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#Volunteering is good for you!

It’s linked to better physical & mental health for volunteers, with lower blood pressure, slower aging, & fewer depression symptoms, a gerontologist explains: buff.ly/XQgYgVx
#MentalHealth



How to Make a 13 mm Hole With a 1/2″ Drill Bit

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Musks KI-Unternehmen xAI übernimmt seine Online-Plattform X

Techmilliardär Musk schraubt an seiner Firmenstruktur: Die Social-Media-Plattform X wird in sein KI-Unternehmen xAI eingegliedert. Es geht ihm um Nutzerdaten - und wohl eine Botschaft an Investoren. Von Nils Dampz

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unter…

#ElonMusk #X #USA

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What the actual LEGO!!! ... You are a f... Danish company. And even if you were a US company, this would be cowardice and unacceptable!

Now it not the time to remove diversity. Now is the time to firmly prove that you stand for it!

(source: dr.dk/nyheder/indland/lgbtq-og…)

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It turns out LEGO has changed even more pages on their website to make it more Trump friendly: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l…


Easter Tip: Don't leave your child's chocolate bunny in the car.


There is something very wrong in this country when six young people meeting to discuss politics in a Quaker Meeting House are arrested by the police after a mass (twenty officers) invasion of the building (armed with tasers).

The freedom to protest, or even the freedom to meet in a room to discuss current affairs, are central to a democracy... if this freedom is now compromised (further), as it seems to be, we are in a very bad place!

#politics

h/t @Thebratdragon

quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/…

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" There is no way, you own a copy of Windows Iot Enterprise Ltsc. "


I do not know why this is such a big deal, but as you can see, from within the Microsoft Store, not just an activation screen, but logged into the store within my Library, I own Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Ltsc 2021 and 2024, while running Windows 11 IoT Enterprise Ltsc.

#Windows10 #Windows11 #WindowsStore #Microsoft

in reply to MOVED to: @Linux@mastodon.au

I have tweaked Microsoft Windows to such an extreme, for example, I do not have Windows Defender, Windows Mail, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge Web View, Windows Media Player (legacy), and I have also removed Microsoft Internet Explorer (legacy). I can sign in to a local account (as shown in my previous screenshot), plus continue to log into my store without effecting my local account.

I, of course, did install an antivirus to replace Windows Defender, opting for something light weight, but with some extra tools, 360 Total Security, and I replaced Edge with Vivaldi.

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Es ist Frühling. Auch der scheue Jägermeister hat schon mit dem Nestbau begonnen.



Early results from Trump's retaliation against law firms:

Winners: Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale
Deal-cutters: Paul Weiss, Skadden

cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/la…

The rulings show the settling firms (to their discredit) lack integrity & can't predict litigation outcomes very well

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The latter two have magical thinking, and believe they will find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.



RFE/RL in a federal court filing explains USAGM has not restored releasing grant funds to the broadcaster as it promised and asks for the preliminary injunction to be issued. storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

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THIS
is my z80 isa motherboard, don't go too crazy, only the first of the 4 slots work. I'm using it to test the UART code because its a simpler system than my z80 laptop.
the ROM is from 0000-7FFF ram from 8000-FFFF
Serial card obviously mapped to IO 0x03F8.

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While Trump is doing nothing for Ukraine, Sweden raises its military aid to Ukraine from USD 2.5 billion to USD 4 billion in 2025.

Tack Sverige! 🇺🇦♥️🇸🇪

shorturl.at/OZoak

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@osma and Macron has not yet delivered those Leclerc tanks He promised two years ago. Not a single one.
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@osma True, but in fariness, I think his political stand, his verbal expressions about it is also very important. Even if it just helps to encurage others to step forward and not hold back - to me it feels that's something Macron is doing quite well. He could be tougher with Trumpler, but maybe it's tactially better to aproach him like a toddler.




Trump admin offers Voice of America employees buyouts as judge looks to spare network

Just as a federal judge appeared poised to issue an order blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the broadcaster,
U.S. Agency for Global Media staffers received an email offering them a renewed opportunity to sign up for the ‘Fork in the Road’ deferred resignation program
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…





Not exactly what I expect to see trotting by the front of the house


The Russians have run out of steam. They were trying to create a pincher around Pokrovsk in the Donetsk Oblast, but now Ukraine is pushing the left side back.

We are seeing similar development near Toretsk to the north east of Pokrovsk, and this makes me wonder, if Putin has drained too much resources from this area to reinforce Kursk, or if this is caused by the long-term effects of Russia's plethora of logistics problems and high losses.

Something is afoot.

Via Deepstatemap.

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Maybe both. Russia is becoming / has become a hollowed out disaster
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more to the north east #borova area #ukraine put up 20.000 man with 900 armer vehicals. To defend and attack.


Thanks to @breakintoprogram.co.uk I have managed to fix up the code on the ISA Z80 motherboard with quite a nice set of functions to get serial working. I still have to get character Rx working, but then I'm headed straight for BASIC!


The Northern Cheyenne Tribe pioneered air quality monitoring in 1974, pushing for enhanced protections that influenced the 1977 #CleanAirAct amendments. This paved the way for communities nationwide to claim greater pollution protections. buff.ly/xImoAaT
#NativeAmericans



This now former Skadden associate does the legal profession proud. linkedin.com/posts/brenna-trou…

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Boosts appreciated:

If you want to vote by mail in the federal election, apply ASAP: ereg.elections.ca/en/ereg/inde…

Elections Canada requires you to submit photo ID and proof of address.

#CANpol #CANpoli #CDNpoli #COVID #COVID19






Pictures from a High Altitude Balloon

hackaday.com/2025/03/28/pictur…



Attn @teslatakedown

1/

Hi all,

I tried my best to share information about as many global #TeslaTakeDown events scheduled for this weekend (3/29) as I could, but simply could not keep up and ran out of time.

If I didn’t post about your country or state, please check the map on the TeslaTakeDown website. So many events are scheduled, there is probably one near you. I’ll be sharing some more screenshots of locations, but you’ll need to check the map for specific details:
actionnetwork.org/event_campai…

in reply to Jenny

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In response to growing threats from Musk, the government, and counter-protesters, people are encouraged to stay safe, be peaceful and respectful, and follow law enforcement directives.

TeslaTakeDown held a de-escalation training tonight on Zoom, which hit capacity. They will be releasing the slide deck and holding future trainings for those who couldn’t attend. More info here: bsky.app/profile/teslatakedown…

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In addition, please see this important thread from @teslatakedown.com about staying safe during protests:
bsky.app/profile/teslatakedown…

Finally, this #TechCrunch article has good advice:

“…protesters [are advised] to put their wellbeing first. Leave if you feel unsafe, adhere to your local protest regulations, don’t trespass, follow police orders, and have a lawyer’s number in your back pocket just in case, she said.”
techcrunch.com/2025/03/28/tesl…



if only i could easily convert this muppet me into a 3D printable file


I think most people *should* try to have have 72 hours' worth of supplies on hand just on GP. But the EU offering that guidance in response to a specific escalation (and presumed expansion) of Russia's war on Ukraine is a really, really, really bad sign.
cnn.com/2025/03/26/europe/euro…

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Two days after the garden was built, _DeadRise9_, a glitch hunter, discovered the path could be traversed by taking off the kimono and sandals and taking a running leap. “Contemplative appreciation skip” saved 23 seconds over the previous any% wr, the largest time savings known until LeperFlesh419 discovered the hedges had janky collision and “were only a suggestion.”






Australian Boobook, Torrington State Conservation Area