Someone asked me why I don't implement markdown support to the wiki engine instead of painstakingly typing down html tags. I think the reason that I never felt like markdown was worth it, was that the editor I use makes writing html somewhat frictionless, maybe if I lost this, I'd consider adding a parser.
Markdown support adds a thick layer of junk to a SSG, maybe the trick is just to improve html support to the editor you use, and keep the site simplier.
i wish more editors were made to type html without it feeling so rudimental i don't want snippets, i want something that understand html and allow me to move around it
markdown isn't a good idea (imho) because it will pulls many complexities starting from dialects and once you want to write slightly more complex piece than what markdown can do, you must embed html in markdownโฆ :<
@hypha it's definitely designed to be structuraly edited, being able to move in and out of tags to modify the structure sounds like the right approach.
markdown is a total mess... no standard, low semantic meaning ... html, xml, org-mode are all so much better and more expressive. yes, html is "more typing" (maybe), but then you have an actual readable structured document.
I maintain that Markdown is a downstream product of software distribution and reuse being difficult. It makes sense in a world where the user of the data will not have ready use of the tools used to author it, or full fidelity viewers. It's sort of the XLS of the software world.
How does that wiki engine handle links to pages inside a same wiki? I can see how writing plain HTML instead of Markdown makes sense in a SSG context, however the [[autocomplete]] feature of Obsidian has been the killer feature that helped me write my own wiki easily. I'd love to see something like that in more opensource editors
i wrote my whole site in HTML directly inside emacs with just a couple custom macros to insert <p> tag pairs and things of that nature quickly. Although I also have some CSS. But I wrote the CSS in emacs as well, and the site explicitly was designed to still be totally readable without CSS.
I like your quick table insertion, i was writing those by hand
@wyatt @prahou it's called Left, it's not designed explicitly for html, but it can inject text snippets and moves the cursor to the first $ it encounters, I think that behavior might be reproduceable in emacs without trouble ๐ wiki.xxiivv.com/site/left
i prefer to write my website in markdown as i can show people the who have no idea what html is the un-processed document and they can still perfectly understand what they are seeing
but i still hate markdown with all my heart as its just a confusing mess of contradicting standards :>
How do you primarily view your wiki pages, in this editor, in a browser, or something else? One of the reasons I don't do this is because I want to see the writing content, as opposed to the structural/semantic noise.
The Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sondaica is a critically endangered big cat, with less than 600 of their species alive in the wild today. Once living in Java and Bali, they are now only found inโฆ
Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators
The Titan Arum, more commonly known as the ‘Corpse Flower’ is famous for its repulsive meat smell. Designed to repel humans, in contrast pollinators find the putrid aromas irresistible in the plant’s native environment. The Corpse Flower Titan Arum lives deep inside of Sumatra’s imperilled rainforests. endangered by palm oil and mining deforestation. Now researchers have gained greater insight into how the plant warms itself
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Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators
The Titan Arum, more commonly known as the โCorpse Flowerโ is famous for its repulsive meat smell. Designed to repel humans, in contrast pollinators find the putrid aromas irresistible in the plantโs native environment. The Corpse Flower Titan Arum lives deep inside of Sumatraโs imperilled rainforests. endangered by palm oil and mining deforestation. Now researchers have gained greater insight into how the plant warms itself up before blooming โ known as thermogenesis and have discovered a new compound called โputrescineโ which gives the plant its strong aroma. Help these rare stinking beauties to survive when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
Alveena Zulfiqar, Beenish J Azhar, Samina N Shakeel, William Thives Santos, Theresa D Barry, Dana Ozimek, Kim DeLong, Ruthie Angelovici, Kathleen M Greenham, Craig A Schenck, G Eric Schaller. Molecular basis for thermogenesis and volatile production in the titan arum. PNAS Nexus, 2024; DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae492
The Titan Arum, more commonly known as the โCorpse Flowerโ, is famous for its repulsive meat smell. While designed to repel humans, this putrid aroma irresistibly attracts pollinators in its native environmentโthe imperilled rainforests of Sumatra, now under threat from palm oil plantations and mining activities. Researchers have recently uncovered how the plant generates heat before blooming, a process known as thermogenesis, and have identified a new compound called โputrescineโ, which contributes to its potent stench.
A study led by G. Eric Schaller, Professor of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, explored the genetic and biological mechanisms behind the Titan Arumโs remarkable heating and scent production. The research relied on tissue samples from โMorphyโ, Dartmouthโs 21-year-old Corpse Flower, to analyse RNA sequences. This allowed scientists to pinpoint which genes are active during the phases of heating and scent release.
