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@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-04 11:44:21

“They stood in a silence so heavy it seemed to bend the light around them.
Their smiles were hesitant — like doors that had forgotten how to open. And in that moment, I realized: freedom itself can be fragile.
We who survived war thought we had endured the worst — the bombs, the hunger, the endless waiting. But their stories shattered that belief.”
– @…

When I heard the prisoners were to be released, a fragile pulse stirred inside...
They stood in a silence so heavy it seemed to bend the light around them. Their smiles were hesitant — like doors that had forgotten how to open. And in that moment, I realized: freedom itself can be fragile. We who survived war thought we had endured the worst — the bombs, the hunger, the endless waiting. But their stories shattered that belief. They spoke of nights drenched in cold water while they slept, of wrists bound until flesh gave way, of blows that d...

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2025-11-05 07:42:14

Did I mention IC reversing is absolute crack for AuDHD brains?
I should probably put down the EEPROM, at least for a while, and move on to other stuff. But I'm having too much fun.
This is the dangerous part, and the part I have the most trouble with... the problem is so big you'll *never* be done (especially doing it manually without any automation, figuring out what each cell is by hand, etc).
There's always more to discover. Nerd sniping to the 20th power.

Schematic showing two NAND2s, an inverter, and a level shifter drawn out of individual MOSFETs with W/L of each annotated
Physical layout of the circuit described in the schematic with cells outlined and each transistor labeled
Vectorization of the entire EEPROM IP with image layers hidden showing the areas that have been traced out
Closeup vectorization of the north corner of the EEPROM bitcell array
@smashtie@mas.to
2025-10-05 12:55:59

Here are my favourites from the National Portrait Gallery's Portrait Award 2025. It's a fantastic selection this year, and free to see as always.
#art #portraits #painting

Mother, by Diego José Aznar Remón Composed in muted tones, with momentary flashes of pink, this portrait of the artist's wife and son shows them on an unkempt bed, the exhausted mother asleep, the baby awake and looking directly at the viewer. It is a moment of gorgeous intimacy.
The Echo - Self-Portrait, by Pippa Hale-Lynch This self-portrait has the quality of a doubly exposed photograph, or one that has slipped and smudged in the process of development. Your eye slides over the detail, unable to lock on. Her face is pale, but with flushed cheeks, against a black background. The painting explores themes of solitude and grief stemming from the loss of her mother.
Ukrainian Girl, by Nelson Hernandez A female figure with her back to the viewer stands at a window, through which shines a wintry light illuminating individual strands of her light blonde hair. Chilean artist Nelson Hernandez's spectral portrait of his Ukrainian friend, Kseniia, captures a brief moment in time: 'I was moved by her stillness as she gazed out the window. Suddenly, the drawing in her hoodie evoked in me a scene of war, a metaphor of her past and the burden she carries.'
Portrait of a Sculptor, by Dide Blasting out bright red, the surface of Dide's portrait of the sculptor Laurence Edwards seems alive with a kinetic, electric energy. The sculpture sits in a brightly patterned armchair, looking directly at the viewer, with legs crossed and grubby boots prominent. It explores 'the messy plaster-splattered existence of artists in their studios'.
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2025-11-04 18:36:55

I don't appreciate the people who mock this poor man. Every year there are countless mass sandwichings in schools throughout the country, and we tolerate it because we, as a society, have lost our way. Kids and teachers huddled in their classrooms as mustard and onions fly through the air. WHERE'S YOUR HUMANITY, PEOPLE??

