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@riptari
Journalist+ \climber-in-training/ ~Owns cats, asks awkward questions~ *Nostromo: https://techhub.social/@riptari
The Chernobyl disaster struck 39 years ago on April 26, 1986. Though it happened in #Ukraine, its devastating impact reached deep into #Belarus, contaminating land and poisoning our population. A passage from Sviatlana Alexievich captures the haunting loss: "The sparrows…
Delay, distract, dissemble?
Google just quietly killed its 7-year plan to kill third-party cookies. A strategic U-turn of historic proportions—and a blow to web privacy. It’s not just a product change. Let's hope it's not a sign of impending privacy deterioration. blog.lukaszolejnik.com/google-wont-ki…
🎙️@TanyaOCarroll called this privacy settlement she won from Meta a “bittersweet victory” techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/met… It’s also bittersweet for me as it’s my last story for @TechCrunch - but happily it underscores the value & power of public interest reporting. Support #journalism
Looking fwd to getting my teeth into @lukOlejnik’s book on infowar tactics — which, as cat has clearly recognised, is required reading for these propaganda-troubled times
In April 1986 my parents learned about the #Chernobyl nuclear disaster via #RadioFreeEurope, while the Polish communist regime continued to hide the fact that a radioactive cloud was passing over Poland. Thanks to a radio funded by the US government, I and many other children…
Being mugged €10 for a sandwich that looks and tastes like someone sat on it is the full #MWC experience
Even the music they're playing at #MWC2025 sounds like it was composed by AI
Worth watching the full Oval Office encounter. Zelenskyy thanks Trump about 7’30” in. About 35 mins later Vance demands to know whether Zelenskyy has thanked Trump. The fight ignites when Zelenskyy challenges Vance on what diplomacy with Putin means and then Vance gets angry…
I proudly lived in the United States a decade, Green Card Permanent Resident. Feel embarrassed for America and all my friends there.... but never give up on the USA....
“Ukraine was told it faced losing Starlink if it did not reach a minerals deal” theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…
"The new poles are coming to be global democracies versus a global oligarchy." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Put this in your plastic straw and suck on it theguardian.com/environment/20…
Sick burns don't get better than this 🤑
no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want
Altman on AGI: "it will be great at some things but surprisingly bad at others"... >> Errrmmm, doesn't sound like artificial *general* intelligence then? techcrunch.com/2025/02/09/ope…
This MAGA on MAGA crime is so hot right now. "The richest man on earth isn't down for the race war 😭😭😭!"
Is Google undoing a decade of progress on privacy? Their new policy allows invasive device fingerprinting for tracking user activity. Here’s my deep dive into what this means for privacy—and the future of AI.
No more @MishalHusain on BBC Today really is the Christmas present no one wanted. Irreplaceable class act & an inspiration to journalists everywhere. Few other radio presenters, if any, have such an innate gift to make you stop what you're doing to listen harder