From I love Amy

Unfortunately for this girl (and for everyone else) all countries are mostly made up of stupid people.

From Izzy Edwards

Beautiful Barnie in a 'bandoned building

A new European initiative dubbed UnifiedAttestation aims to build a free and open-source alternative to Google’s Play Integrity checks. The initiative is backed by smartphone maker Volla, while other partners include /e/OS maker Murena and the team behind iodé OS. The feature will be distributed under an Apache 2.0 license.

From Back to the Wild Ohio

Last night we admitted this incredible Long-eared Owl after he flew into a window. He's currently stable and resting, but he's holding one wing a bit abnormally, so we are hoping to get him into our veterinarian for x-rays to rule out fractures or other injuries.

Long-eared Owls are one of the more secretive owl species in Ohio and are rarely seen, which makes this patient especially unique. Despite their tall "ears," those tufts aren't actually ears at all, they're feather structures used for camouflage and communication. Their real ears are hidden on the sides of their head and are asymmetrically placed, helping them pinpoint prey with incredible accuracy, even in total darkness.

These owls prefer dense conifer stands and roost quietly during the day, often blending in so well that you could walk right past one and never notice. Because they're so cryptic, injuries like window strikes can easily go unseen unless someone happens to witness it.

We're grateful to the kind people who made sure this owl got help quickly! Fast rescue can be the difference between life and death for wildlife.

Keep this guy in your thoughts!

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The investigation looked at what content from political parties and politicians is shown to newly created accounts that are interested in parties and politicians from either the left or the right.

It found that the algorithms push content from the far right to the right-leaning and left-leaning accounts and, to a lesser extent, push content from the radical left to left-leaning accounts.

From Lucy Rosen

I stood there watching this nest for hours. The faces.

The way she leaned in.

The way the baby tucked close.

The constant awareness.

The protection.

And suddenly I wasn't just watching wildlife

I was watching myself with my daughter.

That look that says,

I've got you.

That instinct to shield, to guide, to hover just close enough.

The exhaustion no one sees. The devotion no one questions.

People have traveled from far and wide to photograph this nest.

I just saw a mother.

Onionphone is a native Android application for anonymous, end-to-end encrypted push-to-talk voice and text communication over the Tor network. No servers, no accounts, no phone numbers — your .onion address is your identity.

Cross-platform compatible with Terminalphone — call between Android and Linux/Termux using the same protocol.

Optionally use your connection as a relay for ephermeral group channels.

Find the release page for version 1.0.2 which supports custom bridges for accessing censored networks.

The Performing Right Society (PRS) has "commenced legal proceedings" against Steam owner Valve over the use of its members' works on Steam "without permission."

The organization claims that while games right across the spectrum use music to "transform play into emotional, immersive experiences," Valve has "never obtained a licence for its use of the rights managed by PRS on behalf of its members, comprising songwriters, composers, and music publishers."

PRS claims "many game titles which incorporate PRS members' musical works are made available on Steam," including "high profile series" such as Forza Horizon, FIFA/EA FC, and GTA.

PRS said that as it had sought to work with Valve about the licensing issues "for many years without appropriate engagement from Valve," it has now issued legal proceedings under the UK's s20 Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 and requires any game that uses PRS' works to obtain a licence.

"The litigation will progress unless Valve Corporation engages positively with discussions and takes the necessary license to cover the use of PRS repertoire, both retrospectively and moving forwards," the organization said in a press statement.

Dan Gopal, chief commercial officer, PRS for Music said: "Our members create music that enhances experiences and PRS exists to protect the value of their work with integrity, transparency, and fairness. Legal proceedings are not a step we take lightly, but when a business’s actions undermine those principles, we have a duty to act.

"Great video games rely on great soundtracks, and the songwriters and creators behind them deserve to have their contribution recognised and fairly valued."

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not let any oil be shipped from the Middle East ​if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, prompting President Donald Trump to say the U.S. would hit Iran much harder if it blocked exports.

The rhetoric did little to quell a fall ‌in crude prices and a rally in global shares that followed Trump expressing confidence in a swift end to hostilities, even after Iran showed defiance by naming Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader.

From Ed Saternus

Bubo and Owlthena

My front yard owls... During the day, they chill in their perfectly sized burrowing owl bunker across the street... I was in my back lanai when I heard an eagle nearby. I looked up, and it was coming in low, heading for my front yard. I ran across the house, and out the front door, and the eagle had just passed right over the owls.

I'm already worried about this years owlets, and we don't even have eggs yet...

Cape Coral, Florida

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After the website archive.today launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started. After the discovery of tampered archives, consensus was reached to deprecate the site used almost 700 thousand times on the English Wikipedia.

I haven't known what movies to watch lately. Does everyone have their own treasure movies that they've seen many times? 😀

Interrail tickets can once again be bought for a reduced price. You do not need to know yet when you will travel: You have 11 months of time to start using the ticket you have bought now. The ticket with reduced price is not cancellable and it cannot be changed for another Interrail ticket product. (Except for the first 7 days after originally buying the ticket)

As US and Israeli forces continued to bomb 30 of Iran's 31 provinces, killing more than 1,300 people including hundreds of women and children, the top Iranian diplomat said Monday that his country does not want to hurt American civilians.

"Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans who overwhelmingly voted to end involvement in costly foreign wars," Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on social media. "Blame for surging gas prices, costlier mortgages, and pummeled 401(k)s lies squarely with Israel and its dupes in Washington."

Araghchi was responding to a previous post by US petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan noting that gasoline prices have spiked by more than 50 cents per gallon in at least 18 states as a result of the US-Israeli war of choice.

"Nine days into Operation Epic Mistake, oil prices have doubled while all commodities are skyrocketing," Araghchi posted earlier on Monday, mocking Operation Epic Fury, the official US moniker for the war. "We know the US is plotting against our oil and nuclear sites in hopes of containing huge inflationary shock. Iran is fully prepared. And we, too, have many surprises in store."

Araghchi's remarks came as Iranian officials said that more than 1,300 people—including at least 198 women and 190 minors—have been killed over nine days of US-Israeli attacks, including massacres like the missile strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab that left around 175 people dead, most of them children.

Hundreds of civilians, including 42 women and 83 children, have also been killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon.

Retaliatory strikes by Iran and its Hezbollah ally in Lebanon have killed at least 11 Israelis, seven US troops, and at least 15 people in Gulf Arab nations.

Araghchi's comments stood in stark contrast with US President Donald Trump's cavalier public attitude toward potential American casualties from Iranian attacks.

Asked last week if American civilians should expect terror attacks in retaliation for the war, Trump replied, “I guess."

“We expect some things," the president added. "Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.”

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In its annual figures, the company said that earnings fell from €12.4 billion ($14.45 billion) to €6.9 billion year on year.

Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said the VW Group would cut "around 50,000 jobs by 2030" across Germany.