“The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects.” - NY Times attorney David McCraw.
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#ICYMI
This post about the #BanditsRoost alley in #NewYorkCity appeared on the MobHistory Substack one year ago today.
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#CrimeHistory #History #NewYork #NYC #Histodons @mafiahistory
About ‘Bandits' Roost’ in Manhattan
Housing crusader's well known photo sped demolition of the ethnic slumTom Hunt (MobHistory)
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#OTD (July 4) in 1914, #anarchist #bomb makers accidentally set off an #explosion that demolishes the upper stories of an #EastHarlem apartment building.
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#CrimeHistory #NewYork #NYC #History #Histodons @mafiahistory
Anarchist bomb destroys NYC building
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.The Writers of Wrongs
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I'm not sure if this qualifies as "news," as the event occurred about 12,000,000,000 years ago. (Astronomy journalists always use that "speed of light" excuse for being late on a story.) But here it is:
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#Space #Astronomy #Galaxies #BlackHole
James Webb spots the birth of a giant galaxy and a supermassive black hole
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe.Leiden University
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#OTD (June 15) in 1938, esteemed defense attorney Samuel #Leibowitz tried unsuccessfully to wriggle free of his responsibility to defend accused #cop-killer Salvatore Gati in #Manhattan General Sessions Court.
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#NewYork #History #Histodons @mafiahistory
Attorney cannot free himself from murder case
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.The Writers of Wrongs
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#OTD (June 6) in 1962, #NewYork #Mafia boss Joseph #Profaci, 64, dies of cancer in a #SuffolkCountyNY hospital.
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#Mafia #History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
1962: Cancer claims mob boss Profaci
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#Cyanobacteria may have been responsible for a mass #extinction event about 2.4 billion years ago.
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#Oxygen #AnaerobicLife #Microbiology
One of the earliest great extinctions in Earth's history may have been caused not by an asteroid or a volcano but by oxygen itself, when tiny photosynthetic microbes slowly filled the air with a gas that was poison to much of the anaerobic life that ruled
Around 2.4 billion years ago, the air over Earth began to change. Microbes in the oceans, the cyanobacteria, had been running a chemical reaction that split water and released oxygen as waste.Space Daily
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Ubuntu's big AI rollout will let you speak into any text box — no typing required
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Ubuntu's big AI rollout will let you speak into any text box — no typing required
It's coming in Ubuntu 26.10, but you can remove it if you want.Simon Batt (XDA)
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#OTD (June 5) in 1950, #Tampa #Florida underworld leader James #Lumia is shotgunned to death in his car.
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#Mafia #History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Buckshot finishes Tampa big shot
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#OTD (May 31) in 1930, #Detroit #Mafia leader Gaspare #Milazzo and aide Rosario Parrino are fatally shot by underworld rivals.
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#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Detroit fish market murders spark Mafia war
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A groundbreaking century-old sociological study of the #gangs of #Chicago may be best remembered today as the source of a one-of-a-kind #map.
View the latest free post on the MobHistory Substack
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#MafiaHistory #History #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
Prohibition Era sociologist mapped Chicago gangland
Frederic Thrasher examined 1,313 city gangs for mid-1920s projectTom Hunt (MobHistory)
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A cartoon by Kevin Maher and Joe Dator for New Yorker Magazine.
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We knew this was coming. Probably the move that will begin the end of traditional search for all but the staunchest alternatives, & hyper-normalise 'AI' at scale.
With the exception of those few countries that cannot reach such services, it will make 'AI' endemic, & give these tech oligarchs profound control.
zdnet.com/article/google-ai-se…
One of those days where once again I have to recommit to keep up the fight, and not pivot to making longbows, growing artisanal potatoes, Or similar.
Google's new AI Search box is here - along with agents and 5 more upgrades
Google now has information agents that work in the background and agentic coding tools that let you build apps directly in Search.Elyse Betters Picaro (ZDNET)
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Roman Empire feelings, sun never sets sort of thing. It's more than 'digital imperialism'. This is cognitive, cultural and ontological - at the hand of white, anglo-centric, US mega corporations, their interests and agendas.
To use is to support.
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agree. Unfortunately most search alternatives rely also on google, bing search indices afaik. We're trapped.
The 3D's:
Depopulate.
Defund.
Disempower.
Hope, but only in action.
Captive and hopeless without.
Word. I'll take an extra dimension to get it done.
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How do we make "Friends don't let friends get bot-brained by mega corporations, lest of all those in service to fascist regimes" a little more catchy
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Maybe it's time for good old human-curated directories like DMOZ to come out of their graves?
Commiting to keep up the fight and making longbows are not necessarily excluding each other.
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Also, what Malm said.
Woman At War - Official Trailer
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing (YouTube)
#OTD (May 19) in 1927, #Pittsburgh bootlegger Luigi 'Big Gorilla' #Lamendola is shot and killed outside his Chatham Street restaurant.
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#Prohibition #History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
The Pittsburgh machine gun murder that wasn't
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Yazi might be the fastest terminal file manager you’ll ever use. 🚀
Yazi is the Terminal-based File Manager I Didn't Know I Needed
Yazi makes it easier to build your terminal-first workflow by giving you a pwoerful, featuree-rich file manager.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
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“It does not happen often that an author feels compelled to repudiate his own book.”
Author Joachim Joesten complained loudly after the release of his Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania biography. Here's the story behind The Luciano Story.
