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tri-ass-ic
Give that tour guide tenure!!!

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dino incidents
Poor Pete! Mauled by a Suzhousaurus!

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Discover the breakthroughs that shaped the open source and Linux worlds.

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#opensource #linux


8 Defining Moments in the Open Source and Linux World: 2024 Edition

Ready to recap the biggest moments in 2024? Let's go!
Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
#opensource #linux

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‘Tis the season to remember that all of Santa’s reindeer are female.

You see, males drop their antlers after the Autumn mating season, so since the world’s most celebrated reindeer are always depicted with spectacular antlers, we must assume that Ol’ Saint Nick’s entire intrepid team - including Rudolph - are female. #science #Christmas
A reindeer pulling a sleigh
#science #Christmas

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#SilentSunday
Widgeon Peak is reflected in a pond (with a subtle sunset in the clouds above) on the shore of the Pitt River in British Columbia
#SilentSunday

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I now have my very own John Mastodon. #plushtodon
A large plush of the Mastodon mascot on a table
#plushtodon

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Well look who showed up for Christmas! #plushtodon!
Mastodon plush under the tree
#plushtodon

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Latest comic: How to get in the holiday spirit

I don't actually recommend slipping into unconsciousness for the next twelve years! Personally, I'm reading and trying to get around to that pie.

#comic #cartoon #holidays #authoritarianism

How to Get in the Holiday Spirit DON'T THINK TOO HARD ABOUT REVELERS WHO SEEM HAPPIER THAN YOU. MAN LOOKING AT NEW YEARS EVE PARTIERS CELEBRATING 2025 - ARE THEY ACTUALLY EXCITED OR JUST COVERING UP THEIR PAIN WITH ALCOHOL? CURL UP WITH A CUP OF HOT COCOA AND A GOOD BOOK. WOMAN READING MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING By Viktor Frankl BAKE SOMETHING ELABORATE AND INDULGE YOUR INNER TRADWIFE. WOMAN BAKING PIE - I USED TO DO THIS FOR FUN, BUT NOW I'M FULFILLING MY SACRED WOMANLY DUTIES, I GUESS? DRINK A BUNCH OF EGGNOG AND TAKE A NICE NAP UNTIL 2036. WOMAN WAKING UP IN BED - IS IT OVER YET? MAN LOOKING OUT WINDOW AT STATUE OF LIBERTY BURIED IN GROUND LIKE SCENE FROM PLANET OF THE APES - UH.. © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber!
#Comic #cartoon #authoritarianism #holidays
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@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote
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@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote
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I love this quote by Frankl. “Freedom, however, is not the last word. Freedom is only part of the story and half of the truth. Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness. In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.”

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Spotify, shit as it is, is just one of many streaming music providers. There are no switching costs, and you can choose between a ton of providers. That's why Spotify doesn't need to be regulated under the DMA.

I swear to god people are allergic to basic facts and reality these days.

Streaming music market share pure chart. Spotify only has 37% among tons of other large and small providers.
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Eugen Rochko
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@hiker This is very frustrating. Tidal is not on the chart. Therefore Tidal is under "Other". To be grouped under "Other", something must have less market share than the smallest item on the chart, which is Yandex.
@Hiker

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Organic Maps Turns 4 🎉

organicmaps.app/news/2024-12-2…

- ~3M¹ users from all countries of the world
- ~15k ratings and reviews on AppStore and Google Play
- 4.8/4.6 average rating on AppStore/Google Play
- 10k+ stars on GitHub
- 10k (almost) issues + PRs on GitHub
- 1k (almost) forks on GitHub
- 7k+ git commits
- ~100 awesome contributors who made 5+ commits

Congratulations to all the users and contributors for your hard work and dedication! Thank you for being a part of this journey!


