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Brought one of my kids' 2018 #MacBook Airs back to life by loading the special T2 version of Kubuntu. Works as well as any 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 #Linux laptop :)

GitHub - t2linux/T2-Ubuntu: Ubuntu for T2 Macs
Ubuntu for T2 Macs. Contribute to t2linux/T2-Ubuntu development by creating an account on GitHub.

Satellite-based Rabi rice paddy field mapping in India: a case study on Telangana state
Prashanth Reddy Putta (University of Pavia), Fabio Dell'Acqua (University of Pavia)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05189

Satellite-based Rabi rice paddy field mapping in India: a case study on Telangana state
Accurate rice area monitoring is critical for food security and agricultural policy in smallholder farming regions, yet conventional remote sensing approaches struggle with the spatiotemporal heterogeneity characteristic of fragmented agricultural landscapes. This study developed a phenology-driven classification framework that systematically adapts to local agro-ecological variations across 32 districts in Telangana, India during the 2018-19 Rabi rice season. The research reveals significant s…

#LB Só porque eu achei bonita a imagem.
https://mathstodon.xyz/@ngons/114636901870731820

Was speaking to some journalists recently who didn't realise how long a history the use of radar has in measuring ice thickness over glaciers.
The technique was discovered by pilots, who must have had the frankly terrifying experience of landing on the ice sheet with their radars telling them they still had a few thousand metres of descent to reach the surface...
It's not mentioned in this obituary but I wonder if this guy would have seen it? Perhaps he didn't even have radar to assist in landing?
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/obituaries-bq1u22g8z/-/a-gd4LiLY4RbOMXavSDWOBQQ:a:3195393-/0
newyorktimes@flipboard.com - Conrad Shinn, First Pilot to Land at the South Pole, Dies at 102
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/obituaries/conrad-shinn-dead.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Obituaries @obituaries-newyorktimes

Google is getting serious about dev tooling for web apps
— their new "Firebase Studio" is going to transform web app development.
It's a modern IDE in the cloud, packed with AI features.
Loads your projects from GitHub and installs dependencies instantly, without local downloads.
Not surprising from Google, with their hatred for local desktop apps

IOW, telling the truth.
ABC News' Terry Moran suspended after post calling Stephen Miller a "world-class hater"
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/08/abc-terry-moran-suspended-stephen-miller-post

I just noticed something rather unfortunate: a negative payout in my GitHub Sponsors
a bit of spelunking revealed that apparently thanks.dev—that allows to transfer your money into GHS—has refunded a bunch of payments from last year.
if you used this feature, I recommend checking your account

It's a rare occasion when someone actually publishes a review of one of my books, even in a tech publication, so I'm telling everyone. Fortunately it's even a *positive* review. https://diginomica.com/lessons-system-engineering-internet-and-why-it-ma…

Lessons in system engineering the Internet and why it matters today
System Engineering evangelists Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie analyze the system approach behind the Internet in their new book. A combination of first principles analysis, collaboration, luck, and a willingness to rethink a few assumptions enabled the Internet to become the most successful engineering project in history.

There's a really charming movie from the '80s called "Saving Grace" starring Tom Conti as a young, newly installed #Pope who sends the Vatican into an uproar by going off on walkabout without telling them where he is.
In the movie his regnal name was Leo XIV, so I can't help but wonder whether the real world Leo XIV remembers that movie and thought, "Ha, why not…

I’m not your go-to for deep economic theory. I'm just your regular Fediverse baby anarchist, who has a huge crush on Rudolf Rocker's syndicalist takes!
But what I do know is that I don’t need bosses or rulers telling me how to live my life. We’re all capable of working together, making decisions as equals, and building something better without anyone lording over us.
I believe in solidarity and collective action. We deserve workplaces and communities where everyone has a …