In an attempt to help with my seasonal affective disorder, this week my husband invented hugby, wherein he runs and tackles me with a hug while shouting "Hugby!"
A team sport where everybody wins.
La fotografa iraniana Atefe Moeini ritrae donne che come lei sono state arrestate dalla polizia religiosa o che vivono in esilio. Le sue foto hanno vinto il Photo grant Deloitte. Scopri il portfolio: intern.az/1OZJ
Querella contra els Mossos per l'ús indiscriminat del gas pebre contra manifestants
Sis persones, amb la coordinació jurídica d'Alerta Solidària, Irídia, la CGT, La Intersindical i la IAC, denuncien als jutjats l'actuació policial del 15 d'octubre a l'Estació de Sants, durant la jornada de vaga general per Palestina.
Ho explica Jesús Rodríguez amb fotos de Joanna Chichelnitzky.
No, you’re not a “prompt engineer”, you’re a sloperator.
Reveal: ARC Raiders is indeed using player behavior as a hint for matchmaking. So passive/friendly players are more likely to play with other passive/friendly players, and shoot-on-sight players are going to drop into more-hostile lobbies, which is what players had been theorizing. I'm sure it also helps funnel cheaters away from regular players
https://www.eurogamer.net/arc-raiders-developer-confirms-player-behaviour-is-factor-in-matchmaking
sexto decimo die Decembris, Minimus saccum invenit. (On the 16th of December, Minimus finds a sack.) #latinadventcalendar
I'm looking for good resources to learn about the radicals in #Japanese kanji. I.e., not whole kanji, but rather the component parts.
I don't want to memorize kanji. I don't want silly mnemonic devices. I don't want to look up kanji by radicals. I want to learn about the history, function, sound & evolution of radicals.
Can anyone recommend books, websites, apps, anything?
I know they exist but they're hard to find via search engines.
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A while ago I posted about the legendary #Duralex glasses from France, and how the workers, facing possible bankruptcy, decided to turn it into a cooperative rather than accept being sold to investors that wanted to fire a third of the people. Well. They grew their revenue by 22% and plan to break even in 2027. They crowdfunded emergency funding, planned to be €5M which they had to stop when €20M was pledged within 48 hours. YES!
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En Espagne, ce nouvel abonnement de transport va rendre jaloux les Français·es
« Tous les citoyens pourront acheter un abonnement leur permettant de voyager dans tout le pays et d’utiliser l’ensemble des trains de moyenne distance, des trains de banlieue et des bus nationaux pour un tarif unique de 60 euros par mois pour les adultes »
Cette offre tombera à « 30 euros pour les jeunes de moins de 26 ans »
Am 1. Januar ist es soweit: Deutschland verliert seine adeligste Steueroase im Sachsenwald. Gemeinsamen mit dem @zdfmagazin deckten wir Bismarcks Steuerparadies auf und sorgten so dafür, dass das Relikt aus der Kaiserzeit endlich abgeschafft wird.
Und wir bleiben dran: Wir wollen wissen, was eigentlich mit den Steuereinnahmen passiert ist, die durch die Firmensitze in der Jagdhütte an Gregor Graf von Bismarck geflossen sind.
https://fragdenstaat.de/artikel/eigener-sache/2025/12/bismarck-verliert-seine-steueroase/
We've published the recordings for this year's PGDay Lowlands for your on-demand viewing pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/@PGDayLowlands/videos
We'll be back in a new city in 2026. Save the date: September 10, in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
@elektropunk @berlinfediday
all info about the cfp here — submit a topic!
https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference
Flu is surging. What can we do about it?
Layered protections—vaccination, isolation with liveable sick pay, and clean air—enabled by government and institutions.
BMJ Opinion by Stephen Reicher, Martin McKee & Stephen Griffin
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2638
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@Aloteur@mastodon.social @purr@firefish.asso-purr.eu.org Au pire la CNIL clôturera la plainte et basta. Et de toute façon elle ne nous considère pas comme parti à l’affaire. C’est elle contre le responsable de traitement, et non nous contre ce dernier.
All national cuisines are myths:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/15/myth-traditional-italian-cuisine-food
The “Italian” cuisine that conquered the world was not the one Italians carried with them when they emigrated. They had no such cuisine to carry. Those who left Italy did so because they were hungry. If they’d had daily access to tortellini, lasagne and bowls of spaghetti as later imagined, they would not have boarded ships for New York, Buenos Aires or São Paulo to face discrimination, exploitation and the occasional lynching. They arrived abroad with a handful of memories and a deep desire to never eat bad polenta again”
“And then something miraculous happened: they encountered abundance. Meat, cheese, wheat and tomatoes in quantities unimaginable in the villages they had fled. Presented with ingredients they’d never seen together in one place, they invented new dishes. These creations – not ancient recipes – are what later returned to Italy as “tradition”. In short: Italian cuisine did not migrate. It was invented abroad by people who had finally found something to eat.”
W3C seeking community input for TAG appointments by @koalie
The W3C Team is responsible for complementing the TAG election by actively seeking candidates for appointment to the TAG in order to support a diverse and well-balanced TAG, including diversity of technical background, knowledge, and skill sets.
W3C is seeking input from the wider community for appointment to the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG). See more including what skills are being sought at:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/w3c-seeking-community-input-for-tag-appointments/
@ChieseBrutte la Madonna della Fiducia nella stabilità del tetto!
Oggi il grande ritorno di Teramo: @utentone ci presenta la Madonna della Cona (forse già passata nelle edizioni scorse ma noi preferiamo i brogli alla memoria). Un'altra Madonna questa volta della Fiducia, ci è stata mandata da @enverdemichelis e si trova a Giorgilorio (LE). @edgeofeurope ci porta a Montalto Coretto (CS) per la Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione e terminiamo la rassegna di oggi con la chiesa della Borgata Petrelli a Roma inviata da @Roberto_lankab
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![| am not a pet.
| am not a Christmas present.
| am a 400-500 year commitment.
Please think hard before you gift someone a greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) this holiday season.
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