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Proposed rules about how the government buys and deploys AI could allow bureaucrats to sidestep necessary safeguards and supercharge mass surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/tech-nonprofits-feds-dont-weaponize-procurement-undermine-ai-trust-and-safety
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Please make sure you're an organ donor.
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Everyone told me this account was stupid. They said it would never be successful. People told me to give up and delete it. Long have I waited for the day I could prove my haters wrong. Take a look at what I made today. Who's the failure now, huh?
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The Button - Season 2 Stats Winner: Green Faction Green held the button the longest, narrowly beating Purple by just 2 minutes and 50 seconds. Game Overview Stat Value Game Duration 16h 23m 35s Total Players 244 Players Who Pressed 205 Total Button Presses 242 Chat Messages 1,549 Unique Chatters 99 Referred Players 14 Faction Standings Rank Faction Time Held Share Players Presses 1st Green 4h 31m 34s 27.6% 67 64 2nd Purple 4h 28m 44s 27.3% 79 76 3rd Blue 4h 14m 10s 25.8% 54 53 4th Red 3h 9m 6s 19.2% 44 49 Achievement Badge Holders Badge Player Achievement 🥇 First Presser @weddingcrasher@lemmy.zip First to press the button 🏁 Latest Presser @skipwappallypap@lemmy.world Last player to press ⚡ Fastest Reaction @nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 129ms reaction time 🛡 Last-Second Save @tamlyn@lemmy.zip Pressed at 1.16s remaining 🔍 Mystery Solver @solace@lemmy.blahaj.zone Found the easter egg Top 5 Closest Saves Player Faction Timer Remaining @tamlyn@lemmy.zip Purple 1.16s @tamlyn@lemmy.zip Purple 2.25s @hellhound1@lemmy.world Purple 4.22s @birne@feddit.org Blue 5.25s @lvxferre@mander.xyz Red 6.84s Top 5 Fastest Reactions Player Faction Reaction Time @nusm@peachpie.theatl.social Green 129ms @merdaverse@lemmy.zip Red 372ms @sebas@lemmy.zip Purple 688ms @allero@lemmy.today Blue 856ms @susaga@sh.itjust.works Green 987ms Most Active Chatters Player Faction Messages @calmblue75@lemmy.ml Blue 201 @allero@lemmy.today Blue 96 @mschae@discuss.mschae23.de Green 77 @solace@lemmy.blahaj.zone Purple 59 @demigodrick@lemmy.zip Green 59 Top Referrer @deathbybigsad@sh.itjust.works (Purple) referred 7 players Press Activity by Hour (UTC) Time Block Presses Apr 5, 12:00 25 Apr 5, 13:00 20 Apr 5, 14:00 19 Apr 5, 15:00 16 Apr 5, 16:00 24 Apr 5, 17:00 15 Apr 5, 18:00 10 Apr 5, 19:00 11 Apr 5, 20:00 6 Apr 5, 21:00 16 Apr 5, 22:00 17 Apr 5, 23:00 14 Apr 6, 00:00 9 Apr 6, 01:00 11 Apr 6, 02:00 13 Apr 6, 03:00 11 Apr 6, 04:00 5 The opening hour saw 25 presses as players rushed to claim the button. Activity stayed strong through the afternoon (15–25 presses/hour) before tapering off overnight. The timer finally ran out at 04:23 UTC on April 6 after a quiet stretch with just 5 presses in the final hour. The opening hour saw a massive 153 presses as players rushed in. Activity then settled to a steady 9–17 presses per hour through the night until the timer finally ran out at 04:23 UTC. Fun Facts The average timer value at press was 10m 59s — most players pressed well before the 15-minute deadline 13 presses were made with less than 60 seconds on the clock 39 players registered but never pressed the button The margin between 1st and 2nd place was just 2 minutes 50 seconds out of 16+ hours Purple had the most players (79) and most presses (76) but still came 2nd
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Just on that ragebait thread of the day, glad I could grow my block list. Unsurprisingly, many of the most egregious tooters were already blocked
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Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Eat The Rich T-shirt. Grocery prices keep going up, the price of billionaires with a little hot sauce on them keeps staying the same. Eating the rich is just a matter of simple economics.https://collabs.shop/gxjhzy
18 days ago
It must be hard for the toddlers to walk.
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France’s central bank has sold off the last of the gold it held in the United States Federal Reserve and replaced it with higher quality bars in Paris, taking advantage of rising prices to make nearly €13 billion as it upgrades its holdings. Archived version: archive.is/…/20260404-french-central-bank-nets-€1… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Iran said Monday that the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization was killed in a US-Israeli attack, Anadolu Agency reports. Archived version: archive.is/…/20260406-iran-says-its-irgc-intellig… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Anutin Charnvirakul encourages measures such as home working and carpooling as country is reliant on oil imports Archived version: archive.is/…/thailand-pm-calls-for-energy-saving-… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Immigrants in her situation “were given a promise that they would be protected as long as they were vulnerable.”
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It’s finally time: a patch queued into one of the development branches ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is set to finally begin the process of phasing out and ultimately removing Intel 486 CPU support from the Linux kernel. Anyone still using an i486 CPU with an upstream Linux kernel would be incredibly rare and no known Linux distribution vendors are still shipping with i486 CPU support, but in case you are, you can continue to be running one of the existing Linux LTS kernel versions.
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More than a month after war erupted in the Middle East following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the IDF is pressing ahead with an offensive on its border that threatens to drive hundreds of thousands from their homes, Jessie Williams reports Archived version: archive.is/…/lebanon-gaza-war-crimes-israel-b2946… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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More than a month after war erupted in the Middle East following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the IDF is pressing ahead with an offensive on its border that threatens to drive hundreds of thousands from their homes, Jessie Williams reports Archived version: archive.is/…/lebanon-gaza-war-crimes-israel-b2946… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Spain’s Social Security enrolment hit an all-time high in March, boosted by Easter Week, after more than 211,000 jobs were added and unemployment edged lower.
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U.S. forces located on Kuwait’s Bubiyan island were targeted by Iran, the spokesperson of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a video statement shared by state media on Monday. Archived version: archive.is/…/iran-struck-us-forces-relocated-kuwa… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Israeli strike targets UN vehicle carrying WHO staff as ceasefire violations continue Archived version: archive.is/…/who-worker-among-seven-killed-israel… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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The Swiss government has suspended all payments for the American-made Patriot air defense system, with Defense Minister Martin Pfister warning that the entire deal may be canceled. This friction arises from significant delivery delays and a unilateral shift in U.S. priorities that has compromised the original bilateral agreement. Archived version: archive.is/…/switzerland-halts-payments-for-u-s-p… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.