Today was my first time throwing porcelain clay.
WOW its like butter and was pretty fun.
Can't wait to bisque fire them, to see how they turn out. Planning on hand painting the glaze.
#PottersOfMastodon #PottersOfTheFediverse #Clay
#Potter #Porcelain
Non potevano mancare Ondina e Burlamacco, al Principino, alla presentazione del Giro Femminile della Toscana 2025, in programma dal 4 al 7 settembre. Perché dopo 14 anni la prima tappa della corsa di patron Brunello Fanini torna proprio a Viareggio. Ad aprire la competizione premondiale sarà infatti una spettacolare cronometro a noitv.it/2025/08/ciclismo-viar…
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#spring Abril 2025
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#glacier #lake #ice #montain #nature #landscape #heritage #montain #road #roadtrip #architecture
Turkish FM: Genocide in Gaza is bleeding wound for entire world
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza has become a bleeding wound for the entire world.SabaNet - Yemen News Agency
Meerplatitüden IV - Aug 2025
#fujifilm #fuji #fujigfx #fujifilmgfx #fujifilmgfx100rf #gfx100rf #sooc #fujifilmsimulation #photography #fotografie #fotografia #panorama #65x24 #nature #fujirecipes
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I want to use the unicode (partial) block symbols (strangeweb.page/@jochie/115118…) to draw graphs:
chars = [' ','▏','▎','▍','▌','▋','▊','▉','█']
The idea is that I can "scale” the horizontal bars (7/8, 6/8, 5/8, …) if/when at least one of the values gets a bit high, like this:
1️⃣ 0
2️⃣ 0
3️⃣ ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▌ 12
4️⃣ ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▏ 13
5️⃣ ▉▉ 3
6️⃣ 0
In my editor/client it’s fine, but some fonts show
U+258C “▌” as taller than the others, which is a bit annoying!
Any suggestions/alternatives?
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@oblomov That screenshot that I think you're referring to is actually the Discord app in the Firefox browser.
Plot twist!
You were on to something. While writing my response I noticed that I had a bug in my code and was unintentionally using the "left 7/8 block” U+2589 where I thought I was using the full block.
Back to the drawing board (hah) for me, and more 🤦♂️ feelings with regards to fonts and unicode. 😁
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@oblomov And for completeness, the answer the other question. I _was_ using Monaco in my editor (Emacs) but for the partial blocks it was falling back to Andale-Mono.
Going back to the default which gets me Menlo for partial blocks and full block, and consistent heights.
Adding that to the long list of things to consider when picking my next (coding) font. 😅
Early Pixel 10 buyers are running into wireless charging issues and more already
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Seems to happen more and more (70+).
Just moved house with a tonne of 'rubbish'. Waste a lot of time trying to find things.
Bach, Castelnuovo Tedesco, Busoni and Donatoni sound in Venice - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Ex Novo Musica. Marco Rogliano, violin, and the Ex Novo Ensemble play: BACH arr Ferruccio Busoni: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903. CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO arr Jasha Heifetz: Figaro, Concert Rhapsody on Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini. Ferruc...www.worldconcerthall.com
Bach, Castelnuovo Tedesco, Busoni and Donatoni sound in Venice - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Ex Novo Musica. Marco Rogliano, violin, and the Ex Novo Ensemble play: BACH arr Ferruccio Busoni: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903. CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO arr Jasha Heifetz: Figaro, Concert Rhapsody on Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini. Ferruc...www.worldconcerthall.com
One Day Trump Will Be Gone - YouTube
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Get ready for Coco Gauff vs. Naomi Osaka at the US Open. It's been 6 years since their first matchup
https://apnews.com/article/us-open-2025-coco-gauff-naomi-osaka-9c8738ae058fe9ca8bf60f24dc8e5a2f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Private industries are being prioritised in these arid zones. We hear that there's going to be 32 data centres but water is what's needed for people, not for these industries. They [the municipality] are prioritising giving water they have to the private industry. Citizens are not receiving the same quality of the water that the industry is receiving."
"This is a state that is already facing a crisis that is so complex and doesn't have enough water for human disposal."
