My Convoy S12 UV light stopped working. I contacted Simon and he sent me a new driver. I had some issues opening the metal ring that holds the driver because I don't have the right tool. Soldering was tricky because of the short wires and I didn't take into account how it should be placed. But it works again. I'm happy.
O proszę, nie minął tydzień od publikacji naszego raportu, a na stronie Rafała Trzaskowskiego pojawił się mechanizm pozyskiwania zgody 😇
Szkoda, że nieskuteczny... Bo strona nadal bez zgody użytkownika wysyła dane do Google i Facebooka....
Nasz raport ➡️ https://mastodon.internet-czas-d…
Ran a 10k on Sunday in Wisconsin (solo #trailrunning). Two more times at lunch during the office this week. The weather has been great, getting hotter, it will probably be a brutal one for heat this summer! #running
Sending all my love and femme energy to the beautiful LGBTQIA community. 🏳️🌈💖
You inspire me every single day, keep shining, keep slaying, and keep being your authentic selves! 🏳️⚧️✨
Together, we’re unstoppable. 🌈💪
#TransAlly #LGBTQIA
FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-faa-seeks-to-eliminate-floppy-disk-usage-in-air-traffic-co…
US political contradictions; knowledge systems
As Trump at least partially succeeds in constructing an alternate reality for his most ardent followers, it's tempting to think of his dogma as false, in contrast to some imagined "truth" which his non-followers are smart enough to believe in. But a more nuanced view of knowledge would admit that different groups of people have different shared truths, constituting different knowledge systems which each deviate from what's objectively measurable in different ways, and in fact they each accept different standards of what is objective, so there's not really a single "ground truth" we can even compare to to determine which of these knowledge systems is "more correct" (similar problems arise even if we only care about "more useful").
To make this more concrete, we can see that e.g., competing quantum physics theories, or likewise competing religious beliefs, have no reasonable basis on which to judge between them, either in terms of "truth" or "utility." So the Trump-dogma knowledge system, although bad, morally repugnant, etc., can't so easily be dismissed as "false" in my view. "Distorted" or "malignant" or "evil" or "contradictory" are better monikers, in my opinion.
But what I'm even more interested in thinking about is: in what ways does the current American liberal "common sense" knowledge system already bear the scars of past fascist lies & contradictions? I can think of a few:
"Columbus was an explorer."
This is "factually accurate" in the same way some of Trump's propaganda is, but it's also a cruel distortion of "Columbus was a child murderer," and it's a misrepresentation that serves an evil purpose, yet which is widely taught in elementary schools today.
Another: "dropping atomic bombs on civilians in Japan was necessary to end WWII."
Perhaps in the future we'll have "family separation & the 2025 ICE crackdowns were necessary to end the immigration crisis," although I dearly hope not.
"Reparations for slavery aren't reasonable," is yet another...
I'll close this rambling with a question: what other fascist lies have you noticed that are normalized in America right now from past Trump-like leaders (or even from less overtly fascist institutions)?
🌋 Playing with fire: Harnessing lava to build sustainable cities
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/05/30/playing-with-fire-harnessing-lava-to-build-sustainable-cities/