Tootfinder

Hey, let’s argue about Wikipedia (1/2): “There are voices — some loud and well-respected — who argue that Wikipedia is deeply flawed, a hellscape of psychotic editors and contempt for expertise. I mostly disagree, but those voices deserve, at least, to be heard ...”
https://www.tbray.org/ongoin…

Wikipedia Pain

Missing Link: Auf der DNA-Spur der Täter​
Auf Tätersuche können DNA-Spuren der entscheidende Hinweis sein. Sind Spuren mehrerer Personen vermischt, ist die Auswertung schwierig, aber nicht unmöglich.​
https://www.…

laptop: repaired

On the 101st anniversary of the end of the October Revolution #OTD, here's The History of the Soviet Union but it's Steamed Hams

Gen X: The last generation of school racial integration https://www.axios.com/2024/06/15/gen-x-school-racial-integration-brown-education

Gen X: The last generation of school racial integration
US schools today have grown more separate and unequal, but during Gen X's education, schools were moving in a different direction.

Reuters: Draft summit declaration urges respect for Ukraine's territorial integrity: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/reuters-draft-summit.html

DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since 2014; The Block Research: Coinbase Ventures has made 443 investments or ~4% of all deals since 2017 (Bloomberg)
http://alturl.com/55wz9

Have you tried doing a complete reboot and not just the closing and opening the lid? That's just sleep mode...

Panic panic panic panic panic

The Supreme Court lays out a road map for Trump to ban abortion nationwide.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/06/supreme-court-road-map-trump-national-abortion-ban-2024.html?via=rss

The Supreme Court Just Laid Out a Road Map for Trump to Ban Abortion Nationwide
Justice Kavanaugh paints a picture very different from the one announced by the court in reversing Roe.

Pixar's Inside Out 2 grosses $155M in the US and Canada, 2024's biggest opening weekend, and $295M globally, the biggest in history for an animated film (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

“[These] Silicon Valley investors, effective altruism and a kind of neo-eugenics…converge around a belief that nearly everything in society can be reduced to markets and all people can be regarded as bundles of human capital.” 🧵 1/2

Candidate young stellar objects in the S-cluster - kinematic analysis of a subpopulation of the low-mass G objects close to Sgr A*: #BlackHole Sgr A* like a swarm of bees: https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/universitaet/aktuell/press-releases/single-news/high-speed-baby-stars-circle-the-supermassive-black-hole-sgr-a-like-a-swarm-of-bees - young stellar objects travel around the black hole in the centre of our galaxy at a speed of over a thousand kilometres per second.

Welcome to the reality the rest of us are living. Sorry not sorry... #santos https://universeodon.com/@Crystal_Fish_Caves/112624046284479372

"Rare wild horses back on Kazakhstan’s Golden Steppe after being saved from extinction"
#Kazakhstan #Horses #Animals

Kazakhstan: World’s last wild horse species saved from extinction
These endangered Przewalski's horses are part of an effort to return the species to the Central Asian plains they once roamed.

It’s linguistics, yo.

#Oracle #Java police start knocking on Fortune 200's doors for first time
https://www.theregister.co…

“La ciudad del future se mueve en bici” (“The city of the future uses bikes”) Via https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti/112306602944091028

Radical Graffiti (@RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu)
Attached: 1 image “The city of the future uses bikes” Seen in Puebla, Mexico

Pop-up-Fahrradwerkstatt ist wieder da:
Die Bremse muss nachgezogen werden, die Klingel gibt keinen Laut mehr von sich oder der Reifen ist platt? Schnelle Hilfe bietet die Pop-up-Werkstatt, die immer mittwochs von 12:30 bis 14:30 unter einem Pavillon am Gustav-Heinemann-Platz angeboten wird, solange es nicht zu sehr regnet oder stürmt.

Kostenlose Fahrrad-Werkstatt fördert Mobilität
Jeden Mittwoch bis Ende September am Gustav-Heinemann-Platz – gefördert vom Stadtteilfonds Bochum Innenstadt.

