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Half a million march to Downing Street to urge Starmer to cut ties with Israel


By Imran Mulla
Published date: 17 May 2025 17:59 BST

"It was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Compaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, the Muslim Association of Britain, Stop the War, the Palestinian Forum in Britain and other pro-Palestine groups.

Protesters came from around the country, including from Wales and northern England. Stop the War said the demonstration was attended by an estimated 600,000 people, making it the biggest since November 2023."




Lula: Latin America, the Caribbean and China show it is possible to fight climate change without sacrificing growth and justice socialistchina.org/2025/05/17/…


One killed in explosion at California fertility clinic that FBI called an 'act of terrorism'
https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/18/one-killed-in-explosion-at-california-fertility-clinic-that-fbi-called-an-act-of-terrorism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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A psychedelic filmstrip titled “How to get syphillis” starring the groovy Mary Jane is now playing on the @uncommonephemera film festival. This is real.
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are there #oilandgas people from the US on here?

you know.

this is what happens when your entire workforce is in a cult voting for a moron in the most important industry on the planet. or in other words: #karma. twice.

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The image displays a webpage from Baker Hughes, focusing on the "Rig Count" section. The page features a table titled "Rig Count Overview & Summary Count," with columns for "Area," "Last Count," "Count," "Change from Prior Count," "Date of Prior Count," "Change from Last Year," and "Date of Last Year's Count." The table shows data for three areas: the U.S., Canada, and International.

For the U.S., the last count is 576 rigs on 16 May 2025, a decrease of 2 from the prior count of 578 on 9 May 2025, and a decrease of 28 from the last year's count of 604 on 17 May 2024.

Canada has 121 rigs on 16 May 2025, an increase of 7 from the prior count of 114 on 9 May 2025, and an increase of 7 from the last year's count of 114 on 17 May 2024.

The International area has 891 rigs on 16 May 2025, a decrease of 8 from the prior count of 900 on 3 May 2025, and a decrease of 87 from the last year's count of 978 on 17 May 2024.

The table uses green for increases and red for decreases, with the dates of the prior and last year's counts in parentheses. The Baker Hughes logo is visible at the top left, and a "Menu" option is present at the top center.

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Quizzino della domenica: Sottostringa

@matematica

È sempre possibile trovare un quadrato perfetto tale che al suo interno sia contenuto un numero dato?

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C. P. Krishnan Nair, who died OTD in 2014, founded the Leela Group of hotels and resorts cromwell-intl.com/travel/?s=mb #travel #history



Just as I suspected, #Israel tried to song-wash their #genocide in #palestine in #Eurovision

They should not be in it in the first place, as they are not in #europe, but do try to elevate their toxic culture, even as they bomb and starve children is right up there in the ranks of ****** and *********.





23 killed by tornadoes. But at least we're not wasting money on weather forecasters anymore. nytimes.com/2025/05/16/weather…




Hot damn, my touch-typing is HYPER inaccurate, especially when transcribing text.

I think it's too late in my life to actually build this skill. 🙁

#Writing

in reply to bjb

@bjb I just worry that my habits are too ingrained.

When I tell you I'm a fast typist I mean it. Like, really fast.

So what I'm worried about is that I'll get frustrated with not typing quickly enough and just throw my computer into a dumpster.

I should try though.

@bjb
in reply to b4ux1t3 #1️⃣

I'm pretty tempted to throw computers in the dumpster too. Not related to typing speed/accuracy though. Oh well.
The 100+ wpm was calculated as the actual wpm minus some value for each mistake. And it counted mistakes. So you could choose to work more on speed, or more on accuracy. Eventually, both improve. Seems in your case you already have speed.


