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We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.
The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.
Federal Register entry: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf
Ancestral indigenous names returning!
in #Tofino #Tlaoquiaht 
North Chesterman Beach
named after two 19th century settlers:
n̓an̓aquuʔa (“nah-nah-kuu-ah” - needle fish)
Kennedy Lake
largest lake on Vancouver Island named after first Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island.
haʔuukmin (“ha-uuk-min” - feasting bowl)
Meares Island
after Captain John Meares HMRN
wančas hiłḥuuʔis (“wa-na-chas hilth-huu-is” - whale flukes when diving and ‘below the mountain’)
Godot 4.6 is out, and all about your flow!
This release puts you and your workflow first with the new Modern theme, flexible docks, and dozens of quality of life improvements. Plus major upgrades: Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more.
Less wrestling with UI. More making games. #GodotEngine #Godot
The past few days have been especially rough for anyone with a fully functioning heart and soul, so please take a moment to enjoy Ruby posing on her new scratching board.
New features 2 hours
Data integrity 1 hour
Bug fixes 8 hours
Kicking the CI server 3600 hours
Updating docs 1 hour
someone who is good at development please help me time manage this. my family is dying
Want to build a simple JS/HTML game?
This week we're adding a database with a score submission API to create a global leaderboard.
Porting 100k lines from TypeScript to Rust using Claude Code in a month
Link: https://blog.vjeux.com/2026/analysis/porting-100k-lines-from-typescript-to-rust-using-claude-code-in-a-month.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765694
Health Canada is cutting almost 20% of its workforce.
Officially this is: "modernizing and streamlining its programs and operations, focusing resources on its core mandate and high-impact activities. The work of the department will be guided by science and evidence to uphold its core mandate of protecting the health and safety of Canadians....
“The Department is also consolidating administrative functions, adopting digital and automation tools, and modernizing service delivery to enhance agility and client service.”
Language like this has been repeated by every administration for decades. It will do nothing to reassure anyone. Let alone better serve the country.
Text via CTV.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/30-federal-departments-have-issued-job-cut-notices-here-is-the-latest/
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 26,1950
Gamer.
Not to brag, but
is now built using my SSR ;p
Not that there is anything there yet, just index.
DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/instagram-ice-critic-wins-fight-to-stay-anonymous-as-dhs-backs-down/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768081
Television is 100 years old today
Link: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766188
No, *you* prove that you are human, Cloudfare.
You're on the other side of the world, seeing brutally low bitrates and frequent drops reaching your homelab. What can you do? One Tailscale engineer deployed Tailscale Peer Relays, with a 12.5X result: https://tailscale.com/blog/peer-relays-international-networks
「這感覺很微妙，好像
台灣是International community
（國際社會）的一部分，
而中國大陸才是一座孤島。」
——Hennh?
Pún-té tō-sī án-ne--kóng~
Ah-bô--leh?
〈霍諾德獨攀101紅遍世界
中國網友驚覺台灣可以用Netflix〉
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/5321900?utm_medium=APP&utm_campaign=SHARE&utm_medium=APP
God I wish that were me
I finished Kirby and the Rainbow Curse yesterday! Nothing makes me happy quite like a Kirby game <3 ^^
#Running & #Jogging accounts to follow:
@index@leave-the-road-and.runLeave the Road & Run - Trail running blog based in UK, encouraging new people to take up trail running
@index@blog.stryd.comStryd Blog - Official blog for Stryd, runner's fitness tracker worn in shoes
@m750Aaron O - Runner & cyclist in New England, USA
@RunnersWorld - Runner's World US Magazine
@WomensRunningWomen's Running Magazine - Women's Running Magazine
About that, "We built a web browser from scratch with AI," claim…
> When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype. Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/cursor_opinion/
> "… I agree this isn't just wiring up of dependencies, and neither is it copied from existing implementations: it's a uniquely bad design that could never support anything resembling a real-world web engine."
forgot I posted something and see 30+ notifications
#Iran update: 18 days after the country went offline, #Internet traffic is again increasing, growing closer to pre-shutdown levels. Mobile operators MCCI & IranCell are driving the growth, but domain allowlisting remains in place.
And... the traffic from #Iran that we observed earlier today has largely disappeared again as of around 15:00 UTC (18:30 local time). As with previously observed bursts of traffic, this one was short-lived as well.
