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Jason Koebler, 404 Media: Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately. Pixelfed is an open-source, community-funded and decentralized image sharing … | Continue reading
LA resident Matthew Butterick, in his MB XS newsletter: Easy answer — donate money! A good friend of mine works in California disaster relief. He recommends these nonprofits because they have a strong local impact: The California Community Foundation is seeking donations for its … | Continue reading
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Josh DuBose, reporting for KTLA: In an emotional interview, Shelley Sykes, the mother of former child actor Rory Sykes who died in their Malibu home amid the Palisades Fire, shared her harrowing story and grieved the devastating loss of her son. Shelley fought back tears recallin … | Continue reading
[Exigent circumstances do.] For the past week, I’ve had a 20-year-old Bad Religion song running through my head, for reasons which are probably obvious: When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin’ Palm trees are candles in the murder wind So many lives are on the breeze Even the st … | Continue reading
The Mastodon project is continuing to grow and evolve. As the organization continues to take shape and raise funds, key members of the project have decided to transition several parts … The post Mastodon Announces New EU Non-Profit appeared first on We Distribute. | Continue reading
Introducing 1Blocker 6, the most powerful version yet of the trusted Safari content blocker. Now available for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, this update marks almost a decade of innovation and dedication to creating a better web experience. For ten years, 1Blocker has been y … | Continue reading
Current conditions: Odd weather has caused broccoli and cauliflower plants to come up far too early in the UK • Another blast of Arctic air is headed for the Midwest • An air quality alert has been issued in Los Angeles due to windblown dust and ash. THE TOP FIVE 1. Strong winds … | Continue reading
The recent merge of Remix and React Router in React Router v7 provides a full-stack framework for building modern SSR and SSG applications. The post Server-side rendering with React Router v7 appeared first on LogRocket Blog. | Continue reading
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has opened a civilian harm reporting center where civilians and NGO's can report allegations of harm by Dutch armed forces. This development is a result of a collaboration with a consortium containing researchers from Utrecht University. The reason f … | Continue reading
In another step to help Portuguese companies grow in the international market, the INESC TEC team working with EEN is promoting a funding opportunity for hundreds of European SMEs seeking support to improve their energy efficiency. As EEN Sustainability Advisors,… Read more here | Continue reading
A week ago, forecasters in Southern California warned residents of Los Angeles that conditions would be dry, windy, and conducive to wildfires. How bad things have gotten, though, has taken everyone by surprise. As of Monday morning, almost 40,000 acres of Los Angeles County have … | Continue reading
The Research Council of Finland has granted Aalto University funding to strengthen its research profile in a field of pressing global concern – the transition towards a greener future. Aalto’s Profi-8 funding application Driving green transition focused on three research strongho … | Continue reading
The lab of Professor Peter Vangheluwe at KU Leuven is collaborating with SandboxAQ, an AI company, to expedite the discovery and testing of candidate drugs to restore the function of ATP10B, a protein associated with protection against Parkinson’s disease. This novel technology w … | Continue reading
There are a handful of regional airlines that I’m always surprised to find still in […] | Continue reading
KISS, over or underrated? KISS also known as “Keep It Simple Stupid” is a way of doing things as simple as possible. I apply the KISS method to photography too, I don’t like to spend too much time editing my photographs. | Continue reading
Suzanne Ackerman talks about how she leverages visual mapping to align teams and break down complex projects. The post Leader Spotlight: The value of visual mapping, with Suzanne Ackerman appeared first on LogRocket Blog. | Continue reading
It’s the suburban amusement park. When I was a kid there was nothing as exciting as driving through the car wash with my dad. My sister Nina and I would jump up and down screaming as huge cloth rollers smacked the side of our station wagon like zombies. Jet streams of water splas … | Continue reading
Window snapping GNOME extension Tiling Shell —not that you need an introduction to it by now— adds a nifty new feature in its latest update. Tiling Shell v16 introduces Windows Suggestions, a feature the add-on’s author described as being able to “provide intelligent recommendati … | Continue reading
In 2025 we will see further electric vehicle (EV) development as part of the transition to a cleaner, greener economy. At the source of this innovation is the quest to continually enhance EV vehicle performance while also instilling public confidence in EV technology. The unique … | Continue reading
For any enquiry regarding this announcement, please contact press@joinmastodon.org Mastodon was founded on the principles that people should be able to control their social circle online, curate their own timeline, and convene freely with any community of their choosing. We belie … | Continue reading
I’m usually only tangentially interested in the Consumer Electronics Show. It seems like so much of the stuff there will never reach customers and exists only to raise hype to woo investors. The year, however, I found myself getting excited for a number of cool gizmos and gadgets … | Continue reading
