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#QuizOfTheDay: #Chile is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica.

Do you know what is the capital city of Chile?

A. Montevideo
B. Santiago
C. Asunción
D. Buenos Aires

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I convinced #BeetBear to get up and help me list out all of the plants that will be going in to our Thanksgiving meal. This is all part of our #PlantsGiving where we try to acknowledge the contribution the plant kingdom (and fungi) makes to our daily sustenance. Daughter (the actual Botanist) will be home soon to help. It's quite educational to research all the botanicals and list them out. Anyone else want to give it a go? I'll share our list on Friday.
#gardening
#PlantAwareness

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For anyone interested in learning more about this, follow the #PlantsGiving tag where I've talked about the origins of the tradition and posted last year's list.
#Thanksgiving
#NewEngland
#gardening
#Botany
#PlantAwareness
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Salt water is making its way into Delaware River, a major drinking source theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n… #Climatecrisis #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Environment #NewJersey #Delaware #NewYork #USnews #Rivers #Oceans #Water

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Rocamadour in Rocamadour, France

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.#cliffs #cliffvillages #villages #pilgrimages #religion #architecture #medieval #section-Atlas

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What with the weather and the news, some daily floral cheer is definitely needed and I've been reading a book that gives just that. (Ad. Review copy, not paid.)

'The Flower Book' by the Gardeners' World team takes us through the year, one flower at a time, with a mix of plant facts, cultivation advice and folklore. Botanical illustrations and photographs add to the daily cheer.

You can read my review: bit.ly/41bCPZE

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#KnowledgeByte: e-waste is any discarded product with a battery or plug, and features toxic and hazardous substances such as mercury, that can pose severe risk to human and environmental health.

In 2018, an estimated 50 million tonnes of e-waste was reported, thus the name 'tsunami of e-waste' given by the UN.

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Unexplained heat-wave ‘hotspots’ are popping up across the globe | ScienceDaily…

Summary: A striking new phenomenon is emerging: distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves that are so extreme, they fall far beyond what any model of global warming can predict or explain... Science daily #heatwaves #hotspots #globalwarming #earthscience #climatechange #extremeweather

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A new window into the early evolution of flowering plants – Earth.com…

Plant reproduction is fundamental to our food systems and ecological balance, yet it remains a complex and diverse process... earth.com #evolution #plants #floweringplants #biodiversity #environment

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Check out our new Hibiscus Berry Rooibos Loose Leaf Tea - Caffeine Free.

☕️ www.CoffeeForTheArts.com 🎨

#CoffeeForTheArts #Tea #Coffee #Art

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If I truly need to research something and ensure that the answers are accurate, I do so on my own. But for many things, I use Perplexity. It has helped me in numerous situations, from simple things to writing code to help me use Supermium more efficiently. But I do have a few questions.

  1. Why isn't it possible to delete conversations from the website? It forces me to use my phone.
  2. Why, when I try to search my threads for keywords that I know were used, it never finds them? I do this on the site.
  3. Finally, why is their Android app so inaccessible? I can do basic things, such as delete threads, with it, but I certainly couldn't replace the website with it.

#accessibility #Android #ai #artificialintelligence #NVDA #Perplexity #searching #Talkback #Windows

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Irregular sleep pattern raises risk of stroke and heart attack, UK study finds theguardian.com/society/2024/n… #Health&wellbeing #Medicalresearch #Lifeandstyle #Heartattack #Science #Health #Sleep

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The Deroplatys lobata, also called the Dead Leaf Mantis, lives in Borneo, Indonesia, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Thailand. Their dark to light mottled gray coloration and prothorax that appears to be torn, makes them look like nothing more than crumpled up leaves!

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Licking this “lollipop” will let you taste virtual flavors
It produces nine flavors: Sugar, salt, citric acid, cherry, passion fruit, green tea, milk, durian, and grapefruit.
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The Autographa precationis or Common Looper Moth is found throughout Central and Eastern North America. They have a cryptic array of mosaic-like colors, that help camouflage them in wooded areas, making them very difficult to locate.

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The Fall of a Giant: Rome's Downfall | https://timewarptales.com/the-fall-of-a-giant-romes-downfall/?fsp_sid=553 | #AncientTimes #European #Political #Centuries #Continents #empire #Events #History #Roman #Rome

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Decoding the Rosetta Stone: Uncovering Its Ancient Secrets | https://timewarptales.com/decoding-the-rosetta-stone-uncovering-its-ancient-secrets/?fsp_sid=463 | #18thCentury #African #AncientTimes #Discoveries #African #British #Centuries #Continents #Discoveries #Egypt #Events #History #RosettaStone

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Can anyone recommend an accessible course to learn html? It must work with NVDA. I've heard of Code Camp and W3Schools, but how accessible are they and how do they differ in content and style? I like courses with a structured approach, where things are explained i.e. a deductive and not an inductive approach. I usually don't need a tutorial, but I am fine with general instructions. In this case, though, exercises would be very beneficial. I am using this prior to beginning Part 2 of the Web Developer's course at Deque. I am not a developer, but they don't have one for accessibility testers.

