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Ukraine and Moldova have joined the EU’s mobile roaming zone as part of deepening integration between the bloc, Kyiv, and Chișinău.
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Ukraine and Moldova have joined the EU’s mobile roaming zone as part of deepening integration between the bloc, Kyiv, and Chișinău.
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The French authorities will investigate the proliferation of sexually explicit deepfakes generated by Grok artificial intelligence on the Twitter platform, the Paris prosecutor's office told @politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/la-j...
www.politico.eu/article/la-j...
La justice étend son enquête sur X aux deepfakes de femmes déshabillées par l’IA Grok
Les députés Arthur Delaporte et Eric Bothorel ont effectué des signalements après que des milliers d’images générées ont été générées par l’IA et publiées sur X à la demande d’utilisateurs.…
www.politico.eu
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The French authorities will investigate the proliferation of sexually explicit deepfakes generated by Grok artificial intelligence on the Twitter platform, the Paris prosecutor's office told @politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/la-j...
www.politico.eu/article/la-j...
Snow and ice promised for tomorrow www.met.ie/warnings-tom... #SpéirGhorm
Warnings & Advisories - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service
Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, is the leading provider of weather information and related services for Ireland.
www.met.ie
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Snow and ice promised for tomorrow www.met.ie/warnings-tom... #SpéirGhorm
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There is a strong argument that X and its officers are committing offences by providing Grok's nudifying function in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
There is a strong argument that X and its officers are committing offences by providing Grok's nudifying function in Ireland.
Which kind of clarifies why you should make your own model for smaller problems, as then you can get the result you want. Rather than trying to make a tool designed for something else do what you want.
January 2, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Which kind of clarifies why you should make your own model for smaller problems, as then you can get the result you want. Rather than trying to make a tool designed for something else do what you want.
According to this book the difference between AI engineering and ml engineering is in AI engineering your building on top of a foundational model rather than building your own.
January 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
According to this book the difference between AI engineering and ml engineering is in AI engineering your building on top of a foundational model rather than building your own.
Didn't realize git on windows has an update command from the cli `git update-git-for-windows`. That is useful.
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Didn't realize git on windows has an update command from the cli `git update-git-for-windows`. That is useful.
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Report from someone who very recently successfully used BlogBooker on their LJ!
bsky.app/profile/cass...
bsky.app/profile/cass...
I used BlogBooker just a few weeks ago (on some sort of prophetic impulse, I suppose), and it worked like a charm. I did pay for it so that I could get the unlimited downloads, and it was totally worth it considering I have nearly 9000 pages covering 14 years of my life.
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Report from someone who very recently successfully used BlogBooker on their LJ!
bsky.app/profile/cass...
bsky.app/profile/cass...
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Because of sanctions, it will be very difficult for them to find a buyer, and most of the potential options would be deeply not great. Given the lack of advance notice for the changes in that RU news post, I suspect the sale or shutdown will come equally without notice if and when it happens.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Because of sanctions, it will be very difficult for them to find a buyer, and most of the potential options would be deeply not great. Given the lack of advance notice for the changes in that RU news post, I suspect the sale or shutdown will come equally without notice if and when it happens.
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I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
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there I was thinking in 2016 when I generated a 2048-bit and not 4096 bit subkey that surely no one would be cracking 2048-bit RSA any time soon, turns out that wouldn't last another 15 years :/
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
there I was thinking in 2016 when I generated a 2048-bit and not 4096 bit subkey that surely no one would be cracking 2048-bit RSA any time soon, turns out that wouldn't last another 15 years :/
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Welp, I think I've now been scared sufficiently that I need to change out my 22 year old GPG key. #YOW25
It was already dated with use of dsa1024, but if the rsa2048 is in trouble for existing encrypt/sign operations, rather than just the risk of someone pretending to sign new sub-keys...
It was already dated with use of dsa1024, but if the rsa2048 is in trouble for existing encrypt/sign operations, rather than just the risk of someone pretending to sign new sub-keys...
![pub dsa1024 2003-12-14 [SC]
1F7714D7EC3441D2CECC24606A3F8B00FBDDD2A4
uid [ unknown] Elizabeth Fong-Jones <elizabeth@ugcs.caltech.edu>
uid [ unknown] Liz Fong-Jones <lizf@honeycomb.io>
uid [ unknown] Elizabeth Fong <elizabeth@ctyalcove.org>
uid [ unknown] Elizabeth Fong <elizabeth@ugcs.caltech.edu>
uid [ unknown] Elizabeth Fong <elizabeththegrey@gmail.com>
uid [ unknown] [jpeg image of size 9581]
sub rsa2048 2011-06-12 [S]
sub rsa2048 2016-02-15 [E]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i4tfenpfog244rxry5uz4vtk/bafkreihbswao3i7hxi4uymzvfpdlo4z6z34vfzxso6vkjnmoujd2x7ljey@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Welp, I think I've now been scared sufficiently that I need to change out my 22 year old GPG key. #YOW25
It was already dated with use of dsa1024, but if the rsa2048 is in trouble for existing encrypt/sign operations, rather than just the risk of someone pretending to sign new sub-keys...
