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This is an amazing story historically, and scientifically. If it were printed out, I would call it a page-turner!

Against the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.

A Trail Gone Cold

A Trail Gone Cold

Marisa Brook (Damn Interesting)
in reply to Muse

Girl Of The Sea
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Girl Of The Sea
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@Muse Absolutely wonderful. Unless you know something about your own genealogy and DNA, you're like a left blowing in the wind, not knowing what tree you come from.
@Muse
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Muse
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Muse
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Sadly, not all families are worth remembering by their recent members. Trauma from abuse often requires person putting ancestry out of their mind in order to maintain emotional well-being. Yes acknowledge the past, but then move foreward.

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If you feed AI an MRI, it will happily write a detailed and very convincing diagnosis...

even if the patient is a dead salmon.

detailed radiological diagnosis
it's a salmon

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COSMIC Desktop Alpha Is Only Weeks Away!! #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/FoDBjLEsivQ

COSMIC Desktop Alpha Is Only Weeks Away!!

The COSMIC desktop alpha was supposed to come out at the end of March but it's been delayed just a little bit until May to round out developing the first par...
YouTube
#linux #YouTube
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Bloodaxe
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Bloodaxe
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I'm really looking forward to see what COSMIC brings to the DE-landscape 😃 I hope it's a silky smooth user experience once it leaves beta in the far future 😎
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Roo79 🇦🇺
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Roo79 🇦🇺
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Although I'm not a tiling window user PoP_OS certainly has that feature down better than any other DE. It boggles my mind that KDE or Gnome have never thought to try and implement similar functionality. It seems Cosmic's tiling mode has already had features added to what PoP_OS has had for 3 years already.
youtube.com/watch?v=WP6tt0Q9XW…

Pop!_OS Cosmic Desktop just got Better with Tiling Window Swap

Many wonder when the RUST Cosmic Desktop on Pop!_OS will be released. Let's preview the latest Desktop Environment coming to Pop OS soon and discuss when to...
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Oooh, is this new? (Rhetorical question - even if it is not new, it seems new to me!)
I really like how mastodon (in the version currently running on mastodon.social) explains how blocks work!

P.S. Obviously not blocking this particular account, used it as an example 😅

#mastodon #fediverse

Screenshot of the blocking interface in mastodon with the following text: Block user? @apod@botsin.space They can see that they're blocked. They can't see your posts and you won't see theirs. You won't see posts that mention them. They can't mention or follow you. We will ask the server botsin.space to respect your decision. However, compliance is not guaranteed since some servers may handle blocks differently. Public posts may still be visible to non-logged-in users.
#mastodon #Fediverse
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#SilentSunday

#photography #landscape #mountains #Scotland #Skye

The Old Man of Storr, a 55-meter-high basalt pinnacle, on a sunny day with a few clouds, looking out to sea over an island and then beyond to shores and mountains. A small group of hikers can be seen at the bottom of the photo, giving a better idea of the scale.
#Photography #landscape #mountains #scotland #SilentSunday #skye

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Hello . . . Linda!
#catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse #cats
Linda at play.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #catsoffediverse

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I’m traveling to spend time with family this week, so my pal and ice cream impresario Aaron Cohen is back to guest edit the site. Welcome back, Aaron! kottke.org/24/03/welcome-aaron…

Welcome Aaron Cohen Back to the Site

Hey, Jason here. I’m off this week (Mar 25-29) to spend some time with family (and Edith is working on Drawing Media), so
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James J Malcolm
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James J Malcolm
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guess who’s back?
Back again? Guess who’s back? Tell a friend!

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We don't ask this question nearly enough. Part of a plea (at Princeton last week) for designing online governance for an internet full of #GovernableSpaces.

Thanks for the photo by Liz Barry.

#governablespaces

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Is this root beer?
Six pack of a Korean beer called "Sudo Capital Lager"

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Beautiful #hyacinth and #armeniacum in the garden - love these small Early bloomers. The hyacinth also smells lovely. #bloomscrolling
White hyacinth flowers on a bed of wood chips
Dark blue armeniacum on a bed covered in wood chips
#bloomscrolling #hyacinth #armeniacum

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Adorable little animation!