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AI demand means data centres are worsening drought in Mexico
Activists in Querétaro criticise state government for prioritising the data processing needs for US tech firms over their own citizensSuzanne Bearne (BBC News)
Meerplatitüden III - Aug 2025
#fujifilm #fuji #fujigfx #fujifilmgfx #fujifilmgfx100rf #gfx100rf #sooc #fujifilmsimulation #photography #fotografie #fotografia #panorama #verticalpanorama #65x24 #nature #fujirecipes
Meta invested $14.3 billion in data-labeling vendor Scale AI, but the relationship is already showing signs of fraying. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #Meta #Technology #ArtificalIntelligence #ScaleAI #Business
Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI | TechCrunch
Two months after making a $14.3B investment in Scale AI, Meta is relying heavily on its competitors to train next generation AI models.Marina Temkin (TechCrunch)
Fedispace | blog: Warum Feeds wichtiger sind, als viele denken blog.fedispace.de/warum-feeds-…
#Blog
Warum Feeds wichtiger sind, als viele denken - Fedispace | blog
Für mich bedeuten RSS-Feeds Plattformunabhängigkeit. Im Gegensatz zu Social Media ist man nicht den Algorithmen einzelner Plattformen ausgeliefert.Andreas (Fedispace | blog)
Code is so much easier to write than read because when you're writing it, you know the goal you're trying to achieve and the constraints placed upon your solution. Often, the solution becomes "obvious" because of these two factors, so you don't need to think too hard about what to write.
When you're reading code, you often don't know the exact goal or constraints that were placed on the writer, so you're piecing together not only the "how" but the "why". #dev #programming
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⚡️🇫🇷Leading Ukrainian politician assassinated in western Ukraine (FRANCE 24 English News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Poland #Estonia #Romania #Latvia #Lithuania #Brussels #Moldova #Denmark #Germany #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Open source e sovranità digitale: l’Europa tra adozione diffusa e scarso contributo allo sviluppo
Il nuovo rapporto della Linux Foundation Europe conferma che l’open source è centrale per la sovranità digitale europea, ma l’UE resta indietro nei contributi concreti, con scarsa leadership, strategie incomplete e un gap marcato rispetto ai grandi a…Michele Nasi (ilsoftware.it)
La imagen muestra a una mujer posando para una selfie en un evento temático. Ella lleva un vestido sin mangas de color azul oscuro y grandes pendientes de oro y diamantes. Su cabello es largo y castaño, recogido en un moño. Detrás de ella, se puede ver un gran cartel que dice "How to Train Your Dragon" con una escultura de un dragón a la izquierda. El suelo es de color azul, y hay dos hombres en el fondo, uno de ellos con una camiseta negra y pantalones blancos. El techo es de metal con una estructura de arco, y hay vegetación verde en el fondo.
Proporcionado por @altbot, generado de forma privada y local usando Ovis2-8B
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What are some of your favorite YouTube channels that are not related to gaming, particularly those that are smaller or less well known? I am looking to expand my knowledge and diversify my FreeTube feed.
Edit: Thanks for all the recommendations, I’ve got a lot to check out!
#Fediverse #YouTube #Recommendation #NewPipe #FreeTube #Invidious #PeerTube #Technology #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #Unix #GNU #Debian #ArchLinux #Fedora #BSD #Privacy #Security #SelfHosting #Decentralization #Freedom #Nature #ClimateChange #Climate #Science #History #Culture #Education #Politics #Philosophy #Anarchism #Anarchy #AntiCapitalism #Economics #DigitalRights
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Peace Labor May
Read: write.as/peace-labor-may/ Email: itsmay1987@gmail.com For a one time donation, you can use Ko Fi: https://ko-fi.com/peacelabormayYouTube
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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.www.youtube.com
Meine 81-jährige Mutter war - trotz großem Interesse - noch nie auf einem #CSD. Heute nehme ich sie mit 🌈
Mein Mann ist währenddessen auf einem Magic The Gathering-Turnier und hat seine Gruppe zu einer "Zeigt die Farben, die ihr am liebsten spielt, von Daumen bis kleiner Finger"-Nagellack-Challenge aufgerufen 😊
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My 81-year-old mum has never been to a CSD/ #pride parade - despite being very interested. Today I'm taking her with me 🌈
Meanwhile, my husband is at a Magic The Gathering tournament and has challenged his group to a ‘show the favourite colours that you play from thumb to pinky’ nail polish challenge 😊
@B.ella Nagellack-Challenge: Super!
Ich musste dadurch gerade daran denken, dass unser Patenkind mir vor Jahren bei irgendeiner Feier die Nägel bunt lackieren wollte und natürlich auch durfte - mit allem, was das Arsenal der Mutter halt so hergab. Das anwesende, tendenziell eher konservativ geprägte Umfeld war teilweise recht irritiert, einer meinte sogar „dass Du das mit Dir machen lässt".
Wenn's einem nicht gefällt: Ok. Es geht ja aber nicht um ein Tattoo. Auf Wunsch ist die Farbe schnell wieder weg. Wer es als Mann nicht mal kurzzeitig verkraftet, Farbe auf den Nägeln zu haben … Ich war auf jeden Fall damals von den Kommentaren sehr befremdet.
