George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

The Trump administration deletes evidence database documenting Putin's war crimes, including the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children, thereby preventing the rescue of these most vulnerable victims of the war.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-kidnapping-evidence-b2717730.html

We are hiring PhD students in Computational Mathematics and Mathematics at Stockholm University:

https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:807359/where:4/
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:803014/where:4/

**Application deadline: April 22**

Please help spread the word to students who are interested in doing a PhD on type theory, HoTT, computer formalization of CS and math, constructive mathematics, etc. Note that PhD students here are employed with a salary and that the position comes with benefits. There are also no tuition fees.

If you are a student interested in doing a PhD with me you are welcome to apply to both positions above, just make sure you apply to the one in Computational Mathematics as that is the division I formally belong to. Please also specify clearly that you want me as an advisor in your application (e.g. in your cover letter).

Please don't hesitate to contact me on anders.mortberg@math.su.se if you have any questions.

Profiles in Sycophancy, Chapter 8 (3-way tie). Congratulations to 2-time awardee Brandon Gill.

New Privacy Guides article 🔐✨
by me:

If you want to keep your password manager local-only, KeePassXC is a great solution!

It's free,
Open-source,
Easy to install and use,
Doesn't require an account,
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
And the team is here! 👉@keepassxc

Here's how to set it up with a YubiKey: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/

#PrivacyGuides #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #PasswordManager #Passwords #FOSS

Who here works at #cloudways? I have some issues to discuss.

Chuck Schumer just cancelled his planned book tour this week over "security concerns."

Here's the thing: A man who is too cowardly to face the American people is too cowardly to lead the American people.

Schumer should continue his cancellation strategy & resign his Senate leadership & retire.

A *gentle* reminder that, I have a funded #PhD position for UK students, available with myself and @bentnib

This project will be looking at developing new methods for asserting the resilience of existing communicating systems by developing new static analysis methods derived from advanced programming language research.

Deadline for getting in contact is: Thursday 20th March 2025

You will belong to @StrathCyber and @mspstrath, as well as gaining access to @spli

https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/postgraduateresearchphdopportunities/science/computerinformationsciences/towardstype-drivenassuranceofcommunicatingsystems/

#PL #Idris #TypeTheory #Security #Verification #FP

Hey everyone involved in #ComputerScience, are you looking for a #job in #academia?

Aalto University in Finland has several positions open for assistant professors. The topics include #MachineLearning, #Programming, #ComputerArchitecture, #CyberSecurity, #SoftwareEngineering and Human-Computer Interactions.

https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-computer-science/assistant-professor-positions

Burn the entire industry down. Every server, every laptop, every backup, every bar napkin. Then jail the actual thieves for once
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/openai-urges-trump-either-settle-ai-copyright-debate-or-lose-ai-race-to-china/

US TRAVEL SALE NOW ON: Get free mystery accommodation and newspaper article about your trip with every visit.

America® – We do fascism right™

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/never-seen-anything-so-inhumane-canadian-woman-put-in-chains-detained-by-ice-after-entering-san-diego-border

#USA #fascism #travelWarning #Canada #EU

In a historic first, wind and solar combined overtake coal in the US https://electrek.co/2025/03/11/in-a-historic-first-wind-and-solar-combined-overtake-coal-in-the-us/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“When a president uses executive power to not just blacklist but effectively destroy a major law firm, solely for representing political opponents, it means he’s given up any pretense that he’s not an authoritarian hellbent on destroying anyone who opposes him through any means necessary.” https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/trumps-latest-weapon-against-critics-destroying-their-lawyers/

Aaahh 😟 Within 9 days new bills arrive for all our servers, media storage and email sends and at this moment I am roughly €500 short on the total estimate of €1400..

I'm trying to rise donations but I can always sell something if needed(offline stuff, don't worry), just like to be on time with this ❤️

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost
https://stux.me/donate
https://liberapay.com/mstdn

Every bit helps out a lot! 💪

Donald Trump proudly pardoned the Nazi who wore a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt while storming the Capitol and beating cops to death.

Anyone who actually believes Trump's prosecuting Mahmoud Khalil because of "antisemitism and rule of law" is either lying to themselves or a closeted Nazi.

An evil (former) dictator is arrested for his crimes.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/philippines-former-president-dutertes-arrest-a-monumental-step-for-justice/

See, it can happen.

Our Snopes account was hacked on X (formerly twitter) and we got locked out for six weeks. We finally just got it back!

See the full story in the comments below for what we had to do to get someone/anyone at X to help us.

Busy day at Stonehenge as the stones are moved forward one hour.