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Let Me Smile - Bent Muffbanger original song

Original Song by Bent MuffbangerAll lyrics and music written and performed by Bent Muffbanger©2019 Carl Sheperdhttp://bentmuffbanger.comFollow Benthttps://ww...
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Karl Auerbach
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Karl Auerbach
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Oh boy, the titles could be: "Houston We Have A Problem", "Three Guys, Two Girls, A Small Car, and Gilley's", "Great Tracts Of Land", "Baltimore Bound", "Hot Days, Hotter Nights In Silver Spring", "Have You Been Formally Introduced?", "On The Metro", "Tarzana", " What Really Happened Near the Beach In Santa Monica?", "Yosemite Meadow Sex", "How To Get The Attention Of A Truck Driver", "Cross Country U-Haul", "In The Suburbs", "There Is A Flat In San Francisco", "And Don't Drink And Bathe", and finally "What Was In That Joint?"

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Is Nishida supposed to be 3 foot tall now or have the devs forgotten how perspective works lol
in reply to Brodie Robertson

HikariKnight
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HikariKnight
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think that is a bug, i dont remember him being that short when i played through the series recently 😂

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Good News, Everyone!
Canonical has implemented one of my suggestions after the recent crypto scam issue in the Snap Store. This is excellent progress and should be applauded. 👏

forum.snapcraft.io/t/manual-re…

#ubuntu #linux #snapcraft

A snapshot from my blog post a month back. The second bullet point is highlighted What I think Canonical should do urgently These suggestions are to reduce the opportunity for a bad actor to publish a similar scam application. * Mandate & verify that all published applications using financial and/or cryptocurrency branding are officially published directly by the upstream developers * Change the store so all initial Snapcraft store name registrations are gated behind human review Gate the first month of a new snap uploads behind human review * Block all interface connection requests behind a human review, including automatically connected ones like network and home * Fully staff the team doing the above to respond to registration, interface connection and upload requests in a timely fashion * Send out a clean snap update (as we did in 2018) to all clients that have the scam snaps still installed

Manual review of all new snap name registrations

Over the recent weeks, the Snap Store has been under attack by various publishers attempting to upload malicious crypto-wallet snaps.
snapcraft.io
#linux #ubuntu #snapcraft
in reply to popey

⚝ Mirk0 ⚝ on Friendica (closing 17/07/2025)
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⚝ Mirk0 ⚝ on Friendica (closing 17/07/2025)
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@popey I don't get my head around why people are falling for these scams in the first place. Same for the current global theme issue with KDE. People don't read the instructions anymore and blame the OS, not the scam developer or themselves for being stupid and careless.
@popey
in reply to ⚝ Mirk0 ⚝ on Friendica (closing 17/07/2025)

Brodie Robertson
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Brodie Robertson
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People never read instructions to begin with, why do you think self serve checkouts need people there guiding users how to use them. It's easy to assume that everyone else has the same knowledge base that you do but that's often not the case if you're an experienced user
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"Über Bakterien, die kleinsten lebenden Wesen" by Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1872).

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Über Bakterien, die kleinsten lebenden Wesen : Ferdinand Julius Cohn : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Über Bakterien,Die kleinsten lebenden Wesen.Von Dr. Ferdinand Cohn,Professor an der Universität zu Breslau.Mit Holzschnitten.Berlin, 1872.C. G....
Internet Archive

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An FTC report says large grocery chains “used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices” and “pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors” during pandemic supply chain disruptions, while posting strong profits. nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/poli…
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Jason_Dodd
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Jason_Dodd
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Irks me that now that inflation in the US has gone back down so many 'experts' seem to discount the fact that prices did not lower.
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Robert
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Robert
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Anyone who wonders why people think the economy is bad when the stock market is great should think about this. (Also they should think about how little the stock market benefits working voters.)
washingtonpost.com/business/20…

In Wisconsin, a vote for Biden or Trump could come down to grocery prices

In Wisconsin, the local Piggly Wiggly has become ground zero for economic discontent. Voters say high grocery prices could determine their pick for president.
Abha Bhattarai (The Washington Post)

