@servelan@newsie.social“We will go to court within seconds, and we will win if he does this. It’s already proven unlawful. We’ve already won multiple times,”
Democrats shrug as Trump threatens ‘sanctuary’ cities again with February funding cutoff • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/14/repub/trump-sanctuary/
@lpryszcz@genomic.socialOn Monday we're flying for holidays to Vietnam. While planning the trip, I've rediscovered #epub for your
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon plans to let authors offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing, starting January 20, 2026 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/amazon-chan…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon plans to let authors offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing, starting January 20, 2026 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/amazon-chan…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzDoes the Measured Abundance Suggest a Biological Origin for the Ancient Alkanes Preserved in a Martian Mudstone? #Mars Organics: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/02/06/nasa-study-non-biologic-processes-dont-fully-explain-mars-organics/
@servelan@newsie.socialJudge: USDA inspectors must report pet breeder violations they uncover • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/12/repub/usda-animal-inspectors/
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioWhat's a good Android epub reader that specifically works on e-ink tablets (I have a Supernote A5 X2 Manta)?
[As I have heard about this 'Google' website before, please only suggest apps that you use yourself on a Android-based e-ink tablet and can condone.]
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukOkular is a great PDF - and a lot of other format - document viewer.
It's quite happy to deal with a few thousand page PDF file; and I just learnt it can also do images, and mark down (and others).
https://okular.kde.org/
@emilis@social.linux.pizza
@gadgetboy@gadgetboy.socialStarting January 20, 2026, you'll be able to download any books that you've purchased from the Amazon Kindle store, where the author or publisher declines to use DRM, in ePub or Kindle format. Which means you'll finally OWN that ebook.
https://www.kdp…
@xiffy@mastodon.nlBesides publishing the PDF of this guide, I've also added the source documents to github.
You can view the Markdown files here: #xbrlQuickguide #opensource
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/30/repub/health-research-6/
@servelan@newsie.socialRepublican attorneys general end lawsuit challenging school gender dysphoria accommodations • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/31/repub/gender-dysphoria-lawsuit/
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump orders more troops to DC; W. Va. senator says its Guard should remain only on voluntary basis • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/11/28/repub/national-guard-shooting/
@servelan@newsie.socialHomeland Security halting enhanced ICE operations in Maine, Sen. Collins says • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/29/repub/ice-maine-2/
@servelan@newsie.socialFirst Amendment lawyers say Minneapolis ICE observers are protected by Constitution • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/29/repub/ice-observers/
@servelan@newsie.socialSuit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/11/25/repub/education-department-4/
@servelan@newsie.socialUS Senate Democrats probe Trump administration child care cutbacks on rural families • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/26/repub/child-care-rural/
@servelan@newsie.socialFarmworkers sue over Trump’s low wages for foreign guest workers • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/11/25/repub/farm-wages-foreign/
@servelan@newsie.social‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in N. Carolina • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/11/20/repub/border-patrol-carolina/
@servelan@newsie.socialEPA, state lawmakers could consider regulating abortion pills as pollutants in 2026 • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/20/repub/environment-abortion-pills/
@xiffy@mastodon.nlAlong the way I learned how to create a nice document from all the Markdown files I have written in Obsidian. With Pandoc and LaTeX stitching the chapters together as one PDF or EPUB. And of course I lost way too much time solving the last typesetting problems, reading documentation of either Pandoc or templating for Latex. It was a fun ride.
#pandoc #latex #obsidian #writing
@servelan@newsie.socialFar fewer people buy Obamacare coverage as insurance premiums spike • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/17/repub/obamacare-insurance/
