Mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 24th and join Translate Science for our next event.
Our guest will be Christopher Hertweck, talking about localizing the user interface of Sketch Engine, a tool for creating and analyzing text corpora, from English into German as part of an internship project with a small team of students. Join us online on Tuesday February 24th at 14:00 UTC to hear more about this project.
RSVP on Mobilizon (with your Mobilizon ID or email)
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Translate Science is a community of interest for multilingual open science, always looking to connect with more people who share this interest!
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Translating research software: Localization of the Sketch Engine user interface
Christopher Hertweck localized the user interface of Sketch Engine, a tool for creating and analyzing text corpora, from English into German as part of an internship project with a small team of students.mobilizon.picasoft.net
Why use AI writing tools when you can just build your own workflow in Emacs instead?
itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux-idealโฆ
In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel
The venerable text editor feels timeless and timely in the age of AI and enshittification. A novelist argues that it is perhaps because Emacs is the embodiment of FOSS idealsTheena Kumaragurunathan (It's FOSS)
KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-โฆ
#KDELinux #Linux #KDE #OpenSource
KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
The KDE developers are working towards the first Beta release of KDE Linux, their own home-grown immutable operating system.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux kernel 6.19 arrives and the next will be 7.0 gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/linuโฆ
Linux kernel 6.19 arrives and the next will be 7.0
Linus Torvalds announced Linux kernel 6.19 is officially out now and then next is planned to be the big 7.0 release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A little morning doodle ๐
I might turn it into a mini print ๐
#Art #doodle #Bird #illustration #DigitalArt #Procreate #drawing #Cute #MastoArt #FediArt #BirdsOfMastodon #Artist
Everything might be a file in Linux. ๐
But Linus is not on "those" files... ๐ฟ
Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mesaโฆ
#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource #Drivers #LinuxGaming
Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers
Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/vulkโฆ
#Linux #OpenSource #Wine #Proton #D7VK #Direct3D
Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support
The Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK has version 1.3 out now, which officially expands it to also cover Direct3D 5 support for running more games on Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steaโฆ
#PeoplePlayground #PCGaming #Steam #Malware
Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
Oh dear. People Playground from mestiez / Studio Minus recently had a major problem with malware pretending to be a mod in the Steam Workshop.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steaโฆ
Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed
Answering calls from developers, Valve have tweaked Early Access game pages to allow developers to add a full release date.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wineโฆ
#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors
Wine 11.2 is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer towards Wine 12 early next year.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Group-Office's latest release is worth a look.
itsfoss.com/news/group-office-โฆ
This Lesser Known Nextcloud Alternative's Latest Release Makes it More Suitable for Small Businesses
The open source groupware platform partners with Collabora to provide a paid feature for free. There is also a Kanban module along with time apporoval feature.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
I just finished this book by Travis Baldree. So much fun!
The story reminds me of something written by Terry Pratchett. I have put my name in as they next person to check it out from the library!
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I had an interesting conversation on here recently that made me realize that maybe not everyone who uses Mastodon knows that you can use filters as a way to add content warning to other people's posts?
stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-fediโฆ
#fediverse #mastodon #ContentWarning #SocialMedia
On fediverse content warnings and filters
Content warnings are a useful tool. And very divisive.Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)
Fizzy is a Kanban solution that feels like it has potential.
itsfoss.com/fizzy-self-hostablโฆ
#projectmanagement #kanban #productivity
We Ditched ClickUp for Fizzy, An "Open Source" Kanban Board App
If you're juggling multiple tasks and want something simpler than Jira or ClickUp, this is worth trying.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
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Brands Using Deforestation Palm Oil
These brands have products that contain palm oil sourced from mills that are responsible for the destruction of precious habitats of endangered species. Just in 2020 alone, these brands (along withโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Rufus in inaction! His snores are distracting me from writing. As are his sleep eating twitches. Hope the sound works.
Check out if Linux kernel 6.19 is worth upgrading to:
itsfoss.com/news/kernel-6-19-rโฆ
Linux Kernel 6.19 Arrives! You Get Intel, AMD Improvements, and ASUS Armoury Support
Hardware support gets major buffs across multiple architectures.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Tiny board with serious power and a great option for edge AI or automation beyond the Raspberry Pi world.
itsfoss.com/forlinx-nxp-sbc-reโฆ
Experiencing This Powerful NXP SBC Made Me Realize of My Limitations
Using an industry-oriented device can surely test the limits of a DIY enthusiast.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
WOW!
youtube.com/shorts/mmyh49QRJE0
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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
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@Joyce Donahue I can't see the stuff from the US because CBS is preventing their clips from being shown outside of the US.
Wasn't that backflip amazing?!
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It turns out that fungus growing termites sometimes cultivate Termitomyces titanicus. This is an excellent scientific name. It's a fungi farmed by termites (like ants they do not allow it to produce "fruiting bodies" or mushroom caps while the colony is active.) But when a colony dies it will produce a massive mushroom over a meter wide.
And you can eat it!
Hence the species name.
It's never really found just living on its own without ants to take care of it?
Ant keep it clean, set the correct humidity, feed it plant matter...
In fact, many antkeepers have tried to farm it (so they have extra fungi for their pet ants) and it's basically been impossible for people to do it, even with clean rooms, carefully cut leaves and humidity chambers.
