If you ever make it to the Kunstmuseum #Gelsenkirchen, they have an amazing exhibition on "kinetic art"! Artworks that move, glow, make sounds! Artworks involving flowing water, electromagnetism, mirrors, motors!
Very inspiring! And it's free!
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do you still need reasons to stop using Amazon?
you should have stopped long ago, but
here is another huge reason (via @pmbauer)
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Jeff Bezos makes his most ghoulish deal yet
How long after a nation-state murders one of your columnists is it appropriate to make a multibillion-dollar deal with it? For Bezos: five years.Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
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Lung Power Peaks in Our 20s—and It’s a Steady Decline From There, Study Finds
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New research shows that lung function doesn’t stay at its peak for very long. …
Lung Power Peaks in Our 20s—and It's a Steady Decline From There, Study Finds
New research shows that lung function doesn't stay at its peak for very long.Ed Cara (Gizmodo)
Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting job turns man into social media star
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A 29-year-old former tire shop manager who quit his job and cashed in his retirement savings to buy a sailboat has become a social media sensation as he sails from Oregon to Hawaii with his cat, Phoenix …
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EU AI literacy not a far jump for established data professionals, regulator says
Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts
If the health content you see on social media sounds too good to be true, it’s very likely false – but there are ways to check it out before sharing.The Conversation
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Selenskyj: "Waffenruhe hat oberste Priorität" ++
Für den ukrainischen Präsidenten Selenskyj hat eine bedingungslose Waffenruhe "oberste Priorität" bei den laufenden Gesprächen mit Russland. US-Präsident Trump will nach seiner Reise in die Golf-Region zurück in die USA fliegen.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Vorsichtiger Optimismus vor Ukraine-Verhandlungen ++
Sicherheitsexperte Ischinger sieht in den Gesprächen in der Türkei immerhin einen Auftakt zu ernsthaften diplomatischen Bemühungen. Der Weg zu einem Frieden zwischen Russland und der Ukraine sei aber noch sehr weit.tagesschau.de
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Noize 2 noise generator plugin by Denise on sale for $19 USD rekkerd.org/denise-noize-2-noi…
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Noize 2 noise generator plugin by Denise on sale for $19 USD
Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on Noize 2, offering a 67% discount on the noise generator plugin by Denise for a limited time only.Ronnie (Rekkerd.org)
A $130M company faked trials instead of running our free OSS
Link: virtualize.sh/blog/ground-cont…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Ground control to Major Trial
When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.Olivier Lambert (Virtualize)
Trump’s visit to UAE sends the message, “You are part of our camp”
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/quotable/2025/5/16/trumps-visit-to-uae-sends-the-message-you-are-part-of-our?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump’s visit to UAE sends the message, “You are part of our camp”
“The United States has come forward and said [to the UAE], You can count on us, we won’t put you in the enemy camp.”Al Jazeera
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Il 12 maggio, 49 sudafricani afrikaner sono arrivati a Washington per essere accolti come rifugiati. È il punto di arrivo di una serie di attacchi e iniziative del presidente statunitense, che ha preso di mira il governo di Pretoria. L'articolo di Francesca Sibani.
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L’eccezione afrikaner alla politica sui rifugiati di Trump
Il 12 maggio, 49 sudafricani afrikaner sono arrivati a Washington per essere accolti come rifugiati. È il punto di arrivo di una serie di attacchi e iniziative del presidente statunitense, che ha preso di mira il governo di Pretoria. LeggiFrancesca Sibani (Internazionale)
Was eine Aufhebung der US-Sanktionen für Syrien bedeuten könnte
Die Aufhebung der US-Sanktionen gegen Syrien versetzt Investoren in Aufregung. Sie versprechen sich gute Geschäfte. Experten fürchten jedoch, es werde dauern, bis ein solcher Schritt das Leben der Syrer merklich verbessert.
Yesterday I visited the UNESCO site “Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius”. It is near the settlement of Gamzigrad in Serbia, near the border with Bulgaria. Felix Romuliana is an imperial Roman palace, they only figured out its name in 1984.
