Okay RF nerds, what am I looking at here? In particular, what's with the giant honking 50 ohm (and 150 ohm) resistors? This is supposedly a 3 stage UHF linear amplifier. But what does the orange wire do?? What's with the "stud diodes?"
@ellearmageddon.bsky.social saw this and immediately had to send it to you 😂 youtube.com/shorts/Pi8t-...
Why raccoons can’t be lesbians
YouTube video by Lochnessofficial
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@eff.org Please come back to Twitter. I know that your post engagements have been way down there, but looking at your feed here, there is a LOT of repetition each day, and I would not be surprised if Twitter identified that as spam We need alerts in unfriendly territory
Zelensky has issued a presidential decree “allowing” Russia to hold its annual Victory Day parade in Moscow. The decree provides exact coordinates of the Red Square that shall be excluded from the list of Ukrainian strike targets. Phenomenal power play.
2 years ago I did a PoC to run #rust 🦀 in the #pixel modem Today it shipped in millions of devices! They grow up to fast! 🥲 security.googleblog.com/2026/04/brin... #rust #security #smartphone #baseband
Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
Posted by Jiacheng Lu, Software Engineer, Google Pixel Team Google is continuously advancing the security of Pixel devices. We have been f...
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Super duper absurd. (Unless they're admitting the war was started to the release of the initial tranches of files in the first place.)
🇺🇦@pattymc.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe DOJ has "indefinitely paused" the unsealing of the final Epstein files, citing "regional instability" and "national security" regarding the Iran conflict.
It's time for our FIRST HAM radio license exam at DMA on Monday March 16th! 📡✨🎉 If you're interested in taking the exam it is FREE but be sure to pre-register so we have an accurate head count. See QR code or link below to register. Regular radio night starts at 7:30pm ham.study/sessions/6...
Washington Post executives were troubled to learn that a single story could cost...thousands of dollars. Thank god they weren't around during the WaPo's coverage of Watergate, CIA dark prisons, or any of the many other stories that helped changed the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...
FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license.
Shout-out to PowerPoint for flagging the word "bespoke" as too difficult for my presumably idiot audience.
I made an android app that starts all axon cams in ble range to start recording github.com/WithLoveFrom... if that's a thing you'd find helpful
GitHub - WithLoveFromMinneapolis/AxonCadabra: A personal safety and accountability tool to wirelessly trigger Axon Body and Dash Cameras
A personal safety and accountability tool to wirelessly trigger Axon Body and Dash Cameras - WithLoveFromMinneapolis/AxonCadabra
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Pivoting to a totally different topic in AI policy, I haven't tested this yet but I am very excited that one of the law librarians at my alma mater, @uwlaw.bsky.social (whose law librarians are all badasses), built a tool for detecting AI-hallucinated case citations: wolf.law.uw.edu/casestrainer/
CaseStrainer - Citation Verification Tool
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Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
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Who is taking the IRS Direct File code, modifying it for 2025, and hosting it as a free, non-profit service? Bonus points if they are (or are applying to be) an IRS Electronic Return Originator @alt18f.bsky.social?
This makes me feel old. I've been there for it all. www.artmann.co/articles/30-...
30 Years of <br> Tags
Three decades of making things on the internet
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
I see the Australian social media ban is off to a great start. Nobody knows you're a dog on the Internet. 🐕
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️ But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold. So take care of yourself. Your soul is beautiful.
They're selling illusion caps at Canadian Tire. As a vision scientist I appreciate them targeting my niche demographic.
OMB has said DOGE has disbanded months before their original directive ended This is a reminder that DOGE is the renamed OMB United States Digital Service (USDS) org FOIA at will! (pls forward or RT to journalists in your network!)
