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Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible Ikea’s affordable smart home devices will now work with other brands.

💡Big news for #smarthome users! #IKEA just announced 21 new #MatterOverThread products. These new products connect more reliably and work seamlessly with other brands, helping make the smart home simpler, faster, and more connected for everyone.

www.theverge.com/news/814241/...

OpenForum Europe Releases Public Letter Calling on the EU to Invest in an EU Sovereign Tech Fund for Open Source Sustainability - OpenForum Europe Today, a new coalition of industry leaders, open source companies, and civil society has come together with OpenForum Europe to urge the EU to invest a minimum of €350 million […]

LF Europe joined dozens of other orgs calling for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund.
Through investment in #OpenSource sustainability, Europe can promote strategic autonomy, prevent future crises, & reduce strategic dependencies.
Now is the time to act: openforumeurope.org/openforum-eu...

With the help of some Palantir 😡

Too busy to bother

Het is nog vroeg, maar drie porders poseren op de Steenweg in 1907. Wekkers zijn er niet. Met een knuppel of lange stok tikte de porder tegen de ruit, zo'n honderd klanten wakker. Tot in de jaren dertig waren ze nog actief. Rest de vraag wie wekte de porder….?

#ronddesteenweg

Bellingcat Stage Talk Thursday 23/10, 5pm CEST/11am EDT Discord.com/invite/bellingcat Identifying Far-Right Fashion

👕 What happens when fashion goes extremist?
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...

Years ago there was a Twitter leak that disclosed actual countries and email address of many ppl's IDs.

To this day you can find MAGA accounts – that were originally started by posting cat pictures – praising Hitler and, if you trace their account ID, are actually run from Pakistan.

It's all an op

"Student Researchers Vs The Misinformation Machine" with Utrecht University | Podcast Episode on RSS.com This week, we were discussing how open source research can help build vital factchecking skills across disciplines. We spoke to Prof. dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh, a professor and one of the leaders of ...

Universities teach journalism, law, even coding — so why not open-source research?
We spoke with @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 's Open-Source Global Justice Investigations Lab about bringing investigation skills into the classroom.
🎧 Listen on Stage Talks with Bellingcat: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Years ago I converted some free Windows indie games into a single exe file format, for passing it around like collectibles. Why not websites too :)

Sufficiently advanced Unicode characters probably eat up a whole encryption block each?

Lunch fast 🤔

Solar panels are basically wireless receivers for a nuclear fusion power plant.

🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

Matter Is Finally Ready to Deliver the Smart Home It Promised After a turbulent beginning, smart home standard Matter feels like it’s growing up. And with big-name supporters like Google, Apple—and Ikea—behind it, a simpler smart home feels finally within...

After a turbulent beginning, smart home standard Matter feels like it’s growing up. And with big-name supporters like Google, Apple—and Ikea—behind it, a simpler smart home feels finally within reach. www.wired.com/story/matter...

Drain the swamp 🌈

Whatever is in, it will be a reality override.

People with all-correct opinions should start a club. Not for the lively discussions, of course.

The Kleptocracy Club Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.

John Bolton is a brave and clear critic of Donald Trump. We interviewed him for season one of Autocracy in America, for the episode on alliances and kleptocracy
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Just saying “Europeans” already works for some

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

On the State Department reports that portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.

Interesting technique to take over smart home devices - exploiting the "AI in the loop". #IoT #smarthome #security
www.wired.com/story/google...

as a neighbor & computer science PhD, I’d advise against that

But wait a minute, in the 1980s era of home computing, none of the software I used had undo. It was the brutal present universe.

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Landmark ruling finds Russia shot down MH17 with 298 people on board Europe’s top human rights court finds Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russia in July 2014

Landmark ruling finds Russia shot down MH17 with 298 people on board www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs Against Brazil, Citing ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Bolsonaro

Brazilian colleague recently reminded me, after hearing me speak about autocratic influence campaigns, that the greatest threat to Brazilian democracy is not from Russia or China, but rather the United States
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Ikea goes all in on Matter smart homes Over 20 new devices are on the way.

IKEA is embracing the Matter smart home standard and plans to launch more than 20 Matter-over-Thread smart lights, sensors, and remotes www.theverge.com/smart-home/7...

🧵 Big ruling today from Europe’s top human rights court.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has officially found Russia responsible for multiple human rights violations in eastern Ukraine, and for the downing of MH17.

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My translator tells me "thoughts & prayers" is an American political expression that means "we'd rather have a secret police force than a weather service".