A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
Jeremy Kohler,  Contributing Writer  -  ProPublica

_Stephan: If you are a woman and you live in the Red state, and maybe you voted for psychopath Trump and other MAGAt Republicans, you voted to put your personal health at risk. OB/GYN specialist physicians and nurses are fleeing your state, Trump and his DOGE Frankenstein have … ⌘ Read more

10 Expensive Infrastructure “Solutions” That Were Total Fails
Infrastructure projects are meant to improve lives, reduce congestion, and modernize cities, but sometimes, they backfire spectacularly. Whether due to poor planning, unintended consequences, or outright corruption, these projects exacerbated the very problems they were designed to fix. From flood barriers that made flooding worse to highways that increased traffic, here are 10 times infrastructure […]

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10 Noteworthy Rock Bands That Don’t Have a Drummer
No matter where you are in the world, everyone knows the sound of a rock band: vocals, guitars, bass, and drums. Simple, effective, and easy to recreate in your own living room or garage. But, while drums are generally considered an essential part of the rock band sound—driving the beat, maintaining the rhythm, and providing […]

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I got a small desk calendar as advertising gift. It shows three months at once. I’m using this thing since the beginning of this year and I have to say that it turned out to be super useful. I’m happily surprised.

It sits on my desk next to my rightmost monitor. I’ve set it up so that I can see the last, current and next months. Each morning, I advance the “today window” or whatever its proper name is. This gives me a sense of what date we have today and which I will have forgotten half a minute later already. At most. However, it’s easily at hand by turning my head just a few degrees.

With the last month still showing, I had several occasions so far where a date in the past popped up in a meeting. I could easily tell when something happened, how long ago that was. Or how many days or weeks are left until we have to deliver something, etc.

In hindsight, this is absolutely no surprise at all. But I still find it fascinating. I’m now actually wondering why I never had something like that before. How could I live without that thing? Sure, I pulled up a calendar on my computer, ncal -w3 or so. But I always hated the inverted ncal output, necessary for showing week numbers, though. Having a paper calander right next to my screen at all times is sooooo much more handy.

So, do yourself a favor and think about whether such a desk calendar might be useful to you.

The only annoying thing is that the “today window” moves too easily. It slips down by its own. I reckon it wants me to regularly interact with it, so that I memorize the current date.

US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
Nina Lakhani,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

Stephan: Once again, the corrupt majority on the Supreme Court has decided against wellbeing.  Depending on where you live, and you will have to check, your local water supplies may become more polluted.

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New Report Shows Working-Class Americans Live 7 Years Fewer Than Rich
Eloise Goldsmith,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: I have been telling you for years now something that is very rarely covered by media. Americans have shorter life spans than people in other developed democracies (see SR archive). But the most recent data makes this reality even more grotesque. It shows a linkage between wealth and lifespan, as Senator Bernie Sanders is warnin … ⌘ Read more

Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money
Jean Chemnick,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: If you have been paying even the slightest attention, you must realize by now that we, in the United States, don’t live in the same country we did four months ago. We live in a country now ruled by a psychopath who is owned and funded by oligarchs, one of whom is dismantling 250 years of democracy and destroying the economy for ordinary people … ⌘ Read more

Big Oil Drops Renewable Goals, Expands Fossil Fuels
Tik Root,  Staff Writer  -  truthdig | Grist

_Stephan: Greed is so powerful that it trumps rational thought. Anyone with an IQ larger than their belt size should know that climate change is altering all aspects of the matrix of life on Earth. Yet the carbon energy oligarchs don’t seem to care that they are the source of the problem and will live with the consequences as much as the poor. Their multi-million dollar sanctua … ⌘ Read more

re reading so NewRAMStorage(…) is just something that setups your storage and initial data.. that can probably live with storage/sqlite. The point is the storage package does not import the implementations of storage.Storage It just defines the contract for things that use that interface. Now storage/sqlite CAN import storage and not have a circle dep.

