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Also dyk that there's a CBC website/app for learning French (or English)?
It uses clips from CBC to teach you. Also you get to learn a Quebec accent which sounds so much like a southern US accent to me, but in French.
Discover Mauril: a free, fun and engaging way to learn French and English!
Ready to take your French and English language skills to the next level? Add the free Mauril app to your language learning toolbox and test your listening comprehension skills with audio and video content from CBC and Radio-Canada.Mauril
Sri Lanka’s 2025 public health allocation accounts for just 1.5 percent of its gross domestic product – five times smaller than the amount allocated to service the interest on public debt.
But this is not just a Sri Lankan story.
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Sri Lanka’s crisis shows how debt is devouring the Global South
From Africa to Asia to Latin America, billions go hungry while creditors profit.Anuka Vimuthi Silva (Al Jazeera)
Putin Lands in China as Beijing-led Diplomatic Huddle Kicks Off
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-31/putin-lands-in-china-as-beijing-led-diplomatic-huddle-kicks-off?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".Helen Catt (BBC News)
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues - 2025-08-30 gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/08…
#comicstrip #babyblues #parenting
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Read Baby Blues—a comic strip by creator Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott—for today, August 30, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
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Le migliori mete in Europa per viaggi da soli nel 2025: la classifica
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Le migliori mete in Europa per viaggiare da soli nel 2025: la classifica
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Grattacieli, ecco i più postati su Instagram. FOTO
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Grattacieli, dal Burj Khalifa alla Shanghai Tower: ecco i più postati su Instagram. FOTO
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Grattacieli, dal Burj Khalifa alla Shanghai Tower: ecco i più postati su Instagram. FOTORedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
I solved this JoWordle 1297 with 3/6 attempts in 49.9 seconds. Can you do better?
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Guerra Israele, esercito avanza a Gaza City: migliaia in fuga. LIVE
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Guerra Israele, esercito avanza a Gaza City: migliaia in fuga. LIVE
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Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary
Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health departmentMaya Yang (The Guardian)
#Dump ottaa askeleita irtisanoakseen enemmistön Voice of American toimittajista.
#fasismi #äärioikeisto #autoritarismi #Trump #journalismi #media #lehdistönvapaus #VoiceOfAmerica #USA #Yhdysvallat #USpol #politiikka
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Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America staff
Termination notices have been issued to more than 500 employees of VOA and its parent agency.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu (BBC News)
Macron's decision to recognize a Palestinian state in September angers Israel and the US
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Microsoft Confirms Recent Windows 11 24H2 Security Update Not Causing SSD/HDD Failures
Microsoft has officially addressed growing concerns among Windows 11 users, stating that its August 2025 security update for version 24H2 is not responsible for the scattered reports of SSD and HDD failures that have recently surfaced on social media…Guru Baran (CybersecurityNews)
Wegen Meldestellen, Wahlausschlüssen und „Demokratieförderung“: Wie der Staat den Schein über die Volksherrschaft zu verlieren droht! » Dennis Riehle > News
Ob Orwell damit rechnen konnte, dass jene Fiktion von 1984 rund vier Dekaden später in Deutschland derart authentisch, hautnah und nahezu 1:1 Wirklichkeit wird, wie er die imaginierten Zustände trefflich klar in seinem Roman umschrieb?Dennis Riehle (Dennis Riehle > News | Meinungsblog zu Politik, Gesellschaft und Zeitgeist)
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The post Entlassen, weil sie nicht genderte – Gericht erklärt Kündigung für ungültig appeared first on Apollo News. #news #press
Entlassen, weil sie nicht genderte - Gericht erklärt Kündigung für ungültig - Apollo News
Eine Mitarbeiterin des Bundesamtes für Seeschiffahrt genderte einen Text nicht. Sie wurde entlassen. Das Gericht entschied, dass die Kündigung ungültig ist.Marie Rahenbrock (Apollo News)
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Appealing the ban of user friendlysock
I noticed yesterday that the user @friendlysock had been banned.
I don’t know friendlysock personally and am not even sure I’ve ever interacted with them on here, but I was surprised to see that their account had been banned because I find their contributions substantive and interesting. Checking their profile, I see that they’ve been a member for 11 years and contributed thousands of comments and stories.
Here is the conversation that led to the ban. It appeared in a subthread about a project’s choice of mascot. I’ve slightly adjusted whitespace and elided extraneous text. I’m editing out names of the other users, as I don’t want to drag additional people into the discussion:
Root comment: On a personal note: a bit weird to see the “art”, I wish this project was more neutral. Some people like odd things, and that is fine. But doesn’t have to be the loading screen for a whole bunch of websites[…]Other commenter: I truly do not understand this. Every company has a logo; many have mascots[…] What’s different about [project author]’s anthropomorphic jackal?
Project author: TBH I’m pretty sure it’s because I’m transgender and people are trying to use anything they can to discredit me because of it.
friendlysock: It’s pretty obvious to me: it’s a weird anime girl mascot that’s coded as underage. Such a mascot is, at best, usually totally different design-wise than whatever is behind [project].
