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@jk Terry Pratchett had this wonderfully put on an individual level:
"Blessings be upon this house", said Granny, but in a voice that suggested that if blessings needed to be taken away, she could do that, too.
Some of Houston saw rain yesterday. Many of you did not. At least the slight chance of rain will stick with us into next week. But aside from that and “less hot” temperatures, not much is changing here. Summer doldrums continue.
https://spacecityweather.com/for-houston-after-long-drought-commotion-in-the-sky/
I had trouble sleeping last night and tried to look for the lunar eclipse, but it was too cloudy to see the moon :(
@jbs131 ahah, en fait non, il était à peu près à l’heure, mais nous sommes passés de la monétisation de l’attention à celle de la solitude, générée par la captation de l’attention. Ça ne serait pas si triste, on pourrait dire que c’est incroyable !
@nitot Votre argumentation est implacable.
something it took me a very long time to figure out, like, embarrassingly long, since the way they teach you about it at school avoids this uncomfortable part, is that 'peaceful protest' is fundamentally a threat of violence. people out in the streets holding objects, currently placards, imply later they might be holding something else. it is called a 'demonstration', in the same way that testing a nuclear weapon is a demonstration, it is deterrence through communication of capability and intent
🧵Cosmology’s swampland
“Dr Vafa calls this slightly uncoiled space the ‘dark dimension’. Its uncoiling allows gravitons—hypothetical particles responsible for the gravitational force—to pick up a mass as they pass through it. Those gravitons, he proposes, are the particles of dark matter. Dark energy therefore sets the size of the dark dimension, which in turn sets the mass of the dark matter, which is itself nothing but gravity seeping into the dark dimension.”
🧵Cosmology’s swampland
“And, tantalisingly, the dimension’s uncoiled nature means it might be observable without the massive (and massively expensive) particle colliders that are the current preferred hardware of particle physics.”
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@Edent
Firefox on Debian Linux.
On a portrait screen.
Its OK, I can read around gaps.
@Photo55 Can you send a screenshot please?
I also use a vertical screen and don't see any "scattered" issues.
Thanks.
# How LibreOffice is funded
Bravo to @libreoffice for publishing this.
It makes for interesting - and disappointing - reading.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/28/how-libreoffice-is-funded/
we need to replace open source with open source 2, which is identical in all ways to open source except for the fact that it's gay and trans and anti-ai
Why, did he fuck an intern then lie about it? Seems unlikely.
Shell lost its legal battle vs South Africa's West Coast communities. That's a WIN for people and planet.
Shields heritage, marine life and coastal livelihoods from seismic blasting.
Buoys the movement for a greener, fairer future.
Shores up transition to cheap, reliable renewable energy for all.
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/117172222073531706
A must-read for anyone who uses LibreOffice and cares about the possibility of continuing to use it. Note:
“Advertising-supported software is funded by attention; subscription-based software is funded by the ability to revoke access; and data-driven software is funded by surveillance. TDF has ruled out all three of these options, leaving only the possibility of donations.”
And if you use LibreOffice at work, get your company to buy it. It’s the right thing to do, in the best interest of the company.
A lot of cool looking things after dark.
#Photography #NightPhotography #Edinburgh #Fringe2026 #Vibes #StreetPhotography #LowLightPhotography
@Photo55 A screenshot would be helpful. I don't know what you mean by "scattered".
Also, which device / browser are you using?
@Edent
Firefox on Debian Linux.
On a portrait screen.
Its OK, I can read around gaps.
Downtown #Rochester #NewYork yesterday
You want a name change? There's your name change you orange piece of shit
👏👏👏
#EpsteinFiles #Trump #Ontario #LakeOntario #WesternNY #NY #Canada
Now Hiring: Senior Open Source Maintainer
https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/28/now-hiring-senior-open-source-maintainer.html
Stanowczo potrzebujemy systemu domen wolnego od zależności od USA.
Nie rejestrujcie domen zależnych od USA, np. .com .org .net, bo jedną decyzją rząd USA was skasuje z sieci i odbierze głos.
To cenzura państwowa.
Przykład: domena autistici.org włoskiego kolektywu IT, o którym pisałem wczoraj została właśnie skasowana.
Trzeba przedłożyć niezależność i bezpieczeństwo nad "ładność".
Jeśli chcecie uzyskać dostęp do serwera www autistici.org musicie do swoich hosts dopisać ip 93.190.126.19 zarówno dla autistici.org jak i www.autistici.org
Na linux to /etc/hosts
@m0bi system domen jako taki jest w dużej mierze niezależny od USA; konkretne domeny najwyższego poziomu nie są – .net, .org, .com.
Cała akcja z Autistici jest oczywiście bardzo poważna, ale jak zawsze podczas sytuacji kryzysowej – ważne, żeby nie siać paniki.
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