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“Reflecting on Orphan Black, 13 years later.” It’s basically a small aside to acknowledge one of my favorite shows of all time. I also try not to give away any spoilers, so I just include the general themes of the show. I just hope that now that the show is on US streaming services, more people can watch the show, and hopefully it can get the recognition it deserves! #CloneClub
https://ginadotexe.blog/post/813984418669740032/reflecting-on-orphan-black-13-years-later
3D Game Development and Godot, Part I: Cameras
I run my own server through a managed hosting service, and the one I use only offers vanilla Mastodon which has the 500 character limit.
You can increase that with a bit of effort
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/
The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1)
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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Cronache dell'anno 1918
"Noi non abbiamo né soccorsi né prontezza di soccorso. C'è soltanto una città di tre milioni di abitanti, una città affamata, scossa nei fondamenti stessi della sua esistenza. C'è molto sangue versato per le strade, nelle case." In questa raccolta di brevi scritti dal sapore giornalistico, incentrati sulla realtà di Pietrogrado nei mesi drammatici dell'anno 1918, a un anno dalla rivoluzione d'Ottobre e nell'infuriare della guerra civile, Isaak Babel', testimone attento e minuzioso, documenta quei giorni terribili senza retorica, soffermandosi sui problemi pratici e sulle difficoltà concrete della gente comune nel momento in cui le istituzioni- dalle scuole agli ospedali, dai macelli agli ospizi agli obitori - hanno smesso di funzionare. "Era rimasto il giovane reporter che andava per le strade della gelida e affamata Pietrogrado postrivoluzionaria fissando le 'nuove abitudini' in reportage più spaventosi di qualsiasi opera narrativa o memorialistica ... con spoglia paratassi e lapidario laconismo" (Serena Vitale).
Venice to Victory: Tommi's War on Big Tech - Tommi - E85
Special thank you to @tommi@pan.rent
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Story about a hawk - conclusion. I was away giving science education workshops when the hawk chick actually fledged, but did manage to drive back for one last check before it left the area. The changes over those 22 days was nothing short of astonishing.
This hawk stayed in the area for a couple of years, and came back to the nesting site area. It always gave me a visceral thrill to recognize the bird. We all need to spend more time in boots in the field. Life has too much to offer to waste on fools.
#BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #RedShoulderedHawk #Buetolineatuslineatus
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Die TIB ist nicht nur Universitätsbibliothek, sondern auch Forschungseinrichtung mit fachlichen Schwerpunkten wie Data Science & Digital Libraries, Scientific Data Management, Visual Analytics, nicht-textuellen Materialien und Open Science. Studierende einschlägiger Fachbereiche haben die Möglichkeit, ihre Qualifikationsarbeiten oder Praktika mit direktem Bezug zu aktuellen Forschungsprojekten der TIB zu absolvieren. Die aktualisierte Seite Students @ TIB gibt einen strukturierten Überblick möglicher Themen, die TIB-Mitarbeiter:innen für Studierende dort eingestellt haben.
Bei der Überarbeitung der Seite wurde sichergestellt, dass sie klar verständlich und gegliedert, auf mobilen Endgeräten nutzbar ist sowie aktuelle Themenvorschläge der TIB-Mitarbeiter:innen enthält. Außerdem wird die Seite fortan zweisprachig geführt: auf Deutsch und Englisch.
Anlass der Überarbeitung war, dass das Joint Lab Future Libraries & Research Data, die Einrichtung an der Schnittstelle zwischen der TIB und der Hochschule Hannover (HsH) die Pflege der Seite übernommen hat. Auch wenn das Joint Lab primär die Schnittstelle zur HsH betreut, sind ausdrücklich auch Studierende der Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) und anderer Hochschulen und Universitäten eingeladen, das Angebot zu nutzen.
