Trump si prepara a mettere le mani sul football americano nelle università. I timori degli studenti-atleti: «Un passo indietro per i nostri diritti»
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Trump si prepara a mettere le mani sul football americano nelle università. I timori degli studenti-atleti: «Un passo indietro per i nostri diritti»
Il presidente Usa ha firmato un ordine esecutivo per «salvare lo sport universitario». E ora i repubblicani sono al lavoro per approvare lo Score ActUgo Milano (Open)
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Microsoft Removed WMR Headset Support? No Problem!
In late 2024 Microsoft removed support for WMR (Windows Mixed Reality), and they didn’t just cease development. As of Windows 11 version 24H2, headsets like the HP Reverb and others by Acer, Samsung, Lenovo, and Dell stopped working at all. But the good news is developer [Matthieu Bucchianeri] created the Oasis driver for Windows Mixed Reality which allows WMR headsets (and their controllers) to work again.
Oasis is available as a free download from Steam and involves a few specific setup steps in order to get working, but once the headset and controllers are unlocked and room setup is complete, the hardware will be usable again. Note that while SteamVR is handy, one’s headset and controllers are not actually tied to SteamVR. Any VR application that uses OpenVR or OpenXR should work.
It’s an extremely well-documented project, and anyone willing to read and follow a short list of directions should be off to the races in no time.
Now that there’s a way for folks to dust off their WMR hardware and get back in the game, it’s a good time to mention that if you have ever suffered from VR sickness, we’ve covered ways to help deal with and adapt to it.
Yemen's Houthi rebels detain at least 11 U.N. workers
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for their 'immediate and unconditional release.'The Japan Times
We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own
Link: hugotunius.se/2025/08/31/what-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong
Refuting the common and flawed argument ofhugotunius.se
ARE THEY PETTING THAT BLACK BEAR? OUT IN THE WILD?
WHAT THE ACTUALLY ACTUAL FUCK?
Hello, Hachyderm --
If you're logging in and finding your timeline empty or missing a post or two, worry not, it will be back Soon (tm)!
Tonight, during our maintenance, we had a little fun with one of our redis instances, specifically the one that handles timelines. Most unfortunately, it decided to... stop working. After the infra team executed an emergency cut-over, we're back online!
Everyone's timelines will take on the order of ten hours (!) to fully rebuild. It's a lot of toots!
In the meantime, happy Hachyderming!
[Hunters sleeping outdoors while hunting a murderous Grizzly and then kidnapping a bear cub]
"Hello, Darwin? We found some nominees for your award."
Sex-selective maulings in bears? Against humans, who have pretty low sexual dimorphism?
"He could be listening to us right now."
"He could be hearing all our plans! We should start speaking in code!"
"You know any code we could use, Joe?"
"Well, no..."
"This is why they don't pay you the big bucks."
📻 Tocando agora na Rádio Aconchego:
>>> 🎵 Lula Queiroga; Marcelo Falcao - A Ponte | <faixa: Lista Geral>
⏭️ Na sequência:
>>> 🎵 Anelis Assumpção- Feat : Iara Rennó - Sangue Mioma | <faixa: Lista Geral>
📡 Rádio 24h no Ar em: fm.radioaconchego.org
#radio #comunitaria #aconchego
#musica
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is hitting new levels! This is absolutely gorgeous! 10/10 would hang it on my wall ^_^
(yellow is my favourite colour)
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel to lead 4-part series on the Antichrist
A California nonprofit is set to host an off-the-record lecture series featuring billionaire investor Peter Thiel on the biblical figure of the AntichristCP Staff (The Christian Post)
#Florida may lose $218M on empty 'Alligator Alcatraz' as judge orders shutdown
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Instead of reforming the police force, the government — along with the parliament — is revising the Criminal Code in a way that risks turning the police into a superpower institution within the criminal justice system.Under the drafted revision, the police investigators can supervise other investigators, such as Civil Servant Investigators and other Specific Investigators. It opens doors for interference and challenges other enforcement bodies.
The draft also grants the police authority to carry out various coercive measures, threatening the rights of every citizen.
Revision of the Criminal Procedure Code Requires Maturity and Public Participation
The rapid action of the Indonesian House of Representatives in discussing the Draft Criminal Procedure Code has sparked controversy in society.Tim Harian Kompas (PT Kompas Media Nusantara)
Question for mastodon machinists:
This lathe is for sale locally and a couple of my friends are trying to figure out what this attachment with the pair of rollers on the back of the lathe does. None of us have ever seen anything like it.
Do you know what it is?
If you don't know, that's fine. You don't have to make wild-ass guesses.
Hungary continues to veto Ukraine's accession to #EU, negotiations. Hungary the poorest and most corrupt nation is Europe due to Kurwas that heel to russian war criminals.
