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Xenopurge has a great concept and a good start for a tense tactical auto-battler gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/xenoโ€ฆ

#Xenopurge #IndieGames #Steam #PCGaming #Gaming #LinuxGaming


Xenopurge has a great concept and a good start for a tense tactical auto-battler

Xenopurge puts you in the command chair overseeing marines running around various buildings, as you take down the alien threat.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#indiegames #gaming #Steam #linuxgaming #pcgaming #xenopurge

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Space Drilling Station looks fun for building and automation fans - with a new Steam Deck compatible demo gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/spacโ€ฆ

#SpaceDrillingStation #IndieGames #Demo #SteamDeck #Steam #Gaming


Space Drilling Station looks fun for building and automation fans - with a new Steam Deck compatible demo

Space Drilling Station has you manage and automate a drilling station on a distant planet. The developer detailed their Steam Deck work with a new demo.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#demo #indiegames #gaming #Steam #SteamDeck #spacedrillingstation

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With complex vocalisations and striking halos of white hair, the White-thighed #Colobus ๐Ÿต๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฉท are arguably rarest #primates in #WestAfrica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Help them to survive when you #BoycottPalmOil ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿช”๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿงโ›”๏ธ #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket!

palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/โ€ฆ

#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #WestAfrica #primates #colobus

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Don't have time for Total War and Crusader Kings? Try the new Bellfortis gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/dontโ€ฆ

#IndieGames #PCGaming #StrategyGame #LinuxGaming


Don't have time for Total War and Crusader Kings? Try the new Bellfortis

Bellfortis is a medieval turn-based strategy game for players who love the genre, but don't have as much time to commit their lives to it.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#indiegames #linuxgaming #pcgaming #strategygame

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These are the beautiful spore-producing structures of plasmodial slime molds. Which is your favourite colour?

Originally considered Fungi, these Myxomycetes are now classed as Amoebozoans - single celled organisms with thousands of nuclei... not animals or fungi but something else entirely!

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Fungi #MacroPhotography #Nature #MoldMonday #Soil

A photograph of slime mold fruiting bodies on a log. The slime molds are a round white blobs on transparent stalks.
A photograph of a slime mold fruiting body on a log. The slime mold is a round orange blob on a transparent stalk.
A photograph of slime mold fruiting bodies on a log. The slime molds are a round black blobs on red stalks.
#nature #macrophotography #soil #fungi #SoilBiodiversity #soilecology #moldmonday
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There's now an unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/therโ€ฆ

#LosslessScaling #Linux #LinuxGaming


There's now an unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux

Keeping up with the excitement about Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux with the lsfg-vk project, there's now an extra unofficial GUI app.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #linuxgaming #losslessscaling

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Seems our garden has been invaded by small balls of sentient fluff ๐Ÿฐ

#mastobunnies #rabbit #rabbits #cuteanimals

#rabbit #CuteAnimals #rabbits #mastobunnies

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GeForce Infinity is a new app for GeForce NOW on Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/gefoโ€ฆ

#Linux #GeForceNOW #NVIDIA #OpenSource


GeForce Infinity is a new app for GeForce NOW on Linux

GeForce Infinity was announced recently as another option for running GeForce NOW on Desktop Linux, since NVIDIA haven't put out an official app.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #Nvidia #geforcenow

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Packing orders now to head to the post office in about 30 min! So if you'd like anything, hop to my shop!

As a reminder: I've restocked the physical Foursome bundle for Jenitales:

jenniegyllblad.co.uk/wp/producโ€ฆ

Jenitales Foursome โ€“ The Comicatrix

www.jenniegyllblad.co.uk
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JenJen
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I wish I knew how to make an image appear here, but guess that's beyond my capabilities
Screenshot of jens previous toot without a preview image for her link
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It seems like the page doesn't have any OpenGraph tags. That's how you can control what the preview looks like on Mastodon. Seems like you're using WordPress, they have a plugin for that, I think.

