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My one grandmother had stacks of this stuff! Including the flour sacks with patterns for making children's toys!
Fashion History: Feed Sack Fashion
Because we're talking about history here, all sewing history moment blog posts will be written based on research from scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed articles, books, journals, etc. I will always list the sources I used in a bibliography at the bottom of the post, in case you want to do some further reading!
Without further ado, our first sewing history moment will be focusing on an innovative and resourceful way in which 20th-century North American women outfitted their families- sewing garments out of flour and feed sacks...
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Finally! The Hydroxychloroquine study by Gautret et al. has been retracted. I wrote a critical post about it in March 2020, days after it came out. scienceintegritydigest.com/2020/03/24/t...
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Thoughts on the Gautret et al. paper about Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin treatment of COVID-19 infections
There has been a lot of excitement – and even a presidential tweet about a recent paper from the lab of Didier Raoult, an infectious disease specialist in Marseille, France. But although this…Science Integrity Digest
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And for the people who keep asking privately: no I'm not leaving Mastodon, you can relax, just not personally checking the replies any more (if I can help it) and mostly have the tab closed now.
Replies are too noisy and toxic with my follower count here with all the reply-bros being annoying.
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Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nexu…
#Linux #SteamDeck #Modding #LinuxGaming
Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck
This is a big one! The new and still in development cross-platform Nexus Mods app that has Linux support just released version 0.7.1 and you no longer have to remove everything to update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mastodon #research 🚀
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📢 Lanzamiento del informe "Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio", donde miembros de la Coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia discutirán cómo proteger los datos personales de las personas migrantes y activistas que acompañan la lucha.
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Join Michael Meeks from @CollaboraOffice as he introduces the latest updates for Nextcloud Office!
Approaching my 10 year mark as a (paid) Software Engineer, I just had my first experience getting laid off. At least it wasn’t performance-related, and they are offering a letter of recommendation.
So, now I’m on the market! Resumé and contact info at johnryan.dev
You may DM me with questions but serious inquiries only, please.
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedo…
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is out now bringing the most polished version of Linux for Apple Silicon Macs, along with support for AAA gaming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-…
#SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #PCGaming
The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap
Here's your chance to get four absolutely brilliant games that are all Steam Deck Verified, have Native Linux support and at a discount too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Crescent County is an open-world "witch-tech" delivery life-sim where you travel around on a motorised broom gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/cres…
#CrescentCounty #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck
Crescent County is an open-world "witch-tech" delivery life-sim where you travel around on a motorised broom
Witch-tech? That's a new one. Crescent County has a really fun idea and some lovely visuals too. It's a delivery life-sim where you move to a witch-tech island and explore its painterly open world on the back of your scrappy, souped-up motorbroom.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Tempest Rising looks awesome and this RTS is launching in April 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/temp…
#TempestRising #RTS #Gaming #LinuxGaming #PCGaming
Tempest Rising looks awesome and this RTS is launching in April 2025
I quite enjoyed the first initial demo of Tempest Rising, a classic RTS like Westwood used to make (Red Alert, Command & Conquer) only a lot shinier and now it has a release date along with a new trailer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Mastodon propone un nuevo estándar de atribución
angelesbroullon.gitlab.io/entr…
Mastodon propone un nuevo estándar de atribución - ENTRE DRAGONES Y PINGÜINOS
fediverse:creator se postula para enlazar a los autores junto a la fuente al compartir contenido en el Fediverso...ENTRE DRAGONES Y PINGÜINOS
A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/a-ga…
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A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets
A Game About Digging A Hole sounds like it might actually be somewhat amusing. As the name suggests, it's all about digging down deep where you might find some secrets.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Drill-ship survival game Volcanoids adds big mech spiders and tanks that drill up through the ground to say hi gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/dril…
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Drill-ship survival game Volcanoids adds big mech spiders and tanks that drill up through the ground to say hi
I still think Volcanoids has one of the absolutely coolest ideas for a survival game, with your base being a big moving drill that burrows through the earth and it just keeps on getting better.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
On the face of it, this opportunity looks great - paid artist-in-residencies at the Max Planck institute!
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€8k seems like a good fee, until you notice that it's for four months. That's a bit less than minimum wage (€2080) in Germany. I don't know if that's taxable, but even if it isn't it still doesn't seem great when it seems they're looking for an artist with an established practice, to collaborate with people probably earning much more.
That said it looks fantastic compared with Goldsmiths in London - they have a similar four-month residence with no artist fee at all, apart from £250 per month to cover costs. arebyte.com/digital-art-reside…
It seems researchers are provided with space in order to do their work, but artists should accept the offer of 'free space' as payment for doing the work that they do in it. I just don't understand this...
In most people's reality though, art is hard work and is generally a search for meaning rather than happiness.
Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward adds creature territories, deities, item stacking and lots more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wild…
#Wayward #IndieGame #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck
Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward adds creature territories, deities, item stacking and lots more
Wayward is an Early Access wilderness survival roguelike that's highly rated by players, and it just had a massive update launch with "Runekeeper".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Are there any PhDs in law/social sciences/public policy out there in the fediverse who would like to help hammer global, regional, and local AI Policy into shape? The AI Policy Lab at Umeå University is looking for a staff scientist/policy analyst for a full-time, permanent position. #getfedihired #academicchatter
Last day to apply is January 15th!
umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobI…
Staff scientist with a focus on AI policy and governance
The AI Policy Lab at Umeå University is committed to advancing research and developing actionable policy insights to support the ethical and responsible governance of AI. We collaborate with key stakumu.varbi.com
Stoneshard major upgrade brings an upgradable fast-travel caravan system, cooking, new locations and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/ston…
#Stoneshard #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck
Stoneshard major upgrade brings an upgradable fast-travel caravan system, cooking, new locations and more
Stoneshard is a very challenging open-world RPG currently in Early Access and the latest major release is a really big one.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Introduction Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.
