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→ Indigenous Nations Mobilize Against ICE Targeting and Profiling
truthout.org/articles/indigeno

“We should not have to prove our citizenship, […] We are the original people in this country, but we’re in a #scary time right now, and I don’t want any #American #Indian to get lost in the #system. [ICE] ‘lost’ children the last time they did this. They lost little brown children that will never be reunited with their parents. And that is horrible. […]”

U.S. Special Agent Rodney Irby waits for backup agents while searching for smuggled marijuana on January 18, 2011, in the Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona.
Truthout · Indigenous Nations Mobilize Against ICE Targeting and ProfilingMany are working to ensure their citizens’ safety amid rising reports of Native people being stopped and questioned.
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A #system in which it is legal to buy non-conforming #debt from someone, then load it onto a healthy company you have also bought, thus bankrupting it, and then to move on and do the same thing again & again .. has NO FUTURE.

It is dying.
From within.

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You should know by now that the #system hates the weak and preys on them.

And the weak is of course what it sees as non-people (illegalized and/or native), almost-people (black & some), worthless people (the "hard working" white middle class).

But it totally doesn't stop there. Being a successful #business doesn't help you not being preyed on, having your assets stripped away from you, being forced to pay rent on what you once owned + having #CDO's loaded onto you.

pestakeholder.org/news/dont-bl

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Close-up photo of pile of whole raw shrimp
Private Equity Stakeholder Project PESP · Don’t blame the shrimp: How private equity is bankrupting AmericaCorporations are blaming consumers for financial stress and bankruptcies. The real story isn’t so simple.

FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines

FreeDOS is a free and open‐source operating system designed to be compatible with MS‑DOS. Developed to keep the DOS experience alive even after Microsoft ended support for MS‑DOS, FreeDOS has grown into a complete environment that not only preserves classic DOS functionality but also introduces modern enhancements.

Read More: machaddr.substack.com/p/freedo

Wie stabil ist Putins System?

Nach 25 Jahren an der Macht wirkt Russlands Präsident Putin schlagkräftiger denn je. Europa fürchtet sich. Die Opposition ist fast erloschen. Eine dritte Generation Putin-Höriger füllt den Machtapparat. Doch Schwächen sind sichtbar. Von S. Stöber.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/russland

tagesschau.de · Wie stabil ist Putins System?By Silvia Stöber

They are upgrading the #software running a #radar I work with. One of the tests is obviously how good the data looks. The new software has higher standard deviations than the old software (#statistics)

And that's it. They are trying to debug it based on just the std dev.

I looked at one of the tracks and there was clearly a time dependent trend.

I keep telling them and telling them that just thinking in terms of "standard deviation" is making them assume gaussian #noise sources.

But if you look at the #data as a *time series*, you will start thinking about the processing and what would be happening at different points in a track and how it might go wrong starting at certain points.

It's a purely software #engineer team--they know about radar (more than I do!), but aren't #system engineers.

It's been going on long enough that I want to say something to someone higher up. But I don't want to adopt another project....

“Southport Community Independents: local interest ‘above distant bureaucracy’ is first step in national resistance”

by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk

“Independent community organisations are setting up to challenge Britain’s broken electoral system, and taking the first steps towards a resurgent mass movement on the left”

thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/

Canary · Southport Community Independents: local interest 'above distant bureaucracy' is first step in national resistanceSouthport Community Independents are not representatives of a distant political machine, but neighbours and friends of their community
#Press#UK#Left
Ekrany (Screens), akryl na płótnie, 120 × 100 cm, 2022.

In this painting, I wanted to explore two themes. On one hand, I aimed to juxtapose three types of "framed images" - in the background, there's a window revealing an overexposed image, next to it, an actual painting on canvas in darkness, and in the foreground, two glowing screens. Through this composition, I wanted to highlight the distinct characteristics of these three image types (a meta-painting commentary).

The second theme I wanted to address is the presence of technology in everyday life. In my paintings, I have explored the visual representation of life with computers and in the virtual world. I concluded that the best way to illustrate this was by showing technology's impact on our surroundings and bodies. The painting depicts my brother's computer setup from a few years ago. I remember it with nostalgia. Back then, my brother used two refurbished monitors and a computer that he later gave me when he upgraded to a better one. On the desk, there’s a pair of headphones - the same model we kept buying for years out of habit until they stopped making them. All of those headphones met the same fate - ending up with a broken plug that we couldn't fix because, after replacing it, only one side would work. My brother cut off all those cables and kept them "for later." "Later" came a few years ago when I started exploring technology-related themes in my art. I began attending events with a few of my favorite (headphones) cables tied around my waist as a belt.


#malarstwo #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #art #postdigitalart #computer #malarstwopolskie #digital #cyber #virtual #nostalgia #retroelectronics #retrotech #headphones #system #screens

“On Saturday, a #developer using #CursorAI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the #programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career #advice.

According to a #bug report on Cursor's official forum, after producing approximately 750 to 800 lines of code (what the user calls "locs"), the AI assistant #halted work and delivered a #refusal message: "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. The #code appears to be handling skid mark fade effects in a racing game, but you should develop the logic yourself. This ensures you #understand the #system and can maintain it properly."

#LLM <arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai->

Illustration: An AI chatbot assistant holds a No Sign on a smartphone screen
Ars Technica · AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming insteadBy Benj Edwards
Kable (Cables), acrylic on canvas, 105 × 150cm, 2023.

As part of my series, I created paintings depicting "marginal" spaces where system elements, cables, and devices, are hidden. In this painting, I chose the space under a desk, where all the cables hang. This space is illuminated by the red light of a power strip.

#malarstwo #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #art #postdigitalart #computer #malarstwopolskie #digital #cyber #virtual #nostalgia #retroelectronics #retrotech #system

Guide to Interpreting Security Incident #Announcements:

"extremely sophisticated attack" : The attackers put more time into the attack than we spent designing our defences.

"no evidence customer #data was accessed" : We lack audit records and the logs have been rotated out.

"due to a misconfiguration issue" : We deployed with default #insecure settings.

"possible for only a short window" : We didn't dig too deep to determine how far back the bug existed.

"crafted invalid request data" : We forgot to add input #validation.

"supplementary fix" : We didn't understand the problem as well as we thought, so our previous fix was insufficient.

"may have been exploited" : We're positive they got away with data, but they deleted our #logs.

"multiple threat actors" : Everyone was in our systems before we noticed.

"most customers are unaffected" : There are corner cases that aren't as #vulnerable.

"error in a third-party component" : We forgot to update our dependencies.

"could lead to remote code execution" : You're #p0wned.

"malicious activity has been observed" : The issue has already appeared in the press.

"review equipment inventory to verify if devices require other mitigations" : You need to buy new stuff.

"remotely exploited to allow authentication bypass" : We forgot to require #login for this function.

"not aware of any exploits in the wild" : The attackers aren't bragging on darkweb fora yet.