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The 4,265-kilometre trail stretches from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington state. The vast majority of the trail is in the U.S., but a small 13-kilometre extension stretches into Canada within E.C. Manning Park, southeast of Hope in southern B.C.

Previously, hikers were able to apply in advance for a permit that would allow them to hike across the border on the trail, but the CBSA said Monday that the rules have changed.

"Hikers from the U.S. without a permit who wish to complete the Canadian portion of the trail will from now on be required to first enter Canada via a designated port of entry," the CBSA said in a release, noting that the change brings it into alignment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which does not allow travellers to enter the U.S. from Canada on the trail.

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Americans sour on some of Trump's early moves, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds | Reuters

The article has a broken link to this World Weather Attribution study which uses methods which were peer-reviewed in advance of the publication.

Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.

We've been hearing all week from readers who say they can no longer post about Linux on Facebook or share links to DistroWatch. Some people have reported their accounts have been locked or limited for posting about Linux.

The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.

Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do about this, apart from advising people to get their Linux-related information from sources other than Facebook. I've tried to appeal the ban and was told the next day that Linux-related material is staying on the cybersecurity filter. My Facebook account was also locked for my efforts.

We went through a similar experience when Twitter changed its name to X - suddenly accounts which had been re-posting news from our RSS feeds were no longer able to share links. This sort of censorship is an unpleasant side-effect of centralized communication platforms such as X, Facebook, Google+, and so on.

In an effort to continue to make it possible for people to talk about Linux (and DistroWatch), as well as share their views and links, we are providing two options. We have RSS news feeds which get updates whenever we post new announcements, stories, and our weekly newsletters. We also now have a Mastodon account where I will start to post updates - at least for new distributions and notice of our weekly newsletter. Over time we may also add news stories and updates about releases. Links for the feeds and the Mastodon account can be found on our contact page.

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Summary

At least seven people have died, with some reports citing 15 fatalities, and dozens were injured in a stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.

The crush occurred after a barrier broke amid a massive influx of devotees for the festival’s most auspicious bathing day, Mauni Amavasya.

The Kumbh Mela, held every 12 years, is expected to draw over 400 million attendees.

Authorities have temporarily suspended river bathing, and Indian leaders have urged calm while managing the situation.

Android 16 is adding support for pinned notifications that show live info from apps.

TL;DR

• Android 16 introduces Live Updates, a new class of notifications for ongoing activities.
• Live Updates are prominently displayed on the lock screen as well as on the status bar.
• These notifications are intended for rideshare pickups, food delivery alerts, navigation, and other use cases.

If this doesn’t sound like anything new to you, I don’t blame you. After all, rideshare apps like Uber have already been showing notifications like this for years now. Uber had to do a lot of custom stuff to make its notifications look like that on Android, though. Google has basically created a standardized version of what Uber’s been doing. With the new progress-centric notifications in Android 16, any app can create notifications like Uber.

• Chinese AI lab DeepSeek launched the DeepSeek-R1 model, rivaling OpenAI in math reasoning and code generation.

• The model is (in part?*)open-sourced for global research use.

• Requires way less computing power than competitors like Meta.

• Competes with OpenAI in critical areas such as mathematical reasoning, code generation, and cost efficiency

• Overcame U.S. chip export restrictions through optimized architecture.

• Big Tech are sore loosers

*DeepSeek employs a dual licensing structure for its models. The codebase for DeepSeek-Coder-V2 is released under the MIT License, which allows unrestricted use, modification, and distribution. However, the pre-trained models are governed by the DeepSeek License Agreement, permitting research and commercial use with specific restrictions to prevent harmful applications. While DeepSeek's models are open in many aspects, some argue they do not fully meet all criteria for being considered "open source" due to these licensing nuances

It still remains to be seen if the Trump administration will find a way to bribe or coerce either or both nations to comply with Trump’s ethnic cleansing agenda, but the fact that they aren’t already on board means the empire still needs to jump through some significant hoops before this could happen.

Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay - Astronomy Picture of The Day

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