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6 votes
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Sophisticated exploits used to breach fully-patched iPhones of journalists, activists, as detailed by Amnesty International's Security Lab
24 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 19
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
5 votes -
What did you do this weekend?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
7 votes -
If you had to teach a class about information literacy, what would your key points be?
I'm in an online course right now that touches upon information literacy: the ability to access, sort through, and analyze information (particularly online). It is not a very in-depth course, and...
I'm in an online course right now that touches upon information literacy: the ability to access, sort through, and analyze information (particularly online). It is not a very in-depth course, and a lot of the recommendations it gives feel a little limited/dated, or just out of touch with current internet practices (e.g. trust .edu and .gov sites -- don't trust .com sites; use Britannica Online instead of Wikipedia). It also doesn't really account for things like memes, social media, or really much of the modern internet landscape.
I know we have a lot of very technically literate as well as informationally literate people here, and I'm curious: if you were tasked with creating a class to help people learn information literacy, including how to identify misinformation online, what would some of your key points or focuses be? How would you convey those to your students (whether those students are kids, adults, or both)?
17 votes -
Philosophy has made plenty of progress
5 votes -
Free Speech
4 votes -
War Thunder devs won’t use classified documents posted in forums to tweak tanks
10 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of July 19
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
12 votes -
The government unknowingly commissioned furry art to promote the Tokyo Olympics
26 votes -
Art of Noise - Moments In Love (1985)
7 votes -
Take-Two is removing old GTA mods using DMCA notices
9 votes -
Why Koko the gorilla couldn't talk
13 votes -
New electronic paper displays brilliant colors
17 votes -
According to a woman tasked with checking for poison in Adolf Hitler's meals, Hitler was sympathetic to vegetarianism
3 votes -
Thread from r/MensLib: No man should be called a "neckbeard" or a "loser"
12 votes -
The blurred lines of parasocial relationships
5 votes -
A remarkable silence: Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying
20 votes -
Midway in the journey of our life I found myself moving to Spain
Gee
22 votes -
Amazon asked Apple to remove an app that spots fake reviews, and Apple agreed
19 votes -
Franzoli Electronics - Coolio's Gangster's Paradise (on Tesla Coils)
5 votes -
What do you collect?
I personally collect iPods and Sony Mavica cameras, with a side interest being headphones.
21 votes -
Marble League 2021
5 votes -
PixelCraft: A pixel art editor
6 votes -
Biz Markie, pioneering ‘Just A Friend’ rapper, has died aged 57
15 votes -
Greenland stops oil and gas exploration – natural resources minister Naaja Nathanielsen said the environment and climatic impacts had been assessed as being too high
23 votes -
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature
13 votes -
Permanent Joycon drift fix with a piece of paper
19 votes -
The strangest aircraft ever built: The Soviet Union's VVA-14
13 votes -
Dishonored 2 designers break down the Clockwork Mansion | On the Level
8 votes -
Remote code execution vulnerability in the cdnjs Javascript CDN run by Cloudflare, which could have enabled tampering with over 10% of all websites
18 votes -
The privacy war raging within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), where normally-secretive tech companies are wrangling over the future of your data — and their own power — in plain sight
14 votes -
Digital Fusion, Vol. 1
4 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
10 votes -
What did you do this week?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
13 votes -
Airbnb raises violent crime rates in cities as long-term residents are pushed out, says US study
11 votes -
Iron Maiden - The Writing on the Wall (2021)
11 votes -
My brand new Aphaenogaster picea queen! I can’t wait for her to start a colony!
25 votes -
Big Tech is trying to disarm the US Federal Trade Commission by going after its biggest weapon: Lina Khan
8 votes -
Antkeepers of Tildes, what are your thoughts on brood boosting?
Personally I think brood boosting is perfectly fine, as long as you only take a small amount of brood, say 10-15 pupae. What are your thoughts on boosting?
21 votes -
How to unlearn a disease
6 votes -
Its still rough, but I made a really busy tildes theme
I decided to rewrite this from scratch. You can try it out if you're game. album I wiped out my profile in Chrome the other day and forgot to back up stylus and some other settings for a few...
I decided to rewrite this from scratch. You can try it out if you're game.
I wiped out my profile in Chrome the other day and forgot to back up stylus and some other settings for a few extensions. I found an old post where I listed part of a theme I'd started working on, but had since abandoned.
I couldn't find a copy of the ol' Tiltweaks stylus theme, either, so I decided to bring back that old, unfinished gem to get my theme back to roughly where I had it before... then I added a bunch of other crap in.
Anyway, here's the link to a busy screencap.
The two column layout isn't for everybody, but in the brief time I've spent with it, I'm starting to like it.
Just thought I'd share. I'm about 99.6% certain everybody will see it and say, 'gross' :)
15 votes -
The truth behind the Amazon mystery seeds
15 votes -
China asks Taliban to make 'clean break' from all terrorist forces
6 votes -
US Consumer Product Safety Commission sues Amazon, citing over 400,000 hazardous products sold through its "Fulfilled by Amazon" program
12 votes -
Covid 7/15: Rates of Change
4 votes -
Steam Deck - Valve's Switch-style portable gaming PC, starting at $399 USD and shipping in December 2021
61 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
8 votes -
Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
4 votes -
The success of Iceland's 'four-day week' trial has been greatly overstated
13 votes