It kinda works in reverse for import directions. usually you have your root package that imports things from deeper in the directory structures.. but for the case of interfaces it reverses where the deeper can import from parents but parents cannot import from children.

- app < storage
      < storage/sqlite
      < controller < storage
                   < storage/sqlite
 
- sqlite < storage

- storage X storage/sqlite

re reading so NewRAMStorage(…) is just something that setups your storage and initial data.. that can probably live with storage/sqlite. The point is the storage package does not import the implementations of storage.Storage It just defines the contract for things that use that interface. Now storage/sqlite CAN import storage and not have a circle dep.

It kinda works in reverse for import directions. usually you have your root package that imports things from deeper in the directory structures.. but for the case of interfaces it reverses where the deeper can import from parents but parents cannot import from children.

- app < storage
      < storage/sqlite
      < controller < storage
                   < storage/sqlite
 
- sqlite < storage

- storage X storage/sqlite

Ontario will tariff electricity going to 3 US states on Monday, premier says
Ashleigh Fields,  Staff Writer  -  The Hill

_Stephan: If you live in Michigan, Minnesota, and New York expect your electric bill to go up significantly, because much of your electricity comes from Canada, and Ontario is now responding to the Trump tariffs. But as bad as that is, I think what criminal Trump is doing is far worse than anyone in media is really talking about. … ⌘ Read more

Donald Trump Approval Rating: Update for March 6 as Numbers Slide
,    -  Newsweek

_Stephan: Americans still don’t get it. They still don’t properly understand what “king” Trump, his Frankenstein Musk, and his flying monkeys in Congress are doing to their lives. The U.S. economy is headed for a recession, prices are going up not down, the nation’s reputation in the world is in the garbage; and if you need medical attention, you may not be able to get it, you … ⌘ Read more

How to live without taking pictures of your cat every 5 minutes saying how beautiful she is? ⌘ Read more

10 Persistent Misconceptions About Africa
You know how some people think there is only New York or only California in the U.S.? The same kind of thing happens with Africa. Those who don’t live on the mother continent often have strange misconceptions about it. For example, Africa is a country. Log onto any social media platform, and you will find […]

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Review: A Week With iPhone 16e
It’s been a week since Apple released the iPhone 16e, its new low-cost (but not as low-cost as before) smartphone. The ‌iPhone 16e‌ has many of the same capabilities as Apple’s flagship iPhones, but it is lacking in some key areas to save money. So, is it worth the savings? MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera spent a week with the ‌iPhone 16e‌ as his main iPhone to see what he could live wi … ⌘ Read more

Ten Astonishing New Discoveries About the Ancient World
Since the dawn of humanity, people have lived in all kinds of peculiar ways. Some carved ornate images into rocks and threw them in ditches. Others made treasure out of metal from meteorites. Scientists keep unearthing secrets about the past that challenge how we see our ancestors. Time and time again, evidence shows that bygone […]

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Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers’ Lives
Malcolm Ferguson,  Associate writer  -  The New Republic

Stephan: Thanks to the stupidity of “king” Trump, who clearly does not understand what tariffs are, Americans, like you and me, are about to see a number of farmers go broke, and the prices we pay for produce at the grocery go up by as much as 25%

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[ANN] MT #342: Appeal and Pardon Efforts for Roman Sterlingov with Mike Hassard & Tor Ekeland

In this episode Douglas Tuman speaks with legal experts Tor Ekeland and Mike Hassard about various cryptocurrency-related legal cases and the changing political landscape.

