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Erik Moeller @eloquence.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14h

At this rate it's honestly surprising that none of the major #ai players have issued an "AICoin" yet (aside from Altman's aspirational spycoin). Maybe that's the final step after institutional investment dries up.

(Graphic from Bloomberg: https://archive.is/Pagn7)

A bubble chart from the article illustrating the complex network of often circular investments between Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Oracle, xAI and various smaller startups.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 17h

What is one thing our colleagues lost, miss and cannot escape in #Gaza? Hear our staff reflect on living and working through the genocide.

Doctors Without Borders calls for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed.

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Dan Nanni @dan-nanni.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about buying a laptop for Linux? Skip the compatibility headaches and go with a vendor that builds laptops for Linux.

Here are Linux #laptop vendors worth checking out 😎👇

Find high-res pdf books with all my #Linux and #technology related infographics from study-notes.org

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 2d

Les incapables. C'est la une de Libération mardi.

À force de s'acharner dans une politique sans concession, Macron a plongé le pays dans une nouvelle crise. Son unique réponse, après la démission de Lecornu : le charger de mener d'«ultimes négociations» sur une mystérieuse «plateforme d'action».

Les incapables : la une de Libération du 7 octobre 2025, après la démission de Sébastien Lecornu.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 2d

Le pire dans cette situation est la désagréable sensation d'être pris pour des cons.

nilleb @nilleb.io · 2d

Ce qui se passe en France est ridicule. On nomme un PM qui nomme les mêmes ministres et puis démissionné dans les 24 heures suivantes.

Bien sûr le gouvernement précédent avait mis la pression car le budget 2026 ne pouvait pas tarder.

27 jours pour rien, et le culot de dénoncer "appétits partisans"

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 3d

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10...

Oupsie. What a disaster for a State.

NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available

A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil se...

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · 4d

Arrêtée par l'armée israélienne, Greta Thunberg a été tirée par les cheveux, battue et forcée d'embrasser le drapeau israélien.

Soutien à Greta dont le courage et l'engagement pour dénoncer le génocide sont sans faille depuis bientôt 2 ans.

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 4d

I am proud to share that this application is now working as expected:
- save recordings, transcripts, summaries to your vault
- openai compatible LLM APIs support
- drag & drop recordings and get summaries/transcripts
- select audio sources (system audio/mic)
- disable useless features

#opensource

nilleb @nilleb.io · 11d

Little update: many Claude/Codex/Cursor tokens later, I have an application fitting my workflow (record transcriptions, dump them to files, define a folder for the dumps, export to markdown).

Perfectly integrates with @obsidian.md ❤️

And data never leaves my computer!

nilleb @nilleb.io · 13d

These last days I have started using transcription models. They are so effective that I started looking around for a meeting assistant - I have found a promising one, for MacOS: github.com/RecapAI/Recap

It's not open-source in the sense of OSI, but I managed to build and run it.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d

Happy Italian American Heritage Month!

From the fishermen and vineyard pioneers of Northern California, to the Central Valley ranchers, to the SoCal trailblazers in entertainment, food, and more — the Golden State celebrates the contributions of Italian Americans to our story.

California Celebrates Italian American Heritage Month

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 7d

Obsidian October is back! Once again we're hosting office hours on Discord to help you polish and launch your plugins, themes, vaults, videos, and other projects.

Plus you can now explore the Bases API to create your own custom views like the new Map view.

Screenshot of a map view in Obsidian Bases

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 7d

www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

So sad news. Thanks Jane for what you accomplished, for showing us what we are.

Jane Goodall, trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees transformed our understanding of humankind, has died

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 9...

www.latimes.com

nilleb @nilleb.io · 7d

Dear Ivo, keep this in a corner of your mind: www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/Y...

#trail #longdistance #europe

From the europe community on Reddit: You have the time, fitness and money to do one European long distance trail in its entirety. Which one do you choose?

Explore this post and more from the europe community

www.reddit.com

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 7d

Rawa has accepted to change the License to MIT! That's wonderful! Thank you Rawa!!!!

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 9d

Well, yes, CLI assistants like Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI work even over SSH (if you are on Mac you should know this: github.com/anthropics/c...). This means that even when I am on my phone I can easily modify code...

Authentication UI Warning Persists After Successful Login · Issue #1222 · anthropics/claude-code

Bug Description Title: Claude Code CLI shows "Missing API key · Run /login" despite functional authentication Description: While using Claude Code via SSH, I'm seeing a persistent message "Missing ...

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 10d

You should try this game. It's wonderful to see how Browser technology has evolved ❤️

Léαlinux 🐧 @lea-linux.org · 11d

Impressionnant ce petit jeu en WebGL :
messenger.abeto.co

Messenger

It's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries.

messenger.abeto.co

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Frenck @frenck.social · 10d

Ever wanted to work on open source full-time? Come join me at the @openhomefoundation.org; we’ve got 5 new roles on @home-assistant.io.

👩‍💼 Program Manager
🐍 Python Engineers
✍️ Technical Writers

🌍 Remote. Open source, every day.
Links in replies 👇

#HomeAssistant #OpenSource #SmartHome #Hiring #Jobs

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 11d

Little update: many Claude/Codex/Cursor tokens later, I have an application fitting my workflow (record transcriptions, dump them to files, define a folder for the dumps, export to markdown).

Perfectly integrates with @obsidian.md ❤️

And data never leaves my computer!

nilleb @nilleb.io · 13d

These last days I have started using transcription models. They are so effective that I started looking around for a meeting assistant - I have found a promising one, for MacOS: github.com/RecapAI/Recap

It's not open-source in the sense of OSI, but I managed to build and run it.

GitHub - RecapAI/Recap: Open Source, Privacy-First, macOS-Native AI Meeting Summary

Open Source, Privacy-First, macOS-Native AI Meeting Summary - GitHub - RecapAI/Recap: Open Source, Privacy-First, macOS-Native AI Meeting Summary

github.com

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Sana Bég @sana.msf.ca · 12d

🚨 MSF FORCED TO SUSPEND ACTIVITIES IN GAZA CITY 🚨

Our clinics are now encircled by Israeli forces.

There are continued airstrikes & tanks advancing closer & closer to our healthcare facilities.

This is an intolerable level of risk for our @msf.ca staff.

I am outraged, and you should be, too.

Palestine: MSF forced to suspend activities amid intensified Israeli offensive in Gaza City | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend essential medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating sec...

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca

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nilleb @nilleb.io · 12d

Selon les données de l'article le train a transporté 36000 personnes en 2024
En comptant 13 semaines d'arrêt on grimpe a 131 passagers par jour. Alors qu'un train en transporte 500 au bas mot. Je me trompe quelque part en présumant que les trains sont vides?