'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules
Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
The Reddit community revives the holiday spirit after popular Secret Santa events end
Swapping presents with strangers on the internet is a favorite pastime for many Reddit users. After two popular holiday gift exchanges ended, bereft merrymakers are set on keeping the tradition going.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Nissan and Honda announce merger talks amid a rapidly changing global market
Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work to a merger, forming the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes changes in its move from fossil fuels.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture and literature review
"... rapid warming in the Arctic may be linked to severe cold-air outbreaks in the U.K. and nearby parts of Europe as well as North America and Asia. The research suggests that the apparent paradox is in part caused by the Arctic region warming several times faster than the globe as a whole, termed "Arctic amplification.""
youtube.com/watch?v=q3EtnBTEjm…
#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ExtremeWeather
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
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
reshared this
Since this is the Fediverse, I thought it would only be appropriate that I post this. I just discovered it via Perplexity. It's a decentralised search engine, with at least seventy-three instances that agrigates results from at least seventy different search engines. I'm sure each instance uses its own, but still. I find this whole idea to be intriguing. Plus, the few I've tried are all free of clutter and work well with NVDA, from XP through 11
This is the main list of instances.
searx.space/
This is the one I chose.
baresearch.org/
#accessibility #blind #Fediverse #instances #Internet #NVDA #privacy #searchengines #SearXNG #Windows7 #WindowsXP
After a bit of research, I learned that TWBlue is open source, and that, while the current version is only for 64-bit machines, there is a 32-bit version. There is also a 32-bit version specifically designed to work with Windows 7. Whether that's the same as the regular one, I don't know, but it does exist. However, since it has some extremely important features that TWBlue lacks, such as editing posts and profiles, etc. I prefer TweeseCake. However, it seems that there is only a 64-bit version. Am I wrong? Is it closed source? I would love to be able to work strictly from my Windows XP or 7 virtual machines, but this is the one program I must use in 11, and I ultimately find myself using 11 for everything, which I don't wish to do. I don't know of any other truly accessible clients for Friendica, other than these two.
#32-bit #64-bit #accessibility #blind #clients #Friendica #TwBlue #TweeseCake #Tweesecake #Windows7 #WindowsXP
Contribute to skibidivxiiduu/skibidivxiiduu development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
The most direct push for Google’s Gemini chat so far.Kevin Purdy (Ars Technica)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
The Los Angeles Zoo hatches its first-ever perentie lizards, one of the largest lizard species in the world.
From @AssociatedPress: "Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are native to Australia and one of the world’s largest lizards, dwarfed only by the Komodo dragon and a few others."
#Lizard #Reptiles #Animals #Zoo #Science
Two new perentie lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there. According to zoo officials Thursday, the lizards are doing well, eating, and being closely observed by staff.AP News
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
A 137-year-old newspaper faced extinction. Readers said: ‘We’ll pay more.’
The Plainsman Herald was set to cease publication. Then readers rallied around the southeastern Colorado paper, keeping it afloat for at least another year.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024…
This Pacific nation was hit by a massive earthquake. Is climate change increasing seismic activity?
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/20/this-pacific-nation-was-hit-by-a-massive-earthquake-is-climate-change-increasing-seismic-a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Google Fiber’s internet plans are getting simpler
The company has rolled out new Core 1 Gig, Home 3 Gig, and Edge 8 Gig plans in two cities.
Google has simplified its internet plans in Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama, as it now offers Core 1 Gig, Home 3 Gig, and Edge 8 Gig options.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
reshared this
An international research team led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (MUCBO | MBCN) have described a fossil animal that lived between 270 and 280 million years ago in present-day …Miquel Crusafont Catalan Institute of Paleontology (Phys.org)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
reshared this
On tap for the holidays: A blend of multicultural drink traditions and fond memories
For this year's All Things Considered holiday cocktail interview, we visited Providencia in Washington, D.C., a bar that brings its owners' personal stories to life.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Fun evolves with time, from cavemen laughs to Christmas cheer. What does fun mean to you today?
#FunThroughTheAges #Happiness #JoyfulMoments #ChristmasSpirit #CavemenToNow #HolidayCheer
#MeaningOfFun #PositiveVibes #FamilyTime #SimpleJoys #FestiveSeason
jiteshbalakrishnan.blog/2024/1…
From cavemen tripping over rocks to us scrolling at 2 am, fun has evolved! Whether you're parkour-ing or stamp-collecting, remember: true fun is just happiness with a side of chaos.JB
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Sensitive content
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
reshared this
Party City files for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nationwide
Party City was once unmatched in its vast selection of affordable celebration goods. But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween, and especially Amazon.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
I love this site. They also have fascinating article.s This is great for those of us who love the Regency, as well as those who wear proper period clothing. This partly explains how Brummell's neckcloths were so clean! His were either superfine cambric or fine Irish muslin (he had both). To my blind friends, sometimes, the printed s looked like f during that time, hence the muflin, foap, etc.
regrom.com/2024/12/20/regency-…
#Brummell #clothing #dandyism #fashion #neckcloths #muslin #Regency #washing
I solved the filtering problem I wrote about yesterday by changing the channel and notifications settings in Friendica. I explained more n a reply to said post. Now, my timeline is filled with all sorts of lovely things. Since that post was so negative, I would like to thank those who write such wonderful and positive things. You are why I am remaining in the Fediverse. Your posts make me smile and/or think, and now I will be seeing more of them!
#friends #Friendica #posting #timeline #Tweesecake #TweeseCake
"It was only later that Benoit, an artist and documentary filmmaker, learned that the wolves she saw weren't grey wolves but rather rare eastern wolves." Global News: Conservationists eager to see plan to save rare eastern wolf found in Quebec, Ontario globalnews.ca/news/1091640... #conservation 🌎
Conservationists eager to see ...
