Vitruvian Chicken & Friend

Sometimes I have an idea and I know, deep down, that I should wait and do it properly but instead I let it burst out in a slap dash splat.

This is one of those ideas.

#MyfanwyAndFriend #sillyScribbles

Look at this face of innocence, you wouldn't believe she was playing bongo on my arse in the middle of my sleep

#Caturday

"Huge swaths of National Forest land could be opened to widespread road development under the latest Trump administration proposal"

You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S.

outdoorlife.com/conservation/r…

You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S. | Outdoor Life

The Trump administration just opened a three-week comment period for revoking the Roadless Rule, which keeps wilderness intact.

^{Andrew McKean (Outdoor Life)}

Tomorrow is Ollie's birthday. I think he'll be six. OMG. Here's a photo from 2022 with his then-favorite toy before he destroyed it.

I am sure there are other dogs who love humans as much as he does, but he ranks very high. If I walked up to a total stranger and started kissing them all over the face, I'd be in BIG trouble. Ollie does it and people's self-esteem goes up 500% in seconds. He's a walking ball of love. ❤️

#dogsofmastodon

Trump: disponibile a jet Usa per garantire sicurezza Ucraina - Europa - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/europa/2025/08/31/trump-disponibile-a-jet-usa-per-garantire-sicurezza-ucraina_79b0fcdd-aee0-4e03-b422-8a839b04a6f9.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su ESTERI @esteri-AgenziaAnsa

Trump: disponibile a jet Usa per garantire sicurezza Ucraina - Europa - Ansa.it

In una intervista al Daily Caller, Donald Trump ha detto di essere disponibile a utilizzare aerei statunitensi come garanzia di sicurezza per porre fine alla guerra tra Russia e Ucraina. "Forse - ha spiegato il presidente americano - faremo qualcosa.

^{Agenzia ANSA}

The deed is done. Letzter Task bei Datenbankumzug und -rekonstruktion in @darktable erledigt. Nach vielen Jahren ist #Lightroom bei mir nun Geschichte. Ich muss auf einigen Luxus verzichten, ein paar Kompromisse eingehen und musste zwei wesentliche Funktionen nachkaufen, aber das Kerngeschäft (#RAW-Entwicklung) beherrscht #darktable ganz hervorragend. Für den Übergang nahm ich mir einige Monate Zeit, noch ist der Workflow etwas zäher, aber für ein Hobby kann ich damit leben.

#UnplugTrump #Adobe

VANISHING PEOPLE: The World Cup city where young people mysteriously disappearing

CITY OF THE LOST: Guadalajara, a World Cup site next year, lies in a cartel stronghold.

POLITICAL NEWSWIRE: As Trump considers attacking drug gangs, it offers a cautionary tale....

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO — What does it look like when people systematically disappear?

This isn’t wartime Syria or Iraq.

Guadalajara is nicknamed Mexico’s Silicon Valley....

washingtonpost.com/world/2025/…

So I'm setting up the #guix machine running #zabbix and it needs mariadb, so mariadb is installed, and I got around this bug: codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/…

So now I need to set up mariadb but I can't figure out what the cli command is. though I got mycli installed... but how do I get connected as root and create users and dbs and tables?

mariadb: mariadb-install-db calls resolveip with double prefix

`guix describe` outputs: ```text guix 6adf07b ``` `mariadb-install-db` calls `resolveip` with the install prefix twice: ``` $ guix shell mari…

^Codeberg.org

I'm making a helper circuit for my LED lamp project. This I can reuse when switching either the LED strip or the controller hardware. It's a 1000uF capacitor that sits between Vcc and GND and a 1k trim potentiometer for the data line.

#electronics #led

蔦沼
新緑きれい。紅葉も見てみたいなぁ。

#photography #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #風景写真 #奥入瀬渓流

La casbah senza regole dei negozi di souvenir
Benvenuti in una casbah o, se preferite destinazioni meno esotiche, in uno dei tanti non luoghi che ormai si stanno...

lanazione.it/lucca/cronaca/la-…

La casbah senza regole dei negozi di souvenir

^{FABRIZIO VINCENTI (La Nazione)}

“Hallow” ; Daniel Popper ; The Morton Arboretum – The piece is 26 feet high.

thirstyspittoon.top/2025/06/pi…

#thethirstyspittoon #art #photography #pictures #coolstuff

Remember that $30 million military parade the president forced on everyone in June? Now our dear leader wants a redo—by sea.

