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LeMonde: "France calls new Olympic gender testing 'backward step'."
""We oppose a generalisation of genetic testing, which raises numerous ethical, legal and medical questions, particularly in light of French legislation" which does not allow such tests, Sports Minister Marina Ferrari said in a statement."
France calls new Olympic gender testing 'backward step'
The IOC announced on Thursday that only 'biological females' will be allowed to compete in women's events, preventing transgender women from competing.Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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“Hackers linked to Iran claim they invaded Trump FBI director’s inbox.”
Gross incompetence‼️
#Kakistocracy #FBI #KashPatel #NationalSecurity #Iran #Hacking #TrumpRegime #NoKings #Protest #USPol
https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-2676629547/#
Hackers linked to Iran claim they invaded Trump FBI director’s inbox
With U.S. President Donald Trump's war against Iran raging on, a group of hackers linked to Iran are claiming responsibility for breaking into FBI Director Kash Patel's online inbox.Alex Henderson (Alternet.org)
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LOL. Iranian-backed hackers tunnel into Kash Patel's e-mail? They could have picked a USG employee who works for a living, and exchanges secrets they could use.
Kash's e-m was probably filled with scheduling his FBI jet travel, broken dates with his main squeeze, how hard he's working to promote her career, and how many times he has to tell her taxpayer-funded FBI security detail to stay on the job.
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Attention Pride Radio Network users: With huge thanks to an anonymous donor, a replacement HRI-200 interface is on its way. WIRES-X support for our network will return soon.
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This dumb password rule is from NBC (National Bank of Canada).
- Password length must be 8 to 25 characters
- Password must contain at least one lower letter (any position)
- Password must contain at least one digit (any position)
- Password cannot contain spaces.
- Copy/paste is not allowed when trying to set a new password
https://dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/nbc-national-bank-of-canada/
#password #passwords #infosec #cybersecurity #dumbpasswordrules
NBC (National Bank of Canada) - Dumb Password Rules
- Password length must be 8 to 25 characters - Password must contain at least one lower letter (any position) - Password must contain at least one digit (any position) - Password cannot contain spaces.dumbpasswordrules.com
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Tehran accuses US of ‘calculated’ assault on school | National
Iran’s foreign minister on Friday branded a deadly strike on an Iranian school on the first day of…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Tehran #afp #Iran
https://www.europesays.com/iran/38789/
Tehran accuses US of 'calculated' assault on school | National - Iran
Iran's foreign minister on Friday branded a deadly strike on an Iranian school on the first day of the Middle East war as a "calculated" US assault.EUROPE SAYS (Iran)
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Hegseth Broke Protocol to Block Women and Black Officers’ Promotion - EUROPE SAYS
Hegseth had been pushing Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to remove the four officers for months, but given their years of exemplary service, he refused,EUROPE SAYS
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Tomorrow could be the largest protest in U.S. history, with millions expected to take to the streets against the rise of fascism in our White House.
As a human rights lawyer, I made this video with 13 rules you need to protect yourself while protesting.
With ICE fascists and DHS are violating every rule in the book, make sure you keep these essential rules in mind to avoid getting arrested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG6aThUJH_w
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"No Kings": March 28 Rallies Could Be Biggest Day of Protest in U.S. History
http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/27/no_kings_day_march_28
“No Kings”: March 28 Rallies Could Be Biggest Day of Protest in U.S. History
Millions of people are expected to take to the streets this Saturday in opposition to the Trump administration in the third iteration of the nationwide No Kings protest movement.Democracy Now!
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This is a joke from a satirical publication, the Gotham Goose, but I had to check to find out. The statue absolutely should exist and would be much less chaotic than a lot of stuff that's happening out there. But it does not exist, to be clear.
It's hell trying to tell satire from news any more.
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https://www.voicemedia.global/article/sweden-s-digital-id-system-hacked-public-s-data-sold-on-dark-web
Sweden’s Digital ID System Hacked, Public’s Data Sold on Dark Web
Frank Bergman Sweden’s sweeping national digital ID system has been hacked, with the public’s sensitive data already being sold on the dark web...Independent News Roundup (www.voicemedia.global)
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L: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47542141
posted on 2026.03.27 at 08:56:18 (c=1, p=8)
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‘Accountability has arrived’: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co | Meta | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/26/us-court-social-media-meta-youtube
One can hope that it finally has arrived.
‘Accountability has arrived’: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co
With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990sDara Kerr (The Guardian)
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TIL that "The Ballad of the Green Berets" was one of the few popular songs of the Vietnam War years to cast the military in a positive light. It was #1 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_the_Green_Berets
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1s4tr5c/til_that_the_ballad_of_the_green_berets_was_one/
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I’m not trans. As far as I know, my kids aren’t at the moment. Nobody in my family is. None of my good friends are. I don’t prescribe medication for gender affirming care. I don’t specifically treat folks for gender dysphoria. So why do I give a fuck?
You don’t punch down. There’s no transgender machine producing trans judiciary and trans politicians and trans PACs to come for my cisgender. There are trans folks being discriminated against, outed, beaten, jailed, and killed. I hate bullies.
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India passes law to end transgender self-identification..
The country that stood up for trans people gives in to colonial bigotry.
https://qnews.com.au/india-passes-law-to-end-transgender-self-identification/
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
India passes law to end transgender self-identification
India's government has passed a bill that significantly rolls back the rights of transgender and gender diverse peopleAndrew M Potts (QNews)
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Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket
Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has achieved “first plasma” in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, designed to propel rockets faster than any object has ever traveled.
