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This is mindblowing disruption. This new US executive order orders an immediate review of all *existing* federal grants & contracts & also freezes all federal credit cards. The federal gov funds a huge amount of science & it will all stop while this plays out.

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(b) Review of Covered Contracts and Grants. Each Agency Head, in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, shall review all existing covered contracts and grants and, where appropriate and consistent with applicable law, terminate or modify (including through renegotiation) such covered contracts and grants to reduce overall Federal spending or reallocate spending to promote efficiency and advance the policies of my Administration. This process shall commence immediately and shall prioritize the review of funds disbursed under covered contracts and grants to educational institutions and foreign entities for waste, fraud, and abuse. Each Agency Head shall complete this review within 30 days of the date of this order.

Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
The White House

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A great day, indeed. Some more context: "Berners-Lee had been experimenting with hypertext for at least a decade before he began coding the Web. In the proposal he referenced a piece of software he’d developed in 1980, called ‘Enquire’, which he says was conceptually similar to Apple’s later product, HyperCard (which had been released in 1987, just a couple of years before his proposal)." cybercultural.com/p/1990-progr…
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1990: Programming the World Wide Web

In the final few months of 1990, Tim Berners-Lee and his colleague Robert Cailliau developed the world’s first browser, created HTML, wrote the first web server, and invented HTTP.
Richard MacManus (Cybercultural)

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iRobot says there is “substantial doubt” about it as a “going concern”
After Amazon bid failure, firm cut 50% of staff and is launching new robots.
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iRobot says there is “substantial doubt” about it as a “going concern”

Kevin Purdy (Ars Technica)

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Cop was speeding while watching a Youtube video titled, “Trans woman CONFRONTING Matt Walsh takes UNEXPECTED turn” when he struck and killed a bicyclist.

#MAGA trash. #acab #lgbtq
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Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say

Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington.
Alan J. Keays (VTDigger)
#maga #LGBTQ #acab

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Be honest. Would you drink from THIS spring?

#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunt @germany @folklore
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The Wild Hunt Escarpment at Berchtesgaden: Near Berchtesgaden there is a rock formation called the “Gjoadwand” (“Wild Hunt Escarpment”). There is a spring within this rock which only flows intermittently. When it stops flowing, people can restart it by shouting the following phrase into the rock: “Gjoad! Gjoad! Lass den Schuss los!” (“Wild Hunt! Wild Hunt! Release your shot!”, i.e. let the water flow. Some claim that the correct phrase is: “Jaik! Jaik! Lass den Schuss los!” The local people also believe that all of Berchtesgaden would be flooded if the Iaik were ever to break free. For this reason, prayers are held at the collegiate church in order to prevent this. Near the Gjoadwand is another rock formation called the “Backerwand”, and within this rock there is a cave called the “Frauenloch” (“Women's Hole”). Source: Panzer, F. Bayerische Sagen und Bräuche. Beitrag zur deutschen Mythologie. Erster Band, 1848. p. 9.
#germany #folklore #folktale #wildhunt @folklore group @germany group

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US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

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US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk...
Nate Raymond (Yahoo News)
#news #uspolitics #uspol #politics #press #aurefreepress #headline #gop

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12 March 1926 | A Polish Roma woman, Wanda Ferko-Pawłowska, was born in Zabrzeg.

In #Auschwitz from 29 July 1942.
No. 10570
She was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.

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

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5 years after WHO declared #COVID-19 a pandemic, the U.S. is cutting staff at #NIH and #CDC while facing TB, measles and the worst flu season in 15 years. A scholar examines the role of 3 #publichealth agencies:
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5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.
The Conversation
#cdc #covid #nih #publichealth

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Annnd, there it is. comicsands.com/musk-big-one-el…

Musk: Entitlement Spending Is 'The Big One': VIDEO

Amelia Mavis Christnot (Comic Sands)
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Tom DB 🦣
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I’m still baffled by the shear incompetence of musk and trump, and on top of that the apparent effective inaction of the democrats. America has sunken deep.