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• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=L7aC6cs6idw
  
• https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-342
  

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(#tqouy2a) @off_grid_living@off_grid_living And yet… All of this nonsense is paid for the the people with taxes 🤦‍♂️
@off_grid_living @twtxt.net And yet… All of this nonsense is paid for the the people with taxes 🤦‍♂️ ⌘ Read more

(#h3oplwa) @off_grid_living@off_grid_living To a certain extend. The limit is artificial and configurable.
@off_grid_living @twtxt.net To a certain extend. The limit is artificial and configurable. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net @david@collantes.us Good question, was this on live TV? I think it was? 🤔

(#na4skgq) @david@david What da actual fuck?! Was this actually televised live? 🤔
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The correct way to do Drum and Bass. // Om Live at Pioneer Works // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwnDKcoVHmY #NowPlaying

I just learned about a few to me unknown git settings: https://blog.gitbutler.com/how-git-core-devs-configure-git/ Let’s see how quickly I can’t live without them anymore. ;-)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de ahh, living in a small house in the middle of nowhere, yes! That’s my dream too. We live in the suburbs, in a relatively small community; it isn’t enough, though. Take a sick day, and blast that amp! :-D

Got myself a proper bass amp and now I really want to live in a small house in the middle of nowhere, where I won’t bother anyone. 😅

Donald Trump Has Launched a War Against the Working Class
Michael Arria,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: As Trump’s fascist oligarch coup moves into its second month I confess I am surprised that Trump voters don’t yet seem to fully realize how severely Trump is going to damage the quality of their personal life, and the lives of their family. I keep seeing interviews with Trump voters, particularly White men, who just don’t seem capable of comprehending what is … ⌘ Read more

Trump approval rating holds steady at 44%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
,    -  Reuters/IPSO

_Stephan: Trump voters seem psychologically unable to reconsider their adoration and loyalty to criminal Trump, even as he announces scheme after scheme to destroy the quality of their lives. I did not understand how it was possible for Hitler to destroy democracy and impose authoritarian control over Germany in 1933, but watching the docile Republican sheep continue to … ⌘ Read more

10 Incredibly Dangerous Jobs That No Longer Exist
The dangerous jobs of the past often feel like works of fiction. Improved technology, better regulations, and widespread information have removed many of the greatest dangers from the average profession. Once upon a time, though, people would regularly risk dying just to make a living. And while some of those dangerous jobs were awful necessities […]

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Trump Backs House GOP Bill Slashing $1 Trillion From Medicaid and Food Stamps
Chris Walker ,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: I was just told today by the office of one of my physicians that telemedicine, doing a video meeting with a physician, will no longer be covered by Medicare. That, for me, is a big deal. I live on an island and going to a medical appointment on the mainland when all that is involved is a conversation, is an all-day opera … ⌘ Read more

After 15 amazing years, we had to say goodbye to our beloved cat. It wasn’t easy, but now we’re ready to welcome a new little one into our lives. Meet Sima, our new kitten! ❤️ ⌘ Read more

b6c21 : If it goes as quickly as in Ukraine, we have time to see it coming. At the same time, I live in a region where we are used to seeing the Nazis disappear. here, the pigs are always hungry.

Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees
MARK THIESSEN and CHRIS MEGERIAN,  Reporters  -  Associated Press

_Stephan: The support networks that fostered the wellbeing of the lives of Americans in every government organization from doctors at VA hospitals to maintenance personnel at National Parks have been severely damaged by criminal “king” Trump and his obedient Republican Congress members. It … ⌘ Read more

10 Child Actors Who Now Work Normal Jobs
Many popular celebrities today started as child actors and are still finding success in Hollywood, but other former child actors chose to step away from the spotlight. Some of those actors struggled to land roles after reaching popularity while others just wanted to step away to either take a break or live a normal life. […]

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Well, soon Put|in Reich is will come to France and will free you from such a problem as the opportunity to live in houses.

