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From that one time I saw the most perfect window scene and felt obligated to capture it.
I was inside the capital building of Antigua #Guatemala and as I walked up the stairs I looked out the stairwell window to see this gorgeously framed flower pot. Someone had to have put it there on purpose! I particularly enjoy the effectively black canvas created by the dark interior behind.
#WindowFriday #feinsterfreitag #fineartphotography #artphotography #photography #fujifilm #FensterFreitag
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Something I stumbled upon recently. Considering the number of book lovers around Mastodon, this seems like a must-share.
"Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost."
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'Wellington, you’re so weird': Huge crowd gathers to watch a man fold a fitted sheet
Comedian Dan Boerman arrived in Wellington jetlagged and delirious, but he had a plan. On Monday afternoon, in front of a raucous crowd on Cuba Street, he would perform his ability to fold a fitted sheet to all.“I’m ballparking about 700 people showed up, and from the videos, there were people standing on bins to try and see. It was like a Fred Again concert.”
“Loads of people were saying to me afterwards, ‘This is so silly, this is what we needed in Wellington’ and it was kind of profound in a sense. I was just being silly and putting together something nonsense but people felt real good coming together and chanting on a stranger: ‘Fold that sheet!’
'Wellington, you’re so weird': Huge crowd gathers to watch a man fold a fitted sheet
About 700 people squashed together on Cuba Street, some stood on bins, to catch a glimpse of Dan Boerman's linen skills.RNZ
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Integrating Forum.openwrt.org with activityPub
!OpenWrt - I really appreciate the OpenWrt forum but also like using an ActivityPub based account to browse posts on topics I am interested in.
I understand that forum OpenWrt uses Discourse which has some capabilities to integrate with activityPub services and have suggested in the forum that they are used but there doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm to do so.
Im probably not good at promoting the benefits or addressing points of concern.
What are people's thoughts?
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Maybe but again I don't think that fuller implementation of ActivityPub by Discourse is the issue that is holding back OpenWrt forum from allowing some federation.
Perhaps some positive comments from ActivtyPub users on the OpenWrt fourm discussion might help encourge the admins to consider using the Discource Plugin
Stopping routes via an impassable ford
Way: Oakleys Road (473022786)
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.OpenStreetMap
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World Backup Day
World Backup Day
Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data.World Backup Day
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Eh, I'm not sure if the world can be picked backup, it's been knocked down pretty hard. I'm always down for trying though.
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Imapsync - Installation and use
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You can remap IMAP source folder to destination folder. It's very likely that sent folder needs to be remapped between different hosts.
I suggest you to use the dry-run option and examine the log to see if the folders are correctly mapped.
More in detail, I created an user just to run imapsync as a good practice in Linux.
Then downloaded imapsync in a subfolder of the user home directory, created two very simple scripts, one with the imapsync command with all the parameters I needed and one for the token.
Lastly, using crontab -e, I added two entry one for each script.
You don't need to put imapsync into etc, it is not a binary and, as far as I know, there is no package that you can install with a package manager, it's just a script that you download and execute. Anyway, where you put that, its up to you.
Yeah I did some dry runs and the folders maoped but I think its something about the labels .. Ill dig further.
That info about running via cron is really useful.
Co-op Group pledges to price-match Aldi on 100 essentials
Co-op Group pledges to price-match Aldi on 100 essentials - Co-operative News
Co-op Group launches price pledge and extends home shopping partnership with Uber Eats as it looks to grow its membership to 8 millionMiles Hadfield (Co-operative News)
NZ Herald owner NZME reveals talks to buy Stuff newspapers
NZ Herald owner NZME reveals talks to buy Stuff newspapers
Those talks have now been paused due to a board takeover bid at NZME, the stock exchange has been told.RNZ News (RNZ)
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Reddit Plans To Lock Some Content Behind a Paywall This Year, CEO Says - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: Reddit is planning to introduce a paywall this year, CEO Steve Huffman said during a videotaped Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Thursday.tech.slashdot.org
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Import from Instagram has been re-enabled!
We're working on improving support for older archives, with our update expected next week!
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Repairs on bears and much more
www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/repairs-on-bears-and-much-more
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Foundations laid for new Aviation museum
www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/foundations-laid-for-new-aviation-museum
The new and improved Ashburton Aviation Museum is well underway, with the foundations set to be finished by February.Building committee chairperson Owen Moore said a bit more money has come into the bank, which has been welcome.“We were initially just…
Foundations laid for new Aviation museum
The new and improved Ashburton Aviation Museum is well underway, with the foundations set to be finished by February. Building committee chairperson Owen Moore said a bit more money has come into the bank, which has been welcome.Daisy Hudson (Ashburton Guardian)
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Today in 1974, 51 years ago: in Shaanxi (China), a farmer discovers part of a red-baked clay warrior. It is the beginning of the most important discovery of the century for China, this humble peasant discovers in his lands, the tip of the iceberg of the Terracotta Warriors.
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@RaccoonForFriendica I'm seeing a lot of new users from Google Play's statistics, even if the app is not yet in the production channel. Welcome everyone, I hope you'll enjoy #friendica and #raccoonforfriendica!
