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Today's car is the the Panhard Dyna Z. It was produced by Panhard of France from 1954 to 1959. It was so lightweight that it managed a top speed of 145 km/h (90 mph) with just 50 hp (37 kW).
https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/panhard-dyna-z-flat-twin-flyweight
I've been working on a FEP draft for the past few days: FEP-22cd Attributing translations.
Hackers' Pub already machine-translates articles, but I want authors to be able to publish their own translations too, and let organizations split the work across members. Once you do that, Activity Streams doesn't give you much to work with. attributedTo names an author, not a translator. Nothing distinguishes a language a human translated from one an AI produced. And nothing says whether a translation still matches the current text or was written against an older version of the article.
Schema.org already has translator, translationOfWork, and inLanguage for exactly this, so the FEP mostly reuses those instead of minting new vocabulary. I had to decide whether to give each language its own object, linked back to the original, or keep everything on one object the way contentMap already does. Splitting it looked cleaner at first, but it also means spreading replies and reactions across separate posts for each translation. I don't want adding a translation to split the conversation.
I kept everything on one object, using contentMap for the text in each language. The draft adds a translations property to record who translated each version and whether it was translated by a human, generated by a machine, or generated by a machine and reviewed by a human. A timestamp lets you tell whether a translation still matches the current text, without publishing the server's private edit history.
You can discuss it on SocialHub or in the draft PR. If you run anything that touches multilingual content, I'd like to hear where this breaks.
RE: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-22cd-attributing-translations/8897/1
Okay, now it's merged!
I only know Bonnie Greer from a very small part of her work, namely as a figure in BBC art review panels such as Mark Lawson's Late Review, in the 1990 and 2000s. She wrote novels and plays and did so much more, but (I am ashamed to say), I know little about these other things.
I have fond memories of her speaking as a critic. Always with cheerful, unassuming authority; always grounded in her concrete experience as a reader or viewer. It was a joy to listen to her ruthless assessments of the pieces under review: often utterly wrong, always witty, fresh and interesting.
She died on Tuesday. May her memory be a blessing.
Bonnie Greer, (16 Nov 1948 – 15 Sept 2026).
A clip from #LateReview in September 2000:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAW109IsasY
A reflection by #ZoeWilliams in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep/16/newsnights-kindest-critic-bonnie-greer-was-always-effortlessly-in-command
Business Insider: Influencers are urging Home Depot and Lowe's to drop Flock
As could be expected, the extremely warm waters of the Mediterranean - due to the record hot summer of 2026 - now lead to unprecedented rainfall, with flooding as a result.
70 mm is more than a month's worth of rain in Valencia, now delivered in 30 minutes. Try adapting to that.
#climatechange
https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20260916/fuertes-lluvias-obligan-avisar-riesgo-poblaciones-mediterraneo-alert/17228248.shtml
NBC 4 Washington: Arlington to stop using Flock cameras after public outcry
The 41 Flock Safety cameras currently in use around public areas of Arlington will be removed within 14 business days of the decision, the county said.
I'm hosting a little linux install party next month at the Petaluma reuse hub, please consider joining!
#Argentina: On Saturday, the 19th, there will be demonstrations in nearly fifty cities across the country.
The goal is to organize a powerful national day of action leading up to a general strike to defeat Milei, his plan, and his accomplices.
https://kaosenlared.net/argentina-sabado-19-de-septiembre-la-marcha-de-la-bronca-se-prepara-en-todo-el-pais-conoce-los-lugares-de-encuentro-para-sumarte/?utm_campaign=rrss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
#protest #generalstrike #marchadelabronca #Milei
Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996078/snap-specs-intelligence-ai-agent-ios-mac?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996422/snap-specs-hands-on-ar-glasses?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#antifa #Italy #history #recipes
"Pasta Antifascista: The story of a simple Italian pasta dish
After the fall of fascism in Italy on July 25, 1943, one simple pasta dish emerged as the celebration dish of choice. Pasta Antifascista is pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. But why this pasta dish of all the pasta dishes in Italy?
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Futurist movement and later ardent backer of Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator from 1922 to 1943, wrote a manifesto claiming that pasta makes people heavy, slow and pessimistic. Mussolini adopted the belief that it was unsuitable for good, strong soldiers and his fascist government believed pasta to be unpatriotic because wheat was imported from abroad.
What were Italians supposed to eat instead? Rice. Rice was grown in Northern Italy but the campaign to shift Italians from eating pasta to rice made food shortages and inflation worse. Undeterred, they commenced a Battle of the Grain campaign with posters and government produced cookbooks with the slogan 'Rice is health.'
