Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
Wonderful series of medieval cosmographic diagrams and schemas sourced from a late 12th-century English manuscript.The Public Domain Review
Munich 12/2024
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#cycling #roadbike #riding #classic #steelisteal #vicini #pentaxmx #kodak200 #analog #filmphotography #ishootfilm #filmisnotdead #35mm
My first #suntember #sparctember post is this #sunray1g that was sold at #vcfw2025 a couple of weeks ago
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#siliconValley #SillyValley
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Formaggi, l'Italia supera la Germania per l'export
https://www.lastampa.it/il-gusto/2025/09/01/news/formaggi_l_italia_supera_la_germania_per_l_export-424819931/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Il Gusto @il-gusto-LaStampa
Formaggi, l'Italia supera la Germania per l'export
“Traguardo storico”, commenta il ministro Lollobrigida. La crescita delle esportazioni nel primo semestre porta il tricolore in prima posizione: +5% nei volumi…La Stampa
Regina Camilla, il racconto mai svelato: da ragazza fu vittima di un'aggressione sessuale
https://www.vanityfair.it/article/regina-camilla-vittima-aggressione-sessuale?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su I Royals @i-royals-VanityFairItaly
Regina Camilla, il racconto mai svelato: da ragazza fu vittima di un'aggressione sessuale
Successe su un treno diretto a Londra: un uomo iniziò a molestarla. Lei reagì togliendosi la scarpa e colpendolo con il tacco: seguì il consiglio ricevuto dalla madreMonica Coviello (Vanity Fair Italia)
💰 Il mondo della finanza sta scommettendo tutto sull'Intelligenza Artificiale - il futuro del denaro è digitale e intelligente! #FinTech #AI 🚀
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Il mondo della finanza sta andando all-in nell'Intelligenza Artificiale
Le principali aziende finanziarie valutano l'impatto dell'IA sui posti di lavoro, la riduzione dei costi e l'eliminazione del lavoro ripetitivo.Valerio Porcu (Tom's Hardware)
While we can all understand why people would want to disengage from the news (when we're living through such a hellish time), but when people do disengage, the Q. is how do they then form political views (because they will certainly still have them)?
Does this disengagement serve populists who offer simple (but often mistaken) 'solutions' to problems?
Does disengagement allow people to build views based on ethical grounds?
How worried should we be?
theguardian.com/society/ng-int…
Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’
Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidanceJosie Harvey (The Guardian)
La imagen muestra un texto escrito a mano en español sobre un fondo blanco. El texto dice: "Se necesitan días malos para saber quién es familia, quién es amigo y quién es tu verdadero amor." La letra es de color negro y está escrita en un estilo informal, con variaciones en la tinta y la presión de la pluma, lo que le da un aspecto personal y auténtico. El mensaje transmite una reflexión sobre la importancia de los momentos difíciles para discernir las verdaderas relaciones en la vida.
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Just released my latest #blog, titled "The Immutable Linux Paradox" which explores what makes an immutable Linux distribution, and how #Ubuntu Core approaches the challenge.
Immutable Linux distributions are gaining popularity due to their promises of resilience and security, with mainstream operating systems adopting similar principles.
This post explores how different Linux distributions achieve immutability, the trade-offs, and why you should give it a try!
