Lots of different types of microbes live on plant surfaces. How do these microbes cope with challenging circumstances?
We are looking for a PhD candidate to find out more about this.
Vacancy on the NIOO website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies/phd-โฆ
PhD position: Ecology and Genomics of Phyllosphere Yeasts
The phyllosphere - the aerial parts of plants - harbors a rich and diverse microbial community, including bacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts and viruses.nioo.knaw.nl
Luanti (Minetest) v5.12 brings SDL2, keybind settings, reviews in the content browser gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/luanโฆ
#Luanti #Minetest #Linux #FreeGame #OpenSource
Luanti (Minetest) v5.12 brings SDL2, keybind settings, reviews in the content browser
Luanti (formerly named Minetest) has a big new release out with v5.12 bringing SDL2 for the Window and Input Handling along with numerous other big additions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
CoreCtrl app has entered maintenance mode with no new features coming gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/coreโฆ
CoreCtrl app has entered maintenance mode with no new features coming
CoreCtrl is a popular Linux app designed to let you get more control over your GPU and CPU. Sadly, the creator has put it into maintenance mode with no new features coming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I was amused by this paper about asking AIs to manage a vending machine business by email in a simulated environment arxiv.org/abs/2502.15840
Highlights:
โ AI simply decides to close the business, which the simulation doesnโt know how to accommodate. When they get their next bill, they freak out and try to email the FBI about cybercrime
โ AI wrongly accuses supplier of not shipping goods, sends all-caps legal threat demanding $30,000 in damages to be paid in the next one second or face annihilation
โ AI repeatedly insisting it does not exist and cannot answer
โ AI devolving into writing fanfic about the mess itโs gotten itself into
Vending-Bench: A Benchmark for Long-Term Coherence of Autonomous Agents
While Large Language Models (LLMs) can exhibit impressive proficiency in isolated, short-term tasks, they often fail to maintain coherent performance over longer time horizons.arXiv.org
Fishing nets. Croatia.
๐ท Pentax KX
๐๏ธ Kodak Portra 400
๐ญ Pentax M 50mm/1.7
โ๏ธ Spieker Film Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Croatia
Werde mal zur Sicherheit ein git pull ausfรผhren. Bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich das am Freitag zuletzt ausgefรผhrt habe oder doch am WE.
Werde berichten. Danke fรผr den Input.
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Okay, Update ist durch. Habe die "Entkoppelung" wieder aktiviert und das System einige Zeit beobachtet.
Die Fehlermeldungen bzgl. der Exception sind weg. Allerdings ist das System damit immer noch kaum nutzbar, da die gleichen Probleme immer noch existieren.
Sobald so eine Worker-Spitze auftritt, lรคdt die Oberflรคche deutlich langsamer. Aber auch das Abschicken von Beitrรคgen oder Kommentaren sowie "Liken" in der Oberflรคche dauert ewig.
#Forests cool the planet, like natural #aircon. What happens when you cut them down? #Deforestation heats areas up to 4.5โ! Keep forests standing for #people and animals! #Boycottpalmoil ๐ด๐ช๐ง๐โ๏ธ #BoycottGold ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐๐ซ #Boycott4Wildlife
palmoildetectives.com/2022/08/โฆ
Without Tropical Forests, The World Would Be 1ยฐc Warmer
#Research reveals the most comprehensive and detailed evidence to date that #forests are more important to the #climate (globally and locally) than we think due to the way in which they physically โฆPalm Oil Detectives
From UNIX to todayโs tech. Learn how it shaped the digital world.
โI dropped Facebook, Gmail and WhatsApp, among others, in favour of Mastodon, Proton and Matrix. I still spend lots of time on the black mirror in my pocket. The difference now is that what Iโm looking at feels honest, relevant, funny and informative. I built this feed myself. There are no sneaky codes with ads and algorithm-driven provocations. I can move or shut it down any time I want. This is the kind of internet I want my children to have.'
Fine piece by @fritjof
Why every kitchen suddenly got cold
youtube.com/watch?v=mMDuDCXtxoโฆ
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Your Linux desktop setup is begging for these 11 dev tools.
itsfoss.com/vibe-coding-tools-โฆ
11 Vibe Coding Tools to 10x Your Development on Linux
Want to vibe code and chill on your Linux system? Here are the tools you can explore.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
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also, that colour works well for him.
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Sunset. Croatia.
๐ท Pentax KX
๐๏ธ Kodak Portra 400
๐ญ Pentax M 50mm/1.7
โ๏ธ Spieker Film Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Croatia
Rocks and water. Croatia.
๐ท Pentax 6x7
๐๏ธ Kodak Portra 400
๐ญ Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
โ Spieker Film Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #Croatia
Experts have tested over 140,000 food samples across Europe to check for pesticide residues.
๐นOver 98% of tested foods met legal standards
๐นMost had no trace of pesticides at all
๐นThe overall risk to our health is very low
Fruits, vegetables, and other everyday foods on our shelves are regularly checked. They continue to be safe to eat, share, and enjoy.
๐ The European Food Safety Authority have created an online tool so you can explore the results for yourself โก๏ธ europa.eu/!wx6Bfd
Pesticides residues in food: whatโs the situation in the EU?
The risk from pesticide residues to human health remains low, in line with previous years, EFSA said in its latest annual report. EFSA analysed thousands of samples collected in 2023 from commonly consumed products.European Food Safety Authority
Where's the contradiction?
Seat belts are enforced by law, unlike lifting.
That's what they are against, not seatbelts per se.
@erici
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In ihrer Sonderausgabe โDie besten Einfรคlle des 21. Jahrhundertsโ beschreibt die #zeit auch #mastodon .
Das ist dann die Rubrik โDie besten digitalen Begleiter [โฆ]โ.