10 Famous Movie Villains Inspired by Real People
The best movie villains affect more than just the film’s protagonist. They practically jump out of the screen and live in our nightmares. The only thing we call fall back on is that old comfort many of us learned when we were young, “It’s only a movie.” But time and time again, we’re reminded that […]

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I feel like I have to give an update now he’s been living with me for 7 months now. To be loved is to be changed, and all that other sappy stuff ⌘ Read more

@off_grid_living@twtxt.net No right click thing, but in the terminal:

convert -strip -quality 70 -resize 300x original.jpg resized.jpg

“original.jpg” being the filename of the input file and “resized.jpg” the filename of the output. You can play around with the width, “300x” means 300 pixels wide and the height is determined automatically to still remain in the same ratio. The quality is how much to compress it. The closer to 0 the value gets, the worse the result, but also smaller in file size. More towards 100 and the quality improves together with a larger file size.

You have to install the package “imagemagick” for this to work, I believe.

@off_grid_living@twtxt.net Oh, I’m ready for my retirement, too. :-D Still have some decades to go, unfortunately.

I always wanted to go and live in the country side, it seems I can’t manage to for financial reasons

@off_grid_living@twtxt.net You could try starting it in the terminal in order to spot errors. Just open the GNOME Terminal or something like that and then type in “kolourpaint” and hit Enter.

Explore the CNCF Maintainer Summit Schedule at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
The schedule for the CNCF Maintainer Summit on 31 March 2025 in London is now live. The CNCF Maintainer Summit happens on the Monday before KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025, and is an exclusive event for… ⌘ Read more

hello @c8e00 ! All the best to you too, despite a very disrupted world… I live in France, lost in the countryside.

(#he7co7q) @off_grid_living@off_grid_living The smaller the file size the smaller the image’s resolution and the less detail you can see. It’s a trade …
@off_grid_living @twtxt.net The smaller the file size the smaller the image’s resolution and the less detail you can see. It’s a tradeoff between space, bandwidth and pixel density and detail. ⌘ Read more

“Anyone who thinks about the future must live in fear and terror.” - Albert Einstein

10 Forgotten American Pastimes and Hobbies
As times change, so do the ways people spend their leisure time. The hobbies and pastimes that once defined American culture often fade into history, replaced by new forms of entertainment. From activities born out of necessity to quirky trends that captivated entire generations, these forgotten pastimes offer a fascinating glimpse into how Americans lived, […]

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10 Most Spectacular Objects Pulled from the Thames
The River Thames is the whole reason that London exists. Running through the city’s center, it has provided water and the opportunity to trade for millennia. But it turns out people have lived beside its banks for far longer than there has been a city there. Only now are we beginning to find out the […]

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New York Gov. Refuses To Extradite Doctor Charged In Louisiana For Abortion Pill
Molly Bohannon ,  Reporter  -  Forbes

_Stephan: The Great Schism Trend has taken on a new and very nasty aspect. Louisiana a state with a social outcome data profile like a third-world country is run by MAGAts. They are totally committed to assuring politicians not physicians control women’s lives and the state is trying to reach beyond its borders to try for murder … ⌘ Read more

Neighbor’s cat has alzheimers, forgets that he doesn’t live here ⌘ Read more

I found this kitten on interstate 75 in Atlanta he was malnourished and had a jaw injury but he has an incredible will to live if you can send him good energy or a prayer so he can recover soon he deserves a second chance ⌘ Read more

States With More Maternal-Fetal Specialists Had Lower Rates of Maternal Death
Rachael Robertson,  Investigative Writer  -  MedPage Today

_Stephan: The Dobbs decision has had an impact on the wellbeing of women that is not getting anywhere near the media or political attention it should. If you are a fertile woman living in a Red State and planning to have a child your life and the life of your fetus are at much higher risk than if you live in a Bl … ⌘ Read more

What’s minimalism?
We live in a world where buying and owning stuff is the default. New clothes? Sure. Another gadget? Why not? ⌘ Read more

CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid “energetic” opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised
Anthony Salvanto,  CBS News’ Executive Director of Elections and Surveys.  -  CBS News

_Stephan: It has become very clear that unlike Europeans or Asians or Latin Americans, the people of the United States have never lived under a christofascist authoritarian rule, and most of us seem incapable of understanding what is … ⌘ Read more

How to Watch Super Bowl LIX Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
Super Bowl LIX takes place this Sunday, February 9. In the U.S., the game will be streaming for free in upscaled 4K on FOX’s ad-supported streaming service Tubi, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and many other devices.

