Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

New books! :D

Elon Musk’s new round of X Ads Revenue Sharing payments arrived, eventually - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/11/23824612/x-twitter-blue-ad-revenue-sharing-payment-delay

Never bring a La Croix to a Waterloo fight

“Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast & killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish.” #ClimateAction https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-coastal-restoration-mississippi-river-diversion-03a7d3458e870858fb0e961482bcedfe

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Trump’s Truth Social tipped off FBI about man who made death threats to Biden and was later killed by agents https://deadstate.org/trumps-truth-social-tipped-off-fbi-about-man-who-made-death-threats-to-biden-and-was-later-killed-by-agents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Seine Water Pollution Leads to Cancellation of Open Water Swimming World Cup

The Open Water Swimming World Cup was canceled in Paris on Sunday after heavy rainfall caused water quality in the Seine to fall below minimum health standards.

https://www.ecowatch.com/seine-water-pollution-world-cup-swimming.html

#EcoWatch

Well after 2 years, Starlink says they're finally ready to let me subscribe. Thing is, when Starlink was first announced, it was supposed to be 1Gbps. In 2023, the average across the board is 66Mbps, with highs near 200, and lows at 20. I get 100 with cellular at half price..

Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/10/private-jets-are-awful-for-the-climate-its-time-to-tax-the-rich-who-fly-in-them?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EdwardJMarkey

16th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/08/10/16th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples/

So I’m watching Mad About You and noticing the name of the actor who plays Ira: John Pankow. There’s something familiar about that last name. Then it hit me: he might be related to the trombone player from Chicago. So I checked IMDB and—sure enough—he is James Pankow’s younger brother. Neat! #Chicago

Question of etiquette:

Should the life span of an HP ink jet printer be express in days or weeks?

I’m in favor of televising Donald Trump’s trial, because we are literally, ALL OF US, the victims of the crimes Trump committed. Show the whole goddamned thing.

#Conservative staff members "regularly" delete emails to avoid accountability.
They even used their personal emails to do government business with lobbyists.
That's dodgy.

#corrupt #DougFord #onpoli #ontario #bill23 #AuditorGeneralReport

The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a bill terminating the agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of plant quarantine.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3746743-ukraines-parliament-terminates-agreement-with-russia-on-cooperation-in-plant-quarantine.html #ukraine #news

A 3rd Century BC; Hellenic Gold Hairnet, from Taras (Taranto, South Italy).

It is made entirely of gold in a netting pattern with cabochon garnets at intersections and a large bas-relief image of Medusa at top. This would have been worn over a coil of hair either at lower or center back of head and held in place with pins.

Altes Museum, Berlin

#archaeohistories

I’ve visited Lahaina many times in my life and I just can’t believe these images of the whole town, burned to the ground. In addition to the lives, livelihoods, homes, businesses, Lahaina is not some built-up tourist spot, but an important historic site, once the capital of the Hawaiian kingdom and a witness to successive waves of visitation, colonization and struggles for independence. Its 19th century buildings and Banyan tree were a living museum of the story of Hawaii. An incalculable loss.

Carbon Apocalypse Manchin can GTFO of the Democratic party if it makes him feel important; as long as he caucuses with them he could declare himself to be Krystyn Synyma (that's how she spells it, right?) for all I fucking care.

Microsoft Signing Key Stolen by Chinese - Schneier on Security

A bunch of networks, including US Government networks, have been hacked by the Chinese. The hackers used forged authentication tokens to access user email, using a stolen Microsoft Azure account consumer signing key. Congress wants answers.

The phrase “negligent security practices” is being tossed about—and with good reason. Master signing keys are not supposed to be left around, waiting to be stolen.

Actually, two things went badly wrong here. The first is that Azure accepted an expired signing key, implying a vulnerability in whatever is supposed to check key validity.

The second is that this key was supposed to remain in the the system’s Hardware Security Module—and not be in software. This implies a really serious breach of good security practice.

The fact that Microsoft has not been forthcoming about the details of what happened tell me that the details are really bad

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/08/microsoft-signing-key-stolen-by-chinese.html

Basketball with those super bouncy 1-in dia (25mm) balls.

#RuinASport
#HashItOut
#HashtagGames