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alright it took the better part of my weekend but I finally back-ported Mastodon to iOS 4
an iPhone 4 showing a period-correct Mastodon app interface
The full-res mockup. The nav bar has texture, avatars are sunken into the post card, everything is correct

reshared this

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**Metagenomic analysis of individual mosquito viromes reveals the geographical patterns and drivers of viral diversity**
nature.com/articles/s41559-024…

Metagenomic analysis of individual mosquito viromes reveals the geographical patterns and drivers of viral diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A meta-transcriptomic analysis of the viromes of 2,438 mosquitoes of 81 species from across China identifies geographic hotspots of mosquito virus diversity, links between mosquito virome composition and host phylogeny, and a suggestion of long-dista…
Nature

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Contemplation ~ Algarve, Portugal 🇵🇹

• Smena-8 (LOMO, USSR, 1963)
• Watameter Super Rangefinder (Edmund Wateler, Braunschweig, West Germany, 1954)
• Kodak VISION3 250D (ECN2)

#35mm #analog #analogphotography #art #artmatters #beautiful #beautifulwoman #beauty #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackwhite #blackwhitephotography #bnw #bw #bwphotocollective #cave #caves #cliff #cliffs #clouds #dreamy #evening #fediart #filmcommunity #filmisalive #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #fotografia #fotografiaanalogowa #frame #framing #girl #grain #grainisgood #ishootfilm #iso250 #kodak #kodakvision #lady #light #mastoart #model #monochrome #monotone #night #nofilter #oldcamera #outdoors #portrait #portugal #rollfilm #scenery #sea #shootfilmbenice #shotonfilm #woman #wonderfulwoman

A woman sitting in a cave, she looks thoughtful, in the background are cliffs and the sea.
A woman sitting in a cave, she looks thoughtful, in the background are cliffs and the sea.
#art #mastoart #blackandwhite #clouds #blackandwhitephotography #portrait #light #evening #fediart #night #Portugal #outdoors #MODEL #nofilter #caves #analog #35mm #filmisnotdead #Beautiful #blackwhite #woman #girl #artmatters #fotografia #filmphotography #framing #beauty #monochrome #analogphotography #believeinfilm #ishootfilm #bw #kodak #shootfilmbenice #sea #grainisgood #shotonfilm #bnw #rollfilm #Scenery #filmisalive #Grain #filmcommunity #oldcamera #fotografiaanalogowa #cliffs #dreamy #Cliff #lady #cave #frame #beautifulwoman #blackwhitephotography #monotone #bwPhotoCollective #kodakvision #ISO250 #wonderfulwoman
in reply to Arkadiusz

Eugen Rochko
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Eugen Rochko
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If this is Kodak Vision3, then did you turn it black and white in post? Or did you develop using black and white chemicals?

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Lumineuse
📷#minolta X-500 - 85mm f1.7 MD Rokkor
🎞 #adox CMS 100 II
🧪 #FX-39 II 1+19, Scanned #plustek Opticfilm 8200i
#photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Bnw #BlancoYNegro #NoirEtBlanc #rural #ruraldecay
Black and white picture of a mown path surrounded by trees and brush. The path leads up to a field closed by a wire fence. The sun on this frosty winter morning is peaking through the trees in the right of the frame and lighting up the opening to the field making it a window of light in the shade.
#Photography #blackandwhitephotography #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #monochrome #analogphotography #believeinfilm #shootfilmbenice #noiretblanc #bnw #rural #blancoynegro #minolta #fx #adox #plustek #ruraldecay

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Odin pupdate


he is currently 11 weeks old

#dogsofmastodon #dogs

Odin (a black newfoundlander puppy) sitting in a dignified fashion
Odin getting cozy in the undergrowth
Odin lounging on the grass
Odin striking a dramatic pose by the pond
#dogs #dogsofmastodon

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Hyprcursor Is Simply A Better Way To Do Cursors #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/rTx0VCnE_z8

Hyprcursor Is Simply A Better Way To Do Cursors

For a very long time now the way we handle cursors on Linux through a system called Xcursor and that's also on Wayland but who says we can't do it better and...
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#linux #YouTube
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boredsquirrel
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boredsquirrel
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How did you get the middle-click-drag-to-move work? Is that an addon?