It's totally dependent on ants.
Now... could it maybe float as spores and join an existing ant colony? Maybe? IDK
i used to work on this in grad school - hard fungus to collect!
The fungus packs the hyphal swelling that it feeds to the ants with enzymes to degrade plant material. The ants eat the hyphal swellings, and then defacate on fresh plant material as they bring it into a nest. This is perhaps one reason why the fungus can't live alone now - it needs the ants to pre-treat the leaves with these enzymes in order to grow efficiently. Bizarre stuff!
My next #SuperbOwlSunday photo is one of my favourite owl photos - two recently fledged young Barred Owls (Strix varia) on a branch. Cute, even if the sound they made wasn't! I have more photos of these two, and a video of them, in a blog post:
mrussellphotography.com/blog/bโฆ
#Wildlife #SuperbOwl #BritishColumbia #Owls #Photography #Nature
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FYI, if you've already grabbed the 2.0.0 release for the new stable 2026.01 please go download it again. There was something that got missed in the Dark Mode stylesheets. I didn't bump the version since it was supposed to be part of this update, I just replaced the release with the fixed version.
This does not affect the release for the old stable 2024.12 version.
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Did you know that gold kills indigenous people and rare animals?
Gold mining kills indigenous peoples throughout the world like the Yanomami people of Brazil and Papuans in West Papua. The bloody, violent and greedy landgrabbing that goes on for gold forces indiโฆPalm Oil Detectives
google (american company) is launching a product named aluminium OS. not aluminum, but aluminium. they've explicitly chosen the foreign spelling of the name.
this poll is only for those who normally call element 13 "aluminum" (americans, canadians, etc): how will/would you pronounce google's new operating system?
Aluminium OS: Google's Android Desktop Revolution with Gemini AI
Comprehensive guide to Aluminium OS, Google's Android-based desktop operating system launching in 2026Aluminium OS Information Hub (Aluminium OS Hub)
- al-oo-muh-num (20%, 8 votes)
- al-you-min-ee-um or al-yuh-min-ee-um (5%, 2 votes)
- al-oo-min-ee-um or al-uh-min-ee-um (33%, 13 votes)
- bald/vanilla extract/something else/i don't speak american/show results (41%, 16 votes)
PSA: Did you know that itโs **unsafe** to put code diffs into your commit messages?
Like github.com/i3/i3/pull/6564 for example
Such diffs will be applied by patch(1) (also git-am(1)) as part of the code change!
This is how a sleep(1) made it into i3 4.25-2 in Debian unstable.
Fix i3bar workspace buttons for primary screen by orestisfl ยท Pull Request #6564 ยท i3/i3
git bisect: c734409 is the first bad commit c7344095ec242c5e2616841de27f11343a6010ee (HEAD) Fix leak sanitizer memleaks (#6520) i3bar/src/ipc.c | 5 +++-- i3bar/src/workspaces.c | 58 +++...GitHub
AveryMD - Twitch
I'm one-half of Future Proof Games, creators of Rosette Diceless (https://rosetterpg.com), Exploit: Zero Day (https://exploitzeroday.com/), The Majesty of Colors (https://majestyofcolors.com), and Ossuary (http://fpgam.es/Ossuary).Twitch
AveryMD - Twitch
I'm one-half of Future Proof Games, creators of Rosette Diceless (https://rosetterpg.com), Exploit: Zero Day (https://exploitzeroday.com/), The Majesty of Colors (https://majestyofcolors.com), and Ossuary (http://fpgam.es/Ossuary).Twitch
I'm finally getting back to doing some streaming for @fpg's Future Proof Plays! I'll be streaming Pentiment at 15:00 EST (a little over an hour from now) over at twitch.tv/averymd
Aiming to keep the vibes pretty chill, but I miss geeking about games on stream with folks.
AveryMD - Twitch
I'm one-half of Future Proof Games, creators of Rosette Diceless (https://rosetterpg.com), Exploit: Zero Day (https://exploitzeroday.com/), The Majesty of Colors (https://majestyofcolors.com), and Ossuary (http://fpgam.es/Ossuary).Twitch
Running on solar this afternoon. So glad to have to rooftop panels up!
I've noticed about a dozen other homes in my conservative rural Virginia neighborhood doing the same, and the town rec center recently got a large rooftop system as well. It gives me hope that some things are still moving in the right direction, even in these dark times.
#solar #RooftopSolar #EnergyTransition
Shown him off to my Grandparents today, First question I got from my nan is "What's his name?", I still haven't gave him a name.
Let them have a hug from him and they loved how soft he is. I think it's almost time to name him.
#plushtodon #mastodon #fediverse #plushy
Pros : You have the power on your PC
Cons : You have the power on your PC (hmm hmm `sudo rm -fr /* --no-preserve-root` ๐ )
Nicobar pigeonย Caloenas nicobarica
The Nicobar pigeon is the largest pigeon in the world and the closest living relative to the extinct dodo bird. They are famous for their gorgeous iridescent feathers. When threatened they make a pโฆPalm Oil Detectives
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •Version controlled thought patterns, a lisp language to manipulate thought patterns, capture thoughts, a thought repository - wow that sounds indeed incredible! ๐
Oh how wonderful would such a world be.
When do you think your book will be ready? ๐
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