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1. Canadian scolding of Saudi Arabia's human rights violations means nothing if they continue to sell them weapons
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... imprisoned since 2012. His wife, Ensaf Haidar, lives in Canada and recently became a Canadian citizen. As a result of Canada commenting on the Saudi treatment of these individuals, the Saudi Arabia kind ...

2. This guy really knows how to kill yellowjackets
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... a very high threshold for pain. In the second part of the video, Woods tests three wasp traps. Two are store bought, and the third one is homemade. He uses chicken for bait in two of the traps, commenting ...

3. What's new in tabletop gaming (June edition)
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... the Oredian wizard from the realm of Greyhawk (and his apprentice, Bigby) presenting and commenting on the contents of the book. The Tome of Foes is divided into two main sections. The first is a fascinating ...

4. Scott Pruitt had his security detail drive him to hotels in search of his favorite lotion
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... tell you how many times I was sent out to get protein bars" at Pruitt's request. An EPA spokesperson told the Daily Beast, "EPA will not be commenting on anonymous sources who are working to distract Americans ...

5. Dropbox aggiorna le app iOS e Android
(Italiano/webnews)

Le nuove app mobile di Dropbox permettono di controllare le attività effettuate sui file dai colleghi di lavoro e aggiungere facilmente i commenti. The post Dropbox aggiorna le app iOS e Android appeared ...

6. Canonical finally comments on Ubuntu Linux Snap Store security failure
(English/Betanews)

... other submissions. The apps will eventually be re-listed without the mining code. Today, the company breaks its silence, finally commenting officially on this fiasco. The big question is whether or not ...

7. A Comment on the Military Industrial Complex
(English/WTF)

... is going. Simon left off his closing } on the comment, which handily provided a closing curly brace, essentially commenting out the entire body of the if statement. In their testing, they’d somehow ...

8. Facebook testa il pulsante downvote
(Italiano/webnews)

Facebook ha iniziato a testare il pulsante downvote che permette agli iscritti di segnalare i commenti inappropriati. Read all  ...

9. Google Drive enables commenting on Microsoft Office files
(English/engadget)

It's not that hard to convert Microsoft Office files into G Suite docs, sheets or slides, so you and your teammates or clients can collaborate via Google Drive. But thing is, it's just so much ...

10. Trump calls Americans who don't clap for him 'treasonous,' 'Un-American' while stock market drops
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

'President' Donald Trump used the word 'treason' when commenting today on the behavior of Democratic lawmakers people at his shitty State of the Union address last week. They failed to clap, smile, or ...

11. Instagram, commenti diretti dal feed
(Italiano/webnews)

Instagram offre un nuovo modo più rapido per commentare i post; gli utenti potranno commentare le foto direttamente dal loro feed. Read all

12. Instagram adds commenting directly from the photo feed
(English/engadget)

We wouldn't say that commenting on an Instagram post is a hassle, but it is slower than it could be. Wouldn't it be nice if you could simply share your thoughts while you're still in your ...

13. Facebook testa i commenti privati
(Italiano/webnews)

Facebook ha iniziato a testare la possibilità di scegliere chi potrà visualizzare un commento per migliorare la privacy degli iscritti. Read all

14. WHOIS: How Could I Have Been So Blind?
(English/CircleID)

A colleague was recently commenting on an article by Michele Neylon "European Data Protection Authorities Send Clear Message to ICANN” citing the EU Data Commissioners of the Article 29 Working Party, ...

15. Disqus has been acquired by marketing firm Zeta Global
(English/Betanews)

Interacting with BetaNews -- and countless other websites -- means making use of the Disqus commenting system. Today the firm has been acquired by "marketing technology company" Zeta Global. Disqus says ...

16. YouTube stars gone wild
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... amount of time to watching her videos, commenting on her posts, and setting up stan accounts in her likeness. When they saw someone had hurt her on Saturday night, that fanbase didn’t ask questions. But ...

17. Foxit Reader 9 unveils single-key accelerators, plus improves search, commenting and accessibility tools
(English/Betanews)

... accelerators among other changes, but also adds a new single-column Reflow view and features notable updates to the program’s commenting features and search tools. The headline new feature in version 9 ...

18. The FCC Robocall Proceeding: International Insularity
(English/CircleID)

... commenting parties even responded to the question of international calls — and only to simplistically restate the question. In the Commission's treatment of standards in the initial Notice, it ...

19. How much do you comment your source code?
(English/Linuxtoday)

opensource.com: No matter what you think the "perfect amount" of code commenting is, let's agree that high-quality comments are important in open source. Read all  ...

20. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter needs to be a "lot more transparent in our actions" around suspending users, after it broke its silence on Rose McGowan (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
(English/Techmeme)

... —  Twitter has abruptly broken its own policy of not commenting on individual accounts to explain why it temporarily suspended … Read all  ...

21. Disqus hacked!
(English/Betanews)

So, Disqus has been hacked. Yeah, it is what we at BetaNews -- plus many other websites -- use for commenting. Should you be worried? Probably not. You see, this hack happened all the way back in July ...

22. Federal court rules politicians can't block users on social media
(English/Neowin)

A federal court ruling in Virginia has found that a politician contravened a constituent's freedom of speech rights when she blocked him from commenting or sending her messages on her Facebook page. ...

23. Mid-Year .brands Review: 2017 Off to a Brilliant Start
(English/CircleID)

... railway's plans to move to its .brand TLD. I was published in B&T commenting on the Australian Football League's use of .afl for its historic women's league competition. Moving forward In just ...

24. What Does Trump's Cuba Policy Memorandum Say About the Internet?
(English/CircleID)

... the State Department to see if they could tell me more about the task force, but they offered no details at this time. I'll follow up on this. I cannot end this post without commenting on the writing ...

25. Uptime, YouTube's experimental app for watching videos with friends, has quietly opened to all and gotten a design refresh since its launch in March (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
(English/Techmeme)

... experimental app Uptime, which lets you watch videos with friends while reacting and commenting, has now opened up to all users. Read all  ...