The backlash over safety pins and allies, explained
The latest fight in the battle of wokeness: safety pins.Alex Abad-Santos (Vox)
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Smartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form | TechCrunch
Four years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter’s history, Pebble abruptly ended. The hardware startup closedBrian Heater (TechCrunch)
Station Science Top News: Jan. 24, 2025 - NASA
Reducing reliance on resupply missionsLinda E. Grimm (NASA)
NASA Invites Media to Pre-Super Bowl Tours at New Orleans Facility - NASA
Media are invited to visit NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans between Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Thursday, Feb. 6, ahead of Super Bowl LIX for anNASA
Get My Good Side - NASA
A NASA photographer took this portrait of a curious sandhill crane on March 24, 2021, near the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center inNASA
Black Holes Can Cook for Themselves, Chandra Study Shows - NASA
Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-rayNASA
Black Holes Can Cook for Themselves, Chandra Study Shows - NASA
Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-rayNASA
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Linux from Beginner to Professional by O'Reilly
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NASA Invites Media to Pre-Super Bowl Tours at New Orleans Facility - NASA
Media are invited to visit NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans between Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Thursday, Feb. 6, ahead of Super Bowl LIX for anNASA
💌 You're invited: Nextcloud Hub 10 launch registrations open now!
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Nextcloud Hub 10 global launch - Nextcloud
Nextcloud Hub 10 will be launched on February 25th at 2 PM (CET) in an online event. Register now to join the live presentation!Nextcloud
Crear Resiliencia, el manual de acompañamiento para la protección digital de DDP.
🌱 Nuestra más reciente traducción para nuestro blog en @ElSaltoDiario es un escalofriante artículo de Alexander Zaitchik sobre cómo Bill Gates y demás colosos del agroextractivismo pretenden que los campesinos de África pasen a depender de unas semillas "mejoradas" que no pueden volver a plantar.
«Nuestras semillas proceden de esta tierra. Decir qué semillas podemos usar y cómo usarlas es colonialismo».
La primera parte:
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La nueva economía alimentaria colonialista (I)
Cómo Bill Gates y los colosos del agroextractivismo están asfixiando a los pequeños agricultores de África y el Sur Globalwww.elsaltodiario.com
Last summer, Ambleside.
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El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona toma una postura firme contra X, la plataforma que considera incompatible con los valores democráticos.
Barcelona se planta: adiós a 'X', la red social que "amenaza la democracia"
El Ayuntamiento da un golpe sobre la mesa y acusa a la plataforma de ser incompatible con la información veraz y honestaRedaccion (Spanish Revolution)
Iron Roads is a cute-looking rail network optimisation sim out in Early Access gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/iron…
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Iron Roads is a cute-looking rail network optimisation sim out in Early Access
Love your building and management sims? Iron Roads puts a rather cute looking style on it and it's now available with Linux support in Early Access.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
COMING SOON: 2024 Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station - NASA
The 2024 Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station is coming soon. This new edition contains updated bibliometric analyses,Roger Weiss (NASA)
The Role of Unions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Interview with Professor Alvin Velazquez of Indiana University BloomingtonUnionBase
For anyone wondering why the Nazis on Twitter, Meta, and the US State are having a meltdown today it's because China dropped about a half dozen brand new AI models that outperform anything ChatGPT/Grok/Claude/Llama can do, take a fraction of the time and money to create and upkeep, and made them all open source, ruining the AI market.
livescience.com/technology/art…
Chinese researchers just built an open-source rival to ChatGPT in 2 months. Silicon Valley is freaked out.
DeepSeek-R1, a new reasoning model made by Chinese researchers, completes tasks with a comparable proficiency to OpenAI's o1 at a fraction of the cost.Ben Turner (Live Science)
Originally PS5 exclusive Team NINJA are bringing Rise of the Ronin to PC in March gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/orig…
#RiseoftheRonin #PCGaming #Gaming
Originally PS5 exclusive Team NINJA are bringing Rise of the Ronin to PC in March
Rise of the Ronin from Team NINJA and KOEI TECMO has now been confirmed to be launching on Steam and it's coming soon too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
AMPLITUDE announce ENDLESS Legend 2 with publishing from Hooded Horse gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ampl…
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AMPLITUDE announce ENDLESS Legend 2 with publishing from Hooded Horse
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Mahjong gets the Balatro treatment with Aotenjo: Infinite Hands gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mahj…
#AotenjoInfiniteHands #IndieGames #Mahjong #PCGaming
Mahjong gets the Balatro treatment with Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
We're likely to continue seeing more developers try mixing up classic games like Balatro did with Poker, and now we have Aotenjo: Infinite Hands aiming to do similar for Mahjong.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Offline music? Open source? Musify does both.