#accessibility #blind #blindness #computing #DequeUniversity #html #learning #NVDA #programming #screenreaders #W3Schools

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How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday in the United States laughingsquid.com/thanksgiving…

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The Incredible Camouflaging Abilities of the Aptly Named Mimic Octopus laughingsquid.com/mimic-octupu…

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Two ideas, if I may. I'm almost sure you've already thought of both, but wanted to throw them into the pot just in case. First, as to size, what about the small gaming machines? Steamdeck/Aya Neo/GPD series? They're certainly small, and generally quite powerful. They also have batteries which will either save you getting a power bank at all or make the bank an accessory, not a must-have. Secondly, if you want to keep the price down, what about refurbished gaming units? I have seen that Valve is selling refurbished steamdecks, which may be of some use.
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@Tech Singer I know next to nothing about gaming machines, other than that they have controllers. I know a lot about umpcs, and that is what I originally wanted, since the keyboard, speaker, and batteries are built-in. The GPD Pocket 3 would be great. But it, and most other modern ones are either well above my budget of $300, or they have lower specifications than my Dell, with a Pentium N6000. I don't mind that, but if it's slower, it should have an older version of Windows to compensate. I do own a real umpc (Fujitsu UH900). I adore the form factor, and even the layout is decent, since I replaced the keyboard with a U.S. model. But it's slow, even for me! I also want something that can handle virtualization if XP or 7 isn't installed natively. I can even do this with my Acer Travelmate 8172, with 4gb of ram and a Intel Core i5-560UM, but that's a big laptop (11.6 inches) not a umpc or tablet.
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I agree with you on the UMPCs, but sadly, they're just not being made to a reasonable level anymore. I know the refurb steamdeck is being sold for a bit under $300, though I'm not sure how much. It does have controllers but, if you're using an external keyboard anyway, you can disable them. I killed them in device manager myself. Two problems with it, though, are that it comes with Linux so you have to install Windows yourself and that it has only one USB port. That is not a typo, it has one USB port which is a USB C port and which is used for charging. The installation of Windows isn't a huge deal but the USB port drove me to tearing my hair out in large handfuls. It does, however, work with VMWare and Virtual Box, so you can install virtual machines if you like. It works with a Win 7 VM, I've used it and had no issue. The processor is, of course, fairly reasonable, it is meant for light to medium gaming, after all.
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@Tech Singer The Toughbook also has only one usb port, so they have that in common. I would definitely need to use a hub in both cases. I wouldn't usually use an external keyboard if one is built into the machine, unless I were sweating a lot (I have hyperhydrosis). I've been known to short out many keyboards that way, so maybe, that wouldn't be a bad idea, after all. I'll check the specifications of these. As for Linux, I would love a machine with Debian Mate installed, but I don't know of any. However, if I have to install Windows, this would mean extra money, but it might or might not be a lot, depending on which version I chose and where I purchased the key.
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I haven't seen your particular toughbook, but I have seen a few and all the units I've seen had at least one charging port in addition to the USB ports. The Steamdeck has one USB C port for everything, charging, peripherals, docking... It has one port! A USB hub with charging pass through does work well, though, in my experience. Sorry about the external keyboard, you mentioned in your first message that you would be using all of them with an external keyboard, which is why I brought that up. I am typing this on an external, I have yet to see a built-in keyboard I liked, prefer not to have my machine in harm's way, and don't want to keep the screen up if it's a laptop. It's a good deal easier to recover from spilling something, just for example, on the $15 Logitech K360. The Steamdeck supports Valve's own Steam OS, I have never tried installing Debian on it directly. Given the availability of Win 10 OEM keys, I don't think you'll have to spend too much to install Windows on the unit. I assume, because you mentioned Windows 7 earlier, that you're not desperate to upgrade to 11.
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Teaches me to either use braille or read better, I misread toughpad as toughbook with some sort of weird pronunciation. Honestly, this looks like a very nice unit. You can use any BT keyboard with it, too, so you're not restricted to some sort of proprietary keyboard/cover/whatever. The only thing I'd be a bit hesitant about is running a virtual machine with that processor and RAM. I'd be happier with 16 GB and a more powerful I5 or an AMD unit. I can't judge, though, I have never used that particular I5, and have never used XP at all on a VM. It's Amazon renewed, you have a chance to return if it's hopeless. Keep in mind that the LTE modem is not available on the Steamdeck. Though the steamdeck is a bit cheaper, I suspect you'll end up with more or less the same cost if you're going to buy a key for Windows 10. You get Windows with the tablet. Keep in mind, also, that the tablet is going to be a good deal thinner than anything else, and that the tablet has a separate charging port. The Steamdeck doesn't.
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@Tech Singer I've run virtual machines with 4gb of ram on the host, but that was with 7. With 11 as the host, I want at least 8gb, which works very well. Right now, I'm using a Del Latitude 3120 with an N6000 processor, a 128gb solid state drive, and 8gb of ram. I have Tweesecake, about five browser windows, and two Notepad windows open in 11, plus an XP machine with three more open windows, all running concurrently without a problem.
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Another thing, if I may raise it. Is there a reason you're running 11? I ask because you do seem to be familiar with the fact that 7 and XP are still usable if you have good security practices. I'm always a bit hesitant about 11, and even 10, on any sort of resource limited system because Microsoft takes the view that they own the machine and can run whatever they want on it, including updates which slow things down, break things, and so on. I'm running 10 on this machine, but it never sees the internet, there's a 7 VM which is connected to the internet through its own network card.
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I'm intrigued by this little machine. It's small (even smaller than the Panasonic Toughpad FZ-M1 MK3 that I was considering), light, has built-in speakers and a microphone, several ports, including a 3.5mm, a usbc pd port, and even a built-in battery! This may very well be what I need. Oh, did I mention the price won't kill me, unlike the $600+ umpcs? Keep in mind that I don't care about screens or graphics, since I'm blind.

