MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 22 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 22nd 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.

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Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday (today), 15th of February 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.

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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 7, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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![‘You have the private key to my heart’ Monerochan](/assets/img/art/25-7/you-hav … ⌘ Read more

(#ymspbvq) The article discusses the challenges posed by linear social media feeds, which often lead to disengagement and difficulty in prioriti …
The article discusses the challenges posed by linear social media feeds, which often lead to disengagement and difficulty in prioritizing content from friends due to constant scrolling. The author proposes an alternative approach using a daily feed structure per day, which organizes posts by date, allowing for easier prioritization and reducing mindless scrolling.

Key Points:

1. **Line … ⌘ Read more

Show me pics of your cat to paint 🎨 🐈🐈‍⬛ ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 02/10 to 02/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/14/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 02/10 to 02/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/14/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

How to Add a Shared AirTag to Find My on iPhone, iPad, Mac
The popular AirTags trackers can be shared with others, and if someone has shared an AirTag with you then you’ll likely want to accept the invitation to track that object, belonging, pets, luggage, package, or whatever else is being tracked. While you will receive a notification about a shared AirTag, you might have dismissed it … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/14/how-to-add-a-shared-airtag-to-find-my-on-ipho … ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me I like this idea. Another option would be to show a limited number of posts, with an option to see the omitted ones by user. Either way, I wonder how well that works with threading.

Support the open source projects you love this Valentine’s Day
Show your appreciation to the open-source projects you love. You can help provide much-needed support to the critical but often underfunded projects that keep your infrastructure running smoothly. And remember—every day is a perfect day to support open source! 💖

The post [Support the open source projects you love this Valentine’s Day](https://github.blog/open-source/support-the-open-source-projects-you-love-thi … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Tolerant yes, but in the right places. This is just encouraging people to not properly care. The extreme end is HTML where parsers basically accept any input. I’m not a fan of that. Whatever.

Now I just have to remember to tag people in replays ✍

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I can relate to that. :-/

ok, sounds like a ‘large’ project to me.
Is it more an API (more oriented to developers), more oriented to UI/UX/Frontend? Perhaps both?

I’d go with prologic’s advice of measuring and prioritizing. Perhaps you have a budget or at least something like “let’s see how far can we reach in 6 months”, and possibly you won’t finish in the time you have (just guessing).

Something that has helped me was defining “Why do you we want to refactor this project?”.
Could it be to make it compile on newer versions, or making it easier to grow and scale, or perhaps they are trying to sell that product to another company. Every reason has a different path, IMO.

Meow! Just saying hi to everyone! ⌘ Read more

Apple Launched the MacBook Pro 19 Years Ago Today
Apple launched the original MacBook Pro 19 years ago today.

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Jobs announced the ‌MacBook Pro‌ at the Macworld Conference & Expo in 2006. It was the first Mac notebook to transition from PowerPC processors to Intel’s Core Duo architectur … ⌘ Read more

My cat always scratches my leg until i lift her up to my desk so she can study with me ⌘ Read more

March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads
Names like Jaecoo, Deepal and Zeekr wouldn’t be familiar to most Australians, but their cars will soon join the likes of BYD in shaking up the local auto scene. ⌘ Read more

(#iiqpj5a) @andros@andros My first point of advice is to stop everything and measure all the important critical user journeys. Design …
@andros @twtxt.andros.dev My first point of advice is to stop everything and measure all the important critical user journeys. Design and Build Service Level Objectives for each and every part of the system you can find that any user cares about. ⌘ Read more

(#f73asbq) The cache is only suppose to be for 120s though, but I reckon the caching layer is just stupid? 🤔 (and maybe buggy)?
The cache is only suppose to be for 120s though, but I reckon the caching layer is just stupid? 🤔 ( and maybe buggy)? ⌘ Read more

(#f73asbq) I need to understand how the caching is at play here at the edge. I hit CTRL+R on @mckinley@mckinley’s OP to get the right subje …
I need to understand how the caching is at play here at the edge. I hit CTRL+R on @mckinley @twtxt.net’s OP to get the right subject reply after poking at the underlying HTML elements on the page. ⌘ Read more

(#g5dvdiq) @bender@bender To be fair, I do this in my “spare time” 😅
@bender @twtxt.net To be fair, I do this in my “spare time” 😅 ⌘ Read more