As an EU member, #Hungary has veto power over further progress. What a disgrace to the people of Hungary. Arrest Orban for corruption.
kyivindependent.com/hungary-co…
#Ukraine #europeanunion #europe
Hungary continues to veto Ukraine's accession to EU, negotiations
As an EU member, Hungary has veto power over further progress.Yuliia Taradiuk (The Kyiv Independent)
Only 13minutes left in my feed.
They've somehow got to get the park supervisor eaten, and fit the credits in still.
I'm glad tomorrow's a holiday and I did NOT commit to anythign. Oh, good effing grief we're going to do a car chase.
LICENSED STATE SPORTSBOOK MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE: As The Legalized Gambling Industry Collapsing In On Itself
SLATE: You’ll soon be able to bet on elections, the Super Bowl, and the papal conclave, all in one place
Prediction markets like Polymarket—best known for bets on current events like elections, market trends, or celebrity news—haven’t been fully legalized the way sports-betting apps have, with the blessing of the nation’s highest court....
slate.com/technology/2025/08/s…
The Legalized Gambling Industry Is Collapsing in on Itself
You’ll soon be able to bet on elections, the Super Bowl, and the papal conclave, all in one place.Nitish Pahwa (Slate)
#writing #solarpunk #hopepunk #climatechange
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"Hope I have long argued, is not an emotion; it is a commitment to not give up, to keep looking for possibilities, to remain resolute in the face of uncertainty and even danger and devastation, to remember we make the future in the present." — Solnit
meditationsinanemergency.com/w…
We Were Made for This
Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, a huge hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. New Orleans's levees failed, as had been predicted, and much of the city went underwater.Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)
Marine Le Pen seizes her moment to shake France
https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-national-rally-francois-bayrou-france-no-confidence-vote/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Marine Le Pen seizes her moment to shake France
Undeterred by her ban on running for political office, the far-right leader is out to bring down the government and press for new elections.Marion Solletty (POLITICO)
China’s Private Factory Gauge Surprises by Returning to Growth
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/china-s-private-factory-gauge-surpriss-by-returning-to-expansion?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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"The Trump administration is on the verge of squandering this hard-won strategic advantage in pursuit of short-term profit, which would cost the United States dearly down the road."
The latest from Chris McGuire and Oren Cass: wapo.st/46bttPG
Pixelfed Stories v1.2 have been merged in the backend, and to the TestFlight version!
Update your servers and enjoy 🥳
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"Update your servers"
> look inside : github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/r…
> no release
Releases · pixelfed/pixelfed
Photo Sharing. For Everyone. Contribute to pixelfed/pixelfed development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Short URLs are not needed so please stop hiding possible spyware attacks
I haven't seen a single flashlight in this whole movie, and they're all traipsing around the forest at night, inspecting footprints, navigating to distant ridges, etc.
Ein neuer Blogbeitrag wurde in unserer Galaxie veröffentlicht: '„Ein gut durchgekauter Sporttag“'
Link: lunaria-galaxie.de/blog/ein-gu…
#Forum #Community #Blog #Spiele #Radio
„Ein gut durchgekauter Sporttag“ - Lunaria-Galaxie Blog
Überraschend fit fühlte ich mich am Samstagmorgen, nachdem ich es verbaselt hatte, am Freitagabend einen Schlusspunkt zu setzen. Erst nach drei kam ich ins Bett. Manchmal sind vier bis fünf Stunden Schlaf einfach zu wenig. – Wer hat eigentlich das Mälunaria-galaxie.de
Clashes in Australia’s Melbourne as thousands rally against immigration
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/1/clashes-in-australias-melbourne-as-thousands-rally-against-immigration?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Clashes in Australia’s Melbourne as thousands rally against immigration
Thousands of people rally in cities, including Sydney, Perth, Canberra and Brisbane, demanding end to ‘mass migration’.Al Jazeera
Strypey
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@leighelse
> Moving Radio New Zealand's "centre of gravity" to Auckland is an ill-considered strategy.
I had the same concerns based on my first impressions. But after listening to the interview with Paul Thompson on yesterday's edition of MediaWatch;
rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/…
... it doesn't sound like the plan is for RNZ to become "Auckland-centric". Just to focus for a while on making sure it's serving the needs of (50+) radio listeners in Tamaki Makaurau.
#podcasts #RNZ #mediawatch
RNZ’s push to stop the slide on air, rude words OK
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> But what about Christchurch? Tauranga? Dunedin? Nelson?
What about Palmerston North? Napier? New Plymouth? Whangarei? All of which are bigger than Nelson. Not to mention Hamilton, which is now our 4th biggest city by some measures, with roughly double the population of Dunedin.
