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If you go to uBlock Origin's settings and then select 'Filter lists', there's a list maintained by EasyList and another by AdGuard that both block cookie notices. To my understanding, this isn't enabled by default (at least it wasn't when I installed uBO).

Apologies if this is common knowledge; I didn't know about it until recently.

Why YSK: Cookie consent pop-ups are annoyances full of dark patterns designed to frustrate you into affirmatively opting into superfluous data collection and letting companies profit off your information. Saving just a few seconds on pages you browse adds up, and this is especially true if you use something like Cookie AutoDelete that makes your answers to these pop-ups transient.

March 24, 2026

In the shadow of an imperial hegemon and with severe restrictions on its ability to trade and access resources, Cuba may appear as an enigma to audiences curious about the type of cinema that has emerged from such conditions.

The Cuban revolution of 1959 caused a radical break in the development of the country’s cinema. Film-making existed before “this moment of effervescence” but was historically an imitation of Hollywood-style film-making, according to Jessica Gordon-Burroughs, a lecturer in Latin American studies at the University of Edinburgh. In contrast, the first decade after the revolution heralded “a very exciting and innovative time, both politically and aesthetically in Cuba”.

That ^2 is a load-bearing exponent which changed my entire perception of safety.

With the oil crisis making it a good time to buy an ebike, I see the same problem popping up on bike forums that I faced when making my original purchase. At least here there's the option between a Class 2 (32kmh max, usable on paved trails) or a Class 3 (45kmh max, limited to roads). When I bought my first bike I got a Class 3 because I'm getting 40%~ more speed for the same price. I could arrive at my destination 40% faster than I do on my cargo bike.

Assuming a rider+bike weight of 100kg and converting the two to m/s: 8.89m/s, 12.5m/s-

Class 2- 0.5(100)(8.89^2)= 3950 Joules of energy. That's what you experience when crashing at max speed, the equivalent of falling off the roof of a building with one floor.

Class 3- 0.5​(100)(12.5^2)=7,810 J.

Despite the speed only increasing by 40%~, the kinetic energy you experience in that crash almost doubles. The energy your brakes have to absorb to stop, and with that the stopping distance and wear, almost doubles. Your risk of fatality jumps significantly. You are now jumping off the tallest house in your neighbourhood and that is the level of injury you can expect from the slightest mistake.

If you or anyone you know is tempted to get a hyperbike because it goes much faster than a cargo bike, especially beyond the Class 3 speeds that I don't even want to think about the injuries from, that impact force needs to be a primary consideration. I am confident that with proper safety gear I have a 90% chance to survive a crash with injuries that won't last a lifetime. If my cargo bike was Class 3 instead of Class 2, I could not maintain that same level of confidence. It's such a minor difference when you are looking at generic speed numbers but you will crash and that is the standard you need to prepare for.

Buy a Class 2 and maximise your weight-bearing utility over speed. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban's officially declared wealth is fairly modest: some savings and a jointly owned villa in Budapest. But voters in what Transparency International deems the EU's most corrupt country believe otherwise.

how the aliens survive spaceflight

Distributed Denial of Secrets— Mastodon, Bluesky.

Hackers connected to the Iranian government accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted materials — including photos and documents — taken from his account, a person familiar with the breach confirmed to CNN.

The hackers have published a series of photos of Patel from before he became FBI director that they claim were stolen from his personal email account. A source familiar with the incident confirmed the images’ authenticity.

The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022 and appear to include personal, business and travel correspondence that Patel had with various contacts, according to a preliminary CNN review of the files with the help of an independent cybersecurity researcher.

n the 2024 election, nearly one in three Americans voted using mail-in or absentee ballots, accounting for some 48 million votes. And despite persistent rhetoric against it, even President Donald Trump votes by mail. Nevertheless, Trump further admonished mail voting while pushing the SAVE America Act, which could radically change how people vote ahead of the midterms. “Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating,” he said to press in Memphis, Tenn., Monday. “I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all.”

Outside of the legislature, another body is doing something about mail ballots that may change how millions of Americans vote. The U.S. Supreme Court began oral arguments Monday on Watson v. RNC, a case determining if Mississippi allowing late mail-in ballots violates federal law establishing a specific election day. The largest question in this case is whether ballots need to be received by Election Day or just be cast by Election Day and allowed to be received later.

In Thailand, news anchors ditched their jackets on air as the government called on the public to reduce their use of air conditioning to save energy. In the Philippines, many government workers are now operating on a four-day week. In Vietnam, officials have urged employers to allow staff to work from home.

Across south-east Asia, governments are scrambling to find ways to conserve energy and shield the public from soaring costs as war in the Middle East causes what the International Energy Agency has described as the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/21142283

Distributed Denial of Secrets— Mastodon, Bluesky.

Hackers connected to the Iranian government accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted materials — including photos and documents — taken from his account, a person familiar with the breach confirmed to CNN.

The hackers have published a series of photos of Patel from before he became FBI director that they claim were stolen from his personal email account. A source familiar with the incident confirmed the images’ authenticity.

The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022 and appear to include personal, business and travel correspondence that Patel had with various contacts, according to a preliminary CNN review of the files with the help of an independent cybersecurity researcher.