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Go ahead and slam journalists when they deserve it. I certainly do.
But also realize that New York Times journalists Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi willingly traveled to an Ebola ward in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to inform the world.
Many journalists are heroes.
(NYT gift link)

@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-29 18:47:19

Ah previous me...I see you've decided to make this rewrite more difficult because you got _clever_ and I decided to keep backward compatibility. Thought that the `ffmpeg` module would be the biggest pain in the ass, but I was completely wrong. The `mkvmerge` part is coming along and I'm hoping to have it done today or tomorrow. Things progress.
#matroska

VSCodium opened showing some functions for processing sources and tracks.  The code goes through all of the tracks and grabs the track type from each source's `mkvmerge` output.
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-29 22:51:50

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
Misha Panfilov:
🎵 Ticking Clock II
#MishaPanfilov
open.spotify.com/track/6WjnpVg

@gray17@mastodon.social
2026-05-29 17:04:17

from a talk by Audrey Tang
bsky.app/profile/did:plc:myh6q

So, as the Ministry of Digital Affairs, we tried something different. In March 2024 we launched the Alignment Assembly on information integrity by sending 200,000 text messages to random numbers around Taiwan. We call it a lottocracy: if you win the lottery of receiving the SMS, you become a representative in the assembly — like a juror — to steer the advertisement-recommendation system together. We received thousands of valid responses. Then, by stratified random sampling, we selected 447 peop…
@StephenRees@mas.to
2026-03-30 21:51:20

Night Into Day
The thing changing the world this year is...batteries.
BILL MCKIBBEN
"The first commercial utility-scale battery energy storage facilities are now being constructed and commissioned, . “This demonstrates that SIBs are on the verge of full-scale market entry. Once supply chains are established and economies of scale take effect, there is nothing to prevent sodium-ion batteries from fully taking over the market,”

This remarkable chart was borrowed from Nicholas Fulghum at the European thinktank Ember.
@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-04-28 02:10:44

The Ox That's Breaking Your Fantasy Map by The Grainbound
youtube.com/watch?v=MIqpvpNS5pI

@nemobis@mamot.fr
2026-04-19 13:39:30

Slowly but surely, new members of our #MajavanTila #cooperative are translating the website into Finnish. Thanks Allu and Mikko!
majavantil…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-28 01:01:35

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Kasai Allstars:
🎵 Olooh, a Gathering Cry (Deerhoof Remix)
#KasaiAllstars
kasaiallstars.bandcamp.com/tra
open.spotify.com/track/5Mx1vUM

Funding for scientific research and for broad provision of healthcare is such a clear moral good that it's hard to oppose
Yet, former senator from Nebraska
Ben Sasse was an opponent of funding the sort of thing that has helped him
bsky.app/profile/60minutes.bsk

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-27 21:01:00

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#NightTracks
- Harmonious music for night-time listening
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an immersive, nature-inspired soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Relisten now 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wgbn