Shopping addicts turn to fake ‘dopamine hit’ sites in South Korea
Consumers unable to resist purchasing items online are turning to a bizarre, yet effective new way to save money. Online shopping addiction is a very … ⌘ Read more

Extreme heatwaves making it harder to grow our food, and not only in summer
Record-breaking heatwaves decimated crops in Australia this year and served as a “real wake up call” for the urgent need to develop more heat-resistant crops and research into food security. But it’s not only in summer heatwaves are occurring and causing crops to fail. ⌘ Read more

This style of teaching gets results, say governments. But resistance to it is growing
The state government says its evidence-based reforms to classroom teaching are a winner, but critics are getting more vocal and organised. ⌘ Read more

Ancient drought resistant winegrape instilling hope for struggling farmers
In an Australian first, two South Australian winegrape growers are trialling an ancient variety from Cyprus that is reducing water consumption and reconnecting them to their Mediterranean roots. ⌘ Read more

Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria
Researchers have developed three new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers to combat tuberculosis and other drug-resistant pathogens. ⌘ Read more

Soundcore Nebula P1 Projector Review (2026): Compact and Portable for Indoor-Outdoor Viewing
This all-in-one indoor-outdoor projector from Anker is compact, affordable, and water-resistant—but not cinema quality. ⌘ Read more

How AI Could Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance
At WIRED Health, British surgeon Ara Darzi said AI is set to transform the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant infections. But a lack of incentives means innovation may not reach patients. ⌘ Read more

Hey folks! We have recently had a wonderful new release of #py5, read about the new 3D trimesh integration feature and the matplotlib TextPath integration.
That release was quickly followed by a release to fix some small issues that surfaced this last week. Please check out py5 0.10.9a1 and join us at https://github.com/py5coding/py5generator/discussions to share your experiences!

#CreativeCoding #Processing #Python #genuary (sorry for the hashtag spamming, I couldn’t resist!)

“Resisting GenAI & Big Tech in Higher Education” by @danmcquillan@danmcquillan
https://danmcquillan.org/resisting_genai_highered_cjuu.html

(via @catarinac@catarinac)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de “resistance is futile, you will be assimilated”. :-D

Bridget cant resist cocks ( Derpixon ) [ Guilty Gear Strive ] ⌘ Read more

R1 Neo Meshtastic Device Introduced with GPS and nRF52840 Processor
The R1 Neo from Muzi Works is a compact, water-resistant Meshtastic device designed for long-range communication and GPS-based location tracking. Developed and assembled in Atlanta, it is the company’s first model built on a custom PCB featuring a dedicated I/O controller and integrated power management. The unit is powered by a Nordic nRF52840 microcontroller paired […] ⌘ Read more

Here is just a small list of things™ that I’m aware will break, some quite badly, others in minor ways:

1. Link rot & migrations: domain changes, path reshuffles, CDN/mirror use, or moving from txt → jsonfeed will orphan replies unless every reader implements perfect 301/410 history, which they won’t.
   
2. Duplication & forks: mirrors/relays produce multiple valid locations for the same post; readers see several “parents” and split the thread.
   
3. Verification & spam-resistance: content addressing lets you dedupe and verify you’re pointing at exactly the post you meant (hash matches bytes). Location anchors can be replayed or spoofed more easily unless you add signing and canonicalization.
   
4. Offline/cached reading: without the original URL being reachable, readers can’t resolve anchors; with hashes they can match against local caches/archives.
   
5. Ecosystem churn: all existing clients, archives, and tools that assume content-derived IDs need migrations, mapping layers, and fallback logic. Expect long-lived threads to fracture across implementations.

PEP 807: Index support for Trusted Publishing
This PEP proposes a standard mechanism through which arbitrary Python package indices can support “Trusted Publishing,” a misuse-resistant credential exchange scheme already implemented by the Python Package Index (PyPI). ⌘ Read more

Can’t resist.