Musify: An Open Source Music Streaming App for Android With Offline Support
If you want to take control of your music playback, try Musify on Android.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Added a new entry to the RSS list: It's FOSS
The website of It's FOSS covers a wide range of topics with Linux and open source software. It's a great resource to learn about new software and ongoing developments within the subject area.
Full list: linux-audit.com/resources/linu…
Follow: @itsfoss
You know I like your online presence. So it's a small gesture to share the work of other content creators 😉
Any RSS feeds that you like to follow that should also be added?
Yield! Fall of Rome is the 'child of Polytopia and Civilization' out in Early Access and Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/yiel…
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Yield! Fall of Rome is the 'child of Polytopia and Civilization' out in Early Access and Steam Deck Verified
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Chaosmonger Studio have announced a new adventure game with MIGHTY 1990 gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/chao…
#MIGHTY1990 #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #AdventureGames
Chaosmonger Studio have announced a new adventure game with MIGHTY 1990
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The ridiculous Steam Brick just makes me want a proper Steam Machine gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-…
#SteamBrick #SteamDeck #SteamOS
The ridiculous Steam Brick just makes me want a proper Steam Machine
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We need a Steam Machine based off of Strix Halo: amd.com/en/products/processors…
If it's small enough, it can act as a backpack PC for the Index.
"Raking Light", Drakensberg 2024. We had risen in the dark to make the short but steep walk up to this view point on our final morning of a 75km traverse of the berg, and were greeted to views with such depth and light of a wonderful quality. The winds were strong but nothing could distract from the immensity of our surroundings.
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Hiking and Photographing South Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains - The Northern Traverse (March 2024)
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Microsoft's latest open source offering. 👇
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APOD: 2025 January 27 – Pleiades over Half Dome
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in reply to Muse • • •Why I keep masking... Over half those I work with appear at least 20 years older than they are. Their immune system is failing them. They don't have the ability to climb stairs like an average healthy person of 10 years ago. The quality of life for someone in their 30's appears to be comparable to the elderly.
We have to keep hiring and train for our little department to replace those who pass or retire from health issues. We are losing so many and none of them wore a mask until it was too late. Just like smokers at the very end...
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in reply to Muse • • •Who's in charge? Perhaps the management can some day figure out the remedy, and put it in place.
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in reply to Muse • • •The company I work for could save a LOT of money requiring masking. I'm currently enjoying massive overtime covering those who are sick. It's doubled my income. That's a lot of money for a little piece of safety equipment.
We haven't lost anyone in my career getting blasted in an electrical substation, which requires safety equipment and procedure. But we did lose three people last year to covid. That was entirely preventable wearing masks. I guess people enjoy the pain of suffering and constant sickness. Boggles my mind...
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in reply to Muse • • •I not only wear a mask, sometimes I even open an umbrella to make it out of the building, and then back inside to my apartment. I could just give him the finger- pointed at the hidden and visible cameras, but my umbrella sends a message - especially when people ask about why I open an umbrella inside the building - I tell them.
There are also surveillance cameras everywhere outside, and inside stores and other buildings. There can be no expectation of privacy - anywhere, even inside bathrooms.
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in reply to Muse • • •I've learned how to change facial appearances completely without a mask. Muscle and voice training can really make recognition algorithms totally useless.
I've worked around legally blind people and they can totally identify someone through the sound of unique walking styles.
Sometimes my sense of smell can recognize people and I can't control it, some people have a screaming loud smell my eyes will water. Sometimes I can smell when someone is bleeding.
Some people can be recognized by their breathing... and breath🤢
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in reply to Muse • • •heh 😁
surveillance-fear can be taken a bit far, though - i know a lady who takes the battery out of her phone when she goes to collect her cat from the cattery..so "the Chinese" cant track her. i dont know if she means all people of Chinese descent or the government of China but i'm pretty sure none of them give a flying faroo where she boards her cat...she is a Sky News zealot, though, and as a result is afraid of everyfknthing...sigh..
back to showing solidarity: during the last referendum, someone complained about the Aboriginal flag being in a hall (voting place) to such an extent (newspaper and facebook outrage) that the poor old dears who ran the hall took down the flag just to make for a bit of shoosh. Come polling day and the foyer floor of the hall was scattered with tiny little bits of paper with the flag coloured upon them; people were just bringing in a tiny flag or two and dropping them 😀
... show moreit probably didnt do much to sway anyone's vote but it did give much support to the people of the Gunditjmara nation and has bouyed spirits very much f
heh 😁
surveillance-fear can be taken a bit far, though - i know a lady who takes the battery out of her phone when she goes to collect her cat from the cattery..so "the Chinese" cant track her. i dont know if she means all people of Chinese descent or the government of China but i'm pretty sure none of them give a flying faroo where she boards her cat...she is a Sky News zealot, though, and as a result is afraid of everyfknthing...sigh..
