What is Hackers' Pub?

Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other. It's also an ActivityPub-enabled social network, so you can follow your favorite hackers in the fediverse and get their latest posts in your feed.

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Susan Ville @villebooks@mastodon.social
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🗨️ 👩🏽‍💻 was right; the entire economic and banking system profits from and - q.e.d.

Anyone doing with this apartheid-style settler project Israel should be on a wanted list

Neither the resistance in nor in southern can lay down their arms - I think war is inevitable; Lebanon, , and know it 👇🏽

"Bank of Israel sees economic growth surge in 2026 after strong 2025 performance"

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@ajaykaul10Ajay

"There is an ongoing struggle for human dignity, healing, and liberation. In the face of oppression, resilience is not enough. We cannot build a just world on the backs of those who endure injustice. True liberation will only come when we confront and uproot the systems that make resilience a necessity."

prismreports.org/2024/07/16/th


The full cost of ‘resilience’

African Americans and Palestinians have a profound connection—one that stems from shared suffering and the persistent attempt to heal wounds in a world that continues to perpetuate them

prismreports.org · Prism

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Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star

How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves? A recently discovered white dwarf star, the farther left of the two largest white spots, RXJ0528+2838, was found 730 light-years away from Earth. Most stars, when done fusing nuclei in their cores for energy, become red giant stars, the cores of which live on as faint dense white dwarfs that slowly cool down for the rest of time.




White dwarfs are so dense that the only thing that stops them from collapsing further is quantum mechanics. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will become a white dwarf, too. The featured image, obtained with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, shows unexplained bow shocks around RXJ0528+2838, similar to the bow wave of water around a fast-moving ship. Astronomers don’t yet know what is powering these shocks, which have existed for at least 1,000 years. The red, green and blue colors represent trace amounts of glowing hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen gas. Image Credit: ESO, K. Iłkiewicz & S. Scaringi et al.; Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
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@RomanticRecollectionsDenise Hendrick

Are you familiar with the five volume encyclopedia Fashion, Costume & Culture by Sara Pendergast?

Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages 5 Volume Set Edition 1.

"Fashion, Costume, and Culture" provides facts and information about the cultural, religious and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century.




In 500 entries, detailed information about clothing, hairstyles, tattoos, jewelry, body piercing, feet binding and other types of fashion or style is examined. Additionally, entries explain the fashion or style within the context of the traditions, customs, rituals or practices it relates to, as well as its significance to society or culture.
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Denise Hendrick @RomanticRecollections@pixelfed.social
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Hello! I’m Denise, and I create designs and teach classes under my business name, Romantic Recollections.
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I learned to crochet when I was 3 and have worked on textile-related crafts ever since. As a child, I collected fashion paper dolls and read books like Anne of Green Gables, so it’s no surprise I spent a lot of time daydreaming about puffed sleeves and ball gowns. Eventually that led to the world of historical costuming and on to an Apparel Design degree before starting my business. I’ve dabbled in making just about everything related to historic fashions - dresses, millinery, and underpinnings, as well as embroidery, laces, and trims. I haven’t made it down to shoes yet, but there is still time!
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#introduction #meethemaker #textileartist #passementerie #embroidery #historicalfashion
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@RomanticRecollectionsDenise Hendrick

Are you familiar with the five volume encyclopedia Fashion, Costume & Culture by Sara Pendergast?

Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages 5 Volume Set Edition 1.

"Fashion, Costume, and Culture" provides facts and information about the cultural, religious and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century.




In 500 entries, detailed information about clothing, hairstyles, tattoos, jewelry, body piercing, feet binding and other types of fashion or style is examined. Additionally, entries explain the fashion or style within the context of the traditions, customs, rituals or practices it relates to, as well as its significance to society or culture.
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The lobster moth (Stauropus fagi)

Named for its lobster-like larval form, this wide-ranging insect might be spotted in parts of Europe or Asia. It lives in woodland and deciduous forest habitats, where it munches on the leaves of various plants. While it resembles a crustacean, it can also mimic ants as a way to deter potential predators.

