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Tomorrow night there will be a total #lunareclipse over North and South America! Lauren Sgro explains what that means and what to watch for. (Is it cloudy or raining where you are? We empathize.) More information: seti.org/total-eclipse-moon-co…

#space #science #scicomm



It is a REALLY good idea to write an introductory post about yourself and pin it to your profile. Pinned posts appear at the top of your profile page, and they also have a special ability to federate much more widely than ordinary posts.

It's very quick and easy to do:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-post…

Here's why it matters: there's a quirk on Mastodon where some profiles may appear blank to people on some servers, but profiles with pinned posts never look blank to anyone!

#FediTips #Mastodon

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in reply to Fedi.Tips

I wonder if instead of trying to fetch all posts and storing them on the local database, there could just be a more robust solution to interacting with posts on other instances and then when you click on a profile, it can just go to their instance or it embeds the post view from their instances like news articles embed social media posts.

Similarly when you click on a post it just embeds what the replies in the author's instance look like. Though at least the not seeing all replies issue is getting fixed by other means

in reply to Ellie 🏴🏳️‍⚧️




Astounding!! Finally you can see the cover of the anthology I've been working on for the past couple of years with co-editors @older and Karen Lord! "We Will Rise Again" is full of essays, interviews, and speculative stories about protest, social movements, and hopeful resistance -- all informed by the experiences of real-life movement leaders and community organizers.
in reply to Annalee Newitz 🍜

I am so proud and grateful to be part of the amazing group of folks who contributed to the anthology.
in reply to Annalee Newitz 🍜

And you can pre-order it here! It's out in early December! simonandschuster.com/books/We-…





After careful scientific research it's been determined that Canadian “Electricity” is just like American electricity, except If you’re electrocuted in Canada you get free healthcare.
thesunion.com/news/canadianele…



in reply to Axel Rauschmayer

I remember that I missed parts of an extended discussion a while ago using mastodon's standard web UI and it looked like #PhanpySocial showed more (transitive) answers. But is it actually possible to solve this problem purely on the client side?
in reply to Heribert Schütz

Yes it is, you can already manually pull in all the public parts of a discussion by opening the thread's "original page" and then copy-pasting the URLs of all the replies into the search box on your instance. This is very tedious so no one does this, but there's nothing to stop a client or script or instance doing it automatically.

I am not a dev but AFAIK the main holdup has been how to do this efficiently without causing strain on instances.

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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

gutenberg.org/cache/epub/51461…

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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…)

(Via @rolle)


in reply to Sven A. Schmidt

That’s fine and normal and I’ll be happy to wait until it shakes out. I think this is the correct direction. Partial reply threads one of the pain points of Fediverse discourse.
in reply to Dave Rahardja 26

Yeah, this is normal for all major new features. They test them on an experimental branch before they are actually released more widely.


eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memo…


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.

metikumi.com/blog/2025/03_12/

#3DPrinting #ShellCommand #Blog



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.

in reply to Randahl Fink

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.

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in reply to Randahl Fink

I hope European people also see and understand where far right, fascism and nationalism leads to.


in reply to AzulCrescent

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.

in reply to AzulCrescent

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

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet_am…



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
blog.freecad.org/2025/03/12/wi…
#DevelopmentUpdates

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Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney’s Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd

openculture.com/2018/08/salvad…



Phoenix Park is a park with large grassland areas and tree-lined roads outside of Dublin�s busy downtown area. The name comes from the Irish word fhionnuisce = clear or still water. How did you like the park? #Dublin #Ireland backpackandsnorkel.com/Ireland…


★ Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
daringfireball.net/2025/03/som…

in reply to E-Komik

🔥 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!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/345438
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Fantasy


Baca komik The Extra is Too Strong Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/345438
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Fantasy
in reply to E-Komik

🔥 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!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/345438
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Fantasy


Baca komik The Extra is Too Strong Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/345438
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Fantasy



in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
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.
✨ 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/417480
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #Romance #SliceOfLife
in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Wolf Falls in Love with Moon (Chapter 26) 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/417480
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #Romance #SliceOfLife


Baca komik Wolf Falls in Love with Moon Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/417480
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #Romance #SliceOfLife


Maybe they should have done a bit more time in school and less time in the Gym.

in reply to paul

That is what I expected. Something broke recently on my instance.

cc: @paco




Comic-con culture goes beyond entertainment, offering moral values, creative inspiration, and community bonds. A sociologist explores how fandoms built on #comics, #superheroes, and sci-fi can take on sacred dimension: buff.ly/w3adlUO
Michael Elliott, Towson University



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!

meta.discourse.org/t/test-our-…



Trump admin cancels $21 million in funding for schools & food banks to buy from Az farmers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor…
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



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…

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This is good news. A strong Democratic statement is much in need now! vmst.io/@jalefkowit/1141514332…
in reply to Bill Jorth

Do not believe it.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/t…

in reply to SpaceLifeForm

@SpaceLifeForm I’m not holding my breath. Just hoping for some light at the end of the tunnel.


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.

#uspol #resist

jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-a…

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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.

in reply to Auschwitz Memorial

Young Mr. Najman showed bruises under his eyes and across the bridge of his nose. Like almost everyone so beaten, almost exclusively men, he perished in a very short time. 3 weeks in his case.
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 #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/6OUjWdAtGbs
in reply to Brodie Robertson

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.

#Floorp #Firefox #Mozilla #MozillaFirefox

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in reply to Linux Is Best

@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