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My PyCon US talk is at 12:30, which means it's my favorite part of speaking: Panic In The Green Room.

My serpentine co-speaker is calming me down.




This morning's photography plans were thwarted by weather and government but I did capture this lovely corvid warming in the sun.

#birdphotography #photography #makinglemonade





Una piscina per tutti: a Capannori c’è un nuovo sollevatore mobile per entrare in acqua
Per l'occasione, sopralluogo di Silvia Sarti e il presidente e il direttore della Capannori Servizi Pierangelo Paoli e Svaldo Sensi,

luccaindiretta.it/capannori-e-…



🇮🇹 Italian PM Meloni: “In the past few hours, it’s become clear who’s truly ready to take steps toward peace — and who clearly isn’t.”

She stressed that lasting peace in Ukraine requires a ceasefire and security guarantees for Kyiv.

ansa.it/europa/notizie/rubrich…



🇩🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇱Presidents Zelensky, Macron, PMs Starmer, Tusk and Chancellor Merz hold phone call with Putin ally Trump (PHOTOS and more) ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/… #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState


In 25 minutes, #Bartók twice and #Tchaikovsky with Tudorache from #Bucharest worldconcerthall.com/en/schedu… #wch


In 25 minutes, #Donizetti's 'Maria Stuarda' with Kolonits, Balga, Heiter and Hollý from #Budapest worldconcerthall.com/en/schedu… #wch


Rushdie-Angreifer in den USA zu 25 Jahren Haft verurteilt

Im Sommer 2022 verletzte ein Angreifer den Schriftsteller Salman Rushdie auf offener Bühne schwer. Ein Gericht im US-Bundesstaat New York hat den Mann nun zu 25 Jahren Haft verurteilt. Schuldig gesprochen war er bereits.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/…

#SalmanRushdie #Messerangriff #Urteil




#Meta will jetzt auch in der EU Eure #WhatsApp Daten für das Training ihrer #MetaAI #KI nehmen! Den bleibt ja auch nichts anderes übrig, wenn im eigenen Land keine Intelligenz mehr zu finden ist! 😉 PS: Es gab noch nie eine #KI, die die User:innen auf #Threema belauschte & wird nie kommen!

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zv657…



J'adore dessiner les gros animaux sur les cartes marines, mais pour y intégrer un peu d'élégance et de légèreté, je trouve qu'un oiseau en vol équilibre très bien les compositions…
Ici, un bruant des neiges (ou plectrophane des neiges) 🐦, mâle en plumage internuptial (soyons précis !)
🗺️ Je réalise des cartes marines sur commande !
N’hésitez pas à me contacter si vous souhaitez une œuvre personnalisée 💌

#bruantdesneiges #snowbunting #aquarelle #oiseau #illustrationnaturaliste #dessinanimalier #artonmap #artnordique #cartemarine #migratorybird #biodiversite #natureillustration #artandnature #birdwatching #femmesartistes #wildlifeart #seabirdart #characterart



Ha ha !
C'est quoi ces caractères utilisés ?
Il a dû bien se faire suer pour préparer son mail de #phishing, lui, à devoir choisir les lettres une par une…
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Autant d'efforts pour finir dans les indésirables, avec en prime un signalement, c'est quand même ballot.

#Sécurité

in reply to Alain MICHEL 🤓

Et un point médian ! Comme dans le framablog ! Zut, #lesgens vont savoir qu’on écrit le blog avec une IA. 😱


Wenn Ihr Euch gefragt habt, was unter "Abschiebeoffensive" gemeint ist...

Frankfurter Familie ohne Voran...

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Das heisst Deutschland ist auch nicht viel besser als die #USA , aber ich denke, Deutschland würde kein krebskrankes Kind abschieben. Oder ich sag mal, ich hoffe es, das Deutschland das nich machen würde ..
#USA


In Kiev, they said Zelenskyy, Macron and Merz had spoken on the phone with Trump en.news-front.su/2025/05/16/in…



I love how the 'Final Destination' movies taught an entire generation to not follow lumber trucks.

Even more I love that they're leaning into this hard.