Substack article:
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#MafiaHistory @mafiahistory #LuckyLuciano #Histodons #Books
Author Joachim Joesten criticized his own 1955 Lucania bio
There's an interesting story behind ‘The Luciano Story’Tom Hunt (MobHistory)
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#OTD (May 6) in 1890, an early morning ambush in #NewOrleans wounds three men and reignites the Provenzano-Matranga #Mafia feud.
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#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
1890: Ambush reignites New Orleans feud
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#OTD (May 3) in 1938, #Detroit area mafioso Joe #Tocco dies at #WyandotteMI General Hospital of a gunshot wound suffered the previous night.
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#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Michigan mobster Joe Tocco succumbs
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#OTD (April 30) in 1970, #Mafia boss Joseph #Colombo responded to the arrest of his son by organizing protest marches at #FBI headquarters in #NewYorkCity.
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#NewYork #NYC #History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Mafia boss leads protests at FBI headquarters
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#Calibre 9.8 Open-Source E-Book Manager Is Out Now to Improve the Content Server, Native TTS Engine, and AI Integration 9to5linux.com/calibre-9-8-e-bo…
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@gbsills Oh, the AI integration was included in Calibre 8.11 as a dictionary lookup feature (allows you to query AI about the currently selected text). The feature is completely optional, and no AI code is loaded until you configure an AI provider 9to5linux.com/calibre-8-11-e-b…
So it's like replacing the Wikipedia lookup (and local dictionary) that you get in a Kindle with AI?
#OTD (April 23) in 1978, Salvatore "Sammy G' Gingello, leader in the #Mafia of #RochesterNY, was killed in an early morning car-bombing.
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Looks like an earlier than expected #PrimeVideo release of #RingsOfPower season 3.
#TV
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‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3 to Premiere Later This Year (Exclusive)
Some reports have suggested the next installment of the Prime Video hit was set to debut in 2027, but THR understands it'll be sooner.Lily Ford (The Hollywood Reporter)
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William #Flynn of the U.S. #SecretService made a long and somewhat hazardous journey to #Kingston, Ontario, in February 1903 to meet with an imprisoned informant.
A MobHistory Substack article.
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#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Informant drew William Flynn to Canada in late winter 1903
Secret Service gained a window into the New York-area MafiaTom Hunt (MobHistory)
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#OTD (April 20) in 1872, #NewOrleans #Mafia leader Joseph #Agnello was killed in a gunfight at the Picayune Tier.
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#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Bloody ends of early NOLA bosses - Part 7
Crescent City underworld leaders lost their lives in long Mafia feudTom Hunt (MobHistory)
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No one knows how they got there or if they'll settle in there, but #mosquitoes have been seen in #Iceland for the first time.
gizmodo.com/iceland-just-got-i…
Iceland Just Got its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren't Ready for What Comes Next
As the Arctic's climate and ecology rapidly change, two researchers are calling for a paradigm shift in insect monitoring.Ellyn Lapointe (Gizmodo)
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#OTD (April 10) in 1937, the killing of an #NYPD detective by restaurant robbers leads to the wrongful conviction (and nearly to the execution) of Isidore "Beansy' Zimmerman.
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#NewYork #CrimeHistory #CapitalPunishment #Histodons
NYPD detective fatally shot by cafe robbers
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Sixth (and final) part of this series on the #NewOrleans connections of #NYC #Mafia boss Giuseppe #Morello is now available.
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#NewYork #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Secret Service operatives followed Morello in New Orleans
Did Giuseppe Morello play any part in the New Orleans 'macaroni war'? (Part 6)Tom Hunt (MobHistory)
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If you are running an i486 CPU, you will want to read this.
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The Linux Kernel is Finally Letting Go of i486 CPU Support
The support remained in the Linux kernel all these years after every other major platform dropped it.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
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In the worst case, I think some BSD flavours are still supporting it in a way or another; at least nominally NetBSD has it as minimal requirement.
NetBSD even support Amiga48k...!
#OTD (April 9) in 1966, Joseph #Valachi attempts to take his own life while held in federal prison at #MilanMI.
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#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Michigan move led Valachi to suicide try
1966 transfer was viewed as another DOJ betrayalTom Hunt (MobHistory)
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I'm looking for well-researched, well-written articles on the history of #OrganizedCrime in #LasVegas for an issue of #Informer to be published in November. Please get in touch if you're interested in contributing.
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#OTD (April 4) in 1961, U.S. immigration agents arrest #NewOrleans #Mafia boss Carlos #Marcello and deport him to #Guatemala.
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#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
Deported to Guatemala due to fake birth record
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ONLYOFFICE feels like Microsoft Office, while LibreOffice does more. Pick your poison. 👇
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#opensource #onlyoffice #libreoffice #microsoftoffice
LibreOffice vs ONLYOFFICE - Which One Is Right For You?
Both are solid open source office suites but which one should you choose? This in-depth article compares LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE across features, usability, and real-world experience.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
Interesting discussion of the types and levels of #radiation experienced by #astronauts.
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#OTD (April 1) in 1869, #NewOrleans #Mafia boss Raffaele #Agnello is fatally shot during an underworld feud.
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#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
New Orleans underworld boss murdered
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#OTD (April 1) in 1869, a #NewOrleans #Mafia feud claims the life of boss Raffaele #Agnello.
Read about this:
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Bloody ends of early NOLA bosses - Part 2
Crescent City underworld leaders lost their lives in long Mafia feudTom Hunt (MobHistory)
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will require more RAM to run.
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Requires More RAM Than Windows 11?
Canonical has raised the minimum RAM requirement to 6 GB, while Windows 11 still sits at 4 GB. But that's only a number and it doesn't tell the real story.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
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