@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-16 15:57:58
CALAIS, a trade and transit hub on the north coast of France, is also a portal to an underground world
—standing on the deck of a ferry as it arrives at the port city, you might spot people riding on the back of a 39-foot-tall, fire-breathing creature that’s creeping along the waterfront.
Part sculpture, part machine, part puppet, the dragon has become a beloved piece of interactive street theater—but its charming ways require the devotion of an entire entourage.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-04-14 14:06:00
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-16 11:30:48
Drugmakers raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite Trump deals, Senate Democrats report finds (Berkeley Lovelace Jr/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/drugmakers-raised-prices-hundreds-drugs-trump-deals-senate-democrats-r-rcna332036
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p21#a260416p21
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-15 06:40:35
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-03-15 15:04:00
Willen we echt bloemen geven die met pesticiden zijn bespoten? In de kerk komt het gesprek op gang - Nederlands Dagblad
https://www.nd.nl/leven/duurzaamheid/1309182/willen-we-echt-bloemen-geven-die-met-pesticiden-zijn-bespoten
'Een uitbundige bos bloemen voor in de kerk, die na de dienst wordt weggegeven. Het hoort er in veel kerken bij. Maar het ongemak over deze gewoonte groeit, omdat bij de teelt bestrijdingsmiddelen worden gebruikt. Vijf kerken organiseren een avond over pesticidenvrije bloemen.'
Best wel een terechte vraag vooral ook door de rol die zo'n bos speelt.
@trochee@dair-community.social2026-03-16 04:24:40
Got the book by @… , but I have some competition for getting to it
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-15 12:32:00
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Samantha Crain:
🎵 Dragonfly
#NowPlaying #SamanthaCrain
https://samanthacrain.bandcamp.com/track/dragonfly
https://open.spotify.com/track/3ROb7gmdk18SFh8QZ9EtVd
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-03-10 10:05:00
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-16 22:28:40
Pope Leo XIV has said that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war
“Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain,
dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth,”
Leo told a gathering at Saint Joseph Cathedral in western Cameroon.
“They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation,
yet the resources need…
@trochee@dair-community.social2026-02-16 22:40:11
One of the reasons I am cranky about LLMs is that they take some of the joy out of casual, flamboyant bullshitting-as-a-spectator-sport
For example, the telling of "tall tales", the game commercially known as "Balderdash" (in my extended family we played it as "Fictionary" and used the OED), "slideshow karaoke", bluffing at Scrabble, and this:
