So I went to Johnson Space Center today in Houston and it was an incredible time! I haven't been there since I was 12 or 13, and everything hit so much different now that I've had a lifetime of history and interest to draw from when viewing all the exhibits. These are just a sample of the pictures that I took, but some of my favorites.

We also went on the historic mission control tour, which was absolutely amazing. They have preserved the original control center and have it setup with a presentation (narrated by Gene Krantz) that displays all of the data and video that was displayed on July 20, 1969, when man first landed on the moon. All of the stations are lit up, updating telemetry data, and the main screens are showing the exact same data in sequence with the presentation narration. It was completely fascinating!

Today was a good, fun, and totally space nerdy day!

@onepict One of the fun parts of this thread is that I keep trying to substitute "Doric" with "Swabian" in my head to figure out if I can feel the same about it, and then I giggle.

I grew up weird. Dad's from Hamburg (family from former East Prussia, actually). Mum's from Stuttgart. They settled near Cologne. At their wedding, they sometimes had to translate between the families.

At any rate, growing up with three very distinct dialects (side note: linguistics, to the best of my...

Alonzo-dev news: I've written a short list for myself defining my abstract-syntax-tree, so tomorrow I can start writing a parser!

More specifically I'll 1st build a "toolbox" UI pane organizing functions by their type. I'll probably provide richer organization schemes later, as I see the need.

I guess I might as well ask: Lua serialization library recommendations?
I want to save binary files, so noone's tempted to hand-edit or worse vibecode Alonzo code!

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@Der_Postillon schreibt, dass Asterix-Comics wegen Verherrlichung von Doping aus dem Handel genommen werden. Diese Behauptung weisen wir entschieden mit folgender Stellungnahme zurück. https://www.der-postillon.com/2014/07/asterix-comics-wegen-doping-verdachts.html [1/9]

Le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale Karim Khan relevé de ses fonctions
https://www.letemps.ch/articles/le-procureur-de-la-cour-penale-internationale-karim-khan-releve-de-ses-fonctions
Le Britannique, visé par des allégations d'agression sexuelle, a été révoqué par un vote à bulletins secrets lors d'une session à huis clos à New York. Il contestait les accusations et dénonçait une procédure irrégulièreL’Assemblée des 125 Etats membres de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) a décidé v...

White House correspondents and their bosses demonstrate their total lack of self-respect by inviting Trump to their dinner, and applauding him, despite his escalating war on democracy and journalism. What a pathetic bunch of quislings they are. https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/trump-attend-rescheduled-white-house-correspondents-dinner-friday/story?id=135027808

Great Reuters article accurately explaining Ukraine-Russia killzone, and how modern warfare looks like now.

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/KILL-ZONE/znpnojmknvl/

@Krautreporter Davon kam schonmal ein Bericht im TV

https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2026/01/elektrofahrzeuge-in-afrika-koennten-sich-frueher-durchsetzen-als-gedacht.html

Forget expensive sleepbuds. Buy this pillow instead
https://www.theverge.com/tech/970473/forget-expensive-sleepbuds-buy-this-pillow-instead?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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A more powerful For You feed is coming, with the ability to help train it by tapping "Love this" or "Not interested" in the redesigned share modal, that also supports sending via DM or Group Chats.

Is that a repost button? 🔥

Stay tuned!

#Loops #LoopsDev

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#Fediverse

Great new feature in the latest Signal app. If you enable disappearing messages the meta data of calls and missed calls gets deleted as well.

I know this was a long standing goal for them, but the engineering behind it took time.
#Privacy @signalapp

It's not well known, but South Korea is running a large, innovative rural basic income pilot https://rgmii.org/blog/koreas-basic-income-is-beating-rural-extinction/

#WomenInPHLEGM ! 🧡

Open Weights and American AI Leadership https://lobste.rs/s/gqgbrz #ai
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/topics/open-weight/

It’s hard to tell art from reality these days.

The first photo is an artwork titled Atomic Picnic (2007) by the Mexican-American artist and photographer Daniela Edburg.

The second was taken by photojournalist Maximilien Lamy for AFP / Getty Images showing beachgoers on Moutchic beach at Lake Lacanau in Gironde, France in summer 2026.

Avec la politique écologique de l'Europe, y'a bientôt plus que sur les billets de banque qu'il y aura des oiseaux.

@JulianOliver @Pouakai @k0a1a

Being affable, witty and good looking is a helluva mask https://www.ianwelsh.net/what-is-obama/