back to showing solidarity: during the last referendum, someone complained about the Aboriginal flag being in a hall (voting place) to such an extent (newspaper and facebook outrage) that the poor old dears who ran the hall took down the flag just to make for a bit of shoosh. Come polling day and the foyer floor of the hall was scattered with tiny little bits of paper with the flag coloured upon them; people were just bringing in a tiny flag or two and dropping them 😀
it probably didnt do much to sway anyone's vote but it did give much support to the people of the Gunditjmara nation and has bouyed spirits very much following the totally shitful result of the referendum.
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in reply to Muse • • •Yes - it takes a community these days. I was thinking of some of my relatives who survived during the Great Depression in America. They were very poor, but they survived with the help of a garden for food. They lived out in the middle of nowhere, in the woods, in a rented cabin.
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MUSE wrote: “We don’t have enough land any more to grow food. But we do live in a farm area. So we are near the top of the supply chain. It would still depend upon how supportive our community is. Or if they are willing to let neighbours starve while sending produce into the city to feed the wealthy.”
*It used to be a common practice to know how to can, dry and store food, especially in ‘Root Cellars’. There... show more
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MUSE wrote: “We don’t have enough land any more to grow food. But we do live in a farm area. So we are near the top of the supply chain. It would still depend upon how supportive our community is. Or if they are willing to let neighbours starve while sending produce into the city to feed the wealthy.”
*It used to be a common practice to know how to can, dry and store food, especially in ‘Root Cellars’. There were also places “smoke shacks” where meat was ‘cured’. We have, for the most part lost those skills and practices. We now have industrial farming, and hot houses. Tomatoes are sprayed with a chemical that turns their color red. Ughhhhhh! And, diseased animals that we eat for food. Big Yellow Taxi
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in reply to Muse • • •I've got french fries frying in cast iron on the stove. I set a timer to 5 minutes so I won't forget, and the entire batch is burnt to Hell. I'm a refugee from 'The Land of Multi-Tasking'. Even now I've got so many different things going on in different directions that I crash into myself. Hahaah!
While peeling and cutting up the potatoes I thought about you and the "severe vitamin D3 and B12 deficiency" that contributed to your loss of hearing and other super powers. I'm so sorry that happened you, and whatever the circumstances were that that caused such a thing to happen.
From working in dark rooms with the only light being from computer monitors, I also developed a number of vitamin deficiencies including D3 and B12. Eating junk food at my desk didn't help either. Continual high stress, deadlines, anxiety, nightmares, no proper rest or exercise, addiction to caffeine and cigarettes. Ughh, I'm fine now - not a complete walking wreck. I hope you're doing better and you are in good health.
... show more- So - I was thinking such things as you may have limited surface land- but wit
I've got french fries frying in cast iron on the stove. I set a timer to 5 minutes so I won't forget, and the entire batch is burnt to Hell. I'm a refugee from 'The Land of Multi-Tasking'. Even now I've got so many different things going on in different directions that I crash into myself. Hahaah!
While peeling and cutting up the potatoes I thought about you and the "severe vitamin D3 and B12 deficiency" that contributed to your loss of hearing and other super powers. I'm so sorry that happened you, and whatever the circumstances were that that caused such a thing to happen.
From working in dark rooms with the only light being from computer monitors, I also developed a number of vitamin deficiencies including D3 and B12. Eating junk food at my desk didn't help either. Continual high stress, deadlines, anxiety, nightmares, no proper rest or exercise, addiction to caffeine and cigarettes. Ughh, I'm fine now - not a complete walking wreck. I hope you're doing better and you are in good health.
- So - I was thinking such things as you may have limited surface land- but within the limits of building ordinances and permits, you could build up, and under you land space. I'm sure you've already thought of such things. With all the extra money you're making, you could do many things.
And - it does take a village to survive. People contributing what they can, including great skills like yours. I think of the incredible skills and humanity of Miss Muse and Andrew - that they share with all of us. Oh! My Gawd!! In comparison, I'm a snail inching my way on a city sidewalk! But I do try to contribute things of value - of one kind or another.
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in reply to Muse • • •(I fried those French Fries in olive oil.)
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