A Narvilaite and a Martinaityte world premieres, Shaw, Janulyte and Greenwood from Vilnius - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Gaida Festival. Hugo Ticciati, violin and conductor, and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra play: Loreta NARVILAITE: 'Where the dune path leads' for violin and string orchestra, world premiere. Zibuokle MARTINAITYTE: EKAGGATA for violin...www.worldconcerthall.com
EVERYONE!!!!! Before you go to bed tonight, donate to my buddy Jon Dugger. He needs to earn his ticket to ride AIDS/LifeCycle and he's only 400ish away. We can push him over the line tonight, I'm sure of it!!!!!
This is kinda last minute but he's recovering from a MASSIVE car accident and he just pulled the trigger deciding to ride
Let's make this happen Fediverse!!!!
#Cycling #Training #ALC #Fundraising
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As a huge fan of benches ("Bänkli" in Swiss German) in the mountains, I was thrilled with the particularly fine example. 😍
Reminded me of the fantastic website bankgeheimnisse.ch/map?l=de where a lot of them are plotted on a map.Lots of them still to visit 🙂
I still haven’t slept 
I guess time to get get some meow meows 
Goodnight my dear friends 
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
https://www.politico.eu/article/elections-albania-exit-poll-results-democratic-party-socialist/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
Observers forced to wait for outcome of contest seen as pivotal to the country’s path to EU membership.Una Hajdari (POLITICO)
The chief aim of commercial photography is to gather the attention of the viewers, whether they are looking at the catalog or billboard. You can use the rule of thirds, which is balanced in nature and looks elegant in the frame. Based on the LCD camera you have, there may be a setting that allows you to divide your screen into the nine-square grid that the rule of thirds is designed on. #photography
📸💡 Not every photo needs AI magic.
Before you hit “enhance,” here are 5 times you should NOT use AI for photo enhancement:
🕰️ Historical photos – AI might erase context or truth
🎨 Artistic images – could distort creative intent
👶 Low-res baby photos – often ends up looking unnatural
🕊️ Memorial photos – can alter emotional tone
💻 Already-edited images – leads to over-processing
Sometimes, the flaws are part of the story.
#Photography #AI #PhotoEditing #DigitalEthics
Wie Klingbeil die SPD nach Esken umbaut
https://www.politico.eu/podcast/berlin-playbook-podcast/wie-klingbeil-die-spd-nach-esken-umbaut/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wie Klingbeil die SPD nach Esken umbaut
Während Friedrich Merz in Kiew mit Selenskyj, Macron und Tusk auftritt, kämpft Lars Klingbeil an der SPD-Basis mit Wut und Vertrauensverlust. Der Rückzug von Saskia Esken ebnet den Weg für einen Ne…Gordon Repinski (POLITICO)
As the car pulls away, nudging into the thick crowd, the daughter shrieks another horrible horrible horrible shriek,
communicating the non-communicable
as the disappearers take another step toward disappearing her mother.
As the car breaks from the crowd she runs after it.
A Worcester police officer, his voice frothing with anger, shouts,
“Arrest her right now. You are under arrest.”
And then four cops swarm her, grab her, throw her to the ground.
All the while she’s crying crying crying.
Her hair’s caught in her mouth and matted to her face, wet with spit and tears.
Four cops hold her pinned to the ground.
Then they march her away -- Her and another member of the community who had tried to intervene.
They take the pair away from the crowd.
I follow.
They have the daughter by both arms, same as the ICE agents had her mother.
I still don’t know either of their names.
Next to me is a TV reporter from a Spanish language station and her cameraman.
She yells out, “What’s your name?”
and the woman responds in Portuguese. I can’t make it out.
She asks her age and this one I catch: “dezesseis.”
Not a woman—a girl.
A 16-year-old girl.
Now in custody for the crime of reacting in an unruly way to the sudden forceful disappearance of her mother.
I keep asking about the charges.
The only cop who doesn’t ignore me explains “I’m not the arresting officer.”
The arresting officers go on ignoring me.
We get to the spot where the wagon is set to arrive.
I ask again.