Trasporti gratis o scontati per chi studia: così città universitarie e regioni si attrezzano al rientro degli studenti
https://www.open.online/2025/08/30/trasporti-gratis-sconti-studenti-universitari-citta/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trasporti gratis o scontati per chi studia: così città universitarie e regioni si attrezzano al rientro degli studenti
Da Nord a Sud: ecco le agevolazioni più convenienti da tenere a menteYgnazia Cigna (Open)
DenTech China 2025
DenTech China 2025 will be held from October 23–26, 2025, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center.China Business Forum
globalist.it/world/2025/08/30/…
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Croce Rossa contro Israele: l’evacuazione di massa da Gaza City "impossibile e incomprensibile"
Mirjana Spoljaric, presidente del Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa (ICRC), ha sconfessato con fermezza il piano israeliano di evacuazione di massa di Gaza Cityglobalist (Globalist.it)
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September’s paperback 30% discounts on Lulu.com will expiry on 30 September
Please do not buy these paperbacks from resellers (when they eventually become available), like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., as the resellers overinflate their prices, but wait for discounted prices for the paperbacks on Lulu.com between the 1st and 30th day of “odd” months (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep and Nov), or download the equivalent ebooks instead (always discounted) from the Book Table, which is where the lowest prices for my paperbacks and ebooks can always be found. #sas #altairslc #books #ebooks #discount #programming
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September’s paperback 30% discounts on Lulu.com will expiry on 30 September
Please do not buy these paperbacks from resellers (when they eventually become available), like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., as the resellers overinflate their prices, but wait for discounted…Holland Numerics: Blog and Forums
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Bernie Sanders Endorses Populist Oyster Farmer Running Against Susan Collins
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-graham-platner-susan-collins-populist-oyster-1235419330/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Bernie Sanders Endorses Graham Platner to Take On Susan Collins
Sanders endorsed political outsider Graham Platner, the populist oyster farmer running to oust Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins.Naomi LaChance (Rolling Stone)
Transgender Minnesotans on alert after Annunciation Church shooting
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Transgender Minnesotans on alert after Annunciation Church shooting
Slanted and dangerous anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has flooded social media in connection with the shooter’s gender identity.Neal Justin
![“According to Gun Violence Archive...only 1.1% of mass-shooting suspects over the past decade were transgender, roughly proportional with the overall population of transgender people.
Data gathered by the Violence Prevention Project shows 98% of mass shooters are [cisgender] men.”](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/57587619 "“According to Gun Violence Archive...only 1.1% of mass-shooting suspects over the past decade were transgender, roughly proportional with the overall population of transgender people.
Data gathered by the Violence Prevention Project shows 98% of mass shooters are [cisgender] men.”")
⛔️🇺🇸I CAN’T F***ING BELIEVE THIS! - US Democratic YouTube Correspondent gets access to Donbas (Luke Beasley Media VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Poland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #WarCrimesTribunal #ICJ #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
John Bell [quantum physics]…
Not to be confused with Alexander Graham Bell, who came up with the idea of people yelling “Can you hear me now?”
— Sabine Hossenfelder (one good reason for watching YouTube)
📢 The People’s Movement: Worker Power Is People Power!
🗽A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny. Throughout history, Americans have faced corruption, injustice, and authoritarian overreach. And every time, we fought back.Laurie Woodward Garcia (People Power United: America's Voice for Progress & Actions)
Inevitable 'thoughts and prayers' fight follows Minneapolis shooting
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TIKTOK LIVE ET INSTAGRAM LIVE COUPÉS EN INDONÉSIE
Pour info, j'en profite pour vous dire que ça chauffe grave en #Indonésie. Une Indonésienne sur place me confirme à l'instant que les réseaux sociaux propriétaire ont été coupés : #tiktok live et #instagram live.
Je lui propose bien de découvrir le #logiciel libre depuis longtemps, mais bon.
Voir #mastodon par exemple, comme ça, au pif :
eicker.news/@technews/11511870…Elle aussi pensait ne pas être concernée par les problèmes #GAFAM il y a encore peu...