It was already dated with use of dsa1024, but if the rsa2048 is in trouble for existing encrypt/sign operations, rather than just the risk of someone pretending to sign new sub-keys...
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Happy birthday to lots of my infosec friends on Facebook
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Happy birthday to lots of my infosec friends on Facebook
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“It is not simple. I do not know what that means.“
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
anniemueller.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“It is not simple. I do not know what that means.“
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I'm excited to be at the 'Interview' stage of my Doctoral research. If you work in the Republic of Ireland and might have contacts with students who could participate, please share with parents (for age 13-15 years) and/or students (age 16+). Thank you!
January 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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31. ⚒️ Data from one of the places on Earth that *may* be showing signs of incipient subduction initiation is always worth a look (the frustration is, of course, that we'll never live to see it happen, if it does)
#TabClosed2026
#TabClosed2026
Seismic evidence for oceanic plate delamination offshore Southwest Iberia - Nature Geoscience
The lithospheric mantle may be delaminating from the crust in an oceanic plate segment offshore Southwest Iberia, which could be the ultimate cause of the 1755 Great Lisbon Earthquake, according to se...
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
31. ⚒️ Data from one of the places on Earth that *may* be showing signs of incipient subduction initiation is always worth a look (the frustration is, of course, that we'll never live to see it happen, if it does)
#TabClosed2026
#TabClosed2026
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Tomorrow, Bulgaria joins the euro area.
This milestone reflects years of hard work and commitment.
Now it means simpler payments, easier travel and so many new opportunities for Bulgarian businesses.
Поздравления, България!
You can be proud of what you achieved.
This milestone reflects years of hard work and commitment.
Now it means simpler payments, easier travel and so many new opportunities for Bulgarian businesses.
Поздравления, България!
You can be proud of what you achieved.
December 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Tomorrow, Bulgaria joins the euro area.
This milestone reflects years of hard work and commitment.
Now it means simpler payments, easier travel and so many new opportunities for Bulgarian businesses.
Поздравления, България!
You can be proud of what you achieved.
This milestone reflects years of hard work and commitment.
Now it means simpler payments, easier travel and so many new opportunities for Bulgarian businesses.
Поздравления, България!
You can be proud of what you achieved.
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As the former Google Associate General Counsel for web search -- a product built on scraping third party content without permission -- I'm having a lot of trouble processing Google's new lawsuit against someone else for scraping search results. storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog...
storage.googleapis.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As the former Google Associate General Counsel for web search -- a product built on scraping third party content without permission -- I'm having a lot of trouble processing Google's new lawsuit against someone else for scraping search results. storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog...
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for all the talk about this being the next transformative technology, there is an awful lot of forcing from above. no one ever met with a country's PM to tell them smart phone adoption was too low. what are we doing here?
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
for all the talk about this being the next transformative technology, there is an awful lot of forcing from above. no one ever met with a country's PM to tell them smart phone adoption was too low. what are we doing here?
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Problem is that the IT, by not backing her up with figures from their own columnist, treat her remarks as another "opposing view" rather than as those of an expert.
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Problem is that the IT, by not backing her up with figures from their own columnist, treat her remarks as another "opposing view" rather than as those of an expert.
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The person offering the opposing view is Mary Hayes, the head of homeless services for Dublin City Council. She is a deeply experienced public servant who knows exactly what she's talking about. Embarrassing that she has to debunk this nonsense from Harris.
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The person offering the opposing view is Mary Hayes, the head of homeless services for Dublin City Council. She is a deeply experienced public servant who knows exactly what she's talking about. Embarrassing that she has to debunk this nonsense from Harris.
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Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Homeless executive chief rejects Tánaiste’s view, saying people who ‘can’t establish a right to housing ... are sent on their way’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
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The news that AI was being trained on stolen works?
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
Addressing "Documentation Debt" in Machine Learning Research: A Retrospective Datasheet for BookCorpus
Recent literature has underscored the importance of dataset documentation work for machine learning, and part of this work involves addressing "documentation debt" for datasets that have been used wid...
arxiv.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The news that AI was being trained on stolen works?
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
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It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.