Hungarian police said that they will not prosecute marchers in the Budapest Pride parade, despite the event being banned. This year's Pride attracted a record crowd, with organisers reporting over …
The Ensemble Q plays:
LIGETI: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet.
Paul DEAN: Concerto for Cello and Wind Quintet.
BRAHMS arr. Breuer: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38.
William BARTON: Journey to the Edge of the Horizon.
Recorded 12 October 202...
Pluto’s life changed forever when a video of him being hit with a leash went viral. Thanks to the public's response, our Law Enforcement team stepped in and brought him into our care. But shelter life is no place for a young, sensitive #dog who’s still learning about the world. We’re afraid that the longer he stays in the shelter, the harder it will be for him to manage stress. So, we’re calling for an SOS hero adopter
Games giant Activision took down Call of Duty: WWII due to hackers exploiting a flaw in a specific PC version of the game, which led to several players
Whippets are not the most expressive dogs. Half the time I can’t tell if he is feeling off or just being his usual self. At least he is eating well, so should be fine… #DogsOfMastodon #Sighthounds #Dogs
HAVANA,Cuba, Jul 8 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, sent a congratulatory message to Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, who made history by becoming the first woman…
Scherzi a parte...ci farei un discorso su "servono più alberi" espandendolo in "servono più alberi sì, ma nei posti giusti, con la giusta manutenzione e non messi a cazzo e abbandonati in mezzo metro quadro di terra in un deserto di asfalto."
Non sono stati segnalati feriti gravi, ma ingenti sono i danni soprattutto ai veicoli colpiti dalle piante abbattute. Tanti interventi di vigili del...
Ultime ore per inviare i contributi per la CONSULTAZIONE PUBBLICA SU PAY OR OK lanciata dal Garante Privacy l'11 luglio si chiude (se non ho sbagliato i calcoli)
NEW: We have confirmed that Activision took a specific version of Call of Duty: WWII offline because hackers were abusing a flaw in the game to hack players.
Sources tell us that the issue was a bug that had been patched in other versions of the game, but not on the one for Microsoft Store and Game Pass, which are still offline.
Games giant Activision took down Call of Duty: WWII due to hackers exploiting a flaw in a specific PC version of the game, which led to several players
There are now legions of people using #Linux for recording, synthesis, processing, etc - it's a full-on cottage industry at this point.
There are also a large number of Music Professionals using #BSD, but they call it MacOS.
But what I'm curious about, what is the state of Music Production on #FreeBSD and other non-Apple BSD.
I will not be surprised if it turns there are none, nor will I be surprised if it turns out that there is a tiny community of elite DSP nerds making high-end products with it.
“I woke up from the barking. As I went to him, I saw a big crack in the wall of the house and water had started to enter. I ran downstairs with the dog and woke everyone up,” Narendra said. Narendra then woke up other people in the village and asked them to run to safety. The villagers were alarmed and immediately evacuated the area. Shortly after, a landslide struck the village..."
The image shows a screenshot of a messaging app interface. At the top, there is a navigation bar with a left arrow, a green circle with the letter "E," and the word "Emojis." The right side of the bar has a lock icon and three vertical dots. Below the bar, there is an illustration of a character with brown hair and a dark hoodie, sitting at a table with a gray cat beside them. The character is petting the cat, which is leaning in close.
Beneath the illustration, there are several messages. The first message reads "You invited Edges," followed by "Edges accepted the invitation." The next message states "meko #nowar changed the chat permissions," and the last message says "Edges changed their avatar." The user's avatar is visible at the bottom, showing a character with cat ears and a black and white design. The chat is labeled as "Encrypted." The interface includes a text input field with a microphone icon and a camera icon, along with a plus sign for additional options.
Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B
Google has released a feature that allows Gemini to access third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even if you've turned off Gemini Apps Activity. Here's how to prevent that from happening.