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Why your next favourite mango might take 25 years to grow
Scientists in Queensland are striving to breed the perfect Aussie mango by combining decades of genetic research with sensory science, selecting for flavour, aroma, texture, and disease resistance. ⌘ Read more

DHS requests 20,000 National Guard troops to help with mass deportations
Ellen Mitchell,  Senior Defense Reporter  -  The Hill

_Stephan: I have been waiting for this development in the Trump MAGAt coup, and now it is openly here. Trump is trying to create a militarized Gestapo so that civil resistance ostensibly about immigrants, just as Hitler made it about Jews, can use the military to eliminate people who oppose him. That’s why Hegseth has been firin … ⌘ Read more

Majority of US Voters Support Third Trump Impeachment: Poll
Jessica Corbett,  Senior Editor  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: Americans seem to be awakening to the Trumpian Republican coup, as this poll about impeaching Trump (for a third time) demonstrates. There seems to be a growing resistance to the fascist coup Trump, the oligarchs, and the Republicans in Congress are trying to carry out.  But restoring America to a functioning democracy is much more complicated then … ⌘ Read more

Open Source Dev & CEO Calls for “Sabotage” in “Resistance” of US Government
Drew DeVault (Linux Window Manager Developer) is encouraging people to “F*** up” and commit crimes against Tech Companies as a way to fight “fascism”. ⌘ Read more

My handsome Jasper gives me that look coz he knows I’m powerless to resist when treats are involved ⌘ Read more

Tiny vines could hold the key to a future-proof wine industry
The CSIRO and Wine Australia are trialling fast-growing, mildew-resistant grapevines that are designed to maintain wine quality in a changing climate. ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu I’m very glad I only rarely have to deal with .docx & Co. And when I have to, 99% is in read mode only. Even though, I don’t think that Markdown is the best choice, I use it on a daily basis. Some things, like links, in reStructuredText are better in my opinion.

Jira just resists to switch to Markdown and forces us to use its silly markup language.

For real typesetting, LaTeX is the way to go. But I very, very rarely do that.

‘iPhone Fold’ to Feature Metallic Glass Hinge That Resists Deformation
Last week, we covered a report claiming that Apple’s book-style foldable iPhone (or “iPhone Fold,” as we are provisionally calling it here) will use liquid metal hinges to improve durability and help minimize screen creasing. Today, a Chinese leaker provided more details on the properties of this hinge material that help to clarify why Apple chose it for its first foldable device.

![](https://images.macrumors.com/arti … ⌘ Read more

[$] Lessons from open source in the Mexican government
The adoption of open-source software in governments has had its ups and
downs. While open source seems like a “no-brainer”, it turns out that
governments can be surprisingly resistant to using FOSS for a variety of
reasons. Federico González Waite spoke in the Open Government track at SCALE 22x in Pasadena,
California to recount his [experiences\
working with and for the Mexican government](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/speak … ⌘ Read more

Trump’s funding ax throws colleges into an existential crisis
Erica Pandey,    -  Axios

_Stephan: The Trumpian authoritarian coup continues, and democracy dissipates; all of this following Hitler’s action list point by point. What stands out for me is how weak the institutional resistance is. Universities are docilely falling to their knees. Law firms are proving equally craven. There is only one way this is going to stop. You – and I mean you – must participate … ⌘ Read more

Bureaucratie : la discrète évasion intérieure des Français
L’État français est obèse, et sa bureaucratie est, lentement mais sûrement, en train d’étouffer le pays. Cependant, certains Français résistent et s’adaptent. On l’a vu : le pays s’appauvrit visiblement et si l’on peut débattre sur les explications profondes de ce constat – les politiciens sont incompétents ou des traîtres à leur propre peuple, à vous […] ⌘ Read more

[ANN] MT #343: Marketing Monero to Save Souls from Technological Totalitarianism w/ Monero Master

In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Sean Bradford about Monero, Christianity, and privacy-focused marketing initiatives. Sean Bradford, who recently emerged in the Monero community, discusses his various projects including the Monero Masters podcast and surveillance resistance campaign.

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=c7Wd3APP38U
  
• [https://www.monerotalk.l … ⌘ Read more

My senior cat looked so cute napping on his baby brother that I couldn’t resist taking a picture ⌘ Read more

Some satisfying icicle-breaking in our backyard: photos.falsifian.org/video/sM7G3vfS6yuc/VID_20250217_203250.mp4

I couldn’t resist taking home a prize:

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It’s been snowy here in #Toronto.