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Mailing list is back online with a new weekly top articles option: gamingonlinux.com/mailinglist/

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#News: Trump's malevolent #mining plan would open 18.5M acres of #Alaskaโ€™s irreplacable Arctic wilderness to oil drillingโ€”the result: permanent destruction to #wildlife people and #climate. #ClimateChange #HumanRights ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ”ฅ @palmoildetect ehn.org/trump-moves-to-open-prโ€ฆ
#News: Trump's malevolent #mining plan would open 18.5M acres of #Alaskaโ€™s irreplacable Arctic wilderness to oil drillingโ€”the result: permanent destruction to #wildlife people and #climate. #ClimateChange #HumanRights ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ”ฅ @palmoildetect https://www.ehn.org/trump-moves-to-open-protected-arctic-lands-in-alaska-to-oil-drilling?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Trump moves to open protected Arctic lands in Alaska to oil drilling

The Trump administration has proposed reopening vast sections of Alaskaโ€™s National Petroleum Reserve to oil development, including long-protected areas around Teshekpuk Lake.Yereth Rosen reports for Alaska Beacon.
EHN Curators (EHN)
#News #HumanRights #climatechange #Climate #wildlife #alaska #mining

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Steam Beta upgrades the in-game performance monitor for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/steaโ€ฆ

#Linux #Steam #LinuxGaming #Gaming


Steam Beta upgrades the in-game performance monitor for Linux

Back in June, Valve revealed the new performance monitor for the in-game Steam overlay, and now the Linux version has been upgraded.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #gaming #Steam #linuxgaming

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According to one source Linux hits over 6% desktop user share gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/accoโ€ฆ

#Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource


According to one source Linux hits over 6% desktop user share

Depending on where you look, Linux on the desktop has somewhere between 4-6% user share on the desktop. Showing it's growing slowly by steadily overall.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #linuxgaming
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Joรฃo Santos
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in the western world 5% to 6% seems about right, as you point out in the article there is more than one source putting it in that range.
Statista also has a dataset (statista.com/statistics/268237โ€ฆ) putting Linux at 3.7% globally in march with more than 7% unknown.
I'm curious how it will change in October with Win 10 finally being EOL and MS nagging people to throw away perfectly good desktops and laptops.

Computer operating systems market share 2025| Statista

Microsoftโ€™s Windows is the most widely used computer operating system in the world, accounting for ** percent share of the desktop, tablet, and console OS market in March 2025.
Statista

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GE-Proton 10-10 brings tweaks for Warframe, Darksiders, Mortal Kombat 1 and ntsync enabled by default gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/ge-pโ€ฆ

#Gaming #Linux #Proton #GEProton #SteamDeck #SteamOS


GE-Proton 10-10 brings tweaks for Warframe, Darksiders, Mortal Kombat 1 and ntsync enabled by default

GE-Proton 10-10 is out now with the latest version of this community maintained compatibility layer for Linux systems bringing plenty of Windows game fixes.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #gaming #steamos #proton #SteamDeck #GEproton

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The stunning #GreatOto or #Glasswing #Butterfly flits around #SouthAmerica with almost transparent wings ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŽ‡โœจ๐Ÿ’– to protect from predators. Yet they face #extinction from #deforestation ๐Ÿ˜ฟ Take action #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2023/03/โ€ฆ
#butterfly #extinction #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #southamerica #greatoto #glasswing

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Great critique of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book "Abundance".

โ€œAbundanceโ€ Is Not the Answer

lareviewofbooks.org/article/abโ€ฆ

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#today #silentsunday #norway
The image depicts a serene natural landscape featuring a clear, green river flowing through a lush, forested valley. In the foreground, the river's water is transparent, revealing rocks beneath the surface, and its green hue is likely influenced by the reflection of the surrounding foliage. The riverbanks are lined with dense greenery, including various trees and shrubs, which add to the vibrant color palette of the scene. In the background, a mountain range rises majestically, with some peaks still capped with snow, indicating a high altitude. The mountains are partially covered with trees, creating a gradient of green shades that transition from the lower, more densely forested areas to the higher, snow-capped peaks. The sky is clear and blue, suggesting a sunny day with good visibility. The overall composition of the image emphasizes the natural beauty and tranquility of the landscape, with the river serving as a central element that connects the foreground and background. The interplay of light and shadow on the water and the foliage adds depth and texture to the scene.
#today #SilentSunday #norway
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Very cool new giant virus!

A dinoflagellate-infecting giant virus with a micron-length tail

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20โ€ฆ

#viruses

#viruses

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cat names
Oh yes!
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Muse
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Desmond's names:
Desmond
Dezi Boy
Bubba
Buddy
Goofy Noodle

Moki's names:
Moki
Moki Pokes
Sweetie Girl
My Teddy Bear

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Playful and boisterous #sun bears ๐Ÿป๐Ÿชฉ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿช… are the rolly-polly tricksters of SE #Asia's #rainforests. They're vulnerable mainly from #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket wp.me/pcFhgU-jY?utm_source=masโ€ฆ @palmoildetect.bsky.social
#sun #asia #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #rainforests

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Boost Gandalf Sax Cat and enjoy all the Caturday blessings.

#catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #aww #catsofbluesky #rescuekitties

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The plan was complete. #grickledoodle #ducks #planning #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
A cartoon illustration of an old man placing a final duck down in a basement full of ducks. Caption reads "It had taken years of patience and planning, but Walter felt that he FINALLY had all his ducks in a row."
#art #cartoon #drawing #funny #ducks #grickledoodle #planning

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A good analogy for dealing with encroaching technologies.
blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyreโ€ฆ

They're putting blue food coloring in everything

"Why is my burger blue?" I asked, innocently. "Oh! We're making all of our food blue, all the best restaurants are doing it now." the waiter explained. But I didn't want my burger to be blue.
Luna Winters (Luna's Blog)

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Ein Beachtenswerter Artikel von @phaenomenal (nicht geprรผft, ob er das wirklich ist) zu Bluesky und Mastodon. Mit der Geschichte und Hintergrรผnden von @Gargron und Jay L. Graber.
golem.de/news/bluesky-mastodonโ€ฆ

Golem.de: IT-News fรผr Profis

www.golem.de
@Eugen Rochko @phaenomenal
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Eugen Rochko
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Da sind aber schon ein Paar Sachen falsch. Meine Bachelor-Arbeit hatte nichts mit dezentralen sozialen Netzwerken zu tun. Ich verstehe auch die Annahme nicht, das ich "das Internet, wie es frรผher einmal war", nicht erlebt haben kรถnnte. Ich war zuerst etwa 2005 online.
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Dergoran
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Dergoran
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Zu deiner Bachelorarbeit kann ich jetzt nicht sagen. Was aber den letzten Teil betrifft, wรผrde ich schon Anmerkungen machen wollen. Ich habe zum Beispiel meine Informatiknote in der Schule retten kรถnnen, weil ich die von einem Jungen selbst auf einer Webseite hinterlegte Hausarbeit รผber Pointer in Turbo Pascal lesen konnte. Ein Weltenรถffner im Jahre 1995. Du bist demnach online gegangen, als ich mich bei Twitter registrierte. (Glaube ich)
โ€ฆ
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Ansgar Warner
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Ansgar Warner
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Mit "frรผher" meinte ich tatsรคchlich das 20. Jahrhundert ;) So knapp bis Google an den Start ging. Und einschlieรŸlich der Net-Communities der 1980er, wo sich die ganze Online-Kultur รผberhaupt erstmals im groรŸen Stil entwickelt hat... Deswegen fรคllt ja als Begriff am Anfang auch: "Internet". In der Headline (nicht von mir) ist das leider mit dem "Social Web" vermischt...
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Ansgar Warner
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Ansgar Warner
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Hatte รผbrigens auch mal per Mail ne Anfrage an die Mastodon-Pressestelle geschickt u.a. wegen Details wie der BA-Arbeit... Aber leider nie ne Antwort erhalten... (Das war einige Zeit bevor ich selbst auf Mastodon unterwegs war...)

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Giant #Otters ๐Ÿฆฆ๐ŸคŽare intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทThey are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/โ€ฆ
Giant #Otters ๐Ÿฆฆ๐ŸคŽare intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทThey are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Giant #Otters ๐Ÿฆฆ๐ŸคŽare intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทThey are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Giant #Otters ๐Ÿฆฆ๐ŸคŽare intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทThey are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Giant #Otters ๐Ÿฆฆ๐ŸคŽare intelligent and resourceful guardians of the #Amazon #SouthAmerica. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทThey are #Endangered from #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranching. Help them by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
#vegan #Amazon #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #endangered #Soy #southamerica #Gold #mining #otters

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#silentSunday #Bloomscrolling Canna lily
Bright red canna lily
#SilentSunday #bloomscrolling

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82-year old Chilean, granted permanent legal residency (political asylum) by the US in 1987.

Lost his โ€œgreen cardโ€. While getting it replaced, ICE snatched him. Family couldnโ€™t find out where he was, thought he was dead. Then they were told he was dead (anonymously? - unclear)

Instead, he had been deported. Not to Chile. To Guatemala. Heโ€™s now in a hospital there.

