just read about yet another tesla crash/fire resulting the passengers being trapped with doors that wont open. A $30 'life hammer' (thats a brand name but also the generic name) solves some of this - you can bust the window and cut the seatbelt in a few seconds.
Seriously, its one of those motoring accessories you can't afford not to have. The life you hammer might be your own.
You know, I ever see a politician in a hoodie and shorts again, I'm going to vote for the other guy automatically.
RE: threads.net/@senfettermanpa/po…
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@senfettermanpa) on Threads
The weeks of performative “resistance” from those in my party were limited to undignified antics. Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.Threads
I just finished A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber over at Project Gutenberg. It's great post apocalyptic tale about earth thrown into a deep freeze after a rogue Star tears the planet from its orbit. There's not a lot of action but the world building is phenomenal. I'd love to read more stories set in this universe. #scifi #pulp #apocalypse #ProjectGutenberg
This is fantastic social.growyourown.services/@F…
Some good news about #Mastodon, there has been a very significant bit of code added which will automatically fetch all the replies in a thread. This means everyone will be able to see a thread's whole conversation no matter which server they are on! 🥳The code has just been "merged" which means it should become available in the next update to Mastodon, hopefully within the next few months.
(Those who want the technical details can see the Pull Request at github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…)
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Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon
Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR for upstream before, so forgive me if i'm doing...GitHub
In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying
EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Using the shell command in CAD software might seem like an easy way to hollow out a model for 3D printing, but it often leads to inconsistent wall thickness and print artifacts. This post explains why the shell command falls short and introduces a more precise manual modeling approach to achieve uniform, high-quality prints.
#3DPrinting #ShellCommand #Blog
US voters:
Call your Senators ASAP and tell them:
- Do not allow the GOP budget to come up for a vote
- We are not fooled if you bring your own budget up first, knowing it will fail. Do NOT allow the Republican budget to pass. Period. Do NOT rescue them.
Infuriating! I've made more Senate calls in the pat few weeks than at any time in my life.
Seems delusional to think that normal processes are still underway.
#uspolitics
Another not-random question for #bookstodon - has anyone done modern reviews of classic middle school aged series like Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew or similar looking at how/if they are dated and likely problematic? (I assume they are, I read a bunch of them when I was that age but it was 40ish years ago and I don’t remember much about them)
Broadly as a service for parents today looking for discussion about which classics have stood the test of time and remain good and which haven’t aged well.
@wanderinghermit exactly. My question was prompted by seeing multiple people selling long runs of the books in local marketplace listings (seemingly in some cases fairly recent printings by appearance - or basically never read) but before I bought them for my son I wanted to see if anyone had been going back to such series and reviewing them with a modern eye.
(And likewise curious what classics have stood the test of time - The Phantom Tollbooth was still great when I read it to my son)
I find it interesting what is happening to the polls in Canada.
What looked like an upcoming comfortable victory for The Conservatives has changed dramatically after the inauguration of Trump.
Should the Liberals end up winning the election later this year, the US president would be facing the new leader of the Liberal Party, Mark Carney.
We would then see the chaos president Trump fighting a trade war against a calculated, educated and experienced economist who has lead central banks.
Until then we will all experience a whole flood of tariffs and EOs....
Let's sse if the USA still "exists" by then. 😬😱
Just sayin':
Nobody ever has seen a sadistic destruction of a superpower before. Who knows what's gonna happen til fall.
This happens all the time.
French fries are not French, they’re Belgian at best.
One of the most popular Chinese dishes in the USA is General Tso's Chicken. In China no one knows who the General Tso is and never tasted his Chicken.
This is not an exhausting list.
reminds me of the dutch "filet americain"
which 1) for whatever reason has a french name
and 2) is literally raw minced beef with some spices that you're supposed to put on a slice of bread (with maybe some onions/eggs/more spices).
I guess maybe because americans like meat and boneless things? I have no idea what the connection is here honestly
WIP Wednesday, 12 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development:
Draft: Roy_043 fixed several bugs, including Draft’s fillet not working the first time you try it, as well as incorrect snapping behavior. He also implemented a new Dim Auto Flip Text option to disable automatic text orientation based on where you click first.