Under the guise of "restoring patriotism," the U.S. Navy is planning a larger parade for this fall after the president told aides he was “disappointed.” trib.al/O2qryx6

¡Postura internacional! 🌎 La presidenta Sheinbaum exige a la ONU que tome acciones decisivas sobre la situación de Pedro Castillo. Conoce los detalles de esta declaración en la nota. #Sheinbaum #ONU #PedroCastillo #Política

Más aquí: zurl.co/TNA4y

Sheinbaum exige acción decisiva de la ONU por la situación de Pedro Castillo

La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, recibió en Palacio Nacional a Guido Croxatto, abogado del expresidente peruano Pedro Castillo, y expresó su profunda solidaridad con el exmandatario, quien permanece encarcelado desde diciembre de 2022 tras…

^{Periodistas Unidos}

The War Of The Weebles

#VintageToyABookOrPlay
#HashTagGames

The Simons-Laufer Mathematical Sciences institute, or #SLMath (formerly the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, or MSRI) has recently restructured its program formats, and is now announcing three new research initiatives, whose applications open on Sep 1 2025:

* AxIOM (Accelerating Innovation in Mathematics) is a new, month-long research program at SLMath, designed to accelerate innovation and introduce transformative ideas into the mathematical sciences. Programs begin in Spring 2027.
* PROOF (Promoting Research Opportunities and Open Forums) is a two-week summer program designed to provide research opportunities for U.S.-based mathematicians, statisticians, and their collaborators in the U.S. and abroad, whose ongoing research may have been impacted by factors such as heavy teaching loads, professional isolation, limited access to funding, heavy administrative duties, personal obligations, or other constraints. Programs begin June-July 2026.
* Lasting Alliance Through Team Immersion and Collaborative Exploration (LATTICE) is a yearlong program which provides opportunities for U.S. mathematicians to conduct collaborative research on topics at the forefront of the mathematical and statistical sciences. Programs begin June-July 2026.

slmath.org/news-and-events/new…

(Disclosure: I am vice-chair of the board of trustees at SLMath.)

ήθελα να πω και κάτι άλλο, όμως κοιμούνται και θα φάει η μαρμάγκα

φευ

BBC: The French Riviera's picture-perfect car-free island escape

"...Each isle has a its own vibe: cyclists' paradise Porquerolles; outdoorsy Port-Cros; and free-spirited Levant, home to France's best-known nudist community..."

bbc.com/travel/article/2025082…

#BikeTooter

The French Riviera's picture-perfect car-free island escape

The Hyères Islands offer an idyllic escape into protected pine forests, unspoilt beaches – and one of France's most unique communities.

^{Erin Henk (BBC)}

From Blood Pressure on a Roller Coaster to being hypoglycemic, arthritis bothering my hands and a body being in so much pain it is not even close to funny, my mental stress coupled with my emotional burdens, then you add my physical distress and lack on consistent nutrition, im not doing that well, yet no one seems to care that this disabled man existing in poverty is constantly in pain, exhausted and struggling every moment of every day in every way, and everyone expects me to stand up tall and keep going like nothing is wrong, I am so very tired to the point I dont even have the energy to sleep, I need money to buy food to eat, i need money to buy personal hygiene supplies, I need money to buy household supplies, I need money to pay rent, I need money to take care of every aspect of my life, but no one cares that I AM DISABLED AND EXIST IN POVERTY, AND I NEED HELP! I Need $1500 a Month at the minimum, Please Have Some Compassion, and Help Me Have Some Dignity By Helping Me Cover The Basics A Human Needs To Live, I am getting older by each day, and my Health is not improving it is getting worse and my lack of ability to afford life compounds the downward spiral deeper and deeper into Despair, Please Help Me Now! $5-10-15 It All Helps This #disabled Man Living In #poverty, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…

#food, #groceries, #health, #compassion, #life, #help, #hygiene, #mentalhealth, #anxiety, #ptsd, #bipolar, #mutualaid

“Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports” by @bberwyn for @insideclimatenews:

insideclimatenews.org/news/300…

Thanks @tipazorg for including #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotez and yours truly among your suggested reads!

tipaz.org/books-1

"Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump."
theguardian.com/environment/20…

"Earlier this summer, access to climate.gov…was thwarted by the Trump administration, and its production team was fired in the process… Now, a team of climate communication experts – including many members of the former climate.gov team – is working to resurrect its content into a new organization with an expanded mission. Their effort’s new website, climate.us, would not only offer public-facing interpretations of climate science, but could also begin to directly offer climate-related services, such as assisting local governments with mapping increased flooding risk due to climate change."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump

Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

^{Eric Holthaus (The Guardian)}

A Stylish 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shoe Found in a Well

openculture.com/2025/04/a-styl…