@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
mclusky:
🎵 She Will Only Bring You Happiness
#mclusky
https://mcluskymclusky.bandcamp.com/track/she-will-only-bring-you-happiness-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/6oA4rAGQZ2VLmzL4b6rZaZ
@kamasystems@social.linux.pizzaAmsterdam – Maasstraat - Mini Cooper S
#kamafotos
@Techmeme@techhub.social
@cyclocracy@norden.socialDer https://unfallatlas.statistikportal.de/ enthält jetzt auch die Daten von 2025. Wie immer belegen die Zahlen den Erfolg der "Vision Zero Fortschritt" der Petrolköpfe und Auto-Ideologen. Schwerverletzte leicht Rückläufig, Tote und Leichtverletzte gehen weiter rauf. Der Straßenterror bleibt …
@ckent@urbanists.socialA reminder that the obsession 50 years ago was #overpopulation — it was the scary message next to every practical environmental message about pollution, etc
Fast forward to now, and the opposite is true — no longer a case of “don’t worry, it’s just wealthy nations breed less”
In fact, environmentalism was always right about pollution — but the scary message is everything cost…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngFruits Of Labor (Of Love)
(A 10x8" silver chloride print I made last night of a scene captured in the Bernina Range in 2024, which reminded me of 18th century landscape painting...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography
@matthiasott@mastodon.social
@UlrikeHeiss@eldritch.cafeDer Grüne Ortsverband Karlsruhe Nordstadt hat für diesen Freitag eine spannende Lesung mit der Aktivistin und Autorin Penny Prinz im Kulturhaus Mikado organisiert zum Thema Überwachung und Widerstand in Hongkong nachdem die Demokratiebewegung dort niedergeschlagen wurde https://karlsunruh.org/event/745d4b49-
@Dragofix@mastodontti.fiSuomalaiset kuluttavat yhä paljon eläinperäisiä tuotteita #ruoka
@tschfflr@fediscience.org"which emojis are used the least often?" - Great question, and we rarely find data on this! But luckily, we studied this at least for two corpora with German users (and admittedly only for face emojis). So: Many object or symbol emojis (from the "tail end" of the emoji list) are very, very rarely used. Overall, faces and hearts are the most frequent. Among the face emojis, we compiled the full list of usages from a huge Twitter corpus (semi-public communication, 2014-2022) and a much small WhatsApp chat corpus (private or group communication). You can find the frequencies in this table linked below (and sort by frequency by clicking on the column). The least frequent face emoji in the large corpus was the "frowning face with open mouth" 😦, which most people have never seen before. Personally, I think it's pretty ambiguous and not very useful, as there are better emojis for anything it might express. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://tscheffler.github.io/2024-Face-Emoji-Norming/ratings.html
@drgeraint@glasgow.socialFascinating probability analysis of English council election voter flows (2024/2026).
https://oskanberg.github.io/2026-voter-flows/
H/T @…
@jake4480@c.imGot my Phlegmesis tapes in from Iron Fortress! They were on sale and I couldn't resist. 'The New Wave of Rotten Fornication' was of course one of my top 20 albums of 2024, and even the Phlegmesis LEFTOVERS are sick.
Here's New Wave if you wanna hear it: https://phlegmesis.bandcamp…
@alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizzaSetting up remote access to Bambulab 3D printers that are on a different VLAN than yours is a pain in the ass.
Bambulab has chosen the wrong path. It might carve out a niche among users who aren't very tech-savvy when it comes to 3D printing (and who aren’t interested in learning either), but all of us nerds who have used their printers are going to tell them to go to hell.
By the way, if you're trying to set up remote access using pfSense or OPNsense, here's a great …
@arXiv_physicsfludyn_bot@mastoxiv.pageDesigning single-layer PDMS devices for micron to millimeter-scale deformations
Leon Valentin Gebhard, Alexandre S. Avaro, Gabriel Amselem, Charles N. Baroud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17402 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.17402 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.17402
arXiv:2605.17402v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The elasticity of PDMS has played a central role in advancing important microfluidic technologies, ranging from early valves to sophisticated organ-on-a-chip systems. However, most deformable microfluidic devices are based on geometries that require complex multi-layer PDMS architectures and include thin membranes, leading to difficult microfabrication and poor stability. Recently, Jain, Belkadi et al. (Biofabrication 16.3 (2024): 035010) introduced a single-layer device in which a wide and long microfluidic channel was deformed by controlling the pressure in two independent and adjacent air chambers. While they demonstrated the ability to deform the channel ceiling to compress biological materials, the design parameters remain unexplored. Here, we perform a numerical study on 14,336 variants of this device and identify the height of the PDMS layer, the width of the microchannel and the width of the air chamber as the main features that determine the ceiling deformation. Three deformation modes are observed as the geometrical parameters are varied: A U shape with a central minimum, a W shape with two minima and a central maximum, or an inverse U shape with an upward-bulging single maximum. The numerical results are validated in experiments that reproduce the three shapes for the predicted geometries and demonstrate vertical ceiling deformations ranging from a few microns to the millimeter scale. The generality of this approach is demonstrated for two example applications: A fully closing single-layer microfluidic valve and an optical lens of controllable anisotropy. This work leverages the rapid prototyping enabled by 3D printing or micro-milling to open new perspectives in microfluidic actuation.
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@cdarwin@c.imBurgum was considered the
not-completely-crazy candidate for the GOP nomination in 2024.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mpvq5so5qu2o
@jake4480@c.imI have one for #GrindayFriday this week. This is one man deathgrind project NAILGUT from Kelowna, British Columbia, and their brief 4 song EP 'Distorted Perceptions of Reality' from 2024. It's nasty, grody, grindy, sludgy stuff with chainsaw guitars and bashing drums. I love it.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyIn the central Netherlands, this was the 5th (or possibly 6th) warmest spring in the 126-year record. It was also sunny and dry.
Probably quite popular with many, but a clear sign of our changing climate. Personally, I've come to dislike hot weather in May; happy that it has cooled down now.
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaA Not-so-Common Sunflower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. July, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #sunflower #bloomscrolling
@tschfflr@fediscience.org"Some designs of emojis are very different for the same codepoint, especially the ones depicting emotions/reactions. Examples coming to mind are 😨, 🔫. What are your thoughts on this?" - The (water) pistol 🔫 was originally a hand gun which looked a lot more real. In response to its frequent use in criminal or other unsavory contexts (e.g., as a threat), most platforms replaced it with the colorful plastic toy gun design in 2018. (In 2024, Elon Musk had it turned back into a realistic hand gun for the Twemoji design 🙄)
I'm torn. On the one hand, I don't think we can stay on top of all potential uses of emojis (or should even try to limit them) and people who want to use emojis for threats probably can still do so. On the other hand, I do find it rather hard to imagine that the green plastic 🔫 could be used as a threat... so... I guess good job, designers/tech firms? #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://emojipedia.org/pistol#designs
