Apr 26, 2026
Cities now have one more reason to follow the lead of many other municipalities and cancel their Flock contracts, before this new feature causes civil liberties harms to residents and headaches for cities.
Apr 26, 2026
A lawsuit over Wi-Fi technology used by billions had filings hidden from public view. EFF challenged the secrecy, but the case highlights a broader transparency problem in patent courts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-challenges-secrecy-eastern-district-texas-patent-case
Apr 26, 2026
As a reminder, while journalists are busy normalizing this administration's fascist behavior, I'll be at my desk - planning, writing, telling you that Stephen Miller holds the world record for most boogers eaten in a single day.If you want to support legacy media go ahead and watch the news. If you want to help Low Quality Facts, give me a dollar on Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/lowqualityfacts
Apr 26, 2026
Rather than supporting parents' choices about their kids' internet use, California’s AB 1709 imposes a legislative ban on kids under 16 using social media. Parents, not the state, should decide when and how their children use social media. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/act-now-stop-californias-paternalistic-and-privacy-destroying-social-media-ban
Apr 26, 2026
It is an objective truth.
Apr 26, 2026
Want a new way to keep up with EFF's work? Check out the EFFector Podcast! In each episode, you'll hear EFF's lawyers, activists, and technologists explain the latest in the fight for privacy and free speech online: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/how-ice-got-my-data-effector-388
Apr 26, 2026
Section 230 doesn’t just protect platforms—it protects the people who use them. We spoke with Reddit’s top lawyer about how volunteer moderators, everyday users, and online communities need 230 to function. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/internet-still-works-reddit-empowers-community-moderation
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Apr 26, 2026
I've known this, but I still always forget to do it.
Apr 26, 2026
A couple of years ago, as part of one of my children learning all the provisional capitals of the Netherlands, we decided to visit all the provisional capitals in a day, and when feasible we'd get out spend at least a couple of minutes at the station, usually to change trains. We managed to visit every capital's station within 24. They, of course, aced their quiz at school They also collected ~€100 in sponsorship money, which they donated to WWF, because why not.When they were learning the European capitals, they thought of something similar, visit all the European capitals in as little time as possible by train. I've been thinking about how to do this, and in which capital to start to keep the time to a minimum, and possibly fit it into a 2 week school holiday. From experience I know I could probably visit much of Western Europe in about 2 or 3 days: Lisbon-Madrid, Madrid-Barcelona, Barcelona-Paris, Paris-London, London-Brussels-Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Berlin and Berlin-Warsaw. Adding Zürich and Vienna in between Amsterdam and Berlin would probably add a day, or soI expect that the Nordics could be done in about a day or twoI could also try starting in Athens and travelling through Eastern Europe first, which from what I understand here will be the most difficult leg, and might be best to try firstI think it's possible to do it in two weeks I'm looking at the moment, and musing over the possibilities. At the moment it's only a paper exercise , to intention to do it, ever if I believed in could convince one of my children to come with me. If anyone has done this already, with or without children, input is certainly welcome :boost_ok:
Apr 26, 2026
Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Fat Pigeon Keychain. Remember friends, fat shaming is bad. Glorifying perfectly round animals on the other hand, is highly encouraged.https://collabs.shop/tysmik
Apr 26, 2026
Cowsay! #oggcamp2026
Apr 26, 2026
Shout out to @nham from @falken at #oggcamp2026
Apr 26, 2026
Hearing about The Great Moose Migration at #OggCamp
Apr 26, 2026
That sucks.
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Apr 26, 2026
Don't do the crime if you can't do the... tickles?
Apr 26, 2026
Just one week until Season 3 of The Button goes live!The Button is a #fediverse social #game - any user from any #activitypub enabled instance can sign in and play :)Join the 400 or so of us who have played so far starting May 4th!https://thebutton.lemmy.zip#thebutton #fedi #fediGames #lemmy #mastodon
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Apr 26, 2026
📰 Broligarchom bogolom chyba już do końca odwaliło:"Historia wygląda następująco. Nadchodzi wojna między dobrem (sztuczną inteligencją) a złem (regulacjami rządowymi). Jeśli wygra sztuczna inteligencja, nadejdzie Nowa Jerozolima, gdzie ludzka inteligencja zostanie przyćmiona przez intelektualnie lepsze komputery, które symbolicznie, jeśli nie dosłownie, reprezentują powrót Jezusa Chrystusa. Technicy nazywają to Singularity. Kierownictwo z Doliny Krzemowej może przygotować się na ten wielki dzień, płacąc 15 900 dolarów za udział w pięciodniowym seminarium w ośrodku w hrabstwie Santa Clara w Kalifornii, który nazywa się – nie żartuję – Singularity University."Całość [EN]:https://newrepublic.com/article/208876/tech-world-evil-musk-bezos-thiel#AI #Jezus #Religia #Technologia
Apr 26, 2026
Just one week until The Button Season 3 goes live. You can sign up early here: https://thebutton.lemmy.zip