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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy.bsky.social · 1h

Why Study Programming Languages | Rachit Nigam people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...

Why Study Programming Languages | Rachit Nigam

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy.bsky.social · 1h

Echoes of Humanity: A Glimpse of a Hopeful Tomorrow www.denoise.digital/echoes-of-hu...

Echoes of Humanity: A Glimpse of a Hopeful Tomorrow

When my car's autopilot glitched in traffic, it became the catalyst for a story rooted in a perspective of hope.

www.denoise.digital

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

Some people have been saying.

How everyday tech is training us to accept constant surveillance

By ignoring small tech intrusions, society lowers the bar for what counts as privacy.

www.axios.com

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy.bsky.social · 1h

10 Data + AI Observations for Fall 2025 | Towards Data Science towardsdatascience.com/10-data-ai-o...

10 Data + AI Observations for Fall 2025 | Towards Data Science

What's happening—and what's next— for data and AI at the close of 2025.

towardsdatascience.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2h

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy.bsky.social · 2h

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade - Paul Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-crypto...

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

paulkrugman.substack.com

Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy.bsky.social · 2h

Free-threaded #Python Library Compatibility Checker ft-checker.com

Python 3.13t and 3.14t Library Compatibility Dashboard

Compatibility dashboard for top PyPI libraries with free-threaded CPython 3.13t and 3.14t. Track build successes, test results, and compatibility status.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy.bsky.social · 13h

Day 266. The line between parody and reality keeps blurring.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

This chuckleheaded sack of anal leakage currently runs NASA, by the way

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is thug trash.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Inside Epstein's Criminal Enterprise. Find out more by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' by The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.

www.reuters.com/world/us/did...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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