The guy who bombed the IVF clinic claims he did it because he's angry that he exists, and is anti-life. Therefore, he's offended that other people are bringing babies into the world. Or something. bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/…


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When you don't have your camera with you - the phone just has to do. Great Blue Heron in the evening sun. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #BirdPhotography #Pixel8Pro

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The Lost 256 KB Japanese ROM for the MacIntosh Plus Has Been Found


Mainboard with the two 128 kB EPROMs containing the special MacIntosh Plus ROM image. (Credit: Pierre Dandumont)
The two 128 kB EPROMs containing the special MacIntosh Plus ROM image. (Credit: Pierre Dandumont)The two 128 kB EPROMs containing the special MacIntosh Plus ROM image. (Credit: Pierre Dandumont)
The Apple MacIntosh Plus was one of the most long-lived Apple computers and saw three revisions of its 128 kB-sized ROMs during its life time, at least officially. There’s a fourth ROM, sized 256 kB, that merges the Western ROMs with Japanese fonts. This would save a user of a Western MacIntosh Plus precious start-up time & RAM when starting software using these fonts. Unfortunately, this mythical ROM existed mostly as a kind of myth, until [Pierre Dandumont] uncovered one (machine-translated, French original).

Since this particular ROM was rumored to exist somewhere in the Japanese market, [Pierre] went hunting for Japanese MacIntosh Plus mainboards, hoping to find a board with this ROM. After finally getting lucky, the next task was to dump the two 128 kB EPROMs. An interesting sidenote here is that the MacIntosh Plus’ two ROM sockets use the typical programming voltage pin (Vpp) as an extra address line, enabling 256 kB of capacity across the two sockets.

This detail probably is why this special ROM wasn’t verified before, as people tried to dump them without using that extra address line, i.e. as a typical 27C512 64 kB EPROM instead of this proprietary pinout, which would have resulted in the same 64 kB dump as from a standard ROM. Thanks to [Doc TB]’s help and his UCA device it was possible to dump the whole image, with the images available for download.

Using this ROM image was the next interesting part, as [Pierre] initially didn’t have a system to test it with, and emulators assume the 128 kB ROM format. Fortunately these are all problems that can be solved, allowing the ROM images to be validated on real hardware as well as a modified MAME build. We were informed by [Pierre] that MAME releases will soon be getting support for this ROM as well.

Top image: Mainboard with the two 128 kB EPROMs containing the special MacIntosh Plus ROM image. (Credit: Pierre Dandumont)


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The House bill to cut taxes on the rich includes a rider that would allow arbitrary removal of any organization's tax exemption. I hope the Democrats have the courage to filibuster the whole thing.

in reply to Richard Stallman

or just wait four years and make a point.

Pull status from all right wing groups.

Obviously this is a terrible idea, but I do sometimes wonder if folks need a taste of their own medicine to understand why people are rejecting it.





In 20 minutes, a #Vine's world premiere #Elgar with Haverorn and Vaughan Williams with Fagan from #Sydney worldconcerthall.com/en/schedu… #wch




Aren't we all a little obsessed with mushrooms at the moment?
#mushrooms #mushtodon

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What was it that finally convinced them? Their children telling them they are monsters every morning?

skwawkbox.org/2025/05/15/rhode… #USPol #Palestine #Genocide



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The image displays a digital music player interface for the "Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack" by Nintendo, released in 2018. The background is dark, with a red album cover featuring Mario's face and a red hat at the top. The title "Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack" is prominently displayed in white text, with "Nintendo" in red below it. The release year "2018" is shown in smaller white text, followed by a five-star rating. Below the title, there are two red buttons labeled "Play" and "Shuffle." The track list includes "Jump Up, Super Star!" by The Super Mario Players featuring Kate Davis, and "Jump Up, Super Star! Japanese Version" by The Super Mario Players featuring Aimi Mukohara. The track list is displayed in white text with red stars next to the track titles.

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Trump has been enriching himself at an unprecedented scale since day one of his second term—actually, since just before, given that he announced the $Trump meme coin a few days before swearing to protect and defend the Constitution. trib.al/RCSlXSp


in reply to CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

That cat is playing it way too cool. It needs to go in the scanner to search for hidden catnip.

What was its alley of origin and who's paying its ticket?

in reply to CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

Heyo maybe americans could finally get the medical scans they need by simply buying a plane ticket.

