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Mario has visible nipples (meaning he's a mammal) but no visible navel (implying he's not a placental mammal). Nintendo has said that Mario is a Homo nintendus (so he's in the same genus as us but not the same species). Does this mean that when H. nintendus diverged from H. sapiens, they rapidly re-evolved monotremism (i.e. being a mammal that lays eggs)?
in reply to Toilet full of bugs

So wait, this is compelling and potentially allows us to unify Mario with the Koopa-Bowser-Birdo family

But raises further questions. My belief is that all native residents of the Mushroom Kingdom are biologically agender (with gender presentation being exclusively a form of personal expression), and the Koopa-Bowser-Birdo family is parthenogenic (Bowser has many children but the mother is never identified; it's Bowser). What of homo nintendus? Have we ever seen a female Mario?

in reply to mcc

Princess Toadstool ("Peach") is not the same species as Mario; she is a mushroom wearing a Super Crown. The only candidate for a female member of Mario/Luigi/Wario/Waluigi's species (assuming Waluigi is not a robot) is Daisy, who is from Sarasaland, a place about which we know relatively little of the native fauna of, and which seems to have been utterly destroyed by alien invasion. Are the Marios parthenogenic? Alternately, was the stork delivery thing canon?
in reply to mcc

@mcc This may be a female Homo Nintendus: mariowiki.com/Plum
@mcc


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FreeBSD powers Macs!
Let's run FreeBSD on a 5yo Mac:
in reply to omar

Let's run Linux on a 5yo Mac:

asahilinux.org/docs/platform/f…

Yeah but Linux has corporate support, grant blabla:

Asahi team:
asahilinux.org/about/

And I see a OpenBSD developer...

Less Netlicks and more dogfooding, please.



#Gaza

Un vidéo de #MedecinsSansFrontieres du 23 juin 2025...

« M. Macron, les Palestiniens de Gaza n’ont pas le temps d’attendre : les bombes israéliennes continuent de tuer des civils par dizaines de milliers alors que vous attendez. Toute une population est affamée, éradiquée, déplacée de force, déshumanisée. » Isabelle Defourny, présidente de Médecins Sans Frontières France, et Claire Magone, directrice générale, appellent la France à agir de toute urgence pour arrêter les bombardements et lever le siège de Gaza.

msf.fr/video/m-macron-les-pale…

#Palestine #France #MSF #Gouvernement #Journalistes #Journalisme #Macron #Media #Presse #URGENT





La #Cina impone #dazi doganali fino al 60% sui prodotti europei di carne #suina. San Daniele, aiutaci tu.

in reply to Jerome G

That is an amazing photo 😍

Thank you for continuing to share on here 🙏🏻



On the Donetsk axis, fighters of the National Guard’s 27th Pechersk Brigade, special unit “Lazar,” destroyed a Russian Buk-M1 (SA-11/17) air defense system worth an estimated $10 million.
in reply to NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

This is the first time I see a drone with software that seemingly allows CCIP bombing.

CC @timpritlove @pavel23

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"The image shows a postal official at the port in Dakar, while travelling i sent cards - it was great that this person was there to sell stamps and mail things

#dakar #postoffice #official #person #postal #places #culture #urban #port #senegal #africa #portrait #photography #street #photo



I saw hill, field, and tree and had to photograph it.

Just outside the frame on the left there’s a bush I didn’t want to include, so the tree had to sit far to the left unless I zoomed in more. Right behind the hill the forest begins, so I positioned myself low enough to keep the treetops out, but not too low, or the tree itself would have been cut off. Since the hill slopes, I wandered through the field for minutes, searching for the right spot.

At first, the photo was in color: green field, blue sky, small white clouds, and the dark tree. Pleasant enough, and it reminded me a little of the XP desktop background. Ten days later I tried it in black and white, darkening top and bottom to draw the eye to the horizon with the tree. Something you can hardly pull off convincingly in color. On the right I opened the crop, which pushed the tree further left, away from the rule of thirds. That rule doesn’t matter much to me anyway, though I sometimes glance at it. Mostly, I just go by instinct. After all, I’m not an AI.

#Photography #BlackAndWhite #Squared


in reply to dan 💾

That smallest plane you were on first could probably fit inside that engine 😂




Tomorrow we are having our 11th anniversary, and today my wife got her tests results - still great!

Ergo: quite a nice day

in reply to mms

This is very good news. And happy celebrations! You deserve some good time together!


🦀✨ Guardian DB is a distributed database inspired by IPFS, focused on being more logical, cohesive, polished, and robust.

Currently we’re:

Migrating from slog → tracing + tracing-subscriber

Consolidating the ipfs_core module

Strengthening tests and documentation

Contributions and feedback are very welcome 🚀

cc @thisweekinrust

Repo: github.com/wmaslonek/guardian-…

#Rust #IPFS #Databases #OpenSource



Qualcunx di voi ha mai provato dei "cortisoni" naturali e vegetali come curcuma o ribes nero?