His fate depends on the whims of the people who sent him, people immune to the law.

independent.co.uk/news/world/aโ€ฆ


ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green Card

โ€˜I can see all my family is in pain right now,โ€™ Luis Leon granddaughter said
Kelly Rissman (The Independent)
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The Royal Society

"Gregor Mendel, the pioneer of modern genetics, was born #OnThisDay in 1822. His experiments with pea plants established the genetic inheritance of certain traits, and he coined the terms 'recessive' and 'dominant' to describe them."
bit.ly/3Ol3psu


Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822โ€“1884)

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#onthisday

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You have been warned yet again, the US cannot be trusted...

Microsoft, under oath, admits the possibility that EUโ€‘hosted data can be accessed by US agencies without any notifications

In sworn Frenchโ€‘Senate testimony, Microsoftโ€™s legal chief for France(M. Anton Carniaux) conceded he cannot guarantee that data on French citizens stored wholly in EU Microsoft datacenters is safe from U.S. silent access and acknowledged that French or any EU authorities might not even be notified if access occurs.

Delivered under oath, this statement is an official legal recognition of the silentโ€‘access risk inherent in relying on Microsoftโ€™s infrastructure.

www-senat-fr.translate.goog/coโ€ฆ

CE Commande publiqueย : compte rendu de la semaine du 9 juin 2025

Sรฉnat
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kitty vs blind
oops!
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Kenny Chaffin
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Oh Lordy!!!! yes...yes...
My daughter just had to have her heavy-duty blinds in her apartment replaced due to her cat.

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Bateleur #Eagles ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿช‚ are soaring #birds of prey of #Africa featuring exquisite plumage and regal stature. Fall under their spell and help them when you shop #BoycottPalmOil for their survival ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿšซ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect wp.me/pcFhgU-8Qp?utm_source=maโ€ฆ
#birds #Africa #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #eagles

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DYK #palmoil is in 60% of all supermarket goods? It's causing massive #ecocide in #rainforests. Fight back and boycott the greed and #greenwashing of #Mondelez #Unilever #Nestle Learn how to #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿคฎ @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-EV?utm_source=masโ€ฆ
#greenwashing #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #ecocide #rainforests #nestle #unilever #mondelez

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Comment ๐Ÿง

#linux

What distro are you using this month?
#linux
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ted
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ted
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last 5 years ubuntu now, i switched to mint. im not a developer but i like foss community

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Muse
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@Jodi Dry food only! Ouch! We had to take one cat off dry food because it caused bladder stones. Within one month he was in so much less pain. However, he was also REALLY grumpy about not having his beloved hard food. In the end I would give him a few pieces of kibble once a day as a treat.
@Jodi
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Jodi
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Jodi
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Vet: it's not good for him
Me: Tell him that, he won't eat anything else
Cat: MEOW

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Build a tiny gaming rig with your Raspberry Pi 5.

itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-5-towโ€ฆ

Raspberry Pi 5 Tower Cases to Give it Desktop Gaming Rig Look

Pi 5 is a remarkable device and it deserves an awesome case. Transform your Raspberry Pi 5 into a miniature desktop tower PC with these cases.
Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)

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#News: #Indonesia has delivered 10,000 tonnes of rice to #Palestine, showing real solidarity and care where so many other nations turn their back on millions of people enduring the horrific genocide #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #Famine @palmoildetect.bsky.social en.tempo.co/read/2017004/indonโ€ฆ
en.tempo.co/read/2017004/indonโ€ฆ
#News #HumanRights #palestine #indonesia #ChildrensRights #famine

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#Blueberry picking season!

22lbs freshly picked ๐Ÿ˜‹

A cluster of ripe blueberrys
The blueberry haul - a whole 22lbs! Whoop!
One if many cute snail found on the blueberry bushes
#blueberry

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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.
youtube.com
@Richard
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Muse
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Muse
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Bribery is bribery. It's against the law. I suppose if you believe the vast majority of people are corruptible, then it would be reasonable to believe sortition would be corrupted. But if that's the case no government would ever be free of corruption. Rich politicians are not noble figures of high ethical standards. In which case why have a government at all? Just close it all down.
in reply to Muse

clarice overhere
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clarice overhere
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fair comment. The removal of influence (and possible bribery) is why we lock jurists away during court proceedings, so they can focus only on the evidence presented. If legislation was proposed, the sortitioned could be given pertinent information to study and closed off much the same until a decision is reached. The cost to taxpayers would be large but needn't be more than we're already paying.
Innnteresting..

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lego ktty
Those Lego sets get more realistic every year!

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