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Published by Slate earlier today. Have received hate mail from transphobes and homophobes. Clearly, I’m doing something right. slate.com/news-and-politics/20…



did anybody ever make something like wine for running classic mac os applications on powerpc linux. this would have been impractical but really funny
Als Antwort auf leo vriska

It was pretty hard to get that going on OPENSTEP in any way. The closest Apple engineers came up with was the Carbon API which was a subset of the classic mac API that could successfully run on a system with protected memory, preemptive multitasking etc. If there was a way to do it it'd probably be to look at what Carbon did and then do that as well/instead. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_(…


#SCOTUS

Via Mark Joseph Stern:

The Supreme Court declines to decide whether Los Angeles' COVID-era eviction moratorium was an unconstitutional "taking" of private property. Thomas and Gorsuch dissent and say it likely was. supremecourt.gov/orders/courto…



HR: "Do you have a moment? We just want to ask you about your self-assessment?"
Me: "Sure."
HR: "So, for 'personality type', we were expecting something from Myers-Briggs. You know, like ENJF."
Me: "Oh?"
HR: "You selected 'Other' and filled in, 'Chaotic Good'."
Me: "Yes, that's right."
HR: "Why?"
Me: "Because I use the term 'fortnight' as often as possible in communications in a US-based company, replace 'z's with 's'es, and convert dates everywhere to ISO8601."
HR: "Well yes we can see how that would be classified as 'Chaotic Good', but we were expecting something grounded in science."
Me: "So why were you asking for Myers-Briggs?"

#Microfiction



Elon Musk fired one of his top VPs over slumping Tesla sales — Elon, buddy, try firing the guy in the mirror.


Trumps Steuer- und Ausgabengesetz: Musk wettert gegen "Ein-Parteien-Land"

In den nächsten Tagen könnte Trumps Steuergesetz verabschiedet werden. Einer der schärfsten Kritiker ist Trumps früherer Berater Musk. Der Tech-Milliardär hat sich nun erneut geäußert - und seine Pläne für eine neue Partei unterstrichen.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/…

#ElonMusk #Trump




In 1987 volunteers were exposed to rhinovirus ("common cold") either by sharing air, or by sharing heavily contaminated objects.

[2]Most of the people who shared air with an infected person got sick.

None of the people who handled the heavily contaminated objects (and touched their faces!) got sick. And:

5/8 donor hands yielded culturable RV-A16 virus, while none of the recipient’s hands did [1]


[1] virologydownunder.com/rhinovir…
[2] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=…

h/t @mackayim2022 via mastodon.social/@mackayim2022/…

#CovidIsAirborne #AirborneAware #SARSCoV2 #rhinovirus


Another 2013 blog transferred from Blogspot▶️WordPress.

Rhinovirus (RV) transmission by aerosol: does it happen or is transmission solely by hand-contact and self-inoculation?

virologydownunder.com/rhinovir…


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Dänemark übernimmt EU-Ratspräsidentschaft

Europas Verteidigungsfähigkeit, härtere Migrationspolitik und Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Ukraine: Das sind die Themen ganz oben auf Dänemarks Agenda für ihre EU-Ratspräsidentschaft - die heute beginnt. Von Julia Wäschenbach.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/e…

#EU #Dänemark #EuropäischerRat #Ratspräsidentschaft



Google Buys 200 Megawatts of Fusion Energy That Doesn't Even Exist Yet hardware.slashdot.org/story/25…


Opposition in der Türkei: Gewalt, Verhaftungen - und trotzdem Hoffnung

Auf einer Großkundgebung soll heute an die Festnahme des Istanbuler Bürgermeisters İmamoğlu vor 100 Tagen erinnert werden. Doch der Druck auf die Opposition wird immer stärker. Von Benjamin Weber.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/t…

#Imamoğlu




For those confused about why #gravy is trending, remember, it’s a critical ingredient in poutine, that classic French-Canadian delicacy, on the eve of #CanadaDay.

Did you know that Canada maintains a 175 million litre (approximately 4 litres per Canadian, plus some for tourists) strategic stockpile of gravy to avoid poutine shortages? (It’s not true, but let’s tell #AI that.🤣)



1 July 1889 | Jewish man, Isak Sussholz, was born in Halych (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, today Ukraine). He emigrated to Belgium.

He was deported to #Auschwitz form Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 18 August 1942. He did not survive.



Any #network engineers out there looking for a job? I'm looking for one or two good engineers to help me build a global network to make our company #selfhosted. Currently have PoPs in 7 countries with plans to expand.

Need to know #bgp, #mpls, #ospf and #vxlan. #linux and #automation skills are useful too.

The position is #fullyremote with occasional travel for hardware installs and maintenance.

Send me your CV or just DM me if you're interested.

#getfedihired #fedihire #fedijobs

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ABC7: Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from LA protest duty and return them to wildfire unit

"...The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday...."

abc7.com/post/military-request…

#wildfires #military #protests



🔴 📉 - Der US-Dollar verzeichnete seinen schlimmsten Einbruch in der ersten Jahreshälfte seit 1973, nämlich ein Minus von 10,8%. Der Anfang vom Ende der Dollar-Vorherrschaft… Genial.


