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Firefox Nova, the browser's rounded new design, will go live later this month.

Code commit suggests the redesign will be enabled by default for all users in Firefox 157 – barring any last minute hiccups, of course.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/firefox-nova-redesign-coming-september?v1

#firefox #openSource #nova

"An act of pure attention, if you are capable of it, will bring its own answer."

D.H. Lawrence on the art of divination https://t.co/X6Y9QZS9ge

Be the reason people still believe in gentle hearts, with genuine intentions, with compassionate souls.

China's defense establishment is accelerating research into humanoids' military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/08/asia-pacific/china-humanoid-robots-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #tech #robots #ai

When describing the big things in your world, also remember to include the kind of small, human details that will make it feel real. Graffiti. A drunk's pool of vomit. The safety card in the back of the seat.

#WorldBuilding #StarWars #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

@cstross

From my reading of rave/trance histories in germany (much of my favorite music at that time was german/east german during the "fall of the wall" time), West Germans treated easterners very badly, analogous to American "white trash" tropes. I dont know to what degree this was, but it wasn't nothing.

Also in personal experience, around 2010 i was in Berlin for some academic science and tech art events, we were out to dinner with s very mixed international crowd, as is common in that field; i was appalled when local advanced University students referred to "gypsies" in deeply racist and dehumanizing ways. I was shocked at the openness of it. Of course I've heard that and worse here in the US, but not in academic circles.

@freddy @timbray

Why do I get snide remarks when I post something in Mvskoke?

You wouldn’t comment something snide under a post in German or Spanish or Greek, so why do you feel comfortable doing it with native languages?

RE: https://defcon.social/@riverpunk/117232778365300891

Absolute truth.

If money vanished overnight, people would immediately begin building stronger social ties with nearby humans, regardless of how many humans there were in the world. Densely populated neighborhoods have historically been highly social, depending on police presence to disrupt that. Overpopulation is not what's doing it.

Among Trump’s Sunday posts: an altered image putting his face on Hulk Hogan’s body, complete with a MAGA bandana. This is an actual sentence about presidential communications in 2026. #WhiteHouse

@handmade_ghost happy birthday from my photo library’s first result for “pelican”.

The hurricane swell got in the way of snorkeling, but I still went in the water for a little bit. Now we have record humidity but I was planning for Malibu lagoon tomorrow and I’m going no matter what. I took the day off for it!

@pikarl In AT gibt's diese Aktion: Geschäfte signalisieren mit einem Aufkleber, dass man seine Wasserflasche auffüllen darf
https://www.gruenewirtschaft.at/2024/05/13/dei-durscht-is-mir-ned-wurscht/

@catsalad

i'm good

hunter3

@mycrowgirl Okay, you might have won this contest with a visual aid. 😂

@TheEddieShow

I got the P1 system less than a year later, and the first thing I wanted to do was re-shoot this. But by then it was too late; no longer accessible.

So, this is yet another example where the camera and lens one has being the best tool for the job, by definition.

Captured with a DSLR and a 19mm shift lens (vertically shifted about 5mm).

Had to dodge some traffic to set up here, but found a protected traffic barrier to be behind with the tripod.

These are two of my favorite buildings in NYC.

This shifted the 19mm Nikkor lens to its limits. Unfortunately this was before I got the Phase One system, which would have allowed a more formally structured and geometrically accurate composition.

If I were going to re-shoot this today, I'd use the Rodenstock 32mm to make two vertically shifted captures and stitch them. This can yield roughly the angle of view of a 16mm lens in 35mm format terms, with excellent edge sharpness and very low geometric distortion.

But this place is no longer safely accessible. It was reached via a side door in the now-shuttered Hyatt, and then carefully crossing the roadway; today you'd have to walk two blocks in traffic behind a blind curve to get there.

@djsundog oof