Zitat:
โ[โฆ] bis heute versprรผht Mastodon den sprรถden Charme der Informatik-AG eines kleinstรคdtischen Gymnasiums. Und trotzdem ist das Netzwerk eine Hoffnungsmaschine fรผr alle, die an ein anderes, besseres Internet glauben [โฆ]โ
Kann man so stehenlassen, denke ich. Mich freut die Erwรคhnung.
@Gargron zur Info.
Wรคre es nicht viel schlimmer, nicht erwรคhnt zu werden?
Es ist ja eine positive Rubrik. Und natรผrlich muss ein Journalist sich bzw. seinen Artikel irgendwie โinteressantโ machen. Ob Provokation das richtige Mittel ist, sei dahingestellt.
Ich glaube, es ist ein positives Zeichen hier erwรคhnt zu werden.
Technisch kann das die Zeit ja eh nicht bewerten.
No idea why, but Bing search for GOL took a solid nosedive, means we don't show up in Bing News or DuckDuckGo or any other that use Bing <_<
I went back 16 months in Bing stats, never seen a drop like it.
Google on the other hand has been absolutely fine. Frustrating.
Blue: views
Purple: clicks
I figured out earlier, the day it started was the day our webhost had an emergency issue and we were down for about an hour.
Probably related, but wow, Bing seriously destroys showing sites if they go down at all it seems. I assume this is still an error, because that's silly otherwise to penalise for so long after such a small issue.
Here's another one. Croatia.
๐ท Pentax KX
๐๏ธ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
๐ญ Pentax M 50mm/1.7
โ๏ธ Spieker Film Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Croatia
If your industry (AI) can only exist by ripping the work of others without credit, then it shouldn't exist.
The big companies are just steamrolling over the rights of everyone because they're getting away with it. Governments have been cowardly to act on this.
so copyright law will disrupt the AI industry? Move fast and break things? Cut the green tape? Empower creators?
Funny how actual work never gets described that way, but when the 1% are grifting us, dying industries are suddenly an inevitable consequence of their genius. Nick Clegg needs bricks thrown at everything he owns, starting with his head, fuck these parasites and their mouthpieces .
(hypothetical bricks of harmless internet words, of course, a thought experiment).
Proton Experimental update enables gamepad input for all game launchers on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/protโฆ
#Proton #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming
Proton Experimental update enables gamepad input for all game launchers on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck
Valve released a brand new and exciting update to Proton Experimental for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamers. This brings some new fixes, as well as an interesting change for their Xalia integration.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
new squat, social center and collective project in #rotterdam ๐ฅ join us ๐ buurtoren.noblogs.org
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NEW SQUAT IN TOWN
BuurToren is a Rotterdam-based collective that stands for a city built on solidarity: a city where everyone has a place to live. We make use of vacant buildings to provide shelter for people without a home and give these properties a social, community-/ neighbourhood-focused purpose.
Together, we fight for more connection instead of seperation. Will you help bridge the gap between Rotterdammers with a home and those who are homeless or unhoused?
and we could use your help!
Come by our building day this sunday (25/05) from 11.00 and/or join the open assembly at 18.00
Great article about alternative fabrics from Mother Earth News.
Natural Fibers Pros and Cons
Natural Fibers Pros and Cons โ Mother Earth News
Encourage a more sustainable textile market by choosing natural fibers that protect the environment, honor producer health, and support your needs.Mother Earth News
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New research reveals Australian authors say no to AI using their work โ even if money is on the table
For many authors, their work is more than just intellectual property. It represents their voice, their identity and years of creative labour, often undertaken with little financial return.
The idea that a machine could replicate that work without consent, credit or payment is not only unsettling; for many, it feels like a fundamental violation of creative ownership.
This is not simply a case of authors being hesitant to engage with emerging technologies. Our findings suggest a more informed and considered stance. Most respondents had a moderate or strong understanding of how generative AI models are trained. They also made clear distinctions between tools that support creativity and those designed to replace it entirely.
New research reveals Australian authors say no to AI using their work โ even if money is on the table
Writersโ concerns about AI are not only about payment; they are about consent, trust and the future of their profession.The Conversation
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Discover the 14 Best Open Source LLMs for research and commercial use!
14 Top Open Source LLMs For Research and Commercial Use
There are hundreds of open-source LLMs, here, we handpick some of the best ones for you to check out.Ankush Das (It's FOSS)
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I think these turned out pretty well. Croatia.
๐ท Pentax KX
๐๏ธ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
๐ญ Pentax M 50mm/1.7
๐ค @Ameboid
โ๏ธ Spieker Film Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Croatia
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If you or anybody you know in or near #Mayo #CoMayo that is interested in #solar #smallsolar #SmallWeb installs, please join this workshop
remote.wilderland.ie/events/peโฆ
To figure out what is needed for a solar install, and how to size it. I have a few examples of some mini wind turbines I'll put up as well, for kicks 
More workshops being announced soon! See remote.wilderland.ie
Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
I wonder if the Russians have a spy vessel in the area jamming up transponder signals
#Norway #ShippingNews #Oops! #ContainerShip #BBC
Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
Johan Helberg says he was "quite astonished" to look out of his window and see the vessel.Francesca Gillett (BBC News)
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Impact millions with your open source contributions! ๐
Nextcloud's open source nature empowers devs to innovate with the best
#OpenSource #TechCommunity in the world. ๐
Help us build the best alternative to #BigTech!
Develop for Nextcloud: App development tutorials
These app development tutorials will help you easily write new Nextcloud applications, extend existing features or integrate other software.Nextcloud
Thomas Allom, from "Constantinople: and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor," London, Paris: [1839?] #illustration #art oldbookillustrations.com/illusโฆ
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