Jacob Riis and the Photographs That Changed New York
Jacob Riis, “Lodgers in a Crowded Bayard Street Tenement–‘Five Cents a Spot'”
...and yet we still have thousands upon thousands of people sleeping on the streets.
Jacob Riis and the Photographs That Changed New York
Step back in time to 1890's New York with Jacob Riis' powerful photographs of the city's slums. Discover the compelling story behind the lens.Holland (Utterly Interesting)
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Jim Cameron on digital and physical effects: “It’s really the higher question of what are you trying to show, and what are you trying to say? I don’t attach some kind of dogmatic aesthetic around in-camera or practical... It’s really just a means to an end.”
source: youtu.be/v_x3OZlnkwM?si=jt9Hs3…
Being in the industry, I can tell you with 100% confidence that a lot of the "great practical FX" that you've seen in the past 20 years... is actually CG (3D models, anim, sim, rendering, comp, etc). The whole point is that good CG has gotten so good that you'd have no idea f you didn't already know.
But it's cooler for studios and directors to just lie about that and market things as "100% practical", and the lie is easy to get away with because it's indistinguishable.
Can anyone recommend an antenna to plug into ESP32 modules?
I mean the kind pictured, I like to be able to place the antenna outside my enclosure.
The datasheet specifies w.fl, mhf III from ipex, or AMC. I picked amazon.com/dp/B07R21LN5P as a cheap guess since it says u.fl ipex but it won't fit and amazon corrects w.fl to u.fl...
Unfortunately the recommended TFPD08H10060011 is not something I can find to buy.
Asking for part numbers if anyone has done this before.
Introducing “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures” 🌱
⚙️ GreenNet points out a real tension: the path to ecological sustainability must be compatible with technical stability; we cannot stop functioning while we seek to transform.
Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…
Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures | Sursiendo
Leer en español Sursiendo, along with May First Movement Technology, is researching action strategies to embed environmental sustainability into autonomous…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/farl…
#Farlight84 #AntiCheat #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Gaming
Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck
Farlight 84 has relaunched with a massive new upgrade that brings a first-person mode, but it's sadly now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Presentamos "Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias" 🌱
⚙️ GreenNet señala una tensión real: el camino hacia lo ecológico debe ser compatible con la estabilidad técnica, no podemos dejar de funcionar mientras buscamos transformar.
Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…
Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias | Sursiendo
Esta investigación sobre estrategias de acción para integrar la sostenibilidad ambiental en proyectos autónomos de infraestructura de comunicaciones por…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Terra Nil gets a bit less chill in the free Heatwave Update out now plus a big discount gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/terr…
#TerraNil #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Terra Nil gets a bit less chill in the free Heatwave Update out now plus a big discount
In Terra Nil you're tasked with restoring life to barren environments and things have begun heating up in the new free update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Here's all the games to claim from Prime Gaming for August 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/here…
#PrimeGaming #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS
Here's all the games to claim from Prime Gaming for August 2025
Need more games? Here's all that's coming to Prime Gaming in August 2025. An easy way to add more games to your library across Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heretic + Hexen get a definitive re-release with new content from id Software and Nightdive Studios gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/here…
#Heretic #Hexen #FPS #RetroGaming #PCGaming #Gaming #SteamDeck
Heretic + Hexen get a definitive re-release with new content from id Software and Nightdive Studios
Just like what happened with DOOM + DOOM II, Nightdive Studios have remastered the classics Heretic + Hexen as one bundle with new content.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Were you there last year? 😃
We’re doing it all again (and more!) on 27 and 28 Sept in Berlin, Germany.
Join us at the #NextcloudConf25 for:
💬 Open discussions
💡 Deep dives
🍕 Networking, pizza and party!
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
Heck yeah, a brand new release of @spritely Goblins! v0.16.0! spritely.institute/news/sprite…
Faster, by a LOT! 10-20x speedups for multiple core operations!
And, a brand new Unix Domain Sockets netlayer, so you can use Goblins + OCapN for local IPC!
Plus a ton of other stuff! Check it out!
