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Huge thanks to guest contributor Dave Drodge for submitting the 'Try AI' skill tree, a new template you can use to gauge your progress and get ideas on trying out Artificial Intelligence tools. Inspired by video game skill trees, just colour in the boxes of anything you've already done to identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things.

Visit the growing repository of templates up on Github to grab a free copy!

github.com/sjpiper145/MakerSki…

A cute graphic of a happy computer and printer with the speech bubble "New Skill Tree: Try AI" next to a printed copy of the Try AI Skill Tree template. This template is half colored in, and to use the template, just color in anything you've already completed. You can use it to gauge your skill level, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things.

GitHub - sjpiper145/MakerSkillTree: A repository of Maker Skill Trees and templates to make your own.

A repository of Maker Skill Trees and templates to make your own. - GitHub - sjpiper145/MakerSkillTree: A repository of Maker Skill Trees and templates to make your own.
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Eroder by @calum
Pre-Release Out Now.
Limited ed. CD Only 30 uts💽.
Digt.ed. St/Hd 96/24
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Eroder, by Calum Gunn

9 track album
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@Calum Gunn
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New app release, who dis? #nowAvailable #pixelfed
The improved home feed with Notifications moved to the bottom nav bar
Notifications more easily accessible
Notice the new Profile Feed tab?
You can now easily browse the posts of accounts in a feed layout
#pixelfed #nowavailable

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Lost Windows after configuring dual boot? Here’s how to restore it:

itsfoss.com/grub-os-prober/


Missing Windows from Grub After Dual Boot? Here's What You Can Do

Can't see Windows in Grub after successfully dual booting? That's because os-prober is disabled. Here's how to fix it.
Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)

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Meet Amir, Amir is a vampire, he's very old, roughly 500 years, he can't remember exactly when he was born. He takes special herbal teas so he can be out in the daylight. His favourite colour is purple and he has his own style, he doesn't care that people find him odd or excentric.
He's handsewn from thrifted materials and old clothes.
(Wolf pattern by Studio Seren patterns, trousers pattern by blacksparrowuk)
#doll #wolfdoll #wolf #plushies #plushie #artdoll #sewing #handsewing #slowstitching #handstitched #handsewn #handmade #dollsclothes #vampire #upcycling #sustainability #duurzaam #duurzaamheid #naaien #handgemaakt #hergebruik #pop #knuffelbeest
#sustainability #handmade #sewing #upcycling #Wolf #Vampire #handsewn #pop #duurzaamheid #duurzaam #slowstitching #plushies #plushie #Doll #handsewing #Hergebruik #handstitched #handgemaakt #artdoll #naaien #knuffelbeest #dollsclothes #wolfdoll

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The @wikimediafoundation will switch traffic between its data centers today (19 March) at around 14:00 UTC.
This is done twice a year to make sure that #Wikipedia and the other #Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

More info: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/S…

Tech/Server switch - Meta

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#Wikipedia #wikimedia @Wikimedia Foundation
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joosteto
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So both wikimedia 'Application' datacenters (eqiad & codfw) are in the USA (all the others are caching).
Are there any plans to diversify that?

wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Da…

World map of wikimedia datacenters. Both 'Application' datacenters (eqiad and codfw) are in the USA, the other (caching) datacenters are around the world.

Data centers - Wikitech

wikitech.wikimedia.org
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The UK government must prioritise housing homeless British citizens not illegal immigrants and black trans women. The UK government and Serco must not give guaranteed rent to private landlords to house illegal immigrants but must give white British homeless people permanent housing through paying guaranteed rent to landlords as well as building more

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A metal shelf filled with jars of jam. The jars are of different sizes with mismatched lids and labeled with freezer tape.
#cooking #homesteading #jam #homemadejam #pectin #cookingtips

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Barney is working from home today.
#plushie #bear #computer #handmade
Handmade brown plushie bear with yellow nose sits on the sofa, scrolling mouse, he has his earphones on.
#handmade #bear #computer #plushie
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Android fam: We fixed a lot of bugs, including Push Notification support.

We're awaiting Play Store review, but you can side load the newest version from our official GitHub repo!

github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed-r…


Release v1.1.0.1 · pixelfed/pixelfed-rn

Improved comments Profile feeds Fixed DMs to show all conversations and improved chat layout Moved Notifications to the bottom navigation Fixed private accounts Improved support for larger images a...
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"Wickeyed are sentient wax slimes who, despite their ominous appearance, are more of a nuisance than a threat. Though novel thinking has recently made them surprisingly helpful for humans.” (1/3)

Additional lore in the replies!

I'll post its development tomorrow.

#monsterbash #trashbash #hotglue #monster #crafts #MastoArt

#MastoArt #crafts #monster #monsterbash #trashbash #hotglue

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A devil and a human in a four panel comic: Devil: I just had a Zoom meeting with my boss and he said empathy is a sin now. Human: ...What? Decil: Yeah. Devil: So I guess Im supposed to tempt you to... care about others? Human: I'm confused. Devil: Me too.

