Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Very happy to announce that @tomcoates and I have been given a #SummerOfProtocols grant to develop an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for #ActivityPub, including a reference implementation and a report to submit to the W3C SocialCG.

https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/sop-2024-pig-and-pog-grantees/1270

A former NSA employee named Jareh Dalke was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to sell classified national defense information to Russia for $85k. His buyer was actually an undercover FBI agent. Oops. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nsa-employee-sentenced-over-21-years-prison-attempted-espionage

"Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them

“Why are there so many arrests?” Ben-Gvir allegedly asked. “Can’t you kill some? Do you want to tell me they all surrender? What are we to do with so many arrested? It’s dangerous for the soldiers.”"

#Politics #Biden #Gaza #Genocide

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israeli-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-kill-palestinian-captives_n_66313a76e4b0c9bc87592bf5

the united states showing the world it will eagerly erode its own democracy to defend its genocidal colonial outpost in the middle east, regardless of whether democrats or republicans are in power

Laser excitation of Th-229 nucleus: New findings suggest classical quantum physics and nuclear physics can be combined https://phys.org/news/2024-04-laser-nucleus-classical-quantum-physics.html #science

Are Microsoft and Adobe really the only ones making software that can create #accessible tagged PDFs?

I would rather not use either of them!

Please boost this question 🔁

I can't find any alternatives :(

#accessibility

Things spotted on market day in small city Aotearoa #newzealand

Two women standing by a patisserie stand, talking smack in French about a nearby woman's shoes. Nearby woman then orders cakes in fluent French. Vibe is of a perfect mic drop.

A guy being greeted by friends who say they haven't seen him since a pandemic zoom call when he'd appeared to be doing it tough. He replied that he'd spent the pandemic stuck in a house with his Uncle Kev who'd been trying to learn the xylophone. The word "challenging" was used multiple times.

A small human completely entranced with a busker playing guitar. Bobbing and dancing along to the music. Doesn't want to leave when parents call her name.

A woman with a bright red scarf buying a selection of cakes at a Ukrainian fundraising bake sale. She then turns to her 3 grandkids with a straight face, saying sugar is bad for kids so she'll have to eat them all. Waits for the protests and then emits a delightfully wicked belly cackle.

A preacher delivering the fire and brimstone to the people at a zebra crossing through a portable mic.
His hype man contributing Dad-made-me-come ad libs of:
"Uhm, yeah, praise the lord?"
"Yeah. Uhm. Praise Jesus?" before getting the lowered eyebrows of retribution and stepping it up with a,
"Yeah. Uhm. Praise be?"

A batty author who thought that buying a large pumpkin and carrying it home up a steep hill would be a good idea.

#travel

French President Emmanuel #Macron said the American security umbrella is a thing of the past and that the continent needs to build its own credible defense strategy if it wants to survive.

Macron said the continent may need to produce its own anti-missile shield, long-range surface missiles and other items to sufficiently defend itself in the present geopolitical context.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/macron-says-eu-can-no-longer-rely-on-us-for-its-security

#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU #France

British Columbia and the Haida Nation’s historic agreement recognizes Haida land ownership across the archipelago — and marks the first time a colonial government has recognized Indigenous Title outside the courts https://thenarwhal.ca/haida-get-their-land-back/

I did my PhD field work in Brazil's Cerrado, so this is especially heartbreaking to read.

Earthsight report links supply chains of fashion giants H&M and Zara to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in Brazil.

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/report-links-hm-and-zara-to-major-environmental-damage-in-biodiverse-cerrado/ #Fashion #Environment #Deforestation #Brazil

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Tomorrow is April 25th.
Tomorrow I will write something in Italian, but this morning I write in English because I want to explain the meaning of April 25th to those who live outside Italy.

Tomorrow we will celebrate Freedom from Fascism.
It has been a national holiday since Italy has been a republic, that is, since the end of the Second World War.
Our (fascist) government will probably try – as it did last year – to downplay it by calling it Freedom from War.

It is not.

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If you work in a team or organization of any size, there is probably someone who is responsible for making sure your domains get renewed on time.

DO NOT ASSUME THAT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHEN THAT IS

DO NOT ASSUME THAT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO DO IT

DO NOT ASSUME THAT THEY HAVE THE EXPENSE ALREADY APPROVED

ASSUME NOTHING
ASSUME NOTHING
ASSUME NOTHING

MeerKAT: the South African radio telescope that’s transformed our understanding of the cosmos
https://theconversation.com/meerkat-the-south-african-radio-telescope-thats-transformed-our-understanding-of-the-cosmos-227616

Ghost is federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world’s largest publishing network.

#activitypub #ghost #welcome

UN Ditches Big Tech for UK’s Element: A Secure Messaging Revolution for Global Privacy
https://thenimblenerd.com/?p=1020039 #cybersecurity

10 hours after Al Jazeera reported on the new mass grave discovered at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis yesterday where 180 bodies had been found, and according to my searches, no western media has reported on it yet.

Middle East Eye has more up to date coverage. More than 200 bodies have been recovered and rescuers say they fear 400 bodies are buried there. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hundreds-bodies-unearthed-nasser-hospital-mass-graves

According to Al Jazeera, the bodies of children, elderly women and young men were among those found.

Rescue teams said some bodies had their hands bound behind their backs, suggesting they were executed and buried on the spot.

A scientist has twelve identical flasks of bacteria, running for 70,000 generations (years!) to investigate the role of chance over time. A fascinating article about the divergent flask and what that means:

https://behavioralscientist.org/is-it-all-a-fluke-lessons-from-playing-god-in-the-long-term-evolution-experiment/

Net neutrality means that ISPs don’t get to speed up or slow down your web traffic based on what site you’re visiting. The FCC understood this in 2015, yet left the door open for the creation of fast lanes in their new rules. Tell them to fix this mistake. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/fcc-must-clarify-its-rules-prevent-loopholes-will-swallow-net-neutrality-whole

[cont’d] President Abbas: Palestinian leadership to reconsider bilateral relations with the United States

The Palestinian leadership will reconsider its bilateral relations with the United States to ensure the protection of the Palestinian people's interests, cause, and rights.

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/143376

@israel
@palestine