Archive: ia: ...
#space-&-spaceflight
https://gizmodo.com/startup-successfully-ignites-worlds-first-fusion-rocket-2000738506
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Today I Learned while many countries now allow female monarchs, currently there are no ruling queens for the first time in almost two centuries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_regnant
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1s4rdx9/today_i_learned_while_many_countries_now_allow/
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Iran chokes Strait of Hormuz with reported $2M tanker toll, regime threatens global oil supply
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-chokes-strait-hormuz-reported-205530240.html
Iran chokes Strait of Hormuz with reported $2M tanker toll, regime threatens global oil supply
Strait of Hormuz traffic is near collapse as Iran reportedly charges tankers $2 million in transit fees, prompting President Trump to threaten strikes on...Emma Bussey (Yahoo News)
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Cal Newport's new #AI Reality Check talks about LLMs potentially being a dead end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMV80GvBpU
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Kennedy Center lays off employees ahead of two-year shutdown - UPI.com
The Kennedy Center on Thursday started to lay off staff, including several high ranking employees, ahead of a two-year shutdown for renovations.UPI
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It is obvious that exponential growth can not go on unlimited in a limited system. There are #LimitsToGrowth in every finite system. So what will the future bring while the superrich hide in their bunkers (even they are unsure how, as Douglas Rushkoff describes in his book)? A..
a) societal collapse and we go extinct
b) societal collapse and we go back to pre-industrial middle ages
c) societal collapse and we create a sustainable post-capitalist economy
I don't know. What do you think? Can we avoid a collapse of a society which is based on exponential growth and exploitation of fossil fuels or is a collapse inevitable?
https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=how-everything-can-collapse-a-manual-for-our-times--9781509541386
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I'm hoping for c) . UNLESS we cause #Colonialism and #Capitalism to go extinct before the collapse. AND utilize #GiantLeap tech (which might involve #AncientTech and #OldSchoolTech).
US currency to bear Trump's signature, Treasury says
US paper currency will soon bear Donald Trump's signature, the Treasury Department announced Thursday, in a move that would be a first for a sitting American...AFP (Yahoo News)
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I would argue that marxism as a whole is not falsified, and that dialectical and historical materialism is far more in touch with reality than the mainstream philosophy of the establishment (with its amaterialist BS like exponential growth on an finite planet)
Dialectical materialism has many uses in sociology, historiography, economics, biology, and many other fields, as a philosophy of science.
Guerrilla Activists Perfectly 'Rename' Larry Ellison's Superyacht
#LedByDonkeys #GuerrillaActivism #LarryEllison #MediaControl #DefenseSecretary
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/03/guerrilla-activists-renamed-larry-ellison
Guerrilla Activists Perfectly 'Rename' Larry Ellison’s Superyacht
Larry Ellison will hate the new name but we think it's perfect.NewsHound Ellen (Crooks and Liars)
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👍 Calling it the "Epstein administration"
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What if this war is a test run for palantir bullshit and Thiel directly manipulated it into being with the genocidal maniacs of Israel all too willing to join in on the wanton death and destruction of anyone that isn't one of them...
Just thinking out loud and I can be one hundred percent wrong. There's just a lot of patterns all leading back to palantir and Nazis.
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Sound Transit Considers Delaying Ballard Light Rail
On Tuesday, Strauss shot an email out to residents, encouraging them to show up to the town hall with concerns about light rail. Only four people did. The 19 other speakers wanted to talk about #homeless people living in RVs, road hazards, and yes, public safety. After the meeting, Strauss said he expected that. It is Ballard after all. by Micah Yip As someone who usually light rails around the city, driving from Capitol Hill to Ballard was like enduring Dante's nine levels of hell. Red-line traffic up I-5, east to west surface street chaos, Apple Maps ETA climbing. By the time I reached the Ballard Community Center for Councilmember Dan Strauss' town hall last night, another 12 minutes had been added to my 35-minute commute.. The situation was too on-the-nose. It was Strauss' first town hall since Sound Transit announced it's considering delaying the long-promised and voter-approved Ballard Light Rail Extension. At a board retreat last week, Sound Transit presented members three opti
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in reply to kimu • • •@kimu @afewbugs i also don't have a degree they would qualify me to teach at a community college
I actually don't have a maker space near me, and the local libraries don't have facilities to support something like this, so it's going to just stay an idea for now
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in reply to Emily Velasco • • •Absolutely would take this class!
The last time I had a dead fan, I scavenged parts from it - like the toroidal inductor for a simple joule thief flashlight. Just need to know what to keep from "dead" equipment!
Emily_S
in reply to Emily Velasco • • •that would be a blooming awesome. Maybe have a mini project each week to teach about some material or components. So they cover more things and maybe learn about something tha helps them later.
"Today we're making a light weight bending break from two by fours and some clamps. This will be helpful making enclosures for your big projects"
Ma Quest :ablobjam:
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in reply to Emily Velasco • • •I have some old devices I wish I could give away to anyone who would make them into something useful again.
(Also old things that are not electronics; I wish I could pay to have any old things repurposed. I’d call it “waste not, as a service”)
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in reply to Emily Velasco • • •oooh. I have a brushless drill that uses NiCd or NiMH batteries, and I haven't tackled the "what would it take to LiIon this?" because voltage mismatches and controllers.
I'd take this class...
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