Apostolos K.
@koutropoulos.bsky.social
Education Troublemaker, Instructional Designer, EdTechie, Video gamer, Linguist, Geek and Trekkie. I am a perpetual student. views my own. 19477448.
Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future
Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future
Ubuntu Unity faces manpower shortages as lead dev Rudra has no time to maintain it, sparking a public call for help.
linuxiac.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future
‘V for Vendetta’ Is Becoming a TV Show
'V for Vendetta' Is Becoming a TV Show
DC Studios will produce a new adaptation of the classic comic for HBO.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
‘V for Vendetta’ Is Becoming a TV Show
Xbox Series X 5th anniversary: a great console until Microsoft lost interest
The Xbox Series was the best Xbox yet. Then Microsoft lost all interest in it
Strategic confusion sunk hardware that deserved better
www.polygon.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Xbox Series X 5th anniversary: a great console until Microsoft lost interest
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
After forty days. Forty days of the longest government shutdown in American history. Forty days of Democrats saying this is the line—healthcare for twenty-two million Americans. Forty day…
www.techdirt.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
Mastodon’s latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators
Mastodon's latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators | TechCrunch
Mastodon's latest software version brings quote posts with added controls to all servers.
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Mastodon’s latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators
Trump Falls For Satire From Site Called ‘The Dunning Kruger Times’
Trump Falls For Satire From Site Called ‘The Dunning Kruger Times’
Over the weekend, the President of the United States fell for obvious satire from a website literally called “The Dunning Kruger Times.” Donald Trump—a man with access to the best, most…
www.techdirt.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Trump Falls For Satire From Site Called ‘The Dunning Kruger Times’
LLM side-channel attack could allow snoops to guess what you're talking about
LLM side-channel attack could allow snoops to guess topic
: Encryption protects content, not context
www.theregister.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
LLM side-channel attack could allow snoops to guess what you're talking about
Decentralised communities
Decentralised communities
Commentary on Decentralised communities by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
www.downes.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Decentralised communities
🧅😂 DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
WASHINGTON—Reaffirming the Trump administration’s promise to crack down on individuals providing supervision and instruction to youngsters across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated at a press conference Thursday that daycare workers have walked freely in this country for far too long. “Time and time again, we have allowed these people to watch […]
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
🧅😂 DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
The tale of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s very strange smartphone
The tale of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s very strange smartphone
In this episode of Version History: Amazon’s big, mostly very bad ideas about phones.
www.theverge.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The tale of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s very strange smartphone
Sora 2 Makes Videos So Believable, Reality Checks Are Required
Sora 2 Creates Believable Videos,Reality Checks Needed
Threat actors will keep abusing deepfakes for fraud. Organizations must implement strong security protocols, despite added user friction.
www.darkreading.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sora 2 Makes Videos So Believable, Reality Checks Are Required
'AI Slop' in Court Filings: Lawyers Keep Citing Fake AI-Hallucinated Cases
'AI Slop' in Court Filings: Lawyers Keep Citing Fake AI-Hallucinated Cases - Slashdot
"According to court filings and interviews with lawyers and scholars, the legal profession in recent months has increasingly become a hotbed for AI blunders," reports the New York Times:
Earlier this year, a lawyer filed a motion in a Texas bankruptcy court that cited a 1985 case called Brasher ...
yro.slashdot.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
'AI Slop' in Court Filings: Lawyers Keep Citing Fake AI-Hallucinated Cases
LLM vs RAG vs Agent Workbook
LLM vs RAG vs Agent Workbook
Commentary on LLM vs RAG vs Agent Workbook by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
www.downes.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
LLM vs RAG vs Agent Workbook
Shutdown could reduce US flights 'to a trickle', transport secretary warns
Shutdown could reduce US flights 'to a trickle', transport secretary warns
US lawmakers are working over the weekend as they seek a bipartisan deal to end the shutdown, which is now on day 40.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Shutdown could reduce US flights 'to a trickle', transport secretary warns
Trump administration tells states to stop paying full food aid benefits
Trump administration tells states to stop paying full Snap benefits
The food assistance programme has been caught in a back-and-forth legal battle over funding as the government shutdown drags on.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump administration tells states to stop paying full food aid benefits
Did ChatGPT Conversations Leak... Into Google Search Console Results?
Did ChatGPT Conversations Leak... Into Google Search Console Results? - Slashdot
"For months, extremely personal and sensitive ChatGPT conversations have been leaking into an unexpected destination," reports Ars Technica: the search-traffic tool for webmasters , Google Search Console.
Though it normally shows the short phrases or keywords typed into Google which led someone t...
tech.slashdot.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Did ChatGPT Conversations Leak... Into Google Search Console Results?
Mac OS 7.6 and 8 for CHRP releases discovered www.osnews.com/story...
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mac OS 7.6 and 8 for CHRP releases discovered www.osnews.com/story...
Trump Pressure Risking Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
A federal judge said that faculty members were being affected in their teaching and research by the Trump administration’s pressure campaign.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump Pressure Risking Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
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"Recently, an art piece that I co-created over 30 years ago with my then-partner, musician Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, was unearthed from a storage facility, after apparently being misplaced by the band’s management."
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Was A Creative Force Behind One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of The '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story.
"At that time, the band had broken up, and I was told they would never reunite. But that’s not what happened."
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Recently, an art piece that I co-created over 30 years ago with my then-partner, musician Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, was unearthed from a storage facility, after apparently being misplaced by the band’s management."
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
Would love to see more of this in the US 😉 -- www.reddit.com/r/Wor...
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Would love to see more of this in the US 😉 -- www.reddit.com/r/Wor...
Reposted by Apostolos K.
Fighting against Trump isn’t enough. It's time for Democrats to show America what they're fighting FOR — and embrace the fresh, new voices leading the way. This week was a good start. Here's what else they need to do. https://youtu.be/Uzc57eD3cWI?si=fLGGWBf468q4aacc
What Democrats SHOULD Be Doing
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Fighting against Trump isn’t enough. It's time for Democrats to show America what they're fighting FOR — and embrace the fresh, new voices leading the way. This week was a good start. Here's what else they need to do. https://youtu.be/Uzc57eD3cWI?si=fLGGWBf468q4aacc
Reposted by Apostolos K.
this is fucking unhinged
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
this is fucking unhinged
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history • The Register
Unix V4: Only known copy may lurk on recently unearthed tape
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
share.google
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history • The Register
Meton's Observatory in Athina, Greece www.atlasobscura.com...
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Meton's Observatory in Athina, Greece www.atlasobscura.com...
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment www.npr.org/2025/11/...
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment www.npr.org/2025/11/...