The Titan Arum is not a single flower but a cluster of tiny flowers hidden within a massive central stalk, known as the spadix, which can reach up to 12 feet in height. It blooms rarelyโtypically once every 5 to 7 yearsโand only for a brief period. โThe blooms are rare and also short-lived, so we only get a small window to study these phenomena,โ Schaller explains.
During blooming, the spadix heats up, raising its temperature by as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the surrounding air. This thermogenic phase coincides with the emission of its signature scent, a mixture of sulphur-based compounds designed to attract flies and carrion beetles, which play a vital role in the plantโs pollination.
The RNA analysis revealed that genes associated with alternative oxidasesโplant equivalents of animal uncoupling proteinsโare highly active during the heating phase, especially in the spadixโs appendix. Additionally, genes involved in sulphur transport and metabolism were expressed, driving the production of the odour. Among these compounds, researchers identified putrescine, an organic chemical not previously recognised as part of the Corpse Flowerโs scent profile.
This research sheds light on the evolutionary adaptations of the Titan Arum while highlighting the urgent need to conserve its natural habitat. Protecting the rainforests of Sumatra from deforestation caused by palm oil cultivation and mining is critical for the survival of this extraordinary species. By choosing to #BoycottPalmOil and supporting campaigns such as #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop, individuals can help safeguard the delicate ecosystems these rare flowers depend on, ensuring they continue to thrive for generations to come. Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators Alveena Zulfiqar, Beenish J Azhar, Samina N Shakeel, William Thives Santos, Theresa D Barry, Dana Ozimek, Kim DeLong, Ruthie Angelovici, Kathleen M Greenham, Craig A Schenck, G Eric Schaller. Molecular basis for thermogenesis and volatile production in the titan arum. PNAS Nexus, 2024; DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae492
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Learn about other animals endangered by palm oil and other agriculture
A 2019 World Health Organisation (WHO) report into the palm oil industry and RSPO finds extensive greenwashing of palm oil deforestation and the murder of endangered animals (i.e. biodiversity loss)
1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.
2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.
3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time youโre in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.
5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here
Better known as the corpse flower, the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is one of the smelliest plants in the world. It smells like rotten flesh when in bloom to attract flies which pollinate the plant.
Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators
The Titan Arum, more commonly known as the โCorpse Flowerโ is famous for its repulsive meat smell. Designed to repel humans, in contrast pollinators find the putrid aromas irresistible in the plantโs native environment. The Corpse Flower Titan Arum lives deep inside of Sumatraโs imperilled rainforests. endangered by palm oil and mining deforestation. Now researchers have gained greater insight into how the plant warms itself up before blooming โ known as thermogenesis and have discovered a new compound called โputrescineโ which gives the plant its strong aroma. Help these rare stinking beauties to survive when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
Alveena Zulfiqar, Beenish J Azhar, Samina N Shakeel, William Thives Santos, Theresa D Barry, Dana Ozimek, Kim DeLong, Ruthie Angelovici, Kathleen M Greenham, Craig A Schenck, G Eric Schaller. Molecular basis for thermogenesis and volatile production in the titan arum. PNAS Nexus, 2024; DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae492
The Titan Arum, more commonly known as the โCorpse Flowerโ, is famous for its repulsive meat smell. While designed to repel humans, this putrid aroma irresistibly attracts pollinators in its native environmentโthe imperilled rainforests of Sumatra, now under threat from palm oil plantations and mining activities. Researchers have recently uncovered how the plant generates heat before blooming, a process known as thermogenesis, and have identified a new compound called โputrescineโ, which contributes to its potent stench.
A study led by G. Eric Schaller, Professor of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, explored the genetic and biological mechanisms behind the Titan Arumโs remarkable heating and scent production. The research relied on tissue samples from โMorphyโ, Dartmouthโs 21-year-old Corpse Flower, to analyse RNA sequences. This allowed scientists to pinpoint which genes are active during the phases of heating and scent release.
The Titan Arum is not a single flower but a cluster of tiny flowers hidden within a massive central stalk, known as the spadix, which can reach up to 12 feet in height. It blooms rarelyโtypically once every 5 to 7 yearsโand only for a brief period. โThe blooms are rare and also short-lived, so we only get a small window to study these phenomena,โ Schaller explains.
During blooming, the spadix heats up, raising its temperature by as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the surrounding air. This thermogenic phase coincides with the emission of its signature scent, a mixture of sulphur-based compounds designed to attract flies and carrion beetles, which play a vital role in the plantโs pollination.
