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Did you see the Athleticus series?


Did you see the Athleticus series?

arte.tv/fr/videos/097585-001-A…

It features roos too @muse!
Athleticus - Street basket - Regarder le film complet | ARTE

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Stumbling over a Stolperstein while showing your German city to friends from the US, and explaining its meaning, then watching the horror on their faces grow as they continue to stumble over Stolperstein after Stolperstein in the streets we walk together. 🧵

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Marcel Heijnen captures the feisty, feral felines of Turkey's largest metropolis in a new book, ‘City Cats of Istanbul.'

thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/mar…

#photography #books

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Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. - Anne Herbert

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Professor Shocks Students Speaking Gen Alpha Slang youtube.com/shorts/oj4wYbiP6V8…

Great one
#language




For international friends of Berlin, here's a good overview what you'll see when you visit. Stucco everywhere, and stucco removed everywhere.


Buildings In Berlin Are Weird







@kennyc@diasporasocial.net:
It is the birthday of British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (books by this author), born in Ravenscroft, Monmouthshire (1872). He wrote Why I Am Not a Christian (1927), A History of Western Philosophy (1945), and The Principles of Mathematics (1903). He won the 1950 Nobel Prize in literature. He is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.
writersalmanac.publicradio.org…




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Some parts of Taipei are just not beautiful, say what you might. I still love this city. Lack of trees, lack of calm, roads and motor vehicles on them apparently claim all available space. Visually these bits seem devoid of any clear architectural line beyond the functional, and expose aesthetics as irrelevant. Well, what the. Just stay where you want to go after passing through here. :)
#taipei #taiwan #streetview #streetphotography #busy #taxis #schonschönhier #totalgarnichtschön #randomholidayphoto #台北 #台灣 # #道景觀 #街拍 #繁忙 #計程車

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Artikel-Serie: Joplin Notes - Joplin Server auf Docker-Basis installieren und einrichten

Ein kleines Tutorial für all diejenigen, die mehr aus Joplin herausholen und ihren eigenen Joplin Server auf Docker hosten möchten. Ein funktionierender Reverse Proxy wird vorausgesetzt.

#joplin #docker #Joplin_Notes #Notes #Artikel_Serie #Selfhosting #Linux

gnulinux.ch/artikel-serie-jopl…

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Dear #EU lawmakers, repeat after me:

MAKING #TIKTOK EUROPEAN DOES NOT SOLVE ANYTHING!

Thank you.

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A few weeks ago I was asking around for an invite to #FOSStodon for our #Koalagator calendar FOSS project only to have folks quickly tell me that drama was afoot.

Sounds like things have settled down hub.fosstodon.org/fosstodon-co… AND that the project has recommitted to being an inclusive space for marginalised communuties.

Very glad to hear this! Thanks @fosstodon team for all you've done and continue to do for the FOSS community, @Gina especially.

Now, about getting my project onto fosstodon. @Gina any chance of an invite?

Koalagator is a multi-year code revival project of a 10 year old much loved calendaring platform. We have big ambitions to make local community events easier to discover on the open web, away from big tech control.

github.com/koalagator/koalagat…

#FOSS #Koalagator #Calagator #Ruby #RubyOnRails #CalendarPlatform #CommunityCalendar #CommunityOrganising #SelfHosting #FOSStodon

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Can you draw a bicycle from memory? I suspect most people who ride one regularly and have an idea how the parts work together can make a good stab at it but these 3D renders of people’s sketches are wonkily fabulous.

booooooom.com/2016/05/09/bicyc…

Edited to add better link from the artist including actual models: gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-it… (thanks to @nickzoic)

#BikeTooter

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in reply to Kirsty Darbyshire

Here’s my attempt. The frame certainly isn’t scaled right, and the rack and basket aren’t supported but I don’t *think* the rest of it would collapse straight away if you tried to ride it. I can’t believe I forgot to add mudguards though.
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More of these here at the artist's website:

gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-it…

And they even made some of them into real bikes! Sadly they weren't on display last time I was at MONA but they're pretty awesome if not very rideable:

gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-it…



Have you been to the core of the sun?


Kit Bashir (@Unixbigot@aus.social) says

Unixbigot@aus.social - It’s so adorkable when science articles mention temperatures like “100 million ℃” and them helpfully add “(180 million ℉)” so that Americans who have been to the core of the sun (or Melbourne) can correlate that figure with their lived experience.


It’s so adorkable when science articles mention temperatures like “100 million ℃” and them helpfully add “(180 million ℉)” so that Americans who have been to the core of the sun (or Melbourne) can correlate that figure with their lived experience.




Preferring mastodon over friendica, follow me over there


In case you're wondering, or not, it may be better to follow me over at mastodon: this is where I post and where Pixelfed photos come up automagically:
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A rather mediocre #sunset today:
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Very few clouds, but the usual air pollution...
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For comparison a slightly more exciting sunset:
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#Taiwan #myphoto






This Calendar Features Photos of 'Dogs Pooping in Beautiful Places' | PetaPixel


Mabye I can get this for my parents as a present? Haha!
@Cass M 👋🏽 @Carsten Raddatz @Carsten Raddatz (劉愷恩) @Muse In case anyone of you needs a last minute gift idea!

