This is very impressive. 💙

In the words of Fatboy Slim, "we've come a long long way together." Here, @miaq breaks down Flipboard's federation journey so far.

"We could [federate Flipboard] with a quick flip of the switch but we’ve chosen to act more intentionally," she writes. "We’re taking measured steps to test, learn, and ensure that everything we’re doing stays true to our values and those of the fediverse. Maintaining quality is top of the list."

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/federation-timeline/

#Federation #Fediverse #Flipboard #FediCurious #ActivityPub #Publishing #Media #Technology #MastodonMigration #Mastodon

Prince William could overturn king’s windfarm ban as he orders renewable energy review for estate.

William, 42, is looking at introducing large-scale solar panel farms, geothermal energy alongside onshore wind turbines to increase renewable energy output and help the duchy reach net zero carbon emissions by 2032. #ClimateChange #UK #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/27/prince-william-renewable-energy-review-duchy-cornwall-estate-wind-turbines

Just watching the highlights of the opening ceremony ... I'm not a fan of the boat thing ... And mixing the countries in the same boat ... Oh my

Hugz & xXx

A cat of a different kind, Happy Saturday or should I say Caturday!
Available here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/lion-portrait-tina-lecour.html

#cat #cats #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #catsofpixelfed #caturday #lion #lions #animals #animal #AnimalKingdom #nature #wildlife #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #creativetoots #wallart #wallartforsale #artforsale #art #artprints #giftideas #gifts #canvas #arte #artwork #artist #mastodonart #homedecor #interiordecor #interiordesign #fineart #mixedmedia #buyintoart #ayearforart

"The Crown Estate, the monarchy’s property firm, owns much of the seabed surrounding Britain. Great British Energy will work with the firm to develop #OffshoreWind and other #CleanEnergy projects, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday.

#GreatBritishEnergy is to be backed by $10.7 billion in public funding over the next five years. The government is hoping that private investors can be persuaded to pour in another $77.3 billion in support."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/25/britain-wind-power-crown-estate/

NPR Just now:

Trump audio: “Kamala hates Jewish people.”

NPR Newsreader: “VP Harris has been married to a Jewish man for over a decade.”

The biggest casualty in the Trump era has been the death of truth. He and a lot of the GOP just wantonly lie. The media can’t even keep up with the fact checking and really do a poor job of stating bluntly “what Trump just said was a lie.”

Don’t say “an untruth” or whatever euphemism they’re using that day. It needs to be stated clearly “this is a lie.”

“A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.” —Winston Churchill

JD Vance calls for taking away voting power from “people who don’t have kids”.
Republicans have also called to raise the voting age.
If your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't be trying so hard to take it away.
#WeChooseKamala

And yes, yes, a million times yes

RIDICULE. Keep it up. Anything you can think of to mock Trump and his newest Vice Pence the Bearded Palin

MOCK THEM. Here are some topics on which he currently is vulnerable on. Hit him where it hurts...

https://www.threads.net/@randi.mayem.singer/post/C95nqPByEM7

Have you ever wanted to mute posts with certain keywords on Mastodon? Here's how to do it. | How to Set Up Filters on Mastodon https://techlifeweb.com/blog/2024/07/2024-07-26-post-184700/ #mastodon (https://techlifeweb.com/blog/2024/07/2024-07-26-post-215308/)

Heard this the other day and it still amazes me. With Biden passing the baton to Harris, this becomes the first presidential election since 1976 without a Bush, Clinton or Biden. #uspolitics (https://techlifeweb.com/blog/2024/07/2024-07-26-post-224535/)

@dada Bisous du samedi 😘 😘 😘 😘

*me, lying on the sofa stuffing biscuits into my face while watching elite athletes doing elite athlete stuff*

Huh. Look at that over rotation you fools

#Olympics #couchpotato

@jenesuispasgoth Bisous du samedi NoGoth 😘 😘 😘 😘

@Phoenic_Roseus Bisous du samedi ma Rose 😘 😘 😘 😘

Group of 20 nations have agreed to work together to make the super rich pay their taxes, but stopped short of a more substantial deal, according to a declaration adopted Friday after a meeting of finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/27/economy/g20-ultrarich-tax/ #business #economy #g20 #taxes

I like the idea of JD secretly regretting ruining any chance he ever had of being friends with Jennifer Aniston.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported that a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber stationed at the Olenya airbase in the Murmansk region of Russia was hit by drones.

The distance from the Ukrainian border to the Olenya airbase is approximately 1800 kilometers.

