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What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

Today, Wikipedia turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from authoritarians. Here's what to know about how we got here, and what we can do to push for its future and support them as they start to demand fair support from the AI companies that are profiting off of the community. There's no better example than Wikipedia of the web we make together. https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

Today, Wikipedia turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from authoritarians. Here's what to know about how we got here, and what we can do to push for its future and support them as they start to demand fair support from the AI companies that are profiting off of the community. There's no better example than Wikipedia of the web we make together. https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

What @anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

Technology and power are inextricably linked — a fact that the U.S. government has known since the 1980s. Canadian journalist @parismarx writes about how now, more than ever, Canada needs to reduce its dependence on the U.S. when it comes to tech, and pursue true digital sovereignty. "We have an opportunity to think bigger and to challenge those fundamental assumptions that were crafted in the 1990s to convince us digital technology had to be left to the private sector," he writes.

https://flip.it/3lWOUg

#Technology #Tech #DigitalSovereignty #Canada #USA #TrumpAdministration

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #politics #cdnpoli #cdntech

“For years, (the #US) used #trade #negotiations to insert clauses in agreements that limit foreign governments’ ability to regulate its #techcompanies and has used its diplomats to apply pressure in other ways.” #Canada disconnect.blog/escaping-the...

Escaping the trap of US tech d...

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #politics #cdnpoli #cdntech

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #politics #cdnpoli #cdntech

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

Technology and power are inextricably linked — a fact that the U.S. government has known since the 1980s. Canadian journalist @parismarx writes about how now, more than ever, Canada needs to reduce its dependence on the U.S. when it comes to tech, and pursue true digital sovereignty. "We have an opportunity to think bigger and to challenge those fundamental assumptions that were crafted in the 1990s to convince us digital technology had to be left to the private sector," he writes.

https://flip.it/3lWOUg

#Technology #Tech #DigitalSovereignty #Canada #USA #TrumpAdministration

Escaping the trap of US tech dependence
L: https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46649495
posted on 2026.01.16 at 12:56:21 (c=0, p=4)

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #politics #cdnpoli #cdntech

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Water #Iran #IranProtests

Intruguing analysis about how water shortages and climate change are partly behind the protests in Iran.

#iran #water #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

#iran #water #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

#Iran : #climatechange -> #drought -> #instability

Happening in many places - especially, in #Asia #Africa #SouthAmerica #CentralAmerica

Whether is #heatwave #flood #hurricanes #cyclones etc.

“water day zero”: the boundary beyond which supply systems no longer function...crossed by Chennai in India in summer 2019 ...now threatening Mashhad, Tabriz and Tehran, where taps in the city’s southern districts had already run dry by early December.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

“water day zero”: the boundary beyond which supply systems no longer function...crossed by Chennai in India in summer 2019 ...now threatening Mashhad, Tabriz and Tehran, where taps in the city’s southern districts had already run dry by early December.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

Intruguing analysis about how water shortages and climate change are partly behind the protests in Iran.

#iran #water #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

Intruguing analysis about how water shortages and climate change are partly behind the protests in Iran.

#iran #water #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Iran : #climatechange -> #drought -> #instability Happening in many places - especially, in #Asia #Africa #SouthAmerica #CentralAmerica Whether its #heatwave #flood #hurricanes #cyclones etc.

How ‘day zero’ water shortages...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

"After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at least one person in north Minneapolis on the night of January 14, a crowd gathered and faced them down, confronting them and tearing down the yellow tape they put up around the area. Police reinforced the federal mercenaries, joining them in shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas and flash-bang grenades at demonstrators as well as at passing cars and houses in the residential district. Nonetheless, the officers lost control of the area and retreated, ceding the streets to those who had defied them." https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

North Minneapolis Chases Out ICE:
A Firsthand Account of the Response to Another ICE Shooting

The fact that they smashed the second ICE vehicles windows with an ice scraper that was reclaimed from the first destroyed fed car is just… wow.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

"After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at least one person in north Minneapolis on the night of January 14, a crowd gathered and faced them down, confronting them and tearing down the yellow tape they put up around the area. Police reinforced the federal mercenaries, joining them in shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas and flash-bang grenades at demonstrators as well as at passing cars and houses in the residential district. Nonetheless, the officers lost control of the area and retreated, ceding the streets to those who had defied them." https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

"After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at least one person in north Minneapolis on the night of January 14, a crowd gathered and faced them down, confronting them and tearing down the yellow tape they put up around the area. Police reinforced the federal mercenaries, joining them in shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas and flash-bang grenades at demonstrators as well as at passing cars and houses in the residential district. Nonetheless, the officers lost control of the area and retreated, ceding the streets to those who had defied them." https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

