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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703863/ Six killed in strike on Russia’s Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv #Conflicts #Russia #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Ukraine
Six killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv
#russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraine #russiaukrainewar #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #conflicts #russoukrainianwar
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Muse
Muse • diaspora
Let's get ready to do some Christmas dancing!
https://youtu.be/-2SGwdHTKr8?si=LzghAaGLUeQ8tCIm

The Charlie Brown School of Dance | A Charlie Brown Christmas

Do you have chorophobia (the fear of dancing)? Come to the Charlie Brown School of Dance and learn the hottest dance moves on the club circuit!Visit the web...
YouTube
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Kenny Chaffin
Kenny Chaffin • diaspora
Even I could do that!
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid • mastodon (AP)
It’s the most miserable time of the year
I am wearing a frown ‘cos it’s still p*ssing down must be time for a beer
It’s the most miserable time of the year
It’s Christmas & I’m feeling poo
Everybody is laughing but I’m busy barfing ‘cos I’ve got the flu
Oh it’s Christmas & I’m feeling poo
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NASA (unofficial)
NASA (unofficial) • friendica (via ActivityPub)
Liechtenstein signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 52nd nation to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity. “Today, as Liechtenstein signs the Artemis Accords, we take another step forward together, united by the promise of […]

NASA Welcomes Liechtenstein as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory - NASA

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Light bulbs
Light bulbs • mastodon (AP)
New research: “[Impact printing] is even better than 3D printing. […] instead of typical construction materials, it uses Earth-based materials such as sand, silt, clay, and gravel to make homes.”

“[…] in the future, we don’t want to use any additives or stabilizers [such as cement] at all. Our method could be completely circular, meaning that the parts could be deconstructed and reused in future buildings without going to landfill.”

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/impact-printing-is-a-cement-free-alternative-to-3d-printed-structures/

“Impact printing” is a cement-free alternative to 3D-printed structures

Impact Printing uses high speed jets of material found at building sites to form load bearing structures.
Ars Contributors (Ars Technica)
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AI6YR Ben
AI6YR Ben • mastodon (AP)
Louisiana governor pushes back against ominous warnings and a report on LNG exports from the U.S. Department of Energy https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-rejects-doe-lng-export-report/article_46d76168-befe-11ef-b644-0765bdc0e5f2.html #lng #energy #climateemergency

Gov. Jeff Landry and energy coalition blasts LNG report by Department of Energy

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry forcefully rejects ominous warnings and a report on LNG exports from the U.S. Department of Energy.
NOLA.com
#LNG #energy #ClimateEmergency
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Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein • mastodon (AP)
Here's the bottom line. No matter if your routers or other equipment are marketed and/or made by American firms or anywhere else including China, most consumer and SOHO gear is likely to have all manner for firmware flaws and security problems. Government warnings based on what-if and could-be concerns without evidence are worthless. This stuff is churned out as fast as possible with minimal concerns about security and privacy. So the focus on China is frankly 99% politics, and don't let politicians of either party convince you otherwise, they're all in the game.
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Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein • mastodon (AP)
@engarneering There are just too many variables for general form answers.
@iAmAnEngarneer
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ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE • unkn (AP)
Bundestagswahl: Pankower Grüne sollen neu über Direktkandidaten entscheiden
https://www.zeit.de/news/2024-12/20/pankower-gruene-sollen-neu-ueber-direktkandidaten-entscheiden?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Gepostet in Bundestagswahl 2025 @bundestagswahl-2025-ZEITONLINE

Bundestagswahl: Pankower Grüne sollen neu über Direktkandidaten entscheiden

Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Bundestagswahl“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Pankower Grüne sollen neu über Direktkandidaten entscheiden“.
dpa (ZEIT ONLINE)
@bundestagswahl-2025-ZEITONLINE
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Thijs Lucas
Thijs Lucas • mastodon (AP)
Oh hahh. Ich hoffe, dass das sauber durchläuft. #Gelbhaar kenne ich als sehr fähigen und wichtigen Treiber der deutschen Verkehrspolitik.
#gelbhaar
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Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️
Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ • mastodon (AP)
I wish there was a browser that wasn't made by an ad company with an AI obsession.

https://mastodon.social/@mcc/113686974897156798

mcc

2024-12-20 20:12:49


Pity that when the ad company says I can't use an ad blocker, my alternative is to use… a browser by a *second* ad company, that has spyware and an AI chatbot block in, and that looks… I dunno. *waves arm* "like that".

