Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Tracking code that Meta and Russia-based Yandex embed into millions of websites is de-anonymizing visitors by abusing legitimate Internet protocols, causing Chrome and other browsers to surreptitiously send unique identifiers to native apps installed on a device, researchers have discovered. Google says it's investigating the abuse, which allows Meta and Yandex to convert ephemeral web identifiers into persistent mobile app user identities.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/

Some really nice work using ESA's Gaia and NASA/ESA Hubble:

Will our Milky Way & Andromeda collide?

@TillSawala: "Intriguingly, we find an almost equal probability for the widely publicized merger scenario, or, conversely, an alternative one where the Milky Way and Andromeda survive unscathed."

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_and_Gaia_revisit_fate_of_our_galaxy

#astrodon #esa #space

It’s the final countdown! In just 2 days, we launch the new #NextcloudTalk live from the #NextcloudSummit25 stage!

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@kim_harding

We have already had it here in Leicester, record heat and the driest April and May could easily be on the cards, in my opinion.

Meta – yep, Facebook Meta – is now a defense contractor

"Meta has partnered with Anduril Industries to build augmented and virtual reality devices for the military."

just in case you needed ANOTHER reason to defederate Threads...

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/meta_is_now_a_defense/

#FediPact #meta #threads

I need help from a native English speaker with knowledge of Spanish to back-translate a few sentences to English again. They are simple and don’t require any specialized knowledge. I’d be very grateful if someone could help me! #FediHelp #AskFedi #AskTheFediverse

Edit: Big thanks to everyone who shared or offered to help—I got what I needed! The Fedi is the best 🫰

Time to see if I can get the raspberry pi for my shiny new Global Meteor Network cameras up and running without screwing anything up too badly!

I feel like I know just enough about linux configuration stuff to get myself into serious trouble... cries for linuxy-nerd-help may soon follow...

“Mohammed Abu Teaima, 33, said he saw Israeli forces open fire & kill his cousin & another woman as they were heading toward the distribution site. He said his cousin was shot in his chest and died at the scene. Many others were wounded” #GazaGenocide
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-aid-06-01-2025-67688833abb96fc068c42d10da90a0a4

New datacenters should be required to support themselves using renewable energy.

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

https://www.europesays.com/2124118/ Bernie Sanders calls for billionaires to be taxed into extinction #Economy

JUST THE FACTS… Enjoy.

Hundreds of academics from universities and colleges across Israel have called for an end to the war in Gaza, warning of "moral collapse" across the country.

On Tuesday , a letter signed by 1,300 academics was sent to the heads of the academic system in Israel, calling on higher education facilities to "mobilise the full weight of Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in Gaza".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/1300-israeli-academics-call-end-war-gaza-over-moral-collapse

#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

Morning #devon

The Crackdown on Kneecap is a Sign That the Ideological Defense of Israel is Crumbling
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/30/the-crackdown-on-kneecap-is-a-sign-that-the-ideological-defense-of-israel-is-crumbling/

"The prosecution of Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – stage name Mo Chara – under British terrorism laws is one of the clearest signs that the ideological architecture that maintains a level of support, or at least acceptance, for Israel, is crumbling. It comes in the same week that

Yay! We're off to a great start: 108 people have already signed Mission:Libre's petition asking Qualcomm to release fully-free Wi-Fi drivers!

Thank you if you've signed. If not, and you want to help us reach our goal to collect 5000 signatures, please visit https://freewifi.missionlibre.org

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#freesoftware #linux #gnulinux #drivers #petition

If you're interested in #ScientificComputing and/or #RustLang, you should come to #SciCompInRust25 next week. It's taking place virtually and is free to attend.

Timetable at https://scientificcomputing.rs/2025/timetable.

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200+ scientists are live from NASA GISS now, doing a 100-hour Weather and Climate livestream to sound the alarm as loud as they can

https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live

#science #climate #climatechange

As the UK condemned Israel last week, its trade envoy was touring the country and the RAF was deploying aircraft over Gaza.

Labour must immediately end the political cover, arms and military support it's providing to a regime that is openly and routinely committing war crimes.