#Censure #Indonesia #Manifestations #Strikes #Riots #Violence #Protests
#TikTok has #suspended its #live feature in #Indonesia for a few days due to increasing #violence in #protests. The company is taking additional security measures to ensure a safe and civil space. reuters.com/world/asia-pacific… #tech #media #news
do you know those people who present their doctor thesis in like, song format with a guitar, or performance, or in unusual punctuation and iconoclastic writing style etc.
imagine this: make a history/palaeography thesis of historical martial arts by close reading an old manual, recreating the techniques, and then your doctoral defence is presented in the form of performing sword forms, followed by detailed explanations of each movement
Annullato in Bolivia un altro processo contro l'ex presidente - America Latina - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/americalatina/2025/08/30/annullato-in-bolivia-un-altro-processo-contro-lex-presidente_005b47aa-6390-4b73-a95b-a1258da0495a.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Annullato in Bolivia un altro processo contro l'ex presidente - America Latina - Ansa.it
La giustizia boliviana ha annullato un altro procedimento penale 'ordinario' contro l'ex presidente ad interim Jeanine Áñez, aprendo la strada a un nuovo processo davanti alla Corte suprema. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
E' morto Jim Kimball
Un'altra orrenda notizia arriva a funestare il 2025 in termini di dipartite nel mondo del rock 'n' roll. Il 27 agosto, infatti, ci ha lasciati anche JimReverend Shit-Man (In Your Eyes ezine)
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E' morto Jim Kimball
Un'altra orrenda notizia arriva a funestare il 2025 in termini di dipartite nel mondo del rock 'n' roll. Il 27 agosto, infatti, ci ha lasciati anche JimReverend Shit-Man (In Your Eyes ezine)
The words ‘fluent’, ‘fluid’, and ‘influence’ come from the Latin verb ‘fluere’, which means “to flow”.
‘Fluere’ and ‘to flow’ look very similar, so they must be etymologically related, right?
No! They’re entirely unrelated.
‘To flow’ is related to Latin ‘pluere’ (“to rain”) instead. My new infographic tells you how we know.
I notice in many languages, many of the FLOW infinitives (and I think this applies to verbs in general) end in an -en sound. Except in English, which instead puts "To" at the start.
Why does the infinitive in English have a "To"? Does it have to do with the -en ending being occupied by the -ing sound on the end of gerunds?
@PKYo In Middle English, the infinitive was 'flowen'. However, as English lost its endings, the infinitive first became 'flowe' ("flow-uh") and then 'flow'.
Meanwhie, the preposition 'to' became more and more part of the infinitive. Initially, it was only used to express purpose (as in 'he went to buy good') but it became an infinitive marker, except when the infintive is combined with certain helping verbs, such as 'can': 'I can come'.
The -ing ending has its own separate history.
This is so spot on.
Candidates spend billions on TV advertising - where most of that money just goes to corporate execs and aharwgolders - and no one says a word.
Creators get paid to be taught how best to build their own platform and people completely meltdown.
RE: threads.com/@jeromehardaway/po…
Jerome Hardaway (@jeromehardaway) on Threads
Folks saying that the $8k is a lot of money are missing the contexts of the work, the current market and the location.Threads
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This evening's first target was going to be a mosaic of two nebulae. Alas, I got the framing a little off, and I ended up with 1 1/2 nebulae. At the top is half of the Eagle Nebula (M16), and down the bottom is M17, The Swan/Omega/Check mark/Horseshoe nebula.
In between them are a cluster and two smaller nebulae.
3 hours and 10 minutes, in 60s frames, @80 with a Ha/OIII filter.
#SmartTelescope #Astronomy #Astrodon #Astrophotography #Dwarf3 #M17 #M16 #BackYardAstronomy
Mike Johnson Blames “Human Heart” for Gun Violence, Not Firearms
"Speaker Mike Johnson insists guns aren’t the problem. Comparative evidence suggests otherwise: the scale of violence follows access, not abstract morality."
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Mein #Herz schlägt für die #Fotografie - my #heart beats for #photography ... 💛
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EN: The #photograph shows an installation illuminated at #night # in the old harbour in Wismar. Unfortunately, I do not know exactly whether this object serves only artistic functions or also has practical purposes.
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DE: Die #Fotografie zeigt eine nächtlich beleuchtete #Installation im alten Hafen in #Wismar. Leider ist mir nicht genau bekannt, ob dieses Objekt nur künstlerische Funktionen erfüllt oder auch praktischen Zwecken dient(e).
#OwnWork
#Architektur
#FotoVorschlag
#Photography
#photosuggestion
#notAIgenerated
#architecture
#Pentax
#pentaxk3mkiii
#pentax_da2040
#alterHafen
#oldHarbour
#Nachtaufnahme
#nightshot
Had tea with Abdul, the dad of my youngest's childhood bestie. At 70 he's still working as an interpreter and advisor for Central Asians in Sweden. He knows something like ten languages. I learned that he has an MSc in biology from a university in Kabul. A highly intelligent and cosmopolitan man who has raised a couple of amazing young Swedish ladies, top of their generation in most respects, exactly what this country needs. ❤️
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