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Moscow concert hall attack

The questions I am asking:
Why and how did Islamic State attack a concert hall in Moscow?
Why now?
What is the full reason for Putin claiming the Ukrainians had a hand in this? Did he have a hand in the Islamist's attack within his own country? Is this to manipulate his people into more actively supporting his war?
Is there another reason? Did Putin have a hand in arming Hamas and suggesting a civilian target? Are perhaps Islamists unhappy that things did not go as promised?

None of what I am suggesting may be true. But, I do think it is worthwhile checking things out.

in reply to Muse

Joyce Donahue
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Joyce Donahue
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Knowing how our US electronic surveillence intel of terrorist groups works (my son is Air Force intelligence) and that that they were monitoring messages and other indicators that led to the warning a month ago that something with this ISIS group was afoot, it's possible we may learn more from those sources.
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Girl Of The Sea
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Girl Of The Sea
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It was an ISIS attack on CHRISTIANS. The US warned Russia of the impending attack, even up to four days before the attack. Putin didn’t warn anyone. He rejected the warnings, then spun the information to inflame more hatred for the West and Ukraine. He will get away with his huge blunder that has to date killed 133 people.
New York Times. Moscow Shooting
nytimes.com/live/2024/03/23/wo…

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Bella wishes you all a happy #caturday :blobmiou:

#catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse

Photo of a tabby cat with orange patches and green eyes looking at the camera
Photo of a tabby cat with orange patches relaxing and sticking a paw out
Photo of a tabby cat with orange patches and green eyes receiving scritches on her cheek
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #catsoffediverse

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fediblock post

#fediblock @eris @layer02.net

it's disqordia eris again, i'm tired of this shit

i'd say to block the entire instance because they're hosting eris

#FediBlock @layer02.net
in reply to Vega Cassidy Claire Harmonia

keschi Θ
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keschi Θ
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re: fediblock post
yeah layer02 is hosted by disarray. you know, nulled.red and shit
in reply to keschi Θ

ch0ccyra1n is leaving fedi soon
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ch0ccyra1n is leaving fedi soon
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re: fediblock post
what's wrong with nulled? I can't say I'm super familiar with them as I don't do cloud hosting for my instance at all.

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Latest comic: What did we learn from Covid?

#covid #COVID19 #coronavirus #cartoon #health #healthcare #pandemic #comic

1. What did we learn from Covid? 2. Man: It's the anniversary of a great tragedy. Woman: I know, over a million Americans have died. Man: I mean having to wear masks in public. 3. Man: Remember how they were just overflowing into the streets? Woman: The morgues? Man: The lines for toilet paper. 4. Man: Thank goodness for our heroes. Woman: The healthcare workers who risked their lives? Man: The people who defied ordinances and packed indoor spaces! 5. Man: And years later, people are still suffering. Woman: From long Covid? Man: The landlords whose office buildings are empty because people work from home! 6. Man: Well, I say NEVER AGAIN! Woman: Be unprepared for a global pandemic? Man: Do anything as a society to contain a disease!
#Comic #cartoon #COVID19 #covid #Health #pandemic #healthcare #Coronavirus
in reply to Jen Sorensen

Ku
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Ku
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@tylerstone Trump’s strategies for reclaiming the Oval Office: Encourage Americans to deny, ignore, or forget just how dangerous and dysfunctional life was here four years ago, and to repress our memories of his government’s chaotic, and policy response to that year’s crises. time.com/6959714/covid-19-pand…

You Really Are Better Now Than You Were Four Years Ago

The narrative about 2020 is all wrong and will shape the 2024 election.
Eric Klinenberg (Time)
@tylerstone

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#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
A black cat and a white cat with orange patches and a pink nose are both sitting on the back of a chair.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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Proton 9.0 (Beta16) brings more regression fixes, updated Steamworks SDK gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/prot…

#SteamDeck #Linux #Proton

DayZ screenshot

Proton 9.0 (Beta16) brings more regression fixes, updated Steamworks SDK

Valve have released another Beta version of Proton 9.0, what will become the next main stable version of Proton on the path to getting as many games running as possible on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #proton #SteamDeck

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/wind…

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Wine

Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released

Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #foss #wine

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Google Meet option to punish interrupters by sending them to "meeting jail"