(So flat. So flat it makes Chrome's recent interfaces look rich and helpful. And yet oddly, it also has HUGE aggro scrollbars on Windows that it doesn't display on Linux. Not sure what that's about.)

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https://notes.kvibber.com/users/kelson • gotosocial (AP)
Vivaldi is close, but it still depends on Chromium
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Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️
Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ • mastodon (AP)
@kelson Yeah, and that's kind of the problem... no matter their best intentions, they can still get yanked around by upstream changes. Kind of the LibreWolf / Firefox problem...
@kelson
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid • mastodon (AP)
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703861/ WATCH: The Israeli Hit List – Iran Remains | #Conflicts #Israel
WATCH: The Israeli Hit List – Iran Remains |

WATCH: The Israeli Hit List – Iran Remains | - EUROPE SAYS

By If Americans Knew The seven countries that the U.S. continues to meddle with and antagonize have
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#Israel #conflicts
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lifewithtrees
lifewithtrees • mastodon (AP)
Anybody else feel like they went into lockdown and never really fully came back out?

#mentalhealth #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent

Cc @actuallyautistic
#MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #audhd @ActuallyAutistic group
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bytebro
bytebro • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Enjoyed lock-down

@ActuallyAutistic group
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taz
taz • mastodon (AP)
Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in Magdeburg raste ein Autofahrer in eine Menschenmenge. Er soll festgenommen worden sein. Mindestens eine Person soll dabei ums Leben gekommen sein. https://taz.de/!6058114

Anschlag in Magdeburg: Auto rast in eine Menschenmenge auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt

Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in Magdeburg raste ein Autofahrer in eine Menschenmenge. Er soll festgenommen worden sein. Mindestens zwei Personen sollen dabei ums Leben gekommen sein.
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pmaurus
pmaurus • mastodon (AP)
Vielleicht ist jetzt die Zeit für eine Social-Media-Pause. Habt eine gute Weihnachtszeit. Nehmt die Menschen, die ihr liebt, in den Arm. Gönnt euch etwas Gutes. Bleibt behütet.
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Elsa & Balou
Elsa & Balou • mastodon (AP)
🧡 💫 ✨ 🍀
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Mary Hilton
Mary Hilton • mastodon (AP)
Just for the record, the Auschwitz Museum organization has a presence on Mastodon, and any mention of Elon Musk should be given a link to some place that he obviously wants to bring back.

This is what he is endorsing:

https://www.auschwitz.org/en/

FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

"KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here."
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climate voter/eco leftist
climate voter/eco leftist • mastodon (AP)
This man has billions of dollars of sensitive government contracts. Biden has time to terminate. If does not do so, he is complicit.
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703859/ Haunting moment North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries to ward off kamikaze drone #Conflicts #drones #KimJongUn #NorthKorea #Russia #Section:News:WorldNews #Ukraine #UkraineWar #VladimirPutin
Haunting moment North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries to ward off kamikaze drone

Haunting moment North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries to ward off kamikaze drone - EUROPE SAYS

