Source: https://xcancel.com/vxunderground/status/2032600868005310638#m

HP’s long-running use of firmware updates that block third-party ink and toner cartridges is drawing scrutiny again – this time under a new global sustainability standard that explicitly forbids the practice.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44261915

https://web.archive.org/web/20260314170122/https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/

KB5077181 was released about a month ago as part of the February Patch Tuesday rollout. When the update first arrived, users reported a wide range of problems, including boot loops, login errors, and installation issues.

We’re happy to present the first release of GIMP 3.2!

Freedom of speech now no longer applies to the press?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/memes/p/1217879/thanks-for-nothing

It was a sweltering January afternoon in the Amazonian town of Puyo when Andrés Tapia realized his daughter’s public school fees were due. Like many Ecuadorians, he reached for his phone to make a mobile transfer. Carrying cash is too risky these days. Ecuador is in the grip of an ongoing security crisis, with transnational criminal organizations spilling in from neighboring Colombia and…

One year after Elon Musk began an unprecedented attempt to eliminate swaths of the federal government, newly released deposition videos are providing a never-before-seen look at two of the people responsible for the largest mass termination of federal grants in the National Endowment for the Humanities’ history.

Last week, the World Council of Churches (WCC), headquartered in Geneva, launched a month-long campaign titled “From Condemnation to Consequences.” The program calls its member churches—clergy leaders and lay alike—to hold Israel accountable for its failure to fulfill its obligations under international law.

I assume we’re not going to have elections this year because “*bad people*”. But if we do have a real Congressional election, I would encourage you to vote for anything or anyone other than the MAGA Republican garbage.

Nicked from Facebook

Is already hanging there for a while…

More US Marines and warships are being deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.

Not surprised at all

The essay in question: a film review I wrote in 2019 about the horror movies “Hereditary” and “Midsommar.”

Xt-50 Tamron 150-500mm

The massive crowdsourcing effort could use real-world to help robots deliver pizza.

Immature Sharp Shinned or Cooper’s would be my guess, but Merlin seems convinced it’s a Merlin which would go on my life list.

Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives.

If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump’s decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.

Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois [OC]

Hacker News.

Plastic surgery and fashion trend

The point and click adventure is Linux native, released in 2012

Today is the International Day of Action for Rivers.

The dropping of the indictment does not negate the crime or exonerate those involved; it underscores the systemic complicity of Israel’s judicial system with military, security, and political authorities. It reveals that crimes committed against Palestinians are not treated as violations warranting truth and redress, but rather as acts that legal mechanisms can shield, allowing perpetrators to evade genuine accountability, even in the most serious and well-documented offenses.

Israel is attacking sovereign nations in contravention of international law, And is receiving no pushback from any corporate media platform

Expensive (95k) but has a cool design: https://www.scottenmotors.com/ev-builds I would love a smaller car that is also repairable EV.