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📢 Nuestro #SábadodeComunes de marzo:
sobre plataformas, contracultura, el poder digital, la extinción de internet, el hackfeminismo y más...
📡
Salud!
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sursiendo.org/2024/03/hay-un-s…

Hay un sábado de común denominadores | Sursiendo

Como cada último sábado de mes (en este caso nos adelantamos) les traemos nuestra recopilación de enlaces que consideramos importantes a revisar en relación a…
sursiendo (Sursiendo)
#SábadoDeComunes

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The baby void does a stretch

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A new regulation aims to rid the palm oil supply chain of imports that come from former forestland. Southeast Asian countries say it threatens livelihoods. japantimes.co.jp/environment/2… #environment #sustainability #southeastasia #malaysia #indonesia #palmoil #deforestation #eu #europe #environment

Can Europe save forests without killing jobs in Malaysia?

Patricia Cohen (The Japan Times)
#environment #Europe #EU #sustainability #indonesia #Malaysia #palmoil #deforestation #southeastasia

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Pioneering #opensource tool #PalmWatch reveals dark and #corrupt corners of the #palmoil industry. Including so-called "sustainable" palm oil used by global #supermarket brands. Uncover the #greenwash and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives wp.me/pcFhgU-7lp

PalmWatch: An Open-Source Tool That Empowers You To Hold Palm Oil Greenwashers To Account

A groundbreaking open-source tool by the University of Chicago called PalmWatch, shines a light on the darkest parts of the palm oil industry. PalmWatch is a free web-based tool that reveals links …
Palm Oil Detectives
#opensource #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #greenwash #palmwatch #corrupt #supermarket @Palm Oil Detectives

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39th most popular huh.

Go me, yay.

Plz like and subscribe

Sad hamster with big eyes, i just find it funny 🤷‍♂️
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Raccoon🏳️‍🌈
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Raccoon🏳️‍🌈
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Nevermind then. I didn't sign up when it came out because the app had so much spyware stuff in it, so I can only go off of what people say.
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Yo @gamingonlinux did you know you're the 39th most popular fediverse account? fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-a…

FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics

FediDB is a cutting-edge service providing detailed statistics and insights into the Fediverse network.
fedidb.org
@Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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face splat sleeping
I've had a couple cats sleep like this. Weirdness!

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Tell me again how there was nothing wrong with Plasma's edit mode, I feel vindicated
in reply to Brodie Robertson

Feng Lengshun
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Feng Lengshun
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this is why we need more "X YouTuber tries Y Linux thing".

Just like when LTT did the Linux Challenge, things progress fast whenever that happens.

in reply to Feng Lengshun

Brodie Robertson
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Brodie Robertson
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@fenglengshun Developers don't want to admit it but if you get enough attention on a problem it usually ends up getting fixed
@Feng Lengshun
in reply to Brodie Robertson

Ranny Bergamotte
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Ranny Bergamotte
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I just discovered the panel colorizer widget, thought might suggest you to try it out if you want even more theming options on a panel.

I agree though, the way settings for both the panel settings and widgets settings is clunky, I dislike how there is a state where you can be editing widgets and not the panel, like just show me all the options when I enter edit mode on the panel.

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tux cat
I LOVE the buttons on his tuxedo!

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I have dreamt for a long time about having a house like one of these:

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mymodernmet.com/grandma-paints…

Grandma Paints Houses in the Czech Village of Louka

Agnes Kasparkova, a 90-year-old agricultural worker, passes her spare time painting floral motifs on houses in the Czech village of Louka.
Jessica Stewart (My Modern Met)
in reply to Muse

Karl Auerbach
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Karl Auerbach
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Those are nice! Have you seen photos of Wyntoon? It's the peer to Hearst Castle but done more in a fairy tail mode by Julia Morgan.

Do a photo search for "Wyntoon".

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"The Crepuscular Rays of IC 5063"

Judy Schmidt, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/2mjGRVZ

"The Crepuscular Rays of IC 5063" Judy Schmidt, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2mjGRVZ

The Crepuscular Rays of IC 5063

Revisiting our old friend IC 5063, this time with a bit of color, clearly revealing the emission line features emerging nearly perpendicular from the crepuscular rays. These features, in cyan, are most easily viewed zoomed in on the nucleus.
Flickr

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