Sport in tv: Mondiali di pallavolo femminile, Italia-Brasile
https://www.lastampa.it/sport/2025/09/05/news/sport_in_tv_mondiali_di_pallavolo_femminile_italia-brasile-15297120/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Sport in tv: Mondiali di pallavolo femminile, Italia-Brasile

La semifinale nel sabato pomeriggio della Rai

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It Is A Private Market Story: UBS' Matthew Mish
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-09-05/it-is-a-private-market-story-ubs-matthew-mish-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Changing Industrial Infrastructure

A few days ago I described seeing thousands of European Starlings on and near a rail dock. Well, maybe there were only hundreds, not thousands, but they were very noisy so it felt like thousands. At the time, I didn’t pay much attention to the structure they were perched on, so today I went back to take a closer look and, to my dismay, all the birds had gone. There was one solitary crow cawing loudly, but otherwise the building was bird-free.

I decided to take some more pictures of the rail dock because it seems now to be disused. At least, it doesn’t look as though it has been used for some time; grass is growing on the wooden boards, and the metal towers need a coat of paint. I should add that I have no idea what this building is formally called, so I am calling it a rail dock with gantries. It may have once served the now-defunct coal industry, and it may still serve the lumber industry.

What I saw today contrasts quite considerably from the satellite image on Google Maps. There it shows a lot of lumber in floating booms waiting to be loaded on to freight cars, a couple of dozen trucks and trailers in the parking lot, and a similar number of cars parked nearby. None of those things was there today. Instead, the city has placed several (maybe thirty) lovely flower planter beds around the empty parking areas, and a city worker with water tanker truck was watering the plants as I passed by.

The rail line connects to a railroad freight yard nearby where there are multiple train tracks and I wonder where they all go to. It did not look very busy when I passed by. There must be an opportunity here for tourism to nearby parks and to other cities on Vancouver Island, but currently it is not set up for passenger traffic.

Now I am wondering about the history and the fate of this structure. As its original purpose seems to be diminished or gone, perhaps it will be abandoned. I don’t know who is the owner or if the city has responsibility for it. If any reader can add insight into this, I will appreciate it.

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Snowbird of Paradise

2025-09-02 19:36:45

Feathers, Birds, and Serendipity

Some things I know, some things I don’t know, and some things I just found out today. When I went for a walk today I headed south along the waterfront and quite soon saw something that captured my imagination. Someone had outlined an area of rough ground with a rectangle of feathers. It is beside a disused rail dock and there is very little foot traffic here.

I wondered who had done this and why. Perhaps an unhoused person likes to sleep here and was marking their territory. No matter the reason, it must have taken some time to create this.

Living in the gantries of the rail dock are thousands of noisy birds. I enjoyed watching them swooping down on to the beach and then taking turns to eat from the nearby blackberry bushes. My Merlin app tells me they are European Starlings.

I walked on from there over the Port Way viaduct to Esplanade where I saw a business that identified itself as a chandler, which is a title I am not familiar with so I determined that I would look it up when I got home. I thought it had something to do with candles but the shop’s signage seemed to be all about boats.

Then I passed this lovely billboard. I stopped to enjoy it when two people came out into the nearby garden and agreed with me it was very nice. They told me it was just a “placeholder” from the billboard company, but I said I didn’t care. It was still lovely.

As I headed towards the main road and the shopping centre, I came across four people who were clearly having trouble finding something on their phones’ GPS systems. One lady stopped me and asked if I knew where the chandlery was!

Well, “Yes I do! It is just around the corner,” I said as though I have known it my whole life, and I gave them directions. Serendipity is a wonderful thing.

And, according to Dictionary.com a chandler is:

1. a person who makes or sells candles and sometimes other items of tallow or wax, as soap.
2. a dealer or trader in supplies, provisions, etc., of a specialized type.a ship chandler.
3. a retailer of provisions, groceries, etc.

So, I was both right and wrong at the same time.

