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@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-30 15:04:52

Please help Nour and her kids, if you can.
They are stuck in North Gaza.
A message I got from her on Signal, just now: “The situation is getting worse. The tanks are approaching the checkpoint, and there are preparations to close the road. My family and I cannot evacuate due to lack of money, and our lives are hanging in the balance. Please help me and my daughters. We haven’t slept from the intense fear. Our lives are in danger every moment.”
Please help and share if you c…

Nour Gaza (@nourgaza@mastodon.social)
Most of my neighbors have already evacuated, but I am still stuck here without money for transportation, no tent to protect my daughters, and not even a burial shroud if something happens to me. The neighborhood is almost empty,and our fear grows with every moment Please help me evacuate to a safer place. Any support, even small, could save our lives. @aral@mastodon.ar.al @joynewacc @fabio@manganiello.social @nicolas@gruene.social @johnchiment@ioc.exchange Donation link: https://gofund…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-10-01 00:30:02

Moody Urbanity 🟩
情绪化城市 🟩
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white close-up of a person’s hand gripping a triangular plastic handle suspended from above, commonly found in buses or trains. The hand is firm, suggesting motion or balance. The background is softly blurred, hinting at the interior of a public vehicle with indistinct lighting and shapes. The image captures a fleeting moment of urban commuting, emphasizing the tactile connection between human and infrastructure. The monochrome palette add…
Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white close-up of a fish tank featuring two goldfish swimming near the glass. Their fins and tails are softly illuminated, creating a gentle shimmer. Behind them, a blurred window with multiple panes lets in ambient light. Faint outlines of plants or flowers add texture to the background. The image feels serene and introspective, with the fish appearing suspended in a quiet, watery world. 中文替代文字： 这是一张黑白特写照片，画面中是一个鱼缸，两条金鱼在玻璃前游动。它们的鳍和尾巴在光线下…
Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photograph of a large tropical plant with broad, glossy leaves positioned near a sunlit window. The leaves catch the light dramatically, creating sharp contrasts with the darker room. In the foreground, a blurred table holds a small vase of flowers and a glass, suggesting a cozy domestic setting. The interplay of light and shadow evokes a peaceful, contemplative mood, highlighting nature’s quiet presence indoors. 中文替代文字： 这是一张黑白照片，画面…
Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white still life showing a tiled surface with dried leaves, a shriveled fruit or vegetable, and a vine with small leaves. The tiles are square and clean, contrasting with the organic textures of the natural elements. Soft directional lighting casts shadows that enhance the depth and detail. The composition evokes decay, time, and quiet beauty in simplicity. 中文替代文字： 这是一张黑白静物照片，画面中是铺有方形瓷砖的表面，上面散落着干枯的叶子、一颗皱缩的果实或蔬菜，以及一条带小叶子的藤蔓。瓷砖整洁，与自然元素的粗糙质感…
@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-08-31 21:46:03

I told these hikers that I was out with my new lens because I'd always struggled to capture the experience of what it's like to hike in Shindagin Hollow State Forest and they said that was a noble mission
#photo #photography

Two woman look small relativet to a big forest, one near the center has her hair in a red kerchief and wears a blue blouse and long blue and white pleated skirt, another halfway to the left has ringlets and is stretched out horizontally by the ewide angle lens and has a red vest and jeans. They are standing on a dirt trail and there is a patch of small vegetation to the left but the to the right and the rear tall trees.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-09-30 22:27:24

Day 7: Brenda Romero
I hinted yesterday I'd be moving beyond a narrow definition of "author," so of course that means I'm going to include game designers. I'll definitely get back to some more traditional authors before I hit 20, but I wanted to mix things up early.
Brenda Romero is something of a celebrity in the niche culture that is the Game Developers Coherence, I like to imagine. Of course the misogyny there likely means many just pay attention to who her husband is, but she's a terrific designer in her own right, if not prolific.
Content warning: the Holocaust
To me her most outstanding game has always been "Train," which is an exhibition tabletop game in which players collaborate to load and unload cargo and move train cars around a board, with the stated objective of efficiently delivering cargo to meet certain collective goals. However, through both physical cues and in-game reveals, it becomes clear to players that the game they are playing stimulates the Holocaust, and the cargo they're moving is people being brought to extermination camps. The actual goal of the game is for the players to stop playing and walk away, or perhaps to play against the stated objective and gridlock the trains. Romero supervised play at the expos where it was presented, and intervened to stop the game if the players continued too far (in some cases not picking up on the hints offered because they had very little knowledge of the Holocaust as a historical event). I've never played the game myself; just heard Romero give a report about it, but the sheer genius of designing a game meant not to be played to help educate about a system within which defying the rules was the only ethical action earned her instant respect from me. Romero has a whole series of games in this vein about didn't historical events (not necessarily all designed to not be played), although last I checked in most are just at prototyping stages.
I've got other non-man game designers that will appear on this list, but Romero stood out to go first because she's a good example that you don't need to be someone prolific or widely-known to do great work; I'd bet most people have an author or two they respect who is not widely known (and I'll include at least one more from that category on this list).
#20AuthorsNoMen

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-09-02 01:27:58

I somehow convinced my daughter and my partner to go for a bike ride today. They were comfortable going to the cemetery... They both said they were not ready for riding on the roads around here. (It took me a few months of riding in the cemetery before I hit the roads regularly.)
I rode my (acoustic) Trek and let them set the pace. We did just under 30 minutes and about 3 1/2 miles. Oh, and my partner saw some turtles so they loved that!

