It's time for our weekly #news #quiz.

There are several politics questions, but let's skip ahead to the 5th question: Grammy-winner Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, arranged hits for stars ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson. He also composed the 1962 tune "Soul Bossa Nova," which became the theme song for which movie series?

Check your answer and see how well you've been following the news, here: theconversation.com/the-conver…

The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz

Test your knowledge with a weekly quiz drawn from some of our favorite stories.

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• James Bond (13%, 11 votes)
• Mission:Impossible (20%, 17 votes)
• The Fast and the Furious (1%, 1 vote)
• Austin Powers (65%, 54 votes)

“We are under no illusions that the policies in Project 2025, which includes slashing legal #immigration, rounding up immigrants, creating new detention camps, are all on the table. That is not to say that all of them can be carried out or will be carried out, but we know what the options of policies out there look like.” texasobserver.org/texas-front-…

#Project2025 #politics #USpol #news #election2024 #border #Trump

Texas Will Be on the ‘Front Lines’ of Mass Deportation

“We're going to defend our immigrant communities from Trump's attacks, while we hold Trump and people like Elon Musk accountable for spreading lies and scapegoating immigrants.”

^{Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)}

#China could do better but can't 😐

Source: lightreading.com/smartphones-d…

#Technology #android #mobile #smartphone #huawai #harmony #Software #news #Problem

'Alien' signal decoded

Source: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/…

#news #alien #mars #news #technology #Signal #exploration

'Alien' signal decoded

^www.esa.int

From @ProPublica

“We face the biggest test of our professional lives…Now we get to see if we really meant it when we said we will hold power to account. Will we do so when our subjects have true power on their side and a willingness to use it?”

Supporting journalism with integrity will be vital as we fight against a fascist America. And so far, most news outlets have failed miserably.

propublica.org/article/second-…

#Fascism #Journalism #News #Media #Integrity #Bravery

What We’ll Be Covering in a Second Trump Administration

We’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing what are expected to be dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.

^ProPublica

Donald Trump has vowed to roll back EVERY climate initiative and law passed in the past decade.

He will remove the US from climate accords, roll back gas and EV mandates and gut the agencies charged with oversight.

2024 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis

barrons.com/news/2024-virtuall…

Don’t panic, we have the tools we need.

scidsg.medium.com/dont-worry-u…

#news #election #security #journalism

Don’t Worry, Usable Security and Privacy are Here - Science & Design - Medium

For those concerned about digital privacy in today’s political climate, brace yourself for a wave of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) from companies aiming to scare you into compliance. But you…

^{Science & Design (Medium)}

Hello everyone. This election already makes some people want to pull their hair out, but I wanted to put my two cents into the ring. I go over what actually happened, random theories, and what do to moving forward. I tried to stay as positive as possible in this dark situation. I hope you enjoy reading it.

blog.3kh0.net/posts/election-2…

#politics #election2024 #news

NEW: What to Expect From #ProPublica in a Second #Trump Administration
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Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the #president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers.

#News #Journalism #DonaldTrump #Election #Election2024 #Politics #Government
propublica.org/article/second-…

What We’ll Be Covering in a Second Trump Administration

We’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing what are expected to be dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.

^ProPublica

PSA: If you're finding the news hard to handle right now, you can use Mastodon's filtering features to hide content that includes certain keywords or phrases. Navigate to the Preferences section on your profile and then select "Filters" and "Add New Filter." You can also control what you see on Flipboard — here's a quick guide to how our For You feed works and what you can do to tune it.

flipboard.helpshift.com/hc/en/…

#Flipboard #ContentControl #Mastodon #News #Filtering #Content #Journalism #Media

Trump proposed big Medicaid and food stamp cuts. Can he pass them?

What Trump’s return means for America’s poor people.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline

vox.com/policy/383186/trump-va…

Trump proposed big Medicaid and food stamp cuts. Can he pass them?

^{Dylan Matthews (Vox)}

From Justin Miller: Colin Allred's post-Dobbs strategy fell flat here—and for #Democrats all across the country–in the face of the visceral reactionary forces around the economy and immigration summoned by #Trump. texasobserver.org/texas-red-te…

#ColinAllred #TedCruz #politics #USpol #news #Texas #election2024 #Republicans #immigration #abortion #extremism

Texas Goes All Red for Ted

Maybe Dems need to recover the lessons of Beto 2018. Or maybe the sun will die before the state turns blue.

^{Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)}

Oh what a day 😱 the German government just collapsed 😱

Source: apnews.com/article/germany-sch…

#news #Germany #Europe #eu #politics #Democracy #Problem

Germany's Scholz fires his finance minister in a blow to the ruling coalition

Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced hs is firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s pro-business party.

^{KIRSTEN GRIESHABER (AP News)}

Why is my air fryer spying on me? Which? reveals the #smart devices gathering your data - and where they send it

Source: which.co.uk/policy-and-insight…

The Aigostar air fryer wanted to know gender and date of birth when setting up an owner account, again for no clear reason, but this was optional. The Aigostar and #Xiaomi fryers both sent people’s personal data to servers in #China, although this was flagged in the #privacy notice.

Why must smart technology be in the #cloud - is the advantage of this only surveillance? 🤔

#news #technology #Software #economy #fail #spy #bigdata #bigbrother #orwell #Problem #security

Trump's return to the presidency looks a lot like Andrew Jackson's:

Four years after a bitter defeat, Jackson took power. According to a historian, "His restructured party and control over appointments allowed him to act with what seemed near-total impunity." He defied courts, acted unilaterally and sent Native Americans on the genocidal Trail of Tears.

