I am organising an event in Australia on the seventeenth of July--either at the US Consulate General Melbourne or at our international airport near the entrance to all US flights. I am also open to having a video conference with people here on Diaspora to discuss what we are and can be doing to protect our vote and restore our democracy.
In equality, liberty, and community!
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Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) gets advanced profile management gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/linuโฆ
#LACT #Linux #OpenSource
Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) gets advanced profile management
Advanced profile management is a fun sounding new feature for the popular Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) app.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedoโฆ
Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn
There was a whole lot of discussion recently for the Fedora Linux proposal to drop 32-bit support, with the current plan being dropped.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GE-Proton 10-7 out now with fixes for Wuthering Waves, Anno 1800, Wine Wayland gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/ge-pโฆ
#WutheringWaves #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #GEProton
GE-Proton 10-7 out now with fixes for Wuthering Waves, Anno 1800, Wine Wayland
GE-Proton 10-7 is the latest release out for the community-maintained compatibility layer to run more Windows games on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine 10.11 brings work towards NTSYNC support gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/wineโฆ
#Linux #Wine #OpenSource
Wine 10.11 brings work towards NTSYNC support
The Wine 10.11 development release is out now for this Windows compatibility layer to run apps and games on Linux systems.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Richtig gut, wie @publix beim Open House eine resiliente Infrastruktur fรผr digitale Information und Debatte ins Zentrum rรผckt:
Neben #SaveSocial auch volles Haus fรผr @zoraxzora und @filter beim Panel zu @joinmastodon.
Meet the Press: Do you think billionaires have a right to exist?
Zohran Mamdani: I don't think we should have billionaires because frankly it is so much money in a moment of such inequality and ultimately what we need more of is equality across the city and across the state and country.
Troubleshooting your Pi? Donโt ignore those blinking LEDs!
itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-statuโฆ
Red and Green LED Lights on Raspberry Pi and Their Meaning
Raspberry Piโs status LEDs are a surprisingly powerful diagnostic tool, especially for headless setups.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus
Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus Red List Status: Critically Endangered Location: Papua New Guinea (Torricelli Range), West Papua (Foja Mountains) In the misty cloud forests ofโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Open source meets AI in Flexpilot IDE.
Flexpilot is an Open Source IDE for AI-Assisted Coding Experience ๐
Flexpilot is almost like VS Code, only a bit better with built-in AI features. Learn why I created it and how you can use it.Community (It's FOSS)
But.. This requires users to login with the very proprietary github and it pushes forward proprietary extensions from the proprietary github marketplace, not so #foss then ๐
I've recently been using DuckDuckGo &, of course, they have an "AI" response at the top of a search. I always give it a thumbs down "not helpful," because it's in the way of my search results. Thanks to @ephemeral, TIL that DuckDuckGo has a "No AI" version. Here's the link: noai.duckduckgo.com/
To add it to Firefox or its derivatives enter about:config, find the browser section, & add: browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh Then go into settings > search > add > noai.duckduckgo.com/search?q=%โฆ
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.DuckDuckGo
Climate change: Future of today's young people
Climate scientists reveal that millions of today's young people will live through unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires and tropical storms under current climate policies.ScienceDaily
Reminder: NIH changes requiring most authors to have $2k (or much higher) on hand for every publication will be the requirement for all federally funded research starting in 2026. And as Uni's shift their sub budgets to help pay for OA, those Uni's will lose access to older pubs.
"NIH-funded science must now be free to read instantly: what you should know"
nature.com/articles/d41586-025โฆ
NIH-funded science must now be free to read instantly: what you should know
US biomedical agencyโs public-access policy kicks in on 1 July. Nature talks to specialists about how to comply.Lenharo, Mariana
Vordermann's Flying #Squirrels ๐ชฝ๐ฆฆ๐ค are spectacular gliding #mammals of #Borneo who are #vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation in #Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ and #Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ Support them and #BoycottPalmOil ๐ด๐ฉธ๐๐ฅโ ๏ธโ #Boycott4Wildlife
@Gargron Nah. It showed up from the folks Iโm following and I assumed it wasnโt *ACTUALLY* southern American grocery store chain Publix having a public meeting about Mastodon, that would be insane.
