Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@qoto.org

I’m proud to be celebrating the rich and diverse history of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders this #AANHPIHeritageMonth! I hope you’ll join me in combating discrimination against this incredible community, as well as shining a light on what makes us special. What a time to be #AANHPI and proud!

Radio Propagation

Intense lightning storms spreading north over France are causing interference to radios across Europe tonight. The storms will spread to the UK tonight and tomorrow morning.

#RadioPropagation
#AmateurRadio

The second day of protesting at the University of Utah erupted when campus police zip-tied and arrested one of the students who has been prominent in leading the support for Palestine here.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/05/01/university-utah-police-arrest/

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

N.S. Power wants ratepayers to foot $22M bill for last year's storm restorations
#NovaScotiaPower says it spent $32 million last year preparing and restoring power because of severe storms. Approved rates only covered one-third of the cost, and now the utility wants to charge ratepayers the difference.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-power-storm-rate-increase-1.7190771?cmp=rss

The AWS S3 Denial of Wallet Amplification Attack
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- 59 minutes ago | 13 points | 0 comments
- URL: https://blog.limbus-medtec.com/the-aws-s3-denial-of-wallet-amplification-attack-bc5a97cc041d?gi=67ac052cc1ce
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40227736
- Summary: A Denial of Wallet amplification attack on AWS S3 can result in significant cost discrepancies between the data transferred and billed, with the difference being as high as a factor of 50. This issue occurs due to AWS billing based on data cached internally instead of the actual data transferred. Large files hosted on S3, especially those accessible via range requests, are at risk, making it essential to create cost alerts and restrict data access as preventative measures.

Saudi Arabia to Normalize Relations With Israel, Unsure When to Formalize Move, Foreign Diplomat Says

https://www.msn.com/he-il/news/other/saudi-arabia-to-normalize-relations-with-israel-unsure-when-to-formalize-move-foreign-diplomat-says/ar-AA1nSBeh

#peace #Israel #SaudiArabia #Palestine #Gaza

(MSN, the only link I could find without a paywall for this story, has it on a Hebrew right-to-left template. That's why it looks odd, and the punctuation is off.)

FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24144599/fcc-fine-att-sprint-verizon-t-mobile-location-data

A huge squall line (derecho) is currently sweeping across China

Dream dance surreal city stage, above
skylights, twinkle eyes of play romance,
swingtime love.
To feel explosive-ecstatic alive,
swirl, swoon, dive, with grace and awe.
Twirl akimbo in free fall, no walls, no floor —
air embraces. Smiling Moon face beams in stasis,
gleeful spirits dip and sway a’flight
this enchanted night.

Usually all of the birds stay out of the garden for a while after I rinse the bird bath but last year one or both of the catbird couple figured out that if they drank and bathed right after I left they got the freshest coolest water. The catbirds arrived from the south this week and they must be the same ones because they’re barely waiting for me to get indoors before they start to splash around.

Welcome back, friends! #birds #BirdsofMastodon #catbirds

Yardbirds - Five Live Yardbirds

As if we needed more proof that American R&B was the driving force behind most bands in the 60s...

RSD2024 re-release.

#nowplaying #vinyl #yardbirds #randb

Breaking | Colorado governor, Democrats reach long-term air quality and transit deal with oil and gas industry, environmentalists

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/29/colorado-oil-and-gas-deal-2024/

If the amount of a corporate fine isn’t more than what that corporation made from whatever they are being fined for, then what is the point?

(Not a new opinion, but ya know.)

Women should be included in decisions on the protection of human rights in the climate crisis, say researchers

Eighty percent of climatic migrants are women and children. This figure means that a new international legal framework is required to protect human rights by adding gender-sensitive measures to policies and legislation

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-women-decisions-human-rights-climate.html

#women #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Social media is used to publicize a highlight reel of our lives, and I feel it is important to push back against comparison culture breeding the idea that others' lives are perfect. So I share this not to seek sympathy, but to normalize the fact that we all go through hard stuff. My uncle passed away this past weekend. He lived a full life of 80+ years. He had been suffering from Alzheimers, which had taken many of his memories and abilities. But regardless, it's still hard to lose someone.

More than 70% of critical minerals key for the net zero energy transition at risk from climate disruption: PwC 2024 Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities Report

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/press-releases/2024/pwc-2024-climate-risks-nine-key-commodities-report.html

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

duct tape levels are 100% and rising

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Cameron urges stronger ties with Kazakhstan on Central Asia tour [Advocacy Lab Content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/central-asia/news/cameron-urges-stronger-ties-with-kazakhstan-on-central-asia-tour/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DavidCameron #Kazakhstan #promoted #trade #UnitedKingdom