Hendrik Weimer (@hweimer@fediscience.org)
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GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program and GNU stands for GNU’s Not UNIX and UNIX stands for Uniplexed Information and Computing Service so the full proper name for GIMP is actually: GNU’s Not Uniplexed Information and Computing Service Imag…moved to @liaizon@wake.st (Mastodon)
I was thinking of this, and proceeding cautiously through the mist, when I began to fancy that I saw some objects darker than the cloud looming in front of me. A few steps brought me nearer, and a shudder of unutterable horror ran through me when I saw a circle of gigantic forms, many times higher than myself, upstanding grim and grey through the veil of cloud before me.
I suppose I must have fainted, for I found myself some time afterwards sitting upon the ground, sick and deadly cold. There were the figures, quite still and silent, seen vaguely through the thick gloom, but in human shape indisputably.
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#goblinweek
A sudden thought occurred to me, which would have doubtless struck me at once had I not been prepossessed with forebodings at the time that I first saw the figures, and had not the cloud concealed them from me—I mean that they were not living beings, but statues. I determined that I would count fifty slowly, and was sure that the objects were not alive if during that time I could detect no sign of motion.
How thankful was I when I came to the end of my fifty and there had been no movement!
I counted a second time—but again all was still.
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#goblinweek
I then advanced timidly forward, and in another moment I saw that my surmise was correct. I had come upon a sort of Stonehenge of rude and barbaric figures.
There was snow upon their heads and wherever snow could lodge. Each statue had been built of four or five enormous blocks, but how these had been raised and put together is known to those alone who raised them. Each was terrible after a different kind. One was raging furiously, as in pain and great despair; another was lean and cadaverous with famine; another cruel and idiotic, but with the silliest simper that can be conceived—this one had fallen, and looked exquisitely ludicrous in his fall—the mouths of all were more or less open, and as I looked at them from behind, I saw that their heads had been hollowed.
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#goblinweek
I was sick and shivering with cold. Solitude had unmanned me already, and I was utterly unfit to have come upon such an assembly of fiends in such a dreadful wilderness and without preparation.
Then came a gust of howling wind, accompanied with a moan from one of the statues above me. I clasped my hands in fear. I felt like a rat caught in a trap, as though I would have turned and bitten at whatever thing was nearest me. The wildness of the wind increased, the moans grew shriller, coming from several statues, and swelling into a chorus. I almost immediately knew what it was, but the sound was so unearthly that this was but little consolation.
The inhuman beings into whose hearts the Evil One had put it to conceive these statues, had made their heads into a sort of organ-pipe, so that their mouths should catch the wind and sound with its blowing. It was horrible.
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#goblinweek
@rostiger you can add any page of the wiki, and it should pick up the feed path in the <head> tag.
This is the direct link
wiki.xxiivv.com/links/img.xml
I heaped every invective upon them that my tongue could utter as I rushed away from them into the mist, and even after I had lost sight of them, and turning my head round could see nothing but the storm-wraiths driving behind me, I heard their ghostly chanting, and felt as though one of them would rush after me and grip me in his hand and throttle me.
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#goblinweek
I love the way this looks!
Is that writing to the left of the head? It almost looks like Tengwar
Edit: Ahh I should have visited the webpage first
![The sun streams between trees in a large forest. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1402519 "The sun streams between trees in a large forest. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]")
NTFSPlus aims to bring faster and cleaner NTFS support to Linux.
What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for Linux Users?
NTFSPlus is a fresh implementation of the classic in-kernel ntfs driver. Can it end the current NTFS woes for Linux users?Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
Sambar deer Rusa unicolor
The majestic Sambar deer, cloaked in hues ranging from light brown to dark gray, are distinguished by their rugged antlers and uniquely long tails. Adorned with a coat of coarse hair and marked by …Palm Oil Detectives
—Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/mon…
#trump #miller #noem #bovino #ice
Hey everyone, I need some help to keep my head above water for Februrary. The job search has been rough, and while I’ve been pushing hard to get back on my feet, but I’m at a point where I need some help to get through this stretch.
I’ve set a goal of $1,400 on Ko-fi to cover my essential living costs. This includes my rent, utilities, and bills. Anything remaining will go toward food and basic necessities.
If you have the means to contribute or can give this a boost, it would mean a lot to me. Thank you for your help.
Sunday's Long Run: 25km @5:35
My new video is out: youtu.be/ZnUnN1sHMro
#running #runnersofmastodon #marathon #marathontraining
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE.
He was a Good Samaritan — and they murdered him for it. Now they’re trying to rewrite his history. They want to smear him. To dehumanize him.
