RIP Tim Curry: https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead/
Quixoticgeek
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WHO: Europe lost 200 000 people to heat in 4 years yet nearly all of them were preventable
Andreas Wagner
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A new post at my blog, 'Archives in Colombia, cultural heritage and legal history, presenting some of the projects on the Zasqua platform launched by Neogranadina, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/archives-in-colombia-cultural-heritage-and-legal-history/
@mattiz6276 no. Non un politico: un giurista
jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂
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Today's Muppets GIF of the Day is dedicated to the memory of country music icon and American treasure Dolly Parton
hypebot
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Oh happy day! 🎊
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd68q3wynnqo
To be fair, 166 billion dollars would have been fairer, but I'm ok with this too, over the usual joke of a fine.
Andreas Wagner
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In Mainz wurden schon mehr als 350 Stolpersteine verlegt und das Gedenken an die Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur soll weitergehen.
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Dafür brauchen wir Dich!
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Übernimm die Patenschaft für einen Stolperstein: einmalig 120,- Euro. Ihr könnt euch auch als Freundesgruppe od. WG die Kosten teilen.
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Der Verein @stolpersteine_mainz freut sich über Spenden:
Verein für Sozialgeschichte e.V. Mainz /Sonderkonto Stolpersteine
Mainzer Volksbank
IBAN: DE90 5519 0000 0231 7560 32
Rob Ricci
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@davidgerard I have reasons I don't use that word (feels like LARP racism, which isn't real racism, but still isn't a game I see an appeal in playing). Turbo Pascal's Wager is not one of those reasons. In fact I think that's about the most dramatic example I've seen today of doing the wrong math to get the right answer.
It's Linux Day, Charlie Brown
Rob Ricci
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On-site group interviews - WTAF
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117159662819871806
This is a really good article.
I very recently tried to record some tutorials that I had _subscribed_ to (tutorials on how to play a musical instrument). I wanted to purchase the tutorials outright so I could use them to practice over and over, but the company requires a continual monthly subscription - even to watch the same video over and over.
I figured I have video and audio on my Linux computer.
It should be easy to capture that video and audio.
Well, it's not. Screen capture without audio is easy, but audio capture is not intuitive up front. There are some methods to use the program FFmgep to capture some audio/visual by pulling a video link from the source code of the streaming service, but this service used a codec that actively prevents that. (edit: read - uses some heavy DRM)
I tried to find a decent program to just screenrecord audio and visual as it played on my monitor, but I didn't have much success.
I need to try again.
Otherwise I'll be paying a monthly fee to play the same handful of videos over and over and over again.
And that's silly.
(Edit to add: Absolutely please please please suggest methods to do this in the replies! This is a call for help and all replies and suggestions are requested and consented to! Hahaha!)
For Windows, the built in screen snipping tool can capture video/audio.
UK public appointment:
> Non-Executive Director - Animal & Plant Health Agency (Animals and Plants)
If you fancy branching out into something new, or turning over a new leaf, here is the opportunity. They'll expect you to stick at it though, beavering away diligently.
https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9575?null=
I wonder if it will get subverted by moles.
Andreas Wagner
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Am kommenden Samstag, 29. August, startet die neue Spielzeit mit dem Theaterfest findet von 11 bis 18 Uhr auf dem Gutenbergplatz, Tritonplatz und in den Spielstätten statt. 😊
Neben Einblicken in die Arbeit des Theaters und Backstage-Führungen werden Ausschnitte aus kommenden Produktionen präsentiert und könnt ihr beim Vintage-Verkauf stöbern.
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Die Kleinen dürfen sich auf zahlreiche Mitmachaktionen freuen. 🖌️
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https://t1p.de/lm91u
IFTAS
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Mastodon admins!
If you have extremely urgent info (e.g. data breach warnings, server closure announcements) you can email it directly to your users:
1. Go to Preferences > Administration > Announcements
2. If you haven't already, create & publish urgent announcement
3. After announcement has been published, go back to Preferences > Administration > Announcements and click "✉️ Notify Users" below urgent announcement
4. Check email is correct, then click "Send X emails"
@iftas I'll believe it when I see it. They're buying out the regulators again.
Laporta anuncia "l’exaltació de l’estelada" al Camp Nou i suspèn l’homenatge als campions del món
Ben fet 👏🏼
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SpaceX’s massive debt (from being saddled with a failing “‘AI’ company”) has already been offloaded (via IPO) to regular people’s retirement and pension funds; now other Silicon Valley grifters want to pull a similar scam and run away laughing with bags of ill-gotten cash. It’s disgusting.
IFTAS
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The preliminary agenda for the first @opentechnologyresearch Symposium this October is live! Thanks to @openforumeurope for inviting us to contribute our experience investing in open technologies to the program committee.
Paul Sharratt and Laia Domenech Burin from our Policy & Research team will be in Barcelona. Don’t miss Laia’s talk on the challenges and lessons learned from evaluating our open source software investments.
https://mastodon.social/@opentechnologyresearch/117042130846042505
Who the GOAT? Who the GOAT? Who the GOAT?
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Oooh! Found a Pyrrhocoris apterus (Firebug) in our garden 😃
Apparently not usually found in the UK. Cute little bug.
@Edent It used to be very rare but range now extends over most of SE England. Associated with Mallows & Limes.
