Invisibility. Dematerialization. Outsourcing of harm. The chips are hiding in plain sight. In our toys, in our clothes, in our shoes, in every aspect of our lives. Invisible. And after ultra-short lives, the e-waste becomes even more invisible to the Global North consumer as it is dumped in the Global South to poison the poor and the destitute.
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Hewitt plays Bach's 'Goldberg Variations' in Highland Park - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Ravinia Festival. Angela Hewitt, piano, plays: BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Recorded 11 June....www.worldconcerthall.com
(August 2025)
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#Zebras, #Grevy_Zebras, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
Ukraine counting on strong G20 stance against Russia's attempts to prolong war — Zelensky
Ukraine expects the G20 countries to take a strong and united position regarding Russia's attempts to drag out the war. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Sierra de Ayllón por el barranco del Picazuelo.
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#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #montañas #mountains #SierraDeAyllón #Valdesotos #Guadalajara
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
L’arte di raccontare sé stessi: Carla Lonzi e le immagini
Nel contesto della Mostra del cinema di Venezia, nello spazio di Isola Edipo, un incontro su una delle figure cardine del femminismo italiano. La ... Scopri di più!Elvira Del Guercio (Domani)
Tudor: "Macché scudetto, ma ho una squadra vera. Mercato? Vediamo che succede..."
https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/31-08-2025/tudor-dopo-genoa-juve-0-1-vittoria-meritatissima-scudetto-macche.shtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tudor: "Macché scudetto, ma ho una squadra vera. Mercato? Vediamo che succede..."
Il tecnico juventino si gode il secondo successo consecutivo, che conferma la sua squadra a punteggio pieno: "Vittoria meritatissima"Fabio Russo (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women - Slashdot
"A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack — doesn't benefit the vast majority of patients," reports CNN.science.slashdot.org
Serie B, Samp horror: il Sudtirol ne fa tre in mezzora. Pari tra Carrarese e Padova
https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-B/31-08-2025/serie-b-i-risultati-sudtirol-sampdoria-3-1-carrarese-padova-0-0.shtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Serie B, Samp horror: il Sudtirol ne fa tre in mezzora. Pari tra Carrarese e Padova
Si chiude la seconda giornata di B. Nelle gare delle 19 prima vittoria per Castori: blucerchiati ancora a quota zero punti. Nessun gol nell'altra sfida pomeridianaFrancesco Albanesi (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Ex-piloto de F1 é preso em SP por conduzir carro de luxo com queixa de apropriação indébita - Gazeta Brasil-
A Polícia Militar de São Paulo prendeu na madrugada deste domingo (31) o ex-piloto de Fórmula 1 Tarso Marques por conduzir um veículo de luxo com queixa deGazeta Brasil
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
Zelensky: Ukraine actively defending positions along frontline
Ukrainian forces are actively defending their positions across all key sectors of the frontline, particularly on the Donetsk front. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Samsung's Taylor Facility Is Back on Track as the Korean Giant Resumes Investments to Build Cutting-Edge 2nm Production Lines
Samsung’s Taylor Facility Is Back on Track as the Korean Giant Resumes Investments to Build Cuttin…
Samsung is pushing the pedal for manufacturing in America, as the Korean giant resumes investments into its Taylor facility.Wccftech
A quotation from Gordon Hewart
Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice.
Gordon Hewart (1870-1943) British politician and jurist; Lord Chief Justice of England (1922-1940)
Rex v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy, [1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] EWHC KB 1, [1924] KB 256 (1923-11-09) [unanimous decision]
More info about this quote: wist.info/hewart-gordon/78692/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gordonhewart #abovesuspicion #impropriety #justice #justicesystem #legalsystem #reproach #standards #transparency
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Ma stasera c'è qualcosa di particolarmente succoso in TV, tipo il funerale di Trump, o siete già tutti a letto per prepararvi alla ripresa del lavoro?
C'è meno movimento del solito!
