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By exposing #Iran’s subversive activities, #Australia is taking a decisive step toward protecting its Jewish and Iranian communities - ABC Religion & Ethics

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Ciao LS.
Prendetevi un momento di pace.
Tutto quanto passerà e andrà via.
Come la schiuma della birra.


Released yesterday, Backfire is what happens when an arcade cabinet gets possessed and decides to eat you alive. It’s a horror-themed shooter where your weapons only fire backwards.

But that’s not the only trick. Your ship won’t stop moving. The only way to steer is by frantically clicking where you want it to drift. Hug a wall and you’ll bleed health fast. Let an enemy catch you and it’ll try to swallow you whole—at which point you need to hammer click your way free. It’s a constant dance of close-quarters panic: get in tight enough to blast enemies with your stubby backward shots, but not so close that they chomp you.

Having played the demo, I can say it’s tense and clever. Die-upgrade-repeat is the loop here: every ten-minute run drops souls, and those souls unlock new weapons like flamethrowers, shotguns, and snipers (all backwards, of course). It’s a roguelite, but one with its own nasty arcade flavor.

Visually? Sparse neon minimalism. Which makes it all the stranger that the system requirements list a Zen 2 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and an RDNA2 GPU on Linux. Windows is much more modest—an i5 and a GTX 750 minimum—but even then, I suspect the devs didn’t bother testing on weaker setups.

Controls are clearly designed for mouse. You can play it with an Xbox pad, but it doesn’t feel right—click-to-move is too baked into the core design.

As for platforms: Windows and SteamOS/Linux run it natively (no Proton workaround required). Sorry, Mac players, you’re out of luck.

Price? C$9.74 at launch, with a 25% discount running until mid-September. For something this original, that’s more than reasonable.

@videogames



How to send a DM on Mastodon:

1. Start a new post
2. Set post visibility to "Mentions" or "Private Mentions" or "Only people I mention" or "Specific people" (phrase depends on which app or interface you're using)
3. Mention account addresses of people you want to DM
4. Write the DM
5. Post it

NOTE: Like most social networks Mastodon DMs aren't end-to-end encrypted, so you should not use them for sensitive info.

More about post visibilities at:

➡️ fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts…

#FediTips #Mastodon

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Should probably also mention that *all* users @-mentioned get a copy of a post, so be careful if you are talking *about* a third party.

If you're talking with a friend about throwing a birthday party for your mutual best friend, don't @-mention your best friend unless you actually want the best friend to see that post!

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@mkj

I do mention that in the linked guide in a dedicated section with a ⚠️ sign, but had difficulty getting it to fit in the post's character limit 😅

@mkj
in reply to Fedi.Tips

p.s. The "Mentions" visibility that DMs use means that any account mentioned will see the post.

If you want to discuss someone else's account in DMs, you should not mention its account address because it will show that post to that account.

If you absolutely have to discuss someone else's address in DMs, you might want to break the address by replacing its @ symbols with the word AT for example.

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... i'm surprised (mastodon v4.4.3+glitch) doesn't have a warning for "hey you mentioned multiple users in a DM. are you absolutely sure you meant to do that
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@5225225

Group chats in DMs are quite common so there might be a danger of frequent false positives causing people to ignore the warning completely or want it switched off.

I guess there could be a warning if an account is added after the chat has already started, but I don't know how easy it is to code?

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Or use the profile link instead. Advantage that it's clickable still.



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I like nothing more than guzzling a glass of water while simultaneously urinating and looking in the bathroom mirror. I call it the garden fountain


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Australia is trying to abolish it's counterpart of the US concept of "due process of law", as regards deportation. Australia has a long history of flat-out cruelty to people who are looking for asylum.



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> Ayer desempolvé mi reproductor para ponerle a unos amigos una de mis películas favoritas, La Llegada, de la que no habían visto ni el tráiler. Por supuesto quedaron entusiasmados. Para algunas personas esta película es "vieja" y no merece la pena verla. Lo que se están perdiendo algunos por el FOMO.

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#Trump #inflation update:

"Just this week, packaged food giant J.M. Smucker (SJM), home to such brands as Folgers, Dunkin', and Café Bustelo, warned of more price hikes after US coffee profits plunged 22% under tariffs.

"Hormel Foods (HRL), the company behind Spam and Skippy, also flagged 'the steep rise in commodity input costs' after missing earnings expectations in the quarter. Its stock fell 12% after the warning."

finance.yahoo.com/news/we-have…

#tariffs




Hobby Turm der Könige und Kaiser.
Potsdam

#photography #castle

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Klobige Raumschiffe, agile Ninja und die freundliche Spinne aus der Nachbarschaft (Frisch zubereitet im #blog) blog.donswelt.de/klobige-raums…
#blog


i feel like no train is complete without a glamorous drinks carriage


Pondered between doing a small easy run with #VFF and do the 20k/1000mEG again.

So went for the latter in VFF.

Calves were soon very TIGHTLY unhappy with this decision, so I decided to cut it short, I will need my legs this week.