Organic Maps Turns 4: The Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Maps

Organic Maps, the privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Google Maps, celebrates its 4th anniversary. The project came to life during Christmas week of 202…
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#silentsunday in Norway
A low winter sun over an icy fjord in Norway.
#SilentSunday

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The Local Fluff apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241222.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2024 December 22 – The Local Fluff

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#APOD

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Wired: Apps finally give up on making unfunny April Fools jokes each year.

Tired: Every app now has a Spotify Wrapped style feature even if it isn’t a music app.

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After you check out your Spotify Wrapped, explore these copycats  | TechCrunch

Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature just dropped, giving listeners a fun, personalized summary of their listening habits, and it has gained immense Spotify Wrapped 2024 is almost here.
Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)

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I must free him

#plushtodon #mastoadmin

Mastodon plush in federation beige, stuck in a box
#MastoAdmin #plushtodon

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My #plushtodon arrived just in time to join in the holiday festivities.
A yellow plush mastodon sitting in a room of Christmas decorations. There’s a tree to the right, a fireplace with stockings behind, a village scene on the mantel above, and a screen showing a picture of a present to the left.
#plushtodon

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brontos

Avoid drinking milk before looking at this picture!

in reply to Muse

Kenny Chaffin
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Know your Coati... 😀

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Peppermint Narwhal Creative on Instagram: "Happy World Coati Day! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Coati! Coatis, or coatimundis, are raccoon-like animals found in parts of the southwestern United States, Central America, and Sou

4,754 likes, 25 comments - peppermintnarwhal on December 3, 2024: "Happy World Coati Day! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Coati! Coatis, or coatimundis, are raccoon-like animals found in parts of the southwestern United Sta…
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Pull the other one, Woolworths!

Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia – we went looking for them


"The supermarket giant cites specialist providers, convenience stores and online retailers among its rivals, but many seem well out of its league."

Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia – we went looking for them

Catie McLeod (The Guardian)

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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
Diagram with large number: 2.7.123 First “2” is commented: Proud version. Bump when you are proud of the release Second “7” is commented: Default version. Just normal/okay releases Third “123” is commented: Shame version. Bump when fixing things too embarrassing to admit

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I got a #Plushtodon in the mail today. My wife loves it!
Black haired woman holding a yellow mastodon stuffed animal.
#plushtodon

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/merr…

#MerryChristmas


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux

Hello there! It's coming up on Christmas now, and so GamingOnLinux will be starting to go into it's usual mostly hibernating state to take a little break.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#merrychristmas

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A table titled "Startup Speak" with two columns: "Don't Say" (in red) and "Say" (in green). Row 1: "No one uses it, not even us" (red) replaced with "Pre-PMF" (green). Row 2: "Credit cards maxed out" (red) replaced with "Round is Closing Soon" (green). Row 3: "We don't know how to make it" (red) replaced with "AI" (green). Row 4: "Did an Anthropic craigslist-gigs user study" (red) replaced with "Team from Anthropic" (green).

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For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/for-…

#Warside #AdvanceWars


For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window

Something for the weekend: you can now try out a brand new demo of Warside, a game very much inspired by the classic Advance Wars and it does look good.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#warside #advancewars

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Yay! My #Plushtodon from #Mastodon was delivered today!

I was not expecting it until after #Christmas 🎄, but I am glad that @Mastodon was able to expedite deliveries for those of us in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.

Thanks @Gargron!

Hmm…now I need to figure out what to name it‽ Mister Masto‽ Super Masto‽ Nasty Masty‽ 😂 I will not use the latter, lest folks think I won this from a Dirty Santa 🎅🏾 game! 🤣🤪

My Mastodon Plushie in a clear bag after it was delivered.
My Mastodon Plushie out of the bag. It also has a cute tag attached that says #Plushtodon
My Mastodon Plushie sitting in front of my iPad Pro 13 on a desk.
My Mastodon Plushie sitting in front of my iPad Pro 13, with the Mastodon QR code tag on the ear.
#mastodon #Christmas #plushtodon #unitedstates @Eugen Rochko @Mastodon

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She’s full of crimes.