🛰️ Le cargo de ravitaillement #Tianzhou8 s'est désamarré aujourd'hui de la station spatiale chinoise à 7h09 UTC, en vue de l'arrivée d'un nouveau cargo dans les prochains jours. Tianzhou-8 était arrivé à la CSS le 15 novembre 2024 et il va se consumer dans l'atmosphère
over the years i've become more interested in game/software ephemera than the software itself.
for example, few people under 20 have grown up with a local computer store or brick & mortar store that sells boxed games. biking over to the computer store to line up, pay cash, and buy a game you've been saving for months has become an alien experience.
a few days ago i bought some old PC boxed games from a guy that had them in storage for decades. of all of them, i was the least excited about Millionaire. it looked like the kind of lazy portware that probably started its life as a text simulation on the Apple II and made its way to every godforsaken architecture.
tucked away on the last page of the manual was an absolute treasure: the original VISA transaction record for the day the game was bought, for $52.88, on July 20, 1985 at the Real Canadian Superstore in Edmonton, AB, Canada. This is before Canada had the goods and services tax (GST), and when Alberta was abbreviated to Alta.
the owner stapled it on to the warranty registration card, just in case he had to return it or RMA it some day.
Superstore #1572 is still there, in the north end. while i knew they had always sold video games, i had no idea that they sold IBM XT software way back in 1985.
(for anyone not in Canada, Superstore is a national discount grocery chain.)
even better, no one under the age of 30 will have seen these credit card transaction records. they were made using a "credit card imprinter" - a sliding mechanism that pressed the card number through several layers of invoice and carbon copy paper. The invoice papers were usually two or three layered - a white and pink copy for the business, and a yellow copy went to the customer.
KDE Plasma 6.3.6 è un aggiornamento di manutenzione che consolida ulteriormente la stabilità e la raffinatezza dell’ambiente desktop #KDE #Linux #UnoLinux
A pochi giorni dal rilascio di Plasma 6.4.2, i developer KDE ha annunciato Plasma 6.3.6, un aggiornamento di manutenzione che consolida ulteriormente la stabilità e la raffinatezza dell’ambiente desktop introdotto con la serie 6.3.x.
Accountability is a whole lot different than blaming. Blaming is an emotional thing while accountability has to be proven. When you cut the guts out of your warning system you may want to blame #Biden but you can't prove it. But when you cut the head of NOAA and the weatherservice it CAN be proven who is accountable. You may not like it...
"REPUBLICANS CUT THE BUDGET. NOW THEY’RE BLAMING BIDEN!" by CoachD_Speaks
Quote by CDS: "Jul 6, 2025 The Texas floods are heartbreaking—and they didn’t have to be this devastating. While the right blames Democrats and shouts about “politicizing tragedy,” they’re the ones who gutted the very systems designed to protect families. This video unpacks the hypocrisy, the gaslighting, and the real human cost of cutting public safety in the name of politics."
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
Palestine Action's final statement before proscription Couple of excerpts:
"In five years, we have managed to build a direct action movement which successfully disrupted and challenged the Israeli weapons industry" "...we were too effective and the government had to impose the most draconian attack on civil liberties to please the pro-Israel lobby"
Groups "Defend Our Juries and ‘we do not comply’ (wedonotcomply.org) still resisting
Palestine Action: Final Statement Before Proscription
DESPITE OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO STOP THE PROSCRIPTION OF PALESTINE ACTION, THE BAN WILL COME IN AT MIDNIGHT
In five years, we have managed to build a direct action movement which successfully disrupted and challenged the Israeli weapons industry. Through relentless actions and the willingness to sacrifice our liberty, we’ve forced shut three Israeli weapons factories, pressured over a dozen companies to cut ties with Elbit Systems and cost the Israeli weapons maker £billions in lost contracts. The most important victory is building an effective global movement in service of the Palestinian people.
It’s clear, we were too effective and the government had to impose the most draconian attack on civil liberties to please the pro-Israel lobby. They may be able to proscribe ‘Palestine Action’, but they can not stop direct action happening across the country in different forms. We are more than just a name, or a network, we are an idea that can never be stopped. To be clear, they can not proscribe the TACTIC of direct action for Palestine.
We are extremely grateful for all of the support we have received over the past few years, and the outpouring of solidarity since the intention to proscribe us was announced. This proscription CAN NOT go unchallenged, and we are pleased to see many who are adamant on resisting the ban through a campaign of civil disobedience.
Breaking unjust laws is a moral duty. Unaffiliated campaign groups, Defend Our Juries and ‘we do not comply’ (wedonotcomply.org), will lead on defiance of the ban and resist the extreme counter-terror laws imposed on all of us. It is a given that there will be resistance.
