Good new essay by @pluralistic on Why #Wikipedia Works. Includes link to excellent tutorial by @molly0xfff. Can recommend as a Wikimedian of 17+ years.
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Why Wikipedia works
Why Wikipedia works Agreeing on source notability, not facts. The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter …Cory Doctorow (Medium)
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Cronos: The New Dawn just hit Steam today—and it’s already staking a claim as one of the most distinctive survival horror releases in years.
The setting is bleak. A ruined Eastern Europe scarred by The Change—a cataclysm that warped humanity beyond recognition. You play as a Traveler for the Collective, hunting down rifts that spit you into 1980s Poland. The architecture is concrete brutalism, the tech is rusted retro-future, and every corner hides something waiting to kill you. To get anywhere, you manipulate temporal anomalies: rewind a bridge, restore a tram line, or even reassemble shattered geometry.
But here’s the hook. Enemies don’t stay dead. If you drop a creature and walk away, others can absorb the body through a process called Merging. Suddenly, that shambling beast is faster, stronger, meaner. The only way to stop it? Burn the corpse. Ammo is scarce, supplies are limited, and every mistake makes the next fight worse. It’s the kind of mechanic that twists your stomach before you even enter a room.
Visually, this is top shelf. Unreal Engine 5 with hardware Lumen ray tracing, DLSS 4, and HDR. Textures are razor-sharp, environments drip with atmosphere, and even the fog feels alive. Recommended specs are heavy—RTX 3080 or RX 6800 XT—but somehow this is Steam Deck Verified. Linux gets a native build, too. Sorry Mac users—you’re out.
Audio is equally strong. Ambient soundscapes make ruined Kraków hum with dread. Voice acting sells both timelines, and you’ll want headphones just to soak in the detail. Controls work with keyboard and mouse, but Bloober recommends a pad. Thankfully, both Xbox and PlayStation controllers plug in without fuss.
Now the studio itself. Bloober Team was once a AA outfit—the Layers of Fear people. Then they shipped last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake, and suddenly they’re in the big leagues. Cronos is their most ambitious game yet. With about 250 staff, I wouldn’t call this a “AAA” monster. It’s closer to a “III” game—the same niche Hellblade carved, polished but still indie-rooted.
And the reception? Steam users are on board. At launch, it’s holding 84% positive on over 670 reviews. Critics are mixed-to-favorable—praise for the atmosphere and puzzle design, gripes about stingy resources and checkpoint traps.
Price point: C$76.99 standard, C$89.99 deluxe if you want the art book and soundtrack. Call it premium indie or baby-AAA—but it’s priced like a blockbuster.
Bottom line: if you want survival horror that genuinely adds something new—time-rift puzzles, corpse burning, and GPU-melting visuals—Cronos: The New Dawn may be worth the ticket. Just don’t expect to walk away unscathed.
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Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that …store.steampowered.com
Villa Lante: arte, mistero e natura da esplorare
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Villa Lante: arte, mistero e natura da esplorare
Scopri tutto su Villa Lante a Bagnaia, un luogo tra natura, arte e spiritualità a pochi passi da Viterbo, dove ogni angolo racconta una storia incantataNicolo Zanoncelli (Marie Claire)
Gerard Dou – The Dropsical Woman (1663)
Rembrandt’s student, but with his own obsession: brushstrokes so fine they vanish.
The light is hushed, filtering across a sickbed. Shadows close in, yet every face, jug and fold of cloth shines with quiet intensity — a chamber staged in fragility.
#Art #Painting #Schilderij #Kunst #Arte #Peinture #Pintura #Gemälde
"Our Future Is Somewhere Here" is going to the Dutch Design Week! This is a wonderful opportunity for the game to find its publisher; thus, I am looking for your support ♡
Do you know a suitable publisher whom I can invite to meet me and the game there?
Let me know!
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Forever grateful for any kind of support - a donation, advice, a good thought ♡
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: Can AI help "smooth over" discussion on abortion, racism, immigration, or Israel-Palestine? Columbia University sure hopes so.news.slashdot.org
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Warner Bros. case builds on arguments raised in a Disney/Universal lawsuit.
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Barbara Ronchi al Festival di Venezia 2025: «Dentro Elisa ho riconosciuto paure che sono anche mie. Ma lei ha oltrepassato un limite irreversibile: togliere la vita per credere di salvarne un’altra»
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Barbara Ronchi al Festival di Venezia 2025: «Dentro Elisa ho riconosciuto paure che sono anche mie. Ma lei ha oltrepassato un limite irreversibile: togliere la vita per credere di salvarne un’altra»
In concorso alla Mostra del Cinema con Elisa di Leonardo Di Costanzo, Barbara Ronchi racconta un personaggio fragile e spietato insieme: una donna che ha ucciso la sorella e vive sospesa tra dolore, colpa e impossibile redenzioneStefania Saltalamacchia (Vanity Fair Italia)
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A sneak peek into some of the upcoming guitar building projects, at Guitar Quackery. #guitars #guitarquackery #guitarbuilding
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In this video, I explore the world of guitar building with a twist. By utilizing scraps and discarded materials, I create functional instruments that promote sustainability and creativity.Instagram
Terremoto su Starmer, scandalo travolge la vicepremier - Europa - Ansa.it
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Terremoto su Starmer, scandalo travolge la vicepremier - Europa - Ansa.it
Rayner si dimette, sir Keir costretto a rimpasto. Farage attacca (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Cooling Labor Market Reinforces Case for a Rate Cut | Open Interest 9/5/2025
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Sevilha 2025.
