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As ethnic slaughter engulfed Darfur, huge numbers of people streamed west over the border to Chad to escape the RSF. Newly arrived refugees built shelters in makeshift camps within the Chadian border town of Adré. By the time this image was taken in September 2023, more than 120,000 had already fled Darfur. Most arrivals were from the Masalit community, victims of an RSF and Arab militia rampage in which up to 15,000 people were killed in West Darfur’s capital, Geneina.
During the summer of 2024, exceptional rains fell, causing floods that broke bridges including a critical crossing over the Wadi Bare River. As a result, the main road between the city of Nyala and Chad was disrupted. For months, people were forced to cross the river by foot. Crucial food supplies were hampered, exacerbating a growing hunger crisis.
During the summer of 2024, exceptional rains fell, causing floods that broke bridges including a critical crossing over the Wadi Bare River. As a result, the main road between the city of Nyala and Chad was disrupted. For months, people were forced to cross the river by foot. Crucial food supplies were hampered, exacerbating a growing hunger crisis.
Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.
Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.
Those fleeing El Fasher take advantage of a free lift to Tawila from a non-Arab faction allied to the RSF.
Those fleeing El Fasher take advantage of a free lift to Tawila from a non-Arab faction allied to the RSF.
As the war intensified amid mounting evidence that the RSF wanted to eradicate Darfur’s non-Arab communities, thousands of #women and girls took up arms to defend their lands. It is unclear how many have been killed attempting to protect their territory. A handful, however, have become legends. They include Hanadi Dawood, 22, who died defending Zamzam, and Sāra Bakhit, 43, who perished in the fall of El Fasher. This picture was taken in Dar Zaghawa in October last year.
As the war intensified amid mounting evidence that the RSF wanted to eradicate Darfur’s non-Arab communities, thousands of #women and girls took up arms to defend their lands. It is unclear how many have been killed attempting to protect their territory. A handful, however, have become legends. They include Hanadi Dawood, 22, who died defending Zamzam, and Sāra Bakhit, 43, who perished in the fall of El Fasher. This picture was taken in Dar Zaghawa in October last year.
A woman waves goodbye to relatives heading to the Korma region of North Darfur and then farther east to Chad, a dangerous 250km journey.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2026/feb/15/darfur-sudan-war-in-pictures
Who knows whether the anonymous Reddit tell-all in the screenshot is actually a true story, but regardless, I propose something like the Darwin Awards except for gen AI
Why do I not use “AI” at OSNews?
In my fundraiser pitch published last Monday, one of the things I highlighted as a reason to contribute to OSNews and ensure its continued operation stated that "we do not use any 'AI'; not during research, not during writing, not for images, nothing." In the comments to that article, someone asked:
Why do I care if you use AI?
↫ A comment posted on OSNews
A few d
https://www.osnews.com/story/144405/why-do-i-not-use-ai-at-osnews/
The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left
For decades, the Palestinian cause has found its most receptive audiences on the political left. Progressive movements, human rights organisations and anticolonial traditions have offered language, solidarity and moral clarity. That alignment made sense. It still does. But in today’s political landscape, it cannot on its own shift policy.
Ahmed Najar
#Gaza
#Palestine
2/
If policy is shaped in spaces dominated by security thinking and conservative power, then advocacy must reach those spaces too.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/15/the-palestinian-cause-cannot-speak-only-to-the-left
The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left
For decades, the Palestinian cause has found its most receptive audiences on the political left. Progressive movements, human rights organisations and anticolonial traditions have offered language, solidarity and moral clarity. That alignment made sense. It still does. But in today’s political landscape, it cannot on its own shift policy.
Ahmed Najar
#Gaza
#Palestine
People in Gaza feel forgotten after ‘ceasefire’
Only 20 people are able to leave the Gaza Strip every single day through the Rafah crossing.
People don’t really see change on the ground after the “ceasefire”. They are still waiting for humanitarian aid, and they still don’t have any source of income. Their tents are ruined and not suitable for them to continue the summer that is coming, after they have been flooded during the winter months.
Hind Khoudary
![A Palestinian child looks on as he stands next to a tent at a makeshift camp for displaced people during a dust storm in az-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, February 14, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/074/241/890/455/496/original/c900db2437317dd1.png)
The campaign carried out by the West [against Francesca Albanese] “demonstrates a premeditated intention to punish Albanese for her firm stances, which stem from conscience, human values, and the spirit and letter of international humanitarian law, and to intimidate every voice that seeks justice for our people and stands with them.”
ICU patients’ lives at risk in Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital amid Israel’s war
Israel’s genocidal war has decimated Gaza’s health system, as medical personnel and doctors struggle to treat patients with limited and damaged equipment, with a “ceasefire” doing nothing to ease the peril and suffering the ill face.
![A Palestinian patient with kidney failure undergoes dialysis treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on February 1, 2026 [Eyad Baba/AFP]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/074/265/866/765/424/original/3e77baf97de09fc3.png)
Meet the duck-billed tree frog (Triprion spatulatus). Found on Mexico’s Pacific coast, this species inhabits altitudes of up to 1,640 ft (500 m). Arboreal and primarily nocturnal, it feeds on invertebrates including crickets, grasshoppers, and spiders.
Photo: Cheryl Harleston López Espino (magazhu), CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, iNaturalist
via amnhnyc
Fairytale crocuses by kartalgoz.photography
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUm8HukgoUC/?img_index=1&igsh=MWF6YzBoM3NrbmE0bA%3D%3D
今日も一日。
「推しのためにApple Musicで曲を聞け、収益が高いから」は事実か？ レーベル運営者の実データで確認（1/2 ページ） - ITmedia NEWS https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2602/10/news041.html
CD買えばよくない？w
So here is my new #introduction!
I'm a Fedizen since April 2017 where my handle was hosted on the mastodon.partipirate.org instance, before migrating to my own self-hosted (social.nicolas-constant.com) one in 2019.
I love many things, from developing software to photography, usually while listening to black metal.
I do have other personal thematic accounts, like Pixelfed 
@NicolasConstant@pixelfed.social or Quolibet (french poetry) 
@nicolas_constant but this one will be the more "generalist" one! 😉
you’d like to come back, wouldn’t you?
Say it with me now:
AI is designed to *sound* correct
It is not designed to *be* correct
Back in the 90s we had a great term for stuff like “building AI satellite factories on the Moon” and “we’ll just envelop the solar system with a Dyson Sphere”.
It’s pretty technical and I forgive you if you’ve never heard of it, the term is “investment scam”.
量産型ジムにはなんとなくアレルギー源が含まれてる気がしてFour Rosesを買ってみたら背が高すぎて棚に入らなかったんだなw
昨日の写真ですにゃ。競馬は大負けしましたけど、楽しかった1日でしたにゃ
夜ご飯はもつ鍋を食べましたにゃ
おみやげはソダシのぬいぐるみを買いましたにゃ
Radio host David Greene says Google's NotebookLM tool stole his voice
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/15/david-greene-google-ai-podcast/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025864
よく飲んで
RE: https://mas.to/@havvyhh2/116077101879161193
“Public opinion data suggests this paradigm shift is not being received lightly. In Germany, recent polling indicates that 71% of respondents now view the United States as an adversary, while continent-wide surveys show only 16% still describe the U.S. as an ally.”
“Most respected blah blah blah”, #TrumpRegime .
Back in the 90s we had a great term for stuff like “building AI satellite factories on the Moon” and “we’ll just envelop the solar system with a Dyson Sphere”.
It’s pretty technical and I forgive you if you’ve never heard of it, the term is “investment scam”.
EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
https://www.404media.co/this-tool-searches-the-epstein-files-for-your-linkedin-contacts/
I'm hoping to reproduce this cavity stabilized oscillator design from NIST but at 12 GHz as an ultra low phase noise reference clock for the vector signal generator. This nonsense is optional, the clock could be as simple as an LMX2594.