It would be a lot cheaper…



Sorry, long day, repost. Short story short, check your oil (and teach your kids how to check their oil), rather than wondering if the oil you notice under your car is actually an oil leak. #automobiles




Kim Jong-un held a live-fire drill of air units and called on the army to be ready for war en.news-front.su/2025/05/17/ki…


Miss Daisy and Amos keeping an eye on the outdoor cats

#Caturday



A tall ship of the Mexican Navy has struck the Brooklyn Bridge. abc7ny.com/post/ship-strikes-b…

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in reply to Matt Blaze

@mattblaze Channel 4 in NYC just reported that from what they've heard, it was an error by the capitan. We'll see.
in reply to Steve Bellovin

@SteveBellovin Current reporting is that the ship had a harbor pilot (who would be a local ship captain familiar with the waters) and that there was some sort of mechanical failure; the ship wasn't supposed to go under the bridge at all.


Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin


An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore. The result is the Zen Flute Mouth Theremin, a hybrid of acoustics, electronics, and expressive performance.

At its core lies a forced Helmholtz resonator, a feedback system built with a simple microphone and speaker setup. The resonator itself? The user’s mouth. The resulting pitch, shaped by subtle jaw and tongue movements, is detected and used to drive a MIDI controller feeding an external synthesizer.



Enjoy various scenes around Arashiyama, the area of Kyōto with the most nature and traditional Japanese architecture: 1) The legendary Moon-Crossing Bridge (渡月橋), 2) Yaezakura (八重桜), a late-blossoming type of sakura with many petals, 3) Traditional architecture deep in a mountain canyon, and 4) The little-known lookout over the river and gorgeous gorge.

#Japan #Kyoto #Arashiyama #nature #architecture #sakura #travel #sightseeing #photos #photography

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The unique Buddhist temple Otagi Nembutsuji (愛宕念仏寺) deep in a canyon in northwest Arashiyama in Kyōto has had a long and complicated history, but its distinctiveness today stems from the 20th Century when a head priest commissioned the carving of over a thousand stone rakan (羅漢, based on arhats, adept disciples of the Buddha). Each statue is unique, unlike the stereotype of Asians, and some are really funny. The moss in this shady side of the mountain also adds to their character, sometimes like hair.

#Japan #Kyoto #sculpture #travel #sightseeing #unique #Buddhism #funny #humor #photos #photography



Short on spare time this week, but inspiration lurked on the windowsill for #52frames #water. I'm leaning towards the front-lit version, I like how I nailed the focus on the droplet and it falls off either side. But the back-lit version is fun too, showing the veins inside the leaf! #nikon #d200 #photography #darktable


250 years ago this July, General Washington took over the Army in Cambridge MA, with this house as his headquarters for the Siege of Boston.

#Photography #CambridgeMA



Pax is happy with herself. She's made it to the 2nd floor without being chased away by her siblings. Now, the trick is, to make it back downstairs without them noticing.🙄
Hope you all have a wonderful evening, or a wonderful day!

#Pax #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Cat #CatsOfFediverse #Catstodon #Animals #Cute #CuteAnimals #Tabby #Kitty #MastoCats #FediCats #Gatos #Chat #Katzen #Katze #AdoptDontShop



Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin


An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore. The result is the Zen Flute Mouth Theremin, a hybrid of acoustics, electronics, and expressive performance.

At its core lies a forced Helmholtz resonator, a feedback system built with a simple microphone and speaker setup. The resonator itself? The user’s mouth. The resulting pitch, shaped by subtle jaw and tongue movements, is detected and used to drive a MIDI controller feeding an external synthesizer.



title: Clara Louise Kellogg
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M…


On 17 May 1990 the General Assembly of the World Health Organization eliminated homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. Between 1948 and 1990, the World Health Organisation had classified homosexuality as a 'mental handicap'.

#History #GayRights #OnThisDay



Almost done with Chihiro!

A bit conflicted, because this sprite is the only one of the three that doesn't just have a white face (plus blushing cheeks!) so I don't know if I should turn it white too for consistency or use the only colour I have that's even close to skin colour, which I will also be using on Miu's hair...

I think I'll leave it like this for now and start on Miu, then get back to it once my new floss arrives, in case any of those colours fit better.