#movies #finaldestinatio

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The image shows a truck on a highway, loaded with large logs. The truck's back is prominently displaying a movie advertisement for "Final Destination: Bloodlines," with the text "ONLY IN THEATERS MAY 16" and a blue sign that reads "HOW IS MY DRIVING?" The truck is on a road with a bridge in the background, and there are trees and a grassy hillside visible. A tweet from Jeremy Allison Art ([@]jallison_art) is overlaid on the image, stating "was blessed to see this on the 405 today." The truck is driving on a sunny day, and the overall scene is bright and clear.

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Und das, liebe Kinder, ist der Grund, warum man sich bei existenziell wichtigen Werkzeugen am besten mindestens parallel auf lokal gehostete Open Source Lösungen stützt. Wenn #Trump anfängt, die US-Tech-Konzerne in Waffen zu verwandeln, wird es finster. #KritIs



The #IDF have gone completely insane. They're just killing everyone. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine


#gazetadobrasil #jornalismo #noticias #politics Israelense grávida é morta a tiros a caminho do hospital na Cisjordânia gazetabrasil.com.br/mundo/2025…


Brilliant Mohsen Mahdawi is interviewed by Amy Goodman Democracy Now. He’s recently been released from illegal detention in Vermont. A student at Columbia University, he is scheduled to graduate next week and matriculate into a master’s program at Columbia in the fall. Hear his story of family and experiences from Palestine to peace activism.
#protest #immigration #Palestine #Gaza #genocide #Nakba #ICE #prison
democracynow.org/2025/5/16/moh…


ChatGPT is getting an AI coding agent thever.ge/3T2W #CommandLine #OpenAI #Tech #AI


The US Army is getting in on right-to-repair thever.ge/FLTG #Politics #Policy #News


8BitDo’s new all-button arcade controller is just 16mm thick thever.ge/kQJK #Entertainment #PCGaming #Gadgets #Gaming #News #Tech


New from Michelle Pitcher: Matthew Johnson’s guilt was never in question. On the stand during his 2013 trial, he admitted to the crime that landed him on death row. His execution is scheduled for next week. texasobserver.org/texas-death-…

#DeathPenalty #politics #USpol #law #crime #Texas #prison #HumanRights #news




These people aren’t draining any swamp. They are the swamp.

trib.al/znvVFDZ




Even if you're a depraved monster, you should be against the Gaza genocide, because it's teaching elites what they can get away with, and yes, they will do it to you if it's in their interest.

ianwelsh.net/amidst-everything…







🇺🇦🇲🇩 Zelensky met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu. They discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation, energy security, European integration, the impact of EU election results, and hybrid threats from Russia.


‘In a World of Influencers, We Have Waved Goodbye to the Theatre Critic’

Great theatre requires that a conversation should begin about it after the curtain comes down, writes Tim Walker

bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/in-…



The Hyper-Aggressive, Comically Loyal Government Flacks Who Talk Like Trump


In March, Axios reported that Donald Trump’s Oval Office had begun to resemble an Oscar night gift suite, as world leaders and business officials knew that showing up empty handed risked earning Trump’s displeasure. In response to the news outlet’s catalogue of favors visitors bestowed on the president in such meetings, a White House spokesperson […]


Zeiss Ikon Talon 85 2.8 Pojectionlens Stopped down with Apatue of an enlagener lens

#Olympus OMD-E-M1
#photography #MFT #photo #vintagelens #bokeh #暈け



VIDEO d'avui.
Tal al-Zaatar,
Nord de Gaza.

Resistiu mirant durant uns segons
per veure com apareix
un caparró d'una nena,
tant menuda,
que fa poc que camina.

𝐀𝐈𝐗𝐎̀ 𝐞́𝐬
𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚
𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬
𝐚 #Gaza

Bombardeig a zona residencial.
Font: UNRWA de Palestina.

#gaza


Ma Il Secolo d'Italia non prova imbarazzo nel pubblicare certi titoli? gayburg.com/2025/05/ma-il-seco…


With the "Ban on conversion practices" petition getting a massive boost and the necessary votes for being successful only at the very last moment, this might be the time to check out other petitions at the European Citizens' Initiative as well:

citizens-initiative.europa.eu

They have a monthly newsletter you can subscribe to, so you don't miss out on new petitions. There's also a RSS feed for the newsletter's content:
ec.europa.eu/newsroom/ecif/new…

#europe #europa #eu #petition

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A prominent example of what can happen if institutions are dependent on commercial enterprises sitting in the USA: The Trump administration made Microsoft block the email account of the #ICC prosecutor:

apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

Given this recent example and the circumstance that this administration is in a constant quarrel with scientific institutions and also science in general, it is quite scary how dependent many - not all - German universities are for their core IT infrastructure on Microsoft services.