I am really struggling to get 2025 started. I’ve been pulling the starter cord over and over, but nothing is turning. The post Discipline Doesn’t Arrive On Its Own | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ This artist makes drawing in 3D with Apple Vision Pro look spectacular and full of grace. [ threads.net] (Via Frostbyte) 2️⃣ Oh boy, Finn Voorhees showed off a Bluetoo … | Continue reading
Outside of the constant services Apple wants to push on users, or the fealty payments Tim Cook is making to the criminal insurrectionist president of the US, they charge stupid amounts for storage upgrades. At least there are options to avoid the Apple storage tax, even if you ca … | Continue reading
Overall it feels like we get less snow here in Bradford than we used to when we first moved in, but if the snowfall averages I’m looking at are correct, in the last few days we’ve gotten more snow (6+ inches) than we usually do for the entire month (4.9 inches). So, well done, Ja … | Continue reading
Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. [...] | Continue reading
I’m playing with making cross-document view transitions work on this blog. Nothing fancy. Mostly copying how Dave Rupert does it on his site where you get a cross-fade animation on the whole page generally, and a little position animation on the page title specifically. To animat … | Continue reading
Pineapple? Pineapple. music for skeletons seeks suggestions for the whole pineapple, and gets some great ideas. Grill / roast caramelization sounds delicious! | Continue reading
This is a heartbreaking story about an IUD that caused suicidal thoughts so that’s a content warning. What really gets me is that her medical professionals ignored her at first. Although after reading Invisible Women this doesn’t surprise me at all because it documents so many wa … | Continue reading
The congestion charges that went into effect in New York City last Sunday will help clean the air of pollutants for better health. The post The Climate Benefits Of Congestion Charges In New York City appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Let’s start 2025, shall we? I’m happy to return with the first edition of 2025 of the Ephemeral Scrapbook newsletter. Enjoy. | Continue reading
Real-time AI subtitling is in the works for VLC, the phenomenally popular open-source media player. VideoLAN, the non-profit in charge of VLC development, demoed automatic subtitle generation in VLC during CES 2025 —where not using AI made you stand out this year— and shared a cl … | Continue reading
A few months ago, I wrote about a global peak ICEV fleet, and argued that we’re very close to it — perhaps even surpassed it by now. Despite the headline, I stand by that position, and that’s because the focus here is different: not about internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV … | Continue reading
In Hong Kong’s winter we sit on rocks next to the ocean and talk to our friends. The breeze is brisk, and we wear jackets in between climbs. The months of shorts and tank tops, of sun screen, hats, and seeking AC feel like a distant memory. These spots, on the rocks near the wate … | Continue reading
Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a new electro-chemical process to make low carbon cement. The post Making Cement With Fewer The Carbon Emissions appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Recently, the EXPLORE Act was signed into law by President Biden. Unlike, say, the PATRIOT Act, this bill’s acronym is an honest take on what the law actually does! The Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act actually helps all of us to explore the outdoors, eve … | Continue reading
A pastor at a Pasco, Washington, church has been indicted on 26 counts of fraud for allegedly operating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded investors of millions between 2021 and 2023. [...] | Continue reading
It’s always fun looking at Tesla’s long-term sales trends, especially when I get around to plugging all of the numbers into a series of cool charts. Admittedly, though, at times it’s been a little boring. When Tesla sales were just up up up for several quarters (er, years), the s … | Continue reading
I think this is a good time to go over the meaning behind this journal. As a matter of fact, now is a good time to take a break from the questions and go over the purpose of this so-called action plan. So, you say you want to help people.Is that right?I think this is […] | Continue reading
The moral circle was first talked about by Stoic philosopher Hierocles in 2AD and is defined as the number and type of entities you give moral consideration. In the context of Right Thing Right Now, Holiday talks lots about justice and who justice applies to in society. Which of … | Continue reading
This is one of the dialogs you encounter when getting started with Bluesky. It's easy to see how new users might be led believe that Bluesky is federated, as Mastodon is. I'm a developer and I was confused by what it was saying. Is Bluesky is federated? | Continue reading
On the way to Berlin for the Eno premiere with Gary Huswit, Brendan Dawes and also looking forward to seeing Keir Whitaker. 🙌 #firsttripin25 Reply via Email | Continue reading
Crimes society refuses to deal with are the ones that go against some deep narrative of the age. I know it. I’ve seen it. | Continue reading
Java Type Annotations #1: What's Being Annotated? In the Java programming language, a type annotation is an annotation that can be applied to the use of a type. For example, when you declare that a class MyList implements the interface List, you are using the List type. In such c … | Continue reading
image via The Online Bicycle Museum There was vitabellosi's first cousin 3X removed ... It's remarkable how many woodchucks he killed. Was he eating them? vitabellosi has commented on a rather wonderful artifact — a 19th century diary belonging to their family and the stories jus … | Continue reading
Berry Gordy’s record label used the ‘sound of young America’ to bring people together | Continue reading