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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 06:00
So, Richard McManus asked me about how ActivityPub supports cross-server usage. As an example use case, let’s say a user with the account eric@social.example wants to comment on a photo by dionne@photos.example. In this scenario, Eric would go to the page https://photos.example/users/dionne/photos/1 and enter a comment. How would that work? I can talk about how … Continue reading Cross-server Interactions in ActivityPub
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 05:14

Issue 54 of the Nautilus print edition combines some of the best content from our January and February 2024 online issues. It includes contributions from bestselling author Tom Vanderbilt,  theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, journalist Mark MacNamara, evolutionary biologist David P. Barash, and more.  This issue also features a new illustration by Mark Belan.

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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 05:00
There’s a ton of legal analysis coming about today’s opening arguments in Trump hush money trial and I’ll try to recap some of it for you later. But in the meantime I found that I enjoyed Olivia Nuzzi’s colorful twitter observations about the atmosphere in the courtroom and I suspect you will too: Hello from Manhattan criminal court where Donald Trump’s hush money trial officially starts this morning It is another freezing day inside this courthouse  Donald Trump just arrived, railed against Letitia James, and then walked into the courtroom.
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:59
In response to questions about starvation in Gaza and Sudan, a Federal Labor MP has explained, ‘In Australia, the cost of living is the issue. It’s voters’ major concern, and a political priority.’ As though quality of life is entirely affected by enough money to go shopping, politicians and economists’ emphasis on cost of living Continue reading »
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:58
The PM has announced a series of big-dollar programs to promote energy transition, “green” industries, local manufacturing and “critical” minerals. He is juggling themes that are not always consistent. The government needs to be prudent as it backs projects with taxpayers’ money. Mr Albanese seems to be walking about with a Venn diagram in his Continue reading »
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:56
Although lobbying is integral to democratic representation, there are concerns regarding the secrecy and unfair influence of professional lobbyists, which may ultimately lead to corrupt conduct by lobbyists and/or officials. As the OECD has observed: “[l]obbying is often perceived negatively, as giving special advantages to “vocal vested interests” and with negotiations carried on behind closed Continue reading »
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:54
What the present moment reveals, once again, is that Western aggression during the “Cold War” was never about destroying socialism, as such. It was about destroying movements and governments in the periphery that sought economic sovereignty. Why? Because economic sovereignty in the periphery threatens capital accumulation in the core. This remains the primary objective of Continue reading »
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:53
Twelve months since the launch of the Albanese Government’s new cultural policy, REVIVE, it’s time we promoted Australia’s heritage of folklife. In 1976, America’s Bicentennial Year, President Gerald Ford signed into law the American Folklife Preservation Act, which established the American Folklife Centre in the Library of Congress. The aim of the Centre is to Continue reading »
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:52
Cooking time: 30-35 mins.Preparation time: 6-7 mins.Main cooking utensil: Shallow casserole with lidOven temperature: 350-375°F.Oven position: above center For 2 servings you need:2 hake steaks3 tablespoons butter1 onion6-oz. can tomatoesseasoning2 teaspoons capers Garnish:lemonparsley TO SERVE: In the casserole with wedges of lemon and parsley. TO VARY: Lift the fish onto a serving dish. Sieve the […]
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 04:51
By stopping short of 200 seats, the electorate sent a message that both ruling and opposition lawmakers to make more use of dialogue and negotiation. Only 108 — that’s how many seats the People Power Party won in Korea’s general elections this month, the worst showing of any ruling party since the country enacted its Continue reading »
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Tue, 23/04/2024 - 02:32

Originally published April 15, 2022

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Wow, guys, this is deeply uncool. After all these years, I finally make it to a Passover Seder, only to find you polished off the only cup of wine specifically intended for me. I mean, it had my name engraved all over it, in two different languages. Kind of hard not to take that personally, you know?

I realize I’m thousands of years late to this shindig, so maybe it’s uncouth of me to point this out. But back when I was first invited, I distinctly remember Boaz saying he was making a liquor run, and asking everyone to write down what they wanted on a piece of parchment. I wrote, “One cup of red wine for Elijah the Prophet. Please don’t drink till I get there or until I announce the messianic redemption (whichever comes first!) I have to pick my nephew up from school, so I’m going to be late.” Super rad to see how you respected my wishes.