(Updated) NanoKVM-USB: 4K HDMI Loopback, USB 3.0, and Integrated Keyboard/Mouse Control
This month, Sipeed unveiled the NanoKVM-USB, described as a compact and low-cost device designed to simplify the operation and management of multiple systems. The Sipeed Wiki pages indicate that this device eliminates the need for dedicated keyboards, mice, or monitors. It allows users to perform operations graphically through the Chrome browser on a single computer, […] ⌘ Read more

US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin
Stephen Collinson,  Staff Writer  -  CNN

_Stephan: We, in the United States, are not only going through a coup that is destroying our democracy we are awash in corruption. Criminal Trump believes himself to be a king who can do whatever he wants. But the damage he is doing extends far beyond our borders. America has had status as a fair leader, and is has been seen as suc … ⌘ Read more

New York Gov. Refuses To Extradite Doctor Charged In Louisiana For Abortion Pill
Molly Bohannon ,  Reporter  -  Forbes

_Stephan: The Great Schism Trend has taken on a new and very nasty aspect. Louisiana a state with a social outcome data profile like a third-world country is run by MAGAts. They are totally committed to assuring politicians not physicians control women’s lives and the state is trying to reach beyond its borders to try for murder … ⌘ Read more

McMahon Hearing Shows Trump ‘Dead Set on Destroying Public Education’
Jessica Corbett,  Senior Editor  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: Another MAGAt lackey testifies basically to her intent to destroy public education. It is part of the coup we are undergoing. It has not passed notice of the oligarchs that the less well-educated men and women are the more likely it is that they will vote for Republicans. That’s why they want to end public education. It not only … ⌘ Read more

(#py6tmvq) @mckinley@mckinley I’m worried we’re really approaching a point where we need to adapt the hashing algorithm and expand the no. of …
@mckinley @twtxt.net I’m worried we’re really approaching a point where we need to adapt the hashing algorithm and expand the no. of bits. Is it at all possible something else is going on here though? 🤞 ⌘ Read more

10 Male-Female Duos Who Don’t Fall in Love
Of all the feelings you can experience, love is the most coveted. Screenwriters seem to think so, at least, as many insert romances into virtually every story. If circumstances pair a male and female character together, the odds are that they’ll end up in love. This journey can, admittedly, be sweet, but it’s also predictable […]

The post [10 Male-Female Duos Who Don’t Fall in Love](https://listverse.com/2025/02/14/10-male-female-duos-who-dont-fal … ⌘ Read more

The project is a POC (Proof of Concept) that went into production and the company has customers who are using it. The developers had been working for several years, without testing, structure, isolation and so on. The company hired me to transform the project into a real product. There are in my hands 422 python files to transform that they beg me a refactore, architecture and testing. Every developer’s bad dream.
My first step is to read and understand the tree because there are apps inside other apps call each other. I am very determined to work on a new repository.

Learn SQL by solving crimes. I want to highlight it as a teacher and a developer, it’s extremely well done.
https://www.sqlnoir.com/
#sql

I had to put my girl down last week. I miss her so much it hurts. ⌘ Read more

Adopted this sweet gal tonight. Thinking about calling her Ethel due to her furrowed brow. ⌘ Read more

iPhone 17 Air Could Look Like This in Real Life
There have been several alleged leaked details of the iPhone 17 Air, Apple’s rumored new slim iPhone, but images have been limited to grainy shots taken in component factories. However, this hyper-realistic concept created by WEIS Studio gives us the best idea yet of what Apple’s thin device might actually look like.

![](https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2025/02/iphone-air-concept-w … ⌘ Read more

Addicted to the furnace heat ⌘ Read more

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev it seems your GtS has issues:

Warning! It looks like trusted-proxies is not set correctly in this instance’s configuration. This may cause rate-limiting issues and, by extension, federation issues.

If you are the instance admin, you should fix this by adding 10.66.66.1/32 to your trusted-proxies.

[ANN] More vitamins for Monero with Carrot - part 1: Overview

A lot of interesting things go on right now in Monero development, but if you don’t happen to attend the two regular dev meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays or hang around in some of our Matrix rooms, you probably wouldn’t know much about it.

Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1iph8fz/

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jeffro256, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals fully funded
jeffro256’s full-time development 2025Q1 1 and SNeedlewoods’s part-time dev work 2 CCS proposals were fully funded today, with help from the Monero General Fund3:

jeffro256:
 * 114 XMR raised in 19 contributions (38 XMR sent from GF)

SNeedlewoods:
 * 23 XMR raised in 14 contributions (7.67 XMR sent from GF)

To learn more about the two proposals, consult the previous Monero Observer reports4’[ … ⌘ Read more

Kaidan: Kaidan 0.11.0: Qt 6
Kaidan supports Qt 6 now!
In addition, this release improves the user interface and fixes some bugs.
Have a look at the changelog for more details.

Features:

• Highlight public XMPP provider titles while card is expanded (melvo)
  
• Round corners of cards and buttons (melvo)
  
• Add fading in/out hover effect to map previews (melvo)
  
• Collapse contact profiles by default if they have more than 3 entries (melvo)
  
• Show colored check mark for … ⌘ Read more

This is Miga, she’s a stray currently hospitalized with Parvo! Everyone send goog vibes to her!! ⌘ Read more

1st thought… Run!

Well, I’ve heard you have plenty of experience with Unit Testing and TDD. Perhaps designing a few tests before refactoring?

I’ve heard of Snapshot testing, but have never tried it: https://github.com/spatie/phpunit-snapshot-assertions

Also, what kind of refactor are you trying to do?

Lunduke Journal’s New Self-Hosted Forum, Telnet BBS
So many ways to enjoy The Lunduke Journal now – X, YouTube, Rumble, Substack, Podcast & more – plus two new (self-hosted) ways to interact with the community. ⌘ Read more

How to Improve Photos Layout on iPhone with iOS 18
The Photos app on iPhone received a significant layout redesign in iOS 18 that has left many iPhone users annoyed or frustrated as the new Photos design is not necessarily intuitive or easy to use for everyone. Things have been moved around, albums or features they were using might be missing or harder to access, … Read More ⌘ Read more

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev I suggest to not touch it and work on a different project instead. :-D

No, in all seriousness, that’s a tough one. Try to figure out the requirements and write tests to cover them. In my experience, if there is no good documention, tests might also be lacking. It goes without saying that you have to understand the code segments first before you can begin to refactor them. Commit even earlier and more often than usual, this will help you bisecting potentially introduced bugs later on. Basically baby steps.

But it also depends on the amount of refactoring required. Maybe just scrap it entirely and start from scratch. This might not be feasible due to e.g. the overall project size, though.

Deals: AirPods for $99 (22% Off!) & AirPods Pro 2 for $169 (32% Off)
Amazon is offering the latest model AirPods 4 for just $99, taking 22% off the $129 retail price. Whether you want to treat yourself, or you’re looking for a gift for a loved one, friend, or colleague, AirPods might just fit the bill. AirPods 4 are the most popular wireless headphones and for good reason, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/13/deals-airpods-for-99-22-off-airpods-pro-2-for-169-32-o … ⌘ Read more

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev I’m all for elegant solutions. I prefer when the computer helps me to really achieve my goal and solve it completely, not where I still have to manually filter a list by hand. Anyway. :-)

@eapl.me@eapl.me Yeah, you need some kind of storage for that. But chances are that there’s already a cache in place. Ideally, the client remembers etags or last modified timestamps in order to reduce unnecessary network traffic when fetching feeds over HTTP(S).

A newsreader without read flags would be totally useless to me. But I also do not subscribe to fire hose feeds, so maybe that’s a different story with these. I don’t know.

To me, filtering read messages out and only showing new messages is the obvious solution. No need for notifications in my opinion.

There are different approaches with read flags. Personally, I like to explicitly mark messages read or unread. This way, I can think about something and easily come back later to reply. Of course, marking messages read could also happen automatically. All decent mail clients I’ve used in my life offered even more advanced features, like delayed automatic marking.

All I can say is that I’m super happy with that for years. It works absolutely great for me. The only downside is that I see heaps of new, despite years old messages when a bug causes a feed to be incorrectly updated (https://twtxt.net/twt/tnsuifa). ;-)

Have you ever had to refactor a project that was not documented? Any suggestions?

I think it is not easy to implement, you need a database. Timeline is an elegant solution: read and sort.

that’s a fair point.