Don’t let them.
not sure whether to laugh or cry at Elisabeth Bik’s latest revelation on Pubpeer
pubpeer.com/publications/20A6E…
PubPeer - MediVerse : Challenges And Development Of Digital Health Tra...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: MediVerse : Challenges And Development Of Digital Health Transformation Towards Metaverse in Medicine (2022)pubpeer.com
"The toolbox isn’t particularly varied. President Trump is using all the instruments: the reported quotas for ICE arrests; the paramilitary force made up of thugs drunk on their own brutality; the spectacle of random violence, particularly in city streets; the postmortem vilification of the victims. It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror."
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Orange lilies
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Sony A7II • Laowa 100mm f2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2X
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(00:41:58~) "... We imagine that someday billion cars on a road will be autonomous... every single car will have autonomous vehicle capability..." 
Is nVidia dreaming of regulations that would take cars without autonomous AI off the road?
Palm Oil Free Chocolate, Candy and Confectionery
Buying chocolate, candy or lollies as a gift or just want to indulge yourself? Then enjoy your chocolate fix without eating rainforest-destroying palm oil! If you are ever in doubt look for the pre…Palm Oil Detectives
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💔Alex J. Pretti💔 age 37, of South #Minneapolis was gunned on in cold blood by #ICE thugs today. He was Brandishing his phone recording 🧊.
No criminal record. Worked for the VA as an ICU nurse. Legal gun owner. Homeowner. Upstanding member of his community. He was a hero in his career, and went out like a hero trying to protect the women the ICE officer pushed down.
A TRUE hero all around, he didn’t deserve this. RIP #AlexPretti
🦔 Reposted from Feminist News
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Jaguars vs Cows: JBS Fuelling Biodiversity Collapse in Brazil’s Forests
Global Witness report finds JBS, the world’s largest meat company, is directly linked to deforestation in the Amazon and Pantanal putting jaguars at riskPalm Oil Detectives
#News: Two more Sumatran #elephant calves dead as #palmoil plantations devour their last forests. Only 2,400 remain in the wild. Act now before they are gone forever! 🧐💔🐘 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social asianews.network/two-more-suma…
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Two more Sumatran Elephants die in Indonesia amid growing threats from deforestation - Asia News Network
Two more Sumatran Elephants die in Indonesia amid growing threats from deforestation Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happen…Rizal Harahap and Theresia Sufa (Asia News Network)
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#grickledoodle #wizard #magic #cat #pets #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
Grickle (@grickle@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image Look out. #grickledoodle #wizard #magic #cat #pets #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humorGrickle (Mastodon 🐘)
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Isn't this feathered boy AWESOME!
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Here. Have a thermal video of my cat leaving behind a warm butt print.
May it distract you from both the cold and the ICE. #caturday
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The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous Years
A change to how Safari reports the OS it is running on led many in the media to lose their minds.Daring Fireball
sukh (@InterfaceEngineer@mastodon.world)
Attached: 1 image @jsnell@zeppelin.flights @mfessler@mastodon.social it isn’t a “screw up”, it’s intentional. Their support site apparently has been updated since to explicitly list out the devices - basically 18.7.sukh (Mastodon)
I am taking down the paywall for this one, as I believe it remains relevant as a reflection on the limits of the authoritarian assault – and the need to push back against the idea that America is inevitably and irresistibly marching towards a Trump dictatorship.
This week’s piece:
steady.page/en/democracyameric…
The Limits of Violent Authoritarianism
Trump’s authoritarian desires are boundless. But the past year proves that his ability to impose them on America is not.Steady
The idea that protests and public opinion are meaningless in the face of the Trumpist assault, that authoritarian regimes are impervious to public pressure, is still widespread.
But it is wrong. And it perpetuates the regime's assertion of inevitability.
traditional mathematical proofs can be hard to reason about. i propose a new method of proof: proof by compiler optimisation.
consider this proof that n * 1 = n and n ^ 0 = 1 for all reasonable values of n.
![compiler explorer screenshot.
the left pane displays the following rust source code:
#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
pub fn main() -> u8 {
for i in 0..=u32::MAX {
if i * 1 != i {
panic!("oh dear!");
}
if i.pow(0) != 1 {
panic!("oh no!");
}
}
0
}
the right pane displays the following compiler/assembler output:
main:
xor eax, eax
ret](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1402398 "compiler explorer screenshot.
the left pane displays the following rust source code:
#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
pub fn main() -> u8 {
for i in 0..=u32::MAX {
if i * 1 != i {
panic!(\"oh dear!\");
}
if i.pow(0) != 1 {
panic!(\"oh no!\");
}
}
0
}
the right pane displays the following compiler/assembler output:
main:
xor eax, eax
ret")
Compiler Explorer - Rust (rustc 1.92.0)
#[unsafe(no_mangle)] pub fn main() -> u8 { for i in 0..=u32::MAX { if i * 1 != i { panic!("oh dear!"); } if i.pow(0) != 1 { panic!("oh no!"); } } 0 }godbolt.org
Well, this is a fascinating rant.
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