Here's some early perspective: buff.ly/3YTEZfb #News #BreakingNews #Election2024 #USpolitics

Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828

His return follows the trail of another American president who rebounded from defeat to victory and then four years of unchecked power.

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You'll be hearing a lot about 'ballot curing' as early votes are counted. It's the process allowed in some states where voters have days or weeks to fix technical issues with their mail-in ballots.

One major source of these problems: people under 40 who don't have a consistent cursive signature.

An election administration researcher explains what you need to know: buff.ly/48Evunk #News #BreakingNews #Election2024

What is ‘ballot curing’? Election expert explains the method for fixing errors made when voters cast their ballots

Ballot curing aims to ensure that every valid vote is counted, even those with messy signatures, misspelled names or missing IDs.

^{The Conversation}

Suspected #Snowflake #Hacker Arrested in #Canada

source: 404media.co/suspected-snowflak…

For more than a week #Judische, the hacker linked to the #AT&T, #Ticketmaster and other breaches, has not been responding to messages. That's because he's been arrested.

#police #jail #cybercrime #cybersecurity #hack #news

Suspected Snowflake Hacker Arrested in Canada

For more than a week Judische, the hacker linked to the AT&T, Ticketmaster and other breaches, has not been responding to messages. That's because he's been arrested.

^{Joseph Cox (404 Media)}

"How long were the lines in your area?"
- Aure

Shoal Creek, Alabama. Folks said they’d never had to wait in line before.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #HarrisWalz #USA #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

Wow that's a high percentage 😳

#firefox #mozilla #tech #news #business

techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozi…

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.

^{Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)}

Russian soldiers, left without food supplies, satisfy their hunger with fried pigeons and uncooked potatoes with stolen Ukrainian mayonnaise.

Caution: second part of the video contains sensitive content.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO

In the U.S., "Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Tuesday a bomb threat was made against a polling place, but he said it was of Russian origin and not credible."

“They’re up to mischief it seems,” he added, about the Russians. “They don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election.”

@USAToday reports: flip.it/8vH66H

#Georgia #USElection #Russia #Raffensperger #Election #USPolitics #Politics #News

Georgia secretary of state blames polling place bomb threat on Russians

The bomb threat was one of several attacks in the key swing state of Georgia blamed on Russians.

^{, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

Hundreds of #code #libraries posted to #NPM try to #install #malware on dev machines

source: arstechnica.com/security/2024/…

The malicious packages have names that are similar to legitimate ones for the Puppeteer and Bignum.js code libraries and for various libraries for working with #cryptocurrency.

Dependency hell 👎👿

#software #problem #development #library #dependency #security #cybersecurity #news #cybercrime #attack

Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines

These are not the the developer tools you think they are.

^{Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)}

Dick Van Dyke Endorses Kamala Harris; Entertainer Reads Message He Delivered At 1964 Martin Luther King Event
#News #Politics #2024election #DickVanDyke #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #KamalaHarris #RodSerling

deadline.com/2024/11/dick-van-…

Dick Van Dyke Endorses Kamala Harris; Entertainer Reads Message He Delivered At 1964 Martin Luther King Event

Dick Van Dyke posted his endorsement of Kamala Harris for president today, marking the occasion by reading a speech he delivered at a 1964 civil rights event with Martin Luther King Jr.

^{Ted Johnson (Deadline)}

Remember that taking a break from the news to cook, engage with your family or friends, get work done, or go to the gym doesn't mean you don’t care about the election.

Here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress:

theconversation.com/election-a…

#politics #stress #news #mentalhealth @psychology

Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress

Given the polarized political climate in the US, it’s hard not to be affected by the election. But there are ways to make sure stress and uncertainty don’t send you on a downward spiral.

^{The Conversation}

Endangered #bees stop #Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered #AI data center

Source: arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/end…

#news #technology #environment #future #power #electricity #bee #usa #politics #economy

Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data center

Meta’s rivals have struck deals to use nuclear power for some data centers.

^{Financial Times (Ars Technica)}

A pro-life senior pastor of a Baptist megachurch in Texas came out in support of Vice President Kamala Harris in a new op-ed over the weekend. Wm. Dwight McKissic Sr., the senior pastor for a reported 3,000 congregants at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, condemned former President Donald Trump’s character and his conduct during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #HarrisWalz #USA #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

thedailybeast.com/conservative…

Conservative Texas Megachurch Pastor Backs Harris in Last-Minute Op-Ed

Dwight McKissic, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, also participated in an “Evangelicals for Harris” event earlier this year.

^{Zachary Folk (The Daily Beast)}

Constraining #Ocean and Ice Shell Thickness on #Miranda from #Surface Geological Structures and Stress Modeling

Source: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.…

Images from the #Voyager 2 mission revealed the small Uranian #satellite Miranda to be a complex, dynamic world. This is exemplified by signs of recent geological activity, including an extensive fault system and the mysterious coronae. This has led to speculation that Miranda may have been tectonically active within the geologically recent past and could have hosted a subsurface #liquid water ocean at the time. In this work, we aim to constrain the thickness ranges for the ice shell and potential subsurface ocean on Miranda.

#water #news #science #space #exploration