Check it out on the Ubuntu Discourse: discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-imm…
The Immutable Linux Paradox
Immutable Linux distributions have been around since the early 2000s, but adoption has significantly accelerated in the last five years.Ubuntu Community Hub
Making Minecraft Spherical
Link: bowerbyte.com/posts/blocky-pla…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Blocky Planet — Making Minecraft Spherical
Discover the unique design challenges of creating a spherical planet out of Minecraft-like blocks.www.bowerbyte.com
Gabinete paralelo de Moraes usurpou funções, censurou a imprensa e violou a Constituição, afirmam juristas - Paulo Figueiredo
Escândalo revelado por Oeste expôs como o ministro do STF e seus assessores perseguiram opositores nas eleições de 2022 O escândalo da Vaza Toga expôs como funciona o gabinete paralelo chefiado pelo ministro Alexandre de Moraes, tanto no Supremo Trib…Mickaely Spakoski (Paulo Figueiredo)
Analyzing the script is made easy by adding remarks after lines of code, indicating the level of understanding
Of course I also have sense-emu.readthedocs.io/en/v1… docs open
#SBC #Raspberry #Pi5 #Pie5 #Pie #HAT #Sense #SenseHAT #Emu #Emulator #programming #python #opensource
The image shows a computer screen with multiple open windows, indicating a software development environment. The central window is titled "Sense HAT Emulator," displaying a detailed description of the emulator, including installation instructions, examples, and links to the library and documentation. The emulator interface features a graphical representation of the Sense HAT, with sliders for adjusting temperature, pressure, and orientation, and a joystick for interaction. The left window shows a terminal with code related to the Sense HAT, including a function named "rainbow" and a while loop. The right window displays a graphical interface for the emulator, with a color grid representing the Sense HAT's LED matrix and sliders for adjusting various sensor readings. The background of the screen includes a blurred image of a building and trees, suggesting a natural setting.
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Chrysotile vs Pectolite (planetary science edition)
Chrysotile, a member of the serpentine group, has been found in meteorites, for example in an aqueously altered fragment from the Almahata Sita meteorite together with amphiboles.
Pectolite occurs in the hydrothermally altered central uplift of the Manicouagan impact structure in Canada together with analcime, thompsonite, hematite, prehnite and anhydrite.
References in reply. Images from different localities.
#MinCup25 #Chrysotile #Pectolite
#hobbyfotografie #fotografie #fotografiadigital #photography #photonumerique
#inkscape #softwarelibre #gimp #darktable #torrdelmar #fotoxarco #axarquia
New Ukrainian installation at Burning Man in US rises from remains of storm-destroyed Black Cloud
The remains of the Black Cloud installation, recently destroyed by a dust storm, have been used to create the slogan “No Fate”. The new installation has become part of the Ukrainian camp at the Burning Man festival in the United States.Anastasiia Bolshakova (Ukrainska Pravda)
paroledanimaux.fr/agenda-mardi…
"Les événements de la cause animale du mardi 2 septembre 2025
The post Agenda mardi 2 septembre 2025 appeared first on Parole d'Animaux."
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Gaza Flotilla, Salvini: "Missioni umanitarie benvenute, altro paio di maniche è caccia all'ebreo"
https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2025/09/01/video/salvini_gaza_sumud_flotilla_caccia_ebreo_missioni_umanitarie_tagliagole-15291261/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Gaza Flotilla, Salvini: "Missioni umanitarie benvenute, altro paio di maniche è caccia all'ebreo"
Il vicepremier e ministro di Infrastrutture e Trasporti Matteo Salvini ha commentato così la partenza della Gaza Sumud Flotilla: "Vedo che ci sono …La Stampa
We are finally weeks, not months, away from having this beautiful time of year upon us again. 🍂🍁
#NYC #AltText #Photography #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media.
Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are.
Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Dubai villa fetches $43.7 million in record resale
semafor.com/article/09/01/2025…
Dubai villa fetches $43.7 million in record resale
The city’s property market, which imploded in 2008, is not nearing another bubble, the developer behind the project insisted.Prashant Rao (www.semafor.com)
anyone interested in a #permaculture course in #Leeds?
the course consists of 11 day sessions and 2 evening online sessions between September 2025 and May 2026.
Places are limited.
More information and booking form, or visit the website
#press #news #selfsustainability #GrowYourOwn #organic #FarmingWithNature #media
linktr.ee/LeedsPermacultureNet…
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Using permaculture to transform our local environment & living spacesLinktree
*Hacks into your account and likes all your own posts*
Hahaha... Get self-loved! 
The data that will convince me marriage makes women happier still does not exist.
slate.com/life/2025/08/happine…
American Women Aren’t Too Happy. I’m Just Not Convinced Marriage Is the Answer.