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When I woke up today we had already disconnected from the Russian power grid. I checked the uptime of my servers: no reboots, no outages. Not that I was very worried. You can have a nice live view at cross border electricity flow here: https://dashboard.elering.ee/en We’ll connect to the rest of continental Europe on Sunday.

Enjoy a Tropical Floral Miami Wallpaper from Apple
Apple is opening a new retail store in Miami, which might interest you if you live in Florida, and to celebrate the occasion they have released a nice tropical floral wallpaper for iPhone, Mac, and iPad. Of course you don’t have to live in Florida or Miami to appreciate the wallpapers, so grab the appropriate … Read More ⌘ Read more

Editor’s Note
Stephan A Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

_Stephan: The coup continues. We are just 17 days into the destruction of our democracy, our economy, and poised to become involved in wars. And the effect of the coup is not just affecting Americans. Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of women, children, and men in poor countries around the world have had their already meager lives ripped apart.. Tens of thousands of children in those countries are predicted to die as a result of this. Rather … ⌘ Read more

Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza Strip and says US troops will be deployed ‘if it’s necessary’ – live
Léonie Chao-Fong, Christy Cooney and Yohannes Lowe,  Staff Writers  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: As you have probably already heard, Benjamin Netanyahu, an international war criminal and Donald Trump, a convicted sex offender and multiple felon just stood at a press conference in the White House and com … ⌘ Read more

10 Strange Yet True Historical Events
History is full of weird and wild things that most people go their entire lives without reading about. Stories about cat-related military operations or entire wars fought over pigs and emu. Here are 10 strange yet true historical events that are stranger than fiction. Related: 10 Bizarre Events in the Age of Reason That Defied […]

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10 Films That Are Still Banned in the UK
Westerners live in an age of relative freedom when it comes to the films we can enjoy. U.S. and UK censors are more forgiving than they used to be, and horrific, graphic, and downright lewd films that would previously have been banned from even the roughest fleapit make it into mainstream cinemas. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924204745/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/education-news/video-nasties The UK’s […]

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[ANN] MoneroTalk #338: No gov’ts are excited about XMR (Live 1/30 at 7PM-EST)

No governments are excited about Monero. That is why “I IDENTIFY AS RNG” wants to contribute to it!

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=dOripTcJW0I
  
• http://twitch.tv/monerotalk
  

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@movq@www.uninformativ.de yeah i get so nervous doing version upgrades, this is technically my first time not doing it as a fresh install from a live USB, so i’m glad this went smoothly lol. scared to try it for my servers though!

[ANN] Gupaxx dev will be live coding at 30 January 14:30 UTC

You will see me in direct coding on Gupaxx. We can see your messages and tips with xmrchat! It will fund the development of Gupaxx.

Links:

• https://peertube.wtf/w/gfhxc2e7qSFrQouGcQ4yJv
  
• https://github.com/Cyrix126/gupaxx
  
• https://xmrchat.com/gupaxx
  
• [MO report](/xmrvsbeast-proposes-bounty-gupax-fork-integrated-xmrvsbeast-bonus-hashrate-raffle-p2pool- … ⌘ Read more

DOJ Halts All Civil Rights Cases Following Trump’s Directives
Zane McNeill ,    -  truthout

Stephan: Apparently, there will be no civil rights protection during the Trump regime. Day by day we are becoming a nation I don’t even recognize. I have had two readers currently living in Europe who just wrote to tell me they were renouncing their U.S. citizenship, and taking on the citizenship of the country in which they are living.