Eventually I get an answer,
and it’s the usual package job:
disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly.
The charges they throw on anyone they want to arrest for the sake of arresting them,
knowing they’re unlikely to stick.
But sticking isn’t the goal.
The officer who tells me this has a tactical K9 Unit vest on.
He tells me the 16-year-old girl was interfering with police business.
“Worcester police business?” I ask.
What was the police business here exactly?
He looks at me like I’m a smart ass.
He doesn’t say anything.
I press him again:
“Kind of a grey area, huh?”
“Not really,” he says
motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.Mother Jones
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"minicrypt is dedicated to Alice and Bob."
phunnee!
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GitHub - 706f6c6c7578/minicrypt: minicrypt - The world's easiest to use public key encryption program.
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Treni, estate di lavori. Tra Firenze e Lucca tre mesi a singhiozzo
Circolazione sospesa tra Pistoia e Montecatini. Bus sostitutivi
I have been meaning to take the macro lens out while ferns were still unfurling. Almost missed my window.
#photography #plants #ferns #fiddleheads #dnrt #destructionbrookwoods #dartmouth #massachusetts
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While we waited for a new #Catholic #Pope recently, I shared a #Vatican news article on Sede Vacante coins: historians.social/@CoinOfNote/…
E-Sylum this week also has an article on the coins, linking to a longer #Numismatic News article: coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n1…
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Histodons @numismatics @histodon
CoinOfNote (@CoinOfNote@historians.social)
Attached: 1 image Posted by the Vatican News (on Facebook): "The Sede Vacante during the 2025 Holy Year evokes historical parallels with the Jubilee of 1700, which was also marked by the death of a Pope, Innocent XII, who died before the end of the …Mastodon
Dev-log # 5.0 Brainstorming and scoping
We had a nice brainstorming session with @YannKervran , @khaleer , @esklarski and @NiwlCraft , focusing on gameplay.
We explored various options for the way players will transform scrap metal and mechanical parts into ingots in the Solar Foundry, and then cast ship parts to assemble in the Hangar, engines in the Makerspace.
Giiba had the idea to model the crafting system after the cooking in BotW.
#gamedev #indiegame #solarpunk #shipbuilding
This week, we've added a few artists to the team!
I will introduce everyone one at a time as their work rolls in.
Here is Mostrovska working on illustrations for the storm events. Check out more of their portfolio at mostrovskaa.tumblr.com/
#mastoart #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #indiegame #indiedev
More event illustration sketches by Mostrovska ( mostrovskaa.tumblr.com/ ).
We're going for a stylized look, almost like a digital linocut style to represent each idea.
#digitalart #digitalpainting #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #illustration #solarpunk #ecopunk #gamedev
Ben
I'm sorry to tell you that Ben passed this morning. He was 16 years and two months. We had many adventures together over the years. I miss him.
Jack Russell Terrier (British 1920s)
#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs #Photography #Photo #blackandwhitephoto #Monday
Good morning, fiends. 🌺🌸🪷
10 May 2025
Thank you all for the overwhelming support yesterday. I read every post, and they truly meant a lot. The truth is, I had been mourning all week—I knew what was coming, but a part of me hoped that wanting it badly enough might change things. Some things in life, however, are beyond our control, and loss is one of them. And while grief has its place, there also comes a time to move forward.
After this post, my plan is to feed Charlie, then we’ll hook up the leash and head out for a long walk. Maybe stepping away from these moments will help ease their strangeness. The house feels too quiet—which is ironic, because Ben was always the quietest among us. Charlie isn’t himself either.
"The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it." — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
#morning #mourning #flowers #grief
Medicaid Work Requirements Sought in Bill to Fund Trump Tax Cuts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/medicaid-work-requirements-sought-in-bill-to-fund-trump-tax-cuts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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S. Korean Conservatives Choose Right-Winger as Campaign Begins
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/s-korean-conservatives-choose-right-winger-as-campaign-begins?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Voltaire, International Newsletter N°132
Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world.Voltaire Network
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
comics.lucentinian.com/7751
#AIComedy #Laughs #NewsLaughs #DailyLaughs #DailyJokes
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