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'„Je vindt het erg voor me, maar zodra jij jezelf discomfort moet laten voelen, vertik je het gewoon om me bij te staan.” Toen haar jeugdtrauma bovenkwam, voelde Rinke Verkerk zich opnieuw „in de steek gelaten”, deze keer door de omstanders.'
#HetUur Journalist Rinke Verkerk: ‘Omstanders zijn degenen die het geweld in stand houden’ | Het Uur
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What is the best website to sell #photos? This question is more for actual photos, not just digital downloads #photography #colorphotography #blackwhitephotography #Outdoors #Monochrome #teampixel #streetphotography #photographyart #artgallery #photo #wonderlust #travellife #citylife #ThePhotoHour #EastCoastKin #GetOutside
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I consider myself to be an artist in the making, discover my artistic journey, and follow my passion for the art of photography on myfotolife.comLeonidas (MYFOTOLIFE)
I NEED ZINES!
I am an advisor to a college creative writing club, and I want to present some #zines to the students so they get a sense of the potential as a way to share their writing. If you have a zine you are cool with me printing up or sharing with them, please let me know. Drop a link!
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Ygdrasil is the first online literary journal, first published in 1993.
You might find the editor on Facebook and at Academia.edu.
Chicago launches resistance campaign as Trump threatens to send troops
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/31/chicago-trump-military-deployment/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Local @local-WashPost
Video: #Zelensky nightly address
"2 weeks ago in Washington, it was stated that by this time Russians should be ready for real negotiations — a meeting at the leaders’ level. #Ukraine is definitely ready for this. But the only thing Russia is doing is investing further in war. All their signals point to that"
Addresses SCO summit in #China - Participants want ceasefire
"The only one who wants this war is Russia. That is why pressure on Russia must continue"
mostly fearless
A series of photos looking at gentrification.
The photos were shown today at the #photopicnic with the @BlaueAmpel in the Mauerpark, #Berlin.
F-Droid site certificate expired
Link: gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-websi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Site certificates expired "Your connection isn't private" (#883) · Issues · F-Droid / Website · GitLab
I got error when access f-droid.org on Edge and ChromeGitLab
Wheels Int Lakes
Popped into the really great local car show, couldn't do aerial unfortunately due to weather but played dodge the rain to get ground shots.
Very eclectic mix of cars giving a brilliant range to shoot.
Lots more to come!
Lens: Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD on a Fujifilm X-T30
@wheelsintlakes
www.wheelsintlakes.co.uk
(Happy to send images to owners, please DM)
#photography #photographer #carphotography
#cars #carshow #classiccars #customcars #japanesecars #racecars #ratrods #volkswagen #opel #toyota #mustang #ford #volvo
Lutadores de Street Fighter 6 recebem novas cores de Monster Hunter Wilds
https://www.adrenaline.com.br/games/lutadores-de-street-fighter-6-recebem-novas-cores-de-monster-hunter-wilds/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Mais de 50% da renda da NVIDIA veio de apenas três empresas
https://www.adrenaline.com.br/nvidia/mais-de-50-da-renda-da-nvidia-veio-de-apenas-tres-empresas/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Zouden Zeeuwen en Limburgers warmlopen voor een partij uit Friesland? - Chris Aalberts
De Friese Nationale Partij (FNP) wil meedoen aan de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Deze regionale partij is al decennialang actief in de Friese Provinciale Staten, het waterschap en meerdere gemeenten. Nu wil men de overstap maken naar Den Haag.Chris Aalberts
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The first evidence of a take-off in solar in Africa | Ember
There has been a major pick-up in solar panel imports into Africa over the last 12 months - a shift that is likely to impact almost every country on the continent.Ember
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Aug-29: Oude ScootMobiel
Het is alweer even geleden dat ik op m’n locale looprondje 2 oude ‘scootmobielen’ zag. In die tijd werden deze zitbrommertjes driewielers genoemd.ximaar
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“3rd Degree Road Burn” by POPDeFECT (1991) – 7” 33RPM EP.
