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Fun!
Catastrophic floods struck Nepal just ahead of the crucial September-to-November Hindu festival season, when celebrations typically drive a surge in spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/04/asia-pacific/society/nepal-floods-merchants-traders-festival/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #asia #southasia #nepal #floods
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Lovely but very naive man I was dating offered to sing a "Disney song" to me when I was crying. It was enough to pull me out of my depressive spiral only to say "please don't."
Sorry but DHH calling people wolves that need to be shot does not come "from a place of caring" https://lobste.rs/c/1k43c5
You can defend any horrible genocidist this way: oh they were a good family member, a nice neighbor, they're worried about their kids. But what you're doing with that is enabling genocide https://lobste.rs/s/ipy9xw/normalized_fascism_open_source_12#c_gzsbdi
@cwebber great money, great responsibility. 🤷 fuck dhh.
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A close look at the orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) seen at Island Brook Park.
Piccolo reminder: sul sito di Agenzia X trovate (anche gratis) Kaos, che racconta bene la storia di Autistici/Inventati.
Sapere e conoscere la storia è importante anche per capire cosa c'è in gioco e come mai è importante fare fronte unito.
@kenobit bravo, grazie
In Britain we care about 3 things
Toilet roll
Tins of beans
Freezer socks
@TheBreadmonkey Cream first or jam first is also a matter of national discussion.
@aleen SF and Fantasy have joined the group chat. Crime noir is moodily smoking an unfiltered cigarette outside in the rain, under a broken street light.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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I've linked to the time code where the error happens.
It's possible to tell that the video is AI generated, but something about how it breaks down here is very disturbing. No one in the comments seemed to notice.
I was scrubbing around trying find out what article they asked the AI to summarize to make this.
Anyway here is the creepy moment.
https://youtu.be/8yTO9nQdN7w?list=TLPQMjIwMzIwMjYkZfxbXaBybw&t=1141
@Meyerweb @ppk There is also a great related article by @mia about this: https://www.oddbird.net/2023/07/05/contain-root/
Lovely but very naive man I was dating offered to sing a "Disney song" to me when I was crying. It was enough to pull me out of my depressive spiral only to say "please don't."
Trump says his new oil deal with Venezuela will help bring down gas prices.
But don’t expect cheaper gas anytime soon. Venezuela has vast oil reserves, but tapping them will take years, billions of dollars and major infrastructure upgrades.
@TheConversationUS
Diesel prices just hit an all-time high and continue to get higher.
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@MrSussexGardener
Yes thats an option!
Interesting fact: in the Matrix-comic (which the movie is based on), the machines aren‘t harvesting the humans for power but for the processing capacity of their brains! So, they use the humans just like GPUs are used in a datacenter.
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@PeterLudemann @phloggen @mavu @heidilifeldman Do-over elections are almost unheard of. The logistics involved would make it impossible to do before the various offices have to be seated. For example, the entire House of Representatives is being elected, and seats in the House can only be filled by election. So not doing the election on schedule would mean we have no House of Representatives in January.
Back on my bullshit.
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@gerrymcgovern
No problem, who needs the grid, anyway? Let‘s just directly power the datacenters of our AI-overlords by using local generators gussling up tons and tons of fossile fuels! What could be the harm?
Water storage.
You want to allow 2-4 litres of water per person per day for drinking. The variation is in terms of age, activity levels (are you cycling around and sweating or sitting at home?) and medical needs. If in doubt err on the higher end. Also remember to allow for pets. You want another litre of water per day per person for washing and cooking. I'll discuss hygiene in a low water scenario in a subsequent post.
If at all possible you want to be storing water in a dark container, not a white or clear one, to prevent algae growing. We use 20L ex army Jerry Cans for this like https://www.militarykit.com/products/nato-plastic-water-container-20l-black for camps. You used to be able to pick them up for about twenty quid but a quick look today shows the price seems to have jumped to about £40, presumably as a result of everyone panic buying because of the government announcement which is another reason they shouldn't really have gone "lol, fend for yourselves".
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@afewbugs also people may want water purification tablets.
theruran 💻 🌐 :cereal_killer:
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i haven't sworn off free software, or copyleft, or any of that, because it does still seem necessary. but joining the choir: it is insufficient
and today the distinction between software that will vs. won't betray me no longer lies along the same divider as proprietary vs. free
i'm firmly in the non-betrayal camp, and it does my mental health mountains of good to see that many of you are too. but i don't know what we're calling it yet, i don't know what our banner looks like