The RNA analysis revealed that genes associated with alternative oxidasesโplant equivalents of animal uncoupling proteinsโare highly active during the heating phase, especially in the spadixโs appendix. Additionally, genes involved in sulphur transport and metabolism were expressed, driving the production of the odour. Among these compounds, researchers identified putrescine, an organic chemical not previously recognised as part of the Corpse Flowerโs scent profile.
This research sheds light on the evolutionary adaptations of the Titan Arum while highlighting the urgent need to conserve its natural habitat. Protecting the rainforests of Sumatra from deforestation caused by palm oil cultivation and mining is critical for the survival of this extraordinary species. By choosing to #BoycottPalmOil and supporting campaigns such as #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop, individuals can help safeguard the delicate ecosystems these rare flowers depend on, ensuring they continue to thrive for generations to come. Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators Alveena Zulfiqar, Beenish J Azhar, Samina N Shakeel, William Thives Santos, Theresa D Barry, Dana Ozimek, Kim DeLong, Ruthie Angelovici, Kathleen M Greenham, Craig A Schenck, G Eric Schaller. Molecular basis for thermogenesis and volatile production in the titan arum. PNAS Nexus, 2024; DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae492
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Learn about other animals endangered by palm oil and other agriculture
A 2019 World Health Organisation (WHO) report into the palm oil industry and RSPO finds extensive greenwashing of palm oil deforestation and the murder of endangered animals (i.e. biodiversity loss)
1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.
2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.
3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time youโre in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.
5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here
Better known as the corpse flower, the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is one of the smelliest plants in the world. It smells like rotten flesh when in bloom to attract flies which pollinate the plant.
First talk today at the Social Web Devroom we have @pfefferle talking about the state of WordPress's fediverse integration #FOSDEM #ActivityPub #fedidev
@haubles just dropped the massive news that Mastodon is going to be changing the default signup flow on mobile apps to choose an instance thats geographically close to you instead of choosing mastodon.social by default!
UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a โฆ
If you're at FOSDEM (@fosdem) this weekend, be sure to stop by our booth at Building K, level 1 and get some stickers. And don't miss the Tor relay operator meetup later today: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/eventโฆ
mir ist aufgefallen, dass ich ein paar leere Beitrรคge in meiner TL habe. Scheinen nur Beitrรคge mit Bildern zu sein und betrifft nicht alle Beitrรคge mit Bild.
Auf squeet me reproduzierbar mit dem Testlink. Interessanterweise auf pirati.ca nicht reproduzierbar. Sollte da was im server log auftauchen zu mรถglicherweise? Gibt es etwas, dass dir helfen wรผrde, das Problem besser zu verstehen oder nachzuvollziehen?
Not just thousands. SpaceX is aiming deploying up to a staggering "one million satellites" for its orbital data center push: pcmag.com/news/spacex-eyes-1-mโฆ
we are not doing so well on the taking *negative feedback* front. it's either "whatever", "woops, sorry", or "go fuck yourself". in your experience, what approach works best?
My copy of the @404mediaco zine has arrived! It is beautifully printed and I can't wait to dive in. Love receiving physical media from them (and in general).
Found my favourite episode of Time Team, S8E3 where there's a site so astonishing no local archaeologist will work with them because they think it's a hoax, the landowner has changed his mind and won't speak to them, so Time Team gather a squad of national experts. 7 Minutes in and they're all "....nahh this is bollocks"
Situated on Mexicoโs lush and biodiverse Pacific coast is La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve โ One of Mexicoโs most spectacular natural treasures. Now the government and palm oil businessโฆ
I grew these mushrooms in a cloth grow bag using only wood chips as the substrate. I thought that they would fruit in the top, but instead they actually fruited through the fabric in the bottom.
They struggled a bit due to the low humidity indoors, but I spray them with water several times a day, so I will be able to harvest something.
@MCDuncanLab cool! Plastic bag is the way to go. I was trying to grow these without plastic but it's hard. These are a white oyster variety I got from a local grower. I already had one batch from a pot, and they were quite tasty! Blue oyster is next...
Excellent harvest! The growth direction may seem weird, but fungi mycelia are pretty much of tridimensional growth (if you have ever seen a mold snow-ball in a liquid you can get the idea), so they will probably have grown towards the zone they detected was closer to circulating air (AFAIK, fungi do not have a lot of gravi- or phototropism).
the process of creating those notes probably already help a lot to remember stuff without even looking at them. Writing stuff on paper also writes the stuff into the brain somehow.