No surprise there...
#Philippines

For 8th straight year, Philippines among 10 worst countries for workers
The International Trade Union Confederation points to the persisting threat of violence against Filipino workers and unions

1/ Wir sind hier auf dem #Mauerradweg. Falls Ihr uns zugucken möchtet. #live #stadtradeln
https://cyclemeter.com/af31496e4e98bf94/Cycle-20240616-0856-30144

Always know where your dogs dick is 🤣😂🤣
I just spilled my morning coffee 🤣
https://x.com/fadehubb/status/1802005209251545149?s=61

FadeHubb (@FadeHubb) on X
Mannnn I can’t😭😭😭

“How Apple’s podcast transcriptions came to be”
#Accessibility #a11y #transcriptions

Wait, are these the same investor shareholders that said yes to giving the moron $56BB dollars?
If I was a Tesla investor, I would not be a Tesla investor.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/tesla-i…

General Bibliography - General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset - https://www.earth.org.u…

General Bibliography
General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset

❝In this day and age when everyone takes pictures, I try and find a sense of humility, humor, and inventiveness to my pictures. I like to think of my pictures as just watching the middle of a movie, never knowing the beginning or the end but having just enough to fill in the blanks for yourself.❞ — #JeremyPaige

Cool science here. https://c.im/@cdarwin/112626940797769594

Welcome to Infosec.Exchange!
31 cool videos — a different one each day.
This is #16.
#WelcomeVideos

Happy Father's Day!
Father's Day is an important reminder of the impactful role we play in our children's lives.
I hope you all enjoy the best of time today with your kids and kids, I hope you do the same with your father's.
Cherish these precious moments you all have together!
#HappyFathersDay

For the intersection of the #BelieveInFilm|#AnalogPhotography and #3DPrinting crowd: Has anyone found a good method for making spacers one could use to load 2 rolls of 120 film on a single Paterson/AP-style reel for developing?
I've just (successfully) used the "taping the two rolls together”-method but it's really fiddly. It feels like it should be possible to make small plastic spacers to avoid the two rolls overlapping instead (& putting on one roll is such a waste of chemicals/time).

Physicists say the human brain's complexity verges on the brink of chaos, which basically explains why I like death metal
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-human-brains-complexity-verges-on-the-brink-of-chaos-physicists-say…

The Human Brain's Complexity Verges on The Brink of Chaos, Physicists Say
The human brain is said to be the most complex object in the known Universe.  Its 89 billion neurons each have around 7,000 connections on average, and the physical structure of all those entities may be balanced precariously on a knife's edge, according...

Bist Du eigentlich in EM-Stimmung? Diese Frage habe ich die Tage sehr oft gehört. War ich eher nicht, aber das Spiel vom Freitag hat schon etwas bewirkt. Warum also nicht die kommenden vier Wochen bei guter Radiomucke Spaß haben, ohne die kackbraunen Probleme aus dem Blick zu verlieren?
#Wochenschau #EM

Den Mist einfach mal vier Wochen beiseite schieben?
Bist Du eigentlich in EM-Stimmung? Diese Frage habe ich die Tage sehr oft gehört. War ich eher nicht, aber das Spiel vom Freitag hat schon etwas bewirkt. Warum also nicht die kommenden vier Wochen …

Wen von Euch sehe ich heute noch?
https://radparade.berlin
@… @…

WDR-#ZeitZeichen: "16.06.1904: "#Bloomsday" – der Tag der Handlung des Romans "#Ulysses""

#Musik im #Kinderzimmer
Jetzt kann der Jüngste auch mal etwas lauter machen :-) Einfach einen #Verstärker in eine Box vom digitalen Flohmarkt implantiert.

I’m trying to reconnect with some #archivists I’d hoped to work with on my #PhonographEmoji proposal ✍️
Had to reformat the whole thing when the #Unicode people changed their requirem…

Koncert na stadionie tak głośny, że słychać wszystko nawet 3km dalej, trwał do północy. Policja nie reagowała na liczne zgłoszenia zagłuszania ciszy nocnej. Takie państwo prawa, że celebrytom wolno łamać przepisy

Weg im Volkspark Rehberge

There are two wolves inside me.
One wolf would like to go to Szczecin, to continue the sentimental walk through the footsteps of memories. Except it means being out most of the day, with bread for dinner.
The other wolf would like to get home early and eat some of the bacon from yesterday's dinner.

oh just 3,900 bookmarks...

In an archive of dissertations from Icelandic universities you can find quite a lot of entries that involve "Microsoft Word". On example of a classic title is "Microsoft Word - Document4".
#MetaData matters

laptop: repaired

Father's Day in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/fathers-day-in.html

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans | Institute for New Economic Thinking https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/debilitating-a…

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and deaths. *This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.

