🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A small human (3?) is marching into a bakery with Dad. Arms swinging at his side, chest puffed up with importance.
Cloaked in an adorably oversized high-vis vest.
Dad's hardhat on his head.
He's on the job, and at the moment that job is ordering a potato pie with EXTRA tomato sauce.

At a crosswalk: A small human (4?) is saying: "Hold my hand Mum. You have to look both ways when you cross the road."
Mum following this sensible advice.
Crossing and heading into a nearby museum.
There is science and history to explore!

A greyhound wearing a floral pink coat and a pretty orange collar is trotting along next to her human (80s?).
A passerby compliments them on the doggy couture and Greyhound's Human beams: "I figure she deserves a bit of spoiling after the life she had before. She's m'best friend now."

A man (50s?) in work clothes is standing in front of a MASSIVE overgrown garden with his hands on his hips, expression pensive.
A passerby says: "Big job today?"
He nods stoically. "Yup. Big job. Not a bad one but a big one."

Two women (20s?) in business casual are sitting on some steps leading up to a cathedral. Lunchboxes on their laps. Amiably chatting. Soaking up some winter sun on a Friday lunchbreak.

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@Em0nM4stodon endless screaming

Make a 6-Tesla-class high-temperature superconducting dipole magnet at 4.2 K

https://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/4nhs-bkwh

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304409

#HackerNews #high-temperature-superconductors #superconducting-magnets #dipole-magnet #6-tesla #research-innovation #physics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Viss/117130677995461965

If anyone sees behaviour like this from accounts -- see something, say something. Remember to send a report too! There have been some sus signups recently. The infosec.exchange and IOC.exchange mod team is on the case

So #xorg is not dead again?

#X11 #FOSS #linux #BSD

X.Org Server 26.1 RC1 Prepares For First Feature Release In Five Years - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-26.1-RC1

Want to help change this awful government?

You can volunteer with Te Pāti Kākāriki o Aotearoa! (Aka the Green Party 💚)

There are events happening almost every single day until the election (November 7, don't forget to register!) all over the motu.

So many ways to get involved!

Go click the link, have a look, join one or two or more events, bring a friend and help us build the movement that will make an Aotearoa for all of us.

https://www.greens.org.nz/events

#NZPol #voteGreen

Age Verification isn't a technical problem to solve. If you think that, you're missing the point.

It's a social problem used by authoritarian governments as an excuse for population control and censorship.

It's a fundamental attack on free speech and democracy.

It must not be accommodated.
It must be stopped.

#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

Die Präsidentin des Bundessozialgerichts warnt vor einer Blockade der Justiz. Grund ist die massive Zunahme von Eilverfahren dank künstlicher Intelligenz. https://taz.de/!6205827

@eff Yeah that works.. No notes.

Photography-focused review of the Pixel11. Probably not of interest unless you care a whole lot about taking pix with your phone. Hey, it's a good camera, all the Pixels are.

What really caught my eye was the straightforward assumption that photography AI is bad and that it's nice that the P11 has less than the P10. And then the Gemini conversational photo editor screwing up and squirming obsequiously was pretty hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-4GmRpnDI

#photography #googlepixel

@igd_news foam sealant has been a popular choice around here because the other favorite, pink spray paint, is harder to deliver from ground level. This one is getting hit within about three days of each lens replacement. A couple weeks ago someone pulled a pallet over to make access easier.

@Em0nM4stodon
Thanks, I will.

@TrueNorthSpice There are many! Look at the replies to discover some

@jonny dude there's so many cruft layers, some of the physical laws are still using the particle API so they have to still support *both*. Lots of weird bugs from that

Realizing that living and going out on your own terms is the real accomplishment.

@dangillmor You should check this: https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/fairphone-gen-6-plus/

It has e/os preinstalled.

I have a Fairphone 4 for several years running e/os and I'm really happy with it.