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Venezuela Repatriates Over 500 Migrants From US Amid Tensions orinocotribune.com/venezuela-r…



Ancient DNA confirms Yersinia pestis caused the Justinian Plague—the first pandemic in history. Jerash’s Roman hippodrome became a mass grave, revealing a story that still resonates today. #Archaeology #AncientDNA #History #Pandemics anthropology.net/p/the-ghost-o…


@lopta asks:

Q7. I'm told that several countries have ceased mail delivery to the U.S. and that #USPS no longer offer guaranteed delivery outside the U.S. What are the likely implications for bike parts and your local bike shop?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

in reply to Phil (ascentale)

A7 #BikeNite It doesn't really affect me day-to-day being UK-based, but for thinking very carefully about buying anything from the US as a token protest move if nothing else. I actually ride a US-made frame and have had to point out that I bought it pre-Trump when questions get asked, and they do!



Lety Does the Grand Opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center


Let me transport you back in time to three months ago, on June 6th, a day when a bunch of terrible things were unfolding in Los Angeles that were kinda just derailing my entire day. And I decided, hey-- I'm not gonna let fascist thugs keep me from attending an event I'd been looking forward to for some time now.

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  • The LAX/Metro Transit Center


  • A very bad summary of the problems with transportation around LAX
    • And as promised, some better summaries of the problems with transportation around LAX can be found , here, and


  • All the succulents~!
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And finished my lunch adventure

Great lunch

Company was delightful

Now to get home ... It's a two bus trip

Let's hope the road closures are open

Hugz & xXx




Okay fedi-tool-hive-mind, here's a tool what-is-it puzzle? [SOLVED: They are toolmaker's buttons.]

This is a box of tools that are used to measure internal diameters. Examples are the two items on either side of the central piece with four cylinders.

It's the blued piece with four cylinders of different lengths that I have no clue what it is?...Thoughts?

#FediHelp #Tools

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The company name is covered in both the pictures. Maybe it could help.


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bsd-user-4-linux Lets FreeBSD Binaries Run Unmodified On Linux lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Moviescape: Run, Fatboy, Run (2115) moviescape.blog/2025/08/30/run…

#Blog

#blog


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LIVE: Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza City, forcing families to flee | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20…

Thus far, the only country I know of that has done anything meaningful, is Turkey. The rest will go down in infamy.

- Israeli forces bomb tents in central Gaza
- Deaths, injuries as Israeli forces bomb Gaza City
- WATCH: ‘Mayhem and chaos’ in Gaza City as Israeli attacks intensify
(Please watch the vid)

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine




Mosca, nella notte abbattuti 21 droni ucraini, feriti tre civili - Europa - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/europa/2025/08/31/mosca-nella-notte-abbattuti-21-droni-ucraini-feriti-tre-civili_5da4d6be-cc59-4b9e-b294-d7f286135b46.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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all trans people make me happy :blobcathearts: except the mean ones, only i get to be mean


The guy who owns Gristedes threatening to close or sell all the stores if Mamdani starts operating publicly-owned grocery stores is so goofy.

Like yes, please, sell off your stores (which are the source of your income) even though they're profitable. This capricious lack of public accountability by necessary public services is literally exactly the problem Mamdani is trying to solve.



[the invention of religion]

“Quick! Hold this foreskin! No time to explain”





‼️🇺🇦Ukrainian border guards obliterate Russian equipment, dozens of invaders on Kramatorsk front (VIDEO and more) ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/40312… #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #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



The Devo documentary is great: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo_(fi… also, I had no idea they released this video for Beautiful World, and I can sure see why this didn't get any airplay on MTV back in 1981-1982! youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo…
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"Give the past the slip!" youtube.com/watch?v=j_QLzthSkf…
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"Mothersbaugh created the main riff in "Whip It" by taking the riff used in Roy Orbison's song "Oh, Pretty Woman" and changing the ending slightly." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_It_…


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This is an old cedar plank, used long ago to grill salmon on. I found it under the deck with these strange scallops out of the wood and "fiber” cocoon looking things. Even after all of the horror movies I watched as a kid I still leaned close and peeled one up to look inside. Maybe a beetle, but first impression was more of a large, annoyed wasp like thing that I quickly covered back up.
#insects


There's some important points here, although I do believe that workers' pension funds should direct their investments keeping in mind workers' welfare and interests
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Auto-enrolment: The quiet pension reform that could transform Europe’s economy
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/08/31/auto-enrolment-the-quiet-pension-reform-that-could-transform-europes-economy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Pig lung transplanted into a human