So it was more fun (and actually spurned some engagement) about the event by cheekily replying my silly question.
You knowโฆ fun!
If I have to see this goddamn "spatial ability" argument one more time. Get more specific. What type of spatial ability you absolute clowns. Exactly what task, and explain how you address the spatial ability conflation with gender problems. Explain why and how these diffs vanish when you include all the spatial tasks THAT RESEARCHERS REMOVED BECAUSE GIRLS WERE GOOD AT THEM
link.springer.com/article/10.1โฆ
Gender Differences in Spatial Ability: a Critical Review - Educational Psychology Review
Spatial ability has long been regarded as important in STEM, and mental rotation, a subcategory of spatial ability, is widely accepted as the cognitive ability with the largest gender difference in favor of men.SpringerLink
Silent Sunday
#silentsunday #seagull4b1 #fomapan100 #tlr #bokeh #bokehlicious #bartnelke #flower #squarephotography #120film #6x6 #negativo6x6 #6x6 #group6x6 #6x6film #6x6carresquare #analog #filmisnotdead #FilmCommunity #FilmCamera #AnalogVibes #FilmPhotographyLovers #ShootAnalog #FilmGrain #VintagePhotography #mediumformat
โI think the new web aesthetic is about getting active again. Platforms encourage passivity. They want us to stay still and scrolling, looking at what the algo wants to show us. Like, swipe, repeat. But the new web aesthetic is non-linear. It encourages you to move from one site to another, to dive down rabbit holes, and crucially, to continue sharing what you find.โ
toward a new aesthetic, @sachajudd newsletter.sachajudd.com/archiโฆ
The Netherlands is enacting it's national heat plan this week. With temps forecast to be as high as 35หC in the middle of the week. We need to talk about shade. Specifically, about the way our infrastucture is not designed for the new normal of these high temperatures in the summer.
In the heat of a summers day, by far the best thing a person can do is seek shade. Alas the way we have designed our built infrastructure makes this difficult. Take for example this bus stop in Amsterdam.
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Hosted by ZKM | Karlsruhe and the SWR Experimentalstudio, this international award offers a total prize fund of โฌ25,000. A total of four awards are to be won.
- Lifetime Achievement Award (โฌ10,000)
- Two Giga-Hertz Production Awards (each โฌ5,000)
- Pop Experimental Production Award (โฌ5,000).
zkm.de/en/open-call-giga-hertzโฆ
#experimentalmusic #popmusic #electronicmusic #soundart #electroacousticmusic
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
KABOOM!!!
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I do remember horrible Jello recipes from the 60s and 70s. But I also remember one or two gelatin dishes that are quite nice. It just became a thing on social media to put the hate on all things gelatin. I would joke: talk about this enough and you will bring it back! People will get curious, and next thing you know some people will want it!
The presenter for Tasting History is a lot of fun! I learned so much about the gilded era!
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โHeโs easily bruising. He has bone pain. He looks pale .โฆ He has also lost his appetite โฆ. His mom is terrified that these are symptoms that his leukemia situation might be deteriorating.โ
A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?
Pygmy Marmosets are the world's smallest monkeys and arguably one of the cutest ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ต #Vulnerable from #deforestation for #palmoil, rubber, timber and #meat. Resist and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
palmoildetectives.com/2021/09/โฆ
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella niveiventris and Cebuella pygmaea
The petite pygmy #marmoset, the worldโs tiniest true #monkey, boasts a mix of brownish-gold, grey, and tawny fur. These little wonders, weighing just around 100 grams, communicate uniquely usโฆPalm Oil Detectives
So duckduckgo has a 'no AI' version, at the link noai.duckduckgo.com/
I do wish they went for an opt-in so you could choose the ai version at something like 'ai-dot-duckduckgo'. But it's better than nothing.
