Martin Ruskov @mapto@qoto.org

“The Night Doctrine,” ProPublica’s first animated documentary, is now a 3x Emmy winner. 🏆

On her quest to learn who killed her family, Afghan-Pakistani journalist Lynzy Billing uncovers an US-backed program that killed hundreds of Afghan civilians.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4UPsLYhARU

#News #Emmys #Afghanistan #Journalism #Film #Documentary

Le città con tante persone in bicicletta sono più sicure per tutti gli utenti della strada: pedoni, automobilisti, ciclisti, motociclisti [Journal of Transport & Health]

https://benzinazero.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/le-citta-con-tante-persone-in-bicicletta-sono-piu-sicure-per-tutti-gli-utenti-della-strada-pedoni-automobilisti-ciclisti-motociclisti-journal-of-transport-health/ #traffico #sicurezza #automobile #bicicletta

📣 Are you a PhD or postdoc affiliated with a Bulgarian institute and interested in doing a research secondment in 🇨🇭? The SNSF’s SCIEX funding programme call opens on 1 November 2024 and closes on 3 February 2025.

➡ https://sohub.io/wau9

#research #InternationalCooperation

@marcoboh @benzinazero e pensa a quanti soldi ci si potrebbe fare con le multe: abbastanza da riasfaltare tutta roma

X (formerly Twitter) is overrun with hate speech, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, much of it driven by its owner. It’s time we take action by stepping back.

The X-last approach encourages us to prioritize safer platforms first, breaking the habit of relying on X. Together, we can build stronger, healthier online communities. https://www.xlast.org/

If you happen to live in the United States, the consumer credit reporting bureau Experian is easily the shittiest company you will deal with as long as you have heartbeat. IRS? Hahaha. Experian will take your privacy and security. Seriously.

I just sometimes don't think I can do enough to call attention to the barbaric practices of Experian when it comes to letting their hapless and often reluctant "customers" manage their relationship with the Mother Ship.

I pointed out like 3 years ago that if you're a US citizen and you have instructed Experian to "freeze" your credit file so that ID thieves and other ne'er-do-wells can't just apply as you for credit wherever, that designation means absolutely squat because Experian will happily let anyone "become" you if they can supply your name, address, DOB, SSN and can successfully guess or answer 3 out of 4 multiple guess questions based entirely on public information.

This is still the case. I received an email this morning from another victim who had their freeze reversed at Experian.

Past reporting

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/experian-you-have-some-explaining-to-do/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/11/its-still-easy-for-anyone-to-become-you-at-experian/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/experian-glitch-exposing-credit-files-lasted-47-days/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/identity-thieves-bypassed-experian-security-to-view-credit-reports/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/experian-api-exposed-credit-scores-of-most-americans/

Russia has generated more artificial intelligence content to influence the U.S. presidential election than any other foreign power as part of its broader effort to boost Republican candidate Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/24/world/politics/russia-ai-content-us-intelligence/ #worldnews #politics #russia #ai #us #2024uspresidentialelection #democrats #kamalaharris #republicans #donaldtrump #misinformation

The Tian Shan range is home to thousands of glaciers that are melting at an alarming rate in Central Asia, already hard-hit by climate change, presenting a major threat to people in the landlocked region that already suffers from a shortage of water. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/09/18/climate-change/melting-glaciers-central-asia/ #environment #climatechange #climatechange #centralasia #glaciers #china #kazakhstan #uzbekistan #kyrgyzstan #tajikistan #turkmenistan

Best #alternative to Google Maps for Smartphone based on your experence?
#FOSS

Today we are opening our second microgrant cycle to proposals!

Got an #InteractiveFiction project that would benefit the community, but you need additional resources? You can apply for up to $1,000 to fund it!

Details here: https://intfiction.org/t/the-iftf-microgrant-program-is-back/71121

Take a look at the projects we funded last year: https://iftechfoundation.org/committees/grants/past-grants/2024/

Guidelines: https://iftechfoundation.org/committees/grants/grants-guidelines/

Please boost!

#DigitalArts #Grants #FOSS

Il nostro amico @ccohanlon segnala una bella barca a vela in vendita: https://merveilles.town/@ccohanlon/113140938423057478

Ho guardato il sito: NON È una barca "da ricchi" (9,70 m, 7 posti letto), ma una coppia capace di adattarsi ci potrebbe vivere sopra.

E costa meno (molto meno!) di un'auto nuova.