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Tons of fixes in the latest Pixelfed app release, now available on iOS and soon Android!

Private accounts are now properly accessible, and you may notice improved DMs, and a new Profile Feed that you can more easily browse with!

#pixelfed

Private account
Profile Feed
#pixelfed

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#Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination - theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… "Key rival of President Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan detained a day after university invalidated his diploma, in move seen as politically motivated" Erdoğan not even hiding his interference now; he's afraid #turkey

Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination

Key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan detained a day after university invalidated his diploma, in move seen as politically motivated
Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#erdogan #turkey #Istanbul
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Glyn Moody
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@cruftyold intriguing...
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Glyn Moody
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@cruftyold yes, saw that...

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So bold are Putin’s ceasefire demands, it’s hard to believe he is entirely serious - theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… "The extraordinary demands of the Russian leader to weaken Ukraine would make a mockery of any peace deal" confirms #trump's weakness

So bold are Putin’s ceasefire demands, it’s hard to believe he is entirely serious

Dan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
#trump

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Human rights activists: 'Freezing NGO accounts in #Georgia is an attempt to punish protesters and civil society' - jam-news.net/human-rights-acti… absurd and plainly without legal basis

Human rights activists on freezing of NGO funds in Georgia

Human rights activists on freezing of NGO funds in Georgia: Georgian prosecutors froze accounts of five funds
nikama (JAMnews)
#georgia

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EU Politicians Make Push For Radio Free Europe Funding After Trump Cuts - rferl.org/a/czech-eu-rfe-fundi… this is a triply good idea: good for RFE, good for EU, and good for listeners

EU Politicians Make Push For Radio Free Europe Funding After Trump Cuts

European Union politicians said they are continuing their push into possible support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after the US government moved to cut the Prague-based broadcaster's funding amid concerns its closure would be a blow to pro-demo…
Rikard Jozwiak (RFE/RL)
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radio remains important because it bypasses artificial walls put up by govts, penetrates across areas during disasters, works when the Internet is crippled by any outage. It also reaches rural areas where listeners are not on the Internet. Always good to have it ready, rather than try to re-establish it with urgency later on.
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@singletona let's hope we can...
@Andrew Singleton

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Debian Linux announce they will no longer post on X

“X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe.”

micronews.debian.org/2025/1738…

The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care a

The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement.
micronews.debian.org

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Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike as Musk takes prominent role in Trump White House

Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up from coast to coast and even overseas. Tesla showrooms, vehicle lots, charging stations and even privately owned cars have been targeted.
Jonathan J. Cooper (AP News)
#usa #Tesla #elonmusk #fascism #afd #germany #antifascism
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I bought a Tesla years ago to try to help the environment. Now it sucks that some shithead might damage my car. I used to be afraid of ultra-conservatives doing it, now I am afraid of the left. I voted for Kamala. Leave my car alone.
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As they say: Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.

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Banded Huntsman Spider (Genus Holconia) spotted on a wall of an outhouse in the very remote Macquarie Marshes region of NSW. Beautiful markings on what I assume to be a female - which was about the size of my hand. Left undisturbed and unharmed.
#nature #wildlife #spidersofthefediverse #spiders #australia X-posted to inaturalist.org
Large Huntsman spider
Large Huntsman spider
#nature #wildlife #australia #SpidersOfTheFediverse #spiders
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adingbatponder
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This is wonderful but a content warning might be appropriate as some folks are really phobic. Cheers.

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“Attempts to hide climate science from the public will not stop us from feeling the dire impacts of climate change.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced
Damian Carrington (The Guardian)

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Frequent, Long-Term Blood Donation Could Reduce Risk for Blood Cancers

Scientists compared blood from frequent, long-term donors to that of more seldom ones and saw some key genetic differences in cell types.
Paul Smaglik (Discover Magazine)
@Sybren A. Stüvel

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Show top #LLMs buggy code and they'll finish off the mistakes rather than fix them - theregister.com/2025/03/19/llm… "when shown a snippet of shoddy code and asked to fill in the blanks, AI models are just as likely to repeat the mistake as to fix it." #useless

Show top LLMs buggy code and they'll finish off the mistakes rather than fix them

: One more time, with feeling ... Garbage in, garbage out, in training and inference
Thomas Claburn (The Register)
#llms #useless
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@nini seems fair
@Nini

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After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5312115/margaret-carpenter-indictment-telemedicine-abortion-louisiana-mail-mifepristone-misoprostol?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@morning-edition-npr

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Do #AI robo-authors qualify for #copyright? It's still no, says appeals court - theregister.com/2025/03/18/app… "Computer scientist Stephen Thaler again told his 'Creativity Machine' can't earn a ©"

Do AI robo-authors qualify for copyright? It's still no, says appeals court

: Computer scientist Stephen Thaler again told his 'Creativity Machine' can't earn a ©
Thomas Claburn (The Register)
#ai #copyright

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Israel breaks ceasefire as it strikes Gaza, killing hundreds
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5332204/israel-breaks-ceasefire-as-it-strikes-gaza-killing-hundreds?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Morning Edition @morning-edition-npr