It was built on the site of a previous fort around 300, and only went about 150 years before being plundered by the Huns.
The towers and walls seem to have been reconstructed from debris in modern times, as far as I could tell from the info at the site.
In the unlikely chance anyone decides to go see this site, it is absolutely in the “rent a car” mode of travel, not public transit. But my license is expired, and I have some free time, so the basic route is to fly into Belgrade and take the train to Niš, or fly into Niš, then take a three hour train to Zaječar. Which has some quite scenic parts as it runs up a steep canyon.
From Zaječar there is no transit to the site. I asked my hotel contact if he knew a taxi that used WhatsApp (locals use…
Viber, which won’t accept my phone number). Instead he booked me a taxi to the site which left me stranded there. I ended up standing under a tree outside for most of an hour hoping that someone else would come in a taxi, but ended up finding a taxi co. that could answer the phone in English through Google Voice for 33¢/min. (Žuti taxi, +381 66 415577)
That saved me the 2.5 hour walk back, which was fortunate because I hadn’t put on sun block and my Achilles tendon was already griping all day.
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Anthropic blames Claude AI for ‘embarrassing and unintentional mistake’ in legal filing
Anthropic has responded to allegations that it used an AI-fabricated source in a legal filing, saying its Claude chatbot made an “honest citation mistake.”Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
Guest column | An hour-by-hour countdown of your emotions on an international flight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/05/16/international-flight-emotions-comic/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Do jutri, 17. maja, lahko podpišeš evropsko pobudo za prepoved konverzijskih praks!
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Gli investimenti nel petrolio riprenderanno nella misura necessaria?
Di investimenti nel petrolio c'è bisogno, ma con le incertezze dell’era Trump riprenderanno nella misura necessaria?Alberto Clò (RivistaEnergia.it)
Allerta meteo per temporali nelle province di PC, PR, RE, MO, BO, RA
Per la giornata di sabato 17 maggio sono previste condizioni favorevoli allo sviluppo di temporali forti [.....]
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Allerta meteo per temporali nelle province di PC, PR, RE, MO, BO, RA
Per la giornata di sabato 17 maggio sono previste condizioni favorevoli allo sviluppo di temporali forti […..]Gaiaitalia.com Notizie Parma
Georgia's anti-abortion law keeps brain-dead pregnant woman Adriana Smith on life support
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A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant.
Former FBI Chief Allegedly Called for Trump’s Assassination
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Former FBI Director James Comey denied accusations that he called for Trump’s assassination following a cryptic Instagram post that drew sharp criticism from Trump allies and prompted an investigation by federal authorities.Tasnim News Agency
iOS 19: The one small feature I hope to see at WWDC
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/16/ios-19-the-one-small-feature-i-hope-to-see-at-wwdc/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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iOS 19: The one feature I hope to see this WWDC - 9to5Mac
While rumors abound regarding what’s to come to iOS 19, there’s one feature I hope to see make its way into the new system.Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)
I will attend re:publica on 26.-28.5.225 together with @Gargron and @mellifluousbox !
We will also host a community side event, so let me know if you would like to join!
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Il gesto di cura di Francesco Borella, l'artefice del Parco Nord Milano che compie 50 anni
L'architetto e urbanista milanese ha dato un contributo fondamentale alla creazione dei principali parchi della Lombardia. È stato direttore del Parco Nord dal 1983 al 2000, un elemento centrale della città che è arrivato a festeggiare mezzo secolo.Nicola Villa (Altreconomia)
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in reply to blinry • • •I'll be in #Wuppertal this weekend, mostly out of infrastructure curiosity! 😁
Does anyone of you live closeby and would enjoy meeting up/having a coffee/going for a walk?
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Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)blinry
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in reply to Michael Smith • • •Why bother taking the Schwebebahn if I can't even bring my elephant 🤪
blinry
in reply to blinry • • •There it is: the #Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (suspension railway)!
Feels super futuristic, even though it apparently opened in 1901!!
Hard to imagine that for people who live here, it will probably become pretty normal at some point. 😮
Think I'll need to watch a documentary about it tonight, recommendations welcome!