So... interesting timing. This is exactly what my next essay is about, to be published on my site next week titled "Into the Dark Wood: The Right to Be Unknown." I've been refining it the last few days, preparing to publish it. I think you'll appreciate it.
The Philippine tarsier, Carlito syrichta, epitomises nocturnal secrecy, leading a mostly concealed life in the dense recesses of impenetrable bushes and forests. They boast large and mesmerising eyโฆ
it's so very weird to have the monopolist platform being the one pushing for Linux, not visibly falling for the bubble and even requiring full transparency on AI use from publishers, while the smaller platform that relies on fans and personality to differentiate itself going all in on the hype
lots of people angry about the "non comment" but I think it's a good sign.
They can't just throw a guy under the bus and call it a day on a Friday afternoon. There is a lot of conversations that need to happen internally. I'd prefer it if they said something like "oopsie, this should never have happened", sure. But the goal here seems to precisely communicate that those conversations are going to happen next week.
Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators
![A turtle rests on rocks, with the sea and plants behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1403639 "A turtle rests on rocks, with the sea and plants behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]")
![Several turtles on a rock, with the sea "fore and aft". [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1403641 "Several turtles on a rock, with the sea \"fore and aft\". [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]")
![Turtles resting their little selves in a tidepool. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1403643 "Turtles resting their little selves in a tidepool. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]")
![A close-up of a turtle resting its head on a rock. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1403645 "A close-up of a turtle resting its head on a rock. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]")
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in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to ... and and and and ... • • •... and and and and ...
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •fungus (oracle of tree logs)
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •i wish more editors were made to type html without it feeling so rudimental
i don't want snippets, i want something that understand html and allow me to move around it
markdown isn't a good idea (imho) because it will pulls many complexities starting from dialects
and once you want to write slightly more complex piece than what markdown can do, you must embed html in markdownโฆ :<
Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to fungus (oracle of tree logs) • • •emenel
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Ivan Reese
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •implement some flavour of Tonedown?
wiki.feelingof.com/tonedown/
The (meh, but heavily commented) reference impl is line 86 to 256 here:
github.com/feelingofcomputing/โฆ
But generally, making your own to-html macro lang is a lovely little thing to do.
wiki/build/build.coffee at main ยท feelingofcomputing/wiki
GitHubDevine Lu Linvega
in reply to Ivan Reese • • •that looks neat, although it makes the decision of `** or __`, which I would probably do without.
Org-mode has is right I think:
*bold*
/italic/
_underline_
+stroke+
Tomรกลก
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to Tomรกลก • • •JimmyChezPants ๐จ๐ฆ
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to JimmyChezPants ๐จ๐ฆ • • •la ninpre
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •mirth
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •ailepet
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to ailepet • • •@ailepet It understands what is found inside of href tags to be other places and creates inbounds linking from those.
The editor can move between htm/html files like any other editor, there's no special support here.
Jon Sterling
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to Jon Sterling • • •wiki.xxiivv.com/site/left
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in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •@prahou what editor is that?
i wrote my whole site in HTML directly inside emacs with just a couple custom macros to insert <p> tag pairs and things of that nature quickly. Although I also have some CSS. But I wrote the CSS in emacs as well, and the site explicitly was designed to still be totally readable without CSS.
I like your quick table insertion, i was writing those by hand
Wyatt's Blog: Sun Ultra 1
megatokyo.moeDevine Lu Linvega
in reply to wyatt • • •wiki.xxiivv.com/site/left
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in reply to wyatt • • •wyatt
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to wyatt • • •angelwood
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •i prefer to write my website in markdown as i can show people the who have no idea what html is the un-processed document and they can still perfectly understand what they are seeing
but i still hate markdown with all my heart as its just a confusing mess of contradicting standards :>
zyd
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to zyd • • •fe
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •mccd
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •There's something magical about not having a compilation step. I think it makes sense.
Also that font is just beautiful!
thedรฆmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him]
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to thedรฆmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him] • • •@thedaemon if you put something in the leap buffer:
alt+hello
Then to inject that file in the project:
alt+tab
If the injected file has a $, it'll move the selection there.
thedรฆmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him]
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to thedรฆmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him] • • •Artyom Bologov
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •oh, so all of your setup is a t/ directory with tag-specific template files? This is smart!
@thedaemon
Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to Artyom Bologov • • •Artyom Bologov
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •have you considered multiple-hole templates? Emacs Yasnippet has that, and itโs quite useful for filling C function signatures argument by argument.
@thedaemon
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in reply to Artyom Bologov • • •Artyom Bologov
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •yuki - queen of the snow
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •Devine Lu Linvega
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