#sevilha #espanha #spain #streetphotography #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #streetphoto
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⛔️🇮🇳Trump’s Maga Tariff lunacy and America’s unreliability may push Berlin and New Delhi into new relationships (DW - German Media VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #Norway #Sweden #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #India #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms
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"If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state. That’s because, in a chilling early warning sign for the U.S., both social platforms decided to block all users in Mississippi from their services
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RFK Jr “lied to Congress” at trainwreck of a hearing, vaccine expert says
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How Robert Kingett uses Buttondown
Robert uses Buttondown to share his writings with readers and fund his writing endeavors through Buttondown’s pay-per-email feature.buttondown.com
It has to be said as I am getting fed up of the people spending scare stories about the fact Windows 10 will become unusable once Microsoft withdraws support.
It is simply not the case it will still be usable for years to come!
@nico198X All a little sad and really reflects our modern world scaring people with half truths rather than the truth.
I have to smile there are business out there still using Windows 7 and MSDOS which includes Currys.😀
The first says, “I’ll have a beer.”
The second says, “I’ll have half a beer.”
The third says, “I’ll have a quarter of a beer."
The fourth says, "I'll have..."
The bartender interrupts them and says, “You really ought to know your limits," then pours them two beers.
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anthropic Leads A Busy Week For Big Deals
Investor enthusiasm for AI once again drove the bulk of funding for the week’s largest rounds, led by Anthropic’s $13 billion mega-financing.Joanna Glasner (Crunchbase News)
DenTech China 2025
DenTech China 2025 will be held from October 23–26, 2025, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center.China Business Forum
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Microsoft PC Manager (Beta)| Cómo optimizar y proteger mejor tu PC
Nueva sección de Software gratis para los que nos gusta descargarnos todo. Eso sí, me… #Ciencia #Tecnología
#Blog No te olvides de dejar un comentario!
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Microsoft PC Manager (Beta) y versión estable ya disponible| Cómo optimizar y proteger mejor tu PC
Empezamos por el optimizador de Microsoft, que quizás no es muy famoso aun, pero cada día tiene vistas de ir a por todas en el terreno optimización y limpieza. Aún está en inglés, pero es muy intui…El Multiverso de FeniXBMS
Commission fines Google €2.95 billion over abusive practices in online advertising technology - #EU #Google #DigitalAdvertising #monopoly #Online #Europe #regulation
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Commission fines Google €2.95 billion over abusive practices in online advertising technology
The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry (‘adtech\'). It did so by favouring its own onliEuropean Commission - European Commission
Trump Takeover of Democracy!
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday called for renewed scrutiny of the Federal Reserve, including its power to set interest rates, as the Trump regime continues its efforts to exert control over a central bank whose insulation from short-term political pressures is widely seen as key to its effectiveness
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
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Anarchist Stickers Archive (@anarchist_stickers_archive@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image "Solidaridad con lxs compas" (ES: Español) "Solidarity with our comrades" (EN: English) Source: instagram:@amanposters Original: https://gateway.ipfs.anarchiststickersarchive.kolektiva.social
I keep seeing pull requests clearly generated by LLMs, but what’s really awkward is their inability to create separate branches and PRs for each fix, even after asking the contributor multiple times.
Can we conclude that git is still out of reach for LLMs to really understand?
#git #llm #ai #opensource
A 26-year-old employee at was killed when a valve blew off a pump last year. Another worker had sued the company two years earlier after being injured on the job.
Our friends at Inside Climate News reveal how a controversial oil field disrupted small town life near the Louisiana border ... texasobserver.org/oilfield-was…
#OilAndGas #energy #politics #USpol #labor #workers #safety #environment #news #EastTexas
Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death
A 26-year-old employee at McBride Operating in Waskom was killed when a valve blew off a pump last year. Another worker had sued the company two years earlier after being injured on the job.Martha Pskowski (The Texas Observer)
Mantellini, un po' lungo ma (purtroppo) realistico
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... «Voi dite “alfabetizzazione digitale delle masse” ed io metto mano alla pistola.».
