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In a pre-dawn action early this morning on Dec. 20, the US Coast Guard with the support of the Department of War apprehended an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela.

The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region. We will find you, and we will stop you.

Source: Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem.

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.

The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

Mass protests were organized across Brazil on Sunday to reject a bill that seeks to reduce the sentences of people convicted of participating in the coup attempt on January 8, 2023, including far-right former president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has been sentenced to over two decades of imprisonment for his role against democracy. The right-wing controlled Congress, passed a bill last week that would allow convicted coup plotters to move to a less restrictive prison, for example, house arrest, and could reduce Bolsonaro's sentence from 27 to six years.

Transcript here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Coming_War_on_General_Computation

He'll be speaking again at 39C3 later this month: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet

From being one of the most used operating systems to becoming a universally ridiculed, Windows has been negatively transformed by Microsoft’s own decisions. And it's all by design. In this episode, we take a look.

Good Work

While Trump is promising $2000 tariff dividends, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.

Creative Commons

Battery saver color scheme included

Music

TrackTribe - I Had A Feeling (YouTube audio library)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ6uUaUWbM

Software

Linux

Kdenlive

GIMP

FFmpeg

HandBrake

No software was paid for in the making of this video.

Extra visuals

Washington Stories Bureau of Printing and Engraving video from the US National Archive via archive.org
https://archive.org/details/WashingtonStoriesBureauOfEngravingAndPrintingEngraving

Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper.png

High resolution photo of Extra Coop supermarket beverage aisle posted by Wikimedia user Wolfmann
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extra_Coop_Supermarket,_Amfi_Shopping_mall,_Os%C3%B8yro,_Hordaland,_Norway,_Distorted_panorama_2018-03-22._Beers_in_chiller_refrigerators,_on_shelves_in_rack,_aisle,_interior_%28Hansa,_N%C3%B8gne_%C3%98,_Tuborg,_etc.%29_A.jpg

Some images created from uncredited tracing sources, and/or with assistance from other free-to-use software tools.

4320p ultrawide (8K DCI) rendered in 2 segments using 16GB of total shared RAM/VRAM, insufficient for full single render. Spliced using LosslessCut FFmpeg GUI, then combined with audio using FFmpeg CLI remux (no transcoding).

Standard widescreen version arranged separately and rendered in a single segment before compressing for optimal file size. Compression: HandBrake, AV1, preset slider speed at 1, RF slider at 28

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Backed up on the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/taxreturns

A while ago, we used bird repellant to make an apple that tastes like a grape, and it turned out surprising well. Since then though, we were convinced that it has to work with other flavors. In theory, we believe that we can make an apple taste like just about anything.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39919486

Source: u/Decent_Cheesecake643 - Redlib(Reddit private front-end)

I wish there was a longer version

Nice accessible coverage of a relatively recent theory.

Researched and Written by Leila Battison Edited by Siji Sheehan Narration by David Kelly Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid. Galaxy and space imagery from NASA and ESO.

00:00 Introduction

05:09 The Coming Of The Rings

21:51 The Earth Beneath

35:23 Mass Extinction

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/18794528

From the video description:

Ever wondered what student life was really like 800 years ago? This deep dive reveals the shocking truth about medieval universities: students woke at 4AM for lectures in complete darkness, fought pitched battles against townspeople, and most couldn't afford to graduate despite completing their studies. Using primary sources and contemporary accounts, we explore how medieval student struggles compare to modern university life.