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Rubio Orders State Department to Stop Issuing Accurate Passports to Trans People
Shawn Musgrave,    -  The Intercept

_Stephan: Our new MAGA Trump villein Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as soon as he came into office, screwed up the lives of any trans-Americans. How many people are we talking about? According to the Williams Institute, about 1.3 million adults in … ⌘ Read more

Cake Wallet adds XMR/WOW passphrase restore support
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.23.0-RC2 with support for Zano wallets, and passphase restore for Monero and Wownero:

The latest version of Cake Wallet is now live for public beta testing here on Github as well as on Google Play (testers channel) and Apple TestFlight. This release of Cake Wallet brings support for Zano, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency with additional alias and token functionality to Cake Wal … ⌘ Read more

10 Controversial Experiments Conducted on Children
Through experiments, scientists and psychologists hope to improve the lives of humans and uncover new information that can benefit our health and well-being. Sometimes, these experiments can be looked at as unconventional and controversial when conducted on humans. Many believe these experiments cross ethical lines, especially when children are involved. Here are ten controversial experiments […]

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**(#mdzn2pq) 1. Make sure the machine is off. ✅ (confirmed via remote IPMI)

1. Unplug the power cables.
   

2. Unrack the machine.
   

3. Bring to off …**
   

4. Make sure the machine is off. ✅ ( confirmed via remote IPMI)

5. Unplug the power cables.

6. Unrack the machine.

7. Bring to office bench.

8. Unscrew the cover.

9. Plug in a new SATA DOM on a spare SATA cable.

10. Boot a bootable Live Linux Rescue system

11. Login and confirm both SATA DOM(s) are visible

12. Use dd to copy the contents of the old SATA DOM to the New.

13. P … ⌘ Read more

Predicting what is to be expected in about four years in the USA : there is no way in Hell where Trump will allow any form of return to the way it use to be before he took hold of the country. He will let other people die to make sure his regime will stay on for as long as at least he lives.

Sometimes things happen that you did not expect: You hear a song, you really like it, you research who made it, and you find out that person lives in the same town as you: AK – Discovery. ⌘ Read more

Ten More People Who Give Christianity a Bad Name
This list is a sequel to one written years ago. It is not intended to promote or denigrate any religion. It only looks at ten prominent people who call themselves Christian yet whose words and deeds prove them to be quite disingenuous. Only living people are included, and they are not listed in any particular […]

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[ANN] MoneroTalk #337: Justin Berman (Live Today @ 8PM EST)

Exploring Monero’s Future with Full Time Dev Justin Berman. Hear from @justinberman95 on the FCMP++ implementation and more.

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=vdotJfl8JLU
  
• http://twitch.tv/monerotalk
  

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China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than ‘all the oil on Earth’
Ben Turner,  Staff Writer  -  Live Science

_Stephan: While the incoming Trump administration is committed to “drill baby drill” continuation of the carbon era the Chinese are moving to exit the carbon era, as the extraordinary project to beam power down from space described in this re … ⌘ Read more

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 Schedule is Live, Brimming With Innovative and Insightful Cloud Native Content
Meeting in London this year, the cloud native community will join together for one of the largest open source events in Europe  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 15, 2025 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®),… ⌘ Read more

The Psychological Toll of California’s Catastrophic Fires
April Rubin,    -  Axios

_Stephan: I lived in Los Angeles, was the Senior Fellow at Philosophical. Research society, and ran my research laboratory, Mobius Society, and television production company Clearlight Productions, there for 20 years. I know all the neighborhoods destroyed by the fires very intimately. At least four of my long-time friends have lost their homes in this disaster. I have found the media c … ⌘ Read more

** Styrofoam cups and awk **
I like writing these posts for my website, but I’ve sat down to write this one like 11 times and it either takes on a tone of totally encompassing dread and dystopian navel gazing or I feel like I’m burying my head in the sand and ignoring reality as it happens around me.