Surf-splashed garage punk at its rawest. It kicks off with an instrumental cover of The Association’s Windy—and believe me, it tears the original to shreds. From there, it’s a blitz of snarling, guitar-driven cuts that somehow still sound fresh three decades later.
But the real treat isn’t just the music. This little EP comes in a plain white sleeve, hiding a 16-page picture book chronicling the band’s glorious chaos. And the record? Pressed on a dark marble beige slab that looks as gritty as it sounds.
Mass Protests Against Israel Erupt at Venice Film Festival
Thousands of demonstrators rallied on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, shifting global attention from cinema to the devastation in Gaza, where more than 63,000 people have been killed in the Israeli regime’s genocide since Octob…iranpress.com
Can we all just agree? Trump is dead. And even if he isn't dead, he's dead. No one has seen him. He hasn't made any public appearances. He hasn't tweeted anything (and even if he has, it was someone else).
What I'm trying to say is I need to see his long form life certificate. Why won't dead Trump release his long form proof of life certificate?
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Stiffing the National guard out of full pay
Following a typical business practice to avoid paying workers, the Trump administration is deploying National Guard troops for 29 instead of 30 days. 😠
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'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers
Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.David McAfee (Raw Story)
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I've just booked my flight to Barcelona 🏖️ It will be a wonderful time with amazing people 🤗 #djangoonthemed #django #sprint #python
Lemmy.zip Server Update September 2025
Hello all,
Welcome to Lemmy.zip's September update! How time flies eh?!
This month is pretty important update, so I will be sending it out to everyone via the bot too (sorry in advance!).
Server Updates
Error 451 (Unavailable for Legal Reasons)
Many of you will have seen all of our images were taken down on August 28th due to Cloudflare restricting access via their automated CSAM scanning tool. The most important thing is that this was a false positive, there was no CSAM involved.
Unfortunately, Cloudflare did this by pattern matching all requests to https://i.lemmy.zip/api/v3/image_proxy - which is all of our proxied images, instead of one particular image. This in effect took down any image we don't host locally or is served by the proxy, so almost all of them. Some things like community icons are served via https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/ rather than the proxy, but this is relatively few things these days - so for a short period most images just failed!
So the obvious affect was that we couldn't serve any image via i.lemmy.zip as this would fall under the proxy and therefore be pattern matched by cloudflare and blocked. Not really what we want. So for now, we've swapped back to serving images directly via lemmy.zip, which bypasses the block (but reduces our capacity to cache things a little bit)
Despite the image being a false positive and me flagging this to cloudflare not long after the block, we are still waiting on them to review and remove the block, 4 days later. Not good. For now I've disabled the tool so it can't accidentally take down the whole site, but I will look for a way to prevent this happening again.
Thanks to everyone who messaged me or let me know what had happened!
Mod Tools update
Last month I talked about our Mod Tools and how this was a work in progress for community mods to be able to better manage their communities. I'm glad to say that this is now released in early alpha, and can be access via modtools.lemmy.zip. If you do try it out, I would appreciate any feedback via DM or in the Matrix chat. And thank you to the mods in the Matrix chat who helped me to debug and improve it so far 😀
(Please note, if you do use it, the OTP code can take a little while to be sent if Zippy is doing something else at the time you request it. Please be patient, especially if you try to use it within half an hour of this post being made, as Zippy will be busy annoying everyone with a link to this post!)
Current features are:
- Create, edit, and delete RSS feeds for your community
- Create, edit, and delete welcome messages for anyone subscribing to your community*
- Set and view scheduled posts for your community
- View the communities you currently moderate.