(archived, as the original was removed by mods)
One of the mods responded to the comment. The response is too long to quote here, but they made several claims that surprised me:
- There’s “clear intent” that friendlysock’s “‘coded as underage’ wording is a veiled insinuation of pedophilia.”
- Saying the project mascot is “coded as underage” nearly rises to the level of the mod team having to notify law enforcement.
- friendlysock’s comment makes it “clear” that “[they] don’t like the art or the person who commissioned it.”
The moderator told friendlysock that the mod team reached consensus that friendlysock “need[s] to apologize to [project maintainer] so that we can all move on from this.” friendlysock did not apologize, and they were subsequently banned.
My understanding of friendlysock’s comment was that they weren’t personally taking issue with the mascot but rather pointing out why others might object to it independent of the maintainer’s gender identity. I find friendlysock’s claim credible, as I also think a large percentage of adults might find the mascot objectionable/unprofessional even if they knew nothing about who commissioned or created it.
To me, friendlysock’s comment is similar to someone saying, “I could have predicted the negative reaction to Cracker Barrel’s new logo.” It doesn’t mean that the speaker personally has a problem with it; they’re predicting the average person’s response.
I understand that bigots attack marginalized groups by making insinuations about their art, but I don’t see evidence that friendlysock was doing that here. Just two weeks ago, friendlysock defended the right of Lobsters authors to include art that some might find objectionable:
Other authors here that are widely regarded have festooned technical content with all manner of furry art, lifestyle markers, and so forth–and yet we giggle or grit our collective teeth (to each their own), look past their chosen adornments, and engage with their technical content. You know, like functioning adults.
Could the mod team give this decision a second look?
I appreciate the mod team’s work and respect their decisions, so I’m not trying to attack the mods. This just seems like a very harsh punishment to a longtime member, who, as far as I know is otherwise in good standing. Is there another path here?
Edit: I previously described the moderators suggestion as an “ultimatum,” but @gerikson corrected me that there’s no evidence of an ultimatum. I’ve updated above to directly quote the mod feedback rather than potentially mischaracterize it.
Trump inherited an economy that was the envy of the developed world, one Biden's team navigated through post-pandemic inflation better than almost anyone.
In just a few months, Trump has torched it—simply because he takes pleasure in destroying his predecessor’s accomplishments. trib.al/uXVFv1Y
The Trump Recession Is Coming
The president’s assault on the independence of the Federal Reserve is only the latest of several reckless economic actions that have put the country on the brink of economic disaster.The New Republic
Wer für Montag früh ein Meeting ansetzt, zu dem einige Teilnehmer über mehrere hundert Kilometer anreisen müssen, der schubst auch kleine Reiher in den Teich!
Ich bin dann heute Nachmittag wieder auf der Piste.
Euch einen schönen #Sonntag.
#Fotografie #Photography #Vögel #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon
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Plum harvest. Tree is full of fruit, completely mental this year. Picked 30kg just what's in reach without a ladder.
12h work day for the first half. Cake, preserve, jam, compote. To be repeated tomorrow. 🙄
#gardening
This was parked in front of our hotel yesterday. Apparently, it's a Vietnamese electric car called the VinFast VF 3.
It's very cheap to buy and will do 100 km/h. But only for a short time, and only when the battery is full 😁.
Seats four despite being absolutely tiny.
I've been saying we need to stop buying the biggest cars we can afford, and instead buy the smallest that will suffice. For many people, this could be that.
I hope its not rowing. I remember last time they had a big rowing event there and pretty much anyone NOT from OKC area got sick from water.🤮
Hell I used to drive my 4x4 jeep all through the same river not 2 miles downstream from the rowing center. 😎
yes i carry my copy of Move Slowly And Build Bridges: Mastodon, The Fediverse, And The Struggle For Democratic Social Media everywhere with me so i can show it to peeps and be like "look! i was in a book!!!" lmao
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"If you are new to bat surveys and living in a UK city, NightWatch is perfect for you. No experience or previous knowledge is required!"
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NightWatch Survey - Passive acoustic surveys - Bat Conservation Trust
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All clothes and shoes £2 on Saturdays and Sundays in August
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So coole Ideen... Vor allem die Nr. 14 😎 Das voting wird schwer!
https://www.tallinn.ee/en/citycreatedtogether/kesklinn-created-together#Täiskasvanud
Kesklinn, created together
As part of the “Co-created City” 2025 call for ideas, a total of 83 proposals were submitted in Kesklinn. Of these, 48 ideas were forwarded by the evaluation committee for public discussion, while 35 ideas were excluded from further consideration.Lea Vutt (City Created Together)
🎂 Damm my bday be sneaking up on me, 5 days aaa! 🍰😳
If anyone had wanted to draw my bby boi Cheddar, here's his ref! Or wanted to get me anything I do have a throne wishlist ❤️
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Also doing a mini (no timer) subathon with sub goals! Will be on August the 6th!
#furry #art #FurryArt #FurryFandom #artist #fyp
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Mikähän parku alkaa huomenna #KD:n ja persujen taholta, kun #Valtonen on näemmä eilen sanonut, että #Suomi on avoin #EU:n ja Israelin kauppasopimuksen jäädyttämiselle?