Photo: Holger Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

via amnhnyc


Image Description Head on shot of a brownish-red moth larva on a thin tree branch. It has little white spots on its body. Its silhouette looks not unlike that of a lobster. It's grasping the twig of a plant. The background is green.
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Misty @misty@digipres.club
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New dist release! This contains a few minor bugfixes and also updates some dependencies. Of note:

* Fixes multiline scripts in custom build steps
* Improves upgrading installs on Windows when installed from inside a POSIX shell

github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dis

Release Notes This release contains a few minor bugfixes. It also updates dependencies, including a rimraf upgrade that resolves a CVE in @isaacs/brace-expansion. This vulnerability was not exploit...

Release Version 0.30.4 (2025-02-16) · axodotdev/cargo-dist

Release Notes This release contains a few minor bugfixes. It also updates dependencies, including a rimraf upgrade that resolves a CVE in @isaacs/brace-expansion. This vulnerability was not exploit...

github.com · GitHub

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Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling, 2000

Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced.




Drawing on astonishing real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. In lively and impassioned prose, she breaks down three key dualisms - sex/gender, nature/nurture, and real/constructed - and asserts that individuals born as mixtures of male and female exist as one of five natural human variants and, as such, should not be forced to compromise their differences to fit a flawed societal definition of normality.
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BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs

Link: github.com/Zaneham/BarraCUDA
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs (and more in the future!). Compiles .cu to GFX11 machine code. - Zaneham/BarraCUDA

GitHub - Zaneham/BarraCUDA: Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs (and more in the future!). Compiles .cu to GFX11 machine code.

Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs (and more in the future!). Compiles .cu to GFX11 machine code. - Zaneham/BarraCUDA

github.com · GitHub

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Kevin Beaumont @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
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Today in InfoSec Job Security News:

I was looking into an obvious ../.. vulnerability introduced into a major web framework today, and it was committed by username Claude on GitHub. Vibe coded, basically.

So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.

github.com/search?q=author%3Ac

As I looked through the code I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.

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The Philosopher in the Valley by Michael Steinberger, 2025

Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State

An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century.





Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and quickly identifies patterns, trends, and connections that might elude the human eye. Founded in 2003 to help the US government in the war on terrorism—an early investor was the CIA—Palantir is now a $400 billion global colossus whose software is used by major intelligence services (including the Mossad), the US military, dozens of federal agencies, and corporate giants like Airbus and BP. From AI to counterterrorism to climate change to immigration to financial fraud to the future of warfare, the company is at the nexus of the most critical issues of the times.
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Birds of New Guinea by Thane K. Pratt, Bruce M. Beehler, 2014

This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an exceptionally diverse assemblage of songbirds such as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds.




Birds of New Guinea is the only guide to cover all 780 bird species reported in the area, including 366 endemics. Expanding its coverage with 111 vibrant color plates―twice as many as the first edition―and the addition of 635 range maps, the book also contains updated species accounts with new information about identification, voice, habits, and range. A must-have for everyone from ecotourists to field researchers, Birds of New Guinea remains an indispensable guide to the diverse birds of this remarkable region. 780 bird species, including 366 found nowhere else 111 stunning color plates, twice the number of the first edition Expanded and updated species accounts provide details on identification, voice, habits, and range 635 range maps Revised classification of birds reflects the latest research.
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Birds of New Guinea by Thane K. Pratt, Bruce M. Beehler, 2014

This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an exceptionally diverse assemblage of songbirds such as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds.




Birds of New Guinea is the only guide to cover all 780 bird species reported in the area, including 366 endemics. Expanding its coverage with 111 vibrant color plates―twice as many as the first edition―and the addition of 635 range maps, the book also contains updated species accounts with new information about identification, voice, habits, and range. A must-have for everyone from ecotourists to field researchers, Birds of New Guinea remains an indispensable guide to the diverse birds of this remarkable region. 780 bird species, including 366 found nowhere else 111 stunning color plates, twice the number of the first edition Expanded and updated species accounts provide details on identification, voice, habits, and range 635 range maps Revised classification of birds reflects the latest research.
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Zoology: Understanding the Animal World by Donald E. Moore III, 2017

The Great Courses teams up with the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, to take you behind the scenes of the animal world. This introduction to zoology brings you up close and personal with a breathtaking variety of animal species through the eyes of a trained zoologist.