With all of these numbers, you really have to read the fine print.Haley Swenson (Slate)
Inter: Pavard passa all’Olympique Marsiglia, al suo posto arriva Akanji
https://www.lastampa.it/sport/2025/09/01/news/inter_pavard_via_arriva_akanji-15291243/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Inter: Pavard passa all’Olympique Marsiglia, al suo posto arriva Akanji
Discontinuità rispetto alle scelte che furono di InzaghiStefano Scacchi (La Stampa)
Nigeria Business Mood Stays Upbeat for Longest Run Since 2022
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/nigeria-business-mood-stays-upbeat-for-longest-run-in-three-years?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#art #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #photography #abstractphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #nyc
Rätt tungt uttalande som borde få västvärlden att reagera hårdare.
"Therefore, the International Association of Genocide Scholars:
Declares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948);"
11 Republican State AGs, file Texas lawsuit against BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street—of running “an investment cartel” to depress coal output
That came in November, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 10 other Republican AGs, accusing three of the biggest asset managers on Wall Street—BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street—of running “an investment cartel” to depress the output of coal and boosting their revenues while pushing up energy costs for Americans. The Trump administration’s Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission filed a supporting brief in May.
The overall pressure campaign aimed at what’s known as “ESG” is having an impact.
“Over the past several months, through this [lawsuit] and other things, letters from elected officials, state and federal, there has been a chilling effect of what investors are saying,” said Steven Maze Rothstein, chief program officer of Ceres, a nonprofit that advocates for more sustainable business practices and was among the earliest letter recipients. Still, “investors understand that Mother Nature doesn’t know who’s elected governor, attorney general, president.”
Earlier this month, a US District Court judge in Tyler, Texas, declined to dismiss the lawsuit against the three asset managers, though he did dismiss three of the 21 counts. The judge was not making a final decision in the case, only that there was enough evidence to go to trial.
Texas suit alleging anti-coal “cartel” of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG
It’s a closely watched test of whether corporate alliances on climate efforts violate antitrust laws.Inside Climate News (Ars Technica)
@news
eunews.it/2025/09/01/palestina…
Sottolineata l’importanza di continuare a supportare il popolo palestinese, in particolare i cittadini di Gaza City
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BBC News - Peak time rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains - BBC News
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Peak time rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains
Some routes will see fares fall by as much as 50% at busy times, but on others prices will be unchanged.Debbie Jackson (BBC News)
September 1st is Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, so here is a pic of Little Dork for you to appreciate. He may not be entirely ginger on the outside, but on the inside rest assured he is the gingerest of them all.
#GingerCatAppreciationDay #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #cat #Catstodon #Mastocats #Photography #StreetPhotography
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Richie e il suo maggiolino
🛑 Ha amato solo lui 🇬🇧 translation on site 👇
boomerissimo.it/2024/02/09/hap…
#boomerissimo #richiecunningham #happydays #maggiolino #volkswagen
Happy Days e il maggiolino: una storia da raccontare - Boomerissimo
Si può amare un oggetto? Forse amore è una parola troppo grossa, ma una certa forma di affetto di sicuro.Antonietta Terraglia (Boomerissimo)
US wine sellers left in limbo despite EU tariff deal
Michael Warner, co-founder of wine boutique DCanter, said importers and distributors have raised costs of foreign wines since June – Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB Beiyi SEOW At a wine shop in Washington’s Capit…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #AmericanWine #America #Americanwine #eu #Tariff #trade #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesWine #US #USWine #USAWine #Wine
diningandcooking.com/2261784/u…
US wine sellers left in limbo despite EU tariff deal - Dining and Cooking
Michael Warner, co-founder of wine boutique DCanter, said importers and distributors have raised costs of foreign wines since June - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEBDining And Cooking (Dining and Cooking)
AFGHANISTAN: TERREMOTO NELL’EST DEL PAESE. CENTINAIA DI VITTIME, IGNOTO IL NUMERO DEI DISPERSI.
