It’s publication day (again!) for “Face with Tears of Joy”!
The book has been out in North America for a couple of weeks, and now that World Emoji Day (worldemojiday.com/) has rolled around, it's time to launch it everywhere else.
Get it wherever you buy your books! shadycharacters.co.uk/2025/07/…
📅 World Emoji Day — July 17, 2025
Official website for World Emoji Day with information about promotions, events and all that's happening on July 17.World Emoji Day
#Sustainability isn’t just for software — it’s for events too.
This year, we’re making a small change to our #NextcloudConf25:
💚 €10 registration fee = Less waste, more impact
🎁 Includes a Nextcloud T-shirt & tote bag!
Register now: nextcloud.com/conference-2025/
Nextcloud Community Conference 2025 - Nextcloud
The Nextcloud Community Conference is where contributors from all backgrounds, users, and open source enthusiasts come together to build, learn, collaborate and shape the future of open source collaboration tools.⚡️Nextcloud
Is Firefox on the right path? Maybe. 🙃
news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgp…
Firefox Catches Up to Chrome With the Addition of This Feature But Leaves Linux Out (for now)
Mozilla did a very good job with this. Now, bring it to Linux as well, please.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
“Is Firefox on the right path? Maybe.”
Really don't think so! #Mozilla rather cares about the #AITrend more than its users.
Ah, and also, killing good #software for the sake of this #trend. And when you think that it's little probable for it to succeed in it, when there are much bigger players on the table! 🙁
#browser #Firefox #ArtificialIntelligence #artificial_intelligence #MozillaPocket #MozillaAI #privacy #privacyMatters #dataPrivacy #security
📢 Hoy a la 1pm hora de México (7pm UTC) presentamos "Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias".
Puedes encontrar los enlaces para el registro y participar con nosotras, así como el informe completo aquí:
sursiendo.org/2025/07/particip…
Participa con nosotras en la presentación de la investigación «Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias» | Sursiendo
¡Aparta la fecha! El jueves 17 de julio a la 1pm (México) / 3pm (Nueva York) / 7pm (UTC) presentaremos el informe en un evento especial.sursiendo (Sursiendo)
📢 today is the day @ 19:00 UTC!
Presentation of the research results about “Actions for Environmental Justice from Autonomous & Community-Based Tech Infrastructures” 🌱
Join @mayfirst @sursiendo @sutty #MariaLab and other value aligned tech collectives to learn more about the research results and continue the conversation on sustainable, community-led tech for environmental justice.
🔗 Registration link and info: cloud68.co/blog/actions-for-en…
Actions for Environmental Justice from Autonomous and Community-Based Technological Infrastructures
Join Cloud68.co, MariaLab, and Sutty on July 17 for the Environmental Justice in Autonomous Tech Infrastructure webinar by May First Movement Technology & Sursiendo.cloud68.co
I listened to a lot of Kate Nash back in college; I was a huge fan. Then she just kinda fell off my radar. Well this song just put her back on my radar in a big way. What a great piece of work.
Not sure where Windsurf is heading? Check out these alternatives:
itsfoss.com/windsurf-alternati…
Unsure About the Future of Windsurf? Try These Alternative Vibe Coding Editors on Linux
Windsurf’s been a bit rocky lately. Time for a change?Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
And this is why you don’t let your film run through the X-Ray machine at the airport 😩
Portra 400, so yeah, they CAN effect films below 800 iso
Feeling sleepy? Don't worry, it's just your mitochondria feeling tired.
nature.com/articles/s41586-025…
Posting this paper because it's a neat idea but also because the electrophysiology in the paper was done by Cecilia Velasco who was previously in @roylelab as an ERASMUS student. Congrats to her!
Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep - Nature
Research on Drosophila neurons shows links between the need to sleep and aerobic metabolism, indicating that the pressure to sleep may have a mitochondrial origin.Nature
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful
Shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas PrizeThe story of art collective Gran Fury—which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and commun...Hachette Book Group
Please boost this fundraiser for Britt, a Black disabled nonbinary person who urgently needs help with housing and relocation. They were evicted and are currently homeless in a red state. Their cat Topaz is their emotional support animal. Britt hopes to raise enough money for relocation to a blue state where they and Topaz can thrive.
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How to donate to Britt's day-to-day survival: linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #TransCrowdfund #GTFOmyState
Get Britt and Topaz to Safety!
Britt is a Black disabled nonbinary person who urgently needs help with housing and relocation. They were evicted and are currently homeless in a red state. Their cat Topaz is their emotional support animal and their entire world.Chuffed
Cyberpunk 2077 2.3 is out with new vehicles, auto drive, AMD FSR 4, Intel XeSS 2 and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/cybe…
#Cyberpunk2077 #Gaming #PCGaming
Cyberpunk 2077 2.3 is out with new vehicles, auto drive, AMD FSR 4, Intel XeSS 2 and more
CD PROJEKT RED have released the latest major free update for Cyberpunk 2077 today, bringing with it new content and graphics enhancements.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I was JUST getting my yearly CP2077 itch, and the next day they drop this.
It's a sign.
NVIDIA 570.172.08 released for Linux as the main stable driver gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nvid…
NVIDIA 570.172.08 released for Linux as the main stable driver
NVIDIA are continuing to make us guess what's included in their updates with the NVIDIA driver 570.172.08 release today.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
When is it becoming a backdoor?
Why don't they open source these drivers? We need to be sure or revert to the OS alternative.
🎉 Happy Birthday, Slackware! 🐧
Released on July 17, 1993, Slackware is the oldest actively maintained Linux distro. It has been going strong for 32 years now!
