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"What does Russia's ruling class really think of Putin? A leaked audio recording of Russian producer Iosif Prigozhin and Russian billionaire ex-senator Farhad Akhmedov criticizing Putin has been verified by Russian intel service FSB, offering a peak into the anger toward the Kremlin's war."

worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/

I look forward to this open source intelligence book*, out on May 9th:

Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence

wiley.com/en-us/Deep+Dive%3A+E

*no affiliation
nosanitize

TIL Legolas^H^H^H Orlando Bloom is a UNICEF ambassador, has been in Ukraine looking after childrens' interests.

youtu.be/t30FGBrSOC4

We cannot automatically believe video testimony ever again.

Epic (video game company) demonstration* of motion capture with an iPhone, no external face rig, and nearly immediate rendering by one computer and playback onto multiple realistic faces.

*Epic demonstrated the first production-grade version 6 years ago. What will it do in 6 more?


@thewebrecluse

This week:
youtube.com/watch?v=pnaKyc3mQV

2016:
youtube.com/watch?v=JbQSpfWUs4

Also, just don't.
Don't pick up strange usb devices, let alone plug them in. Could be a key logger. Could be malware. Could be rdx. Could be someone's personal nunya. Don't.

Look a sort of positive story about how tricky usb drives can be to plug in correctly.

Milton Pérez at Teleamazonas' Quito offices might have set off the USB stick's explosives if he had plugged it into the computer properly.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/0

Where'd I leave my tiny violin.

"I don’t know about you, but where I’m from, you punch Nazis. Apparently, some Proud Boy fascists didn’t get that memo, because they decided to put on some militia cosplay and show up to a drag queen story hour with Attorney General Letitia James in New York, and some of them promptly got their ass beat."

themarysue.com/proud-boys-trie

Timely book talk:

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Peace and Human Rights

"...a comprehensive account of the professional and personal lives of the powerful couple who have worked together as reformers in Georgia, President and First Lady of the United States, and founders of the Carter Center. The book incorporates material from declassified CIA documents and extensive research in the Carter, Ford, Reagan, Kennedy, and Bush Presidential Libraries. "

archives.gov/calendar/event/ji

Can someone in the UK check this link please? I wonder if it's geo-fenced or something. The page loads for me but says "This programme is not currently available"
TIA
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c0lsj7

What a special co-interview with Flea and Kae Tempest.
Interesting pairing.

Kae typically dislikes being interviewed.

Haven't heard Flea talk this much.

youtu.be/ZqFJWV5AVp4

Well I'm still going to put down "human" on forms.

National Academies: We can’t define “race,” so stop using it in science.

Use scientifically relevant descriptions, not outdated social ideas.
arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

11 hours and 59 minutes of daylight today.

Should be enough.

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Reasons I need an autonomous coffee robot:
#9999 Puppy asleep on my feet.

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