Sometimes things don’t make sense because the mind tries to understand them through past experiences. But what’s missing is the experience itself. Once you go through it, the missing piece falls into place, and everything makes sense.

A friend going through a divorce told me his counselor said the top two reasons for divorce are finances and house chore, with chores being number one in the western world. My perspective is at its core, divorce isn’t just about money or responsibilities; it’s about deeper incompatibility—spiritual, psychological, and beyond. These material disputes are just surface-level symptoms of a much deeper disconnect.

⚡️Exposing the Shadows: A Global Map of Surveillance and Suppression "Surveillance technology and spyware are being used to target and suppress journalists, dissidents, and human rights advocates everywhere. Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry. Founded by privacy advocates, most of whom were personally harmed by surveillance tech, our mission is to shed light on the companies profiting from this exploitation with significant risk to our lives. By mapping out the intricate web of surveillance companies, their subsidiaries, partners, and financial backers, we hope to expose the enablers fueling this industry's extensive rights violations, ensuring they cannot evade accountability for being complicit in this abuse. Our right to privacy is non-negotiable, and anyone who threatens it must be held accountable."

Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are

Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.

Government is the biggest scam. All politicians are scamsters.

Don't let the things you want, make you forget the things you already have.

📱 Does Netflix want to control artists? Recently there was a controversy with an actress called "Karla Sofía Gascón" for statements she made in the past. In response, Netflix is ​​considering tightening its control over the speech of the people it hires. "It's not actually standard practice for people to vet tweets in that way... A lot of people are looking at that... I think it's raising questions for a lot of people about re-evaluating that process." Says Bela Bajaria, Netflix's director of content. However, the executive commented the following: "I think you also have to ask yourself: Are we really going to be scrutinizing the personal social networks of tens of thousands of people every day around the world, [given] the number of original films and television shows and co-productions that we make and license?" It is a way of limiting oneself when recruiting talent, as well as being a way of "conditioning" actors to not express themselves freely. In my opinion, it is a way of shooting oneself in the foot.

Donald Trump gave world leaders a license to launch meme coins. -African President Launched Memecoin -Argentina President Launched Memecoin PREDICTION: 20+ political leaders will launch their meme coin in 2025. Greed is at ALL TIME HIGH!

Scira is a minimalist AI-powered search engine that allows you to find information on the web using the Vercel AI SDK and various APIs. Key features include AI search with Anthropic models, web search via Tavily API, URL search, current weather with OpenWeather API, code execution via E2B API, and location retrieval from Google Maps and other sources. To use the system effectively, users need to register with AI providers, obtain API keys, and set up the environment. The project operates under the MIT License, which makes it available for use and modification. Open the Brave browser settings: Click on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser. Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu. Go to the search engine settings: In the left sidebar, click on "Search engine." Then select "Manage search engines and site search." Add a new search engine: Click on "Add" next to "Site search." Set the search engine name: Enter Scira in the "Search engine" field. Set the search engine URL: Enter

Scira AI

Scira AI - Research in speed of thought.

Scira is a free Agentic Research Platform that finds, analyzes, and cites information from the live web. $15/month—fast answers; 11000+ stars on ...

in the "URL with %s in place of query" field. Set the search engine shortcut: Enter sh in the "Shortcut" field. Set Default: Click on the three dots next to the search engine you just added. Select "Make default" from the dropdown menu.

GitHub

GitHub - zaidmukaddam/scira: Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK!

Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by...

What's your preferred 2FA method? 1. Passkey 2. Authenticator app 3. SMS 4. Yubikey/Nitrokey

India’s crypto taxation policies, especially the "no loss setoff" rule, have little to do with protecting investors and everything to do with the government's insatiable greed for control and revenue. If they genuinely cared about investor safety, they would regulate crypto sensibly instead of crippling it with absurd taxes. The real issue is that crypto threatens the government's ability to milk every rupee indefinitely. When people lose money in crypto, it vanishes from their endless tax cycle instead of being funneled through businesses, where they can slap GST, customs duties, and other levies on it. Worse still, if individuals choose to store wealth in Bitcoin long term like Michael Saylor, they escape the government's grasp entirely. By imposing crushing taxes, the government is deliberately discouraging crypto to ensure that money stays trapped within traditional financial systems, banks, real estate, and consumer markets where they can continue siphoning off their share through relentless taxation. This isn't about protecting citizens, it's about making sure they can exploit every last rupee forever.