#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

A white cat with orange patches and a pink nose (Peaches) being held like a baby. Her face is very cute.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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#Plushtodon has arrived at my home office. Currently helping with audio duties.
A mastodon plushie on a windowsill
#plushtodon

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My middle’s cat Percy airing out the manly bits in front of the vent.

Alternatively: “Draw me like one of your French girls.”

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #cats

A dark brown tabby cat is splayed in a most ungracious pose directly in front of a heating vent placed under the cabinets. He looks up toward the camera in a manner that is at once surprised and dismissive.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wind…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS


Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now

With the feature code freeze continuing, the Wine team had put up a third Release Candidate for the upcoming stable main release of Wine 10.0 coming in early 2025.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #foss #wine

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Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fira…

#CivilizationVII #Civilization #Linux #LinuxGaming


Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux

Firaxis Games and 2K are releasing Sid Meier's Civilization VII on February 11, 2025 and now we know what power you're going to need to run it on Linux Desktop systems.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #linuxgaming #civilization #civilizationvii

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Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/mesa…

#Mesa #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource


Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux

The last open source graphics driver update before the holidays is here, with Mesa 24.3.2 now available for you to upgrade.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #linuxgaming #mesa

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there is something poetic about how my #Plushtodon plush was shipped
A poor Mastodon plushie stuffed inside of an Amazon box that is definitely too small to hold it. It's bursting at the seams.
#plushtodon
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Scott Frazer
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Scott Frazer
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@Gargron mine arrived the same way. Branding-wise it’s not great but it’s good recycling?
@Eugen Rochko

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Masty the Mastodon has arrived!

I'm so excited to finally have this.

#Plushtodon #Mastodon #Mascot #Plushie #Toy #StuffedAnimal #StuffedToy

A photo I took of the plush Mastodon stuffed animal that arrived. #Plushtodon is the hashtag used for these photos and it's even on the tag on the ear. You can see part of my keyboard and two monitors in the photo along with my mouse.
#mastodon #mascot #plushie #plushtodon #toy #stuffedanimal #stuffedtoy

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dinosaur tree
"Christmas T Rex" doesn't have the same ring to is as "Treeceratops". But T Rex does make a better tree.

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fast toddler
I believe it!

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A Year in Sunsets apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241221.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2024 December 21 - A Year in Sunsets

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#APOD

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"Περὶ τοῦ Ἐμφαινομένου προσώπου τῷ κύκλῳ τῆς Σελήνης" by Plutarch.

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#moon


Περὶ τοῦ Ἐμφαινομένου προσώπου τῷ κύκλῳ τῆς Σελήνης : Plutarch : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Περὶ τοῦ Ἐμφαινομένου προσώπου τῷ κύκλῳ τῆς Σελήνης.Πλούταρχος.Impensis Gotthelf Theophil...
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#moon

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I want to cry.

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- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
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Tess
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Tess
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@Muse "take a deep breath & appreciate what's going on here." we all want to cry!
You are not alone...

Thank you for sharing...

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cheese
Cheese is certainly nice!
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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
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I don't know the question, but cheese is the answer!🧀
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Bob Lai
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Bob Lai
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A friend loves cheese on his pasta, so when a server says, 'Say when ...' I often joke about it being 'arm day.'

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NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment nasa.gov/technology/space-comm… #NASA #DeepSpaceNetwork #JetPropulsionLaboratory #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate

NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment - NASA

Deep Space Station 23’s 133-ton reflector dish was recently installed, marking a key step in strengthening NASA’s Deep Space Network.
Anthony Greicius (NASA)
#NASA #spacecommunicationsnavigationprogram #jetpropulsionlaboratory #spaceoperationsmissiondirectorate #DeepSpaceNetwork

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NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 nasa.gov/general/nasa-ames-ast… #NASA #General #AmesResearchCenter #Astrogram

NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 - NASA

by Tiffany Blake
Astrid Albaugh (NASA)
#NASA #general #amesresearchcenter #astrogram

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