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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 2d

Cambridge University launches project to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks | Tom's Hardware share.google/fN8pdBbPhQOB...

Cambridge University launches project to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks

Cambridge’s 'Future Nostalgia' project is racing to save decades of digital history from vanishing floppy disks.

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DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social · 4d

Good thing there's a weekend coming up - the #defcon Youtube channel has dropped a few hundred #defcon33 videos for your perusal. Clear your schedule and let these #dc33 Main Stage & Creator Stage Talks wash over your thirsty brain.

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As always, enjoy and #passiton.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 4d

Any truth to the Sex in the City aftermath drop while we're all in the NYC plane? Fendi purses, MacBooks, stilettos, and of course Carrie Bradshaw!

Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 4d

Bob Ross still bringing hope and inspiration, his works at auction helping to keep the @pbs.org pulse alive. #art
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Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts

Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 11d

We must put an end to engineering waste to promote artificial scarcity #makeup @sephora share.google/hj5Kj2TBSice...

Major SF-headquartered retailer accused of illegally dumping makeup

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 13d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 12d

Attention K-Mart shoppers! #retro #tech

Internet Archive @archive.org · 12d

🛒 Fall fashions & car batteries: #autumn, Kmart style, 1989. 🍂

Thanks to a forward-thinking staffer, this & many other in-store audio tapes were saved from the dustbin—now preserved at the #InternetArchive.

🎧 Hear the full tape ⤵️
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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 12d

End obsolescence and do a solid for mother earth The Obsolete Computer via Back Market share.google/99e2rheETdQN... #tech #computers #climate

The Obsolete Computer | Back Market

Find the best deals on Obsolete Windows laptops. Free standard shipping ✅ 1-year warranty ✅ 30-day money-back guarantee ✅ Verified Refurbished ✅

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 14d

#Surveillance contractors around the world create massive datasets of phones’, and by extension people’s movements, and then sell access to the data to govt. agencies. In turn, U.S. agencies have used these tools without a warrant or court order. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 17d

NAFTA, ICE raids and sex scandals, oh my! The downfall of an icon and a mirror of our culture #fashion youtu.be/pC31xRxmEJM?...

The Rise & Fall of American Apparel

YouTube video by The Big Flop

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 18d

Get that bag, equitable #ai for the masses blog.cloudflare.com/x402/

Launching the x402 Foundation with Coinbase, and support for x402 transactions

Cloudflare is partnering with Coinbase to create the x402 Foundation and adding x402 support to the Agents SDK & MCP Servers.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 19d

Follow along over on the official PlayMTG YouTube channel or twitch.tv/magic.

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The official Magic: The Gathering and Magic: The Gathering Arena Twitch channel

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 19d

Flock off #surveillance #privacy share.google/3DCjZ3WnnQTj...

Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras - Evanston RoundTable

Private surveillance vendor Flock Safety reinstalled all of its stationary license plate cameras in Evanston that had previously been removed, apparently

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 25d

Fingers crossed this leads to some accountability with Flock #surveillance #privacy www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says

Flock Safety says it has become “the largest public-private safety network” in the country.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · 25d

#sunscreen is now on the World Health Organization essential medicine list! Here's a few reasons why that matters youtube.com/shorts/X9jQa...

Breaking Sunscreen news

YouTube video by Mo skin lab

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · Sep 11

Your guide to "travel-only" smart device handling #privacy rebeccawilliams.info/burner-phone...

Burner Phone 101

Hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library, this Burner Phone 101 workshop introduced participants to phone-related risk modeling, privacy-protective smartphone practices, the full spectrum of burner phone...

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · Sep 11

United Healthcare CEO murder suspect #Luigi Mangione is not, in fact, modeling floral button-downs for #Shein.

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Shein Used Luigi Mangione’s AI-Generated Face to Sell a Shirt

United Healthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione is not, in fact, modeling floral button-downs for Shein.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · Sep 10

At what point does the debt economy bubble burst?

"I get the impression that is more a card where people use it simply to be able to have financing with interest on slightly higher tickets."

Klarna (KLAR) stock surges after U.S. IPO share.google/rkYXHykyyASR...

Klarna's stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

Klarna priced its IPO at $40 on Tuesday in an offering that valued the company at about $15 billion.

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · Sep 9

Massive Attack and UVA using #surveillance technology such as live data feeds, generative content, #AI and online #facial-recognition, highlighting the profound technological shifts shaping our world. www.uva.co.uk/features/mas...

Massive Attack / United Visual Artists

World Tour, 2024

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · Sep 9

"It’s clearer than ever that people have to stand up for freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world" Many thanks for all the groundwork that you have laid in our fight for a better world Cindy ❤️

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Sep 9

I have spent 18 years working with Cindy Cohn at EFF, defending digital rights. There is no one I would rather fight beside and I cannot imagine this place without her.

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Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battl...

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Goose @d4rius.bsky.social · Sep 6

#Guns don't kill weeds, #lasers do 'There's no such thing as a laser-resistant weed' says company employing dozens of Nvidia GPUs to fry weeds with lasers from above | PC Gamer share.google/8LO7jNlYQUnM...