From floppy disks to modern setups, it's been a wild ride.
Did you ever try Slackware? Still using it? Share your experience below! 👇
Extreme sports game Descenders Next is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/extr…
#DescendersNext #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming #PCGaming
Extreme sports game Descenders Next is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release
Extreme sports game Descenders Next is set to arrive sometime soon, and they've ensured it works well on Steam Deck as it's Verified ahead of release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
coreutils are the GOAT.
That said, I’ll be trying out uutils and sudo-rs when testing some stuff on Gentoo.
World Listening Day, livestream from Wild Nephin Park tomorrow 18th July by sound artist Anne Marie Deacy, as part of the wilderland project:
Impressive free and open source RTS 0 A.D. gets an essential patch update gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/impr…
#RTS #Gaming #FreeGame #OpenSource
Impressive free and open source RTS 0 A.D. gets an essential patch update
0 A.D. is a free and open source RTS game that saw a first release in years back in January, now an important bug fix patch is out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Invisible Friends had just been published in paperback.
inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/…
An optimistic and hopeful romp through microbiology, this book encourages readers to rethink their relationship with nature, though gets starry-eyed in places.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #InvisibleFriends #Bacteria #Microbiology #Scicomm
Book review – Invisible Friends: How Microbes Shape our Lives and the World around Us
An optimistic and hopeful romp through microbiology, Invisible Friends encourages readers to rethink their relationship with nature, though gets starry-eyed in places.The Inquisitive Biologist
Mesa 25.1.6 and Mesa 25.2.0 RC1 are now available for Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mesa…
#Linux #Drivers #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
Mesa 25.1.6 and Mesa 25.2.0 RC1 are now available for Linux graphics drivers
Mesa 25.1.6 is the latest bug-fix release for the open source Linux graphics drivers, plus the first Release Candidate for the next feature-release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
felix86 emulator for Linux for x86 and x86-64 apps on RISC-V can now run Steam and major games gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/feli…
#felix86 #Emulation #Steam #RISCV
felix86 emulator for Linux for x86 and x86-64 apps on RISC-V can now run Steam and major games
You can now play some major games on RISC-V systems running Linux, thanks to the felix86 emulator that's really coming along.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
😳 #RISCV is now fast enough to run *Crysis* in an *emulator*?! Wow! How's the frame rate?
Also, I see a lot of complaints in that thread about GPU availability. Wasn't there a project to make a RISC-V GPU?
Make-A-Wish UK launches the Wish 200 Week Charity Sale gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/make…
Make-A-Wish UK launches the Wish 200 Week Charity Sale
Help make some dreams come true for critically ill children in the Wish 200 Week Charity Sale that's now live on Steam.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The expressive and ancient #Sulawesi Crested Black #Macaque 🐒 is tragically critically #endangered in #Sulawesi #Indonesia 🇮🇩 due to #palmoil #ecocide and #hunting. Help them survive #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🔥🙊🚫
Battlesmiths: Blade & Forge announced Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/batt…
Battlesmiths: Blade & Forge announced Steam Deck support
Battlesmiths: Blade & Forge is a tactical RPG where every piece of gear is forged by you, and there's also some town-building involved too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
What is a #tippingpoint, and why should we care? #Ecosystems are subject to disturbances and major shifts. #Pesticide run off from #palmoil pollutes local rivers, depleting the oxygen fish need to survive #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🔥🧐⛔️
Get the Devil May Cry game series in the latest Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/get-…
#DevilMayCry #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck
Get the Devil May Cry game series in the latest Humble Bundle
Want some action? The Devil May Cry Humble Bundle is another chance for you to build up your collection of games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth announced with swappable magnetic ABXY gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/8bit…
#8BitDo #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #Linux
8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth announced with swappable magnetic ABXY
I don't need another controller, at this point I have 7 but another couldn't hurt right? The 8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth with swappable magnetic ABXY looks lovely.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Support Helps Gorilla and Human Child Resilience
Young gorillas often suffer horrific events in their childhood: the death of their mother or father due to poachers, kidnapping and rough handling for the illegal pet trade. A study of 250 gorillas…Palm Oil Detectives
Got the developer bug? 🐞 Make your app idea become reality!
Learn how to build your own #NextcloudApp with our tutorials, walking you through the entire process:
🛠️ Development setup
👨💻 Your first app
⛑️ Testing & debugging
And more!
👉 Start here: nextcloud.com/blog/how-to-deve…
How to develop an app: Get started with the Nextcloud tutorials - Nextcloud
Have you ever wondered how to develop an app for Nextcloud? With our tutorials, you can get started in no time! Start developing an app now.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
I'm grateful that the BBC Sounds app, unlike iPlayer, has been available in foreign countries. I've enjoyed brilliant documentaries, audiobooks and dramas through it. I've been working my way systematically through the full Drama on 4 archive. So good - the writing, acting and immersive audio! Now I've learnt BBC Sounds will no longer be available outside the UK after July 21st. Am mentioning in case anyone else, like me, wants to binge their backlog before it shuts.
#BBC
The people in Mumbai work so very hard and have so very little. However, unlike too many people in the West, they give themselves permission to have fun and express joy.
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This is from Drunken Master II. I remember watching this scene on the TV using a video tape. At one point I paused the tape to get some food or something, and Indiana Jones was playing on broadcast. It looked so slow and clumsy compared to Jacky Chan and his team's moves. And Jacky didn't use stunt men or CGI!
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Increasing Support for the McDonald's Boycott - Info Petite Nation
Introduction In recent months, the fast-food giant McDonald’s has faced mounting pressure from various activist groups and concernedInfo Petite Nation - Breaking News & Local Updates
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