14k, 660mEG

#runnersofmastodon
#trailrunning
#lyon


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The video features a small, fluffy dog with a light brown coat in a well-lit living room. The room is furnished with a grey sofa adorned with cushions, a large flat-screen TV on a white media console, and a beige shaggy rug on a wooden floor. A glass door with dark curtains leads to a green garden, allowing natural light to fill the space. The dog is seen holding a green hose in its mouth, moving around the room, and interacting with the water being sprayed from the hose. The water creates a wet spot on the floor, and the dog appears to be enjoying the activity, moving energetically and occasionally looking towards the camera. The video is recorded in real-time, as indicated by the 'REC' and battery icon in the top corners of the frames. The dog's playful behavior is the central focus, with the camera capturing the scene from a fixed position, emphasizing the dog's actions and the water spray.

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I wrote about the humility of expertise and the arrogance of ignorance, the profound laziness that attends believing that you can find knowledge by ignoring the accumulation of inherited human knowledge, and the ways lazy arrogance fuels narratives of fascism. the-reframe.com/your-ignorance…

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Makes me think of that Asimov quote:

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been.

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
~Isaac Asimov

#Memes #Quotes #Asimov #SFF #US #USA #UnitedStates #Meme #Quote #Democracy #Ignorance #Knowledge

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A. R. Moxon on the epidemic of proud ignorance.
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“Tomas” was tilling the soil in this vegetable field near Bakersfield CA. By 11am it was 97° on this day and Tomas was thankful for the little protection the tractor cab offered from the sun and blowing dust. #WeFeedYou #Calor


ETICHETTE ITALIANE


Un viaggio nella Musica Sperimentale https://www.istitutografico.com/articoli/articoli/Etichette_Italiane Se siete curiosi di scoprire la variegata complessità della musica sperimentale italiana, vi invitiamo ad esplorare i cataloghi delle etichette indip

Un viaggio nella Musica Sperimentale

istitutografico.com/articoli/a…

Se siete curiosi di scoprire la variegata complessità della musica sperimentale italiana, vi invitiamo ad esplorare i cataloghi delle etichette indipendenti di cui abbiamo parlato in questo articolo.

In un mondo musicale spesso omologato è un invito ad andare oltre i preconcetti e ad aprirsi a nuove sonorità, potreste trovare vere e proprie gemme nascoste, artisti talentuosi e generi musicali che vi sorprenderanno e vi appassioneranno

#musicaitaliana #musicasperimentale #etichetteitaliane #etichetteindipendenti #diy #autoproduzione

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Das Bild zeigt drei Stofftiere auf einem alten, dunklen Lautsprecher. Links ist ein Stofftier mit einem bunten Pullover und weißen gestreiften Socken zu sehen. In der Mitte befindet sich ein pixeliertes Stofftier, dessen Gesicht nicht erkennbar ist. Rechts liegt ein Stofftier in einem schwarzen Kleidungsstück. Der Hintergrund ist dunkel und wirkt etwas verwahrlost, mit sichtbaren Flecken und Schmutz. Die Stofftiere wirken etwas verstaubt und verlassen, was auf eine vergessene oder abgelegte Umgebung hinweist.

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E poi all'improvviso vedi tutto in bianco e nero, come se i colori si fossero spenti, ed io fossi finita di nuovo in quel mio micro mondo fatto di pochi colori, buio, e un po' di tristezza ..Magari aspetto che qualcuno o la mia amica luna, accenda le stelle per me stasera per illuminare i miei sogni e colorare le mie speranze...
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🎮 Eleva il tuo gioco con i migliori monitor 2K per PS5 e Xbox Series X|S - Settembre 2025 in arrivo! #GamingSetup #NextGen 🕹️

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Oggi è il compleanno della Moka Bialetti, compie 92 anni.
La Moka, inventata da Alfonso Bialetti a Omegna sul Lago d’Orta, è diventata simbolo del caffè italiano nel mondo. Oggi è anche icona del design esposta al MoMA.

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Zelensky, EU Visit IRRELEVANT, Russia is Demilitarizing NATO –Andrei Martyanov odysee.com/zelensky-putin-trum…


huh, Cinny creates rooms with room version 10 by default, despite apparently supporting room version 12 without issues

#Matrix #Cinny

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seems like it's also not requiring power level 150 to upgrade the room as expected? :neocat_think:

#Matrix #Cinny

in reply to Steffo

it depends on your server default room version. for example matrix.org support all room versions but still provide default as 10
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Is there a free virtual tabletop software i could get for playing Savage Worlds and other games that make use of maps for tracking anything?

I have the option to buy Foundtry VTT but i'm not feeling like spending 50 dollars recklessly at the moment, need something decent to start off that doesn't have limits.

#rpg #ttrpg #vtt #mastohelp

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New strip found: Garfield - 2025-08-31 gocomics.com/garfield/2025/08/…

#comicstrip #garfield #garfieldstrip