Perhaps, since Twitter in 2006 never implemented read flags, every derivative microblogging system never saw that as an expected feature. This is curious because Twitter started with SMS, where on our phones we can mark messages as read or unread.
I think it all comes from the difference between reading an email (directed to you) vs. reading public posts (like a blog or a ‘wall,’ where you don’t mark posts as read). It’s not necessary to mark it as ‘read’, you just jump over it.

Reading microblogging posts in an email program is not common, I think, and I haven’t really used it, so I cannot say how it works, and whether it would be better for me or not.
However, I’ve used Thunderbird as a feed reader, and I understand the advantages when reading blog posts.

About read flags being simple, well… we just had a discussion this morning about how tracking read messages would require a lot of rethinking for clients such as timeline where no state is stored. Even considering some kind of ‘notification of unread messages or mentions’ is not expected for those minimalist client, so it’s an interesting compromise to think about.

For February: 50% off Subscriptions, 50% off DRM-Free Downloads, Lifetime Subscriptions available
2025 is off to an amazing start for The Lunduke Journal. ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me Read flags are so simple, yet powerful in my opinion. I really don’t understand why this is not a thing in most twtxt clients. It’s completely natural in e-mail programs and feed readers, but it hasn’t made the jump over to this domain.

@mckinley@twtxt.net Yeah, all this JS and HTMX garbage messes up a lot of things which used to work better in the earlier days.

Definitely something going on with replies. This one was replying to the wrong twt and even when I got clever and pasted the right hash it didn’t work.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de @prologic@twtxt.net @bmallred@staystrong.run @andros@twtxt.andros.dev Thank you all! I don’t have emacs installed, so I’ll try lagrange and see. According to my shell history, I must have played around with amfora ages ago.

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Sorry I’m late! I still have to work on the mention system, I don’t get some of the messages. I’ll look into your case and get back to you shortly 😄
If it’s a problem that ruins your experience, don’t hesitate to create an issue.

Neither of us had ever had a cat before my girlfriend and I decided to adopt this 2 year old princess called Zelda. Best decision we ever made ⌘ Read more

Oh to be my cat napping during a snow flurry ⌘ Read more

‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán
David Smith,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: I got an email this morning from an SR reader who had just returned from a trip to Ireland. He told me he and his wife had gone to a pub with an Irish friend and, when the others in the pub realized he was an American, the contemptuous derogatory comments about the U.S. became so unpleasant that they had to leave. I went … ⌘ Read more

Silencing Science: How Trump is Reshaping U.S. Health
Issam AHMED,    -  Agence France-Presse (France) | Raw Story

_Stephan: As a scientist my entire adult life, and the son of an internationally recognized physician father and a surgical nurse mother, I am angered and appalled at what “emperor” Trump and his vassals are doing to America’s science community, organizations, and agencies. Everything this christofascist coup is doing to the United States degrades it, and deg … ⌘ Read more

Consumer prices rise 0.5% in January, higher than expected as annual rate rises to 3%
Jeff Cox,  Economics Editor  -  CNBC

Stephan:

_You have almost certainly noticed it. My wife and I certainly have. “emperor” Trump promised prices would go down if he were elected. They have, in fact, gone in the absolute opposite direction. And because of Trump’s ignorance and bullying they are going to go much further up. We will be in a different world … ⌘ Read more

Avoiding Outrage Fatigue while Staying Informed
Rachel Feltman, Tanya Lewis, Madison Goldberg & Fonda Mwangi,  Contributing Writer | Senior Editor for Health and Medicine | Science Journalist | Multi-Media Editor  -  Scientific American

_Stephan: Recently I have had four readers write to tell me that the MAGAt coup has just left them emotionally exhausted, and I had lunch with a friend today who told me the same thing. I understood what all of them were telling me, and it p … ⌘ Read more

It’s a good day for me to get my hands on a legacy project.