Thanks to all the translators who continued to work on the app UI and store description, your dedication is really appreciated. @Fitik @Cătă @TamilNeram @Ricky-Tigg
To old users, I've added two new big features: swipe navigation which allows you to navigate between posts from the conversation detail and the "shortcuts" section, where you can explore other instances and see their local timeline "as if" your were registered there. Plus, as usual, small fixes and enhancements listening to your continuous feedback.
Have a nice weekend and #livefasteattrash
#friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #foss #procyonproject
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I think it's a "feel" issue more than a "functional" issue. I went to double check but the app is just stopping on me. Might be my phone''s being difficult.
I think the account switch is maybe a bit too far out of the way to be readily available. The menu opens up to access the account dropdown, and then you switch to the other account and the menu stays there.
My first thought is that switching to the account should acknowledge the change and then retract the menu. It took me a while to guess my way into swiping the menu to the side to dismiss it.
I was able to switch between Friendica and Mastodon well enough, but maybe there's a way to float that switch up to the top a bit more.
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@xinit ok I'll add a message in a snackbar to acknowledge that the change has happened and close the side menu.
You can also switch the account from your profile screen using the top right button, even in that case I'll add a snackbar when the change happens.
Thanks for explaining it to me.
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Bluetooth chat app for flights
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The last session of Day One of #fluConf2025 will be @coopcloud's
"Co-op Cloud: Grow Your Own International Democratic Tech Federation"
fluconf.online/sessions/co-op-…
hosted as a livestream via their cooperatively operated Owncast instance, starting in 15 minutes (at 18:00 UTC)
Co-op Cloud: Grow Your Own International Democratic Tech Federation
FluConf 2025 contributor profile for Calixfluconf.online
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Russian language Satellite TV
I think its great that independent media is available via satellite tv for Russian speakers. My thought - Should we be including a rqnge of russian language entertainment in those packages to attract audiences?
denisdiderot.net/svoboda-packa…
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That is a fair point, I see where you are coming from and I agree on a abstract level.
I guess it's more that I personally don't believe the majority of russian want to change. Platitudes about "peace with Ukraine, but also we continue to occupy 20% of your country and continue to eradicate Ukrainian culture/language/identity) in the occupied terroritories" notwithstanding.
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Sure.. so you need to work away at changing minds which never really works if you are just yelling at people.
I think the opportunity is to demonstrate that Sat TV could be the space (sic) where people.might prefer to go to get away from wall to wall news.
I think this article is an interesting read...ridl.io/how-the-war-changed-ru… and a quote "Some entertainment and infotainment programs were removed from the broadcast schedule." - That is something that external broadcasters could fill.
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I am not arguing against this initiative and to be honest I support it even though I don't believe in it. I am just sharing my own perspective and it's not meant to be a critique of this post (even if it comes off that way). FWIW, I upvoted this post after reading the linked page.
I don't believe there is any point in engaging with russians (be it yelling at them or any kind of dialogue revolving around what I see as platitudes). This is not because they are inherently bad or incapable of change or anything like that. They are very much capable of change, not to mention that framing their behaviour in essentialist terms in many ways allows them to avoid responsibility.
Based on the facts on the ground, the lack of information is not relevant when discussing broad support for genocidal imperialism among russians. They are adults, they full well understand that invading another country, annexing their territories and enforcing their language and culture is wrong. The stuff about "nazis in Ukraine" and NATO/BATO expansion is all a ruse and the russians who promote such polemics know this.
For someone to change their mind, there has to be some sort of driver or incentive. Ethical and humanist arguments cannot change minds when a strong majority (at the very least) of the population explicitly endorses and supports a genocidal imperialist position (while also engaging in duplicitous messaging in order to whitewash their crimes in context of the world at large).
One has to be honest with russians and explicitly tell them their ruse is not going to work. That they will be treated as genocidal imperialists until they change their behaviour (end of occupation, extradition of all russians involved in war crimes, compensation for all killings and damage). Tell them that they are welcome to play the victim, lie about russophobia or support putin or do whatever; they will be treated based on their actions. If you do evil things, you will be treated as evil people, no one is buying your lies.
Now you might say this approach is unreasonable, unrealistic or lacking in pragmatism. To that I will answer; look at it from a more long term perspective. Over the last 110 years, 16 nations have de jure liberated themselves from the yoke of russian imperialism (I am not even counting Warsaw Pact countries). Reagan took an explicit position (evil empire) and lo and behold, the USSR did collapse.
I simply don't believe the vast majority of russians have any interest in changing their views (based on ethical arguments). They know what they are doing is wrong and they still support it. They need real incentives to change their tune.
Regarding the BBC article, I will point out that the Nazi regime was defeated by military force. Denazification was implemented via multi-decade allied occupation aimed at limiting any hint of revanchism both via positive initiatives such as the marshal plan and long term education initiatives. Unfortunately, this is not viable when it comes to russians.
Like I said earlier, this just my opinion and I do think it's a well meaning initiative. I would be glad to be wrong regarding the above-mentioned arguments.
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