Krita: Free and open source digital painting application. It is for artists who want to create professional work from start to end. Krita is used by comic book artists, illustrators, concept artists, matte and texture painters and in the digital VFX industry. krita.org invent.kde.org/graphics/krita

Apple’s Hidden Backdoor – The Biggest Security Story No One’s Talking About ⚡️ No surprises. People still think they can trust Apple... On Dec, 2023, Kaspersky announced that: Apple CPUs from A12 (iPhone X) to A16 (iPhone 14/15) contain a backdoor. This isn’t a software bug—it’s built into the silicon. • What does this mean? A third party could remotely access and control your iPhone, iPad, Watch, or even Apple TV without your knowledge. • How was it found? Kaspersky was tracking the malware, when they uncovered this undocumented feature. • Who knew about this? Apple, for sure. The level of design complexity makes it impossible to be an accident. Almost no media coverage—except for ARS. Is it because the news came out over the holidays? Or because Kaspersky (often labeled as "Russian-backed") exposed it? Apple has since patched the CVEs, but the real issue isn’t fixed—the industry-wide trust problem. Source:

Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple silicon – Robby Pedrica's Tech Blog

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Oklahoma Advances #Bitcoin Reserve Bill, One Step Closer To Law Oklahoma’s House Bill 1203, which proposes a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, has passed committee approval with a 6-2 vote, moving closer to becoming law. The bill, introduced by Representative Cody Maynard, would allow state savings accounts and pension funds to invest in Bitcoin alongside traditional assets, aiming to provide financial stability and inflation protection. With Arizona and Utah pursuing similar initiatives, Oklahoma’s move highlights a growing trend of states embracing Bitcoin as a strategic asset. The bill now heads to a floor vote, where further legislative approval could position Oklahoma at the forefront of Bitcoin-based financial policy.

🤗 Hugging Face has released a course on agents . The course consists of 4 parts with tests, and at the end - a certificate of completion. Only the first part is available for now. 😃 Unit 1 - February 10 👌 Bonus Unit - February 18 👌 Unit 2 - February 25 👌 Unit 3 - March 11 😄 Unit 4 - April 1st In the first part of the course: • Who is an AI agent? • Role of LLM in agents • Agent workflow • Tools and actions The course is free:

Welcome to the 🤗 AI Agents Course - Hugging Face Agents Course

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

🔐 Shufflecake. Create hidden partitions on the disk. • Shufflecake: plausible deniability for multiple hidden filesystems on Linux — a tool for creating hidden and encrypted partitions on a disk that remain invisible even with appropriate examination. ➡️

Codeberg.org

shufflecake-c

Full C implementation of Shufflecake. Shufflecake is a plausible deniability (hidden storage) layer for Linux.

📶 ssh-audit. SSH server & client security auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc). • I share useful resources: ssh-audit — a tool for auditing SSH connections on a server:

GitHub

GitHub - jtesta/ssh-audit: SSH server & client security auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc)

SSH server & client security auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc) - jtesta/ssh-audit

+ a separate resource where you can check the current SSH server settings: https://www.ssh-audit.com/

📱 Don't use the app version On many occasions applications are used without any need You simply have to go into your browser and create a "Home Screen Access" This will allow you to enter certain applications without having to use the application It will prevent them from collecting so much information because the web is more restricted to do so, and it will also take up much less space on your device.

