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What Happened in 1725


Here’s our next instalment of things that happened in ..25 years of yore.


Some Notable Events in 1725

20 January.20. James Figg hosts the first recorded international boxing match, fought between English livestock drover Bob Whitaker and Venetian gondolier Alberto di Carni in London .

20 February. The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony.

25 March. Bach’s chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.

30 March. The second performance of Bach’s St John Passion takes place at St Thomas Church, Leipzig.

12 May. The Black Watch is raised as a military company, as part of the pacification of the Scottish Highlands under General George Wade.

24 June. The Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin holds its first recorded meeting, making it the second most senior Grand Lodge in world Freemasonry.

24 September. Born. Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d.1803).

29 September. Born. Robert Clive, British general, statesman (d.1774) .

24 October. Died. Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b.1660).

26 November. British astronomers James Bradley and Samuel Molyneux set up a telescope in Molyneux’s private observatory to begin their observations of stellar parallax of the star Gamma Draconis. The observations lead to Bradley’s pioneering discovery of the aberration of light.James Bradley portrait

Unknown Date. Gradus ad Parnassum, a seminal work on counterpoint, laying out rules of constructing music, is published by Johann Joseph Fux.

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in reply to Fitik

I've removed it on our end for you. No idea how it would work cross-software/instances, but would you like to moderate this community? Its currently unmoderated.
in reply to Spyro

Honestly I would, but I am an Mbin user, not Lemmy and it doesn't support remote moderation :/ Thank you for removing it tho!



Brazilian President Lula criticises UN for failing to stop wars | New Straits Times


in reply to psx_crab

Meanwhile BRICS is trying to destabilize the whole world.


To all European Union/Europe Open Source/Linux Enthusiasts


Riders of Rohan, What News from the Mark?

I was trying to think for a couple days on what can be done to make Linux phones a reality. Then I realized the EU is already pushing for more Open Source/ Linux to be used so why not make the most of it?

So if I may make a couple suggestions for Europe Linux enthusiasts and collectively all of us to push for:

1st. For EU and Europe to partner up with PostmarketOS, Mobian, Ubuntu Touch, Edited In: Next Iteration of GrapheneOS for their partnership, and FSF Librephone Project to fund/produce/distribute open source repairable changable OS linux phones . Then for future tablets. To have multiple eggs developing

2nd. For EU and Europe to partner up with KDE, Framework, and Tuxedo Computers to fund/produce/distribute Laptops/Computers

Edited In: 3rd. Partner up with OEM Manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola. Both of whom have good track records

Linux Community over there has so much ability to grow Linux if everyone there collectively gets it done. I humbly request you do that and I’ll do the same. Who should I call to get all this going as well? Want to help do this in a way that benefits all sides while keeping those projects independent

(I would have posted this on LinuxPhone but this community is way bigger and still open source related)

Really hoping all of you in and out of Europe and EU can push for it to be done. Edited In: Maybe Latin, African, and Asian Countries can partner up as well to make it happen even faster. But the most protections are within the EU so far

"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, You're My Only Hope"

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in reply to GreeNRG

So glad they put an onion in that shot—I had no idea what they were talking about until I saw it.


Una Genova criminale nel libro Professione Detective


[img]https://cloud.mastodon.uno/s/yR6WKNyzExz9DJM/preview[/img] Un libro, scritto a quattro mani, nato d’impeto al termine di un’intervista pubblica del giornalista Roberto Orlando al commissario della Polizia di Stato Flavio Bottaro.

Un libro, scritto a quattro mani, nato d’impeto al termine di un’intervista pubblica del giornalista Roberto Orlando al commissario della Polizia di Stato Flavio Bottaro.

Il libro racconta l’esperienza, unica e non replicabile, di vent’anni di investigazioni nella Squadra Omicidi genovese, in un intreccio di rapporti umani e professionali - fuori dal comune e vissuti nei frangenti forse più dolorosi e delicati di un’epoca di grandi trasformazioni nella storia recente della città - che meritano di essere conosciuti e ricordati.

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Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019


QUEEN’S PARK - After resale tickets to the Blue Jays’ World Series immediately skyrocketed into the thousands of dollars, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference to place the blame solely on the total dickhead of a premier who scrapped a resale-capping law in 2019.
in reply to BrikoX

I wasnt sure if this was satire or not for a second. Someone should crosspost to !theonion@sh.itjust.works maybe.
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in reply to unexposedhazard

I never understood comments like these. Why not just crosspost yourself?
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in reply to silence7

Supreme Shitlib Hochul being all bluster to make herself look good and then not following through when it actually matters??

This is a politician so transparent that 70% of the contributions to her last year was dark money/"Organization unavailable for these records" as per OpenSecrets, Almost 75% in 2023, and 72% in 2022

So trustworthy! Much accountability!