‪Dave Jamieson‬ ‪@jamieson.bsky.social‬ Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says. Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich cam…
‪Dave Jamieson‬ ‪@jamieson.bsky.social‬ The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies. Lairmore testifies that other agents gave him a plush sandwich toy, which he placed on the shelf in his office, and a patch that said "Felony Footlong," whic…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-09-06 07:31:27

Having designed a good-enough CAD model of the subframe for my #tricycle as a welded aluminium structure, I'm now thinking that it might be better constructed as carbon fibre laid up over an XPS polystyrene armature.
The benefits are that I can do composites myself, whereas I can't weld aluminium; and that the composite would probably be both stronger and lighter. The downside is th…

Another illustration of the aluminium framed subframe. Both sprockets on the epicyclic are now shown, but the epicyclic still floats in space with no visible means of support. The secondary chain sprocket on the road wheel is also shown. The chainring is now a ring and not a solid wheel, making it easier to see that's behind it. The chainring now lines up correctly with the primary sprocket on the epicyclic, and the secondary sprocket lines up with the sprocket on the road wheel: there is room …
@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2025-11-04 18:54:48

Hey all. Just wanted to post the other two #photos from my recent blog post franzgraf.de/blog/2025/a-famil
It's one o…

A rocky trail winds upward through a vibrant forest, the path strewn with sunlit stones and patches of dry grass. Tall pines, their needles a rich green, stand guard on either side, their branches swaying gently in the mountain breeze. The air is crisp and clear, carrying the fresh scent of pine and earth. Above, the sky stretches wide and blue, dotted with fluffy white clouds that cast soft shadows on the landscape below. In the distance, rolling hills and rugged peaks rise against the horizo…
A rugged, narrow trail cuts through a dense forest, its path lined with weathered rocks and patches of vibrant green moss. The towering pines and firs, their branches thick with needles, create a lush canopy overhead, casting dappled shadows on the forest floor. The air is cool and still, filled with the earthy scent of damp soil and pine resin. The trail ascends a rocky outcrop, its surface a mosaic of gray and brown stones, some covered in a thin layer of moss and lichen. The rocks, worn smo…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-10-05 07:00:04

Piz Cambrena (3607m) and its glacier viewed from Bernina Pass at sunset, two weeks ago... A sliver of Lago Bianco in the foreground.
...and the same place in 1911:
akon.onb.ac.at/#id=AKON_AK082_

Photo of a glaciated mountain massif (Piz Cambrena) in a vast high alpine landscape. The two main branches of its glacier have largely retracted and only the higher up parts are now just feeding several waterfalls flowing through the exposed bedrock further below. Steep bare rock slopes, giving way to rolling meadows of brown dried grass near the pass. A sliver of the large mountain lake at the foot of the mountain is visible at the bottom of the image with a path leading around the lake. Pink/…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-04 10:18:06

Make no mistake, the only values the European Commission gives a single damn about are expressed in Euros and cents.
The guiding principle of the successor to the European Coal and Steel Community isn’t human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, it’s the Single Market.
How dare you even pretend to care when you are beyond silent in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, you despicable bunch of fancy-suited hypocrites.

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image 🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law. Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2025-10-05 23:59:38

It always cracks me up when I see stuff like this. I'm now on my second 100yo home, and in both cases the window weight cavities were just empty despite having windows "professionally" installed. Now, my first 100yo home had the windows replaced in the 70s/80s, so.. I can forgive that. The 2nd 100yo home, tho, had the windows replaced in the 2000s. They also insulated from the interior (putting foamboard against the brick, sealed w/ spray foam, then 2x3 metal studs to build a n…

How should I fill the space where window weights used to be?
Spray foam insulation. This is a standard detail, I’m surprised they didn’t do it when the new windows were installed. Not batt, You need something that will also create an air/moisture seal. Source: architect who just ordered new windows for her century home.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-04 14:42:23

Yours truly speaking at Defuse Dublin (IxDA) last month, where I presented on Gaza Verified and Small Tech/Small Web.
All photos: photos.app.goo.gl/irq95gn1ncUJ (apologies for Google/Alphabet, Inc. link)
All talks:

Me (white passing guy with short hair wearing a brown tweed jacket, black t-shirt, and jeans), presenting to a small audience in front of a screen that has the Gaza Verified web site on it.
Me (white passing guy with short hair wearing a brown tweed jacket, black t-shirt, and jeans), presenting to a small audience in front of a screen that has Baraa’s photo and a quote by her saying “You can see us loading our belongings on to a truck, leaving behind the home I grew up in. With the help of @aral and Joy, my family … managed to evacuate to the South” (bits of the text are blown out and illegible due to glare from a spotlight.