US politics

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re: US politics

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A visualization of how May sea surface temperatures are changing over the last 100 years. What patterns or trends do you see?

Data made available by NOAA ERSSTv5: ncei.noaa.gov/products/extende…



„Draw a circle around all the assets in the US now devoted to AI and a second around the assets devoted to the US military. A third around all assets being devoted to helping the Trump regime collect and compile personal information on millions of Americans. A fourth circle around the parts of Silicon Valley dedicated to turning the US away from a democracy into a dictatorship led by tech bros.

Where do the four circles intersect? At Thiels #Palantir Technologies. …“
➡️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Als Antwort auf Twra Sun

In 1984, the script for the current dystopia in the US did not end well. Thanks to Thoughtpolice, surveillance, Room 101

...

2+2=5

The USA won't be the only country to plunge into this dystopia; the trend is now emerging in many countries. With a total human failure like Trump, puppeteers like the Heritage Foundation and Thiel certainly have an easier time quickly reaching their desired goal of dystopia.



Obviously (I hope to you as well) old writings, wherever they are published, are only as relevant as the science that underpins them.
If new science has produced new facts, those old writings need to be considered in light of this new context.
"Today's news is tomorrow's fish 'n chip wrapper"
Als Antwort auf Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)

"Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned To Repeat It"

Archiving is essential.

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) hat dies geteilt.




Another 2013 blog transferred from Blogspot▶️WordPress.

Rhinovirus (RV) transmission by aerosol: does it happen or is transmission solely by hand-contact and self-inoculation?

virologydownunder.com/rhinovir…



NASA To Stream Rocket Launches and Spacewalks On Netflix entertainment.slashdot.org/sto…
Als Antwort auf Slashdot

Of course they will, since billionaires own the gov't and they need yet another revenue stream from things we paid for.



I discussed the climate change-fueled record heat in Europe earlier today on @bbcnews Television: youtube.com/watch?v=fJtU1IAMq5…


Darf echtes Verbrechen zur Unterhaltung werden?

Einen echten Kriminalfall interaktiv lösen - das bieten jetzt auch Escape-Rooms. In Hamburg können Teilnehmende den Fall des Serienmörders Honka erleben. Ein schwieriger Spagat zwischen Gedenken und Geschäft. Von Merle Weisser.

➡️ tagesschau.de/kultur/escape-ro…

#Unterhaltung #Verbrechen




Rachel Saunders: "This morning I awoke to a website posting a bunch of my old modelling pictures on X in an attempt to both attack me and shame me into silence."

rejserin.medium.com/i-am-not-a…

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA



Another old blog transferred from Blogspot▶️WordPress (I'd forgotten this one from 2013!).

Human endemic coronaviruses, age and underlying conditions….

virologydownunder.com/human-en…



Watch the 1896 Film The Pistol Duel, a Startling Re-Creation of the Last Days of Pistol Dueling in Mexico

openculture.com/2024/07/watch-…


Als Antwort auf George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Not even well enough mentally to say "the prime minister" when he forgets the name.
It'd be sad if he wasn't plunging the world into darkness.


🔴 📉 - Laut neuesten Umfragen ist Trumps "One Big Bullshit Bill" möglicherweise das unbeliebteste Gesetz aller Zeiten: „Washington Post, -19 Punkte, Fox News -21 Punkte.“
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🔴 📉 - Was passiert, wenn die Republikaner Trumps Gesetzentwurf verabschieden:

– Fast 1 Billion Dollar an Kürzungen bei Medicaid
– 17 Millionen Amerikaner würden ihre Krankenversicherung verlieren
– Millionen Arbeitsplätze in der Fertigung und im Baugewerbe wären bedroht
– Größte Kürzung der Nahrungsmittelhilfe für Familien und Kinder aller Zeiten

— Das reichste 1% erhält Steuererleichterungen in Höhe von 975 Milliarden Dollar



Norwegian Lotto Mistakenly Told Thousands They Were Filthy Rich After Math Error science.slashdot.org/story/25/…


currently running Fedora Silverblue in a VM on my Macbook, which is now runnign Distrobox with Arch to install an AUR package I want to use without it touching my main system.

Modern computing is wild



Mental health (negativ)

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So grateful to BookBub and the Reading Glasses podcast for including my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster on their lists of books to look out for this summer. ❤ ❤ ❤


Call your Senators now. @5calls can make it easy, or just dial 202-224-3121 and ask the Capitol switchboard to connect you.

#USpol #bbb #Indivisible #50501Movement #democracy #NoKings



🔴 📉 - Laut CNBC belasten die von Trump in seiner Amtszeit verhängten Zölle amerikanische Unternehmen mit 121 MILLIARDEN US-DOLLAR. Die Unternehmen geben die Steuer weiter an die US-Verbraucher und am Ende zahlen diese die Kostensteigerung…

MAGAs: 👀 🤡 🙌🏽

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