Today in 2008, 15 years ago: in the United States, the investment bank Lehman Brothers is declared bankrupt, causing one of the largest global economic crises in history.
Interesting footage of WTC steel workers during construction, in a climate of a slow economy and the president himself bitching about unions. The towers were built - nearly *not* built - during a period of uncertainty, and weren't a success for some years.
https://youtu.be/G8AI2sEmWeg
"...which is in North America." Auto sport bringing some serious lip curling. #f16
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/perez-accepts-markos-apology-after-private-meeting/10520093/
They should have red flagged that start. Total mess. #indycar
just for fun i can add a bit to the xscreensaver drama: one can easily run xscreensaver and swaylock in parallel. swaylock supports transparent (alpha) backgrounds. xscreensaver could also be activated by swayidle. thus, xscreensaver doesn't need idle nor locking functionality under wayland (wlroots at least).
Helmut Marko finally being held to account for being a racist shithead is refreshing #F1
🚨 BREAKING: The UK government has confirmed it is rowing back on its plans to scan private messages.
They've finally back down with an announcement that Ofcom won't use powers in the spy clause contained in the Online Safety Bill until it's 'technically feasible' to do so.
They've conceded that no current technology exists that would protect privacy or avoid breaking encryption.
#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #surveillance #ukpolitics
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/government-admits-spy-clause-cant-be-used-safely/
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