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in reply to Jones

@sans_serif_girl
dove la vitamina b12 viene dai vegetali? lo chiedo per curiosità, perché la sto prendendo anch'io ma come integratore che prendo in farmacia, e mi pare di ricordare che i vegetali non ne contengano, ma potrei ben sbagliarmi.
in reply to Jones

@jones @sans_serif_girl sí perchè la b12 origina da muschi e licheni, che poi alcuni animali la assorbono e quindi chi è onnivoro la assume indirettamente

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in reply to gino

@sans_serif_girl
che storia, non lo sapevo, grazie 😀 dici che si trova un po' in tutte le erboristerie? che tu sappia costa di più o di meno di quelle che trovi in farmacia?
in reply to Jones

@sans_serif_girl
ma quelle che trovi in farmacia le fanno uccidendo o maltrattando animali?
in reply to Jones

@sans_serif_girl
questa cosa la sapete? se ci sono integratori di b12 in cui la vitamina viene da uccisione o maltrattamento di animali?

#b12 #vegan #vegetarian

in reply to Jones

@jones eh se non è certificata vegana potrebbe essere, la filiera degli integratori a volte è un po' nebulosa non tutte le case produttrici dicono chiaramente da dove provengono le materie prime
in reply to ragazza senza grazie

@sans_serif_girl
io ho letto in "il dilemma dell'onnivoro" di pollan che negli usa queste certificazioni valgono molto poco, qui quanto meglio?
in reply to Jones

@jones non lo so. alla fine l'integratore non è un farmaco, immagino ci siano meno obblighi da seguire per chi lo produce ma non ne ho idea. molto banalmente penso sia impossibile stare dietro a tutto, siamo limitatə e si fa quel che si può compatibilmente alle nostre forze e possibilità
in reply to Jones

@jones sulla letteratura non ti so consigliare purtroppo. sul lato pratico fossi in te farei così: sul sito di una qualunque farmacia online cerchi "integratore b12", ti usciranno parecchi risultati immagino. l'unica è prenderli uno a uno e verificare cosa dichiarano sul sito del produttore.
in reply to Jones

@sans_serif_girl
comunque insomma mi pare sia abbastanza improbabile che la b12 nelle compresse che si trovano in erboristeria venga da ammazzamento o maltrattamento di animali, quindi mi sa che proverò a prenderla in un'erboristeria qua vicina, chiedendo un po' lì
in reply to Jones

@jones può essere di sì come di no. devi tentare un po', oppure senti se @guiscardo ti dice la marca di quello che compra lui che se è vegano dovrebbe essere ok
in reply to Jones

in farmacia non l'ho mai chiesta (sono ostili alle robe vegan) e nemmeno in tutte le erboristerie, ci ho sbattuto un po' la testa anni fa prima di trovarla. Ovviamente parlo di una versione certificata vegan. Qui la trovo in una erboristeria in particolare oppure da Natura sí, che è una catena ora in mano a Coldiretti (preferisco non andarci per boicottare cacciatori e carnisti tipo Prandini e Lollobrigida). Oppure la trovi online ovviamente.
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Rientro a scuola: alimenti amici dello studio e il ruolo delle emozioni
@scienza
focustech.it/scienza/rientro-a…

#News #Scienza #Alimenti #Studio #scienza
Il rientro a scuola segna sempre un periodo di nuovi inizi, ma anche di sfide per studenti e genitori. Tra compiti, lezioni e attività extra,



📺 A RTP África visitou a exposição "Imaginários da Guiné-Bissáu", resultado da investigação de Catarina Laranjeiro e Inês Vieira Gomes, dedicada ao espólio fotográfico de Álvaro de Barros Geraldo, fotógrafo oficial de Álvaro de Spínola.

Patente no Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, em Lisboa, até 7 de Setembro.

youtube.com/watch?v=6ddIH55QSP…

#ColonialWars #PortugueseColonialism #Photigraphy #Exhibition #GuerraColonial #Exposição #Fotografia #SciComm #GuinéBissau #GuineaBissau

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Oops I lost my Duolingo streak again

Дерьмо!

in reply to John Garrison

I don’t really want to support their AI ventures anyway. Sigh.


After manually resetting passwords from 20+ services due to an employee leaving, the most infuriating things I can think of are: some services don't have a "change password" button, only "Forgot your password?" -- no, I didn't forget, I want to change it on purpose.
And some services also use stupid restrictions on the MAXIMUM length of a password, like 20 characters. Like, why?

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"The truth is actually very straightforward. Ordinary even. And that's even more unsettling.

"It's far more sinister than a hot mic," says Egelman.

There's no credible evidence that your phone runs a secret, always-on microphone to target ads, and there are clear technical and policy reasons why.

Independent researchers have gone looking for covert "listening" and found none, including a definitive 2018 Northeastern University study that has yet to be superseded. What they did catch in a handful of cases were screen recordings or image and video uploads to third parties. Creepy, sure, but not a hot mic.