These pipe couplings are very close to what I need for a TE015 resonator at 12 GHz. They need some minor machining, polishing, endcaps, coupling loops.
https://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/1887.pdf
https://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/2729.pdf
休職最終日、なにしませう
Risk of death from pregnancy in the US is 44 times higher than that from abortion, new analysis reveals
https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/risk-of-death-from-pregnancy-in-the-us-is-44-times-higher-than-that-from-abortion-new-analysis-reveals
Show HN: VOOG – Moog-style polyphonic synthesizer in Python with tkinter GUI
Link: https://github.com/gpasquero/voog
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026768
I know this is sometimes a contentious topic, but I'd like to ask the CS profs in my corner of the fediverse:
What are the *core CS topics* that every student should know?
I think data structures & algorithms is indisputably a core topic. Interpreters and compilers—that might just be my bias.
I'm thinking about how to express to people why I think some core CS should be as important to a well-rounded education as, say, algebra. What would you hope every high schooler/undergrad understand?
くしゃみ止まらんぞ……
Please support me on Patreon so I can continue to create the quality content that my adoring fans crave.
https://www.patreon.com/lowqualityfacts
Performing scheduled maintenance: Oiling the main bearing, inspecting the fan blades. Signing off on the work order. #caturday
Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
Link: https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071
"How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room"
RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hour
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hours
Measles: up to 2 hours
Norovirus: up to 2 hours
COVID-19: up to 3 hours
Chickenpox: several hours
Mumps: several hours
Tuberculosis (TB): 6-12 hours
Source: https://archive.md/dKnQP
Google에서 14년간 얻은 또다른 14가지 교훈
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### 1. 최고의 엔지니어들은 적절한 문제를 고른다
모든 일에 최대의 에너지를 쏟을 수는 없다.
### 2. 뭘 요구해야 할 지 모르겠다면, 당신은 미팅할 준비가 되지 않은 것이다
허가, 선택, 막힘 해소 (unblock), 정보 공유 (inform) - 이 중 하나를 고를 수 없다면, 그 미팅은 시간낭비일 것이다. …
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https://news.hada.io/topic?id=26713&utm_source=googlechat&utm_medium=bot&utm_campaign=1834
New post, and this one's definitely one of my weirder ones: it's about how most of the tech industry shows symptoms of something that looks like gender dysphoria.
Carbon Dysphoria | deadSimpleTech
And now the punchline: this depersonalisation, the weird relationship to their bodily existence, inability to enjoy things and an internal void that people constantly try and fill with what they're told they should want... all of these things are very similar to the experience of gender dysphoria.
deadsimpletech.com · deadSimpleTech
Link author: 
Iris@iris_meredith@mastodon.social
Went to Ikea today and stumbled upon this lone 3-pack of their recent Bilresa scroll wheel remotes. You can get it in white too, but I think they’re much more fun in colours. More smart home stuff should come in not just white or black.
Ikea of course recommend using it with their own system, but it’s a Matter over Thread device, so I connected it with Home Assistant no problem, with HomePod minis acting as Thread border routers. That’s three brands of devices working together seamlessly.
Gitea, Smarter Monitoring, and the Syncthing Permissions Fight — Part 11 of Building a Resilient Home Server Series
Time to get some source control under my own control and fix a few issues.
Gitea, Smarter Monitoring, and the Syncthing Permissions Fight — Part 11 of Building a Resilient Home Server Series - ByteHaven - Where I ramble about bytes
Where We Left Off Part 10 was about adding new services — SearXNG, LinkWarden, and a failed attempt at self-hosted RSS scraping. The stack was growing, and...
blog.ppb1701.com
Link author: 
Patrick@ppb1701@ppb.social
さとうしん 氏：
≪その割には皆さん中国の悪口ばかり言ってない？🤔≫
「他人の悪口ばかり聞きたくない」が今回の選挙結果 批判型野党とオールドメディアの終焉 https://www.sankei.com/article/20260215-ITIUWMQFU5AZ5LDFXADJX7NUNE/
GENKI
Foone🏳️⚧️
Chris Siebenmann
