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pageflight

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  • Another darn using a speedweve loom

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  • The white yarn is just drawing a border so I know where to put the anchoring stitches. At the bottom end, opposite the hooks, the wrap is anchored with stitches, meaning it goes into and out of the cloth I'm patching once before turning back for the next row. And at both sides at the end of each row the weft is anchored with a stitch too.

    Thanks!

  • Another darn using a speedweve loom

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  • Thanks! Laying out the edges really helped.

  • More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring

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  • [A] devastating measles outbreak in Bangladesh.

    Since the virus took off in mid-March, the country has tallied more than 60,000 suspected cases and 528 suspected measles-related deaths. The vast majority of the sick and dead are children under age 5.

    It sounds like part of the issue is health care capacity:

    Her worried parents, like many other families, took her to the capital, Dhaka, where hospitals have the capacity to care for patients with a severe case. The journey took several hours. But once there, the child was turned away by two facilities already overwhelmed by the crush of measles patients.

    And also a large unvaccinated group of young kids due to political change disrupting things — probably worth a read to understand the various factors.

  • Global greenhouse gas emissions from food (2018)

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  • Have you seen a chart like this for all sources, not just food?

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local

    ourworldindata.org /food-choice-vs-eating-local

  • Nintendo jumps 6.8% as Japanese investors rotate out of AI

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  • But my company hasn't had their mandatory all-employee multi day AI training from contractors yet!

  • First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS

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  • The article didn't say; has someone (Apple) verified the exploit? The "aren't many details" caveat puts me on the lookout for hallucinated exploits.

  • Where am I?

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  • Specifically, looking W over the Longfellow (aka Salt and Pepper) bridge, towards Kendall.

    Are you in the hospital?

  • How do I invest in green tech initiatives and companies?

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  • Is your goal financial return, or promoting an environmental / energy efficient future? Both? I think people usually mean the former when they say "invest" but it might mean either.

    If it fits your goals, looking for a community solar or municipal energy plan with a green/local option can provide additionality, and 'less climate catastrophe' / 'more energy independence' are kinds of return on investment I value.

    Though I'd also like my retirement funds to be supporting / depending on value from non fossil fuel.

  • Dance Dance Extinction

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  • Thor

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  • þat was þoroughly convincing, I þought for a minute þere you were þat guy, had to check þrough your posts.

  • Technology @lemmy.zip
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    Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

    arstechnica.com /science/2026/05/running-the-numbers-on-a-zero-emission-way-to-make-cement/

  • A limbo champion walked into a bar....

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  • Someone broke into my garage and stole my limbo bar!

    I didn't know anyone could go that low.

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    Becky Chambers

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  • Likeable characters with depth, interesting alien cultures clashing, humorous situations, fun thinking about some space technology.

  • Removed

    Becky Chambers

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  • Yes, I had a great time reading the Wayfarer series. It's also gotten a number of my friends who typically don't yeah sci-fi interested.

  • The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

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  • I think your argument depends on rational leadership with a horizon more than a couple years out and grounded in tangible value delivered.

    My read of the situation is that leadership is motivated by short term gains and FOMO, and a substantial part of the US economy is disguised garbage production, so replacing many jobs with AI will increase profits without obviously damaging corporations for a couple years.

  • Exclusive: Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices

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  • In the UK, a group of Meta employees has started organizing a drive for unionization with United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW), a branch of the Communication Workers Union.

    Alright! Not holding my breath (will they just close the UK office?), but wishing them luck.

  • The New York Times Got Caught Using Al Hallucinations in Its Reporting

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  • Fabrications used to be a mortal sin in journalism. The New York Times’ own Jayson Blair left the paper in 2003 under a dark cloud of scandal after it was revealed he had regularly invented details for his reporting. The flagrant fabrications of Stephen Glass at The New Republic in the late 1990s were sufficiently scandalous enough to merit a Vanity Fair feature and a Hollywood film adaptation. But the minimizing treatment of Stevis-Gridneff’s fake Poilievre quote suggests that in the AI era, fabrication may no longer be a career-ending transgression—at least, not for everyone.

    We hold AI content to the same standards — except, it's so easy not to we don't reeeeely bother about mistakes.

  • Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling

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  • Pause Point flips that idea on its head, as it interrupts the app’s launch — and the dopamine flood that follows — to force you to stop and rethink whether this is what you actually want to do, or is just a habit you’d like to break.

    Actually sounds useful.

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    People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions | Robotaxis are the beginning

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  • But we also sell an app to remind you to take a screen break and attend Mandatory Fun Time!

  • He's right over your shoulder

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  • Similarly I had a professor who was fond of calling people out for hacking when they were just trying random stuff until something turned — as opposed to programming.

    There are a lot of shoulders to look over and a lot of not-programming to disapprove of around.

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    Thermal image of a road that was just repaved

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    This Melissa sandals box is Brailled (has tactile Braille imprinted on it)

  • News @lemmy.world
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    What veterans want you to know about the war with Iran

    www.wbur.org /onpoint/2026/04/01/veterans-war-iran-marines
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate

    www.democracynow.org /2026/3/11/brian_mcginnis_iran_war_protest_congress
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox: Not what the machine does, but who it does it to.

    doctorow.medium.com /https-pluralistic-net-2025-09-11-vulgar-thatcherism-there-is-an-alternative-f1428b42a8fd
  • DIY @slrpnk.net
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    First darn (and first time using a darning loom)

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Current trace from rice cooker

  • News @lemmy.world
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    What is the F**K ICE Act? N.J. bill targets immigration enforcement.

    www.nj.com /hudson/2026/02/what-is-the-fk-ice-act-nj-bill-targets-immigration-enforcement.html
  • DIY @slrpnk.net
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    Cold weather stud finder

  • DIY @slrpnk.net
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    My bike lock was full of ice. Hot water bottle cleared it up, WD-40 to keep it clear.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Verizon is down, with many users seeing 'SOS' – here's everything we know about this outage

    www.techradar.com /news/live/verizon-outage-january-2026
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    New Ways to Corrupt LLMs: The wacky things statistical-correlation machines like LLMs do – and how they might get us killed

    garymarcus.substack.com /p/new-ways-to-corrupt-llms
  • Books @lemmy.world
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    TIL Martha Wells had a programming / db admin job after college

  • News @lemmy.world
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    Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access

    arstechnica.com /health/2025/09/bonkers-cdc-vaccine-meeting-ends-with-vote-to-keep-covid-shot-access/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Gunman who ambushed police in Pennsylvania identified: What we know

    www.usatoday.com /story/news/nation/2025/09/18/pennsylvania-police-shooting-matthew-james-ruth/86218841007/