I learned that today (at the café) and I just confirmed in on the net.
Here May is the month of the donkeys.
It's a centuries old tradition.
Apparently it's related to agriculture and importance they used to have on it.
(May 8 is the day specially dedicated to them.)

Oh you're a Christian?

Which poor person did you give all your money to?

Oh you didn't do that?

Jesus was pretty specific about that

N628TS Landed in Brownsville, Texas, United States. Apx. flt. time 2 h 41 min.

😄

Ok threatened to leave the island. It respawned the orb

Dear Fedi friends,

At some point I will re-emerge from my writing cave. I'm just putting together a deep dive into a topic and every day I get a new juicy lead. It never stops! (but incidentally 3 lifetimes ago I wanted to go to journalism school, so I'm finally living out this fantasy)

In other news, I'm happy to share that I will be on a panel at @publicspaces Conference on June 5th with @bjoernsta and @cubicgarden

🔗 : https://conference.publicspaces.net/session/strength-through-diversity-1

Hope to see you there!

#PubConf2026

Seems like a good time. 😂

In 1975, just 50 years ago, one in three young women worldwide couldn't read. Today, nine in ten can. That’s the highest level in human history.

via Beautiful News
https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/

Carlo loves camping 🏕️
#catsofmastodon

We can offer, at the peripheral's choice of position in its audio-processing pipeline, to let the host pick between different sound sources. Could be useful for toggling hardware features!

I've already discussed how I'd implement (largely as a side-effect of getting digital audio to work) most of a "Feature Unit" in analogue circuitry. We can use simple formulas (incorporating delayed input) to implement low & high-pass filters, or we can use the Fast Fourier Transform.

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@jorisgresnigt absoluut! Erg geïnteresseerd in wat jullie al doen en hoe we daar andere mee kunnen inspireren! Ik zal morgen even de agenda’s trekken!

In dezelfde beweging ook initiatieven zoals https://agdb.nl/nieuws/groningen-bouwt-aan-digitale-soevereiniteit/

I mean I don't think Trump wins even one election, let alone two, without triangulation - or rather the idea that running against Trump meant a conservative Dem Party 'center' could force a winger agenda because "you don't have a choice."

So I really do in fact hold the DNC responsible for throwing two winnable elections by running Dick Cheney in a skirt both times. And thus I don't care what Ken Martin thinks Ken Martin's problems are.

Polling says you suck at this Ken. Like 27% approval.

I’m a little bit of everything … all rolled into one papapam papapam 🎶

If you happen to be at Storiel, Bangor, you can pick up a copy of my Lighthouses of Wales book in their shop. Or get a signed copy from me at https://lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-of-wales-book/

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/05/otherwise-plans-at-wiscon-2026 Our #WisCon2026 schedule:

The Last Year in Gender-Exploring SpecFic panel: award jurors discuss 2025
Otherwise Fundraising Auction (silly)
Guest of Honor Speeches & Otherwise Presentation: including a speech by Silvia Park + a filk!

#WisCon #WisCon48

Trump Just Helped Make the Case for Reparations for Black People
https://www.theroot.com/trump-just-helped-make-the-case-for-reparations-for-bla-2000106678?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest. @latest-TheRoot

Still making less as a tenured full prof than I did before I left private industry for grad school in 2002 (adjusting for inflation), so next time someone tries to sell you a line about ivory tower types getting fat from reaping the rewards of high tuition, tell 'em to shove it

@jeffjarvis @Barbramon1 Who could have seen that Musk was just a shitbag sucking at the government teat? Our current robber barons are also vampires.

“We have testimonies of torture, including people who say they were buried alive,” said MSF coordinator Mayoury Savant.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/21/world/mali-torture-killings-army-russia/

@catsalad I wonder if those people write their "opinions" by themselves. I don't know, I never read them, I don't respect them