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«E mentre il potere del default si organizza dentro i laboratori tecnologici di Asia e nord America (e all’Europa come sempre del tutto fuori dalla partita resta nelle mani la piccola bandierina regolatoria) il disegno che lo sostiene non è mai stato tanto trasparente. »
Su quest'ultimo capita a fagiolo il film di ieri sera con A.Sordi
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La preistoria digitale
Un mio vecchio amico, quando 25 anni fa ci immergevamo nelle prime barbose discussioni sulla nascita degli ambienti digitali e sui loro influssi sulla società, era solito ripetere questa frase: “Te…manteblog
Das hier, ist das internationale Zeichen für "HILFE!" Schaut nicht weg, wenn jemand euch um Hilfe bittet.
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Vielen Dank @Ursuursulala für deinen original Tröt. 🙂👍
Wer mag, bitte teilen oder neu tröten!
#troetcafe, #troet_cafe, #gegengewalt, #gegenmissbrauch, #hilfe, #deutschland, #mastodon
With the news that President Trump has taken a sudden interest in renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” one has to wonder: Was the U.S. military really in need of some kind of hypermuscular rebrand?
The “Department of War” Is the Most Honest Thing Trump Has Ever Done
The president’s desired update to the agency’s name marks the collapse of the liberal international order—and a military finally marching with its mask off.The New Republic
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We could always ask people to stop posting fun and interesting stuff.
⚡️⚡️⚡️Hungary has nowhere else to buy oil but from #Russia, and Croatia and the #EU are to blame, said Szijjártó⚡️⚡️⚡️
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⚡️⚡️⚡️Hungary has nowhere else to buy oil but from Russia, and Croatia and the EU are to blame, said Szijjártó⚡️⚡️⚡️Telegram
The Clock That Changed the World: How John Harrison’s Portable Clock Revolutionized Sea Navigation in the 18th Century
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The Clock That Changed the World: How John Harrison's Portable Clock Revolutionized Sea Navigation in the 18th Century
In the early eighteenth century, a pocket watch could keep reasonably accurate time, give or take a minute per day. This may not sound too bad, given how we now regard even the most advanced technology of that era.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
No talk, just coffee
#Groningen #Monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #photography
⚡️🇬🇧9/4 - Trump will ‘rail against the UK’ if state visit goes up in flames | Fiona Hill, Ph.D (Times Radio VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Germany #Norway #Sweden #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
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EFF Awards Spotlight ✨ Software Freedom Law Center, India
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"In 1992 EFF presented our very first awards recognizing key leaders and organizations advancing innovation and championing civil liberties and human rights online. Now in 2025 we're continuing to celebrate the accomplishments of people working toward a better future for everyone with the EFF Awards!All are invited to attend the EFF
Les Américains et leurs pelouses c'est un délire
> Kemp put seeds in the front yard to see whether grass or natives would prevail during last year's drought. By spring, natives had won: North American primrose, goldenrod and coneflowers sprouted. Their nearby peach tree, which isn't native, yielded even more fruit.
> The village government noticed, but not for the same reasons. In mid-June, Kemp received a notice of violation on her front door for “Overgrowth of Brush & Grass.”
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The government says her lawn is 'unsightly.' She's fighting to keep it that way.
Which is more appealing: neatly mowed grass or a 'rewilded' lawn that supports a diverse habitat?, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
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Multa da tre miliardi di euro a Google dalla Commissione Europea.
Finalmente una buona notizia.
La Commissione europea infligge a Google una multa da quasi tre miliardi di euro
Il 5 settembre la Commissione europea ha comminato una multa da 2,95 miliardi di euro all’azienda tecnologica statunitense Google, ignorando le minacce del presidente Donald Trump. LeggiRedazione (Internazionale)
WHO SAID IT: Randy or Larry?
CNN: When the jobs report comes out, are you going to believe the numbers?
FINE: Um, I'm going to look at the numbers. Look, the people who put these numbers together are human & fallible and make mistakes.
FINE: Numbers always tend to benefit the left
It comes out October 7th, and I'll be asking my library to get copies and also in a year or so order the graphic novel version.
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Die Klimajugend ist nicht tot. Sie kampiert und demonstriert aktuell auf Borkum gegen das riesige neue Gasfeld, welches die aktuelle Bundesregierung beschlossen und das Land Niedersachsen erlaubt haben!
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#Klimakatastrophe #Merz #Reiche #KlimaKrise #Klimaschutz #CDU #SPD #Klimaziele
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Die aktuelle Bundesregierung hat das Gasfeld mit dem Staatsvertrag mit den Niederlanden ohne Aussprache im Juli im Kabinett beschlossen. Bundestag und Bundesrat müssen aber noch zustimmen. Jetzt ist die Zeit, sich gegen diese Klima- und Umweltzerstörung, diesen fossilen Wahnsinn, zu wehren!
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Pax Ahimsa Gethen
in reply to Pax Ahimsa Gethen • • •As I commented on @pluralistic 's #Wikipedia essay, I was surprised but pleased to be named 2023 Media Contributor of the Year by @wikipedia co-founder #JimmyWales:
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Visibility and Resistance on Wikipedia in Fifteen Photos
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