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(I tried formatting the images in markdown for the benefit of yarn and any other clients that understand it.)

#photo #photos #winter

[ANN] LocalMonero Clone (openmonero) is now open source

Going strong with a couple of forks will make openmonero more censorship-resistant. The reactjs codebase is now open source. Check out git repository.. (hosted on tor hidden service); contact: https://openmonero.com/support, contact II: @OM_HELP (telegram)

Links:

• https://openmonero.com
  
• git repo (onion)
  

OpenMonero (Session ID) ⌘ Read more

God damn trap, can’t resist. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Stop Doing Their Work for Them https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/09/resist.html #harm #politics #rant

Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist
Robert Reich,  Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies.  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Robert Reich offers some very good counsel in this essay. I detailed in my book [The 8 Laws of Change](https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Change-Individual-Planetary-Wellbeing-ebook/dp/B0932JHXXC/ref … ⌘ Read more

First impressions with the soundcore AeroFit 2 open-ear headphones
While I skipped the Black Friday deals, I couldn’t resist picking up the soundcore AeroFit 2 headphones a few days later. Being home alone over the weekend gave me the perfect opportunity to spend more than 24 hours testing them thoroughly. Here are my first impressions of these open-ear headphones. ⌘ Read more

XMR registers 2.5-year high of $218 after ~31% surge
Monero (XMR/USD1) bulls have managed to essentially wipe all bear progress since May 2022 with an impressive under 9-hour ~31% surge yesterday from $166 to ~$218.

As I am writing this report, the reds are trying to force the price back under the 200 psychological level.

Provided bulls manage to reinforce the 175-185 support zone, we could see another attempt to break the local top. This could leave the next resistance around … ⌘ Read more

Can’t resist writing something here. Heading to 2025. Time flies!

also you know who cannot resist a riddle? mathematicians, that’s for sure

@prologic@twtxt.net

There’s a simple reason all the current hashes end in a or q: the hash is 256 bits, the base32 encoding chops that into groups of 5 bits, and 256 isn’t divisible by 5. The last character of the base32 encoding just has that left-over single bit (256 mod 5 = 1).

So I agree with #3 below, but do you have a source for #1, #2 or #4? I would expect any lack of variability in any part of a hash function’s output would make it more vulnerable to attacks, so designers of hash functions would want to make the whole output vary as much as possible.

Other than the divisible-by-5 thing, my current intuition is it doesn’t matter what part you take.

1. Hash Structure: Hashes are typically designed so that their outputs have specific statistical properties. The first few characters often have more entropy or variability, meaning they are less likely to have patterns. The last characters may not maintain this randomness, especially if the encoding method has a tendency to produce less varied endings.

2. Collision Resistance: When using hashes, the goal is to minimize the risk of collisions (different inputs producing the same output). By using the first few characters, you leverage the full distribution of the hash. The last characters may not distribute in the same way, potentially increasing the likelihood of collisions.

3. Encoding Characteristics: Base32 encoding has a specific structure and padding that might influence the last characters more than the first. If the data being hashed is similar, the last characters may be more similar across different hashes.

4. Use Cases: In many applications (like generating unique identifiers), the beginning of the hash is often the most informative and varied. Relying on the end might reduce the uniqueness of generated identifiers, especially if a prefix has a specific context or meaning.

Taking the last n characters of a base32 encoded hash instead of the first n can be problematic for several reasons:

1. Hash Structure: Hashes are typically designed so that their outputs have specific statistical properties. The first few characters often have more entropy or variability, meaning they are less likely to have patterns. The last characters may not maintain this randomness, especially if the encoding method has a tendency to produce less varied endings.

2. Collision Resistance: When using hashes, the goal is to minimize the risk of collisions (different inputs producing the same output). By using the first few characters, you leverage the full distribution of the hash. The last characters may not distribute in the same way, potentially increasing the likelihood of collisions.

3. Encoding Characteristics: Base32 encoding has a specific structure and padding that might influence the last characters more than the first. If the data being hashed is similar, the last characters may be more similar across different hashes.

4. Use Cases: In many applications (like generating unique identifiers), the beginning of the hash is often the most informative and varied. Relying on the end might reduce the uniqueness of generated identifiers, especially if a prefix has a specific context or meaning.