@xuu@txt.sour.is Thank you! A common mistake is to see Emacs as a text editor but it’s a Lisp interpreter with a text editor (among other software), so the limit is your imagination 😋. I’m glad you like it! 🙌

10 Broadway Props That Stole The Show
Broadway is known for its dazzling performances, unforgettable characters, and, of course, incredible props that help bring the magic to life. While the actors’ talent is the star of the show, some props have a way of stealing the spotlight and becoming just as iconic as the performances themselves. From inanimate objects that take on […]

The post [10 Broadway Props That Stole The Show](https://listverse.com/2025/02/13/10-broadway-props-that-stole-the-show … ⌘ Read more

trying to keep it simple but.. perhaps it can be extended to fix timestamp formats like using " " instead of "T"

trying to keep it simple but.. perhaps it can be extended to fix timestamp formats like using " " instead of "T"

what is this replying to?

what is this replying to?

He always wants to be hold like baby and refuses to get down ⌘ Read more

Apple Partners With Alibaba to Bring iPhone AI Features to China
Apple will partner with Alibaba to offer AI features in China, the Chinese company’s chairman said on Thursday, resolving months of speculation around Apple’s strategy in the region (via Reuters).

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@prologic@twtxt.net the code block is the cause of https://txt.sour.is/twt/zn2kg7q

and the second? i get POST errors when i try to submit the webform.

@prologic@twtxt.net the code block is the cause of https://txt.sour.is/twt/zn2kg7q

and the second? i get POST errors when i try to submit the webform.

woodser releases monero-cpp v0.8.13, monero-java v0.8.36, monero-ts v0.11.3
woodser1 has just released new versions for three Monero libraries: monero-cpp v0.8.132, monero-java v0.8.363, and monero-ts v0.11.34:

monero-cpp:
-Support wallet->get_default_fee_priority()
-Fix building sample_code.cpp on Linux
-Update instructions to use unbound v1.22.0
-Update instructions to use boost v1.85.0
-Update build ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-cpp-v0.8.13-monero-java-v0.8.36-monero-ts-v0.11.3/)

Recover 7GB of iPhone, iPad, & Mac Storage by Disabling Apple Intelligence
Don’t use Apple Intelligence? Don’t care to have Apple Intelligence write your emails for you or instantly create a business plan or any of the handy writing and summary tools? Whether you’re on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, if you recently updated to the latest versions of system software, then you’ll find that Apple Intelligence … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/12/recover-7gb-o … ⌘ Read more

I should really fix my calender rendering. A two day event only pops up in the first day, but not in the second. When extended to three days, it correctly shows up in all three days. Meh.

Codeberg Announces “Fight Against Far-Right”
The Git source code hosting organization, in response to anonymous spam, declares war on “Right-Wing Forces”, encourages others to do the same. ⌘ Read more

Why is the EFF Suing to Stop DOGE?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against DOGE to stop an audit of government spending. ⌘ Read more

I went to therapy for the first time. ⌘ Read more

This is my trashbaby, from 8 weeks to 6 months <3 ⌘ Read more

[47°09′12″S, 126°43′56″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

@bmallred@staystrong.run Surprisingly, my

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

seems to work. Or maybe those bastards change their user agent and claim to be someone nice. In any case, I just added a bunch of

location = /robots.txt {
    add_header Content-Type text/plain;
    return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /\n";
}

in my nginx config. No need for any bot to visit, crawl and index most of my sites.

I found this kitten on interstate 75 in Atlanta he was malnourished and had a jaw injury but he has an incredible will to live if you can send him good energy or a prayer so he can recover soon he deserves a second chance ⌘ Read more

How GitHub uses CodeQL to secure GitHub
How GitHub’s Product Security Engineering team manages our CodeQL implementation at scale and how you can, too.

The post How GitHub uses CodeQL to secure GitHub appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: DORA Compliance: What Fintech Businesses Need to Know
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now in effect as of 17th January 2025, making compliance mandatory for fintech companies, financial institutions, and ICT providers across the UK and EU. With over 22,000 businesses impacted, DORA sets clear expectations for how firms must manage operational resilience and protect against cyber threats.