Grab some classic Warner Bros. Games in this Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/grab…
#Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #SteamOS
Grab some classic Warner Bros. Games in this Humble Bundle
This latest Warner Bros. Games Humble Bundle looks to be great value with lots of games for a small price and good overall Linux compatibility.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We're going to need journalists to stop talking about synthetic text extruding machines as if they have *thoughts* or *stances* that they are *trying* to *communicate*. ChatGPT can't *admit* anything, nor *self-report*. Gah.
wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-chatbo…
Solve mysterious murders in Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders with a launch set for September gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/solv…
#Casebook1899 #Gaming #IndieGames #AdventureGames #PCGaming
Solve mysterious murders in Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders with a launch set for September
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders is a richly atmospheric, retro-inspired point-and-click adventure set in Leipzig, Germany at the dawn of the 20th century.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Introducing “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures” 🌱
⚡ Infrastructures as a mutual support network. Not competition, but collaboration—we need this support to navigate change.
See the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…
Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures | Sursiendo
Leer en español Sursiendo, along with May First Movement Technology, is researching action strategies to embed environmental sustainability into autonomous…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Don't miss out on grabbing a free copy of the new GUNTOUCHABLES gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dont…
#GUNTOUCHABLES #FreeGame #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Don't miss out on grabbing a free copy of the new GUNTOUCHABLES
From Ghost Ship Publishing and Game Swing, GUNTOUCHABLES is a new frantic online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Presentamos "Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias" 🌱
⚡ Infraestructuras como red de apoyo mutuo. No competencia, sino colaboración, necesitamos este apoyo para transitar el cambio.
Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…
Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias | Sursiendo
Esta investigación sobre estrategias de acción para integrar la sostenibilidad ambiental en proyectos autónomos de infraestructura de comunicaciones por…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Today I got Plushtodon a boyfriend: Turnip Boy! Apparently one of just 539 ever produced.
Shout out to everyone I met from @snoozykazoo at GodotCon Boston; you were all such wonderful human beings that I literally ordered this on the spot. And he’s finally here! 🙌
➡️ From the author:
🇺🇸 How to Interactively Retrieve #Terminal History
ℹ️ terminalroot.com/how-to-intera…
🇧🇷 Veja o histórico do #Terminal de forma interativa
ℹ️ terminalroot.com.br/2025/07/ve…
Veja o histórico do Terminal de forma interativa
▶️ his é um utilitário para histórico de comandos com ícones e cores que funciona no Windows e GNU/Linux.Terminal Root
Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee
Massive, muscular, and critically under threat, the Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee is the endangered ancestor of all domestic buffalo breeds. Once roaming vast swathes of South and Southeast Asia…Palm Oil Detectives
We're putting Microsoft's "Digital Principles for Europe" to the test. 🔥
Can they really guarantee #DigitalSovereignty for Europe?
We dive into news articles, transparency reports, and other #Microsoft announcements to find out!
👉 nextcloud.com/blog/microsoft-s…
How real are Microsoft sovereign cloud's digital principles?- Nextcloud
Can a Microsoft sovereign cloud for Europe exist? Discover what Microsoft's "Digital Principles for Europe" mean as we put them to the test.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
#SpoilerAlert: No, they can't!
#CloudAct is very clear that any businesses owned, operated by, controlled or run by an entity from the #USA or has any business activities in the #US falls fully under it.
- It's so evident that a representative of #OVH certified under oath that they are subject to it because they have #servers in the USA!
Even if Microsoft were to split up their own subsidiary for the #EU they could not escape that.
- And the #Microsoft365 Hosting at #DeutscheTelekom (which also falls under #CLOUD Act due to their subsidiary #Tmobile USA & business activity in the USA (i.e. #Peering & #Transit within the US) couldn't escape that either!
In the news today:
"New mRNA vaccine stops malaria transmission in its tracks"
vs.
"RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts"
newatlas.com/infectious-diseas…
npr.org/2025/08/05/nx-s1-54935…
New mRNA vaccine stops malaria transmission in its tracks
A novel way to prevent the spread of malaria by directly targeting the proteins that enable the infectious parasite to reproduce could soon be realized, thanks to scientists at WEHI in Australia.Abhimanyu Ghoshal (New Atlas)
The invention of the ox-drawn plough was a turning point in the #prehistory of #agriculture because it was the first time food production was decoupled from human labour (doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.105).
This is why, from Medieval Europe to the ancient Near East, farms were measured by the number of oxen (later horses etc.) working it, not people (doi.org/10.1002/9781118970959.…)
Yet it's surprisingly difficult to pinpoint when this actually happened.
