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July 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, was released on bail after more than 100 days of detention on Friday. He said if President Trump’s goal had been to suppress pro-Palestinian speech, he had “absolutely failed.” nyti.ms/3ZJ6ZCb
June 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Loving the new @basicappleguy.com Commander wallpapers! I do wish Apple would allow for Watch backgrounds though.
May 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Question for the nerds: are you using Passkeys? If not, why? I use a password manager for everything and haven’t made the jump yet since I don’t really see a need.
February 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Totally noticed this while building Lovebug. Choosing your dependencies wisely is important for long term success.
www.itprotoday.com/software-dev...

New The Linux Foundation OpenSSF report finds widespread OSS usage (not a surprise is it? esp given the source..) But what is surprising is just how many open source project have only 1 or 2 maintainers - which is a source of risk.
Open Source Software Powers 96% of Modern Applications, New Study Finds
The Linux Foundation's Census III report reveals critical dependencies and growing security concerns in open source software.
www.itprotoday.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Really cool explanation of the pipeline used to build a retrieval-augmented AI system
Ai2 OpenScholar: Scientific literature synthesis with retrieval-augmented language models | Ai2
Ai2’s & UW’s OpenScholar, a retrieval-augmented LM, helps scientists navigate and synthesize scientific literature.
allenai.org
November 25, 2024 at 10:14 PM