One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!
We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy
📷 ESO/G. Vecchia
#astrodon #astrophysics #space #science
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If you are still using Klarna, get rid of it (you should not have used it anyway).
businessinsider.com/klarna-ceo…
Klarna stopped hiring because AI 'can already do all the jobs,' CEO says
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said the company stopped hiring a year ago, shrinking the workforce as it embraces AI.Lauren Edmonds (Business Insider)
A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (400) 😎🐧▶️
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Check out #DestinationLinux 400: Celebrating 400 Episodes of DL with a Jill’s Treasure Hunt, Gaming, Cybersecurity, and more
#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech
400: Celebrating 400 Episodes of DL with a Jill's Treasure Hunt, Gaming, Cybersecurity, and more - Destination Linux - TuxDigital
This week we are LIVE! Celebrating our 400th episode. We have a lot of content planned for you but first, we just want to thank all of you for supporting us ...TuxDigital
I somehow missed this. Hang on! The punchline comes at the end!
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vale Tardar Sauce, you beautiful girl ❤
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Correction issued for black plastic study that had people tossing spatulas.
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FBI informant who lied about Biden 'bribes' pleads guilty
A former informant has pleaded guilty to lying to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about a fake bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.Alexander Smirnov, 44, also admitted tax evasion after not reporting more than $2m (£1.58m) in income.
His claims became the basis of an impeachment investigation in Congress which centred around the false claims that the Bidens made millions in bribes from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.
But Smirnov admitted he made the story up, and pleaded guilty in Los Angeles on Monday as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Guess What? Another Criminal Buddy of Trump That Presented False Testimony
#News #TrumpCriminalOrganization #BBC #FBI #TrumpRoguesGallery #TrumpCrimeFamily
FBI informant who lied about Biden 'bribes' pleads guilty
Alexander Smirnov will likely spend four to six years in prison for making up a story which sparked impeachment hearings.Mike Wendling (BBC News)
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Hypha Co-op + DWeb Local-First Software Weekend
DWeb Local First Weekend
Welcome the first DWeb Local First weekend, a weekend of shared learning and coding! Local first software What if we could build collaborative applications where the users own their data and can decide what is done with it? Apps that work offline and…lu.ma
Ed Zitron, swinging for the fence:
wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-…
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest” minds might pr…Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
Milpamérica, una red social para resistir al algoritmo de Elon Musk
Más de 75 defensores del territorio de diversos pueblos indígenas crean un espacio virtual libre de “racismo y discursos neoliberales” para publicar historias de las tierras mesoamericanas y sus diásporas
Discover Nextcloud Talk - the privacy-respecting, open source answer to Microsoft Teams!
Join our FREE webinar on December 18th for a sneak peek at the exciting new features in the new Nextcloud Talk release:
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Nextcloud Talk: An open-source alternative to Microsoft Teams
Discover Nextcloud Talk's latest features in our webinar: AI tools, desktop app integration, and secure collaboration tools. Compare with MS Teams and explore the new Paris release.Nextcloud
📢 Lanzamiento del informe "Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio", donde miembros de la Coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia discutirán cómo proteger los datos personales de las personas migrantes y activistas que acompañan la lucha.
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This is such a nice read. This is EXACTLY what I always say about operationalization and quantification: it's about what travels.
"Quantification, as used in real-world institutions, works by removing contextually sensitive information. The process of quantification is designed to produce highly portable information, like a letter grade."
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The Limits of Data
Policymakers want to make decisions based on clear data, but important factors are lost when we rely solely on data. A philosopher writes:Jay Lloyd (Issues in Science and Technology)
Horror scavenging game KLETKA is like Lethal Company but an elevator wants to eat you gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/horr…
#KLETKA #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #PCGaming
Horror scavenging game KLETKA is like Lethal Company but an elevator wants to eat you
Ready for a new horror co-op adventure? KLETKA just entered Early Access on Steam with Native Linux support and it's quite an unnerving experience to explore it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
For the first time since 2006, there will be no women leading House committees. 🤔 #politics #uspol
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No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
The committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated.Lauren Peller (ABC News)
Little Rocket Lab is probably the cutest production-line automation sim ever gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/litt…
#LittleRocketLab #IndieGames #PCGaming
Little Rocket Lab is probably the cutest production-line automation sim ever
No More Robots and Teenage Astronauts recently revealed Little Rocket Lab, a cozy take on the production-line automation genre and it looks lovely.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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in reply to Muse • • •Ah darn it! Diaspora shed my link! Just one unaccounted for space and POOF!
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Fashion History: Feed Sack Fashion
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in reply to Muse • • •A fascinating example that bucks the usual trend that once something becomes affordable, it is no longer deemed desirable.
For example, gelatin molds were considered high cuisine when only the moneyed class could afford it. After Jell-O made it affordable to everyone, it transitioned from high cuisine to dated kitch.
But here? Feed sack fashion culturally transitioned the other way - from an embarrassing necessity to try and hide to becoming a sign of resourcefulness.
This shows that it's possible to make a philosophy of "nothing goes to waste" culturally fashionable. And if something is fashionable, manufacturers may cater to that demand.
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in reply to Muse • • •Secondhand shopping has become popular again for pretty much the same reasons. Someone comments on something I'm wearing. I say, "Found it in an opshop". (Australian for secondhand store) They smile and give me a nod for being a skilled treasure hunter.
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