Violento terremoto in Afghanistan orientale. Il bilancio parziale è di 800 persone morte e almeno 3mila ferite. Ignoto il numero di dispersi, con i soccorritori in difficoltà nel raggiungere zone...Radio Onda d`Urto
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Turns out Google made up an elaborate story about me
Link: bsky.app/profile/bennjordan.bs…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Man uses AirTag to track down stolen luggage, finds person wearing his clothes. Via @mashable #Tech ⚙️💾📱🔌💻
Man uses AirTag to track down ...
Man uses AirTag to find stolen luggage, report says
AirTags saved the day, and this man's luggage.Cecily Mauran (Mashable)
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Headlines say Vegas is dead. What’s actually going on is more complicated – The Nevada Independent
Headlines say Vegas is dead. What’s actually going on is more complicated.
Tourism leaders say a boost in conventions and major events will revive the Strip, which could be headed toward its first major downturn since the pandemic.
By Howard Stutz, Oona Milliken, and Kiara Adams
August 31st, 2025 at 2:00 AM, Economy Gaming
For the past 25 years, Cleveland residents Esther and Tom McElhinney have regularly vacationed in Las Vegas. But the couple said the high prices and overall experience is getting worse every time. Tom McElhinney said the Strip’s elevated costs are driving them away.
“The food is expensive, hotels are expensive,” Tom McElhinney said standing between Harrah’s Las Vegas and The Linq. “There’s great stuff to do here. I just don’t want to have to pay $400 for every meal. There used to be bargains and going to buffets, but it seems like those are all disappearing.
“You used to be able to play $5 blackjack everywhere, but now everything is high,” Tom McElhinney continued. “The allure here is gone. Vegas is really pricing people out.”
Strip resort operators are facing the industry’s worst economic downturn since the Great Recession 15 years ago. Gaming revenue at Strip resorts has declined in four of the last seven months and is essentially flat compared to 2024. Despite optimism from casino CEOs, analysts expect the Strip to face ongoing challenges into the fall.
There are also fewer Las Vegas visitors. Through July, the Strip has drawn more than 22.6 million visitors, down by 2 million from a year ago, an 8 percent decline.
Labor Day weekend, normally one of the year’s busiest holidays, is expected to see a nearly 2 percent drop in visitation, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The three-day weekend is expected to draw 320,000 visitors, down from 326,000 a year ago.
One challenge facing resort operators is the message on social media and other platforms is that Las Vegas is overpriced and no longer a value to the travel consumer.
Chicago visitor Patty Steiner said she usually comes every year to Las Vegas. But she’s not making plans to come back in 2026, as airline tickets and other expenses have gone up in cost.
“Everything is high. I just feel like it’s going to be a long road,” Steiner said. “The prices are outrageous. The food is crazy. I’m just very unhappy.”
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill said he doesn’t believe in that narrative. At a media briefing Friday, Hill defended Las Vegas as a value destination and said the market has options to suit all consumers.
“Don’t just believe what you read. Go and do a little bit of work,” Hill said. “Call a travel agent, call on the properties. See what the price of Las Vegas really is, rather than some general headline that, frankly, is not accurate.”
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Headlines say Vegas is dead. What’s actually going on is more complicated. – The Nevada Independent
#2025 #America #Health #History #LasVegas #Libraries #Opinion #Technology #TheNevadaIndependent #Travel #UnitedStates
Thanks to @OSNews for highlighting this 2023 LWN post by Lars Wirzenius on his experiences during the very earliest days of Linux and the time leading up to it. #linux #history #ComputerHistory
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TC Won't Give In To Lies
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Let me tweak the question.
How can people still form ethical views with limited factual information and exposure to other viewpoints?
To me, the answer must be to created new communication channels that provide facts and humane viewpoints. Clearly, the current channels have failed.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to TC Won't Give In To Lies • • •@TCatInReality
Its an interesting issue - I think ethical views at their most basic stem from the values inculcated into us by our parents - mine certainly were.... so, it may be that when we self-engage these ethical commitments we can be less dependent on the news to know what we think about politics?.... or maybe I'm just being idealistic?
