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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-11 18:09:06

Just had another substantial tree come down in the wood, quite suddenly and with a huge bang, as I was splitting firewood for this evening's cooking. Fortunately I was nowhere near it, but I'm a bit shaken.
The wind isn't even that strong.

A tree down in the wood. I'm not certain that this is the one that just fell, but to be perfectly honest I'm not too keen to go into that part of the wood just now to check!

The tree is spruce, about 25-30 metres tall; it lies across the chaotic partly— cleared area where about 2,000 trees came down in November 2021, where young willows, alder and oak are beginning to recover.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-03 14:25:32

German bargain grocer Aldi plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year.
The chain, which has been rapidly expanding since inflation surged in 2021, has set a goal of 3,200 stores globally by the end of 2028.
Trader Joe’s has been on an expansion spree.
Many Dollar General stores have begun selling fresh produce.
“Discounters are in this really tricky spot, where price is paramount, but they’re up against the likes of Walmart,” Moran said.
Walmart and Amaz…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-04-25 17:42:04

from my link log —
The longest train journey in the EU.
https://jonworth.eu/the-longest-train-journey-in-the-eu/
saved 2026-04-25 https://

The longest train journey in the EU
Anyone who has been following my work for a while knows I have long had a rather abstract discussion about the definition of the World's Longest Train Journey. I started calculating this back in 2021, after an incorrect map on Reddit went viral, and have updated my thoughts about it

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-05-05 10:31:01

"“Well, Parts of Linguistics Is Open…”: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open Science"
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.7974
"[…] The study aims to gain insights into th[e] misalignment by exploring linguists’ understanding of what constitutes [

“Well, Parts of Linguistics Is Open…”: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open Science
Broadly defined as the study of language, linguistics is a diverse field spanning many disciplines. Recent studies on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) in linguistics (e.g. Isbell et al. 2022) suggest that it suffers from many of the same issues that triggered the replication crisis in psychology (see e.g. Sönning and Werner 2021). While surveys have indicated that linguists are generally in favour of Open Science/Scholarship (OS), there appears to be a “a misalignmen…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-27 03:25:48

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Nature's Divine:
🎵 I Never Felt This Way Before
#NaturesDivine
https://thediscoexpress.bandcamp.com/track/natures-divine-i-never-felt-this-way-before-mark-whites-2021-re-groove
https://open.spotify.com/track/5oEhhy9zyP8Zd1xfaVwUyP

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-04-17 06:08:01

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1290226 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Liniendiagramm zur kumulierten Anzahl an Balkonkraftwerken in Deutschland von 2018 bis 15.04.2026. Die Linie verläuft bis 2021 fast waagrecht und steigt ab 2022 zunehmend steil an. Ab 2023 zeigt sich ein starker Zuwachs, besonders deutlich ab 2024. Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1290226 registrierten Anlagen. Die Kurve deutet auf einen anhaltenden Boom hin.

@al3x@hachyderm.io
2026-04-24 15:51:18

Is there such a thing as best e-book reader?
I am thinking about replacing my Kindle 2021.
Please share what you are using. Multiple choices possible.
Poll limited to 4 options for reasons unknown so please use a reply if yours is not in the list.
Kindle
Kobo
XTEINK
Boox

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-08 12:19:07

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
The Orb:
🎵 Perpetual Dawn
#TheOrb
https://nickynutz.bandcamp.com/track/the-orb-perpetual-dawn-2021-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/34Oyuo4A14MRdn8auc0cix

@schachjugend@schach.social
2026-04-22 08:25:13

Seit 2021 hat Charlotte die Jugendarbeit beim HSK Lister Turm komplett neu belebt.
Ob Training, Turniere oder einfach ein offenes Ohr: Charlotte ist immer da. Sie organisiert, motiviert, begleitet – und schafft einen Raum, in dem sich Kinder und Jugendliche entfalten können.

Eine mehr als würdige Kandidatin für den Goldenen Chesso!
Bewerbungsfrist für dieses Jahr ist der Montag, 27. April 2026.
Alle Informationen findest du in unserem Artikel:

@bici@mastodon.social
2026-04-19 15:56:25

But absurdity is no impediment to religious belief—credo quia absurdum. Working mostly off-campus, I noticed no real change in my own university until the BLM-riot-inspired anti-racism crisis of 2020, when I found that academe, originally a place for the free exchange of ideas, had become almost unrecognizable. Higher education has begun a transformation along the same lines as the 1966 “Cultural Revolution” in Maoist China.