BIM:
Syres916 fixed two cosmetic bugs in the UI code,
furgo16 re-enab
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WIP Wednesday, 12 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy_043 fixed several bugs, including Draft’s fillet not working the first time you try it, as well as incorrect snapping behavior. He also implemented a ne…FreeCAD News
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Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney’s Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd
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Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney's Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd
Dalí long gone and Disney gone longer still, it came out. The delayed arrival of Destino had to do with money trouble at the Walt Disney Studios not long after the project began, and it seems that few laid eyes on its unfinished materials again until…Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for the First Day in Dublin in Ireland - Ireland Purple Travel Guide
On your first day in Dublin, there is a good chance that you will be tired and exhausted - take it slow and have a relaxing afternoon in one of Dublin’s most beautiful parks.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
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Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Who decided these personalized Siri features should go in the WWDC keynote, with a promise they’d arrive in the coming year, when, at the time, they were in such an unfinished state they could not be demoed to the media even in a controlled environme…Daring Fireball
🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Extra is Too Strong (Chapter 87) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
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⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Fantasy
🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Extra is Too Strong (Chapter 88) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
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⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Fantasy
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#news #poll #DC #WashingtonDC #Maryland #Trump
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/417480
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #Romance #SliceOfLife
Chapter terbaru dari Wolf Falls in Love with Moon (Chapter 22) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
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#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #Romance #SliceOfLife
Chapter terbaru dari Wolf Falls in Love with Moon (Chapter 25) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
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Michael Elliott, Towson University
For superfans, comic-con culture is more than fun – it’s sacred, a sociologist explains
Beyond entertainment, fandom provides meaning, values and essential community to some participants.The Conversation
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Rich text editing on Discourse! I think that having to write Markdown directly has been one of the biggest real impediments for existing forums to move to Discourse, as I see it. I prefer writing raw Markdown, but most "normal" people would prefer a rich text editor. So happy to see this happening!
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Test our new composer on Meta!
We have been working on a new rich text editor mode for our composer so that it’s easier to write on Discourse.Discourse Meta
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling roughly $1 billion in already-promised spending on local food purchases for schools and food banks nationwide, including $21 million in funding for schools and food banks to buy from Arizona farmers.
#Tucson #Arizona
These people have absolutely no idea what they’re doing.
“The Social Security Administration late Wednesday abandoned plans it was considering to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims after The Washington Post reported that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service team was weighing the change to root out alleged fraud.”
@ArmyGirl @madrobin
Yes. Was half joking. But .. I wonder if the IRS can go after a child in the same way they could go after a spouse? (Were they filing jointly, so it was really her taxes as well?) Also likely depends on the way the estate is handled, and if there’s any money to pay the taxes that may be due. Lots of room for variation on this theme.
Caveat: I’m not a lawyer, and don’t play one on TV.
Today I updated Spamhammer to get rid of Fediverse Chick once and for all.
I do so wish Mastodon had moderation tools, like, *anything* really, that would make this drastic step unnecessary. Alas, here we are.
Edit: Oops, the link. github.com/freeradical-dot-zon…
GitHub - freeradical-dot-zone/spamhammer: DIY spam blocking the brute force way
DIY spam blocking the brute force way. Contribute to freeradical-dot-zone/spamhammer development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Jason Lefkowitz (@jalefkowit@vmst.io)
Attached: 1 image Are Senate Dems finding their backbone? Christ, I hope so https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/schumer-senate-democrats-votes-gop-funding-bill-shutdown-rcna196029 #USPolvmst·io
Do not believe it.
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The Kabuki Cave
As you could see from my comments here and some occasional comments on Bluesky, I felt pretty confident for most of the day that Senate Dems were in the process…Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
Just sent off my freedom of information request to get all the private data about myself that #DOGE has accessed. You can do it too, thanks to some quick #activism by Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.
"We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety." Amen, stamp.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-a…
DOGE Privacy Act Requests - Jamie Raskin for Congress
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.Jamie Raskin for Congress
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13 March 1924 | A Polish Jew, Moszek Najman, was born in Radom.
In #Auschwitz from 21 July 1942.
No. 50301
He perished in the camp on 11 August 1942.
I wonder if there is a correlation between the people so marked for early death and a particular Nazi guard or kapo on duty at their selection to enter the camps. Who punched defenseless people so brutally.
Friendship ended with Firefox: Floorp is my friend now
I had meant to try out Floorp ages back but never got around to it so now after the Mozilla situation is as good a time as any, is it a good Firefox based br...YouTube
Floorp is what I recommend to people, who insist on sticking with Firefox.
As you pointed out, the obvious, if Firefox goes, so will all these many Firefox clones, because none of them have expressed interest in hard-forking Firefox, and going independent.
But, Floorp has two advantages.
1) They do not break things. LibreWolf, will break something (often), then blame Firefox. Which only further hurts, Firefox, which in turn only hurts, LibreWolf. -- It is a snake eating its tail. I think the 1x Floorp broke something, they patched it right away, and they owned up to their issue. They did not try to pass the blame, as LibreWolf does.
2) Floorp is very similar to Vivaldi Browser. If Firefox, goes, it would be nice not to have a big learning curve, if you need to switch browsers. If you've learned Floorp, you've more or less learned, Vivaldi, in many ways.
These are two things, I believe can help users in the long run.
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@Linux floorp is a nice browser, if somewhat needing a lot of tweaks. I use it as part of my isolated browsing system
Librewolf is my main personal browser and it hasn't really broken anything for me. I don't use it for streaming services or anything requiring DRM
There is 1 site that is buggy (canva) in librewolf (i use floorp for that) but everything else is fine so I don't know what people who have big problems with it are trying to do other than using DRM services
EPA announces dozens of environmental regulations it plans to target
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5326354/trump-epa-environmental-rules-rollback-deregulation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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