“[These] Silicon Valley investors, effective altruism and a kind of neo-eugenics…converge around a belief that nearly everything in society can be reduced to markets and all people can be regarded as bundles of human capital.” 🧵 1/2

Candidate young stellar objects in the S-cluster - kinematic analysis of a subpopulation of the low-mass G objects close to Sgr A*: #BlackHole Sgr A* like a swarm of bees: https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/universitaet/aktuell/press-releases/single-news/high-speed-baby-stars-circle-the-supermassive-black-hole-sgr-a-like-a-swarm-of-bees - young stellar objects travel around the black hole in the centre of our galaxy at a speed of over a thousand kilometres per second.

The defamation suit from former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant against Mississippi Today could become a political playbook to dismantle US press freedoms (Adam Ganucheau/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.c…

Opinion | Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Press
A politician’s defamation case against a small Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization is designed to drain its financial resources.

#SilentSunday
Prairie dog October 2017

"Global heating will increase risk of parasite outbreaks, say South West Water owners"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Well, let's see; that creation order thing would put animals in charge (proving it's a stupid reason to keep women out of pastoral care): “What better way to express our countercultural commitment to the goodness of God’s word than to affirm God’s creation order in relation to the office of pastor?”
**The Southern Baptist Convention vote on IVF: The group’s stance on reproductive technology is only the beginning.**

The Southern Baptist Convention Showed Where the Backlash to Women’s Rights Will Go Next
IVF is only the beginning.

If #mastodon has plugin support think of all the #patreon integration you could build.

WDR-#ZeitZeichen: "16.06.1904: "#Bloomsday" – der Tag der Handlung des Romans "#Ulysses""

Den Mist einfach mal vier Wochen beiseite schieben? Meine Wochenschau u.a. zur #EM2024
Und ein neues Experiment. Ich habe das Titelbild mal von Luma Dream Machine animieren lassen.
#Video #AI

Den Mist einfach mal vier Wochen beiseite schieben?
Bist Du eigentlich in EM-Stimmung? Diese Frage habe ich die Tage sehr oft gehört. War ich eher nicht, aber das Spiel vom Freitag hat schon etwas bewirkt. Warum also nicht die kommenden vier Wochen …

Recently, I had to use #GitHubPages to publish my #ApacheAPISIX workshop. Travis is no longer free. #GitHubActions are a thing. I used the now nominal path and faced a few hurdles; here are my fin…

Treten und beten!
Irgend ein Motto musste ich der Verbindung auf Kirche und Fußball doch geben 😁
#bochum #fußball #vereinsleben

There are two wolves inside me.
One wolf would like to go to Szczecin, to continue the sentimental walk through the footsteps of memories. Except it means being out most of the day, with bread for dinner.
The other wolf would like to get home early and eat some of the bacon from yesterday's dinner.

United Russia party secretary resigns: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/united-russia-party.html

Zelensky: "Russia can start peace talk tomorrow if they wish": https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/zelensky-russia-can.html

China advances #space mission with Europe amid ambitious exploration agenda: https://english.news.cn/20240615/724e295f59fa4f8592c34f2962365a4f/c.html

Ghosting is not new. the transition between high school and college used to be one giant ghosting event. Hundreds of people just disappearing from your life.

"How the recycling symbol lost its meaning"
#Recycling #Environment
https://grist.or…

How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth.

"Community Management betrifft Publisher, Politik, Vereine, Sport und viele mehr. Deshalb: Macht die Kommentarspalten an, lasst Diskussionen zu. Aber schafft auch ein sicheres Umfeld – frei von Hatespeech und Toxic!"
Sönke Reimers, Sprecher der Geschäftsführung dfv Mediengruppe anläßlich der Studie "2024: Relevanz von #CommunityManagement"

dfv Marktstudie : Diese Rolle spielt Community Management in der digitalen Ära
Die Bedeutung von Community Management im digitalen Zeitalter könnte anlässlich der vergangenen Europawahl nicht aktueller sein. Doch wie beeinflussen gut moderierte Kommentarbereiche die Nutzerbindung und Zahlungsbereitschaft auf Newsportalen? Eine aktuelle Marktstudie der dfv Mediengruppe gibt Aufschluss.

Thanks Java Day Lviv for having me on-site. It was a blast and I can’t wait to come again 🇺🇦
Very happy to have met my friends

In Landmark Report, DOJ Finds Phoenix Police Violated Rights of Homeless | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/phoenix-homeless

In Landmark Report, DOJ Finds Phoenix Police Violated Rights of Homeless | Common Dreams
"This behavior is not only unlawful but conveys a lack of humanity and dignity of some of the most vulnerable members of our society," said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke.