…I finished reading Victor LaValle’s The Changeling. It was engaging, and I was interested in where it was going, but I found that where it went wasn’t interesting. The dialogue and prose were lively and contemporary, which is what r … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Since I live in Germany, I do believe the media here is generally reputable. It really depends where you live of course. Source I look at are Reuters, NPR, The Guardian, Die Zeit, NY Times, CNN, Tagesschau, Spiegel Online, RP Online (for local news), … I would never just trust what I see in my social media feeds.

Trump’s and Musk’s Disgusting Response to California Fires
Malcolm Ferguson ,    -  The New Republic

_Stephan: I lived in Los Angeles for 20 years, and watching the images on television are causing me great grief. I called one friend and he and his partner were packing up their paintings and valuables into their cars and preparing to leave. Two other friends have lost their houses to the fire. And yet, as their article describes, instead of promising help Trump and Mu … ⌘ Read more

Oh, to live in a cozy cabin on a hill, spending my days laying in the grass & birdwatching. The dream. Brushing ants & ticks off me isn’t fun, but I’d be willing to sacrifice.

10 Disturbing Superstitions That Killed
Humanity has always had a thing for superstitions—those quirky, often nonsensical beliefs that spice up our lives with a touch of paranoia. They have us knocking on wood when we tempt fate, giving black cats the side-eye, and detouring around ladders like they’re crime scenes. Harmless, right? Not always. While most superstitions are charming little […]

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(#dzdazga) @aelaraji Bahahaha, you know where the default theme lives 🤣 PRs welcome!
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Bahahaha, you know where the default theme lives 🤣 PRs welcome! ⌘ Read more

[ANN] MoneroTalk #336: Unmasking Elon Musk: Derrick Broze on Free Speech and Technocracy

In this episode of MoneroTalk, Douglas Tuman speaks with independent journalist Derrick Broze about Elon Musk’s true intentions, cryptocurrency, and freedom movements.

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=BZyuYRNTN5E
  
• https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-336
  

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** Not what I was expecting **
A while ago I was talking with someone about books. I mentioned that I like to read capital R romance novels, and like 19th century literary realism.

This person excitedly recommended Victor LaValle’s The Changeling. Knowing nothing about it, and because I pretty much say“yes” to any book recommendation I get from a real live person that I can find at the library, I’ve been reading it.

My dude. What the fuck!? This is just horror. 🥲😨 ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net we live in hell

@eapl.me@eapl.me And here I always lived by:

Problems are solved by method.
– Dr. Don Abel.

**(#ejn6pca) @eapl.me And here I always lived by:

Problems are solved by method.
– Dr. Don Abel.**
@eapl.me @eapl.me And here I always lived by:

Problems are solved by method.

– Dr. Don Abel. ⌘ Read more

10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic
Alcohol and traffic are two opposite terms—two parallel lines that should never meet. A driver is not expected to have even a little alcohol while planning to drive; it is unsafe, dangerous, and downright immoral. An intoxicated driver poses a threat to the lives of others aside from himself. While drunk drivers have taken innocent […]

The post [10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic](https://listverse.com/20 … ⌘ Read more

I live in one of 17 states that now requires uploading gov’t ID just to watch pr0n. Major security risk. I can’t believe this is reality.

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor
Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll,  Staff Writers  -  ProPublica

_Stephan: Homelessness, as I reported in SR yesterday, is up 18%. Tens of thousands of Americans, live on the streets, and eat whatever they can beg, find, or be given. All of this results from the fact that fostering wellbeing is no longer a priority in the United States, only greed and power shape our social … ⌘ Read more

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
MICHAEL CASEY,  Reporter  -  Associated Press

_Stephan: As I enjoy the Christmas holiday with my wife, daughter and grandson, I have thought about the misery of the rising number of homeless people in the United States, and the cruelty of American communities. Imagine the number of decent living quarters that could be built if the uber-rich actually paid their fai … ⌘ Read more