Montage der ersten Ariane 6 mit vier Boostern im europäischen Weltraumbahnhof
Der nächste Start der europäischen Rakete Ariane 6 wird der erste mit vier Boostern sein, wodurch sich die Schubkraft beim Start der Trägerrakete fast verdoppelt. Der Start der Mission VA267 ist für den 12. Februar geplant. Pressemitteilung ESA. #Ariane6
https://www.raumfahrer.net/montage-der-ersten-ariane-6-mit-vier-boostern-im-europaeischen-weltraumbahnhof/
Apidya (Abidja (アビヂャ) [1992] Commodore Amiga
シャクア
加筆
Serving treats and love ❤️ 🍫.
#cats
Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too complicated for the average person, I point out that they use email and the web.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg/post/3mddq57467c2x
갠적으로 지금 블스의 이 싸불 원천차단 환경이 넘 좋기때문에 만약 플텍계 기능이 생기게 되거든 "맞팔 상대에게만 멘션/인용 가능", "플텍계가 팔로우하면 상대도 팔로워 플텍계 열람 가능" 정도로 리미트 걸어서 생기길 바라는 맘
France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
Link: https://twitter.com/lellouchenico/status/2015775970330882319
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767668
Is It Time for a Nordic Nuke?
Link: https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/is-it-time-for-a-nordic-nuke/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767772
OSS ChatGPT WebUI – 530 Models, MCP, Tools, Gemini RAG, Image/Audio Gen
Link: https://llmspy.org/docs/v3
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766432
I'm finally joining the firehose club.
Relay good news
Weird, I haven't been hearing the "just one bad apple" story. It's the usual one governments wheel out at these times.
> I got a 3D printer recently, and got to work using it. When I shared one of the first things I made in a private Discord, someone commented that "This is the most niche thing I've ever seen someone design/print." That, my friend, is the point: that we can make exactly what we need. And that's true for making software just as much as it is for 3D printing.
https://ntietz.com/blog/making-niche-solutions-is-the-point/
404 Media @index@www.404media.co
The algorithm is driving AI-generated influencers to increasingly weird niches.
Read more →변기보다 더 더럽다 할 때의 기준이 된 변기가 항상 궁금했어요.
여의도 면적은 '내가 여의도 면적을 어케 알아?+측정 기준이 되는 여의도 면적이 여러개임' 같은 논란이 있어도 아무튼 어느 정도인지 나와있는 크기가 있잖아.
근데 이 놈의 변기는 대체 뉘집 변기인겨??
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l2hxm7jansx4uoalu4tklnyi/post/3mdcizk4dm222
寝起きがものすごく悪くて寝つきが悪いのどうしたらいい
寝るます！
[$] Fedora and GPG 2.5
The GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) project decided to break from the OpenPGP standard for email encryption in 2023, and instead adopted its own homegrown LibrePGP specification. The GPG 2 [...]
また身体熱くなってきた、絶対寝れないんですが、テスト前の講義受けたいんですが、寝たいんですが
過去絵シャクア
Obsidian 1.11.6 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile.
This update introduces three new options to customize mobile interface. Find them in Settings → Appearance on mobile.
- Full screen: automatically hide interface elements while reading.
- Floating navigation: choose between floating buttons or anchored style.
- Sliding sidebars: choose between sidebars slide to the side or floating above.
Bei dem Projekt #everynamecounts der Arolsen Archives werden Namen und Daten von Opfern und Überlebenden des Nationalsozialismus erfasst und Digitalisate mit Unterstützung von Freiwilligen in eine Datenbank übertragen.
Bisher haben sich über 400.000 Unterstützer*innen beteiligt und gemeinsam mehr als 10 Millionen Dokumente bearbeitet.
Zum Holocaust-Gedenktag am 27. Januar gibt es ein neues Projekt zum Mitmachen. Ziel ist es, gemeinsam noch nicht digitalisierte Informationen von rund 58.000 Dokumenten zu erfassen. Im Fokus stehen in diesem Jahr Dokumente vom Archivdienst für Kriegsopfer aus dem Belgischen Staatsarchiv.
털짐승씨는 잘먹고사는데 몸무게가 일정하네 정기검진 맡기려고 수의사 데려가야하는데 하 돈이 ㅋㅋㅋ ... 애키우거나 동물 키우는 사람들은 정말 지출이 많겠구나 싶고
Ael Yokan
Misty
Stefano Marinelli
+ 
Cloudflare
leyrer
青少納言🎨🐏 
Jan Lehnardt 