THIS is the haunting moment a North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries
EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#russia #NorthKorea #Ukraine #drones #VladimirPutin #UkraineWar #section #kimjongun #conflicts
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HeavenlyPossum
HeavenlyPossum • mastodon (AP)
I’ve watched this a dozen times already. What an absolutely incredible moment in history.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/world/video/syrian-prisoner-freed-clarissa-ward-digvid
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Mike Breedlove
Mike Breedlove • hometown (AP)
This report deserves some sort of prize. Holy shit.
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Future Hellfutures🏴💀🦇
Future Hellfutures🏴💀🦇 • mastodon (AP)
and cranks win again: CNN didn’t fact check because it was so eager to run the emotional story. The inmate (if he ever was) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and involved in a dispute over divvying up corruption earnings. Our world sucks so bad…

There’s a correction posted to the top of the story now.
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mhoye
mhoye • mastodon (AP)
Everyone's on here this week saying, don't push to prod on a Friday, don't push to prod before holidays, don't push to prod because something or something else or tomorrow is special but tomorrow is always special for someone somewhere, if going to prod is an anxiety spigot any day it's an anxiety spigot every day, fix _that_.

I wonder how long this industry's idea of "engineering" is going to be "test the happy path and plan B is superstition". FFS grow up and talk to the aviation people.
A google search for the phrase "practical rollback strategies" returning zero results.
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid • mastodon (AP)
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maniajack
maniajack • mastodon (AP)
Oof tough but true statement: "Best case scenario is we get absolutely nothing done in the next 4 years" #uspolitics
#USPolitics
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Kevin Leecaster
Kevin Leecaster • mastodon (AP)
We shouldn't give up on being able to accomplish something good after the midterms though imo.
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billy joe bowers - hates nazis
billy joe bowers - hates nazis • mastodon (AP)
A853703

Located At: Pima Animal Care Center - Tucson

Description: My name is Tippy*.

I am a male, tricolor Catahoula Leopard Hound and Pit Bull Terrier.

Weight: I weigh approximately 52.80 lbs.

Age: The shelter staff think I am about 1 year old.

More Info: I have been at the shelter since Oct 29, 2024 and ready for adoption!

https://24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PIMA/A853703

#Dogs #Tucson #PACC #Adopt #FostersSaveLives #AdoptDontShop
Beautiful dog. Caption: "I was a good boy at Bookmans today!" Beautiful dog with person. Caption: "Oh yes, scratch me there…. I’ll be a good boy…."
Beautiful dog. Caption: "oh hi just being a good boy in the car" Beautiful dog. Caption: "Waiting very patiently at Starbucks for my Puppacchino!"

https://24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PIMA/A853703

#tucson #dogs #AdoptDontShop #adopt #fosterssavelives #pacc
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Twra Sun
Twra Sun • mastodon (AP)
↪️ 🔁

#Magdeburg #Anschlag #MD2012
#Magdeburg #Anschlag #md2012
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Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️
Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ • mastodon (AP)
Sonic 3 is a good, fun movie*. I genuinely believe that the more weird lore shit they embrace, the more fun and the less generic superhero-y it comes out.

Also, there's so many great easter eggs, but it never goes full Ready Player One by making those references plot-critical — they're there to make fans laugh, and that's about it.

(*with the caveat that Jim Carrey is still a terrible human being who arguably is complicit in the deaths of hundreds of thousands)
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SnoopJ
SnoopJ • mastodon (AP)
yea, it took me a long time to round the corner from "Sonic is cringe" into "Sonic is cringe and that rocks" and I think you hit the nail on the head: the emotional tones are the consistent thing that everything else in the "narrative" portion of that universe orbits around

(although I guess you can argue that even the original game has emotional overtones if you ponder what's going on, Sonic's motivations for doing what he's doing, blah blah, but maybe that's hindsight)
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Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️
Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ • mastodon (AP)
@SnoopJ I may have to steal "Sonic is cringe and that rocks," it's a perfect summary, really. Anyway, I do think that even from the first Genesis games (and absolutely Sonic CD), they tried to have some kind of emotional storytelling. Sky Sanctuary Zone from S3&K is a really cool early experiment in video game narratives, I'd argue.