Laws matter, too. The federal Wiretap Act bans intercepting conversations without consent, and many states (like California) require all parties to consent, stacking civil and even criminal liability on covert, continuous capture. An "always-listening for ads" feature would constantly record non-consenting bystanders and invite massive legal exposure. I know that's not completely reassuring, but that's why it's implausible in practice.

When I run the bar moment by ad-tech veteran Ari Paparo, he doesn't flinch. Paparo helped build the pipes — he founded the Beeswax DSP (acquired by Comcast's FreeWheel) and led product management at AppNexus/DoubleClick — so he's seen exactly how ad targeting really works.

"I'm very confident this is not happening. The phone is not actually listening to you," he says. "I would say that 100% of my colleagues in the advertising world agree with me."

I know that's a tough pill to swallow, but he offers the real and almost boring explanation for why it feels uncanny: People are predictable. "The ads are attempting to guess what you're interested in," he says. "It's all statistics."

Simple version, for the record: Ads follow your behavior. No listening required."

cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof…

#iPhone #Apple #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #AdTargeting




Internet sleuths, where am I? I will be very impressed if you can work it out.




Yea, there’s nothing left for me in America. I’m really sorry. This is what a distinguished military career even at senior-most levels gets you now. Fired by internet trolls.
in reply to Lesley Carhart

I was already too old to get out in 2016. I did look seriously into it. No place would have me. Sigh.


Nubank fora do ar? Usuários apontam erros no app do banco digital
https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2025/09/nubank-fora-do-ar-usuarios-apontam-erros-no-app-do-banco-digital-edapps.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub


Study: Plant-Based Diets Can Be Nutritionally Adequate for Dogs vegconomist.com/studies-and-nu…

Previous Studies:
Study Finds Superior Health Outcomes in Dogs Fed a Plant-Based Diet vegconomist.com/food-and-bever…

Study Finds Good Health Outcomes in Dogs Fed a Plant-Based Diet vegconomist.com/studies-and-nu…

The Impact of Vegan Diets on Indicators of Health in Dogs and Cats: A Systematic Review ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/…

Study gives a thumbs up to carefully formulated vegan diets for dogs phys.org/news/2023-03-thumbs-v…

V-Dog: New Research Finds Dogs Can Thrive Long-Term on Plant-Based Kibble vegconomist.com/studies-and-nu…

Vegan Diets Reduce Aggression And Gut Issues In Dogs, Study Suggests plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/h…

#nutrition #plantbased #food #GoVegan #dogs #AnimalRights



So apparently Google Maps started to translate bus stops? For what reason exactly?!

Only result is that it is now impossible to know where to get off the bus if you do not speak both languages.

(the stop is obviously called Brückenstraße everywhere but in Google Maps)

#google #googlemaps

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Happy Friday, y'all! Fortifying myself with some grits. Places to go, people to see. ❤️



Weil ich es nicht mehr hören und lesen kann:

Es GIBT eine europäische Antwort auf ChatGPT.

Sie nennt sich Mistral AI und weil Europa immer ganz toll im beschwören und richtig dumm im Handeln ist, steht gerade ein Verkauf an die USA (Apple) im Raum.

#PSA #eu #chatgpt #mistralai



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Kaynak: HABER7.COM

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#haber #gündem #sondakika #news #press #worldnews eshahaber.com.tr/haber/bakan-f… EshaHaber.com.tr #bakanfidan #bakanlar #dışişleribakanlığı #milliordugüvenlik #ziyaret




Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children. “Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.” theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…


I oppose the US backed Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people.

I condemn the people of Israel who support and perpetrate the murder and slaughter of their neighbours in Palestine.

I am prioritizing stopping an active genocide above all other issues.

This is the most straightforward moral issue of the 21st century. If you oppose this genocide, you are right, and anyone who disagrees with you is wrong.
It really is that simple.

#gaza #genocide #palestine
#israel #IsraelTerroristState

in reply to Peter Cavanagh

C'est une photo malheureusement générée par une AI. Il ne vaut mieux pas l'utiliser ca fait du tord à la lutte contre le Génocide (on me l'a expliqué hier....)
in reply to Solène de Montmarin 🇲🇲💚🇵🇸

@SolenedeM

It is never wrong to fight against genocide. Use anything or everything available. Here is a real boat and real people if you need it.

in reply to Peter Cavanagh

It may seem like a small quibble compared to the human lives at stake here.
And yet, I think using generative AI to make the people you support look "better" means your'e basically setting the precedence for using it to make the people you oppose look worse.

...and before you know it, it's made-up evidence all the way down, and filtering actual facts from made-up embellishments becomes impossible. That's an enormously dangerous road to travel.

@SolenedeM

in reply to Mr. Teatime

@Mr_Teatime

Rien que le fait d'utiliser Internet nous rend complices de génocides dans le monde

mastodon.online/@CharlesShould…

#Myanmar #Rohingya #RohingyaGenocide

@irishphoto