(#6db5eia) @mckinley@mckinley I honestly don’t really know how to do this is the problem. I’d love it if I could setup a Minecraft server for m …
@mckinley I honestly don’t really know how to do this is the problem. I’d love it if I could setup a Minecraft server for my kids and they could play without a Microsoft (silly) Live account 🤣 ( seriously fuck Microsoft, they can go to hell!) ⌘ Read more

(#6db5eia) @bender@bender @mckinley@mckinley To be honest I didn’t even know you could run a Minecraft server. At least my understanding was …
@bender @twtxt.net @mckinley @twtxt.net To be honest I didn’t even know you could run a Minecraft server. At least my understanding was that since Microsoft bought it, you can no longer play it without a Microsoft Live account, even with running your own server? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

nisaba proposes bounty for PrestaShop XMR ‘payment integration’
nisaba1 has proposed a bounty2 for developing a Monero payment integration for the PrestaShop3 e-commerce platform:

Prestashop is an ecommerce platform to have about 1% global market share, but about 9% in french area.

Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)

• code is open-sourced
  
• live example that can be tested
  
• assume one round of feedback and improvement
  
• ability to co … ⌘ Read more

[ANN] Tune-in to a Live MoneroTalk EPI TODAY 12/26 at 5pm-EST with @kayabaNerve

Luke Parker: FCMP’s, Serai, his call for a Post Quantum XMR & what he means by “stepping back”

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=jxPulIjhXwg
  
• https://twitch.tv/monerotalk
  

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I’ve implemented Use only nick as handle if nick and domain is the same · sorenpeter/timeline@8c12444

See it live at:

• nick = domain: https://darch.dk/timeline/profile?url=https://eapl.me/tw.txt
  
• nick ≠ domain: https://darch.dk/timeline/profile?url=https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt
  
• no nick, use domain: https://darch.dk/timeline/profile?url=https://akkartik.name/twtxt.txt
  

I’m not sure I like the leading @ thou…

‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home
Rolando Garcia,  Staff Writer  -  WCBM (Texas)

_Stephan: Thankfully MAGAt Republican Kay Granger, the representative for Texas’s 12th Congressional District, will retire with the close of this Congress. But the question is how long has she suffered from dementia. As the article describes she has been in her office or even having someone an … ⌘ Read more

The Climate Crisis Comes for Insurers
Tik Root,  Grist Staff Writer  -  truthdig | Grist

_Stephan: This morning I got an email from a reader in Florida saying, “Stephan, you are so right-on about the insurance trend you have been warning us about, and that I just experienced. Friday, my Christmas gift from my 20-year home insurance company was that they would not extend coverage, and my policy would end in January.” Here is further confirmation of what is happening. If you live on a co … ⌘ Read more

Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows
Maya Yang,  Reporter  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: ”Americans spend more time living with diseases than people from other countries, according to a new study.” What more needs to be said?  To quote from the JAMA paper: “Gains in life expectancy across global populations are recognized as a societal achievement.[1](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/ful … ⌘ Read more

Living together: Reflections on collective living
[A version of this post was initially published on 2022-05-30 (Setting
Orange, the 4 day of Confusion in the YOLD 3188) in my gemlog at:

gemini://gem.hack.org/log/collectives.gmi

It’s been slightly edited and a few photos added.

Posted on the blog on 2024-12-15 02:33 +0100. Later updated with how
Area 41 ended.]

I dreamt about Dial House last night. I’ve never been there, but it
was like I belonged, like I was meant to be th … ⌘ Read more

Living together: Reflections on collective living
[A version of this post was initially published on 2022-05-30 (Setting
Orange, the 4 day of Confusion in the YOLD 3188) in my gemlog at:

gemini://gem.hack.org/log/collectives.gmi

It’s been slightly edited and a few photos added.]

I dreamt about Dial House last night. I’ve never been there, but it
was like I belonged, like I was meant to be there.

Last I heard anything about Dial House they were trying to gather
enough money … ⌘ Read more