I think we are going to get our answer in the first 100 days of criminal Trump’s presidency.
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