Link: sciencealert.com/pig-lung-tran…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…








Sagre e feste di paese, settembre 2025: le imperdibili da nord a sud
https://www.lacucinaitaliana.it/article/sagre-e-feste-di-paese-settembre-2025-le-imperdibili-da-nord-a-sud/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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A Gaza i giornalisti fanno testamento: la ricerca del futuro tra sfollamenti e bombe, editorialedomani.it/politica/m…, , Tutti i cronisti della Striscia sanno che potrebbero essere uccisi in qualsiasi momento. E intanto ci sono più di un milione di persone che si stanno spostando o sono in procinto di muoversi, ma nessuno è in grado di capire quali siano le aree sicure indicate da Israele




Pretty happy with today's result for procedural map: large central island + smaller ones, nice gentle shores, steep cliffs, hills, medium mountains, and huge snow-capped mountains 🥰

Water is temporary ofc, just to give some idea. I don't have actual water implemented yet 😅

And ofc stuff like forests, biomes, etc will happen, but not right now.

Btw, the main island is ~50km in length.

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

in reply to Nikita Lisitsa

The heightmap is based on just several layers of fractal perlin noise. Mountains are fractal ridged noise (= 1 - abs(2 * perlin() - 1)).

All computed with automatic derivatives using dual numbers, which I use to place stone/grass, etc.




#margate von @ThiloSeibt
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Bei dem #photopicnic der @BlaueAmpel zeige ich heute neue Fotografien zum #GesellschaftlicherWandel
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Gezeiten entstehen durch Mond, Sonne und der Erdrehung.
Zustände ändern sich mit Zeit.
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At the #photopicnic organised by @BlaueAmpel, I am showing new photographs on the theme of #changingsocieties
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Tides are caused by the moon, the sun and the Earth's rotation.
Conditions change over time.
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#photo #photographyisart #photography #exhibition #foto #fotografie


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The image shows a screenshot of a Wikipedia page about "Automatic quartz," a type of watch movement. At the top, there is a search bar with the text "Search Wikipedia" and a number "15" indicating the number of search results. Below the search bar, there is a close-up image of a watch back, showing the internal components labeled "Pinion," "Gear," and "Pendulum." The watch is made of stainless steel, as indicated by the text "Stainless Steel" on the back. The Wikipedia article explains that automatic quartz movements combine a self-winding rotor mechanism with a piezoelectric quartz crystal to generate electricity, aiming to provide the advantages of quartz without the inconvenience and environmental impact of batteries. The article mentions that several manufacturers employ this technique. At the bottom of the screen, there are navigation options including "Save," "Language," "Find in article," "Theme," and "Contents."

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Accidentally “invented" solution to the age old problem of round shoelaces untying themselves.



Second multiparter in the #wss366 hashtag for today's word ("bond") is @stevendbrewer, with a 3-parter. Aimee turns up the heat on Rory, but he's saved by the bell. First part linked below:

wandering.shop/@stevendbrewer/…




For the record, you do not need to convince me that #Hamas and Hamas supporters have bad intentions. I already know that.

You need to convince me that the government of #Israel has _good_ intentions.

in reply to Jürgen Hubert

After Oct 7, the Israelis stopped listening to anyone on the subject of Hamas.

I don't need convincing that Israel has behaved abominably. There's a bit of Genesis 4: The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

We would like to get past the Hamas death cult and get on to the Israeli genocide - but the Israelis stopped caring on Oct 7. Hamas oppresses the Palestinians, too.



Biblically accurate Furby #DragonCon #DragonCon2025
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#quote
“ #Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong: it lies. Language used as an end in itself, to sing a poem or tell a story, goes right, goes towards the truth. A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”
~ Ursula K. Le Guin

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grammar(n.)

late 14c., "Latin grammar, rules of Latin," from Old French gramaire "grammar; learning," especially Latin and philology, also "(magic) incantation, spells,


mumbo-jumbo" (12c., Modern French grammaire), an "irregular semi-popular adoption" [OED, 2nd ed. 1989] of Latin grammatica "grammar, philology," perhaps via an unrecorded Medieval Latin form *grammaria.

The classical Latin word is from Greek grammatike (tekhnē) "(art) of letters," referring both to philology and to literature in the broadest sense, fem. of grammatikos (adj.) "pertaining to or versed in letters or learning," from gramma "letter" (see -gram). An Old English gloss of it was stæfcræft (see staff (n.)).