@morning-edition-npr

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Cordae: Tiny Desk Concert
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/g-s1-54485/cordae-tiny-desk-concert?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Music @music-npr

@Music

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Vaipahi Gardens are beautifully maintained gardens good for hiking. The gardens have about 75 different plant species, a small river with a waterfall and a lake with lots of different fish. We loved the serenity and beauty. backpackandsnorkel.com/Tahiti/…

Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for Tahiti - Tahiti Purple Travel Guide

This Tahiti Travel Guide tells you what the best things to see and do are in Tahiti in French Polynesia.
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides

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NEW PIXELFED APP VERSION, NOW AVAILABLE

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Stargazing, poetry and meditation: What connects NPR readers to their spirituality
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5328644/stargazing-poetry-and-meditation-what-connects-npr-readers-to-their-spirituality?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@life-kit-npr

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Ant mimics look like AI generated ants. Both of the following photos made my "is that AI" sense twitch, but these are both real photos of ants along side a rove beetle mimic in the first and a spider mimic in the second.

Maybe the way that AI is adjacent to mimicry is part of what makes it creep me out so much.

A black, shiny, Malaysian army ant on a bed of green moss and to the right a rove beetle with similar color, but not exactly the same shape. In particular the pseudo-gaster of the rove beetle is confusing, having evolved to be in the correct location where ants will look for it when they touch the rove beetle in the darkness of the nest. Photo by Joseph Parker for Columbia Magazine.
Rusty red weaver ants crowd a bright green leaf. On the obverse side sits a single ant-like creature in the same color and texture and pattern... an ant mimic spider. Photo by Mark Moffett.
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Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐
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The first image shows a Rosciszewskia beetle and an Aenictus ant (📷 Joseph Parker). The second image shows a Myrmarachne spider with Oecophylla smaragdina ants (📷 Mark Moffett).

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Trump's handling of Ukraine and tariffs has NATO rethinking the U.S.-made F-35 fighter
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5330475/f35-fighter-nato-trump-gripen?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@U.S. News

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Family of U.S. student missing in the Dominican Republic believes she drowned
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5332172/missing-student-dominican-republic-sudiksha-konanki?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@U.S. News

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I’ve documented how musicians can make more money for each track sold (losing less to the payment processor for each small transaction): nham.co.uk/2025/03/musicians-h…

If you’re a musician or know a musician who sells tracks online please share!
🎤🎸🎻🎺🎷🪗👩‍🎤💸

@musicbrainz @jamcoop @mirlo @benpate @freebliss @mizkirsten @funkwhale @music @hello @subvertworld

#Musicians #music


Non Heralded Awesome Music

Online magazine-style platform aiming to help draw connections between indie musicians, fair distribution platforms and listeners, under a shared ethos.
nham.co.uk
#music #musicians @mirlo.space @Ben Pate 🤘🏻 @Simon Repp @MizKirsten @MusicBrainz @Funkwhale @Music group @Indie Art Support Community artist liaison @Subvert @jam.coop

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I don't think artists can make money from selling songs online. I know I've never been able to. I'm beginning to think that, more and more, selling online is a scam, and always was.
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@kel They said the rate is for payments under £5 only. Over £5 would be subject to the original rate.
@kel

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Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen Projektleiter für den Standort #Oldenburg ! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke.

Wenn ihr schon immer mal wissen wolltet, wie unsere Versorgungsnetze funktionieren, dann ist das der richtige Job!

Bei Fragen zu der Stelle könnt Ihr euch bei mir melden!

#GetFediHired #JobAlert #JobSearch #Hiring #SCADA #Energy
kisters.eu/de/job-vacancy/it-p…

IT-Projektmanager (w/m/d) Junior/Senior - KISTERS

Karriere als Junior Projektmanager (w/m/d): Übernimm Verantwortung, gestalte Projekte und entwickle dich weiter. Jetzt durchstarten!
KISTERS
#jobsearch #getfedihired #energy #hiring #oldenburg #jobalert #scada
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I can't offer a manager, but if you ever needed support with testing or backend/frontend development, please do reach out to me. I'm with a company that does does long-term cooperations with German companies.

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19 March 1910 | A Pole, Kazimierz Lewiński, was born in Brody. An accountant.

In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942.
Camp no. 33145
He was shot on 25 May 1942.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
#auschwitz

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Kremlin says it will halt strikes on Ukraine energy sector after talk with Trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5331896/kremlin-says-it-will-halt-strikes-on-ukraine-energy-sector-after-talk-with-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@World News

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Morning news brief
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5330380/morning-news-brief?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@World News

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RFERL head discusses the news outlet's future following funding cuts
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5330886/rferl-head-discusses-the-news-outlets-future-following-funding-cuts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@World News

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Former peace negotiator Diana Buttu discusses the ceasefire collapse in Gaza
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5332173/former-peace-negotiator-diana-buttu-discusses-the-ceasefire-collapse-in-gaza?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@World News
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