Hello world ;)

RE: https://mapstodon.space/@spatialists/117135418040051913

🥾 Another interesting #geospatial project: Via Helvetica, a free web app for planning hikes in Switzerland using official trail data, #swisstopo basemaps and federal #geodata

A good example of putting geospatial data to practical use in a user-friendly tool 🗺️.

#gis #opendata #opensource #hiking

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Meet #teamEDPS

Want to help shape a safer digital future? At the EDPS, we are on a mission to champion data protection across all EU institutions, protecting a fundamental right that impacts millions of lives every day. 🎯

Based in 📍 Brussels and 📍Strasbourg, our dynamic team of 100+ legal and technical experts represents the very best talent from every corner of the EU.

Meet our colleagues 👋 : Sonia, Fanny, Alessandra and Saskia. They are sharing their unique career paths, what fuels their passion and their top advice for breaking into the world of technology, AI and data protection!

🎙️"My work at the EDPS is a big responsibility, but it means I get to directly protect people's privacy. That is exactly what we are here for!" – Alessandra from the Policy & Legislative Consultation Unit

🎙️"I love connecting cutting-edge tech with its broader societal impact. My job ensures your rights are protected as technology evolves." – Saskia from the Technology & Privacy Unit

🎙️"Even leading the AI team, I still say natural intelligence is unbeatable! The daily interactions with our in-house experts are the most rewarding part of working here." – Sonia, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Unit

🎙️"Data protection is about freedom. It enables people to continue living in a free world, which is something we often take for granted." - Fanny, Deputy Head of the Supervision & Enforcement Unit.

#ICYMI, watch a short video series: 📽️ https://link.europa.eu/qg4fP8

@Supervisor

Les tensions ne cessent de monter entre la Turquie et Israël sous fond de tensions pour le contrôle de la Syrie (qui est un protectorat neocolonial). Sachant que la Turquie est membre de l'OTAN et qu'Israel a récemment bombardé le territoire syrien pour empêcher les turcs de s'y établir de manière durable.

Le monde pète de partout 🍿

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/08/21/la-turquie-emet-un-mandat-d-arret-d-international-contre-benyamin-netanyahou-dans-le-cadre-de-l-enquete-sur-la-flottille-pour-gaza-il-repond-en-traitant-recep-tayyip-erdogan-de-dictateur-antisemite_6752275_3210.html

affirmations when opening a stuck jar:

- I am stronger than the jar
- i know what left and right are
- ⁠⁠smashing the jar will make a mess
- i have strong and dextrous hands
- ⁠⁠I have opened jars before and I will open jars again

Defining an “Agent Harness”

https://www.macstories.net/linked/defining-an-agent-harness/

#GitHub down? Nixpkgs can and should in most cases be fetched from channels.nixos.org because that is redistributed world-wide via #fastly with much higher availability and IPv6 support.

E.g. in your #flake use

nixpkgs.url = "https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-26.05-small/nixexprs.tar.zst";

instead of the github-flavored expression. Works for all supported channels.

#nixos #nixpkgs

Apple Music to Launch Labels on AI “Songs”

https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-music-to-launch-labels-on-ai-songs/

get in loser, we're going caring

@realmaplesyrup Thank you! I read the Guardian, but wouldn't have finished, or possibly even started, this one without that recommendation!

I'm getting conflicting signals here. On the one hand Iraola has stated he's keen on keeping Gakpo and showing Gakpo a clear roadmap. On the other hand Romano seems very certain that Tottenham want the player and they think Gakpo could be keen on a move to North London. But that's the Romano and Tottenham perspective. What remains to be seen is whether it makes money sense for LFC, and what can Iraola do about it if he really wants the player.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1-cAR4IaO70

#LFC

@realn2s
Fiel mir nur grad auf, weil eine andere Sichtweise und Deutung, bei Entdeckung der Tiere durch "zivilisierte" Völker, ja auch schlicht unmöglich gewesen wäre und zwar sicher noch bevor überhaupt Näheres zu der Art bekannt war.
Außerdem klingt Erdweibchen ja auch – ganz im Gegensatz zu Erdmännchen natürlich – furchtbar albern.🤭

‘Every advocate’s nightmare’: Inside ICE’s strategy to sidestep local oversight laws
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-08-22/every-advocates-nightmare-inside-ices-strategy-to-sidestep-local-oversight-laws?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World @world-LATimes

Drame à Ben Guerdane: un survivant raconte 48 heures en mer
(M. A)

https://realites.com.tn/fr/drame-a-ben-guerdane-un-survivant-raconte-48-heures-en-mer/

This Week in Package Management: 22 August 2026

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/22/this-week-in-package-management.html

Ethiopia uncorks a wine boom, Bordeaux vines driving exports and local demand • FRANCE 24 English

The description of the vineyard as "100% of seeds are imported from Bordeaux in France" worries me a bit not because I'm totally against growing wine grapes from seed experimentally, but you can't really call them the same as clonal varieties then.

My suspicion is that the reporter made a mistake or a mistake happened in translation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4BJ-ZjmczA #Ethiopia #Viticulture #Horticulture

@TheBreadmonkey Same. What's really weird is that media outlets think we are interested.