A much broader word in Latin and Greek; restriction of the meaning to "systematic account of the rules and usages of language" is a post-classical development.

Until 16c. limited to Latin; in reference to English usage by late 16c., thence "rules of a language to which speakers and writers must conform" (1580s). The meaning "a treatise on grammar" is from 1520s.

For the "magic" sense, compare gramary. The evolution is characteristic of the Dark Ages: "learning in general, knowledge peculiar to the learned classes," which included astrology and magic; hence the secondary meaning of "occult knowledge" (late 15c. in English), which evolved in Scottish into glamour (q.v.).

A grammar-school (late 14c.) originally was a school for learning Latin, which was begun by memorizing the grammar. In U.S. (1842) the term was put to use in the graded system for a school between primary and secondary where English grammar is one of the subjects taught.

The word is attested earlier in surnames (late 12c.) such as Robertus Gramaticus, Richard le Gramarie, whence the modern surname Grammer.

etymonline.com/word/grammar

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words are but magic spells
innnerstand and overcome the belief systems that separate


Sfavillio dell'esplosione del carburante per missili ucraini a Pavlograd
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To see the stars.


Location: w3w.co/beeline.sprays.grinned
-35.318604, 149.00907

Some shots taken today around Mt. Stromlo Observatory in Canberra. A mix of working telescopes and technology in ruins after the firestorm of 2003.

#Australia #blackAndWhite #Canberra #photography

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Zwentner: The Future Arrived Quietly While You Were Resting zwentner.com/the-future-arrive…

#Blog

#blog


Das Kommunistische Manifest als Handreichung für die Regierung? Die SPD über Dukatenesel, Geldbäume und Mehrarbeit für „die Deutschen“! riehle-news.de/das-kommunistis… Die Diskussion darüber, wie der Sozialstaat in Deutschland zukunftsfest gemacht werden kann, geht auch nach dem Ende der politischen Sommerpause weiter. Und es zeichnet sich ein massiver Angriff auf


Craig Jones Invitational 2 — Risultati della prima serata (30 agosto 2025)


Craig Jones Invitational?2 è un evento di grappling organizzato da Craig Jones il 30 agosto?2025 presso il Thomas & Mack Center di Las Vegas, Nevada, Stati Uniti. Si tratta della seconda edizione del torneo, adotta un formato a squadre ispirato a Quintet,

Craig Jones Invitational?2 è un evento di grappling organizzato da Craig Jones il 30 agosto?2025 presso il Thomas & Mack Center di Las Vegas, Nevada, Stati Uniti. Si tratta della seconda edizione del torneo, adotta un formato a squadre ispirato a Quintet, con otto team composti ciascuno da cinque lottatori di pesi differenti in gara per un montepremi complessivo di 1?milione di dollari. In contemporanea, si tiene un torneo femminile openweight con montepremi di 100?000?$.

Il video della prima giornata


Ho scoperto che la live sarà in chiaro e poi ci sarà un paywall (abbonamento a FloGrappling)

youtube.com/watch?v=62hdEjhpgF…

Main Card (primo turno torneo a squadre)
New Wave vs Team Americas


  • Pat Downey vs. Luke Griffith — pareggio
  • Elijah Dorsey vs. Vagner Rocha — pareggio
  • Giancarlo Bodoni finalizza Gavin Corbe (rear-naked choke)
  • Taylor Pearman finalizza Giancarlo Bodoni (heel hook)
  • Taylor Pearman vs. Dorian Olivarez — pareggio
  • Deandre Corbe vs. Mica Galvao — pareggio

New Wave vince su Team Americas per decisione unanime (40–36, 39–37, 39–36)

Bodono fa un “brazilian tap” sulla gamba di Taylor Pearman. Dopo un attimo di controversia l’incontro viene comunque interrotto e la vittoria assegnata. A fine match si becca anche una barcata di fischi.