In summary, using the first n characters generally preserves the intended randomness and collision resistance of the hash, making it a safer choice in most cases.

@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, I’ve noticed that as well when I hacked around. That’s a very good addition, ta! :-)

Getting to this view felt suprisingly difficult, though. I always expected my feeds I follow in the “Feeds” tab. You won’t believe how many times I clicked on “Feeds” yesterday evening. :-D Adding at least a link to my following list on the “Feeds” page would help my learning resistence. But that’s something different.

Also, turns out that “My Feeds” is the list of feeds that I author myself, not the ones I have subscribed to. The naming is alright, I can see that it makes sense. It just was an initial surprise that came up.

Philippine Protesters Resist Marcos Jr.’s bid to change constitution
Philippine protesters resist Marcos Jr.’s bid to change the constitution, fearing it will lead to his power monopoly. ⌘ Read more

Playing with Wireguard and network namespaces today. Resisting the urge to redo my server.

Muscles are made in the kitchen
This Christmas, I got a cool gift – a door pull-up bar. I wanted it because I do (Freeletics) workouts two or three times per week without any equipment (except some resistance bands I got a while ago), and I thought pull-ups would add some variety. Plus, I heard they’re good for working out different muscles like the back, arms, and grip. ⌘ Read more

garden/gallery/rollerblading: at long last, zenblade 8; stop the genocide; resist the death instinct

Deals: Apple Watch Series 8 for $249!
Amazon is offering a fantastic deal on the Apple Watch Series 8, available in select colors for just $249, with delivery before Christmas. Apple Watch Series 8 features a 41mm display, GPS, fitness tracking capabilities, blood oxygen reader, ECG app, water resistance, an always-on display, and much more. Apple Watch Series 8 GPS 41mm – … Read More ⌘ Read more

Oups, l’énergie devient fort chère !
Dès 2022, les choses ont été clairement dites par notre Bruneau De Bercy national : il n’y a pas d’inflation ou, disons plutôt que la France y résiste nettement mieux que le reste de l’Europe. Ou disons plutôt que le gouvernement va agiter frénétiquement ses petits bras musclés pour faire baisser les prix délirants de certains […] ⌘ Read more

Comment résister à la censure qui s’en vient ?
Les récents événements le montrent : l’envie de censure continue de monter irrésistiblement au gouvernement français. Déjà passablement émoustillé par l’interdiction de Russia Today et Sputnik courant mars 2022, les récents événements ont donné l’occasion aux petits censeurs de la Macronie d’envisager à haute voix de remettre le couvert pour les réseaux sociaux dans leur ensemble. […] ⌘ Read more

#Macron parle sans ironie de célébrer la résistance tout en interdisant la résistance à son gouvernement par les restrictions imposées à #Lyon et en gardant les #ChampsÉlysées vides https://lien.sus.fr/RocRh

@prologic@twtxt.net The one I actually use for something is Monero. I also mine it (asic resistant, mined with cpu). The others I just put some savings in every month. The whole pyramid scheme thing - I do not think much about honestly. Crypto is here to stay, won’t go away. And for me it’s better then stocks because I know nothing about stocks and such. I do not put much into it. I also had some NFT stuff that I minted - which I sold for 10x the price later on, but honestly - last year I gained as much as I lost, so it evened out to almost 0.

Just see the total hashrate on the network, then figure out how many cpu’s you need to get over 51% of that rate - you then know what it would cost :)
Also - nice to see a monero discussion, it’s my fav cc. Also like it a lot because of the asic resistance that is built in.

Since you’re a fallible human, you will screw things up. And when you do, you’ll be tempted to mislead and cast blame elsewhere. Resist. Advice on being managed

Cette rentrée, préparez-vous pour un peu de résistance active
À la faveur de la fermeture des écoles, des résultats du bac et des premiers départs massifs en vacance, la période estivale s’est ouverte depuis quelques jours, repoussant les idées moroses de vagues épidémiques, de prix endiablés à la pompe et de canicules mortifères au rang de préoccupations vagues et de sujets d’apéro de bord […] ⌘ Read more