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To make a very long story short, I am considering entering the field of accessibility. More specifically, website testing. For those interested, I wrote about it here. If you can offer any suggestions, recommendations, etc. either here or there, please do so. I would love to hear from you!

dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/214…

The long story, for those who are interested in my background in technology and how I came to this decision, can be found here. My blind peers, in particular, may enjoy this, though it may also take you on a trip down memory lane.

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#accessibility #blind #BlindInstituteofTechnology #blindness #coding #computers #DequeUniversity #education #FreeCodeCamp #html #NVDA #screenreaders #technology #W3Schools #websites #Windows

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#OnThisDay Albert Einstein presented the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences (1915).

Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patented #Dynamite (1867).

Today is International Day for the Elimination of #Violence against #Women

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news.mit.edu/2022/lab-timber-w… “Researchers show they can control the properties of lab-grown wood, which could enable the production of wood products with little waste”…. a typical 2,000 sq.ft wood-frame house might require the lumber from approximately one acre of mature forest. 🌳 🐿️#environment #nature #science #sustainability
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I have an honest request for donations. We have a kitty who lives in our apartment complex outside. We think a previous tenant left him when they moved (assholes). We just noticed he's not using his left rear leg and we're going to take him to the Vet to get it taken care of. Hopefully it's not broken.

So anyone who would like to donate to helping this kitty would be very appreciated.

Feel free to DM with questions or issues.

My Paypal and Venmo are in my profile.

#CatsOfMastodon

(Update. I can't hit return to go down a line and add tags, links, etc. in TWBlue, either! It looks like I'll strictly use them for reading favourites.)
TweeseCake and TWBlue have many things in common. The one thing that TWBlue lacks is the ability to edit my posts. This is why I can't use it as my permanent client. Does anyone know if they intend to resolve this issue in the future? It also doesn't have the conversation thread option, but I'm not quite sure how that works. Seriously, though, why wouldn't such a basic thing as editing one's own posts not be included in a client that is supposed to be accessible to the blind? I am not sure I can edit my profile here, either, which I can do on TweeseCake. But I can't view my favourites there! They keep disappearing!

#accessibility #editing #editingposts #Friendica #profiles #TWBlue #TweeseCake

My favourites list just disappeared from TweeseCake. I was viewing it, then it stopped reading them and said "list" with numbers (6 of 210) as an example. Now, the list is completely empty! How do I view them on Friendica, or is there a way that I can get them back in TweeseCake?

#accessibility #favorites #favourites #Friendica #TweeseCake

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Figured I’d make an introductory post since it seems to be what all the cool kids are doing:
I’m Susanna, a GenX graphic designer who spent a decade or so in the wilderness of web development. I have 2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a husband. I also play the mandolin. On here, I talk about news, politics, tech, movies & other random stuff. #intro

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Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83


The affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble" later became a right-wing podcaster.

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Thank goodness, I can even use Accessible Youtube Downloader to do this quickly, or I would have to search the Youtube site itself, which, like Facebook and Gmail, is now a mess! But Youtube started their rubbish in 2017, when they destroyed the m.youtube.com site. As with all of the others, the mobile site simply worked and made the whole experience enjoyable, until the sighted idiots decided that everyone must view their website the same way and took away something that was simple, clean, and most of all, accessible!
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The Porthidium nasutum, also known as the Hognosed Pit Viper, lives in Central and Northern South America, as well as Southern Mexico. They cause inflammation, motor impairment, intense pain, edemas, necrosis, hemorrhages, and death by intracranial hemorrhage or acute renal failure.
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If I boost a post and then edit it to add my own comment, will it show in my boosted post? Most of the time, I boost things because I agree with them, find them interesting, etc. But sometimes, I disagree and would like to add my comments to it, rather than just post it without saying anything. At other times, I might have insight on a given topic, or I agree whole-heartedly with it and want to explain why. I often did this on Facebook. There is an option to edit my boosted post, but I'm not sure if it works.

#boosting #friendica #opinions #posting #sharing