- View any giveaways you've set up**
*Currently subscribers from Piefed doesn't work but we are aware
**Can't create them via the UI yet but that is WIP.
I'll be doing a lot more work to this over the next few months to expand the features available to mods. I am also taking any requests 😀
IMPORTANT - Lemmy.zip Ownership Update
Lemmy.zip is now part of DotZip Ltd, a non-profit company set up to run and maintain the various .zip services we host (including Piefed.zip and Mastodon.zip).
What does this actually mean? In practice, it’s a way of putting into writing and into law my commitment that these sites will never be run for profit. Donations can only ever be used to cover the running costs of the services, and never for personal gain. This principle is written into the company’s memorandum and is legally binding.
DotZip Ltd is wholly owned by me, so I still ultimately own and manage the sites. But by taking this step, I want to show that we’re here for the long term and that I stand firmly by the ethos of the project.
Even if I bring someone in to run DotZip Ltd alongside me (Or I'm hit by a car tomorrow and someone else has to take over the running) this ensures that this ethos must continue. Long term too, there is an asset lock in place - this means that the site can't just be sold off for profit down the line.
I'm happy to answer any questions below. Just to be clear, I don't stand to gain anything from this (other than getting to put "Director" on my CV 😉) - I have just given myself more paperwork to do as a result. However the trade off for confirming that we're operating as fairly, transparently, and legitimately as possible, makes it totally worth it.
The company is registered in the UK with company number 16625751.
I have updated the legal stuff with this detail, and you can find the company details on the mini-site, dotzip.ltd. (I still have a lot of work to do on this!)
Please don't be a lurker!
If you’re new to Lemmy.zip - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here 😀
It really is true that the easiest way you can support Lemmy.zip is to actively engage with content here: upvoting content you enjoy, sharing your thoughts through posts and comments, sparking meaningful discussions, or even creating new communities that resonate with your interests.
It’s natural to see fluctuations in user activity over time, and we’ve seen this over the wider lemmy-verse for some time now. However, if you’ve found a home here and love this space, now is the perfect opportunity to help us thrive.
If you want to support us in a different way than financially, then actively interacting with the instance helps us out loads.
If you’ve gone to the trouble of creating an account, then come and be part of the Fediverse! Please don’t be a lurker! 😀
Donations
Lemmy.zip only continues to exist because of the generous donations of its users. The operating cost of Lemmy.zip is over 60 euros a month ($60, £50) and is mostly funded by the community!
We keep all the details around donations on our OpenCollective page, with full transparency around income and expenditure.
If you're enjoying Lemmy.zip, please check out the OpenCollective page, we have a selection of one-off or recurring donation options. All funds go directly to hosting the site and keeping the virtual lights on.
We've also put up a link to our Ko-Fi page where you can donate via paypal instead of using a card. All Ko-Fi donations will be totalled up and added to OpenCollective each month for transparency. I've added a link in the sidebar, but you can also click the image below to go there:
We continue to have some really kind and generous donators and I can't express my thanks enough.
You can see all the kind donators in the Thank You thread - you could get your name in there too!
Please remember, traditional social media is only "free" to you because they sell your data. We don't do that - if you want to support independent social websites like this one and you value your privacy, please consider a small donation. It really does help.
Graphs!
I know you skipped all the above and came straight here for the pretty pictures.
CPU use over last 30 days:
RAM over 30 days:
Lemmy DB growth:
Image storage:
Cloudflare stats over 30 days: (Yes, I swapped to dark mode)
Requests:
Bandwidth:
Visitors:
Country traffic:
So, that is it for this month.
Have a lovely September - before we know it, it'll be 2026 😱
Thanks
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The company is registered in the UK
Will the Online Safety Act affect us?
Thanks for the good work godrick!
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2025 China International Chemical Industry Fair (ICIF China 2025)
The 2025 China International Chemical Industry Fair (ICIF China 2025) will take place from September 17 to 19, 2025, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.China Business Forum
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in reply to Gerry McGovern • • •There should be options: wire insulation that breaks down with the right conditions or stripping machine, chips with a different plastic formula encapsulation. Figure it out!