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.DuckDuckGo
Happy Caturday Mastodon Friends
At the summer cottage, Halla gets the top bunk all to herself
#caturday #summer #cottage #weekendvibes
#photography #cats #finland #fediverse #fujifilm
The Raspberry Pi 5 was humbled by this SBC!
itsfoss.com/arosom-sige7-revieโฆ
This SBC Puts Raspberry Pi 5 to Shame
Cheeky headline apart, ArmSom Sige7 is actually a pretty impressive device.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wanted to have at least 5 Saudi universities among the top 200 in the world by 2030.
So he paid lots of scientists to falsely claim they worked in Saudi Arabia! Some got up to โฌ70,000 a year just for pretending to work there.
Unfortunately they got caught. The newspaper El Pais exposed the scam.
In 2022, Saudi Arabia had 109 professors on the List of Highly Cited Researchers, compiled by Clarivate. After a bunch got caught, the number dropped to 26. ๐คฃ
Someone should carefully check those 26 researchers.
In fact this "List of Highly Cited Researchers" is a fraud magnet. As of 2024, one in three apparently highly cited researchers has been caught engaging in bad practices.
This is a great example of Goodhart's Law: ""When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".
Thanks to @mansr for pointing this out.
english.elpais.com/science-tecโฆ
Dozens of the worldโs most cited scientists stop falsely claiming to work in Saudi Arabia
This newspaper unveiled that Saudi universities were paying up to โฌ70,000 a year to prestigious researchers to artificially pump up Arab institutions in international academic rankingsManuel Ansede (Ediciones EL PAรS S.L.)
nota bene: these laws are bush43''s post-911, in between there were obama and biden, who didn't roll them back.
still waiting for normality to return post911 โฆ
Katana Dragon is a ๐ฅ indie game for Linux.
news.itsfoss.com/katana-dragonโฆ
Exploring Katana Dragon: Ninja Action RPG with Native Linux and Steam Deck Support
Katana Dragon is a nice voxel-style ninja RPG which is also available for Linux.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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Together with @vinciane (as OSP) we worked on the visual identity of @imal next exhibition (imal.org/en/events/i-am-verticโฆ), currated by @320x200 and @l03s, a introspective of iMAL that focuses on digital art that escapes or preceed the alienating monoculture of homogenity/smoothness/ressource-intensiveness of modern technology.
As an answer, we decided to work on the identity away from our modern devices (laptops and phones). Instead of relying on alternative/FLOSS softwares running on our modern devices, we searched for alternatives tools entierly. We ended up befriending: a telecran (or etch-a-sketch), a Dymo label printer, an old typewritter like pen-plotter, a copier, posca, conversations and our hands.
Opening on the 1st of July, come gossip with us at the documentation table about the beautiful ecosystems of folkloric/intimate/situated creative technology that can exist at so-called 'obselete' edges of techno-capitalism.
I am vertical (but I would rather be horizontal)
iMAL is the Brusselsโ centre for new media and digital arts. It aims to support and showcase artistic and creative practices based on digital media & technologies.iMAL
working on that project materialized a necessary reminder that I hope will pass to others: technological alternatives can't be downloaded and installed on your modern devices. Alternatives is a cultural practice. Its require to revisit, deconstruct and change a whole "culture of doing" that was induced by the alienating softwares we learn to live with. This is something that can't be downloaded. It requires frictions, failing, to see your limits, and the limits of your tools, to befriend their singular attitude, to rephrase the problems differently, instead of looking for more (techno)-solutions, to refuse social behaviors and production standards we take for granted.
We didn't work by downloading yet another alternatives, we worked with a toy from the 60s, an office label printer from the 90s, a deprecated plotter for lettering on the drawing electronic board from the 90s.
Alternative is a way of thinking on how to make in meaningful ways depending of your context, not a service manufactured, provided or prescribed.
Wim Turnhout ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ด
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