TC Won't Give In To Lies
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •I believe our values are shaped by those around us. Of course, parents have the first and often deepest impact.
But life is full of examples of people whose values changed radically after being normalised by others.
Who you surround yourself with (and what you spend you time on) will naturally have an effect on your value system.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to TC Won't Give In To Lies • • •@TCatInReality
yes, I'd agree, I was starting with the parents, but would agree on the social groupings' influence.... I guess my point is that can be a lot more significant than watching or not watching the news? But that said, its intuition, not based on any data or research I have in my hand
Just Tom...
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Christine Burns MBE 🏳️⚧️📚⧖
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Christine Burns MBE 🏳️⚧️📚⧖ • • •@christineburns
I agree; I ration my exposure - you wil have noticed the tempo of my posting, and do not have a smartphone so have no ability to doomscrole away from my laptop - essentially rebuilding the approach your rightly say we all had in the (now quiet distant) past
RolloTreadway
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to RolloTreadway • • •@RolloTreadway
So when the disengaged do see the little news that might watch, the populist message is what they see....
RolloTreadway
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to RolloTreadway • • •@RolloTreadway
There's lots of political research on value formation, I'm just not familiar with it as it was outside my area of research (or teaching) interests
Matt Mascarenhas
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •For me, formation of political views begins with personal policies, e.g. one of my policies is in cooking, to try and pair ingredients with complementary flavours. And the formation of that arose out of my engagement with (i.e. beyond merely doing) the process of cooking.
I dunno, maybe leaving people space / mental bandwidth to engage with something, anything, could help keep populist simplism at bay?
Rob Zazueta
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •I think you put too much value in the "news".
Every major news organization is owned and controlled by the ownership class, who use it to promote and validate their worldview that they are superior to the average person.
All news is inherently biased - the current news organizations and the folks who own them have just perfected it.
News is no more than gossip. Politics - at least as you discuss them here - is about centralized control.
The answer is to bring it local.
Rob Zazueta
in reply to Rob Zazueta • • •This is why I still believe in social media - and, in particular, decentralized social media, like ActivityPub.
We can and should run our own instances for ourselves and the communities who matter to us.
We should share news among each other, focus on building local economies.
We should negotiate how to break away from centralized politics controlled by selfish money perverts who only care for themselves and rebuild the communities they destroyed.
Make politics local again.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Rob Zazueta • • •@robz
Certainly some politics *is* local and benefits from being discussed/decided at a local level, but that's not true for all politics... there's a lot going on that has a local impact but is not local politics
Rob Zazueta
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •It has outsized local impact because we have abdicated too much local control to distant "leaders" who fail to take local needs into account when making decisions that affect us.
The last few decades has been a continual movement of taking away community control and centralizing it among governments and national / multinational corporations.
That makes us all far too dependent on people who are operating a scale where we don't matter.
Communities need self determination.
Rob Zazueta
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •I notice you're in the UK - at least, I think that's the case.
I'm in California. I have done an extensive amount of traveling throughout the UK and Europe. Our systems are very similar on the surface, but the differences cut so deep I honestly think we're incapable of truly understanding each other.
So this may be a problem unique to the US. Our country is *MASSIVE* - no one seems to understand that.
We're not one country - we're at least 50.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Rob Zazueta • • •@robz
yes, in the UK (but confusingly using a US instance).... and yes I can see how State politics in the US is another significant level we just don't really have... and yes, the superficial similarities between our countries are often over-recognised while the major deeper differences are ignored... having travelled in the USA a lot (in the past) I can very much see thst
Epistatacadam
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Why listen to factual inaccuracies interspersed with opinion & forecasts of future events based on briefings? It doesn't inform you, it's worse than Pravda in Brezhnev's day.
The UK has no reliable factual sources.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Epistatacadam • • •@epistatacadam
Many years ago I stopped getting the Economist as they reported on a set of events & circumstances I was involved with & got it completely wrong & then that drove an analysis that missed the point of what had happened.... I thought, well if they got this so wrong, perhaps they're getting other stuff wrong too & cancelled my subscription - never regretted it