Gisèle Benoit still gets goosebumps when she remembers the first time she saw a family of eastern wolves emerge from the forests of the Mauricie National Park.The Canadian Press (Global News)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
FDA approves weight loss drug Zepbound to treat obstructive sleep apnea
The FDA said studies have shown that by aiding weight loss, Zepbound improves sleep apnea symptoms in some patients.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
In October 2023, Mongabay traveled to Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park.
While there, we heard allegations that Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers have carried out extrajudicial killings of suspected bushmeat poachers inside the park.
Two weeks before our visit, a man was shot to death inside the park; his relatives and local officials alleged he was killed by wildlife rangers while attempting to surrender.
By Ashoka Mukpo
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/kill…
#Environment #News #Conservation
KITABU, Uganda — It’s mid-afternoon in Kitabu, a small town nestled in the hills of western Uganda at the foot of the Rwenzori mountains. Neatly manicured plots of beans and cassava line the road that leads toward it.Terna Gyuse (Conservation news)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
May your festive season brim with Saturnalian delights and a good dose of fun and games. Let’s hope it doesn’t all take a turn like this riot in the amphitheatre at Pompeii which led to the closure of the amphitheatre in 59 CE!
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
reshared this
Big dreams: He's the founder of a leading African photobook library
Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
#QuizOfTheDay: #Laughing #Gas (or happy gas) is a colorless, non-flammable gas.
Laughing gas is used in medicine, especially in dentistry and surgery, for its pain-reducing and anesthetic effects.
Which chemical compound is known as "Laughing gas"?
A. Nitrous oxide
B. Hydrogen sulfide
C. Trichloromethane
D. Hydrogen peroxide
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Rocky Mountain PBS visited Darlene and Mark Watson of Silverton Grocery to learn what it's like to run the only grocery store in town.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Potentially groundbreaking AI releases have been coming in fast, sending experts’ heads spinning.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles
The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun
Astronomers hope the Proba-3 mission will help them get a better view of the corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, which is even hotter than the sun's surface.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
A Sombrero ground lizard. The species is endemic to Sombrero island, a tiny isle (just over a mile long) near Anguilla in the Caribbean. Its population has increased from fewer than 100 individuals in 2018 to more than 1,600 today, a new survey has revealed, thanks to conservation efforts.
Photograph: Farah Mukhida/Anguilla National Trust
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Only 4000 connections for sale in the U.S., and 21000 connections in Saudi Arabia.
This seems to be a very niche usage.
It seems the point of the story is to use outliers (people with proxy connections using free VPN) to scare people away from using *all* free VPN's, without explaining how one knows that *paid* VPN's don't do the same thing.
A sassy mixed-breed dog named Luna has the face, coat, and voice of a husky with the little legs and stubborn intelligence of a corgi.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
While users (at least on friendica.world) don't have advanced filtering options, I was able to solve myproblem. I went back to the Friendica site, and then to contacts. I clicked on each one, and in most cases, I changed the channel setting so that I would see all posts. for the ones that I really don't want to miss anything from, I changed the notification so that will be notified for each post the contact makes. On TweeseCake, this gives me three options. I could either read the Home timeline as always, switch to notifications, or switch to Mentions. I don't know why new posts are appearing in Mentions without anyone tagging me, but ah well. The last wo options will focus on the contacts whose posts I want to see the most. In all cases, but especially the second and third, I have eliminated the types of posts I don't wish to see from anyone. It took a long time, but my timeline is now clean and pleasant.
#Friendica #friends #posting #timeline #Tweesecake #TweeseCake
I hope you find a congenial community here! For the most part it’s a lovely place. I guess you’ve learned the follow-hashtags trick? [#]mosstodon is worth a peek, as is [#]bloomscrolling
Cheers—
Do you use the "Please Caption" bot to remind you to add descriptions? A couple of updates about this:
1) It has just changed servers, its new address is:
➡️ @PleaseCaptionBot
If your follow hasn't transferred automatically, follow it at the new address.
2) There was a problem transferring the bot's follows list. Even if you're following it at the new address, you should unfollow it and re-follow it in order to trigger the bot's follow back. Follow backs are needed for reminders to work.
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
reshared this
Yes, #NapoleonBonaparte had a #Math #Theorem! : Medium
Fat #Cells have a ‘#Memory’ of #Obesity — hinting at why it’s hard to keep weight off : Nature
#Historians Say They’ve Solved the #Mystery of a Curious 100-Year-Old #Contraption Discovered in Storage : Misc
Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
#Napoleon's #Theorem is a fascinating result in #Geometry that states - If #Equilateral #Triangles are constructed on each side of any triangle (either all outwards or all inwards), the centers of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.
knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/6763…
Napoleon's theorem is a fascinating result in geometry that states - If equilateral triangles are constructed on each side of any triangle (either all outwards or all inwards), the centers of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral…Knowledge Zone
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#quote #mindfulness #thisday #vongoethe
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
We’re in the fight of our lives to save the planet.Corporate giants are burning, slashing, and poisoning precious forests from Brazil to Indonesia, for coffee, cocoa, palm oil and more.We HAVE to stopEkō
Georgiana Brummell likes this.
Georgiana Brummell reshared this.
Georgiana Brummell
in reply to Georgiana Brummell • •Well, I've already seen an accessibility issue, at least with this instance. I went to Preferences, and I was able to change a few things such as language, unit conversion, etc. Then, I saw something else, about full/pretty/host for sites and a few other options. I set those. But when I tried to go back, I couldn't. Only The "General" tab was displayed, and I know there were originally a few others. Also, some categories are listed, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Can anyone enlighten me Is it just this instance or a program-wide problem, or am I simply not using the right commands with NVDA?
#accessibility #blind #NVDA searxng