'Celeb Coins' are the worst thing for a crypto bull run. The SOLE purpose of celeb coins is to steal money from the trenches. Money that would've stayed in the ecosystem betting on memes, is extracted into the wallets of those who buy gold chains, supercars and bottles in the club. This is the process of a celeb coin launch: 1. Crypto grifter pitches celebrity on launching a memecoin. 2. They reference recent big winners ($TRUMP), the amount made, 'bro I have a dev who can make you millions' 3. Celebrity asks for big upfront payment + % of profits made 4. Crypto grifter launches coin, snipes large % at launch 5. Celebrity posts their agreed amount of tweets/IG story posts 6. Supply is dumped into as much volume as possible 7. Profits get extracted from Crypto and spent in the real world

Warning for #Android gapps traitors: Uninstall the application: Android System SafetyCore, which has been automatically installed on most devices. It is used by Google to scan your data, just like Apple has been doing on iOS, but you have the choice to uninstall it. If you don't have it yet, watch out for it being installed silently over the next few days! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore Be careful on GrapheneOS too if you have Google services installed. While GrapheneOS will stop it from auto installing, it can nag you about installing it. And it won't tell you what it really is. Nor will most online resources. Sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer: stop Play Store from attempting to auto-install some system component packages, such as "Android System SafetyCore" (com.google.android.safetycore) and "Android System Key Verifier" (com.google.android.contactkeys)

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The phone is asking me to install this app, anyone knows information about if its truly need it or not? Im with the Google Play Services sandbox install

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If you don't have GrapheneOS, it's going to automatically install itself again at some point after uninstalling it. Locating the App Go to Settings → Apps (or Apps & Notifications) → Show system apps. Look for “Android System SafetyCore.” Check whether the app has any special permissions (e.g., internet access). Uninstalling or Disabling In many cases, you can uninstall an update or at least disable the app. Check the available options in the app info. This is client side scanning. It's a way to spy on your device before it's encrypted. Other information on the topic:

Android Authority

Google's new app will help warn you about nude images in Messages

Google is rolling out Android System SafetyCore, and it'll power the upcoming Sensitive Content Warnings feature in Messages.

Android Authority

Google's new Android app helps you verify you're chatting with the right person

Google is rolling out a new Android System Key Verifier app that helps you verify you're chatting with the right person and not a scammer.

The functionality provided by Google's new Android System SafetyCore app available through the Play Store is covered here:

Google Online Security Blog

5 new protections on Google Messages to help keep you safe

Posted by Jan Jedrzejowicz, Director of Product, Android and Business Communications; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messa...

Neither this app or the Google Messages app using it are part of GrapheneOS and neither will be, but GrapheneOS users can choose to install and use both. Google Messages still works without the new app. The app doesn't provide client-side scanning used to report things to Google or anyone else. It provides on-device machine learning models usable by applications to classify content as being spam, scams, malware, etc. This allows apps to check content locally without sharing it with a service and mark it with warnings for users. It's unfortunate that it's not open source and released as part of the Android Open Source Project and the models also aren't open let alone open source. It won't be available to GrapheneOS users unless they go out of the way to install it. We'd have no problem with having local neural network features for users, but they'd have to be open source. We wouldn't want anything saving state by default. It'd have to be open source to be included as a feature in GrapheneOS though, and none of it has been so it's not included. Google Messages uses this new app to classify messages as spam, malware, nudity, etc. Nudity detection is an optional feature which blurs media detected as having nudity and makes accessing it require going through a dialog. Apps have been able to ship local AI models to do classification forever. Most apps do it remotely by sharing content with their servers. Many apps have already have client or server side detection of spam, malware, scams, nudity, etc. Classifying things like this is not the same as trying to detect illegal content and reporting it to a service. That would greatly violate people's privacy in multiple ways and false positives would still exist. It's not what this is and it's not usable for it. GrapheneOS has all the standard hardware acceleration support for neural networks but we don't have anything using it. All of the features they've used it for in the Pixel OS are in closed source Google apps. A lot is Pixel exclusive. The features work if people install the apps. https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1888280836426084502