"After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at least one person in north Minneapolis on the night of January 14, a crowd gathered and faced them down, confronting them and tearing down the yellow tape they put up around the area. Police reinforced the federal mercenaries, joining them in shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas and flash-bang grenades at demonstrators as well as at passing cars and houses in the residential district. Nonetheless, the officers lost control of the area and retreated, ceding the streets to those who had defied them." https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

North Minneapolis Chases Out ICE:
A Firsthand Account of the Response to Another ICE Shooting

The fact that they smashed the second ICE vehicles windows with an ice scraper that was reclaimed from the first destroyed fed car is just… wow.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

North Minneapolis Chases Out ICE:
A Firsthand Account of the Response to Another ICE Shooting

The fact that they smashed the second ICE vehicles windows with an ice scraper that was reclaimed from the first destroyed fed car is just… wow.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

#minneapolis #ice #resistance #news

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

North Minneapolis Chases Out ICE:
A Firsthand Account of the Response to Another ICE Shooting

The fact that they smashed the second ICE vehicles windows with an ice scraper that was reclaimed from the first destroyed fed car is just… wow.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland newrepublic.com/article/2051...

The Oligarchs Pushing for Conq...

Why tech oligarchs want #Greenland: to create a tech dystopia without regulatory oversight.

by Casey Michel, author of the forthcoming book 'United States of Oligarchy: How America’s Wealthiest Ally with Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy'

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump

Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland newrepublic.com/article/2051...

The Oligarchs Pushing for Conq...

This is a must-read. Casey Michel is a solid journalist covering corruption, kleptocracy.
[TNR]: The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland

Trump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat weirdos, it makes perfect sense. By Casey Michel, January 13, 2026

https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump

#Greenland

Last year, during trump’s early rounds of demands that he be given control of #Greenland, Reuters reported that #SiliconValley #tech investors had begun “promoting the frozen island as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation.” Aligning with #Praxis’ vision for a network state in Greenland...building the island into a “hub for #ai, autonomous vehicles, space launches, micro nuclear reactors, and high-speed rail.
👇👇👇
https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump

Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland newrepublic.com/article/2051...

The Oligarchs Pushing for Conq...

https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump

#Greenland

Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland

https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump

Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland newrepublic.com/article/2051...

The Oligarchs Pushing for Conq...

👆
Perhaps the most conspicuous oligarch linked to #Praxis is none other than #SamAltman. While Altman has never commented publicly about Praxis, his Apollo Ventures firm has funded Praxis directly. “Altman has strange politics,” Gil Duran, who has tracked the network-state movement perhaps more than anyone else, wrote in 2024. “His investment in Praxis makes it clear that, despite platitudes about creating a better future, he’s betting on some kind of dramatic collapse.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump

🚀🎮 Wow, the pinnacle of human achievement: discovering that some pixelated shapes in a digital ant farm can't be made by crashing pretend spaceships together. 🤓🔍 Surely, this will revolutionize absolutely nothing, but hey, at least the forum user 400spar has something to brag about now! 🏆✨
https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html #pixelart #digitalantfarm #spacegaming #forumdiscussion #humanachievement #HackerNews #ngated

https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html

#HackerNews #23BitStillLifes #GliderConstructible #GameOfLife #CellularAutomata #HackerNews

https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html

#github

All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible
L: https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46641239
posted on 2026.01.15 at 18:59:06 (c=0, p=5)

All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible

https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html

#HackerNews #23BitStillLifes #GliderConstructible #GameOfLife #CellularAutomata #HackerNews

All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible
https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46641239

Link: https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46641239

All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible
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- 6 hours ago | 46 points | 5 comments
- URL: https://mvr.github.io/posts/xs23.html
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46641239
- Summary: Project “23-Bit Synthesis” proves that every strict still-life of 23 bits can be built by colliding gliders, raising the proven constructible lower bound from 22 to 23 bits. A multi-author effort solved all 1,646,147 cases. Automated tools played a dominant role: a redesigned C++ “Stomp” engine transferred known components to new targets fast; “component farming” ran random 3/4-glider collisions to harvest fresh partial reactions; and “Mr. Component” auto-combined nearly independent sub-components that share a single critical cell timing. Together these methods eliminated 99.97% of cases automatically; the remaining handful were finished by human ingenuity. The hardest 23-bit object now has a 47-step, 178-glider recipe found by exhaustive depth-unlimited Stomp search.