#billboard #Birds #chandlery #feathers #nature #Photography #serendipity #wildlife

Tesla Shareholders Propose xAI Investment
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-09-05/tesla-shareholders-propose-xai-investment-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Hungary openly buys #Russian oil, while other #EU countries purchase it secretly due to low prices — FM Szijjarto

Calls out hypocrisy of 'loudly criticizing Hungary and Slovakia, but quietly importing the same oil through Asia', cited by TASS

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September, October Cuts Locked In: Ian Lyngen
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The House We Built

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Unexpected allies?

«NRA says it opposes idea of banning transgender Americans from owning guns»

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NRA says it opposes idea of banning transgender Americans from owning guns

Amid reports the Justice Department is weighing banning transgender people from owning firearms in response to last month’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church, the National Rifle Association said Friday it will oppose any blanket rule tha…

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Chissà se a Bergamo hanno le radioline nel tentativo di seguire La corazzata Potëmkin

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✅ Haircut finally
✅ Tire replaced finally
❌ Hotel room for the week

I couldn't find our clothes in our overfilled storage unit in time and had to give up and buy a new set of work clothes, which took a bit of my budget for our hotel room. 🙄

I also tipped the stylist generously since it took so long to get rid of six months worth of hair, which took a little bit more of the budget.

Progress I suppose..

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I have moved an entire academic project funded by Open Research Area to Delta Chat @delta The project is called ClaimSov and is focused on analyzing discourses of "digital sovereignty" in EU, US, Russia and China.

We have started with the question which messenger to use for our project related communications. We wanted to play the game of "digital sovereignty" and I suggested Delta Chat. The team decided to give it a try. Now we are two months into the project, and all the 13 team members from three universities are sharing several group chats, actively using webxdc apps for planning our calls and seminars, editing texts, voting for various decisions, tracking things on our agenda and even gaming.

This is my first experience of using Delta Chat with my academic colleagues. I could only dream about convincing people, but that turned out so simple and I am glad we have done this!

Belgium asks US not to destroy millions in contraceptives bound for Africa
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/5/belgium-asks-us-not-to-destroy-millions-in-contraceptives-bound-for-africa?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Belgium asks US not to destroy millions in contraceptives bound for Africa

Trump administration has confirmed it plans to destroy already purchased supplies, preventing their distribution.

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Stell dir vor, bei einer Erdbebenkatastrophe mit Tausenden von Todesopfern liegst du seit Tagen schwer verletzt unter Staub und Schutt begraben. Endlich hörst du Stimmen und das Graben von Händen, bis dir plötzlich die Sonne ins Gesicht scheint und jemand sagt: "Lass sie liegen, bloß nicht anfassen! Komm, wir gehen weiter."

Willkommen in Afghanistan.

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Lichtpfade unter alten Bäumen

Golden durchflutet vom Sonnenlicht offenbart der Schlosspark Laubach einen Moment stiller Schönheit, der Hoffnung und Ruhe zugleich schenkt.
#Naturephotography #SchlossparkLaubach #Hessen #Baumliebe #Lichtspiel #Waldweg #Summervibes #MagischerMoment #MagicalMoments #NatureCalm #Fotografie #Photography

Is college still worth it?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/05/college-students-debt-tuition/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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#afghanistan #frauen

„Strenge Kontaktverbote erschweren seit der Taliban-Machtübernahme die medizinische Behandlung von Frauen. Nach dem jüngsten Erdbeben mussten Frauen offenbar sehr lange auf Hilfe warten“
(wir sollten dankbar sein für jede Frau, die dort entkommt, und sie aufnehmen!)
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Berührungsverbote: Männliche Helfer ließen Frauen nach Erdbeben in Afghanistan unter Schutt liegen

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📰 Newspaper boycott made people in UK city more left wing, study shows

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Newspaper boycott made people in UK city more left wing, study shows

A study of the Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper following the Hillsborough disaster has found that the boycott shaped people's perceptions of political parties and made people more left wing.