Australian PM warns China to learn from Russia’s ‘strategic failure’ in Ukraine
Anthony Albanese said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had brought democratic nations together and ‘shown attempts to impose change by force on a sovereign country meet resistance’. ⌘ Read more

Inside Ukraine’s bombarded Luhansk region: ‘Everything is on fire’
Russia controls 95 per cent of the area, but pockets of resistance have stopped its forces from overrunning it completely. ⌘ Read more

China resists loan rate cuts, keeps lending benchmark unchanged in June
China’s one-year loan prime rate (LPR) and five-year LPR, which is the reference for mortgages, remained unchanged, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on Monday. ⌘ Read more

WTO talks down to the wire with no major deals yet in sight, India holds its ground
First meeting for four years wrapped up without solutions to issues such as food security, overfishing and access to Covid vaccines. India said it was a voice for developing countries resisting high-handed Western demands. ⌘ Read more

Ukraine war: Russia offers evacuations from Sievierodonetsk chemical plant, where 500 civilians are taking shelter
Ukraine says more than 500 civilians are trapped alongside soldiers inside the Azot chemical factory in Sievierodonetsk, where its forces have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment. ⌘ Read more

Hydraulic Analogy
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@prologic@twtxt.net let us take the path of less resistance, that is, less effort, for now. I am going to be a great-grandfather before search ever get implemented locally, least one to search on “all pods”. In other words, let us don’t bite more than we can chew. 😹 Neep-gren!

Bookmarked : Cwtch - Decentralized, Surveillance Resistant Infrastructure ⌘ Read more

Indeed. It’s amazing to me that in all the conversations about work/life balance, employers never consider the mind-blowingly innovative option of working less. You Are Not Lazy or Undisciplined. You Have Internal Resistance | Hacker News

Proof of Work is in fact a firewall against ancestor simulations: By doing lots and lots of preimage-resistant computation and generally increasing local entropy, you make reversing your timeline by computational means just that much harder

Phishing Resistant SMS Autofill ⌘ https://github.blog/2020-09-25-phishing-resistant-sms-autofill/

Next challenge: her slow Lifebook A Series. Wants to keep Windows, so I’m trying to shrink its volume (for dual boot). It resists.

Next challenge: her slow Lifebook A Series. Wants to keep Windows, so I’m trying to shrink its volume (for dual boot). It resists.

CrimethInc. : Steal Something from Work Day 2019! : Three Epic Tales of Workplace Resistance https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/15/steal-something-from-work-day-2019-three-stories-of-workplace-resistance

How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell’s case for resisting “The Attention Economy” / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2019/04/09/resisting-attention-economy.html

if you stay up all night are you resisting a rest?

We ought to be suspicious of business plans that resemble manifest destiny: expansion into supposedly-unclaimed regions, turning inhabitants into tools & discarding the resistant (who now have nowhere to go) or worse.

Is the #Resistance Just a Branding Exercise? | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/153063/passive-resistance-trump-opposition-exercise-branding

Resisting Reduction: A Manifesto https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/resisting-reduction

Software Rot and Classes of Rot Resistance · InductiveComputerScience/progsbase Wiki · GitHub https://github.com/InductiveComputerScience/progsbase/wiki/Software-Rot-and-Classes-of-Rot-Resistance

On Emergent Centralization · Field Notes https://fieldnotes.resistant.tech/defensive-decentralization/

Resistance – Subcultures and Sociology http://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultural-theory-and-theorists/resistance/

idea: medication for highly resistant infections laced with (carefully tuned) mood improvers so that people remember to take it regularly

Hot take: If you believe technological determinism cannot be effectively resisted, then how much the projected trajectory benefits you personally determines where you fall on the scale from Kevin Kelley to the Unabomber

Could the Answer to the Antibiotic-Resistance Crisis Be Found on a Toilet Seat? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/could-the-answer-to-our-most-urgent-health-crisis-be-found-on-a-toilet-seat/528687/?src=longreads

Anopticon: Architecture designed to resist surveillance, easily navigable but with as few long lines of sight as possible, sound-damping,

They rest their foreheads against each other’s but meet no resistance: Skulls glide into each other, mindscapes interlock, mutual completion

Over the weeks, you can see the plates shift and volcanoes rise and fall. You resist the urge to scratch, these jungles take days to regrow.