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Baca komik The Demon King Who Lost His Job Bahasa Indonesia!!!
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#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance
#ekomik #komik #comic #Action #Adventure #Fantasy #Comedy #Manhua #romance
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Demon King Who Lost His Job (Chapter 439) 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!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/86978
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance
#ekomik #komik #comic #Action #Adventure #Fantasy #Comedy #Manhua #romance
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Demon King Who Lost His Job (Chapter 440) 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!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/86978
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance

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Baca komik The Demon King Who Lost His Job Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/86978
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance

#ekomik #komik #comic #Action #Adventure #Fantasy #Comedy #Manhua #romance

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'Landsknecht Orc' by Ylva Ljungqvist

Source: artstation.com/artwork/03mJnE

#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart

A muscular half-orc wearing a colorful Landsknecht outfit.
#ttrpg #DigitalArt #art #dnd #dungeonsAndDragons #character #characterart

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Trying to figure out how I would explain to the version of myself living in 1995 the phrase "one of the most prominent surf draculas of our time"

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Surf Dracula

Surf Dracula is a slang expression describing a trope in television shows and other media in which the character's backstory takes so long that the exciting main part of that character's arc arrives too late and gets insufficient screen time.
Philipp (Know Your Meme)
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Onion Headline: "Trump Says Recession Necessary Step To Get To Depression"

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As a citizen of the United States, after hearing more and more stories like this I have to say it's probably best if people don't travel here. ICE has been bad from day one (created-post 9/11) but it's like horror stories from the Soviet Union I remember hearing as a kid now. It doesn't matter if you are coming from countries MAGA considers "good" like this German lady or "bad" ones. It doesn't matter if you have your documents in order and your nose clean. No one is safe from this sort of secret police style treatment. I'm sorry half my country voted for these monsters and cheer this shit on. We've failed ourselves and the rest of the planet. #uspoli #rant

German Thru-Hiker Detained, Deported, and Banned From US - The Trek

An experienced thru-hiker traveling to the US to hike the AZT last month says she was treated inhumanely and deported without justification.
Caitlin Hardee (The Trek)
#uspoli #rant

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A Russian woman spoke out:
"I don't understand why I should expand my borders if my country is dying out, degrading. I have no doubt that my country's soldiers should not be on the territory of Syria, Georgia, Ukraine or other countries. I do not understand why my taxes are not spent on the development of my country, on improving the quality of life of my family, on building houses, roads, on opening schools, kindergartens and clinics.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia
#russia #ukraine #news #press #aurefreepress #headline

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@FediTips Heya! I wanted to drop a suggestion, if I may. On fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-a… it might be worthwhile to add that Cloudflare may block a Mastodon instance from checking the page for a user's verification link. I ran into that issue myself and disabling the Cloudflare proxy/protection allowed me to verify my site :blobcat_engineer:

How do I verify my account on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
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Ahhh, interesting, thanks for the info! 🙏

I've added this to the article, hopefully it helps others too.

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[Laughs through tears]
A tweet from The Onion, a satirical news outlet, featuring a headline that reads: "Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression." The image shows Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office.

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@juddlegum.bsky.social's MuskWatch rolls out the DOGE tracker, showing that $96B of DOGE's claimed savings are bullshit. doge.muskwatch.com
A table comparing what DOGE claims it has saved ($105B) what its itemized savings add up to ($29.9B) and what it really has saved ($8.6B). It includes an entry of how much it overstates savings ($96.4B) and has itemizations below that.

Musk Watch Doge Tracker

doge.muskwatch.com
@Judd Legum

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Banks and public money are financing Brazil's Amazon collapse

#politics #brazil #environmentalism
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Exclusive: Banks and public money are financing Amazon collapse - SUMAÚMA

From January 2018 to August 2024, nearly $1.9 billion was lent to 24,000 rural areas in the region known as Amacro, an agricultural frontier opened under Bolsonaro.
Natália Chagas (SUMAÚMA)
#politics #brazil #environmentalism

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Spotify appears to have removed Andrew Tate's "pimping hoes" class; internal communications show some Spotify employees complained about offering the course (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

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'Pretty Vile:' Spotify Removes Andrew Tate 'Pimping Hoes' Class After Employees Complain

Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.
Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)

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You're going to want to read today's story. Gives you a better sense of the people who most closely surround Musk. Here's the lede:

At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk's most loyal employees. Here's a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon's cousin.

krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/wh…

A 2011 photo of Branden and Natalia Spikes, on left, in 2011. The man on the far right is Ivan Y. Podvalov, a board member of the Kremlin-aligned Congress of Russian Americans (CRA). The man in the center is Feodor Yakimoff, director of operations at the Transib Global Sourcing Group, and chairman of the Russian Imperial Charity Balls, which works in concert with the Russian Heritage Foundation. They are all in formal black tie attire, standing in front of a giant Russian Orthodox painting.

Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla…
krebsonsecurity.com

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A man dared a hostess in Tokyo to a drinking game. She died several hours later. The story demonstrates how obscenely wealthy men use their power to take advantage of economically disadvantaged women for nothing but the sake of their own amusement.

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#Japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite

Tequila is poured from a bottle into a glass. Tequila with salt and lime slices on a background of sunset.

Dared to Death: Wealth, Sexism, and Tragedy in Tokyo - Unseen Japan

A "drinking game" in a high-end Tokyo bar that ended in a young woman's death has drawn attention to the abusive power wielded by rich men.
Jay Allen (Unseen Japan)
#japan #ujwebsite #unseenjapan

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Government procurement is a crucial funding mechanism for software and currently tends to discriminate against #OpenSource. Like several other peer organisations, @osi has just submitted input to the @EUCommission who have been asking for advice. @jmaris has blogged about it
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Overcoming barriers to Open Source procurement in the European Union

The EU has just started a review of European public procurement rules, and have asked for input on potential changes to the rules.
Open Source Initiative
#OpenSource @European Commission @Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @Open Source Initiative

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New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here: 404media.co/the-200-sites-an-i…

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring

404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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@DoNotPunchDown @PersistentDreamer
Ultimately nothing in the world can ever be 100% secure.
But generally speaking. The accessible info on Signal is about signup.
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G. Gibson
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I recommend Element (using the matrix protocol) as a replacement for Signal

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#Ukraine hopes for 'strong steps' if #Russia rejects #ceasefire offer, Zelenskyy says - theguardian.com/world/live/202… well, only fair, no?
#russia #ukraine #ceasefire

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Current Affairs Magazine Demonstrates #Paywalls Are Not Necessary for Publications to Thrive - blog.archive.org/2025/03/04/cu… "the publication relies on traffic from social media to attract new readers."

Film Screening – Staff Picks from the Prelinger Archives

Prelinger Archives is in the final year of a three-year grant for mass-digitization of its film collection funded by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Since the start of the […]\n
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#paywalls

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Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders buff.ly/ILb5i7K

Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders

Doctors often miss the signs of eating disorders in middle-aged women due to cultural stereotypes around these illnesses.
The Conversation

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Toyota and Lexus tweak their EVs for EU—and likely the US
There are new batteries and new motors with silicon carbide semiconductors.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/t…

Toyota and Lexus tweak their EVs for EU—and likely the US

Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)

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$42.5 Billion #Broadband Grant Program Being Rewritten To Benefit Elon #Musk - techdirt.com/2025/03/12/42-5-b… just a coincidence, I'm sure...

$42.5 Billion Broadband Grant Program Being Rewritten To Benefit Elon Musk

We’ve often noted how there are $42.5 billion in broadband grants headed to the states courtesy of the 2021 infrastructure bill. The GOP voted against the bill, but have repeatedly turned aro…
Techdirt
#musk #broadband

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Artistic portrait of a leopard high in a tree, photographed in Botswana Africa.

#leopard #bigcat #feline #botswana #africa #safari #artistic #wildlife #wildlifephotography #portrait #animal #nature #painterly #spotted #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll

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Artistic portrait of a leopard high in a tree, photographed in Botswana Africa. #leopard #bigcat #feline #botswana #africa #safari #artistic #wildlife #wildlifephotography #portrait #animal #nature #painterly #spotted #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/leopard-portrait-botswana-africa-artistic-joan-carroll.html

Leopard Portrait Botswana Africa Artistic by Joan Carroll

Joan Carroll Official Website
#africa #nature #spotted #artistic #buyintoart #ayearforart #artforsale #wildlife #wildlifephotography #portrait #animal #wallart #giftideas #safari #botswana #leopard #bigcat #feline #painterly @Joan Carroll

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As a patron commented on today's video, the US is now a few lines into "First They Came" skepchick.org/2025/03/trump-de…

Trump Deports a Legal US Resident to Censor Criticism of Israel

Hey welcome back to my new channel, Documenting the Collapse of US Democracy! I know this must be strange for those of you who preferred the old format of discussing science and critical thinking but
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)

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Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His Doge Pals, in "Auto Graft"

#comic #webcomic #funny #humor #politics

#comic #politics #funny #Humor #webcomic
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The comic "Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ruben Bolling is titled "Elon Musk and His Doge Pals™ in 'Auto Graft'". It has nine panels with the main characters being Elon Musk, a man in a MAGA hat, a Doge, and a man with glasses. The comic is about Elon Musk being responsible for billions in government looting and waste. The man in the MAGA hat says, "Let's go, pals! I'll just bet that guy's a... DEI!" A van labeled "Musk Mobile" is shown with dollar signs on it, and the person with glasses says, "Okay, Elon! After this guy took over a car company in 2008, he got a special low-interest loan from the Energy Department!" The man in the MAGA hat says, "How about $38 billion in government give-aways?! That made him unimaginably wealthy!" The man with glasses says, "Here! I found some African dude who started his tech career in America in the 1990s while working here illegally!" The other characters decide to go after Elon Musk instead, and the Doge says "Ruh-roh!"