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Fine del supporto a Firefox 32-bit su Linux
#firefox
Mozilla ha annunciato che interromperà il supporto per Firefox su sistemi Linux a 32-bit con la versione 145, prevista per il 2026. Fino ad allora, la versione stabile 144 sarà l’ultima a includere anche i build per sistemi a 32-bit.

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Fine del supporto a Firefox 32-bit su Linux - Marco's Box

Mozilla ha annunciato che il supporto per Firefox su Linux a 32-bit terminerà nel 2026.

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#Republicans are not colleagues with whom to collaborate, they are enemies to be defeated. Anyone who doesn't realize that right now is a liability to us.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #RNC #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Progressives

On Happy Hour this week with @bzamayo: Our iPhone event preview, Eddy Cue can finally relax, Siri rumors, and more.

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iPhone event preview, Google deal continues, new Siri plans - 9to5Mac

Benjamin and Chance get hyped for next week’s awe-dropping event with a breakdown of what we expect, and some intriguing...

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E Antonio Tajani apre a Carlo Calenda

Non sarà che a forza di insistere Calenda riesce a infilarsi nel governo? Tajani ha un'idea meravigliosa. Per questo non gli rimane tempo per fare il ministro degli Esteri [.....]

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E Antonio Tajani apre a Carlo Calenda

Non sarà che a forza di insistere Calenda riesce a infilarsi nel governo? Tajani ha un’idea meravigliosa. Per questo non gli rimane tempo per fare il ministro degli Esteri […..]

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Quel flop dei Navy Seals: nel 2019 uccisero dei pescatori in una missione segreta in Corea del Nord
https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/09/05/news/navy_seals_usa_missione_segreta_in_corea_del_nord-424829402/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Quel flop dei Navy Seals: nel 2019 uccisero dei pescatori in una missione segreta in Corea del Nord

La rivelazione del New York Times: il gruppo doveva installare un dispositivo per intercettare le comunicazioni di Kim durante i colloqui nucleari con Trump, m…

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Infestation: Origins just crawled out of Early Access and onto full release today—and yes, this is the co-op horror game that puts a grotesque, Steamboat Willie–era Mickey Mouse in your crosshairs.

When it first appeared back in November 2024, it caught headlines because Disney’s grip on Steamboat Willie slipped into the public domain that very week.

Nightmare Forge Games wasted no time dropping their exterminator sim, where the infestations aren’t bed bugs or rats but twisted, public-domain mascots. Cue a disclaimer on the Steam page reminding you that this isn’t endorsed by Disney or anyone else—and also cue Disney’s lawyers grinding their teeth.

Gameplay is simple in premise but nasty in execution. You’re an exterminator called in to handle infestations, which means navigating episodic missions, flipping breakers, choking off spreading corruption, and ultimately surviving boss encounters.

It’s built around online four-player co-op with proximity and global voice chat, though you can run it solo if you’d rather not herd randoms. Private lobbies are supported.

Visually? Perfectly cromulent. Nothing AAA, but the lighting and grime do their job. Minimum specs are modest—GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM—but crank it up and DLSS support smooths things out on mid-range rigs. Engine is Unity.

Windows-only by default, but Steam Deck users report it “runs good” despite janky controller menus, which implies it’s Linux-friendly via Proton.

Reception so far: “Mostly Positive” on Steam, hovering around 78%. Caveat emptor—most reviews are from the Early Access period. That said, Nightmare Forge seems to have added new polish and content for 1.0, including a reworked first episode now dubbed Willie’s Rage.

The price is a ridiculous C$6.29 at launch with a discount until September 19. And for a co-op horror romp starring the world’s most famous rodent in flames, it feels like a bargain.

Disney may not approve—but it doesn’t matter. Mickey’s ours now.

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“If you are eating/drinking alone, I would not recommend”

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🔗 Apple's Assault on Standards via @slightlyoff #Development #Webdev #Tech #Apple

Internet enthusiasts of the previous century sometimes expressed the power of code by declaring the sovereignty of cyberspace, or that "code is law."

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