Studierende, die eine Haus-, Bachelor-, Masterarbeit, Promotion oder ein Praktikum planen, können sich eines der beschriebenen Angebote aussuchen und die angegebenen Kontaktpersonen anschreiben. Neben den auf der Seite skizzierten Ideen sind auch eigene Themen willkommen. Ein Blick auf die Webseiten der Forschungsgruppen und Labs kann helfen, relevante Ansprechpersonen zu finden.
Der Neustart der Seite fördert die bessere Vernetzung zwischen Hochschulen sowie zwischen Studierenden, Lehrenden und Forschenden. Die Mitarbeiterinnen des Joint Labs und die gesamte TIB freuen sich, wenn das Angebot (weiterhin) rege genutzt wird und auf diesem Wege interessante studentische Arbeiten entstehen. In der Vergangenheit haben sich so auch schon längerfristige Zusammenarbeiten ergeben.
Ein Aufruf an TIB-Mitarbeiter:innen
Mitarbeiter:innen der TIB, die eine Idee für eine Qualifikationsarbeit oder ein Praktikumsangebot haben, können diese jederzeit eigenständig auf der Students-@-TIB-Wiki-Seite eintragen. Das Template für Angebote ist am Seitenende zu finden. Bei Fragen können die Mitarbeiterinnen des Joint Labs kontaktiert werden.
Joint Lab Future Libraries & Research Data
Dr. Nina Düvel, Hochschule Hannover: nina.duevel@hs-hannover.de
Franziska Altemeier, TIB – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek: franziska.altemeier@tib.eu
Joint Lab Future Libraries & Research Data
#LizenzCCBY40INT #ForschungUndEntwicklung #Ausbildung #Themensammlung #Studium #studentsTib #AbschlussarbeitJB Pritzker on Stephen Colbert:
SC: You are a billionaire, okay? Not a very popular thing to be right now.
JBP: I’m OK with it.
SC: You’re OK with it, I’m sure. You know what? That shows real courage.
JBP: Because I gotta stand up for my people you know?
Audience: laughs uncomfortably.
This billionaire is funny. We eat him last.
If you're shocked by the title, note that this is a self-reflection by two Jewish authors.
Il 2 aprile 2026, Francesca Albanese, relatrice speciale delle Nazioni Unite, ha ricevuto un dottorato honoris causa congiunto da tre importanti università belghe: UAntwerpen, UGent e VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
Ecco i dettagli principali dell'evento:
👉 Unicità del riconoscimento:
È la prima volta che queste tre istituzioni collaborano per conferire un titolo simile. La cerimonia si è tenuta ad Anversa presso la Queen Elisabeth Hall.
👉 Motivazione accademica:
Il premio è stato assegnato per il suo "eccezionale impegno per i diritti umani e la giustizia internazionale".
I rettori hanno sottolineato come il suo lavoro sia basato su analisi giuridiche rigorose e fatti documentati, nonostante le forti pressioni e le campagne di diffamazione.
👉 Contesto internazionale:
Il riconoscimento arriva in un momento di estrema tensione. Mentre le università belghe hanno scelto di onorare il suo operato, diversi governi (tra cui quelli di Francia, Germania e Italia) hanno espresso aspre critiche nei suoi confronti o ne hanno chiesto le dimissioni.
👉 Copertura mediatica:
Mentre in Belgio la notizia è stata riportata ampiamente dai media locali e dai canali ufficiali delle università, in Italia la diffusione sui principali media nazionali è stata effettivamente molto limitata rispetto alla rilevanza del riconoscimento.
Il rettore della VUB, Jan Danckaert, ha ribadito che la scelta riflette una convinzione accademica condivisa: la responsabilità delle università di difendere i diritti fondamentali e il pensiero critico anche in contesti altamente polarizzati.