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After the fall of fascism in Italy on July 25, 1943, one simple pasta dish emerged as the celebration dish of choice. Pasta Antifascista is pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. But why this pasta dish of all the pasta dishes in Italy?
Upon hearing that Mussolini was deposed and arrested after 20 years of his fascist dictatorship, the Cervi family in Campegine, about two hours from Vicenza, organized a feast to celebrate. They collected flour from their neighbors. A local baker, Amadeo Rapacchi, had a pasta machine that was used to mix the dough. The butter and cheese were purchased on credit from the local dairy.
One account said that the whole town came out with their forks and plates to join the celebration. Police came to break up the party because gatherings of more than three people were forbidden since 1931; they were invited to join and the party continued. Who can say no to homemade pasta?
This simple plate of pasta came to represent hope, freedom and resistance. For one night, the community came together thanks to the generosity of the Cervi family.
This simple plate of pasta came to represent hope, freedom and resistance. For one night, the community came together thanks to the generosity of the Cervi family.
Unfortunately, the terror did not stop on July 25. The Cervi brothers, all anti-fascists, were later executed by fascists. Alcide Cervi, the father, survived to tell the story of his seven sons. Today, throughout Italy, you can find streets named after them. Ever since, public pasta meals have been held on July 25. The Istituto Alcide Cervi, a museum in the original Cervi house, has a list of all the places in Italy serving Antifascist Pasta and, in the spirit of the original celebration, Antifascist Pasta is offered for free just like it was on that festive day."
https://europe.stripes.com/lifestyle/food-and-recipes/pasta-antifascista.html
Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996310/google-home-mcp-integration-agentic-ai-smart-home-price-release-date?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lalakai Foketi says he is loving life at the Ospreys, and is ready to take his chance when it comes after settling quickly following his summer move from New Zealand’s Chiefs.
The 31-year-old Australia centre was one of a clutch of Wallabies to join the region over the summer, and featured in Friday’s pre-season defeat at Ulster as he builds towards the new season.
“I’m loving it here, and I’ve been talking to Mark Jones from day one. The boys have made me feel very welcome and the environment’s great,” said Foketi.
“Everyone wants to learn and everyone’s competing this early in pre-season. I love it.”
Foketi has made the most of a Welsh summer that has surprised even the locals, though he is bracing his family for the change of season to come.
“I went to the beach yesterday on the day off. Whenever the Aussie boys come to see you, they bring the weather with them,” he said.
“The boys have said this is the best summer they’ve ever had, so I’m just lapping it in. I’m waiting for the family to arrive so they can experience it, because if they come straight into winter they’re going to have to keep the jumpers on from Australia. But it’s great for training and for footy.”
The centre singled out two of his new teammates for helping him settle.
“Big Tommy Rogers, Big Morgz, Morgan Morris, all the lads have made me feel very welcome and offered all their help,” he said. “I honestly couldn’t speak highly enough of the lads.”
Foketi arrives with genuine pedigree. Born in New Zealand, he came through the Chiefs pathway before a Super Rugby career that took in the Rebels, a spell in France with Bayonne and more than 80 appearances for the Waratahs, and he won the last of his eight Australia caps having made his debut against Wales in Cardiff in 2021.
He knows he joins a centre group already deep in options, and is ready for the fight.
“I’ve come here to compete and to add my game to this team. There’s a lot of talent here and a lot of competition already,” he said.
“So when I get the opportunity, I’ll take it with both hands and give it 110% for the club and for the community.”
The Ospreys open their United Rugby Championship season away to the Hollywoodbets Sharks in Durban on Saturday 26 September.
OSPREYS: Wallaby Lalakai Foketi joins, the second Australia international to sign in a week
The centre’s summer arrival from the Chiefs.
OSPREYS: Seven-try Ulster too strong for heavily rotated Ospreys in Belfast
The pre-season game Foketi featured in.
OSPREYS: Parry and Watkin lead together for the first time as Ulster close out pre-season
The build-up to the Ulster fixture and the URC opener.
OSPREYS: Parry and Watkin take the armband for a season of firsts
The Wales pair named co-captains for the new season.
Swansea-based sports journalist.
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Email: RichardBond@swanseabaynews.com
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Canada will become first associated EU Member State
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/internationale-politik/id_101437612/kanada-soll-erstes-assoziiertes-mitglied-der-eu-werden.html
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