I hope this is a wake-up call for the IT service departments of our universities? We are increasingly encouraged to publish scientific findings (data, articles) according to #FAIRPrinciples in #OpenScience , but shouldn't we also think more about the vulnerability of our whole workflow, if the underlying IT can be shut down simply by an order of someone on the other side of the planet? Open alternatives do exist!

#FOSS #opensource #linux



Ce qui frappe dans cet article, c'est que l'analyse de la situation américaine est pleine d'éléments qui s'appliquent déjà à la France.

"Senior Scientists Must Stand Up Against Attacks on Research and Education"
eos.org/opinions/senior-scient…

"...dogmatic calls to eliminate entire research areas..." (les SHS au CNRS)

"...Scientists’ rational, detailed, and evidence-based arguments used to be effective in influencing policy, but the current administration and its allies have largely disregarded experts and facts in making major decisions..." (l'absence de faits réels justifiant la proposition de loi Duplomb)

"...The numerous rollbacks of major EPA rules and environmental protections will dramatically degrade air and water quality and irreparably harm public health and ecosystems..." (les attaques contre la FRB)



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guys my latte art looks like freudian ink blots, what do you see?
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The image features a clear glass mug filled with a light brown beverage, likely a latte or cappuccino, with a frothy top displaying a latte art design resembling a swan or leaf. The mug has a handle and is placed on a dark wooden table. Surrounding the mug are three small, round candies: two white and one brown, suggesting a variety of flavors. To the left, there is a woven placemat, and in the background, a colorful coaster with the text "The Happy Hour" is visible, along with a few other indistinct items. The overall setting suggests a cozy, inviting atmosphere, possibly in a café or a home setting.

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Broadcom Employee Data Stolen By Ransomware Crooks Following Hit on Payroll Provider news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/…


@economics-that-works

12 min

The constant drip drip drip drip of the cost of living crisis.

Gary Stevenson has risen to notoriety because he's called a spade spade.

Wealth is driving poverty. The cost of living crisis is a product of spiraling wealth disparity on many different levels.

Simple wealth disparity means the rich can simply outbid a working class person for a house. Pernicious disparity occurs with monopoly.

cnbc.com/video/2025/05/12/why-…

#economics #politics

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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Janis
Of course there's more we theoretically could do. IMHO the first step is alerting folks to what economics is, which is largely the study of power, not just money. One solid truth is that if you pool it together and organize it, it grows. Conversely, /not/ gathering around and working toward learning and its institutions is the definition of stupid. Not seeking to understand where the power is, where one's power is, is a choice of ignorance.
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Janis

Also, IMO, pouring extreme resources into activities with high CTE rates is also stupid. My kid is going to a college with a lame-ass football team and throws all its scholarship funds into rewarding academic achievement.

(But this is where I start to get partisan, sexist, and you might call it shrill, so I'll stop, now.)




Scoperta una struttura che trasforma l’acqua in idrogeno col sole, ecco come
notiziescientifiche.it/scopert…
Dal sito #notiziescientifiche
@scienza
Un nuovo studio pubblicato su ACS Applied Energy Materials[1] propone un’importante innovazione per la produzione sostenibile di idrogeno: l’uso di eterostrati 2D di tipo Janus progettati razionalmente per la fotocatalisi. [leggi tutto]

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In tutti i paesi dell’Unione le religioni tradizionali stanno perdendo terreno tra i giovani, che però cercano risposte in nuovi culti, trovando idee e stimoli sui social network. Il video di Arte.

La spiritualità alternativa de...



Decentralization means a media outlet can run their own social media server and nobody can stop them from going viral. No matter what inconvenient news they publish. The only barrier to this is the people you know staying on the other platforms. Until that changes, shitty govts and big tech/media assholes and advertisers will dominate what most of us know about and focus on. And that will determine elections and so much of what happens IRL. #SocialWeb #DemocracyOfReach
social.mondoweiss.net/@mondowe…


In the past 48 hours, Israel has killed more than 250 Palestinians. Tweets from Palestinians in Gaza report some of the worst bombings across the Strip since the start of the genocide.
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