FONTI
[https://www.belganewsagency.eu](https://www.belganewsagency.eu/flemish-universities-to-honour-un-rapporteur-francesca-albanese)
[https://www.thejc.com](https://www.thejc.com/news/world/francesca-albanese-awarded-honorary-doctorate-despite-objections-of-jewish-groups-lcblic4b)
[https://quillette.com](https://quillette.com/2026/04/02/francesca-albanese-and-the-perversion-of-academia-israel-gaza-belgium/)
[https://www.facebook.com](https://www.facebook.com/Gazetvanantwerpen/videos/voor-het-eerst-hebben-universiteit-antwerpen-universiteit-gent-en-vrije-universi/2351953345276444/#:~:text=Voor%20het%20eerst%20hebben%20Universiteit%20Antwerpen%2C%20Universiteit,ze%20ge%C3%ABerd%20voor%20haar%20werk%20als%20Speciaal)
[https://www.ugent.be](https://www.ugent.be/en/news-events/francesca-albanese-honorary-doctorate.htm)
[https://eurojewcong.org](https://eurojewcong.org/news/ejc-in-the-media/21-news-by-awarding-an-honorary-doctorate-to-francesca-albanese-belgium-risks-diplomatic-discredit-in-europe/)
[https://www.vub.be](https://www.vub.be/en/nieuws/drie-vlaamse-universiteiten-eren-vn-rapporteur-francesca-alb)
[https://www.ugent.be](https://www.ugent.be/en/news-events/francesca-albanese-honorary-doctorate.htm)
[https://press.vub.ac.be](https://press.vub.ac.be/uantwerpen-ugent-en-vub-reiken-samen-eredoctoraat-uit-aan-francesca-albanese)
[https://www.facebook.com](https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/israeli-and-european-officials-are-sharing-fake-claims-about-the-uns-francesca-a/3451563688345584/)
[https://eurojewcong.org](https://eurojewcong.org/news/ejc-in-the-media/21-news-by-awarding-an-honorary-doctorate-to-francesca-albanese-belgium-risks-diplomatic-discredit-in-europe/)
[https://www.31mag.nl](https://www.31mag.nl/3-universita-in-belgio-hanno-conferito-ph-d-ad-honorem-a-francesa-albanese/#:~:text=3%20universit%C3%A0%20in%20Belgio%20hanno%20conferito%20dottorato%20ad%20honorem%20a%20Francesa%20Albanese%20%2D%2031mag.)
[https://www.vub.be](https://www.vub.be/en/news/three-flemish-universities-honour-un-rapporteur-francesca-al)
#FrancescaAlbanese #dottoratoHonoriscausa #dirittiumani #giustizia internazionale
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#TheComingFossilistInsurrection will go very differently than our antifossilist movement did. A short 🧵
"Over the course of 3 days, protesters had brought much of #Ireland to a standstill. NOT 1 protester had been arrested nor a vehicle removed."
BtrFS is called such since it builds heavily upon BTrees. So what are BTrees, & how well would they suite our string-centric CPU?
Its a harddrive/cache friendly datastructure implementing a large ordered dictionary, thus speeding up looking up values by their keys or key-range. Which stays fast regardless of how you throw data into it.
Each page of a BTree stores an ordered sequence of keys & the subtrees between them. The final row (or all nodes) store the corresponding values.
1/3?
@alcinnz
I've head that there's an even better structure called, iirc, B+trees? Bcachefs uses them.
(They're not in ZFS or btrfs because they were invented more recently than those)
@mastodonmigration Uh, if NASA is tasked with making this happen, they should be allowed to develop the lander themselves.
@Biggreenjoe @mastodonmigration Exactly… I thought we already figured this out in the 1960s?
🚨 SCOOP: J-Street supports ending U.S. aid to Israel — **including** Iron Dome
https://jewishinsider.com/2026/04/j-street-support-ending-missile-defense-aid-israel/
We got a new 3D printer from Snapmaker.
It prints in multiple colors, and it's very fast.
Here's a video of it printing our Filibus Keshi sculpt in the colors it shipped with: https://communitymedia.video/w/s8HWz6ypRjCvU2L3UMGQGP
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