Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Super fun meet at the Seattle Commodore Computer Club (SEA-CCC) #60 last night! It was an 8-Bit Extravaganza.

- B128
- C128 + modern monitor solution
- Restored PET 2001
- Ultimate64

Good times!

sea-ccc.org

#Commodore #C64 #8bit #80s #vintagecomputing #usergroup #SEACCC

China is now Making Fake Women - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMRhCyazqM

TLDW: Serpentza goes to a stream boiler room and sees the appearance filters they use. Wacky.

I've finally found a use of AI which I would benefit from:

I'd like a news app, which aggregates & sorts news articles, rewrites the headlines to be useful & unbiased and summarise the whole post in a couple of paragraphs.

Gave my info to an installer who installs heat pumps. They've duly dumped me into the prospects lists and called me for a "free heater and A/C tuneup" this morning. Ding them for trying to mine their prospects aggressively via phone. (Add me to your email list since I gave you my contact info, but sales phone calls are over the line). (Yes, I suspected it would happen since they asked for my phone #).

Republicans put U.S. species on 'direct path to extinction' with poison pill riders https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-put-u-s-species-on-direct-path-to-extinction-with-poison-pill-riders/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/a-previously-unknown-worm-has-been-stealthily-targeting-linux-devices-for-a-year/

The instance `mastodon.terabyte-computing.com` has been suspended from #Tooters for being in violation of the following community rules:

4. No transphobia / transmisia.

10. No distribution of disinformation, campaigns designed to do so, or otherwise intentionally misleading information.

Republican primary battle between McGuire and Good heats up (Markus Schmidt/Cardinal News)

https://cardinalnews.org/2024/01/17/primary-battle-between-mcguire-and-good-heats-up/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240117/p36#a240117p36

Judge Threatens to Kick Trump Out of E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial if He Disrupts Court (Ben Feuerherd/The Messenger)

https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-judge-kaplan-defamation-trial
http://www.memeorandum.com/240117/p35#a240117p35

Trump jury is average New Yorkers. Every adult in New York City has had experiences with the rich bullies like Trump who threaten to sue, & send their attack dog lawyers at you. EVERY ONE on the jury knows this pattern. And HATE it

Alina Habba Dabba Do is damaging Trump
Trump HIMSELF is doing worse

CNN’s Dana Bash Busts Out Laughing When Reporter Calls Biden Strategy ‘A Noun And A Verb And January 6’ https://www.mediaite.com/news/cnns-dana-bash-busts-out-laughing-when-reporter-calls-biden-strategy-a-noun-and-a-verb-and-january-6/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Who Owns Your Town? - Find out who owns individual properties with these interactive maps.
https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2024/01/who-owns-your-town.html

CISA pushes federal agencies to patch Citrix RCE within a week - Today, CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against three recently ... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-pushes-federal-agencies-to-patch-citrix-rce-within-a-week/ #security

"Stop Making Sense," the beloved Talking Heads concert film, is heading back to movie theaters in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. in honor of its 40th anniversary this summer. Here's more detail from Variety, plus a link to purchase tickets.

https://flip.it/i4kkV_

#Movies #Music #ConcertFilms #TalkingHeads #Film #StopMakingSense

The #economy often plays a big role in how #Americans vote in general #elections. This year, there are early signs that other issues are equally important: 👉🏼 https://www.voanews.com/a/economy-immigration-weigh-on-us-voters-in-presidential-election-year-/7443946.html #democracy #USA #immigration #abortion #foreignpolicy #politics #Ukraine #business

TIL of the Streets in the Sky design in the Robin Hood Gardens complex in London, which reminded me of a similar scheme (rendered unusable by predators) in the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Projects of St. Louis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_Gardens
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/199426p/til_of_the_streets_in_the_sky_design_in_the_robin/

Old as the hills, and yet somehow still relevant.

#PatHudson @PatHudsonCartoons #Cartoon: When it suits #alttext

Global heating pushes mountain goats into more nocturnal lifestyle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/17/global-heating-pushes-mountain-goats-into-more-nocturnal-lifestyle?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied Trump’s claim of presidential immunity for his defamation of Carroll and dismissed his argument that his comments weren’t defamatory. #EJeanCarroll