"My colleague Fadi Alwahdi was just targeted by an Israeli sniper and shot in the neck. The goal is to kill us one by one." - Hossam Shabat, Palestinian journalist in Gaza @hossamshabat
I have no words except that Hossam and his colleagues are the bravest people on Earth, and I wish humanity was as courageous and as good as they are. I will never forget their heroism and millions of people around the world will never forgive those perpetrating these war crimes.
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Klamath River dam removal: before and after images show dramatic change
Dam removal concluded a decades long fight on 2 October, which also saw Chinook salmon return to the watersCecilia Nowell (The Guardian)
We weren't exactly sure that we were ready for another dog since Neptune passed away, but this little lady has been tied up outside for the last five years. We wanted to get her out of that situation.
So far, her favorite spot in the apartment is a comfortable dog bed, or snuggled right up next to one of us.
We named her Io after one of Jupiter's moons.
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Early indications that it’s not been great year for the monarch butterflies.
kut.org/energy-environment/202…
This fall's monarch butterfly migration through Texas doesn't look promising
Regardless of how the butterflies fare this year, the long-term prospects for the migration seem to be dimming. Habitat loss, insecticide use and extreme weather all pose deadly threats to the species.Mose Buchele (KUT)
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Guess when #MapComplete started uploading pictures to our @panoramax -instance and started introducing `panoramax`-tags to the #OpenStreetMap-database...
There are 614 pictures in our instance for now.
If you want to see the graph for yourself, it is here: taghistory.raifer.tech/?#***/p…
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Exactly. Agree completely. It's a catch-22. I mean, her policies won't even directly help me or anyone as poor or more poor than me, but Trump would be worse, so I'm voting for her to do my part in tipping the Electoral College in favor of her, so Trump will lose.
As soon as she wins, the consequence is going to be a barrage of posts and letters and calls to the White House all about Gaza. She's working hard on a lot of good things that will help people who make more money than me, but that's not enough going forward. Headaches are in order for her, until she does the right thing and stops allowing Netanyahu to commit genocide. I like her personality and all, but yeah, she's got to get Biden to cut back on the blank check to Netanyahu.
Thanks for understanding about all this, btw. It's not easy being American right now, probably for anyone here, really.
My mom sent me this picture of me with a Ferengi at the Star Trek Experience when I was a teenager. What an amazing place it was! I still can't believe it was dismantled. It was like a dream getting to walk on the small piece of the promenade that existed, Quark's included, as well as getting to be on the bridge of the Enterprise D.
*This* is the type of game I was talking about. This game uses #OpenStreetMap so that you can play "in" your local town.
store.steampowered.com/app/136…
City Bus Manager on Steam
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data.store.steampowered.com
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It's called 112 Operator:
jutsugames.com/index.php/opera…
store.steampowered.com/app/793…
It looks like since I played it they've added DLC that's meant to be a prelude to their zombie game.
I did enjoy it for a while, the scripts got a little repetitive at one point IIRC.
112 Operator on Steam
Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic.store.steampowered.com
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see my very first attempt at making a music video, up now on youtube! 
youtube.com/watch?v=lqq1m-GLUS…
#music #mastomusic #indiemusic #indierock #musicvideo
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
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The rise of Mastodon has made me so much more aware of government services requiring us to use private companies’ systems to communicate with them and access services.
Sitting on a Dutch train just now I was shown on a screen “feeling unsafe in the train? Contact us via WhatsApp”.
What if I don’t use WhatsApp? (I do, but I wish I didn’t have to) I’m forced to share my data with Meta to use it.
Public systems should not require use of private services.
#NS #Netherlands #FOSS #privacy
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A road trip with my husband driving was a good opportunity to take pictures of 300 POIs while on our way to the coast. I love giving some life to the small towns of Texas on OSM. Time to get to adding them!
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My #StarTrek poetry chapbook has been out for a year.
Happy birthday, Both Worlds 💚
Both Worlds, by Jordan Hirsch
Poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Utopia must be fought for, with the fight taking place both here and in the days, decades, and centuries to come.Bottlecap Press
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“We’re gonna pick up seats regardless. It could be anywhere between two seats and up to seven seats and beyond.”
Our top story: Four years after a failed attempt to flip the lower chamber, the minority party has set its sights on a more modest objective. texasobserver.org/democrats-te…
#politics #USpol #Democrats #Texas #TXlege #news #election2024
Not to sound like a jerk, but I don’t understand why #Texas does state wide blue alerts. Me knowing a cop got hurt in the pan handle while I’m on the coast helps nobody.
These things come in on your phone like an amber alert. At three in the morning. Stop.
Remember the OpenStreetMap Foundation, which committed in 2021 to not having its annual global conference in LGBTQ unsafe places. And in 2024 just did that anyway?
There's an upcoming election for the OSMF Board, the candidates were asked about this, and their answers are… oh boy…
wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Fo…
#OpenStreetMap #lgbtq #diversity #dei #trans #lgbtqia #conference
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I'm sorry, it took *how* many servers to post a single long message from Ghost to 5k fediverse accounts and handle some replies?
activitypub.ghost.org/beta-pla…
(via @fediversereport)
(edited again TA: See replies from @thisismissem pointing to implementation choices + @bengo about pushing to Mastodon)
Search, profiles, and beta plans
Also, Ghost has joined the Social Web FoundationGhost (Building ActivityPub)
Yup! We've got to figure some things out here for sure.
You're absolutely right in your assessment that some of the work is on the side of our (fledgling) implementation (eg. queues) and some may also be needed at the protocol level.
cc @evanprodromou
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)
An exploration of Fediverse content aggregators as an alternative to Reddit.com, with a twist: the magic of ActivityPub, allowing communication with other Fediverse projectsElena Rossini
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I say this every month (Go back the last several months for proof)
👏Support👏Your👏Local👏Instance!
Even if you are on an instance with your buddy who is footing the bill, buy them a cheeseburger and/or a coffee.
If you are feeling more generous, support the developers who make the software. Not just @Mastodon, but @Sharkey, @pixelfed, @peertube, @writefreely and many more!!
mastodon.ie/@padraig/113061738…
Padraig Fahy 🌈 (@padraig@mastodon.ie)
A reminder to support @mastodonie on @opencollective@opencollective.com to keep the lights on! https://opencollective.com/mastodonie #mastodaoinemastodon.ie
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