However, we are also aware that anyone, knowingly or mistakenly, could be committing a terrorist offence just by liking or sharing our social media posts, if they are a British national or are in the ‘United Kingdom’. This could lead to vulnerable communities being harassed and targeted by the state. Whilst we encourage and support a campaign of civil disobedience, all who take part must do so on an informed basis. That’s why our social media will be taken down. For clarity, Palestine Action is ONLY proscribed in Britain.
Many will be rightfully angry at the imposed proscription of Palestine Action. However, with repression always comes more resistance. This is a moment that the British state will likely come to regret. It’s a signal to all of us who are willing to resist, to make the ban unenforceable.
We must resist for our own rights and most importantly, for the Palestinian people facing a genocide. We are all Palestine Action isn’t just a slogan, it’s a state of resistance.
COLLECTIVELY, WE WILL RESIST AND ULTIMATELY, WE WILL WIN
The original Steam Controller is undoubtedly one of the coolest pieces of gear I own—and one of the most innovative, too.
I got mine right when it launched in 2015. I wanted to solve a very real problem: I was trying to turn my PC into a console.
You see, Valve had Big Picture Mode, which truly turned your PC into a console-like experience. The problem was that some of my favorite PC games didn’t support controllers. They were keyboard-and-mouse only.
But then—here comes the Steam Controller. Suddenly, I was able to reprogram all the inputs. I could take basic keys, like the spacebar, and map them to a button on the controller—like the A button. And once you did that, you could share your controller configuration with the Steam community, or reuse a config someone else already made. It was pretty awesome.
And those dual trackpads? They were swank. Incredible for first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. They were the next best thing to a mouse. And because of the angle of the handles, it all felt very comfortable in the hand—probably the most comfortable controller experience I’ve ever had.
It’s funny—just a little over five years ago, gamers hated it. Not because they ever used one, but because it was a failure. And as we all know about gamers, there’s nothing they hate more than a failure. It was dismissed as a novelty—something no one would ever use again.
Well, Valve had the last laugh. A few years ago, they released the Steam Deck. And what do you know? It’s a direct evolution of the Steam Controller. And now everyone loves the Steam Deck.
Just take a look at it—it’s got so many of the same things the Steam Controller had: dual trackpads, back paddles, the ability to remap buttons and customize layouts. Having owned a Steam Deck since launch, I can say this confidently: the most killer features on the Deck originated with the Steam Controller.
That said, it wasn’t perfect. There were a few quirks I wish they had fixed. For one, it would’ve been nice if it had dual analog sticks instead of just one. Using a trackpad in place of a right stick is fine in theory, but let’s be real: a trackpad does not replace an analog stick.
Also, unlike most modern controllers, this one didn’t have a rechargeable battery. You needed AA batteries. Now, to be fair, those batteries lasted a long time—but it still would’ve been nicer to just recharge it and forget about replacements.
Then there’s the back paddles. Only two of them. In hindsight, yeah, Valve knew they needed to evolve. I’ve grown so used to having four back paddles on the Steam Deck. They’re incredibly useful—especially in games with lots of inputs. Just good to have.
Still, this was one of the first mainstream controllers to even have back paddles. So hats off to Valve for that.
Honestly, I really wish there was another Steam Controller on the market. I know Hori makes a licensed controller for the Steam Deck in Japan, but it’s missing a core feature the original had: the dual trackpads.
To me, the dual trackpads make the Steam Deck experience. It’s something almost no other handheld has. My wife has a Legion Go, and it does have a trackpad—but only one. And honestly? That makes all the difference. It’s fine. But man… it would’ve been a better handheld with two.
Definitely one of the most innovative controllers ever made.
And yeah, I still use mine. I use it when I dock my handheld. Or when I’m on my living room PC.
More #SEGASaturn tinkering. Simple makefile-based content pipeline w/ Python scripts. Animated sprites are converted from YAML+PNG files, map data is converted from LDTK json files.
Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system.
We will not comply with this unjust law. Many people from celebrities, to artists, to writers, to journalists to activists are intending to break this unjust law. We will do it together. Unjust laws are no laws at all.
ZZ Bottom
in reply to GeriAQuin • • •