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Ecuador’s President Considering Locations for Foreign Military Bases





NYC Mayoral Debate Full Stream









AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea


My god, this is just hilarious. Remember, kids: If a piece of furniture that has been basically agreed upon for thousands of years (with some changes) needs a cloud connection:

  • You're paying too much.
  • You'll continue paying too much.
  • You might wake up sweating in an uncomfortable position.


This week’s Amazon Web Services outage had some people waking up on the wrong side of the bed.

A Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem affected AWS cloud hosting, resulting in an outage that impacted more than 1,000 web-based products and services and millions of people.

Perhaps one of the most avoidable breakdowns came via people’s beds. The reliance on the Internet for smart bed products from Eight Sleep resulted in people being awoken by beds locked into inclined positions and sweltering temperatures.

As spotted by Dexerto, the AWS outage caused smart mattress covers from Eight Sleep to malfunction. These “Pod” mattress covers connect to a physical hub, and users can set the covers to temperatures between 55° and 110° Fahrenheit via a companion app. Eight Sleep also sells smart mattress bases that let people control their bed’s elevation with the app. As of this writing, the Pods’ MSRPs range from $2,449 to $3,249, and the base has a $1,950 MSRP. Eight Sleep also sells its Autopilot feature through an annual subscription that starts at $199. Autopilot is supposed to help automatically set Eight Sleep devices to users’ optimal sleeping conditions. Pod purchases require a one-year subscription to Autopilot.


There's admittedly a bit of Schadenfreude here. You seriously subscribed to a fucking bed?



Reagan called shutdowns a failure. Today they’re called leverage. When did that flip?


Ronald Reagan faced eight partial government shutdowns between 1981 and 1989. He said a shutdown “is never the right way to resolve differences” because it “undermines confidence in government.”
Back then they were seen as breakdowns in negotiation, not bargaining tools.

Today some politicians use them as leverage.
When did that change and who made it normal? Was Reagan wrong?



Real-Life Indiana Jones Torches Trump’s White House Teardown With Scathing ISIS Comparison


An archaeologist who spent years documenting the recovery of ancient artifacts looted by ISIS in Syria and Iraq is shocked by Trump’s wanton destruction.
An archaeologist who spent years documenting the recovery of ancient artifacts looted by ISIS in Syria and Iraq is shocked by Trump’s wanton destruction.


This may be the most bonkers tech job listing I’ve ever seen


That's an interesting divergence between the hed and URL, but that's really the least of the issues.

Here’s a job pitch you don’t see often.

What if, instead of “work-life balance,” you had no balance at all—your life was your work… and work happened seven days a week?

Did I say days? I actually meant days and nights, because the job I’m talking about wants you to know that you will also work weekends and evenings, and that “it’s ok to send messages at 3am.”

Also, I hope you aren’t some kind of pajama-wearing wuss who wants to work remotely; your butt had better be in a chair in a New York City office on Madison Avenue, where you need enough energy to “run through walls to get things done” and respond to requests “in minutes (or seconds) instead of hours.”


I mean, I've had such a job.

And if I needed to talk to my boss at 3 a.m., we were either still awake or I rolled over and poked her shoulder.

That environment is fine when it happens organically. This is just absurd.





TOP 10 best electric aircraft today - AERONAUT.media


Electric aircraft are quickly becoming a reality, it is bewildering to keep track of all the innovation, this article does a good job!



Futo updates their website, removing logos, clarifying micro grants


Apparently in the past day, they’ve removed all the logos from the Microgrants projects and clarified that the grants are unsolicited
in reply to linkinkampf19 🖤🩶🤍💜🇺🇦

The voice recognition is honestly the best I've ever used. It'll be a shame to give it up.

If I decide to switch keyboards, I'm certain I would go back to HeliBoard.

There's been a real explosion of open source voice recognition over the past few months, and I haven't tested a lot. Whisper+ looks like a promising one. Before using Futo, I used Sayboard, which I was pretty happy with.





Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - Atto 3, la ragazza Marziana


Dopo i pesanti fallimenti di Jadeite, dal Dark Kingdom spunta fuori un altro tizio, ossia Nepherite, che senza troppi rimorsi cambia già abbastanza...

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As an Bisexual, I feel too scared to date as I feel like people would still default me as 'Gay'.


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in reply to SuperDuperKitten

Don’t worry too much about it. People who will judge you for looking or acting gay aren’t worth your time anyway. I can say from experience that there are plenty of great women who actually want a partner who looks gay.


Does it get windy in New York City?


The question applies to any city with lots of really tall, big buildings, really. I figure that all those tall buildings would get in the way of the wind, like they make some kind of artificial lee. I've never been in a big city like that.
in reply to ssillyssadass

It depends on where you are, but the huge grids of Manhattan can definitely be windy. They’re essentially big straight channels with nothing to block an air current.