It's never tried to be coherent as a plot, but as you say, the *vibes* are always there and matter.
@SnoopJ
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David August
David August • unkn (AP)
A nice presidential portrait.
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703856/ At least one dead and dozens injured after car plows into German Christmas market, authorities say #News #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics
At least one dead and dozens injured after car plows into German Christmas market, authorities say

At least one dead and dozens injured after car plows into German Christmas market, authorities say - EUROPE SAYS

Berlin CNN  —  At least one person has died and dozens are injured after a car plowed into
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#World #News #Worldnews #worldtopics
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Shiba Every Hour
Shiba Every Hour • mastodon (AP)
a random shiba from shibes.lol
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The Sleight Doctor 🃏
The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • mastodon (AP)
Today I visited a tiny public library in the main local authority building of a city in the East Midlands, England. I haven't rearranged any of the books, nor are these shelves specifically devoted to equality and diversity; it's just the non-fiction section.

If you have any friends in Florida or any of those other book-purging states, maybe show them this post. A library isn't supposed to contain only what you know (or think you know) already. It's supposed to challenge, enlighten and inspire.
Library shelf full of books on racism, Black history, life as a migrant, and also a critique of the USA among other titles.
Library self with many books on LGBTQ+ issues and history.
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Peter Relph
Peter Relph • mastodon (AP)
I think that Dewey might have had a small hand in it 😀
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The Sleight Doctor 🃏
The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • mastodon (AP)
@peterrelph I was waiting for that comment!

Yes, of course. But the section was simply labelled "non-fiction" - and it is a very small library. Regardless of Dewey's system it is always a choice which books to stock and display, so all things considered this is an impressive commitment to representing marginalized groups.
@Peter Relph
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Its Not A Hoax ☑️
Its Not A Hoax ☑️ • mastodon (AP)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jack-smith-trump-evidence-jan-6-election-case-rcna175265

What's in Jack Smith's newly released evidence against Trump

Here's what you need to know about what's in the appendix of special counsel Jack Smith's superseding indictment of former President Donald Trump.
Lisa Rubin (MSNBC)
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid • mastodon (AP)
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703854/ Syria: Missing persons and other human rights concerns [EN/AR] – Syrian Arab Republic #Conflicts #Syria
Syria: Missing persons and other human rights concerns [EN/AR] - Syrian Arab Republic

Syria: Missing persons and other human rights concerns [EN/AR] - Syrian Arab Republic - EUROPE SAYS

Attachments From Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Thameen Al-Kheetan Location Geneva As you may
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#Syria #conflicts
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Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo • mastodon (AP)
The clown show in the House got a new ringmaster with Elon Musk, who stole the spotlight from Trump, forced him into a losing fight, and brought us to the brink of yet another government shutdown. All this and more in today’s write-up: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/showdown-smackdownshutdown?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Showdown, Smackdown…Shutdown?

A battle within the GOP leads once again to a defeat for Trump and paralysis within the House.
open.substack.com
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Jcmacomber
Jcmacomber • mastodon (AP)
I like this.

#TOLKIEN
J.R.R. TOLKIEN "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king." 14.
#tolkien
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703852/ After Iran, Pakistan’s nuclear programme could be targeted by…, warns Pakistani expert, says 2025… #america #BallisticMissile #China #China–PakistanEconomicCorridor #Conflicts #CPEC #Gwadar #India #Iran #Islamabad #Israel #NajamSethi #NuclearProgramme #pakistan #PakistanCricketBoard #PakistanNuclearWeapons #PCB #Russia #USA
Iran, Pakistan, nuclear programme, USA, ballistic missile, Najam Sethi, Islamabad, Pakistan Cricket Board, PCB, America, India, Russia, China, Gwadar, China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC, Israel

After Iran, Pakistan’s nuclear programme could be targeted by…, warns Pakistani expert, says 2025… - EUROPE SAYS