As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, regul … ⌘ Read more

Is it WISE to admit you’re IGNORANT? ⌘ Read more

I have uploaded a new version of #twtxtel 🥳. It’s now possible to view profiles, either your own or others. #twtxt #emacs

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reviewing logs this morning and found i have been spammed hard by bots not respecting the robots.txt file. only noticed it because the OpenAI bot was hitting me with a lot of nonsensical requests. here is the list from last month:

• (810) bingbot
  
• (641) Googlebot
  
• (624) http://www.google.com/bot.html
  
• (545) DotBot
  
• (290) GPTBot
  
• (106) SemrushBot
  
• (84) AhrefsBot
  
• (62) MJ12bot
  
• (60) BLEXBot
  
• (55) wpbot
  
• (37) Amazonbot
  
• (28) YandexBot
  
• (22) ClaudeBot
  
• (19) AwarioBot
  
• (14) https://domainsbot.com/pandalytics
  
• (9) https://serpstatbot.com
  
• (6) t3versionsBot
  
• (6) archive.org_bot
  
• (6) Applebot
  
• (5) http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm
  
• (4) http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html
  
• (4) Googlebot-Mobile
  
• (4) DuckDuckGo-Favicons-Bot
  
• (3) https://turnitin.com/robot/crawlerinfo.html
  
• (3) YandexNews
  
• (3) ImagesiftBot
  
• (2) Qwantify-prod
  
• (1) http://www.google.com/adsbot.html
  
• (1) http://gais.cs.ccu.edu.tw/robot.php
  
• (1) YaK
  
• (1) WBSearchBot
  
• (1) DataForSeoBot
  

i have placed some middleware to reject these for now but it is not a full proof solution.

Announcing Ratify v1.4.0 – Revocation Checking with CRL Support, Enhanced Out-of-box Experience, and New Cloud Provider Support
We are thrilled to announce the release of Ratify v1.4.0! This milestone release introduces significant new features that enhance Ratify’s capabilities as a trusted supply chain security tool. As always, we deeply appreciate the contributions from the… ⌘ Read more

(#snqhnpa) @jost@jost “right person”, who’s to say? And not “AI” but more-generally search. Otherwise I agree ☝️
@jost @jost.sdfeu.org “right person”, who’s to say? And not “AI” but more-generally search. Otherwise I agree ☝️ ⌘ Read more

Apple Begins Selling Refurbished M4 Macs
Apple today added MacBook Pro and Mac mini models with M4 series chips to its certified refurbished store in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland for the first time since the computers were introduced in October 2024.

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Some refurbished MacBook Pro models with M4 chips are also available in Bel … ⌘ Read more

Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk: Judge Shoots Down Trump’s Latest Attempt To Freeze Funding
Alison Durkee,  Staff Writer  -  Forbes

_Stephan: In a sad way, this article is good news. It shows us there is still some integrity in the judicial system of the United States. It also tells us that Trump is attempting to orchestrate a coup, although almost no one in the media, even as they cover th … ⌘ Read more

Trump loosens enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
Steve Holland and Nandita Bose,  Reporters  -  Reuters

_Stephan: ”Emperor” Trump, a multi-convicted felon, and multiple bankrupt, convicted sex offender has been a criminal all his life and is now trying to reshape your country and mine into a reflection of himself; to legalize the United States as a criminal nation. What are you doing to speak out against this evil transformation … ⌘ Read more

22 Republican AGs Sue to Stop New York’s Attempt to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Damages
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes,  Contributing Writer  -  EcoWatch

_Stephan: I hope you understand that the coup that is occurring is not happening just because of the actions of “emperor” Trump, his co-“emperor” Elon Musk, and their lackeys in Congress. The “Republicans” who run the Red States are equally complicit. As this arti … ⌘ Read more

2025 Budget Stakes: Many Households Could Lose Needed Rental Assistance
Research Staff,    -  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

_Stephan: I know that a number of my readers rent their homes; they do not own them, and many depend on rental assistance. I am publishing this report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities because I want to warn you that ‘emperor” Trump and his “co-emperor” Elon Musk don’t give a damn about your wellbeing, and are … ⌘ Read more

Did you want to mine Chia? Or Twtxt Coin? 😂

10 Unbelievable Advertising Fiascoes
For various reasons, product advertisements sometimes go awry in a big way. A case in point: Budweiser Light’s ad campaign featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney resulted in a boycott that cost the company almost 1.5 billion dollars, as customers switched from Bud Light to competitors’ brands. As Harvard Business Review points out, companies learned that […]

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iPhone 16 Pro Max Beaten by Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in App Loading Speed Test
Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max has been comprehensively beaten by the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in a real world app speed test conducted by PhoneBuff, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and 12GB of RAM winning out over the A18 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM in Apple’s smartphone.

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