Is it ok for politicians to use AI? Survey shows where the public draws the line
New survey evidence from the UK and Japan shows people are open to MPs using AI as a tool, but deeply resistant to handing over democratic decisions to machines. ⌘ Read more

Deals: AirPods Pro 2 for $170, $100 Off Apple Watch Ultra 3, & More
AirPods Pro 2 are fantastic earbuds and offer advanced features like hearing aid functionality for mild to moderate hearing loss, active noise cancellation, high fidelity sound, water and sweat resistance, Spatial Audio, custom fit, transparency mode, ear detection, a USB-C charging case, and more. AirPods Pro 2 – $170 (down from $249) Apple Watch Ultra … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/01/de … ⌘ Read more

Politique de la ville : on a voulu acheter la paix, on a financé la guerre
C’était il y a 20 ans, le 27 octobre 2005, deux mineurs manifestement mal isolés choisissaient de devenir des symboles de résistances à 100 kΩ : en pénétrant dans un transformateur afin d’échapper à un contrôle d’identité, l’électrocution de Zyed et Bouna allaient déclencher trois semaines de bordel homérique en France. Et en 20 ans, il […] ⌘ Read more

White oak genome reveals genetic markers for climate adaptability and pest resistance
White oak (Quercus alba) is important economically, ecologically, and culturally. However, the species currently faces a significant challenge: a low rate of seedling recruitment, the process by which seeds successfully germinate and grow into new trees. ⌘ Read more

ICE Is Mounting a Mass Surveillance Campaign on American Citizens
Autumn Billings ,  Assistant Editor  -  reason

_Stephan: In every country ruled by an authoritarian dictator, one of the hallmarks of such societies is the surveillance of the citizenry, to control any resistance to the leader’s authority. Well, now that reality has come to the United States. I’m not sure how I will get to my daughter’s wedding. I have been warned not to fly or go through any g … ⌘ Read more

Gene-edited pigs resistant to swine fever could boost animal welfare
Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them completely resistant to the disease ⌘ Read more

We’re losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
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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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Pinellas County - Base: 9.12 miles, 00:09:41 average pace, 01:28:21 duration
nice run. kept it pretty chill albeit humidity was a bitch. before ending my first loop another runner cruised by me and i resisted the urge to join (not that i could have maintained the pace or anything).
#running

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

@prologic@twtxt.net

Let’s assume for a moment that an answer to a question would be met with so many words you don’t know what the answer was at all. Why? Why do this? Is this a stereotype of academics and philosophers? If so, it’s not a very straight-forward way of thinking, let alone answering a simple question.

Well, I can’t know what’s in these peoples’ minds and hearts. Personally I think it’s a way of dissembling, of sowing doubt, and of maintaining plausible deniability. The strategy is to persuade as many people as possible to change their minds, and then force the remaining people to accept the idea because they think too many other people believe it.

Let’s say you want, for whatever reason, to get a lot of people to accept an idea that you know most people find horrible. The last thing you should do is express the idea clearly and concisely and repeat it over and over again. All you’d accomplish is to cement people’s resistance to you, and label yourself as a person who harbors horrible ideas that they don’t like. So you can’t do that.

What do you do instead? The entire field of “rhetoric”, dating back at least to Plato and Aristotle (400 years BC), is all about this. How to persuade people to accept your idea, even when they resist it. There are way too many techniques to summarize in a twt, but it seems almost obvious that you have to use more words and to use misleading or at least embellished or warped descriptions of things, because that’s the opposite of clearly and concisely expressing yourself, which would directly lead to people rejecting your idea.

That’s how I think of it anyway.

#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

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

@mckinley@twtxt.net Being German I naturally don’t care for flags, but I have to admit the colored version on your website looks even nicer than the black and white one here. Are JGS at the very end the true initials of your name? And I can’t resist to ask which two states you left out? ]:-> Anyways, enjoy your holiday!

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