I agree public media needs to be a voice for areas commercial media ignore. But based on stats from Wikipedia You have to add together the next 11 largest cities to top the population of Tamaki Makaurau, so ...
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@leighelse
> Unlike television, radio can originate its broadcasts from anywhere with minimal expense
Both can do this. But with a broad range of quality in the outputs, depending on the recording gear used, the skills of the operators, and the suitability of the space for recording. See the difference between NewHub and Stuff's news on TV3. With all due respect to Stuff, I've seen better production values on YT-only "news" channels.
Strypey
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Recording shows broadcast live from a professional radio studio results in an audio file. Recording myself reading my blog posts in my bedroom also results in an audio file. But even though these 2 things can be functionally reduced to the same kind of technical artifact, that doesn't mean listening to them creates the same experience.
If it did, I could podcasting all my blog posts and get the same half a million listener numbers as RNZ does ; )
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Radio NZ are really in stupid mode.
They make a bunch of pretty dumb decisions in an effort to increase their audience share.
Those measures have the opposite effect.
So they do more of the thing.
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Former RNZ National addict here. I hate commercial radio and waffling presenters so RNZ was my companion, at home, in the car, everywhere. For fifty years.
Morning Report led the news agenda, regularly broke stories and RNZ was the gold standard of authoritative sources.
As the media world shattered and diversified, RNZ gradually became less Kim Hill and more Jim Mora, cutting edge became the radio equivalent of squashy blancmange and I stopped listening in 2020.
Now I stream BBC Radio 4 when I need a radio fix. They're not perfect but they're less annoying than RNZ.
How could RNZ win back listeners? For a start, bring back intelligent interviews - not Wallace fucking Chapman dominating every conversation or yet more blathering from Jesse Mulligan.
In depth analysis should provide insight -- not inane "Let us know what you think" appeals to listeners.
Stop trying to compete with Mike Hosking and the anger merchants -- there is still a market for intelligent radio.
Now becoming more Auckland-centric? RNZ has misplaced its niche.
@zl2tod @leighelse
#NZ #RNZ
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All of that.
@leighelse
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Gavin Ellis knows what he's talking about.
"He (Sutherland) says the focus should be on the 50-69 age group for RNZ National but I go further. The focus should be on the 50 to death age group."
From one who ticks the '70-death' box, thank you Gavin.
"No more trying to beat commercial radio at its own game, producing television without the pictures, and placing undue emphasis on reporters’ own opinions."
knightlyviews.com/rnz-national…
@zl2tod @leighelse
RNZ National may have the circuit breaker it sorely needs. - Knightly Views with Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis (Knightly Views with Gavin Ellis)bananabob
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@BobLefridge @zl2tod I think they have it all wrong. Rather than centralise on Auckland they should regionalise.
Bring the YA network thing. With stations based in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Giving local news breakouts and taking a RNZ National feed for news and other programme content.
Imagine a station where you could broadcast the "Meet The Candidates" event at the local town hall, and coverage of regional events.
Forget trying to beat the commercial stations at their own game, invent a new one by claiming back the old one.
Strypey
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> stations based in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Giving local news breakouts and taking a RNZ National feed for news and other programme content
Couldn't agree more. I said something very similar about TVNZ last year;
disintermedia.substack.com/p/a…
TV can't compete with online video, whether hosted or livestreamed, by trying to be more like it. It has to lean into the things it can do that they can't.
@BobLefridge @zl2tod @leighelse
A Future for Television in Aotearoa?
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@lightweight @zl2tod @BobLefridge
The sad irony of RNZ’s decision to broaden its appeal to a younger and more diverse audience is it has not only failed to attract a larger more diverse audience but in its dumbing down of content has lost a very large number of loyal listeners.
What I really don’t understand is why this was even considered an important priority considering RNZ is not a commercial broadcaster chasing ratings or advertising revenue. It may well come down to budget cuts. High quality journalism comes at a cost whereas cheap and cheerful delivers exactly what it says on the package.
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@jeremy_pm
> is it has not only failed to attract a larger more diverse audience
Not true across RNZ services as a whole. They've massively grown audiences for their website, podcasts, web video, etc.
> dumbing down of content
IMHO that's more perception than reality.
@lightweight @leighelse @zl2tod @BobLefridge
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@jeremy_pm
> [RNZ] has lost a very large number of loyal listeners.
The only number that declined -a bit - was (broadcast only?) live radio listening. From a lockdown-era high. It's grown again in the latest stats. But it's hovered around half a million for years.
But really how many people under 50 own an AM/FM radio receiver and listen to it regularly? Even if you include listening live via the website, or some app, how many of us listen to anything in realtime?
Jeremy Buffer Jones
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That's the wonderful thing about opinions, anyone can have them and it seems to me RNZ has adopted a passion for opinions.
@lightweight @leighelse @zl2tod @BobLefridge