Home NewsAfter Iran, Pakistan’s nuclear programme could be targeted by…, warns Pakistani expert, says 2025… China has been
EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#USA #Iran #America #India #china #Israel #Pakistan #russia #pcb #Islamabad #ballisticmissile #conflicts #cpec #gwadar #najamsethi #nuclearprogramme #pakistancricketboard #pakistannuclearweapons
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Chris Rowan
Chris Rowan • mastodon (AP)
Enjoyed reading about the Parker Solar Probe as it prepares to skim the sun’s atmosphere - at a respectable (for humans) fraction of the speed of light - on Christmas Eve. Surviving that requires some amazing materials science!

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/were-about-to-fly-a-spacecraft-into-the-sun-for-the-first-time/
Text Shot: The science instruments had to be hardened as well. As the probe flies into the Sun there's an instrument known as a Faraday cup that hangs out to measure ion and electron fluxes from the solar wind. Unique technologies were needed. The cup itself is made from sheets of Titanium-Zirconium-Molybdenum, with a melting point of about 4,260° Fahrenheit (2,349° C). Another challenge came from the electronic wiring, as normal cables would melt. So, the team at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA grew sapphire crystal tubes to suspend the wiring and made the wires from niobium.
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Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:
Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: • mastodon (AP)
@AkaSci I'm gonna be honest, I RT'd without reading because I trust Ars and the summary had some pretty cool materials science. I had no idea we could build things that get that hot without melting.

Nice to see an APL that applies physics to things staying together rather than coming apart. ;)
@AkaSci 🛰️
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Chris Rowan
Chris Rowan • mastodon (AP)
@adamshostack @AkaSci As it was Ars, the rather wooly description of orbital mechanics was called out fairly early in the comments section!
@AkaSci 🛰️ @Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
In Canada, an appeals court upheld that a thumb’s up emoji 👍 can legally bind you to a contract.

This is why lawyers are the most critical aspect of any functioning business.

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/appeal-dismissed-in-sask-thumbs-up-emoji-case-1.7152055

Appeal dismissed in Sask. 'thumbs up' emoji case

An appeal to a legal case that made international headlines has been dismissed by Saskatchewan's highest court.
Regina
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid • mastodon (AP)
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Its Not A Hoax ☑️
Its Not A Hoax ☑️ • mastodon (AP)
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Jim Stormdancer
Jim Stormdancer • mastodon (AP)
Just invented a guy, it's the guy who orders a patty for your pooch for himself
A cropped photo of a restaurant menu, showing an icon of a dog and the item "Order a patty for your pooch, $4.99"
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Jim Stormdancer
Jim Stormdancer • mastodon (AP)
Don't mind if I do!
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mcc
mcc • mastodon (AP)
I wish I could just go out and buy… a hamburger…
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Kevin Leecaster
Kevin Leecaster • mastodon (AP)
This solar powered streetlight looks nice.

They used flexible PV to wrap the top part of the pole rather than like the ones that put a panel up there.
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack
Ramesh #NotGoingBack • mastodon (AP)
⬆️ @GreenFire

>> They used flexible PV to wrap the top part of the pole rather than like the ones that put a panel up there.

Looks like form over function — The curvature would make it inefficient, no?
@Kevin Leecaster
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Kevin Leecaster
Kevin Leecaster • mastodon (AP)
@rameshgupta
It might actually make it collect more power throughout the day and seasons to charge the batteries.

Plus, remember that efficiency is not what matters in a use case like that. It just has to collect enough energy to charge the batteries enough to power the light when it should be lit.

Anyways, we're in early stages and the best designs will prove themselves out is my opinion.
@Ramesh #NotGoingBack
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Axel Gutmann
Axel Gutmann • mastodon (AP)
🤪 #LordOfTheKurpfalz

#Mannheim #Ludwigshafen #Kaiserslautern #LotR #LordOfTheRings
#Mannheim #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #ludwigshafen #kaiserslautern #lordofthekurpfalz
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