#dogs

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Can we do something lighter for today? The wonderful John Held Jr. and his map from c. 1930 of "A dog's idea of the ideal country estate" map.
John Held Jr was really an imaginative treasure of the time. Great illustrator and commentator on the culture of the time.

#maps #dog #map

#dog #map #maps

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Low safeguards agains eff-ups everywhere!!1


I was a fond Motorola phone user at one point. I still receive their offers via email. They remind me of a time long gone when "setting up an outgoing email server" worked by way of bash-scripting and no one cared, or knew about security, however implicit.
I myself may or may not have b0rked up a mass email campaign sent via our hacky tool on the first job. "Dear $fristname," ... lol. Long ago. Product quality focus at Moto may have changed too.

The relative attention to detail too warrants some cynicism: they too seem to have low safeguards agains eff-ups in the marketing domain. In emails they address me as %%=v(@firstname) at times and have funny, wacky autotranslations on the landing or product pages. Oh please.

FWIW, I would maybe still use my Moto X Style of 2015 had the battery not gone down to about two minutes of use in the end, after 3 years. Or my DIY replacement efforts would have worked out, which didn't happen, because the screws they used are both tiny and their head would wear out on attempt to unscrew. Sigh.
I still applaud the excellent cameras, hardly any oversharpening, and overall smooth evenly lit pictures. The Moto gestures. And perfect proportions, good grip and weight distribution. They just don't make them like that anymore. In contrast, sometimes the current Moto product policy makes me shake my head a little, they sure cram very many models into the mid-to-low-tier range.

#marketing #motorola #variables #blastfromthepast #bash #ballsup #oopsie




#followerpower Fällt mir ja spät auf, aber manche Fahrradteile sind Verschleißteile. Also, sind dafür gemacht verschlissen zu werden. So auch meine die ich tauschen will, Kette, Kettenblätter, Kassette.

Der gute Mensch im Fahrradladen sagte also, kein Problem er könne mir einen Satz derselben Qualität wieder einbauen. Die Art wie er das sagte dämmerte mir dass ich mir dieselben Probleme nach einigen Jahren wieder einhandele damit. Professionelles understatement mag ich ja.

Also will ich jetzt was besseres (=haltbareres) kaufen, wo man die Kettenblätter verschraubt und ggf einzeln auswechseln kann, und eine Kette die nicht so ein Spiel entwickelt wie jetzt, jedenfalls nicht schon nach (grob überschlagen) 5000km.

SRAM, diese gut? Ich bin immer noch etwas verloren was Hersteller angeht, und die Vorteilskommunikation verwirrt mich.

#bikes #fedibikes #diy #bikerepair #mastobikes


New bike parts needed, help me decide


So I have this 7+ years old bike that serves me well for city type getting around. Nowadays the chain might jump when I accelerate, which is not good for busy junctions and generally city traffic.

The bike shop repair guy says "bike has shark" referring to the shape of various worn out bits. I'd be in for 150€ of repair costs in replacement parts and labour. All parts traction need replacing, front, chain and rear. See photos; never mind me not cleaning it. This is all the Shimano SiS and Acera stuff the bike came with. The derailleur gears can stay if you ask me.

What parts can I get in order to a) make the next set last longer than the factory default, and b) maybe save me a buck or two if I'm going DIY? Or should I get something different to max out the mentioned, proposed budget? I'm fine with spending that amount or similar if that gives me both peace of mind and 7+ years of hassle-free cycling.

But. Any bike parts website is giving me a headache. Too many options cause choice pollution. I have a hard time from separating marketing blurbs from statements about, say, durability.

I haven't done this type of work in two decades, however I think I can get it right given half a day or so. Any advice on what to get?

#bikes #fedibikes #diy #repair #mastobikes



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⚖ Thanks to the GDPR, EU users can take action if they think their personal data is being processed illegally.

❓ We have compiled resources to help you exercise your rights!

👉 Today, let's take a look at the right to file a complaint!

noyb.eu/en/your-right-lodge-co…

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One for all the coffee drinkers and book readers, avoid the chaos!

#Coffee #Books #Chaos

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New bike parts needed, help me decide


So I have this 7+ years old bike that serves me well for city type getting around. Nowadays the chain might jump when I accelerate, which is not good for busy junctions and generally city traffic.

The bike shop repair guy says "bike has shark" referring to the shape of various worn out bits. I'd be in for 150€ of repair costs in replacement parts and labour. All parts traction need replacing, front, chain and rear. See photos; never mind me not cleaning it. This is all the Shimano SiS and Acera stuff the bike came with. The derailleur gears can stay if you ask me.

What parts can I get in order to a) make the next set last longer than the factory default, and b) maybe save me a buck or two if I'm going DIY? Or should I get something different to max out the mentioned, proposed budget? I'm fine with spending that amount or similar if that gives me both peace of mind and 7+ years of hassle-free cycling.

But. Any bike parts website is giving me a headache. Too many options cause choice pollution. I have a hard time from separating marketing blurbs from statements about, say, durability.

I haven't done this type of work in two decades, however I think I can get it right given half a day or so. Any advice on what to get?

#bikes #fedibikes #diy #repair #mastobikes




Have doggo search for truffles


In the right setting, I hear, training your dog to find truffles is a good thing, rewarding emotionally for both dog and owner.

You ever done that?

After the (probably multi session training) in a controlled environment that ensures reward for the dog you can go elsewhere and do as trained, and find more. Or so I imagine that this works.