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 3, injure 6 over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/russian-attacks-across.html

China advances #space mission with Europe amid ambitious exploration agenda: https://english.news.cn/20240615/724e295f59fa4f8592c34f2962365a4f/c.html

X0x0
Just another way to say Twitter has zero value and to say it twice.

Die Cartoons der Woche von Thomas Plaßmann, Klaus Stuttmann und Chappatte im Spiegel
#EM2024, die Sahra und die Alice
https://www.

Cartoons der Woche: Wenn Populisten Fußball gucken
Wagenknecht und Weidel vor dem Fernseher, Militärgerät für Kinder, die marode Bahn: Die Cartoonisten Thomas Plaßmann, Klaus Stuttmann und Chappatte blicken auf die aktuellen Geschehnisse.

Zelensky on what it would mean if Russia attended 2nd peace summit: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/zelensky-on-what.html

I was also thinking about getting user emails in a list to do something for retention. I would love to put more focus on keeping the users we got since the flow of new users is currently at a trickle.

Closing Press Conference of Summit on Peace in Ukraine. Live Stream: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/closing-press-conference.html

KI-Schreibhilfen: Inhaltlich und bei der Sprachqualität liegen #DeepL und die Wolf-Schneider-KI nahezu gleichauf – mit leichten Sympathien für die #WSKI. Was beiden Diensten fehlt, sind individuelle Einstellungsmöglichkeiten. Ob und wie jemand gendern möchte, und auch typographisch korrekte Anführungszei…

KI-Tools verbessern Texte: DeepL Write, Wolf-Schneider-KI und Language-Tool im Vergleich
Spezialisierte Dienste der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) helfen Texten auf die Sprünge: Präzisere Sätze, weniger Fehler und ein passender Stil sind das Ergebnis. Wir haben drei kostenpflichtige Angebote und ein vermutlich illegales getestet.

Closing Press Conference of Summit on Peace in Ukraine. Live Stream: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/closing-press-conference.html

Occasionally mastodon servers go down. When they do I wish there was a more clear way to communicate with users.
Recently I thought maybe I should write a script to pull the list of emails from the server so I could occasionally message them. Is that something that would make sense for downtime messages?
What do other #mastoadmin folk do?

Finnish president urges China to convince Russia to end war in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/finnish-president-urges.html

It just hard not to assume that in 30 years Gollum will battle Thanos and we'll be excited about it.

Finnish president urges China to convince Russia to end war in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/finnish-president-urges.html

If #mastodon has plugin support think of all the #patreon integration you could build.

Artillery of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade pummels the Putin's army: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/artillery-of-the.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 526,310 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/general-staff-russia.html

Ghosting is not new. the transition between high school and college used to be one giant ghosting event. Hundreds of people just disappearing from your life.

Chilean president vows to support Ukraine peace efforts at Switzerland summit: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/chilean-president-vows.html

X0x0
Just another way to say Twitter has zero value and to say it twice.

Global Peace Summit will change the world. Live discussion with international experts: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/global-peace-summit.html

I was also thinking about getting user emails in a list to do something for retention. I would love to put more focus on keeping the users we got since the flow of new users is currently at a trickle.

Ghana president says Africa 'greatest victim' of invasion's consequences outside Europe: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/ghana-president-says.html

Moscow Exchange in Crisis as US Imposes Sanctions! Is a Banking Panic Looming in Russia?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/moscow-exchange-in.html

Occasionally mastodon servers go down. When they do I wish there was a more clear way to communicate with users.
Recently I thought maybe I should write a script to pull the list of emails from the server so I could occasionally message them. Is that something that would make sense for downtime messages?
What do other #mastoadmin folk do?

Prosecutor’s Office: Russian attack in Donetsk Oblast injures 7, including 2 children: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/prosecutors-office-russian.html

It just hard not to assume that in 30 years Gollum will battle Thanos and we'll be excited about it.

Prosecutor’s Office: Russian attack in Donetsk Oblast injures 7, including 2 children: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/prosecutors-office-russian.html

Inside Out 2 was pretty good. My 12 y/o daughter loved it.

Trump threatens to cut off aid to Ukraine 'prior to taking the White House as president-elect': https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/trump-threatens-to.html

lol. Tim Cane needs to cool it.