A person riding a bike.
A person stretching near two bikes.
@Speckdaene@nrw.social
2025-11-01 11:54:00

#idw #Hitzewellen in Nord- und Mitteleuropa extremer und chaotischer
Hitzewellen in Europa werden nicht nur häufiger und heißer, sondern auch unberechenbarer. Eine Studie (erschienen in Nature Communications) des Klimaforschers Goratz Beobide-Arsuaga vom Earth and Society Research Hub (ESRAH) der Univer…

Hitzewellen in Nord- und Mitteleuropa extremer und chaotischer

@arXiv_csRO_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-09-01 09:29:52

Few-Shot Neuro-Symbolic Imitation Learning for Long-Horizon Planning and Acting
Pierrick Lorang, Hong Lu, Johannes Huemer, Patrik Zips, Matthias Scheutz
arxiv.org/abs/2508.21501

Few-Shot Neuro-Symbolic Imitation Learning for Long-Horizon Planning and Acting
Imitation learning enables intelligent systems to acquire complex behaviors with minimal supervision. However, existing methods often focus on short-horizon skills, require large datasets, and struggle to solve long-horizon tasks or generalize across task variations and distribution shifts. We propose a novel neuro-symbolic framework that jointly learns continuous control policies and symbolic domain abstractions from a few skill demonstrations. Our method abstracts high-level task structures i…

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-02 00:59:54

This is near where I live and I'm livid about the sheer waste of money to create something so disruptive to both animals and humans. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-11-01 03:57:06

Moody Urbanity - Paces 🏃‍♀️
情绪化城市 -配速 🏃‍♀️
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photograph of a partly cloudy sky with tree branches extending from the top right corner. In the lower section, a tall streetlight pole stands upright, surrounded by several street signs. The grainy texture of the photo gives it a vintage, film-like quality. The scene feels quiet and still, as if captured in a suburban or roadside area where nature and human-made structures meet. 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，天空中有零散的云朵，右上角伸出几枝树枝。画面下方是一根高高的路灯杆，周围有…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text: A black-and-white urban scene dominated by a tall skyscraper with reflective glass windows and a curved facade. Chinese characters are displayed at the top of the building. In the foreground, an elevated highway runs across the frame, with greenery along its edge. Below, a road with painted traffic markings is visible. Two people, one on a bicycle and one walking, move toward the underpass. The photo captures the scale of modern architecture against …
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photograph of a campus-like outdoor space. A paved walkway made of rectangular stone slabs leads toward a modern building with large glass windows. A bold number “5” is displayed on the building’s facade. Several vertical poles line the walkway, possibly lights. Two people walk away from the camera, while a group gathers near a bench on the right. Large trees with broad leaves provide shade, creating a calm, structured environment. …
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text: A monochrome image of a modern building entrance with a glass facade. Inside, an escalator descends from the upper floor to the ground level. Above the entrance and on the interior wall, signage with Japanese text is visible. Outside, people walk along the sidewalk shaded by trees. The grainy texture suggests the photo was taken with film or is an older print. The composition captures the contrast between movement—people and escalator—and the stillne…
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-09-01 00:30:08

On The Road - To Xi’An 🏯
在路上 - 去西安 🏯
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️Kentmere Pan 200
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Kentmere Pan 200 (FF) • English Alt Text: A black-and-white image of a train station interior. Three people sit or lie on the ground near a pillar with luggage, while others walk by with suitcases. A ticket counter with bilingual signage is visible in the background. • 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，拍摄于火车站室内。三人靠近柱子坐着或躺着，旁边有行李，其他人拖着行李箱走过。背景中可见一个售票窗口，标有中英文标识。
Kentmere Pan 200 (FF) • English Alt Text: A monochrome photo of a bridge with flags along its edge, modern streetlights, and a traditional pagoda-style building below. Vehicles are visible under the bridge, and the sky is overcast. • 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，展示一座桥梁，桥边挂有旗帜，现代路灯高耸，桥下有车辆行驶。桥旁是一座传统的塔式建筑，天空阴云密布。
Kentmere Pan 200 (FF) • English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a traditional-style building with a tiled roof and upturned eaves. A clock on the facade. Two statues sit atop the roof, and a tall streetlamp stands in the foreground under an overcast sky. • 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，展示一座具有传统风格的建筑，屋顶为瓦片并翘起。建筑正面有一个时钟显示时间。屋顶上有两个雕像，前景中有一盏高大的路灯，天空阴沉。
Kentmere Pan 200 (FF) • English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a large historic city wall or gate with traditional East Asian architecture on top. A stone archway leads to a modern plaza with buildings and two people walking in the foreground, blending ancient and contemporary urban elements. • 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，展示一座大型古城墙或城门，顶部为东亚传统建筑风格。石拱门通向一个现代广场，背景中有现代建筑，前景中有两人提着包行走，展现古今城市元素的融合。