Notices by Calishat (researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host)

#privacy #SurveillanceCameras #HigherEd #MIT #rhinestones

'...more than 500 new cameras have been installed across academic buildings, residence halls and outdoor areas since November 2025. The additions bring MIT’s campus network to about 4,600 cameras.'

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2026/10/07/mit-professors-bedazzle-cameras-protest/

Well fuck.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/

I love that there was local government recognition of Dolly Parton Day

https://harveyworld.org/articles/health-the-environment/pace-to-celebrate-dolly-day-with-little-libraries-across-six-transit-stations-including-harvey/

#Scotland #driving #GoogleMaps #yikes

'A Google Maps glitch has caused chaos after traffic was mistakenly diverted from the A9 to a single-track road between Dunkeld and Pitlochry.'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c933k2y1xk53o

'Entertainment Weekly documented more of the posts, reporting that one upload featured “a video of a man farting on his roommate’s doorknob titled ‘Me when im not complicit,’” and another from a user named EDSHRANCOMPLICIT was just “a video of a man demonstrating a multitude of ways to give the camera the middle finger” with the caption “FREE PALESTINE RELEASE THE FILES IT’S ALL GOTTA BURN.” '

My goodness, what a busy day. I wonder how Ed Sheeran's doing.

https://www.404media.co/ed-sheeran-macklemore-open-for-legends-contest-guitar-center/

The last paragraph will make you go SKKRRRRRRRTTTTT

https://playbill.com/article/man-sentenced-to-2-year-jail-sentence-after-strangling-fellow-theatregoer-for-singing-along-during-we-will-rock-you

AI-Assisted Mushroom Identification, “Build American AI”, Texas Data Center Lookup, More: ResearchBuzz AI Update, September 8, 2026

AI PROBLEMS The Register: AI-assisted mushroom hunting is a recipe for a bad trip. "Armed with a dataset of Danish mushrooms and additional information about safe and deadly species in Poland and abroad,…

http://researchbuzz.me/2026/09/08/ai-assisted-mushroom-identification-build-american-ai-texas-data-center-lookup-more-researchbuzz-ai-update-september-8-2026/

#politics #DirtyTricks #wtf

'Thomas Ross, 37, is charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. He’s accused of asking a campaign manager to plant a small amount of cocaine and a prescription amphetamine pill on his opponent, Louise Secker, in the weeks leading up to the Aug. 4 primary, according to court documents.

Ross, of Joplin, defeated Secker by only a few dozen votes.'

https://apnews.com/article/thomas-ross-charges-plant-drugs-louise-secker-84244b8235a8f73a7f0d601e609f5084

I love how we as a society are standing together against data centers and pervert glasses

https://petapixel.com/2026/08/28/new-york-nightclub-threatens-to-permanently-ban-anyone-caught-with-smart-glasses/

@bright_helpings The Crow translation for microwave is literally "heatwave that is small."

https://montanafreepress.org/2026/08/26/crow-language-animated-movie/

#Twitter #Nitter #legal

'Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging into or even opening the X app, has received cease-and-desist letters from X demanding that it shut down.'

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x-sends-cease-and-desist-to-open-source-project-nitter-over-alleged-scraping/

Damn God sent down a shuttle bus https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jaye-p-morgan-dead-gong-show-singer-1236681831/

#politics #EPA #AI #DataCenters #AirPollution #PublicHealth #GiftArticle

'The move could prevent residents from raising concerns about — or even learning about — data centers before permits are approved and construction starts.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/climate/epa-data-centers-public-comment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.tvLi.iHWhdk68TPlM&smid=url-share

'Inspired by the state’s two iconic barbeque traditions, Slobberin’ Sauce bridges the North Carolina barbeque sauce gap by combining Western N.C.’s tomato-based boldness and Eastern N.C.’s vinegar-based flavors into one recipe designed to appeal to barbeque fans across North Carolina.'

FIGHTIN' WORDS

https://news.ncsu.edu/2026/08/nc-state-and-faculty-member-launch-officially-licensed-barbeque-sauce/

(vinegar forever)

so long dipwad

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/08/11/candidate-who-called-for-executing-lgbtq-people-loses-primary/

I will be very happy if people Jimothy things with as much enthusiasm as they port DOOM to everything under the damn sun

https://boingboing.net/2026/08/03/infamous-raccoon-jimothy-can-now-accompany-you-in-skyrim.html

As I was saying

https://www.techspot.com/news/113328-doom-now-runs-microsoft-paint-thanks-wildly-inventive.html

#UK #security #privacy #LocalGov

'An urban explorer says he discovered his own confidential records among “room after room” of unsecured personal information in a disused council building.'

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/26289821.hundreds-sensitive-files-found-closed-wscc-building/

#politics #science #research #Greenland

'The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, the Arctic island's leading environmental and natural-resource research centre, is halting new collaboration with US partners to protect its data and scientists.'

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/15/greenland-research-centre-halts-new-collaborations-with-us-to-protect-its-scientists