Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Sir Christopher Lee met Rasputin's assassins, saw the last guillotine execution, hunted Nazis, recorded a heavy metal album, spoke 9 languages, was Ian Fleming's cousin (James Bond) and was the only actor in “The Lord of the Rings” to have met J.R.R. Tolkien #acting #history

https://www.europesays.com/1710029/ they are buying adv around the world, and now bloggers… russian propaganda has to be stopped! #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict

Musk worshipper, Wilders superfan and AfD sympathizer commits an extreme-right act of terror, one day after Musk’s call to action. A, sadly, all too comon example of stochastic nazi terrorism.

Journos: “HE’S A SAUDI!!!!”

Do. Better.

On 21 December 1988, the world was captivated by the maiden flight of the Antonov An-225 Mriya. This Ukrainian world aircraft is the biggest in the world. It broke 240 world records and served people around the globe. Until it was destroyed by the russians in 2022

Ukraine / Instagram

“The man believed to have killed at least five people after driving into Christmas market shoppers in #Germany is a fan of Elon #Musk and backs "conspiracy ideologue" #AlexJones, according to German publication Der Spiegel.”
https://www.newsweek.com/germany-magdeburg-terrorism-musk-2004573

The suspect behind Magdeburg Christmas market attack was a 50-year-old ex-Muslim named Taleb A.

He was anti-Islam, a supporter of the AfD, and an admirer of neo-Nazi Martin Sellner, as well as far-right figures like Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson, and Alex Jones.

https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/21/who-is-the-suspect-behind-magdeburg-christmas-market-attack

Some pretty major #GodotEngine physics related announcements, with Jolt Physics now being built in AND becoming the new default (eventually).

As you can see from the video, Jolt is a pretty huge upgrade.

https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-4-gets-native-jolt-physics-support/

#gamedev #indiedev

I just got an email from my son’s teacher saying she had to take his chromebook away because he’s found a way to disable the software the school district uses to monitor their chromebook use

I also learned his school had to stop using some quiz software because he taught all his friends to go into the web inspector and cheat

As a parent, am I suppose to be upset with this? Because a 12yo going on github and looking for backdoors in software shows real initiative... I am awfully proud

With everything we’re seeing in the United States & the world with increasingly blatant influence & corruption in politics, it should still be a much bigger story in Canada that right wing CPC leader Pierre Poilievre refuses to, & possibly can’t, be successfully granted the usual security clearance.

Trans former pro football player Maven Maurer says she wants to ‘champion inclusion’

https://www.outsports.com/2024/12/19/24105335/maven-maurer-trans-athlete-cfl-football-player-canada/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/gaycommunity

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The internet feels like it’s falling apart. The platforms that undergird our everyday experiences online feel shaky, pulsing with the first foreshocks of a collapse.

To start, nothing seems to work anymore. Google’s search engine once provided directory-level assistance to the denizens of the internet. Now it’s chock full of ads, sidebars, SEO-optimized clickbait, and artificial intelligence-powered guesstimations of possible answers to peoples’ questions.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91246383/its-the-end-of-the-internet-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

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A new report from European Commission's Open Source Observatory gives an in-depth analysis of #OpenSource policy across 15 EU and non-EU countries.

It shows that governments are adopting open source to enhance
🔴 digital sovereignty
🟡 data privacy
🟢 control over digital infrastructures

Read the report 👉 https://europa.eu/!DDyPBb

Post Doc. in electron device research

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Wide bandgap power electronics promise to electrify the world and drastically reduce green house gas emission. Come join us to help make it happen.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/national-institute-of-standards-technology-27778-post-doc-in-electron-de...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/national-institute-of-standards-technology-27778-post-doc-in-electron-device-research/?feed_id=89380

You all know there are lots of scammers trying to sell you fake #38C3 tickets this year, right?

Now also on mastadon.

Don't fall for accounts that are newly created, have no followers, boosted some other #38C3 posts and suddenly have tickets to sell.

In general, please don't buy tickets from people you don't know or trust!

Maybe for visibility.

If anyone is (or knows) a good technical writer in Lisbon, we're looking for one.

https://boards.greenhouse.io/snyk/jobs/7737954002
#technicalwriting #documentation

Even though the HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference is usually slated for every other year, given the success of the 2024 conference, HOPE will take place again next year.

I just got an email saying HOPE_16 will occur August 15-17, 2025, at St. John's University in Queens, New York City.

I'm definitely going this time.

2024 remains clearly at the top of the list for the warmest January to November periods on record.

Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp version 6.0.0 (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/noaa-global-temp).