Notevole anche il match di Deandre Corbe vs Mica Galvao


Atos vs Team Europe


  • Pawel Jaworski vs. Lucas Barbosa — pareggio
  • Charles Negromonte vs. Ronaldo Junior — pareggio
  • Owen Jones vs. Kaynan Duarte — pareggio
  • Marcin Maciulewicz vs. Felipe Pena — pareggio
  • Paul Ardila vs. Diego Pato — pareggio

Atos vince su Team Europe per decisione unanime (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)


10th Planet vs Team Australasia


  • Lucas Kanard vs. PJ Barch — pareggio
  • Declan Moody vs. Ryan Aitken — pareggio
  • Fabricio Andrey vs. Alan Sanchez — pareggio
  • Belal Etiabari finalizza Geo Martinez (ankle lock)
  • Kyle Boehm finalizza Belal Etiabari (heel hook)
  • Kyle Boehm vs. Kenta Iwamoto — pareggio

Team Australasia vince su 10th Planet per decisione unanime (40–36, 40–36, 40–36)

Un altro caso di Brazilian Tap, Geo Martinez batte leggermente sul ginocchio di Belal.


B-Team vs Daisy Fresh


  • Max Hanson (Daisy Fresh) vs. Jozef Chen (B-Team) – pareggio
  • Nick Rodriguez (B-Team) finalizza Brandon Reed (Daisy Fresh) – submission (rear-naked choke)
  • Nick Rodriguez (B-Team) vs. Michael Pixley (Daisy Fresh) – pareggio
  • Jacob Couch (Daisy Fresh) vs. Chris Wojcik (B-Team) – Pareggio
  • Victor Hugo (B-Team) vs. Dante Leon (Daisy Fresh) – draw

B-Team vince su Daisy Fresh

Torneo femminile — Semifinali


  • Helena Crevar vince su Adele Fornarino via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Sarah Galvao vince su Ana Carolina Vieira per decisione unanima (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)

Contesto aggiuntivo


  • La finale del torneo a squadre, le finali del torneo femminile e il superfight tra Craig Jones e Chael Sonnen sono programmati per il giorno successivo, 31 agosto?2025
  • Il superfight originario contro Gable Steveson è stato annullato a causa di un infortunio al piede (turf toe) di Steveson, sostituito all’ultimo minuto da Chael Sonnen

Riepilogo rapido
DivisioneRisultati principali
Torneo a squadreNew Wave, Atos, Australasia avanzano; risultato B?Team vs Daisy Fresh ignoto
Torneo femminileSemifinali disputate; vincitrici non ancora note
SuperfightCraig Jones vs Chael Sonnen confermato per il 31 agosto
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I watch anime cuz I like mature animation that doesn't rely on crude jokes or existentialism to draw in a crowd older than 15.

I've got nothing against stuff like Rick and Morty, KotH, or Archer, but it does get tiring.
(although KotH is definitely the least guilty of this trend)




Undersec, la sicurezza portuale in mano a Israele. Il ruolo di Ravenna e dei partner altreconomia.it/undersec-la-si… #Attualità #undersec #israele #ravenna


Die Dienstpflicht und die Berliner Salami-Taktik apollo-news.net/die-dienstpfli… Es musste so kommen. Erinnern wir uns an Friedrich Merz‘ großes Schuldenbremsen-Manöver, als er mal soeben mit seinen eigenen Wahlversprechen ...
The post Die Dienstpflicht und die Berliner Salami-Taktik appeared first on Apollo News. #news #press


Ho sempre apprezzato atletə in grado di competere in più eventi del proprio sport.
La combinata sugli sci (nordica con fondo e salto, alpina con discesa e slalom), il triathlon (nuoto, ciclismo, corsa), l'eptathlon e il decathlon dell'atletica, in qualche modo anche i grandi tour del ciclismo con tappe molto diverse tra loro...

In un mondo in cui bisogna essere iper-specializzati per avere successo, queste discipline ci ricordano che saper fare (almeno) bene più cose non è un difetto, anzi!



All those years of listening to Kurzweil talk about the Singularity, and I never thought it would manifest itself in the form of machine-reprocessed junk drowning out human-created content. It’s not that the machines are getting smarter, not at all, but the humans are making themselves dumber by becoming dependent on output of algorithms that cannot be prevented from making mistakes at high speed and that are optimized to present their errors with increasing verisimilitude, but still wrong.


“We are now witnessing a frightening attack on history — an ongoing effort to rewrite, and to whitewash, the complicated story of the United States of America.

“In recent months, many organizations dedicated to exhibiting, protecting, documenting, and archiving the multidimensional narratives of our country’s history have faced threats to their funding, and to their independence.”

An Unfinished Atlas consists of essays by authors of color, each of whom has been asked to select a place — intimately known or not; famous or minor; historical or contemporary— and to write this place into the record of the continent we now call North America.

[via Places Journal]

placesjournal.org/series/an-un…

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