#Archaeology #History #Economics #EconomicHistory
Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees phys.org/news/2025-08-reveals-…
A diverse and distinct #microbiome inside living trees nature.com/articles/s41586-025…
"A single tree hosts about one trillion #bacteria in its woody tissue... #microbes are partitioned between heartwood and sapwood with each having its own unique microbiomes with minimal similarity to other tissues... They are actively producing gases and cycling nutrients... these communities may have coevolved with #trees over time"
Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees
There's a thriving community of diverse microbes living in tree wood, a new study led by a Yale School of the Environment team of scientists has found. A single tree hosts about one trillion bacteria in its woody tissue.Yale University (Phys.org)
Six-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
Coleoptera: Cicindelidae
By Peter Kann, Virginia, USA
#arthropodPOTW
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 with…Palm Oil Detectives
How #DigitallyIndependent are small organizations in your country?
Our #DigitalSovereignty Index compares the use of dozens self-hosted collaboration tools across countries.🌐
And not all countries do so well!
Explore the map and report:
nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sov…
Digital Sovereignty Index: How countries compare in digital independence - Nextcloud
The debate around digital sovereignty has gained momentum. We show how countries compare in digital independence.Christoph Weissthaner (Nextcloud)
⬆️ @nextcloud
Just saw 🇩🇪 highlighted ✅ in your digital sovereignty index. As my subjective assessment for Germany is 🔴🏮 I was very curious to the used index metrics: Just the numbers of "good" servers you can see out of the Internet? 🙈
Never! Reasons? Well ...
▶️ What about all those hidden "bad" instances?
▶️ What about all those operating systems and user software packages that constantly communicate and save their data on platforms like MS365, Google Workspace, Meta, ...?
▶️ What about the Cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCS) where the "good counted" instances are hosted.
Is this digital sovereignty?
And BTW 😠: Does Crimea belong to Russia 🇷🇺, as indicated in your map? Seriously? Together on a web page where you use the word "sovereignty"?
@palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-8QT?utm_source=ma…
Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica
The Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sondaica is a critically endangered big cat, with less than 600 of their species alive in the wild today. Once living in Java and Bali, they are now only found in…Palm Oil Detectives
Your Firefox installation needs a glowup. 🪄✨
youtube.com/watch?v=fcqvqKShKc…
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Now out at America—an essay I've been working on on-and-off for almost a decade. It became about what life with AI is doing to the practice of asking questions.
"With what we ask, we shape ourselves and each other." americamagazine.org/features/2…
Questioning A.I.
A.I. is killing the skill of asking meaningful questions. We shouldn't let it.Nathan Schneider (America Magazine)
I love the way that despite the fact the essay is about AI questioning, this covers the art of questioning others to learn about them and their story.
It's about empathy and humanity. Being interested enough to listen and then ask more questions.
Bravo Nathan.
The first edition of Open Source Summit India went well. 🗞️
news.itsfoss.com/open-source-s…
#opensource #thelinuxfoundation #india
Open Source Summit India 2025: Linux Foundation India Marks First Year with New Partnerships
India's open source ecosystem expands with agriculture, finance, manufacturing, and AI focus.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
An extraordinary new book has just come out: a collection of chapters by archaeologists on how human history is so, so much more interesting than our modern obsession with the nation-state.
Join me on September 10 for an interactive seminar on the book: lu.ma/c2dfg67r
Seminar: Understanding Early Large-Scale Collectives
This seminar will explore the extraordinary new book "Understanding Early Large-Scale Collectives - A Global Perspective.lu.ma
Cats in Japanese Folklore and Culture
Entire books could be, and have been, written about cats in Japanese culture and folklore. Cats in Japan are both revered and feared with the spectrum ranging from kawaii (cute) cat characters, through to terrifying yokai cats who eat humans alive. Because the topic is so vast, this post will just scratch the surface but will include:
~ the legend of the maneki neko
~ an introduction to yokai cats
~ some folktales about cats
~ a recommendation for books and a film
~ a collection of Japanese woodblock art featuring cats.
I hope you enjoy it!
Cats in Japanese Folklore and Culture
From kawaii (cute) to kaibyo (supernatural)Curious Ordinary (Hanashi by Curious Ordinary)
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