Throughout these lectures, you'll explore the fundamentals of zoology (including the relationship between genetics and environment), dive into the different orders of life on our planet (from the ocean depths to the highest tree tops), and investigate special subjects intriguing today's zoologists (including animal behavior and conservation). You'll also meet some of most incredible animals on Earth: butterflies, bears, crocodiles, tigers, giant pandas, elephants, gorillas, and more. And thanks to exclusive footage from the Smithsonian's National Zoo, you'll be able to see these animals in action, up close and without the crowds.
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- An Activist's Guide to Defeating Fake News by Simona Levi et al., 2024

Xnet - Don't blame the people, don't blame the Internet. Blame the power

This is THE activist's guide to defeating fake news and blocking policies that use disinformation to curtail civil rights and freedoms.

Power has lied to us since the beginning of time. The methods and technologies used have differed, but lying is in power's DNA.





In the institutional agenda, disinformation is used to say that the problem is with us (as usual) but, in fact, it's with them. We have had enough. This book shows how and why power has always created disinformation and how today's fake news is just that same age-old lie and propaganda going by a different name. We provide rock-solid solutions: first, more democracy, and second, a brand new systemic labelling method.
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Made Me Smile Instantly (8 Photos)

STREET ART UTOPIA @streetartutopia@streetartutopia.com

Some street art doesn’t just look good — it resets your whole mood. These 8 pieces use real-world stuff, sharp visual timing, and a lot of humor to make the streets feel more human and fun! More: Made You Smile Again (8 Photos) 🌳 1. Nature as a Paintbrush — By Semi Ok in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷 This is classic object-interaction done right. Semi Ok paints the hand and brush, then lets the real tree finish the idea as the bristles — a signature street-art move where the city […]

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‘Make Germany Great Again’: How the German People Reacted to Nazism by Andrew Sangster, 2025

After the Second World War the Allies in referring to the German people used the term ‘collective guilt’, which, after minimal research, appeared unfair. There was active opposition to Hitler from the moment he led into war, which ranged from young teenagers, to undergraduates, to top-level civil servants, diplomats, and to the highest ranks in the military.



As the moral depravity of the Nazi regime became apparent many Germans turned against the regime, although there was always the dedicated fanatic. They had become a repressed society, watched by Himmler’s SD and above all feared interrogation by the Gestapo, what one German described as the ‘silence of the graveyard’. This did not stop what may be called passive resistance which this book also explores, using the work of German diarists who wrote their accounts not postwar with the benefit of hindsight, but with genuine integrity at the time as events were unfolding. This book explores not just the resistance culminating in the 20 July Plot, and the divisions of opinions amongst the various resistance groups, but also the reaction of the German public, a question which the reader may feel obliged to ask where he or she may have stood under the circumstance of the day and under such a regime.
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Computer Science Why: Answers to Computer Science Questions They Don't Cover in Class by Rachael Little et al, 2026

CS Why is a book that presents a straightforward, curiosity-based approach to filling in the blanks around common, introductory material taught in Computer Science classes. If you have ever wondered "why is that?" about a programming phenomenon, historical tidbit, or common terminology, this book may have an answer that explains it.



Questions include: Why do computers have trouble with floating point numbers? Why is it called Bluetooth? Why does it use that symbol? Why is it called bootstrapping? Why don't modifications to function parameters persist once the function returns? Why do we use the QWERTY keyboard? ... and many more. Perfect for both students and IT professionals, this book provides the clear "why" to answer so many unstated CS questions. Take any example in the book, from base 2 to timezones, and you will have an answer that cements your insight on the "why" of the topic, reinforcing your rote memorization with deeper understanding and insight.
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"In an attempt to cozy up to the Trump administration, the network tried to stop Colbert from doing an interview Monday night.

When you read why, you’ll understand the reason everyone needs to see it.

CBS brass insisted Colbert cancel a guest scheduled for that night’s broadcast of 'The Late Show.'”

~ Dan Rather


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steady.substack.com/p/trump-do

Trump Doesn’t Want You To See This

So, here you go!

steady.substack.com

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