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#Bot #CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon #Cat #AltText
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Talking about death is tough, and end-of-life planning often gets stalled by lack of knowledge. But according to a professor who teaches a course on death and dying, the process is easier than you might fear:
Anisah Bagasra @kennesawstate.bsky.social 🩺
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End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think

COVID-19 highlighted the need to plan for medical emergencies, but most people still avoid the issue.
The Conversation

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The OSM Local Chapters & Communities Congress 2025 (LCCC 2025) is a virtual event where leaders and members of various OSM communities come together to share stories and learn from each other. The next annual congress will take place on 15th March 2025

wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Fo…
#OSM #OpenStreetMap #gischat #maps #LCCC

Foundation/Local Chapters/Local Chapters Congress/2025 - OpenStreetMap Wiki

wiki.openstreetmap.org
#Maps #OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat #lccc

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Can we take a moment to appreciate the original Mozilla suite icons? How thematically similar they are, while also indicating what the apps are for? For example, almost nobody's heard of Sunbird, but I bet you can tell it's for calendars!
Original Firefox icon: A fox with a fiery tail is wrapped around a globe
Original Thunderbird icon: A bird's wings are wrapped around an envelope
Sunbird icon, a bird's wings are wrapped around a calendar, with its beak pointed to a day
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Mike Ely
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this is especially useful when comparing these to the Google suite of apps which attempt to be thematically similar but wind up being too similar visually. The use of color by Mozilla made all the difference IMHO

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I just need to know. What possible advantage is it to medical practices to have their "hold" music play at 10-20 decibels higher than any of their actual messages, menus, notifications, or people?

Every time I call a doctor's office, I end up with impaired hearing in at least one ear!

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You can still enjoy it, even if you saw it coming from session 2

#DnD #Dndmemes #funny #TTRPG #TTRPGMemes #DungeonsandDragons

*Why Do you always wear that mask? meme* "Hey 'Strong Ally' why do you always wear that mask?" *mask reads Early NPC* *Lifts mask and reveals 'THE BBEG'* "Let's keep this on."
#ttrpg #funny #dnd #dungeonsAndDragons #dndmemes #ttrpgmemes

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The Guardian: Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed

A bullet grazed the Memphis man’s thigh after his one-year-old pit bull got his paw stuck in a gun’s trigger guard

🙄

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Headline: Tennesse man shot by his dog while lying in bed

Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed

Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
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@huitema @paul_ipv6 @mattblaze @swart @Lazarou @feonixrift Perhaps (hear me out), the cockroaches are the ones that put him in the wheelchair in the FIRST PLACE, and were there to FINISH THE JOB?! 🤪
@Matt Blaze @Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Paul_IPv6 @Steve Wart @d.rift @Christian Huitema

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Las Vegas Strip (Night), Paradise, NV, 2023.

An all-you-can-eat* buffet of pixels at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53…

* restrictions apply

#photography

The Las Vegas Strip at night, complete with a fake Eiffel Tower, a ferris wheel, a creepy sphere, and an inexplicably large fountain. Best viewed from a safe distance.

Las Vegas Strip (Night), Paradise, NV 2023

6 July 2023 Paradise, NV Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/8.0), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 100). Cambo WRS-1600 camera. Stitched composite of two shifted images. Notes: This was a technically challenging photo to make.
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#photography

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A technical challenge here was capturing the Bellagio fountain, which is split in half across the two shifted captures. Because the fountain changes continuously, it was hard to make two captures that could sensibly stitch together. After some trial and error, I ended up capturing them 15 minutes apart at about the same point during successive fountain "shows".

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This is part of a set of two identically framed images of Vegas. This one, at night, shows the strip at its best, such as it is, with the lights and excess at least hinting at some sense of glamor and excitement. The other, made during the day, shows the strip at its most depressing, looking like a failed mega-mall and theme park that you might find off a forgotten exit near an interstate highway.

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