#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia

The art and science of swearing
https://www.vox.com/culture/362440/the-art-and-science-of-swearing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Life @life-Vox

Die Leute sollen auf's Land ziehen, sagt #Geywitz. Schade, dass die Bundesregierung keine Möglichkeiten hat, das Leben auf dem Land attraktiver zu machen...

Cobb County daily and extended weather forecast, along with the regional climate summary: Saturday, July 27, 2024 #CobbCounty #Climate #Weather

https://cobbcountycourier.com/2024/07/cobb-county-weather-forecast-for-saturday-july-27-2024/

#USpolitics #JustIn #Bernie

"We will win — and win big — if we campaign on the economic agenda that working people want." [1:38 min]
by Bernie Sanders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcZikuUsf0

#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot #ImWithHer
#CapitalismIsFailingYou #WorkersUnite

King Charles’ property empire earns £334,000 from housing benefit
Exclusive: Crown Estate makes record profits after issuing evictions, selling houses and cashing in on benefits
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/king-charles-crown-estate-housing-benefit-royal-tenants-evictions/?utm_source=SEGMENT%20-%20Newsletter%3A%20oD%20weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=King%20Charles%E2%80%99%20property%20empire%20earns%20%C2%A3334%2C000&_kx=GU0jXvZSWjMkK6zdk_or3y_4LV6KQvDUn9y5cO7G05Y.YjCYwm
#DownWithTheCrown #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #FuckTheMonarchy #UKMonarchy #Democracy #Housing #UKHousing #Equality #Inequality

Honoured to have one of my posts featured in the first edition of the Fabric Influencers Spotlight amongst other great professionals. #MicrosoftFabric #mvpbuzz

https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fabric-influencers-spotlight-july-2024?ft=All/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5004032

Theists:
The #gospels were anonymously written and didn’t start appearing until decades after the events they claim to describe. They started as oral tales, and there are no original manuscripts.

Why should anyone believe they’re true?

___________________
#atheism #faith #god

PARIS 2024

Olympics opening ceremony: a litte Gaga, a lot of spectacle, and universal uplift

How Paris 2024’s Olympics opening ceremony set spirits – and much else – soaring, embracing the Seine, the streets and the skies.

"I thoroughly enjoyed the opening ceremony. The number of MAGA heads that exploded must have been in the hundreds!"
- Aure

Paris showcased too much diversity for cranky MAGA bigots to process!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #olympics

https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/design-events/paris-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony-review

Good morning!

It's brunch day, so I'm skipping my early-morning walk as usual, hoping to minimize my pain sitting in the restaurant. I missed brunch last time, so it will be good to see people again.

My book sales yesterday topped out at 248. I don't think I've ever sold that many in a single day before -- mostly I sell 30-50. I have no idea what caused that huge spike, but I am very grateful that it happened. It's an unexpected windfall.

May you have unexpected good luck #today.

I AM FLYING TO BOSTON. A GUY JUST BOOED THE PRE-FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION. THIS IS GONNA BE OKAY.

iCloud Private Relay has been offline since Thursday, if you’re relying on it to hide your IP - it turned itself off.

It’s hosted by Cloudflare and Akamai, so a several day outage is highly unusual.

I may appear to be free
but I'm just a prisoner of your love
And I may seem all right and smile when you leave
but my smiles are just a front
Just a front, hey

And I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
And I'll try to keep my cool, but I'm feigning

I try to say goodbye and I choke (yeah)
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it's clear
My world crumbles when you are not near

Macy Gray

#Lyrics
#Mar

Celebrating Hanukah with battalion-strength indiscriminate tracer fire.

A lapse of fire discipline so complete that the IDF is often more dangerous to itself than any actual enemy.

Killing civilians approaching humanitarian routes.

And soldiers trained to know better but permitted, even encouraged, to revel in the utter destruction of Palestinian lives.

#Gaza #WarCrimes

https://www.972mag.com/israeli-soldiers-gaza-firing-regulations/

A friend said when he hears guys moan or groan LOUDLY at the gym (peacocking much?) he gets annoyed...

I just imagine them in a hardcore #gay porn situation and just enjoy the mental imagery 😈

I lived right across the street from this building-and watched it being moved from it's old foundation.
Quite the feat.
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/07/27/business/business-housing/sale-gingerbread-house-norway-maine-fund-more-renovations-joam40zk0w/

@TalktoBeverley just wanted to say Happy Saturday, haven't chatted with you in a while! I've been really busy at work lately and haven't been goofing off as much on here. Hope you're having a nice weekend!

Hello, Saturday. 🙂
#food #pasta #cake #caturday

I had #coffee too, of course.

Hello! Hi! I have book news!

I can't thank my agent enough for this, and also @MarkStout, because it was his words on my thesis, which sparked the idea that Tsien's story needed to be a book.