Sinänsä yllättävää, ettei vielä ole huudettu - ainakaan niin kovaa, että media olisi reagoinut.
#Israel #Gaza #Palestiina #palestiinalaiset #kansanmurha #sotarikokset #politiikka #ulpo #ElinaValtonen #hallitus #sinimustahallitus #persut #KristillinenSionismi #sionismi
Ulkoministeri Valtonen: Suomi avoin EU:n ja Israelin välisen sopimuksen jäädyttämiseen
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.STT (Yle Uutiset)
The “hat-snatcher” was identified as Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek, owner of paving company “Drogbruk”.
Glad to see a positive resolution so quickly!
Ne mai più saremo liberi dalle spietate fronde, giacinto mio, che galleggi tra l’onde
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#piante #vegetazione #invasioni #diffusione #specie #problemi #ecologia #ambienti #clima #acqua #giacinto #fiori #foglie #navigazione #fiumi #laghi #biologia #importazione #società #leggende #diserbante #proliferazione
Ne mai più saremo liberi dalle spietate fronde, giacinto mio, che galleggi tra l'onde - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
In una foto recentemente diventata celebre online, scattata nel parco naturale di Kaziranga, in Assam, un’elefantessa indiana sembra incedere col proprio fanciulletto in un verdeggiante prato punteggiato di attraenti fiori viola.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Two concerts from Budapest: piano music with Szabó, Haydn, Bach with Benedí and more - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Two concerts: FIRST: Marcell Szabó, piano, plays: BARTÓK: Suite op.14. DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque. BARTÓK: Little Suite/ Romanian Folk Dances. CHOPIN: Three Mazurkas: in F sharp minor op. 6/1/ in C sharp minor op. 6/2/ in A minor...www.worldconcerthall.com
Ne mai più saremo liberi dalle spietate fronde, giacinto mio, che galleggi tra l'onde - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Ne mai più saremo liberi dalle spietate fronde, giacinto mio, che galleggi tra l'onde - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
In una foto recentemente diventata celebre online, scattata nel parco naturale di Kaziranga, in Assam, un’elefantessa indiana sembra incedere col proprio fanciulletto in un verdeggiante prato punteggiato di attraenti fiori viola.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
中国の製造業活動、８月も縮小－米との関税休戦の恩恵打ち消す – Bloomberg
中国の製造業活動は、８月に再び縮小となった。政府による価格競争への取り締まりが生産を抑制し、米国との関税休戦の延長を通じた恩恵を打ち消す形となった。WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
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Texas school districts update library policies under new state law
The El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) Board of Trustees has approved updates to its library policies in response to a new state law.Mark Baugh (KFOX)
The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart
![[Linus] playing his instrument](https://poliverso.org/photo/link/339449 "[Linus] playing his instrument")
While we have nothing against other 1980s 8-bit machines, the Commodore 64 has always been something special. A case in point: another new instrument using the C-64 and its beloved SID chip. Not just new to retrocomputing, either, but new entirely. [Linus Åkesson] has invented the QWERTY Theremin, and there’s a Commodore at its core.
If this project sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because it’s based off of the C-64 Theremin [Linus] built a couple of years back. According to [Linus], there were a few issues with the instrument. A real thereminist told him there were issues with the volume response; his own experience taught him that theremins are very, very hard to play for the uninitiated.
This model fixes both problems: first, the volume circuit now includes a pair of digital-analog-converters (DACs) connected to the Commodore’s user port, allowing smooth and responsive volume control.In this case the DAC is being used solely for volume control: SID provides the analog reference voltage, while the 12-bit digital input served as volume control. That proved noisy, however, thanks to the DC bias voltage of the audio output being scaled by the DAC even when the SID was silent. A second DAC was the answer, providing a signal to cancel out the scaled bias voltage. That in and of itself is a clever hack.
The biggest change is that this instrument no longer plays like a theremin. Pitch has been taken out of the 555-based antenna circuit entirely; while vertical distance from the spoon-antenna still controls volume as in a regular theremin and the last version, the horizontal distance from the second antenna (still a clamp) now controls vibrato. Pitch is now controlled by the QWERTY keyboard. That’s a much easier arrangement for [Linus] — this isn’t his first chiptune QWERTY instrument, after all.
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Desperado (1995) on VHS.
The film that launched Antonio Banderas into Hollywood stardom—and he does it with pure swagger.
Back in the day, people drew comparisons to Pulp Fiction. Sure, Tarantino shows up in a cameo, and Rodriguez would go on to collaborate with him plenty. But this movie carves out its own identity.
Nothing beats the sight of a lone mariachi with a guitar case full of firepower. Wall-to-wall shootouts, slick style, and a soundtrack that absolutely smolders.
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Target NY Times Editor over Biased Gaza Coverage
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pro-Palestinian activists splattered red paint and wrote slogans outside the Manhattan residence of New York Times executive editor Joseph Kahn, denouncing the newspaper’s biased coverage of Israel’s assault on Gaza.Tasnim News Agency
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